The little ones all looked at Li Qingyan curiously. Baoya and Tianen didn't know what she had forgotten.
Li Qingyan walked towards Baoya and Tianen with a smile, holding something. "I picked this up at the post office the day before yesterday. It should have been sent by your brother Yibei. I haven't opened it yet. Here, I give it to you."
When they heard that it was sent by Brother Yibei, Baoya and Tianen's eyes lit up, and they were extremely careful when taking the things.
"Sent from Brother Yibei?"
"What is it? Mom, where did Brother Yibei send it from?"
"Then can we also send things to Brother Yibei?"
"Sister Xiaobao, Fifth Brother, please open it and see what Brother Yibei sent you."
Baoya and Tianen carefully tore open the outer envelope. Inside was a letter and something they didn't recognize. Baoya and Tianen each received one, though the designs were slightly different.
"What is this?" Yuanbao looked at the things on the table with a puzzled look on his face.
"There are numbers on it, one, two, three... to twelve."
"What is this for?"
“…” The little ones looked at it curiously and began to study it.
Li Qingyan smiled and answered the questions raised by the younger ones: "If you want to send something to your brother Yibei, I can help you send it later. The address is on it, and your brother Yibei should be able to receive it."
Song Jianshe walked over, fiddled with something on the table, and said, "This is an alarm clock."
"Alarm clock?"
"What's an alarm clock?"
Song Jianshe looked at the back, opened it, and found that there were no batteries inside. There were a few batteries in the envelope, which he opened and put on the top, saying as he did so:
"An alarm clock is like a clock. It works by putting batteries in it. If you set a time, the alarm will go off at that time to wake you up."
"It's still ringing?" The little ones all stared at the alarm clock in Song Jianshe's hand, extremely curious.
Boyu held the other one in his hand and watched, imitating Song Jianshe's movements and installing batteries. With the power on, the alarm clock quickly started running, making a subtle sound of the hands ticking over and over again.
“It really moved!”
"It's gone. It's gone."
"How do you tell the time? What time is it now?"
The Song family didn't have a clock, so they could only roughly tell it was around seven o'clock, but they didn't know the exact time.
Song Jianshe now has no way to adjust the alarm clock.
Song Jianshe thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry. There's a clock in the brigade headquarters. I'll go over there and adjust the time for you tomorrow."
The little ones became excited when they heard this. Although they were used to living without knowing the exact time, they were still particularly surprised to receive such a gift.
Song Jianshe had never touched an alarm clock before, so he fiddled with it by trial and error. Fortunately, it was not difficult to operate. With his knowledge of alarm clocks, he set the alarm in no time. He placed the alarm clock on the table: "Ten seconds left, ten, nine, eight..."
The little ones were lying on the edge of the table, carefully watching the second hand moving on it, their eyes wide open, and they were counting silently: "Three, two, one..."
"Ring, ring, ring!" When the hands overlapped, the alarm clock suddenly shook and made a very crisp ringing sound, which scared the little ones who were nearby.
"Ah! I was scared to death."
After the shock, the little ones became excited again, and their eyes looked at the alarm clock even more passionately: "It not only makes a sound, but also moves!"
"This alarm clock is amazing, so cool~!"
"Sister Xiaobao, Brother Wu, the gifts Brother Yibei gave you are really nice."
"Then from now on, we won't have to wake Fifth Brother up for school anymore. The alarm clock will wake him up directly."
"We'll be able to see the exact time from now on!"
Several small ones started talking at once, looking at the alarm clock with eyes full of envy. However, although this alarm clock was given by Shen Yibei to Tianen and Baoya, they would be able to see it in the future, so that little envy was diluted a lot.
That’s right, they couldn’t help but think in their hearts that it would be nice if they had one too.
Baoya looked at the birthday gift that Shen Yibei gave her, and her little face was filled with uncontrollable joy. However, she also saw that several of her brothers liked it very much, so she pushed her alarm clock forward and said softly:
"It's Baoya's, and also my brother's and sister Yunduo's." After saying that, Baoya remembered Tiantian and added, "It's also my sister Tiantian's~"
Tiantian on the other end didn’t understand what Baoya meant. She only heard her own name and responded happily, clapping her hands.
Tian En also said: "And me, mine is also big
We use it together.”
Hearing Baoya and Tianen say this, Yuanbao, Wenjie and the others felt even happier, and all the remaining envy disappeared: "Little Bao sister, Fifth Brother, you are so kind."
"But I'll sleep in the west room, so I can see it every day."
"Then from now on, when you are woken up by the alarm clock, you can come and wake me and my third brother up."
"Okay!" Yuanbao, who always loved to sleep in, responded with a positive look on his face.
"Here is the letter written by your brother Yibei. Do you want to read it now? Or should we wait until we get back to the room to read it?" Li Qingyan asked.
Baoya and Tianen looked at the letter beside them and said, "Just read it here."
Tian'en is in second grade now and knows basic Chinese characters, so he should have no problem reading a letter. However, Baoya, who hasn't started school yet, only knows a few characters and needs help reading a letter.
Moreover, they all knew that several brothers missed Brother Yibei as much as they did, so they wanted everyone to hear this letter sent by Shen Yibei.
"Let me help Xiaobao read it." Bowen asked.
Baoya nodded her head and agreed.
