The kids had no time to count when they started playing. Although they had agreed to only fly the kite for a while, the two kids ended up playing for nearly two hours.

In fact, she was getting tired a long time ago. In less than an hour, she felt that she could not even lift her hands. But she was not tired of playing with the kite, so she mischievously gave the kite to her father and asked him to fly it for her to see.

Compared to Man Man, He Yan is much better. Firstly, he is older, and secondly, kids of his age have a lot of experience. He doesn't feel tired at all after running for two hours.

He was reluctant to go back, but he also knew that his parents were busy with other things, so he agreed reluctantly and flew the kite all the way back to the department store, attracting countless onlookers, especially children, who cried and begged their parents to buy them kites.

Gradually, she became more and more envious and felt that she had folded her kite too early.

However, this envy did not last long. The kite could not be flown indoors. In order to enter the department store, He Yan had to reel in the kite string little by little.

He was very careful in doing so; the kite was a very good toy and he wanted to keep it and play with it a few more times.

Don’t underestimate He Yan because he treasures the kite in his hand before entering the department store. He no longer cares about it after he walks in. He hands the kite to his father and goes from counter to counter to look at it.

This department store not only looks tall, but is also very spacious inside. It has a wide variety of merchandise, some of which are displayed in glass counters, and some are placed on shelves behind the counters.

Therefore, even though every counter was crowded with people, those passing by could see the goods being sold in the counter just by looking up, and if they saw something they were interested in, they would squeeze in and buy it.

Originally, Su Ting had no plans to buy anything else today. A bicycle costs nearly two hundred yuan, and they were clearly going to spend a lot today, so she wanted to save money on other things.

But she was a person who always thought too much. She was afraid that she would come across something she really liked while shopping, but could not buy it because she had no tickets. So before she went out, she took all the tickets at home with her in advance.

With tickets in her hand and money in her pocket, can she still be cautious while shopping?

Of course not!

Delicious snacks, buy them!

Nice clothes, buy them!

Good skin care products, must buy!

For a moment, not only Su Ting was excited, but the two children were also grinning from ear to ear.

Of course, they were unhappy and their mouths were stuffed with cakes.

So before they even reached the floor selling big items, He Dongchuan already had bags full of stuff in his hands. Su Ting was stunned when she saw them by accident: "We bought so many things?"

He Dongchuan gave an affirmative answer: "Yes."

Su Ting took a deep breath and made a decision: "We can't shop anymore. Let's go buy a bicycle directly."

In the department stores in Shanghai, there is more than one counter selling bicycles. Instead, they are divided by brand. They don't consider small brands and only look at the three major ones.

The bicycles they bought in Fuzhou were permanent and of very good quality. They had been ridden for more than two years without any scratches or damages, so the price didn't drop much when they sold them.

In fact, some people would buy the tickets even if they sold them at the original price, because bicycle tickets are hard to come by, and a single ticket could be sold for tens of dollars in private transactions.

But He Dongchuan's ticket was issued by the army, and they did not spend any money. When they left, they counted the car and the ticket separately. They sold the used car for the price of a new car, and even made a profit. Even if it was not considered speculation, it would not sound good to tell others about it.

He Dongchuan wanted to continue working in the army and have long-term development, so he couldn't have too many problems with his reputation. They didn't need these ten or twenty yuan, so they sold them at a relatively low price.

Because of this, after they moved away, their neighbors on Pingchuan Island mentioned them and said they were honest people.

As one of the three major brands, Forever has such good quality, Su Ting thinks the other two will not be bad either. In fact, Phoenix and Feige are more famous.

Therefore, Su Ting thought that she could just pick a bicycle blindly this time. As for her, she likes new things and hates old things when it comes to food, clothing, housing and transportation. She has bought Forever, so this time she prefers the other two brands.

After much consideration, Su Ting finally chose Fei Pigeon's bicycle.

After choosing the bicycle, He Dongchuan took a test ride to make sure the brakes and tires were in good condition. Su Ting then asked the salesperson to write a bill and went over to pay.

…

Bicycles these days are all very tall, and the one they bought this time was no exception. Once they were shoved into the back seat, He Yan and Man Man had no place to put their feet, so they could only sit in their seats with their slippers on and their legs bent.

