The dinner was very sumptuous. They cooked a braised chicken, braised pig's trotters, braised pork with mushrooms, fried lean meat with shredded radish, two side dishes, stewed fish head, and made fish with pickled cabbage, which filled the table.
They prepared everything early, and when the sunset was still faint in the west, they started eating.
"You eat first, I'll send the food in for Wanfeng." The dinner was ready at this moment. Cao Xiangnan took off the apron she was wearing outside, put soup and rice on the tray, put a small bowl of meat on the braised chicken, and put the rice and dishes one by one, moving quickly.
Let everyone eat first, and Cao Xiangnan took the food into the room.
The child had just woken up and had been fed. Qi Wanfeng also woke up at this time. When he saw his husband coming in with food, he was also hungry. Cao Xiangnan helped him sit up, brought the soup over, blew on it and passed it to him, saying, "Come, I stewed fish head soup for you."
The chicken soup stewed in the morning was still there. Cao Xiangnan was afraid that the people in the house would get tired of it, so he changed the taste. In the evening, he stewed fish head soup. The fish head soup was stir-fried in the pot and then boiled in water. After boiling, it turned beige. He put a few green vegetables in it and didn't put anything else.
"Husband, you go out to eat. I can do it here by myself." Qi Wanfeng took the soup, his eyes were a little hot, and he was very moved by his husband's thoughtful care. Knowing that his husband hadn't eaten yet, he didn't want to let him go hungry.
"Hmm, what's wrong?" Cao Xiangnan noticed that the eyes of the person looking at him were a little red, although there were no tears. He reached out and rubbed the corners of his eyes with the tip of his thumb, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "I'm not in a hurry. I ate two pieces of pig's trotters and drank a bowl of soup while I was cooking just now. It won't be too late to eat later."
"Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry. I cooked a lot of dishes tonight. They won't eat them all. Come on, drink the soup first."
"Yeah." Cao Xiangnan didn't go out to eat until the people in the house were full and took the food out. The people eating in the dining room ate slowly, waiting for him while eating. A small pot of wine was opened, but he didn't dare to drink it, fearing that he would have to get up at night to feed the little one. He ate a meal with a few people, drinking tea instead of wine.
There were many people eating, eight or nine adults, and six children. The half-grown kids also had big appetites, and they ate meat like little wild animals that had been hungry for a long time. Fortunately, there was not much of anything at this time, but meat was the most.
Oh! He seemed to have forgotten something. After he finished eating, Cao Xiangnan remembered that he hadn't seen the little white fox for half a day. He didn't even come out to ask for food at dinner. He looked around in the living room but couldn't find it. After thinking about it, he opened the door of his room and saw the little white fox squatting on the bed, making the person on the bed laugh.
"..." Cao Xiangnan.
"Huh? What's wrong? Didn't you go out to eat?" Qi Wanfeng saw the little white fox that had run into the room at some point. He was a little wary of the little white fox at first, fearing that the little wild animal would hurt the child. But
when the little thing was doing somersaults for him and teasing him, he thought that the little thing had accidentally run into the room, and the little bit of vigilance in his heart disappeared.
"No, I'm here to take this little thing out to eat." Cao Xiangnan said, and took a few steps forward and reached out to pick up the cute little white fox on the table and carried it out.
Holding the little white fox, the man and the fox looked at each other.
"Didn't I tell you not to go into the room?" How come it slipped into the room again when he wasn't paying attention? Cao Xiangnan sighed, carrying the little white fox and walked to the dining room, put it on a table, pointed at the little thing and said, "Wait here, don't move!" The cute little white fox blinked and squatted there.
"Hey, Xiangnan, where did you get such a little thing?" Wang Dahu was amazed to see such a little white fox. He didn't forget how difficult it was to catch such a little thing. He stood up from his seat and walked towards the little white fox. Two big eyes that looked like they wanted to eat people stared at the little white fox.
The innocent little white fox didn't even blink, probably because it was frightened by the big eyes. It squatted there and didn't dare to move. "I don't know, it ran home by itself. Maybe it couldn't find food in the mountains, so it was hungry and ran to my house to ask for food." Cao Xiangnan put some rice in a bowl, put chicken on it, put some vegetable juice in it, and put it in front of the little white fox.
Smelling the fragrance, the greedy little white fox sniffed and walked forward, buried his head in it and started eating.
The bowl was half the size of its body, and its whole head was buried in it.
Wang Dahu stood there and stared at the little white fox with his big eyes for a while, and found that the little white fox was really greedy. It didn't care about him at all when it had food. He walked over and sat down, and continued to drink and eat.
Everyone who had looked over also retracted their gazes. Liu Baishu looked at the little white fox with a bit of inquiry in his eyes, and finally retracted his gaze.
After the meal, there was nothing left on the table, only a little soup, and the chicken heads and bones were poured out to feed the dogs. There was some leftover braised pork, but the big guys didn't like to eat pig's feet and ginger. Only Sun Bailian and Aning ate two pieces each and looked away. There was still a pot left in the pot.
Oh, it doesn't matter, he stewed it for his wife, it doesn't matter whether you eat it or not, the most worrying thing is that everyone likes it and eats it all. After the meal, the dishes were cleaned up and washed, and Cao Gang and the others also went back to the opposite side.
The children at home were handed over to Aning to take care of. Cao Xiangnan went into the house to fetch some water and wiped Qi Wanfeng's body. He applied medicine to the back. When Dr. Luo came, he left medicine for him before leaving. After the medicine was applied, the ears of the person lying on the bed turned red, which made him bite them before stopping.
