There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 3

When it was dark, Cheng Daman came back, and Ning wiped his sweat before going to the kitchen to start cooking.

Cheng Daman worked hard all day and sweated a lot. Looking at his daughter, he stretched out his hand, but still didn't hug her. He just pinched her little nose: "Do you miss Daddy?"

Cheng Qiaoqiao rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand, grabbed his index finger, and said ahh, as if answering: I think so.

Seeing her reaction, Cheng Daman was so happy in his heart, he grinned non-stop, and said to the two sons next to him: "Look at your sister, how obedient, you are only so young, you know you miss your father."

Unconvinced, the two children began to argue, why the younger sister didn't understand, and the younger sister often blurted out such words.

Ning listened to their conversation in the kitchen, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and her hands moved a little faster. She looked at the dishes, frowned slightly, and took out a small piece from a small cook below. For the bacon, after a few strokes with a kitchen knife, about a third of it was cut.Cut into thin strips, soak them in hot water for a while, put them in potatoes and stew them.

"Come and serve dinner."

As soon as Ning's voice sounded, the two children ran out of the house. They were already very greedy for the smell, and their pace was much faster than before. After all, Xiao Yuan was still young, watching the potato stew , the saliva couldn't help but flow out, Ning patted him with a smile, and asked him to serve the stewed tofu.

"Hey, there is meat to eat today." Cheng Daman's eyes couldn't help but light up, and his nose twitched a few times.

"Yes." Ning put the steamed bun aside and went to pick up her daughter: "When I went to the temple today, the old teacher said that our "qiaozi" is good, but good things come in pairs. It's better to change it to "qiaoqiao". In this way, not only using the words we thought of, but also containing more and more meanings than we originally contained, really, it couldn't be better."

Cheng Daman swallowed a steamed bun in two or three mouthfuls, first filling his stomach that had been empty for a long time, and then nodded happily: "Okay, that's good, our daughter has a name, and she will be called Qiaoqiao in the future."

Ning picked out the meat and gave it to the two children. With some left over, she poured it into Cheng Daman's bowl, ignoring his persuasion: "You've been tired all day, eat more, you'll work hard tomorrow."

"No, you can eat some too. The baby is still breastfeeding. If you don't eat more, what will happen if the baby is hungry?" Cheng Daman wanted to put the meat into Ning's bowl again.

Seeing the two of them giving way, the boss, Cheng Zhigao, blocked his father's bowl, and gave half of his own to Ning Shi: "Okay, I've got it all, don't let it go, I'll scare Xiao Yuan, Just knowing how to drool, I dare not put it in my mouth."

Cheng Zhiyuan's little face turned red, he squeezed one out and put it into Ning's bowl: "Mother eats meat." Then he stared at the rest.

Both Ning Shi and Cheng Daman laughed.

"Okay, okay, let's eat all of them. If you don't know, you might think we're in a famine. You can't even eat meat with chopsticks. When you're all growing up, eat more."

Cheng Qiaoqiao watched the family give in for a few pieces of meat, and felt warm in her heart. In fact, sometimes it’s not that she can’t afford it, just like the dumpling with coins in it during the Chinese New Year. It can be seen, Always pass it on to other people in the family.

Not to be outdone, she yelled, kicked her calf, and yelled ahhhhhh.

"Oh, by the way, my Qiaoqiao is also hungry, mother forgot." Ning lifted up her coat and was about to feed her.

Unexpectedly, she stopped eating after only a few bites. Looking at her daughter Gululu's eyes that kept rolling, Ning muttered, "What's the matter, why did I stop eating after only a few bites."

Cheng Qiaoqiao looked at the dining table, ahhh.

The whole family laughed.

"So I'm hungry."

Cheng Qiaoqiao didn't feel shy either, drooling and looking at the dining table muttering words.

She really wants to eat, the milk is nutritious, but it has been like this for more than two months, she will somehow want to improve, not to mention, today's meal smells delicious, the potato cubes were mashed and put into her mouth Here, it is definitely the mashed potatoes for feeding babies in modern times. It couldn't be better.

Ning grabbed a piece of potato, and then, under Cheng Qiaoqiao's expectant eyes, put it into her mouth.

ahh~~
Cheng Qiaoqiao protested, but before her protest was over, she saw Ning lowered her head, mouth to mouth, and stuffed mashed potatoes into her mouth. Cheng Qiaoqiao, who was already stunned, completely forgot to respond. It was only after she put the mashed potatoes into her mouth that she realized it. When she instinctively wanted to spit it out, she saw Ning with a slight smile, looking at her dotingly. Her eyes were full of kindness, without any impurities. Full of motherly love.Cheng Qiaoqiao flattened her mouth a few times, and found that it didn't seem to be unpalatable, well, it was easy to swallow, without scratching her throat.

