On Saturday morning, the rainy Jiangcheng welcomed a rare sunny weekend!
The weather was surprisingly good. The white clouds were like torn cotton candy, and a few thin pieces floated lazily under the light blue sky. The warm sunlight shone brightly on the ground, as if everything was covered in a layer of luster. The grass and leaves in the courtyard were emerald green, and the flowerbeds that had just been planted a month ago were colorful. Even the windows of the villa were like glass that refracted the colorful light!
With such good weather, it was only natural for people to be in a good mood.
"Haha, Papa, I want to wash my shoes too!" Xi Xi's sweet laughter came from the open door.
All the doors and windows of the villa were open today. Usually, when the heater was on, the doors and windows were closed. Although there was air exchange, the air was turbid after a long time. Moreover, the continuous spring rain had also produced some damp mildew. Today was a good day for cleaning, so Yang Yi and Murphy opened all the doors and windows to get some fresh air.
Passing by the loyal steamed stuffed bun at the door, they saw a little girl running happily.
Xi Xi's dress today was very interesting. She wore her pink water boots with cartoon patterns on them, and she wore light yellow rubber gloves loosely on her hands.
The rubber gloves were for adults, and Yang Yi bought them according to his size. For Xi Xi, they were a little too big, and the mouth of the gloves almost covered her elbows!
However, Xi Xi didn't care at all. She raised her two forearms to prevent them from falling down. Even so, the little girl ran happily to her father like the wind.
"Aren't you going to help your mother clean the sheets and quilt to wash? Papa doesn't need your help here. "Yang Yi said with a smile.
He was brushing his shoes. At first, he only wanted to brush the two pairs of shoes that Xiao Xiaotang could not wear. Later, he simply took the other washable shoes in the house and washed them, taking advantage of the good weather to dry them.
"Mom said that Mom said that she wanted to use the washing machine, so she didn't need my help. Then he gave me this! "Xi Xi happily waved her little hand and showed her father the rubber gloves she was wearing.
Yang Yi saw that his daughter was so eager to help, so he didn't refuse. He took a small stool for Xi Xi to sit on, and then the father and daughter squatted in the toilet to scrub their shoes.
"Grab the heels of your shoes and brush the soles. Once you rinse them with water, the dirt will be gone!" Yang Yi demonstrated to his daughter.
Xi Xi looked at her father's operation with her big bright eyes, and she imitated him.
The little girl picked up a pair of her mother's slippers with one hand and gripped the long handle of the brush awkwardly with the other. She started brushing with difficulty.
"Don't you think it'll be easier to control them if you grab them here?" Yang Yi realized that Xi Xi was different from him. The little girl's hands were not as long, and she was not as nimble when using the brush. Therefore, he taught her how to hold the middle of the handle.
Xi Xi started brushing her mother's slippers again, but this time, she realized that it wasn't as strenuous as before! The little girl couldn't help but turn her head in surprise and said to her father, "It's true!"
Yang Yi took the hose and rinsed it on his daughter's shoes. At the same time, he smiled and said, "Right? Daddy will tell you a fun story, okay? "
"Okay!" Xi Xi replied happily.
Xi Xi stopped what she was doing because she wanted to listen to her father's story. She held the slippers in one hand and the brush in the other, but she looked at her father curiously.
Yang Yi turned off the hose and said, "A long, long time ago, there was a man who wanted to go out of the city with a long flagpole. When he passed by the city gate, he realized that his flagpole was too long and couldn't pass through the gate. What should he do?"
Yang Yi told the story. In order to describe it more vividly, he used a brush and a plastic bucket as an analogy. The long brush was the flagpole, and the opening of the plastic bucket was the city gate.
Therefore, looking at her father's gestures and the brush stuck in the opening of the plastic bucket, although Xi Xi didn't really understand what the city gate was like, she still had a general impression of the gate and the plastic bucket.
The little girl giggled. She grabbed her brush and stuck it into the bucket vertically. She said, "I can put it in like this!"
"That's right!" Yang Yi snapped his fingers and praised, "Xi Xi, you're too smart!"
Xi Xi smiled embarrassedly.
