Travel through the city of orcs

"Daddy, it's snowing outside!" Ian, who was still sleepy when he saw the snowflakes from the window of the bedroom, suddenly woke up, threw off the quilt and ran downstairs to the kitchen to hug him Cheng Chi's legs shouted.

"Hey, Ian, Daddy is making breakfast." Cheng Chi looked helplessly at the excited Ian. If he hadn't acted fast, today's breakfast would have been ruined by Ian's impact.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Daddy." Seeing Cheng Chi's somewhat helpless eyes, Ian stuck out his little tongue in embarrassment, gently scratched Cheng Chi with his tail, and then pointed out the window excitedly, "Daddy , look, it's snowing outside, what a big snowflake!"

Cheng Chi looked in the direction of Ian's finger, and it really snowed outside, with snowflakes like goose feathers rustling down, and after a while, the outside was covered with a layer of white.

As an adult, Cheng Chi was far less excited about the snow than Ian. After watching for a while, he turned his head and stretched out his hand to rub Ian's little head, "Okay, hurry up and wash your face, Daddy's breakfast is ready." .”

"Oh." Ian nodded obediently, looking away, turned and walked towards the bathroom, thinking about going outside with Jerome later while walking.

"Daddy, where's dad?" Ian, who was sitting at the table after washing up, looked around and asked Cheng Chi who brought the breakfast.

"Daddy doesn't know either, maybe he's out on something." Cheng Chi replied while putting the stewed meat plate in front of Ian.

"Oh." Ian nodded and started to pick up a fork to eat breakfast without asking any further questions.

In fact, Ian was very happy these two days, because his father and Daddy finally lived in the same room, although they didn't sleep in the same room like Uncle Al and Rupert or Jerome's father Daddy, Lying on the same bed, but it's much better than the original father and Daddy living at two ends, isn't it? Ian believes that his Daddy and his father will one day live together like the fathers of other children in the town. together.

Here Cheng Chi didn't know what Ian was thinking. He thought about it when he was serving breakfast for himself, and he still kept Claude's share, and put it in the pot to warm it before sitting at the table with Ian. Let's have breakfast together.

"Daddy, can I go outside with Jerome later?" Ian took a sip of broth and asked Cheng Chi who was sitting opposite him.

Cheng Chi glanced at the snowflakes that showed no signs of stopping, and shook his head, "No, it's snowing heavily outside, what if we slip?"

"Then, why don't you go very far, and just play in the yard?" Ian, who was rejected by Cheng Chi, didn't give up, and took a step back and asked.

Cheng Chi looked up at Ian's begging face, and just about to refuse, Ian stretched out his little hand, gestured with his thumb and index finger and said pitifully, "Daddy, I'll just play for a while, just for a while, I promise Can't wrestle, okay?"

He knew that Ian was pretending to be pitiful, but Cheng Chi couldn't harden his heart every time. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded and said, "Then just play for a while."

"Wow, that's great, Daddy, I love you!" Ian cheered after getting the permission.

Cheng Chi smiled helplessly and shook his head.

Here Ian is still immersed in the excitement of going to play in the snow later, the door of the living room over there is opened, Cheng Chi and Ian turned their heads to look over together, and Claude, covered in snowflakes, took Walked in with a cold air.

When Ian saw his father came back, he quickly climbed off the table and rushed over, "Dad, I'm going to have a snowball fight with Jerome in the yard later, will you come with me?"

Claude smiled and picked up Ian with one hand and touched Ian with his cold nose, "Of course, my Ian!"

"That's great!" Ian, who was teased by Claude's cool nose and sat in his arms, said while giggling.

Cheng Chi watched Claude walking towards the dining table with Ian in his arms, and said, "There is still stew in the pot, it's still hot, you can serve it up and eat."

Claude nodded softly when he heard this, and put a bag of things wrapped in huge leaves on Cheng Chi's hand, "I just picked it in the dense forest."

Cheng Chi froze for a moment, glanced at Claude and then stretched out his hand to open the leaf. Cheng Chi was surprised when he saw what was inside, "Hawthorn?"

Claude was a little dazed after hearing this, and then asked, "What hawthorn? This is a sour fruit, which blooms in autumn and bears fruit in winter."

Cheng Chi reached out and took a red fruit, put it in his mouth and tasted it. The sour taste of hawthorn wafted in his mouth. Cheng Chi became more and more sure that it was hawthorn, but the orcs didn't call him that.

Cheng Chi looked at the big handful of small red fruits, raised his head and said to Claude, "I picked so many, let's make candied haws later."

Claude didn't know what candied haws Cheng Chi was referring to, so he just nodded and said, "Okay."

Ian, who had already sat back in his seat, asked curiously, "Daddy, what are candied haws?"

"It is to string the sour fruits with wooden sticks and then wrap them in syrup and wait for them to solidify to become candied haws." Cheng Chi explained simply.

Ian's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Isn't that sweet and sour?"

"Of course." Cheng Chi nodded.

"Wow, Daddy, you are amazing, you can make so many delicious things." Ian looked at Cheng Chi with a look of admiration again.

"Otherwise, why is it you, Daddy?" Cheng Chi deliberately put on a look of embarrassment, which made Ian overjoyed.

Claude, who came out of the kitchen with the stew, looked at the harmonious atmosphere in the living room, and suddenly felt a warm place in his heart.

Not a while after breakfast, Jerome really came to play with Ian.

Looking at the thinly dressed Jerome, Cheng Chi had to sigh that those human children who were wrapped into a ball by their parents in winter were really incomparable to the children in the orc world.

