☆, Chapter 019 The Song of Milk Soup Dumplings
Stone fell backward, sprawling on the bed, his face showing an expression of unresolved death.
Big Bun cried for a while longer before realizing that Stone hadn't moved. With a "thump," it jumped onto the bed, wobbling and bouncing around a few times, then asked anxiously, "Giggle, Master! Did I make you angry again?!"
again……
Stone's temple throbbed. Could it be that the previous owner of this big bun was driven to his death by it?! Feeling that he had figured out the truth, Stone waved his hand weakly, signaling the big bun to get as far away as possible.
Baozi felt abandoned by its owner again, and sobbed a few times before turning into a black diamond with a "snap," lying quietly on the bed, motionless.
Stone rested for a while before feeling a little better. He sat up, held the black diamond in his hand, and examined it closely: "What exactly are you?"
A soft, timid voice came from the black diamond: "Hehe, Baozi is no good!"
*Pfft!* Stone spat out blood again.
"So what are your skills?" Stone turned the black diamond in his hand over and over. "Do you have a spatial dimension?"
"Giggle, what is space?"
Seeing Stone's expectant look, Baozi asked a question that nearly drove Stone crazy. Stone thought for a moment, then rephrased the question: "Can flowers and grass grow inside your belly?"
Black Diamond visibly trembled and stammered, "Hehe, no way! A steamed bun is a steamed bun, not a garden!"
Not a garden?
Stone hesitated for a moment, then changed his approach: "I'm asking if you can conjure up a world? A world with flowers and grass, where small animals can go in, and I can go in too. Most importantly, the plants there can grow faster, like medicinal herbs—planted one day and they become a year's worth!"
The big steamed bun remained silent for a long time, so Stone couldn't help but poke it with his finger: "Say something! Can you conjure up a space or something?"
"Giggle, Master! Your imagination is getting richer and richer!" the black diamond-shaped bun said weakly.
Stone wanted to pat it again, but luckily she remembered in time that the big, black, diamond-shaped bun wasn't afraid of her patting it this time. Retracting her claws, Stone took a few deep breaths and asked as calmly as possible, "Baozi, are you saying you're not good enough?"
Upon hearing this, the black diamond exploded with a "bang".
Startled, Stone recoiled, only to have his head slam against the wall. Clutching his head, Stone glared at the giant bun, who had successfully transformed again and was grinning smugly, and roared angrily, "What are you doing?! You're incompetent, yet you try to scare people!"
The big steamed bun wiggled its round, chubby waist and happily did a tap dance: "Gaga, Master is so stupid! Master says the bun is no good, but the bun was forged by Master! Wahahahaha, Master is no good, no good, no good~~~"
You're no good! Your whole family is no good!
Stone pounded the bed in frustration: "You can't conjure up a space, but surely you have treasure?"
"Gah gah, what a treasure!" Big Baozi exclaimed in an aria.
Stone looked at Baozi with great excitement, his eyes sparkling: "Yes, there is, right?"
"Gaga, treasure? No way!" Big Baozi was gloating, almost bursting into laughter.
Stone was furious and jumped out of bed: "No space is one thing, but no treasure either?! Baozi, what can you possibly do?!"
Baozi was completely bewildered by Shitou's angry expression: "Hehe, what can Baozi do? Baozi can't do anything!"
Can't do anything!!!
Shi Tou wanted nothing more than to swallow the huge steamed bun whole, but then she remembered that it was at least several hundred years old. If she actually ate it, it wouldn't just be a stomachache.
Baozi jumped twice on the bed, but still couldn't reach the stone. Dejected, it lay on the bed and sighed, "Hehe, Baozi can't do anything! Master hasn't taught Baozi anything!"
The implication is that it's all the stone's fault.
"If I teach you, will you be able to do it?" Stone asked persistently.
Baozi thought for a moment and said, "Hehe, that depends on the situation! For example, if Baozi can't have babies, no matter how much its owner teaches it, it still won't be able to!"
Nobody would expect you to have a baby!
Without hesitation, Stone gave Baozi the middle finger: "Didn't your former master... I mean, didn't I teach you anything before?"
