Today, the most unhappy person is Er Ya. As soon as she arrived at her maternal grandmother's house, she was greeted by her cousins whom she hadn't seen in a long time, but unfortunately, they all thought she was too young and didn't pay much attention to her. Her maternal grandmother liked her very much, but today being the birthday celebration, the main guest was busy and couldn't take care of her.
Zhao Yuzhen and her sisters were chatting together, while Er Ya stood beside them, unable to understand a word, feeling quite bored.
Waiting until Zhou Guoqiang was by her side, she found that Father was having a lively discussion with the brothers-in-law and didn't even notice her.
Er Ya immediately became sulky, and Da Bao and Xiao Bao had already run away without a trace. There was only one person to look for - her sister. But where did her usual loving sister go? Ah, she must have gone to see her cousin Yu Yu.
She was so angry and resentful, thinking that as soon as she saw her cousin Yuyu's sister, she didn't want her. When they arrived at their uncle's house, sure enough, her sister was holding her cousin and coaxing her.
"Sister," Er Ya called out, seeing Zhou Xiaoyun wasn't paying attention, she shouted twice more.
It wasn't until the third call that Zhou Xiaoyun heard it, she turned her head to take a look and saw it was Er Ya, "oh" and then turned her head back to continue singing to Niu Niu.
"Wow......" Er Ya completely burst out and started crying loudly.
Zhou Xiaoyun was startled and hastily said: "Er Ya, don't cry."
This is almost right, Er Ya thought that she had finally caught her sister's attention, but unexpectedly Zhou Xiaoyun's next sentence was: "If you want to cry, go outside and cry, your voice is so loud that it scared Tongtong."
Originally just wanted to throw a tantrum, Er Ya this time really cried, tears and snot all over the place, how pitiful.
Zhou Xiaoyun reluctantly put Niu Niu on the bed, and Niu Niu giggled without making any fuss.
"Alright, Er Ya, come to sister's place. What's wrong again?" Zhou Xiao Yun guessed that Er Ya was making a big deal out of nothing, she was good at crying and throwing tantrums, and liked it when everyone around her revolved around her alone, couldn't stand being ignored for even a moment.
As expected, Er Ya took advantage of the opportunity to tattle to Zhou Xiaoyun, speaking vaguely for a long time.
Zhou Xiaoyun finally understood in Er Ya's sobbing and choking voice that her feelings were just being ignored by others. Is this worth crying about? It's really... speechless!
Zhou Xiaoyun coaxed Er Ya for a while, then took Er Ya to the bedside to play with Niu Niu together.
Er Ya is not interested in children smaller than herself, and doesn't even know how to talk to them. But Zhou Xiao Yun is enthusiastically teasing Niu Niu, one moment laughing loudly, the next helping Niu Niu with her urine, and then singing a song for Niu Niu to listen to. Er Ya's heart feels severely unbalanced.
"Sister, you only play with Niuniu and ignore me." Er Ya complained.
"Er Ya, sister is not ignoring you. It's just that she hasn't seen Xiao Xiao for three months, so she wants to spend more time with her. You see, I'm still at home playing with you every day!"
Zhou Xiaoyun had no way to deal with Er Ya, and after explaining for half a day, she simply couldn't get through to her. She pouted and stood aside in anger.
After thinking for a while, anyway, there's plenty of time to coax Er Ya, and the opportunity to see Niu Niu is too rare to grasp. So Zhou Xiao Yun didn't bother Er Ya and continued to take Niu Niu out to play.
You're so stupid, sister, why are you treating me like this? Waaahhh, I'm so miserable, waaahhh.
It was past three o'clock in the afternoon when the guests gradually dispersed, and Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao Yuzhen were preparing to take their children home. Zhou Xiaoyun reluctantly didn't want to leave, and mentioned to Zhao Yuzhen her wish to stay and play for a few more days.
Originally, staying for a few days during summer vacation wasn't a big deal, but Zhao Yuzhen hesitated: "But what about your tea stand?"
Zhou Xiaoyun's pleading eyes flew towards Dabao, and Dabao immediately understood and took a step forward, patting his chest to guarantee that he would take good care of the tea stall. Xiaobao was not willing to show weakness and also said he wanted to help.
