happy old days

Chapter 58

Chang Fu and Xiao Shizi stayed in Yang's house. Although Chang Fu's tongue was cured, it still affected his speech, and he didn't seem to want to talk anymore. After that day, he was never heard again.

When Jinniang saw him, she remembered that time in a hurry in the Peach Blossom Forest, but she didn't expect that gentle prince to leave suddenly, the world is impermanent.The eldest son's name is Yuan Jing, who is only three years old this year. When he first came to the Yang family, he was in a state of panic and had nightmares almost every night. Jin Niang felt sorry for him losing his relatives at a young age, and thought of the loss of her parents in her previous life. Painful, be extra patient with him.Hugging him to sleep every night gradually dispelled the fear in his heart, but the sudden changes in the family made him extremely insecure, and he followed Jinniang every day, rarely talking, but fortunately there were fat and babies at home, He also got better little by little, and by New Year's time he was already playing puzzles with his two children.

Chang Fu and Xiao Shizi claimed that they were distant relatives of Yang Zhenhai's natal family who fled from the famine. There are many distant relatives in this day and age, but no one suspected anything.Both Jinniang and Mr. Yang knew their identities, but the three members of the Zhao family didn't know. They were used to obeying and would not question them at all.

Yang Zhenhai's third brother is still recuperating here, and it is a problem for him to take care of the children without a woman at home.

"Zhenhai, don't forget to bring back the hot pot that the blacksmith made last time when we go to the fair, and buy some bamboo charcoal along the way. Let's have hot pot tonight." After breakfast, Jinniang said to Yang Zhenhai who was about to go out.

"Well, I can't forget it. What's the difference? I'll buy it together."

"See if there is any tofu and pick up a board. There is nothing else. We have it at home."

"Then I'll go." Putting on a cloak and a hat, he went out the door.

It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good year, and the snow this winter is heavy enough, and the next one will happen almost every two days, and the snow outside can kill people's legs.But going to the set is easier, Lao Zhao made the snow sledge faster.

Turning around and going back to the East Wing, the three children sat on the floor of the East Wing and played with building blocks. The floor was originally paved with bluestone, and it was a bit cold in winter. Yang Zhenhai and Lao Zhao made a thick partition with wooden boards, and covered it with Thick fur cushions, a fire is burning in the fireplace, and the children are not cold sitting on the ground. The building blocks were made by the old man. Jin Niang drew wooden blocks of various sizes and shapes, and made them according to certain size standards. , children love to play.

Yuan Jing is not as silent as when he first came here. It is good to get along with the little brother and the little brother. The little guy's face is rosy after raising him for a while. He is a very cute child. Jinniang can't find it on his face. Maybe she didn't see the shadow of King Shonan clearly.But she prefers this child to be like his mother.

The child looks big from a young age, and looks old at three years old. The baby at home is not yet one and a half years old, but his personality is already very prominent. Some aspects of this little guy's personality follow his father. Although he is not very fluent in speech, he is very My opinion, don't look at the three children playing, but most of the time it is the younger one who directs the two older ones. He is a little late in learning to speak, but he can clearly express everything he wants by using body language and modal particles.The facial expressions are rich, and the command of the two little brothers is quite methodical.

Chubby is used to obedience, but Jinniang is more inclined to his love for his younger brother. From daily observations, it can be seen that this child has a very broad mind. He seldom cares about external things, or it can be said that he cares for himself. Yes, you can give up many things that others think are precious.Jinniang couldn't tell if this was a good thing, his personality was to do big things, but it also made him lose too much.

Yuan Jing came here for a short time, and Jin Niang felt that she didn't know much, but she found that this child had a sense of isolation from others, so far he could only accept Jin Niang and the two children, and Yang Zhenhai had a little A kind of respect, but not close.A little indifferent to others.Hope he gets better in the future.

Yang Zhenhai came back at noon and brought back the four copper hot pots that Jinniang asked him to order last time. The workmanship was no different from the modern ones. There were some beautiful patterns around the hot pots. There were many people in the family, so he ordered four Well, Jinniang thinks that she still has to eat hot pot several times a year.

In the morning, Jinniang started to prepare. Because of the disaster this year, the family didn't have much food, and life was not as good as in previous years. The family killed a sheep a few years ago, and went to the village butcher to buy half a pig for the New Year.I just wanted to give you something to eat today.

The bottom of the pot is a thick soup made of big bone sticks, with large pieces of pork belly and finely sliced ​​sauerkraut. There is no other seafood at home except for the dried shrimp bought last month, but put more, it tastes good it is good.

Jin Niang took out the hard lamb leg that was frozen outside, and prepared to cut it into small pieces. Her knife skill was only passable. At this time, Chang Fu came over and made gestures, asking him to cut it, "The thinner the better." Chang Fu nodded, took it, and cut a thin, slightly transparent piece of meat with a twist of his wrist.Jin Niang nodded and said with a smile, "Just cut it like this." She turned around and went out, bringing in some frozen venison and beef. "These are also sliced."

Chang Fu glanced at it, didn't say a word, brushed, the knife was very fast, and every piece of meat was as thin as a flap, even better than those sliced ​​with a plane.

