Chapter 54 – The First Picnic
In the evening, Yan Xiaopei found an excuse and left with her son, and it seemed that she will never come back again.
Yang Yi regretted that Xixi had lost a playmate, but at the same time, he was also relieved!
How could Yang Yi not notice the signals that Yan Xiaopei sent out frequently to him? But it was of no use. Yang Yi was not interested in Yan Xiaopei’s explicit performance. In other words, he didn’t like Yan Xiaopei’s disposition very much.
If it were in his previous life, Yang Yi would certainly not mind the spring breeze once, and then put on his pants and leave. (TN: Spring breeze – intercourse.)
But now, with Xixi this little girl, Yang Yi realized the importance of responsibility, so he didn’t have these colorful ideas. Just like now, he didn’t explain his complex relationship with Mo Fei, and make the opposite party lose heart.
On the other hand, after Yan Xiaopei’s “training”, knowing the gestures and some techniques of tying hair, Yang Yi seemed to get a good feel of tying hair. Not only did he get Mo Fei’s praise for giving Xixi’s a good hair style that day, but in the next few days, he watched the online tutorials and tied Xixi’s hair in different style every day.
The little girl gave a lot of praise.
The little girl also happily changed into a few clothes. All the beautiful dress and pants, she wore them on. Her father dressed her up like a fashion girl!
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Yang Yi didn’t open today and planned to take Xixi out to play.
As a result, Yang Yi gave Xixi a bohemian hairstyle, which took nearly an hour. Then it took another hour for Xixi to picked out clothes and changed into them. By the time they were finished, it was already late in the morning. The little girl took her father’s hand with satisfaction and bounced out the door.
However, these two hours have not been in vain, the carefully dressed up Xixi was really beautiful!
Her father braided her hair into a thin, delicate headband, which just went around her forehead, and then made another one to hang down in front of the left ear. Bohemian hairstyle matched with a simple linen-colored dress, and a shy but generous little beauty appeared in front of everyone.
If there is one word to describe it, it is “extremely beautiful”! (TN: It was a Chinese idiom “makes the fish sink and wild geese fall” which means female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts.)
“Yang Yi, your little girl is really amazing! When she grows up, she will be a country toppling beauty!” Similarly, in the north gate, Uncle Lu, who opened a bicycle repair shop, praised with a smile. (TN: Another Chinese idiom “bringing calamity to the country and the people”)
Yang Yi smiled a little smugly. He said hello to Uncle Lu and drove out with Xixi in his car.
Today, they won’t be going to the amusement park. They’ve been to the amusement park three times in less than a month. Yang Yi thought that it’s time for a change. He planned to take Xixi to a place called Luoxia Village in the Tingshan District, where he was previously introduced to others in the vegetable market.
This village has no historical sites and no cultural landscape, but with the planning and cultivation in recent years, the whole Luoxia village is now a sea of flowers!
Bright yellow rapeseed, lavender dragon bud grass, pink cosmos… It is said that it has become a popular scenic spot for people in the city often visit on weekends!
In such a fun place, Yang Yi naturally wanted to take his daughter to play.
The big body of the Tyrant Wolf was very conspicuous on the campus road of Jiangcheng Media University. They were watched by many students along the way until they went out from the main entrance of the school and got on the straight and spacious road. Yang Yi rolled down the window of the car and felt the cool breeze blowing through the window.
Yang Yi was wearing sunglasses and holding the steering wheel with his right hand, while his left arm was resting leisurely on the window. This kind of free and loose feeling felt like a dream back to the Middle East. Of course, he knew that there was no danger here, and he didn’t need to tighten his spirits.
Because Yang Yi had already tested the toughness of the Tyrant Wolf, Xixi was allowed to sit on the child seat installed in the front passenger seat. Looking at the open scenery in front of her, the little girl was in a bright mood!
“Go and see the flowers! Go and see the flowers!” She was humming a little tune with an inexplicable melody,
Having a car was really convenient. Within half an hour, Yang Yi and Xixi arrived at Luoxia Village. After paying for the tickets, they could drive the car into the village. Of course, they need to park in the old grain-sunning ground in the village that was converted to a parking lot.
Originally, it was allowed to travel by car, but there were too many tourist’s cars, which blocked the village road. Later, the rules were changed, which also gave tourists more space to enjoy themselves and enjoy the scenery.
As soon as the car was parked, Xixi couldn’t wait to unbutton the child’s seat and wanted to open the door and get out of the car.
“Don’t be impatient!” Yang Yi caught the little girl and said with a smile, “What if you jump down and fall?”
The Tyrant Wolf’s chassis was very high!
Yang Yi was not in a hurry. He closed the car window, then reached out to the back seat and took a big backpack. Then he came down from the driver’s seat, went around the door of the passenger seat, and held the little girl down.
“Put on your hat.” Yang Yi handed over a big sun hat.
However, Xixi didn’t want to, she begged: “It doesn’t look good, papa, is it okay if Xixi does not wear it?”
It turned out that the little girl was afraid that the hat would mess up her beautiful braided hair!
Yang Yi had no choice but to pick up Xixi and hold up a large umbrella to help Xixi block the scorching sun at noon.
“Papa, I’m hungry.” Xixi was actually very comfortable in her father’s arms, but after walking for a while, her excitement slowed down, and she felt her stomach growling.
“Let’s go find a place first, and have a picnic today!” Yang Yi said with a smile.
Although there were several farmhouse-like restaurants for tourists in the village, Yang Yi found out, after looking in the internet, that some people recommended the outdoor picnics, so Yang Yi prepared everything early in the morning.
“What is a picnic?” Xixi asked curiously.
Soon, she had the answer. Her father took her along the village path, came to a cool grove, and found a clean and cool grassland.
Xixi stood on one side and curiously watched her father pull out a stack of cloth from the big backpack. She asked puzzled: “Papa, isn’t that our curtains?”
“Cough cough, I didn’t have time to buy a special picnic cloth, we’ll use this for the meantime.” Yang Yi was a little embarrassed.
After spreading out the curtains, no, the picnic cloth, Yang Yi began to pull out boxes of food from the backpack. Some were insulated lunch boxes and some were clear plastic boxes, which were neatly placed together.
Xixi also curiously came over, but after being asked by his father, she took off her little sandals and stepped on the picnic cloth.
“Wow, it’s big strawberries and delicious fried chicken wings!” Xixi didn’t act like a lady. She laid down, turned her little head and looked at the food in each box, looking pitiful with saliva flowing out. She jumped up and shook her father’s arm. “I want to eat, I want to eat!”
After Yang Yi had made fried chicken wings for the little girl before, Xixi fell in love with the taste of the fried food. Of course, it is unhealthy to eat too much fried chicken wings or fried food.
So, Yang Yi changed the way he marinated the chicken. He marinated it with lemons and other ingredients, and then fried them in a frying pan. At the same time, Yang Yi also put lemon slices in the box, and when they would eat them later, he could squeeze a little lemon juice on the cold cut chicken wings, which not only retains the original crispy and tender taste of the chicken wings, but also reduces the greasy content of fried food.
The name of this dish is Lemon Chicken Wings. Xixi also likes it, and it’s healthier!
“Wash your hands first!” Yang Yi smiled and took out a wet tissue and wiped the hands of the eager little girl. He said, “Don’t worry, there’s a lot of delicious food!”
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