"What a big boy you are!" the granny said as she patted his hair. "What do you do all day, little lotus?"
"I practice my calligraphy," the boy said proudly. The grandmother chuckled at him.
"You do that. It is good that young people like you now have a teacher who can teach them. Now, tell me, would you like to come knit dough with me?"
Chen Zhaohui nodded enthusiastically, and then he turned to his parents for permission.
"I can go, can't I?" It was getting late, and Chen Zhaohui had school tomorrow, but it would be good for him to do something today that didn't require too much thinking of him.
"Granny, can you please return him for dinner?" Nikola asked, and granny Nuo Nuying raised her finger at him in warning.
"What do you mean return? You two are coming with me too! We have to make just as many steamed buns as today. Many bellies to fill!"
