Chapter 80 Sand Table
Xu Qingmeng originally wanted to help out, but He said that she wanted to talk to her sister-in-law about some private matters between the adults, and she drove Xu Qingmeng out.
Xu Qingmeng was also helpless. In the eyes of He and Wang Cuiqin, she was really just a child.
When we came into the house, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo were drawing on the sand table.
It is said that the sandbox was made by Gu Hongxin for little Yunyi. At that time, when he was just starting to learn English, the Gu family was not well-off, and pens, ink, paper and inkstone were expensive, so he used such a small sandbox to practice.
It’s fine for Xiao Yunyi to use a sandbox alone, but if it’s for two kids, it would seem a bit small.
Yun Sheng wrote a big word, which took up nearly seven-tenths of the area. Yun Mo looked up at her, and saw that his sister was playing happily with her head down. He could only purse his lips and write the word pitifully in the small space.
Both of them wrote the same word, Gu.
Xu Qingmeng casually picked up a few red dates and walked over, saying, "Too ugly."
In an instant, two pairs of accusatory eyes were cast straight at her.
The two little kids have faces that look like they were carved from the same mold. The similarity is made even more obvious by their identical cute expressions. Their chubby cheeks make you want to pinch them gently.
She was not at all reserved and subconsciously reached out and gently pinched the two little cuties' faces. The soft touch was truly intoxicating.
"Sister-in-law! How could you... um..." Yun Sheng was about to speak when a sweet date was stuffed into his mouth. He bit it lightly with his teeth, and the sweet taste immediately filled his tongue. For a moment, all the words he wanted to say disappeared.
Xu Qingmeng smiled and turned her gaze to Yun Mo standing beside her.
Seeing this, Yun Mo opened his mouth obediently and waited quietly to be fed. He looked really adorable.
After Xu Qingmeng fed the dates to Yun Mo, she looked at the satisfied expressions of the two little guys and couldn't help but laugh: "You guys, you have to practice your handwriting well. It's too far from your eldest brother's handwriting."
Yun Sheng swallowed the dates in his mouth and said unconvincedly: "Sister-in-law, this sandbox is too small, it's not easy to write."
Yun Mo also nodded, as if he had found an ally.
Xu Qingmeng looked at the small sandbox and found that it was indeed a bit too small for the two children to use.
She thought for a moment and said, "How about I make a new sand table for you?"
The two children's eyes lit up, and Yun Sheng said excitedly: "Okay, okay." Yun Mo's eyes were also full of anticipation.
Xu Qingmeng began to look for materials in the house. She saw an old wooden box in the corner that was just the right size, so she decided to use it to transform it.
She found some fine sand, cleaned the wooden box, and carefully poured the sand in.
Yun Sheng and Yun Mo surrounded her curiously, watching her movements without blinking.
Xu Qingmeng explained to them while she was doing it: "Although this sand table is simple, it is very useful for practicing calligraphy. Many people used it when they were getting started." The two children nodded, not quite understanding.
After the new sand table was made, Xu Qingmeng found two small wooden sticks to use as pens.
Yun Sheng immediately took a small wooden stick and started drawing in the new sandbox, while Yun Mo wrote in the previous one.
The two of them were having a great time. Xu Qingmeng sat beside them, watching them and feeding them from time to time. It was a very harmonious scene.
"It's time to eat. Don't eat too many dates. They're too sweet at night. Your teeth will hurt."
Xu Qingmeng said: "Hey, this is the last one."
He stuffed the last one into Yun Mo's mouth, clapped his hands, and went to the kitchen to help serve the meal.
Chives and eggs, lamb stewed with wolfberry, stir-fried kidney, pigeon stewed with gastrodia elata, black chicken stewed with kelp?
This. This.
To be honest, Xu Qingmeng knew the cooking skills of the eldest sister-in-law of the Xu family, and they were very good.
"Mom, where did you get these ingredients?" After all, mutton, black chicken and pigeon are not easy to buy.
He took a look and said, "I bought the mutton from Shen's. I don't know where Mr. Shen got the mutton from, but it's fresh. I bought a lot of it. There's more there. The pigeon was raised by Aunt Li's family. I spent a few more coins to buy it."
Xu Qingmeng glanced back and forth between He and her sister-in-law Wang Cuiqin, and always felt that something was abnormal.
It would be fine if one or two dishes had the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, but every dish had that function to a greater or lesser extent. Moreover, He, who is usually the most frugal person, would take the initiative to pay more money to buy other people's pigeons instead of eating chicken, duck, fish and meat?
Xu Qingmeng lowered his head, said nothing more, and silently brought the dishes out.
There is only one man in the family, so there is no need to think too much about what He and Wang Cuiqin are planning.
Xu Qingmeng thought silently: I must be alert when I go to bed tonight, or I can secretly put a knife under my pillow, just in case
Wang Cuiqing: "Nannan, eat more. This mutton is fresh and tastes delicious when stewed. Come and try it. Are you dissatisfied with your sister-in-law's poor stew?"
"No, no, sister-in-law, you're overthinking it." Xu Qingmeng smiled, picked up a dish with chopsticks out of politeness, and ate it slowly.
He was not so reserved. She sat next to Gu Yunyi and directly put the food into his bowl: "Yunyi, you have to eat more. You have lost weight in the past two days. Eat quickly."
Gu Yunyi didn't understand and could only nod helplessly, enduring He's sudden enthusiasm with a lot of question marks in his mind.
"Mom, what kind of chicken is this? It's quite fat." Xun Ge'er was able to get out of bed. He looked at the chicken soup and thought it was something to nourish his body, so he took a bowl and scooped a bowl of soup.
Wang Cuiqin clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, this soup is specially made for your uncle to nourish his body. Just drink one bowl."
Xun Ge'er was stunned and looked around. Wasn't he the patient at home?
However, He and Wang Cuiqin acted as if it was a matter of course, and tried hard to persuade Gu Yunyi to eat more, which made Xinting and Xunge'er look at each other in bewilderment. Song Yu, who had guessed their intentions long ago, almost lowered his head to the table.
Gu Yunyi had a big appetite to begin with, and tonight he ate a lot, which made He and Wang Cuiqin look very happy.
After dinner, He didn't ask him to wash the dishes, but told him to go back and rest and sleep.
Gu Yunyi was helpless, he stood up and said: "Mom, I ate too much, I'm afraid I'll have indigestion, I'd better go out for a walk."
Xu Qingmeng quickly stood up: "I'll go with you."
So, He's words that were originally intended to stop him stopped at the tip of her tongue, and she could only change her words: "Okay, you two can go out for a walk, but it's getting late, come back early."
"knew."
Xu Qingmeng followed Gu Yunyi out.
(End of this chapter)
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