"Oh? Then I'll have to see it then."
"Don't move! Nini! Otherwise, I won't be able to draw it properly." Aoi closed one eye, raised her thumb to pick up a pen, pointed the pen upwards, and held her hand in front of her eyes at the same level as the subject she was drawing, trying to grasp the proportions like a painter.
"Eh...you want to paint a portrait?" Qin Jing asked in surprise.
"Don't move! You can't peek until it's finished!"
"Okay, okay." Qin Jing was happy to have some peace and quiet and started reading a collection of Marquez's novels.
After Kui finished painting and felt tired, she put down her brush, lay down, rolled up in a small blanket, leaned against Jing, and fell asleep.
"Pink-haired girl, I can handle you." Qin Jing looked at the sleeping Xiao Kui and smiled triumphantly. Lately, he's become more and more adept at dealing with the big devil in his house.
In terms of physical strength and energy, the literary type like himself couldn't compare to the athletic type like Xiao Kui. In fact, once he was hugged, it was difficult for him to break free from Xiao Kui's grasp. Moreover, she had unlimited energy and the protection of Qin's parents.
Dragging her into the realm of art and literature, which she's not good at, will make her fall asleep in no time. However, she'll quickly get bored with this method, so you have to constantly come up with new ways to keep her interested.
Looking at the sleeping Aoi now, one has to admit that her little sister has an extraordinary beauty. If children's clothing and children's products merchants saw this, they would also be eager to have Aoi shoot advertisements. This is definitely a gift from God.
She's incredibly noisy and difficult to care for, but when she's asleep, she really does look like an angel. Well, maybe now he can understand the feelings of those who have a sister complex...
Jing flicked Kui's forehead lightly with her finger, then glanced curiously at the portrait Kui had drawn for her earlier...
Hmm...it doesn't look like it at all...
Qin Jing yawned, feeling that painting for so long had taken a toll on her energy, and she was getting a little tired. Children's bodies are so delicate...
The sky outside the eaves had turned to twilight sometime earlier.
"Daddy's home! My darlings~!" The door rang, and Qin's father's cheerful voice came through. He did this almost every day, rushing home as soon as he got off work, eager to see his children.
"Mother, where are the children?" Father Qin looked around in confusion. Usually, as soon as she heard him come home, his beloved daughter would come over with an angelic smile that could heal all fatigue and ask for a hug. Although his son was not so proactive, he knew that it must be because he was proud and aloof.
"Keep your voice down..." Grandma, who was cooking in the kitchen, came out, put her index finger to her lips, and gestured towards the living room.
Inside the hall, a black-haired boy and an even smaller pink-haired girl lay on the same blanket. The two little figures, who looked very similar, were sleeping soundly, their heads touching and leaning against each other. Their adorable sleeping faces made them look like two little angels who had descended to earth.
Beside them lay two crayon drawings: one of a pink-haired girl with a bright smile, and the other of a black-haired boy holding a book. The two drawings were tilted and overlapped, looking as if they were leaning close together, just like their creators.
"Let them sleep before dinner," Grandma said softly with a smile.
"Hmm!" Qin's father nodded in agreement, then resolutely turned around and ran quickly upstairs to his room.
"where are you going?"
"Go get the camera!!!"
He felt that he would be a failure as a father if he didn't properly record such a precious scene!
.............
Every day of life is a new beginning. Even if you live a monotonous life, you should still have eyes to see beauty. Don't let your days just be a repetition, unchanging routine. If you can do that, every day will become interesting and you will be able to experience different charms.
For Aoi, it was the moment she opened her eyes each morning, every day filled with its own wonders. Her anticipation for each day was akin to an office worker returning home each day, eagerly awaiting the question of how his wife would die.
In the morning, Kui had just opened her eyes. Although she still wanted to sleep, she slowly crawled out of bed, ran to the bathroom, moved a small stool to the sink, and stepped on it to prepare to wash up.
The mirror in the sink reflected a little girl with beautiful long pink hair. She had just woken up and her hair was a bit messy. Strangely, she was wearing black cat ears with white fluff peeking out from them, which looked very realistic. She had three thin whiskers on each side of her cheeks and a black dot on the tip of her nose.
"Eh? Aoi turned into a cat? Why? Why, meow?" Aoi exclaimed in surprise as she looked in the mirror.
Qin's father, yawning, went into the bathroom.
"Hello~ Good morning, Xiao Kui."
"Meow~?" Xiao Kui tilted her head and looked at Qin's father, meowing cutely.
"Wow!! Who...who is this adorable kitten?!" Qin's father exclaimed exaggeratedly.
"Meow~ Meow meow!" Xiao Kui made cat paw shapes with her hands and placed them in front of her face, meowing loudly.
"Cat-chan, have you seen my Sunflower?" Qin's father walked up to his daughter and lifted her high in the air, asking.
"Meow hahaha~!" Sunflower Cat waved its paws and cried out joyfully.
