Tang Dynasty: The pot is tied to the duck nest, the little rhinoceros is here!

"Come on, Sizi, don't just eat the xiaolongbao, try the hot and sour soup."

Jiang Fan picked up the small spoon again and began feeding Xiao Sizi the spicy soup.

Before she could even swallow the bun in her mouth, Little Sizi had already eagerly opened her little mouth to meet it:

"Let's take a break, pot!"

After swallowing it in one gulp, the little princess's eyes lit up: "Good, good, good, I want more..."

With a hearty appetite, the little ox was now putting on a show of sheer awe and power.

Eight steamed buns in a basket, oh my gosh, one bite at a time.

Before long, a basket of steamed buns, a bowl of spicy soup, and a tea egg were all gone.

Even so, Xiao Sizi still looked at Jiang Fan with lingering interest:

"Honey, I'm still not full! I want more!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan could only shake his head with a wry smile: "Sizi, you can't eat anymore."

You've already eaten so much, your tummy will burst if you eat any more. How about we eat again at noon?

Little Si shook his head like a rattle-drum, and said earnestly, "It's not done, not at all. Little Si is hungry!"

"Brother, little Xizi isn't full! He's too tall!"

"Honey~"

Little Sizi not only had a keen eye for reason, but also used her sweet, childish voice to reason with Jiang Fan, even resorting to coquettishness.

Jiang Fan was completely dumbfounded. He was finding it hard to resist Xiao Sizi's coquettish request.

I had no experience taking care of a child, let alone when faced with such an adorable little dumpling like Sizi acting cute and charming. Who could resist that?

Sure enough, the old man next to him immediately came over and said gently, "Young lady, come here! Come to grandpa!"

Grandpa, you're so stingy, you're offering me a steamed bun.

"The child is at an age where they're growing rapidly. They're reluctant to eat a few extra steamed buns; they're not going to eat you out of house and home!"

Jiang Fan: "..."

Little Sizi really wanted to eat the steamed buns the stranger brought her.

But she still obediently turned to look at Jiang Fan and asked in a childish voice, "Brother, can I... use Uncle Qi's little bag?"

Before Jiang Fan could even speak, the old man chimed in, "Kid, grab some and eat. I'm not short of money, so eat as much as you want. Today's bill is on me, Old Wang."

"Eat!"

Jiang Fan smiled wryly, feeling helpless.

Upon hearing Jiang Fan speak, the little girl's chubby face lit up with joy. Then, the little princess politely turned slightly to the old man.

He gave a curtsy and said, "Uncle Xie, then this little fellow won't stand on ceremony..."

"Don't be shy, sir. Eat as much as you want. If you can't finish it, you can take it home with you..."

Little Sizi really took the second half of the old man's words to heart.

As he stuffed steamed buns into his mouth, he looked around for a bag to pack up and take away.

They looked as if they wanted to take all the xiaolongbao from the stall home.

At that moment, the old man almost popped his eyes out—this kid was too honest.

Jiang Fan was both amused and exasperated by this, and quickly stepped forward to stop him, otherwise the old man would have had to leave his underwear hanging there all day.

Finally, under the old man's warm hospitality, Xiao Sizi devoured two more baskets in one go and packed two more to go.

Although these buns aren't very big, an adult could easily eat two or three baskets.

But don't forget, the foodie also drank a bowl of spicy soup and had a tea egg.

When they went back, Xiao Sizi carried the packed steamed buns.

Grandpa Chong thanked him repeatedly, saying, "Thank you so much, Uncle. I'm going home now!"

The old man waved goodbye to her, saying, "Goodbye, little girl. Come again next time, and I'll treat you to some xiaolongbao, okay?"

"Mmm, I'm back in Feicheng, goodbye Uncle—"

Back home, Jiang Fan prepared to turn on the TV for Xiao Sizi.

Little Sizi, with his short legs, was about to climb onto the sofa to happily watch TV.

Suddenly, something terrifying popped into my head.

I need to go back soon, otherwise my foodie brother and sister will find out I'm gone and they'll definitely come to my Fengyang Pavilion to steal my food.

No!

Absolutely not!

They're all small-time workers; we can afford to give them, but we can't take them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Sizi huffed and puffed as he picked up the bag that had been packed on the table and couldn't help but glance at the cartoon a few more times.

The TV was showing Fruit Warriors, which was Little Sizi's favorite show! The little princess almost couldn't move.

"What's wrong, Little Sizi! Aren't you going to watch cartoons?"

Jiang Fan then noticed that something was wrong with Xiao Sizi, so he asked her a question.

"Brother, I want to be fat duck! I want to be fat duck! Brother and sister are both scrambling to get their hands on me!" Little Sizi said earnestly in his childish voice.

"Uh... why isn't Little Sizi going back yet?"

"My buddy's watching a Taiwanese movie! I want to watch it too!" Little Sizi said in her childish voice.

"Okay, then I won't watch it either. We'll wait for Xiao Sizi to come back and watch it together."

"Duck!"

Jiang Fan turned off the TV, and Xiao Sizi felt relieved. However, Sizi was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, she turned her attention to the refrigerator.

This "big box" contains delicious drinks, but taking home only xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) doesn't feel perfect—it has to be filled with good food and drinks to be truly complete.

Moreover, all the milk she had hidden was drunk up.

Jiang Fan naturally noticed Xiao Sizi's little expression.

So he smiled and asked, "What's wrong, Sizi?"

"Honey, you can only prick the little abscess seven times, not 'hoarse.' What if the little one gets thirsty?"

"So? You want to tell your brother to take some drinks from the fridge to take home?"

"Yes, yes, my brother is so smart, even smarter than my grandpa, hehe~"

Hearing Xiao Sizi's straightforward "praise," Jiang Fan was momentarily speechless.

However, he immediately took out three bottles of yogurt and a strip of AD calcium milk from the refrigerator.

There are only these two types of milk at home right now, so Jiang Fan plans to go out and restock later, and buy some orange juice with pulp and nutritional drinks that the kids love.

After helping Sizi pack her things, Jiang Fan reminded her, "When you get back, don't drink too much, okay? You'll get a stomachache if you drink too much, remember?"

"Mmm, mmm, I'll remember that!"

The little princess took the packed drinks and steamed buns and returned to Fengyang Pavilion.

As soon as Xiao Sizi returned to Fengyang Pavilion, she immediately hugged the delicious food and, with her short legs, sneakily ran towards her own palace.

Before long, the little ox returned to its palace without any major incident.

Seeing that no one was coming, the little Sizi's chubby, adorable face was beaming with joy.

It seems no one noticed that I didn't go to Guoguo's place to eat anything delicious.

After returning to her palace, Xiao Sizi was planning to secretly eat another small steamed bun.

I'll give the rest to my mother later, and then I'll hide the yogurt.

Suddenly, Dongmei's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, are you awake?"

Little Sizi thought it was her foodie brother and sister coming over, and was so startled that she almost dropped the drinks and steamed buns she was carrying.