Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 353 Xinhua will leave

In the blink of an eye, seventy-six years passed and seventy-seven years came.

On January [-]st, New Year's Day, little Xinhua was born for one year. Of course, the birthday is calculated according to the lunar calendar, not the solar calendar.

Since there is a leap month in August this year, it will be about ten days before Xiao Xinhua’s birthday.

People these days don't pay much attention to the Gregorian calendar year. Office staff in field departments work half a day and have afternoon off.

The logging workers on the mountain didn't even leave for half a day. They just ate better in the evening. The canteen provided big steamed buns stuffed with sauerkraut and pork.

If it had been left to the past, the Sheng family wouldn't have cared much.

Conditions have become better in the past two years, especially since Zhou Qinglan got married and Sheng Xinhua was born on New Year's Day.

Although Zhang Shuzhen didn't say anything, she had been busy making delicious food since the morning.

In the afternoon, the family made dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork.

In the evening, Zhang Shuzhen led her son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and grandson to sit around the table.

In addition to dumplings, there are four dishes on the table: braised pork, braised pork ribs with pickled cabbage, stir-fried roe deer meat, and dry-fried tenderloin.

"Come on, everyone, sit down. Today is the Gregorian calendar year. Although your dad and your second son are still on the mountain, we should celebrate the holidays at home.

We have dumplings and vegetables tonight, so you can eat whatever you want.

Mom is very happy that you have made progress in your studies, and I hope you can continue to do so.

At the same time, I also have to thank your sister-in-law. Without her watching you review and giving you questions, you would not have such good results. "

Zhang Shuzhen has never been to school herself, so she pays special attention to her children's learning. Nothing would make Zhang Shuzhen happier than her children getting first place in the exam.

No matter what wind is blowing outside now, in the Sheng family, in the eyes of Zhang Shuzhen, nothing is more important than studying and being educated.

Therefore, Zhang Shuzhen is particularly happy that the children have done well this time.

I made wontons on the day the results came out, and I made a bunch of delicious food today just to reward the children and to thank Zhou Qinglan.

"Thank you, sister-in-law, aunt." After hearing Zhang Shuzhen's words, the children shouted in unison.

"We are all a family, why are you grateful? As long as you can study hard and be successful in the future."

Zhou Qinglan smiled. Although he had only been a teacher for two years, Zhou Qinglan liked this job very much and also liked getting along with the children.

She teaches conscientiously and conscientiously at school. When she comes home, she watches her brother-in-law and sister-in-law study. The children's results make her feel very accomplished.

"Come on, let's eat quickly, the food is almost cold."

Zhou Qinglan smiled and served vegetables to her mother-in-law, and then took a piece of ribs to Sheng Xinhua in front of her.

Sheng Xinhua, who has been twelve months old, can now sit and eat by himself.

This baby has a strong skin and a strong mouth, and eats everything deliciously.

The ribs were stewed to a pulp. He sat between his mother and grandma, holding the small bowl in one hand and gnawing the ribs in the other.

His mouth was full of oil when he gnawed it, and some of it even rubbed on the little scarf he was wearing.

When babies learn to eat, these are unavoidable. Zhang Shuzhen never takes care of the children because of this. They always let the children eat by themselves. At worst, they wash themselves after eating.

Anyway, Zhang Shuzhen has made several small breast protectors like this, so let’s wear them interchangeably.

After finishing the ribs, Sheng Xinhua grabbed two more dumplings to eat.

Everyone saw that Xiao Xinhua was eating well. This one got a piece of braised pork, and that one got a piece of fried tenderloin. The bowl in front of the little guy was filled with people of all ages.

Xiao Xinhua didn't even say anything, he just ate it if someone pinched it.

In the end, it was Zhang Shuzhen who spoke up, saying that Xinhua was not allowed to eat any more meat because he had eaten too much, so everyone stopped using their chopsticks.

There were dumplings and four hard dishes. Everyone was quite satisfied with this meal.

In the end, Sheng Xitai and Chen Feng were so full that they touched their round bellies, waved their hands, and stepped aside.

Sheng Xinhua was also full. He imitated his uncle and brother, touched his belly, and climbed to the side to play.

Everyone here had almost finished eating. Sisters Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Yunfang quickly packed up and washed the dishes.

Zhang Shuzhen also went to help with the work, cleaning up the leftovers, dumplings and so on.

Sheng Xiping sat on the edge of the kang, took a ball made of wood, and played with his son.

Sheng Xiping deliberately rolled the ball to the edge of the kang, and then asked Sheng Xinhua to pick it up and give it to him. This was a small game that father and son often played.

Usually, when Sheng Xinhua picks up the ball, he always uses his hands and feet to crawl back.

Sometimes the little hand can't hold the ball, and it doesn't know where it has rolled. He will look for it again, and he can play like this for a long time.

But today, after Sheng Xinhua picked up the ball, he held it with both hands and stood up from the kang.

Then, I saw the little guy move forward slightly, and then moved his other foot forward again.

Sheng Xiping opened his mouth in surprise at this time. He didn't expect that his eldest son would leave.

