The family was a little panicked. Feng Yifan had never expected that he would lose one of his two children after bringing them out to play before they even started playing.
After Feng Yifan panicked, he quickly calmed down and said to his wife and daughter, "Don't worry, Haohao must be nearby. Let's look for him together and we may find him soon. Ruoruo, you go with mom, and dad will look over there."
When Feng Ruoruo heard what her father said, she hurried back to her mother and held her mother's hand.
The little girl was obviously a little scared, worried that she would be lost too, so she held her mother's hand tightly.
Feng Ruoruo held her mother's hand and looked for brother Haohao while shouting, "Brother Haohao, where have you been? Mom and Dad and I are looking for you. Brother Haohao, don't hide, come out."
Hearing her daughter's words, Su Ruoxi comforted her daughter: "Don't worry, Brother Haohao will definitely find it."
On the other side, Feng Yifan walked in another direction and soon reached the edge of the area at the foot of the hill. Going further would lead him into the forest leading up the mountain.
Feng Yifan stood at the edge of the woods and looked inside. Perhaps because the woods were too dense, he couldn't find anyone after looking for a long time.
But he had a hunch that Yue Qihao should be in the woods, so he stepped into the woods to look for him.
After entering the forest, Feng Yifan walked for a while and finally saw Yue Qihao, who was lying behind a tree in the forest, as if staring at something.
When he saw Yue Qihao, Feng Yifan breathed a sigh of relief.
He walked quickly to the boy and patted him gently: "Haohao, what are you doing here? You running around makes us very worried. Go back quickly. Your sister is looking for you too."
Yue Qihao was startled when he was patted. He turned around and saw that it was Feng Yifan. The boy quickly made a gesture to keep quiet. Then he said in a very low voice: "Uncle Feng, don't make a sound. Look, there is a beautiful bird over there. I want to catch it and give it to my sister."
Feng Yifan also looked forward and saw Yue Qihao had set up a small trap with his net bag.
Not far from the trap, a thrush was slowly approaching.
Seeing this scene, Feng Yifan couldn't help but recall that when he was a child, he ran to the mountains to play with Yue Qihao's father Yue Qingsong. It seemed that they did the same thing at that time.
Thinking back to that time, he suddenly felt that his childhood seemed to be relatively happy.
The thrush was getting closer and closer to the net bag. Yue Qihao was very nervous and stared at it intently, waiting for the bird to enter the net bag so that he could pull the rope in his hand to cover the bird.
Little by little, the bird finally approached the bottom of the net bag.
Yue Qihao was about to pull the rope, but was stopped by Feng Yifan.
"Don't be impatient. Let's wait a little longer until the bird enters the middle of your net bag, and then pull the rope. That way it will be easier to cover it."
Yue Qihao also obediently did not pull the rope, and waited quietly with Uncle Feng.
The bird was smart enough not to go directly under the net bag.
Although there were some rice grains piled up by Yue Qihao in the middle of the cover, the thrush was always testing and did not actually go under the net bag.
At this time, Yue Qihao was actually a little impatient and wanted to pull the rope several times.
But Feng Yifan held his shoulders and prevented the boy from pulling the rope at will.
Finally, the thrush entered the net bag. This time, Yue Qihao did not give Feng Yifan a chance to speak and directly pulled the rope.
Almost at the moment the net bag fell, the thrush flapped its wings and flew away.
Seeing the thrush fly away, Yue Qihao suddenly felt very disappointed: "Oh, it was let go. It's really annoying. It was clearly in the middle of the net bag, why did it still fly away? Uncle Feng, I must have pulled it too slowly."
Feng Yifan smiled and shook his head when he heard this: "No, you pulled it too fast."
Yue Qihao was a little surprised: "Too fast?"
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "The bird is very smart. It just tried for the last time, so it looks like it has entered the net bag, but in fact it has not entered at all. It is just trying for the last time. If you can resist this time, it will enter next time."
After listening to Uncle Feng's words, Yue Qihao sighed unconvincedly: "A bird can be so smart."
Feng Yifan pulled the boy back and said, "Of course, in this forest, birds have many enemies. If they were not smart, they would have become delicious meals for other carnivores."
The uncle and nephew walked back together and returned to the grassy area at the foot of the hillside outside the woods.
