Actually, there were also apples, pears, and pork, but it wasn’t suitable to take too much at once.

Besides, the two baskets couldn’t hold so much, so she decided to leave those for next time.

After picking the goods, she placed them in the basket and covered them with some wild grass from the foot of the mountain. Then, she rode her bike back home.

When she arrived at the residential compound, she immediately saw the three chuldren playing in the small park, with Yang Baozhu beside them.

Yi Bao and Er Bao were playing on the seesaw, while Yang Baozhu was pushing San Bao on the swing.

Ning Shu was somewhat surprised.

Even without the constraints of the plot, Yang Pozi’s granddaughter still played with Yi Bao and Er Bao.

“Yi Bao, Er Bao, San Bao …” Ning Shu shouted loudly.

The three childre heard Ning Shu’s call and turned to look.

Then, Er Bao ran towards Ning Shu, while Yi Bao went to fetch San Bao.

When he held San Bao’s hand, they both ran towards Ning Shu.

Yang Baozhu had not yet met Ning Shu, but when she heard that she was the mother of the three brothers, she curiously followed. “Auntie, hello, I am a friend of Yibao, Er Bao, and Sanbao. My name is Yang Baozhu, and I live next door to you.”

The seven-year-old girl had a cheerful and lively personality, making people feel good about her at first sight.

“Mom, Sister Baozhu is teaching us how to play on the swing and seesaw. It’s so much fun!” Er Bao immediately began to chatter. “Mom, Sister Baozhu said that all the children living in the residential compound can play this.”

Ning Shu smiled. “Then you can continue playing.”

She then turned to Yang Baozhu and said, “Baozhu, hello, thank you for playing with Yibao, Erbao and San ao. To show my gratitude, Auntie will treat you to some pastries.”

Ning Shu took out one of the packs of green bean cakes from the basket.

She bought five packs of green bean cakes, each costing eight yuan, so it was only forty yuan in total, but they were packaged in packs of eight yuan each.

Ning Shu took out one piece and gave it to Yang Baozhu.

Yang Baozhu was attracted by the green bean cake.

She subconsciously licked her lips and said, “Thank you, Auntie,” as she happily accepted it.

Her grandmother had taught her that taking advantage of something cheap doesn’t make one a bad person.

This was given to her by Auntie, not something she had asked for.

“Mom, I want to eat too.” Er Bao looked up at his mother with his small head tilted, eyeing the cake in her hand.

What green bean cake? It sounded delicious, and he had never tried it before.

Ning Shu gave each of the three children a piece. “You guys continue playing with your sister. You can wait here for your dad. I’ll go home first to make lunch. When your dad finishes work, you can come back with him.”

“We know.” The three children took the green bean cakes, sniffed them at their noses, and then took small bites.

The green bean cake tasted pretty good. Although it couldn’t compare to the ones Ning Shu had eaten before, it was still delicious.

Watching the brothers eat, Yang Baozhu couldn’t resist taking a bite.

Her eyes lit up. “It’s really delicious.” She had never eaten such a delicious pastry before.

The cookies and candies she had eaten before were not as good as this.

“My mom buys delicious things.” Erbao said.

“Yeah, my mom’s cooking is delicious too.” Yi Bao added.

San Bao nodded like a little chick pecking at rice, but he didn’t speak because his mouth was full of green bean cake.

Yang Baozhu looked at the three brothers, feeling that their mother was really good.

However, she didn’t eat all of it in one go.

She took only a small bite and decided to wait until her older and second sisters finished school at noon to let them taste it too.

Ning Shu returned home and first took out the lemon chicken feet, which weighed one catty, and placed them on the dining table for lunch.

Then, she prepared the spare ribs and pig’s trotters.

It was too late to stew the pig’s trotters now, so she decided to cook some spare ribs, making sweet and sour ribs, and stew the remaining spare ribs for soup in the evening.

The pig’s trotters would be saved for tomorrow.

She also steamed two large bowls of egg custard and stir-fried a cabbage.

