"How many days off do you have during the Chinese New Year?"
Xu Dong rolled up his sleeves and took the hoe from his wife: "One day later than last year, I will go to work on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."
Yang Lina took out her handkerchief and wiped the dust and sweat from her sons' faces. The three brothers didn't do much work, but they made their bodies dirty.
"Husband, I received a courier call in the afternoon, saying that a big box was going to be delivered early in the morning. Did you buy something online?"
Xu Dong thought about it and immediately knew what was going on. He smiled and explained:
"It's not something I bought online, it's a toy figure that Coco and Lele bought at Qindao. Because there were too many things, it was inconvenient to bring them back, so I took the express delivery."
The Coco sisters were afraid of their mother's disapproval, so they kept secret about the figurines. Even the three Dabao brothers didn't know that their sisters spent a lot of money and bought a large box of high-quality figurines.
"How much did you buy? You actually need express delivery?"
"Well, not much, just a few hundred pieces in total."
"Hundreds of pieces?" Yang Lina looked shocked, "You are too spoiled to both of them, why did you buy so many figures?"
"Collectible."
Xu Dong made a random excuse.
Yang Lina spat: "It's a ghost collection, don't think I don't know, you must be soft-hearted. Tell me, how much did it cost?"
"Forty-five thousand."
Xu Dong didn't lie. There were so many figures there and you could guess the prices.
"Just do it!"
Yang Lina was so angry that she didn't want to speak.
Xu Dong quickly stopped the hoe: "Listen to me, Keke and the others paid for this money themselves, I just helped advance the payment.
Aren't you always worried about them spending money randomly? Now it's okay, all the money they earn in the future will be used to pay off their debts, and we can justifiably confiscate their bankbooks."
When Yang Lina thought about it, it seemed like this was true. It was better to buy toys than spend money randomly, and then she stopped being angry.
When Dabao heard that his sisters had bought a large box of toy figures, he was instantly envious, and the little guy's head was spinning rapidly.
"Dad, I want a handmade one too."
"When you save enough money, dad will help you buy online." Xu Dong said casually.
"Sister bought so many action figures, can you share some with us?" Erbao asked expectantly.
Xu Dong shook his head: "The figure belongs to my sister. It doesn't matter what my father says. If you want the figure, just tell your sister. As long as your sister agrees."
"But the second sister is very bad!"
Dabao said worriedly.
"Ahem, talk to your second sister carefully, your second sister will agree."
Xu Dong also wanted to take this opportunity to ease the relationship between the children. He was annoyed to see them making so much noise every day. It was really embarrassing for his mother and wife.
"Really?" Dabao expressed doubt.
"Really, didn't dad tell you that you are siblings? The elder sister loves and protects the younger brother, and the younger brother loves and protects the older sister. What are we going to do?"
The three brothers said in unison: "Love each other and we are a family!"
"You're so good. Dad allows you to pick strawberries now. After you pick the strawberries, you can send them to your sister immediately. If your sister is happy, she will give you the figurines tomorrow."
Xu Dong followed the good guidance path.
"Well! Dad, I'm going to get the basket now."
The three brothers couldn't wait to run out of the vegetable garden.
Yang Lina rolled her eyes at her husband: "Bad idea, if Lele doesn't cooperate, I'll see how you end up tomorrow."
"Hey, there are methods to educate children. You can't just preach. Don't worry. I'll go talk to Lele later."
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At around ten o'clock the next morning, the express finally arrived.
After signing for the goods, everyone spent a lot of effort to move several large boxes to the yard.
Xu Bin took several breaths in a row, looked at the big boxes and said curiously:
"Lao San, what's in the box?"
Lele rushed to answer: "Uncle, there are figures in the box that my sister and I bought. We bought a lot of figures."
"A figure? What is a figure?"
Xu Bin had never heard of this thing at all.
"Dad, a figure is a human-shaped plastic toy." Xu Jingyi gave a general idea.
After hearing this, Xu Bin couldn't help but curl his lips. This rich family is different. They buy so many toys for their children. It's really eye-opening.
Xu Dong took a crowbar and quickly opened all the big boxes, and several children screamed with excitement.
However, there was nothing for the adults to do next. Xu Bin wanted to take his wife and daughter to Panjiayuan for a stroll. Xu Dong happened to have the same intention, so they went out together.
Half an hour later, with the help of Ma Lingling and others, the group finally moved all the figures back to the bedroom upstairs.
Especially the three Dabao brothers worked extremely hard.
In order to express her gratitude, Lele planned to give some figures to her two sisters. Neither Ma Lingling nor Da Jie were figure lovers, so they symbolically picked a small figure and left.
Only the eager triplets were left in the room.
"Eldest sister, second sister, we also want figures."
As the eldest sister, Keke has always been generous and let her younger brothers choose whatever they want.
The three Dabao brothers were so happy that they rushed towards the figurines they liked. Lele became anxious when he saw them, because the bratty brothers were too "shameless" and picked out all the big and good-looking figurines.
She immediately stepped forward to stop:
"Stop, stop everyone."
The three brothers looked at the second sister at a loss.
Without saying a word, Lele grabbed all the figures from his brothers and then took a few ugly-looking figures and stuffed them into their hands.
"This is for you."
"Wow, I don't want this, I want the biggest one." Dabao threw away the figure in his hand.
"No, that one is mine."
Lele said forcefully.
"You don't mean what you say." Dabao said angrily.
"Why didn't I say anything? I gave you a figure, but you didn't want it."
"I want the biggest one, please give it back to me quickly."
Dabao wanted to reach out and grab it.
Erbao and Xiaobao were not to be outdone, and the three brothers hugged the second sister together.
Seeing that the figure was about to be snatched away, Lele's eyes became red with fear. Unknowingly, she exerted strength and pushed all her brothers down one by one.
The three brothers suddenly started wailing.
However, the three of them are no longer the little babies they used to be, especially Dabao. They fight a lot in the kindergarten. How could they not fight back?
The four siblings instantly struggled into a ball.
Coco tried to start a fight, but couldn't. In desperation, she had to run downstairs to call her mother and grandma.
When Yang Lina arrived, she saw Lele beating Dabao on the back with her fist. The little guy was also stubborn, biting her second sister's arm tightly and not letting go.
As for Erbao and Xiaobao, the two of them worked together to press the second sister tightly to the ground, making Lele almost unable to move. The only thing that could still move was the waving right hand.
Yang Lina quickly stepped forward and separated the children.
When Dabao saw his mother, he immediately rushed towards her:
"Wow... the second sister beat... me..."
The little guy cried miserably, as if he had been greatly wronged.
Lele rubbed the bitten arm: "You bit me first, you can see there is such a big tooth mark."