"Shanshan, don't you like watching this puppet show?" Nini noticed Shanshan's obviously different expression.
Shanshan blinked her big eyes with long eyelashes. "It's not that I don't like it, but I just feel that puppet shows are not as interesting as before."
"How about we play house? I'll be the mom, you'll be the dad, and my doll will be the child." Nini said as she was about to rush to her bedroom, but was stopped by Shanshan.
"Let's go out for a walk." As soon as Shanshan finished speaking, the surrounding environment changed instantly. When Nini came to her senses, she found that she had arrived at Second Street.
Looking at the adults hurrying along the street, Nini nodded with a smile, "Okay, it's nice to go shopping, but there aren't as many people as before."
Two girls, one big and one small, were walking hand in hand on the street, chatting enthusiastically, but most of the time it was just Nini asking questions and Shanshan answering them.
No matter how serious the situation was, they hoped that there would still be places to relax on the island. Half an hour later, the two sat on a long bench on the side of the road, licking pink marshmallows while looking at the sea water in front of them illuminated by the sun.
A pair of slender legs as white as snow, led by a pair of white and tender little feet, swayed gently back and forth in the waves under the chair. The feeling of the sea water brushing against the soles of the feet was inexplicably itchy, making Nini couldn't help giggling.
Shanshan held the other person's hand and looked at her with a smile. Looking at her smile without a trace of impurities, she felt warm and comfortable in her heart.
"Shanshan, what have you been doing recently? Why didn't you come to see me? I thought you had forgotten me." Nini leaned her head gently on the other's arm.
"I'm helping my mother and learning some useful knowledge at the same time. Speaking of which, I've learned a lot recently." Shanshan answered simply.
Nini said "Oh~" as if she understood. "Just like when I helped my mother grow ryegrass at the World Championship? My mother also taught me a lot of knowledge about farming, but now no one farms anymore. They all go to factories."
"Well, that's about right. She's been very busy lately, so she needs me to help her share some of the work. Before, I could only make things more complicated, but now I can help." Shanshan continued.
"What about your father?" Nini took a big bite of the marshmallow in her hand.
"My dad" Shining's expression was a little complicated. "I don't know. I haven't seen him for a long time."
At this moment, there were some noisy sounds coming from the body. The two turned around and saw a man ringing the bicycle bell and walking home with his child.
"John, the factory has paid wages today, don't you want to eat cake? Eat as much as you want!"
“Thank you, Dad!”
Looking at the father and son laughing and talking happily, there was a hint of envy in Shanshan's eyes, and Nini also saw this hint of envy.
She said soothingly, "It's okay, Twinkle, your father will stay with you when he's done with his work."
But this time, Shanshan was very resistant. "He won't, he doesn't care about me at all. He took me out to play before, and I thought he had become like other fathers, but he hasn't changed at all. Mom is right, he is a scumbag."
As if she had found someone to confide in, Shanshan poured out all her dissatisfaction.
"I'm already three years old. It's been so long, but he didn't even ask about me. Doesn't he know that such a young child needs the company of his family the most? Usually, whenever he finds me, he only says one sentence, "Shanshan, call mom over." Am I a phone between them? Does he really treat me as a tool?"
This talk lasted for more than ten minutes. When she finished, Shanshan felt much better. She smiled and said to Nini next to her: "Thank you for listening to me."
Nini stood there in astonishment. When she came to her senses, the first thing she said was, "Shanshan, your marshmallow has begun to melt."
Shanshan looked at the half-melted marshmallow, opened his mouth wide, and stuffed the marshmallow and the stick directly into his mouth.
"Although I don't understand what you are saying, your parents definitely love you. There are no parents in the world who don't love their children."
Hearing Nini's words, Shanshan showed a trace of disdain on her face, "That's not necessarily true. There are many examples of fathers and sons killing each other in history books. Maybe my appearance was just an accident for them."
"Uh" the other party's words made Nini not know how to answer.
Looking at the other person's expression, Shanshan sighed slightly in his heart. It was obvious that the other person didn't understand what he meant.
"Let's go back. Your mother has already gotten off work. If she finds out she can't find you, she will be extremely worried."
Shanshan reached out and lifted Nini's feet out of the water, then picked up the shoes and socks on the chair next to her and began to put them on her.
The two came to the other side of the street that was not flooded by the sea water. Just as she put Nini down and was about to take her home, the sound of a bicycle bell rang nearby.
She looked up and found a brown-haired boy of about sixteen or seventeen with a group of other girls and boys stopping in front of her.
He patted the brand new bicycle as if to show off. "Hello, beautiful lady, are you going to take your sister home? Do you need me to give you a ride?"
Shanshan carefully looked at the seven or eight humans in front of him who looked about the same size as him. "According to the current plan of Hope Island, you should not have finished get off work yet. Why are you here?"
"It's simple. We skipped work and I don't want to go. No one can force me to go!" The young man raised his head proudly, waiting for the other party's admiring gaze.
He waited for a long time but found no response. When he turned his head again, he found that the other party was looking at him as if he was an idiot.
"Why don't you go? Everything you do in the factory now is to save Earthsea. It is everyone's responsibility."
Hearing Shanshan's words, the boy on the bicycle showed disdain on his face. "You are so pretty, but how can you be so old-fashioned? I thought it was a teacher from school standing in front of me."
"I have come to believe in the great God of Shining. When the sea is flooded, He will take us to His kingdom of God. Instead of working ourselves to death every day, we might as well enjoy life."
(End of this chapter)