Dad Academy

Chapter 690 Happy Birthday to You (12)

PS: Here is a 5,000-word chapter.

Zhang Tan grabbed Tan Jin'er's hand and taught her how to ski.

This was Tan Jin'er's first time skiing, but he learned quickly and got started easily. However, skiing is a technical activity, and getting started is just the beginning. If you want to ski well, even just to keep from falling, you need regular practice and some innate talent.

Zhang Tan just watched Tan Jin'er skate a few times, gave her some pointers and told her some key points, and she was able to glide slowly and gracefully on the open ground.

What a smart girl.

Compared to her, the other two little girls seemed clumsy, but, how should I put it, I still have to praise them for their courage. They fell down many times, but they still couldn't dispel their passion. Every time they got up, they were full of enthusiasm. High-spirited, as if he had not fallen.

Wherever you fall, you get up.

It is really rare for a girl at such a young age to be able to do this, which is beyond Zhang Tan's expectations.

He had long been prepared for the two children to give up their burdens, and had already applied for a dog sled for this purpose.

The sled dog is an Alaskan dog. The name is taken from the Eskimos. In appearance, it looks a bit like a Erha, with short and upright ears, awkward eyebrows, and gray-black and white hair.

A sled is equipped with 5 Alaskan dogs.

Xiaobai and Xi'er, who had fallen countless times, finally gave up and stopped sledding when they saw Gouzi. They felt that they were not here to sled, but to perform fancy wrestling.

Fortunately, I have a companion when I fall, and I am not alone. Otherwise, I would have given up the burden long ago.

Seeing Gouzi at this moment, all the attention was on Gouzi. Xi'er kept hiding behind Xiaobai, holding her pants with her little hands, curious and scared at the same time.

"Let go, let go."

Xiaobai kept getting closer to the sled, and at the same time he kept pulling Xi'er's pants open, but the effect was limited. After Xi'er's hands were swatted away, he pulled them back up again soon. It seems that it cannot be completely eliminated. The fundamental way is to eliminate her curiosity or timidity, or to take away the sled and the dog.

"You can sit on it." Zhang Tan said.

Xiaobai was so surprised that he suddenly clenched his fist and gave Zhang Tan a slap on the knee.

"Why did you hit me?" Zhang Tan asked.

"You bully dogs."

Xiaobai looked at the five sled dogs gently, and then glared at Zhang Tan angrily.

At this moment, in Xiao Bai's mind, Zhang Tan must be a bastard. Is it still considered a human being to bully a dog? He actually used a dog to pull people away!

Xi'er was led astray by Xiaobai, pointed at Zhang Tan and said to Tan Jin'er: "Sister, look, Boss Zhang is good or bad, he bullies dogs."

Tan Jin'er explained to them and defended Zhang Tan, but soon she was also classified as a bad person.

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"Hahahahaha~~ It's so fun."

"I can fly, I can be gray, I am a gray machine~~~"

Tan Jin'er stood in the snow, covering her forehead with her hands to block the bright and dazzling sunlight, and watched the sleigh speed away from her eyes and rush towards the vast snow field.

Zhang Tan stepped on his skis and followed closely beside the sled. Sometimes he fell behind the sled, as if to prevent the children from being thrown off. Sometimes he kept pace with them, taking the opportunity to chat, and sometimes he accelerated forward to lead the way for them.

Xiaobai and Xier, who had sympathized with the dog more than ten minutes ago and refused to get on the sled no matter what, had forgotten their original intentions and were sitting on the sled laughing and cheering. This was much more fun than skiing by themselves.

They flew across the snow field, gliding along the edge of a large coniferous forest, splashing a long line of snowflakes behind them, leaving sled marks.

Tan Jin'er saw bright sunshine and dazzling snow. She took out her sunglasses and put them on, looking for Xiaobai and Xi'er among a group of small black dots in the distance.

She had rarely seen Xi'er as happy as she was today.

I don't know how long it took, but the figures of Sleigh and Zhang Tan became clearer and clearer in the field of vision. They were approaching her and finally stopped in front of her. Xi'er hiahia laughed and left, and hiahia came back laughing. Xiaobai complained quite a bit about this, saying that her little ears were laughing so hard that she couldn't hear clearly, and that she was laughing too much. Xi'er retorted weakly, Xiaobai also laughed, and she was not the only one laughing. Xiaobai retorted that she didn't smile that much.

Well, the two were arguing over who laughed more and who laughed less.

