Chapter 77 Have you ever coaxed others?
As the sun sets, the sky becomes ablaze with brilliant clouds.
Shang Wan came out of the wooden shed with an axe, looked at the sky, put down the axe, and walked to the well to fetch water to wash his hands.
Shaking off the water droplets from his hands, Shang Wan looked at Shi Tou and said, "Sweep up the wood chips in the shed later so you can sleep well at night. I'll go pick up your brother-in-law."
"Okay." Shitou piled the wood blocks together and agreed.
"Mom! Let's go back to the nest!" Yuanyuan crawled over quickly with the little turtle on his back. He tilted his little head back, and the little turtle fell into the haystack with a "plop", falling upside down.
"Let's go and pick up your dad together." Shang Wan squatted down, turned the little turtle over, picked up his cub, and walked towards the river.
"Mom!" Yuanyuan stretched out her little hand and pointed in the opposite direction, "Daddy! There!"
"You have a good memory." Shang Wan wiped his round little hands clean with the corner of his clothes. "But Daddy isn't there. He's by the river."
Yuanyuan blinked her big eyes and one word popped out of her little mouth, "Fish!"
Shang Wan laughed, "My dear, your father didn't go to the river to catch fish."
Yuanyuan frowned and repeated, "Fish!"
She curled her white and tender little hands into fists, raised them in front of Shang Wan, and moved them up and down several times.
"Fish! Ball!"
Shang Wan stared at the small fist in front of him that looked like a glutinous rice ball. It took him a moment to realize what was happening. "My dear, you mean fish balls?"
Her big round eyes lit up and she nodded her head heavily, "Fish Ball! Times!"
"My dear, you only have two teeth." Shang Wan poked the little guy's cheek, "Can you bite the hand-made fish balls?"
Two teeth are still teeth. The round little boy puffed out his chest confidently and said, "Times!"
Shang Wan laughed and pinched the little hair on her head, "Okay, I'll catch a fish later and make fish balls for Yuanyuan."
"Mom, okay!" Yuanyuan hugged Shang Wan's neck and rubbed it affectionately, and her little tuft poked Shang Wan's face several times.
Shang Wan: “…”
The setting sun cast a golden light on the river, ripples swaying and sparkling with golden fragments.
On the wooden bridge, a young man sitting in a wheelchair stared at the river in a trance. His dark pupils reflected the tiny golden light on the river surface, like stars in the dark night.
The sound of footsteps came from behind him, accompanied by a sweet and sticky voice, "Daddy!"
Before Lu Chengjing could come to his senses, a soft and cute little ball of flesh appeared in his arms.
Shang Wan asked: "Why are you here instead of going home?"
Lu Chengjing chuckled, "I'll be here when I come to my senses."
Shang Wan glanced at him, climbed down the wooden bridge, and bent down to pick up pebbles.
Lu Chengjing's eyes followed her movements, the darkness in his eyes faded away, and a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes, "Why are you picking up stones?"
"It's useful." Shang Wan looked up at him, "You didn't want to jump into the river just now, did you? I don't plan to be a widow for the time being."
Lu Chengjing was silent for a moment, "For now?"
"It all depends on how long you can live." Shang Wan jumped onto the wooden bridge and handed him a pebble. "Yuanyuan wants to eat fish. Let's have a competition. Whoever doesn't catch a fish will tell the other a secret. How about that?"
"I seem to be doomed to lose?" Lu Chengjing said as he took the colorful pebbles, put them into Yuanyuan's little hands, and let the little guy play with them.
"That's not necessarily true. What if there's a miracle?" Shang Wan said, throwing the pebble back casually.
Lu Chengjing was slightly stunned. Was he deliberately giving in to him?
But he soon found out that he was wrong. A knocked-out grass carp weighing about four or five pounds floated to the surface of the water.
Lu Chengjing: "..."
Shang Wan flew across the water as lightly as a kite, scooped up the grass carp, and threaded it onto a vine.
"Mom!" Yuanyuan immediately threw the colorful pebbles aside with disgust, and clapped her two little hands excitedly.
