Chapter 94p2
Wei Chengli heard about the little chubby dumpling’s heroic deeds from Wang Qingchuan after breakfast.
Wang Qingchuan didn’t tell him on purpose, it’s just that he was sitting next to the Shen family, and Wei Maomao and Cheng Tingyan didn’t avoid them when they were talking, he heard everything, whether he should have or not.
After breakfast, he couldn’t help but share it with the other parents, Wei Chengli and Cheng Feiying, oh, and he didn’t forget Wen Xiang. Unlike Wen Dongyu, who had been bragging about it yesterday, Wang Qingchuan only realized that his own son had also done such a “good deed” when he heard Shen Zilin say, “The rest is for supporting Dongdong and Zhizhi if they need it.” During breakfast, Wang Qingchuan couldn’t help but lecture Wang Zhizhi about his wrong thinking, being so obsessed with money at such a young age and not even differentiating between insiders and outsiders. But Wang Zhizhi seemed to have tuned him out, he continued dividing the food and eating, completely ignoring him. Wang Qingchuan even wanted to nudge Wang Zhizhi and make him listen, but his hand was stopped by that woman. A gentleman wouldn’t fight with a woman, Wang Qingchuan could only hold back for now.
After enduring until breakfast was over, and the children were taken away by the staff, Wang Qingchuan, with his stomach full of complaints, could only vent to those who shared his fate.
But Wang Qingchuan didn’t expect that after he had poured out his heart, no one responded.
Putting aside Wei Chengli, who ran off immediately after hearing it, probably to discipline the little chubby girl, Wen Xiang, who had been silent for days, not speaking was understandable. But even Cheng Feiying was just silent, leaving Wang Qingchuan feeling like he had spoken to a wall.
But he didn’t know that if Cheng Feiying didn’t choose to be silent now, he would only choose to explode.
Cheng Feiying tried his best to ignore Wang Qingchuan’s words, he was waiting for Cheng Tingyan to come home at night, when there were no cameras or microphones.
And Wei Chengli, unlike what Wang Qingchuan had imagined, he did go after the little chubby girl, but he didn’t discipline her, he just took her away.
“Tell me, what are you up to?” Wei Chengli placed the little chubby dumpling he had snatched from the group of babies on the ground. “I heard you asked Shen Zilin to borrow money.”
“Mmm.” Wei Maomao nodded.
“What’s going on?” Wei Chengli pinched the little chubby dumpling’s face. “Don’t borrow money from outsiders, if you need money, shouldn’t you ask me first? How are you going to repay it if you borrow money from outside?”
Right, now he knew, how to repay money borrowed from outside.
Wei Maomao, feeling annoyed, swatted Wei Chengli’s hand away.
Seeing the little chubby dumpling acting up after doing something wrong, Wei Chengli picked her up and shook her. “I’m talking to you nicely, why did you borrow money?”
“I didn’t borrow, I just asked. If I need it, I’ll borrow it.” Wei Maomao answered concisely.
“What do you need it for?” Wei Chengli thought for a moment, then hesitated. “Forget it, tell me honestly tonight.”
He thought of a possibility, that this little rascal was still dreaming about supporting Yan Yan. But… Wei Chengli, recalling Cheng Feiying’s silence and completely different expression from yesterday when Wang Qingchuan mentioned that Cheng Tingyan had also asked Shen Zilin for money, decided to hold back from asking further in front of the cameras.
If it was still about Yan Yan, discussing it in front of the cameras wouldn’t be good for anyone, they could only wait until night.
Lifted high, then gently put down, Wei Maomao was a bit surprised. It was necessary to discuss certain things with Wei Chengli off-camera. Although she hadn’t planned on doing it so early, but tonight… wasn’t impossible.
Wei Maomao was released and returned to the group of babies.
Cheng Tingyan immediately grabbed the little chubby bunny’s hand tightly.
“It’s okay, my dad was just playing with me.” Wei Maomao said evasively, leaning closer to her.
Cheng Tingyan didn’t quite believe her.
“Maomao.”
Wen Jiangyue’s soft voice interrupted Cheng Tingyan’s thoughts.
She walked over, called out “Maomao,” then pursed her lips, not saying anything more, but her gaze, fixed on Cheng Tingyan’s hair, was hard to ignore.
The babies were led by the staff to a spacious courtyard they had never been to before. While the staff were still preparing to announce the next task, Wei Maomao swiftly removed the hair ties from Wen Jiangyue’s pigtails.
“Come to my house tomorrow morning. I have lots of hair ties at home… uh…” Wei Maomao said, running her hand through Wen Jiangyue’s hair, but before she could finish her sentence, Wen Jiangyue opened the small bag in her hand.
