A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

When they were in Li County, An Ning had taken Shen Changle to a park, but the difference between the county park and the city park was quite significant.

You can walk around a small park in a county town in just a few minutes, but Liuhua Lake Park in Guangshi covers hundreds of thousands of square meters. It would take two or three hours to walk around it, not even counting the time spent stopping to play.

As soon as the children arrived at the park, they ran out like wild horses, looking at everything with great interest.

Anning saw an amusement park advertisement at the park entrance and her eyes lit up: "There's an amusement park here?"

She didn't know when amusement parks entered the Chinese market, but in her memory, there shouldn't have been many entertainment facilities in this era, so the fact that there was an amusement park here was beyond her expectations.

The advertisements show that there are carousels, bumper cars, and miniature trains inside, but it's not clear what else is included.

However, since it's called an amusement park, it shouldn't only have these three things; there should be many more entertainment facilities inside.

"Shen Chang Le!"

Seeing the child chasing the white doves in the park square further and further away, Anning finally spoke up to call her back.

The little girl turned around in response, and a "click" sound came from beside her ear. An Ning turned around and saw that Chen Hai had somehow produced a small camera and taken a picture of the child.

"Where did you get the camera?" Anning asked in surprise.

"I asked a friend to get this for me a few days ago, and I didn't expect it to come in handy."

An Ning spat. This wasn't something she hadn't expected; it was clearly premeditated.

However, it's a good thing that cameras can be used to record what children look like when they are young. In the future, when they flip through the photo album, they can recall these precious memories.

"Mom, there are lots of big white birds over there that aren't afraid of people!" Shen Changle ran back.

"That's not a big white bird, those are pigeons kept in the park."

Anning looked around but couldn't find a place selling pigeon feed. Then she remembered that people in this era were still very honest and wouldn't do something like asking others to buy their pigeon feed at a high price to feed their pigeons.

In later generations, this kind of thing was very common. Not only in parks, but also in the open spaces in front of some large shopping malls, people would release pigeons there to sell pigeon feed to children. Once a batch was fattened up, it would be sold directly to the poultry market, and then a new batch of pigeons would be brought in to continue the practice.

She used to buy food to feed it, but after she could no longer find that chubby little bird with a grayish tinge between its eyebrows, she never did it again.

Is "pigeon" the antonym of "girl"?

The child's words were surprising, and Song Wenyuan, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh.

An Ning racked her brains and finally found a clue among the people around her.

The little girl didn't know which pigeon was being referred to, but she knew that "brother" and "sister" were relative terms.

Zhao Xuemei often called her "sister," "Anning sister," or "big sister," so when she mentioned pigeons, didn't the child immediately think of the word "brother"?

Your associative thinking is excellent; don't try to think about it next time.

"It's not the 'brother' in 'older brother,' but the 'pigeon' in 'ge' (鸽). It has the character 'he' (合) on the left and the character 'niao' (鸟) on the right. In ancient my country, this bird was often used to deliver messages, hence the saying 'pigeon messenger.' At the same time, this bird is used by two different religious groups abroad to convey messages of peace and hope, so it also symbolizes peace..."

"Oh dear, how could such a young girl understand what you're saying? It's good enough that she knows how to play," an older woman carrying a child interjected as she passed by.

"Nonsense! I can understand it!" Shen Changle angrily raised her head. "Not only can I understand it, I can also write it."

Back in my hometown, my grandma always said she didn't understand anything, but actually she could understand, she just didn't say it.

But after she went to the military family compound with her mother, both her teachers and friends praised her for being smart. Even her mother would discuss things with her. It had been a long time since anyone had told Shen Changle that she couldn't understand.

"Shen Chang Le, where is your manners?"

Anning reminded him expressionlessly.

Shen Changle quickly lowered her head: "Mother-in-law, I'm sorry."

But the older woman next to her wasn't angry; instead, she laughed and said, "This little girl may be small, but she has quite a temper. I must have misspoke."

She looked at An Ning and Chen Hai and asked, "You two are from out of town, aren't you?"

"Mm," Song Wenyuan replied.

"You guys should definitely have a good time in this park, there are lots of fun places to visit!"

"Auntie, could you take a picture for us?" Song Wenyuan gestured the camera toward the older woman.

The woman didn't refuse; the child was strapped to her body in a baby carrier, so it didn't really stop her from helping to take photos.

She took the camera and examined it for a moment: "How do I use this camera? Teach me. Back in the day, I was the most fashionable person on my street, and I learned everything the fastest. It's a pity we didn't have this kind of equipment back then..."

"This is the shutter button, and this button is for focusing. Once you see the portrait in focus, just press the shutter button."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Seeing that the man truly understood, Song Wenyuan turned to find his wife, An Ning, who was still talking to Shen Changle about what had just happened.

"Anning." Taking advantage of her momentary lapse in attention, Song Wenyuan took her hand. "Let's go over there and take a picture together!"

He was pointing to the gate with the words "Liuhua Lake Park" engraved on it.

An Ning only felt her hand being held by a pair of warm, large hands. She subconsciously tried to pull away, but the other person seemed to sense her movement and instead tightened their grip.

"This is the first time the three of us have gone out to play, so we should make a memento," Song Wenyuan said in a deep voice.

An Ning sensed the other person's seriousness. She hesitated for less than half a second before releasing the force in her hand.

"it is good."

When they got to the right spot, the older woman very familiarly started giving directions: "Yes, yes, move to the right a bit, young lady, get closer to your husband. Your child is so big already, how can you still be shy? Okay, okay, change positions, you two like this, hug the child... That's right!"

The only sound throughout was the camera clicking away; I don't know how many pictures were taken.

"Thank you, Auntie. We've taken our child to the amusement park."

After Song Wenyuan retrieved the camera, he put it back in his bag without even looking at it.

It was only then that Anning belatedly realized that cameras at that time were still film cameras, and taking pictures required film. Each frame was worth money, unlike later cameras where you could take many pictures in one pose and choose the best one.

"I heard that camera film is quite expensive, and that lady just took so many pictures..."

"It's okay, I brought plenty, that's enough."

An Ning remained silent: "That's not what I meant..."

"Let's go, let's walk towards the amusement park and take pictures as we go."

When Song Wenyuan left, he naturally took Anning's hand again. Anning thought that there were no acquaintances here, so she let him go.