Zhuzhu was playing with Duan Xinyi’s toys when she heard their discussion. She quickly turned around and said, “I’m not picky. I eat everything.”
“Okay.” Jiang Yingyu said.
Then she went to the kitchen to ask the family chef to prepare a few more dishes that the child might like.
Duan Xinyi had quite a few toys. She took out her favorite Barbie dolls, building blocks, and makeup toys and shared them with Zhuzhu. While the two children were playing, Duan Xinyi asked, “Sister, your name is Zhuzhu. Which ‘Zhu’ is it?”
Zhuzhu lowered her head to play with the toy and said, “My mom said it’s the ‘Zhu’ in ‘cornelian cherry1山茱萸, shānzhūyú: Japanese cornel (Cornus officinalis)‘.”
Duan Xinyi combed the doll’s hair with a comb in her hand. She looked up at the ceiling and thought for a moment before asking, “Is it the ‘Zhu’ in ‘pig and fish’? The ‘Zhu’ in ‘little pig’?”
Jiang Yichen came over and rolled his eyes when he heard his sister’s words. He said, “It’s the ‘cornelian cherry’ in ‘I know my brothers are climbing high, planting cornelian cherries, but one is missing’. I always tell you to memorize poems, but you never do. Now you look illiterate.”
Jiang Yichen inherited his parents’ good looks. Even at a young age, he was quite handsome, with a fair complexion. He was slightly taller than his sister, and he looked tall and thin, already looking like a little handsome boy.
However, he always had a serious expression, so he looked a little stern.
When Zhuzhu saw her sister being bullied by her brother, she immediately came to her rescue: “Actually, I don’t know either. It’s Mom who told me.”
The little one’s eyes blinked adorably as she spoke.
She looked like a delicate little porcelain doll.
Perhaps because she was so young, she had a very cute, chubby face.
Even Jiang Yichen thought that she looked extremely cute.
He couldn’t help but soften his tone: “You are different. You are still young. Xinyi is already seven years old. At the age of seven, she is already in elementary school. She should be able to recite a lot of poems.”
Duan Xinyi was a little unconvinced: “Who says seven-year-olds should be doing certain things?”
Jiang Yichen said to her, “You didn’t even memorize the poem the teacher asked you to memorize.”
Duan Xinyi immediately fell silent, took Zhuzhu’s hand, and walked away from him. She said to Zhuzhu, “Little sister, my brother is really annoying. Let’s ignore him.”
Zhuzhu was still a little confused about the situation. But she didn’t like arguing, so she said, “You two shouldn’t argue.”
Duan Xinyi snorted coldly: “I don’t like arguing with him. It’s him who always criticizes me.”
Zhuzhu didn’t understand, “Why does he always criticize you?”
Duan Xinyi scratched her head: “…Because I didn’t do my homework.”
Zhuzhu: “Then you need to do your homework properly. My mom told me that many children in mountainous areas don’t have the opportunity to go to school at all, so we need to study hard.”
Duan Xinyi looked at her little sister, who was educating her seriously, and suddenly felt a little wronged.
She originally wanted to stick with her little sister and ignore the bad brother, but now she was being taught a lesson by her little sister.
If it were any other child, she probably would have gotten angry and wouldn’t want to play with her, but Duan Xinyi couldn’t bear not to play with her little sister; after all, she looked so cute.
Her bright, sparkling eyes could melt anyone’s heart, and when she hopped around, she was as cute as a little bunny.
Other children were either dirty or prone to crying and tantrums, and they were difficult to get along with.
Duan Xinyi had never seen a child as clean and well-behaved as her little sister.
Forget it, for her cuteness’s sake.
She is a magnanimous person; she’ll forgive her.
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