"Ah..." Qi Wanfeng screamed when his sensitive part was bitten.
"Okay! Turn over." Seeing the person lying on the bed pretending to be dead, Cao Xiangnan put down the medicine in his hand, took the handkerchief beside him to wipe his hands, and turned the person over. When he met Qi Wanfeng's wet eyes, his throat rolled.
He lowered his head and pecked Qi Wanfeng on the lips, threatening him fiercely, "When you get better, I'll get it back with interest!"
"..." Qi Wanfeng's face turned even redder. He felt like smoke was coming out of his face, and glared at his husband.
"Haha..." This made Cao Xiangnan laugh. How could this guy be so cute.
The little brat next to him would sleep when he was full, and eat when he was full. He would also hum when he felt uncomfortable and seldom cried. Cao Xiangnan had to praise him, "What a good child."
"Yeah, very good, easier to take care of than An An at that time." Qi Wanfeng had to agree with his husband. At that time, An An would cry day and night and always needed to be coaxed. This child would sleep when he was full and eat when he was full since he was born. He seldom cried. He would just open his mouth and howl twice without even a tear. The child was
still young and didn't need a bath yet. He wiped his butt, changed into a clean diaper and wrapped the little bird. He slept in the swaddle with his fists covered like a piglet. He wouldn't be moved even by thunder.
After taking care of the big and small in the room, Cao Xiangnan went out to take a bath and changed into clean clothes. It was getting dark outside. The children in the house were all asleep. An'an and Xingxing went to sleep at Aning's place two nights ago. Tonight they went to Aning's place again and refused to go back to sleep.
Anyway, he didn't have to worry about it. With Aning helping to watch over them, he saved himself a lot of trouble.
Thinking of the look his elder brother gave him today, Cao Xiangnan felt disgusted. He thought that when those people from the Cao family compound came in the future, they wouldn't even be allowed to enter the door!
"The little ones are all asleep. An'an and Xingxing went to Aning's place. Xuanxuan and Xiangzi sleep in the same room." When they returned to the room, the man lying on the bed asked about his children, and Cao Xiangnan told him one by one.
"There is some goat milk squeezed out of the house, stewed in a small stove. If the child is hungry at night, you can just bring it back and feed it to him."
"Okay."
The people in the house were talking. A little white fox was squatting at the door outside. Facing the closed door, the fox had a frustrated look on its face. Finally, it went to the sofa in the living room, found a place to curl up and went to sleep.
It was getting dark outside, and stars were twinkling in the sky.
He had been up all night yesterday and hadn't rested today. He fell asleep while talking, which showed that he was tired. Qi Wanfeng was not that sleepy after sleeping all day today. Seeing his husband fall asleep with his head tilted, the corners of his mouth curled up and revealed a smile.
Although her husband never complained about being tired, Qi Wanfeng knew that he was exhausted from taking care of him these days.
Lying in her husband's arms, smelling the familiar scent, she fell asleep in the back.
The child cried twice during the night. Cao Xiangnan would wake up at the slightest movement in the house, get up and feed the child several times. He fed the child once more at dawn, then fell back unconscious and slept until dawn.
"Wa wah wah..." As soon as the child in the house cried, he got up reflexively.
"Knock knock--" Aning woke up early in the morning and went to squeeze and cook goat milk. When he heard the child crying in the house, he went to knock on the door.
He was a person who had taken care of children before, so naturally the children needed to eat at night. The people in the house might not be able to sleep at night, so he got up early to cook breakfast. Although the cooking was not as good as Xiangnan's on weekdays, it would definitely be enough to satisfy the stomach.
The door was opened, and Cao Xiangnan, who came out to open the door, still looked sleepy, but the child was awake, and he woke up too.
"I have cooked goat milk, you can feed the child, and I have also prepared breakfast, porridge and steamed buns. Didn't you say yesterday to stew pig's trotter soup? I've put it down to stew the soup, and Bai Lian and the others are here too." Aning handed over the warm goat milk in his hand and said. Bai
Lian also came early in the morning, otherwise he couldn't handle all these things by himself, and several children also got up, and he had to take care of the little ones.
At this moment, Liu Baishu was in the hall watching a few little ones. The little white fox, who had just woken up, was still sleepy and squatting there, staring at Liu Baishu. Liu Baishu glanced at the little white fox indifferently and ignored it.
"Okay, thank you, Aning." Cao Xiangnan took the goat milk and thanked Aning sincerely.
"You're welcome." After handing the goat milk over, Aning went to work.
After carrying the goat milk back to the room, the person on the bed also woke up at this moment. Cao Xiangnan told him that Aning cooked the goat milk and brought it over. Qi Wanfeng said "hmm" and yawned with his hands covering his mouth. He also heard the child humming yesterday. Even if the sound was very small, he woke up. Both of them didn't sleep well last night.
Cao Xiangnan helped the child urinate, and the child cooperated by urinating as soon as he urinated. After urinating, he put the child in Wanfeng's arms and he was responsible for feeding the child goat milk. "The child is disturbing your sleep in the room. Do you want me to move the child to another room during the day?" he asked.
In this way, at least the person in the room can sleep well during the day? During the day, Aning and Bailian are at home and can help take care of a child.
"No, this is also troublesome. I will be worried if you move the child to another room, and I am afraid that I will be even more unable to sleep." Qi Wanfeng shook her head and rejected her husband's suggestion.
Well, there is no other way!
Raising a kid is really a physical job! Cao Xiangnan now deeply understands this.