Chapter 66: Nutrient Supplementation~ "My brother is the Snail King. ...
Qiao Tong had to go on a business trip for a few days, so the task of taking care of Meiguo fell entirely on Feng Chen and Feng Ci.
At noon, Feng Chen opened a book of one hundred fairy tales and coaxed Bingguo to sleep while reading.
Usually it was Qiao Tong who coaxed her to sleep. Maybe she wasn't used to having someone else to do it, but even after Feng Chen finished reading a story, Meiguo still had her eyes wide open, looking at him energetically.
But it doesn’t matter, Feng Chen has plenty of patience.
Feng Chen continued to read the second story, "The Bird and the Snail." Meiguo's thoughts gradually wandered. She looked up, pinched Feng Chen's mouth, and asked:
"Dad, why do mother birds always lay eggs and not father birds?"
Feng Chen thought for a moment, "Because Dad is a boy, and boys don't have the physiological structure to lay eggs."
I don't understand what structure it is.
Berry folded his arms and shook his head seriously: "No, no, I know why. It's because the bird daddy is lazy. He doesn't want to work hard. He just wants to go out and play."
This explanation seemed to be fine and harmless. Feng Chen did not correct her. He smiled and rubbed his daughter's head.
"Baby is so smart, he can even figure this out."
Meiguo stared at him for a moment, then asked, "Dad, if I were a bird, could you let me out?"
His daughter's question came unexpectedly, but Feng Chen had already quickly analyzed the answer in his mind.
Regardless of whether it's scientific or not, of course I have to agree with my daughter when answering this life-threatening question.
Feng Chen said without hesitation: "Of course, Dad will try his best."
Meiguo was touched. After giving Feng Chen a big hug, she shook her head and said, "The eggs laid by chickens are called chicken eggs, and the eggs laid by birds are called bird eggs. I am the egg laid by my father. I am the father's egg."
"Dad, am I super smart?"
Feng Chen: ...
"But I'm not a bird now, and my dad can't lay eggs, so these are my mom's eggs."
The child's thoughts were quite clear. Feng Chen tried hard to hold back his laughter and pinched Meiguo's little face: "Mom is not home now, you can be a little daddy for a while."
"Okay, so I'm the little daddy egg now." Berry applied the information to other situations. "At night, I sleep with my brother, so I'm the little brother egg."
Feng Chen grasped the key point: "Don't you sleep with Dad at night?" He continued sourly, "Your brother doesn't take you with him when he goes out to play on the weekend, only Dad takes you with him."
Meiguo was not fooled. She patted Feng Chen's shoulder with her chubby little hand and gave him a lecture in a sophisticated manner:
"Daddy, you need your belly to be bigger. You are already a big dad. Don't bother with the little kid."
Feng Chen was stunned for a moment and responded awkwardly.
After sitting for a long time, Berry wanted to get up from the bed. Her calves were numb after being crossed for ten minutes, and the feeling of small ants crawling on them made Berry very uncomfortable.
Meiguo lifted the quilt and pointed at her calf and said, "Daddy, I'm so shaky there, please rub it for me."
Feng Chen immediately held his daughter's legs in his hands and rubbed them like a baby. The child's legs were round and plump, and they looked adorable from all angles.
"Is baby feeling better?"
"Okay." Meiguo pointed at her calf, annoyed by the constant numbness. "Dad, what's this thing called?"
"Baby, it's called a calf."
Berry said with a stern face: "My calf always gets angry, so I want to criticize it."
After the child lowered his head and criticized her seriously, she raised her head and poked herself with her short carrot finger:
"What about this one?"
"Baby's little face."
Berry: "No, it's the baby's face, because it's round and bulging like a belly."
If Feng Ci were present, he would definitely laugh loudly and mercilessly, then pinch his sister's chubby face and say, "You also know that you are not as good as you thought, little fat boy."
Feng Chen's dark eyes were filled with smiles. "Okay, from now on, I'll call it Little Face Belly."
Berry went to the bathroom contentedly and came back, yawning as she climbed onto the bed, "Daddy, I'm going to sleep."
