Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1208 Rowing a dry boat?

Everyone laughed, and even though Xiao Xiao Hui didn't understand what was so funny, he still chuckled along.

Xiuer said, "They're going to build a swimming pool in the front yard. It'll be ready to use in the summer, and then we can play in the yard."

Xiao Wei's phone rang. He glanced at it and answered, "Dad, it's Bei Bei. Where are you? Why aren't you home?"

Xiao Wei said, "Dad is at school, going to school with your aunt. Be good at home, and Dad will be back in a few days."

"That's a lie. It's been several days already. Mom said that one morning when I woke up, Dad would appear, but he didn't."

Xiaowei said, "Dad isn't lying to you. Dad will be back in less than two weeks, and I'll take you to a wedding, okay?"

Where are the weddings?

"In the city, at that place with the children's playground, Daddy will take you there to play, and then we'll go back to the county to see Mommy and Grandma, okay?"

"Okay. Lie to me, lie to me and turn into a puppy."

"Fine, I'll turn into a puppy if I lie to you. Are you going to talk to Xiao Xiao Hui?"

"want."

Xiao Wei took Xiao Xiao Hui from Xiu Er's arms and put the phone to his ear. Xiao Xiao Hui looked at Xiao Wei and asked, "Who is it?"

Beibei said, "Little brother, it's me, your older sister Beibei! Did you miss me?"

Xiao Xiaohui flinched: "Keep your voice down, I... I'm almost deaf."

"..."

"Are you stupid? If I don't make a sound, what can I hear?"

"Little brother, do you miss me?"

"I kind of miss you. Why don't you come? There are so many delicious foods here, all of them are delicious."

The two younger ones were chatting on the phone when Chen Hui asked Xiao Wei, "Who's getting married?"

Xiao Wei said, "Xiao Hong's classmate, both of whom got married were her classmates. The woman's father and Uncle Wang were comrades-in-arms, and they worked in housing construction. I used to work on his construction site when I was in the county."

Chen Hui asked, "What date? When are you planning to go back? Maybe I should go back too; I'm tired of staying here."

Xiao Wei said, "Go back if you want, anyway there are no classes in a few days. By the way, Xiu'er, my sister said she wants to learn computers, typing and software stuff, can you find some books for her?"

Xiuer said, "Learn programming?"

Qin Xuemei said, "No, I can't learn that. It's just typing and drawing pictures, you just need to know how to use it."

Xiuer said, "That's easy. What kind of book do you need? I have a character root table. I'll install some typing practice software for you. We have all the software on the market. The computer shop owner gave us a pretty complete set the other day."

Xiao Hui nudged Xiao Wei with the phone: "Dad Zhang, it's disconnected."

Xiao Wei asked, "Was it hung up or disconnected?"

Xiao Xiaohui said, "It's quiet now. I don't want to fight anymore." He twisted his body and said, "Get down."

Xiao Wei bent down and put him on the ground, asking, "Why don't you want to fight anymore? Don't you want to talk to your sister?"

Xiao Xiaohui said, "I just listened to her, I couldn't get a word in edgewise." He then grabbed Xiuer's hand and looked up at her, saying, "Auntie, I want a boat, but they won't buy it for me, they... they don't care about me anymore."

Xiuer asked, "What kind of boat?"

Xiao Hui pointed outside: "You can paddle in that river."

Xiuer said, "What's the use of buying it? Where are you going to row it? A land boat?"

Xiao Xiaohui said, "Isn't there a lake there?"

"That lake belongs to someone else, it's public property. You can't just row a boat there. If you put your boat in there, they'll confiscate it and you'll be fined."

Little Hui's face twitched a few times: "So bad? Sigh." He sighed, shook his head, and turned to look at the hanging flower gate: "Grandma."

Everyone turned to look in that direction. A minute or so later, sure enough, Aunt Chen came out of the door carrying her bag. Seeing so many people staring at her, she paused for a moment, then touched her face and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Xiao said, "You hadn't even come in yet when your grandson called out 'Grandma,' so here you are now."

Aunt Chen immediately came over with a beaming smile, shoved the bag into Xiu'er's hands, and hugged Xiao Xiaohui, kissing him a few times: "Did you hear Grandma coming back?"

Little Hui twisted his body to look down and pointed at Aunt Chen's shoes: "It makes a sound."

Chen Hui asked Xiao Wei and the others, "Did you hear that? Did you all hear that?"

They looked at each other and shook their heads; they hadn't heard anything.

Aunt Chen said, "Children are like puppies, with keen hearing and a keen sense of smell. But as they grow up, these senses gradually diminish. It's the same with people."

Little Hui cupped Aunt Chen's face in his hands and said, "Grandma, I want to go boating. Auntie said she won't let me, or she'll have to pay a fine."

Chen Xiao said, "Today, my sister and I took him out for a stroll, and he took a fancy to the boats on the lake and insisted on having them. Just now, Xiu'er told him that buying a boat was useless because they wouldn't let him row and would even fine him, and he said that people were bad."

Aunt Chen said, "You're too small now, you can't paddle yet. You need to eat more and grow up quickly so you'll have the strength to paddle." Turning to the others, she said, "You can't take him on the water, it's too dangerous. Wait until he's older."

Xiao Wei said, "Once the yard is all set up, we'll tie a life jacket on him and get him a basin or something to paddle in. He definitely can't go into the water outside. How deep is that lake? I'm scared just looking at it."

Chen Hui said, "It must be at least a few meters deep, right? I've never been down there before. What kind of water are you afraid of? I bet you'd be afraid of even a public bathhouse."

The group laughed again, and Qin Xuemei asked Xiaowei, "You can't swim either?"

Xiao Wei nodded.

Aunt Chen said, "You should learn it if you have the chance. It's always good to have more skills. You never know when you might need them. Swimming isn't that difficult."

Chen Hui offered cigarettes to Xiao Wei and Mi Le, and asked, "What are you having for dinner?"

Miler said, "Whatever, I'll follow your arrangements now that I'm here."

Xiuer said, "Let's go together. Everyone says that's a good idea. We've been planning to go in the next couple of days."

Chen Hui asked her, "How many restaurants have you eaten at these past few days?"

Xiuer pouted: "Three families, the school's been acting up lately, so much trouble. Oh right, reimburse me, I almost forgot. 1620."

Aunt Chen asked, "Why are you spending this money?"

Xiuer chuckled and said, "Second Brother asked us to help with the investigation; this is the investigation fee."

Xiao Xiaohui said to Aunt Chen, "When you go out to eat and have a good meal, you don't even take me with you."

Xiao Wei said, "I asked them to visit and eat at all the famous old restaurants and write a report. Our restaurant will be coming here next year, so it's good to know in advance so we can make arrangements. Where's the report?"

Xiuer took out a stack of letters from her schoolbag: "Here, three families, eighteen letters in total, I guarantee they were all written carefully by myself."

Xiao Wei took the letter, took out some money from his bag, counted out two thousand for Xiu'er, and said, "Buy yourself some clothes. It'll be warmer soon, so get some new clothes and shoes."

Xiuer took the money and said, "Yes, we were just planning to go to Xiushui Street in the next few days."

Xiushui Street is now a famous commercial street known both at home and abroad. It is famous for selling various high-quality replicas of famous brands and is a holy land for tourists from home and abroad to hunt for bargains. It is loved and sought after by people from all over the world for its good workmanship, low prices and many styles.

(End of this chapter)