fictionpage Chapter 3318 Highly motivated
Chapter 3318 Highly motivated
Chapter 3318 Full of Enthusiasm
At 6:30 in the evening, Little Red Horse Academy came alive with children playing and laughing everywhere in the yard.
At this time, Ms. Liu and the others would not restrict them from going to the classroom, and they could be allowed to jump around in the yard.
Liuliu searched everywhere for Xiaobai, but couldn't find him anywhere. Besides Xiaobai, Robin and Xier were also nowhere to be seen.
She asked Xiaomi and Dudu, and they said they hadn't seen it.
Liu Liu went to ask Li Baibai, who said that Xiao Bai and the other two had gone out after dinner and hadn't returned.
“But Boss Zhang is back,” Old Li added.
Liu Liu quickly thought about it and immediately ran upstairs to find Boss Zhang.
Zhang Tan was indeed home. He opened the door, greeted Liu Liu, offered her a small plate of grapes, and told her that Xiao Bai and the other two were helping out at the jianbing guozi shop and wouldn't be back until seven o'clock.
Liuliu glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 6:30. There was still half an hour before Xiaobai would be back. Well then, she decided not to be polite. Haha, she didn't want to go downstairs. She would just stay here, eating snacks and watching cartoons, feeling quite content.
"Go ahead and get busy, go ahead and get busy, don't be so polite with me, hahaha~"
Liuliu waved, persuading Zhang Tan to leave. She stayed in the living room to watch cartoons, choosing whichever she wanted. Finally, she didn't have to cater to that silly boy Xiaobai anymore. Hmm, she started watching "Paw Patrol".
At 7 p.m., Xiaobai and Robin were finally released from the jianbing (Chinese crepe) shop.
"Let's go. I'll let you off this time, but it won't be so easy next time." Ma Lanhua said, stuffing a set of jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes) into each of their arms as their wages.
Looking at the portion that had been shoved into her arms, Xiwawa smiled politely and said, "Aunt Ma, I don't want a jianbing guozi."
Malan Flower retorted domineeringly, "Just keep it as I told you to, and you'll definitely finish it!"
The happy doll reluctantly accepted it and reminded the dazed little white horse to go back to the little red horse.
"Back, back, back!"
Xiao Bai quickly ran away, because he was caught by his aunt and forced to work at the shop because he had mocked his uncle.
I won't do it again next time; it's not safe to stand on the side of the road.
The next day at 4:30 pm, as soon as the school bell rang, Xiaobai was the first to rush out of the classroom to pick up Xiwawa from the second grade and hurried home.
Dudu and Xier were together when they heard the news and followed.
"Why didn't you call me when we were doing the work?!" Dudu was very unhappy that she wasn't informed of this opportunity to get a big job.
Xiaobai comforted her, saying, "Dudu, don't be angry. I told Xiwawa not to tell you. If it were before, I would definitely have told you first and asked you to come and help with the chores. But now you're going to be a big sister, and your mother still needs you to take care of her at home."
Dudu thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, it's only for a few days. My dad can take care of my mom first."
So she came along too.
The group returned to Little Red Pony Academy, where Robin was already waiting. Kindergarten lets out earlier than primary school, so her grandmother picked her up and put her back with Little Red Pony.
After they met up, they went out to the seed shop to buy seeds.
Xi'er had called her sister in advance, and Tan Jin'er had already contacted a familiar shop owner. Led by Qin Jianguo and Wang Shuyi, the four of them arrived at the flower and bird market, where a chubby middle-aged man was waiting at the shop entrance.
The middle-aged man said with a smile, "Is it Xiaobai, Xier, and Robin? President Tan told me to come in and pick them out; he'll give you a discount."
The seed shop was filled with a dazzling array of products, with bags of seeds hanging on the walls and various seedlings displayed on the shelves.
"Thank you, boss!" Xiaobai said on behalf of the team.
The shop owner chuckled and asked, "What kind of seeds do you want?"
"Watermelon seeds, chili seeds, tomato seeds..." Xiaobai read aloud from the list.
After the shop owner made a note of it, he took out a few small paper packets from under the counter and said, "These are all varieties suitable for planting now. The watermelon is 'Little Sugar Pill,' which is especially sweet; the chili pepper is 'Lantern Pepper,' which isn't too spicy; and the tomato is 'Cherry Tomato,' which produces a lot of fruit."