Lu Chengjing watched helplessly as his pebble slid to the edge of the wooden bridge, spun twice on the spot, and fell into the water with a splash.
Shang Wan looked down at the grass carp in his hand, shook his head, and said, "Accidents happen all the time, but miracles don't."
Lu Chengjing: "..."
"Here." Shang Wan handed the grass carp to the young man in the wheelchair, smiling, "Miracle delivery."
The bright smile caught his eye, and Lu Chengjing's pupils shrank slightly. He stared at the person in front of him for a moment, then sneered, "I'm willing to accept the loss."
Shang Wan tilted her head to look at him, only to see his cheeks flushed slightly and his voice muffled, "I'm not planning on jumping into the river, and you don't have to try to coax me like that. I was just... just thinking of some old memories."
"Is this what we call coaxing you?" Shang Wan chuckled, "You're quite easy to coax."
Hearing this, Lu Chengjing was silent for a moment, then raised his eyelids, "You... have ever coaxed others?"
Only by comparison can you feel the difficulty.
"Of course." Shang Wan pouted at Yuanyuan. "The baby in your arms, shouldn't you coax her every day? Who do you think I catch fish for?"
Lu Chengjing lowered his head and looked into his daughter's twinkling eyes for a moment, pursed his lips, and whispered, "You know I'm not asking about Yuanyuan."
"Then I have to think about it carefully." Shang Wan pushed the wheelchair half a circle and walked back.
Lu Chengjing pricked up his ears and listened for a while, but didn't hear any answer. He couldn't help but coughed lightly, "Have you thought about it?"
Shang Wan didn't answer.
Lu Chengjing frowned and turned his head. Before he could see Shang Wan's face clearly, he felt a soft touch on his forehead and smelled a faint fragrance at the tip of his nose.
His eyes widened slowly. What just happened was...
"I can't recall."
Shang Wan leaned over, their foreheads touched, their eyes met, and their breaths intertwined.
"But you're the first one I've ever coaxed you into doing this."
"You..." Lu Chengjing's pupils trembled, and the blush instantly spread from his cheeks to his neck, and he almost looked cooked.
Shang Wan secretly sighed, what a low achievement.
If she had kissed him directly just now, wouldn't this guy have exploded on the spot?
Little Yuanyuan anxiously clung to his father's arm, turned his little head and tried to look back, what was going on?
Shang Wan pinched her little nose and asked her to turn back and sit still so she wouldn't roll down.
When they got home, Lu Chengjing's face returned to normal. Xiaohui, who had already returned from the mountains, ran over to pick up Yuanyuan.
Yuanyuan climbed directly from her father's legs to Xiaohui's back, and skillfully directed Xiaohui to find the little turtle to play with.
Shang Wan brought the grass carp to Xiaohuan. After Xiaohuan gutted the fish, removed the bones, and added seasonings, she was responsible for mashing the fish meat into a paste.
As it got dark, the villagers came one after another to ask Lu Chengjing to keep their accounts. When they smelled the aroma of food wafting from the stove, their stomachs couldn't help but start to eat.
But everyone would just take a quick look at the stove, record today's points, and then leave quickly, as if there was a dog chasing them from behind.
At the dinner table, the hand-made fish balls received unanimous praise from everyone.
Yuanyuan grabbed the fish balls with her two little hands and nibbled them carefully with her two tiny teeth. Her saliva covered her bib, and there were still two fish balls in the small bowl in front of her.
Xiaohuan was worried that Yuanyuan's cheeks would be sore from chewing the food, so she wanted to help break it into smaller pieces.
"Let her eat it herself." Shang Wan waved his hand. "If you mess it up for her, she will definitely cry in front of you."
Xiaohuan had no choice but to give up and concentrate on eating her own food.
When Yuanyuan got tired of chewing and tried to stuff a whole fish ball into her mouth, her dear mother deprived her of the right to eat the fish ball and replaced it with soft vegetable porridge.
Yuanyuan: ???
(End of this chapter)
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