Ji Leyu was coaxed by Lin Fei and was no longer angry. He moved close to Lin Fei’s ear, covered his mouth with his hand and whispered to Lin Fei, “You ignore them.”
Lin Fei, “……”
Lin Fei’s eyes contained the familiar 30% helplessness, 20% disdain and 50% calm.
He lowered his head, followed Ji Leyu’s example and covered his mouth with his hand to whisper, “Their parents are Dad’s colleagues.”
Ji Leyu didn’t understand. He continued to cover his mouth with his hand and whispered, “What do you mean?”
“It means that if I ignore them, their parents might not want to be colleagues with Dad.”
Ji Leyu pouted. He thought that if they wanted to ignore it, then let them ignore it. Then he remembered the scene when the other party and Lin Luoqing were talking. Okay, Lin Luoqing still seemed to want to be colleagues with them.
“Then you aren’t allowed to talk to them in the future.” He lay next to Lin Fei’s ear, speaking in a soft voice. His mouth was still covered by his small hand.
Lin Fei felt that Ji Leyu was really stupid. When they went home after recording the show, he wouldn’t see them again.
He raised his hand and tapped Ji Leyu’s head. “Stupid.”
Ji Leyu, “???”
Ji Leyu blinked in confusion. “Where am I stupid?”
Lin Fei reached out and wanted to pinch his face. Then he thought that his hand was a bit dirty and took it back. He patted Ji Leyu’s head again.
Ji Leyu, “……”
He raised his hand and rubbed the place that had been tapped by Lin Fei, snorting slightly.
Lin Fei smiled, crouched down and continued to dig up potatoes.
Ji Leyu also crouched down and dug with him.
Netizens looked at it and wondered. [What were they just talking about?]
[Yes, what are you talking about in a whisper? Baby, let your aunt listen too?]
[The two little ones still have secrets hahaha.]
[There is a big and small mischievous child. So cute.]
[Fei Fei just smiled. So cute. Fei Fei looks good when he smiles.]
[I saw it too! Fei Fei has a cold face but a warm heart toward his family. Sometimes, his face isn’t cold and he smiles directly.]
[Ahhh, I really like Fei Fei. I can’t resist this type of cold-faced and warm-hearted child.]
[Me too!]
[Haha, I took a screenshot of the whispering scene just now. It is super cute! I will use it as a screensaver in a moment.]
[Sister, I want it too. Can you share it?]
[There are some in the children’s Weibo super topic.]
[??? The children already have a super topic?]
[Hahaha yes. Not only is there is a super topic but there is also a resource blog. It is dedicated to posting cuts, gifs and screenshots of the children.]
[Oh my god, let me go and take a look.]
Some curious netizens took out their phones and searched for Lin Fei and Ji Leyu. They saw that it was as the barrage said. Not only was there a super topic, but there was also a resource blog that even had a considerable number of fans.
Ah, this… the variety show hadn’t even officially started airing yet. The two children had already become so popular. Once it was aired in the future, how popular would it be?
At that time, Lin Luoqing would probably gain another wave of fans. After all, many netizens had now become fans of Lin Luoqing because of these two children, so that they would be able to see images of the two children from Lin Luoqing in the future.
Alas, this star was destined to prosper. So enviable.
Lin Fei and Ji Leyu naturally didn’t know this and were still digging potatoes diligently.
After he dug out another potato, Lin Fei turned around and put it in the basket, only to find that he couldn’t put anymore. The small back basket was already full.
Therefore, he reached out and put it in Ji Leyu’s small basket.
Ji Leyu glanced back at him. Lin Fei stood up and said, “Be good and don’t run around. I’ll go to the village chief and ask for another basket.”
It was only then that Ji Leyu noticed Lin Fei’s basket was full.
“Oh,” Ji Leyu said obediently.
Lin Fei turned around and walked toward the host.
The host saw him from a distance, walked over and asked him, “What’s wrong, Fei Fei? Are you looking for me?”
Lin Fei nodded and looked up at him. “My basket is full.”
Once he finished speaking, he pointed to the small basket in the distance as if to confirm his words. “I want another one. Is that okay?”
The host was surprised. “It is already full?”
Lin Fei nodded again.
“Then you can rest first.” The host smiled. “You have already dug a lot.”
“I want to dig some more,” Lin Fei said calmly.
The host was even more surprised to hear him say this.
Children at this age didn’t have self-control. They were too young and playing was in their nature. This meant that most children at this age couldn’t concentrate on doing boring things.
Digging potatoes wasn’t very boring, but it also wasn’t interesting for children. The first time they started digging, it might feel novel, so they had patience and interest.
Then after digging a few or even a dozen, they would feel bored.
So even Tang Jiale, who was the oldest and most energetic child at the beginning, started chasing the kittens in the potato field after digging a dozen or so.
The two younger children, WU Menglei and Wu Han, had stopped digging and were talking to each other. They had completely forgotten about digging potatoes.
