My village can't be like this

Chapter 509 My son has teeth.

Soon, it was the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month, and half of the last month before the Chinese New Year had almost passed unknowingly amid the snow.

When Zhang An got up in the morning, he saw that the outside was no longer as soft as catkins blowing due to the wind.

Although the ground outside is still covered with snow, there is no snowflake falling in the sky.

Zhang An knew that the snow this year would only come here.

So, see you next year.

After all, in the coming winters, the snow scene will decrease every year. In some years, it is very common for it not to snow even once in the whole year.

"Oh, Zhang An, your son seems to have started to grow teeth. It hurts me to bite him."

Just when Zhang An stood at the door and sighed inwardly, Su Ying, who was breastfeeding little Siqi in the room, suddenly shouted.

"Let me take a look, this is unlikely."

Zhang An was a little hesitant because Xiao Siqi was only four months old.

Su Ying held her son in her arms, and Zhang An stretched out her hand to open his mouth.

Sure enough, two obvious gum pockets could be seen on the little guy's red and tender gums.

Moreover, two small white tips have appeared on the top of the teeth. This could be the beginning of teething.

"It's true that teeth have begun to grow, but this is wrong. Our son is only so old, why has teeth started to grow?"

Zhang An was a little confused. His son was only four months old. Normally, it would be some time before teeth appeared.

But the two tender pink gums and the two small white tips in my son's mouth are obvious facts.

"Then what should we do? There is no harm in growing teeth in advance."

When Su Ying heard Zhang An's words, she immediately became anxious, because she had never heard of a child whose teeth started growing before he was half a year old.

"Probably not. Teething is a normal development of a child's body. It can only be said that our son may be gifted and develop better than other children. When the godfather comes down the mountain later, I will take my son with me. Go find his old man and have a look."

Zhang An wasn't too sure, so he planned to take Xiao Siqi to see Zhang and his party later.

After all, the little guy's godfather has been practicing medicine for decades. He must have very rich experience and has seen a lot.

It happened that the village chief Zhang Jianwen was going to kill a pig at his house today, so he went to Sanqing Temple to invite Zhang and his party.

"Okay, let's go over first. My parents have been there for a long time. Let's go over so that I can help with something."

Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang got up early and went there because Zhang Jianwen and his son came over last night to talk about it.

If it's someone else's house, it's usually enough to invite one person.

But the relationship between Zhang Ping's family and Zhang An's family was so deep that Zhang Jianwen came over and asked them all to come over.

Of course Zhang An's family would not refuse this. They would go there today and kill the pig at home another day and invite them back.

Su Ying took out her back fan and prepared to carry her son to Zhang Ping's house.

It's just that instead of carrying it herself, she asked Zhang An to carry it.

After all, Zhang An had nothing to do in the past, and these women must have helped with the work.

Arriving at Zhang Ping's house, Su Ying tied her sleeves and apron and joined the women's team in the village.

Today, she is no longer the city lady who just married into the village.

It turns out that she couldn't figure anything out, and the aunts and sisters-in-law in the village wouldn't let her do it.

Now she has completely transformed into an out-and-out rural daughter-in-law. She can now do what other daughters-in-law can do.

It was only eight or nine o'clock at this time, and it was not yet time to kill the pigs, because there was still a big iron pot boiling water on the large stove in the yard.

Although the snow has stopped, it is often the coldest time after the snow stops.

So the temperature is very low now, and although the coals in the stove are burning brightly, the water is still burning very slowly.

It was impossible to kill the pig before the water in the pot boiled, so a bunch of men had nothing to do and all started chatting around the stove in the yard.

As soon as Zhang An came with Xiao Siqi on his back, he quickly became the focus of everyone's attention.

There is no way, these two men are very senior in the village, especially the Zhang family.

Many of the same race who are one or two years older than Zhang An have to call Zhang An uncle.

And little Siqi naturally became their cousin as soon as he was born.

When they saw the two men coming over, they all said hello to Zhang An, and then teased little Siqi on Zhang An's back.

And the group of naughty children in the village also liked to play around Xiao Si.