From a distance, I saw Feng Ruoruo and her mother still looking for someone.
Hearing his sister calling him, Yue Qihao quickly shouted: "Sister, I'm back, here, here."
When Feng Ruoruo heard the voice, she turned her head and saw her brother and father coming back together. The little girl quickly pulled her mother and ran over here.
"Brother Haohao, where have you been? Mom and I have been looking for you for a long time."
Yue Qihao said a little embarrassedly: "I, I just saw a beautiful thrush in the woods over there, and I wanted to catch it for you, my sister, to play with."
Feng Ruoruo immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Haohao."
Then, she asked expectantly, "So, where's the bird?"
Yue Qihao was thanked by his sister, and when he heard his sister asking him for the bird, the boy felt even more embarrassed.
"I, I didn't catch it."
Feng Yifan saw the boy lowering his head, so he reached out and gently patted his shoulder: "Ruoruo, don't blame me. I have tried my best. You can only blame the bird because it was too cunning. That's why I didn't catch the bird and give it to Ruoruo."
After hearing what her father said, Feng Ruoruo moved closer to her brother and tilted her little head up to look at her brother's face from below.
"Brother Haohao, don't be sad. If you don't catch the bird, you don't have to worry about it. Ruoruo already has ducklings at home. There's no need to catch the bird."
Seeing his sister squatting down and looking at his face from below, Yue Qihao quickly raised his head.
After raising his head, he said to his sister, "Don't worry, I will catch it for you in the future."
Feng Ruoruo took two steps back and said with a smile, "No need. Ruoruo doesn't want to catch the bird. Ruoruo thinks the bird should fly freely in the woods. If you catch it, the bird won't be able to fly. So Ruoruo doesn't want to catch the bird."
Yue Qihao added: "Then I will help my sister catch butterflies."
Feng Ruoruo still shook her head: "No, Ruoruo doesn't want butterflies either, because Brother Haohao has already given me butterfly specimens, so Ruoruo doesn't need to catch butterflies, we can just play here."
Hearing his sister's words, Yue Qihao smiled and nodded: "Okay, sister, let's continue playing."
Then the two children held hands and played together on the grass. Feng Yifan also held his wife's hand and followed behind the two children, watching the two children playing and running innocently.
Su Ruoxi looked at the two children and said to her husband, "It was right for me to follow your advice and bring Ruoruo back. Ruoruo has become more cheerful since she came back. Besides, in the countryside, if she plays like this, her body will become stronger, which can be regarded as laying a foundation for her future schooling."
Feng Yifan smiled and replied to his wife: "Why do you think of the children going to school?"
Su Ruoxi said seriously: "You don't understand, it's very hard for children to go to school nowadays."
Feng Yifan looked at his daughter and said, "Although it is hard, I believe that our Ruoruo will be able to persevere, and I believe that Ruoruo's grades will not be bad after she goes to school."
Su Ruoxi couldn't help laughing after hearing what her husband said: "You think everything about your daughter is good, just like your daughter thinks of you as her father. Feng Ruoruo often says, 'Dad is the best, Dad is the best in the world.' You two are really father and daughter."
Feng Yifan hugged his wife and said, "Of course, that means she is my biological daughter."
Su Ruoxi then said seriously, "But we still have to be prepared for the hard work after the children go to school."
Feng Yifan nodded: "Well, okay, I will fully cooperate with my wife when the time comes."
Su Ruoxi immediately said, "Don't just talk about it. When your daughter complains, you will start to spoil her, just like when we go to learn dancing this time."
Feng Yifan said a little embarrassedly, "Didn't I ask Ruoruo to sign up for dance lessons this time? Isn't it because Teacher Guo doesn't have time for the time being? After kindergarten starts, won't Ruoruo have to learn it? When the time comes, I will make sure Ruoruo learns well from the teacher."
Su Ruoxi pouted: "Don't protect your daughter again when the time comes."
Feng Yifan immediately promised: "Okay, I will listen to my wife when the time comes."
Woof woof woof.
Just as the couple was chatting, they suddenly heard a dog barking in the distance.
Soon, a figure was seen walking in from the other side of the lawn, accompanied by a group of dogs of different sizes.
Feng Yifan and his wife also rushed over to prevent the two children from being scared by the dog.
