Chapter 852: The Biscuit Becomes the Moon
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The students were left in awe. “Wow, doesn’t that mean Su Li’s family is wealthy? Su Li, can we help you feed the pigs in the future?” they asked.
Su Li, hands on his hips, swept his gaze over the students in the front row, his tone filled with pride. “Each one of you is unable to shoulder a load, you’re all clearly lacking strength, how could you do manual work? No, no.”
Gu Jun, quick-witted as he was, his eyes darting around, immediately took a stance. “Su Li, I’ll sign up for the martial arts club right away, to strengthen my body. I’m determined to feed those pigs!”
“I’ll go too, I’ll go too, let’s all sign up, let’s strive to feed the pigs!”
Jiang Nuan came over to join Su Li and the others.
Hearing their exaggerated and far-fetched discussions, her eyelashes fluttered slightly. She thought they were being a bit over the top and felt embarrassed to join them. What if they asked her to say a few words? That would be disastrous. She didn’t want to dampen everyone’s spirits. However, she did know that Su Bing’s family had a lot of piglets. She wasn’t sure if they had hundreds of thousands, but they certainly had a lot!
Over at the martial arts hall, thanks to Su Li and Gao Ming’s grandiose tales of their experiences, the students were all envious of those who knew martial arts. They rushed over to ask the martial arts teacher for registration forms, eager to join the martial arts club, both boys and girls.
The old martial arts teacher, stroking his long chin beard, looked at the bustling scene with great satisfaction. ” What a rising generation!”
Little did he know, these students were all here because they had heard Su Li’s stories, or more accurately, his tall tales. They had been lured here with the dream of learning martial arts and then going to Su Li’s house to feed the pigs…
Gu Zi had spent the day cleaning the house from top to bottom. By the time she was done, it was almost time for school to let out. She still had to sort through the mountain of gifts in the living room. She had to unpack them first, then organize and put them away. It gave her a sense of satisfaction, similar to the thrill of unboxing online shopping deliveries in her past life.
She had been quite busy these past few days. Just receiving the guests who had traveled from afar had taken a lot of effort. The parents of the abducted children who had been rescued by this operation not only came in person but also brought large and small packages of local specialties from their hometowns. Since they had brought them all the way here, she couldn’t possibly ask them to take them back, so she had no choice but to accept them.
Those parents who couldn’t come sent letters and local specialties as tokens of their gratitude. As a result, the house was piled high with gifts. Among the items she sorted out were ginseng from the Northeast, luohanguo from the South, embroidery from the Central South, and goji berries from the Northwest.
Gu Zi thought this was a happy occasion. The children had returned home, and the families were complete again. They were grateful to Su Li and the other two children for sparking this operation, and they had brought their joy here, spreading happiness to everyone.
Once she had sorted out these items, she planned to send some to the Gao and Jiang families, and let Lin Cheng take some back. Her mother and sister-in-law could use them, and it would be nice to send some to Aunt Zhang’s family as well. After all, Aunt Zhang had been looking after the house in the village, and she deserved some appreciation.
Gu Zi was both tired and joyful. No sooner had she tidied up than the little girl plunged into the pile of snacks. Sitting amidst the heap, she picked out a packet of fruit candies and handed it to Gu Zi. “Mama, open it. Let’s have some sweets,” she said.
Gu Zi laughed, accepting the fruit candies and tearing the packet open. She handed one to the girl, and while she was engrossed in savoring the sweet, Gu Zi quickly hid the rest.
Looking up, she saw her two sons returning from school. Su Bing dropped his school bag, fetched a bicycle from the yard, and reported to Gu Zi, “Mom, I’m going to join Da Hu and the others at the stall for a while. I’ll be back before dark.”
Su Bing would never dare to let his younger brother and Gao Ming act alone again. Even if Gao’s family driver was there to pick them up, he had to watch his brother return home before he could feel at ease to do his own thing.
Gu Zi rushed out, stuffing a large bag of snacks and a packet of new clothes into Su Bing’s hands. “Understood,” she said, “give these to Da Hu and the others.”
When Gu Zi re-entered the house, Su Li had also rolled into the pile of snacks. He was coaxing Su Le, who was holding a biscuit in her hand. “Little sister, do you want to see your brother turn a biscuit into a moon?” he asked.
Su Le looked at Su Li curiously, handing over the biscuit with a mix of trust and doubt. Su Li’s eyes sparkled with cunning, like a sly fox. He opened his mouth wide and took a big bite. The originally round biscuit now had a large crescent bitten out of it. Su Li pushed the biscuit back to her, looking particularly proud. “Look, this is the moon your brother made for you!”
Upon realizing that this was the so-called moon, Su Le frowned, her eyes unable to hide her disgust. Her plump, red lips pouted in dissatisfaction as she shoved the biscuit back into Su Li’s mouth.
Su Li, with a bewildered expression, ate the remaining part of the biscuit. Only then did he hear Gu Zi say, “Your little sister doesn’t like to eat food that others have bitten into. Don’t make moons for her anymore, okay?”
Su Li was upset. Was he being disliked? He, the heartthrob of the First Bilingual Primary School, was being rejected by his own little sister!