The two little girls, Geng Shansi and Yang Wenjing, kept digging obediently but would take a break from time to time.
This was why the host kept circling here. It was to urge and remind them, as well as watch them so that they didn’t get hurt.
Now that Lin Fei had finished digging a basket, he still wanted to continue digging. The host thought that he was really… hard working.
He smiled and said to Lin Fei, “There is no need to dig any longer. You are already good after filling a small basket. If you dig more, you won’t be able to carry it.”
“I can handle it.” Lin Fei’s tone was indifferent.
Seeing this, the host was a bit confused. “Why do you want to continue digging so much? You are already number one.”
Lin Fei pursed his lips and didn’t say anything.
He didn’t want to say it and the host naturally wouldn’t force him to say it. He just looked at Lin Fei and thought about it. Then he took Lin Fei to find the uncle who planted potatoes and asked him for a snakeskin bag.
“There is no small back basket. You can put the newly dug potatoes here. That uncle can help you carry them back when the time comes.”
Lin Fei took it and thanked the uncle seriously. Then he thanked the host. “Thank you.”
He said, “I can take it back by myself.”
Then he turned around and walked back in Ji Leyu’s direction.
The host watched and quickly followed. He waited until Lin Fei walked to Ji Leyu’s side and found that Lin Fei really filled the basket with potatoes. There was no free space at all.
Then he looked at Ji Leyu’s small basket. Oh my god, it was almost full!
This was a potato digging master. Awesome!
The host saw that the two of them weren’t speaking and were focused on digging. He felt that they didn’t seem to need him here, so he went to Tang Jiale and the others.
Soon, Ji Leyu also filled his small basket and started to put potatoes into Lin Fei’s snakeskin bag,
By the time the snakeskin bag was half full, the host blew the whistle and shouted, “Time’s up. The game is over!”
Lin Fei put the last potato into the snakeskin bag. He stood up, picked up his small basket and then picked up the snakeskin bag.
He was afraid that his and Ji Leyu’s baskets were too full and the potatoes would fall out, so he took out a dozen or so ahead of time and put them in the snakeskin bag to ensure that no potatoes would fall out of the small basket. This allowed Ji Leyu to carry it on his back.
Ji Leyu helped him hold his small shovel out of tacit understanding and the two of them walked forward together.
Tang Jiale was standing in front of the host. He stretched out his neck and looked at other people’s small baskets. He said excitedly, “I have the most. I am in first place. Hahaha, the sweet potatoes are mine.”
The host thought, ‘…You are thinking too much.’
He turned his head and saw Lin Fei walking to this side with a snakeskin bag. The host hurriedly walked over and wanted to help him.
Lin Fei didn’t let go. He just looked up at the host with a calm face that showed no difficulties. “I can do it.”
The host saw him acting like this and felt he was really capable. He saw that Lin Fei wasn’t trying to be brave and let go. “Then if you are tired, tell me.”
Lin Fei nodded. “Yes.”
Netizens saw it and couldn’t help sighing. [Fei Fei is quite strong.]
[Yes, he carried a basket and a bag that was half full in his arms, but he isn’t tired at all.]
[It seems that Fei Fei is in good physical condition.]
[It should be. The place where they lived before was such a high slope, but Fei Fei and Xiao Yu weren’t tired walking up with their small school bags on their backs. They could still do their homework!]
[Hahaha yes. When other children first saw the house, they either cried, rested or wanted to eat. Meanwhile, Fei Fei and Xiao Yu just did their winter vacation homework. I’m laughing to death.]
[It is the same now. The other children find it too much when digging half a basket. Meanwhile, Fei Fei dug a basket and then half a bag.]
[The host was shocked when he heard that Fei Fei was going to continue digging.]
[But why dig so much? He was already number one just now.]
[Just to be on the safe side.]
[Maybe he just wanted to take advantage of the limited time to dig more? After all, he is so hard-working [covers face].]
[Oh my god, I actually think there is no problem!]
[After all, our Fei Fei is the first in the exam and forces his younger brother to do winter homework when going out [covers face].]
[Hahaha, that makes sense.]
[Fei Fei—your hard-working king is infinitely arrogant!]
There was a burst of laughter on the barrage. Lin Fei and Ji Leyu followed the host to Tang Jiale’s location and stood beside Tang Jiale.
Tang Jiale saw him coming over while holding a bag. He curiously looked at it but couldn’t see what was inside.
“What is it?” He asked Lin Fei doubtfully.
“Potatoes,” Lin Fei said succinctly. Then he put down the potatoes he was holding and removed his small back basket.
Tang Jiale saw the basket full of potatoes and was dumbfounded.
“How did you dig so much?!”
Lin Fei was very calm. Was it a lot?
Ji Leyu could dig this much. It wasn’t much.
Then Tang Jiale saw that Ji Leyu, who was as cute as a doll, had also dug a full basket.
Tang Jiale, “!!!”
“How did you dig so much?”
Ji Leyu smiled and answered him, “It is just digging.”
