I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 253: The Zhang Family Teaches Their Brother a Lesson

After her first day of internship, Yuan Xiu went to pick up her child from kindergarten.

When she arrived, the kindergarten had just let out. To make it easier for parents to pick up and drop off their children, the kindergarten's hours are set according to the get off work hours.

There were many parents waiting to pick up their children at the kindergarten gate. They were all familiar faces from the compound, and they greeted Yuan Xiu one by one.

"Has Xiao Yuan graduated?"

"Not yet. Our undergraduate program in Traditional Chinese Medicine is five years long, and we have to do an internship in the last year."

"That counts as graduation, and you don't have to attend classes at school every day anymore."

"I still need to go to school occasionally."

"Which hospital did you get assigned to for your internship?"

"It's still the same military hospital we have, back to my original unit."

"That's good. If I ever get a headache or fever in the future, I'll go to the hospital to see you and see how college students treat patients."

Yuan Xiu laughed and said, "Sure, it would be even better if I couldn't see you at the hospital."

The kindergarten gate opened from the inside, and a group of little ones, hand in hand, were led out of the classroom by their teacher.

Qiaoqiao and Zhizhi, dressed exactly alike, stood hand in hand, their big eyes darting around. When they saw their mother at the door, they ran over as fast as they could!

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

Yuan Xiu squatted down and hugged the two small firecrackers.

"Mom, why are you picking me up? Where's Grandma Zhao?" Qiaoqiao asked, hugging her mother's neck.

"Silly brother, Grandma Zhao is home! Mom told her this morning that she was coming to pick us up, didn't you hear?"

Qiaoqiao put her hands on her hips and said, "Don't you dare call your brother stupid. You're so disrespectful."

"Oh dear, look at her, she's not even as tall as the table leg, and she already knows what it means to have no respect for elders." Shen's mother came over at some point, holding her granddaughter Xuanxuan's hand.

The three little ones are about the same age, attend the same class, and are usually inseparable. Occasionally, if one of them is busy, Aunt Zhao and Shen's mother will help the other pick up and drop off the children.

"Grandma Shen," the two little ones greeted her obediently.

"Oh, so good!"

Yuan Xiu straightened the two little ones' overalls and ruffled their slightly messy hair. "Were you good today?"

"Good girl~~" The brother and sister each held one of their mother's hands and answered in their childish voices.

Yuan Xiu glanced at her daughter's braided hair, which was almost completely disheveled. How could she call her a good girl?

Aunt Zhao often gets stopped by the teacher to complain about her two naughty children.

Especially Qiaoqiao, who was practically the king of the kids in kindergarten. Nobody could control him, and he only listened to his sister.

Yuan Xiu asked Xuanxuan directly, "Xuanxuan, have your younger brother and sister been good today?"

The brother and sister's eyes widened instantly; their mother was acting unpredictably!

Xuanxuan is an honest child. "Little brother Qiaoqiao secretly stacked up the stools, stood on them to get the chalk from the windowsill, and drew a lot of pictures on the floor and the desk with little sister Zhizhi. The teacher even asked them to wipe them clean. I helped out."

"Xuanxuan is a good child." Yuan Xiu praised Xuanxuan before looking at the brother and sister.

The brother and sister stopped saying they were being good. Instead, they lowered their heads and started playfully tugging at each other, their little faces tense.

Mother Shen said, "What child isn't naughty? Let's go, let's go home."

"Mommy, let's go home." Zhizhi pulled her mother's hand with all her might and walked home.

Yuan Xiu: "Why are you going home?"

Zhizhi: "Let's go home and teach my brother a lesson."

Qiao Qiao: "!"

"Your brother is wrong, but you're completely innocent?"

"Brother's mistake is so big, Zhizhi's mistake is so small." Zhizhi first drew a circle in front of her chest, then stretched out her little hand and pinched her fingertips to make a small comparison.

Yuan Xiu suppressed a laugh: "I'll settle accounts with you when we get back."

Upon hearing this, the brother and sister both breathed a sigh of relief, let go of their mother's hand, and skipped ahead with Xuanxuan in their arms.

As she walked, she muttered to herself, "Xuanxuan, you've tattled again! That's not good."

"I didn't tell anyone, my aunt asked me."

"You can't tell the truth even if I ask you."

"The teacher said we can't lie, and I want to be a good child."

"So we're bad kids?"

"No, it's a good child..."

Yuan Xiu pushed the bicycle and walked behind with Shen's mother.

After exchanging a few words about the children, the conversation turned to Wang Ting's marriage.

"The date is set for next month. We'll hold one event here first, and then another one in the south."

Wang Ting's boyfriend is her classmate. The two finalized their marriage after graduating last year. People like Wang Ting, who have military status, should return to their original cultural troupe after graduation.

Because of my partner, I chose to stay in the south after graduation and became a key member of the arts and culture department there.

Her boyfriend, on the other hand, stayed on at the university.

"I haven't seen her in a long time either, and I'm afraid it will be even harder to see her in the future."

"That's right. Who would have thought she could find a boyfriend over there? It's closer to us now, but farther from her dad. We'll probably only see each other twice a year. When she first told us she was dating someone over there, her dad was absolutely against it and wanted her to break up with him. The father and daughter argued so much that they stopped talking. It was my Mingxiu who persuaded her, saying that when they first got married, her dad and I were also extremely opposed, but now they're living a good life, aren't they? She still married far away... That's when she finally relented."

I've heard of Yuan Xiu before. She even brought her boyfriend back last year. Although we didn't have much contact, she seemed like a nice person, upright, and quite good-looking!

"Grandma Zhao, we're back!"

The brother and sister ran into the house, took off their shoes in the entryway, and without even putting on slippers, ran straight into the kitchen following the aroma.

Aunt Zhao is frying small fish. The finger-sized fish are coated with egg and flour and fried until crispy in the oil.

"Grandma Zhao heard that, hurry up and wash your hands, then come and eat the little fish."

The brother and sister went to the bathroom hand in hand, stood on the small stools in front of the sink, turned on the tap, and obediently washed their hands with soap.

Aunt Zhao placed a plate of fried small fish on the coffee table, and the brother and sister washed their hands and sat on a small mat on the floor to eat.

The television was turned on, and the animated series "Astro Boy" was playing.

The brother and sister were so engrossed in watching that they didn't even notice when their biological father, Jiang Zhou, returned.

Jiang Zhou was promoted from deputy regimental chief of staff to division deputy chief of staff last year. He is only 28 years old this year, making him the youngest regimental-level officer in the army.

He was carrying a package, and the sound of the package being placed on the ground startled Zhizhi, who was engrossed in watching TV. When she saw that it was her father coming home, her eyes lit up, and she stood up and rushed towards him with her little arms outstretched.

"Dad! You're back!"

Jiang Zhou had just picked up his daughter when a small dried fish was stuffed into his mouth.

"Dad, is it delicious? Grandma Zhao just made it."

"It's delicious! But we can't eat too much, we still need to eat dinner later."