"Snowball Brawl" ended, and Nuannuan finally remembered her original intention—building a snowman.
"Daddy~ Let's build a snowman! Nuannuan wants to build a big, big daddy," Nuannuan said, drawing a large circle with her hands to illustrate.
"Alright, then Father will build Nuannuan."
"Me too, me too! I'll just build myself, standing next to Nuannuan." Ye Jingzhi wanted to show off his skills to Nuannuan.
"Okay~ Everyone, let's do it together!"
"Woof woof~" (Me too, me too.) Qiuqiu wagged its tail desperately, trying to attract everyone's attention.
"There's Qiuqiu too~" Nuannuan reached out and hugged Qiuqiu's neck, nuzzling it.
"Woof~" (Thanks, little one.)
And so, the three people and one dog got to work enthusiastically. During this time, Aunt Wu made lunch and called out twice, but Nuannuan refused to leave.
"Nuannuan, let's eat until we're full, save some energy, and continue later, okay?" Ye Jinghuai said helplessly, looking at the small peak Nuannuan had been building for a while.
"Okay~ Eat until full, so I have energy."
After lunch, the three people continued. Qiuqiu also worked on its side, digging snow with its paws and then nudging it with its nose from time to time.
"Haha! Second Brother, what do you think? Isn't it great?" Ye Jingzhi put his hands on his hips, proudly showing his work to him.
"It's good that you built yourself," Ye Jinghuai twitched the corner of his mouth as he looked at the lumpy, uneven body of the snowman.
"Nuannuan, come look at Uncle's masterpiece. Huh? What are you doing?" Ye Jingzhi asked in confusion as he saw Nuannuan building another tall snow pile.
"Nuannuan is building Daddy's head!" Nuannuan said without looking up, her little bottom sticking out as she continued to work hard.
Ye Jinghuai always felt that these words didn't sound quite right.
"Nuannuan, heads aren't made like that. Uncle will teach you. We need to make a ball shape, and then roll it." Ye Jingzhi quickly made a snowball and then placed it on the snow, rolling it slowly. It got bigger and bigger.
"Wow~ That's fun, Nuannuan wants to play." Nuannuan happily took the snowball and started rolling it herself, becoming a little addicted.
Ye Jinghuai smiled as he watched Nuannuan's happy face. After watching for a while, he lowered his head to continue sculpting the small snowman in front of him.
"It seems I'm late," Ye Jingxing's voice came from the doorway.
"Fourth Uncle!" Nuannuan waved at him happily.
"I was thinking that it snowed, so I'd come in the afternoon to help Nuannuan build a snowman! You guys are almost done, right?" Ye Jingxing looked full of regret, wishing he hadn't accepted the morning interview.
"Heh heh, Fourth Brother, quickly take a look, I've already finished." Seeing another person arrive, Ye Jingzhi proudly showed him his results.
"What is this thing?" Ye Jingxing looked at the snowman in front of him with disgust.
"Isn't it quite good!" Ye Jingzhi was a bit unconvinced.
"Yours is worse than something a dog chewed on!" Ye Jingxing gestured towards Qiuqiu.
Qiuqiu was digging and nudging, and then it would lick and bite the snow. Regardless of the shape, at least the entire body of the snowman was very smooth.
"Tsk tsk tsk~ You really can't compare to a dog's work!" Ye Jingxing sighed and shook his head, not smiling being the greatest kindness he could show Ye Jingzhi.
"Woof woof~" (He's just a big dummy.) Qiuqiu lifted its head amidst its work and responded.
"Pfft~" Ye Jingxing couldn't hold back his laughter.
"I'm sorry, I thought I could hold it in just now. Hahahaha!" Ye Jingxing laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight.
"Hmph~ I won't stoop to your level." Ye Jingzhi said stubbornly.
"Fourth Uncle, little uncle is great! He even taught Nuannuan to roll snowballs~" Nuannuan's voice was still filled with excitement.
"Thanks, Nuannuan." Ye Jingzhi immediately became happy.
"What's so difficult about that? I can do it too! Watch, Fourth Uncle will build you an even prettier one." Ye Jingxing patted his chest.
"Okay~ Nuannuan built daddy, daddy is building Nuannuan, little uncle built himself, what are you going to build, Fourth Uncle?"
"Pfft~ No wonder it looked so ugly! Then I'll build myself too, hahahaha!" Ye Jingxing, who had just stopped laughing, broke down again.
"Hmph! You might not even be as good as me!" Ye Jingzhi tried to maintain his last bit of pride.
Ye Jingxing didn't say anything. He glanced at Ye Jingzhi and directly joined the snowman-building team.
When Ye Jingshen arrived with his two sons, the four people and one dog had already finished.
"Big Brother, come quickly." Ye Jingzhi saw more spectators arrive and was eager for someone to judge.
"Is mine better looking or Fourth Brother's?"
Ye Jingshen looked at the two snowmen, which were equally bad, and then at Qiuqiu's, and found it hard to describe.
"I think Jinghuai's is quite good. He built Nuannuan, right?" Ye Jingshen didn't want to deal with these two mediocre individuals and chose to comment on Ye Jinghuai's work.
Ye Jinghuai, true to his skill in wood carving, had nimble hands. He even sculpted Nuannuan's clothing and hairstyle.
"I just hope Nuannuan likes it," Ye Jinghuai said gently, looking at Nuannuan.
"Mmm~ Nuannuan likes it very much! Daddy built Nuannuan so well! But Nuannuan also built very well." Nuannuan gave Ye Jinghuai a thumbs-up with both hands.
"Big Uncle, brothers, this is Nuannuan's daddy, is it pretty?" Nuannuan pointed to her snowman and showed it to them.
"Mmm."
Ye Jingshen suddenly felt that his Chinese might not be good enough, as he couldn't find any adjectives to describe the big-headed doll in front of him.
Following the direction of Nuannuan's finger, Ye Siqi and Ye Sizhe only saw a huge snowball precariously balanced on top of a small snow pile. At this moment, that large snowball was already wobbly, and Ye Jinghuai faintly felt a slight pain in his neck.
"It looks so real!" "Sister is amazing!" The twins praised them without reservation, clapping their hands.
"Mmm~ Nuannuan also thinks it's very good." Nuannuan's little face was slightly red, probably from being praised.
Ye Siqi: "Sister, let me improve it for you! Snowmen don't have eyes or mouths now."
Ye Sizhe: "That's right! I'll help too." The two of them "scrambled" over to the side and then returned with many things in their arms.
Ye Jingshen looked at the somewhat familiar cosmetics and hesitated whether to stop them. Then, seeing Nuannuan's expectant eyes, he suppressed the urge. At worst, he could buy a new set for Anran later.
The twins, like offering treasures, brought the cosmetics to Nuannuan.
Ye Siqi: "Sister, Mommy looks so beautiful when she uses this to paint her face every day."
Ye Sizhe: "That's right! This one is for drawing eyes, they'll be very clear when they're dark; this one is for drawing lips, they'll be very pretty when they're bright red."
"Wow! Thank you, brothers~" Nuannuan's eyes curved into crescents with a smile.
Lin Anran didn't know her cosmetics had been "sacrificed." When she found them later, she only saw a pile of wreckage on the ground. Looking at the familiar pile of things on the ground, Lin Anran couldn't believe her eyes.