Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 76 [076] You are the foreigner

"Why are you so listless?"

The next morning at breakfast, Song Xiaohui looked at her son, who seemed half asleep, and then at Song Zhiyu, who was also listless. She asked curiously, "Didn't you sleep well?"

"I'm alright."

Xu Jinhuan yawned and lowered his head to drink his porridge. "I guess Zhizhi didn't sleep well."

"No, I slept well."

Song Zhiyu glanced at him and also lowered her head to drink her porridge.

The two of them were eating snacks and watching TV last night. When they realized that it was dawn outside the window, it was almost five o'clock. They only slept for three hours before being woken up.

Due to lack of sleep and staying up late to eat a lot of snacks, both of them had no appetite, so they just drank porridge without any prior agreement.

"Eat more, the buns at home are still delicious."

Song Xiaofeng was full of energy and had a good appetite. He bit off most of a pan-fried bun in one bite and mumbled, "Huanhuan said yesterday that she was afraid her snoring would disturb me. I woke up at around seven o'clock. I haven't slept this well in a long time..."

Before he could finish his words, Song Zhiyu, who was drinking porridge, laughed out loud and accidentally choked, coughing repeatedly.

Song Xiaohui quickly tore off a piece of toilet paper and handed it to her. She asked in amusement and surprise, "What's wrong?"

"Hahaha!"

Song Zhiyu breathed a sigh of relief, wiping her mouth and still smiling, "Dad, you snored last night, did you know that?"

"impossible!"

Song Xiaofeng flatly denied it, "I never snore, your mother... no one told me! I never snore..."

"real!"

Song Zhiyu ignored what her father had let slip. "Even though we were two doors apart, I could hear it from my room...otherwise, why do you think my brother didn't sleep well?"

Since she grew up, she has never called him "brother" again, so when they heard her say "my brother", Xu Haiguang, Song Xiaohui and Song Xiaofeng were a little surprised.

But considering that the brother and sister got along well yesterday, it wasn't so surprising.

"impossible!"

Song Xiaofeng still refused to believe it, "How can I not know whether I snore or not?"

"I guess he was too tired and fell into a deep sleep. Snoring is normal. Your brother-in-law is the same. He snores when he is tired."

Song Xiaohui said with a smile, but she was thinking in her heart: My son didn’t sleep well because his younger brother was snoring, so why didn’t Zhizi sleep well either?
There are two doors between us, so it shouldn't be so loud that it can't disturb her sleep, right?
Moreover, the brother and sister had just been woken up, and after washing up, they came to sit at the table. They had no communication at all. How did Zhizhi know that Huanhuan couldn't sleep well because of the snoring?

This has a very simple explanation. For example, Song Zhiyu saw that Xu Jinhuan looked unhappy, so she guessed that he didn't sleep well. Then she heard his snoring, so she guessed that he was disturbed by his snoring...

This makes sense.

However, Song Xiaohui felt that something was wrong. She had an instinctive intuition that the brother and sister seemed to be hiding something.

No matter what the situation was, it was a good thing for the two of them to be close. She didn't ask any further questions, but just reminded him, "Go get some sleep after you get off the bus. You don't have classes today anyway."

After breakfast, the group of five set off with their things. Xu Jinhuan took a nap as soon as he got in the car, while Song Zhiyu downloaded "Home with Kids" on her mobile phone in advance and continued watching TV in the car.

"Grandpa! Grandma~"

After getting off the car, it was her grandfather who came to pick her up on an electric tricycle. Song Zhiyu ran over and greeted him sweetly. When she got home, she threw herself into her grandmother's arms and acted coquettishly.

"Wang! Wang!"

While his parents went into the house to chat, Xu Jinhuan went to tease Dahuang and gave it half of the egg yolk pie he had just opened.

“It’s so dirty!”

Song Zhiyu's voice came from behind. Xu Jinhuan turned around and saw her coming over. He said with a bit of disgust, "It's so beautiful even when it's all dirty. It would definitely look better if it was clean... It's too sloppy!"

