Chapter 322: Chapter 322: But It’s Not a Dog, It’s a Wolf!

He said he would go into the mountains, but in the afternoon, Zheng Siqi returned with his aunt, who was also Qin Baifan’s mother.

At that time, Qin Baifan, Da Dan, Er Dan, Ren Jingmo, and a group of village kids were playing a war game at the brigade headquarters’ field.

In the past, every time Da Dan and the others played, one side would be our army, and the other side the enemy, but no one wanted to be the enemy.

After Qin Baifan came, there was no division between enemy and our army; instead, one side was the ’red army’ and the other the blue army.

It’s said that the blue army is still our army; it’s just a two-sided competition. Everyone had no psychological shadows, and they played with great enthusiasm.

“Fanfan!” Zheng Manhua’s eyes welled up with tears upon seeing her son. She put down her bag and reached out her hands towards him.

Qin Baifan was crouched on a haystack in ambush and instinctively wanted to leap toward his mom, but he quickly pulled back, “Mom, hang on, let me finish this battle first.”

Then, he waved his arm, “Comrades, charge with me; the liberation of all the people depends on us!”

Without hesitation, he rushed out, followed by a string of kids with loud shouts, quite a spectacle.

Zheng Siqi was stunned, “Emma, this scene is good enough for a movie shoot.”

Zheng Manhua’s motherly love was all for nothing; she was both amused and angry.

She missed her son so much she almost went crazy. After the election results were out, Qin Zhengyuan allowed her to come to Anguang County. She thought she wouldn’t be able to sleep along the way, and as soon as her son saw her, he would surely collapse in her arms in tears.

She imagined her son had probably missed her so much that he couldn’t eat or sleep well. Would he resent her for not coming to get him earlier, for leaving him alone in the countryside for so long?

What she hadn’t anticipated was that after seeing her, her son was too preoccupied with his game.

What an ungrateful child!

Soon, Qin Baifan’s side won. They besieged the blue army’s command post, captured the blue army commander, and completed the decapitation tactic.

“Oh, oh, oh, we won, we won!”

“Commander Qin, you’re amazing!”

“Commander Qin, I want to be your soldier next time.”

“Yes, Commander Qin, please take me under your wing!”

Qin Baifan accepted his peers’ compliments with the air of a leader, “Next time, let’s settle it with rock-paper-scissors; whoever wins will be on my team.”

Seeing this going endlessly, Zheng Manhua couldn’t keep her loving mother facade any longer, “Qin Baifan, get over here now!”

“Uh, my mom’s here. I should go and comfort my mom first. Don’t forget about hide and seek tonight!”

After speaking, he slung his wooden rifle over his shoulder and trotted over, “Mom, why are you here?”

Zheng Manhua felt a pang in her heart, immediately turning away, “Fine, you don’t want me here, I’ll leave.”

Qin Baifan was a bit confused; being young, he didn’t know what he had said wrong, but his mom seemed upset.

“Mom, what’s up again? Did Dad piss you off?” Qin Baifan swaggered and said, “Tell me, when I get home, I’ll help you get revenge and make Dad kneel on the washboard for three days.”

Zheng Siqi chuckled, “Are you still that fierce? Your mom is mad at you, not your dad; you’re the one who should be kneeling on the washboard, right?”

Qin Baifan feigned surprise, “Cousin, my mom wouldn’t make me kneel on a washboard. Isn’t that what husbands do to apologize to wives? I don’t even have a wife yet.”

Zheng Siqi gasped in real shock, “You, who’s your wife? What do you mean she hasn’t come out yet?”

“I told Sis, once she has a baby, that baby will be my wife.” He smiled coyly, “Sis’s sister is sure to be pretty.”

He tugged Zheng Manhua’s hand, “Mom, come, I’ll take you to my sis; you haven’t met her, right? She’s gorgeous, and my future wife will be just as pretty.”

Zheng Siqi laughed, “Wow, you’re fast! Huanhuan and Xingye haven’t even had their wedding night, and you’ve already claimed a wife.”

No matter how angry she was, Zheng Manhua’s anger dissipated. She also realized that after staying in the countryside for over a month, her son’s body and personality had changed significantly.

The changes were so stark that she hardly recognized him.

He had grown taller, his chubby cheeks had gained some baby fat, and he was sturdier. As for his personality, he was so cheerful it was almost intimidating.

She had to admit, Xu Qinghuan, that little girl, was better at raising kids than she was.

A large gray dog leaped out and pounced on Qin Baifan, scaring Zheng Manhua out of her wits. She rushed to intervene, but instead, Qin Baifan took a few steps forward and embraced that big dog.

“Qing Xiao, let’s go home!”

Then, he climbed onto Qing Xiao’s back, and the dog, named Qing Xiao, trotted briskly ahead, walking seemingly slowly but actually very fast.

“Mom, hurry up, you come chase me!”

Zheng Manhua was utterly confused. The more she looked, the more off that dog seemed. She grabbed her nephew’s hand, “Si Qi, Si Qi, is this a wolf? This is a wolf, right, this is a wolf!”

Seeing that she was about to faint, Zheng Siqi quickly supported her, “Aunt, don’t be afraid, this is raised by Brother Ye. Baifan sleeps with it every day.”

Zheng Manhua nearly collapsed onto her nephew, “Sleeping, sleeping with a wolf, wouldn’t it eat him?”

She really couldn’t accept this at all.

She had just praised Xu Qinghuan for being good at raising children, but who raises kids with wolves? Dogs, maybe, but a wolf…

“Aunt, really, don’t make a fuss about it. Just pretend it’s a dog. Everyone in the commune thinks it’s a dog. No one finds it odd.”

“But it’s not a dog; it’s a wolf!”

“Just think of it as a dog, it doesn’t eat people.”

Zheng Siqi was somewhat exasperated but could understand his aunt. After all, she’s from the city and not used to stuff like this.

And considering his aunt’s a reporter, is it necessary to be so startled?

Zheng Manhua trudged forward as if her feet were filled with lead. Fortunately, Zheng Siqi supported her; otherwise, her legs were too weak to move.

When they arrived at Xu Qinghuan’s door, Qin Baifan was leaning in her arms drinking water, and she was using a towel to pad his back to prevent him from catching a cold after sweating.

“Who won the battle today?” Xu Qinghuan asked.

“Of course, I did. With Commander Qin leading the charge, how could we lose?” The little guy patted his chest.

Xu Qinghuan praised, “Great, mighty Commander Qin!”

Then she handed him some candy, “Go share with your friends.”

Qin Baifan didn’t leave immediately, “Sis, can you do me a favor?”

“Sure, what is it?”

“If my mom wants to take me back, could you keep me here? Mainly, I can’t bear to leave you, and Qing Xiao, and Brother Xingye, Brother Yifeng, Sister Xiaomin, Sister Xiaoyu…

Oh, when I think about it, there are so many people I can’t bear to leave. What should I do? I really can’t bear to part with you all.”

Zheng Manhua overheard this as she approached, and suddenly her legs were no longer weak, nor was she worried, “You little rascal! You can’t bear to leave so many people, but you’re willing to abandon home. You’re okay leaving your dad and me behind!”

Qin Baifan saw his mom coming at him fiercely and quickly hid behind Xu Qinghuan, “Mom, just pretend I was kidnapped, wouldn’t that solve it?”

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