After seeing off the two senior sisters, Yuanbao and Tangyuan sat in the passenger seat of the car. They originally wanted to sit with their mother, but their father glared at them and made them sit in the back with their brother with an unhappy look on their faces.
The car had been driving for several minutes, and the two little guys didn't say a word. They pouted and were silently angry in the back. From time to time, they glanced at their father who was driving in the front, waiting for their father to coax them. Even Shen An Ning, who was sitting in the front, could see the mood.
"uh-huh."
"Well, what's wrong, honey? Is your throat uncomfortable? I have some water in my cup. Drink some to moisten your throat. I'll cut a pear for you when we get home."
Shen Anning looked at the man and knew that he did it on purpose, but as the only woman in this small family, she was always caught in the middle, with her husband on one side and her child on the other. She was also in a difficult situation.
"Little Peanut, Yuanbao, Tangyuan, do you miss your mother? What have you been doing these days when your mother hasn't been home? Can you talk to your mother?"
With Chen An Ning's initiative to offer them a way out and Peanut's comfort, the twins could still have opinions about their father, but would not involve their mother.
"Mom, we are obedient. If you don't believe me, ask my brother. He eats vegetables every day at home. He never eats only meat."
"Yeah, I ate a lot of vegetables. I missed your mother."
Looking at the eldest son sitting between his two younger brothers, he realized that children are no longer fun when they grow up. They have more ideas of their own and their emotions are much more restrained. "Where is Siheng? Do you miss your mother?"
Little Cao Siheng first glanced at his father. He was almost five years old and could understand everything. These days, every time his mother called, his father either didn't let them answer or only let them say a few words after answering. He had long understood who was the eldest in the family, but his two younger brothers were too young. Alas, they were really children!
"Mom, I definitely miss you. Dad misses you too. He's afraid you'll worry about us, so he comes over to have dinner for us every night after get off work."
Sure enough, after listening to the eldest son's words, the person driving the car was visibly in a good mood.
Facing the various open and covert struggles between the father and his sons, Shen An Ning really didn't know how to comment. She took out the peach cakes and sesame cakes from her bag. Zhan's peach cakes were both sweet and salty. While waiting at their store, Shen An Ning specially asked them to make less sugar ones for the children at home.
"Ding, ding, ding, haha, look what delicious food Mom bought for you on this business trip. This peach pastry is delicious, crispy and crunchy, the taste is different."
He took out a piece for Peanut. The twins were getting anxious when they saw the food in their brother's hand, but as good kids, they would not snatch the delicious food from their brother.
"Mom, I want one too."
"Mom, you're the best. I want to be as big as my brother."
Chen An Ning patted the two little fat kids' outstretched hands and said, "Eat such a big one. Will there be other food later? Mom brought a lot this time, many kinds."
Hearing this, the two little guys opened their mouths consciously, ready to accept the feeding from their mother. After all, they were just children less than two years old. Shen An Ning broke the peach cake into the size of a thumb nail and fed it to the two little guys.
"Mmm, Mom, it's delicious. I want more."
The peach cake was a bit dry, and after eating a few bites, the two little guys felt a little thirsty. Shen Anning smiled secretly and unscrewed the lid of Cao Jingheng's water cup.
Peanut drank two sips and looked at his two younger brothers, who looked pale. "Alright, alright, Daddy was just worried about the danger. You're all kids, so you should sit back there. Don't be angry. Drink some water and you can eat a few more bites."
Peanut spoke the last sentence very quietly, but the twins heard it clearly. The two brothers looked at each other and gulped down the water in their father's cup.
Cao Jingheng saw the actions of the two people through the rearview mirror and smiled. It was really a blessing for him to have these sons!
Back at the manor, as expected, the food they bought received unanimous praise from everyone. For older people like grandparents and younger children like twins, Shen An Ning asked the store to make reduced-sugar and reduced-oil versions, which were not greasy and did not weigh heavily on the palate.
"Aunt, you bought so many delicious foods, it's too much." Shen Zixi held a sesame seed bun stuffed with pork and preserved vegetables in one hand, while looking at the large cardboard boxes stacked against the wall. There were so many things, it felt like they were enough for the family to eat for a year.
Shen Anning took out the large intestine hairbands she bought for the two girls from her bag. This was a new style from Ontario, and it wasn't popular in Beijing yet. "We definitely can't finish them all just by relying on our family. Don't you and Shu Tong often go out with your classmates and do homework together during the holidays? Bring a little of each for your friends and share with them."
"And these are new hair ties. They look great, don't they? They'd look great with a high ponytail or a side-parted hairstyle."
"Wow, it looks so good. Thank you, my dear aunt. Shutong is accompanying her father to Jin City these two days. Hahaha, I can wear it first."
A lot of things were bought, and there were many relatives and friends at home. In addition to those specially made for the elderly and children at home, 60% to 70% of the remaining things were packed up by Shen An Ning and prepared to be given away.
Suddenly, more than half of the snack wall was gone, which made the twins very distressed. They could not eat much to begin with, and now they could eat even less.
Sitting next to the ladies, the two little guys would take as many bites as they could.
After having dinner with the grandparents and children at the manor in the evening, Cao Jingheng continued to entrust the children to the grandparents on the pretext that he had to go to work the next morning, and returned to the courtyard with his wife.
When the man held her hand and walked out of the door, Shen Anning's face was almost red. It was because her grandparents were older and experienced people who would not tease them, otherwise today would be another day of social failure.
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