Lunch was almost ready.

In the small park, The three brothers had been waiting in the small park for their dad to finish work, but instead of their dad, they saw Yang Baozhu coming out of school.

After Yang Baozhu finished school at noon, she came out of the classroom with her two older sisters.

The three sisters gathered together, and Yang Baozhu took out the green bean cake she had only taken a small bite of. “Big sister, second sister, look, this is so delicious.”

“What is this?” Yang Yinzhu asked curiously.

She knew it was food, but she was curious about what it was. Upon closer inspection, “It’s a pastry, where did it come from?”

Yang Baozhu said, “It was given to me by the mother of the three little brothers next door. It’s so delicious. Why don’t you and big sister try it?”

As they were all young girls, they naturally loved to eat.

Upon hearing this, Yang Yinzhu took a bite without hesitation.

However, she also just took a small bite, not a big one.

The relationship between the three Yang sisters was usually quite good.

Yang Pozi treated her three granddaughters equally, treating them all the same.

Because of this, the three sisters had a good relationship and no one was jealous of each other.

After Yang Yinzhu took a small bite, Yang Baozhu gave some to Yang Jinzhu.

Yang Jinzhu smiled and also took a small bite.

She was the eldest sister and more sensible than her two younger sisters, so she just gently tapped her teeth. “Okay, you can eat the rest yourself.”

Although she only tapped her teeth, Yang Jinzhu also tasted the sweetness of the green bean cake.

Although this green bean cake didn’t have a melt-in-your-mouth texture, it was very soft, with a lingering fragrance of green beans and milk between the teeth.

“Wow, it’s so delicious.” Yang Yinzhu gobbled it up. She had finished it, but the taste made her want more.’

“It’s delicious, right? The lady next door is really nice. She gave me such a delicious thing to eat.” Yang Baozhu also took a small bite.

Yang Jinzhu asked, “How did you meet the lady next door? Why did she give you this pastry?”

“I met her when I was playing with the little boy next door…” Yang Baozhu explained what happened. “Big sister, the lady next door is really pretty. I’ve never seen such a pretty person before. I wish I could be as pretty as her when I grow up.”

“Why do you want to be so pretty?” Yang Yinzhu asked.

“Of course, to find a good partner in the future,” Yang Baozhu said, though she was young, she had big ambitions. “If you’re good-looking, you’ll find a good partner. I want to find a partner in the army in the future, so I can be with my parents and grandmother. And there’s meat to eat and white rice to eat in the army. It’s too hard outside.” Yang Baozhu was actually quite lucky.

She was born in the army, so she hadn’t experienced the hardships of rural life, but she had been to the countryside.

During the Chinese New Year, the Yang family would sometimes go back to their hometown.

Yang Baozhu had been there once and didn’t want to go again.

Therefore, she was determined to find a partner in the army and have a good life with a soldier.

“Don’t dream,” Yang Yinzhu said. “Children follow their parents. Our dad and mom look like this, and so do I and big sister. You’ll probably be the same in the future.”

Yang Jinzhu added, “…” What do you mean, we look like this? She wasn’t extremely good-looking, but she wasn’t ugly either, right?

Yang Baozhu sighed. “I know. Grandma said, if you’re not good-looking, don’t think about being beautiful. So, I’m just talking.”

As the three sisters talked, they had already walked out of the school gate.

Yang Baozhu excitedly pulled her two sisters. “Big sister, second sister, look, Yibao, Er Bao, and San Bao are still there .. Yibao!! Erbao , Sanbao!! ” Yang Baozhu said as she ran over.

Yang Jinzhu and Yang Yinzhu had no choice but to follow along.

Although they had seen the three children next door yesterday, they had only glanced at them and didn’t have a strong impression.

Today, seeing them up close, they realized that the three little brothers were really good-looking.

Not all of them were fair and tender, but they were chubby and had big, bright eyes.

