Every mother wants to give her child the best.
Hearing Ya Ya's words, Qiao An'an felt quite uncomfortable.
But they don't have enough people to make games, and I really can't draw. I can only barely fold paper.
Qiao An'an patted Ya Ya's head: "What's a paper crane? I'll fold you a paper airplane when I'm done with my work."
Ya Ya's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Really?!"
Qiao An'an and Ya Ya made a pinky promise.
After dinner, Qiao An'an found a pile of paper and, following the folding method she learned in elementary school, folded a rectangle in half, then folded the two sides into triangles, and finally folded the folded edge in the other direction. A paper airplane was completed, and it was practically perfect.
Then, very proudly, he placed it in front of Ya Ya: "How is it?"
Ya Ya squinted at the paper airplane Qiao An'an had folded, then said with a look of disgust, "I saw it through binoculars. The paper cranes they folded have heads, feet, and tails, and they can even draw eyes on them. They look just like real cranes. Mom's doesn't look like a real airplane at all."
Qiao An'an drew an eye on the paper airplane with a pen: "Like this?"
Although Qiao An'an is only three years old, she looks at pictures and studies math diligently every day. She has at least seen airplanes before. This is no airplane at all: "Airplanes don't even have eyes!"
It's a bit tricky.
Qiao An'an thought for a moment and threw the paper airplane out. Then she said to Ya Ya, "Although the airplane that Mommy made is not very similar to a real airplane, it can fly. No matter how similar that paper crane is, it can't fly."
After being thrown, the paper airplane traced a graceful arc in the air before finally landing on the ground.
This action completely stunned Ya Ya. She ran to pick up the paper airplane that had fallen to the ground, then ran to Gu Bei and threw it away. She proudly declared to Gu Bei, "My mom's paper airplane can fly!!!"
Even elementary school students can do this, right?
However, to save face for Aunt An'an, Gu Bei still tried his best to agree, saying, "Amazing, Aunt An'an is truly amazing!!!"
Ya Ya got tired of playing with paper airplanes, so she lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
Qiao An'an thought that she should make more toys for Ya Ya in the future, otherwise Ya Ya would always look like she had never seen the world, which would make her, as a mother, seem very incompetent.
As Qiao An'an was thinking this, she drifted off to sleep.
I woke up in the middle of the night because I was cold.
She quickly put on her coat and prepared to go downstairs to light the fireplace. When she got downstairs, she found that Grandpa Gu Bei was already starting the fire. When Grandpa Gu Bei saw Qiao An'an coming downstairs, he waved to her and said, "The fire is already lit, it will be warm soon. You should go back to sleep."
Qiao An'an thanked Grandpa Gu Bei and prepared to go upstairs, but halfway up, she remembered: "Grandpa, you said before that if the temperature dropped again, you would cover Xiaomai with a blanket. Does tonight count as a temperature drop?"
Grandpa Gu Bei nodded: "Okay, so we need to cover Xiaomai with a blanket first thing tomorrow morning."
The so-called "covering the wheat with a blanket" is actually watering the wheat field. The water will freeze into ice when it comes into contact with the ground because the weather is too cold, thus protecting the wheat in the soil.
This is not difficult.
But it's very labor-intensive to do.
Because there was no electricity in the apocalypse, all the water had to be drawn bucket by bucket from the well by Qiao An'an and the others, and then carried to the fields behind. The frozen ground was very slippery when wet.
Fetching water is hard physical work.
So early the next morning, Qiao An'an, Chi Xiaoyu, and Gu Bei took turns fetching water.
Although Qiao An'an didn't want Grandpa Gu Bei to do any work, Grandpa Gu Bei didn't want to be idle either. He prepared to make a hearty breakfast for everyone, and to prevent Ya Ya from causing trouble in the back, he even gave Ya Ya special permission to start the fire.
The so-called special permission to start a fire actually meant that Grandpa Gu Bei would light the fire, add the firewood, and then let Ya Ya sit there and watch the fire. Even so, Ya Ya was very happy.
When starting the fire, Grandpa Gu Bei also put a few chestnuts in the fire.
Grandpa Gu Bei is preparing to make braised pork trotters with noodles for breakfast.
The weather is already quite cold, so it won't spoil overnight.
Grandpa Gu put them in a large pot to heat up, and fearing that there wouldn't be enough soup left, he added a spoonful of well water.
After the pig's feet soup boiled, Grandpa Gu Bei added some noodles, some green leafy vegetables, salt, light soy sauce, and MSG to the soup, and a pot of fragrant noodles was ready.
Grandpa Gu Bei put two pieces of pig's trotters in each of the three little ones' bowls while fetching water. He and Ya Ya each got one piece. He couldn't bear to eat two pieces, while Ya Ya was full after one piece and couldn't eat two.
After doing all this, Grandpa Gu Bei took out a handful of chestnuts from the fire, blew off the ash, peeled off the charred shells, and gave them to Ya Ya: "Put these in your pocket, Ya Ya, and take them out to eat when you're hungry."
Ya Ya couldn't wait to take a chestnut out of her pocket, take a bite, and exclaim that it was delicious!
At this moment, the three who were fetching water outside finally finished their work, but one or two of them were terribly cold.
Ya Ya held a chestnut to Qiao An'an's lips: "This is delicious, Ya Ya wants Mommy to eat some too."
Qiao An'an took a bite: "It's quite fragrant and sweet, definitely better than boiled chestnuts!"
However, compared to chestnuts, Qiao An'an wanted a bowl of hot pig's feet soup noodles more at this moment. After taking a bite of chestnut, she picked up the pig's feet noodles in front of her. After two mouthfuls of hot soup, she felt extremely comfortable.
The pig's feet in the braised pork trotters noodle soup were cooked until tender and flavorful, and the noodles absorbed all the oil from the broth, making them especially delicious. After finishing three bowls, I couldn't help but ask for another: "Grandpa's braised pork trotters noodle soup is amazing!!!"
The group was somewhat puzzled. They had eaten two pig's trotters a while ago, and there were two left over. Grandpa Gu Bei refused to let them eat any more, so why were they suddenly willing to let go today? "Didn't Grandpa say that we should keep these two pig's trotters?"
Grandpa Gu Bei picked up his bowl, slurped up a mouthful of noodles, and said, "I'm saving it for today!"
Qiao An'an: "Is today some big day?"
Grandpa Gu Bei: "Today is New Year's Day, the first day of the new year."
The apocalypse has been going on for so long that Qiao An'an has forgotten not only the date, but also what day of the week it is. She was quite surprised when Grandpa Gu Bei suddenly said that today is New Year's Day. Has the apocalypse, which started in June, already been over for half a year?
However, it's true that we should eat something good in the new year, so Qiao An'an smiled and said, "Then I wish that we can have meat to eat every day from now on, just like today!!!"
As soon as Qiao An'an finished speaking, the squealing of a small pig suddenly came from the bungalow behind. The pig was usually very well-behaved, so she didn't know why it was squealing like this today. What if it kept squealing and attracted the zombies?
Even though they had blocked the wooden walkway with bluestone slabs, no one could guarantee that it would still stand firm when faced with a large number of zombies.
Qiao An'an and Chi Xiaoyu exchanged a glance, then quickly put down their bowls and ran to the back.
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