Chapter 162: Sweaters and Xiaolongbao
In the early morning of December, the sun began to shine on the huge mountain of raw jewelry in the east.

The frost on the corn leaves and the lawn was almost melting, and when you opened the coconut window, it was so cold that it could freeze your fingers off.

In the bedroom, Rong Shu was wearing the pajama version of “Gift of the God of Fire”, half leaning against the head of the bed, his slender hands holding a small crochet hook, skillfully crocheting an off-white men’s sweater. Judging from the size, it was the same size he wore.

He was covered with a fluffy winter quilt that reached his thighs, with a small bulge across his legs.

Chen Er rested his head on Rong Shu’s thigh, and dug his teeth in the quilt for a long time, but couldn’t get out of the quilt.

Her cell phone at the bedside rang twice, and it was Rong Shu who picked up and answered it.

While answering the video, he did not forget to use his mental tentacles to lift up the sweater, crochet hook and thread, and quietly put them back into the fish roe lucky bag that Chen Rui had placed next to his pillow.

“grandmother.”

The video was from Grandma An.

“Ah Shu, are you up again? The Liuji Xiaolongbao restaurant that she asked me to look out for is now open! There’s a long line outside the door!”

Grandma An’s voice came from the mushroom phone. After struggling for a long time, Chen Er finally managed to stick his head out. With a strand of hair sticking up from sleeping, he excitedly shouted into the phone:
“Grandma, please help me get a seat in line, I’ll come and eat!”

“Grandma has arranged it for you! Please come slowly, you are already a pregnant woman, don’t rush! Ah Shu, please keep an eye on her…”

Grandma An was still nagging on the other end of the phone, while Chen Ru had been dug out of bed by Rong Shu.

After Rong Shu responded and Grandma An hung up the phone, Chen Ru immediately hugged Rong Shu’s neck and started talking excitedly:

“Xiao Long Bao, delicious Xiao Long Bao! Brother Rong, I want to eat two baskets, no, three baskets! And I want to pack up fifty baskets! Otherwise, if the boss has something to do at home next time and doesn’t open the store, I’ll be so hungry!”

She was wearing the same pajamas as Rong Shu’s, “The Gift of the God of Fire”. Her three-month pregnant belly was slightly protruding. She nestled in Rong Shu’s arms, delicate and soft.

Just one more look at her and Rong Shu would feel so much love for her.

He kissed her forehead, carefully picked her up, put on her fluffy cotton slippers, and gently put her on the ground, his eyes full of love almost overflowing: “Okay.”

It was only 8:30 in the morning when the two of them had packed up and changed into the couple’s Vulcan suits.

There was no one downstairs, but it was not quiet at all. The snoring of a bunch of furry kids was deafening.

Chen Er and Rong Shu went downstairs and glanced at the lucky bags of fish roe all over the living room, but didn’t see the fat one.

There are so many fish roe lucky bags, and to avoid confusion, each one has its own mark. Dapang’s fish roe lucky bag has a small panda head pendant tied to the opening of the bag, with Dapang’s name engraved on it, making it easy to recognize.

At this time of day, Dapang should still be sleeping soundly.

Chen Ru was puzzled: “Brother Rong, where is Dapang?”

Her eldest son seemed to be worried recently. She had seen him staring blankly at the pot of rose seedlings more than once, but he wouldn’t say anything when she asked him. So she had been paying extra attention to him these days.

Rong Shu closed his eyes and spread his spiritual perception: “Over there in the square.”

“Going out to play so early?”

“Yeah, there are a lot of new playmates. It’s going crazy.”

As they talked, they walked to the coconut door, put on the wing stickers, held hands, and flew out the door as two butterflies.

As soon as I went out, I saw that the outer wall of Li Daqiang’s newly built sky villa had disappeared at some point, revealing the furniture inside.

This man chased his squirrel around the house right under the eyes of a crowd of onlookers.

When it chased it to the table, the squirrel gnawed it into pieces. When it chased it to the sofa, the sofa disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Chen Er pulled Rong Shu forward to take a look and soon the only thing left in the entire villa was the floor where Li Daqiang was standing.

“Crash-“

Another pile of debris poured down from head to toe. Amidst the laughter from all over the sky and on the ground, Li Daqiang wiped his face with hopelessness.

The whole process left Chen Ru stunned.

When she realized what was happening, she quickly pulled Rong Shu away.

This is definitely not her fault! Although she grew the squirrel, she didn’t let Li Daqiang raise it!

I flew away feeling guilty and just when I breathed a sigh of relief, I suddenly heard two loud noises, “bang” and “squeak” from below.

Chen Er jumped in shock, and grabbed Rong Shu’s hand and placed it on her pregnant belly, stroking it twice: “It won’t scare you if you touch the fur. The baby won’t be afraid.”

When he looked down, he saw a supercar that came out of a bookmark and a pumpkin car collided with each other in front of the newly established e-sports club of Lin Jue and Sun Binbin, opposite Wen Yu Flower Shop, causing a car accident.

“Go, go, go, there’s nothing to see in a car accident.”

