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The two little ones were outside, laughing and giggling.
"Don't be mischievous," He Tiantian hurried to stop them; in the blink of an eye, they had already thrown in five or six bricks.
Seeing their mother scold, Huo Ruimin tugged her younger brother's hand and they wobbled off to look at the chicks and ducklings.
"I'm sorry, the children are naughty." He Tiantian apologized, conscious of the fact that a few tossed bricks had startled the piglets, which had begun to grunt and squeal in fright.
"It's alright, they're just kids. They've never seen this in the city, so it's amusing to them for the first time," Mother Wu said with a chuckle, not taking offense.
He Tiantian took the children out to play in the countryside, planning to stay over for the night and return to Nan City the following morning.