Two little girls squatted on the ground, while Ye Man and Song Qing stood aside chatting.
"Sister-in-law, could we visit you more often in the future? Xiaoting is very shy, but I didn't expect her to get along so well with An'an."
“Come, come, you can bring her over when you have time. She plays with the kids in the family compound every day after she comes back from the childcare class. It’s a good opportunity to let Xiaoting get familiar with this place.”
Ye Man breathed a sigh of relief. Song Qing also told her a lot of details about living here, such as what time the vegetables usually arrive at the vegetable market and when they are fresh.
They've just arrived and aren't familiar with many things.
When it got dark, He Zhangcheng came out of the house and smiled apologetically at Song Qing, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, it's so late."
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. An'an and Xiaoting get along well. Look, they're still playing with the kitten. They probably won't want to go back anytime soon."
Xiaoting used to be very afraid of cats, especially kittens, which were big and strong. She always stood far away and dared not go over to touch them.
An'an naturally wanted to introduce her new friends to her playmates. She went over and hugged the kitten. The kitten lazily stretched in her arms. An'an couldn't pick it up. She held her arms with her hands and her legs were dangling on the ground. The kitten was too lazy to resist.
Later, Xiaoting dared to approach quietly. The kitten grew lazier and lazier, lying on the ground and not lifting its eyelids no matter how much the two of them touched it. Xiaoting gradually fell in love with the cat and couldn't bear to stand up.
Ye Man covered her mouth and laughed, "Xiaoting, we're going home."
Xiaoting lowered her head and pretended not to hear. He Zhangcheng stepped forward and tried to pull her up. "Xiaoting, say goodbye to An'an and your uncle and aunt."
The two children were squatting together on the ground with their hands on the kitten's belly when He Zhangcheng came over and grabbed Xiaoting's hand to pull her up. Xiaoting immediately broke free, her movements a bit too forceful.
Xiaoting accidentally bumped into An'an, who looked up at them in confusion. Xiaoting stood up, walked over to An'an, and turned her head away without saying a word.
He Zhangcheng looked somewhat embarrassed. "I'm sorry, An'an..."
"It's alright, Uncle."
Ye Man saw this, went up and squatted down next to Xiaoting, took her hand and said gently, "Say goodbye to An'an and your uncle and aunt, come and play with An'an again tomorrow."
Xiaoting leaned against her mother's chest and politely greeted Song Qing and Lu Yang before turning to An'an, "An'an, can I come again tomorrow?"
"Of course, I'll take you to play tomorrow. When Mom has her day off, you can come up the mountain with us. There are big tigers on the mountain—"
The more she talked, the more outrageous it became. Song Qing gently slapped her on the bottom, saying, "If a tiger were here, it would have carried you away in one bite."
After saying a reluctant goodbye to the kitten and the gosling, Xiaoting walked to her mother's side and took her hand. Song Qing's family also walked to the front door.
Ye Man was the one talking to them. He Zhangcheng seemed to be a little silent because of his daughter's actions. After coming out, he walked to Xiaoting's side, and Xiaoting immediately turned to her mother.
Seeing this, Ye Man could only pat her daughter's hair and say, "Sister-in-law, we'll be going now."
Last year, cement roads were paved around the residential area. Although there were no streetlights, the moonlight made it visible. An'an was standing at the door, hopping in and out.
Song Qing sighed: "Platoon Leader He probably angered Xiao Ting."
Lu Yang looked up and saw that Xiao Ting was clinging tightly to her mother's thigh, never giving He Zhangcheng a second glance. Later, when He Zhangcheng seemed to want to pick her up, she turned her head away and refused.
“An’an used to be like this too.”
When the mother and daughter first arrived, Lu Yang received similar treatment from An An as He Zhangcheng.
“Sigh, you and your daughter used to ignore me.”
Speaking of the past, Lu Yang felt like he needed to shed a couple of tears. He was overjoyed, but after finally getting his wife and daughter to come over, the two of them turned out to be colder than ever.
Song Qing rolled her eyes at him and went back into the house. An'an didn't hear what they were saying. When she saw her mother go back into the house, she didn't want to go back yet, so she quickly looked at her father with a coquettish expression.
"Play a little longer, then it's time to go back to sleep. You can't be naughty anymore and you have to listen to a story."
Raising a child requires a lot of worry. If you make her angry, she'll give you the cold shoulder. Lu Yang leaned against the wall and watched An An play outside for a while until Song Qing called out from inside the house.
"What time is it? Come back and go to sleep!"
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