Worried that the children might slide off course or be thrown off, Lin Ying made the slide very long, so that they could only go up the stairs after standing up from the slide. This way, there was no need to worry about one child running down the stairs while another child came down from the other side and bumped into a bowling ball.
After they finished, the water poured on top had frozen. Lin Ying said to them, "Xiao Shuai, watch everyone. Only the person who slid down can start climbing the stairs before the second person can go down, understand? If you don't listen, you won't be able to play with the toys I make later."
Everyone nodded and said, "We understand, Auntie!" But their eyes were full of eager anticipation.
"Alright, you guys have fun. Your auntie will watch from downstairs."
Upon hearing this, everyone began to work hard, pulling their snow sleds up the mountain with great effort.
Perhaps the commotion here was too great, which attracted many military wives from the compound to come out and see what was going on.
Looking at the impressive-looking snow slide, and then at their own child who had come with the other children and was struggling to pull the snow sled up the mountain, everyone found it amusing.
"Oh my, my little calf is really strong."
"Girl, you're really patient. You're spoiling the child way too much."
"That's right! Snow sledding and ski slopes. That's why these kids love going to the girl's house. She really takes the children's requests to heart."
Lin Ying watched as the first group of children went up and sat in the baskets, the ropes pulled back to let the next child give them a push. Their adorable expressions made her want to laugh.
"I don't have much to do at home, and it's not good for the kids to stay cooped up at home all the time. Wouldn't it be better to let the kids get some exercise?"
As they were talking, three children slid down from above one after another.
They all shouted "Wow!" and were extremely excited.
He slid down to the ground, got off the vehicle, and pulled his snow sled up the stairs.
Meanwhile, the children who were already prepared above saw the children below climbing the stairs, and the second wave began to come down.
Watching the children playing so happily, Er Ya felt a little sleepy. Lin Ying said to the military wives who were watching the fun without any politeness, "My daughter wants to sleep. If you ladies are free, you can stay here and watch for a while. I'll come over after I've put the child to sleep."
There's no reason for them to expect others to be responsible for their children's safety while they're playing. They all hurriedly said, "Go ahead, go ahead, we'll be watching. The kids are all very sensible, nothing will go wrong."
Of course there won't be any problems; the snow sleds Lin Ying made are very well protected. Plus, Xiao Shuai listens to Lin Ying very well and absolutely won't allow any children to cut in line or slide down before someone else has gotten off.
So, nothing really will happen.
After Lin Ying coaxed Er Ya to sleep, she came out and saw that everyone was still there. She stood there for a while and then went back inside.
She promised to make small toys for the children, so of course she would.
The toy Lin Ying made is the snow-covered duck that became commonplace in later generations.
If you were using plastic, you could simply create a mold and shape it directly. But wood carving is definitely much more laborious.
Fortunately, it's something that practice makes perfect; you can make a few more using cork.
Then it's just like pliers, you just need to add a sliding clip in the middle.
To be honest, this was more difficult to set up than a snow sled, so Lin Ying made five or six. Except for a small one for Er Ya, she took the rest out for everyone to play with.
Lin Ying didn't prepare one for Shuanzi as well.
In Lin Ying's view, if Shuanzi wanted something behind closed doors, she would make it for him. But now that everyone was playing together, she didn't want Shuanzi to have that domineering feeling that "this is what my aunt made" or "this is what belongs to my family."
Over time, this friendship will become impure. It's better to be fair; each person can play for a while, and everyone can line up if they want to play.
There will naturally be favoritism. For example, Lin Ying will make some small toys for Shuanzi, such as puzzles and tangrams. If anyone else wants to play with these things, they must get Shuanzi's permission.
Because those were given to Shuanzi.
The fact that the kids are eating so well at home is making the older kids even more distraught when they come home from school.
One by one, they howled and screamed, but were eventually suppressed by the Iron Sand Palm techniques of each family.
However, everyone started making the duck toys that Lin Ying made. There was no way around it; their little darlings were throwing tantrums. Even those who didn't know how to make them would find someone to help them.
Later, the older children passed this thing on to schools, and then it started to be played with in towns, then cities, and gradually more and more places.
Therefore, even without the advanced internet of later generations, there is a reason why children across the country can play so uniformly.
With a topic to discuss and pick up snow ducks, Shuanzi and the other children were once again having a great time playing outside every day.
That day, Lin Ying was at home preparing some honey walnuts when she heard her children playing outside calling her from the doorway.
When Lin Ying came out, she heard people say that someone was looking for her outside.
Lin Ying helped Er Ya get dressed and then took her out the door.
Since the trolley was no longer useful, Lin Ying disassembled it. The middle section, which was originally used to store mountain produce, was now used to take Er Ya out.
The little one doesn't like sitting in her stroller.
Lin Ying knew that the little guy felt trapped in the car and couldn't escape.
As Lin Ying pulled Er Ya out, she saw two staff members getting out of a car at the door.
Lin Ying knew these two people; they were the staff members from the Second Machinery Factory who had given her money before.
Seeing them, Lin Ying roughly guessed the purpose of their visit.
Whether it's delivering money or discussing business, it's not appropriate to talk here now. Lin Ying asked them to wait a moment while she went to Deng Li to submit a report. After Deng Li approved the report, Lin Ying took the two back to her home.
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