Combs, hair ties, a small mirror, hair clips, colorful ribbons…
“My dad… he used his Daddy Coins to exchange for these yesterday, it’s a gift for me.” Wen Jiangyue said softly, then smiled.
Yesterday afternoon, when they were completing the “intelligence” and “strength” tasks, Wei Maomao had heard Wen Jiangyue mention that when they went back, Wen Qiming did keep his promise and found a vase to put the flowers Wen Jiangyue bought in water. Respecting her gift and keeping his word was already good. She didn’t expect Wen Qiming to even give a return gift, he had truly made great progress.
Wei Maomao, following Wen Jiangyue’s words, praised Wen Qiming, while secretly glancing at Cheng Tingyan.
Thankfully, Yan Yan didn’t seem to care about other people’s dads at all, it was great that she wasn’t truly fooled by Cheng Feiying’s sudden kindness yesterday.
That Cheng Feiying, she didn’t know what was wrong with him, this morning, after breakfast, when Wei Maomao went to find Cheng Tingyan, he was back to his cold expression. Truly… moody. But a genuine bad temper was better than hypocritical deception. It was tough for Yan Yan, she had to stay strong to avoid being hurt.
With the right tools, Wei Maomao was quick in braiding hair, she soon styled a colorful braid for Wen Jiangyue.
Wen Jiangyue was admiring herself in the mirror when Shen Zilin and the others came over.
“Did you all eat enough this morning? The task this morning might be very difficult.” Shen Zilin said, pointing at the row of large boxes stacked by the door of the house in the courtyard.
“You already know what the task is?” Wen Dongyu peeked. “I can’t tell what it is.”
“Screwing screws, attaching tags, assembling matchboxes, braiding ropes…” Shen Zilin said, counting on his fingers. “It’s probably one of these. On the way here, I met my friend from the village I met yesterday, he said the program team asked them to do these last night, testing how many they could finish in one minute, five minutes, and ten minutes.”
“It sounds a bit fun.” Wen Jiangyue thought for a moment. “I like braiding ropes.”
“I want to try screwing screws. My dad always says that if I’m not well-behaved and don’t listen to him, I’ll end up working in a factory, screwing screws.” Wang Zhizhi rubbed his hands, also looking forward to it.
Wei Maomao: “… “ Piecework, the 996 working baby, fashionably late.
“This task, is it a competition, to see who can do the most in ten minutes?” Cheng Tingyan analyzed.
Shen Zilin shook his head. “So many large boxes, screws, tags, matchboxes, and ropes are all very small, there’s so much here, it’s definitely not just for ten minutes. And the program team even let us have breakfast without doing any tasks.”
“Then how long will it take to finish?” Wen Dongyu thought about the size of the items Shen Zilin mentioned, then looked at the row of large boxes, dumbfounded.
“We won’t finish, we’ll probably be doing it for the whole morning? Lunch will probably depend on this task.” Wang Zhizhi walked to the boxes, reached out, and tried to lift one, but it wouldn’t budge.
“Ahhh, babies, they’re very heavy, don’t touch the boxes!” The host rushed over.
Wang Zhizhi retracted his hand.
“Good, good, be good. Before we start the new parents’ task, as usual, we’ll arrange some activities for the new babies. Today, you can choose from three options, and our program team will arrange specific activities for the new babies based on your choices. So listen carefully, option one: Let the new babies do the things you usually do at home. Option two: Let the new babies engage in mental activities. Option three: Let the new babies engage in physical activities.” The host finished speaking quickly, then urged them, “You have one minute to think, because the new parents have a very important task this morning, so please make your decisions quickly.”
Hearing this, the babies all glanced at the row of large boxes.
Okay…
Within a minute, starting with Wei Maomao raising her hand, the babies quickly made their choices.
“Great, our new parents are amazing!” The host handed the completed form to a staff member next to him, watched him run out of the courtyard, then looked at the babies. “Now, it’s time to reveal the content of this morning’s task!”
The host waved his hand, and several staff members came forward, opening the large boxes one by one.
“Yes, our task this morning is! Screwing screws, attaching tags, assembling matchboxes, braiding ropes… Points will be calculated based on the number of items completed, each task has a slightly different point value. Babies can freely try, freely choose, and freely work. You can also… freely choose how much and how long to work. If you don’t want to do it anymore, if you want to rest, you can go inside, there are snacks, drinks, and cartoons, you can freely rest, rest for as long as you want, even rest the entire time. Of course, what the family will eat for lunch, how much they’ll eat, still depends on how many points the new parent of the family earns this morning.” The host said, specifically looking at Shen Zilin. “Pay attention, our new parents must make these items themselves, you can’t hire the children in the village to help!”
After these words, not only the host, but the other babies also looked at Shen Zilin.
Shen Zilin: “… “
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