After Chen Lan and the others saw off the few elderly women, she noticed the dragon and phoenix twins were playing happily with Xiaodouzi. Hutou and Xiaoshitou were also on their hands and knees on the carpet playing with the sunflower puzzle. Not wanting to disturb the children, she quietly told her mother and mother-in-law and then tiptoed upstairs.
Once upstairs, she went directly to the bedroom, took off her coat, and lay down on the bed, intending to prepare for the temporary kindergarten's opening the next day.
Finding a comfortable position, she opened the system with her mind, preparing to search for some small indoor children's entertainment equipment. After repeatedly comparing entertainment value and safety, she finally decided to purchase an upgraded new small children's playground and a children's electric carousel.
She continued to scroll down with her mind and saw a new type of inflatable bathtub for children, which would be suitable for the dragon and phoenix twins to bathe in during winter. So, she ordered it and placed it in the system's warehouse.
She glanced at the system time and found it was still quite early. She then opened the system with her mind again to search for costumes for the big Yangge dance competition. She found an online shop specializing in Yangge competition costumes. The Yangge outfits sold there had generous styles, bright and attractive colors, and thick, warm fabric. She immediately placed an order in the system for two large-sized women's Yangge competition costumes in big red and big green. She immediately took the clothes out of the system warehouse and went downstairs.
She handed the two Yangge outfits to her mother-in-law, who was chatting with her mother on the sofa. She then found a comfortable position on the sofa next to her mother and leaned back, waiting for her mother-in-law's evaluation of the Yangge costumes.
Her mother-in-law took the two Yangge outfits from Chen Lan's hand. She eagerly opened them and was extremely pleased. Smiling happily, she said to Chen Lan, "Xiaolan, these clothes are chosen well. The red one is beautiful, and the green one is beautiful too! Not only are the colors vibrant, but the embroidered patterns are as lifelike as real ones, and the patterns themselves are beautiful, as is the style of the clothes!"
After speaking, she stood up and held the clothes against herself. Chen Lan immediately said, "Mother-in-law, these two clothes were bought according to your size. Take the new clothes to your room and try them on to see if they fit."
Her mother quickly chimed in, "Sister-in-law, hurry and try them on. Both these Yangge outfits, whether in style, embroidery pattern, or color, are beautiful. You will surely look good in them!"
Her mother-in-law sat back on the sofa, slightly embarrassed, and said, "No rush to try them now. I'll try them on with Aunt Zhou and the others later! Xiaolan, I'll take them over for my elder sisters to try on. If they all say they're good, can we buy more in this style?"
Chen Lan nodded repeatedly and agreed, "Okay! Mother-in-law, let the aunties try them on and see if the sizes are suitable, so I can ask father-in-law to help us buy more according to the aunties' sizes."
Her mother-in-law smiled and nodded in agreement, "Good! I understand, I'll go now!"
Before she finished speaking, she was already briskly getting up, picking up her warm padded cotton jacket to put on, then putting on gloves, hat, and scarf. Taking the two Yangge outfits, she quickly walked to the main door, changed into her outdoor snow boots, and hurried out the door.
Chen Lan and her mother exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that her method of keeping her mother-in-law busy was completely the right choice. Look, the energetic, vibrant, and restless mother-in-law from before was back!
She looked at the playing children. Jia Yao and Xiaodouzi, two good children who loved to learn, were both leaning comfortably on the sofa, looking at cloth books. Jia Hui was dressing her favorite cloth doll. Xiaoshitou and Hutou were still working hard on the sunflower puzzle on the carpet, exerting themselves as if they were performing a great feat, panting with exertion!
Chen Lan temporarily put the small slide by the large window and the seesaw next to the sofa into the system warehouse. She also temporarily put away another set of unoccupied sofas into the system warehouse.
She opened the system with her mind and moved the small children's playground and the children's electric carousel from the system warehouse. She quickly assembled them according to the assembly diagrams on the system screen.
Chen Lan gave a self-deprecating smile. After transmigrating to this 1950s era, she had almost become an installation engineer and was about to become a preschool teacher.
Xiaoshitou and Hutou, who were playing enthusiastically on the carpet, saw the new toys Chen Lan had taken out. They immediately stopped playing with the sunflower puzzle, crawled up, put the puzzle away in the large wooden box in the corner, and stood quietly behind Chen Lan, waiting to play with the new toys.
Chen Lan smiled as she glanced at the two little ones. These two clever imps. She then continued to assemble, and in a short while, the children's playground was assembled.
Before Chen Lan could inspect and adjust it, the two little ones were already impatient to play. Chen Lan quickly grabbed their little hands to stop them. She reached out and touched their little heads, smiling and saying, "Hutou, Xiaoshitou, you two wait a little longer. Your aunt and cousin haven't finished testing it yet. Let me try to see if the children's playground can be played with. After testing it, I'll let you play, okay?"
The two little ones obediently nodded and stood aside, waiting patiently.
Inspecting the children's playground was quick; it only required checking for any sharp edges.
As soon as Chen Lan said they could play, Hutou and Xiaoshitou rushed in impatiently.
At this moment, the dragon and phoenix twins and Xiaodouzi had also crawled over, seeing the new toys.
Chen Lan quickly stopped them and said softly to the three little ones, "You are too young to play with this! You can only play when you grow up. You three wait patiently on the side. Mommy will prepare another new toy for you to play with, okay?"
As she spoke, she pointed to the children's electric carousel placed to the side.
The three little ones looked at the children's playground, then at the electric carousel on the ground that hadn't been assembled yet. They nodded and sat aside, waiting.
Chen Lan quickly opened the system with her mind and followed the instructions on the system screen to assemble it quickly.
In a short while, the assembly was basically complete. The slightly troublesome part was slowly adjusting the rotation speed. The dragon and phoenix twins and Xiaodouzi were still young, so Chen Lan set the carousel's rotation speed to the lowest. She looked back at the three little ones. The three of them were still sitting together patiently waiting.
Chen Lan was very pleased with the three little ones' behavior that day. Smiling, she patted each of their little heads, then picked them up one by one and placed them securely in the single-seat chairs with safety measures. She then turned on the power switch, and the carousel began to turn. The three little ones let out excited shouts of joy.
The living room was instantly filled with the children's laughter.