Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 296 Delicious Snacks

When Cheng He returned home, the kindergarten was still ten minutes away from school.

Not wanting to wait so long at the school gate, Cheng He went back first.

The mulberry leaves picked that day were almost finished, and the next batch was ready.

After Cheng He went back, he found Cheng Xinxin's small plastic basket, picked it up for her in a while, and brought some back by the way.

He first put down the wreath in his hand, intending to let the child see it as soon as he came back, and give her a surprise; after thinking about it, he still put it on, because if she wears the wreath to pick mulberry leaves later, she will definitely be crazy about it.

Counting the time, he went to the primary school gate.

After a while, the kindergarten bell rang after school, and the children rushed outside one after another.

Cheng Xinxin flew over like a butterfly.She saw the colorful wreath in her father's hand a long time ago, and her heart almost flew into the sky.

Little kids just love such things as flowers.Cheng Xinxin likes everything that is beautiful.

She may not realize it now, but when she grows up, she just needs to think back, her father, a big man, has been tinkering with these flowers for her all day long, and she is afraid that she will laugh out loud.

At this moment, she handed the silkworm box, which she had been proud of for a day, to her father, jumped up and took the garland.

Then immediately put it on his own head, and jumped up and down a few times beautifully, laughing so hard that his eyes could not see his teeth, he was really going crazy with joy.

Cheng He dragged her to leave, but she didn't, and even dragged her friends to show off:

"Ximei, look at my wreath, my father made it for me. It's so beautiful."

"Erya, don't you think my wreath is beautiful? My father made it for me."

"Qingqing, does your father know how to weave wreaths? Look at mine, it's so beautiful..."

The friends were really envious, and said one by one:

"It's so beautiful."

"What kind of flower is this, Xinxin, can you wear it for me for a while?"

"Xinxin, I'll exchange this with you for sugar, okay?"

Cheng Xinxin pouted, and said, "No, I have a lot of candy at home. My father made it up for me, so I won't wear it for you. Just a little bit..."

As she spoke, she made funny faces.

Cheng He was ashamed. Wouldn't it be nice to let her be alone in her own home if she knew she would not have brought it out?

Little girl from every family, why are you so in love with her?
The little ones stayed where she was showing off, their mouths were flattened, and they were about to cry.

Cheng He hurriedly dragged Cheng Xinxin along as if fleeing from the crime scene.

If you don't run away, she will really make you cry a few times.

It seems that I have to talk to her when I go back. Children can't be so vain.

When passing a mulberry tree, Cheng Xinxin was very active in picking mulberry leaves.Anyway, she has a beautiful wreath on her head, and she can do anything.

She smiled cheerfully and hummed a Protestant song: "Where is spring? Where is spring? In the eyes of that child, you can see red flowers and green grass..."

At this point, she stopped suddenly, then raised her head and asked, "Dad, spring is in the eyes of children, so what is in my eyes?"

She is still young and still doesn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, "I see red flowers, I see green grass", isn't that what she sees?

But when he saw her big black eyes open, Cheng He couldn't help but tease her: "Your eyes have gum in them. It must be because you didn't wash your face in the morning. Did anyone laugh at you? Come on, Dad will wipe it for you." Lose……"

Cheng Xinxin laughed out loud, trying not to let her father wipe it for her, and said with a smile while hiding: "Dad is lying, I don't have gum in my eyes..."

Talking and laughing all the way, after picking the mulberry leaves, I went to the field to get some vegetables to take home.

Tonight's dishes are leek omelette, fried celery with bacon, and pea sprout soup.

Cheng Xinxin carried the silkworm box and mulberry leaves, Cheng He carried the vegetables, and the father and daughter went home one after the other.

The little girl refused to walk properly. Wearing a garland was like wearing a crown, as if the world belonged to her, except that she had no wings and could not fly.

When they arrived at the door of their house, they saw a car parked at the door. Liu Zhicheng, who had just been here yesterday, was now waiting at the door of their house.

This person took some vegetables and left yesterday, why is he here again today?
Before Cheng He could speak, Liu Zhicheng had already stepped forward and said with a smile, "Mr. Cheng, are you back?"

Cheng He asked, "Why are you here again? Is there something wrong with the food I gave you yesterday?"

"No...no problem at all." Liu Zhicheng said with a smile.

"No, then what are you doing here?"

"Hehehe, it's nothing, give this to your child to try." Liu Zhicheng said, then took out a big gift box from the car, and handed it to Cheng He.

Cheng He took a look, the box was not small, judging from the printed pattern, it should be something to eat.But all the characters on the box are in foreign languages, which don't look like English, and I can't understand any of them anyway.

Liu Zhicheng explained with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just a box of snacks. Children should like it. My friend's children like it very much."

In fact, Cheng Xinxin had long been attracted by the colorful pictures above.

The picture shows a half-covered snack box filled with several kinds of snacks, some are milky white, some are chocolate-colored, and the other is patterned. They all look very delicious.

The pattern on the cover is still a cute brown bear, which looks very cute.

Cheng Xinxin stared at it without blinking.

