Liang Guiying first cooked the porridge, mixed it with bran to feed the chickens, and then went to water the vegetable seedlings she had planted the night before. When she turned around and saw the chicken droppings all over the yard, she frowned and put the chickens back in their cages.
The twenty-odd chicks squeaked and squawked under the tree after eating the rice, leaving droppings everywhere. Liang Guiying temporarily put them back in their cages.
Let's put planting vegetables aside for now and build the chicken coop first.
This house is so beautiful, it would be such a waste to get it dirty. Every year is at the age of exploration and learning, she even wants to taste the poop to see if it's salty or not. What if she grabs it and puts it in her mouth to eat?
Liang Guiying swept away the chicken droppings and then rinsed them carefully with water.
After finishing all that, she figured Zhou Xiaonian should be awake by now, so she scooped out a bowl of fresh porridge, made a raw egg porridge, then washed some dried radish, cut it into small pieces, and stir-fried it with ginger and lard.
Just as she brought breakfast to the table, she heard a noise upstairs. Presumably, Zhou Xiaonian had woken up. Liang Guiying covered the breakfast with a dishcloth and then hurried upstairs.
The little girl was about to get out of bed when she heard footsteps, and she was so frightened that she crawled under the bed.
Liang Guiying rushed in and grabbed her, saying quickly, "Niannian, why are you crawling under the bed?"
The little girl closed her eyes and didn't struggle, she just cried: "Don't hit me! I've been good every year, and if Grandma doesn't hit me, I'll be good every year, waaaaah..."
Liang Guiying's heart skipped a beat. She hugged the little girl tightly and coaxed her softly, "Grandma chased away Fourth Aunt. Grandma won't hit Niannian anymore. Grandma likes Niannian. Grandma will give Niannian candy..."
After some comforting, the little girl calmed down. She hugged Liang Guiying's neck, her face still wet with tears, and said, "Grandma, don't hit Niannian."
"Yes, Grandma doesn't hit Niannian, Grandma likes Niannian... Is Niannian hungry? Grandma will make egg porridge for Niannian."
"I'm hungry," the little girl said, rubbing her tummy. "I'm hungry every year, let's have some egg porridge!"
Liang Guiying raised Zheng Fangshu in a very rough manner. After seven months, she let him eat on his own. After that, she carried him to the edge of the field and let him climb and play by himself, since he needed to earn work points.
Now that she probably doesn't need to earn work points anymore and has money in her pocket, it's also because Zhou Xiaonian is fair-skinned and delicate, so Liang Guiying can't bear to raise her using the same methods she used to raise her son.
She taught the little girl to brush her teeth and wash her face, her voice always hushed: "We want to be white and fragrant every year."
The little girl mimicked her voice as she washed: "White and fragrant."
At breakfast, Zhou Xiaonian finished all the porridge by herself, and Liang Guiying praised her generously: "Niannian is really amazing, always number one!"
The little girl puffed out her chest in praise: "Grandma, I see chicks every year!"
"Let's look at the chicks first, and then Grandma will take you to the market to buy groceries, okay?"
"good!"
Liang Guiying found a hat for Zhou Xiaonian to wear, then found a baby carrier to carry the little girl on her back before heading out.
The little girl is almost two years old and has hardly ever left the airport's living area. Today, on Liang Guiying's back, she swung her little legs the whole time, both excited and curious. When we got to the market, she wanted to touch everything she saw.
The little girl was fair-skinned and had big, bright eyes that would make anyone who saw her stop and tease her.
After buying the vegetables, Liang Guiying looked around and saw some vegetable seedlings and melon vines for sale, so she bought some as well.
Liang Guiying also found that there were people selling wolfberry leaves, but they didn't look like the ones she grew at home.
Back in her hometown, she grows thorny plants, only picking the tender shoots to make soup. She generally doesn't eat the leaves. She boils goji berry stalks with dog liver greens and snails together to make a common herbal tea in the village, which is good for clearing heat and detoxifying.
The goji berry plant in front of me is about half a meter long, with no thorns on its stem, and its leaves look tender and fresh.
Liang Guiying hadn't tried it yet, so she bought some.
On her way back, Liang Guiying passed by Uncle Zhong's department store and remembered Zhou Xiaonian's old plush toy, so she went in and bought two new ones.
Aunt Zhong refused to accept her money, so Liang Guiying's face darkened: "Aunt Zhong, feelings are feelings, and accounts are accounts. They can't be mixed up, otherwise even the deepest relationship will fade away."
Aunt Zhong sighed helplessly, "You're such a petty person... Fine, I'll take it then. Oh, Niannian, you look so beautiful today!"
The little girl was a little shy, but she told Aunt Zhong very seriously, "Grandma, buy me new clothes."
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