"Dad, you drank so much."

"Mom, it's already so late. Don't go back tonight. Stay here with me to rest for the night." Cao Shujie said to his parents.

Cheng Xiaolin was also there to persuade her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan heard what their son and daughter-in-law said, they accepted the advice and did not show much stubbornness in this matter.

It was already very late, and there was no bustling nightlife in the countryside at night like in the city. There was nothing going on in the countryside, so we just followed the rule of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, so we all started to rest early.

Cao Shujie got up early the next day as usual.

He took Daha, Erha and five puppies to the orchard on the mountain to fetch Dahei and Xiaohei, and then they went to the dam together for two hours.

After finishing his work, Cao Shujie returned home and tied the dog into the kennel.

At this time, Cao Shujie suddenly discovered something. The kennel his family had originally was quite spacious, but now it looks much smaller.

"Let Grandpa Zhenggang come over another day to help build a doghouse." Cao Shujie was thinking about this in his mind.

That is to say, his yard is big enough and there is a lot of free space, otherwise it would be in vain.

But looking at the vacant area to the south, Cao Shujie was also thinking about planting some flower trees or fruit trees to make the yard not look so desolate.

Because of running, Cao Shujie was covered in sweat. After saying hello to his grandfather who had woken up early, he went to the second floor, picked up a towel and clothes, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After changing into dry clothes, Cao Shujie came down from the second floor again, only to find that his daughter was holding a blue house-shaped box in her hands and was lying on the sofa downstairs, turning over and over to study it.

Seeing Cao Shujie coming down, Mengmeng turned around and shouted: "Dad, what is this?"

Cao Shujie knew at a glance that it was a new picture book that the couple bought for Mengmeng yesterday. It was also an educational toy.

He walked to Mengmeng, squatted down, and took the "Crocodile's Three-dimensional Game House" from Mengmeng's hand.

Seeing two ropes tied into bows on the side, he untied the ropes in front of Mengmeng, and then unfolded the three-dimensional playhouse. The playhouse that was originally put together to form a house-like shape immediately split into three parts: "

Mengmeng, have you seen how we play like this?"

After this thing is fully unfolded, the two outer surfaces can be unfolded into a 180-degree plane. Each surface is almost two centimeters thick and empty.

In addition, there is a two-centimeter-thick page at 90 degrees in the middle. This page is also hollow.

At the same time, as these three pages are opened, some of the connected pieces of paper between them also become three-dimensional, including a small bed, a dressing mirror, a small stool, a bathtub, a small toilet and other interesting things.

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Mengmeng scratched her head when she saw this thing. She asked Cao Shujie: "Dad, how do you play with this?"

Cao Shujie thought it was normal for his daughter to get this thing for the first time and not play with it.

Seeing a cover on the three-dimensional surface on the first page, Cao Shujie dug it open with his fingernails and took out a green velvet doll about 10 centimeters tall and human-shaped. However, this velvet doll was different from a normal doll.

It has a crocodile head on its head.

When Mengmeng saw this little doll that suddenly appeared, she immediately became happy and said, "Dad, give it to me quickly, I want to play with it."

As she spoke, Mengmeng stretched out her hands and jumped to grab it from her father's hand.

Cao Sujie saw the anxious look on his daughter's face and quickly handed the little doll away: "It's not like I won't give it to you, so why are you grabbing it?"

"Hey, dad, this is fun." Mengmeng said.

But she looked over and over at the humanoid crocodile doll in her hand, and then at the three-dimensional playhouse unfolded on the sofa, and became confused again: "Dad, how can we play again?"

It was also the first time for Cao Shujie to play with this thing, but after reading it carefully, he understood how to play it.

To put it bluntly, this is a simulation game of playing house. Through this simulation, children can know what these different scenes are for.

Then he pointed to the small bed, dressing table and stool that could be pulled out between the unfolded first page and the middle page and said to the girl: "Mengmeng, do you see it? This is the crocodile's bed, dressing table and stool."

These small beds, dressing tables and stools were originally folded thick pieces of paper. After unfolding, they were also pulled out to various angles, suddenly changing from flat items to three-dimensional items.

After Cao Shujie said this, Mengmeng understood. She held the little crocodile in her hand, put it on the bed, and coaxed the crocodile like a child and said: "Little crocodile, you have to be good and go to bed quickly!"

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In a typical child's tone, Cao Shujie looked at his daughter and thought this was good.

Then he saw his daughter Mengmeng holding a little crocodile, putting it on a stool, and forcing the crocodile to sit down: "Little crocodile, you have to be obedient and sit down to eat."

Mengmeng entertained herself there and imitated her mother's instructions. After scolding the little crocodile, she placed the crocodile in front of the dressing table. She even found a comb and used it to tie the three threads on the crocodile's head.

After combing her hair, she turned around and asked Cao Shujie: "Dad, do you think it will look good if I put makeup on the crocodile?"

