“Thank you, big brother,” Er Bao replied without hesitation.

They were used to sharing things.

“Thank you, Big brother ,” San Bao smiled too. Eating eggs together, he understood.

Ning Shu smiled and, seeing the three brothers getting along well, she didn’t intervene.

As for the fried eggs, she naturally arranged for a reward for Yi Bao in the evening.

After all, she wanted Er Bao and San Bao to understand the importance of Yi Bao’s kindness.

If she fried eggs for Er Bao and San Bao as well, it would undermine Yi Bao’s promise to share his fried egg with them.

Ning Shu returned to the kitchen and started preparing dinner.

Meanwhile, Ning Qin, who was ignored, watched as Ning Shu talked to the three kids and then went back inside.

She hadn’t even received a glance?

Since Ning Qin knew she had to maintain a facade outside but could be selfish inside, she wasn’t a fool.

She thought to herself that since it was her first meeting with the wife of the camp leader Lin, there was no need to make enemies.

And since Zhang Xian and the camp leader Lin were of different ranks, there was no competition between them. So why didn’t the Commander Lin’s wife didn’t like her?

Yes, Ning Qin could tell that the other person didn’t like her.

With such a cold attitude, if she still couldn’t tell, then she would be a fool, wouldn’t she?

Could it be because of what happened just now?

No, that couldn’t be it.

She hadn’t even mentioned what happened just now, she had just introduced herself, and the leader Lin’s wife’s attitude was already unfriendly.

So it definitely wasn’t because of that.

Then… Ning Qin suspected that someone had spoken ill of her in front of the camp leader Lin’s wife.

And the only person she could think of who would do such a thing was Granny Yang.

However, even if it was Granny Yang, she couldn’t just go and ask her directly.

Granny Yang was difficult to deal with. What if they ended up arguing, and Granny Yang hurt her unborn child?

After half a year of marriage, finally getting pregnant was not easy for Ning Qin.

She treasured it a lot.

Compared to Zhang Qian and her own child, it was naturally more important. Ning Qin thought that she would let Zhang Xian handle this matter when he came back.

Ning Qin lowered her head and said to Zhang Qian, “Xiao Qian, everything has been clarified. Let’s go back.”

Zhang Qian looked at the three brothers playing catch and didn’t want to leave. “Mom, they won’t spank me or bully me anymore. Can I play with them now?”

Ning Qin replied, “If you want to play with them, go ahead. I’m going home.”

“Okay.” Zhang Qian turned to the three Baos, who were already playing. “Can I play with you guys now? I’m okay with other punishments if I lose.”

San Bao didn’t understand her words and didn’t react.

Er Bao pouted, “I don’t want to play with you.”

Yi Bao didn’t say anything after hearing his brother’s words.

“Why not?” Zhang Qian felt a little aggrieved.

“We don’t play with tattletales,” Er Bao answered honestly.

He didn’t understand about bullying or anything like that, he just knew that if someone argue with her, and she went home to tell her parents, they didn’t like playing with kids like that.

“You… you…” Zhang Qian started crying and ran back home.

Ning Qin saw her crying and hurriedly asked, “Did you have a fight with the kids outside again?”

Zhang Qian shook her head stubbornly and said, “No.”

She didn’t want to be seen as a tattletale, so she kept quiet.

But… if she didn’t speak up, would she be seen as a liar?

Seven-year-old Zhang Qian was very conflicted.

But no matter what, she refused to admit to being a tattletale, so she stayed silent.

Outside, the three children continued to play.

Zhang Qian’s crying run made Er Bao very dissatisfied: “Brother, we didn’t fight with her, why is she crying? Is she going to tell her mom again?”

“I don’t know, maybe she just likes to cry,” six-year-old Yi Bao didn’t understand why the girl next door liked to cry. “Don’t worry, even if she tells her mom, we didn’t hit her.”

“Yeah, I’m not scared,” Er Bao was still very brave.

Ning Shu was cooking in the kitchen and didn’t know that Zhang Qian had been upset by Er Bao again.

If she knew, she would probably sigh, indeed, the protagonist and the antagonist are naturally opposed to each other.

The Three Children played outside for a while until their dad came back, followed by Uncle Li, whom they knew.

“Yi Bao, Er Bao, San Bao, how are you guys?” Li Zao was a man who loved children, especially the three children from the camp leader’s family, who were cute, polite, and good-looking.

As soon as Er Bao saw Uncle Li Zao, he remembered Uncle Li Zao’s truck and asked enthusiastically, “Uncle Li, didn’t you drive your truck here?”

Li smiled and explained, “This truck isn’t mine, it belongs to the army. I just borrowed it from the army to pick you guys up.”

Er Bao nodded, understanding borrowing. But then he asked, “Uncle Li, when I learn to drive, can I borrow this truck too?”

Li Zao was taken aback. Once again, he confirmed that this Lin Er Bao wanted to reach for the sky.

Li Zao didn’t expect Er Bao to say that. He had to admit, Er Bao’s brain was so active that even adults couldn’t keep up.

But Li Zao didn’t want to crush the child’s enthusiasm: “You’ll know when you grow up.”