What kind of dirty saliva, what is unclean, let's go, the one who chews things for me is my own mother, every inch of my skin, every hair, every bone is conceived by her, What's more, in the previous life, when the baby was ignorant, he probably didn't eat it.

After taking a bite, Cheng Qiaoqiao opened her mouth and continued.

After taking a few bites in a row, Cheng Daman came out to stop him: "The child is still young, don't eat so much, let's feed some milk later."

"Well, I also saw that the child loves to eat, so I thought of ordering for her. Seeing her eating, I feel happy." Ning hugged her and started eating by herself, ignoring the little guy in her arms Minor resistance.

Cheng Qiaoqiao's life is very comfortable. Every day, she wakes up naturally after a full sleep. After waking up and beeping twice, Ning will immediately breastfeed. She was playing, guarding her carefully, lest she accidentally make her cry and let her mother scold her.

Since eating mashed potatoes for the first time, she would occasionally improve her meals, followed by two meals of stewed mashed potatoes, and egg custard stewed specially for him by Ning, which basically satisfied her greedy little appetite .

She basically doesn't make a fuss, and only cries weakly when she wakes up or when she wants to pee. The rest of the time she is very obedient, which made Ning and Cheng Daman happily boast: "Raise ten more such My daughter is not too annoying!"

The schedule is very busy these past few days, because the house they helped to build is about to be completed, leaving early and returning late for several days, so Cheng Qiaoqiao can't see him for a long time.

After waking up today, I opened my dazed eyes, and suddenly realized that the person guarding me was not my brothers, but Cheng Daman, who had disappeared for more than ten days. Cheng Qiaoqiao stretched out her hand excitedly, and slapped him on the face.

"Yo, Qiaoqiao woke up." Cheng Daman was almost asleep, and the child's slap was not strong enough, but it woke him up. He sat up cross-legged, picked up his daughter, and carefully supported her baby with his palm. The small neck allows her to stand up and look at herself.

Cheng Qiaoqiao looked at her tall and strong father, whose beard had grown a lot, and his face became darker. It seemed that the past few days had been hard. She stretched out her little hand, touched his face, and said ahhhhhh Say something that no one else can understand.

Although he didn't understand, Daman was still very happy, and kissed his daughter's little hand fiercely: "Good girl, go to the banquet with Daddy today, okay?"

Cheng Qiaoqiao jumped up and raised her little butt, obviously agreeing with this proposal very much.

Listening to the husband's laughter, Ning wiped the water stains on her hands and walked into the room, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"The house has been built. I'm going to treat us to a meal today. It's the end of the job. You all go together. Let our Qiaoqiao go outside to have fun." After speaking, she raised her chin to Cheng Qiaoqiao : "Do you think so, Qiaoqiao?"

ahh~~
Cheng Qiaoqiao yelled in agreement.

Cheng Daman took his daughter with him, and the two sons naturally followed, and Ning was worried that his daughter would also follow, just like that, the family of five locked up and left the door in a lively manner.

Cheng Qiaoqiao was quite excited to see the place where people were coming and going after several houses, and felt the atmosphere, shaking non-stop in Ning's arms.

It is not easy for farmers to build a house. Those with poor conditions live in a thatched house without a foundation. They just dig some soil to build a wall, and then cover it with wood and dry thatch to build the simplest house.If the conditions are a little better, people will be invited to lay a foundation and build a house made of earth bricks, wood, and stones in a serious manner. Many houses like this in the village have been passed down for several generations. , It’s not a problem to live for 80 or [-] years.

Therefore, the construction of a new house by the Du family is considered a major event in the village. Many people go there to enjoy some joy and freshness. The daughter-in-law looks even hotter.

The head of the Du family set up several tables in the courtyard, all of which were borrowed tables and benches. Judging by his cheerful appearance, he didn't seem to dislike those people who came uninvited, and he seemed to be quite happy.

"Hey, Master Cheng is here." Du Qiang hurried over to greet Cheng Daman when he saw Cheng Daman coming in: "The younger ones are coming too? This is the girl I got a few days ago, she looks really handsome."

Ning smiled and coaxed Cheng Qiaoqiao: "Uncle."

Cheng Qiaoqiao dropped a drop of saliva, turned around and hugged Ning Shi without looking at him, making the adults laugh.