Feng Chen was about to respond when the child waved his hand: "Go and play your own game."
Does this mean that she doesn't want him to accompany her? Feng Chen asked tentatively, "Baby, aren't you afraid of being alone?"
The child sensibly covered himself with the quilt, his eyelids half closed: "As long as the sun is there to accompany me to sleep, I'm not afraid."
Feng Chen tilted his head.
The sun peeked in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and long strips of light hit the corners of the bed. The warm feeling made Meiguo feel very safe.
Feng Chen gave up the idea of closing the curtains. He touched his daughter's forehead and said, "Good afternoon. Daddy is in the living room. Call me if you need anything."
"Good afternoon, bye."
*
Feng Chen was busy working in the living room. When he looked up again, the clock pointed to two o'clock in the afternoon.
There was a noise in the bedroom, and Feng Chen quickly got up to see. Meiguo was sitting on the bed with a messy head of hair and sleepy eyes.
"Baby, you're awake."
Berry opened her arms: "Hug."
Feng Chen held the sweet and soft child in his arms. Meiguo put her little hands on her chest and looked around, "Dad, is my brother home?"
"No."
Berry was slightly disappointed.
Feng Ci's school has a basketball game today, and he also has to play. He probably won't be able to go home until four or five o'clock.
Feng Chen said softly, "Guoguo, you miss your brother a lot, don't you?"
"Yes." Meiguo's little hands grabbed the clothes on her belly, her brows full of worry, "My brother ate skewers and chicken and the whole family didn't take me with them."
Ultimately, I'm afraid my brother will eat all the food alone.
The sour feeling in Feng Chen's heart disappeared at once, and he said proudly: "Brother won't take you to eat, Dad will take you to eat, let's go."
Berry:!
"Daddy, I love you so much, hehehe."
When Feng Ci got home, Meiguo was already full and happily lying on the sofa watching Frozen. She didn't even react to his return.
Feng Ci snapped his fingers beside Meiguo's ear: "Hey, come back to your senses."
Berry asked lazily, "What?"
"That's how you react when your brother comes back."
Berry raised a foot and kicked him: "You are blocking Princess Elsa."
Hey, it's Tian Gang who's against you. Feng Ci pretended to be angry, bent down and stared at her with half-closed eyes: "Aren't you thinking about me so much at home that you ran back to me after the game without even having the celebration banquet. Aren't you moved?"
Feng Ci came back from playing basketball covered in sweat, and the smell that hit him made Meiguo pinch her nose.
"Brother, go rub the mud!"
Feng Ci snorted and chuckled, then quickly grabbed the child and held him under his armpit. The fragrance from the armpit at such close range made the child scream.
Feng Chen, who was sitting in his office not far away, raised his eyebrows and yelled, "You little brat, you bully your sister as soon as you get home. Who are you trying to kill with your stinking sweat? Go take a shower!"
Feng Ci let go awkwardly, and Meiguo covered her mouth and nose and backed away.
"You little heartless one."
When Feng Ci came out of the shower, Meiguo changed into a weird posture. She doggy-paddled on the armrest of the sofa like a big lazy turtle.
"What are you doing sliding around on the sofa?" Feng Ci unscrewed a bottle of water and glared at her. "Don't cry if you fall down."
"Don't worry about it." Berry shaved seriously, "I'm working on the chicken breast."
"What is that?" Feng Ci spat out a mouthful of water and laughed twice. "That's called muscle meat. It's a different kind from chicken breast, you little illiterate boy."
“It’s chicken!”
Children will not easily change their minds on things, and Feng Ci was too lazy to explain. He just opened his phone and recorded the scene.
"Why are you practicing this for no reason?"
"Exercise." Berry added, "It helps to lose belly fat~"
Push-ups are too tiring, this is just right.
Feng Ci didn't understand the child's train of thought, but that didn't stop him from being happy. "Okay, then when you lose weight, I'll reward you with a big chicken drumstick."
