Zhang Yixing used to take injections and medicine all the time when he was a child. His body was very weak, and his hands and feet were cold in winter.
At that time, Li Hongyu always warmed Zhang Yixin's feet with her belly.
Much better now.
Zhang Yixing, who was born again, has experienced the age of soaking wolfberry in a thermos cup, and he also knows that he is in poor health, so even though he is only six years old now, he pays great attention to health care.
He is no longer the picky eater he used to be, and the onions, ginger, and garlic he once hated most are now eaten like pickles.
He pays special attention to hygiene. He washes his hands before meals and after going to the toilet, and he also asks his sister to wash them too.
He no longer drinks cold water. In the past, when he was thirsty, he would just take a ladle to the water tank in the yard and drink water. He didn't care about the small red worms, worms and other small creatures in the water tank.
He would also take the initiative to ask for deworming medicine, and would require his mother's meat to be boiled, because now the pork is slaughtered privately, and parasites are rampant.
As for exercising, there is no need.
Whether at home or in school, children who grow up in rural areas are like wild horses, and can be so crazy that their heads are steaming even in winter.
Zhang Guangzong and Li Hongyu didn't feel that their son had changed much. They only thought that the child had been a bit picky since he went to school.
After the three foot-warming bottles were filled with water, Li Hongyu stopped letting the children touch the bottles.
Freshly boiled hot water will cause trouble if it gets scalded.
She quickly took a rag and wiped all the water stains from the three foot warmers, and then put them back on the bed one by one.
At this time, Zhang Xiuxiu ran into the house with a shovel head, and there was a layer of shelled peanuts piled in the shovel head.
She sat the shovel directly on the stove. The charcoal fire was very bright, and soon the room was filled with the aroma of roasted peanuts.
Zhang Xiuxiu sat next to him, eating Tang Monk's meat while flipping the peanuts with a fire hook to prevent them from burning, with a very focused look on his face.
The stove is connected to an iron chimney, and washed clothes are hung around the iron chimney. With the heat emitted by the iron chimney, the clothes can be dried basically in a day.
Seeing the child roasting peanuts, Li Hongyu put the kettle that had just been filled with water on the side of the stove.
She returned to her bed and continued to put away her cotton shoes.
Zhang Yixing has sweaty feet. He always had cold feet when he was a child, so his cotton shoes were always very thick.
The cotton used in Na's cotton shoes is grown at home. In addition to growing wheat and corn, the family will set aside some land to grow cotton every year and pick cotton bolls to make cotton jackets, trousers and cotton shoes.
Over there, Zhang Xiuxiu finally finished roasting the peanuts and took down the spade.
Zhang and his party walked to the stove, added some coal to it, and then sat on the kettle beside it.
Li Hongyu leaned over on the bed and looked around. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, she continued to devote herself to her needlework.
Using a large needle to fit cotton shoes is not an easy job.
The roasted peanuts were still very hot, so Zhang Xiuxiu was not worried. She picked up the peanuts and peeled them open while blowing on her fingers, then threw the hot peanuts into her mouth. After a while, her mouth turned black.
Zhang Yixing also ate a few. The peanuts were still hot and not crispy at all, but they had more of a hot roasting aroma than cold peanuts.
The two of them were enjoying their meal when suddenly Zhang Guangzong stood up from the stool quietly.
Zhang Yi Xing immediately gently tugged on his sister's clothes.
Zhang Xiuxiu turned her head in confusion, and when she saw her father's movements, she quickly kept silent. She only chewed lightly with her mouth, her cheeks bulging like a hamster.
There was a light scratching sound coming from the cabinet.
Zhang Guangzong walked to the cabinet with light steps, listened with his ears, and saw that he suddenly stretched out his left hand to open a drawer, suddenly reached in with his right hand, and directly grabbed a dark object.
He threw the black thing on the ground hard.
There was a snap.
A dead rat lay on the ground.
A very fat rat that ate an unknown amount of food.
Moreover, these things destroy furniture, leaving holes and rotten sawdust in cabinets and kitchens. They also bite clothes, and sometimes they can even pull out a nest of mice from the closet.
Nowadays, rats are rampant in rural areas. One of Zhang's classmates has a disabled hand, missing two limbs. Others rumored that he was bitten by a rat when he was a child, and they nicknamed him Rat Hand.
Zhang Yixing didn't look like him, and he always felt that his hand must have been burned.
But regardless of whether it is true or not, there are rumors of rats biting children, which shows that there were many rats at this time.
Zhang Guangzong took the mouse tail out and threw it out of the pig pen. After a while, the sow's snoring came from the pig pen.
Zhang Guangzong returned to the room with a smile on his face, and Zhang and his party could see a little bit of pride in his expression.
Zhang Guangzong was about to sit down and smoke when his son's voice came from Leng Buding's side,
"Dad, wash your hands after touching the mouse. The teacher said there are bacteria on the mouse."
Zhang Guangzong laughed and got up to wash his hands.
Zhang Guangzong could still listen to a few words from this son who could compete for face and make money.
There is a basin stand in the corner next to the door, and the washbasin is on the basin rack.
Zhang Guangzong walked over and washed his hands. While washing, he asked, "Isn't the Navy's cat giving birth to puppies? How about I go get one?"
Zhang Xiuxiu immediately shouted, "Yes, I want to raise a little cat!"
Zhang Yixing's heart moved, and he thought of a small white figure.
As far as I can remember, I only had one cat at home.
Zhang Yixing smiled and shouted like his younger sister: "I want to raise him too!"
Zhang Guangzong was not a man who could bear his temper. When he heard that the two children wanted to keep a cat, he went out with a cigarette in his hand.
He came back in less than half an hour, holding a snow-white kitten in his hands, which looked to be only more than a month old.
"You guys go to bed first, I'll go play cards!"
Putting the kitten on the ground, Zhang Guangzong yelled at Li Hongyu, who was taking the shoes, and then took the kitten to the door and went out.
Zhang Xiuxiu and Zhang and his party gathered around the little figure.
When a kitten first arrives in a strange environment, it meows timidly and shrinks back when it sees people approaching.
"Meow, meow, hello, Xiaobai!"
Zhang Xiuxiu directly put the name on the kitten and reached out to stroke the kitten's head.
Li Hongyu stopped taking her shoes at this time. She stood aside and looked at it, then found a plate with a gap, filled it with some leftover polenta, poured some hot water to adjust it, and then placed the small plate in front of the kitten. .
The kitten seemed to be used to eating these things. It immediately stopped meowing and leaned against the plate to stick out its tongue and lick the rice.
Zhang Xiuxiu stood nearby and clapped her hands while Xiaobai Xiaobai kept shouting.
Zhang Yixing also stretched out his hand to stroke the kitten's fur and thought to himself:
Xiaobai, we meet again!
This time, I will never lend you to anyone else again.
The former Xiaobai stayed in this home for four years.
After Zhang and his party entered the fourth grade, Xiaobai was borrowed by a neighbor because he was good at catching mice. As a result, he accidentally ate the poisoned mouse and was never returned.
Xiaobai is Zhang Yi Xing’s first pet.
After Xiaobai died, Zhang and his party also kept some pets, including fish and turtles.
But I never had a cat again.
