Not wanting to lie down anymore, Xu Xiangjuan simply sat down, not caring about her messy long hair.
Seeing that his lover looked lazy, Zhou Chengning took a comb to comb his lover's hair.
After combing his long curly hair, Zhou Chengning was about to put the comb back when he heard Gua Gua Niu Niu's voice calling "Dad" outside.
Zhou Chengning hadn't put down his comb yet when he went to open the door for Gua Gua Niu Niu.
When Niu Niu saw the comb in his father's hand, he knew it was the one his mother used to comb her hair. Everyone in their family had a comb.
Because his hair was messy after being outside, Niu Niu directly took the comb in his father's hand and combed his short hair.
Gua Gua cut his hair to his shoulders some time ago. He just braids it into two braids so he doesn't have to take care of it at all, unlike his younger brother who has to comb his hair.
The two children came back by themselves, and Xu Xiangjuan got up to cook dinner.
"Mom, comb my hair." Niu Niu saw his mother coming out, handed the comb to her, and asked her to comb his hair.
Even though he had already combed his hair, he still asked his mother to comb it again.
Because his mother would comb his and his sister's hair in the morning, and it looked beautiful.
Xu Xiangjuan combed Gua Gua's hair quite carefully. After all, she was a girl, especially one with medium-long hair, so she had to comb her hair neatly to leave a good impression on others.
As for Niu Niu, Xu Xiangjuan was more casual.
Niu Niu's hair is relatively soft and clean, and not too tangled, so Xu Xiangjuan can just comb it a few times and it's fine.
She combed Niu Niu's hair a few times, handed the comb to Zhou Chengning, and went to cook.
The hair has been combed, and Niu Niu is reading a book with his sister.
Zhou Chengning looked at the two children and thought to himself, I really don’t have much time to spend with my beloved.
Even though Guagua Niu Niu went to kindergarten and elementary school, he and his wife rarely had time alone, after all, he still had to go to work.
Eat noodles in the evening.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, prepare more hand-rolled noodles tomorrow. I think there are many customers who want to eat hand-rolled noodles."
Although it is said that northerners love noodles, now at the intersection of two universities, the universities mean that the students and teachers are from different places and their tastes are quite different, but it is certain that hand-rolled noodles sell well.
They buy vermicelli and rice noodles, but make their own hand-rolled noodles.
There was also an auntie who asked if they sold hand-rolled noodles. They really didn't plan to sell them. After all, there wasn't much profit, and they had to hand-roll the noodles to satisfy customers.
Zhou Chengning is now responsible for kneading and rolling the dough. He will do it himself when he is free, and Xu Xiangjuan will be responsible for cutting the noodles.
I make some at home and bring them over, and then I have to continue rolling them in the restaurant kitchen.
"I'll get up early tomorrow to roll the noodles." Today is the second day of his wife's period and she's not in good spirits. Tomorrow, the third day, will be better than the second day, but she's still tired. He gets up early to do the work to save his wife some energy.
Niu Niu, who was being fed noodles by his mother, said: "I get up early too."
Xu Xiangjuan: "What does Niu Niu do early in the morning?"
Although Niu Niu is not as lively as Gua Gua, it is true that Niu Niu gets up earlier than her sister in the morning. Her sister has to stay in bed for a while before getting up, but Niu Niu can get up directly.
Niu Niu: "Work."
Zhou Chengning: "What kind of work do you, a kid, need to do? Just eat well and don't cause trouble for the adults."
Niu Niu: "No trouble, get to work."
Guagua: "Then Niu Niu, you wait for Zhu Zhu in the restaurant and play with Zhu Zhu. I will go to the playground to play with other kids."
"No, I want to go to the playground too."
Zhuzhu is so scary. Without his sister, Niu Niu doesn’t want to stay with Zhuzhu at all.
Zhou Chengning: "You still talk about work, but I know it's just talk."
...
End of July.
"Aunt, you have brought Ping'an here. Sit here, Aning, prepare some herbal tea for you and Ping'an." It was mid-afternoon on a holiday, past mealtime, and there were no customers in the restaurant. Just as Xu Xiangjuan was about to take a nap, she saw her aunt bringing Ping'an here.
Guagua and Niu Niu were playing outside in the morning. It was hot today, and Xu Xiangjuan saw that they could easily cook an egg by cracking it on the concrete floor. So she asked the two children to stay in the restaurant to enjoy the fans, while Niu Niu wrote and Guagua did mental arithmetic exercises.
Guagua Niu Niu also put his pencil case on the table. Mom and Dad are sure that Zhuzhu will not come today.