Cheng He shook his head and said, "No, I won't accept the food if you don't charge for it. Why do you come here to deliver something? No, no, take it back for your friend's children to eat."

I said yesterday that I don’t charge for food, but if I take something from someone else today, wouldn’t I still charge for it?
So yesterday's refusal to accept money, isn't it just a gesture?
Cheng He will not accept this box.

Cheng Xinxin swallowed her saliva, looked up at her father, with a bit of regret in her eyes, it seems that she won't be able to eat such a beautiful snack.

Cheng He glanced at her and thought to himself, this snack food is so greedy!It's a big deal to buy it for her next time.

Anyway, I can't spoil her, my father will buy her anything I want to eat, and I can't just pick it up as soon as it is handed over.

Liu Zhicheng took another step forward, almost forcing the box into Cheng He's hands, but it was only because Cheng He had things in both hands that he couldn't help it.

Then he smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, won't you invite me in for a cup of tea?"

Cheng He: "..."

Is this guy going to rely on himself?

According to his feeling, it is absolutely impossible for this guy to come here just to deliver snacks.Now I want to go to his house to drink tea, there must be other things.

Could it be that this guy knows the taste and wants to buy in large quantities?
Cheng He said bluntly: "Mr. Liu, I should have said yesterday that my family's vegetables are not for sale."

Could it be that he wants to contract his own land?
"I know, I know, let's go in and talk, shall we? Go in and talk, go in and talk." Liu Zhicheng spoke with sincerity, and enthusiastically and proactively helped Cheng He carry things—the dishes he just ordered.

It further confirmed Cheng He's conjecture that this person must have other things.

Cheng He opened the courtyard door and said, "Please come in, Mr. Liu."

After Cheng Xinxin went in, she put down her silkworm box and opened it to see how the little silkworm was doing with the mulberry leaves.

She doesn't pay much attention to adult affairs.

Since the box of snacks couldn't be eaten, it was useless to look at it, so she quickly diverted her attention.

Seeing this, Liu Zhicheng immediately opened the gift box, took out a large round iron box, opened the lid, and tore off the sealing layer inside.

He brought the box in front of Cheng Xinxin, and said, "Come on, little sister, let's eat."

Cheng Xinxin took a look at the dim sum. It was the same as the one she had just seen on the box. There were milky white dim sum inside, chocolate-colored dim sum, and a flower-like one. It was very fragrant.

It smelled better, and she swallowed again.

But she didn't reach out, but turned to look at Cheng He.

Cheng He really couldn't do anything about Liu Zhicheng, he said he would not accept his things, but now he opened the box himself.

It's all dismantled, and it doesn't look good if you don't want to.

He could only say, "Xinxin, thank you uncle."

Cheng Xinxin stretched out her hand, wanting to take one and say thank you.

But as soon as the hand is stretched out, a problem arises. Is it the milky white one?Or take the chocolate one?But the snacks like flowers also look delicious.

Which should I take?

It's hard to choose.

Her little hands hesitated.

Liu Zhicheng was amused by the cuteness of the little girl, put the box on the table in front of her, and said, "It's okay, this box is all yours, you can eat whatever you want."

Cheng Xinxin widened her eyes, all of them belonged to her?

The box is bigger than her schoolbag, and it's full of delicious snacks, how many days will it take?

So happy.

Cheng Xinxin said happily, "Thank you, Uncle."

Cheng He smiled helplessly.

He felt that this Liu Zhicheng was really good at things.

He confiscated his money yesterday, so he came over today to give gifts, and even specially selected gifts for his children.

Few men think so carefully, and think that it is better to give gifts to children.

There was a stool in the yard, Cheng He asked him to sit down casually, poured him another glass of boiled water, and then went to wash the mulberry leaves in the well next to him.

The newly picked mulberry leaves should be washed first and then dried. This is the ration of silkworms tomorrow.

Now that all the silkworms have hatched, the demand for mulberry leaves is slightly greater, so today I picked more than last time.

More is about one or two catties, and it is cleaned quickly.

After all, these mulberry leaves only grow in the countryside, and there is no vehicle dust here, so the leaves will not be covered with a thick layer of dust like the green plants in the city.

Liu Zhicheng had seen the silkworm raising box a long time ago, and now he saw Cheng He washing mulberry leaves by the well, he must be going to feed those silkworms.

It's okay to plant the land and wash the mulberry leaves. He thinks this life is really wonderful.

He said with an envious look on his face: "The pastoral life is really good! Plant some fields, raise some silkworms, and eat all safe vegetables. It's really enviable."

Cheng He said: "What is there to envy? You work with dirt every day. If you really want to, you can."

Anyway, he just didn't take the initiative to ask, and when that guy had no choice but to say it himself, he could also take the initiative.

Cheng He washed the mulberry leaves slowly, and put them on the grid to dry, waiting for the water to dry in the shade.

Cheng Xinxin ate her snacks comfortably.

This is a taste that I have never tasted before, and it feels really delicious.

Cheng He said: "Xinxin, you eat less, you have to save your stomach for dinner, you know?"

"Okay, I see..." Cheng Xinxin said vaguely with her mouth full.

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