Chapter 351: sneaking down the lake and swimming
Zheng Minglong's marriage had his elders from the Zheng family worrying about him. Li Haitang only listened quietly for a while, focusing on the two children.
During the lively family dinner at noon, she politely declined to be the chief companion and chatted politely with the shen family. At the beginning of the dinner, she sat down with her husband and children and ate with other brothers and sisters.
After dinner, both children were sleepy and wanted to take a nap. Li Haitang had to temporarily put them in Zheng Mingfeng's room to rest.
"Sister, did An' an and Duoduo sleep well?" Zheng Mingfeng pushed the door and came in.
"Yes, I'm asleep."
"Come, follow me to the study next door and help me look at the latest designs." Zheng Mingfeng didn't care about his brother outside, so he took the opportunity to find Li Haitang immediately.
This time, her designs were still professional and full of dresses. She was wearing one of them today. Li Haitang, an elite woman in the business world, liked this style of dress and gave her some advice. Her drawing ability was mediocre, so she could not draw a very vivid blueprint, so she had to use language to describe it and let Zheng Mingfeng draw it himself.
The two sisters said that they were drawing by themselves, but they cooperated very well and soon came up with several new designs.
Zheng Mingfeng still had some talent in fashion design. With these tips, her inspiration exploded and she quickly drew other similar dresses.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
While they were chatting happily, there was a knock on the door outside, followed by Jiang Chuheng's voice: "Haitang, Mingfeng, the shen family are leaving. Mom and dad asked you to come downstairs."
"Okay, right away." They immediately stopped working and got up.
After politely sending off the shen family, the other relatives of the Zheng family followed suit and went home, leaving only their brothers and sisters to gossip at home.
There was nothing else important to talk about at the Zheng family, and Li Haitang took them home after the two children woke up.
As soon as they got home, Jiang Chuheng arranged tasks for them, "An' an, Duoduo, you said yesterday that you were going to finish reading the new comic book you bought today. Go to your room and read it yourself. Mom and dad are busy in the study upstairs."
"Okay."
"After you finish reading the book, play with others at home. Don't run outside." Jiang Chuheng warned.
"Okay." Both brother and sister answered obediently.
When Li Haitang was about to go upstairs with his bag, he asked, "Duoduo, do you want mom to help you change your dress?"
"No, I can change it myself." In fact, she was reluctant to change. She liked the dress with the big bow and liked to wear it everywhere.
"Okay, you can do it yourself." Li Haitang was eager to train the child's hands-on ability.
The couple were busy with their own things in the study upstairs, too busy to pay attention to the children downstairs, thinking that they were playing in their room as usual. In fact, after the two children finished reading the comic book, they looked in the closet and saw the swimsuit. The brother and sister made a decision together, then changed their clothes and sneaked out.
"Bang bang... Bang bang..."
There was a loud knock on the door, and Jiang Chuheng immediately got up and rushed downstairs, "Who is it?"
"Mr. Jiang, come out quickly. Something big has happened." A woman's shout came from outside.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Chuheng remembered that it was a neighbor's voice and quickly opened the door and rushed out.
"Oh, your two children were swimming in the lake in the neighborhood. Something almost happened just now. It was uncle he who jumped off the lake to save them. Now the two children are scared. They are on the lake. Hurry up and get there." The other party spoke so fast that they were told the story of the future.
Jiang Chuheng rushed to the lake as fast as she could, her heart in her throat, and her mind was filled with images of two children calling for help.
Li Haitang, who was following her downstairs, changed his face and rushed down in his slippers. Seeing that the woman was still at the door, he grabbed her with trembling hands, "Aunt xiuqin, are my An' an and Duoduo okay?"
"He's fine. He's rescued. He just choked on a few mouthfuls of water and got scared." The other party hurriedly comforted her. Seeing that she was so scared that her face turned white, he hurriedly urged her, "Go over and look at the two children. The two of them are usually very obedient. They must have sneaked out today when you weren't looking. This time, we have to teach them a lesson."
"Thank you, thank you." Li Haitang thanked him quickly and ran to the lake with weak legs.
When she arrived, the two children were all wet and hugging Jiang Chuheng and crying. When they saw her coming, they flattened their mouths and looked guilty, "Mom."
"Are you two trying to scare me to death?" Li Haitang's eyes were red as well. When she heard the news, her heart seemed to have stopped for a second. She walked over and hugged the two children in her arms. She patted them hard on the butt with both hands."
When they were so old, it was the first time she had hit them, hitting them on their bodies and hurting her heart. After beating them, they rubbed gently and their voices trembled, "You all ignored what mom and dad taught you, didn't you?"
"I also taught you yesterday morning that you are not allowed to swim in the water without an adult accompanying you. You have just learned how to swim. Your skills are not up to par. You are too young and weak. I just finished teaching yesterday, but today I secretly ran to the lake to swim without telling my parents. If grandpa he hadn't saved you, you would have had an accident today. If something happens to you two, how can we live?"
Li Haitang was not calm at the moment, her body and voice were trembling violently. If something happened to the two children, she really did not dare to imagine the future. She was sure that neither of them had the courage to live.
"Mom, I'm sorry. I was wrong." An' an lay on her shoulder and cried.
"Mom, I know I was wrong too. I won't do it again." Duoduo also apologized with a flat mouth, tears falling like beads.
The suggestion of sneaking out to swim was made by her. She thought she swam well and could swim without her parents watching over her. But just as she was swimming in the lake, her legs suddenly became weak and weak. She tried her best to grab her brother, but instead dragged him into the water to drink two mouthfuls of water. Then, the brother and sister kept splashing around in the water until they were almost exhausted before shouting for help.
Uncle he, who had just come out of the house with the dog and was about to slip away, heard the child's cry for help and ran over. Seeing that it was the The jiang family twins, who were less than five years old, were splashing about in the water, he jumped down into the lake and picked them up without saying a word.
The two children choked on water and were frightened today. They were still in shock. They hugged their mother and kept crying and apologizing.
Jiang Chuheng was also scared to death by them, and it took a while for him to calm down and thanked uncle he repeatedly. If the old man hadn't saved the two children, he really wouldn't have imagined the consequences. He would have taught them to bear in mind the debt of saving their lives and to be grateful for it in the future.
After Li Haitang calmed down, he thanked the old man with his two children in his arms, and solemnly invited him and the other neighbors to come home later and have a family meal together at night.