The leisurely life of a reborn dad

While Cao Shujie was playing with his daughter in the yard downstairs, Cheng Xiaolin was answering the phone upstairs.

The call was from her mother Li Xiaojuan.

Li Xiaojuan told her daughter on the phone that she had just got on the long-distance bus from Dawu County Bus Station to Pingyuan County Bus Station.

After arriving at the Pingyuan County long-distance bus station, she took the urban and rural bus in Caojiazhuang.

"Mom, it's still snowing heavily. What are you doing here at this time?" Cheng Xiaolin really didn't expect her mother to come here today.

"You kid, what are you talking about?" Li Xiaojuan said about her daughter on the phone.

"You're pregnant. It's such a big deal, I have to go and check it out."

"Then I'll tell Shujie and ask him to wait for you in the county seat." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Her mother can't drive, and there is no car at home. She has to take several reverse trains to get there. The distance between the two places is actually not that far, but time is wasted on the way to reverse.

"No, I can just take the bus to your village. It's very convenient." Li Xiaojuan emphasized.

But Cheng Xiaolin didn't listen: "It's snowing heavily here. I don't know if the car will run away later?"

"Ah, isn't it snowing at our house?"

"It's raining too, but not hard. Linlin, the bus has come out of the station. I won't tell you anymore." After finishing speaking, Li Xiaojuan hung up the phone.

Cheng Xiaolin opened the window and shouted her husband's name.

Cao Shujie raised his head: "Honey, what's wrong?"

"Shujie, my mother just called and said that she just took a bus from Dawu County Bus Station to Pingyuan County Bus Station. I think the snow is too heavy, and the bus may not be able to run by then. You can go to the bus station to pick her up. Come here." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Before Cao Shujie could speak, Wang Yuelan directly ordered his son: "Shujie, hurry up and wait for your mother at the station. Linlin is right, don't let your mother back up the train again."

"Well, I'll go right away." Cao Shujie nodded and agreed.

He didn't expect his mother-in-law to come at this time.

But he could understand why his mother-in-law came over. It probably had something to do with his wife's pregnancy.

After thinking about it, Cao Shujie went back to the house to change his clothes, took the car keys, said something to his grandfather, opened the door and came out, and saw Mengmeng running towards him: "Mengmeng, you wait at home, I will pick you up. Grandma.”

Who knew that Mengmeng said she wanted to go too, and blocked the door and threatened that her father would not let him leave unless he took her with him.

"Then go change your clothes quickly and put on something thicker. I'll warm up the car and wait for you." Cao Shujie said.

"Okay." Mengmeng quickly ran to the second floor.

Afraid that she would be slow to change clothes, her father would slip away first. When changing clothes, she also urged her mother to move faster.

"Mom, hurry up, dad is going to run away, and I won't be able to pick up grandma." Mengmeng urged.

Cheng Xiaolin really wanted to slap her daughter, but the naughty child never stopped talking.

"Mengmeng, tell your father to drive slowly on the road and don't be in a hurry." Cheng Xiaolin patiently taught her daughter.

Mengmeng stretched out two fingers and said, "Oh, mom, don't worry."

After saying that, Mengmeng ran downstairs and came to the door. Before her father left, a bright smile appeared on her little face.

Seeing Mengmeng come out, Cao Shujie opened the electric door and let Mengmeng go up.

"Mengmeng, fasten your seat belt, let's go." Cao Shujie told his daughter.

Mengmeng also conveyed her mother's words and asked her father to drive slower.

It was snowing heavily and there were few people going out at this time. Cao Shujie was not in a hurry and drove slowly.

Besides, in this situation, the speed cannot be increased.

When approaching a corner, Cao Shujie would slow down in advance and apply the brakes slowly. That's it. Sometimes the brakes still wouldn't work.

He knew it was because the ground was too slippery.

Normally, it takes half an hour to drive from Caojiazhuang to the county seat. When the weather is bad, 50 minutes is enough.

But this time when Cao Shujie drove to the county bus station, an hour and a half had passed.

There were few cars on the road and we ran smoothly all the way.

When he arrived at the parking area of ​​the bus station, Cao Shujie stopped the car and called his mother-in-law. After asking, he found out that the car was still on the way.

The bus ran even slower than Cao Shujie's. In the words of his mother-in-law, it would take them another hour to enter the station.

Cao Shujie hung up the phone, put his phone in his pocket, parked the car, and took his daughter into the waiting room to warm up.

The father and daughter waited slowly. More than 40 minutes later, his mother-in-law called again. When Cao Shujie got through, the bus his mother-in-law took entered the Pingyuan County Bus Station, and she had just gotten off the bus.

Before Cao Shujie could ask where his mother-in-law was, Mengmeng pointed at the entrance and shouted, "Dad, look, it's grandma."

Cao Shujie looked in the direction of his daughter's finger and happened to see his mother-in-law Li Xiaojuan carrying a fertilizer bag and a canvas bag on her other arm, struggling to make a call on her mobile phone.

The heavy object weighed down her waist so much that she couldn't straighten up.

Cao Shujie quickly hung up the phone and ran over to help take the fertilizer bag from his mother-in-law's back: "Mom, you don't have to say anything when you come, I can pick you up."

"Besides, you can just come. What are you doing with so many things? The weather is not good and walking with things on your back is troublesome." Cao Shujie said softly.

Mengmeng didn't care, she had already run to Li Xiaojuan's side, hugged Li Xiaojuan's legs and called her grandma.

