bestfiction Chapter 167 He had something to hide!
Chapter 167 He had something to hide!
Zhuang Tunan reached out and gently touched his sister's hair.
Xiaoting pouted. "Brother, don't touch my hair anymore, you've messed it up!"
Zhuang Tunan reached out and flicked Xiaoting's forehead: "Why won't you let your brother touch me? I'll touch you!"
After saying that, Zhuang Tunan looked into the room and asked, "Where's Pengfei?"
Xiaoting pouted. "He's doing his homework at Lin Dongzhe's house. I don't like crowds, so I didn't go over!"
Zhuang Tunan walked into the kitchen and pushed the door to Lin Dongzhe's house.
I couldn't open it! Then I pressed my ear against the door and sure enough, I could hear the sound of a TV and other noises coming from inside!
"Who's there!" came a wary voice from inside the house.
"Who else do you think is in the running?"
Lin Dongzhe and Pengfei exclaimed in unison, "Brother Tu Nan!"
Lin Dongzhe quickly pushed open the door, a smile spreading across his face. "Brother Tu Nan!"
Zhuang Tunan walked over to the television and touched it; the back cover was still slightly warm. "Watching TV, it's still quite hot."
Lin Dongzhe suddenly remembered Tu Nan's female classmate and asked curiously, "Tu Nan, did you come back by train with Sister Zhang Wanshu?"
Xiaoting added from the side, "Brother, yeah, that sister and I made a pinky promise to go to Guanqian Street together during the holidays."
Zhuang Tunan stood with his hands behind his back, his face stern, looking at the two mischievous men and the mischievous woman. "You three, stand still! Don't change the subject!"
Pengfei couldn't help but chuckle to himself, revealing a set of bright white teeth.
Zhuang Tunan glared at Pengfei. "Xiaoxiao! You still have the nerve to laugh? Be serious!"
Pengfei quickly shut his mouth, trying hard to suppress his laughter, but his shoulders kept shrugging.
Xiaoting followed behind, and the three of them stood obediently in a row.
Zhuang Tunan spoke seriously, his gaze sweeping over them. "Doing homework while watching TV, how cool is that, Dongzhe, Pengfei!"
Lin Dongzhe rubbed his hands together, looking ingratiating: "Brother, we were wrong. Please don't tell my mom that we were doing our homework while watching TV. Also, ever since we came back from Shanghai, my mom and Aunt Huang won't let us go to their places anymore. We can only stay at home, and they've stopped giving us pocket money. We can only watch TV at home. We can't even rent books because we don't have money."
Xiaoting looked at her brother pitifully. "Brother, you're finally back! You have no idea how much we missed you."
Zhuang Tunan looked at his three younger siblings and knew perfectly well that something was definitely up in their minds and they were up to no good!
Zhuang Tunan crossed his arms and snorted coldly. "Speak, what is it!"
Pengfei smiled and said, "Brother, I knew you could keep anything from me. Uncle and the others said that we can only go out with you if you come back. You are our savior."
Zhuang Tunan reached out and flicked each of them on the head, making them scream.
Xiaoting covered her head and said, "Brother, that's not fair. You hit me twice."
"Okay, so it's fair."
Zhuang Tunan then smacked Lin Dongzhe and Pengfei on the head again.
"That's fair now!"
Zhuang Tunan couldn't help but laugh as he watched them rubbing their heads.
Lin Dongzhe looked at him expectantly: "Brother Tu Nan, how about we go out for some fresh air? We're getting so bored staying at home! If we don't go out soon, the three of us will go crazy."
Xiaoting quickly came over, grabbed his arm, and shook it affectionately. "Brother, let's go for a walk. Mom and Dad have already said hello to Grandpa Li. When he saw us going out, he told Dad that it's okay to go out with you."
Zhuang Tunan sat in the chair, helplessly watching as the three of them suddenly hugged him.
They shook his body, crying out in unison, "Brother, please!"
"Brother Tunan!"
Zhuang Tunan quickly stretched out his hands to stop them, his skin crawling with unease. "Go, go, go! Put on your clothes, I'll take you out!"
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The four people were walking down the street.
Seeing the pastries being sold on the street, which emitted an enticing aroma, Zhuang Tunan led his younger siblings over.
Xiaoting took a deep sniff of the aroma of the pastries, and then said, "Auntie, I'd like eight plum blossom cakes, two in a bag."
"Ok!"
The auntie at the stall quickly packed the plum blossom cakes and handed them out one by one.
Holding plum blossom cakes in their hands, Xiaoting, Dongzhe, and Pengfei all stared at Zhuang Tunan.
"What do you mean?"
Zhuang Tunan was somewhat puzzled by their stares.
Lin Dongzhe laughed sheepishly. "Brother Tu Nan, we're out of money, we've stopped giving out pocket money, Brother Tu Nan, hehe."
Pengfei chimed in, "Brother, I'll give you back the New Year's money I received. I just don't know if we'll get any New Year's money."
Xiaoting nodded, her face full of certainty: "Yes, I heard Mom and Dad talking this morning. Mom told Dad to buy four boxes of Yunpian cake after get off work, so there will definitely be lucky money."
Pengfei asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with cloud cake?"
Zhuang Tunan took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it over. The stall owner gave him two mao in change. "This is a custom in Suzhou. It's about putting lucky money into cloud cakes. You haven't celebrated the New Year in Suzhou before, so you didn't know. Now you do."
Pengfei nodded in sudden understanding. "Oh, I see."
Zhuang Tunan put the two cents into his pocket. "Giving you money is out of the question. Is there anything else you want to eat? I'll buy it all."
Xiaoting stared wide-eyed and said excitedly, "Brother, I want to eat a pancake, preferably with an egg in the middle."
Zhuang Tunan waved his hand and said, "Let's go buy it!"
The four of them ate as they walked, their laughter echoing throughout the journey.
By the time they got home, everyone was full, so they didn't need to eat lunch.
Zhuang Tunan took out two boxes of butterfly cookies and a box of mung bean cakes that Zhang Wanshu had given him from his luggage.
Xiaoting came over with two washed apples and saw her brother staring blankly at a box of pastries. "Brother, brother, have an apple."
Coming to his senses, Tu Nan turned to look at his sister, his eyes still somewhat dazed. "Oh, okay, Xiao Ting, put it on the table. I'll eat it later."
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Zhuang Chaoying carried four boxes of Yunpian cake and four boxes of Dingsheng cake in her hands, humming a little tune as she walked briskly home.
I ran into a familiar neighbor on the way and greeted him with a smile. "Teacher Zhuang, you're off work? You bought so many pastries."
Zhuang Chaoying picked up the pastries and gestured to them: "It's almost Chinese New Year, these are for the children."
Upon entering the courtyard, Zhuang Chaoying gently pushed open the door and saw Tu Nan lying lazily on the bed watching TV.
"Tunan".
Zhuang Tunan sat up upon hearing the voice: "Dad."
Zhuang Chaoying nodded.
Xiaoting immediately noticed the cloud-shaped rice cake her father was carrying and was secretly delighted. She knew they must have received New Year's money. "Dad, I've already started cooking the rice."
Zhuang Chaoying smiled and handed the cloud cake to Xiaoting: "Sweetie, Dad will go cook some vegetables."
After saying that, Zhuang Chaoying went into the kitchen, tied on an apron, and started getting busy.