Baozi looked completely innocent, its pleats jiggling as it said, "Hehe, hundreds of years have passed! I've forgotten everything my master taught me!"
Stone coughed up blood again, looked the big bun up and down, and asked in a very suspicious tone, "Why do I see you? You don't seem capable at all. Here, tell me, what did you used to be able to do? I'm not asking you to do it now, just tell me so I can teach you more!"
"Giggle, this is a serious matter!" Big Bun decisively started dancing the tango on the bed, singing a tuneless version of "Going to Grandma's House": "Over the mountains and over the sea, there lives a big bun! It's lively and clever, mischievous and agile! It lives freely on that vast land, kind and brave, its name is Soup Dumpling~~~ Oh, lovely Soup Dumpling, oh, lovely Soup Dumpling! It's clever and resourceful, using its brain to defeat its bad owner, it sings and dances, happy and joyful, so happy~~~"
Stone, his face green, listened to the song that Baozi had named the "Milk Soup Dumpling Song," swallowed hard several times, and asked through gritted teeth, "Big Baozi, what exactly can you do?"
"Hehe, Baozi is really amazing! He can talk, tell stories, sing, and dance! Oh, and he can even eat!" Big Baozi boasted smugly in an extremely annoying voice.
Stone suddenly had a bad feeling: "Is that all you know how to do?"
Baozi immediately began shaking its body frantically.
Stone looked at it and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But then Baozi spoke up again: "Hehe, Baozi's greatest skill is eating!"
Have a meal……
Is this even considered a skill?! "What else?" Stone still clung to a sliver of unrealistic hope.
"Giggle, Baozi knows how to eat!" Baozi paused for a moment, then continued, "He ate too much and spit out his food!"
For a moment, Stone felt as if his entire body, not only unable to breathe, but also unable to circulate his blood. After a long while, Stone suddenly leaped upwards, then with unstoppable force, slammed his buttocks hard into the still smug Big Bun...
Chapter 20: The Tragic Life of Stone
"Oh my, my little stone! Our stone has grown a tooth!" At the breakfast table, the chubby mother happily pried open the stone's mouth, carefully examining the tooth that had just sprouted.
Stone reached into her mouth and touched it; it was hard. It seemed to be teething. Did this mean she was finally growing up? Finally, she wouldn't have to drink milk all day anymore?
"Sweetie, come drink some milk." The chubby mother had no idea that her fresh and nutritious natural breast milk was being rejected by her daughter like this, but she still stuffed the bottle filled with milk into Stone's mouth.
Stone ripped the baby bottle out of his mouth.
What on earth is going on?! I suddenly transmigrated and became a baby, and a dwarf baby at that! I finally got a pet, but it's a giant steamed bun. And to make matters worse, it's useless!
She's already teething, and they're still letting her drink milk! Where's the justice?! Good heavens! Did we jump into a well with your child in our past lives?!
Feeling extremely wronged, Stone grinned and burst into tears!
The plump mother, unaware of what had happened, quickly hugged Shitou and gently comforted her. Shitou wiped away her tears and slowly told the plump mother that she wanted to eat the milk porridge she had eaten at Tongshi's house when she was abducted.
The chubby mother looked conflicted: "Milk porridge doesn't taste as good as breast milk! My dear, milk porridge is for babies who don't have milk to drink."
"Whoosh whoosh~~~" Stone didn't care! Anyone would go crazy eating the same food all year round. Especially since Stone was a complete glutton in his past life!
Left with no other choice, the chubby mother had to put the stone down: "Stone, sit still and I'll make you some milk porridge."
Yes, changing your life starts with breakfast.
Stone happily ate his sweet milk porridge. What should he do next? That's right, cherish life and stay away from the fire hammer!
"No, brother! Throw him away! You bad guy!" Stone waved her chubby little hooves desperately, refusing to let her sixth brother, Fire Hammer, hug her.
Firehammer had no choice but to ask the fat mother for help, but unfortunately, Stone was determined this time and refused to go with Firehammer.
