Chapter 96

Zheng Hongxing widened his eyes and looked at Yueyue.

After Yueyue called out, she kept repeating: "Mom...Mom...Mom..."

Zheng Hongxing finally heard clearly this time. He turned around and shouted to Chen Shuifen and Lin Tao, "Mom, Aunt Lin, my sister calls me mom..."

"Pfft, you silly child, how could my sister call you mom? I am calling you Aunt Lin." Chen Shuifen said, glancing at Lin Tao.

Lin Tao was just talking to Chen Shuifen, so she didn't pay attention to what was going on here. In addition, Yueyue's voice when she called "Mom" was quite soft, so she really didn't hear it.

After hearing what Zheng Hongxing said, she started to pay attention to Yueyue. She walked to Yueyue's side and heard Yueyue calling softly in a baby voice: "Mom...Mom..."

Suddenly, Lin Tao's heart was filled with joy, and with excitement in her joy, she hugged Yueyue and kissed her pink little face.

She wanted to cry and laugh at the same time, so she responded, "Hey, dear Yueyue, mommy is here."

Li Chengxi just saw Yueyue drooling, so he went into the room to get a small handkerchief for Yueyue to wipe her saliva. But when he came out, he found that Yueyue had already called him "Mom".

Although she didn't call him dad, this was the first time Yueyue spoke since she was born. This was also the first time for Lin Tao and Li Chengxi to become parents, and Li Chengxi was also very excited.

Yueyue had just learned to speak and was interested in talking, but she could only say this one sentence and kept calling "Mom, Mom" ​​all the time.

Zheng Hongxing felt quite disappointed when he saw Yueyue calling her "Mom". He pulled Chen Shuifen's clothes and said, "But I taught my sister to call me 'brother'. Why doesn't she call me 'brother' but Mom?"

Chen Shuifen teased him, "What's the matter? Are you jealous? Your Aunt Lin was pregnant for ten months before she gave birth to Yueyue. The first person Yueyue called was of course your Aunt Lin. Can you catch up with your Aunt Lin?"

Zheng Hongxing thought so too. Aunt Lin was pregnant with her little sister at the time and her belly was so big that she had to hold her waist when walking, which was very painful.

Well then, if the younger sister calls him Auntie Lin first, he won’t be angry, but…it would be better if the second person the younger sister would call him is brother.

Zheng Hongxing thought about it, but when he saw Li Chengxi, he chased the thought away. Forget it, it would be better if my sister could call daddy first, otherwise Uncle Li would definitely be unhappy. So, after my sister can call daddy, she can call brother first.

Chen Shuifen said with a smile: "Yueyue is really smart. She can already call me 'Mom' at only ten months old."

Zheng Hongxing asked hurriedly: "Mom, then when will I call you mom?"

Chen Shuifen said, "You are the dumbest. You didn't speak until you were over one year old. The first word you called was 'dad'. Later, you simply stopped talking. When you were over two years old, your Aunt Lin had married your Uncle Li and lived next door to us. You couldn't speak very well at that time. You were very funny at that time. Do you know that every time you took a shit, your brother had to call me. Sometimes I was almost annoyed to death by you two brothers. Sometimes I was called back home immediately when I was hanging clothes or doing other things. I had to go back. If I didn't go back, I was afraid that you, a silly boy, would think shit was something good and eat it."

Zheng Hongxing: “…”

Zheng Hongxing never thought that he was so bad when he was young. His dark face flushed red, and he turned away and said angrily: "I won't talk to you! I didn't eat shit!"

Zheng Hongxing's look made everyone laugh so hard that Chen Shuifen was the first one who couldn't hold back her laughter and almost cried.

Anyway, she felt that Zheng Hongxing was much more fun to play after growing up, so she loved to tease Zheng Hongxing from time to time.

Lin Tao couldn't help but smile, while Li Chengxi led Yueyue to call him "Dad": "Yueyue, call me Dad, I am Dad, call me Dad——Dad——"

Unfortunately, Yueyue was still calling "Mom" and turned a deaf ear to Li Chengxi's words. Seeing that he kept talking to her, she smiled and called out to Li Chengxi: "Mom..."

Lin Tao found it funny and said, "Yueyue is still young, it's unexpected that she can call mom. Don't be so anxious. You can't become fat all at once. Maybe she will call dad after a while."

