Without the attacks of mutant animals around them, Chen Wan and her friends stayed safely in the first area for more than three months, a rare period of time. During this time, they even celebrated their baby's fourth birthday.
The little guy has unknowingly turned four years old. Chen Wan touched the baby's face and felt that the baby seemed to have grown a little taller just by looking at it.
At the end of February, all the survivors in the base were in high spirits, and there was actually a bit of the flavor of the Chinese New Year. Chen Wan and the others also planned to go to the exchange shop to buy one or two pairs of Spring Festival couplets. The kids were still young before and had no idea about the Chinese New Year. Now that the kids have grown up, Chen Wan also wants the little guy to experience the joy of the Chinese New Year.
Chen Wan and Jiang Yanxin changed into thick down jackets, and also changed Zizi into a brand new cotton-padded jacket. They also put a little pink rabbit hat on the little guy to keep him warm. Chen Wan held Zizi in his arms, and the three of them walked to a nearby exchange shop.
Everyone in the first district had smiles on their faces, and when they saw acquaintances, they would greet each other with Happy New Year. Chen Wan was walking in the snow, holding her baby in her arms. The little guy dangled his short legs and rubbed against Chen Wan, begging, "Mommy, I want to come down and play in the snow."
"You little rascal, you got your shoes and pants wet while playing in the snow yesterday. I just washed your shoes and pants, and you want to play again today?" Chen Wan kissed the baby's cool little face and asked with a chuckle.
The baby nodded his little head and rubbed Chen Wan, "Mommy, I will definitely not dirty my shoes and pants this time, okay?"
Chen Wan looked at the cute little face of the baby. How could he say no? He sighed, chuckled, and shook his head. "Okay, today is New Year's Eve. Let's listen to our baby."
As he said that, Chen Wan put the baby on the ground. The snow on the ground was not thick for an adult, only about half the height of the curb. However, it was a bit difficult for the little guy to walk.
Chen Wan was afraid that the baby would fall, so he and Jiang Yanxin each held one of the baby's hands. The baby walked a few steps obediently and then wanted to play. Sometimes she let Chen Wan and Jiang Yanxin hold her hands and slide on the snow, and sometimes she broke away from Chen Wan and Jiang Yanxin and ran around in the snow with her short legs. Finally, she fell on her butt with a plop, and her butt was covered with snow.
The little guy looked at Chen Wan happily, sat on the ground and acted coquettishly with Chen Wan: "Mommy, my pants are dirty again~"
"You're dirty again because of you, little rascal. Come, let me pick you up, okay?" Chen Wan said as he was about to pick up the little guy.
The little guy rolled twice in the snow while shaking his head, "No, no, mommy is here, mommy save me."
The baby was laughing while hiding towards Jiang Yanxin, with a lot of snow on his body.
Chen Wan deliberately chased after him to tease the cub. Anyway, the cub was already rolling in the snow and the clothes still had to be washed when he got home, so he might as well coax the cub to play for a while.
So Chen Wan and Zizi played with each other across from Jiang Yanxin. Zizi was having fun while asking Jiang Yanxin to help her, "Mommy, hurry up, Mommy is here again."
"You little rascal, have you learned to find a backer? This time I'm really here." Chen Wan said, making the gesture of a big tiger, bypassing Jiang Yanxin and pouncing on the little guy.
The cub was laughing as he took short steps to hide, "Oh, the tiger is coming."
The cub's legs were so short that it could never run faster than Chen Wan. Chen Wan grabbed the little guy and threw him into the snow. After a while, he also lay in the snow, holding the cub up and playing with it.
The three of them were playing on the street, attracting a lot of people's attention. There were not many children who survived the apocalypse, and there were even fewer as young as Zizi.
Seeing that many people had stopped to watch Chen Wan and Zi Zi playing around, Jiang Yanxin quickly squatted down, patted Chen Wan, and said with a chuckle, "Stop playing around, you two will get snow in your clothes. Everyone is watching you two, so stop it."
Chen Wan stood up with a smile, picked up the baby from the snow and shook off the snow on the baby's body.
The baby is so happy that he is lying on Chen Wan and laughing.
Jiang Yanxin looked at the two, one big and one small, and chuckled and shook her head, "I was hoping you could control Yangyang, but you're playing with her instead."
Chen Wan came over and put his arm around Jiang Yanxin's waist, coaxing her: "It's the New Year, be happy, it's only right that you play with Yangyang for a while, right, Yangyang?"
The cub opened his big eyes and looked at Jiang Yanxin with an innocent face. He nodded his head cooperatively, and the rabbit ears on his hat swayed along with it, making him look even more adorable.
Seeing the kid like this, Jiang Yanxin couldn't bear to say anything. She chuckled and shook her head, "Okay, you're so cute, just play with it. When we get home, let Mommy wash you."
"Mommy, let me wash!" The baby echoed from the side.
Chen Wan kissed the little boy's face and teased him, "You are quite capable. You even know how to assign tasks to me."
The baby buried his little face in Chen Wan's arms and laughed secretly.
Chen Wan carried the little one for a while. When she saw someone building a snowman on the side of the road, she buried her face in Chen Wan's arms and said coquettishly, "Mommy, I want to play with that, too."
"You little rascal
"Haven't you had enough fun just now?" Chen Wan asked, shaking the baby in his arms.
