Maisui smiled and said, “My sister is waiting for us to go home and wrap Yuanxiao. I’ll play with you guys later, okay?”
She went to school every day and was now taught by Lin Lan that her greatest pleasure was in reading. She was no longer obsessed with playing
When Maisui ran away, another girl said sourly, “Caihua, stop looking for her. She’s a studious girl and she’d look down on us if she played with us.”
Yan Yan said, “Maisui is very good and she doesn’t look down on anyone.”
Caihua pulled her aside and scolded her, “How would you know? She might be looking down on you in her heart, but she wouldn’t tell you.”
Lin Lan and Maisui went home. Gumi had already arrived and they were preparing glutinous rice flour with Erwang.
These were grinded yesterday, hanging in a bag and dripping with water, but it’s almost ready now.
Lin Lan brought them to make a large glutinous rice dumpling. The ingredients included homemade wet glutinous rice flour, a certain proportion of wheat flour, homemade sesame, peanut and other fillings.
The white glutinous rice ball was very beautiful, but the craftsmanship was not good enough, exposing its black sesame fillings.
After putting it in the pot, they smelled amazing. It was just a shame that some had their fillings entirely leaked out.
Sanwang stood by the pot with his hands on his hips and laughed, “Before you put it in the water, it looked like a fair and tender Xiaowang. But once it went in, it became a rough and dark Sanwang. The one my sister did looks the worst, haha, to the point where it practically killed itself once it entered the water!”
Maisui was so angry that she chased and beat him.
“You little brat Sanwang, stand still because I’ve tolerated you for a long time. Let’s settle all accounts together today!”
She wasn’t just angry because of the glutinous rice balls, but since the New Year, she found that her brother, who was quite cute at first, took pleasure in making her angry! The angrier she was, the happier he was!
Not only did he make some small moves and talk back to her, but sometimes, he did things that made Maisui become very mad at him. Just when she was about to fall out with him, he would coax her with laughter, making her dumbfounded.
Just a few days ago, he drew a giant clam in her notebook, threw a cocklebur into her braid and stuck a bug in the curtain. She would hit him when she got angry.
He immediately coaxed her as if he knew his mistake and would correct it, “Elder Sister, when I go to the county, I will buy a new notebook to compensate you, don’t be angry.”
Seeing him like that, Maisui’s heart softened and she thought she was not going to stoop as low as him.
As a result, her cutting book was filled with messy things again today!
She grabbed his ears and scolded him. He had a good attitude towards admitting his mistake and would not do it again.
This arrogant piece of… If she didn’t beat him up today, she’s not going to be his elder sister!
Sanwang shouted while running, “Just because you’re not good with cooking, why are you filled with rage?”
Erwang, “That idiom is correct, so just let him go.”
Sanwang immediately shouted, “I have something even better. Second Brother, you watched the fires rage from aside. Eldest Sister is raging with sky-high flames, Eldest Brother spectates the fire and Xiaowang is just fire(5)!” Lin Lan bought an idiom dictionary and used it from time to time. She read it to the children, but it was clear that he remembered a lot of it.
(T/N: They’re all idioms related to anger and being a spectator when it comes to watching someone in trouble)
Gumi, “What about Third Uncle?”
Han Qingsong hadn’t come back yet.
Sanwang had already hid in the chicken coop. Maisui would think that it was dirty and would not enter the duck pen, so he felt very safe there.
“My father? Of course he would be rushing home like a spreading wildfire, swaying his hips from side to side.”
Thinking about the serious, cold and steady Han Qingsong rushing home like that?
Lin Lan and the others were already laughing.
Gumi said, “Third Aunt, your family is really interesting.”
Lin Lan, “It’s not too bad. This may be the only benefit of having more children.”
Just as Han Qingsong was riding back with a smile, he saw Sanwang standing on the chicken coop, provoking his Elder Sister.