After a simple rebirth

Two Aprils, but also a birthday, Fu Ying herself forgot the exact date.

But when Fu Ying was leaving school in the evening, someone stopped her when she was leaving the school gate. When Fu Ying looked over, she saw that Fu Yu had brought three children to the gate of Gumang Middle School to pick her up after school.

"Sister, why did you come here suddenly? You're with three children, be careful not to get bumped into." Fu Ying and Li Xingying walked over. Fu Ying held Wang Ruizhong and Wang Ruiya, fearing that they would be bumped into by the students coming out.

"Come and pick you up. Wait for Fu Zhe." Fu Yu looked at Li Xingying, "We are not going home later. We have something to do on the street. Do you want to go back first or wait for your brother to go back together?"

"I won't go with him. I'll go home first!" Li Xingying waved goodbye to Fu Yu and others.

Fu Zhe came out quickly and Fu Ying called him.

"Sister? Why did you bring them here to pick us up from school?" Fu Zhe ran over quickly when he saw his eldest and second sisters were there.

The boy with Fu Zhe didn't wait and told Fu Zhe directly that he was going home first.

"I want to take you out for dinner tonight, so I'm here to pick you up from school so you don't have to make an extra trip." Fu Yu answered their questions.

Fu Ying was surprised. Fu Yu was really a thrifty person. Not to mention going out to eat, even when buying ice cream, she would buy the kind that could be shared. She would eat a little and the child would eat more.

So it was really rare to hear Fu Ying suggest going out to a restaurant.

"Sister, this is not like you. Did something good happen?"

Fu Ying wanted to ask if Gu Mang had notified the land acquisition, but then she thought it was not right. It was impossible for her to not hear any news about the land acquisition at school.

Fu Yu was mysterious and didn't say anything.

Fu Ying then asked Fu Zhe,

"Do you remember when we were in elementary school, after school we walked to the entrance of the middle school to wait for my sister to finish class?"

Fu Zhe nodded, "Remember, it's to wait for me to carry us home."

"Then let's carry Wang Ruizhong and the others on our backs. Each of us can carry one person and walk together."

As she spoke, Fu Ying carried Wang Ruiya on her back, and Fu Zhe also carried Wang Ruizhong on his back.

The primary school was a little above the Xinhua Bookstore and the school ended earlier. When Fu Ying and her friends reached Gumang Middle School, they were actually halfway there. However, Fu Ying was spoiled by Fu Yu and became too pampered. She insisted on waiting at the gate of Gumang Middle School until Fu Yu got out of school and carried her home.

Fu Yu's classmates all joked that Fu Yu was too indulgent to his sister, saying that he still had to carry her on his back every day even though she was so old. Fu Yu didn't say anything and continued to carry his sister home every day.

Fu Ying remembered that once when it was raining, Fu Yu told her to hold the umbrella back a little before carrying her on his back, for fear that her books would get wet. But Fu Ying was afraid that Fu Yu would get wet, so she held the umbrella forward, and Fu Yu's books were soaked. Fu Yu didn't say anything, but just put them on the stove to dry.

Later, Fu Ying was already in the third grade, and Fu Zhe was also in the first grade, but Fu Zhe envied Fu Ying because she could be carried home by Fu Yu before, and he would also carry Fu Yu after school. The two children were not light at all, and Fu Yu was also quite thin at that time. Sometimes Fu Zhe was the only one on her back, but sometimes Fu Yu would carry her brother and sister home together.

Children may not remember everything, but they will remember some important and warm pictures.

That’s why Fu Ying and Fu Zhe have always been nice to Yu’s children.

Fu Yu told Wang Ruizhong and the others to walk by themselves, but Fu Ying insisted on carrying the child on her back since it wasn't far anyway.

Fu Yu did not try to persuade them, but took a few people to the Internet cafe and entered a restaurant.

