Niu Niu knew that the money was in the drawer; he saw his parents put it in.
"Leave it with mom?" Xu Xiangjuan was not sure.
Because her daughter is a money-grubber, once the money goes into her purse, it basically cannot come out, so Xu Xiangjuan couldn't be sure whether Niu Niu was for her to see or just keeping it with her.
Seeing that his mother didn't take it, Niu Niu pointed to the drawer again.
Xu Xiangjuan took the penny, but did not put it in the drawer. She put it in her waist bag first. "Guagua, what's the matter with your penny?"
Niu Niu saw that his mother took a penny, although she didn't put it in the drawer, but put it in her pocket. It was okay as long as his mother took it. Niu Niu stood beside his mother with a well-behaved look on his face.
Guagua: "Niuniu picked it up. Niuniu saw it first. It was another penny. No one was looking for it, so Niuniu took it home. I told Niuniu to wait a while. We can only take it back if no one is looking for it."
Xu Xiangjuan didn't know what to say. One cent... indeed it wasn't much, but in this day and age, two kids could actually pick up one cent. She was very confused.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Guagua, have you ever picked up money and hidden it yourself before?"
Guagua: "No, if I find money and want to hide it, I have to ask my parents before I can hide it."
Guagua wanted to pick up money, but he couldn't.
Xu Xiangjuan: "If your brother picked it up, why didn't you take it away and hide it yourself?"
Guagua: "I didn't pick it up, Niu Niu picked it up. If Niu Niu picked it up, Niu Niu should keep it for himself."
In fact, she was tempted, but she knew her brother had no money, so she gave the money her brother picked up to him for safekeeping.
Today's Niu Niu is still the confident Niu Niu: "I picked it up."
Xu Xiangjuan didn’t know where Niu Niu’s hobby of picking up things came from. Does he always look at the ground when he walks?
"Guagua, you are not allowed to pick up big coins in the future, okay? If you encounter a dime today, don't touch it. A cent... a cent, you can do whatever you want."
Guagua: "If we didn't pick them up, someone else would have."
Niu Niu didn't quite understand what she was saying, so Xu Xiangjuan said to Gua Gua: "Gua Gua, think about it yourself. If you lost a dime and someone else picked it up to buy candy, would you be angry?"
"I'll be angry! What a bad guy who picked up a dime!" Gua Gua simply couldn't stand this assumption and felt really angry.
Guagua was angry and the way he looked at Niu Niu changed. If his younger brother picked up a penny, the child who lost the money would get one less candy.
Niu Niu didn’t know what happened to his sister, and just looked at her cutely.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Don't do this again next time, understand? If you see money, pretend you didn't see it. Don't pick up things on the road. Niu Niu doesn't understand, but Gua Gua needs to understand. You can teach your brother in the future, understand?"
"Mom, I get it, Niu Niu. From now on, you can't pick up things you see on the road. If you find things at home, you should give them to mom and dad, okay?" Gua Gua learned and put it into practice immediately.
Niu Niu said softly, "I know."
"Madam, another bowl of soup here."
"Okay, wait a moment. Gua Gua and Niu Niu, sit here and don't run around. When dad comes back, you can eat with him first." Xu Xiangjuan went to scoop soup for the guests and then came back to talk to Aning about this.
No matter how she teaches her child, she feels something is wrong with this penny.
"Sister, Mom..." As soon as his mother left, Niu Niu started calling her sister. He felt like his mother seemed angry.
Seeing her brother's timid look, Gua Gua comforted him, "It's okay. Mommy wasn't mean to you, and Mommy won't be mean to Niu Niu either. Niu Niu, you're still young. When you grow up and become as old as you, you'll understand."
Guagua is an experienced person.
Niu Niu nodded, seemingly understanding, and sat side by side with his sister watching the guests in the restaurant.
...
Time flies and it’s Chinese New Year.
The small restaurant has renewed its lease with Ding Li's parents, and this year the restaurant will only close on the day before New Year's Eve.
The popularity of the grain base lasted for about three months, but as the Chinese New Year approached, it had basically died down, and most of the visitors were from the county and towns.
Xu Xiangjuan asked Zhou Chengning to put on another sweater and supervised him to put on his coat, "Don't tell me you're not afraid of the cold. It's winter, is wearing more clothes harmful to you?"
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, it's not cold today."
Guagua responded from the side: "Mom, it's not cold."
She and her brother have been wrapped into balls by their mother.
Xu Xiangjuan: "If this is not cold, then what is cold? Now we are in the house, Guagua, you are wearing a lot of clothes, of course you don't feel cold. When we go outside, you will feel bad."
