Chapter 45 New Map

Chapter 45 A New Place

Half of Zheng Zheng's flight journey was spent asleep.

They reached their destination, and the plane began its descent.

Wen Yuchen quickly woke Zheng Zheng up and put noise-canceling headphones on him.

The descent could also make the baby uncomfortable.

This time, Zheng Zheng only whimpered and fussed a little and didn't cry.

After getting off the plane, a familiar face was holding up a sign from the production team, looking around.

"Ah, I spotted Brother Chen and Zheng Zheng," Xiao Lu's clear voice cut through the crowd and reached Wen Yuchen's ears.

Wen Yuchen waved at them.

Da An said excitedly, "I see them, I see them. Let's go, let's go over and meet them."

After saying that, the two of them hurried over.

As soon as Zheng Zheng saw the two, his little legs scurried quickly.

Zheng Zheng liked Sister Xiao Lu; Sister Xiao Lu always smelled so good.

He hugged Xiao Lu's leg and said sweetly, "Sister Xiao Lu, Zheng Zheng missed you."

"Not missing your Da An brother?" Da An heard this and reached out with his large, fan-like hand, ruffling Zheng Zheng's hair until it was all messy.

Zheng Zheng struggled to use both hands and pull down the hand on his head: "Missed too, Zheng Zheng missed."

Xiao Lu slapped Da An's arm, picked Zheng Zheng up, and chided Da An, "Don't bully our precious Zheng Zheng, okay?"

"Yeah," Zheng Zheng, feeling secure in Xiao Lu's arms, pouted like a little duck.

The group boarded the production team's car, jostling and joking.

The livestream in the car had already started.

Zheng Zheng was the first to get on the car, and Brother Sun immediately did a close-up on his face.

Zheng Zheng's plump little cheeks were right in front of everyone watching the livestream.

His little face looked soft, sweet-smelling, and very kissable.

"Ahhh, I’ve missed Zheng Zheng so much!"

"Come here with that little face, let auntie give you a kiss."

"Huh? This chubby one, has he gained weight?"

"Zheng Zheng isn't fat at all, it's just baby chubbiness!"

"So well-behaved, so well-behaved, and he's still holding a rice cracker in his hand."

"Don't let the big-mouthed brother see it this time, or he might snatch it again, hahahahaha."

"Xi Xi: I hate it, I hate itヽ(≧Д≦)ノ"

The car drove over cobblestone roads, bringing them to a small town with pink walls and black-tiled roofs.

This town had also been featured on the show before; it was a famous intangible cultural heritage town.

Almost every elderly person in the town was a true master, truly living up to the saying, "Masters are among the people."

The town had a memorial archway, with four pillars and three spans, featuring an upturned eaves wooden structure.

The two layers of upturned eaves at the top were made of dovetailed grooved wooden blocks.

There was a plaque in the center and on both sides: the left one read "Seasonal Harmony," the right one "Peace and Prosperity," and the largest plaque in the center read "National Peace and Prosperity."

To avoid blocking the way, Pan Jing stood waiting under the "Peace and Prosperity" plaque.

As the group of little children arrived and saw the majestic archway, they all exclaimed in a chorus of "Wow~"

"Wow~, this archway is really something. Is this Chinese aesthetic sensibility?"

"So beautiful, I’m at a loss for words."

"Welcome everyone to come and visit our town."

Pan Jing: "Welcome everyone to 'Growing with You.' This program is sponsored by..."

"As you can see, we will be spending five days in this soft-spoken Jiangnan water town.

During these five days, our guests will lead their little ones to seek out master craftsmen and learn about our intangible cultural heritage skills.

By the end of the fifth day, the guests will need to guide their children in creating a piece of work to showcase what they’ve learned.

After the showcase, we will auction the works. The funds raised will be donated to orphanages and anti-kidnapping initiatives."

Zheng Zheng's chubby hand was held by Xi Xi.

The two little ones stuck together excitedly as soon as they met.

The other children could understand what an orphanage was.

Only Zheng Zheng didn’t understand: "What’s a foo-nee place?"

Pan Jing: "An orphanage is a place where children without families live."

"Wow—" Zheng Zheng let go of Xi Xi’s hand and quickly hugged his dad: "Let’s not go to the foo-nee place, okay?"

Wen Yuchen found it both funny and frustrating, patting him and saying, "We’re not going. Zheng Zheng has Daddy, Grandpa, and Grandma."

The little one peeked out from behind Wen Yuchen again: "Then, what’s snatching?"

"Snatching is when some bad guys steal Zheng Zheng and the other brothers and sisters away, sell you, and even hit you." This time it was Meng Feihang, speaking in an exaggerated and dramatic tone.

"Wow~" Zheng Zheng’s big eyes instantly filled with tears, and he hugged Wen Yuchen tightly: "Daddy, punch the bad guys."

Wen Yuchen picked him up, wiped his tears, and said, "Don’t worry, baby. Daddy will protect you."

Right after, another tender child’s voice cried out loudly with an "Ah!"

This time it was Xiao Shiliu, the second youngest. Her little fists thumped her mom twice.

Choking up, she said: "Bad, it’s so scary, I want... wuuu... I want to go home and tell Daddy."

Meng Feihang quickly apologized to his daughter, gave everyone an awkward smile, and went to comfort Xiao Shiliu.

Whatever you do, don’t cause trouble for Qingmo—she's pregnant.

“Sister Hang, that's hilarious!”

“Hahaha, you made two kids cry at once!”

“With that unfiltered mouth of hers, Sister Hang’s gonna get an earful from Brother Mo when she gets home.”

“You can totally see Sister Hang is nervous.”

“Our Shiliu looks like a perfect little doll even when crying.”

Hearing Xiao Shiliu cry, Zheng Zheng stopped whimpering too, lifting his head from Wen Yuchen’s neck to look at Xiao Shiliu.

He said in a baby voice, “Big sis is crying.”

Xiao Shiliu, seen crying by her little brother, felt like she’d lost all her big-sis cred, and cried even louder.

Wen Yuchen quickly gently covered the little one’s mouth. “No more talking.”

The little one, with his mouth covered, nodded.

Xi Xi broke free from his uncle’s hand and tried to poach Xiao Shiliu’s followers: “See, I’d make a better boss.”

“Waaaah!”

Seeing the situation was about to spiral out of control, Pan Jing quickly pulled out his clappers.

The pattering sound of clapping instantly got the kids' attention.

Only Xingxing was still going on and on, holding Xiao Moli with his left hand and Jinjin with his right, babbling away: “When the time comes, I’ll hold you like this, and we’ll run super fast, and have my daddy use his violin to beat up the bad guys…”

Their kid talk made everyone want to laugh.

Gu Jinghe was speechless: “…Would you quiet down for a bit!”

“Xingxing, the king of getting his dad in trouble.”

“Jinjin’s like: Let go of my hand, this is so embarrassing.”

“Xiao Moli: Eh, might as well laugh it off.”

“LOL, if there really were kidnappers, Gu Jinghe would grab his violin and bonk 'em on the head.”

“And when the bad guys try to run, he’d quickly play a note to block their way.”

“( ू•ૅω•́)ᵎᵎᵎ And then layer notes to slow them down, right?”

Pan Jing cleared his throat and picked up his megaphone: “For this episode, considering the children’s ages, we picked out some traditional crafts: wood carving, bamboo flute, kite, oil-paper umbrella, and pastries.

As for how we’ll assign them, we’ll decide by a random draw.

The order of the draw will be based on the points ranking from the previous episode.”