But no matter how beautiful things are, they must come to an end. After about 20 minutes, the ironworks and fireworks show were all over.
The performance site was lit up with bright white lights, and a host on the stage held a microphone and told the audience to evacuate in an orderly manner and pay attention to safety.
The actors on the stage also started to pack up their props and walked off the stage.
Mengmeng didn't want to leave yet. She looked at the empty stage and asked, "Dad, where are the fireworks? Why don't they go off?"
"It's all over, there's nothing left today!" Cao Shujie said to his daughter.
"If you still want to see it, you have to wait until tomorrow."
After Mengmeng heard this, she thought for a moment and said, "Dad, do you still have money?"
Cao Shujie thought his daughter wanted to buy something, so he asked her: "What do you see that you want to eat or play with?"
Mengmeng shook her head, pointed to the empty stage and said, "Dad, why don't you buy some fireworks and let me see them?"
"Let's set it off when we go home. I don't have anywhere to buy fireworks here." Cao Shujie reasoned with his daughter.
Mengmeng thought about it, and it was indeed so.
She stretched out her little finger to hook up with her father.
After Cao Shujie saw it, he also stretched out his little finger to hook up with him.
"Dad, if you hang yourself with a hook, you are not allowed to change for a hundred years. Anyone who changes will be a puppy." Mengmeng said.
"Mengmeng, where did you learn this trick?" Cao Shujie asked her.
Mengmeng looked a little proud: "Don't worry about this."
Seeing that everyone at the scene had almost left, Cao Shujie also picked up Mengmeng and walked out with his wife along with the flow of people.
At this time, there were still people walking towards the ancient city, but there were no performances like Iron Flower, and they could only walk along the streets of the ancient city to see the night view.
I saw an ice cream seller at the door again. Mengmeng pointed and shouted: "Mom, I want to eat."
"It's late at night, what kind of ice cream do you want to eat?" Cheng Xiaolin refused to buy it for her.
Mengmeng held her mouth shut and had an unhappy expression on her face, but Cao Shujie didn't tolerate her problems.
Back in the room of the four-bedroom apartment, Cheng Xiaolin asked her husband what he was going to do tomorrow.
Cao Shujie said: "You can still climb mountains here, would you like to go?"
When Cheng Xiaolin heard about mountain climbing, she waved her hands and shook her head. She was not interested in that.
Besides, it’s such a hot day now and I have to hold Mengmeng in my arms. If I choose to go hiking at this time, I just can’t live with myself.
Mengmeng had never climbed a mountain before, so she felt a sense of novelty, but her mother didn't want to go. She thought about it and didn't insist on climbing the mountain.
"Tomorrow we will go to the shopping mall here to buy some things, and then we will go back." Cao Shujie said this.
On this trip, I didn’t plan to go on a long trip.
Mainly because Mengmeng was a little bored staying at home, so the couple took her out for a walk.
Cheng Xiaolin took Mengmeng to take a bath. Cao Shujie was preparing his clothes. When he saw that the couple hadn't come out yet, he was killing time on his mobile phone.
It was already late July, and in a few days, city leaders would go to Qingshi Town for inspection.
According to what Liu Furong had discussed with him before, Liu Furong would take them to his factory.
This is actually good for his factory, otherwise Cao Shujie would really not want to take on the job of receiving leaders.
When the couple came out from the bath, Cao Shujie also took his own clothes to take a bath.
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Early on the next morning, Cao Shujie drove his mother and daughter to Dongtai city center for a walk.
While shopping in the mall, preparing to buy some clothes and some pairs of shoes, Mengmeng suddenly asked Cao Shujie to buy more jujubes.
Cao Shujie said "Ouch" and slapped himself on the head with his backhand. He also remembered that he promised his daughter to buy more red dates, so he happened to come over today to see if they were in stock.
In the supermarket, Mengmeng's eyes were always on the various snacks.
But Cheng Xiaolin promised to buy her few things.
Mengmeng also wanted to say that she wanted to invite her friends to play at home, but Cao Shujie directly answered: "Okay, you can let them come next month. The red-heart kiwis and yellow-heart kiwis in our orchard will be ripe soon."
Now, pick it off in a few days and let it ripen. When your friends come over, you can treat them to it."
"Dad." Mengmeng shook her body back and forth. She felt that her father was so annoying.
But Cao Shujie was not used to her problem now, and said: "No matter what you say, you just can't buy more snacks. Look at you now, you don't eat honestly. If this happens next, I will throw away all the snacks for you."
You won’t be able to eat at all.”
Mengmeng pouted, as if she didn't want to pay attention to her father.
However, they came out of the supermarket and walked around on the second floor of the mall. When passing by a book supermarket, Mengmeng saw a set of picture books inside, so she ran in.
Looking at the beautifully illustrated picture books on the bookshelf, Mengmeng's eyes couldn't be moved away: "Mom, buy it for me."
Talking to her mother, she sounded like she was discussing.
Cheng Xiaolin never forbids her daughter from buying serious books.
She said: "Which one do you like, I will buy it for you."
Mengmeng pointed to the tome with several dinosaurs painted on the page and said, "Mom, I want this one."
