I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

Hearing Wen Shutang's voice, the three children turned around and looked at them at the same time. Xiao Wan and Xiao Ye had excited smiles on their faces. Xiao Ze didn't react as much as the other two, but he also had a faint smile on his face.

Wen Shutang and Xiao Yizhuo could only stand outside the fence with other spectators. She stared at the three children closely.

She was particularly worried about Xiao Ye, fearing that his impatience would flare up again and he would get the thread tangled again like he did yesterday during practice.

But Xiao Ye, standing on the competition field, did not show the same impatience as yesterday. Instead, he looked solemn and serious. He carefully untied the silk thread, made preparations, and started flying the kite.

Every step was done in an orderly and steady manner. Wen Shutang raised the corners of her lips. It seemed that the child had taken her words last night to heart.

The other adults were also paying attention to their own children. For a moment, the atmosphere of the game became tense, even more serious than the game between the adults just now.

Wen Shutang's eyes moved back and forth between the three children. Xiao Wan had always been very careful and steady, so he followed the steps and easily released the kite.

After listening to Wen Shutang's advice, Xiao Ye became less impatient today, and flying the kite went quite smoothly.

Xiao Ze, who was standing aside, had no obvious expression on his face. He concentrated on controlling the wooden support in his hand and slowly released the kite.

The game didn't last long and the winner was quickly decided.

The first place winner was a little girl about the same age as Xiao Ze. After carefully collecting the kite, she ran happily towards her parents.

The little girl shouted excitedly, "Mom! I got first place this year!"

The woman was also very happy, with a loving smile on her face: "Okay."

The middle-aged man standing nearby announced with a smile, "Well, the King of Children for this year's Kite Competition has been chosen, and that's Aunt Xu's little girl! Remember to bring your child to claim your reward after the competition is over."

Aunt Xu nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay."

Every year, the person who wins first place in the kite competition will be given a lot of silver, which can be regarded as a way for everyone to supplement their household income.

The man walked up to Xiao Ze, looked at him with a smile, and said in a very gentle voice: "Okay, next is our second place. Young man, you are a foreigner, right? I haven't seen you in previous years."

Xiao Ze nodded slightly: "Yes."

"That's great! It's been a long time since a foreigner got a prize in our kite competition. Well, you can go and get a gift of your own later." The middle-aged man smiled and patted Xiao Ze on the shoulder.

Xiao Ze smiled and thanked him, then turned and walked towards Wen Shutang with a smile on his face.

"Father, mother."

Wen Shutang nodded and looked at him with a smile: "Not bad, I didn't expect our Aze to get a place, that's amazing."

After being praised by Wen Shutang, Xiao Ze was a little shy: "It's just a coincidence."

Xiao Ye and Xiao Wan also put away their kites and came down from the competition field. Xiao Ye looked at his elder brother with envy.

"Brother, you are so awesome. You can fly the kite so high. In the end, I didn't dare to let out the string any more. I felt that if I let go a little more, the kite would shake violently and fall down." Although Xiao Ye was envious, he was also very happy for Xiao Ze.

Xiao Wan held her kite in both hands and looked at Xiao Ze with a smile, her tone full of excitement: "Yes, brother, you can actually fly the kite so high. I could hardly catch the kite later."

Xiao Wan was only a little girl after all, and she didn't have much strength yet. Towards the end of the game, she couldn't hold on to the wooden support firmly, causing the kite to fall down prematurely. So she was eliminated before the end of the game.

"It's just a matter of skill. Wan'er is still young, so it's normal for her to run out of strength at the end. Aye didn't continue just to be safe." Xiao Ze explained with a smile. He didn't think too much at the time. He just wanted to have some fun and didn't think about getting a ranking, so he simply let go of the silk threads.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, brother. Let's go collect the prizes and see what fun things we can get." Xiao Wan excitedly ran to Xiao Ze and pulled him towards the stall over there.

Xiao Ze walked in the direction of Xiao Wan, took Xiao Wan to the stall where the record was just made, and handed over the sign in his hand.

Wen Shutang, Xiao Yizhuo and Xiao Ye followed behind them. Wen Shutang was also curious about what the reward would be.

The man sitting in front of the stall took Xiao Ze's sign and knew at a glance that he was the outsider who won second place in the children's competition.

The man smiled and took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ze: "This is one tael of silver, the reward for the second place."

Xiao Ze took the cloth bag, turned around and handed the bag containing silver to Wen Shutang.

Wen Shutang raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that the second place winner would also be given silver. She thought that the village chief should not have prepared so much silver. After all, the two first place winners had already taken ten taels of silver in total.

"This is Aze's reward. Let Aze keep it." Wen Shutang did not accept the cloth bag and said with a smile.

The man looked at Xiao Ze and asked with a smile: "Just now the housekeeper came to me and told me that you are from outside the town?"

Xiao Ze nodded slightly: "Yes."

The man smiled even more happily after hearing this: "It has been several years since outsiders came to participate in our Tianan Kite Competition. You even won the second place today. The village chief sent someone to tell me that there is a special reward for you."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the kite that his foot had transformed into and handed it to Xiao Ze, explaining, "This is a kite made by the best craftsman in our village. It can be guaranteed to remain bright and colorful for decades, and the materials used in its production are all of the best. This is something that only our Tian'an Village has. It can be considered a souvenir for you."

Xiao Ze took the kite and looked at it carefully, and found that this kite was more delicate and solid than the one he had just used in the competition, and the patterns on it were also more complicated, making it look different from the ordinary one.

Xiao Ze didn't feel anything about this, he just thought the kite was more beautiful.

But such fancy and beautiful things would please little girls the most. Xiao Wan fell in love with it at first sight and kept stroking the patterns on the kite.

"This kite is so beautiful!"

Seeing that his younger sister liked it so much, Xiao Ze didn't think much and directly put the kite in Xiao Wan's hand, saying softly: "Since my younger sister likes it, I'll give it to her."

Xiao Wan looked at Xiao Ze in surprise and thanked him sweetly: "Thank you, brother! You are the best!"

Xiao Ze smiled and touched the top of her head without saying anything else.

Xiao Ye on the side muttered quietly: "Big brother is too good to little sister."