Suddenly Xi'er grabbed Xiao Bai's trousers, pulled her in a little, stood up on tiptoes, leaned her little body, leaned against Xiao Bai, pouted her little mouth, gave her a kiss, and kissed Xiao Bai hard. Covering his face, his muttering became quieter and quieter, and finally he kept talking.

The master in charge of driving the sled took the two chattering people down one by one and placed them on the ground. As soon as Xiaobai landed, he went to comfort the dog and stroke the dog's head. Xi'er really wanted to be a warrior, but when she saw the awkward eyebrows of the "Er Ha"s, she retracted her little hand and hid it behind her back, and then hid herself behind Xiao Bai. However, unwilling to be left alone, she secretly touched Xiao Bai. white.

When Xiaobai touched Gouzi's head, Xi'er touched Xiaobai's head; when Xiaobai touched Gouzi's ears, she touched Xiaobai's ears. The whole process was not discovered. Xiaobai was too focused on comforting the dogs. She has already named these five dogs in her mind. The leader is called Xiaoguang, the one next to her is called Xiaoman, and the one at the end of the crane is called Xiwa... Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, everyone who sees them has their share.

"Uncle, what do dogs eat? You have to give them good food after they work." Xiaobai never forgets to fight for good welfare for the hard-working dogs, and cares about their diet, and extends from diet to food, housing and transportation. In all aspects of life, such as play, nod when you hear something you are satisfied with to express recognition and praise; when you hear something you are dissatisfied with, point it out seriously and discuss whether you can make it better.

The master driving the sled was so confused by her endless chatter that after asking Zhang Tan if he still needed a sled, he took the dogs and left.

Xiaobai watched the dogs go away without feeling satisfied and waved goodbye.

We had lunch at the ski resort, rested for a while, got on the snowmobile, walked through the coniferous forest, and came to a large lake.

This lake is located in a valley. The surface of the lake is like a complete piece of jasper, blue and dark green in the depths of the water. There is no ice on the surface of the water, and the water is calm. It does not look like a lake, but like a mirror carved by the miraculous craftsmanship of nature over time. The alpine lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and two cruise ships are docked on one side.

The next trip for Zhang Tan and others is to take a cruise to visit the beautiful mountains and lakes.

The high mountains on both sides of the Taiwan Strait look up, and there are dense coniferous forests on the high mountains, with crystal ice hanging on them, shining in the sun, emitting bursts of dazzling light, as if there are many mirrors hidden in the dense forest.

There are three small lakes next to this big lake. Unlike the big lake, the surfaces of the three small lakes are frozen, and some people are ice fishing on them.

Zhang Tan took the fishing gear and came to a prepared fishing hole, ready to bait and fish.

"What is this?"

Xiaobai looked at the fishing hole curiously. It was hard to imagine that fish could be caught here?

When it comes to fishing, she is very good at it. In Baijia Village, she followed her eldest children around the river and ponds. Her grandma made her a fishing rod out of bamboo, and occasionally she could catch a few small fish and shrimps. The most amazing time was I caught a tortoise by the river.

Xi'er stretched her neck to look into the fishing hole, worried that the fish inside would suffocate to death.

Everyone was laughing and joking on the ice, holding fishing gear and scattered in front of the surrounding fishing holes. Most of them were men, while the women were holding up their mobile phones and taking selfies.

Tan Jin'er is not interested in taking selfies, and it is rare to see her taking selfies. At this moment, she stopped at Zhang Tan's side and helped him take out the things from the fishing gear.

"Why is there a pot? Huh? There are also seasonings and a small stove..."

Zhang Tan said: "It's not strange. When you catch a fish, you stew it. Jin'er, go grab some snow and put it in the pot. When the fish is caught later, we will make fish soup to drink. It's very fresh. It's better than in the pot." The food at the vegetable market at home is much better.”

Tan Jin'er: "..."

Although it was a little hard to understand, she still went to the lake to fetch water and stuffed a pot of snow into the pot.

Xi'er squatted beside Zhang Tan and watched from a distance, using her eyes to help her sister. She really couldn't leave now because she wanted to watch Boss Zhang fishing.

He put down the fishing hook and waited. Tan Jin'er came back from a distance. When he was about to arrive, Zhang Tan felt the fishing rod sink and something was pulling the rod under the water.

"I caught a fish." Zhang Tan held the fishing rod firmly and lifted the hook to the surface of the water. The fish in the water drilled hard into the water, and the fishing rod was pulled into an arc shape, almost a semicircle.