Jinniang happily went to do other things.

Chang Fu also stayed in the Yang family compound. His status was special, so it was fine to stay in the compound. Jinniang actually didn't have any ill feelings towards eunuchs, or she didn't see any difference from Chang Fu. The father-in-law I met back then is much better.At least Changfu doesn't wear powder.It's just that she couldn't ignore his man's identity, so she discussed it with Yang Zhenhai and asked him to go to the old man's place and put a bed in the old man's west room.He seems to be very obedient to any arrangement, and his good habits allow him to quickly integrate into this family. Jinniang can see that he cares about Yuan Jing, but he still restrains himself from getting closer to Yuan Jing and takes care of Yuan Jing. Jing's affairs are all handed over to Jinniang. Watching Jinniang teach Yuanjing to dress and wash by himself, and to do everything he can do by himself, he abandoned all the habits of the palace. When you grow up, don't demand anything else.

His behavior made Jinniang secretly relieved. When Yang Zhenhai decided to take Yuanjing in, Jinniang also hesitated and worried. After all, his status is special, and Jinniang didn't know what attitude to use to face this child.If Chang Fu still treated Yuan Jing like before, it would be like reminding Jinniang of Yuan Jing's special status all the time.That's fine.Just like Yang Zhenhai said, "Just treat him like a fat boy."

Even Zhao's family came over to eat hot pot tonight. Mrs. Jinniang and Hui sat on the kang with a few children, and the men set up a round table in front of the fireplace.

Sesame and chive flowers are used as sauce, sauerkraut and big bone soup are used as the bottom of the pot, meat, mushrooms, cabbage, tofu, although they are more monotonous, they taste just as good.

The baby is young, so I dare not let him eat too much.I made meat porridge for him alone, and I can give him some tofu and cabbage in the pot.This kid has a good appetite, Jinniang fed him two mouthfuls of porridge, he was still staring at Fatty, Fatty really couldn't refuse the baby's pitiful look, and secretly fed him a piece of meat.

"Don't worry about Fatty, he can't eat now." Jin Niang stretched out her hand and carried the baby to the other side to feed the porridge.The little guy quit, pouted angrily, folded his arms and turned his face, and stopped looking at her.

Jinniang left him alone, cooked mutton and beef for Fatty and Yuan Jing, "Eat more, both of you."

The two children looked at the baby who lowered his head and ate quickly.

"Mother...bad, don't give...baby...eat-bad bad-" The little guy will get angry now.

Jinniang saw that he looked more and more like Yang Zhenhai, she couldn't help laughing, she picked him up and kissed him, "The baby is too young to eat. Wait for the baby to grow up, mother, can I prepare the baby well, look at today's mother I made meat porridge for the baby, it’s delicious, neither your fat brother nor Yuanjing brother have it, they can’t even eat it if they want, if you don’t eat it, your two brothers will grab it later.”

The baby looked at Jinniang and then at the two elder brothers, frowned, and said after a while, "Give... porridge—baby eat meat." After speaking, he pushed the porridge away.

This kid can't forget, Jinniang fished out a piece of pork belly from the pot, stewed it rotten, made some for the little guy, put it in the porridge, "You can only eat so much, or there will be nothing. "

The little guy blinked his eyes, looked at the piece of meat in the bowl, and grinned at Jinniang, "Mother, hey—"

The days flew by, and it was spring again in the blink of an eye. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, King Nan'an's army was defeated by the imperial army. King Nan'an was also arrested and returned to Beijing, and the world was once again stable.On February [-], the imperial court entrusted generals with meritorious service. Although the King of Shonan was also conferred by the imperial court, there was no mention of the descendants of the King of Shonan in the imperial decree. People who knew about this in the Yang family compound remained silent, and there was no surprise at all.

After the Nian, Jinniang began to enlighten the three children. She was originally an education student, and she always cared about the children's training. She didn't ask them to get fame in the future, but only hoped that they would be sensible.Now that the children are young, Jinniang focuses on cultivating the children's memory and thinking ability. She will tell the children short stories at first, and then let them tell everyone. This will not only exercise their language organization ability but also enhance their memory. Talking can also boost their self-confidence.

From the performance of the three children, she learned about the children's strengths and weaknesses, as well as their way of thinking, so as to determine the child's training method.To her surprise, the three children were very receptive and quickly adapted to her teaching methods.Although their baby's speech is not so sharp, but his expression is not bad at all, and he can make up for his shortcomings with his own body language. The simple story Jinniang told him can be narrated.He could fully understand what Jinniang was trying to express.Just speak slowly.Father Yang said that the child is completely up to his father on this point. Yang Zhenhai speaks late, and he didn't make it clear until he was almost three years old, but after a while he spoke in a coherent manner.

Jinniang will also give the children some intellectual training such as jigsaw puzzles and building blocks. The puzzles are from the simplest to the most difficult ones, step by step, and the time is never specified. This thing makes up its own little story.

Yang Zhenhai is also very interested in Jinniang's teaching method sometimes. After studying for a period of time, the children have made progress, especially their little ones, whose progress is not slow at all.What a surprise to be a parent.

(End of this chapter)