Meiguo gave him a look of disinterest, "Daddy brought me to eat the whole chicken family, and now the father and mother chickens are playing in my belly."
“…”
Obviously, Feng Chen had developed the child's appetite, and he no longer cared about the reward of a chicken leg, and his tail was raised to the sky.
Feng Ci put down the water bottle and folded his arms leisurely across his chest: "I want to see how long the whole family of chicks can play in your belly."
Feng Ci didn't let Meiguo wait long, as her test came that night.
At ten o'clock in the evening, a mysterious man in yellow clothes called and Feng Ci mentioned a sumptuous midnight snack.
Spicy crayfish, garlic crayfish, and spicy snails are all the kings of midnight snacks with their overbearing aroma.
The little witch, who had just lain down for a short while, opened her eyes hazily, walked out the door as if she had GPS installed, and sat in front of Feng Ci.
The brother and sister stared at each other.
Feng Ci slowly put on disposable gloves: "What are you doing out here?"
"Brother, what is this? It smells so good."
Berry took two deep sips, looked closely, and exclaimed, "Ah, a snail."
Feng Ci: "...This is a snail."
"I want to eat."
"Have Father Hen and Mother Hen returned home?"
Meiguo lifted her clothes, revealing her white and tender belly, and patted it twice like a watermelon: "Duji said he wants to meet new friends."
Feng Ci looked at the child with round, bright eyes and his heart softened.
But not much.
The kindergarten teaches some simple daily English, so Feng Ci asked her, "How do you say cat?"
"Carter."
"What does the dog say?"
"Togo."
"Where's the fish?"
"Fly Shush."
Feng Ci was actually very surprised by the answer, but he felt that Meiguo must have more abilities than this.
He decided to ask a difficult question: "Guoguo, what does crocodile say?"
Berry was silent for a moment, then shrugged her little shoulders. "The crocodile ignored me and didn't say anything."
Feng Ci: "...It would be scary if I paid attention to you."
Never mind, don't be a spoiler. He put on disposable gloves and said, "Eat it."
Meiguo couldn't wait to grab a snail, put it in her mouth, took a bite, and spat it out, "Brother, this snail meat is hard and can't be eaten."
"Of course the shell is hard. Who told you to chew it? You don't want your teeth anymore." Feng Ci said as he demonstrated using a toothpick to pick out the snail meat. "The meat is inside. Here."
Berry opened his mouth wide and chewed.
The snail meat is a bit chewy and very tasty after being soaked in juice. Feng Ci wanted it to be slightly spicy, which is just the level of spiciness that berries can withstand.
"Good times!"
The spicy smell in the air quickly attracted Feng Chen, who was working overtime in the study. Seeing the brother and sister feasting in the living room, Feng Chen pressed his forehead:
"You two don't have classes tomorrow?"
"Okay, Dad, please ask for leave from the gosling park."
Feng Ci glanced at Meiguo and said, "If you don't go to kindergarten, you can peel shrimps and pick snails for yourself."
Berry: "Then I'd better go."
"..." Feng Chen walked over and sat down, frowning at Feng Ci, "This is not enough for anyone. Order two more pounds of crayfish, two pounds each of spicy and garlic."
Feng Ci was stunned for a moment, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."
The next day at kindergarten, Meiguo boasted to everyone she met: "Yesterday I ate a snail. It was bigger than my head, and its shell was harder than my car. I chewed it to pieces in one bite."
They talked from morning till afternoon after school. When Feng Chen came to pick her up, she stuck her head out and boasted to the kids in the next class.
"My brother is the snail king. As soon as he whistles, the snails run to him and line up to bathe in the pot."
The child's voice was so loud that the shoulders of the parents passing by who were listening with their ears perked up were shaking.
Feng Chen quickly explained: "Baby, what we ate yesterday were snails, not snails."
Feng Ci fed Meiguo the first half of the meal last night, and her father fed her the second half. In the end, she learned to eat the snails by herself for five minutes, and her mouth was so spicy and numb.
The next day, I could still pronounce the snails by their wrong names. It turned out that the numbness was not severe enough.
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