But after running over, Feng Yifan unexpectedly discovered that his daughter and Yue Qihao were actually playing very well with the group of puppies, and the group of puppies obviously liked the two children more.
Being surrounded by little puppies also made Feng Ruoruo feel very happy.
Seeing her parents coming, Feng Ruoruo immediately picked up a puppy and ran to her parents.
"Mom and Dad, look quickly, this little puppy is so playful. It's not even afraid of Ruoruo, and it stops barking when Ruoruo holds it."
The dog is not a rare breed, just a local dog that is common in the countryside.
But the one my daughter brought looks round and really cute.
Feng Yifan reached out and touched the puppy and found that the puppy was really well behaved and didn't even bark at all.
When Feng Ruoruo saw her father Yue reaching out to touch it, she quickly urged her mother to touch it as well: "Mom, mom, look, Dad has touched it, you should touch it too, you see it's so well behaved, it won't bark, and it won't bite you."
Su Ruoxi still understood what her daughter meant. She knew that since her daughter asked them to touch the puppy, she would definitely want to get one to take home and raise it next.
So she never reached out to touch her, but just stood there looking at her daughter.
Feng Ruoruo was a little unhappy when she saw that her mother was unwilling to extend her hand: "Mom, don't you like puppies?"
Su Ruoxi saw her daughter pouting her lips and looking unhappy, so she smiled and said, "Tell mom, let mom and dad touch it, do you want to take it home and raise it?"
Hearing her mother's words, Feng Ruoruo exclaimed: "Oh, Mom guessed it."
Su Ruoxi said proudly: "Of course, do you think mom is as easy to deceive as your dad? Mom is not as stupid as dad to be fooled by a little girl like you."
Feng Ruoruo continued to pout and said, "Then, Mom, don't you want Ruoruo to raise it?"
Su Ruoxi asked seriously: "What do you think? You already have a duckling at home, and you want to take a puppy back with you, can you take care of it?"
Feng Ruoruo listened to her mother's words and pouted her lips even higher.
"Mom, but it's so fun, I want to keep it."
When Feng Yifan saw his daughter's look, he smiled and wanted to agree to her request to raise a dog.
However, his wife stopped him first: "Don't speak, you will definitely agree if you speak. I know you will spoil our daughter."
Feng Yifan was stopped by his wife. He gave his daughter a helpless look and spread his hands and said, "Dad can't talk anymore. If Ruoruo wants to have a dog, she has to get mom's consent. If mom doesn't agree, dad's words won't work. But dad supports Ruoruo."
Seeing that her mother didn't let her father speak, Feng Ruoruo could only put the puppy down and jump directly into her mother's arms.
"Mom, puppies are so fun, let's just keep this one."
Facing her daughter's coquettishness, Su Ruoxi pinched her daughter's face and said, "But if you want to raise a puppy, you will be even busier every day. You have to raise ducklings and puppies. Your time every day will be occupied by ducks and dogs."
Feng Ruoruo thought about it and said, "It doesn't matter. We still have grandparents and dad, right?"
Su Ruoxi said to her daughter seriously: "If you want to raise a child, Ruoruo has to raise him by herself."
In fact, the reason why Su Ruoxi didn't want her daughter to raise the child was that she was worried that her daughter would not take care of the family after she brought the child home, and would leave the child to her grandparents and parents. She felt that if that happened, her daughter would gradually become irresponsible and think that she could get whatever she wanted.
After hearing what her mother said, Feng Ruoruo fell into deep thought. She looked down and saw the puppy still beside her. She felt really reluctant to leave.
Finally, Feng Ruoruo said to her mother seriously: "Ruoruo promise to take good care of the puppy and duck."
Su Ruoxi looked at her daughter's serious expression and asked to confirm, "Really? Ruoruo wants to take care of her herself?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded her head confidently: "Really? Ruoruo promises."
Seeing her daughter's serious promise, Su Ruoxi finally nodded: "Okay, then let's go tell them. Mommy has to tell them that if Ruoruo doesn't raise the puppy herself, Mommy will send the puppy back and won't allow Ruoruo to raise it anymore."
When Feng Ruoruo heard her mother allow her to keep the puppy, she completely ignored what her mother said afterwards, cheered, picked up the puppy again, and pulled her mother to tell the dog's owner.
Feng Yifan looked at the mother and daughter, smiled and followed them.