Chapter 443 - A Painting For Chen Lihua
Later in the evening, Liu Dongmei notified Liu Huiling before going to her favorite part of the house, the open veranda that hard nature in place.
The lovely flower pots and designs of mother nature.
Actually, Liu Dongmei was the person that designed the house and put things in order. So she put in oft effort to put life into every corner of the house.
And the Veranda even though it wasn't the masterpiece, still stood out. And besides, that place was good for getting good vibes and inspiration, so she preferred to work there than inside an enclosed space.
With Liu Huiling's help, she finally got everything set.
With her pencil in her hand, she said with a smile on her face, "Now to say thank you, I will be painting two pictures of Lihua."
"How would you do that without looking at her or her pictures?." Liu Huiling asked.
"Seriously Sister, you shouldn't be asking this question. I can draw anyone without looking at the person, as far I've spent good moments with you." Liu Dongmei explained as she started mixing the colors she would be working with.
"Okay." Liu Huiling replied as she began to watch her mix her colors and start to paint.
After having a nap, Chen Lihua took water into the study room for Liu Longwei. She didn't want to leave immediately, but she had or she would be a distraction to him.
Chen Lihua went to the children's room to check on them, and she found them playing by themselves, so she went into their room with a happy smile on her face.
"Hello!." She said as she waved her hand to them.
"Hello, Aunt Lihua!." The three girls greeted them as they ran and hugged her.
Chen Lihua was lucky she had a foothold on the ground, or her position would have been shaken. She couldn't even stop them in time when they started running towards her.
"Alright children, let me go." She said to them in a kind smile as she protectively held her stomach.
As the children let go, she asked, " Can I join you, girls?."
"Yes. We are building a house with the building blocks, so you can join us." Anna (Liu Dongmei's daughter) said as she welcomed Chen Lihua to join them.
The next second, Chen Lihua was sitting with the girls on their play mats as she started playing with them.
Cherry and Little Apple passed her some building blocks to make her own house.
Chen Lihua smiled to herself as she played with them. It was so fun being in the midst of Children, it brought happiness and gladness of heart.
As if partaking in the activities, the baby in her womb gave two kicks at once. This made Chen Lihua put down the building blocks in her hands and placed her hands on her baby bump with excitement written all over her face.
The girls noticed her excitement and her actions, so they all turned towards her as Little Apple asked.
"Aunt Hua, why do you look so happy?."
"The baby in my womb kicked me." Chen Lihua replied, not knowing if they understood her.
The three girls glanced at each other in confusion with their thoughts, 'how can a baby still in the stomach be able to kick?' Before turning to give Chen Lihua a confused gaze.
Chen Lihua saw the confusion written on their faces, so she took little Apple's hand and placed it in her abdomen.
Little Apple felt a punch where she touched, so her eyes widened in shock and amazement as she glanced at the baby bump before glancing at the other two girls.
"Wow! I felt a kick now, the baby kicked me." She announced in her little cute voice.
The other girls wanted to experiment, so immediately Chen Lihua featured to them to come closer, they didn't waste time as they placed their palms on her baby bump.
"Wow!." They chorused in amazement as they glanced at each other before gazing at Chen Lihua without an excited look on their faces.
"Aunt Hua, the baby kicked us. Is he trying to say something?." Cherry asked curiously.
"I guess. Why don't you try talking to him?" Chen Lihua suggested with a happy smile on her face as three little palms remained placed on her stomach.
"Really? We can talk to him?." Anna asked in surprise.
"Yes. Why don't you try first?" Chen Lihua said, urging her to go on.
Anna looked at the two siblings before focusing her gaze on the baby bump.
After the baby moved when she placed her little palm, he hasn't moved again. So she was determined to get a reaction from him again, so she spoke to him in her cute childish voice.
"Hello Baby, how are you?."
Two seconds later, the baby gave a kick, and the three girls became happy and excited at the same time, that they started asking questions one after the other to get a reaction from the baby.
"Oh no!." Chen Lihua said to herself in surprise when she saw the outcome of the atmosphere she created.
She didn't even know how to stop the girls from having fun. She didn't want them to be unhappy. Now she was the one receiving the blows and the kicks from the baby.
Finally, she let them be.
A few minutes later, the girls became sad as they couldn't any more responses from the baby, so their faces turned up in worry.
Seeing their facial expressions, Chen Lihua placed a hand on her abdomen as she explained to them.
"The baby is tired and has gone to sleep."
"Oh! Maybe we can play with him again when he awakes." Cherry suggested and the other girls nodded in agreement before going back to continue building houses with the building blocks.
'Again?.' Chen Lihua thought, as her heart screamed 'Noo...!!!.'
Seeing her lost in thought, Little Apple called her attention back, and she continued playing with them.
When the girls suggested moving into another game, Chen Lihua almost cried out, because she was hungry. But seeing their expectant look, she didn't want to turn them down, so she agreed to play the next game with them.
The next game was the crossword puzzle. The crossword puzzle was an interesting and educative game.
This particular game turned Chen Lihua into a teacher. As they played the game, she thought them the meaning of each word they found.
She also made them try the spellings of some of the simple words.
At the end of the game, she was already tired and very hungry. And if she didn't eat now, she didn't know if she would be able to hold the hunger anymore.
No, she needed to curb the hunger.
Seeing that they were about to suggest playing another game, she immediately cut in with a fake smile on her face.
"Why don't we go down to the living room and have delicious refreshments, then we can play at the playground outside."
"Wow! That would be nice! I'm hungry already." Little Apple said in agreement.
"I'm hungry as well," Anna said.
"Yeah, we should eat before going to the playground," Cherry said in agreement before they rose to their feet to leave, but Chen Lihua made them put away their toys before they left their bedroom.
Being good-hearted and knowing the right thing do, Chen Lihua assisted them to put their toys away.