Extra 6 Playmates
Today is the day to meet up with playmates.
However, it seemed that since the evening after dinner when the news came yesterday, drizzle fell until early this morning.
At night, the young children, listening to the sound of rain outside the window, would all, without any prior agreement, throw themselves upon their pillows and sob softly. They cried with such intensity that every now and then they would startle awake, nervously covering their mouths to muffle their cries, their entire bodies trembling.
As they cried, their faces changed. They jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom. They vomited on the way with a "wow".
The children's faces were covered with tear marks and pillow marks. They sat on the ground in a mess, watching someone come to clean up the room and watch someone come to help them up quietly and carefully.
In their respective rooms, they all said in unison, either in a low and gloomy voice or cautiously: "Don't tell the head of the family." Then they cleaned up the rooms and the children with a smile, turned around and left, and no one knew what they meant.
Late at night, they fell back into their bedrooms or the beds next door in silence. Suddenly, the children jumped up again, ran to the table and carefully checked each box. After checking, they returned to bed with peace of mind and fatigue and fell into a deep sleep.
This morning, as the cool drizzle stopped, the child who had cried himself to death last night slowly woke up.
They stayed in bed for a long time, washed up, ran to the mirror to look at themselves, and checked the box on the table again. It was morning and they went out with smiles on their faces.
After the rain, the weather was sunny and windy.
Jiang Yunshu held the doll and followed the head of the family to a completely unfamiliar glass house.
Almost the moment she entered the room, the children sitting on the sofa in the room suddenly stood up, smiled and walked quickly over, raised their heads and called out "Master" with sparkling eyes, then lowered their heads and smiled at her with curved eyes, saying, "Yun Shu Yun Shu? Are you Yun Shu?"
Jiang Yunshu nodded.
Next to them, Jiang Yuetan smiled faintly and said to them, "This is Yunshu, a little younger than all of you." He tilted his head, reached out and took Jiang Yunshu's sleeve, leading her forward, and walked her to the group of children. He smiled and nodded and said, "Yunshu, meet them."
Before Jiang Yunshu could speak, the children gathered around her, smiling and saying their names. Then, with sparkling eyes, they looked at the doll in her arms with curiosity and exclaimed, "Yunshu! Is this your doll? So cute!" "The embroidery on this dress is so exquisite! Is it the doll's original dress? Or did you replace it with a new one?"
Jiang Yunshu said "hmm" to one, nodded to another, looked at another, and replied calmly, "It's its own."
The girl's smile suddenly brightened, and she asked again, "Have you prepared new clothes for it?"
Jiang Yunshu paused, thinking that this was a good suggestion, and said honestly, "Not yet."
The children laughed and shouted, "I'm smart, aren't I? The gift I prepared for Yunshu is doll clothes." "I got it, I got it. Yunshu, go back and change it first. I'll carefully make the new clothes you like!"
In an instant, the boy, who could only think hard about making clothes for the doll, gave away the doll clothes.
The girls, however, looked proud, smiled and ran to the corner of the room.
"Clang clang clang ~ please look ~"
They brought out small carts and baskets filled with hats, shoes, gloves, glasses, various accessories, even bottles, potted plants, kittens, puppies, and all the necessary clothes. They were all packed together in the carts and baskets.
——The boys were stunned and filled with regret and annoyance.
In a few moments, Jiang Yunshu was once again surrounded by children and various gifts.
But she didn't prepare any gifts. Jiang Yunshu subconsciously turned his head to look at the people behind him.
Without waiting for the people behind to speak, the children around her laughed and said, "The head of the family wanted to give you a surprise too. He didn't tell you how many of us there were, did he? How can you prepare if you don't even know?"
They all raised their hands, patted themselves, and said with a smile, "We are here to welcome you, Yunshu. Yunshu, we are so happy that you are here and want to play with us! We are so, so happy!"
The children smiled at Jiang Yunshu, but their attention was inevitably focused on the person behind Jiang Yunshu.
Although they had told others not to tell the Patriarch last night, they didn't know whether he knew or not, and he wouldn't show it...
Most of them probably know... There are so many thoughts in their minds, and they are inevitably sad. The children have to put on a smile on their faces, because being angry will only hurt themselves.
At this moment, Jiang Yuetan slowly walked forward to the edge of the group of children, raised his hand and patted a boy on the shoulder, lowered his head and smiled and called out: "Lin Qing."
The children paused, then turned around and quickly made way without a word. Then, with a wide smile, they asked, "Brother Qing, what gift did you prepare for Yun Shu?"
Jiang Linqing tilted his head slightly, his eyes downcast. It wasn't until someone patted his back, pushed him forward, and asked, "What did you prepare?" that he replied sullenly, "Doll clothes."
Instantly, the children shouted, "Hurry up and find which one is Brother Qing's gift." They quickly found the gifts and handed them to Jiang Yunshu, looking at her eagerly, "Yunshu, open it and take a look. We are so curious!"
Jiang Yunshu paused.
Jiang Yuetan also smiled and said, "Xiao Shu, take a look first. We'll have to pack up our things when we get back."
Jiang Yunshu unwrapped the paper as instructed, opened the box and took out the neatly folded clothes.
The children instantly exclaimed "Wow!", their faces filled with disbelief. "This half-hidden, half-revealed embroidery is so exquisite!" They looked towards their own gifts with sorrowful faces, "I shouldn't have let Brother Qing see his gift first. Now my gift is overshadowed."
"Every piece of clothing is different, just like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, each has its own merits." Jiang Yuetan said. Jiang Yunshu also said calmly: "They are all good, I like them all."
The children immediately looked at her with eyes full of emotion, "Yun Shu, you are so kind! I like you so much!"
