Chapter 21: Snowman (1/2)

When Tang Jinyu came to Teacher Xia to eat oranges, Teacher Xia happened to be watering his bamboo plant at home.

This pot of rich bamboo was newly bought. Under the careful care of Teacher Xia, each leaf was shiny, the green clump grew gratifyingly, and the unfolded leaves were lively.

Teacher Xia took the child to water his plant and chatted with him: ”In the story that teacher read to Xiaoyu yesterday, who likes to eat bamboo the most?”

”Panda~”

”Correct!”

”Teacher has bamboo at home, but a panda is missing!”

Teacher Xia was amused by him, and then nodded: ”Yes, next time we will raise a panda.”

Xia Ye just heard this sentence when he washed the dishes in the kitchen. Taking advantage of the time his father turned on the kettle, he bent over and pinched the child's face, ”Pandas also eat oranges, you know?”

”What?”

”Since we don’t have a panda, we will just leave all the oranges for you.”

Tang Jinyu's small face was squished together, his soft fleshy touch was particularly good. After being teased, he didn't realize that his cheeks were still held on by Xia Ye, nodding his head repeatedly, adorably.

In April, there was a heavy snowfall.

The weather in the northern town was a bit unpredictable. After it had warmed up, a snowfall came and the trees on the roadside that had been drawn with green leaves were covered with snow. The students were very happy. They wore thick clothes for two days again, and played snowball fights happily, and overwhelmed the addiction of the winter.

When Xia Ye was tutoring at Tang's house that night, this was the first time he saw the child was a little bit unable to sit still, running to look out to the window twice.

Chen Suling led him back and shook her head and said, ”No, baby can't go out. It's snowing and it's very cold outside… You can't wear thick clothes. Tomorrow mother will take you out to step on the snow, OK?”

Xia Ye heard it, and the pen in his hand paused, ”Does Xiaoyu like snow?”

Tang Hongjun smiled and said: ”Likes it, Xiaoyu likes snow the most, but it's too cold during New Year, and we didn't dare to let him go out for too long, so he can only step on it for a little while.”

Xia Ye glanced at the child who was still looking at the window, then retracted his gaze.

At noon the next day, Xia Ye went home from school for dinner, but did not go home to eat, he took a shovel and shoveled the snow in the yard outside.

He asked his dad just now what Tang Jinyu usually routine, Tang Jinyu usually followed Chen Suling to the company in the morning, waited until noon to have dinner and then be sent back for his piano lessons in the afternoon. Xia Ye hoped that he would be finished by the time the little guy returned.

There was a lot of snow, but it was easy to build a snowman.

Xia Ye moved very fast but Instead of making a normal snowman, he shaped it into a panda.

White and plump body, black ears, black circles, and holding a piece of bamboo–Yesterday Teacher Xia picked one of the wealthy bamboo from the family that did not grow well, cut one out, and used it here.

He was busy bending over for something, when he heard small little footsteps behind him, hugged his leg. Xia Ye was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back, he saw the little guy, wearing a small red jacket with a plain scarf and hat that was red and white, looking like a little jelly bean bouncing around.