They never take out the pencil case when Pigsy is around, because Pigsy will pester his own mother to buy one and make a lot of noise.
When they saw their uncle, the two children hurriedly shouted hello and their uncle gave them a pencil bag!
Then, according to what their mother said, the two children called their cousin's mother "Auntie".
Zhou Cunxin: "I've been busy these days. You came to my house before, but Ping'an's father and I were not here. I brought Ping'an here today. I'll be relieved if your family lives well here."
When Zhou Cunxin came to Huadu, life was quite hard. It took him several years to get through it. Now when he sees the restaurant run by his nephew and his wife, he feels quite emotional.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning's classmates are still here to take care of us."
Zhou Cunxin: "I feel relieved that you are the boss. I was busy with work and forgot to come see you earlier."
What Zhou Cunxin said was also from her heart. She had talked with Xu Xiangjuan during the Chinese New Year and knew that Xu Xiangjuan had her own way of dealing with people, so there was no need to worry about not being able to get along in a place where she was unfamiliar with.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aunt, we should have come to see you earlier, but we had to settle down in Huadu earlier, and we were afraid of disturbing you, so we decided to settle down first and then go."
After calling their cousin uncle and aunt, the two children continued with the task at hand.
The two of them took a nap in the small room, and when they woke up they had to get up to complete the task.
Zhou Chengning poured the herbal tea and sat next to his lover.
My husband arranged a table for four for my aunt and cousin. At this moment, my husband and my aunt were chatting face to face, while he and his cousin were silent.
A boy, a man, could not get a word in.
Ping An finished his herbal tea and told his mother that he was going to see Gua Gua and Niu Niu.
"Gua Gua Niu Niu, your cousin is coming over, don't be naughty." Xu Xiangjuan informed Gua Gua Niu Niu, who was sitting at the table for two. After Gua Gua Niu Niu responded that he would not be naughty, she continued talking to her aunt.
Zhou Chengning sat on the side as a background.
Song Ping'an went to see Guagua Niu Niu writing and doing mental arithmetic exercises. Guagua Niu Niu even showed his uncle what he had written before.
All the things I wrote before have been rated, and it seems that it was my cousin who gave the ratings.
His mother said that his older cousin was a very good student and graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is now coming back to work at Renmin University of China and used to be a lecturer at Renmin University of Science and Technology.
As a local who has lived in Huadu since birth, Ping An also knows the status of Huadu University and Renmin University. Before meeting his cousin, he thought that his cousin was a serious scholar, similar to his math teacher, but in fact he was completely different.
His cousin was not as old as he imagined. On the contrary, he was still very young and looked gentle... and easy to bully.
Guagua and Niu Niu are so well-behaved, it must be related to their cousin.
"Guagua only made one or two mistakes. He is very smart." The last time his cousin and his wife came to visit our house, he turned around and asked his mother how old the two children were.
Knowing that Guagua will only start elementary school in the second half of the year, we can see that Guagua is a very smart child.
His parents have been very busy since he was a child and have little time to accompany him. He has to rely entirely on his own initiative to study. Now he is in junior high school and his academic performance is okay, but he can still recall the torture of oral arithmetic training in the first and second grades of elementary school.
It seems that Guagua is not averse to mental arithmetic training. If he really studies hard in the future, he will definitely be ranked first or second in the class.
"I'm smart too." Niu Niu gave his writing exercise book to his uncle, meaning that his uncle should look through it and praise him for his intelligence.
Because there are two children in the family, no matter what the food is, as long as the two children are there, they will have a share. Especially Niu Niu, who has grown up a little and knows some things, but is still a child, so even when he is praised for his cleverness, he and his sister share a share.
"I have known how to write for a long time." Gua Gua said this calmly and continued to do mental arithmetic exercises. After finishing, she could talk to her cousin and show him the bookshelf in their house.
Song Pingan: "Yes, Niu Niu is also smart. He writes each word differently, which is amazing."
The word "one" can have various forms.
Ping An flipped through the pages several times. In addition to giving scores, his cousin also wrote comments. Almost all of them said - the handwriting is ugly. The handwriting of other children is all the same, but Niu Niu's handwriting is ugly in many different ways.
Niu Niu simply thought that his uncle was praising him, and a smile appeared on his chubby face. He and his sister were both smart.
Ping An wasn't sure whether Niu Niu understood the comments written by his cousin, so he asked Niu Niu what was written on them.
It turns out there are characters that adults don’t know. Niu Niu was very happy to explain to his uncle: “Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful… They are all beautiful, and this is Niu Niu.”
