During their patrol, they found three Zergs and killed them all. The little child pointed at the Zergs and said to Duo Bi, “Uncle, we can eat these!”
After eating roasted Zergs once, the little child added them directly to the menu of things he could eat: “If there’s nothing else to eat, we can eat Zergs!”
Duo Bi looked at the Zergs and still didn’t think it was a good idea.
He picked up the little child and continued walking forward. “Roasted Zergs are too dirty; we won’t eat these.”
Currently, they didn’t lack food, so there was no need to eat such dirty things.
The big one and the little one patrolled several times. The little child, lying in Duo Bi’s arms, suddenly patted his forehead and regretfully exclaimed, “Oh no!”
“Ningning, what’s wrong?”
Duo Bi rubbed his forehead, not understanding why the little child had hit himself.
The little child leaned against Uncle Duo Bi’s chest, full of regret.
Grandpa Ram said he could make a row of patrol robots for Ningning. With robots on duty, the uncles wouldn’t have to patrol every day.
The robots were very useful; they could automatically detect any danger and issue timely alerts.
The little child really wanted this.
He had agreed with Grandpa Ram that he would become Grandpa Ram’s little apprentice, and Grandpa Ram would make robots for him!
But when the little child returned, he forgot to go to the Sixth Planet to find Grandpa Ram.
Duo Bi asked a few times, but the little child didn’t respond.
The little child wanted to keep this as a surprise. He didn’t want to tell the uncles until he had brought the gift back.
“Ningning is fine.”
The little child hugged Duo Bi’s neck, unwilling to explain: “Uncle, Ningning will come back after the New Year.”
He wanted to visit his uncle earlier for New Year’s so he could see Grandpa Ram again!
His aunt promised to prepare an expensive New Year’s gift for him.
When Duo Bi finished patrolling, the dumplings at Zhan Xi’s house were also ready.
Lele’s little face was flushed with excitement; he had just wrapped a lot of small dumplings.
“Ningning, look at Lele’s little dumplings.”
Lele was easily embarrassed. After wrapping the little dumplings, he really wanted Dad Ningning to see them, but when Dad Ningning came back, he blushed and didn’t show off.
Zhan Xi had a lot of experience with looking after children, and he could tell what Lele was thinking just by looking at his expression.
“Wow, Lele, you’re amazing!”
Ningning enthusiastically praised Lele as well. He patted Lele’s head and promised, “I’ll eat all your dumplings later!”
Lele was visibly happier upon hearing this. He spread his little arms, and the two children hugged each other.
Ling Qi looked at the pile of dumplings Lele had wrapped. Initially, he intended for Zhan Xi to eat them, but since the little child wanted to eat them himself, Ling Qi thought it might be better not to refuse.
“Ningning, I’ll cook Lele’s dumplings separately. Are you sure you want to eat them?”
“Yes!”
The little child firmly nodded while rubbing Lele’s head. “These are Lele’s dumplings; I must eat them!”
Ling Qi: “...”
Ling Qi: “Alright then.”
These two children liked to get sentimental over trivial things, and Zhan Xi and Ling Qi were almost used to it.
They had to save some of the newly wrapped dumplings for later. Today was the New Year’s eve, and there was no need for a complicated meal; they could just cook and eat some dumplings in the evening.
It wasn’t evening yet, but before dinner, the little children dutifully brought their father some wine: “Daddy, happy New Year’s eve! Have some wine!”
Zhan Xi usually didn’t drink, but he would have a little during the New Year.
He glanced at Ling Qi and, seeing no objection, asked the little children to fetch a cup.
The little child, eager to please, ran off to get a cup and also brought back a handful of raw peanuts: “Daddy, here you go!”
Ling Qi looked at the raw peanuts for a few seconds before deciding to roast them.
Before drinking, Ling Qi finished cooking the dumplings.
The little child followed Ling Qi, holding a bowl and waiting for him to serve the dumplings.
However, when the dumplings were ready, the little child looked down at the soup in his bowl and was stunned: “Where are the dumplings?”
Ling Qi served him a bowl of soup: “These are the dumplings Lele wrapped.”
The little child had little experience making dumplings, so naturally, they fell apart into a pot of soup when cooked.
The little child who ate Lele’s dumplings every day, was quite disappointed when faced with a pot of vegetable soup.
Lele felt a bit sad seeing her dumplings turn out like this.
“Lele is too clumsy.”
He wanted to take the vegetable soup for himself, but the little child, holding the bowl, said seriously with his chubby face, “Vegetable soup is also edible. I’m not picky!”
Luckily, Lele didn’t make too many dumplings, so after finishing the vegetable soup, the little child still had room to eat the dumplings made by Uncle Ling Qi.
After the two little children were full, Ling Qi sat down with Zhan Xi to have a drink.
Neither of them were heavy drinkers; they just sipped a little.
The little child watched closely from the side, seeing that neither his dad nor Uncle Ling Qi drank much. He became anxious.
“Dad, let me pour you some wine!”
The little child turned into a little wine pourer, holding the wine jar to pour the wine himself.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi didn’t know what he was up to, so they didn’t guard against him, and they ended up drinking a bit too much.
Seeing the two adults getting tipsy, the little child finally breathed a sigh of relief. He supported his dad and Uncle Ling Qi, helping both of them to the bedroom.
“Dad.”
Seeing his dad not as clear-headed as before, the little child took out the star device, coaxing his dad. “Open your eyes and look at me.”
Hearing this, Zhan Xi opened his eyes and looked over.
The little child held up the star device, pointing it at his dad, “Dad, blink!”
Zhan Xi, feeling a bit dazed, instinctively blinked.
With his dad’s “cooperation” and following the steps taught by Wagner, the little child finally turned off the children’s mode on the star device.
He happily put away the star device, covered his dad and Uncle Ling Qi with blankets, and then ran back to the adjacent room with Lele.
“Lele, close the door!”
The little child, having held back for many days, was finally able to play star device games, and he was overjoyed, “We can play all night today!”
Lele obediently closed the door, then kicked off his little shoes and climbed onto the bed.
The little child teamed up with Wagner and Savi, and the three little children played shooting games together, pulling an all-nighter.