Some of them call Xiao Siqi brother, and some want to call him uncle. After all, there is no senior father in the family, so they are born as dwarfs.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Jianwen picked up Zhang and his party from the mountain.

Everyone has respected Zhang Yixing from the bottom of their hearts since childhood. When the old man came, they all took the initiative to say hello.

Zhang Yixing also smiled and responded to everyone, and then followed Zhang Jianwen into the main room, preparing to worship gods and ancestors and say a prayer before killing the pig.

This simple ceremony is not complicated, and it will be over soon after Zhang Jianwen finishes applying the incense.

After Zhang and his party came out, Zhang An walked over to look for him.

"Godfather, please help me take a look at Siqi. He is only four months old and his teeth have already started to appear. I am a little unsure."

Zhang An put Xiao Siqi down from his back, and then spoke to Zhang and his party.

"Oh? Have teeth started to grow already? It's so fast."

Zhang and his party were also a little surprised after hearing this. They teased little Siqi a few words and made the little guy smile.

This may be a matter of affinity. The little guy has always been close to this godfather.

Zhang Yixing also said before that when little Siqi grows up to four or five years old, he will start to teach him some things.

It can be seen that he also likes this godson very much.

After all, he has no family and treats Zhang An like his own son, so Xiao Siqi naturally enjoys this kind of treatment.

Later, after Zhang and his party went to wash their hands, they came over and took a look at Xiao Siqi's mouth.

"There's no problem. This is because Siqi's body grows and develops faster. It's also a good thing to grow teeth early."

After looking carefully for a few times, Zhang Yi Xing spoke to Zhang An and told him not to worry. "That's fine. It's too early for him to grow teeth. Su Ying is a little worried."

With Zhang Yixing's reply, Zhang An and Su Ying finally put their hearts back in their stomachs.

After a while, Zhang Jianwen finished what he was doing, and Zhang An went over to find him.

"Uncle, didn't you say you wanted to send something to the Forestry Bureau before? Anyway, there's nothing to do now, so why don't I send it first? I'm afraid I won't have much time tomorrow."

The prey that Zhang Jianwen had planned to send to the Forestry Bureau had been heavily snowed some time ago and Zhang An could not go there, so he slaughtered them all and smoked them on the kang.

The snow had lightened up in the past two days, and driving on the road was not that big of a problem. Zhang An originally wanted to finish the job, but Zhang Jianwen's side had not yet finished smoking.

If you put it on the kang in advance, not only the taste will be wrong, but it may not last long before it goes bad.

That’s the thing about waxed goods. If you want to smoke them, they must be smoked thoroughly. If you give up halfway, it will go bad very easily.

"Why don't you go before you know each other? It's not too early or too late for you to go now."

It takes three or four hours to go to the city and back. Zhang Jianwen is worried that Zhang An will not be able to catch up with dinner when he comes back.

"Let's go today. It won't take much time anyway. It will take you several hours to finish the two pigs here. My family has to kill the pigs tomorrow, so I won't have time."

Zhang Jianwen's family used to kill one pig to celebrate the New Year, but this year they had to kill two.

Because the tenants in Dongli Yard heard that their family was going to kill pigs, and they saw that they were mountain pigs that were more delicious than local pork, so they wanted to buy some from his family.

Originally, Zhang Jianwen told them that Zhang An's family also raised mountain pigs, so they could wait until Zhang An's family killed them before buying them.

But people have said that they will buy when they kill, and they will buy when Zhang An's family kills again. Otherwise, their two mountain pigs alone cannot satisfy so many families in Dongli Courtyard.

Zhang Jianwen certainly couldn't refuse the requests made by these big customers, so the original plan to kill only one head became two.

"Okay, you go and bring the car over, and I'll find a few people to get off the kang and load it up first."

The smoked pheasants and smoked rabbits are still on the kang frame and have not been taken off. Zhang Jianwen alone will definitely not be able to take them down now, so he will have to find a few more people.

But that's not a problem. Anyway, there are so many people in the yard now that there is no room for that many people in their short bacon-smoking house.

So Zhang An carried Xiao Siqi home and prepared to drive the car over. But before driving, there was one very important thing to do, which was to put anti-skid chains on several wheels.

