Parental Love: Jiang Weimin's Life of Lying Down

Wang Liya was so happy these past two days! She held the album tightly all day long, and showed it off wherever she went, earning countless envious glances.

Maybe she not only likes the picture album itself, but also likes the feeling of being envied.

Wang Liya had just gone out for a stroll with the picture album. After receiving a new round of envious looks, she returned home and found her brother rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for something.

"Brother, what are you looking for?"

"Have you seen my picture book? Zhou Aiguo has several picture books with new chapters of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I want to take my picture book to exchange with him. How come there are only two left at home?" Wang Yuanchao said as he searched.

"Brother, what if we can't find it?" Wang Liya blinked.

"How is it possible that we can't find it? Could it be eaten by mice?" my brother muttered.

"Yes, it was eaten by rats!" Wang Liya nodded seriously.

"Xiao Ya, did you take it away? Who did you lend it to?" The brother suddenly reacted and stared at Wang Liya.

"Brother, I...I said I exchanged the picture book for something else, will you be angry?" Wang Liya lowered her head guiltily.

"What? You actually took the comic book to exchange for something?" The brother's eyes widened. "Xiao Ya, what did you exchange for? It couldn't be the tattered painting you've been showing off everywhere these days!"

"Brother~~, you are so mean to me. I will go tell Dad right now." After saying this, Wang Liya pretended to cry and run away.

"No, no, little sister, I'm just asking casually. If you don't want to tell me, forget it, but don't tell Dad!"

He didn't dare to let his sister go and complain, otherwise when their father came, he wouldn't know whether his sister was okay or not. Anyway, he would definitely be severely beaten.

"I just care about you. I'm afraid you've been cheated. After all, you've exchanged so many comic books."

"Oh, it's not that many, just 8 books." When he heard his sister say this number, he almost couldn't help but exclaimed, but he forced himself to hold it back.

"Only eight books?" He could only sigh in his heart but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Give me your broken, not-so-good-looking painting." Wang Liya hesitated for a moment, but finally handed over the album in her hand.

However, she quickly took it back as soon as she handed it out.

"Brother, go wash your hands first. I'll show you after you wash your hands."

"Why are you being so mysterious? You even want me to wash my hands first. Fine, wait. I have to see if it's worth my comic book."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the sink. A moment later, my brother came back after washing his hands.

"I'm done washing, let me see it quickly." Wang Yuanchao was a little impatient.

"Don't be in a hurry, go dry your hands first," Wang Liya looked at Wang Yuanchao's hands with a smile.

"You are really busy. Wait."

Wang Yuanchao quickly wiped his hands dry, turned back and stretched out his hands, "Is this okay now?"

"Yes, please handle it with care!" Wang Liya carefully handed the picture album to her brother.

Although Wang Liya showed off everywhere these two days, she did not show off in front of her brother, which made her feel a little guilty.

Wang Yuanchao took it and looked at it in confusion. It turned out to be a bound picture album, not a few paintings as he had imagined.

So I flipped through the pages one by one and found that they were all portraits of my sister.

Each painting was very beautiful and the clothes were all different. Although they looked good, Wang Yuanchao felt that this album was not worth his eight picture books.

Wang Yuanchao muttered to himself but couldn't say it out loud.

"The paintings are indeed beautiful, but I think... two paintings for one book is more appropriate."

"That's it. I had to wait in line for three days before I could get a spot! Now you can't just change books with Jiang Weimin whenever you want. He doesn't lack people to change comic books."

"Jiang Weimin? Jiang Weidong's brother?"

"Yes, it's Jiang Weimin from Commander Jiang's family."

"That's Jiang Weidong's brother. Jiang Weidong and I are good brothers. I have to exchange a picture book for a painting. I'll go find Jiang Weidong and get the picture book back."

"Brother, is it true?"

"Why would I lie to you, buddy?"

"Brother, I heard that Jiang Weimin is studying 16-page paper for painting. Now his paintings are all 32-page. You have such a good relationship with his brother, so ask him to draw a picture for me."

"It's not that difficult. Just wait. It's all small matters. Wait for my good news!"

Wang Yuanchao ran quickly towards Jiang Weidong's house with two picture books in his hands.

Ran to Jiang Weidong’s house!

"Jiang Weidong, Jiang Weidong——"

"Wang Yuanchao, what are you yelling about!" Jiang Weidong answered impatiently.

"Brother, I heard that your brother has a lot of picture books now."

"Not many, maybe fifty or so."

"There are so many! There are eight picture books in here that I contributed. My sister exchanged my picture books for a picture album."

"What, do you still want to go back?"

"No, no, no, brother, this is something we both agreed to. I just want to discuss something with you, brother?"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Weidong looked at Wang Yuanchao in confusion.

"I just want to borrow some picture books from you, brother."

"It's no big deal. What do you want to see? I'll go back and find it for you."

"No, it was Zhou Aiguo's aunt who brought him a lot of comic books from Qingdao, including seven or eight copies of Romance of the Three Kingdoms alone.

There are also the two I want to read the most, 'Three Heroes Fighting Lü Bu' and 'Shooting the Halberd at the Gate'. All my comic books are at your house, so I want to borrow a few to share with Zhou Aiguo."

"real or fake?"

"That must be true. He told me so himself yesterday at school."

"Okay, wait, I'll go get it."

Not long after, Jiang Weidong came back with six comic books, shaking them proudly: "Let's go."

"Okay, brother. I'll lead the way for you." Wang Yuanchao said as he took the picture book in a servile manner.

"Brother, look, these two books were exchanged with mine. There are still traces of me accidentally tearing them open."

"It's too late for you to regret. I can't take it back from you." Jiang Weidong slapped Wang Yuanchao on the back.

Wang Yuanchao waved his hand quickly and said:

"No, brother. I was just saying that it's a great idea to exchange drawings for comic books. Wouldn't that mean I could have endless comic books to read?"

"You are not a good flatterer! The idea came from my brother Jiang Weimin."

"Brother, we are all family, no one is different from the other."

Jiang Weidong smiled, patted his shoulder, and said generously: "After all this talk, do you also want to read the comic books we collected for free?"

"Brother is wise!"

Jiang Weidong burst into laughter, put his arm around Wang Yuanchao's shoulders, and said loudly: "This is nothing! We are good brothers!"

If Jiang Weimin was present at this moment, he would definitely sigh and say, "All the comic books I worked so hard to draw have become wedding dresses for you two. You two are so shameless!"