Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

Back then, decades ago, they were just like that...

Oh, sorry, no.

Because my maternal grandparents were both foodies, they were also fighting over the food back then, so there wasn't this heartwarming scene.

To prevent Yu Zhe from overeating, Grandma steered the conversation towards Yu Zhe.

"Time flies... It feels like just yesterday that Qiuyun used to come here to play with Sasha when she was little..."

"

"Yeah..." Grandpa sighed, but didn't stop chewing his turkey. "Back then, Qiuyun was little, and she wore clothes like Yuzhe's... like this... uh, I think it was like this?"

"!"

Yu Zhe almost choked on his mouthful of heartwarming glutinous rice porridge!

"Grandpa? You mean... my mom wore this outfit when she came here as a child?!"

Grandpa put down his knife and fork and thought back carefully.

He suddenly clapped his hands and nodded, saying, "Oh! I knew it! How could I have confused Yuzhe and Qiuyun? The one you're wearing is the same one Qiuyun wore when she was little! It's this one... I think that's right, the one with the cat paw print. Back then, it was so popular. Sasha always said she wanted one too?"

Good guy!

Yu Zhe looked down at his rather cute outfit and immediately understood why his mother had said at the seaside villa that wearing this would be absolutely fine!

She wore it when she was a child, so how could there be a problem?

My mother wore stylish clothes, and at that time, she was the most beautiful woman in Fenghai City.

Rounding down... is this considered women's clothing?

Yu Zhe suddenly felt a chill run through his body from the soles of his feet to the top of his head!

Alas, women's clothing isn't scary, what's scary is women's clothing that appears out of nowhere, impossible to guard against!

It's okay...it's okay...as long as I don't say anything, no one will realize that this falls under the category of women's clothing...

"Haha, Brother Yuzhe! Now that you mention it, I suddenly realize that these are clothes that girls wear! I knew they were getting cuter and cuter!"

"Little Lychee!!!"

"?!!"

37. Old Photo Album

After dinner, Grandma found an old photo album.

It's not that old... Compared to those old, yellowed photo albums from years ago, this one is in pretty good condition.

It's obvious that it's been checked regularly; there's not a speck of dust on the surface.

Grandma's eyesight is getting a little blurry. As she flipped through the photo album, she casually took out her reading glasses from the glasses case on the bookshelf and put them on.

Her fingers slid across the open photo album, with Yu Zhe and Xiao Lizhi looking around on either side.

The photo I found now is of a blonde little girl wearing a cute light-colored dress, holding a twig, and grinning at the camera.

Small in stature, with a憨憨 (simple and honest) smile.

It's a small lychee from my childhood.

"Look at this... Haha, Lizhi was such a naughty child. Her mother told her not to run around in the flower bushes outside, but this child insisted on jumping into the flower bushes every day, and every time she would get her head full of weeds. Every time she did this, she would get a beating from her mother, but she just didn't learn her lesson and would dare to go again the next day."

"Pfft... Little Lychee, that's so typical of you." Yu Zhe chuckled unkindly.

"Don't, don't laugh! When we were kids, we were naughty and got a few spankings from our parents when we got home... isn't that normal?"

"..."

Yu Zhe decided it was best not to say anything.

It's normal for kids to get spanked by their parents, but Little Lychee, Aunt Elisa still wants to spank you every day to this day!

Grandma continued flipping through the photo album, and every time she turned to a picture of Little Lychee, her eyes would sparkle with kindness and nostalgia.

"This one... um, this is from when Lizhi came back from the kindergarten field trip. She was very disappointed that day. She said that the teacher had promised that they could go to the pool to play in the water, but when they got there, the swimming area was temporarily closed for renovations, and the plan was canceled, so they had to go home early."

Little Lychee was shocked: "Huh? There's such a thing? I don't remember at all."

Grandma gently patted her head: "Silly child...you probably don't remember, you were just starting kindergarten back then, and you couldn't even hold a knife, fork, or chopsticks properly by yourself."

"Waaah... I'm sorry..."

Yu Zhe thought to himself.

Little Lychee...you don't actually need to apologize for this, okay?

I had to feed Yuche back then.

Yu Zhe sometimes feels like he's an oddball. He's the same age as Yu Che, but he can always figure out what to do in advance.

Including meals, Yu Zhe was able to eat by himself very early on, and could even feed Yu Che!

Yang Qiuyun was overjoyed. She couldn't stop smiling and said that Yu Zhe's intelligence had saved her a lot of trouble.

Tsk... Thinking back to when Mom laughed and said things like, "You'll be feeding Yu Che from now on, I'm going to watch TV," Yu Zhe felt she was incredibly disdainful!

Don't let a six-year-old take care of a six-year-old!

Yu Zhe looked at the few photos in the album...

I suddenly noticed that the last picture on this page, themed around Little Lychee's picnic, is a picture of a little girl playing in the water.

Well, that sounds a bit strange, but it's really cute.