"It's not good, it's not good, it's going to break." Xiaobai shouted, worried that the fishing rod would break.

The fishing rod is very thin and short, and it does look like it will break at any time. However, the body of the fishing rod is made of special materials. Although it is thin, it is durable. It is no problem to pull Xin Xiaoguang under the water, and it is no problem to bring Teacher Xiaoman with him. .

"It won't break."

"It's going to break, it's going to break."

"It won't break. Don't worry, the fish are coming out."

A big Anhui fish was fished out of the water, pulled up to the fishing hole, and landed on the ice. The fish was sparkling and weighed about two kilograms.

The temperature on the water surface was much lower than that under the water surface. The fish landed on the ice and kept jumping, struggling to get back into the water, but it was in vain. After a while, the water stains on its body turned into frost. This large, lively and bouncing Anhui fish has lost most of its vitality and can only swing and jump occasionally.

Xiaobai and Xi'er were amazed. They didn't expect that such a big fish could be caught from a hole.

"Do you want to try it?" Zhang Tan asked.

Xiaobai rubbed her hands and was eager to try, saying that fishing was her strength and she wanted to try it.

"Then take it, hold it tight, and don't let go."

"Don't let go~Hold on tight." Xiaobai grabbed the fishing rod with both hands. He was worried and simply hugged it in his arms.

"Xiaobai Xiaobai, do you want me to help you?" Xi'er asked eagerly.

"Yes, come quickly."

"Okay."

Zhang Tan put the fish thrown on the ice into a bucket. Tan Jin'er just came back and asked, "Are you really going to cook it now?"

Zhang Tan smiled and said, "Of course it is. Look, the cooking utensils are all ready."

"Okay, I'll kill the fish."

She took the wooden barrel containing the fish and was about to take it away to kill the fish and wash them where there was water.

"You?" Zhang Tan asked.

Tan Jin'er: "I can kill fish, don't underestimate people."

"No, no, I'm not looking down on you. Of course I know you can kill fish, but let me do it. You're a girl and you don't want to do this kind of work."

Tan Jin'er carried the bucket and left, "If you look down on people, can't girls kill fish? We are also very powerful, we can do anything, and there is nothing we can't do."

Xi'er, who was sitting next to Xiao Bai and staring intently at the ice cave, turned his head to look at them and said loudly: "My sister is amazing."

In fact, she didn't pay attention to what her sister and Boss Zhang were saying, but it didn't matter, just praise, and she enjoyed it.

Zhang Tan watched Tan Jin'er carrying the bucket away and shouted loudly: "Be careful, don't cut your hand."

"I know." Tan Jin'er said without looking back.

Zhang Tan looked at Xiaobai and Xi'er who were guarding the ice cave, "Is there any movement?"

Just after asking, the fishing rod in Xiaobai's hand suddenly bent down, as if it had come to life, and was trying to break free from her arms. The little man was so scared that he hurriedly held on, and Xi'er was so surprised that he helped her and Xiaobai grabbed the fishing rod together.

The movement of this fish under the water was bigger than the one that came ashore just now, and it was very energetic. The two children pulled the fishing rod very hard, making them scream excitedly. They were excited and scared at the same time. They suspected that this fish under the water was Is it a fish? It can't be a monster that eats children. Why is it so strong?

"Boss Zhang, come and save us~~~" Xi'er immediately asked Zhang Tan for help. She was not as persistent as Xiaobai.

Zhang Tan rushed to them and was about to lend a hand when Xiaobai spoke up and said that this was her strength and that she and Xi'er would be fine, leaving Zhang Tan to watch.

She left Zhang Tan alone, but hurriedly called to Xi'er: "Xi baby, Xi baby, come on, I can't hold you back."

Zhang Tan subconsciously reached out to help, but Xiao Bai asked him to go away.

"Here I come, I'm here, I'm awesome, Xiaobai, don't be afraid."

Xi'er immediately got excited, put out all the energy to suck milk, and joined forces with Xiao Bai to say, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.

Zhang Tan stood by, ready to lend a hand at any time, while constantly reminding them what to do. A few minutes later, when the children were panting from exhaustion, the big carp was finally pulled out of the water, swishing its tail and jumping on the ice. It made a loud bang on the ice.

Teacher Xiaoman held up her mobile phone to film the whole process and couldn't help praising them both.