Originally, Jerome wanted to invite Ian to go to the town square to have a snowball fight, but he didn't object when he heard Ian said that he could only play in the yard. After looking at the yard that had been enlarged a lot because of Cheng Chi's ice cellar, After obtaining Cheng Chi's consent, he turned around and went out to call the assembled children to Cheng Chi's place to play.

Although the physique of the children in the two worlds cannot be compared, the excitement about the snowfall is the same. The children who came to Cheng Chi's yard one after another began to laugh and laugh. You grab a handful of snow and throw it at each other. I pinch one. Xueqiu fought back again, and Cheng Chi's yard was filled with children's laughter, just like a children's paradise.

Cheng Chi looked through the window, Ian, whose face was flushed with excitement from the snowball fight, used his father as a large human shield, while Claude was helpless but cheerfully resisted the attack on him for his son. Xueqiu couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, saying that it didn't hurt or itchy. This is simply a pair of father and son!

After looking at it for a while, Cheng Chi turned around and rolled up his sleeves to deal with the hawthorn that the orcs called sour fruit, thinking that it would be ready to share with the children later.

Claude, who was commanded by his son to turn east and west, occasionally turned his head through the window to look at Cheng Chi's busy back in the kitchen, and his mouth would always bend in an arc involuntarily.

Cheng Chi said he wanted to let Ian play for a while, but later it turned out that he was in his yard anyway, and Cheng Chi didn't mention the matter of letting Ian stay in the house. Ian was also happy that his Daddy didn't come to urge him to go back to the house. After the snowball fight in the morning, I continued to take my friends to build a snowman in the yard in the afternoon and had a good time.

When Ian was carried back to the house by his father full of steam from playing, he realized that Cheng Chi had fallen asleep leaning on the recliner at some point, and there was a row of red clothes wrapped neatly in the kitchen. The candied haws are shiny with syrup.

Finding that Cheng Chi was falling asleep, Claude subconsciously lightened his steps, and the two of them tiptoed into the living room with Ian. Ian stretched out his little finger and made a booing gesture to his father, and then he tiptoed back. Neck jumped into the bathroom to wash his hands, while Claude gently picked up a blanket and covered Cheng Chi.

Cheng Chi, who was waiting for the hawthorn syrup to solidify but somehow fell asleep, woke up to find that it was getting dark and the room was filled with the aroma of barbecue.

Cheng Chi rubbed his face and sat up from the recliner. He was stunned for a moment when he saw the blanket on his body. He put the blanket aside and walked towards the kitchen. After turning a corner, he saw the burly Claude leaning on the meat in the kitchen , and Ian also tried to make himself look very busy handing things for Dad.

Looking at the big and small who were happily busy in the kitchen, Cheng Chi didn't make a sound, but just leaned against the door frame and watched gently.

Ian, who turned his head inadvertently, saw Cheng Chi standing not far away, immediately put the small plate in his hand, and ran over to ask Cheng Chi to hug him, "Daddy, why have you slept for so long?"

Cheng Chi picked up Ian and kissed his little cheek, "Daddy doesn't know either. He just wanted to take a nap. Who knew he slept for so long. Did Ian have a good time today?"

Ian nodded vigorously, "Well, my father, Jerome and I built a big, big, big snowman this afternoon. I'll take Daddy to see it later, okay?"

Cheng Chi greeted Claude with his eyes, then nodded with a smile, "Of course."

After Cheng Chi finished talking, he thought of the candied haws he made this afternoon, so he carried Ian and walked towards the kitchen, "Let Daddy see how the candied haws are doing."

Seeing the finished products of candied haws neatly placed, Cheng Chi was secretly taken aback in his heart, is his craftsmanship still very good?

Cheng Chi picked up a bunch and handed it to Ian, "Didn't Ian try it just now?"

Ian took the candied haws and shook his head, his face was a little red, "Ian thought it wasn't ready yet!" The implication was that if he knew it was ready, he would have eaten it long ago.

Cheng Chi laughed, and pinched Ian's little nose, "Then let's taste it now."

Ian nodded, first he stretched out his small tongue and licked the icing on the outside of the hawthorn, then narrowed his eyes with a smile, "It's so sweet." After licking several mouthfuls, he opened his mouth and bit down on the hawthorn. After the sweet taste filled his mouth, Ian's big eyes became bright again, "It's delicious."

Cheng Chi looked at Ian's mouth full of sugar scum and smiled and stretched out his hand to clean it up for him, "Then share some with the friends in the town, okay?"

Ian nodded with a bulging mouth, "Well, Jerome gave me a New Year's gift today!" He stretched out his hand and took out a small shiny pendant to show Cheng Chi, but Ian's expression became a little distressed , "Jerome says it's me, but I don't think it looks like it at all."

Cheng Chi looked at the chubby little leopard's pendant polished with unknown material, and laughed so hard that his stomach ached.

After dinner, Claude and Ian went out with a large basket of candied haws packed by Cheng Chi. This was the first time Ian gave gifts to the children in the town, so he seemed very excited.

Cheng Chi stood by the door and watched Claude and Ian leave before turning around and entering the house.

Although there are not many children in the town, they do not live in a centralized place. In addition, Cheng Chi also asked Claude and Ian to send some to Al and Rupert, so Claude and Ian Since he couldn't come back for a short time, Cheng Chi simply took advantage of the time to take a bath.

When Cheng Chi came out all in pink, Claude and Ian still hadn't come back. Cheng Chi frowned. He knew that they should have sent them off during the day, and the road would not be easy at this late hour.

Cheng Chi, who was brushing his hair and walking towards the living room, was about to lay out the mattress for Claude, but stopped when he heard the sound of scratching the door.