Li Chengxi touched his nose helplessly and gave up.

Lin Changhai's voice came from the next room: "I won by eating you. The fish is mine. Bring the fish over. I'll take it back and let my daughter make pickled fish."

Zheng Youde grabbed Lin Changhai and said, "No, no, you win by winning two out of three games. You just won one game. It doesn't count. Hurry up and continue playing with me."

Lin Changhai sat down again: "Okay, if I win this round again, this fish will be mine."

Zheng Youde: "Okay, if you win, the fish will be yours. I mean what I say."

Chen Shuifen heard the noise from next door and cursed: "Hongxing, your dad, that lousy chess player, is cheating again."

Zheng Hongxing rubbed his head and said, "If I don't cheat when playing chess, I'm not my dad."

Because of Zheng Hongxing's arrival, Yueyue delayed her nap and insisted on playing with her brother for a long time. Now after being held in Lin Tao's arms, her eyes began to squint and her eyelids began to twitch. She really couldn't hold on any longer.

After a while, he fell asleep leaning on Lin Tao's shoulder.

Seeing that, Chen Shuifen and Zheng Hongxing went back first. Zheng Hongxing actually wanted to continue playing with his sister, but when he saw Yueyue fell asleep, he had to be pulled back by his mother Chen Shuifen.

When he left, he was still bargaining with Chen Shuifen: "Mom, my sister is asleep, it's boring for me to be alone at home, how about you let me go out and play for a while?"

Chen Shuifen slapped him on the back of his head and said, "Go out and play for a while, Zheng Hongxing. I'm telling you this. If you dare to go out today, I'll break your legs. Do you hear me?"

Zheng Hongxing turned his face away and snorted, "If you break my legs, you will have a son with broken legs. Then I won't be able to walk in the future, and you will carry me on your back."

Chen Shuifen: "I carry you? I'm still carrying you. A son with a broken leg is better than no son at all. I tell you again, if you dare to go to the sea again, I will beat you to death."

As the mother and son were talking, they quickly entered their yard.

Yueyue leaned on Lin Tao's shoulder and fell asleep. This child fell asleep very quickly. Whenever she wanted to sleep, she could fall asleep immediately. This was not a bad thing. She probably inherited this from Li Chengxi.

"I'll go put Yueyue on the bed." said Li Chengxi.

Lin Tao whispered, "It's okay, switch hands and wait until she wakes up again, I'll go and put it away."

Lin Tao walked into the bedroom, put Yueyue on the small bed, and pulled down the mosquito net. Although it is almost September now, there are fewer mosquitoes than in the previous two months, but it does not mean that there are no mosquitoes at all. We still need to pay more attention.

As soon as the little guy was put into the bed, he adjusted himself into a comfortable position and went back to sleep.

When she was just born, she liked to sleep in the most submissive position, as if all newborns liked to sleep in this position. Now that she has grown a little, she likes to sleep on her side, and she likes to hold her face with her two little hands, which looks very cute.

Lin Tao and Li Chengxi were in no hurry to leave. They just stood beside the crib and watched Yueyue sleep.

Li Chengxi brought the palm-leaf fan and sat beside her to fan Yueyue. It was still a little hot at that time, and beads of sweat were already oozing from Yueyue's nose.

Li Chengxi said, "Let's buy an electric fan for our home."

Yueyue is afraid of heat, and this child is prone to prickly heat in summer.

The supply and marketing cooperative in the mountain city has electric fans. The last time Lin Tao went to the cooperative, she took a look and found that one cost more than 200 yuan, which is more expensive than the sewing machine at home.

But for Yueyue, Lin Tao gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, then let's buy an electric fan next year."

The adults actually think it's okay. After getting used to the temperature, they just fan themselves with a palm-leaf fan if it gets hot. But the children can't stand it.

The matter was settled.

Next door, Lin Changhai and Zheng Youde also finished their game. Lin Changhai stood up with a smile and said to Zheng Youde, "Well, I won again. I can take the fish this time, right?"

Zheng Youde looked at the finished chess game in frustration, patted his forehead, and sighed: "Oh, why did I go here just now? I shouldn't have, I should have gone here, oh, I'm so angry. Lao Lin, how about we play another game?"

"That won't do, Xiao Zheng. You have to do what you say." Lin Changhai shook his head.

