Zhan Mo immediately asked happily, “Daddy, are we going to Great Uncle’s house today? I miss Bei Bei so much. We have not been to Great Uncle’s house for a long time.”
He has to go to kindergarten, and his parents are busy with work. After school, the housekeeper picks him up and brings him home, then he plays by himself at home.
There are no other children to keep him company.
On weekends, his parents usually take him out to play, so they have not gone to Great Uncle’s house.
“It has not been that long. Daddy remembers the last time you played with your big brother and little sister.”
“It has been a long time.”
Zhan Yi Chen laughed, “Alright, it has been a long time. Hurry up then. Pack your things. Your great-grandma called and told Mummy and Daddy to take you to your Eighth Uncle’s house to play for two days.”
“Pack a few things. Bring two sets of clothes. Your Eighth Uncle’s house does not have clothes for you.”
“Are we going to Eighth Uncle’s house? I thought we were going to play with Big Brother.”
Le Le asked in confusion.
If they were going to Eighth Uncle’s house, he would just play for half a day and come back. He would not need to stay overnight.
Anyway, all the uncles and great uncles lived nearby.
“Your great-grandma is at Eighth Uncle’s house. Your great uncle is also taking your big brother and little sister there to play today. Since we are going anyway, we might as well stay at Eighth Uncle’s house for two days.”
“Let your Eighth Uncle spend some good time playing with you all for two days. You can also keep your great-grandma company.”
Le Le said oh, “If Big Brother and Little Sister are both going, then I will pack my clothes right now. Daddy, can you help me put the Lego away?”
“You should do your own things yourself. You do not have to bring them if you do not want to. Your big brother has the most toys. He might not even care about your Lego.”
“I just thought you might get bored at Eighth Uncle’s house, so I told you to bring the unfinished Lego to play together with your brother.”
Eighth Uncle was unmarried. Even though there would be some toys prepared at his house, there would not be many. They were just for the nephews and nieces. Most of the time, the children went to Big Brother’s place. For the single and unmarried uncles, the little ones surprisingly all agreed that they did not really want to go.
They thought it was not fun and there was no one to play with.
Le Le stopped talking. He went to get his small backpack by himself, packed two sets of clothes, then came back to pack up the Lego on his own.
Zhan Yi Chen really just watched his son pack everything without helping at all.
“Daddy, where is Mummy?”
Le Le finished packing the Lego quickly and asked about Mummy.
“She is changing her clothes. After you finish packing, go downstairs first and eat something. You eat slowly, so eat first. We will come down later to eat and we can still catch up with your speed.”
Le Le said oh again.
He put on his small backpack and also carried a bag. The bag contained the toys he wanted to bring to play with his big brother and little sister.
Father and son went out together.
Zhan Yi Chen took his son to the top of the stairs, then let him go down by himself. He went back to the bedroom to wash up.
Ning Yun Chu was already ready. When she saw him come in, she asked, “Where is our son?”
“He went downstairs. He got up very early and was building Lego in his room. I gave him those two boxes of Lego last night, and he still has not finished them.”
Ning Yun Chu said to him, “You gave him Lego sets. How could he finish them so quickly? Do you think your son is already very big? No matter how clever and sensible he is, he is still just a three- or four-year-old child.”
The boy’s full name was Zhan Mo and his nickname was Le Le. He had already passed his third birthday and was now a little over three years old, not yet four.
In Ning Yun Chu’s eyes, her son was still a tiny little thing.
Yet her husband always liked to make their son take care of himself, saying that children of the Zhan family were all like this and had to learn to look after themselves from a young age.
He said he started learning martial arts at four years old. Le Le had not started yet. Ning Yun Chu wanted to wait until her son was five before letting him learn martial arts.