Zhang An's pickup truck has relatively large wheels, and he couldn't find anti-skid chains for sale in the city, so he bought some chains himself and made a set.

With this thing, driving in ice and snow can be much safer.

The assembly of the anti-skid chain originally required starting the car and driving it for two steps before installing it, but Zhang An was lazy. After roughly installing it, he directly lifted the entire wheel part with one hand and installed the anti-skid chain manually.

There is no way, the strength of his body is only useful in these places now, and it is usually kept in the body.

Not long after, Zhang An installed the anti-skid chains on the four wheels without blushing. For him, this task seemed to be just a warm-up.

Driving to the door of Zhang Jianwen's house, they were still doing it in the low house.

Zhang An was carrying Xiao Siqi on his back, so he didn't follow him in because the small room had been used to smoke bacon. Over time, there was a pungent smoky smell inside.

This smell was a bit unfriendly to little Siqi, who was only a few months old. Naturally, Zhang An would not take little Siqi in.

Besides, there are already enough people inside. If he goes in, there will be no place to stand.

After a while, the people in the small room came out carrying bags one by one and put them directly into Zhang An's car.

"Xiao An, after you go, tell Director Zhu about our village's plans to raise deer."

Before leaving, Zhang Jianwen specifically told Zhang An that he had spent so much effort just for this matter.

Deer breeding in the village is different from Zhang An's place. This is real breeding, while Zhang An's place is under the name of the rescue station, so as long as there is a brand, there is no need to apply for so many certificates.

But it's different in the village. The purpose of raising this deer is to create profits, so no documents are required, otherwise it will be very troublesome in the future.

If you apply for these certificates by yourself, it will take a long time to complete this process and that process, and it may be delayed again and again.

Now that he has the opportunity to find someone directly, Zhang Jianwen will naturally not let him go.

The village has now selected a location. It has been snowing for the past few days and it has been unable to start construction. It is only ready to start construction after the Chinese New Year, so the sooner it is done, the better.

In fact, Bai Xue was also in the Forestry Bureau, but as his future daughter-in-law, he didn't want Bai Xue to do these things before she got married, to avoid others gossiping.

"Don't worry, uncle, I know."

In fact, there was nothing to do. Zhang An only had to call Zhu Yuliang, and the matter was taken care of casually.

But later I thought that this was a village matter after all, and it was not in line with the rules to use one's own connections to handle family matters, so Zhang An followed Zhang Jianwen's idea.

"Zhang An, are you going to the city? Then give me your son."

Hearing that Zhang An was going to the city now, Su Ying came out of the house and prepared to pick up her son.

"Forget it, I'll take him with me. Our son always likes to ride in the car, so this time we will take him around the city."

Su Ying will definitely have to help with things later, and it will definitely be inconvenient to carry little Siqi on her back.

So Zhang An planned to carry his son into the city. Anyway, the little guy was very happy as soon as he got into the family car.

As soon as Zhang An felt this before, he felt that this car would not be spared in the future.

"It's better not to take him with you, or what if you get hungry on the way."

Su Ying was not worried that Zhang An would not be able to take care of her son. After all, as long as her son was by his father's side, he would be happy all day long.

But after going back and forth for several hours, Su Ying was a little worried that her son would starve on the road.

"It's okay. Didn't you just feed him a while ago? It's only been a while. Okay, go and do your work. I'm leaving."

Zhang An was not worried about his son being hungry. Not to mention that the little guy had just finished breakfast and didn't have much time. Even if he was hungry, there were still so many crystal dew accumulated in the space.

My son's favorite things are crystal dew and the grapes in the space. I don't worry about not giving him anything to eat.

After that, Zhang An got into the car with his son on his back and set off towards the city.

There was less snow on the road than Zhang An expected.

I originally thought that there would be thick snow piled on the county road, but I didn't expect that when I came all the way, I found that there was only a thin layer left.

Moreover, there was no snow on the two obvious wheel marks on the road. It must have been that many cars had passed on this road, and the snow had been crushed, so his snow chains were in vain.

But just go on it, because there may still be ice on some sections of the road.

(End of this chapter)