Then he pointed to another set of comic strips depicting Tang Monk and his disciples and said, "I also want Sun Monkey and Zhu Bajie."
"Okay, is there anything else you want to buy?" Cheng Xiaolin asked her.
It’s different from snacks.
The couple now restricts Mengmeng from eating excessive snacks, but when Mengmeng likes to read, they never forbid it.
Moreover, when Mengmeng bought these books, she really read them.
Although they don’t recognize most of the words in the picture book, for Cao Shujie and his wife, the cuteness has brought many benefits compared to other children of the same age.
Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin didn't expect Mengmeng to learn well in the future. They just hoped that Mengmeng would be happy.
As for money, Cao Shujie feels that when Mengmeng grows up, the couple will leave enough money for Mengmeng to live comfortably for a lifetime.
Cao Shujie still imagined a picture in his mind.
Mengmeng couldn't find the feeling of struggle at home, so she insisted on going out to find a job. Then the thing she didn't want to face the most was probably going home to inherit the property...
Thinking about it, Cao Shujie laughed.
Cheng Xiaolin held a book in her hand and was about to ask Cao Shujie for his opinion, when she happened to see the mean smile on her husband's face.
"Shujie, what are you thinking? There must be nothing good going on if you smile so cheaply." Cheng Xiaolin said to him.
Cao Shujie shook his head and said, "It's okay."
He certainly couldn't tell his wife what he had just thought of.
That seemed too childish on his part.
Mengmeng found another set of very cartoon books in front of her. This was a set of point-and-read recognition books. There were cute caterpillars drawn on the books.
"Mom, can you buy me another copy?" Mengmeng shouted.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Okay, just don't forget to study when you go back."
"Well, I will definitely learn." Mengmeng said.
Her interest in learning is what reassures Cheng Xiaolin and Cao Shujie the most.
After walking around the mall, it was almost time to eat, so they didn't go out anymore and went straight to the Korean-style barbecue on the 5th floor of the mall.
Dip the grilled meat into the sauce, wrap it up with lettuce and put it in your mouth. The meat dipping sauce and the freshness of the lettuce are mixed together, giving you a unique flavor.
Mengmeng also eats pork belly, but he prefers small intestines and cheese, corn and eggs.
As soon as she put a piece of cheese, corn and eggs into her mouth, Mengmeng pointed to a piece of freshly grilled small intestine and said, "Mom, give it to me, I still want to eat it."
"Eat slowly, don't choke." Cao Shujie said to her.
Now that the food is delicious, Mengmeng doesn't care about her father's advice and eats more enthusiastically.
When the waiter brought the pumpkin corn soup, Mengmeng tasted the pumpkin corn soup and it was sweet. She drank two bowls directly from the small copper bowl in the store.
That's it, I still feel a little bit unsatisfied.
But Cao Shujie was afraid that his daughter had eaten too much and did not dare to let her drink anymore.
"Mengmeng, you can eat something else." Cao Shujie grilled a shrimp for his daughter, peeled off the skin and handed it over.
Mengmeng grabbed it with her hands and ate it, which was very exciting.
That's it, she also drank a cup of yogurt.
When she followed her parents out of the barbecue restaurant, Mengmeng touched her slightly bulging belly. She was quite proud of it.
"Dad, look, I eat a lot."
After saying that, seeing that her father didn't respond, Mengmeng said the same thing to her mother again.
Cheng Xiaolin knew what her daughter wanted, so she quickly praised her: "Cengmeng is really delicious. You will grow taller soon. Then you can go and play wherever you want?"
"Hehe!" Mengmeng pursed her lips and smiled proudly.
Cheng Xiaolin said to her husband: "Your daughter is very evil and she just wants you to praise her in every possible way. You don't even understand this."
Cao Shujie felt a little ashamed when he heard his wife say this.
"Shujie, we have played and gone shopping, and we have bought all the things we need to buy. It is quite early now, why don't we go home," Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie had eaten and drank enough and spent the whole morning shopping. He felt a little sleepy. Considering safety issues, he said to his wife: "Let's leave early tomorrow morning and go to other places in the afternoon to try some specialties..."
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Cheng Xiaolin asked him what was going on. When her husband said that he was not in good spirits, he did not mention that he was in a hurry to go back.
When Mengmeng heard that her father would not go home for the time being, she was both happy and a little disappointed.
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Early on the next morning, Cao Shujie was very energetic and drove towards Caojiazhuang with his mother and daughter.
When I go back this time, I won’t be able to come out in recent months. Cheng Xiaolin also knows that, but she doesn’t want to go anywhere else for the time being.
Cao Shujie mentioned: "When the apples in the orchard are harvested, let's go out and play for a while."
"Why are you still playing? In a few months, the factory workshop will be renovated and the equipment will be delivered. It will be installed and debugged by then. Can you still walk around?" Cheng Xiaolin said to him.
Cheng Xiaolin knew these things about her husband very well.
Instead, Cao Shujie smiled sheepishly and said, "Don't worry, my wife, once the factory is up and running, I will find a professional management talent and I will make time to accompany you."