The two children didn't mind and were even a little excited. On the way back, they never took their hands off the car.

When they were almost home, He Yan couldn't hold it in any longer and asked, "Can I ride this car when I get home?"

Su Ting did not respond immediately, and asked, "The bicycle is so high, can you reach the pedals when you sit on it?"

It wasn't that Su Ting looked down on He Yan, but the 28-inch bicycle's bars were too high. It was just right for her to ride. He Yan was half a head shorter than her. She really didn't believe that he could pedal all the way to the bottom after sitting on the bicycle.

He Yan knew what Su Ting meant. Although he didn't want to admit it, he felt that it might be a bit reluctant for him to sit on it.

But men all love cars. Even though what was placed in front of him was just a bicycle and He Yan had not grown into a man yet, it was hard for him not to be greedy!

While they were arguing, the military jeep drove into Sanyang Lane. After parking the car, He Dongchuan and Su Ting opened the back door respectively and let the two children get out.

After the back seat was empty, He Dongchuan took the bicycle out and placed it on the ground.

He Yan took the bike from his father, held the handlebars, and stood beside the pedals to make some gestures. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Mom! I've got a solution!"

"What can we do?" asked Su Ting as she walked around carrying something.

"I don't have to sit on it," He Yan said as he lifted his legs and passed through the triangle under the front bumper, with his legs apart and stepping on the ground. "If I stand and ride, I don't have to worry about not being able to step on the pedals, right?"

The method is a good one, but it requires a lot of skill.

Su Ting asked: "Can you ride a bicycle?"

Su Ting was very puzzled when asked this question. Could it be that He Yan had learned to ride a bicycle without her knowing?

That's not true. Nowadays, no matter whose family you belong to, bicycles are big items. People may not be willing to let their own children, who have never learned how to ride, touch them, let alone other people's children. If they bump into something, there will definitely be endless arguments afterwards.

Where did He Yan borrow the bicycle?

Just as Su Ting was thinking about it, she heard He Yan confidently say, "Although I can't do it now, I can learn, and I will definitely learn quickly!"

Su Ting: “…”

For a moment, Su Ting didn't know whether to say that He Yan was fearless because of ignorance, or to praise him for his confidence in himself.

But he had confidence in himself, but she didn't, so Su Ting smiled and said, "Take out your legs."

He Yan thought his mother had agreed to let him learn to ride a bike, so he happily retracted his legs, then watched Su Ting take the handlebars from him, and continued to smile and say, "You can't ride this bike for half a year."

He Yan's face instantly fell, and he wailed, "Why?!!!"

Su Ting answered confidently: "This is a new car. If you damage it while learning to drive, wouldn't I be heartbroken?"

"Then why can you ride after half a year?"

"After half a year, the novelty of my experience may have worn off. I don't feel bad if you fall and dent the bike while learning to drive."

In addition, although He Yan's height has reached a plateau, he can still increase one or two centimeters in half a year. The taller he is, the safer it will be for him to learn to drive.

It's not that Su Ting didn't want to extend the time, but the child's patience is limited. If the time is extended too long, He Yan might secretly ride the bike out when they are not paying attention, and no one would know if he fell. Half a year is not too long or too short. He Yan might be able to bear it, and then let He Dongchuan watch him, so that he won't fall too hard.

However, He Yan's focus was different from hers. He asked in shock, "I fell down while learning to drive. Shouldn't you feel sorry for me first?"

"I feel sorry for you!" Su Ting said, "For my sake, please don't ride a bicycle before you are sixteen. Can you do that?"

He Yan fell silent instantly.

Su Ting spread her hands: "Look, it's useless for me to feel sorry for you. I can only feel sorry for the car, right?"

Although the logic was a bit crooked, He Yan was convinced. He looked at the bicycle with a struggling expression and said, "Okay, I'll learn it at the end of the year."

It’s just half a year, he can wait!

Although he couldn't ride the bike in a short time, it was good to be able to touch it. He Yan took the bike from Su Ting again and said, "I'll help you push it in."

In Su Ting's view, as long as He Yan didn't ride a bike, everything would be fine. She happily let go of his hand and followed him into the yard. He Dongchuan also followed slowly.

