2005 China Annual Children's Literature

Author: Children's Literature Committee of the Chinese Writers Association
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: When the lady mummy Chu Shun's household bread oven was moved into the kitchen by her dad and mom, Liu Liu was sitting in the classroom with her head down, being scolded by Teacher Mi. Because they were close, Teacher Mi, who was relentless in scolding Liu Liu, unknowingly left saliva on Liu Liu's hair. Liu Liu knew it was artificial rain on her head. Liu Liu was (unwilling), and her expression was obvious even to a fool. Teachers in the world love singing sheep but dislike staring at meat wolves. Teacher Mi always thought Liu Liu had wolf eyes. Teacher Mi said, "Judging by your appearance, are you still a girl?" Liu Liu heard Teacher Mi attacking her gender and lifted her head: "Then Teacher Mi isn't a girl either!" Defending one's gender as a girl is a natural instinct, isn't it? Liu Liu's words stunned Teacher Mi, who had always been fluent in speech. The artificial rain stopped. After gathering her strength, Teacher Mi said to Liu Liu, "Your Chinese class representative job is over." "Fine, I won't do it." Liu Liu stood up and left. Two minutes later, Liu Liu asked her good friend Xia Bo, "Ask me something, women enter menopause at thirty, right?" Xia Bo thought seriously and said, "That's impossible, everyone says women enter this dangerous stage at fifty." Liu Liu firmly replied, "Not necessarily. I think Teacher Mi has entered menopause early." After insulting Teacher Mi, Liu Liu felt much better. The anger she had been holding in her heart due to criticism and dismissal had finally been vented. Xia Bo suddenly asked Liu Liu, "Why did Teacher Mi scold you today? And for so long." Liu Liu asked innocently, "Yes, why did she scold me? How could I forget?" Xia Bo said, "You're dishonest. How could you forget why Teacher Mi scolded you?" Liu Liu said, "I really don't know why she scolded me!" Xia Bo said, "You're so pitiful!" Xia Bo thought, she's my good friend, why wouldn't she tell me if she made a mistake? If she got praised, could she forget?
Liu Liu returned home, went into the kitchen, and opened the refrigerator door to take out an ice cream to put out the fire. She then turned and saw the bread oven, touching it and saying, "It's so beautiful, like a car." The bread oven had a cream-colored, streamlined exterior, looking modern and stylish. Liu Liu loved fresh bread and got excited at the sight of it. However, bread was a staple for breakfast, and her mom always bought it the night before. By the time it was taken out and placed on the table the next day, it looked like leftover bread to Liu Liu. A perfectly good piece of bread with a few bite marks on it was just thrown on the table. Dad ate the bread Liu Liu had bitten into, and he had been doing so for years.
Finally, Dad said, "Let's buy a bread oven." Mom said sympathetically, "I hope the bread oven will let you eat whole bread." The bread oven came with an instruction manual on how to use it. Mom said, "It's very simple." Dad looked at it for two minutes and also said, "It's very simple." Liu Liu heard this and was happy. She said to Dad and Mom, "I'll study English for a while first, and you can start baking bread. Once I finish memorizing twenty words, I'll get to taste fresh bread." Dad and Mom