Chapter 111
Sleeping in the same bed with Shen Tiantian was the most torturous thing in the world, bar none.
Shen Xiuze didn’t dare to sleep soundly all night. As soon as the sky was slightly bright, he rubbed his head and got out of bed.
Shen Tiantian, who was sleeping in the middle of the bed, was nowhere to be seen. He could only roughly judge where he was from the small bulge in the quilt.
Shen Xiuze dug in the quilt for a long time and finally dug Shen Tiantian out of the thick cotton quilt.
He was sleeping with his cheeks flushed, his small hands tightly holding his legs, curled up in a ball, and he was sleeping very soundly with his little face tilted up.
Shen Xiuze pinched his nose in anger.
Shen Tiantian just let out a small sneeze, rolled over, and continued to sleep with his head buried.
Shen Xiuze was really helpless. He put on his coat and went out, jogging slowly along this small village.
The old people and children in the village all woke up very early. Seeing Shen Xiuze, some of the little brats with runny noses started to shout from a distance:
“Big brother Tiantian! Is Tiantian up yet?”
After Shen Xiuze answered one, not far away, another child popped out and said he was going to find Tiantian to play.
Shen Tiantian seemed to have some kind of magic. He had only played with the children in the village for half an afternoon, but he had already become an indispensable soul figure in the group of children.
After Shen Xiuze finished his run, his forehead was slightly sweaty.
When he walked back to the house, he found that there were a bunch of little mushroom-like children in the bedroom.
They sat by the bed with their little hands tucked in, their mouths black from eating peanuts, and they tilted their little heads in a row, looking at the incoming Shen Xiuze with curiosity.
“Hello, big brother Tiantian.”
The several children greeted him politely.
Shen Xiuze’s gaze passed through the several children and saw Shen Tiantian, who was still sleeping soundly in the quilt.
He can eat and sleep. He’s really like a little pig.
Shen Xiuze couldn’t let the other children wait for long. He took them to the main room to eat oranges and peanuts, then turned to lift the still-sleeping Shen Tiantian out of the quilt.
“Hurry up and get up. Your little friends are here to play with you.”
Shen Tiantian was still a little dazed from sleep, his little head nodding.
But the room was really too cold. As soon as his brother lifted him out of the quilt, Tiantian’s eyes widened, and he took a sharp breath from the cold.
He was instantly awake.
The winter clothes were too thick. With his brother’s help, Shen Tiantian’s messy hair came out of the sweater. His forehead was red from being squeezed, and his head was hurting.
After finally getting dressed, Tiantian didn’t even have time to eat before he was surrounded by a group of children and went out.
The children were chirping:
“Tiantian, let’s go and climb a tree!”
“We can go and play in the earthen house in the fields today! It’s very interesting there!”
“Tiantian, what do you think we should play?”
Tiantian crossed the high threshold and was hit by the cold air outside. Two red clouds appeared on his cheeks.
He let out a small sneeze, glanced at his brother’s unfriendly gaze behind him, and quickly said:
“We’re not climbing a tree, and we’re not going to the earthen house. Let’s… let’s play with toy cars!”
Hearing this, the several children said one after another:
“I don’t have a toy car.” “Me neither.” “How do we play?”
Tiantian ran to the back of Shen Xiuze’s car, which was parked on the dirt road, and pulled out a small box from the trunk.
These were some toys that Shen Xiuze had packed before. He was afraid that Shen Tiantian would be too noisy at his old house, so he had specially brought them over.
After opening it, Shen Tiantian gave each of his little friends a toy car.
“These cars run super fast. We can have a race.”
There were not enough cars, and one child even got a small plane that could spin and fly.
The children who got the toy cars and small planes let out a “wow,” their eyes sparkling. They touched them with love and nodded happily.
“Okay, okay! Let’s play with the toy cars!”
At this time, Grandma had finished making breakfast. She called out “oh my” and chased after them with a bowl of food.
“Tiantian, come and eat something! If you don’t eat in the morning, your stomach will suffer.”
Tiantian was just about to run away with the children, but he turned his head, looked at the thick and sweet corn congee that his grandma had cooked, then turned his head again and looked at his little friends who had already run off.
He stopped in the middle, his little head like a clock, swinging left and right in anxiety.
Shen Xiuze, who was standing at the door, saw this scene and thought that if Shen Tiantian’s little head were a display screen at this moment, it would probably have started to shut down and smoke.
Shen Tiantian, who was in a dilemma, finally stomped his foot hard, ran to his grandma, held the bowl, and drank most of the congee in one go.
So yummy.
There’s even sugar in the corn congee!
Tiantian’s eyes immediately narrowed into a smile.
Grandma’s heart ached. She quickly wiped his mouth and stuffed a hot egg into his pocket.
“Look how busy you are. You don’t even have time to eat.”
With that, Grandma took out another outer garment and put it on Shen Tiantian over his clothes.
“Go and play. Don’t get your clothes dirty.”
Shen Tiantian, wearing a small brown coat, was as chubby as a little brown bear. He had a belly full of corn congee and waddled away.
