The villagers who were passing by saw them sitting together and started talking about it.
"Three madmen sat down together for a big meeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year."
"Hey, right, I've never seen the three of them together."
"The most educated college student in the village led three people to study and reform."
"It's really strange that they all ended up together."
"Fang Yu's mom, we've been playing all morning, let's go home early," Fang Meihao said.
"Okay, Fang Yu, let's go home." Yu Jihong stood up and glanced at the people on the slope.
"Mom, it's not fun at home, let's go back later." Fang Yu tugged at her clothes and pleaded.
"Yes, Auntie, I want to play some more." Fang Dongqiang didn't want to go back either.
"Fang Yu, let's go to the field to check on Dad. He hasn't come looking for us yet. Could he have fallen into the ditch? Let's go pull him out."
"Hahaha, it fell into the ditch." Fang Yu laughed so hard she bent over.
At this moment, Fang San Di walked over.
"Dad, Mom said you fell into the ditch and came to pull you out, but you didn't fall in. Let's play a little longer."
"I wanted you to play a little longer, so I walked around the fields a bit more," Fang Sandi said to Yu Jihong.
“We were just about to head back too. Fang Yu, we’re going home to cook dinner. Come over and visit again when you have time,” Yu Jihong said, taking Fang Yu’s hand.
“Okay. Dongqiang, these are the ones I picked up, I’ll take them home.” Fang Yu picked out the small stones she had collected.
"Fang Yu, give one to Hua Hua, we can come back and pick another." Yu Jihong squatted down. "Hua Hua, which one do you like? Take one."
Hua Hua immediately reached out and grabbed one.
"Hey, don't hold it like that, you'll erase the painting, and it won't look good if you erase it," Fang Yu said worriedly.
Hua Hua quickly withdrew her hand and, imitating Fang Dongqiang's instructions, pinched both sides of the stone.
"Haha, I taught her how to hold it like that." Fang Dongqiang shook his head proudly. "Huahua, I'll give you one too. Ask my aunt to bring me back tomorrow."
Hua Hua nodded and took another piece in the same way.
Fang San Di casually helped Fang Yu carry the stone.
"Auntie, I can't carry it either, can you help me carry it?"
Fang Meihao picked up the stone and handed it to Fang Meixiang, saying, "Let's take it back together."
Fang Meixiang seemed to have received a major mission, carefully holding the stone on both sides, afraid of touching the painted area.
They walked together up the slope.
"Dongqiang, are you coming again tomorrow?" Fang Yu asked Fang Dongqiang.
Fang Dongqiang turned to Fang Meihao and asked, "Auntie, shall we come again tomorrow?"
"Well, we'll see. I don't know if my second aunt wants to come."
"Is Second Aunt coming?" Fang Dongqiang raised his eyebrows. "Bring Second Aunt over to play too."
As they spoke, they each headed home.
"Dongqiang, say goodbye to Fang Yu and Huahua!" Fang Meihao reminded him.
Goodbye Fang Yu! Goodbye Hua Hua!
"Dongqiang, goodbye Huahua! Dongqiang, I'll come visit you again." Fang Yu said generously.
"Okay! Come to my grandma's house to play, I have lots of toys."
Hua Mei nudged Hua Hua and waved, signaling Hua Hua to say goodbye to them as well.
"Goodbye Dongqiang, goodbye Fangyu!" Huahua said softly, then shyly turned her head to Huamei's thigh.
"Goodbye, goodbye, everyone!" Fang Dong emphasized as he waved to everyone.
"I want to fly home," Fang Yu shouted.
Yu Jihong took the stone from Fang Sandi's hand, and the two of them each took one of Fang Yu's arms.
Fang Yu stomped her feet twice on the ground, then suddenly bent her legs, and her shoes left the ground with a "thud".
Fang San Di and Yu Ji Hong gently lifted Fang Yu up with this little force, and Fang Yu was suspended in the middle, her body swaying like a little rag doll hanging on a clothesline. Her arms were pulled slightly straight, but she didn't seem to feel any pain. Instead, she looked up and smiled, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, "Flying!"