Robin peered through the glass display case and asked, "Do you have sunflower seeds?"
"Yes! This is a 'Teddy Bear' sunflower. It's short and the flowers look like a plush toy." The uncle took out a bag.
The four children curiously examined the bags of seeds. The "little sugar pill" watermelon seeds that the shopkeeper took out were flat ovals, dark brown, with fine grid patterns on the surface, each one looking like a miniature melon seed.
The seeds of the "lantern pepper" are even smaller, pale yellow, and irregularly shaped, with some edges slightly curled, resembling tiny crescent moons.
The seeds of the "cherry tomato" are the smallest, flat and round, light brown in color, mixed with tiny pale yellow spots, like a handful of fine sand.
The "teddy bear" sunflower seeds that Robin specifically requested were quite unique.
They are slightly larger than watermelon seeds, teardrop-shaped, with one end rounded and the other slightly pointed, and their outer shell has alternating black and white stripes, making them exceptionally hard to the touch.
The coriander seeds that the owner gave me as a bonus were spherical, dark brown, with a rough surface, and two hemispheres joined together.
Spinach seeds are irregularly rhomboid in shape, with spiky protrusions along the edges, and are a dull grayish-green in color.
When the shop owner took out the packet of coriander seeds, Xi'er curiously picked one up and said, "It looks like a little globe!"
Robin stared at a sunflower seed and said, "It's wearing a zebra costume!"
The seeds, each with its own unique shape, swayed gently in the transparent bag, gleaming with different luster under the light, as if they already held all the secrets to the future vines, leaves, and fruits.
Xi'er, with her sharp eyes, pointed to a few seedlings in the corner: "What are those?"
The shopkeeper looked in the direction she was pointing and said, "Those are grape seedlings. They'll bear fruit next year if you plant them this year. Do you want one? I can give you one for free."
"Yes, yes, yes!" the four exclaimed in unison.
Xiao Bai said with anticipation, "If we plant them this year, we can eat grapes under the vines next year!"
In the end, they bought all the seeds, plus a grape seedling and a small bag of organic fertilizer.
The owner also gave us a few packets of cilantro and spinach seeds, saying, "These grow fast, you can plant them for fun first."
When I returned to Little Red Horse Academy with my "trophies," it was already 5:30 in the afternoon, and the setting sun had turned the yard golden.
The four discussed it and decided to seize the opportunity and get started: "Let's begin now!"
Everyone was full of enthusiasm.
The four men dragged their tools and seeds to the edge of the wasteland.
The land was overgrown with weeds, some as tall as Robin's knees, and there were a few bricks and an old water pipe scattered on the ground.
"The first step is to weed!"
Xiao Bai took the lead, raised the hoe, and swung it downwards with force—but the hoe got stuck in the grass roots and couldn't be pulled out.
"Shovel!!" Seeing his friends staring at him, Xiaobai felt a little embarrassed, laughed, and said, "Hehe, I was careless!"
She pulled out the hoe and hoeed with all her might again. This time it went smoothly, but it was very strenuous. She couldn't keep going like this for long.
"You're using too much force; you're using brute force. You need to use skill, you know?"
Old Li's voice came from not far away. It turned out that Old Li saw them gathered here whispering and came over to see what was going on. Then he saw the scene where Xiao Bai almost crashed.
"Li Baibai!" Dudu called out in a crisp voice.
Old Li was in a great mood. He rolled up his sleeves and personally demonstrated: "You have to use a clever touch. Like this, cut into the soil at an angle, and then pry it open."
He easily turned over a piece of turf, revealing the black soil underneath.
Dudu exclaimed, "Li Baibai, you're amazing! You know so much!"
Old Li waved his hand, his eyes crinkling into a smile like a chrysanthemum.
After trying it a few times, Xiaobai finally mastered the technique.
Dudu also joined the team hoeing the ground. This was the hardest job, but it couldn't dampen Dudu's enthusiasm.
Xi'er used a shovel to clear away the bricks, while Robin used a small rake to gather the removed grass together.
The work is harder than I imagined.
After only ten minutes, three of them were panting heavily, with fine beads of sweat on their foreheads.