Because Su Ting was going to ride a bike tomorrow, after entering the house, He Yan parked the car directly in the living room on the first floor. After locking it, he followed his parents upstairs.

After returning home, He Dongchuan put all the things he bought on the coffee table. Without waiting for Su Ting to bend down to put them away, he said, "I'm going to the flea market again."

"Why go to the flea market?" Su Ting asked in confusion. She looked around the living room and thought, they don't lack anything at home right now, right?

He Dongchuan said, "I want to get some wood and slowly make a seat, and then fix it on the back seat of the bicycle."

When Su Ting heard this, she felt that this was very necessary. A 28-inch bicycle has two places to sit, one is the front bar and the other is the back seat.

However, sitting on the front bar not only tests the balance of the person sitting on it, otherwise it is easy to fall down, but also tests the strength and driving skills of the rider, otherwise he will not be able to hold the steering wheel and will easily fall.

With Manman's height, she might not be able to reach the triangular bar below with her two legs, and her balance would be equal to zero. Su Ting is not very strong and her driving skills are not very good. If she lets Manman sit in the front seat, she will definitely not be able to hold the lead.

If Man Man sat in the back seat, Su Ting could save a lot of energy, but the problem was that Man Man's hands didn't have enough strength, and children love to play and fall asleep easily. If she suddenly felt sleepy while sitting, or let go of her hands when she saw something fun, the consequences would be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Su Ting said without hesitation: "I'll go with you."

Seeing that they were both going out, the two children also shouted: "We want to go too!"

"You've been playing for a whole day, aren't you tired now?" Su Ting asked.

The brother and sister said without hesitation: "We must not be tired!" How can we say we are tired when we are joining in the excitement?

Okay, the whole family is out again.

Although they said they were buying wood, when they arrived at the flea market, they first looked for old chairs. They didn't have to be very good, as long as they were chairs for children to sit on, because they would have to modify them after they took them back anyway.

But seats for children were not common, and they searched for a long time but couldn't find any. However, there were many wooden chairs for adults, including low stools with backrests and high stools without backrests.

In the end, He Dongchuan chose two low stools with backrests, one good and one bad. The bad one could be detached to sit on the fence.

When they returned, the sun had already set, stretching the shadows of the pedestrians on the road into long ones. Thinking that they still had to work quickly when they got home, the couple discussed and found a state-owned restaurant on the roadside to have dinner.

The restaurant was doing good business and the food tasted OK, but the serving was slow, and by the time they finished eating and returned home, it was already dark.

Fortunately, there is an electric light in the yard. Speaking of this electric light, there is another thing.

When Su Ting and her family first moved in, there were no lights in the yard because there was a problem with the wiring, and no one living in the building was willing to spend money to have it repaired, and the problem dragged on for several years.

It was not until Lu Zheng installed the pull rope on the second and third floors and checked the light bulb circuits in the yard, repaired them and replaced them with new ones, that the yard lit up again.

Of course, the money for replacing the light bulb was paid by Professor Zhou, who was quite generous in this regard.

He turned on the light, moved the bicycle out, and went out to the next yard to borrow some tools.

On the way to the flea market, Su Ting thought about the tools and asked He Dongchuan. He replied that she could borrow them from her neighbors. She couldn't help but wonder after hearing that.

It was obviously she who lived here, and he only stayed for two nights on the weekend. How come she didn't even know all her neighbors, but he was so familiar with them that he could borrow things from them?

But compared with the shock she felt now, her confusion at that time was nothing, because what He Dongchuan borrowed was a complete set of carpenter's tools!

What does a full set of tools mean?

This is the carpenter's family!

Even if they were relatives, they might not be willing to lend out a full set of tools, but He Dongchuan had only met the person a few times, and he actually borrowed all the tools for dinner!

How much love potion has been given to people?

Su Ting thought so and asked this question. He Dongchuan was silent for a while and said, "I didn't give him the drug. I gave him 50 cents."

He was also wondering why his wife had such a wild imagination.

Oh, I also learned the word "brain hole" from her.

"I thought so!" Su Ting suddenly realized that it was the power of money.