Praising Jiang Linqing is one thing, and praising Jiang Yunshu is another. The children smiled. Who could have expected that after all these years, another Jiang Yunshu would suddenly appear?
What if they had even the slightest chance? In the past, Jiang Linqing was number one, and now Jiang Yunshu seemed to be on his way to surpassing him.
What is the difference between them and people from other places in the ancestral land, and people outside the ancestral land? The children's smiles were a little stiff.
Beside him, Jiang Yuetan also smiled softly when he heard this, and nodded slightly. Yes, this child is very good, a really good child... As long as you accept her bad temper, you will find that she is really a very good child.
He smiled and glanced at the children around him. Jiang Linqing was number one by a huge margin, and Jiang Yunshu's potential was immeasurable, so they were naturally given high attention. But the other children couldn't be left behind either.
They are a family, and they need to be friendly as well as competitive, but they also need to be friendly. It's normal for each of them to have their own little thoughts, as long as they don't affect the overall situation.
Jiang Yuetan looked at the children around him chattering and laughing with satisfaction.
The children gathered around Jiang Yunshu and Jiang Linqing, talking in a group. They looked serious and focused, looking at each other without moving. In fact...
Jiang Yuetan watched the group of little people moving quickly around the room, and couldn't help but smile again. It was always like this.
Jiang Yunshu looked at the person in front of him and suddenly came to his senses. He found that he had been sitting on the sofa eating small fruits without knowing when. After an unknown amount of time, he came to his senses again and found himself in the corner of the room, having been looking at the flowers, plants and a litter of kittens for a long time.
Jiang Linqing was always by her side, the boy always looking down with a sullen expression. The other children gathered around them, talking to her with a smile, and occasionally asking about Jiang Linqing.
noon.
The children gradually quieted down. When they looked at the small clock on the table, they smiled at Jiang Yunshu and said, "Yunshu, let's go eat together at noon."
No. Jiang Yunshu immediately refused, as she was not used to eating with them.
"Not today." Jiang Yuetan suddenly spoke up, walked over, took Jiang Yunshu's hand, and said, "You and Yunshu can eat slowly later. Today, Yunshu has to come with me."
Jiang Yunshu looked up at him.
The children paused for a moment, their smiles unchanged, and they nodded obediently, saying, "Okay." They looked at Jiang Yunshu and waved, "See you tomorrow!"
See you tomorrow? Jiang Yunshu touched the doll with his hand and said calmly, "Goodbye."
The children watched the two people walk away and disappear from their sight with a smile.
Jiang Yunshu followed the person and walked away. Suddenly, the person next to him stopped, turned around, and squatted in front of him. He took out a gift box out of thin air and said with a smile: "Xiao Shu, I have a gift for you too. Congratulations to our Yunshu for becoming so amazing."
Jiang Yunshu spread out his right hand, and the doll in his hand floated. He took a box that was half his height and opened it, taking out a... Jiang Yunshu paused, staring at the doll in the box with an expressionless face, then slowly raised his head and looked at the clothes and appearance of the person in front of him.
She was quiet for a while, then slowly reached out and took out the doll with the packaging bag, saying, "Thank you, Master. I like it very much."
Jiang Yuetan stood up with a smile and said, "You can take this with you..."
"Put it back." Jiang Yunshu put the doll back into the box and covered it, then turned his head and said to the person holding the gift behind him.
The person behind hurriedly responded and came forward to take the box.
Jiang Yuetan smiled and was silent for a while, then nodded, reached out and took her sleeve again, and said, "Let's go eat."
…………
In the distance, she had never been close to a building before, and it was difficult to see its complete outline because it was blocked from all angles.
As soon as the door of the room opened, Jiang Yunshu followed someone in and saw a person walking towards him quickly.
She was dressed in a simple outfit, with a light gray-yellow short top and a dark green flowing bright blue long skirt underneath, a thin bright green belt. Her long exposed neck was hung with a jade necklace, and her gray-brown wavy hair was draped over her shoulders. She looked young and graceful, with a gentle and intellectual temperament.
Jiang Yunshu looked up and met her eyes. Those eyes were like ink melting into water, gentle, yet also had a calmness that was seriously inconsistent with their appearance, like the calmness of an ancient beast that had been washed away by time...
Without waiting for Jiang Yunshu to take a closer look, the pair of dark eyes bent into a smile the moment they met hers.
Jiang Yunshu hesitated for some reason.
As expected! The gentle woman came over quickly with big steps, called out "Baby~" affectionately, suddenly reached out to pick her up, and kissed her hard on the face.
“???” Jiang Yunshu’s entire body froze instantly.
Her eyes widened, and in her wider field of vision, she saw very clearly that in front of her, Jiang Yuetan turned around in panic and said, "Wait..."
The gentle woman held her in her arms, calling her "baby, baby," and kissed her cheeks, forehead, and nose several times, praising her happily: "Baby, you are amazing! I love you so much!"
She lowered her head and kissed him five or six times.
The next moment, she was suddenly pushed away by two people again, and the child in her arms was snatched away. The two men hugged the child tightly in their arms, wishing that the child would melt into their bones and blood. "Baby, how can you be so powerful~" they shouted, turned around with the child in their arms, and suddenly pushed Jiang Yuetan away and walked back to the depths of the room.
Jiang Yunshu was pushed around by them and scrambled to be hugged. He felt like he was in the middle of a huge wave. He was so frightened that his whole body was stiff and motionless. His little face was pale and ugly, and his eyes were dull.
I don’t know if it was a remnant or a memory, but sensing all the things on his face... Jiang Yunshu’s mind went blank.
She felt as if her whole body was about to break apart...
Jiang Yunshu's eyes went dark.
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