That day, Kui Mao happily kept looking in the mirror, or meowing and imitating the movements of a cat, having a great time. Meanwhile, Qin's father's camera, with its 64GB memory card running at 160MB/s, went through one replacement after another.
Qin Jing comfortably read all day without being disturbed at all. The boy stretched lazily and sighed, "What a pleasant day!"
'Next time I'll use an oil-based pen,' Qin Jing thought to herself.
His honed drawing skills, though he doesn't know why they've become a cosplay makeup technique, have indeed developed into a secret weapon for cosplay. If he could read quietly like this every day, he could recreate any character, whether it's a kitten, a panda, an electric mouse, or a Kyubey!
But at dinner time, Grandma suddenly spoke up, "Have you found a school for Jing yet?"
"Hmm, let's choose between the nearby Sunflower Kindergarten and Peony Kindergarten."
"Sunflower is good!" At this moment, Xiao Kui, whose face had been forcibly wiped clean by Qin Ma, heard a name similar to her own and raised her hand to shout.
"Well, but Xiao Kui will have to wait two more years. It's time for her older brother to choose a school."
"Hey, but Xiaokui wants to go to the same school as her brother!"
Still lost in her fantasies of a happy future of studying, Qin Jing exclaimed in surprise, "Huh?! What's going on? How come I've never heard of this before?"
"You're almost four years old, it's time for you to go to school," Grandma said matter-of-factly.
"Yes, there will be lots of children there to play with you," Mom said with a smile.
These words plunged Jing into despair. How long would these peaceful days last?
Therefore, people need to have eyes to see beauty. After all, real life seems to be full of malice everywhere. If we don't maintain a positive and optimistic spirit, how can we live a healthy and happy life?
Although she had defeated the tyrant Aoi at home and transformed her into a docile Aoi cat, dozens of unruly children with gleaming red eyes were still waiting for his arrival in the dark classroom of that unknown kindergarten...
to-be-or -not-to-be, that's-a- question!
Section 12, Chapter 12: Zhuge Liang Extends Wei Yan's Life by Slaying Him
Qin Jing struggled with the decision of attending kindergarten for a while after learning about it. However, not wanting to trouble his parents and unable to go against his grandmother's wishes, he had no choice but to accept the arrangement.
Qin Jing made a resolution in his heart. He was an ideal child who wanted to become a literary youth. For a lofty ideal, people can cross mountains of knives and seas of fire, so he was also brave enough to face kindergarten.
Anyway, it doesn't matter where you read the book, but when Xiao Kui finally understood that her brother would no longer be able to play with her at home during the day, she cried and made a scene.
"Huh? Is my brother leaving home? Will I not be able to play with Aoi during the day anymore? Is he going to be captured by the research institute?"
As Xiao Kui spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, forming beads that swirled around her.
Qin Jing comforted her, saying, "No, he'll still be at home after school this afternoon. If they want to take him away, they'll have to wait until he turns six."
"Waaah, my brother is going to die!" Xiao Kui cried loudly.
"Even if she turns six, she won't be taken away! There's no such strange research institution out there!" Qin's mother slapped Qin Jing on the forehead and yelled.
"Waaaah! I don't want my brother to go to school! I don't want my brother to leave!" Once Xiao Kui started crying, she couldn't stop. Her loud cries even made the water in her cup shake.
In the end, Jing pulled out her best trick and drew a design for a hooded onesie pajamas, featuring all sorts of designs from chubby to tomato, with a style that leaned towards cute cartoons that kids love.
"Xiao Kui, what do you think of these?" Qin Jing handed over the design sketches of a chibi-style Xiao Kui wearing various animal pajamas.
"Waaah... Hmm! Are all of these pictures of Xiao Kui?" After seeing the painting clearly, Xiao Kui immediately stopped crying.
"Speaking of which, this design... is really cute." Qin Ma, a professional tailor, liked it at first glance. In this era, this kind of design still seemed quite rare.
Qin Ma found the sewing machine in the storage room and got right to work. Since it was for a child's sleep, she didn't need to buy much fabric; she could make it directly from old clothes.
That evening, Kui happily went to sleep wearing her favorite tomato-colored pajamas. Qin Jing, as the heroine who calmed the demon king, was also forced by her mother to wear a black and white pajamas as a reward.
It was mostly dressed in white, with black sleeves and trousers, and a white onesie with two round black ears on top. It was a panda that liked to hug a book and read.
"So cute! It suits you perfectly! No wonder you're my child!" Qin's mother clapped her hands together, her eyes sparkling with hearts.
Qin's father's camera never stopped from the very beginning.
Jing hugged herself in frustration, slowly rolling around on the carpet a couple of times. After all that trouble, the strategy she had specially developed for dealing with Kui had been used on something as simple as letting herself go to kindergarten in peace. How ironic.
Even if the snake in The Little Prince opened its mouth wide, baring its fangs, and offered him a chance to jump in and return to his former life of happiness, he would still refuse.
After all, he hadn't even started his journey yet. His goal was to become a literary youth, so how could he stop there? Thus, Qin Jing began a new chapter in his life.
