Chapter 362: laborers
"Mom, where are we going tonight?"
Seeing that the little girl was full of energy, Li Haitang led her slowly forward and showed her the way, "Aunt Liu Juan has already asked for directions for us. There is a big square a kilometer ahead. There are often various activities at night. Sometimes it is dragon dance, sometimes it is acrobatic performance, sometimes it is singing and musical instruments. Let's go and see."
"Mom, do you collect tickets?" Asked An' an, holding his father's hand.
"No. But the performers are folk art groups. If you think they perform well later on, you can get more money."
The brother and sister flipped through their pockets at the same time and said with both eyes, "We didn't bring any money."
Li Haitang smiled and patted his bag. "Mom brought it."
A large family walked along the road, taking a look at the night scenery, and unknowingly walked to the square that Liu Juan said.
By the time they arrived, the event had not yet begun, but there were already a lot of people around. From everyone's conversation, I could tell that the performance tonight was dragon and lion dance. Li Haitang smiled and told them, "Tonight, there is dragon and lion dance. There are two dragon competitions. It should be more lively."
"Wow, mom, I like to watch it." Duoduo was so excited that he clapped his hands now.
"Wenwen, let's go. That's a good view. Let's get a good spot first." Jiang Zicong hurriedly grabbed her cousin Wenwen and rushed over.
Chu Hongmei shouted, "Slow down, don't rush."
After waiting for four or five minutes, Jiang Chuheng found a bench from somewhere and asked Jiang Baichuan and Duoduo to sit with An' an Duoduo in their arms. The others stood behind them and waited to watch.
Soon, the red and yellow dragons came first, and as soon as they entered, they won everyone's loud applause and screams.
An' an and Duoduo were excited and shouted at each other in small voices. Li Haitang was amused and gently reminded them, "An' an, Duoduo, don't shout so loudly now. It hasn't started yet. Clap loudly after it started. Now you're shouting so hard, you won't be able to shout later."
"Mom, we're full. We have the energy to cheer." Duoduo touched his bulging stomach.
Li Haitang smiled helplessly, "Well, you can shout. Be careful to shout your throat hoarse."
"Let her go." Jiang Chuheng was more indulgent with his daughter as long as she was happy.
The show began very quickly. At first, it was a single dragon performance. At the climax, the two dragons performed together to compete, winning applause and shouts. During this period, there were also people from the art troupe who came over with plates to ask for rewards. Li Haitang gave a lot of money to the two children and asked them to take them to reward them.
After the dragon dance, the lion dance followed, but the children couldn't sit still.
After watching the show, they strolled back to the hotel again. Duoduo, who was lying on his father's shoulder, was still very excited, "Dad, I don't want to go back. I want to stay here and play."
"Then you and brother zicong can stay here for a summer vacation." Jiang chuheng smiled and patted her little butt. After playing all day, he seemed to have gone crazy.
Jiang Zicong answered with a smile, "Sure. Duoduo, why don't we stay in Guangcheng?"
"Just the two of us?" Duoduo was even more serious. His big eyes rolled around as if he was thinking about something, "No, I have to swim. I have to learn go and mental arithmetic. I can't stay here for a summer vacation."
"Oh, I still remember my summer lessons." Jiang Chuheng thought her daughter had completely forgotten about other things.
"I remember now."
She chose all these classes herself. Both brother and sister chose go and abacus. An' an also took an extra skating course and learned it three times a week.
If you like it here, you can stay here for a few more days before you go back. Dad will play with you for another day tomorrow. At night, he will fly back to work. Mom usually has to go to work and have meetings during the day. Listen to your grandparents. Don't run around during the day when you go out to play. You must follow the adults closely, okay?" Jiang Chuheng patiently taught them again.
"I know. Dad, we'll be back in a few more days." In fact, they couldn't bear to see their father go back first, but their father had to work, so they had to play with their grandparents.
Of course, the couple couldn't let the elderly and children go out alone. They had bodyguards and chauffeurs to take care of them at any time. Guangcheng was not as safe as the capital. The main reason was that there were too many floating people, too many people and too many miscellaneous people.
Back at the hotel, the energetic siblings climbed onto the bed and began to roll around and fight with each other. Li Haitang, on the other hand, had no distractions and was busy with his work.
"An' an, Duoduo, don't shout. Be quiet. Mom is working." Jiang Chuheng felt sorry for his wife, but he couldn't help her. He had to concentrate on taking care of the two children.
"Dad, we're not playing anymore. Let's go take a shower and sleep with mom after work." An' an got out of bed, put on her slippers, and took the initiative to go to the bathroom to drain the water.
When Duoduo saw that her brother had left, she stopped making noise and rolled over the bed, following him barefoot.
Jiang Chuheng gave the two children a good bath, dried their hair, and comforted them to lie on the bed to rest. He went to take a bath first, then lay down with the two children and whispered stories to coax them to sleep.
After the two children fell asleep, Li Haitang finished her work. She immediately went to take a bath, turned off the lights and rested with her husband and children.
The next day, Li Haitang didn't go out early. She accompanied her family to the teahouse that she had eaten yesterday for breakfast, tasted the shrimp dumplings recommended by her son, and had breakfast with them before going to the branch office in Guangcheng for a meeting.
In the morning, Jiang Chuheng accompanied his parents and children to the bustling shopping malls in Guangcheng. In the afternoon, he accompanied his parents to various wholesale markets that they were interested in. He bought a lot of cheap, affordable and good things.
Shopping was one of Chu Hongmei's favorites. She couldn't take a step forward when she arrived at the dazzling wholesale market. She kept buying all kinds of new and cheap things. She also paid for everything that her grandchildren liked and made them buy enough.
Jiang Baichuan didn't rush her, and he accompanied her with a variety of choices. He didn't have much interest in shopping, but he liked to take photos in places where life was thick and earthy. The wholesale market was actually a little crowded and noisy, and the smell was a little heavy, but he didn't care at all and used his good camera to take pictures of life here.
Jiang Chuheng, a strong laborer, had no choice but to work as a laborer. He had come empty-handed, but when he returned, he had five or six heavy suitcases.
On the way back, Jiang Chuheng gave her mother a suggestion: "Mom, next time you come back to a wholesale market, you must drive a truck."
Chu Hongmei laughed happily. They had already said this suggestion many times and pretended to be angry, "Next time I won't go shopping with you. I'll call haitang and Chu Qi, and your two sisters-in-law, xiao man, will come. It's more interesting to go shopping with them."
"Okay, okay. When they have a holiday, I'll go shopping with you and buy you enough. I'll do the hard lifting for you." The women in the family got along well and shared the same hobby. Jiang Chuheng was willing to accompany them.
Jiang Zicong, who was also a porter today, asked with a smile, "Grandma, do you still want to go back to the capital?"
"No, I'll stay here with you for the rest of my life." Chu Hongmei patted his head with a smile.