Lu Ze's mouth was watering as he looked at the fragrant fried rice. The children were the only ones in the family who had two spoons.
Xu Niannian gave each of them a spoon, and she and Lu Huaijin ate with chopsticks.
They stuffed spoonful after spoonful of food into their mouths, filling their faces up. Xu Niannian felt good watching them eat happily.
While humming the song, I still reminded:
"Eat slowly."
Lu Ze nodded, and his men moved a little slower, but still very fast.
Lu Huaijin also quickly finished his large bowl and went into the kitchen to get another bowl.
When the two little guys had almost finished eating, Lu Huaijin looked at Lu Ze and said:
"Are you enjoying your time at the nursery?"
Lu Ze tightened his grip on the spoon. He wasn't happy or unhappy at all. He usually played, and occasionally the teacher would teach everyone to recognize numbers.
But when they play, they never bring me and my brother with them.
He doesn't need it either.
Lu Huaijin glanced at the silent Lu Ze and continued:
"If you want, you and Yilin can call me and Auntie Dad and Mom."
Lu Ze's face was tense. If he called them mom and dad, then they would indeed have a mom and dad, but they were not the original mom and dad. His uncle and aunt were also very good to them. He was a little conflicted.
If they have a mom and a dad, will those people play with them?
Lu Yilin didn't remember his parents. He was closest to his brother, so he looked at him.
Lu Ze was being stared at by three people and felt sweat coming out of his head.
Xu Niannian pulled Lu Huaijin's hand, she didn't care what he shouted at her.
But in the dream, Lu Ze’s father came back, and she was not sure whether he would come back in the future. It was obvious that the child was a little hesitant now, and she could not force him.
He reached out and took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Lu Ze's head:
"Lu Ze, can I take you two to school today?"
Lu Ze's eyes lit up. Occasionally, other parents would send their children to school.
After dinner, Lu Huaijin cleared the table and Xu Niannian came into the house and found him a beautiful little iron box.
The iron box used to hold milk biscuits. This time, she took out some snowflake crisps she had made before, as well as the relatively expensive honey three knives in this era.
He put the small cloth bag on top and put Lu Ze's notebook, pen, and small iron box into it.
Holding Lu Ze in one hand and Lu Yilin in the other, they walked towards the nursery.
Lu Yilin struggled a little at first and wanted to run to his brother, but when he thought about the fact that he had eaten two meals at his brother's side, he finally put his little hand into Xu Niannian's palm.
The corners of Lu Ze's mouth curled up slightly, and his small chest stood straight.
Xu Niannian didn't know the way, so she asked Lu Ze to lead them. This made Lu Ze feel even more proud. When they walked, their two short legs were very strong.
Xu Niannian also told him on the way:
"There are snacks prepared for you in the bag. If you are hungry, you can take them out and eat. If other children want to eat while you are eating, and they are polite, you can give them food if you want. If they are impolite and ask you for it, you can do whatever you feel like."
"If you don't want to give it, don't give it. If someone bullies you, you can go to the teacher at the nursery first, or you can go home and talk to me."
Lu Ze looked up at her:
"Can I still file a complaint?"
Xu Niannian smiled:
"Because you are a child, if someone bullies you, you can tell your aunt. This is not a complaint, it is a reasonable request for help. Your uncle and I will support you."
Lu Ze held Xu Niannian's hand tighter.
Xu Niannian thought so. As for children, it was rare to find those who were purely bad. Most of them would just play together while eating.
If someone bullies him, he can find them out as soon as possible.
As long as someone stands on Lu Ze's side, the two kids will not be isolated and helpless in school.
This snack makes sense to bring.
The nursery is in a corner of the staff quarters. Lu Ze feels that the journey to school today is shorter than usual.
She stood at the door, watching the two children about to go in, when she saw another child about eight or nine years old and another about five or six years old walk in.
The eight or nine-year-old turned around and went to the primary school next door.
The five or six-year-old child stared at her and Lu Ze.
Then he stood in front of Xu Niannian in a familiar manner:
"Thank you for the cookies you sent us yesterday, beautiful aunt. I really like them."
Xu Niannian saw that he felt sleepy and reached for the pillow:
"Are you Erniu?"
Erniu nodded:
"It's me!"
Xu Niannian waved for Lu Ze to come over and took out a small iron box from her bag.
Revealing the sweet honey inside, and the snowflake crisps with a milky flavor.
In order to make it easier for Lu Ze to share the cakes with other children, she stuffed a few pieces of oil paper inside. She used the oil paper to wrap two pieces of honey crisps and two pieces of snowflake crisps for Erniu.
Then he patted his shoulder:
"You look older than our Lu Ze. Can you protect them in the nursery? Auntie will treat you to dessert."
Erniu was drooling as he looked at the dessert in the oil-paper bag. He immediately patted his chest and promised:
"Don't worry, whoever bullies them from now on is bullying me, Erniu, and my big brother, Daniu."
Xu Niannian glanced at Lu Ze beside her and found that the expression on his face was still normal, so she put the things in the iron box back into his bag.
Pat his head:
"Come in, come back at noon, and I'll make you some milk tea from yesterday."
Lu Ze felt his aunt's hands were so warm, just like his mother's in his mind, but he could no longer see his mother's face clearly.
His nose felt a little sour, so he turned his face away.
They just arrived in the classroom.
Erniu couldn't wait to put the Honey Sanda into his mouth. He had only eaten this thing once during the Chinese New Year last year, but he didn't expect to be able to eat it today.
There are more and more children around.
I stared at Erniu putting small bites into his mouth and my saliva was about to drip.
The fattest kid, Fat Tiger, stood up:
"Erniu, what are you eating? We want to eat together."
Erniu quickly pinched his oil paper bag tightly, and without chewing it slowly, he stuffed the remaining half piece of honey into his mouth.
He couldn't beat Fat Tiger, and the teacher hadn't come yet anyway.
He ran to the primary school next door and called his brother:
"Brother, someone wants to beat me up. Someone wants to beat me up."
When Daniu heard this, he got angry. His brother could only fight himself, and outsiders who wanted to bully him had no chance.
He was about to take his friend with him, but was stopped by Erniu:
"Brother, you can go by yourself. You can't beat him by yourself?"
Daniu thought so too, and felt that he would appear weaker if there were more people around.
As soon as he left the primary school, Erniu unfolded the oil paper:
"Brother, this was given to me by the beautiful aunt next door. She asked me to be friends with Lu Ze. When I ate this, Fat Tiger came over and snatched it from me!"
When Daniu heard this, he realized that the man was looking for him because he was being bullied. If he wasn't being bullied, he would want to keep all these things for himself.