Little Lychee, dressed in a children's swimsuit, was playing in what looked like a fairly large swimming pool, wearing a swimming ring.

The photo captures her smiling as she raises her tiny, delicate feet to kick the water toward the camera.

I don't know if the camera is still alive after getting wet...

Putting that aside for now, Yu Zhe has something to ask about this photo.

"Hmm? Grandma, this photo..." Yu Zhe pointed to the picture of Little Lychee playing in the water, "Didn't you just say that Little Lychee... Li Zhi didn't get to go to the pool during her picnic? I see this is on the picnic page, and she still got to play in the water in the end?"

Little Lychee stared blankly at these old photos; she truly didn't remember them!

However... I have a vague feeling that I must have had a lot of fun back then...

Grandma thought for a moment and replied, "Yu Zhe, I almost forgot. I remember... that day, Li Zhi felt more and more wronged after coming home, and she even cried. But her parents were busy. Sha Sha and A Yan were enthusiastically planning to build up the Ouyang family business at that time. Sigh... I can understand. It wasn't easy for A Yan to start from scratch, and Sha Sha also..."

She wanted to help her husband as much as possible, but they were busy, and Lizhi was left feeling wronged...

Speaking of which...

Grandpa, who was fiddling with the potted plants in the living room, was furious.

"Busy, busy, busy! Everyone's busy, old woman. You don't need to make excuses for them. Being busy with work and caring for the children shouldn't conflict. If we hadn't found out the swimming pool was already closed, we would have taken Lizhi out to play! Sasha and Ayan were just being immature back then! Look at them now, if Lizhi wanted to go out to play, would they dare to disagree with her?"

Yu Zhe thought to herself, "Grandpa... I can understand your doting on your granddaughter."

But... believe it or not, if Little Lychee throws a tantrum at home wanting to go out and play, Aunt Elisa not only still dares to disagree, but even dares to beat her.

Well, Little Lychee can now go out and play by herself, so there's no need to say anything at home anymore.

Besides... if she wanted to go out now...

—Yu Zhe will accompany her.

But! This doesn't affect Xiao Lizhi's status in the family from childhood to adulthood, which is really too tragic.

"Huh? Is that so?!"

Little Lychee was furious when she heard this!

Yu Zhe thought she was going to complain about how her parents neglected her when she was a child.

But her next sentence left Yu Zhe completely stunned!

"Wow, I was such a troublemaker when I was little?! Goodness, it's almost evening by the time we got back from the picnic, and I still want to go out and play? Tsk tsk, what a brat! If I saw a kid like that, I'd definitely spank her!"

"Ahem, Little Lychee, listen to me, let's give you some face when you were little."

"Row."

To retract my earlier statement, Little Lychee is different from when she was a child; she has indeed grown up.

However, Grandma's explanation just now didn't answer Yuzhe's question.

So she still swam that day, didn't she?

The answer is what Grandma is about to tell you.

"Oh, sorry Yuzhe, I accidentally went off-topic. Yes, in the end Lizhi got what she wanted, all thanks to Qiuyun. Your mother is amazing."

"My mom?!"

Yu Zhe never expected that this could be related to his mother!

"Yes, it was Qiuyun. Although I'm getting old and my memory isn't what it used to be... I remember this very clearly. Qiuyun happened to be in Kromer that day. Whenever she comes to this city, she always comes to visit Sasha."

“When she came over that day, she saw Lizhi sitting alone in the yard having a tantrum. She went over to ask what was wrong, and after asking, she didn’t even go into the house. She just took Lizhi’s hand and left. She also told me that she would take care of playing with the child and that Sasha and Ayan could rest assured. The photo of Lizhi swimming in the pool was taken by Qiuyun and then developed for me.”

Grandpa also gave a thumbs up: "Qiuyun is truly righteous! She just left without hesitation, so decisive!"

Hey, Grandpa, did you use the word "righteous" in the wrong context?

No, Grandpa speaks very good Chinese, so he probably does think that way.

A look of surprise flashed in Xiao Lizhi's eyes. She thought she was meeting Aunt Qiuyun for the first time when she came to the seaside villa, but it turned out that she had met her when she was a child!

Ah... I must apologize to my aunt when I get back. I'm so sorry I'm so stupid, I've completely forgotten things from when I was little!

Yu Zhe still had some questions after listening: "Didn't Grandpa just say... the swimming pool was closed at that time?"

"That's why I said your mother is incredibly resourceful..." Grandma laughed. "Even though she wasn't in Fenghai City, she just made a phone call and said the swimming pool was open and she could bring Lizhi over. Wow... she's really amazing, truly amazing."

"..."

If Yu Zhe wasn't mistaken... that call was probably to Sister Lin Yin, after all, Sister Lin Yin is omnipotent.

Ah, the power of capital is truly formidable from a young age.

I was wondering why the pool where Little Lychee was playing in the photo looked so empty.

So she booked the whole place by herself, huh?