Chapter 172.1

In the next few days, the things that were sent from Qingfeng Town arrived one after another, and Su Xiaoxiao picked them up from the post office and had them delivered directly to their new home.

Since Bai Lan agreed to cooperate with Su Xiaoxiao in opening a shop together, Su Xiaoxiao first discussed this idea with the elder before talking to Uncle Yang. As the saying goes, “Opportunity comes to those who are prepared.” 

Uncle Yang, on the other hand, also felt that there was little meaning in staying in Zhang Mansion after the Zhang family had returned. He was planning to find an excuse to leave the Zhang family, but unexpectedly, Su Xiaoxiao came to him first.

Uncle Yang was not born deaf. Before the accident, his hearing was perfectly normal. Later, he specifically learned lip-reading. When someone would talk to him, he could communicate by looking at the other party’s mouth, and he had no problem expressing himself. The only issue was that he couldn’t hear what others were saying when he couldn’t see their mouths move.

With Bai Lan keeping an eye on the front desk if Uncle Yang only needed to manage the kitchen, these were not problems. In short, the matter of opening a store has been temporarily finalized, and other matters could be discussed later.

Grandpa Zhang consulted a feng shui master and found that it was suitable to move, renovate, open a business, or hold weddings on the 28th day of the lunar year. It was an auspicious day for all matters.

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At ten o’clock in the morning, at an auspicious time, Su Xiaoxiao’s family set off for their new home. As one car couldn’t fit everyone, Grandpa Zhang borrowed another car to pick up Han Songbai to accompany Su Xiaoxiao’s family to their new home. 

The two military cars parked at the door of Su Xiaoxiao’s house attracted their neighbors to come out of their homes to watch in the severe cold, thinking that some important figure was moving into their neighborhood.

The cubs stuffed their pockets with candies and distributed them with smiles to the children watching.

When Xiao Roubao saw the cute little girl, he prepared to give her two candies; however, in the middle of offering them, he hesitated and took one back, then unwrapped it and ate it himself before handing the other candy to the little girl and saying, “Sister, here you go.”

The chubby little sister looked about two or three years old. She took the candy and raised her head with her watery, grape-like eyes. She stared at Xiao Roubao for a while before speaking with a serious demeanor: “Brother, you should eat less candy. You look a little chubby.”

It is a fact that Xiao Roubao is slightly chubby compared to his peers, but he isn’t really fat. In this year where skinny people were common, almost everyone found him cute. It was the first time someone had told him he was fat to his face, so the clever little guy couldn’t react for a while. After a while, he pinched his face and arm, shook his head, and said, “Mom said this isn’t fat; it is baby fat. Your face is chubby too. If you don’t believe me, try pinching yourself.”

As he spoke, Xiao Roubao directly pinched the little girl’s face. Perhaps he didn’t control his strength well, which led to hurting the little girl. The little girl burst into tears with a loud cry. “WAH!! ”

Xiao Tangyuan was also a charming little sister, but she wasn’t fragile, and she loved to smile rather than cry. She didn’t cry more than twice a year, let alone this kind of loud crying. Seeing this scene for the first time, Xiao Roubao, who hadn’t seen it before, stepped back two steps, almost dropping the candy from his mouth.

The little girl’s grandmother hurried over to comfort her.

Fantuan came out after moving some things and walked over to Xiao Roubao, asking, “What happened, little brother?”

Xiao Roubao stared blankly at his big brother and said: “I gave the little sister candy, and then I pinched her face, and she cried.”

Seeing that the little girl’s face was red from being pinched by Xiao Roubao, Fantuan got a headache. He gritted his teeth and led his brother over to apologize, “Sorry, little sister. My brother pinched you too hard, but he didn’t mean to hurt you.”

As he spoke, Fantuan handed over the remaining candy in Xiao Roubao’s pocket to the little girl. “All of my brother’s candy will be given to you. How about we make him go without candy for a week as punishment?”

Now it was Xiao Roubao’s turn to want to cry loudly. Those were his candies! And now he had to go without candy for a week as punishment. He felt so aggrieved that he couldn’t stop himself from pouting.

The little girl’s grandmother was a kind old lady. She had seen what happened just now and knew that Xiao Roubao didn’t mean to hurt her granddaughter, and it just so happened that her granddaughter was a bit spoiled by their family. 

The Old Lady smiled and said: “It’s okay, it’s okay. We don’t need so much.” 

The old lady took another candy from her pocket and put it in her granddaughter’s hand, then put the rest back into Xiao Roubao’s pocket. “Tiantian, you haven’t said your thanks to your brother for the candies. He didn’t mean it, so don’t cry, okay?”

Xiao Tangyuan walked over with Cotton Candy (the puppy’s name) in her arms and stuffed another candy into the little girl’s hand. Her dark eyes looked at the little girl and said: “Your name is Tiantian, right? My name is Xiao Tangyuan, and my third brother didn’t mean it. Can you forgive him?”

Tiantian had never seen such a beautiful little sister before, even the dog in her arms was so beautiful. The uncles, aunts, and grandparents in the neighborhood praised her for her beauty every time, but she felt that this little sister was much more beautiful than the fairy mentioned in the storybook and suddenly forgot to cry.

Xiao Tangyuan said to Xiao Roubao, “Third brother, your hands are heavy. Have you forgotten the time when you pinched my face? You have to apologize to this little sister.”

Xiao Roubao and Xiao Yu’er are of the same moral character. They don’t really like to play with delicate girls, let alone pinch their faces. He unconsciously pinched the little girl because he thought she was cute, but now he realizes that he was wrong. With a hurt expression on his face, he took out another candy from his pocket, handed it to the little girl, and said: “Sister, I didn’t mean to exert so much force. I’m sorry!”

The people around also said: “This little brother didn’t mean it. He pinched his own face first and then pinched Tiantian’s face. Don’t cry, Tiantian.”

This family is too polite, and at first glance, they are good children. It made Tiantian’s grandma feel a bit embarrassed and keep saying it’s okay. Pointing to the small courtyard next to her, she said: “We live there and welcome you to come and play when you have time.”

Tiantian forgot to cry and stared at the marshmallow. “Xiao Tangyuan, can I touch it?”

Xiao Tangyuan bent his eyes and generously handed the marshmallow to her, saying, “Okay, the marshmallow is very obedient and won’t bite. It’s as sweet as you.”

The chubby girl carefully reached out and touched cotton candy’s head: “It’s called cotton candy? It looks sweet like cotton candy, it’s so beautiful.”

Xiao Tangyuan felt that this sounded familiar: “Yes, I named it cotton candy because it looks like cotton candy, but you can’t eat it; cotton candy will be unhappy if you say that.”

In just a short time, the two little girls became acquainted. If it weren’t so cold, Tiantian’s grandmother would have worried about her getting cold and taken her home. The two chatted for such a long time that they didn’t know how much time had passed.

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