Niu Niu even knows the two words Niu Niu. His chubby little hand specifically pointed out the two words Niu Niu and showed them to his uncle.
"Do all good-looking people look different?" It turns out that Niu Niu even knows the two words Niu Niu.
Niu Niu was very confident: "Yeah! They are all good-looking."
Well, for the character Niu Niu Yi, he wrote many characters Yi with reference, and some of them even added little creativity, so it is normal for Niu Niu to have this kind of thinking now.
Ping An was both amused and confused: "Yes, they are all good looking. Niu Niu is really a great kid."
Gua Gua was not disturbed by his younger brother and finally completed today's task. After finishing the mental arithmetic exercises, he took his uncle to look at the bookshelf.
My sister had finished writing. When Niu Niu saw my uncle following my sister to the bookshelf, he hurriedly wrote without paying attention to his usual quality. After quickly finishing his writing, he slid off the chair and trotted to my sister and uncle.
He also wants to introduce books to his uncle.
This is the adults' table.
Zhou Cunxin: "Are you going back for the New Year this year?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "I went back. Things were going better in Huadu than I expected. It was also my first year away from home. I was planning to go back for the Chinese New Year."
Zhou Cunxin: "Ping'an's father and I are usually busy, and we rarely go back to our own home during the Chinese New Year. Can your family take Ping'an back with you to celebrate the Chinese New Year this year? Let Ping'an meet his grandfather."
When I went back the year before last, I knew that my father was not living well at home, so I handed over the work to a colleague and went back to my hometown for a few days.
There is no normal rest in their job. They have to be wherever they are needed.
Although her current position is not low, she is still busy. She can sit in the office all the time without doing anything, with a big belly, and she has already collapsed.
Xu Xiangjuan: "It will be fine if we take Ping An with us. Auntie, have you told Ping An?"
She could also imagine that her aunt was busy and might not have time to spend the New Year with her family, so she thought they were asked to bring something for grandfather... but it turned out to be their grandson.
Song Pingan heard what his cousin said: "Cousin, I know, I'm going to visit my grandpa during the New Year. My parents are not at home, and I don't have anything to do. I can go back with your family, as long as you don't think I'm a burden."
"Ping'an, we don't think you are a burden. Guagua and Niu Niu are the burdens." Zhou Chengning, who had been silent for a long time, started complaining about his daughter and son as soon as he opened his mouth.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Yes, Guagua and Niuniu are the burden. Just go back with us, Ping An."
Since Ping'an had agreed, Xu Xiangjuan continued talking to her aunt.
"Uncle, what does 'burden' mean?" Gua Gua simply thought it was not a good word.
Niu Niu couldn't even pronounce the word "encumbrance" and said, "Uncle, what do you mean?"
"It's just a compliment." Ping An still chose to fool him.
Fortunately, Guagua and Niu Niu were not that entangled. Guagua asked: "Where does my cousin and grandpa live?"
When he heard that his uncle was going to visit his grandfather, Gua Gua asked curiously.
Guagua doesn’t know what to call relatives now. When she meets relatives and elders, her mother tells her how to call them.
The two little kids and a teenager were all whispering to each other, but the adults didn't pay attention to what they were saying.
How did Song Ping'an know where his grandfather lived? Usually his mother was responsible for sending things, and the post office was not far away. But he thought about the generation and felt that the two children might know: "My grandfather is your great-grandfather."
Guagua: "Great Grandpa! I know where Great Grandpa lives. I will take my cousin to see him when the time comes."
Niu Niu: "I know that too!"
Both kids are very active.
Song Ping'an praised the two children for being so awesome and made an appointment with them to take him to see his grandfather.
After chatting for a long time, a customer came to buy cold noodles, and Xu Xiangjuan asked Zhou Chengning to mix a bowl for her aunt and cousin as well.
Zhou Chengning is very happy to do something if there is something to do. It is too uncomfortable to just sit there.
Zhou Cunxin: "No need for cold noodles, we will be leaving soon."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Let's eat before we leave. My aunt has come to our restaurant, so we need to sit for a while and eat something. My aunt is usually too busy. It's not easy for her to come here, so we can't just leave right away."
My aunt also came with gifts today. You can’t let people just give something and leave. Ping’an knew to give gifts to the two children.
There was nothing to give away at home, so I had to treat my aunt and cousin to a bowl of cold noodles.
Aning was busy dealing with three bowls of rice by herself, so Xu Xiangjuan asked her cousin Ping'an, who was still listening to the two children talking, to sit at his mother's table and eat cold noodles later.
