After the rush to harvest, everyone in the team had some free time, just in time to recover from their previous fatigue.
After the fields were plowed and a rain fell, the people in the brigade began to plant beans. After the beans were planted, they could have a few days of leisure.
When the adults are busy, the children at home are also busy, so Baoya and Yuanbao are also very tired. However, fortunately, their brothers will soon have summer vacation, which makes them feel happy.
However, compared to the exam before the last winter break, Wenjie and Wenzhi were a bit timid, but this time they were much more confident. Although they had not visited Shen Yibei as many times as last year in the past six months, they still went to see him every few days.
Sometimes the little ones played with Shen Yibei in the back mountain, and sometimes they asked Shen Yibei to give them lessons. Although the time they spent together was not very long, the little ones all felt very happy.
With Shen Yibei's tutoring, Wenjie and Wenzhi's grades improved a lot, their rankings in the class also moved up, and they were no longer afraid of the upcoming final exams.
After receiving the notification letters, Bowen Boyu and the others officially started their summer vacation.
The little ones happily gathered together and ran around outside all day. It was already July and the weather was very hot, so when they came back, their clothes were soaked with sweat and their hair was wet, as if they had been caught in the rain.
"Look at what you guys are doing. Go wash up first, we'll have dinner later." Chen Xiuxiu looked at the little ones who looked like dirty monkeys and felt very disgusted.
The water in the tub has been exposed to the sun for a whole day and is still warm, just the right temperature for bathing.
Seeing that Tianen and Baoya were also sweating, Yang Yulan poured out a basin of water and gave them a bath. Yang Yulan helped Baoya to bathe first, and then Tianen took a bath after Baoya was done.
However, Tian'en, who was already seven years old this year, had become shameless. He drove Baoya and Yang Yulan out of the door, saying, "Mom, little sister...sister, I...I can wash it myself."
Yang Yulan smiled and took Baoya to the main room. At this time, Yunduo, Wenjie, and Yuanbao had already taken a bath, changed into clean clothes, and were refreshed.
"Sister Xiaobao, come here quickly." Yun Duo over there saw Baoya and waved to her.
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Lan let go of Baoya's hand, and Baoya trotted over to Yunduo. At this moment, Yuanbao was playing Gobang with Wenjie. Gobang was given to them by Shen Yibei a few days ago.
Once they learned how to play, the children in the Song family became addicted to it. Whenever they had free time, they would start drawing grids with twigs and finding small stones to use as chess pieces.
After a few days of searching, they had even managed to put together a set of chess pieces: smooth, roughly sized pebbles for white, and the marbles Li Qingyan had bought earlier for black.
Wenjie was now playing with Yuanbao. Yunduo called Baoya over and the two of them squatted aside and watched.
Yun Duo also plays Gobang, and sometimes asks Tian En and the others to play with her. However, Bao Ya is only four years old, so although she knows how to play, she often loses more than she wins when she actually plays.
Of course, this does not include the few brothers who gave in on purpose.
There are already many chess pieces on the chessboard. Wenjie uses his black pieces to gather densely together, looking for opportunities to connect into five pieces, while Yuanbao's white pieces are scattered outside, blocking him from forming five pieces.
However, Yuanbao couldn't stop him for long, and Wenjie found an opportunity to gather five pieces. Slowly, it didn't take long for Yuanbao to lose the game.
"Come again, come again. It was my mistake just now." Yuanbao picked up his chess piece and said unconvincedly.
"Yuanbao, you lost. It's Yunduo's turn to play."
"Yes, it's my turn. Yuanbao, please get out of the way." Yun Duo said as she moved towards Yuanbao's position.
Although Yuanbao was not happy in his heart and wanted to show his strength again, he slowly moved aside and squatted with Baoya to watch Wenjie and Yunduo descend.
"Oops, Sixth Sister, you got off in the wrong place. You should get off here."
"Sixth sister, there are already three children over there, you should block them quickly, or you will lose soon."
"You can't play here. If you play here, you'll have four pieces and win immediately!"
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Wenjie and Yunduo were making Yuanbao very anxious. Yunduo frowned and said, "Yuanbao, please don't talk for now. I don't know where to go if you keep doing this."
"Don't you see he already has four pieces on this side? If I don't block it, it will become five. I definitely can't play over there."
"I've already lost by listening to you, Yuanbao, just watch and stop talking.
"Yun Duo, who was having a headache because of the noise, said with a stern face.
Although Yuanbao's words disturbed Yunduo and indirectly helped his side, Wenjie still said, "Yeah, Yuanbao, didn't Brother Yibei say that people watching chess can't talk?"
Yuanbao felt a little guilty and had to keep his mouth shut.
Yun Duo and Wen Jie continued playing, and soon Yun Duo won because Wen Jie didn't see a hidden four pieces.
"I won." Yun Duo said happily and let out a breath.
"Then it's my turn. I'll play with Sixth Sister." Seeing that this round was over, Yuanbao hurriedly squeezed over to try again.