Just wait and see how he uses the perfect strategy to secure a wonderful reading life!
The cherry blossom trees in the park have sprouted new buds, and you can already see pink and white specks.
The day for school finally arrived!
"Nini, you really will come back, right?" Xiao Kui asked earnestly, clenching her fist.
"Okay, don't worry, I'm going out!" Qin Jing patted Xiao Kui's head and said with a light laugh.
"Have a safe trip! Nini, Aoi will always be here waiting for you to come back!"
Wearing a puppy-themed pajama set, Xiao Kui waved her hand vigorously and shouted.
So Qin Jing, wearing a traditional Chinese pullover and shorts that she wore year-round, along with a yellow hat, set off for school. After leaving the residential area, she quickly found her group and joined a similarly dressed group of older students.
Prior to this, Qin Jing had already been taken by her mother to visit a nearby kindergarten. Under her mother's insistence, it was decided that she would attend Sunflower Kindergarten, and she passed the interview and attended the opening ceremony with her parents.
The reason for choosing this place is because of Qin Ma. She heard rumors that someone at the Peony Kindergarten next door had witnessed a large, ferocious beast, and also, a friend's daughter is going to enroll here.
Qin Jing felt it didn't matter which side he chose, since he had no choice anyway.
Over the past few days, he has devised the perfect strategy to deal with those unruly kids. Even if they're unruly, they can't possibly be as troublesome as the little devil at home.
Did you watch the anime on Fox TV yesterday?
"Of course I'll look! Look at my little flame (Babyflame)!"
"Too weak! Watch my Mega Flame!"
On the street, some unruly children were imitating cartoons on TV, shouting and chasing each other.
Qin Jing dodged the brat who almost bumped into her and continued walking forward.
One strategy for dealing with unruly children and striving for a peaceful school life: ignore them! The more you pay attention to them, the more annoying they become.
When they reached the zebra crossing, the older students took the lead and raised their right hands, and the other children also raised their hands and followed suit as they crossed the zebra crossing.
I don't know how many times my family has told me these basic common sense facts.
Before leaving, Qin's parents kept reminding him.
"At the zebra crossing, go when the light is red, walk when the light is green, and step forward with one hand raised."
"Know it!"
"When you see your teacher, you should greet them."
"Do not worry!"
"No urinating or defecating anywhere, and no rolling around on the ground!"
"What do you take me for?"
Not far from the zebra crossing is Sunflower Kindergarten, where two teachers stand at the school gate to welcome the students.
One of them is a woman with long, bright red hair. She is good at sports and is known as Teacher Hong, who usually works as a gatekeeper for students going to and from school.
During the pre-enrollment visit, she performed Tai Chi for the visiting parents, as if she were a very skilled martial arts master.
Another middle-aged, overweight, kind-looking gentleman with a beard, a tall, bald man, was the park's director. He had dimples when he smiled, much like Maitreya Buddha from Journey to the West, but Qin Jing always felt that he was even more unassuming.
"Good morning, Principal and Teacher Hong." Qin Jing stepped forward, flashing a bright smile as she greeted them.
"Good morning, Qin Jingjun! You look great, full of energy! Come on in, I hope you make lots of friends," the headmaster said kindly.
"Xiaojing, I hope you can make many good friends," Teacher Hong said with a smile.
"Thank you, I'm going in!"
The second strategy for a quiet reading life: get along well with your teacher. Teachers are the natural enemy of unruly children. When unruly children encounter teachers, it's like a snake encountering a honey badger or mongoose. If you can get the teacher on your side, all problems will be solved.
The kindergarten director's surname was Gao, and his given name was Erji. He wasn't the one who wrote "Haiyan" (meaning "sea swallow"). He was the one who later had a love-hate relationship with the bearded man. I won't say more, since that part is already dented. And like John King Fairbank, Bernhard Karl Bethune, Jonathan Spence, Karl Marx, and Göran Malmqvist, he really wasn't Chinese.
He's just following the trend. It's very popular all over the world to change to Chinese surnames these days. For example, Barack Hussein, the famous Hawaiian politician whose surname is Obama, took the Chinese name Guanhai.
Even families that don't change their surname will give their children a Chinese name. There are quite a few such children in this kindergarten, such as Kagawa Teruta and Echizen Ryutaka that Qin Jing met at the opening ceremony.
The strategy was executed perfectly. Jing happily hummed a little tune as she walked towards her classroom.
This kindergarten is age-grouped, usually using fruit names to separate classes. Jing is in the four-year-old class, but there are also three-year-old classes. After all, kindergarten isn't compulsory education, and parents decide the age for enrollment. Some schools even accept babies under one year old. Kindergarten children usually enter primary school around six years old. He soon found his class: the Peach Class, like Momotaro, the Monkey Stealing Peaches, and the Peach Banquet.
As soon as I entered, a very elegant-looking girl came forward and greeted me:
"Good morning, I'm Yuan Lin. Nice to meet you. You seem to be in a good mood."
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