After looking at the tools, He Dongchuan had an idea in mind. He picked up the good stool, put it on the back seat of the bicycle and gestured.

Although they bought an adult chair, the seat was not wide, so after the comparison, He Dongchuan did not plan to adjust the seat. He only planned to saw the legs of the chair shorter and then fix it to the back seat.

Having made up his mind, He Dongchuan started to do it. He Yan helped actively. Su Ting saw that she was not needed, so she asked Manman to go upstairs to take a shower.

But as I watched more and more, I was not very willing to go up, so I started thinking, "I took a shower this morning!"

Su Ting said, "Morning is for catching up on yesterday. You've been running all day, so you have to take a shower at night."

The little girl pouted and bargained with her mother: "Can I take today's bath tomorrow morning?"

"Can you eat tomorrow's meal the day after tomorrow?" Su Ting asked with a smile.

He touched his stomach slowly and muttered, "I will be hungry tomorrow."

"That's it," Su Ting spread her hands and changed her lobbying style, "Go up now and wash quickly. Maybe you can catch up with your father to install the seats."

"Okay then." Huanman sighed and said to the two people who were working, "Dad, brother, please slow down. I will come down to see you after I finish my shower."

He Dongchuan and He Yan: "...Okay."

…

After entering the bathroom, she slowly forgot what she said before going upstairs and was having a lot of fun sitting in the bathtub. It was not until Su Ting came in and asked her if she still wanted to watch her father and brother work that she remembered this matter. She said three "yes" in succession and urged her mother to put on her clothes.

After putting on her clothes, Su Ting simply cleaned up the bathroom and took her downstairs.

At this time, not only the father and son were busy working in the yard, Lu Zheng also came down and replaced He Yan to help.

Perhaps for this reason, their work went more smoothly than expected. The seat had been fixed to the bicycle and only needed to be fixed with ropes.

The hemp rope had been prepared long ago, so it could be used directly. He Dongchuan bent his waist, holding the hemp rope and moving it between the seat and the bicycle's built-in seat. In less than three minutes, he completed the fixing work.

I saw him stand up, then slowly jump out and ask, "Are you ready? Are you ready?"

"Okay." He Dongchuan said.

He slowly looked at the fixed seat with shining eyes and said loudly: "I want to sit!"

"OK."

He Dongchuan said as he slowly put it on the seat, then pushed back the horizontal bar connecting the two armrests and inserted the latch. Su Ting saw this and couldn't help asking, "Where did you get the latch?"

"I took it from the toolbox. I'll settle the payment with the owner after I return it." He had agreed with the owner that the tool would be charged 50 cents, and the parts would be charged separately.

In addition to the door latch, he also used hinges and some nails, which have to be charged separately. However, these are not big items, the price is not expensive, and they are safer when used.

After that, He Dongchuan took the handlebars from Lu Zheng, put on his footrests, sat on the bike, turned around and said with a smile: "Dad will take you for a ride."

Slowly raised his hand excitedly: "Let's go for a ride!"

He Dongchuan waved his hands to the others in the courtyard and rode out on his bicycle. Su Ting was afraid that the seat was unstable, so she quickly said, "You watch out and ride slowly!"

"I know." He Dongchuan said in a crisp voice, carrying the lady away gradually.

After they left, Su Ting smiled and thanked Lu Zheng. He waved his hand and said, "We are all neighbors. If there is nothing else, I will go upstairs first."

"goodbye."

Su Ting waved her hand, watched his figure disappear into the door, and then called He Yan to go upstairs to take a shower.

He Yan wanted to wait for his father and sister to come back, so he didn't want to take a shower. He bargained, "Mom, can I take a shower later?"

"No." Su Ting refused cruelly and asked with a smile, "Besides, did you forget something today?"

"What is it?"

Su Ting asked: "Have you done your homework?"

He Yan's face froze. He did have some homework left to do.

Su Ting continued to ask: "If you don't rush to do your homework now, when are you going to do it?"

"I'll take a shower right away!" He Yan didn't hesitate any more and quickly ran upstairs.

He Yan went upstairs, and He Dongchuan came back slowly with the bike behind him. He drove the bike into the yard and stopped in front of Su Ting: "Would you like to try it?"

