"A mermaid?" Yuan Tiantian asked uncertainly. What should she do now? This little mermaid was lying on the ground crying for her mom. Where could she conjure her mom up?
"It's not a mermaid. It's a merman." Sheng Jing corrected Yuan Tiantian, then said to her, "Put her in the water first."
Yuan Tiantian thought of the bathtub in the bedroom. But she was pregnant. Although the little merman didn't look very big, she still had some weight. Yuan Tiantian didn't dare to go forward and carry her. She could only ask Sheng Jing and Bai Ying for help. But the little merman didn't want them to carry her. Instead, she blinked her big watery eyes and stared straight at Yuan Tiantian.
Yuan Tiantian: "..."
Hey, little cutie, I can't carry you. But she still steeled herself, stepped forward and squatted down, trying to communicate with her.
"Xiaojiu? I can't carry you now. Can you transform into a human form and come with me?"
As she said this, Yuan Tiantian was afraid that the other party might not understand what she meant, so she asked Bai Ying to transform in front of the little merman. The latter seemed to understand. She stopped crying. One second later, a curly - haired girl who reached Yuan Tiantian's thigh stood in front of them. Her eyes were still dark green, and her long black curly hair reached her heels.
"Xiaojiu is a good girl. Can sister take Xiaojiu to find mom?"
This little merman, Xiaojiu, looked up with misty eyes, on the verge of crying. It really broke Yuan Tiantian's heart.
However, even so, she couldn't send Xiaojiu back for the time being. But first, she had to put Xiaojiu in the bathtub. Sheng Jing had just reminded her that the little merman seemed to be short of body moisture at present.
Sure enough, after Xiaojiu got into the bathtub and was nourished by the water, her pale face just now instantly became much rosier, and she also seemed to be in better spirits. But her eye sockets were still red because Yuan Tiantian had just explained to her that they couldn't find her mom for the time being. They had to wait until the popularity value reached a certain level. Of course, Yuan Tiantian had no idea when exactly that would be.
"Will you live with aunt here for now? There are a lot of delicious things!"
As she said this, she handed the homemade little pudding that Sheng Jing and the others had brought up to her. Xiaojiu hesitated for a moment. But after smelling the strong milk fragrance, she couldn't resist and took it. She stuck out her pink little tongue and licked it. Then she opened her big round eyes and gobbled up the little pudding in a few bites. Then she looked at Yuan Tiantian longingly.
Give it to her! Such a cute baby, why not give her something to eat!
In the end, Xiaojiu ate three little puddings. She actually still wanted to eat more, but Yuan Tiantian didn't dare to give her any more. Such cold food might not be good for a child's stomach. But all these concerns of Yuan Tiantian were in vain.
At night when it was time to sleep, Xiaojiu clung to Yuan Tiantian and didn't transform back to her original form to stay in the bathtub. Facing the coquetry of such a cute child, Yuan Tiantian naturally had no resistance. Early the next morning when she woke up, Yuan Tiantian felt a little hand touching her face. After a moment of stunnedness, Yuan Tiantian realized that it was the little merman who had come last night.
"Good morning, Xiaojiu~"
Yuan Tiantian turned her head and gave the other a big smile. The latter retracted her little hand after seeing it and giggled.
"Good morning, aunt. Xiaojiu wants to eat little pudding!"
As she said this, she touched her a little flat stomach. Yuan Tiantian immediately took her to wash up. There was still some children's toothpaste left that Xiuxiu had used before. Then she took out a new toothbrush and towel for Xiaojiu. Looking at Xiaojiu's cute appearance, Yuan Tiantian missed the little cutie Xiuxiu again. She wondered how Xiuxiu was living after she went back.
The missed Xiuxiu was sitting on the orange tree of Cang gloomily, looking into the distance. The little guy sighed.
"I wonder if aunt misses me. Has the little brother been born?"
Although they missed each other, life still had to go on. Of course, as long as they had faith, the day of reunion could be expected.
"Xiaojiu, we won't eat little pudding today. We'll eat something even more delicious. Do you want to?"
Xiaojiu nodded obediently and followed Yuan Tiantian downstairs. Bai Ying and Sheng Jing were already downstairs cleaning the hall. When they saw Yuan Tiantian coming down, Sheng Jing nodded to say hello. Bai Ying asked casually what they were having for breakfast. When he knew it was noodles, he looked a bit dejected. He had eaten noodles many times during this period and was a bit tired of them.
"The noodles today will definitely be something you've never eaten before!"
Because Yuan Tiantian planned to make scallion oil noodles. Before, they had been eating all kinds of soup noodles. Hearing that it was something he had never eaten, Bai Ying got excited and worked even harder. Yuan Tiantian couldn't help but smile bitterly. She arranged Xiaojiu at the cashier counter and played an animation for her. Then she went to get busy. But before long, she heard Xiaojiu wailing.
"What's going on?!"
Yuan Tiantian came out nervously and saw Xiaojiu crying non - stop. And every tear of her wailing turned into a pearl and fell to the ground, making a thumping sound. Yuan Tiantian was stunned. Sheng Jing quickly closed the door. Bai Ying stood aside blushing, looking a bit at a loss.
"I, I recommended a better animation to her, and then she just... "
Bai Ying had watched a lot of animations with Xiuxiu before. He thought the animation about the pig family that Yuan Tiantian was playing for Xiaojiu was not good - looking. The one about the monkey was better. So he wanted to change it for her, and then she wailed like this. Bai Ying felt really aggrieved. After hearing this explanation, Yuan Tiantian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Then she had to comfort this little crying girl who seemed to be only three years old. The main thing was that she couldn't let her cry anymore. The pearls had already covered the ground under the cashier counter!
"It's okay. We won't change it. We'll still watch the Pig Family!"
Under Yuan Tiantian's gentle comfort, Xiaojiu finally stopped crying. But there were still tears in her big eyes. She looked at Yuan Tiantian aggrievedly, which melted Yuan Tiantian's heart. Little girls were really more delicate and soft. They were so pitiful. After comforting the little one, Yuan Tiantian pulled Bai Ying aside.
"Let Xiaojiu watch whatever she wants. She's a little girl. What she likes to watch must be a bit different from what you and Xiuxiu like. Don't make her cry again!"
The main reason was that Yuan Tiantian was afraid of Xiaojiu's skill of turning tears into pearls. It was scary. If someone came at noon, how could she explain it to them! Bai Ying pouted after hearing this and didn't refute. But in his heart, he directly labeled Xiaojiu as the little crybaby. And he thought she was not as good as Xiuxiu!
"Achoo!"
Xiuxiu sneezed. His big confused eyes were full of question marks. Was he catching a cold?
"Here."
Seeing the nearly half - bag of pearls that Sheng Jing had put into a bag, Yuan Tiantian cast a complicated look at Xiaojiu. The latter was smiling happily while watching the pig family and didn't feel Yuan Tiantian's complicated look as if she were looking at a hidden rich person at all. It seemed that she had to prepare good food for this little guy. Otherwise, it would be a disservice to the huge "food fee" she had paid!
Before long, the fragrance of scallion oil came. Even Sheng Jing, who didn't pay much attention to food, was a bit tempted. If the scallion oil was made well, it would be divine.
Four bowls of scallion oil noodles were served on the table. The four of them started eating right away. Good food didn't need much words.
The strong fragrance of scallions combined with the chewy noodles. After Bai Ying finished a big bowl, yes, he used a bowl, he directly begged Yuan Tiantian to make another portion. Xiaojiu stopped eating until her little belly was round and bulging. She still looked a bit reluctant to stop.
"Can I have a share of the scallion oil noodles?!"