However, by this time, Bowen and Boyu had already finished their baths, and Feng Guizhi had prepared dinner, so he didn't get to play. Soon, the tables and chairs were moved in, and the whole family sat together to eat dinner.
Today Feng Guizhi made cold noodles, which she drizzled with garlic juice and added a few drops of sesame oil. When she mixed it with chopsticks, the sour and fragrant aroma penetrated her nose.
After taking a bite, the cold noodles cooled down the heat a lot. The sour taste was refreshing and particularly appetizing.
There was also a plate of scrambled eggs with cucumber and braised eggplant on the table. Eating them with cold noodles in a bowl was very satisfying.
"Delicious, delicious, this cold noodle is so delicious."
"It's cool and refreshing, and it has the aroma of sesame oil."
"Grandma, can we still have cold noodles tomorrow?"
Feng Guizhi smiled and said, "If you want to eat it, I will make it for you tomorrow."
"That's great! Grandma, you're so kind! I need to eat two bowls of cold noodles tomorrow!"
"Yuanbao, finish the food in your bowl first. I always tell you this, but in the end you eat the least." Boyu on the side was teasing Yuanbao.
Then, he added lightly, "You eat so little. Little Sister Xiaobao will be taller than you soon."
"!" Yuanbao stared at Boyu in disbelief with his eyes wide open, feeling that his young heart was hurt.
"I... I am definitely taller than Xiaobao's sister, and I eat more than Xiaobao's sister~!!" Yuanbao said as he lowered his head and started to eat bitterly.
Baoya's little face, who was called out, slowly turned red, and she thought quietly in her heart: Just now...was second brother saying that she ate too much?
Baoya is sorry, but she did seem to eat a little too much.
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"Sister Xiaobao, don't listen to your second brother's nonsense. You didn't eat much at all. Look, your big brother has almost finished a bowl of noodles, but you still have a lot left." Bowen, who was standing next to her, noticed that Baoya secretly glanced at her little belly and her eating movements slowed down, so he whispered to her.
Boyu quickly reacted, remembering that Baoya was a girl after all, and realized that he shouldn't have said that. He quickly said, "Yes, it was Second Brother who was wrong. Little Sister Xiaobao didn't eat much at all. It was your brother Yuanbao who ate too little. Second Brother was talking about him."
"Little sister Xiaobao needs to eat well so that she can be healthy." Yun Duo on the side also said.
"Yes, little sister...sister, I'm not eating too little at all. I've almost finished my brother's. Little sister, you should also...eat quickly...quickly, so that you can grow...taller."
Baoya was just a little embarrassed, but she still planned to finish the noodles in her bowl. It was so delicious, it would be a shame if she didn't finish it.
Now, when he heard Boyu Tianen and the others say this, he tilted his head and smiled at them, then nodded his little head and said softly: "Well, eat it all~"
"Eat it all~" Yang Yulan, who was feeding Tiantian, heard it and clapped her hands and joined in the conversation.
Tiantian now eats with them, including porridge, noodles, steamed buns, and stir-fried dishes. However, she is still young, so spicy and irritating foods cannot be eaten by her.
Feng Guizhi had just served her a bowl of soup noodles, and now Yang Yulan had picked up some vegetables for her to eat with. She ate it with such relish that she finished her bowl of noodles in no time.
"Our Tiantian is such a foodie. She likes to eat everything and thinks everything tastes delicious." Chen Xiuxiu said with a smile.
"That's right. Watching this little girl eat makes me eat an extra bowl of rice."
"Besides, this girl isn't picky about food at all. She eats whatever you give her and likes everything."
"Our Tiantian is the best, isn't she?" Yang Yulan also said with a smile, looking down at Tiantian in her arms and teasing her.
Tiantian seemed to understand that the aunts were praising her, and she smiled happily at them, showing her newly pierced teeth.
"Hey, you still know we are praising you?"
"People are small
"Ghost, I think he inherited all of Jianshe and Qingyan's cleverness and intelligence."
Everyone at the table looked at her sweetly and smiled, talking and teasing her, and the room was filled with cheerful laughter.
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After July, the weather got hotter and hotter. The sun was high in the sky, scorching the ground. There were no clouds in the sky, and there was no sign of rain or cooling the temperature.
As the weather got hotter, the kids wanted to go to the water to play. However, the water in the creek they had been to was almost dry, so they had to walk further away and find another creek.
The water in the big pond to the east was deep, and they remembered what Feng Guizhi had said: no one dared to go there without an adult. So when they passed by, they didn't stop and just went straight through.
"I remember there was a small river a little further ahead. It didn't seem too deep, but I don't know if there's still water in it now."
"Let's go and take a look."
A few of the children covered their heads with large leaves and walked forward under the sun, slowly leaving the Red Flag Production Brigade. However, they did not dare to run too far, just a little ahead. The small river was in the Yuejin Production Brigade.
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