Bai Xiaojun received a slap on the butt seventeen minutes after meeting his mother.
After being beaten, Bai Xiaojun became obedient, soaked his hands in the hot water basin again, turned his little head to look at the stove pit, and looked at the sparrow's cremation scene with regretful eyes.
Zheng Lirong flicked his forehead and went to the front yard to get the box and sack back. The sacks contained food, and the boxes contained clothes for her two children.
She took out a set of clothes and put them on the kang to warm them, then reached out to untie the hemp rope around Bai Xiaojun's waist.
Lin Nianhe hurriedly explained: "The aunt in the village said that short coats are warmer if they are tied to the wind. Everyone in the village wears them like this... Actually, I originally found a strip of cloth for him, but it broke after a long time. ”
She also found out about it after asking Principal Wu when she saw such a hemp rope around the waists of students in her class some time ago. Cotton and cloth are both in short supply, and the coats in supply and marketing cooperatives are prohibitively expensive. Most people can't afford them and can only wear cotton jackets and trousers that have been worn for who knows how many years.
The northwest wind specializes in treating pretentiousness. In the ice and snow, no one cares about whether it looks good or not.
"I know," Zheng Lirong raised her head and smiled at Lin Nianhe, "I used to wear it like this... It's not that cold in the capital, right? Can you still bear it?"
"It's okay. My room is small, and the kang will be heated in a short time. There is a stove in the classroom, and there are many people, so it won't be cold when we are together." Lin Nianhe mentioned the situation of the school casually.
Zheng Lirong understood what she meant, pursed her lips and smiled, without saying anything else, she untied Bai Xiaojun's dirty leather jacket.
Seeing the clothes under Bai Xiaojun's leather jacket, Zheng Lirong's heart was finally relieved. The collars of his shirts and sweaters are clean, and his cotton jackets and trousers are soft and fit well.
Sure enough, it was because he was so capable that he could only wear ragged clothes outside.
Zheng Lirong changed his pants and outerwear, slapped him twice on the buttocks, and scolded him with a smile: "You will run wild after you leave me, right? You are just relying on no one to beat you!"
Bai Xiaojun blinked and grinned happily after receiving a long-awaited beating.
He crawled into Zheng Lirong's arms, pulled her and said, "Mom, all the chickens I raised have laid eggs. I'll eat today's eggs, and I'll give them to you tomorrow."
Zheng Lirong's heart softened instantly. She held her son in one hand and her daughter in the other, her eyes red.
Lin Nianhe looked at the three of them and then looked sideways at Niu Wa.
Niu Wa: "Sister Hehe, there is a question I can't do."
"Let's go to the front." Lin Nianhe stood up, buttoned Niu Wa's clothes, and said to Zheng Lirong, "Sister Lirong, you guys talk for a while first, and I will go and give Niu Wa a sermon topic."
"Hey, okay!" Zheng Lirong looked at Lin Nianhe with grateful eyes.
How could she not know that Lin Nianhe was giving their mother a few opportunities to speak her mind? She was just a little surprised - it was the kid who came up with this excuse.
Lin Nianhe put on his coat, took Niu Wa's little hand and went out.
Zheng Lirong watched them leave, then turned to Bai Xiaojun and asked, "Xiaojun, was the person you played with just now your classmate?"
"That's Brother Niuwa. Brother Niuwa is such a nice person..."
Lin Nianhe did not take Niu Wa back to the front yard. She took Niu Wa's little hand and left the educated youth spot. After thinking for a moment, she asked him: "Niu Wa, do you want to see grandpa?"
Niu Wa was stunned, stopped and looked up at her.
Lin Nianhe also stopped, looked down at him, and said with a slight smile: "I didn't take you there often before because the things your grandfather was involved in were still at the forefront. It wouldn't be good for you if you went there often. The whole commune has been in trouble recently. I’m busy with the match factory and the textile factory, so I guess no one is paying attention to your grandfather’s affairs. I’ll find a place for you to meet him, okay?”
Niu Wa's eyes were bright. He thought for a while and said, "Sister Hehe, I won't feel uncomfortable if Xiaojun's mother comes to see them. If there is trouble... I can not see grandpa."
Niu Wa is so sensible that Lin Nianhe feels distressed.
She knelt down, pinched Niu Wa's little face and said, "Don't think so much at such a young age, Niu Wa... We all really like you. You can cry if you want, you can make trouble if you want, what's the matter? You can say anything when you are unhappy, and no one will dislike you just because you lose your temper."
"Really?"
"real."
Niu Wa tilted her head, rubbed her face in Lin Nianhe's palm, and smiled so hard that her eyes were bent: "I really like Sister Hehe too."
The little guy has clear eyes and can see the bottom at a glance.
Lin Nianhe also smiled, pinched his cheek and said, "I have to entertain the little army girl today, so I can't accompany you to town. Let's go see grandpa on our day off next week, okay?"
"good!"
Niu Wa nodded vigorously and put his arms around Lin Nianhe's neck.
Lin Nianhe felt that his neck was wet.
She sighed silently, patted Niuwa on the back, and picked him up.
Niu Wa cried quietly for a while, wiped her tears and asked her, "Sister Hehe, where are we going?"
"Go to your brother Su."
"What are you looking for him for?"
"Fighting sparrows! I've never seen Brother Su use a slingshot!"
"..."
The small courtyard assigned to Su Yuncheng and Feng Wei's mother and son has been repaired. They moved here a few days ago. Feng Wei and his son share a room, and Su Yuncheng shares a room. The furniture was brought here by bullock cart, the yard was clean, and the chickens that Aunt Feng brought were raised in the backyard.
When Lin Nianhe arrived with Niuwa, Aunt Feng was gluing matchboxes in the house. The old man liked this job very much and always thought that he could make some money.
Feng Wei is on duty in the warehouse today. He is not at home at the moment. Su Yuncheng is chopping firewood in the yard.
After hearing Lin Nianhe's intention, he put down his ax and responded with a smile, "Okay, I'll take you there."
Because the person who wanted to see him use the slingshot was Lin Nianhe, Su Yuncheng felt that shooting a sparrow would not work.
So, he put the gun in his pocket, took the slingshot and hemp rope, and said to Lin Nianhe: "Go back and change into a pair of boots, and I will take you up the mountain to hunt rabbits and pheasants."
Lin Nianhe's eyes were full of admiration: "Really? Can a slingshot also hit rabbits?"
"Yes." Su Yuncheng enjoyed the little girl's admiring look and added, "If I can catch a white rabbit, I will make you a rabbit fur scarf."
Lin Nianhe ran back excitedly: "Okay! Wait for me!"
Niu Wa looked at her back, took a step forward and grabbed the corner of Su Yuncheng's clothes, looking up at him with her little face raised: "Brother-in-law, if the rabbit you shot is a gray rabbit, can you give me its fur?"
Su Yuncheng: "Here!"
"Brother-in-law, please take Sister Hehe up the mountain. I'm going back to do my homework."
Su Yuncheng: "I'll bake a rabbit for you tonight."
"good!"
Lin Nianhe quickly changed her boots and came back. She didn't see Niu Wa and was a little confused: "Did Niu Wa go back to change her shoes too?"
"He went back to do his homework." Su Yuncheng replied truthfully.
Lin Nianhe: "..."
The last time she saw such a discerning person was when she looked in the mirror this morning.
There will be an update tonight~
(End of chapter)