Fang Yu's laughter made them all look in her direction.
"I want to fly a plane too." Fang Dongqiang took the stones from Fang Meixiang's hand. "Mom and Auntie, one on each."
"Big sister, do you know how?"
Fang Meixiang nodded firmly.
The two of them also lifted Fang Dongqiang's arms on either side.
"Fly! My plane is flying too!" Fang Dongqiang's heels were still kicking back and forth in mid-air, as if stepping on invisible steps.
Fang Meixiang's smile was evident in the corners of her eyes.
"Mom, let's go home quickly, I want Dad to fly the plane too."
"Okay." Hua Mei pulled Hua Hua along and quickened her pace to go home.
"Third brother, Meixiang's two younger sisters are both very nice people," Yu Jihong chatted with Fang's third brother.
"That's great, one opens a shop, and the other is a college student."
"That's not what I meant. I meant that they are really nice people, and it's very comfortable to be around them."
"Oh! I don't know about that. I just feel like they run a shop and are college students, so they're better off than us."
"They are both quite insightful."
"You have a lot of ideas too."
"Hehehe!" Yu Jihong tilted her head and smiled shyly.
Just as Hua Mei and Hua Hua were about to reach the corner of the road home, Fang Shugen happened to walk from the opposite direction.
"Daddy, Daddy! Let's fly the plane home!" Hua Hua shouted excitedly.
Fang Shugen approached, "I heard you've been playing by the stream?"
Hua Mei and Hua Hua each held up a stone and showed it to Fang Shugen.
“This stone looks so beautiful after being painted.”
"It was drawn by Aunt Dongqiang," Huahua said, tilting her little face up.
As she spoke, Hua Hua raised her hand, and Hua Mei lifted one of her arms, saying, "Daddy, you stay here and fly the plane."
"Oh!" Fang Shugen hurried over to the other side and lifted Hua Hua's arm as well.
"Flying! Flying!" Hua Hua giggled as she arrived at her doorstep.
Fang Shugen's mother was cooking lunch. "Having so much fun?" Fang Shugen's mother asked, peeking out as she added firewood to the stove with fire tongs.
"Mom, did you bring Huahua over just now so she could play with them?" Fang Shugen asked.
"Yes, Meihao is a college student, she is educated and knows how to teach children, but Huamei can't teach them. Jihong is smart, so she took her daughter over to play with Dongqiang."
Fang Shugen's mother put down the fire tongs. "Huahua, is it fun?"
"Fun!"
"Want to play with Dongqiang again next time?"
"Yes." Hua Hua took the stone. "Dong Qiang and Fang Yu gave it to me."
"Okay, from now on you can go play with Dongqiang. Just go with Dongqiang, don't go with Fangyu."
When Fang Damiao got home, he asked Fang Meihao, "Meihao, they were saying at the shop that you, Meixiang, Jihong, and Huamei were playing together?"
Fang Mei was taken aback. Was this really that serious? Why go to a crowded place like the small shop to say it? "What did they say?"
"They didn't say anything, just that Shugen and I were at the shop, and they came over and told us to play together on the stream."
“My older sister Dongqiang and I played there first. Fang Yu and the others came over and joined us. Later, for some reason, Grandma Huahua brought Huahua and her mother along.”
Upon hearing this, Fang Meixiang's mother said, "It must be her who sent Hua Mei. Hua Mei doesn't wander around by herself. What is this old woman up to now? Mei, you should stay away from Shugen's family."
“Okay, Mom, I know.” Fang Meihao came to her mother’s side. “Mom, I’ve never had any dealings with Fang Yu’s mother before. After spending time with her today, I feel that Fang Yu’s mother is not like what everyone says. She’s actually a very nice person.”
"What's wrong with you two sisters? Mei Li too, we always ask her to bring things over, saying she's a good person."
“I also think she’s a normal person, and she understands life better than other women in the village.”
"Hehe, it's good that you two sisters agree. I don't think there's anything wrong with her."
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