Facing the hospitable father and daughter, Shen He was obviously at a loss and could only turn his head and look at Jiang Ning beside him.
Jiang Ning understood and took a step forward to take over the conversation: "Thank you Uncle Mao for the New Year's money. Happy Hailantern Festival!"
Although the two of them have been staying in the mountains for a long time, there are very few places where Mora can be used.
But no matter what, this is Master Mao’s wish, so it’s better to accept it.
"You're welcome, and I wish you a happy Lantern Festival." Master Mao responded cheerfully.
"If you have no other arrangements tonight, you might as well stay at Wanmin Hall to have dinner with me and Xiang Ling. It's crowded."
"Big brother and big sister, please stay and celebrate the festival with us, okay?"
Xiangling took Jiang Ning's hand and shook it gently, her big watery eyes full of anticipation.
Jiang Ning and Shen He looked at each other. Their original plan was to leave Liyue Port after watching the lanterns and fireworks show.
Now that Master Mao and Xiang Ling invited them to dinner, it was an unplanned matter.
"Senior sister?" Jiang Ning looked at Shen He beside him.
Shen He said softly: "It's up to you."
What she meant by this was that she agreed to stay for dinner.
Master Mao rolled up his sleeves: "Then it's settled."
"I'm going to the kitchen to wash the vegetables and cook. You kids are playing outside, so don't go too far."
Looking at Master Mao's leaving figure, Jiang Ning said, "Master Mao not only treated us to dinner, but also specially prepared New Year's money for us. We should also express our gratitude."
Shen He felt that what Jiang Ning said made sense, so he asked, "Then let's also prepare some lucky money for Master Mao."
"Sister, generally speaking, adults give lucky money to children. It's not appropriate for us to prepare lucky money for Master Mao." Jiang Ning explained with a smile.
Shen He exclaimed: "So that's it."
"Then we can prepare a gift for Xiangling."
Jiang Ning nodded in approval: "This is a good idea, so what gift should we give Xiang Ling?"
This question stumped Shen He.
Because the two of them spent most of their time in the mountains and forests, they really had nothing to give to Xiang Ling.
Is it possible to give the little guy some fairy grass as a gift?
"Big brother, big sister, you are whispering behind my back again!"
While Shen He was thinking, Xiang Ling came up.
The little guy's chubby face looked angry, as if he was dissatisfied that Jiang Ning and Shen He were chatting without her.
"I'm angry unless you play games with me."
The little guy was angry on purpose, just because she wanted someone to play games with her.
Jiang Ning and Shen He looked at each other. It was still some time before dinner time, and besides playing with Xiang Ling, there seemed to be nothing else to do.
"Okay, what game do you want to play?" Jiang Ning asked.
"Let's play house!"
When it comes to playing games, Xiangling suddenly becomes excited and dances.
"What is playing house?" Shen He asked puzzledly.
Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: "Senior sister, didn't you ever play the game of house when you were a child?"
He had thought that playing house was part of everyone's childhood, but that didn't seem to be the case now.
"No." Shen He shook his head.
"I spent most of my time with my mother and never played games."
Jiang Ning thought to herself, no wonder Shen He knew nothing about many things. It turned out that he had never seen them since he was a child.
Even if it is the well-known game of house, this is the first time she has heard of it.
It can be seen from this that Shen He lacked a lot of fun in his childhood.
"Playing house is when children play different members of the family and everyone lives together."
Jiang Ning tried to speak as plainly as possible so that Shen He could understand better.
"Yes, that's it!"
"The eldest brother will play the father, the eldest sister will play the mother, and I will play the daughter!"
Xiangling began to arrange everyone's identity.
She seemed to enjoy the process of playing the role. She held Jiang Ning with her left hand and Shen He with her right hand, forming a 'happy home'.
Shen He blinked, looking a little dazed.
Before she could understand what was going on, she suddenly had a 'husband' and a 'daughter'.
"I, what should I do?" Shen He asked blankly.
Jiang Ning saw that she was at a loss and comforted her softly: "Don't be nervous, this is just a game. Just try to bring in the identity of a wife and mother."
Bringing in the identity of wife and mother?
Shen He seemed to understand a little bit.
I saw her saying solemnly: "I will try my best to be a competent wife and mother."
Seeing Shen He's serious expression, Jiang Ning hesitated to speak.
How should I tell this young senior sister that playing house is just a game and not really a life together?