When the baby was less than ten months old, he could walk while holding on to the wall, but he never dared to let go.

Unexpectedly, this baby would leave without making a sound.

Sheng Xiping didn't dare to say anything for fear of scaring the child, so he stepped forward with open arms and clapped his hands while guiding his son to walk forward slowly.

Sheng Xinhua looked at his father, giggling happily, while continuing to lift his legs forward, walking slowly step by step.

Although the little guy walked for the first time, he walked very steadily, walking towards Sheng Xiping step by step, and finally came to Sheng Xiping and handed the ball to Sheng Xiping.

"Oh, my great son, you're actually leaving." Sheng Xiping picked up Sheng Xinhua and kissed her son's tender cheek.

"Mom, daughter-in-law, our Xinhua Club is leaving." Sheng Xiping hugged his son and shouted towards the outhouse.

"What the hell? Xinhua will leave? It's not even his first birthday yet." Zhang Shuzhen had just packed up the remaining dumplings, and as soon as she heard her son's words, she immediately walked into the house.

"How did he leave? Did you support him?" Zhang Shuzhen asked her son with a not-so-good face.

Sheng Xiping looked at it and was quite puzzled. Isn't it a good thing that the child is gone?What's wrong with mom?Doesn’t it look like you’re unhappy?
"No, I didn't support him, I just stood up and walked away. Is there anything wrong with this thing? Did you say something?"

Sheng Xiping glanced at his mother and asked tentatively.

"It's okay. The child will learn to walk too early. If you walk early, you will be tired later."

When Zhang Shuzhen said "tired", she said it in three sounds, "tired", which means that life is difficult and unsatisfactory.

"Boy, you have to leave after your birthday. Xinhua hasn't even had his birthday yet, alas. I'm afraid of this, so I don't dare to cut off his stumbling ropes."

The stumbling rope is said by old people in the past that before a child is reincarnated, his feet are tied with a rope. If he wants to learn to walk, he has to cut the stumbling rope.

Some people hold a knife or scissors behind their children while they are standing, and try to chop or cut them, which is to cut the stumbling rope.

It is said that if the stumbling rope is cut, the child will leave.

"Mom, look at you, I thought it was something. Did you forget that there is a leap month in August this year?
Otherwise, our Xinhua's birthday would have been long ago, and it would be normal for him to leave now.

Besides, how can we talk about these old principles now?Don't worry about this. "Sheng Xiping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He thought it was something.

Generally speaking, a baby will turn over, sit up, crawl, and walk at the age of one year. This is a normal growth pattern.

If calculated according to the Gregorian calendar, Sheng Xinhua will be exactly one year old today. He is in good health. It is normal for him to pass away at this time, not too early.

Of course, the older generation calculates according to the lunar calendar. Sheng Xinhua should have turned one on January 19th, so it was significantly earlier.This is also the reason why Zhang Shuzhen is not very happy, because she feels that her grandson has left early, and she is afraid that something bad will happen in the future.

But after Zhang Shuzhen thought about it carefully, her son's advice made some sense.

"Forget it, whether you're tired or not, that's not what it's about.

People of our generation left late, and life is tiring enough. Life will get better and better in the future, so what else is there to be tiring about? "Zhang Shuzhen comforted herself.

"Son, come here, let mom hug you. I heard you will leave?"

Her husband was talking to her mother-in-law just now, and Zhou Qinglan didn't have time to interrupt, so she spoke up now.

No matter what others say, as a mother, it is undoubtedly a happy thing that her son will leave.

Zhou Qinglan reached out, took Sheng Xinhua, kissed her son's cheek, then put the child in the kang, clapped her hands to guide the child out.

Sheng Xinhua probably thought it was fun too, so he walked towards his mother very happily.

These steps were steadier and faster than before. The little guy arrived in front of Zhou Qinglan in a few seconds and threw himself into his mother's arms. He was so happy.

"Oh, my son is great, he walks so steadily."

When her son left just now, Zhou Qinglan was nervous. She was afraid that the little boy would fall after taking two steps. Unexpectedly, he could walk very steadily.

Zhou Qinglan was so happy that she quickly picked up her son and kissed him twice.

Sheng Xinhua would leave, which was considered a big deal in the Sheng family. Sheng Xikang, Sheng Yunfang and others also came over to tease their nephew and let him go again.

Sheng Xinhua might be tired from walking, but he didn't pay any attention to his uncle and aunts at the moment.

He just lay in his mother's arms, tilting his head and looking at others. No matter how much Sheng Xikang and the others teased him, they just refused to get down and leave.

There was still some work to be done in the outhouse kitchen, so Zhou Qinglan handed the child over to Sheng Xiping to coax her while she went to clean up.

Then the family sat on the kang and chatted for a while, playing with the children. Before they knew it, it was already past eight o'clock.

Sheng Xiping and his wife took the baby to the west room, where they changed clothes, washed the baby's buttocks, powdered the baby, and padded the baby's bed.

After all this was done, Zhou Qinglan untied her clothes and picked up her son to breastfeed.

