But no matter how much they pretended, they couldn't hide it from their mother's sharp eyes. Fang Qiao knew exactly what the two children were thinking.
Of course, knowing this is one thing, but when it's time to refuse, Fang Qiao won't back down.
"You're too young to eat candy."
Fang Qiao's cruel refusal was understood by the two children.
Yueyue managed to keep her composure, burying her head in Cheng Baidong's arms and becoming withdrawn.
Chuan Chuan pouted and burst into tears, earning a disdainful look from Yue Yue.
"Oh dear, my good son, you're crying so pitifully." Fang Qiao walked over, reached out and touched Chuan Chuan's little face, and said in a loving tone, "But crying won't help, baby. If you can't eat it, you can't eat it. Next year, when you're two years old, Mommy will buy it for you."
Immediately, Chuan Chuan cried even louder.
"Waaaaah..."
A large snot bubble blew out of its nose.
Fang Qiao couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Kids are so much fun.
It's even more fun with your own kids.
"Alright, stop playing around, we have serious business to attend to."
Holding the child, Cheng Baidong's ears were being tortured by Chuan Chuan's crying, and he couldn't help but remind him, "Think about what we need to buy?"
Fang Qiao said, "We have flour, salt, and sugar provided by our work unit, so we don't need to buy those. We can't do without meat for the New Year, and we have to buy some vegetables and fruits, no matter how expensive they are. We also can't do without pastries and fruits. They'll look nice when we go back to my parents' home on the second day of the New Year, so that people won't criticize our gifts and we won't be laughed at by the neighbors."
Also, we're running low on cooking oil. When we get to the pork stall, let's see if they have any pork fat. If they do, we'll buy a couple of pounds to render the oil at home. I just heard someone mention that they sell frozen ribbonfish over at the cold storage. Let's go check it out, buy a few, cut them into sections, coat them in batter, and fry them. They have few bones, so the kids can all eat them.”
"And the gift for Qiuju, that's not urgent. Anyway, we have a whole day today, so let's finish shopping for the New Year first, and then take our time to look around and see what's suitable."
“Okay,” Cheng Bodong nodded. “Let’s start by buying chicken, duck, fish and meat.”
Fang Qiao brought plenty of money and ration coupons with her today. As long as she had enough coupons, she didn't need to worry about not having enough money.
The pork stall was so popular that pork fat was in high demand and sold out early in the morning. Fang Qiao had no choice but to buy more fatty meat to render the fat.
After buying the meat, Fang Qiao took advantage of the moment she turned around to store everything in her spatial storage under Cheng Baidong's cover before continuing her journey to the next stall.
As Fang Qiao was shopping, she turned around and suddenly felt something was wrong.
She held An'an in her arms and looked around.
All the children were there, even Tian Tian was clinging to Cheng Baidong's side, but Xiao Jing was nowhere to be seen.
Fang Qiao looked at Cheng Baidong with a puzzled expression and asked, "Where's Xiao Jing? Why is she nowhere to be seen?"
“It was just here a moment ago.” Cheng Baidong also looked puzzled.
With so many people and so many young children, accidents could easily happen, so Cheng Baidong's attention was mostly focused on Fang Qiao and the other children. Xiao Jing, being an adult, could take care of herself, so he hadn't paid much attention to her.
To everyone's surprise, the last few children were fine, but Xiao Jing had a problem.
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