The people around glanced at the accident scene, without even the intention to watch the excitement. Those who were flying continued to fly, those who were walking continued to walk, and those who were stuck in traffic parked their cars and drove away.

Looking at the two people involved in the car crash, one of them was wearing a Vulcan suit, not even a hair was out of place, and the other had a koi carp wagging its tail happily on his clothes, also unharmed.

Not to mention the people, even the cars were put together from a puzzle. One had a Vulcan shield, and the other was covered with Buddhist beads. When they collided, not even a scratch was left.

Emmm…there’s really nothing to see.

Chen Er withdrew his gaze.

Who hasn’t come from the end of the world? How dare you go out without a koi and a Vulcan suit?
I flew all the way and saw all kinds of excitement along the way.

“There are so many people. It’s so cold, and everyone is out strolling around early in the morning!” Chen Er sighed, and couldn’t help feeling a little proud.

It’s all because the spicy strips are so delicious and the gift of the God of Fire is so comfortable to wear!

Rong Shu’s hands were very sensible and he touched his head at the right time.

Chen Rui: ︿(￣︶￣)︿

Liuji Xiaolongbao is located in the newly built sky garden square at the top of the Light of the End Times.

There is a circle of shops around it, including breakfast shops, bookstores, mother and baby stores, milk tea shops, bakeries, nail salons and other shops.

The inner area is for various activity venues, separated by lawns, small oceans, lotus ponds, flower beds and other landscapes.

Since its construction, this place has become a holy place for morning exercises and square dancing, and is the favorite place for the deceased elders.

Everywhere you look, there are people.

Some were eating breakfast, some were playing with flying swords, some were walking their pets on the lawn, some were throwing snacks to feed the koi by the lotus pond…

As soon as Chen Ruo and Rong Shu landed, they looked around and saw a group of familiar faces.

Under the ginkgo tree in the left corner, Grandpa Rong was playing chess with a strange old man. In addition to the chessboard, there was a black rectangular tea tray randomly grown from rose seedlings on the table.

Grandpa Zhou and Grandpa Lin were making tea nearby and giving advice to the two people playing chess from time to time.

“Go here, go here, block his cannon!”

“His chariot is here, the horse can’t move, capture the pawn first!”

On the path in the cherry blossom forest on the right, where petals were falling, He Song supported the pregnant Li Jingyuan as they strolled among the flowers.

As the year-end approached, Guoguo Supermarket closed and all employees went on holiday. Li Jingyuan even took a long maternity leave.

“Ahhhh!”

A video was playing in the air in front of the two of them. In the video, there were a few familiar-looking old men and women wearing Buddhist beads, being chased by zombies and screaming in fear.

Li Jingyuan listened to the miserable screams in the video, with a look of relief on her face, and even hummed a song. Chen Ruo looked at them twice before he remembered that they were the people who had robbed them, who were aged by Miss Wen Yu and thrown into the zombie group.

He is still alive? He has a very tough life!

Judging from the Buddhist beads on them, I’m afraid they were rescued at that time.

But seeing how much Sister Yuan holds a grudge, she must have reported the person. The apocalypse is over, and order is restored. Even if the person is still alive, he will probably go in and operate a sewing machine~
The two walked through the activity area and headed towards Liu Ji Xiaolongbao at the edge of the square.

On the way, we also met Grandma Wang and her grandson Zhao Lei who were walking out, and Zhao Lei’s new girlfriend was also with them.

The girl held Zhao Lei with one hand and Grandma Wang with the other. The three of them were talking and laughing, and it was obvious that a happy event was about to happen.

“Woohoo! Maotuanzi is doing square dance, so cute!”

“Guoguo Supermarket is closed. We have to wait until after the New Year to get new products. I really want to have one now!”

“National treasures are the cutest, no objections accepted!”

Passing by a square dance venue, Chen Ru didn’t pay attention at first, but unexpectedly heard the words “Mao Tuanzi” and “National Treasure” coming from the surroundings, and turned his head to see –

scare!
Wow, there are a bunch of furry black and white balls neatly lined up there, stretching their arms and legs, twisting left and right, following the aunts and sisters dancing square dance in front of them. They are so adorable!
“Brother Rong, is Big Fatty in there?” Chen Er pointed at the pile of fur.

“exist.”

Chen Er looked at this one, then looked at that one, but couldn’t tell which one was her cub.

She was stunned: “These…are Da Pang’s new playmates?!”

She thought that the playmates Rong Shu was talking about were other small animals that Da Pang had just met, but she didn’t expect that they were actually a bunch of Da Pang’s kind, the national treasure giant panda!

In a flash, she understood!

It turns out that the kid has been holding rose seedlings these days, wanting to plant the same kind!

Yes, other small animals have their own kind. There is more than one Pegasus, more than one cow, and so do cats and dogs. Only pandas don’t have any! There is only one Big Fat!
She couldn’t grow a second panda with bamboo shoots, but after growing birds and beasts with rose seedlings, she had all kinds of animals except pandas.

She couldn’t grow it, and neither could anyone else. Unexpectedly!

Big Fatty actually grew it himself!

No wonder he came out to play so early in the morning, the kid must be so happy!
Even after entering Liu Ji, Chen Er was still immersed in the excitement of having Da Pang with a companion, grabbing Rong Shu’s hand and shaking it.

