Madame Qin giggled and then smiled 'How cute, usually people give first meeting gifts in a formal setting and to the children's parents.'
Little 4th squinted his eyes at his friends 'First they want to steal my big sister's time, then her food, now they want to take her money by asking for gifts?! What a bunch of gold miners.' Little 4th began to wonder if he should find new friends with better characters.
If the others in the room were to hear little 4th's thoughts they wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was so protective of his big sister that he was even inventing injustices that she was suffering at their hands.
Madam Qin: "Xiuying you've met Jie'er over there who is sitting with his head in a book."
Li Xiuying briefly glanced over and nodded.
Madam Qin: "Okay little ones. Now that introductions are complete. Let's discuss the itinerary for today. "
Jun Wen: "Zhen said we're going on a picnic. "