After returning from the sports academy, Mr. Li shared his insights with the children, hoping they would engage in more physical activities. He also hoped that parents could find ti to accompany their children more and participate in outdoor sports together. No matter how busy they were with work, they had to pay attention to their children.
"Because of these little ones," he said, "you'll turn around, and before you know it, they've grown up! Spend more ti with them, lest you look back on all your monts together and see only work and regret!"
Lin Feng's family returned ho and sank gratefully onto the sofa, relishing the comfort of being ho.
Lin Feng's phone rang. It was a call from Erbao's craft teacher. The teacher's excited voice ca through the receiver. "Congratulations, Mr. Lin! Erbao won first place in Yangcheng's Children's Craft Competition!"
The teacher's excitent was contagious, and Lin Feng couldn't hide his own. "Really?"
Hearing the commotion, Zhang Yuxi looked over, blinking. Lin Feng imdiately put the call on speakerphone.
"At the end of this month, the awards will be presented at Yangcheng's biggest Cultural Youth Palace, and there will be a display of all the winning and participating crafts! I'll text you the address and ti in a bit, so keep an eye out for it. I'll be there too, so let's et at the entrance."
Lin Feng smiled. "Sure!"
Listening to the teacher's excited tone, Zhang Yuxi's eyes sparkled. "Erbao's craft won an award?"
Lin Feng nodded. "First place!"
The other children gasped in surprise.
Sanbao, who was sitting closest to Erbao, imdiately gave her a big hug. "Sister, you're aweso!"
Erbao smiled sweetly. "Thank you!"
Sibao gave Erbao a thumbs-up. "Sister, you're amazing!"
Dabao looked at his sister with admiration, as happy as if he had won the prize himself. "My sister is the best!"
The whole family's congratulations made the little girl blush.
"Wasn't it supposed to be in early February?" Zhang Yuxi asked.
"I have no idea!" Lin Feng replied as he dashed upstairs. "I'll go see what Erbao should wear for the ceremony!"
He opened Erbao's wardrobe, but all her clothes were for winter. After looking, selecting, and picking through everything, he moved on to the walk-in closet. In the closet, only a single section belonged to Lin Feng. The rest was for the two princesses of the house.
Ever since he started dressing them up, their collection had expanded imnsely. The dresses alone were divided into several types. Then there were the pants: lace-trimd, capris, shorts, cropped pants, and more. There were also sweatpants, casual pants, bell-bottoms, and skinny pants. Not to ntion the jackets: straight-cut, cropped, hooded, non-hooded, and so on.
Who cares? As long as they look good, I'll buy them all for my precious little princesses!
This award was incredibly significant for Erbao.
No, these clothes aren't good enough for my little darling now! I'll have to buy new ones!
Lin Feng imdiately called Chen Xiaotong and asked her to pull out the new winter arrivals. Chen Xiaotong sent over the catalog files.
When Zhang Yuxi ca upstairs, she was surprised to see Lin Feng in the study. "Honey, weren't you looking for clothes for our daughter?"
Lin Feng gestured at the computer with his chin. "I am!"
Zhang Yuxi leaned over for a look and sat down beside him. "Honey, what if we pair a formal woolen dress with a pink coat? Erbao loves pink."
Lin Feng thought she would look absolutely beautiful. Of course, if he bought an outfit for Erbao, he couldn't play favorites and had to get one for Sanbao, too. They decided on black dresses with white boots for both girls, but Erbao's woolen coat would be pink, and Sanbao's would be red, as those were the main two colors available.
After buying outfits for the two princesses, the boys also needed new clothes for the occasion; they couldn't be left out.
"We just need to buy them coats. The sweaters we got last year are still new and haven't even been worn!" he decided.
He bought mid-length woolen coats for the boys. As for the colors, Dabao wanted black, and Sibao wanted blue.
Once the selections were made, Chen Xiaotong arranged for soone from the store to deliver them; they would arrive in about half an hour.
"Co in and sit for a while!" Zhang Yuxi offered warmly.
Looking at the stunningly beautiful woman in front of him, who was also the boss's wife, the delivery man grew so nervous he didn't know where to put his hands. "No, that's okay! I have to get back to my deliveries!" he stamred.
With that, the employee hurried away. Zhang Yuxi's voice followed him. "Thank you so much! I appreciate your hard work!"
He had always heard that the boss's wife was beautiful and kind, and seeing her today, he knew it was true. In fact, she was even prettier than he had imagined and had no airs about her at all. The boss is so lucky to have married a wife like her! Sigh, I'll never be that fortunate. I can only dream about it.
「On the last day of the month.」
The entire family, dressed beautifully, arrived at the entrance of the Youth Palace. Outside, hundreds of works from the children's charity competition were on display, including both the finalists and the award-winning pieces. The collection of several hundred works attracted a large crowd of onlookers, and reporters from Yangcheng had also rushed over to cover the event. The area outside the Youth Palace was extraordinarily lively.
Erbao's teacher, wearing a work badge, seed to have been waiting at the entrance for so ti. With her was the owner of the craft training class. Joy was written all over both of their faces.
As the family approached, they beca the most dazzling sight on the street. The parents were stunningly attractive, each of the boys was handso in his own way, and the girls were beautiful with their own distinct styles. The mont they appeared, they beca the center of attention, sothing the family had grown accustod to.
The teacher smiled. "You're here! Co on, I'll take you inside."
The owner shook Lin Feng's hand. "Hello!"
Lin Feng replied politely, "Hello!"
The teacher introduced them, "This is the owner of our shop."
Upon entering the venue, they saw it was already almost full.
"I've saved seats for you," the teacher said. "They're right over here. Watch your step, be careful."
The seats were right in the center, offering a perfect view. The owner bustled off; he needed to find the dia reporters and see if he could get so major publicity for his shop and the teacher. An opportunity like this was too rare to pass up.
The teacher sat with them and explained, "There were a total of fifty finalists. Twenty-three will receive an Excellence Award, ten will get an Outstanding Award, and eight a Special Award. For the top prizes, there is one First Prize, three Second Prizes, and five Third Prizes. The first-place winner receives a prize fund of 5,000, second place gets 2,000, and third place gets 1,000. The rest are awards of a few hundred."
Soon, the award ceremony began. The photographers and reporters were all in place.
The teacher smiled at Erbao and said, "In a little while, so reporters might ask you a few questions. Don't be nervous!"
Erbao nodded. "I'm not nervous!"
After all, Erbao was soone who had seen the world. The previous night, Lin Feng and Zhang Yuxi had asked her about her acceptance speech. She had answered so well that they didn't feel the need to say anything more.
Sotis, looking back, they realized their children were even more outstanding than they had ever imagined.
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