Chapter 63: Runaway Bride (2/2)
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Tang Hongjun wore an apron, but he did not go to the kitchen to take off. He sat there holding his child and reasoned with him: ”Xiaoyu, you can make it to Dad first after you learn it! Give your dad a taste first, and then you give it to your brother.”
Tang Jinyu nodded, ”Give it to Dad!”
Tang Hongjun breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled again: ”Hey, that's right, baby, let's give it to Dad first!”
The family sat there and chatted for a while after eating, and Xia Ye took a seat and went back upstairs to review his homework. Teacher Xia has nothing to do, the orchestra was off this season, and there are not many performances for them. He would have plenty of time at night, so he would stay over and play chess with Tang Honjun.
Tang Jinyu would sit there and watch them. Teacher Xia felt distressed that he had just recovered from a serious illness, and refused to continue his piano lessons. So he found an excuse, and taught him how to play chess and let the child continue to rest for a few more days.
The TV on the side was on, showing news from the local TV station. Generally, it only broadcasts some local people’s livelihood programs, and now it is scrolling to broadcast news about a missing panda.
Teacher Xia put a pawn across the river, looked up at the TV and said, ”They still haven't found it yet. Haven’t they been looking for it for several days?”
Tang Hongjun also took a look and said, ”Yeah, you said that this giant panda was well kept in there and has a special person to take care of it every day, how can it be missing?”
Tang Jinyu looked up and watched the TV. He had watched the news on it several times. As expected, the breeder came out after a while and stood with a distressed look on their face, while being interviewed.
Breeder: ”Bai Xue was just sent from the Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center this year. We prepared what it likes to eat with strict accordance within the regulations. The bamboo was all purchased from Rongcheng, they were the most fresh and the most prepared. Bai Xue's favorite food to eat are apples, she ate a half pot of apples the day she ran away…”
Yes, Bai Xue escaped, and it was not the first time that it escaped. Every time she would climb over the wall after eating and drinking, but only this time it went through three iron gates while the keepers were cleaning. She climbed over a fence and disappeared into the vast mountains and plains.
The breeders felt heavy during the interview, and it was difficult not only for them, but for the whole city to accept it.
Last time Bai Xue escaped from Suzhou City was six years ago. At that time, Bai Xue went to Suzhou City to carry out breeding missions with other giant pandas, but not only did she have no cubs, she also beat the other male pandas in Suzhou City, and ran away.
Suzhou City has strong financial resources and immediately started a large scale of people to search. When people in other cities saw the news of them looking for pandas, they thought that it was funny.
The runaway bride was very wild and arrogant. She ran across several provinces, crossed mountains and rivers, and went all the way north to Shanhaiguan. Finally, she was caught in Inner Mongolia.
After learning the news, most of the people in the northern province were silent.
Bai Xue has been here.
And they didn't notice it.
No wonder their city was not worthy of having a panda, it hurt their hearts!
The people in Suzhou City also received a painful lesson. After Bai Xue's incident, the pandas in their city were confiscated, and the country did not send them pandas for a long time.
Suzhou City: It's not what we thought!
Suzhou City: It ran away on its own!
And just this year, Tang Jinyu's city will also face this nightmare, and their Bai Xue ran away.
They were different from the city of Suzhou. They have prepared for so many years to get a giant panda. If their panda ran away, then they will definitely not send them pandas again.
People in the whole city began to spontaneously search for the giant panda. TV stations broadcast the news in a loop. Bai Xue’s photos were printed and posted everywhere. From young and to old people, as long as they had time, everyone would go to the street to look for Bai Xue. With a glimmer of hope, trying to retrieve their giant panda.
The doorbell of the Tang family was rang. Tang Jinyu ran to open the door. Standing outside were Han Yixing and Ji Yuanjie. When Han Yixing saw him, he asked, ”Why didn't you come out just now?”
Tang Jinyu said, ”I was eating.”
Han Yixing was heartbroken and stomped: ”The panda is lost, why are you still in the mood to eat!”
”Well, I think if the panda is hungry outside, I will eat a few mouthfuls…”
Han Yixing stretched out her hand to pull him, and urged: ”You tell Aunt Chen, to go out with us!”
Tang Jinyu nodded, and ran to his mother. Chen Suling glanced at the children at the door. When she saw Han Yixing, she was relieved. She helped tidy her child’s hair, and said with a smile: ”You can go, but make sure that you play around here, and not run too far, okay?”
Tang Jinyu nodded and went to find other children.
Han Yixing took the lead to find the pandas. Every child held a bamboo pole in their hand—a few of them were tall, but not tall enough for they to climb it, but tall enough in lure Bai Xue, if they were able to encounter it.
Tang Jinyu was also given one, and there were traces of clothes hangers on it for a long time. He felt that this bamboo pole might not fool the panda.
Han Yixing continued to search and said: ”Everyone pay attention to the vicinity of the bushes. Pandas may hide in them. If you see black and white, you have to call it out, okay?”
The other children followed closely behind her and said okay.
Han Yixing said again: ”Also, you can't go too far. We are responsible for searching around the area where we live, and we can't cross the boundary!”
Tang Jinyu couldn't help asking: ”Why are we responsibility for this area? Who said it?”
”My mother said so, she said that it was required to do, since it was on TV, and the whole city is looking for it, and everyone has to be responsible for this area.”
”What area are we responsible for?”
”The neighborhood where we live, my mother said to look around thoroughly.”
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Tang Jinyu admired Mother Han a little, and felt that she was really a goddess with both beauty and wisdom. She immediately controlled her children within the range that she could see, and couldn't fault her.