37.Cai turned back and found other four small heads apart from his grandson,Xiwa,who delightfully introduced them one by one: "This big fellow is Huang Hao who is our class recreation and sports secretary,grandson of Mr.Huang.This girl is Ma Hong,our study secretary,living on the opposite hill.She is one of the top students in the grade.And these are Qiangqiang and Huzi.They come to us very often and you must know them well." "Good,Good.Sit down,sit down." Cai said smiling,"I will cook all the noodles and you can eat as much as you can." As he said this,he served the noodles in five bowls with the marinated pig ear.The five children waited impatiently,beating their chopsticks upon the table.No sooner did Cai placed the noodles in front of them than they began to eat greedily.Watching the small children gulping like hungry wolves,he smiled in great satisfaction.He was taking up his tea when he heard a bowl dropping onto the table and a voice rising up,"I want more!" Immediately the other four bowls were placed on the table and the children cried like birds,"I want more!" "I want more." "OK,OK,wait a moment.The noodles are not ready." He said,taking out two hot pig ears from the pot and sliced them.Attracted by the delicious smell,the small children went up around the old man to watch him slicing the meat,their tongues licking on their lips and their mouths watering.Cai picked up a piece of meat and fed it to each child,like a father swallow fed his babies.When he fed them all,there was only half an ear left."Well,well.It is great!" Seeing they didn't have enough,he sliced another ear for them and took two eggs from the pot for each.Now the noodles were ready and Cai served them in another five bowls with marinated ears.The kids ate to their content.
38.As the locals said,"Children become a chatterbox after a good meal." The kids chatted so loudly for half an hour that the noise almost took down the roof.Cai said to them with much concern,"You have classes this afternoon.Stop talking and get some sleep." Huang Hao,grandson of Huang,replied: "We don't have classes this afternoon,Mr.Cai,because our teachers are attending a training program in town.We five are on duty for cleaning the classroom.We don't have time for a rest since we must leave at one twenty.So,please let us talk for a while,would you?" "OK,ok,I was afraid you would be sleepy in class.If that is true,I will go to the school to help you clean the school."
39.Children acted as quickly as they thought.At Xiwa's long-drawn yelling "Let's go..oo..ooo",the five kids ran out and made over two hundred meters like a flash.After them,Cai dragged a cart behind him,chasing and pleading: "Slowly,Slowly.Don't fall down." He looked exactly like a garbage man serving in the school logistic division.
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