Cheng Qiaoqiao sighed, put her finger into her mouth and began to bite. Although she had never raised a child in her previous life, she still knew a little bit about the most basic knowledge. She thought, she should be teething. It's drooling, and she drools without her control, hey, it's really embarrassing, and the gums are always itchy, making her always want to find something to chew on.

"Be good, don't bite, it's dirty." Ning pulled out her hand and greeted other people on the table. Most of these people helped build the house with Cheng Daman: "Sit and talk, I'll go to the new house to see."

The room is very open and the area is not small. The furniture has not been finished yet, and it is empty, but it seems that the room is bigger. Many women are crowded together, sitting on the bed, chattering, some braving Sour, some are full of envy, and some have long been far away. The topic has long gone from the size of the room to what is the most popular flavor of makeup in the town.

When these people saw Ning Shi coming in, they all greeted with smiles. The two sons couldn't bear the encouragement of the other little guys long ago, and they also ran away like mad. Cheng Qiaoqiao was the only one beside Ning Shi, and the others followed suit.

"Oh, sister of the Cheng family, your daughter is really pretty."

"No, I just said, among the children born in our village recently, this little girl is really the prettiest."

"What's the name of this child? Have you decided yet?"

Ning Shi sat down to give her a little space after being squeezed by others: "Qiaoqiao, her name is Cheng Qiaoqiao."

"Well, this name sounds good. The sister of the Cheng family is very knowledgeable. This name is different. I don't know how many times better than those names of flowers and flowers." It was the Zhao family who said this. Sun's daughter-in-law, after she finished speaking, she deliberately glanced to the left.

Li Shi, a daughter-in-law in her 20s who was separated from her by a person, was unwilling. She had just given birth to a second child, a girl named Lihua, and she hummed loudly: "Hua Duo! , is also stronger than a branch, if you want to give birth to a girl like a flower, you have to have that ability, right? It looks so ugly, if the child is really called a flower, besides making people laugh, fortunately, you have self-knowledge and know It's called a branch."

Sun's face turned red and she was trembling with anger. Her daughter's name was Guizhi, and she was indeed ugly. In addition, she often did farm work and got very tanned, which made her even more unattractive.

She didn't care about the secret sarcasm there, she jumped off the bed, pointed at Mrs. Li and scolded: "You stinky shameless, who do you call ugly?"

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes and said with a sneer, "I didn't say anyone, why are you in such a hurry? You are so eager to admit that you are ugly, I can't deny it, can I?"

"You shameless person, if you say one more thing, I'll slap you to death." Sun was the most jealous of people calling her ugly, as if she was being set on fire like a firecracker, so she just slapped her and yelled at her.

In other words, today's incident is not a big deal, but caused by accumulated grievances. This has to be said a few years ago. The land of the two families was originally next to each other, and the distinction was not so clear. Little cheap, every year I move a few points to the side. Li Shi hadn't married at that time. There was a big commotion in the village, not only made Mrs. Sun go back, but also insisted on asking some prominent people in the village to call the shots and demanded the so-called compensation money. It will definitely be pinched.

Fortunately, the other daughter-in-law and mother-in-law knew about the two of them, so they hurriedly stopped them.

"Don't make trouble, and don't look at the place. They just built a new house. Let's take a look. It's not good for people to see."

"That's right, don't talk, it's not a big deal."

Ning's family also came out to smooth things over: "Sister-in-law of the Zhao family, I heard that Gui Zhi mentioned a good husband's family, is it from the next village?"

Mrs. Sun was pulled aside by her, and remembered that she was at someone else's house at the moment, so she followed her lead and said, "Yes, her second uncle told me about it, and I went to inquire about it too. She is a good boy who works hard. .”

"Oh! That's good, this girl Guizhi is also a good child, the two of us will live a good life together, and our childhood must be prosperous."

Mrs. Sun tugged at the corner of her clothes, her face was a little terrified: "You don't know, my Guizhi..."

Cheng Qiaoqiao saw them from the beginning to the end, saw that they had turned off the fire, and started chattering again, yawned a little bored, and began to look around.

Although this house is incomparable with the modern ones, according to Cheng Qiaoqiao's experience of living here for four or five months, it is considered good. It seems that the Du family should be regarded as a rich man in the village. I don't know what kind of business it is, and whether I can learn from it in the future and earn a little extra money.

However, before her dream of getting rich started to be formally conceived, she was interrupted by another itchy gum. She opened her mouth angrily, bit Ning's collar, and began to grind her teeth.

(End of this chapter)