After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 56 Too Early (Please continue reading, please vote with monthly tickets~)

2007, summer.

Summers in Baimei County are so hot it feels like living in a giant furnace, so there's really no desire to go out.

The cicadas outside the window kept chirping incessantly. Xu Yuan slept and woke up repeatedly in the well-air-conditioned bedroom, tossing and turning, his expression somewhat serious.

He looked like he was having a nightmare.

The air conditioning is on too high; my feet are a bit cold.

Just as Xu Yuan was thinking this, he suddenly felt something covering his feet.

It's gotten a bit warmer.

Hehe.

Xu Yuan felt a ticklish, itchy sensation on the soles of his feet.

Xu Yuan rolled over and lay sprawled out on the bed.

Immediately afterwards, he felt the lightness of the air conditioning blanket covering his body, and the cold air became less irritating.

Xu Yuan just felt a little more comfortable sleeping, but soon his whole body became heavy and he could no longer turn over.

It feels like being paralyzed by a ghost!
In his half-awake, hazy state, Xu Yuan vaguely glimpsed the outline of a figure.

A pair of slender, fair hands landed on Xu Yuan's cheeks.

Immediately following was a powerful shout:

"Young master, young master, get up! The sun's already high in the sky!"

A young woman with a high ponytail rode on Xu Yuan's back, rocking him vigorously like a rocking horse while repeatedly rubbing his face.

"When are you going to get up?!"

As Xu Yuan was being tormented, he slowly clenched his fists.

Source God, start!
boom!
Xu Yuan subdued the girl riding on her with a single punch, then twisted her arm behind her back and pinned her to the bed.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die—"

"Do you still know it hurts?"

Xu Yuan frowned. "Who told you to disobey and come into my room again?"

The girl said earnestly, "Because I'm the young master's maid, and I have to wake him up!"

"Even if you want to wake me up, shouldn't there be a more normal way? You can just wake me up directly."

"But, but that wouldn't be fun!"

"You clearly deserve a beating!"

Xu Yuan gave her a severe beating.

Now 11 years old, Xia Ke is a graceful young woman. She no longer has the childish voice and chubby cheeks of when she was eight. Her features and angles have become much more defined, and she has a familiar appearance reminiscent of the high school student Xia Ke.

However, despite her mature appearance, Xia Ke still retains her mischievous and naughty personality, completely lacking the self-awareness expected of a beautiful young girl.

After the summer vacation started, she would come to Xu Yuan's house every day to play with him and try to wake him up in various ways.

Sometimes it's using a magnifying glass to focus on Xu Yuan's butt, sometimes it's grabbing a lobster that was supposed to be cooked and putting it on Xu Yuan's face, sometimes it's blowing air into Xu Yuan's ear to tickle him, and most of the time it's just doing something big without any prank ideas.

Although she always ended up getting a beating from Xu Yuan, she always had the attitude that she would do it again next time, so Xu Yuan could hardly do anything about her.

"Actually, it's quite simple if you don't want me to play pranks on you. Just get up earlier than me."

Xia Ke stared at Xu Yuan, who was brushing his teeth in a daze, with a delighted expression. "Young Master clearly enjoys playing with me like this, but he won't admit it."

Xu Yuan glared at her, his mouth still full of foam, "You can get up at six every day during summer vacation, how am I supposed to get up?"

"It's seven o'clock today, okay?!"

Xia Ke pointed at the clock on the wall and said angrily, "I clearly listened to you and came to wake you up later! But you just can't sleep, what can I do?"

It's true... but I'm just not up to par.

Xu Yuan, realizing he was in the wrong, didn't argue further. He quickly rinsed his mouth, and Xia Ke smiled and handed him a towel. "Young Master, please wipe your face~"

"..."

Xu Yuan took the towel, wiped his face haphazardly a few times, and then asked Xia Ke, who was standing next to him, "Where's Yueyao? Why didn't she come with you today?"

"She helped us queue up at Xiao Hu's breakfast stall."

Xia Ke said, "Let me tell you, the sticky rice chicken at this breakfast shop is especially delicious. If you go later, you won't be able to buy it."

"We'd better hurry over there, she's so small, she'll definitely get crushed."

"Hmph, you only know how to worry about Yueyao when you're talking about her."

Xia Ke puffed out her cheeks, looking unhappy.

Xu Yuan said, "You guys always use the same setup. When are you going to get someone else to wake me up?"

Xia Ke waved her hand, "Come on, if Yue Yao were to wake you up, I think she would just stay there and quietly wait for you to wake up on your own."

……

Given Yueyao's personality, this is indeed quite possible.

Xu Yuan hurriedly changed his clothes and went out. Lin Jing was in the yard, taking out the washed clothes to dry.

"Aunt Jing, let's go out for breakfast!"

Are you coming back for lunch?

"Um……"

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, "I should come back."

"Okay, I'll cook then."

People in northern Chu call eating breakfast "Guozao". Breakfast is always a very ritualistic thing for them. Only after eating breakfast can the day officially begin.

Therefore, there is a wide variety of breakfast options.

Common noodle dishes like fried rice noodles, fried noodles, beef noodles, and hot dry noodles go without saying, but there are also many other local specialties such as three-delicacy bean curd sheets, egg wine, fried dough sticks, and glutinous rice chicken.

One of the more distinctive breakfast dishes in Baimei County is "pounded meat soup," a savory meat soup with a thick consistency made by coating slices of meat in potato starch. Because it is quite troublesome to prepare, very few breakfast stalls are willing to make it.

Xiao Hu Breakfast, located on Guta Road, is a well-known breakfast shop in the county, famous for its pounded meat soup. There are only three or four tables inside the shop, and when the small plastic tables outside are full, people will line up, just for that delicious breakfast.

When Xu Yuan and Xia Ke arrived, Lin Yueyao had just bought breakfast.

She was carrying large and small plastic bags containing glutinous rice chicken and shumai in her left and right hands, and also holding two bowls of pounded meat soup. Just as she was about to spill it, Xia Ke and Xu Yuan hurriedly caught up with her and took it.

Lin Yueyao has grown quite a bit taller than when Xu Yuan first met her. When Xu Yuan first met her, she was a short and thin little bean, but she has developed very quickly in the last two or three years.

After all, Xu Yuan would order an extra serving of fresh milk delivered to Lin Yueyao's home every day, ensuring she got the nutrition she needed.

At the same time, Lin Yueyao's clothes have become noticeably more colorful than before, indicating that she is living a much more comfortable life.

"Phew...you've finally arrived."

Lin Yueyao breathed a sigh of relief after handing the soup to the two of them. "These are the last two bowls. We almost missed them."

"I told you getting up at seven was too rushed, look how many people there are."

Lin Yueyao said, "Brother Yuan should get up earlier next time."

Xia Ke nodded, "Yes, yes, I knew it!"

Lin Yueyao lowered her head and mumbled, "If... if Brother Yuan really can't get up, then Ake and I will go get breakfast and deliver it to your house to wake you up for breakfast, okay?"

"No, it's not that bad..."

Xu Yuan quickly waved his hand, "I'll try to get up earlier."

　Here we go! A typical day for upper elementary school students!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)