Having not ridden a bicycle for more than a year, Su Ting really wanted to get a feel for it, so she nodded without hesitation: "Okay."

He Dongchuan went upstairs from his bicycle and held the handlebar to let Su Ting get on. However, she was not as tall as him and her legs were not that long. It was a bit difficult for her to put one foot on the ground and lift the other foot over the front bar. If she lifted her leg back, she would slowly sit on it again, which might easily kick her.

Su Ting was in a dilemma and didn't know how to get on the bus.

He Dongchuan watched for a while and suggested: "Why don't you stand on one foot on the footrest, slide for a distance, and then step over the front bar?" This is the way young women usually get on the car nowadays.

However, Su Ting did not feel enlightened after hearing this. Instead, she looked at him and asked in a faint voice, "Do you think I can do it?"

He Dongchuan was silent. Given Su Ting's driving skills, it was indeed a bit difficult.

Man Man, who was sitting in the back seat, saw that his parents were silent, so he asked, "Mom, do you still ride a bike?"

"Ride!"

Now that I have bought a car, how can I not ride it!

As for how to get on the bus...Su Ting turned to Manman and said, "Get off first. Mom will take you after she is familiar with the place."

"How long will it take Mom to get familiar with it?" he asked slowly and softly.

Su Ting coughed lightly and said, "I'll try to get familiar with it before tomorrow morning."

Slowly: "...Okay."

He Dongchuan unlatched the latch and slowly carried Su Ting down from the back seat. Su Ting held the handle and took a deep breath: "I'll get used to it first, and then I'll learn how to get in the car as you said."

He Dongchuan: "Okay."

Although she hadn't ridden a bicycle for a long time, Su Ting had the basics after all, so she got familiar with it quickly. After successfully getting on the bike, she was able to ride out for a run.

But she didn't learn the method of getting on the car proposed by He Dongchuan very well. She always lost her balance before her legs crossed.

Finally, He Dongchuan came up with a solution, which was to split the process of getting on the bike into separate parts. That is, he would fix the bike while Su Ting would focus on practicing stepping on the pedals and crossing the front bar.

This method was a little clumsy, but very effective. In less than an hour, Su Ting had mastered the movement. However, she lifted her legs too often, and her legs were shaking after learning it.

But she had to persevere no matter how tired she was. If she didn't learn how to get on the car while He Dongchuan was here today, she would have to walk on her own two legs for the next week.

After practicing for half an hour, Su Ting finally learned how to step on the bike while gliding.

After learning it, He Dongchuan went upstairs, carried the girl down and put her on the back seat, then let Su Ting do it completely again.

It was already past nine o'clock. I was sleepy after playing all day. I couldn't even open my eyes. I sat in the back seat and asked in confusion, "Mom, why aren't you familiar with the place yet?"

"Almost done." Su Ting coughed lightly and asked, "Are you sitting still?"

Yawning slowly, he replied, "It's stable."

Su Ting responded, held the faucet with both hands, slid on the pedal with one foot, and then got on the car.

With the previous foundation, she succeeded in one try this time. She was so happy that she took her daughter out for a ride. When she came back, she didn't let He Dongchuan interfere. She kicked off her footrests, got out of the car, picked up her daughter, and asked with a smile: "From now on, mom can ride a bike to take you to and from school. Are you happy?"

I was getting sleepy, but I still answered enthusiastically: "I am happy."

…

Learning to drive is hard, and lying in bed after learning to drive is even harder.

Su Ting didn't feel anything when she just got home, but after taking a shower and lying on the bed, she felt like she was falling apart.

He Dongchuan saw that she was in great pain, so he asked her to lie on the bed and massaged her from her calves to her lower back. His force was not strong, but Su Ting felt sore all over, especially in her legs, that she could not help groaning.

He Dongchuan originally thought that she was exhausted and didn't plan to do anything to her, but after hearing her sticky voice, he found it difficult to control his body's reaction, and his voice unconsciously became lower.

Su Ting heard his voice was not right, turned around alertly, saw his body reaction at a glance, quickly pulled the quilt to cover herself, turned over and emphasized: "I am so tired today!"

