Chapter five hundred and sixty third a group of bastards
"Drawing by Pingping? How old is she? She is so good at writing and drawing?"
The Xu Shixian brothers exclaimed and looked at Xu Jinping, who was coaxing the baby over there, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
They had seen the painting just now, but no one thought about Xu Jinping, thinking it was someone who wanted it.
"Yes, Pingping learned painting, calligraphy, and chess from Brother Chu. She started learning during the winter vacation last year and has never stopped.
On normal days, I do my homework when I get home from school, and practice for a while after I finish writing.
I practice more on Saturday and Sunday afternoons when I have nothing to do, and I practice every day during the summer vacation. What's going on?"
Xu Chenghou looked puzzled. His granddaughter was quite talented in this area and hard-working. It was just a painting. What else?
"Mr. Chu can also teach children calligraphy and painting?" Xu Shixiang's tone was a bit eager, and he looked at his wife.
"Yes, Brother Chu knows a lot, what's wrong? You still don't believe what I say?"
Xu Chenghou rolled his eyes at Lao Wu and looked at his virtue. Why should he be making such a fuss?
"No, no, Dad, how can I not believe what you say.
I mean, Ping Ping is pretty awesome, she learned so much from Mr. Chu."
Xu Shixiang hurriedly apologized, how could he dare to question his father's words? Wasn't he just waiting to be punished?
Xu Chenghou's expression softened slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at his sons with disgust.
"Keep your voices down, don't scare my grandson."
Are you making such a fuss about this? You are a bumpkin.
Xu Shixiang and others were a little embarrassed. They were really shocked.
No one expected that Mr. Chu was not only superb in medical skills, but he was also very knowledgeable in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Xu Shixiang's eyes were full of fire, and he pursed his lips and winked at his wife.
Chen Chunling over there sighed and could only nod.
Xu Shixiang was very happy to see his wife nodding, and chatted enthusiastically with Han Liwei and the others.
Ask about Han Liwei and his wife's situation in the capital, and then inquire about Han Liwei's next arrangements.
They were all amazed when they heard that Han Liwei was now at the full league level.
It seems that Han Liwei made a lot of contributions in the beginning and was able to reach this level in his early thirties.
All the brothers were filled with admiration and envy, and chatting around Han Liwei became even more lively.
The men chatted while the women went to the kitchen to cook.
The two girls, Xu Jinfeng and Xu Jinxiu, have grown up, and they often have to help pick and wash vegetables.
Xu Jinping took her younger sisters back to her vegetable garden and picked watermelons, cantaloupes, apricots, plums, and sage fruits to eat.
The Xu family's vegetable garden is large, and there are various fruit trees on both sides of the hillside. You can pick whatever you want.
As for the boys, they couldn't sit still.
Xu Haibo led his brothers straight to the back woods, where they climbed trees and hit pine cones.
At this time, the pine cone is not fully grown yet, and the kernels inside are very moist.
But the children didn't care about that. They climbed up the tree and climbed down more than ten towers.
Then I got some dead pine branches and the like in the clearing of the woods, pressed the tower down, and lit it directly.
Fortunately, this was the end of July, the forest was not that dry in summer, and the ground was covered with green grass, so at least there was no fire.
By the time the firewood was finished burning, the pine cones underneath were also cooked.
So he used a stick to pull out the pine cone and kicked it upright, causing the pine nuts to fly everywhere.
Xu Haiyang, Xu Haiqing and the others quickly picked it up and ate it.
"Why doesn't it taste good?" Xu Haiqing ate several in a row and couldn't help but frown.
The pine nuts are tender and juicy. They have just grown and are not fragrant at all.
For a foodie, this is intolerable.
"Oh, some of them are good to eat, so I still have to choose.
It’s not like the eldest brother and the second brother climbed up the tree, but you can eat it? You are really picky.”
Next to him, Xu Haiyang glanced at the youngest cousin.
A little kid with a very naughty mouth can still taste something that doesn't taste good? Why does he think it's delicious?
Xu Haiqing pouted, "Brother Zhenwen and Brother Jianguo can also climb trees and hit pine cones. When I grow up, I will too."
Boys are all skinny. Climbing trees and climbing houses is a daily routine.
Xu Haiqing was still young and was not allowed to climb trees, but Han Zhenwen, Huang Shuqing, Yang Jianguo and others who played with him could climb trees, and in previous years they would climb trees to build pine cones.
Although Xu Haiqing is the youngest in the family, she has never had a sense of presence and is suppressed by her sister all the time.
Away from his sister, this kid is not easy to mess with. He is very snarky and always talks in a hurry.
Xu Haiyang was so choked by his little cousin that he simply turned around and walked away, ignoring the little brat.
Xu Haiqing looked indifferent and turned around to find his brother.
Xu Haiyuan actually had no interest in these things, but since his brothers rarely came back, it was hard for him to abandon his guests and study with his master.
What can I do? I can only be patient and play with them.
Seeing Xu Haiqing coming over, Xu Haiyuan quickly patted the dust on his younger brother.
"It doesn't matter when you eat. Just pay attention to your clothes. If you stain your clothes, my mother will whip you."
This guy ate so much that he was covered in ashes and his hands were also covered in ash. He was really convinced.
Xu Haiqing just laughed, no matter what his brother said, he would not refute, and even gave the pine nuts in his hand to his brother.
Xu Haiyuan glanced at his brother's little black hand, took it with disgust, picked it up and put it in his mouth.
"It's too early. These pine nuts have just grown up and haven't grown yet. They don't smell good."
Breaking pine nuts at this time is purely harmful to the food and tastes boring.
"Well, I just said it didn't taste good, and Brother Haiyang still said it to me."
Finally someone agreed with him, Xu Haiqing nodded repeatedly, it was his brother who was better, just as he thought.
"Come on, talk less. If you like it, eat more. If you don't, eat less."
Xu Haiyuan rubbed his brother's head and whispered to him.
After all, the brothers climbed up the tree to knock it down and cooked it. Whether it tastes good or not, they can't say it in front of others.
"Oh, I understand." Xu Haiqing nodded and went to pick up pine nuts to play with again.
There's nothing to eat here, the pine nuts aren't fragrant, but they're better than nothing.
Besides, he has to give some face to his brothers for their hard work, right?
A group of naughty children worked in the forest for a long time, regardless of whether the pine nuts were fragrant or not, and in the end all the dozen or so towers were eaten.
It happened that the charcoal fire in the fire was almost burning, and there were still some sparks left.
These brats just peed a little to put them out, and then they came out of the woods and went home to eat.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw several girls washing melons and fruits.
So one person took a piece of watermelon, and the other took a cantaloupe. They didn't care about them, just picked them up and gnawed them.
A half-grown child is a poor man. The stomach of a child of this age is like a bottomless pit.
It can fit everything in, so what’s the point of a few pine nuts? It’s not even enough to fit between teeth.
So Xilihulu, several people actually ate most of the pot of melons and fruits.
"You guys, when you went to pick melons, you disappeared without a trace. Pingping and the others picked them back and washed them. Each of you can eat them better than the other."
Xu Jinfeng came out with a basin of water and poured it into the yard. Looking at the group of brothers who were more edible than pigs, she was speechless for a while.