Dongdong and Winter (Revised)

Someone rode an elephant to school.

Someone rode a giraffe to school. ---->Note: Fantasy scene

Someone rode a black bear to school.

Some children rode water buffalo to school, a common sight in the countryside in the past. In the morning mist, children would sit on the backs of the buffalo, slowly letting it graze on the grass as it made its way to school. The buffalo's rope would be tied to an iron stake and stuck into the ground. By noon, the buffalo would have eaten its fill of grass, and the children would ride it back home for lunch. Such scenes were also common.

Back then, it wasn't uncommon for children to start first grade at the age of seven or eight; a dog couldn't carry them all.

Zhou Dongdong is not very old.

The weight number will be much higher.

The rain continued to patter down. Although each autumn rain brings a chill, its intensity still seemed to carry the boiling energy of summer. The raindrops hitting the puddles sounded like exploding beads. Liu Chang'an looked at the dark clouds in the sky. They had gathered over Junsha at noon and now formed a massive cloud formation that stretched as far as the eye could see.

An Nuan and her friends were slightly affected while shopping, but there aren't many places in Junsha that appeal to women of all social classes. Now that they've made Baolong Center their first choice, the rain doesn't have much of an impact.

Liu Chang'an came downstairs wearing boxer shorts and a short-sleeved T-shirt. The black Rottweiler was huddled in the corner, motionless. Zhou Dongdong peeked out from the gaps in the steel strips of the stair railing to observe it.

"If it pounces, your head will get stuck here and you won't be able to move, then you'll have to get injections for a month." Liu Chang'an took her out without trying to scold her, because this was normal procedure.

"A month of injections?" Zhou Dongdong touched her buttocks and said to Liu Chang'an in surprise, "My buttocks seem to be starting to hurt."

Liu Chang'an ignored her, sat behind the rain line, and began peeling taro with chopsticks.

Zhou Dongdong rubbed her bottom and watched the dog for a while, then ran over to watch Liu Chang'an peel taro. "Brother Chang'an, will the dog stay with us from now on?"

"Um."

What's its name?

"You should give it a name."

"I can't!" Zhou Dongdong loudly reminded her brother Chang'an. Why did he always have to make things difficult for her?

"You can't even pick a name, and you're so loud!" Liu Chang'an thought for a moment, "Let's call you Winter."

"It has the same name as me!" Zhou Dongdong was very happy.

No, it's the "dong" of winter, and you're the "dong" of the mouth radical.

Isn't that the same?

"How are these the same? Do you even know why you're called Zhou Dongdong?"

"How would I know? I'm not my mother, but my mother is a stupid mother too, she definitely wouldn't know either!" Zhou Dongdong said confidently. Her brother Chang'an had secretly told her that her mother was a stupid mother, so from then on, Zhou Dongdong felt that it was understandable that she didn't know this or that and couldn't understand this or that in her studies.

"Because you were born in winter and have a huge appetite, that's why you're called Zhou Dongdong," Liu Chang'an explained.

"Oh, I see!" Zhou Dongdong suddenly realized and decided to tell her mother why she was called Zhou Dongdong when she came home that night.

"Yes."

"But if your name is Winter from now on, how will I know if you're called Dog Winter or Zhou Dongdong?" Zhou Dongdong discovered another serious problem. For example, what if Brother Chang'an calls "Dongdong" when he has something delicious, and then she rushes down only to find that he's just giving the dog something to eat? Wouldn't that be very upsetting?

"That's true."

Yes!

"Well... since it's a girl, let's name it Lu Si'en." Liu Chang'an thought for a moment. He wasn't sure if this one was locally bred or imported, but Rottweiler aren't a native breed anyway, so he decided to give it a foreign name.

"Lu what!"

"Lu Si'en."

"Lu Lu... um!"

"Lu Si'en."

"I learned."

After naming the dog, Liu Chang'an instructed Zhou Dongdong to move over the small, sick table that she had once carried back.

The sick little table was naturally repaired by Liu Chang'an. They had agreed to do their homework together on it, but so far, not a single homework assignment has been done. This is because, apart from liking to eat, the only other thing Liu Chang'an and Zhou Dongdong have in common is that neither of them likes to do homework.

"Later, I'll build a doghouse for Lu Si'en using a table and put it under the stairs," Liu Chang'an said to Zhou Dongdong.

Zhou Dongdong was very happy because the reason she had convinced Chang'an to fix the small table was that she could do her homework with Chang'an at the table in the future. This reason obviously went against Zhou Dongdong's true wishes.

Liu Chang'an prepared a large bowl of taro, processed the oxtail, and made a big pot of fragrant oxtail stew with taro. This dish was not greasy and was also filling. After eating a big bowl, it was a real treat in the slightly cool weather after the rain.

After Liu Chang'an finished eating, he started making a doghouse. He used a small table as the basic structure, added wooden planks on all four sides to make walls, and made a hole on one side for the dog to enter and exit, thus creating a simple doghouse.

After Zhou Dongdong finished licking the stew pot, she came to see Liu Chang'an making a doghouse. Liu Chang'an saw that her mouth and face were covered in taro paste, so he took a towel to wipe them clean and then sent her upstairs to do her homework.

After Liu Chang'an finished making the doghouse, he herded the Rottweiler into it. The huge, fierce dog was now very well-behaved, but training it wouldn't be a quick process; he'd start tomorrow.

Just as Liu Chang'an was about to go back to continue his painting work, his phone rang. Qin Yanan asked if he was home.

Qin Yanan was driving by when she called and drove over. She went straight upstairs and saw Liu Chang'an applying primer.

"Where did you go?" Liu Chang'an asked casually. Qin Yanan looked a little tired, as if she had been traveling a long way.

The openwork lace of the skirt was slightly damp from the rain, clinging moistly to her delicate and warm skin. The lines of her legs were elegantly and gracefully wrapped in the skirt. The mature woman's slightly tired and languid appearance, on a cool rainy day, was not so hot and alluring, but rather like the oil painting colors of a rainy alley, quiet and moving.

I received a call early this morning saying that my great-grandfather had fallen.

The brush in Liu Chang'an's hand fell to the ground.

It was just a false alarm.

Liu Chang'an raised his head and glared at Qin Yanan.

"He specifically told me that it was a small matter and I didn't need to tell you." Qin Yanan laughed. As the saying goes, concern makes one confused, and even Liu Chang'an was no exception. He didn't immediately think that if Qin Peng were really in trouble, Qin Yanan wouldn't be here at this time.

"Let's spend the New Year together this year," Liu Chang'an said.

"I have no problem with that..." Qin Yanan could understand, of course. He didn't mean spending the New Year alone with Qin Yanan, but rather going to the old house to spend the New Year with the old man. "But you're going to spend the New Year with me at my old man's place... Don't your girlfriends have any objections? One is your ex-fiancée, and the other is your great-grandfather who's been scheming to marry his great-granddaughter to you."

"Are you looking for trouble?" Liu Chang'an handed the paintbrush to Qin Yanan, "Give me some paint."

Qin Yanan unexpectedly took the brush. This person really throws tantrums and assigns tasks arbitrarily! She would never do such a thing.

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