“Again, this table!”

As soon as they entered, they saw Grandma An waving at them.

Although both of them were wearing Vulcan masks, their figures were familiar to those who were close to them, and Grandma An recognized them at a glance.

“Grandma, have you eaten?”

The two of them went over and saw six steamers stacked on the table, as well as two cups of soy milk and two cups of corn juice.

“Eat it! I ordered six drawers for you. If you’re not enough, I have more here!” Grandma An stuffed a lucky bag of fish roe into Rong Shu’s hand, stood up and hurried out.

“Eat yourselves. Grandma is leaving first! I came here in the middle of dancing. I have to go back quickly. My sisters are waiting for me!”

The old man recently learned Latin dance with others, formed a team, and comes to the square to practice dancing every day.

Not only did she form a dance team, she also formed a band, in which she served as the drummer. From time to time, she would go camping with her old sisters, and go to Lin Jue and Sun Binbin’s club to team up and play games. Her life was more exciting than that of any young person, but it was very enjoyable.

After becoming pregnant, Chen Er became particularly fond of pasta and would feel hungry if she didn’t eat steamed buns or noodles for a day.

I shared six trays of steamed dumplings with Rong Shu and ate them all.

After they finished eating and came out of the store, the two did not rush back. Instead, they walked around the square to digest the food and bought some snacks that Chen Er liked to eat.

When I passed by a bookstore, I saw that the owner, who wrote novels before the end of the world, had produced a lot of new fantasy works, so I went in and bought a few.

After a round of shopping, I spent several Mao Zedong notes.

A few months is enough time for the countries on Blue Star to restore their monetary systems.

Although paper money can be used, no one is willing to use crystal cores. After all, without the large-scale erosion and precipitation of red fog, it is inevitable that the crystal cores will become less and less.

Some people on Shuyin have begun to worry about the future fate of fruits such as coconut pots and mobile phones that require crystal cores for energy without crystal cores.

After buying the books, the couple slowly flew home.

On the way, they stopped by Wen Yu’s flower shop filled with New Year flowers, and then went to the opposite door to take a look at Sun Binbin and Lin Jue, who had been up for two nights and whose dark circles were almost as dark as those of Dapang.

When we flew back to Building 0, we saw An Keer and Xia Jinzhi pasting couplets and red envelopes on the gate of the courtyard. Rong’s father and mother and others were helping Uncle Zhou make cured meat and fried food in the yard.

Although many things can be grown, how can they be the same as making them with your own hands?
Chen Er found frying shrimp chips and stuffing sausages fun, so he pulled Rong Shu to join in.

We played this game for the whole day.

It was not until late at night when Rong Shu went to wash up that she found the opportunity. She quietly got into the fish roe lucky bag, picked up the unfinished sweater and continued crocheting.

“It’s so long!” Chen Er unfolded the sweater, compared it, and looked happy, “From here, we can start crocheting the sleeves!”

This sweater is a gift that Chen Ru wants to give to Rong Shu. She has been crocheting a little bit every day for several months.

Not a birthday present or any other holiday gift.

It just happened that she had learned crocheting from her grandmother, and simply thought that she had never given Brother Rong a gift, so she wanted to crochet her love for Brother Rong into a sweater stitch by stitch and give it to him.

Just like Brother Rong sewed the wedding dress for her personally.

In order to give Rong Shu a surprise, she would hide from him and hook him when he was taking a shower.

After she got pregnant, she didn’t have enough energy and often felt sleepy while crocheting late at night. That’s why she had been crocheting a sweater for several months but still hadn’t finished crocheting the sleeves.

Hearing the sound of the bathroom door opening, Chen Er quickly put away her sweater and crochet hook, and picked up Xigua Miaomiao from the bed.

After yawning, she pulled herself together and continued to outline the last missing piece of the map.

In the flowerpot, on the green melon seedling that had grown into the shape of the base and support of the Blue Star Instrument, there was only one spherical fruit – a watermelon whose rind had grown into the shape of a Blue Star map.

In other words, a small blue star.

As long as the last missing piece of the map is completed, the project will be completely completed.

Just when she had finished sketching halfway, Rong Shu came in and interrupted her with a kiss:
“Youyou, you are sleepy. Let’s continue tomorrow.”

“Oh.” Chen Er yawned, his eyelids almost unable to open, and let Rong Shu take Miao Miao away and carry her out of the fish roe bag. He dazedly tried to find a comfortable position in the familiar embrace, muttering, “Brother Rong, what time is it?”

“It’s half past ten, go to bed.”

Press the switch and the lampshade outside the glowing potato closes.

Chen Er nestled in the man’s arms and fell asleep almost the next second after the lights were turned off.

And just after she fell asleep, four invisible mental tentacles opened.

Two of them reached into the fish roe lucky bag, manipulated the crochet hook, and crocheted two more rows.

The two of them went downstairs and entered the kitchen, mixing dough and stuffing, continuing what they had been doing since the day when Liu Ji’s boss closed the shop due to some business.

Steamed dumplings are more delicious than Liu Ji’s.