The three children, Jin Xiaowen, Jin Xiaobao and Jin Xiaoyu, were particularly excited at the dinner table because there would be a performance by the art troupe tonight to express their condolences to the soldiers and their families in Chazipo.

The children's hearts had already gone to the performance, and they were all eating ravenously. Jin Xiaobao was so choked that he kept beating his chest.

Li Changpu rolled his eyes at him, handed him the quilt, and said with a hint of a lesson, "Why are you eating so fast?"

Jin Xiaowen explained, "Dazhu is waiting for us outside."

Several people had already made an appointment to watch the show together. The Zhao family next door started eating early, and now the three Zhao brothers were hiding under the wall outside the Li family's courtyard gate, waiting for them.

Li Changpu also knew about the program, and Jin Xiaobao even asked for leave for him, so he would make up for tonight's study tasks tomorrow.

Jin Xiaobao drank half a jar of water and felt better. He then shoveled the rice in the bowl into his mouth, "Uncle, aunt, I'm done. I'm going out to play."

Jin Xiaowen also finished eating. After wiping his mouth, he said to Jiang Tingxia and Li Changpu, "Uncle, aunt, we are leaving first. Come find me in front of the stage later. I will save a seat for you."

If you want to watch the show, you have to reserve a seat, otherwise you will be blocked by so many people that you won’t be able to see anything and can only hear the sound during the show.

Jin Xiaobao said directly, "Uncle doesn't need us to save a seat for him, he has one."

Soldiers are the main recipients of condolences, and they should sit in the middle. There is no need for a child to take Li Changpu's seat.

Jin Xiaowen said "oh" and said to Jiang Tingxia, "Then aunt, I'll tell you."

Jiang Tingxia smiled when she heard what Jin Xiaowen said, "No need to give me a place to go. I won't go over."

Jiang Tingxia complained about the noise, the crowds, the chaos, and the temporary outdoor stage. It was cold just thinking about it. She didn't know what was good to see. But she didn't dare to say it even if she had the courage. She just said casually, "I don't know why I'm so tired these two days. I'm so sleepy that I'm going to take a nap at home."

"Go and have fun on your own."

Jin Xiaowen turned his head and saw Jiang Tingxia's small face, which was the size of a palm. Her skin was pale with a slight bluish tint and seemed thin and transparent. She looked like she was not in good health and it seemed that she really needed sleep.

"Okay, then you can rest at home, aunt."

Jin Xiaowen went to see Jin Xiaoyu again and urged, "Xiaoyu, have you finished eating?"

Jin Xiaoyu also became anxious, "Okay, okay."

She put down the bowl in a panic and was about to leave with her brother and sister.

"Wait a minute," Li Changpu stopped the person, looked at Jin Xiaoyu's half-eaten bowl, and said sternly, "Finish your meal, don't leave any leftovers."

Jin Xiaoyu was used to Li Changpu being gentle towards her, so she was a little uncomfortable with his sudden cold attitude. She sat at her dining seat, looking at Li Changpu with her big eyes blinking, with an aggrieved look on her face.

Seeing this, Jin Xiaowen quickly took the bowl and said, "I'll give it to her."

Li Changpu disagreed, looking at Jin Xiaoyu with a stern expression, "Let her eat it herself."

Li Changpu's face turned cold, and he was not afraid of him, so Jin Xiaowen put the bowl back to Jin Xiaoyu.

Jin Xiaoyu looked at Li Changpu's stern expression and thought to herself, my uncle is so fierce. This is the first time he got angry with me. Jin Xiaoyu felt half scared and half aggrieved. She sat there in a daze, about to cry.

Although Li Changpu's expression remained the same, his big hand under the table moved and secretly patted Jiang Tingxia's leg twice while she was sitting next to him.

Li Changpu had no idea how to coax a child, especially a crying little girl. What was worse was that this little girl was crying because of his scolding.

So they had to quickly pull Jiang Tingxia to smooth things over.

Feeling Li Changpu's "cry for help", Jiang Tingxia had no choice but to save the situation.

She had a gentle smile on her face, "Xiaoyu, eat your meal quickly so you can go out and play with your brother and sister."

Seeing Jiang Tingxia speaking to her in a friendly manner, Jin Xiaoyu seemed to have seen a savior. Her eyes instantly lit up and she glanced at Jiang Tingxia.

But the next second she glanced at her uncle with some fear.

The little girl was a little scared, wondering if her uncle didn't like her anymore and therefore hated her.

Jiang Tingxia noticed Jin Xiaoyu's fear and coaxed her softly, "Uncle scolded you because he didn't want you to waste food."

She asked, "Does Xiaoyu think wasting food is a good thing?"

Jin Xiaoyu shook her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Not good."

"It's good that Xiaoyu knows she was wrong," Jiang Tingxia said to Li Changpu in a serious tone, "Our Xiaoyu never left any food in the past. She always ate everything up. She was in a hurry to go out with her brother and sister today, so she acted like this. You can't be mean to her."

Li Changpu followed Jiang Tingxia's words and nodded.

Seeing her uncle nod, Jin Xiaoyu was no longer so scared. She picked up the bowl and ate all the rice in it.

"You've eaten it all," Jiang Tingxia praised, "Go play."

After getting permission, Jin Xiaoyu jumped off the stool and held Jin Xiaowen's hand.

Jiang Tingxia warned, "Xiao Wen, hold your sister's hand tightly."

"Okay, I understand, aunt."

After the three children left the house, Li Changpu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was also worried about what would happen if Jin Xiaoyu burst into tears.

Jiang Tingxia scolded, "You are too fierce. Look how scared the child is."

Li Changpu was eating, "I didn't say anything."

He really didn't say anything just now, and he wasn't even angry. It's just that he didn't realize that he was the kind of person without expression. Unless he was smiling obviously, he always had a sour face. Especially since he had soldiers under him, over time, he naturally had some intimidation without even getting angry.

Jiang Tingxia poked the rice in the bowl with chopsticks and said, "You look fierce, and children are afraid of you."

"It's not easy for your niece to get close to you, and if you scare her again, who will care about you?"

Li Changpu shoveled the last bit of food on the plate into his own bowl. "That's perfect. When we have children in the future, I will be responsible for calming them down, and you can coax them like you did just now. We can play the good cop and the bad cop."

Jiang Tingxia teased him, "The child was scared when he saw his father was so fierce that he dared not come. You still miss the child."

After hearing what Jiang Tingxia said, Li Changpu touched his face and began to reflect on himself, "How could it be so terrible?"

Don't really scare your child away.

"It's not a matter of face, it's a matter of aura."

Jiang Tingxia asked in confusion, "That's strange, are you not getting along with children?"

Jiang Tingxia was amused when she talked about Gu Yishu. "Look at Xiaoshu. That little girl hides from you every time she comes home. I find it strange. You haven't even met her a few times, so why is she so afraid of you?"

"Which little girl?" Li Changpu asked.

"She is Researcher Gu's youngest daughter."

Jiang Tingxia looked at him and reminded him, "Zhang Xinran brought her to our house to play, and you don't even remember that."

"Researcher Gu."

Li Changpu suddenly snorted, "You speak as if you two know each other very well."

Hearing his sarcastic remarks, Jiang Tingxia put down his chopsticks and looked at him, just looking at him quietly without saying a word.

Li Changpu didn't know what was wrong, but he felt uncomfortable whenever he heard Jiang Tingxia talking about this Researcher Gu. Jiang Tingxia spoke very highly of this person, praising him like a flower. Especially since that person looked like the same type as the man Jiang Tingxia had fallen in love with before, wearing glasses to pretend to be an intellectual, which he couldn't stand.

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