When they saw Xiao Douzi return, they all excitedly crowded around, asking her questions one after another.

"Why is this cat pink?" A little girl with a ponytail pointed at the raisins, her voice filled with curiosity.

"Wow—this little sheep looks exactly like your keychain!" Another little boy with a topknot looked up.

His gaze shifted from the dwarf sheep in the petting zoo to the little sheep keychain on Xiaodouzi's backpack. He compared them several times before exclaiming "Wow!"

"There's a parrot here!" Another little boy pointed to the colorful little parrot on the bird stand, leaned forward, and carefully examined it.

"Wow, that looks so good! Amazing!"

Then he turned his head and saw the white corn snake lying on the dead tree in the next area.

He gasped, quickly taking half an inch back, pointing in the direction of the snake: "There...there's another snake!"

A group of people followed his finger and looked over, and a small chorus of exclamations of "It's real!" and "A white snake!" rang out.

Xiao Douzi stood next to the artwork, her hands behind her back, her ten fingers intertwined behind her waist.

She puffed out her small chest, raised her chin slightly, and smiled with barely concealed smirk, like a little tour guide, answering each question earnestly.

Sunlight streamed obliquely through the window, casting a pale golden halo around her fuzzy, tousled hair.

"This is called the Sphynx cat," Xiao Douzi pointed to the pink kitten sitting on the off-white cushion.

She gently lifted the cat from the cushion and held it in her palm so the little girl who asked the question could see it more clearly.

"Because it has no fur, its body is smooth, and its skin is pink, so it is a pink kitten."

"Moreover, it loves being held by people the most, because human body temperature is like a big heater to it."

When saying "big heater," Xiao Douzi stretched out both hands and drew a big circle.

"As for the little lamb, it's because both my keychain and this felt lamb are modeled after the same lamb!"

She picked up the felt lamb from the enclosure and placed it next to the pendant.

One was made of felt, and the other was sewn from velvet. They were very different in size, but the two sheep were quite similar in facial features, color, and various details.

"Thank you," Xiao Douzi smiled at the little boy who praised her, and reached out to touch the yellow parrot standing on the bird stand on the door.

"And this parrot can even compliment people on how cute they are! It's so smart; it not only mimics speech but can also have conversations with people."

"Also, this snake is really docile; it doesn't bite at all."

……

Lin Ye sat down next to him, his arms crossed in front of him.

He turned his head to look at the earnest face peeking out from the center of that circle of small heads, smiled gently, and didn't disturb him.

The barrage of comments was also incredibly lively, with lines of text rapidly floating in the lower right corner of the screen.

[Commoner Sun Qiao: Oh my, the eldest princess speaks so eloquently, and her earnest little face is so endearing!]

[Commoner Wang Niu: You know what, the First Princess's animal figurines actually look pretty convincing! They're not exactly exquisite, but for some reason, I recognized them immediately as the animals from the petting zoo!]

[Commoner Zhang Fugui: That chubby kid even blocks the road to solicit votes! He's not even ashamed! With that kind of shamelessness, he could definitely make a fortune selling goods!]

……

Soon, everyone had finished voting.

The rating cards on each table were already covered with little red flowers, some with only two or three scattered ones, while others had a whole row of them.

Su Wan walked to the front of the classroom, turned on the laptop on the podium, and connected it to the projector.

When the big screen lit up, the classroom curtains were temporarily drawn.

Sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains that weren't fully drawn, drawing fine golden streaks on the floor.

Su Wan took photos of each artwork and projected them onto the large screen at the front of the classroom. The photos were taken with her phone during her rounds, and she chose the best angle for each one.

The photos on the screen were enlarged, and every little red flower on the scoreboard was clearly visible.

Su Wan began counting the votes.

"The first entry is Li Xiaobao's 'General' sailboat." Teacher Su pointed to the scoreboard on the screen with her pen, leading all the children to count from beginning to end:

"One, two, three... seven, eight!"

Congratulations to Li Xiaobao and his parents! Their artwork has earned six red flowers!

Everyone applauded in unison.

Li Xiaobao, the chubby boy who blocked the road to solicit votes, jumped up from his chair, almost knocking the chair behind him over.

He swung his fist in the air, excited and thrilled: "Yay! Six points!" His voice was so loud that the whole classroom could hear it.

His parents stood behind him, their faces beaming with pride. They nodded to everyone around them, saying "Thank you for your kind words," but their faces were filled with the pride of "Our son is amazing."

Duoduo secretly whispered in Xiaodouzi's ear.

She leaned close to Xiao Douzi's ear, lowered her voice, and said mischievously, "So Li Xiaobao's emaciation is hereditary? His whole family is so emaciation!"

The little girl covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, her little shoulders swaying. She knew what the "e" meant.

Duoduo had told her before that E-person is the kind of extroverted person who can chat with anyone and is not afraid of strangers anywhere.

Looking at it this way, Li Xiaobao's family really is all from E-commerce.

"The second entry is Wang Zixuan's 'Farmhouse Courtyard'—it received eight little red flowers!"

The family of three who had built a farmhouse gave each other a high five.

Teacher Su read out a few more names, and they all received around four votes.

The tallest one after that is Duoduo's amusement park, which has a full ten flowers!

When Teacher Su read out the vote count, Duoduo jumped up from her chair. Mu Chenfeng and Fu Ping exchanged a glance and laughed, quite satisfied with the vote count.

"Next up is the last piece, made by Ye Ling'er's family—" Teacher Su paused for a moment and zoomed in on the photo.

"Pet shop!"

Every little red flower on the rating board was displayed in its entirety, and several rows of them were densely packed together.

The classroom was silent for a moment, then a few low gasps rang out.

"Those animals are so cute, I voted..." A little girl with a ponytail sitting in the front row turned around and said to her mother, pointing at the raisins on the screen.

"Yeah, yeah, you guys took me to this pet store too, it looks so real!" Another little boy was also discussing it with his parents, craning his neck to look at the screen as he spoke.

"They even made a snake!" A little girl covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes wide open.

"I've been to Clawtopan several times but never dared to look at snakes. Ling'er is so brave! She actually did it!"

Teacher Su began counting the votes, her pen tip moving across the screen one by one.

All the children in the classroom counted aloud along with her pen tip, in perfect unison.

"The pet pavilion made by Ye Ling'er's family has won a total of—" The pen stopped on the last little red flower, and everyone's voices also stopped.

"Twelve little red flowers!"

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