The twin brothers couldn't bear it any longer. Huo Xu and Huo Hu each grabbed one of their mother's hands and said, "Mom, give us the stone!"
"Mom, we'll take care of Stone!"
The chubby mother looked at this and that with great difficulty, but in the end, the steel hammer father made the decision: "Well then, since Firebeard and Firebeard are not young anymore, I might as well let them start school early."
To everyone's surprise, Firebeard and Firebeard became immediately excited upon hearing the words "go to school." They let go of their mother and immediately pestered Steel Hammer's father: "Daddy, really? We can go to school now?"
What?! Going to school?
What's so exciting about going to school? You'll regret it later!
Shi Tou grumbled to herself. She knew that in her past life, she had started from kindergarten, then went through four years of kindergarten, six years of primary school, three years of junior high, three years of high school, and four years of university. A full twenty years of her prime! Wasted on this boring academic life. If it weren't for that, she might have been married long ago.
"Yes. Firebeard and Firebeard, you both really want to go to school, right?" Seeing his two sons nodding vigorously, Steel Hammer Daddy was very pleased: "That's great. Then you two must be good and listen to the wise man, understand?"
"Yes, yes, we will definitely listen to the wise man's words!" the twins replied in unison.
The plump mother hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Alright, anyway, Stone has always been taken care of by Firebeard and Firebeard." Turning her head, the plump mother looked at Stone gently: "Then, Stone, be good, you must listen to the wise man's words from now on, okay?"
What does this have to do with us?
Stone stared wide-eyed, looking completely bewildered. Those two kids went to school, what does that have to do with us?
"Yes, Stone. You must be good when you're with the wise man, and don't cry or make a fuss, okay?" Steel Hammer Daddy gently patted Stone's big head: "You must be good and listen to the wise man. Daddy knows Stone is the best boy/girl."
And so, before Stone could react at all, Firebeard and Firebeard carried Stone into the cart and then pushed the cart in another direction.
Stone sat in the stroller, looking around curiously. She had never been in this direction before. In fact, although she had lived in the Dwarf Kingdom for almost two years, Stone didn't know much about the place.
Since birth, Stone has spent most of his time either at home or sitting in the square in front of our house. He's only gone shopping twice with his chubby mom. Oh, and he also went to the mine with his hammer dad once. To be honest, being run away from home like yesterday was actually quite a experience.
"Huo Hu, this is the home of the wise man!"
Just as Stone was lost in thought, he suddenly realized that the cart he was sitting on had stopped. Curious, he looked up and saw a large stone house in front of him.
All the houses in the Dwarf Kingdom were built of stone, and because the roofs were made of stone slabs, the houses weren't very tall. Some houses were low, only one story, like Copperstone's house. Others were more ornate, like Stone's house, which was two stories, although she had never been up to the second floor.
The house in front of them was rather unusual. It was one story, but it was taller than most two-story buildings. The tall, imposing doorway, according to Shi Tou's estimation, was at least two and a half meters high.
If this were in Stone's previous life, it wouldn't be anything special. But where is this? This is the land of dwarves! All the people here are tiny little bean sprouts, less than 1.2 meters tall!
"Greetings, wise ones! We are Firebeard and Firebeard from the Steelhammer family. I am the elder brother, Firebeard, and he is the younger brother, Firebeard." Firebeard led the way in, first bowing politely to the people in the hall, and then loudly introducing himself.
"Firebeard, Firebeard, what brings you here?" The one who spoke was Third Brother Fire Stove. He had disappeared in a flash after finishing his breakfast, so Stone didn't find it strange.
At our family breakfast table, the eldest and second eldest brothers would quickly finish eating and leave, then the third brother would grab two steamed buns and go, followed by the fourth and fifth brothers with their father, Steel Hammer. Finally, only the chubby mother would be left to clean up the dishes, while the sixth and seventh brothers would take Stone out to play.
However, this was the first time Shi Tou had ever heard that his third brother went to school here!
"Firebeard and Firebeard, is that it?" An aged voice rang out above the stone's head. "You can take the test. But who is this little girl?"