At noon, they said they would just eat casually, but the tableful of dishes left Si You stuffed to the throat. Then, to help digest the meal, he took Jiang Chongshen outside to build a snowman.
Jiang Tingxu sat by the floor-to-ceiling window with a cup of hot tea. Seeing Jiang Chongshen making trouble by stuffing snow down Si You's collar, he watched Si You calmly shake it out before stepping forward to catch Jiang Chongshen. Without the slightest regret, he planted the unfortunate child directly into the snowman's newly piled-up body. Jiang Chongshen screamed and laughed wildly, utterly delighted.
"It's enough that they get along well." Old Master Jiang spoke meaningfully from the side. "Since you've chosen Si You, you need to start grooming the next person to shoulder Jiang Corporation's responsibilities early."
Jiang Tingxu said, "All right."
By the time they stopped playing, it was nearly six, and Si You was hungry again. That was right—one adult and one child had spent the entire afternoon wreaking havoc in the yard.
Si You claimed he was there to keep the child company, but Jiang Tingxu could tell that Si You had never experienced anything like this as a child. In a way, he was making it up to himself.
Dinner mainly consisted of dumplings. The kitchen had made five different fillings, and Si You loved the pork and cabbage and the corn and shrimp ones most.
Jiang Tingxu poured him a cup of warm water. "Want to set off firecrackers after dinner?"
Before Si You could answer, Jiang Chongshen eagerly asked, "Do we have any?"
"We bought some," Si You said. "Tonight, you can set off as many as you want."
Jiang Chongshen took a huge bite of a dumpling.
Si You had heard Jiang Tingxu mention that Chongshen's