Yang Yi continued, "But that man was stupid. He didn't think that he could bring the flagpole out by changing the angle. He sat there and sulked! Later, an old man came. When he heard about this, he told the man that he could cut the flagpole and then bring it out! "
Xi Xi saw her father gesturing in the middle of the brush. Her brain was very flexible, and she immediately formed a corresponding image. She said in surprise, "That's possible!"
"Well, it's not wrong to do that, because the flagpoles at that time were all made of bamboo. But there's a problem. " Yang Yi said, "After the flagpole is cut, it can't be used as a flagpole. If the brush is broken, it won't be as useful as before."
Xi Xi was a little confused by her father's reversal. She looked at him in confusion. "Then what should we do?"
"So, it's good to use the method you just said! You can bring the flagpole out of the city gate in good condition! " Yang Yi said with a smile, "This story tells us that there are many ways to deal with a problem. We should be flexible and learn to find the most energy-efficient way to solve the problem! It's like if you feel that holding the brush like this isn't useful, you can change the way you hold it. There must be a way that suits you! Isn't that right? "
Xi Xi understood this time. She replied sweetly, "Yes!"
He continued to scrub the shoes. The little girl felt that the slipper she had just washed was clean, so she changed to the other slipper.
Seeing this, Yang Yi quietly reached over and took the slipper that Xi Xi had just put down. He started to scrub it again.
Yang Yi felt that it was already very rare that Xi Xi was willing to help her parents. He didn't want to use his strict standards to scare away his daughter's enthusiasm.
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After an unknown amount of time, Yang Yi took Xi Xi to the yard with the cleaned shoes and other old things that they were going to bring to the kindergarten to dry.
The father and daughter were busy when Steamed Bun, who was sunbathing at the side, suddenly stood up. However, he sniffed with his nose and slowly lay down again, but his eyes were still looking towards the yard gate.
After a while, Lanzhou Kai's chubby figure appeared at the gate. Accompanying him was Lan Xin's cheerful call, "Xi Xi!"
"Xin Er!" The little girl turned her head in surprise.
The two young ladies gathered together and naturally started to chat and laugh as they played. With a companion, Xi Xi didn't have time to help her father with his work.
Boss Lan, who lived like a princess, had a nanny at home and didn't do any household chores herself. At this time, she was also standing beside Yang Yi, watching Yang Yi hang the shoes on the clothes rack while chatting with Yang Yi.
There was already a substantial breakthrough in the negotiations for the piece of land in Jinling City. Both sides had reached an agreement on the price, and only the final signing was left. It had to be said that Lanzhou Kai was very capable in the area of real estate!
In the few months that Lanzhou Kai was in Jinling City, not only did he negotiate with the Wucheng County government for the piece of land that Yang Yi wanted, he also negotiated for a few hundred mu of construction land that hadn't been requisitioned yet!
Lanzhou Kai told Yang Yi that even if he couldn't use the land for the amusement park, he could use it for commercial development. He could build shopping malls and hotels around the amusement park, rent them out, and sell them. He could make a lot of money!
Of course, he was still waiting for the submission of the report, the approval of the Jiangnan Provincial Department, and the final signing. Lanzhou Kai came back this time because he wanted to take some time to attend his daughter's parent-child activity.
"You didn't come here today to ask me for old things, did you?" Yang Yi looked at Lanzhou Kai vigilantly. This guy realized that he was very good at educating his children. He often left Lan Xin here, and asked Yang Yi to tutor Lan Xin for some math homework.
Sometimes, Yang Yi really wanted to ask him, "Is Xin Er your daughter or my daughter?"
Of course, this was just a joke. Yang Yi and Lanzhou Kai's families had a good relationship. Yang Yi could be considered Lan Xin's godfather. It was just that Yang Yi and Lanzhou Kai weren't religious, so they didn't have the habit of calling each other strange names.
Lanzhou Kai said with a smile, "We don't need old things. Our family has asked Grandma Wu to clean up a batch. But by the way, on Monday, after you finish Xi Xi's handicrafts, don't forget to come and help Xin Er, or we can do it together. You know I don't have any talent in handicrafts."
"Then what did you want to talk to me about?" Yang Yi asked curiously.
"About the school! Xin Er and Xi Xi will go to primary school in the second half of the year. Should we also consider which primary school to choose for our children? "Lanzhou Kai really had something important to talk to Yang Yi.
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