Li Xiaojuan bent down and picked up her granddaughter. The fatigue on her face disappeared instantly, and a smile filled her face.

She said: "They are all things prepared for children. I happened to have some at home, so I took them all to save you from having to spend money to buy them when the child is born. They are of no use except for waste."

"In addition, there are some vegetables grown at home that have not been treated with pesticides. Your dad and I can't eat them, so we brought some over." Li Xiaojuan patted the fertilizer bag.

Only when Cao Shujie took it over just now did he realize how heavy the contents of the fertilizer bag were, thanks to his mother-in-law carrying it all the way.

"Mom, hurry up, let's get in the car and go home first." Cao Shujie walked out carrying the fertilizer bag.

Mengmeng held grandma Li Xiaojuan's hand and asked Li Xiaojuan to follow her out.

At this moment, I heard the loudspeaker in the waiting room shouting: "Dear passengers, we are very sorry. Due to the heavy snow weather and dangerous roads, our station has decided to suspend buses to each village after a temporary study."

"Dear passengers, I am very sorry..."

What I just said was repeated again.

As soon as he finished speaking, various dissatisfied shouts rang out in the hall.

Li Xiaojuan was stunned when she heard the shouting on the loudspeaker.

Secretary Cao was a little lucky: "Fortunately, I came here. This car is out of service, which is quite troublesome."

"No, it's not snowing that hard over there. Who knows, the further we go here, the heavier the snow will fall. The bus drives very slowly on the road, keeps slipping, and can't stop when going downhill." Li Xiaojuan When she told her son-in-law about the dangers along the way, she felt a little scared.

But having said that, if his son-in-law had not come, Li Xiaojuan would have to find a place to stay temporarily in the county town today.

When he came to the parking space at the back, he put his things in the trunk and asked his mother-in-law and Mengmeng to get in the car and sit in the second row of seats. Cao Shujie drove out of the station.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Cao Shujie vaguely heard someone calling him Director Cao outside.

Subconsciously pressing the brakes, Cao Shujie opened the car window and looked out, only to realize that it was Gao Qiang, Gao Long and Sun Caifeng from the same village.

"Why are you here?" Cao Shujie was puzzled.

Gao Qiang was still a little embarrassed: "Director Cao, we had to go to the city for something. We just came back. Who knew the car would not go to the village? I just said this was your car..."

Cao Shujie understood what he meant. He opened the electric door and said, "Get in the car quickly and go back together."

The three people were embarrassed, but expressed their gratitude.

They had just asked for taxis, but in this damn weather, even taxis were not running to the village.

Seeing that there was an old man and a young child in the car, Sun Caifeng and Mengmeng said hello, and the three of them ran to the seats in the back.

Cao Shujie also thought about letting them sit in the passenger seat, but the three of them were embarrassed.

The car slowly drove out. Cao Shujie, Gao Qiang and the others were talking and driving not very fast.

The snow has not stopped at this time, and Gao Long also said that the snow is really heavy, and there will be a bumper harvest in the orchard next year.

Gao Qiang was somewhat fortunate that the newly built cowshed had good insulation effect.

"Director Cao and Secretary Cao had the foresight. Although the new cowshed this year costs a little more, it still needs to be open-air like before. Such a small cow may not be able to carry it."

"What do you know? Our previous bull market also had a closed and warm place where the cows could be squeezed."

When Cao Shujie heard what they said, he also nodded.

Talking and laughing along the way, Cao Shujie was focused and looking ahead. The speed of the car was slower than when he came. It took more than two hours to arrive at Caojiazhuang.

Cao Shujie was still thinking of sending Gao Long and the three of them home. The three of them were at the north end of the village and they were embarrassed to ask Cao Shujie to stop.

Cheng Xiaolin felt relieved when she saw that her husband was finally back.

"Mom, look at the weather, you can come here on a good day." Cheng Xiaolin muttered.

It was Wang Yuelan who said, "Mom, are you tired? You must be hungry after sitting in the car for such a long time. I have just fried chicken, stewed pig's trotters and ribs. You can eat some while they are hot."

Seeing that her daughter-in-law still wanted to talk, Wang Yuelan said, "Linlin, don't stand either. Sit down and rest for a while. Make your mother some brown sugar ginger tea to dispel the cold."

Cao Shujie unloaded the things his mother-in-law had brought from the truck and put them in the house.

After Wang Yuelan saw it, she complained that her mother-in-law had taken so many things.

"We have them all at home, don't be so tired." Wang Yuelan said.

"Oh, I also heard that Linlin is pregnant. I happened to have some diapers and cotton pads at home. I thought they would be needed after the baby was born, so I brought them all over. Sister, you can use them if you can. , if you can’t use it, throw it away.” Li Xiaojuan said this.

After hearing this, Wang Yuelan said directly: "It will definitely be useful. When Linlin is about to give birth, I will boil it in hot water in a big pot. Diapers and changing pads are much easier to use than diapers, and they are also more breathable. Okay, my butt is not red yet.”

Cao Shujie thought that he would never be able to compare with the details of his mother's conduct in life.

After asking his mother-in-law to wash up first, Cao Shujie put down his things and went to the kitchen to bring the prepared dishes.

Mother Wang Yuelan stir-fried chicken with fresh pepper.

Stewed pig's trotters, and stewed potatoes with ribs.

Fragrant.

Because it was made in advance, it is no longer that hot, but it is the right temperature to eat.

"My mother-in-law, please drink a cup of hot water first, and then eat some food." Wang Yuelan took a water cup and poured a cup of hot water, and then she was busy greeting her mother-in-law.