Chapter 199: Lu Chengan, a student from the compound

Having said that, Lu Xiao did not give up.

With his parents looking after the child, of course he would pull his wife to have a baby as soon as possible.

He finally realized that his son was not as considerate as his daughter.

Looking at the little girl of his comrade-in-arms, he was extremely envious.

Lu Chengan didn't know yet that he had become an "abandoned child" in front of his parents.

After arriving in the capital and entering the military primary school, Lu Cheng'an really became a wild horse that was let loose.

Although he was tough when he was in the Northwest, he was still a little shy as a newcomer.

But in this big compound in the capital, there are children from similar backgrounds all around.

They are all brave, have good ideas and are fearless.

Lu Cheng'an integrated into the group almost instantly and quickly became one of the leading figures.

The tone of voice changes first.

"What are you doing?", "What are you looking at?", "Great!"

These people can speak Beijing dialect fluently and even better than Mandarin.

When I was in the northwest, after school I would go home to do homework or help my grandparents with odd jobs.

Now, as soon as school is over, I just throw my schoolbag home and disappear.

He would either follow the kids in the compound to climb trees and rob bird nests, or run around playing football on the playground, often coming back covered in mud and sweat.

Su Tang looked at it with a headache.

The son who used to be naughty but fair-skinned and shy now has tanned skin and his voice is more than twice as loud.

He does things in a hurry, like a flying monkey.

She couldn't help but complain to Lu Xiao: "Look at your son, he's almost become a little bandit! Isn't the climate in this capital too conducive to arrogance?"

Lu Xiao, on the other hand, was more open-minded. He smiled as he read the newspaper: "For a boy, this is good! It means he adapts quickly and isn't bullied."

"That's the way you have to be in the compound. Being timid won't get you anywhere. Look how lively he is now. He knows to greet uncles and aunts loudly when he sees them. That's called being generous."

Having said that, Lu Chengan sometimes gets too angry.

Once, he got into an argument with another older kid in the compound over something.

Neither of them was willing to give in, and finally they agreed to a duel.

In the small open space behind the compound, the two men took up their positions, but before they could make a few moves, they were grabbed by the patrolling guards.

This has really stirred up a hornet's nest.

Lu Xiao was politely criticized by his leader and felt embarrassed.

That night, Lu Chengan had his first meal of stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork in his life.

Lu Xiao spanked her on the butt with a belt.

Lu Xiao beat him and scolded him: "I sent you to Beijing to study and learn skills, not to be a bully!"

"Stay united with your comrades and brothers. If you have any problems, go to your teachers or parents. Who told you to solve them on your own? You're so capable!"

Lu Chengan gritted his teeth and didn't cry out loud, but tears welled up in his eyes.

He knew he was wrong, but his stubbornness and the temper of a Beijing boy who felt it was embarrassing to admit defeat kept him holding on.

In the evening, Su Tang was applying medicine on his red and swollen buttocks, gasping with heartache, but still educating him.

"Cheng'an, it's wrong for Dad to hit you, but think about it first. Is what you did right? You are a grown-up boy now. You have to be reasonable and not act recklessly."

Lu Chengan buried his face in the pillow and hummed muffledly.

After this lesson, Lu Chengan did restrain himself a lot.

His intelligence and leadership were not used in fighting, but elsewhere.

He organized the children in the compound to study together, played games as captain and directed them effectively, and even helped the teacher maintain discipline.

Although his personality is still as bold and straightforward as ever, he has begun to understand what he can and cannot do, and has learned about responsibility and propriety.

Lu Xiao and Su Tang watched the changes in their son.

Although they still feel troubled by his overly extroverted personality occasionally, they are also pleased to see that their son is gradually becoming a little man.

As Cheng'an grew up, he no longer had his previous reckless character.

When Su Tang was in junior high school, she became pregnant, and Lu Xiao said it was a little girl.