Zhou Xiaoyun looked at Xiao Bao with approval, "Sister didn't spoil you for nothing, you still know how to support sister at critical moments."
Zhao Yuzhen had nothing to say and agreed, Zhou Xiaoyun was so happy that she jumped up.
Only Er Ya pulled a long face, sister was too biased, as soon as she saw Niuniu, she didn't care about her.
Zhou Xiaoyun quietly pulled Er Ya aside and whispered a few words in her ear. Er Ya's face finally broke into a smile, and when she waved goodbye to Zhou Xiaoyun, she did so with a bit more force than before, without the unhappiness that was there earlier.
Zhao Gang asked Zhou Xiaoyun what she had whispered to Er Ya's ear, and Zhou Xiaoyun smiled and told Zhao Gang: "I said I would buy delicious food for her to eat every day after going home."
Zhao Gang was delighted and burst out laughing, this move is the unorthodox method to deal with Er Ya, one try will be accurate!
Zhou Xiaoyun and her aunt Qi Wanting got along very well, and Qi Wanting was particularly fond of Zhou Xiaoyun. You think, with someone so diligent and sensible always helping you take care of the kids and coax them, how could you not like her?
Sometimes, Qī Wǎntíng couldn't help but feel surprised at how skilled Zhōu Xiǎoyún was in taking care of the child, no less than an adult. She carefully fed Niuniu water, changed her diaper and helped her change clothes.
Zhou Xiaoyun explained that it was all trained by her sister Er Ya.
Qī Wǎntíng thought about it and felt better when she recalled the image of Zhōu Xiǎoyún being stuck with èr Yā.
Zhao Gang is a hard worker, driving a tractor to sell bricks all day. This isn't an easy job, he has to load and unload the bricks himself. When Zhao Gang was young and strong, whenever someone bought bricks from him, they would help him stack them neatly before leaving, so he made a good income.
Uncle is always out driving a tractor, so at home there's only Grandma, Qi Wanting and Niu Niu. The old take care of the old, the young take care of the young, Qi Wanting can't help but feel lonely. Besides, Grandma has to busy herself with farm work and household chores, she rarely has time to help take care of the kids. Now that there's Zhou Xiaoyun this little helper, Qi Wanting feels much more at ease.
Zhou Xiaoyun has never been a talkative person, except for teasing Niu Niu, she usually doesn't speak much. Qi Wanting sometimes chats with her and feels that Zhou Xiaoyun is quite insightful at a young age, saying little but getting straight to the point, which makes Qi Wanting feel even more fond of her.
At first, it was Zhou Xiaoyun who wanted to stay and accompany Niu Niu, but when Zhou Xiaoyun had to leave, Qi Wanting was reluctant to let her go.
Zhou Xiaoyun, who had promised to come back soon, was sent home by Zhao Gang.
Zhou Xiaoyun was thinking that she should learn to ride a bicycle too, it's convenient to go anywhere. It's embarrassing to be sent back and forth by others like this.
There were only two big bicycles at home with high crossbars in front, and Zhou Xiaoyun was only nine years old, pushing the bike was a bit laborious.
She tried to ride on the road, but her feet couldn't reach the pedals when she sat on the saddle. Da Bao, who was supporting the bike from behind, got impatient with her cautious attitude and secretly let go of his grip.
Xiao Yun found that when no one was holding the car, it had already tilted to one side, and strangely, her sense of balance wasn't working either.
With a loud "crash", the car fell to the ground, fortunately Zhou Xiaoyun jumped out in time. However, her calf was scratched by the car and the skin was scraped off, with blood slowly flowing out.
The little treasure who was watching from the side ran back home to tell Zhao Yu Zhen. Zhao Yu Zhen rushed out and saw that it wasn't a big deal, then she felt relieved, took Zhou Xiao Yun to the clinic at Feng Jia Ling to use hydrogen peroxide for disinfection and also applied some iodine.
The white calf had an extra red mark that was particularly eye-catching, and Zhou Guoqiang's heart ached. At the time, he didn't make a sound, but the next afternoon, he took a bus to the county town alone, and when he returned, he rode back on a Forever brand bicycle without a rack.