What else could Cao Shujie say? He nodded repeatedly and praised Mengmeng: "It's beautiful. Mengmeng's paintings are so beautiful."

"Hehe, dad, what is this?" Mengmeng pointed to the English words written on the page and asked her dad.

There are pictures of bananas, apples, and oranges and English words here. Cao Shujie taught his daughter one by one.

"This is apple, its English name is apple."

When Mengmeng heard what her father said, she stood there with her eyes wide open, and then asked Cao Shujie: "Dad, where are the apples going?"

Cao Shujie: "..."

This is truly a divine interpretation, even Cao Shujie had never thought of it!

But when she thought about her daughter, she was new to him and it was normal for her not to understand.

In the following time, Cao Shujie had nothing else to do. He took the trouble to teach his daughter how to read Chinese words over and over again.

Who knew that after Mengmeng learned the pronunciation of apple, she actually used her fingers to pick out the apple picture drawn on the page of the picture book, and said to Cao Shujie: "Dad, I want to eat apple."

Not to mention, her pronunciation is quite interesting.

But the question is how to eat the apple drawn on the page?

By coincidence, there were no apples at home. Cao Shujie thought of some snacks and bananas that the couple had just bought yesterday, and asked his daughter: "Mengmeng, do you eat bananas? We have no apples at home."

"Dad, isn't there one on the mountain?" Mengmeng's face was full of confusion. She was referring to the apple trees planted in the orchard on the mountain.

Cao Shujie quickly explained to her: "The apple trees haven't grown apples yet. You have to wait a little longer."

"Oh, Dad, how long will it take to wait?" Mengmeng habitually held her belly and pretended to be pitiful: "I want to eat it now."

"You eat everything, but the crocodile hasn't eaten yet." Cao Shujie complained.

Listening to her father talking about this, Mengmeng suddenly opened her mouth and put her hands on her mouth to make a strange mouth: "Dad, look, I want to eat crocodile."

"Ah!" Mengmeng shouted.

Seeing his daughter's innocence, Cao Shujie couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Shujie, why are you laughing?" Cheng Xiaolin came out of the kitchen with breakfast and asked him.

"Mengmeng, this little fool, is so funny!" Cao Shujie said whatever he thought in his heart.

But he forgot that Mengmeng was playing beside him.

Mengmeng was unhappy when her father called her a little fool. She raised her little hand and patted her father's leg: "Dad, you are a big fool."

"Pfft!" Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help it and laughed.

The mother, Wang Yuelan, came in from behind. She also heard the conversation between her son and her granddaughter. When she saw her granddaughter beating her son, Wang Yuelan cheered her granddaughter on: "Mengmeng, hit hard, grandma will support you."

"Hmph!" Mengmeng hummed twice, feeling her waist straighten even more, but she didn't really make a move.

She went to her grandma to complain: "Grandma, dad said I was a fool."

Wang Yuelan said: "I'll slap your father for you and make him talk nonsense again."

Only then did Mengmeng become happy. She ran around her grandma twice, pointed at the three-dimensional crocodile playhouse and shouted: "Grandma, look, mom and dad just bought it. It's so fun."

"The little crocodile can still sleep, and I even braided his hair." Mengmeng said with a bit of showoff and surprise.

Wang Yuelan also cooperated with her granddaughter and asked: "How to play this? Mengmeng, can you teach me?"

"Okay, grandma, look..." Mengmeng started to be a good teacher again.

While eating, Mengmeng's energy was still focused on the three-dimensional crocodile playhouse, and she didn't want to eat.

It was Cheng Xiaolin who said to her: "Mengmeng, if you don't eat well, I will throw that toy out."

When Mengmeng heard what her mother said, she was definitely not happy and hurried to the dining table to eat.

And in order to play with the crocodile's three-dimensional playhouse, she ate faster than usual today.

When Cheng Xiaolin and Cao Shujie saw this scene, they both sighed: "Mengmeng usually eats slowly, so she doesn't have enough motivation!"

But they both know Mengmeng’s virtues better. If you give Mengmeng a new toy or picture book for no more than a week at most, it will lose its novelty.

"Mom, where is my dad?" Cao Shujie has not seen his father since he came back from walking the dog.

Wang Yuelan said: "Your father has already gone to work in the orchard."

"Shujie, there is one more thing. After harvesting the wheat in the fields, do you want to plant pasture?"

"Well, the little grass in the orchard is not enough for the cattle to eat. If we simply feed them feed, the quality of the meat will be poor and the cost of raising them will be high." Cao Shujie told his mother what he was thinking.

Wang Yuelan nodded and said: "The wheat harvest is about to begin, so you should be ready to plant grass by then."

"Okay!" Cao Shujie agreed.

This has been planned since last winter, and now it is finally being implemented.
To be continued...