Qiuqiu got angry: “You’re the stupid one. Look at its two claws with different colors, it must be a disabled crab!”
And then… then the two brothers got into a fight! One whacked the other, the other kicked back. The high chairs were made to clank and bang.
Little sister Xiaxia not only didn’t persuade them to stop fighting, but also clapped her hands and assumed the spectator mode.
Su Jishi: “…”
Su Jishi broke down. Su Jishi couldn’t stand it. Su Jishi only spent a few hours with them, but she felt like years had passed!
God, how did her sister usually control these three little guys ah!
But Mu Xiulun did not panic. He gagged them with three peeled prawns and reasoned with them patiently while they chewed quietly.
”If you three behave enough to finish your bowls of rice, I will take you to the oceanarium worker later, and let him explain to you carefully why crab has one long and one short pincers. How about it?”
The three little ones brightened up and immediately quieted down and started to eat!
Mu Xiulun easily pacified the three babies and turned his head to meet Su Jishi’s admiring eyes.
Su Jishi said, “I really did not expect that you’re so good at coaxing children.”
Mu Xiulun smiled: “I have read a lot of parenting books.”
Su Jishi asked, “For them?”
”No.” Mu Xiulun’s eyes turned gentle. “For you.”
”…”
He knew that Su Jishi was too busy, and the research burden was always on her. Even if they had children in the future, she might not have time to look after them because of her workaholic nature.
He didn’t want to throw their child to nannies like those wealthy couples, so he read some parenting books in his spare time to prepare in advance.
Unexpectedly, however, their child was late in coming, and Su Jinqing’s children arrived first.
Su Jishi looked at him and did not say anything.
She knew what Mu Xiulun was waiting for after so many years. But she still had a little doubt in her heart, and it was this doubt that she herself couldn’t say, stopping her from taking that crucial step.
Her sister got married and had babies.
It wasn’t that she didn’t envy her, but beyond envy, there was a voice asking —— Can I really have the same happiness?
She had witnessed the breakdown of her parents’ marriage. She wondered how her sister, another victim of that marriage, had bravely stepped into the marriage hall.
She was confident that she could be a good teacher, a good geologist, a good lover.
But she wasn’t confident that she could be a good wife or a good mother.
Su Jishi never did anything that had no success assurance.
……
After the meal, Mu Hulun kept his promise and took the children to an aquarium staff. It was closed at that time, but in the face of the power of money, even if it was closed, it could be reopened.
The three children had the Oceanarium to themselves, and listened to the guide as if enthralled.
Before leaving, the staff gave them a souvenir stuffed toy and said to Su Jishi and Mu Xiulun, “You’re really a happy family.”
Su Jishi was a bit embarrassed.
It was Mu Xiulun who responded frankly, “Thank you.”
In the following days, the children created new problems every day, bringing a lot of trouble to the parents-in-training.
…That wasn’t right. To be exact, they were responsible for adding trouble to Su Jishi, while Mu Xiulun was responsible for solving the trouble they caused.
For example, Su Jishi once gave the two brothers a bath, then she suddenly found that she could not distinguish between Qiuqiu and Dongdong!
The two brothers were identical twins. They not only looked exactly the same, even their behavior was exactly the same!
Su Jishi looked at the two bare-assed boys suspiciously and asked, “Which one of you is the older brother and which one is the younger brother?”
The two competed to answer: “It’s me, Dongdong!” “No, I’m the older brother!” “Bah, I am. I am. I know 50 dinosaurs, and can also recite a hundred ancient poems!” “I can recite the periodic table of elements, and can also calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a thousand!”
Su Jishi: “…”
Her sister had given birth to two Einsteins, right?
Su Jishi was in a difficult position when Mu Xiulun came over with a bath towel and said indifferently, “Qiuqiu, get dressed after the shower. Xiaxia will see you later and laugh at your bare bottom.”
One of the boys immediately shouted: “She-she-she-she dare!”
Mu Xiulun immediately caught him and threw him into Su Jishi’s arms, saying, “This is Qiuqiu. Quickly dress him. I’m responsible for Dongdong.”
Su Jishi: “…”
Amazing, really amazing.
There was also a time when the two took the three children to the supermarket.
In a white dominated place, a family of five Asian faces, coupled with the beautiful appearance of the husband and wife and their loveable three children, naturally attracted a lot of attention.
An old couple greeted them, praised the children for their cleverness and loveliness, and asked if the two boys were twins.
Su Jishi explained, “Actually, they are triplets.”
”Ah, I wish you happiness.”
When shopping, the two little brothers jumped up and down in front of the shelves, wanting to eat this snack, and wanting to take that snack. While they threw them into the shopping cart, Mu Xiulun took them out.
The man said, “You already have grape-flavored biscuits. Why do you want to take grape-flavored bread sticks as well? The shelf life of yogurt isn’t that long. We can’t drink them all. You can only take two buckets. Put the ice cream back. We haven’t finished eating the others yet…”
In a trance, Su Jishi almost thought that she was already married to Mu Xiulun and was living the most ordinary family life.
Just then, the shy Xiaxia pulled her hand and whispered, “Auntie, I want to eat…”
Su Jishi immediately turned around, leaned down, and asked, “What do you want to eat? No need to be shy. Tell me loudly.”
”I want to eat…,” Xiaxia gestured, “I want to eat red-skinned garlic.”
Su Jishi: “…???”
Su Jishi confirmed: “Do you want red garlic?”
Xiaxia nodded bashfully and said, “When I was at home, Father always bought it for me.”
Su Jishi: “…”
My goodness, Lin Yan really is a northern man. He not only needs garlic when he eats, but also lets such a little girl eat garlic with him!
Su Jishi reconsidered and gave up on it. There was no need to correct the family’s living habits. After all, eating raw garlic could kill bacteria and was good for health. Xiaxia eating garlic was better than some kids being picky eaters.
So Su Jishi asked Xiaxia to wait for a while next to the shopping cart and went to the vegetable section to look for garlic. However, she searched for a long time and did not see the usual domestic red skin garlic. She could only numbly take two white garlic back.
Mu Xiulun: “…”
When Mu Xiulun saw her holdng two cloves of garlic in her hand, he asked suspiciously, “Why are you buying garlic? Don’t you dislike it?”
Su Jishi said, “Xiaxia wants to eat it.”
Mu Xiulun asked incredulously, “Xiaxia?”
Su Jishi nodded: “Yes, I was also incredulous when I first heard it. But she said she wanted to eat red-skinned garlic and said Lin Yan often bought it for her when she was at home.”
Mu Xiulun: “…Put the garlic back. What Xiaxia wants to eat isn’t garlic.”
Su Jishi: “Ah? Then what is it?”
Mu Xiulun: “It’s mangosteen.”
Su Jishi: “…”
Mu Xiulun: “The Darwin region of the Northern Territory produces mangosteen in abundance.”
Mangosteen was a tropical fruit with a hard red outer shell, and the flesh inside was like a garlic clove, a clove that tasted sweet and juicy.
Mu Xiulun laughed at her foolishness: “How can a child make a fuss about garlic? Children like to eat sweets.”
Su Jishi ran against a wall one after another for these three little devils and couldn’t lift her head.
……
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