"I want to play, mommy, come with me." The little guy stayed in Chen Wan's arms and acted coquettishly. Chen Wan had no idea what to do with the kid, so the three of them started playing in the snow on the street again.
Chen Wan borrowed a broom from a shop on the street and swept the snow around the three of them into a pile. The three of them put on gloves and began to roll the snowballs little by little.
Chen Wan successfully rolled a snowball, and the snowball was as high as Zi Zi's chest. The little guy was jealous and immediately yelled in a baby voice: "Mommy, push it for me, I want to push it~"
"Okay, I'll push it for you." Chen Wan rolled the snowball in front of Zizi.
The little guy excitedly stretched out his hands to push the snowball, and pushed it in front of Chen Wan. Chen Wan pushed it towards Zizi, but the little guy didn't stand firmly, and squatted before he stretched out his hands, and was buried by the snowball pushed by Chen Wan.
Chen Wan laughed as she dug the cub out of the snowball. Jiang Yanxin chuckled and hit her, then helped her dig the little guy out.
Zizi was not angry when she was buried by Chen Wan's snowball. Instead, she excitedly urged Chen Wan to help her push the snowball again.
Chen Wan compacted the snowball again, then rolled it around on the ground. Finally, he had the snowman's body done. Then Chen Wan made another round snowball and said to the kid beside him, "This is the snowman's head. Isn't it cute?"
"Cute." Zizi nodded his little head.
Jiang Yanxin picked up stones and dead branches from the roadside as the snowman's facial features and limbs, which made it look even more realistic.
The little snowman was twice as tall as the baby. When Chen Wan was about to leave with the baby in his arms, the baby was still looking at the snowman reluctantly.
It was an hour later when the three of them bought the couplets and returned.
Seeing Chen Wan and Zizi covered in mud, Qin Ke asked with a smile, "What were you two doing? You got covered in mud just to buy a couplet, but Yan Xin is fine."
Jiang Yanxin smiled and continued, "They're both being naughty again. Yangyang wanted to roll out to play in the snow, and someone got playful and followed Yangyang, and that's how it ended up."
Qin Ke took the baby and helped him take off his dirty clothes. The baby didn't forget to show off: "Auntie, I made a big snowman today. It's twice as big as me. It looks great."
"Really? Do you think it's better looking than you?" Qin Ke teased the little guy with a smile.
Zizi thought for a moment before replying: "No, I'm still cute~"
Several adults were amused by the narcissistic appearance of the baby. Chen Wan took the baby to the bathroom to take a bath, and then washed clothes for himself and the baby. Then he held the little guy in the living room to play.
After a while, Wei Siyu and the others came over. Chen Wan took the little one out to post couplets, and then everyone sat together to make dumplings.
Chen Wan and Qin Ke were responsible for rolling out the dough, and the others were responsible for wrapping it. It didn't take long before a table full of dumplings was ready. Jiang Wanning and Jiang Yanxin were cooking the dumplings in the kitchen, and soon one plate after another was on the table. Chen Wan made two small bowls for Zizi. One small bowl contained dumplings stuffed with carrots and mutton, and the other small bowl contained dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork. There was also a glass of orange juice on Zizi's right hand side, and he looked very comfortable.
When most people were seated, Chen Wan raised his cup, chuckled, and said, "Celebrating that we all survived the apocalypse. Things will definitely get better in the future. Happy New Year everyone."
"Happy New Year." Everyone clinked their glasses and talked at once.
Even the kid clinked glasses like the adults, and Chen Wan clinked glasses with the little guy.
"Yes, in the first district one can really feel what life was like before the end of the world. I really hope it can always be so peaceful here." Qin Ke said with a smile.
"Yes, at least Cao Wei has proved to us that there are indeed people in the military who really get things done. District One will get better and better in the future." Chen Wan took a sip of juice and then said this.
Compared to the others' happiness, Wei Siyu was listless. "I wonder how Shitou is doing out there? Three months have already passed in the blink of an eye."
She mentioned the stone, and the table fell into a brief silence. Wei Siyu realized that her words were a bit inappropriate and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention him."
"I understand, but he was the one who did the wrong thing first. He should take responsibility for what he did. Siyu, stop thinking about him. It's not worth being in a bad mood because of such a person. Eat more dumplings." Chen Wan said as he picked up a lot of dumplings for Wei Siyu.
After the meal, no one showed any intention of leaving, and they gathered in groups of three or four to chat.
Zizi was playing pulling a train with Qi Jing and Wei Siyu. The little guy was now an old hand and had a lot of cards in his hand. On the contrary, all the cards in Qi Jing and Wei Siyu's hands were taken away by the little guy.
Chen Wan came over to see how Zizi was doing and was surprised to find that Zizi was quite talented in playing cards. Chen Wan chuckled and said, "Baoer, you are quite sensitive to numbers. How about after the Spring Festival, Mommy arrange some math for you?"
"What is mathematics?" The kid who had never been to kindergarten thought mathematics was something fun and asked Chen Wan naively.
Chen Wan said, "Mathematics is a fun game. Baoer, you will understand it when you learn it later."
The cub nodded his little head, obviously having taken the bait, "Then I want to learn!"
Their conversation had Qi Jing and Wei Siyu so amused that they fell flat on their beds. The naive kids didn't even realize that math was a deadly, invisible demon.
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