Chapter 203: Chapter 203 Versailles

Uncle Su and Aunt Su have now gotten used to living here and would have the children come over for the family reunion dinner during the New Year.

“Ah, my goodness~ this is a four-wheeled sedan.”

“Uncle, Aunt.”

The old couple, hands clasped behind their backs, circled around the black Santana.

After talking to Uncle and Aunt for a while, Susu and the others carried their items back to the Family Court.

It was already dark, and the winter cold deterred almost all adults from staying outside, except for children who aren’t afraid of the chill.

Children, called by their parents’ “Time to eat~” cries, also ran back home one after another.

As soon as the group arrived home, the five siblings crowded around, with the little brother, only a bit over two years old, getting scared and hiding in his mother’s embrace, occasionally peeking out curiously.

An’an took out his toy gun, “Little brother, I am An’an, your brother. Do you want to play with the gun?”

“Little brother, your elder sister can let you play with dolls too.” Lele said relucantly, patting the doll dressed in a pink skirt.

Pingping patted her little sister’s slightly sweaty head, “Little brother is a boy; he doesn’t like dolls. Keep it to play with yourself.”

The adults didn’t bother with the children, knowing that kids would become acquainted in no time.

…

The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year and joyful laughter welcomed the New Year.

The New Year of 1990 arrived, and the Lu family, young and old, joyfully gathered together. It was the most complete family gathering in two years.

Three generations under one roof, the happy smiling faces of the entire family were captured in the photographs.

Except for the nearly three-year-old toddler, the six siblings, holding their red envelopes, smiled so hard their teeth showed more than their eyes.

The triplets, who were now in the senior class of kindergarten, were not easy to fool, pocketing their New Year’s money into their own piggy banks.

As usual, each of the four sibling families prepared red envelopes for the elderly couple, with the amounts agreed upon in advance, ensuring that no one gave more or less than the others.

This year, Mrs. Lu specifically asked her little aunt and her maternal family to come over for a meal on the second day of the New Year.

With many people, several tables of food were arranged, and professionals were hired to cook.

Now, a crowd surrounded the elderly couple looking at a bunch of family photos taken at various scenic spots in the Capital, with beaming smiles from the elders and various funny poses from the children.

“Mom, look how happy my second brother and his wife are smiling. But if it were me, I guess my mouth would be split from laughing too much.”

“Ah~ this is our Hua Country’s Great Wall…”

…

After seeing off relatives with special products from the Capital, Father Lu and Mrs. Lu patted their faces, stiff from smiling.

Goodness gracious, talking till our mouths are dry, faces all smiling stiff.

“Father, Mother, drink more water, beware of getting heaty.”

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Finally, the restless children at home were looked forward to going back to school; as soon as the kids were sent off to school, the whole house instantly became quiet.

Even the old couple breathed a sigh of relief, as the three little ones were really too mischievous, chirping all day long, making a fuss about every little thing.

Xiao Yu acted as the judge for his little brothers and sisters, adjudicating “various cases” for the three little ones every day.

As various shades of green began to show up one after another, the weather got warmer and warmer.

That day, after receiving her disheveled daughter and pocket-handed sons, Susu couldn’t help but cover her face.

Sure enough, the three little ones got into a fight with their classmates, and the teacher asked them to come to the office tomorrow.

“Cough, well, your daughter and sons got into a fight, and the teacher asked to see us in the office tomorrow.”

Susu watched her Lu Gong’an pause while taking off his coat and then added, “Tomorrow Xiao Yu has a parent-teacher meeting at school, I need to go there for him.”

Susu felt guilty under the man’s seemingly amused gaze, and her voice gradually got lower and lower.

“Fine, I’ll go to kindergarten,” Lu Xiaoting said with a slight hook of his thin lips, smiling somewhat helplessly.

Susu blinked and flashed a row of white teeth.

The next morning, Lu Xiaoting had specially taken time off to take the imposing triplets to kindergarten.

When the triplets encountered the boy who had been pulling Lele’s hair, they tilted their little heads and lifted their chins with a snort.

The little boy, with a furrowed brow and a troubled face, discreetly touched his own bottom, which had been smacked by his father the day before for fighting.

“Excuse me, are you the father of Lu Tianze, Lu Tianluo, and Lu Tianlan?”

Lu Xiaoting glanced at the triplets who were hanging their heads in growing guilt.

“Yes, I am.”

The female teacher eyed the man in a police uniform and cleared her throat, “Well, actually, all the kids involved in the fight were at fault. It started when a child hurt one of the Lu kids by pulling her hair too hard.

As a result, the siblings stepped in and gave that child a beating.”

An’an stretched his neck defiantly, “Well, he shouldn’t bully my sister.”

“An’an! Don’t interrupt while the teacher is speaking,” Lu Xiaoting reprimanded his son. “I’m sorry, teacher, please go on.”

“I think the children went a bit too far. Moreover, Wang Tao’s father likes to drink a lot and starts hitting people when he’s drunk.

After yesterday’s incident, I noticed that…”

The triplets, who were still pouting in frustration, suddenly started looking at each other.

…

“Wang Tao, as long as you don’t bully my sister, we won’t beat you up anymore, okay?”

“Yeah, just stop pulling my sister’s hair, and we’re good.”

The scrawny boy blinked in fear, thinking the twin brothers were here to hit him again and reflexively protected his head, only then hesitantly nodding.

He explained in a quiet voice, “I just thought Lu Tianlan’s hair tie was pretty, and I wanted to give it to my sister. I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.”

The three siblings looked at each other and immediately felt a bit embarrassed.

…

After Lu Xiaoting returned home, he explained the whole situation, and the family sighed, feeling sorry for the child who had such a father.

During lunch, the triplets chattily recounted the events at school, patting their chests and saying that Wang Tao was now their friend, and they wouldn’t let anyone bully him.

Lele even took her own hair bow, saying she wanted to give it to Wang Tao’s sister.

Susu, caught between laughter and tears, watched the triplets engrossed in the TV, surprised at their sense of loyalty. She even wondered if they had watched too many TV dramas.

After waking up from her nap, Susu got all dolled up to attend her son’s parent-teacher conference, determined to be the brightest mom in class.

“Mrs. Yang Tianyu, could you share with us how you help guide Yang Tianyu’s studies? Like his study plans and such?”

Susu stood up, smiling at the other parents, “I’m rather embarrassed to say, my husband is a policeman and is very busy. We also have three younger siblings at home, so it’s usually the kids who study, read, and do homework on their own.

Without any need for us adults to say much, it’s actually my oldest who helps the three younger ones in kindergarten learn phonetics and math…”

After Susu finished speaking, the entire classroom fell silent.

Inner monologue: It’s really not me bragging.

This made the parents who were just ready to jot down study tips turn green with envy. They looked at her child and then at their own.

Mention study, and it’s either they’re hungry, thirsty, or need to go to the bathroom.

Anyway, during study time, their bottoms seem like they’re being pricked with pins, fidgeting constantly.