"This is the first letter I've sent you. I calculated the time and it should arrive before your birthday, so I'd like to use this letter to wish you all a happy birthday. Since your last birthday gift... I chose these two alarm clocks. I thought you might like them..."
Shen Yibei didn't mention much about himself in the letter, only caring about the situation of the Song family's children. Considering that they might not have seen an alarm clock before, he also wrote in detail how to adjust it. Finally, he said to the other children: "Next year on your birthday, I will also send you a gift. It may be an alarm clock, or it may be something else, but it should be something you like..."
It ends with the words: "I'm doing fine, I hope you are too. - Shen Yibei."
The other children were overjoyed when they heard they would also receive gifts for their birthdays next year. Although their birthdays were still some time away, they were already looking forward to it.
"Next year I'll also have a gift from Brother Yibei on my birthday!"
"Brother Yibei still remembers us, I'm so happy."
"Mom, I also want to send a letter to Brother Yibei and a birthday present to him."
"Yes, let's write a letter to Brother Yibei later!"
Li Qing
Yan smiled and agreed: "Okay, I will send it to your brother Yibei for you when the time comes."
Then Tian En's letter was read out. The content of the letter was similar. However, inside it was a small storybook and a few fragments cut out from newspapers. These were addressed to Xu Zhijin.
Song Jianshe put away the newspaper clippings and gave the little ones the storybook.
Afterwards, the children gathered around the alarm clock and looked at it curiously for a while before being sent back to bed by Feng Guizhi as they had to go to school the next day.
Tian En originally wanted to give the alarm clock to Bo Wen Boyu, Wen Jie, and Wen Zhi to play with for a few days, but none of the brothers wanted it. Although they were curious about the alarm clock, they also knew that Tian En must like it very much, and it was his birthday gift, so they all refused to accept it.
Anyway, when they get up tomorrow, they can go to the west room to take a look.
Everyone in the other rooms went back to their own rooms. Yuanbao was supposed to sleep in the east room, after all, Song Jianshe was home, and Li Qingyan had finally returned. But his parents' face was clearly less important than the allure of two alarm clocks. So, Yuanbao followed Baoya and Tianen all the way to the west room.
Song Jianshe thought he was just going over to play for a while, but when he went to pick up Yuanbao, he found that he was already lying in bed, ready to sleep, and was unwilling to go back to the east room to sleep.
"Your mother has finally come back. Yuanbao, are you sure you want to sleep in this room and not go back?" Song Jianshe wanted to pull Yuanbao out and slap him on the butt a few times.
Look at his promising son.
"Yuanbao, the alarm clock is right here. You can come over anytime you want to see it, but your mother will only be at home for two days this time. If you don't go back, you don't know when the next time will be."
Yuanbao was persuaded, and Song Jianshe carried him back to the east room. However, after he lay down on the bed, he suddenly remembered that winter vacation was coming soon! Li Qingyan would be staying at home for two months.
However, it was too late to say anything now. Yuanbao could only look at Song Jianshe with resentment and snorted at him angrily. Although he was angry, his body was honest. It didn't take long for Yuanbao to fall asleep in the familiar environment.
Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan listened to Yuanbao's even breathing and shook their heads in amusement.
In the west room, Baoya tilted her head and looked at the alarm clock beside the bed.
He stretched out his little hand and touched it gently, then closed his eyes with a happy look on his face and fell into a sweet dream with satisfaction.
......
The next morning, Song Jianshe got up early. It was already very cold, and he was wrapped in a thick coat. As soon as he opened the door, he could feel the cold air coming through the cracks.
After rubbing his hands and adjusting for a while, he went to press water to wash up, and then he woke up. It was just dawn outside. He packed up simply, took the newspaper in the envelope from yesterday, went to the kitchen to get the food that Feng Guizhi had left yesterday, and then headed towards the cowshed.
Xu Zhijin was also a light sleeper. When he heard some noise outside and looked at the sky, he guessed that it was Song Jianshe. He got up from the kang, put on a cotton coat, and went to open the door.
"Uncle Xu, it's cold outside, you can sit on the kang." Song Jianshe said as he put his things away.
Xu Zhijin shook his head: "It's okay, it's not that cold in this room."
Song Jianshe didn't say anything more, just said: "There were two birthdays at home yesterday, and I didn't have time to send it to you. You can try it to share in the good luck."
Xu Zhijin listened and asked, "Which two children's birthdays are they? I don't know. I didn't prepare anything, and I asked you to bring it to me. This..."
"We have many children at home, so we celebrate birthdays quite often. It's not a big deal. We just make some delicious food for the little ones." Song Jianshe waved his hand, telling him not to take it to heart, and then handed the newspaper stuffed in his arms to Xu Zhijin:
"Xiaobei sent a letter back a few days ago with some newspapers inside. It's for you."
Xu Zhijin was a little surprised to hear the news from Shen Yibei. He reached out and took the cut newspapers and started to read them. Slowly, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
Song Jianshe was a little surprised to see Xu Zhijin's fluctuating emotions. He looked at the newspaper in his hand, wondering what was written on it that would make him like this.
He did not read the content of the newspaper, but just glanced at it quickly and saw the words "physics" and "achievements" written on it.
It took a while for Xu Zhijin to calm down, and Song Jianshe even saw tears in his eyes.
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