Chen Shuifen took the fish out of the bucket directly. She strung the fish's mouth and gills with a vine and handed the fish to Lin Changhai, saying, "Uncle Lin, don't pay attention to him. He is just a lousy chess player. He is not good at chess and always likes to regret."

Zheng Youde was exposed and glared at Chen Shuifen in anger.

Lin Changhai took the fish and said with a smile: "Xiao Zheng, don't be discouraged, we will continue next time."

After Lin Changhai walked out, Zheng Youde suddenly realized what was happening and asked Chen Shuifen, "I was the one who caught this fish. When I was playing chess with Lao Lin, it was said that whoever won would get the fish. If I won, the fish would belong to me. Although I didn't win, wasn't Lao Lin just getting something for nothing?"

Chen Shuifen looked at him from the side and said, "You just realized it?"

Although she could not read many words, she understood what Zheng Youde and Lin Changhai meant when they talked. She did not expect that Zheng Youde, the leader of the group, would not react until now.

Zheng Hongxing said, "Dad, not only are you bad at chess, but your brain is not as sharp as mine."

Chen Shuifen: "That's right, your dad even studied at a gunnery school. I think he's not as good as me who didn't even graduate from elementary school."

Zheng Youde glared at Zheng Hongxing and said, "Go away, kid, what do you know? Just stay away."

Lin Changhai really did trick Zheng Youde on purpose. Seeing that Zheng Youde hadn't noticed and was still playing chess with him enthusiastically, he almost couldn't hold back several times.

However, when Lin Changhai returned, he did not pickle the fish after killing it, but filleted it all.

When Lin Changhai killed the fish, Lin Tao washed the basin and brought it over to put the sliced ​​fish in. The fish was so big that it couldn't fit in the biggest bowl at home, so it had to be put in the basin.

Among the basins at home, there are basins specially used for holding vegetables. They are usually only used to hold vegetables and are actually as clean as bowls.

Lin Changhai said, "I, your father, have invited Captain Zheng to come with me today. I think he has realized what is going on by now. I will kill the fish later and then tell them to invite Captain Zheng and his family to come to our house for dinner."

"Yeah, that's what I meant. Captain Zheng and Xiang Yang both liked the sauerkraut fish noodles I made last time, so let's eat noodles today. I'll cook the sauerkraut fish first, and then we can eat it with the sauerkraut fish soup." Lin Tao said.

The father and daughter smiled and guessed what each other meant.

While Lin Changhai was killing the fish, Lin Tao took out half of the pickled cabbage from the jar. Today's fish was bigger, so more pickled cabbage was needed, otherwise the pickled cabbage fish would not be sour enough and would not be so delicious.

Because there are two other children, Zheng Xiangyang and Zheng Hongxing, Lin Tao only prepared two or three dried chilies to increase the spiciness a little bit, but the two brothers Zheng Hongxing and Zheng Xiangyang can also eat it.

She went to the vegetable garden and picked a handful of green onions. When the family usually ate noodles or something like that, Lin Tao would only pick the green onion leaves, because the pinched green onion leaves would grow again after a while. As long as the green onion heads were not pulled out by the roots, the green onions could be eaten for a year.

But when Lin Tao cooks, she likes to stir-fry green onions together, which makes it more fragrant. If she only puts green onion leaves, it feels like the original fragrance of green onions is lost.

When Lin Changhai had cut half of the mushroom, Li Chengxi came out of the room. Seeing that he had finished, he said, "Dad, you go and have a rest. I'll do the cutting."

Lin Changhai waved his hands: "It's okay, I can still do this. I'm only a little old now, there are still many things I can do. When I really can't do it one day, you say you will do it, I won't be stubborn. Chengxi, you go and watch Yueyue, if Yueyue is hot, you can fan her."

Lin Tao knew that her father was a restless person, so she smiled at Li Chengxi.

The couple looked at each other, and Li Chengxi went in to see Yueyue again.

After Lin Changhai finished slicing the fish, he went to Zheng Youde's house and said, "Xiao Zheng, Shuifen, don't bother making dinner tonight. Come to our house and eat pickled fish. Xiao Zheng, didn't you say you wanted to eat noodles cooked in pickled fish soup? I've asked my daughter for it for you. I guarantee you'll have it today."

Zheng Youde was delighted when he heard this.

That's great, and it was really worth losing the fish today.