Seeing the alertness on her face, He Dongchuan's face darkened: "I don't plan to do anything to you."

"Really?"

Although she asked this, three words were clearly written on Su Ting's face: I don't believe it!

He Dongchuan's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned around and got out of bed: "I'm going to take a shower."

Su Ting specifically reminded: "Wash for a while longer." Then she hugged the quilt and laughed.

Because of tiredness, Su Ting fell sleepy quickly. When He Dongchuan finished taking a cold shower and returned to the room, she was already unconscious.

The bed was still covered with a thick winter quilt, and it was warm inside. Maybe she felt too hot, so she stretched out her arms, put one on her forehead and the other straight toward the head of the bed.

When He Dongchuan returned to the bed, the first thing he did was to put her outstretched arms back, then he lay down and tucked the quilt around her.

After closing my eyes, I was still wondering whether I should bring two thin quilts with me next week to prevent her from feeling too hot when she sleeps and kicking off the quilt all the time.

Although the temperature has warmed up in the spring, it is still easy to catch a cold!

…

The next day, Su Ting was awakened by the alarm clock. After opening her eyes, she looked to the left out of habit. Seeing no one, she realized that today was Monday and He Dongchuan must have gone home long ago.

Realizing this, Su Ting rubbed her face, got up from the bed after waking up, washed her face, brushed her teeth and combed her hair. After she was ready, she called for her husband to get up.

After playing all day yesterday, they woke up this morning feeling grimmer than usual and went out three minutes later than usual.

However, because they had bicycles and the breakfast shop line was not as long as usual, they arrived at the nursery earlier than usual.

At that time, I happened to meet Manman's little friend Yunyun, who was brought over by her mother on foot.

Seeing Manman on the bicycle, the little girl stared at him in amazement. Yunyun's mother was also surprised: "Where did you get the bicycle?"

"I bought it at the market on Sunday." Su Ting answered as she slowly carried him down from the back seat.

"Where did the tickets come from?" This is actually what Yunyun's mother is concerned about.

Su Ting replied: "It was distributed by my father's unit."

"What does her father do for a living?"

Although they all lived nearby, their homes were not in the same alley, so Yunyun's mother only vaguely knew that Su Ting was a student at Fudan University and rented a house in Sanyang Lane with her daughter.

As for what her man looks like, not only Yunyun's mother, but most of the parents in the class don't know, as they have never seen him in person.

Because of this, many people secretly speculated that she actually had no man. Maybe her husband had passed away, or she had divorced him in order to go to college. Otherwise, which man would be willing to let his wife live away with his daughter?

Although Yunyun's mother did not speculate about Su Ting in this way, she was also curious about her husband's situation. She didn't find a chance to ask before, but today when the conversation came to this point, she couldn't help but ask.

Su Ting knew that everyone was curious about her, but no one asked her in person, and she didn't want to rush to talk about her family situation. Until Yunyun's mother asked her, she said without hiding anything: "Her father is a soldier in the nearby navy."

"No wonder." Yunyun's mother suddenly realized, and there was a hint of respect in her eyes when she looked at Su Ting.

While the two were talking, the two children were also chatting. To be more precise, they were slowly showing off their bikes: "This bike was bought by my mom for me to go to school. From now on, I don't have to walk to and from school anymore!"

Yunyun widened her eyes: "!!!"

"Of course!" He slowly raised his chin proudly, "And this chair was made specially for me by my father. He said it's very stable to sit on and won't fall. In our house, only I can sit on this chair. No one else can!"

Looking at the bicycle and seat in front of her, Yunyun was so envious that she almost cried.

On this day, Yunyun was not the only one crying with envy. Children would show off for a long time if they had something good, not to mention that they had gradually become car owners, so of course they wanted to show off as much as possible.

In less than half a day, all the students in the nursery class knew that Manman’s mother had bought a bicycle and her father had even made a special seat for her, so she would no longer have to walk to and from school. They were extremely envious.

So when the parents of the kindergarten class came to pick up their children that evening, they all said something similar: "I want a bicycle, too, with a special seat, so that I don't have to walk by myself like He Manman!"

All parents: "...Why don't you want to go to heaven?"