This village was not big. In that short time, the little friends had already run to the end of the village with their toy cars, chasing each other.
Tiantian’s belly trembled as he ran, and the congee in his stomach seriously limited his speed.
After finally catching up to his little friends, Tiantian saw that the several of them had stopped. He quickly squeezed forward, panting.
“Why did you stop? Are we not playing anymore?”
One of the children’s faces was pale, and he couldn’t even speak properly at this moment.
“Tiantian, your toy car fell into the ditch!”
Tiantian let out an “ah,” quickly squeezed in, and poked his head to look into the ditch at the end of the village.
In front of this ditch was a pile of yellow earth. Over the pile of yellow earth were several large mountains.
For adults, although this ditch was relatively deep, it would not cause much of a problem.
But for children, this ditch was simply like a deep abyss, daunting!
“Oh my god, this is a devil’s ditch!”
“So scary. Are we going down to save the toy car?”
“What should we do? A whole row of toy cars has fallen in!”
The several children had played too wildly and hadn’t noticed the terrain in front of them at all. By the time they came to their senses, several toy cars had already rushed into the ditch one after another.
Only the small plane that was flying in the sky was still circling safely in the air.
The several children lay in front of the ditch, looking at each other, and finally looked at Tiantian together.
Tiantian hadn’t been here before. He looked at the ditch from the outside. It was dark, and he was so scared that he pulled his little head back.
A little boy suddenly stood out at this moment, with an expression of heroic sacrifice, and said through gritted teeth:
“I’ll jump in! I’ll throw the toy car out!”
The only girl on the scene shook her head and shouted:
“No, you’ll be eaten by the devil’s ditch!”
The little boy pressed his lips together, and his eyes were so scared that sparkling tears were starting to well up.
“It’s okay. I was the one who led everyone to run this way. I have to save the toy car!”
With that, the little boy clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and was about to jump in with his head down.
Fortunately, Tiantian timely hugged his leg and shouted:
“Don’t jump, Xiao Hao! We can try to reach it with a branch!”
Xiao Hao was stopped, and that burst of energy also suddenly dissipated.
He sat on the ground with a pale little face, his heart pounding with fear.
That was close. He almost jumped down.
The several children started to look for branches separately. Tiantian was not familiar with the terrain, so he stayed behind to watch the toy car.
He squatted on the spot, shrank his head, and tucked his hands in, like a round little mushroom.
After waiting for a while, one of the children came back with a long, thin branch.
“I’m here, I’m here! Tiantian, look if this branch is long enough.”
Tiantian was not sure. He lay down with this child and tried to reach in with the branch.
Unfortunately, after poking for a long time, the branch did not touch the bottom of this ditch at all.
Two or three children ran back with branches one after another, but the branches were all too short and couldn’t even touch the toy car.
Just as the children were at a loss, Xiao Hao came running over with a rake, swaying from side to side.
“Look! I brought my grandpa’s rake!”
The head of the rake was made of pure iron, which made Xiao Hao unable to run, and he was panting from exhaustion.
Tiantian and the other children opened their mouths at the same time and let out a “wow.”
“You’re so amazing, Xiao Hao!”
But another problem arose. The rake was quite long, but they couldn’t lift it!
The sun rose a little higher, and the children were at a loss. They still couldn’t save the toy car.
Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, one of the children stood out and said in a muffled voice:
“Tiantian, let’s go and apologize to your big brother with you. We can’t save the toy car. We can go and beg your big brother not to hit people.”
After losing so many toys at once, the parents would definitely be angry.
Xiao Hao patted his chest and nodded vigorously.
“That’s right! If your big brother hits you, I’ll go and hug his leg!”
Yesterday, when Shen Tiantian had climbed a tree, Shen Xiuze had gone to save him with a dark face. His cold appearance had scared the children quite a bit.
Now that the toy car had fallen into the ditch, Tiantian’s big brother would definitely lose his temper!
Tiantian let out an “ah,” scratched his head, and said:
“Big brother is very nice. He won’t hit me.”
The other children thought of Shen Xiuze’s cold face and all shook their heads, saying they didn’t believe it.
“Tiantian, this is our fault. Let’s go and find your big brother together!”
The children were at an age where they were most loyal. They surrounded Shen Tiantian and walked home together.
Xiao Hao didn’t even have time to put his grandpa’s rake back. He simply dragged it on the ground and ran to Tiantian’s house, shouting at the front.
On the other side, Shen Xiuze was about to go and find the crazy-playing Shen Tiantian to come back for lunch.
But he looked up and saw a group of children walking towards him with a fierce momentum on the dirt road.
Just as Shen Xiuze was about to speak, he saw these children run to him, bow in unison, and shout:
“We’re sorry, big brother Tiantian!”
Shen Xiuze was so shaken by this sound that his eardrums were a little numb.
Shen Xiuze: ??
Not understanding what was going on with these children, Shen Xiuze hummed in a daze.
Lmao the village children are so cute 😂😂😂