Tang Jiale, “……”
He actually lost to this beautiful younger brother who looked soft and needed protection. It was too undeserved.
Tang Jiale looked at his half basket of potatoes with an expression that couldn’t accept it. He felt that he shouldn’t have teased the cats and dogs, or he wouldn’t only have half a basket at the moment.
Wu wu wu QAQ!
The barrage laughed loudly. [Lele, it is okay. You lost to the hard-working king and his younger brother who was forced to be hard-working by him. Don’t be sad.]
[Yes. Who can compare with the hard-working king? [dog head].]
[Fei Fei alone dug up almost the same amount of everyone else, except for Xiao Yu, combined.]
[Fei Fei’s hands-on ability is really strong.]
[Strong in various ways [amused].]
[This is why he is the hard-working king [dog head!]
The host looked at the children in front of him and smiled. “Now our champion has been born. It is Fei Fei. Fei Fei, come over and get a bag of sweet potatoes. Your fathers can steam them for you when you go back.”
Lin Fei walked over calmly. He took the sweet potatoes from the host, walked back and handed them to Ji Leyu. He still had to hold the potatoes.
Ji Leyu opened the bag and looked at it. There were six or seven sweet potatoes, so they could eat one each and there would be a few left over. It was great.
“Let’s go.” The host waved the flag he had brought when he came here. “The children have worked hard. Now you can go home.”
The children instantly became happy. They cheered, carried their little baskets and lined up just like when they came here. They continued to walk back with the potato grower.
Lin Fei and Ji Leyu each held a bag, so they couldn’t hold hands. Nevertheless, Ji Leyu still walked and stuck to Lin Fei’s side, wanting to walk beside him.
Tang Jiale saw it and took a step forward. He walked to Ji Leyu’s other said and said enthusiastically, “Are you tired from holding the sweet potatoes? I’ll help you carry it.”
Ji Leyu shook his head and smiled. “Mine isn’t heavy, but my brother’s is heavy. Help my brother carry it.”
Lin Fei, “……”
Tang Jiale heard him say this and really looked at Lin Fei. He took the initiative to say, “Let me help you carry it.”
Lin Fei, “……”
Lin Fei turned his head and saw Ji Leyu smiling very cutely. It was like a rainbow in the sky.
At such times, he wasn’t stupid at all.
[Lele really likes Xiao Yu.] A fan of Tang Jiale sighed.
Lin Fei’s fans didn’t hesitate. [It is a pity that Xiao Yu only has his brother in his heart [dog head].]
[Our poor Lele is just an outsider from the beginning.]
[Hahaha, he is miserable. He lost to Fei Fei in the game and Xiao Yu only has Fei Fei in his heart.]
[Who made Fei Fei spoil his younger brother and have such ability? If I was Xiao Yu, I would definitely want to stick to my brother.]
[That’s right! Fei Fei is the best!]
[Feiyu is so sweet. Kiss them one by one.]
Of course, Lin Fei didn’t agree to Tang Jiale and continued to walk home with his potatoes in his arms.
Lin Luoqing and Ji Yuxiao weren’t there. Lin Fei and Ji Leyu looked around before asking the staff member doubtfully, “Where are my fathers?”
“They have their own task that they haven’t finished yet. They will come back when they are done,” the staff member said gently.
The task for the parents would last for one hour longer than the children’s task. This was also to see what the children would do when their parents weren’t around. Firstly, it would let the parents know their children better. Secondly, it would add more highlights to the show.
Lin Fei heard him say this and didn’t ask anything else. He just nodded and said politely, “Thank you.”
He put the potatoes in the house, dragged Ji Leyu to the water pipe in the yard and washed his hands.
The water in winter was relatively cold. Ji Leyu made a hissing sound due to the cold water. He wiped his hands clean and constantly blew at his little hands.
Seeing this, Lin Fei pulled him into the bedroom and put his hand on the head of the kang.
Ji Leyu was surprised. “It is hot here.”
Lin Fei hummed. He had discovered it when he came in to look for Lin Luoqing.
Ji Leyu turned his hands over comfortably and felt warm.
“Do you know when Dad and Father will come back?” He asked.
Lin Fei shook his head.
“So what do we do now?”
There wasn’t even a TV here.
Lin Fei had his usual paralyzed expression and said calmly, “You haven’t finished your winter vacation homework yet.”
Ji Leyu, “!!!”
Ji Leyu was silent for a few seconds. Then he stuck a sweet smile on his face and his voice softened. He was like a jellybean that would burst with a poke. “Brother, are you tired? Why don’t you take a nap?”
Lin Fei shook his head.
Ji Leyu’s little face puffed up. “But it’s so warm here. I don’t want to leave here.”
Lin Fei thought for a while. Then he turned around and walked out.
Soon, he lifted the curtain and walked in again. He held two books in his hand, which were: Must Memorize Ancient Poems for Elementary and Middle School and Stories of Idioms.
Ji Leyu thought, ‘…Do you know what despair is?!
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