Xu Jinhuan said, "Don't bother with that much. Just take him to the river and wash him."

Song Zhiyu thought for a moment and said sweetly, "Okay, then you lead it."

Xu Jinhuan said unhappily: "Thank you!"

Dahuang was tied up, and he had to eat, drink, defecate and urinate within a two-meter radius. He was dirty all over and liked to rub against people, so Song Zhiyu refused to lead him for fear of being rubbed against.

After they talked, Xu Jinhuan took the leash and led his sister out of the village, passing through the green wheat fields that were nearly half a person's height on both sides, and came to the small river behind the village.

"I haven't been here in a long time."

Song Zhiyu was wearing white loose trousers, a white T-shirt, and a light blue plaid shirt. She stood on the grass by the river, eyes closed, arms stretched out to feel the breeze, looking very enjoyable. "It's so comfortable~" "Foreigners are really ignorant."

Xu Jinhuan came to the water's edge, kicked Da Huang into the river, curled his lips and said disdainfully, "I asked you to work in the fields for half a day, and you feel uncomfortable."

"You are the foreigner!"

Song Zhiyu opened her eyes and said angrily, "Why are you scolding me?"

Xu Jinhuan asked, "Have you become a naturalized citizen?"

"No!"

Song Zhiyu said confidently, "Then I'm not a foreigner... If you scold me again, I'll tell your mother!"

Seeing Da Huang having fun in the river, she carefully approached the water's edge, took out her phone to take pictures, and said with a bit of envy, "He's so happy, don't you think?"

Xu Jinhuan said, "After being caged for so long, I'm naturally happy to be able to return to nature."

"Is this a poem by Tao Yuanming?"

Song Zhiyu took two photos of Da Huang and continued looking for other things to photograph. She casually asked Xu Jinhuan, "You're pretty good at Chinese, aren't you?"

"You actually know?"

Xu Jinhuan was very surprised. "I thought you only spoke Chinese. Not bad."

"My mother likes ancient poetry and taught me to memorize quite a few."

Song Zhiyu took a few steps closer to Xu Jinhuan, wanting to take a picture of a water bird on the other side of the river. Unfortunately, Dahuang also noticed it and paddled over in the water, scaring the bird away.

She didn't get angry either. She turned around and asked Xu Jinhuan, "I don't read much Chinese literature. Do you have any good works to recommend?"

"Classical prose and poetry."

"anything else?"

"The Four Great Classics."

"anything else?"

"Lu Xun."

"Why are they all so old?"

Song Zhiyu was a little dissatisfied, "Isn't there any closer?"

Xu Jinhuan thought for a few seconds and said, "Shi Tiesheng... and The Three-Body Problem."

"I know The Three-Body Problem. It's science fiction, but I haven't read it yet. I don't like science fiction."

Song Zhiyu tilted her head and asked, "What is Shi Tiesheng?"

"A writer's name."

Song Zhiyu nodded and asked again: "Anything else?"

"No, I haven't read much, these are the only recommendations."

Xu Jinhuan shook his head. "You can search for must-read classics for middle school students, but you don't have to read them all. You can read The Three-Body Problem, but don't treat it as science fiction."

"Ok."

Song Zhiyu moved closer to the water and peeked into it curiously. "You don't seem to like contemporary literature?"

Xu Jinhuan said, "Not really. I just think contemporary Chinese literature is rubbish."

"what?"

Song Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and looked at him, "You are so arrogant, aren't you afraid of getting beaten?"

Xu Jinhuan habitually spread his hands and smiled, "You're a foreigner, you're not going to hit me just because I say Chinese contemporary literature is bad, are you?"

"You're the foreigner...ah!"

Song Zhiyu was a little annoyed. The reeds by the water had just sprouted and grown. She reached out and grabbed a reed, wanting to use it to teach Xu Jinhuan a lesson.

As a result, she pulled hard but failed to move the reed. Instead, she slipped, one foot flew forward, and her body fell backward.

Note: The words of the fictional characters do not represent the author’s views.

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