"I feel so bad enslaving you," Zhu Yanyi said with a mischievous grin. "But since you look so pitiful, let’s make a deal. From now on, sweep the floor once and earn one cent. Take out the trash for one cent. Help wash dishes for two cents. Wash your own clothes for two cents. If you get first place in the grade, you get a ten-cent bonus. But there are penalties too. If the floor isn’t clean, I deduct one cent. If you forget the trash three times, one cent off. If dishes aren’t clean three times, two cents off. If you break a bowl, you pay for it. If clothes aren’t clean three times, two cents off. How about it? There are many more rules. If you like, I’ll write a list for you when we get home."
Zhu Zhibin’s eyes went wide. "Second Sister, am I still your dear, cute, and adorable biological brother?" He didn’t fully understand "cute and adorable," but he often heard his sister use it, so he tried it out.
"I really want to say no. But you look eighty percent like me. And by blood, you are indeed the brother I can’t escape," Zhu Yanyi said, holding back laughter while teasing her.
Zhu Zhibin looked distressed. "I knew it. Being a brother is a loss. I always get bullied by my sister."
His funny expression made everyone laugh. Indeed, wherever there are children, there is liveliness.
"After dinner, do you want to visit the night market?" Yan Aohan asked.
Everyone had rested well in the afternoon, so going back to sleep now seemed unrealistic. Walking around sounded nice. Zhu Shun Yao asked for opinions. "What do you all think?"
"I want to go to the night market," Cheng Chen said. "They say there is a snack street there."
"Brother Cheng Chen, is there really a snack street? Is there lots of food?" Zhu Zhibin asked curiously.
Cheng Chen nodded. "Yes, I heard about it. There is lots of good food. I want to eat ginger ribs."
"Then I want to go to the snack street too," Zhu Zhibin agreed immediately.
Zhu Yanyi was speechless. "You just ate so much roast duck. Can you still eat snacks?" The table had eaten three whole ducks plus other dishes. That was a lot.
"I can eat. Absolutely can eat," Zhu Zhibin said seriously. "Sister, don’t underestimate my stomach."
Seeing her determination, Zhu Yanyi smiled helplessly. "Okay. If you can eat, let’s go to the snack street."
Zhu Shun Yao and Cheng Baokun, as parents, had no objections. If the children liked it, they would go. They were not short of money.
Yan Aohan saw everyone agreed. "Alright, let’s go to the night market. You can go to the snack street or look at other things. There are many street performances too. The night market is quite large."
The night market was indeed large. As the national center, the capital developed faster. Among eating, wearing, and playing, eating was the most basic and important. Thus, there were many places to eat in the capital. The snack street was one such place. It had famous Aiwo Wo, ginger ribs, sugar ears, and more. Zhu Yanyi specifically bought a portion of sugar ears to share with everyone.
The freshly made sugar ears were very fragrant. Zhu Yanyi nodded while eating, too happy to speak. Not only her, but Zhu Zhibin and Cheng Chen beside her also ate with great enjoyment. Zhu Zhuli ate more elegantly, as she was an older girl.