Xiaobai and Xi'er, who had caught the fish, were breathing heavily, and there was sweat on their foreheads, but their faces were full of joy, with bright smiles on their faces, looking forward to the glory, and full of pride. They had done a great thing. They saw Tan Jiner coming here carrying a wooden bucket, and they jumped up and called her to come and see the big fish.

Almost everyone fishing on the lake came to admire the big fish caught by Xiaobai and Xi'er. Those who couldn't leave were also sent representatives.

Zhang Tan found a spring scale, hung the big carp he caught, and lifted it up. It weighed three kilograms!

"Keep them in the water. We'll take them back. Now it's enough to cook one." Zhang Tan said, setting up the boiler and starting to cook the fish.

The days are short and the nights are long in winter. Unknowingly, the red sun sets in the mountain forest on one side of the lake, only half of the face is exposed. The coniferous forest in the mountain forest is like a thorn of unyielding coldness, piercing the red sun, bleeding like red light, dyeing the entire mountain, dense forest and half of the lake red, and then wrapping everyone on the lake in it , the reflection fell on the ice, getting longer and longer. The smallest Xi'er's reflection is more than two meters long, disguised as a giant.

Everyone packed up their fishing gear and prepared to go home. Everyone had something to gain. Fish fry are put into this lake every spring, and they grow every year. The lake is full of fish, including many big fish.

Everyone got on the snowmobile. The way back was different from the way they came, but they still had to go through the coniferous forest. The scenery is different from the one when we came. In the evening, under the setting sun, the natural scenery takes on a different kind of splendor and beauty.

The coniferous forest has become a polar world of light and shadow. The sleigh is bathed in the warm red light for a while, and suddenly slips into the shadow for a while. Everything you look at is shrouded in thick twilight, and even the temperature drops. several degrees.

There is no longer the chirping of birds in the early morning, nor the sudden crashing sound of branches being broken by the snow. At the moment, the swishing sound of the snowmobile pressing on the snow seems to be the only sound in the whole world. Noise, but if you listen carefully, you can occasionally hear a cooing sound, like a turtle dove. But can turtle doves survive in this cold world? Zhang Tan didn't know. He just made a random guess that the little beings hiding in the shadow tree holes were the elves of this snowy land.

Zhang Tan wrapped Xiaobai and Xi'er in his coat, sat in front of them, and helped them block the cold wind blowing in their faces. The two little ones were a little tired after playing all day, so they dozed off in his arms. Tan Jin'er's face was flushed with cold, but her eyes were full of energy. She looked at the snow forest passing by, and at Xi'er in Zhang Tan's arms. Everything she looked at was gentle.

It was completely dark, and snowmobiles finally drove into the resort and landed in front of the villas. Everyone, dragging their tired and excited bodies, got out of the car and entered the house.

Xin Xiaoguang broke the silence and said loudly: "7 o'clock! Don't forget it."

Everyone responded one after another, and Tan Jin'er asked Xin Xiaoguang what the seven points were in confusion.

Xin Xiaoguang chuckled and said, "We have dinner at seven o'clock."

Immediately he looked at Xiaobai who was hugged on the ground and standing in a daze: "Xiaobai, don't fall asleep."

Xiaobai struggled to open his eyes, murmured something, and was led away by Xi'er. When he opened his eyes, he found that he had arrived at the toilet.

"Xiwawa, why did you bring me here?"

Xi'er hiahia smiled, it was a good thing that she didn't take the opportunity to sell Xiaobai.

Tan Jin'er also came in and took them back to the house to take a shower and change clothes. The two of them were having so much fun that they were covered in a layer of sweat.

After they all washed up, they looked at the time and saw that it was already six-fifty. Tan Jin'er thought of Xin Xiaoguang's promise to have dinner at seven o'clock when she left, but it was very quiet in their villa and it didn't look like they had food.

She went next door to look for Zhang Tan, but found that the door was locked and no one answered the knock.

The villa was quiet and quiet, as if they were the only three people left.

They went downstairs. It was dark downstairs, there were no lights, and they didn't know how the lights were turned off.

"Ha!" Xi'er yelled, trying to wake up the lights, but there was no movement, and the entire first floor was still dark.

"Boss Zhang? Boss Zhang——" Xiaobai called Zhang Tan.

Tan Jin'er took out her mobile phone and turned on the flashlight. She was suddenly startled and instinctively protected Xiaobai and Xi'er behind her. She stood in front of them.

A light lit up not far away, then two more lights lit up, and then a song sounded:

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you--"