When Zhou Chengning returned to the restaurant, he received a warm hug from Niu Niu.
After putting the bag away, Zhou Chengning picked up Niu Niu and said, "Did you do something bad and were afraid of being scolded by your mother, so you asked your father to intercede for you and your mother? Forget about asking your father to intercede. Your father is already showing mercy by not spanking you."
Niu Niu felt that his father thought too badly of him: "I didn't do anything bad."
"Niu Niu didn't do anything bad. He just misses his dad because his dad is not at home." Xu Xiangjuan was making dumplings with Gua Gua. Gua Gua said he wanted to eat dumplings in the evening, so she started making dumplings. It happened that the restaurant had the ingredients, so she bought the dumpling skins at the nearby market and made the dumplings.
We made celery and pork stuffing in the evening. There was no meat grinder, so Xu Xiangjuan spent quite a long time chopping it herself. Aunt Zhao was busy with the restaurant work, and Gua Gua had to deal with the cashier work first.
Guagua has always gotten full marks in math. Now he can recognize cents, dimes, and tens of yuan. He can remember the prices of each dish and has no problem collecting money.
They waited until Aning was about to come back before starting to make dumplings. She gave some dumpling stuffing and dumpling skins to Aunt Zhao to take home and make dumplings. Aunt Zhao had already left and the restaurant was closed, leaving her family to cook dumplings.
Zhou Chengning: "Miss dad?"
"Yeah." Niu Niu did not deny it. After saying that, he felt embarrassed and hugged his father's neck again and lay on his father's shoulder.
Zhou Chengning held Niu Niu and sat down: "When Niu Niu goes on winter vacation, Dad will be more free, and I will accompany Niu Niu then."
Xu Xiangjuan moved quickly. While Niu Niu was talking to his father, she had already wrapped four or five dumplings: "Aning, go boil some water later. When the water boils, it will be almost time to put the dumplings in."
"Are these little buns made by Niu Niu?" Zhou Chengning noticed a few "dumplings" that were different from the others.
The dumplings made by my wife were cute and plump, not broken at all and arranged neatly. Gua Gua imitated the dumplings made by his mother. Although they were not very plump, some had broken skins, some had too little filling and were deflated, but none of them were in the shape of buns.
"Yes, my mother said it looks good." Niu Niu thought it was very good when he was making it, but when he looked at what his mother made, he felt that what he made was not that good.
But his mother said it was good, and he also thought it was good, but not as pretty as his mother's.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Yeah, it looks good."
"Put it in boiling water later, and the skin will fall apart." Zhou Chengning certainly didn't dare to say that his lover was lying with open eyes.
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's okay. Dad can eat some even if we spread out. Dad likes the buns made by Niu Niu the most."
The name was temporarily changed from dumplings to buns.
Niu Niu was originally made in the shape of steamed buns.
Zhou Chengning: "Dad likes to eat the dumplings made by mom the most."
Guagua followed his father and confessed: "I like eating the ones my mom makes the best, too."
Niu Niu followed his father and sister and confessed: "I like to eat the ones my mother makes the best, too."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Same filling, same skin, no difference in taste, how can I have a favorite... Even if I like it, I can't eat too much, because it's easy to feel full."
Guagua: "Did Dad hear that?"
Zhou Chengning: "Dad is different from Guagua Niu Niu. Dad is an adult and is not afraid of overeating."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Dad, don't overeat. Eat according to your usual amount."
Whatever dad says, mom can immediately slap him in the face.
Dad was angry but dared not say anything.
...
When they woke up in the morning, Mom and Dad Gua Gua San looked confused and watched Niu Niu folding the blanket.
Niu Niu was the first to wake up. He had a very regular sleep schedule and was not a lazy kid. So when he got up in the morning, he pulled up the blankets that covered him and his father and folded them.
Zhou Chengning woke up when Niu Niu pulled the blanket off him. He didn't know what year it was or what Niu Niu was doing.
Xu Xiangjuan and Gua Gua woke up shortly after Zhou Chengning, both of them looking at their son/brother folding blankets with confused faces.
It was Xu Xiangjuan who first reacted: "Niuniu has to go to kindergarten, so the job of folding the blankets will be left to mom."
Niu Niu took the time to answer his mother: "Very soon."
Xu Xiangjuan didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment. She looked at the time and it was still early, so she went back to sleep with Gua Gua.
It was a bit cold without a blanket in the early morning, just the fan was blowing. Zhou Chengning saw that it was still early, so he decisively took back the blanket his son was folding, spread it out to cover him, and stuffed Niu Niu back into the blanket: "Sleep a little longer, sister and mother are sleeping, Niu Niu, wait until mother and sister get up before folding the blanket, then I'll fold it for you."