My cousin’s wife quickly went into the kitchen. Ping’an had no choice but to say goodbye to the two children and go back to sit with his mother.
The entire bookshelf has been played with by the two children, Gua Gua and Niu Niu. Since their uncle is not around, the two children think it is boring to stay by the bookshelf, so they simply go back to continue doing mental arithmetic and writing practice. If they write one more day's worth of work, they can play for one more day.
Liangpi tastes very good, especially in summer, it is very addictive.
In order not to disturb the mother and son who were eating cold noodles, there happened to be other guests coming over, so the couple simply entertained the guests.
After eating half a bowl of Liangpi, Song Pingan said to his mother: "Mom, can I come here by myself in the future?"
He is already in the second grade of junior high school. Unlike when he was in kindergarten and the lower grades of elementary school, he did not have as many playmates. Now he only goes out to play with his classmates occasionally and usually stays at home.
I spent half an afternoon there today and found the restaurant quite fun, especially the two children were very interesting.
Zhou Cunxin: "Your cousin and his wife are not narrow-minded people. You can come whenever you want. They won't mind. If you eat in a restaurant, just tell Grandma Qin next door."
Because she is busy, Zhou Cunxin seldom cooks for her son. Although her son cannot be said to have grown up eating at many families' homes, it is almost the same. He now eats at Grandma Qin's house next door.
If her son wanted to come to his cousin's restaurant, she certainly wouldn't stop him.
"I'll tell Grandma Qin."
...
The couple saw off their aunt and cousin. Zhou Chengning returned to the restaurant and said to his wife, "Juan, the last time I went to my aunt's house, it was very nice. There was even a TV. If Ping An goes back with us, will he dislike our home?"
He really didn't think Ping An was a burden. Ping An was taller than his wife and was a big boy. He didn't need to be as worrying as the two other kids. But he was afraid that Ping An would dislike their family.
There is only one bed at grandpa's house, so Ping'an can't live with grandpa. He must be arranged to live at their house. Although their house is more spacious than grandpa's, how can I get used to it after living in Huadu since I was a child?
Xu Xiangjuan: "Don't think too much. We just happen to have a small room for Niu Niu at home. Ping An will definitely get used to living in that room alone without anyone else."
As for Niu Niu, let him fall asleep in the crib first.
Zhou Chengning: "That's good... Juan, when Ping An comes to the restaurant next time, how should we entertain him?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "No need to treat them specially. I think Ping An is mostly talked to by Guagua Niu Niu when he comes. We can give Ping An the same food that Guagua Niu Niu eats. Anyway, we don't abuse the two children usually. We always give them good food and drink."
Seeing his lover so calm, Zhou Chengning's uneasy mood gradually disappeared.
Ever since he learned about his aunt's position, he became more nervous about her family.
Although he knew that his aunt's family would not make things difficult for them, he was still a little afraid.
After being comforted by his lover and seeing new guests coming, Zhou Chengning went back to work with peace of mind.
...
"Who is that little boy outside?" Guan Qian asked Xu Xiangjuan in the kitchen.
After all, Guan Qian is a high school teacher, so she can roughly estimate the child’s age.
I know the boy who plays with Guagua Niu Niu... no, now he plays with Guagua Niu Niu and Pig Pig is not very old.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Cousin, our aunt's son."
Guan Qian guessed which aunt it was: "It's your aunt's son. This little boy is incredible."
Xu Xiangjuan was cutting noodles: "You don't have to joke around. Anyway, our aunt is quite busy. Ping An usually stays at home alone. It's not so boring to come to the restaurant."
Guan Qian: "Yeah, it's not boring, there are three kids to chat with."
Xu Xiangjuan: "If our Guagua didn't know how to take care of children, I would definitely go crazy with three children."
Guan Qian: "Isn't this the noisiest kid? This one is enough to drive me crazy. Guagua and Niu Niu are both quiet."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Pigs are quite noisy."
I didn’t see what the pigs would look like when they really got upset, but later I saw it and realized that it could drive adults crazy.
Piglet is not making a fuss now. When he was just brought home by his mother, he saw a strange brother and thought he was trying to steal his older siblings. Piglet was very repulsive to this strange brother.
But when his brothers and sisters asked him to call the strange brother uncle, Zhuzhu did not object to being transformed from a strange brother to a cousin because of their seniority.
Guagua and Niu Niu think that since they all call Ping'an uncle, Zhuzhu is younger than them, so he must call Ping'an uncle.
Ping An somehow ended up taking care of three children.