Fu Yu asked Fu Ying if she wanted to eat anything. Fu Ying shook her head and told Fu Yu to make the decision.

Fu Yu ordered a noodle soup and the others were stir-fried dishes.

It was a rare occasion for the three kids to come out to eat, so they were very curious. Fu Yu even got a big bottle of Orange Juice for them to share.

The noodle soup was served first. Fu Yufen scooped out a little in a small bowl and pushed the big bowl to Fu Ying's side.

"Today is Fu Ying's birthday, and in a few days it will be Wang Ruizhong's birthday, so you two will celebrate your birthdays together.

This noodle can be regarded as longevity noodles, and each person can eat a little."

Fu Ying was surprised. They came out to eat because of her birthday!

Wang Ruiya also said she wanted to eat, and Fu Ying was about to give her some, but Fu Yu stopped her.

"You are the birthday girl, so eat the first bite first, and then share with her later."

Fu Ying did not reject Fu Yu's kindness. She picked up a noodle and slurped it in one gulp, followed by a sip of soup. Her birthday ritual was satisfied.

Wang Ruizhong also followed Fu Ying's example and ate the noodles and drank the soup.

Wang Ruiya was extremely anxious. Fu Ying put some noodles into her bowl and also gave some to Fu Yu, asking Fu Yu to feed Wang Ruixuan first.

Children in rural areas start to eat complementary foods after weaning. When they are around one year old, they will be fed some porridge and some noodles.

The children were eating noisily, and the dishes were served. Fu Zhe found three bamboo sticks and stuck them into the potato chips.

"There is no birthday cake, but pretend that this plate of potatoes is a cake and the bamboo sticks are lit candles. Make a wish and blow out the candles."

Fu Ying taught Wang Ruizhong to put his hands together, close his eyes and make a wish. Wang Ruiya also joined in the fun and closed her eyes.

Fu Zhe led the singing of "Happy Birthday to You" in her ears, and Fu Ying made a wish that "every family member is healthy."

Everything else can be achieved through hard work, but the health of family is the biggest and most difficult wish.

Fu Ying opened her eyes and blew a breath with Wang Ruizhong and Wang Ruiya, pretending to blow out the "candle". Fu Ying took everyone's bowl and peeled a piece of potato.

"This is the birthday cake for the birthday boy. Everyone has to have a piece of it!"

Then he said to Wang Ruizhong, "You are the birthday boy, you can have two pieces of cake."

After eating the "cake", Fu Ying filled everyone's cup.

"Cheers! Happy birthday to me and Wang Ruizhong, and I hope each of us grows up healthy and happy!"

The adults and children gathered in the middle with their cups. Wang Ruizhong and Wang Ruiya imitated Fu Ying's toast and felt stuffy in the mouth, but they couldn't finish it in one gulp and almost spilled it. After drinking it, they imitated sighing to express their satisfaction.

The adults laugh at the children's imitation, and the children laugh out loud because they are happy to eat and laugh along with them.

Fu Ying picked up food for everyone while eating, and Fu Yu stopped Wang Ruixuan's hands from grabbing things everywhere while eating.

After the meal, Fu Yu asked Fu Ying and Fu Zhe to go back to school directly. Fu Ying and Fu Zhe insisted on sending Fu Yu and the others home, as Fu Yu had three children with her.

Passing by the stationery store in front of the middle school, Fu Yu asked Fu Ying if she wanted to buy anything. Fu Ying shook her head and said that she had bought everything at the beginning of the school year and there was nothing she was missing now.

However, Fu Zhe was about to go in to buy something, so seeing Fu Zhe go in, they decided to go in and take a look.

Fu Ying took Wang Ruizhong with her instead, preparing to buy him a birthday present.

"Xiaozhong, take a look at what you like and your uncle will buy you a birthday present."

Wang Ruizhong looked around and chose a four-wheel drive racing car, the kind that has four small cars in a box.

Fu Ying took a look and saw that it was 20 yuan, which was not expensive.