When she went to her grandfather's house today, Xu Xiangjuan wrapped all the children in the house, big and small, into balls before she felt comfortable letting them go out.
Of course she has to wrap herself into a ball, otherwise how can she make the big and small ones obey?
Zhou Chengning had no choice but to follow his lover's words, but he was indeed wearing too much, "Juan, it's a bit tight."
Little Fat Ball Niu Niu: "Dad, fat."
In Niu Niu's eyes, the dad wearing many clothes looks even bigger.
"Niu Niu said that dad is fat, right?" Zhou Chengning noticed that Niu Niu did not have a strong desire to survive.
After letting Aning go, Xu Xiangjuan set her sights on Guagua and put a scarf and hat on him.
Only when he really went out did Zhou Chengning realize that his lover was right.
It's too cold outside.
"Mom." The wind was so cold that Niu Niu's little face turned red.
Before going out, Xu Xiangjuan applied goose oil ointment on adults and children.
"Guagua and Niuniu, come over to your mother." Xu Xiangjuan had foresight and brought an umbrella with her when she went out.
Aning rode a tricycle to see her grandfather, and she and the children sat in the bed.
Niu Niu no longer needs to be held by an adult and can sit in the truck bed by himself, but the cold wind is too uncomfortable and he can't help but call for his mother.
After mom opened the umbrella, Gua Gua and Niu Niu both went under the umbrella.
"Mom used the umbrella to block the wind. Now the wind is not strong."
Niu Niu smiled again, showing his teeth: "Not big."
Zhou Chengning was riding a tricycle in front. It was crowded because he had too many clothes on, but it was not that cold anymore. He was still riding because it was cold today and he would not sweat even when he got to his grandfather's place.
When he arrived at his grandfather's house, Zhou Chengning did the same as he did every time before, moving things first. He slowly transformed his grandfather's thatched house, which has now become a brick and tile house with a stove built in. Although the space looks smaller, it has everything it needs.
Niu Niu still followed his sister's words. Every time his sister or great grandfather said a word, he would follow with two or three words.
Xu Xiangjuan told her grandfather that they would go to Huadu this summer. As they had just arrived in Huadu, they might not have time to come back. If her grandfather had any difficulties, he could go to her parents.
I talked a lot with my parents before the New Year. She will continue to run the small restaurant for a few more months and will finish all the tasks during these months.
"It's better to go to Huadu. Aunt Cheng Ning is in Huadu. You can go to see her then."
Grandpa Zhou was dealing with two little kids surrounding him. When he heard what his granddaughter-in-law said, he thought of his daughter in Huadu.
I don’t know what my daughter had said to her brother before, but my son’s family treated him much better. Although they didn’t interact often, at least they didn’t mock this old man. They would bring him food on holidays, and my grandson would come over from time to time to help him with things, so my life became much more comfortable.
"Grandpa, we will go to look for aunt, don't worry." Their family and aunt's family had correspondence, and every time a letter arrived, he would go to grandpa's house.
Of course, my aunt's letters were not just letters, they also contained other things, which were brought to my grandfather.
Grandpa Zhou was worried about his daughter who was away from home. "By the way, check on your aunt and see if she's doing well. Write to me and let me know."
"I know. You have to pick up the package in person. Otherwise, you don't know where it will be lost."
Grandpa Zhou: "When the time comes, you must talk to the boy who delivered the letter and ask him to send the letter to me."
Xu Xiangjuan said something else, and then followed Aning to cook at her grandfather's house, leaving the two children to accompany their great-grandfather.
Grandpa Zhou was happy that the little kids came over. He was pleased by the little ones' mouths and went to get some candy for the two children.
At home, mother would not give candy to her children unless otherwise specified. It was hard to get candy, so Gua Gua and Niu Niu thanked their great-grandfather for getting the candy.
Xu Xiangjuan asked Zhou Chengning who was washing vegetables nearby: "Aning, do you want to go to the house next door today?"
"No, it's okay."
What has happened in the past has happened in the past, and he will not hesitate to move forward.
"And the children and I, don't worry about me anymore."
After the family had lunch, the two children talked a lot with their great-grandfather and prepared to go back in the afternoon.
Zhou Chengning saw his grandfather taking out money again, "Grandpa, you don't have to give it. Our small restaurant is doing well and we have saved money. Didn't we send you money before? Why are you giving us money again?"
Grandpa Zhou: "When your aunt was young and just arrived in Huadu, she suffered a lot. Grandpa has no ability and no money to give your aunt. Now your family is going to Huadu, so keep the money. Grandpa can't use it."
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