“Yibao , Erbao and Sanbao this is my big sister Jinzhu, and this is my second sister Yinzhu.” Yang Baozhu happily introduced her sisters to them, then turned to her sisters and said, “Big sister, second sister, these are Yibao and Erbao, they’re twins.”

Yang Jinzhu and Yang Yinzhu could tell from their looks that they were twins.

“Hello, Sister Jinzhu, hello, Sister Yinzhu,” Yi Bao and Er Bao said simultaneously.

“Hello, sisters,” San Bao couldn’t say Jinzhu or Yinzhu, so he just said sisters.

There were many sisters in the old house, so San Bao was quite fluent in calling them sisters.

“Hello to you too.” Yang Jinzhu and Yang Yinzhu, like Yang Baozhu, hoped to have a brother because of their grandmother.

So, when they saw the three brothers next door, they liked them too.

Of course, the main reason was that the three brothers were good-looking.

Among the three brothers, they liked San Bao the most, who was fair and tender, fulfilling all their fantasies about having a brother.

After all, Yi Bao and Er Bao were already six years old, they were big kids, how could they compare to San Bao, who was only 18 months old, in cuteness?

“We’re going home for lunch, aren’t you going home?” Yang Jinzhu asked the three brothers. “If you’re going home, I can hold San Bao for you.”

Yi Bao and Er Bao didn’t catch Yang Jinzhu’s implication.

Yi Bao said, “Thank you, Sister Jinzhu. We’re waiting for Dad to finish work so we can go home together.”

Yang Jinzhu felt a bit sorry. “Alright then, we’ll go home first. Baozhu, let’s go home for lunch.”

“Okay.” Yang Baozhu waved to the three brothers. “Yi Bao, Er Bao, San Bao, I’m going home for lunch. After you finish eating, come to my house to play.”

“Okay.”

Yi Bao and Er Bao waved back to her.

It was lunchtime now, and many people were coming out of the military school.

It was the first time the three brothers had seen so many children.

They were a bit surprised.

They stared blankly as older brothers and sisters and children of similar ages passed by, their clear eyes filled with curiosity.

Some children stopped in front of them, curious, and asked, “Are you twins? I’ve never seen twins before.”

Er Bao nodded. “Yes, my brother and I are twins.”

Another child asked, “Are you new to the army? I’ve never seen you before.”

“We just arrived the day before yesterday,” Yi Bao said.

After watching for a while, the children said a few words and left.

Zhang Qian came out later than usual today because she had used the bathroom.

When she saw the three brothers in the park, she hesitated for a moment, then walked over. “What are you doing here? It’s time to go home for lunch.”

“It’s none of your business.” Er Bao had found watching the other children quite interesting, but when he saw Zhang Qian, he became unhappy.

Children might not hold grudges, but they could still distinguish between kindness and resentment.

Er Bao remembered that this person’s mother had argued with his own mother, and he didn’t like this person’s mother, so he naturally wouldn’t like this person either.

“You… I just came to ask you, why are you like this?” Zhang Qian felt wronged.

“Forget it…” Er Bao made a face. “Your mother is a bad person, and you are your mother’s daughter, also a bad person. We don’t want to play with you. Go away.” Er Bao didn’t know that Ning Qin was not their real mother; he only knew that Ning Qin was a bad person.

“You… I’m not a bad person, my mother… my mom is not a bad person either, you are the bad person.” Zhang Qian explained urgently.

“Once a bad person, always a bad person. Go away, we don’t like you.” Er Bao put his hands on his hips, looking a bit like a rural shrew. “Bad person, bad person is a bad person, forget it…”

“You… you…” Zhang Qian was angry and pushed Er Bao. “Shut up, my mom is not a bad person, and neither am I. We’re not bad people.”

Er Bao wasn’t paying attention and was pushed back.

He didn’t steady himself, fell backward, and felt a sharp pain.

His eyes turned red.

“I… I didn’t mean to…” Zhang Qian was also a little scared when she saw Er Bao fall.

She hurriedly explained for herself, “I… I just pushed lightly. I didn’t know you would fall. I’m sorry…”