House Dad's Literary Life

Chapter 358: Sad Xin’er

Jiangcheng Media University entered its exam week, and while Chuntian Kindergarten didn’t have final exams, it was also the end of the semester, and it was time for the children to go on vacation.

Today was the last day of this semester. Teacher Mu announced at the beginning that they didn’t need to come after school tomorrow. She also reminded the children to pay attention to safety during the vacation, listen to their parents, and meet again in the kindergarten after the Spring Festival.

Teacher Mu rarely gave such a long speech, but it was unknown how much the children could understand. When she was halfway through her speech, many children couldn’t sit still, as their attention couldn’t be maintained for too long.

As the vacation approached, some children were overjoyed, while others were going to feel sad because they wouldn’t be able to see their little friends every day, as they did before.

Xixi didn’t belong to the group feeling sad. She had only been in kindergarten for one semester and hadn’t figured out what a vacation was, so the little girl was still carefree. She played whatever she wanted and didn’t think about the vacation.

The one feeling sad was Lan Xin, she was an “old-timer”.

The little chubby girl’s expression was somewhat listless today. After a while, she gathered her courage and moved to Xixi’s side, whispering to her little friend, “Xixi, can you come to my house to play during the winter vacation?”

Lan Xin’s voice was loud, and her whisper was equivalent to others’ normal volume, so Xixi didn’t notice anything unusual about her good friend.

“I can’t go to your house to play!” Xixi blinked her big eyes and smiled, “Because I’m going home with my Papa. My grandpa’s house is far, far away. Papa says it’s going to be a lot of fun!”

“Well, okay…” Lan Xin pouted her little mouth, adding a touch of grievance to her face, and then turned around and walked away.

This time, Xixi felt something was wrong. Her big eyes showed confusion as she watched Lan Xin’s back. She couldn’t understand why Xin’er was unhappy, so she followed her.

Lan Xin went to Yang Luoqi’s side and asked the same question: “Qiqi, can you come to my house to play during the winter vacation?”

“I can’t, I’m going back to Guangdong Province for the Spring Festival.” Yang Luoqi shook her head.

Then, Lan Xin asked Nan Zhaoyu. Nan Zhaoyu also wanted to go back to the countryside with his father. Chen Shiyun on one side also clamored that she wanted to go back to a place where there was a lot of snow. Her father was from Northeast China.

“I’m going fishing with my uncle. There are so many fish under the ice, super big.” Chen Shiyun talked about her past experiences, which made her little friends quite envious.

Xixi also looked at Chen Shiyun enviously. She took Chen Shiyun’s hand and said, “Chen Shiyun, have you seen Sister Elsa? I think your house has magic, that’s why you have so much snow and lots of ice.”

“Oh, I don’t know!” Chen Shiyun giggled and playfully turned around.

But now Lan Xin felt even sadder. All her little friends had their own vacation plans while she could only stay at home as if abandoned by the world.

“I haven’t seen snow, but, but, Xixi, my grandfather’s house has flowers, and there are flowers everywhere,” Yang Luoqi said to Xixi.

“I don’t know if my grandpa’s house has snow or flowers, and I’ve never met my grandpa,” Xixi shook her little head, her twin ponytails swaying as she said to her friends, “My little aunt and my Papa have seen it. It would be great if Sister Elsa were there too; I want to see snow.”

The little girl’s thoughts were quite jumpy, jumping from her grandpa to other topics and then back again.

“Hee hee…” The little friends were chatting and laughing, and their laughter reached Lan Xin’s ear as she stood to the side. Lan Xin wasn’t in the mood to join in. She wanted some quiet time, but hearing the happy laughter of her little friends made her even more sad.

“Wuu wuu…” Lan Xin sobbed softly, but it still reached the ears of Xixi and the others.

Several little friends gathered around. Chen Shiyun scratched her head and said loudly, “Oh, why is Xin’er crying? Let’s tell Teacher Mu!”

After saying that, she ran out.

Xixi looked at her little friend and felt a bit at a loss. Instinctively, she also squatted down with Lan Xin. At first, she held her little hand and carefully looked at Lan Xin, who was wiping her tears.

“Xin’er, don’t cry, okay? Why are you crying?” Xixi reached out and hugged Lan Xin’s shoulder from the side. Her beautiful little face was full of worry.

“Xin’er, don’t cry!” Yang Luoqi also followed Xixi and whispered.

Fortunately, Lan Xin was a little girl who couldn’t hide her feelings. After Xixi asked, she started sobbing and couldn’t wait to share her troubles with a choked voice. “I, I, you all go home, only I am alone, there is no one to play with me.”

“Xin’er, you can come to my house to play!” Xixi suggested.

“I can’t, I can’t go far away, wuu wuu.” Lan Xin’s crying was loud, but Xixi, Yang Luoqi, and Nan Zhaoyu couldn’t think of any solution and could only wait for Teacher Mu to come.

……

When school was over, it was really time to part, and Lan Xin began to cry sadly again.

When Yang Yi picked up Xixi, the little girl was a bit unhappy.

“What’s wrong?” Yang Yi squatted down, covered his daughter’s face, which was a bit cold from the wind, with his warm hand, and asked with a smile, “Why are you not happy to see Papa?”

“It’s not that I’m not happy to see Papa!” Xixi pouted and leaned into her father’s arms, playing with the ball of yarn on her gloves.

“Then why? Look at your mouth, it can almost hang a soy sauce bottle!” Yang Yi pinched his daughter’s chubby little mouth and teased her with a smile.

“Hee hee, no, it’s not. It’s because Xin’er was crying, and it made me sad too!” Xixi was amused by her father. She laughed as she avoided her father’s hand and explained.

Yang Yi finally understood his daughter’s troubles. The kind-hearted little girl saw her little friend sad and didn’t know what to do, so she became sad too.

“Xin’er is sad because she is left alone in Jiangcheng. You can tell her this…” Yang Yi whispered a few words in his daughter’s ear.

“Really? Xin’er won’t be sad anymore?” Xixi tilted her little head and asked in confusion.

“Hmm! I promise she won’t be sad anymore. Go on and tell her. Don’t let her spend a sad vacation!” Yang Yi smiled and gave his daughter’s little bottom a gentle push.

Xixi happily hopped over and found Lan Xin, who was still wiping her tears alone and waiting for her father’s driver to pick her up.

“Xin’er, don’t cry anymore. My Papa said, my Papa said don’t be sad. I can’t play with you during the vacation, but, but I will bring you lots of delicious food back!” Xixi hugged Lan Xin’s shoulder again and whispered in her ear, saying “a lot” twice.

“Delicious food?” Lan Xin’s eyelashes were still wet with tears, but she suddenly stopped crying and stared blankly at her little friend.

“Mm-hmm. My Papa said there are super delicious sesame seed cakes and super delicious walnuts…” Xixi listed them for Lan Xin according to what her father said. In fact, she didn’t know what sesame seed cakes were.

“So much delicious food!” Lan Xin finally showed a smile and exclaimed in surprise.

“Uh-huh, but you can’t cry anymore. My Papa said if you don’t cry, he will give you food! But, but if you’re not good, my Papa won’t bring it for you.” Xixi raised both hands and wiped Lan Xin’s tears, even though the tears were wiped onto her own gloves. “Stop crying! Wipe it off! Wipe it off!”

“I’m not crying anymore.” Lan Xin also hurriedly wiped away her tears, even using her own clothes.

In the end, Lan Xin and Xixi both looked at each other and giggled.

Sure enough, this trick is effective when dealing with a little foodie like Lan Xin!

Yang Yi watched from not far away and smiled slightly.