In the evening, Xiao's mother and Xiao's grandmother cooked a large table of dishes.
We also prepared a lot of desserts and fruits for Ah Jiu and Ah Bai.
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Xiao Xiao moved the desserts and fruits to the ground, and explained to the Xiao family who were looking over, "There are too many dishes on the table, they have eaten down there."
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"Phiphi, Taotie, come down and eat together."
Xiao Xiao said softly.
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"Ouch~"
"Coffee~"
The two monsters who were salivating and complaining just now immediately threw themselves on the edge of the food with gleaming eyes.
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"Little Taotie."
Xiao Xiao turned his back to everyone and was not worried that they would see his movements.
He stretched out his hand to hold down Taotie's head and closed its wide-open mouth.
"This is for you to eat together."
"Watch how fast you eat."
"Don't eat everything in one bite."
Xiao Xiao's eyebrows were curved and his smile was gentle.
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Taotie felt the force on his head and nodded his head with a stiff expression.
"very good."
Xiao Xiao took back his hand with satisfaction.
"You guys eat it."
He stood up and sat down at the dining table.
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"Xiaoxiao, eat more, I cooked a lot of food today."
Xiao's mother picked up a chopstick of food for Xiao Xiao with a gentle smile.
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"Xiao Xiao, let's have a bowl of soup first."
Grandma Xiao's eyes narrowed into slits while she was spooning soup as she spoke.
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"okay."
Xiao Xiao reached out and took the soup handed over by grandma.
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"Okay, are you busy? Xiaoxiao can eat it by himself."
"Would he still be polite at home?"
Grandpa Xiao said helplessly.
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"not busy."
Grandma Xiao didn't even look at Grandpa Xiao and replied casually.
Grandpa Xiao:......
He turned to look at Father Xiao, "Look at your mother and your wife-"
The old man's voice stopped suddenly.
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"What's the matter, Dad?"
Father Xiao took back the chopsticks he had used to chop off a piece of ribs for his son. He didn't hear clearly what Grandpa Xiao said, so he turned around and asked again.
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"......fine."
Grandpa Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth.
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After a lively dinner, the Xiao family packed up and went to cool off under the white plum tree.
This is a new habit developed by the Xiao family after discovering the magical power of the white plum tree.
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"How about we make a stone table and chair?"
“It’s troublesome to move so many things in and out every day.”
Father Xiao opened the folding table and chairs, and expressed his thoughts that he had had as early as the first time he cooled under the white plum tree.
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Mother Xiao put the cut fruit on the table, "It's okay, it's not too troublesome."
"Stone tables and chairs..."
"Would it take up too much space?"
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Father Xiao frowned slightly. He only said it today because he had always had concerns about Mother Xiao.
"Dad, Mom, what do you think?"
He wanted to ask for everyone's opinions.
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Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao looked at each other.
"I have nothing to do with your mother."
Grandpa Xiao waved his hand, "Just do what you want."
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That's it.
Father Xiao looked at his son again, "Xiaoxiao, what do you think?"
"Would you like to make a set of stone tables and benches?"
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"Dad, mom, grandpa, grandma,"
Xiao Xiao called everyone one by one.
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"Huh? What's wrong with Xiaoxiao?"
Xiao's mother stopped what she was doing and looked at Xiao Xiao, "Suddenly so serious?"
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"I want to dig two ponds in the house."
Xiao Xiao did not answer Xiao's father's question, but took this opportunity to propose a plan that he had thought about for a long time.
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"pond?"
Father Xiao, Mother Xiao, Grandpa Xiao, and Grandma Xiao all said in unison, with surprised expressions on their faces.
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"Um."
"One under the white plum tree, another under the sycamore tree."
"It doesn't have to be too big, just a small one will do."
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The Xiao family looked at each other.
"Xiaoxiao, why do you suddenly want to dig a pond in the yard?"
Father Xiao asked seriously.
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"I want to raise fish, um, and frogs."
There was also no hint of joking in Xiao Xiao's expression.
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"Fish? Frog?"
The Xiao family members spoke in unison again, and the doubts on their faces became even more serious.
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But an idea suddenly came to Xiao's mother's mind, "Are you referring to the two fishes in your room?"
"But such a small fish..."
Why do we need to dig a pond to raise it?
Not one pond, but two ponds.
How many fish do you want to raise?
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And what happened to the frog?
Mother Xiao's face was really full of question marks.
The rest of the Xiao family also had the same expression as Xiao's mother.
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"no."
Xiao Xiao shook his head, "It's other fish."
"Dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, I will tell you this later."
“Can I dig two ponds in my yard?”
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Xiao Xiao did not find any reason for his inexplicable behavior.
He thought that the boss and the others already knew how special he was.
Then, maybe, he can also let his family slowly realize that he is different.
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Xiao Xiao's unclear words naturally did not solve the Xiao family's doubts.
However, they knew that Xiaoxiao must have some special reason for digging a pond.
As for this reason, the child didn't tell them, and he would tell them later.
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"Two ponds to be dug?"
Grandpa Xiao confirmed.
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"Um."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
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"dig."
Grandpa Xiao is a very clear and concise word.
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Um?
Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you, grandpa."
He looked at the others again.
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"What are you looking at?"
Father Xiao curled his lips slightly, with a hint of smile in his eyes, "Your grandpa has already agreed, how can we disagree?"
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"Actually, my mother has also thought about digging a pond in the yard and raising some lotus flowers or water lilies."
Xiao's mother distributed the fruit in her hand to everyone, "But later she thought it was too troublesome and stopped doing it."
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"Yes, you told me about this at that time."
Grandma Xiao also remembered this incident.
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"Dad, Mom, Grandma, thank you."
Although Xiao Xiao knew from the beginning that his family would agree to his request in the end.
However, he was a little surprised and touched by agreeing so easily.
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"You kid, why are you so polite?"
Grandma Xiao was a little dissatisfied, "Why don't we just dig two ponds?"
"How big of a deal is it?"
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Xiao Xiao smiled, "Aren't I worried that you don't want to mess around in the yard?"
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“Since we are going to dig a pond in the yard, let’s also make a set of stone tables and benches.”
Xiao's mother thought of Xiao's father's previous proposal and simply agreed.
We have to dig a pond, but why bother making a set of stone tables and benches?
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"Um."
No one has any objection to this.
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In the following time, the Xiao family discussed digging a pond in the yard.
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Looking at the excited crowd, Xiao Xiao felt helpless. In fact, they didn't need to do anything, as long as they could agree to dig two ponds in the yard.
The rest, "I can just dig it out myself."
Xiao Xiao spoke.
He had checked online before and it was not too difficult.