Cheng An was very cautious. Every morning before going to school, he would prepare milk powder for Su Tang before leaving.

In recent years, Lu's parents' health has gradually declined, so Lu Xiao doesn't allow them to return to Shanghai.

By the way, we also brought Su's father and mother along.

The whole family lived here thanks to Su Tang's previous investment, which earned him some money, and with the help of his two parents, he bought a two-story house.

It's a comfortable place to live, and most importantly, it's lively.

The elderly can snuggle up to their children, and the children are happy to live with their grandparents.

After ten months of pregnancy, Su Tang gave birth to a daughter, just as Lu Xiao had hoped.

But Lu Xiao was so happy that he held his daughter tightly and refused to let go.

Su Tang named her daughter Chenghuan, Lu Chenghuan.

Lu Xiao likes this name very much and calls it happily every day.

Even Wang Xinxin, upon hearing the news, mailed a lot of local specialties from the northwest.

She had just given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, two years ago. She was kept at a distance by the children, otherwise she would have come to the capital.

Lu Chenghuan's birth gave Lu Chengan the experience of being an older brother.

He was the one who changed diapers, fed the baby with formula, and took the baby out to play.

Lu Cheng'an takes care of his sister more than anyone else.

Every day when I get home from school, before I put my schoolbag down, I run to Huanhuan’s cradle and gently poke my sister’s soft face.

Only after seeing her squinting her eyes and showing dimples when she smiles will I be willing to do my homework.

One time, Su Tang was busy cooking and didn't notice that Huanhuan had woken up. The little guy pouted and was about to cry.

Lu Cheng'an heard the noise, dropped his exercise book, and ran over, humming the nursery rhyme he had learned in advance with perfect accuracy. It was "Pulling the Carrots," which he had learned from his grandmother, and the off-key tune actually made Huanhuan giggle.

Su Tang poked his head out of the kitchen, looked at his eldest son's clumsy yet serious look, and smiled helplessly.

Lu Xiao has the word "daughter slave" engraved into his bones.

The first thing he did when he entered the room was to look for Huanhuan. Without even having time to change out of his military uniform, he held his daughter in his arms and gently rubbed her little chin with his stubble.

He kept saying, "Huanhuan, be good. Daddy brought you some toys."

When he went on a business trip, others carried briefcases, but his bag was filled with little skirts and rattles for Huanhuan.

Even his comrades joked that he no longer looked like a commander, but more like a dad strolling around the market.

He didn't get angry, but smiled and said, "My daughter deserves to be spoiled."

When the two old people got together, they treated Huanhuan like a treasure.

Every morning, when Lu's mother gets up, she makes millet porridge for Huanhuan. She cooks it until it becomes sticky and then mashes it into a paste with a spoon.

Su Ma likes to make a small cotton-padded jacket for Huanhuan, sewing it with fine stitches and embroidering small plum blossoms on the corners.

Sometimes the two old ladies would argue about what clothes Huanhuan should wear today, and Dad Lu and Dad Su would sit by and laugh.

One time, Dad Lu caught a cold and was afraid of infecting Huanhuan, so he hid in his room and refused to come out.

Huanhuan babbled through the door, and Dad Lu was so anxious that he paced around the room. Finally, he put on a mask and looked at his granddaughter from a distance before he felt relieved.

As the days passed, Huanhuan gradually grew up to the age where he could crawl.

She was not as naughty as Cheng'an was when he was a child. Instead, she liked to follow her brother. When Lu Cheng'an was doing homework, she would sit on the crawling mat next to him and build a small house with toy blocks.

When Lu Chengan went to the yard to play ball, she sat in the stroller, waving her little hands to cheer him on.

One time, Lu Chengan and his classmates made an appointment to go to the library. Before leaving, he repeatedly explained everything to Su Tang, even more detailed than Su Tang, his mother.

Okay, I can see that this guy will definitely be a daughter slave in the future.