“Why? Why do I have to wait until I grow up? What if I learn to drive tomorrow… or the day after… or the day after the day after tomorrow?” Er Bao didn’t have confidence in learning to drive tomorrow, so he decided to set the time for the day after the day after tomorrow.

Li Zao couldn’t help but laugh. This Er Bao was really interesting. “Children can’t learn to drive, only adults can learn to drive.”

“All right then…” Er Bao was helpless. “Why can only adults drive? Why not kids?”

There were many questions about Lin Er Bao, adding up to more than ten “whys,” but Li Zao’s patience was surprisingly good. “Because children’s hands and feet are very short, they can’t reach the brakes and accelerator. It’s like when you ride a bicycle, if your feet can’t reach the pedals, can you ride it?”

This Er Bao understood.

He couldn’t ride a bicycle.

When he sat on a bicycle, his feet couldn’t reach the pedals.

So, Er Bao looked at Uncle Li’s feet again, confirming that they were long legs, much longer than his own.

Then, he looked at his dad’s feet, also confirming that they were long legs.

Er Bao didn’t give up.

He thought it was normal for adults to have longer feet than children, otherwise, children would be adults.

While Er Bao was thinking about the length of his feet, Li Zao followed Lin Guodong into the courtyard.

“Sister-in-law, I’m here.” Li Zao shouted as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Ning Shu came out of the kitchen with a smile. “Welcome, welcome. The food isn’t ready yet. Have a seat and make yourself at home, no need to be polite.”

“Thank you, sister-in-law. I won’t be polite,” Li Zao replied without sitting down. He greeted Ning Shu and went outside to play with the three children.

Lin Guodong walked into the kitchen. “It’s just Li Zao today. Xiao Zhang from the cooking team has to work. It’s busy at the cooking team at night, so he can’t come.”

Ning Shu said, “In that case, I’ll go to the supply and sales cooperative another day. If I can buy apples or sugar, I’ll give some to them.” It’s good to establish relationships. Maybe they’ll need help in the future.

Lin Guodong said, “It’s up to you.”

Outside in the courtyard, Li Zao was playing with the three brothers, Yi Bao with San Bao and Er Bao, all having a great time. However, they didn’t play for long before a lot of people came back in groups.

There were ten households on each side of this road, adding up to twenty households. In an era where every household liked to have many children, the children from these ten households were quite a lot.

At this time, it was also the children’s time to finish school, so everyone came back around the same time.

Leading the way were the three granddaughters from the Yang family, Yang Jinzhu, Yang Yinzhu, and Yang Baozhu.

Yang Baozhu and Zhang Qian were in the same class.

The preschool class finished school earlier than other grades, so Zhang Qian came back as soon as school was over, while Yang Baozhu waited at school for her two sisters.

“Big sister, second sister, there are two kids here who look exactly alike. Are they the twins from the neighbor’s house that Grandma talked about?” Upon seeing the twins, Yang Baozhu’s eyes lit up.

“Grandma said the kids next door are very good-looking and well-behaved. Big sister, second sister, look, they’re really good-looking.”

Yang Jinzhu and Yang Yinzhu naturally also saw the three brothers.

They actually hoped that their mother would have another son, as Grandma said, if their mother had a son, they would have someone to rely on in the future.

If someone bullied them, they would have a brother to help them, so they really liked boys.

At this moment, seeing the three brothers and also hearing Grandma praise them, the three granddaughters couldn’t help but feel a bit fond of them.

The three granddaughters had also been taught by their mother to be obedient girls, just like their mother, and to listen to Grandma.

“Okay.” Yang Jinzhu nodded. “I’ll go in first, you guys play.”

“Sister, can you take my schoolbag in?” Yang Baozhu handed her schoolbag to Yang Jinzhu and then walked to the next door to watch the three brothers play ball.

“Uncle Li,” she called out warmly.

Naturally, the three brothers also saw her.

Li Zao heard someone calling him, it was a child from the Yang family, whom he knew, so he asked, “Baozhu, do you want to play with your little brothers?”

“Okay, can I play with you?” Yang Baozhu was somewhat happy, but also somewhat nervous, afraid that the little brothers would reject her.

Li Zao asked Yibao and Erbao ” Yi Bao, Er Bao, can you play with this little girl?”

Yi Bao hesitated, thinking about not being able to have physical contact with girls, feeling unwilling.

But since Uncle Li knew the girl and he didn’t want to refuse, he said nothing.

In contrast to Yi Bao’s hesitation, Er Bao was more direct. “Are you a tattletale?”

“What tattletale?” Yang Baozhu was a bit puzzled by the question.

Er Bao explained, “It’s the girl next door. She’s a tattletale. When we play, if we say that losing means getting a spanking, and then she goes home to tattle to her mother, saying we’re being bad. Then her mother comes to find our mother, and after she finds her, she still wants to play with us. When we say she’s a tattletale and don’t want to play with her, she cries….”

Erbao made a helpless expression.

Upon hearing that Er Bao and the others had argued with Zhang Qian, Yang Baozhu was suddenly happy. “Then let’s play together. I don’t like her either!”