"Well, the little brat will be gone. Shouldn't we also prepare to wean? From now on, we will become more and more obsessed with breastfeeding. If we are just obsessed with breastfeeding, we will not eat properly."

Sheng Xiping sat nearby, watching his eldest son sucking milk, and asked maliciously.

"Our mother said not to wean her too early. Even if she is not fed until she is two years old, she must be fed until she is one and a half years old."

Zhou Qinglan raised her head and glanced at Sheng Xiping.

"Well, let's wait until school starts after the new year. It's holiday anyway, so it's okay to let this little kid drink milk for two more months.

Don't wait until one and a half years old. It's summer at that time, and the child is crying and getting angry.

Don't even think about it when you're two years old. Why do you need to breastfeed for so long?Not annoying enough. "

Breast milk is enough for one year old. Those who have been breastfeeding for two or three years are not necessary at all. Once they develop a habit, it will be harder to wean.

Sheng Xiping remembered that when he was at Shuguang Forest Farm, there was a classmate who nursed until he entered the Yuhong class.

While I was in class, the child ran away. When I asked him, he was greedy for milk and wanted to go home to drink milk.

Everyone laughed, and most people were not willing to play with the unweaned classmate.

"Then you go tell our mother, I won't tell you."

Zhou Qinglan just laughed. She would not come forward for something like this that would obviously cause conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Whoever came up with the idea would be allowed to speak out.

"Okay, I'll tell you when the time comes." Sheng Xiping nodded.

It is estimated that as soon as the mother heard about weaning her child, she would be furious on the spot. Okay, let him do this kind of job of being criticized, otherwise it will affect the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Zhou Qinglan breastfed the child, and Sheng Xiping gave water to wash his feet.

Zhou Qinglan fed the child, patted it and put it to sleep slowly, then carefully put the child on the kang, washed his feet and tidied himself up, and quickly got into bed to keep warm.

“Before I gave birth, I felt like a pot of fire, my hands and feet were so warm.

After giving birth, I fell into a hole in the ice, my hands and feet were cold. "

As Zhou Qinglan spoke, she put her hands on Sheng Xiping's belly and put her feet on Sheng Xiping's legs, asking him to help warm her up.

"You men are full of firepower. You are still warm in the winter. It's so comfortable."

Sheng Xiping hugged his wife, the two of them clung to each other, and then whispered into her ear.

"I have a good way to warm you up. Do you want to try it?"

In the dark night, the low and hoarse voice is full of temptation, making people's hearts burn.

They have been married for such a long time, and they are an old couple. How can Zhou Qinglan not understand what it means?I laughed immediately.

"Aren't you afraid of waking up your son?"

"Tch, that little kid acts like a pig when he falls asleep. He'll wake up." As he said that, someone's hands started to become dishonest.

On a cold night, the north wind is biting and the weather is freezing outside, but inside the house is warm and pleasant with the warmth of spring.

Occasionally, there would be some inappropriate noises, but I tried my best to suppress them for fear of waking up the little guy next to me.

The next morning, Sheng Xiping didn't get up early as usual and go for a walk in the mountains. Instead, he hugged his wife and slept until past six o'clock.

Even when Sheng Xikang got up to fetch water and Zhang Shuzhen got up to cook, they couldn't wake him up.

It was Zhang Shuzhen who made breakfast, and then everyone in the family called out.

Breakfast is very simple. I cook a pot of small rice porridge, pick up some pickles, and fry the leftover dumplings from last night.

Fry until the dumpling skin is golden brown and there are a layer of small bubbles on top, then put it on a plate.

Take a sip of thick little rice porridge, sandwich a fragrant and oily fried dumpling, and then eat some pickled cucumber slices, pepper segments, celery root and other pickles in autumn. This taste is like no other.

"Well, Mom, the dumplings this morning were delicious. They were so fragrant."

Sheng Xitai nodded while eating, these dumplings are so delicious.

"Xiao Feng, eat a few more dumplings. If you don't eat them quickly, your uncle will eat them all later."

Zhang Shuzhen glanced at her youngest son. That foodie didn't care about anything when he saw delicious food, and he didn't know how to pick up some dumplings for Chen Feng.

Chen Feng laughed as soon as he heard this, "It's okay. I'll give it to my uncle if he likes it. I'm fine with porridge too."

Chen Feng never loses his words in the Sheng family. Whatever Sheng Xitai has, Chen Feng has.

However, Chen Feng was still young and didn't eat that much. He always gave his leftover portion to Sheng Xitai.

This breakfast almost overstuffed the children again.

Even Xiao Xinhua followed suit and ate three fried dumplings and half a bowl of porridge.

After breakfast, Sheng Xiping packed up and went to work in the security department. Zhou Qinglan and Zhang Shuzhen were at home and began to unpack and wash the bedding.

It’s New Year’s Eve this year, February 17th is New Year’s Eve.

However, it is not easy to wash clothes and other things in this winter, so Zhou Qinglan plans to unpack and wash the bedding in advance and do it slowly to save her from wasting time.

(End of this chapter)