"Xiao Zhong, this is your birthday present. It's yours, but your younger brother and sister's birthdays haven't come yet, so they don't have any birthday presents. If they want to play with it, can you share it with them?

It's not that you are asked to give it to them, but to lend it to them to play with for a while. It is still yours, and you don't have to give it to them if you don't want them to play with it anymore.

When it’s their birthday, I’ll ask them to share their gifts with you.”

Fu Ying knows that children are sometimes not willing to share their things because she herself has experienced being forced to share.

But now from an adult's perspective, Fu Ying wants to advise him in advance that it is better to share. Children care more about what they don't have or can't get. If he can share, there will be fewer disputes and his personality will not easily go to extremes.

"Uncle, I can give them some to play with, but they can't take my gifts without asking me."

After listening to Fu Ying's words, Wang Ruizhong was willing to share, but he was also afraid that his younger brothers and sisters would break it.

"Okay, I'll talk to your mother and ask her to protect your toys together, okay?"

"Okay," Wang Ruizhong nodded.

Fu Ying took him to pay the bill.

When they came out, Fu Zhe was ready to pay for the car, which was also a small car, a little bigger, and should be the kind of car that can be driven forward by sliding backwards. But Wang Ruiya was holding a pink bear doll in her arms, which was almost half her height.

After paying the bill, Wang Ruiya ran over to find Fu Ying.

"Second uncle, this is the birthday present that youngest uncle said he would buy for you. Can you share it with me?"

Fu Ying was surprised. She thought Fu Zhe bought it because Wang Ruiya saw her brother got a gift and wanted a gift too. She didn't expect that it was a birthday present Fu Zhe bought for her.

"Fu Zhe, why did you spend so much money on this gift? It's too expensive!" Fu Ying said.

"It's okay. You and Wang Ruiya can both hold it and play with it. Just buy it."

Wang Ruiya couldn't hold the doll anymore, so Fu Ying had to take it.

This is Fu Zhe's first birthday gift to Fu Ying, two lives. Because we didn't have money before, our family didn't pay much attention to giving gifts. Later, when Fu Zhe got married, they didn't care about it anymore.

This was also the first time that someone other than her boyfriend gave Fu Ying a doll.

Fu Ying used to be a little girl who wanted a doll, but her parents never gave them birthday presents, and she never paid much attention to her birthday.

Fu Yu would buy cute dolls for her children, and Fu Ying liked them too, but she couldn't ask for them.

In her previous life, Fu Ying bought a brown bear doll as a gift for her 18th birthday. It was a small doll that she had seen many times in the supermarket across from her company. She struggled for a long time, and finally bought it for herself on her birthday.

I was very happy when I paid the bill.

Later on, I wasn’t that happy. I had been waiting for too long, and when my expectation came true, I felt disappointed.

The doll became a symbol of memory and did not become her Abebe.

On the contrary, when she first got together with Zhang Zun, the long puppy doll that Zhang Zun gave her, about 30cm long, unexpectedly accompanied her to sleep all the time. Sometimes she used it as a pillow, and sometimes she fell asleep quickly while hugging it.

When she first returned to Gumang, she also thought about buying herself a doll to hug while sleeping, but now she has a regular schedule and falls asleep quickly, so she didn't buy it.

Unexpectedly, Fu Zhe, a straight man, accidentally fell in her heart.

Fu Ying said to Fu Zhe, "I like it very much. Thank you."

Then he said to Wang Ruiya,

"Take this doll home and let's play with it together. We can even hold it together while sleeping at night."

"Okay, I'm going to sleep with it tonight!"

"She has so many dolls, she just likes them for a while but stops looking at them after a few days." Fu Yu continued.

Fu Ying smiled and said, no matter what, it’s all good.

After sending Fu Yu and her three children home, Fu Ying did not go to school immediately. Now that they were all home, they just stayed in their room to do some exercises.