Zhuzhu and Guagua Niuniu are not the same type of children. They are both completely naughty, but there are tricks to make them obedient.
I figured out the method used by Guagua, and it was also a good idea to bring Zhuzhu along safely.
Piggy: "Cousin, I'm Piggy."
Niu Niu corrected: "It's not cousin pig, it's cousin uncle."
Zhuzhu knew that his uncle was an adult, almost the same as his parents, but he couldn't pronounce the word, so he pronounced it as the most familiar word, "pig".
Aren’t they very similar? Uncle and cousin pig are just one word.
As soon as Niu Niu corrected him, his naughty nature came out again and he shouted, "It's a cousin pig!"
Niu Niu: "Uncle! Not a pig."
Pig: "Pig! Not uncle!"
It turns out that Zhuzhu can pronounce uncle. Ping An: "I am cousin uncle, not cousin pig. Isn't pig a pig?"
"Yes! Pigs are pigs!"
The child was making a lot of noise, so Yin Yue could of course hear the noise: "Silly child, I get a headache just hearing this pig."
Zhou Chengning put away the dishes and comforted Yin Yue: "When you grow up a little bit, you won't call yourself a pig anymore."
Piggy: "I'm Piggy."
"Yeah, I know you are a pig." Gua Gua used to love his little brother Zhu Zhu very much, but after the little brother's naughty nature was exposed, Gua Gua really couldn't love him anymore.
It’s good enough that you don’t dislike it.
The noodles were already cut, and after listening to Guan Qian's words, "What? Are you and Yin Yue still going to take the kids out to play?"
Guan Qian: "Yes, I didn't want to take the pig with me, but it would be a nuisance wherever I put it, so I decided to take it with me. We want to go further north to play."
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's pretty good. It's not that hot further north. It's cooler. If it's fun, Aning and I will take the kids there."
Guan Qian: "It's really not fun to take care of a child, but there's nothing we can do. The child is our enemy from our previous life, and he has reincarnated to seek revenge in this life."
Xu Xiangjuan: "I can't even offer to help you take care of your child. My own child still needs to be taken care of. He's well behaved, but he's really young. You heard the two kids arguing outside, right?"
Guan Qian: "I used to want Guagua and Niu Niu to smoke my piglet and turn him into a quiet child. Now I think it was too naive. I hope Guagua and Niu Niu will not be harmed by my piglet."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Guagua is fine, but I'm really worried that Niu Niu will become a troublemaker. After all, Niu Niu is the only one who is willing to argue with Zhu Zhu."
"Yeah, it's frustrating."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Why are you worrying? Let's make an appointment to go shopping for clothes and leave the kids alone."
Guan Qian: "Okay, we haven't been shopping for a long time."
When she heard Xu Xiangjuan's words, she was immediately moved.
Zhou Chengning had just brought in all the dishes and was about to start washing them, so Xu Xiangjuan started chatting with Guan Qian about other things. Only after he finished washing the dishes and left did Xu Xiangjuan continue the previous topic with Guan Qian.
"My Aning will be going to work soon. You think I won't look uglier than a schoolgirl when I dress up? I'm wearing a skirt. I want to buy another skirt. Summer is almost over. I have to catch the tail of summer. I can wait for him to get off work occasionally. I can't embarrass him."
Guan Qian: "Why are you embarrassing yourself? You are so pretty, much better than the female students who don't know how to dress up now, okay? Oh, if I were a man, it would be great, you come to our high school and wait for me after get off work, I will definitely be very proud to have such a beautiful wife."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Don't brag about me, I'm almost flying into the sky... After all, I'm not a junior high school kid anymore, I'm an adult now, I think I need to dress up more."
Although she knew that her daughter Aning was not a philandering person, she was still nervous that some girl would approach her on her own initiative.
After all, Aning is so attractive no matter how you look at her, or maybe it's because her lover sees beauty in everything.
Guan Qian: "You need to dress up more. You are so beautiful, and I have rarely seen you dress up."
Xu Xiangjuan: "You are also very beautiful, but I usually don't wear makeup when I cook. It's uncomfortable."
I only go without makeup when I cook, and at most I get up early and apply some skin care products.
Guan Qian: "You have to be in the heat often. Like me, I still wear makeup when I go to class, but not so much. I just wear makeup to liven up my spirits."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Yes, makeup can boost your spirits, but it can also cause great damage to your skin, so you have to protect your skin well."
Guan Qian: "I heard the department store has a new moisturizing cream, I'll go check it out then."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay."
The two women made an appointment like this.
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