Hearing the doorbell, Xiao Man, who had been reluctant to get off me, suddenly jumped down and went to open the door.
Outside the door, there were four or five boys standing, probably about the same age as Xiao Man. One of them was holding a basketball in his hand.
These should be Xiaoman's friends, they should all be children in this community.
As soon as the door opened, the boys shouted to Xiao Man: "Xiao Man, let's go and play basketball."
Xiao Man stood at the door and said to the group of boys very arrogantly: "I won't go today, my father is back."
"Your father is back? Which one is your father? We haven't seen him yet."
Xiaoman immediately turned around and took my hand, pulled me to the door, and said to them: "Here, this is my dad."
"Okay then, when will you be free?"
"I don't know, my father is back and I won't play with you anymore."
"Then ask your dad to come and play with us."
"My dad won't play with you, please leave quickly."
One of the chubby boys said with a smile: "It can't be that your dad doesn't know how to play basketball! Hahaha..."
The other boys all laughed, and Xiaoman's expression suddenly changed: "Nonsense, my dad knows everything."
In the eyes of children, their parents are omnipotent.
But I can really play basketball, but I haven’t played basketball for a long time. When I was in college, I participated in the school basketball game. Although I didn’t get a good ranking in the end, I can really do it.
In order not to disappoint Xiaoman, I immediately said: "Okay, we will come to the stadium to find you after we finish eating. Don't blame me for bullying you then!"
"Don't be afraid, then we will wait for you."
"Okay, let's go play first."
After watching the group of little boys leave, Xiaoman took my hand, raised his head and asked seriously: "Dad, do you really know how to play basketball?"
"Yes, what's wrong with this? Dad will show you his skills later."
"Okay!" Xiao Man shouted happily.
An Lan was unhappy. She rolled her eyes at me and said, "I asked her not to play with those boys, but you still took her to play with those boys, right?"
"It's okay, I know what to do, don't worry."
An Lan said helplessly: "Just spoil her!"
After that, I went to the kitchen to help make dinner.
Xiaoman and I looked at each other, Xiaoman stuck out his tongue at me, and I made a face at her.
I turned to open the suitcase, took out the gift I bought for her in Jiangcheng, and said, "Xiao Man, what do you think this is?"
Xiaoman immediately came over and asked curiously: "What is this? Dad."
"open to take a look."
Xiaoman nodded, then opened the packaging bag, and then took out the small suitcase inside.
After opening the suitcase, her eyes suddenly opened wide and there was light in them.
"Wow..." She suddenly shouted, "Dad, this is so beautiful!"
"Like it?"
"Well, thank you, Dad!" She nodded vigorously, then came over and kissed me on the face.
This is a gift box that I bought after going to several shopping malls in Jiangcheng. It contains a variety of small toys of various colors, as well as hairpins and hair ties, rubber bands, small jewelry, etc. It is full of them.
Boxes, various colors.
While Xiaoman was studying the things in the box with admiration, I took out another box from the suitcase and walked towards Li Ruixue.
"Ruixue." I called her.
"Hey, Uncle Chen." She quickly replied.
"This is for you."
Li Ruixue took it, looked around, and asked doubtfully: "Uncle Chen, what is this?"
"Open it and take a look."
After she opened the outer packaging box, Li Ruixue was suddenly surprised, opened her mouth and said, "Uncle Chen, is this an iPad?"
"Um."
"Uncle Chen... this is too expensive, I don't want it."
"Take it, you will need it in school in the future, and now you often have online classes, so mobile phones are not convenient, right?"
"But it's too expensive."
"It's okay. Your task now is to study. This will make it more convenient for you, whether it is checking information or taking online classes."
An Lan, who was busy in the kitchen, heard the sound and echoed: "Ruixue, Uncle Chen gave it to you, just take it."
Li Ruixue nodded and said to me quickly: "Thank you, Uncle Chen."
I smiled sarcastically, touched her head and said, "You're welcome, study hard."
"Um."
Then, I called Aunt Wang again.
Aunt Wang came out of the kitchen and asked me, "What's wrong? Boss."
I waved her to the sofa, then took out the gift box for her and said, "Aunt Wang, you have been coming to our house for more than a year. You have worked hard for you over the past year, and I have also worked hard for you during my absence from home.
Please help take care of the children, our whole family is grateful to you."
Aunt Wang looked at me and said with a smile: "Boss Chen, what are you talking about? You paid for me to come here. Isn't it what I should do?"
"Whether we should or not is another matter, but thank you very much."
With that said, I took out the bracelet from the gift box and said to her: "I bought this from a store that specializes in jade in Jiangcheng. You can try it on to see if the size fits."
"Ah! Boss Chen, you... this is too expensive!" Aunt Wang said in surprise.
"Compared to what you have done for our family over the past year, this is not valuable at all." I said with a smile.
"Yes! Aunt Wang, it's all thanks to you these days, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it alone." An Lan echoed in the kitchen.
"But this... this is too expensive. How much does it cost?"
"It's okay, Aunt Wang. This bracelet is not a very good jade. Just keep it. This is our family's wishes."
"Hey, this..." Aunt Wang hesitated for a moment, then nodded and accepted it, thanking me again and again.
After Aunt Wang put the bracelet back into the box, she went to the kitchen and continued working.
Only then did I have some time to spare, and said to Wu Nanxing who was sitting next to me: "Nanxing, don't be polite. Just treat it as if you are my own family. Don't be restrained."
As soon as I finished speaking, An Lan came out with a plate of cut fruits and said to Wu Nanxing: "Sister, eat some fruit."
"Well, thank you, Sister An Lan."
Wu Nanxing still looked a little restrained, after all, this environment was very unfamiliar to her.
I called An Lan aside alone and said to her: "Please arrange a room for Wu Nanxing. She will definitely have to live in our house from now on so that she can be treated more conveniently."
"It's the same room that Cheng Lu lived in before. It's conveniently located on the first floor."
"Okay, you can talk to Aunt Wang later and let her clean it up."
An Lan nodded, then glanced at me and said, "These are all gifts, where's mine?"
"Oops! Oops! I forgot to buy it for you." I pretended to be helpless.
An Lan's expression suddenly changed, she rolled her eyes at me and said, "Even Aunt Wang has thought of it, but she didn't think of me, right?"
"Have you forgotten? Besides, am I not your gift?"
She made a "cut" sound and said somewhat unhappily: "You did it on purpose, right?"
"Are you angry?"
She glanced at me and snorted: "I'm not that stingy, I'm just not that important in some people's hearts."
"Yo yo yo! I'm really angry. I'm just joking with you. I can forget everyone, but I can't forget you!"
An Lan knew that I had deceived him, and immediately puffed up his cheeks and glared at me.
I closed the door and took out the gift I had prepared long ago from inside my clothes.
Open the box and inside is a delicate diamond necklace.