Hearing that the blankets had been folded for him, Niu Niu was satisfied and stopped making a fuss. He lay down obediently, waiting for his father, mother and sister to wake up.
After everyone in the family woke up, Niu Niu, who had not taken a nap, started to fold the blankets.
"Why does Niu Niu suddenly want to fold the blanket by himself?" Zhou Chengning brushed his teeth and washed his face and went to see that Niu Niu was still folding the blanket.
Niu Niu is small, and he has to run from one end to the other to fold the blankets. He looks very busy.
"Don't stop Niu Niu from folding. Our Niu Niu is sensible and knows how to help mom with work. Gua Gua is also sensible and can help with the restaurant's business."
You can’t praise one without praising the other.
"Juan, a loving mother often spoils her child."
Xu Xiangjuan patted Zhou Chengning on the back and said, "A loving mother often spoils her child. Is that normal? If the child is willing, let him do it. Niu Niu folds blankets more neatly than his father. Niu Niu, let's fold one and let Dad fold the other. Let's go brush our teeth and wash our faces."
"Mom, I'll be done soon, Dad will fold the rest." What Mom said must be right, Dad was talking nonsense.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay, Niu Niu, take your time. Mom is going to make breakfast now... Dad will come and help."
Niu Niu has always insisted on taking his time to do a job, so a blanket can really take a long time to fold, and the folded effect is as if the blankets are piled together into a ball.
No matter how ugly the pile looks, my mother will always say it looks good.
Zhou Chengning felt that his wife's way of education was problematic. Just as he was about to criticize Niu Niu, who had a chubby face and a smile on his face, his wife pinched his waist and the words he was about to say were choked in his throat.
Seeing Zhou Chengning's expression was not right, Xu Xiangjuan knew that he was going to be childish again, so she pinched his waist, and after pinching him, she smiled and praised Niu Niu's stick. She also took Niu Niu to brush his teeth and wash his face: "Dad, fold the remaining one."
Zhou Chengning had no choice but to fold the blankets reluctantly.
...
"Zhou Chengning?" Du Yue called out uncertainly.
Zhou Chengning had just finished class and was about to go home when he heard the sound and looked towards the source of it.
Du Yue: "It's really you."
"Yeah." Zhou Chengning nodded politely with a distant expression.
After so many years, Du Yue still found it hard to let go when he saw Zhou Chengning again: "You teach at Huazhong University? Jie Gan is now an associate professor at Huazhong University."
I didn't expect that today, when I had the time and mood to wait for my husband, I would meet someone I haven't seen in many years.
"I'm not teaching at Huazhong University. I have to pick up my child. Sorry, I'm leaving first." Zhou Chengning came to Huazhong University after get off work today to attend two classes. He didn't want to pick up his child. He didn't want to talk to Du Yue, so he simply made an excuse to leave.
"What's wrong?" Not long after Zhou Chengning left, Weng Jiegan came downstairs and saw his wife in a daze and asked.
"I saw Zhou Chengning." Du Yue did not hide it.
Zhou Chengning is someone both he and his wife know.
Weng Jiegan, who was staying in a teaching building, had seen Zhou Chengning several times. "He is now a teaching assistant at Renda University. He passed the postgraduate entrance examination at Huadu University. He just came to Huadu University to attend classes. He has been in his hometown for many years. When he came to Huadu University, he had to start all over again."
When meeting an old friend, Weng Jiegan can find out the other person's current situation with just a little inquiry.
Du Yue felt much better when she heard that Zhou Chengning was not doing well. She took Weng Jiegan's arm and said, "Even if he didn't start from scratch, he certainly won't do as well as you."
Weng Jiegan: "That can't be said. After all, he had excellent academic performance in college and chose to work at Renda. It's hard to say what his future will be like. It's a pity that he has wasted these years."
Du Yue knew that Zhou Chengning's family was poor. Not only did she know, but all his classmates knew: "The sorrow of the poor."
Zhou Chengning returned to the restaurant and received another warm hug from Niu Niu.
"dad!"
Zhou Chengning refused without waiting for him to speak: "What's wrong with Niu Niu? No."
Xu Xiangjuan served the meal and said, "Dad said no more, Niu Niu, don't look for dad. Mom is free, and I will accompany you."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, what's the matter?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "Niuniu Kindergarten has an activity the day after tomorrow morning, and parents are required to accompany their children to participate. It is a game. You still have classes the day after tomorrow, so I will accompany Niuniu when I am free. Niuniu wants to be with his dad."
"Niuniu really wants dad to be with you?"
"Um!"
Xu Xiangjuan: "I'm afraid that mom doesn't have the energy to hold Niu Niu and play games, so I need dad to accompany me."
"Bad boy, you treat dad as a tool."
Niu Niu had this thought in mind, but his mother said it bluntly: "Dad won't go, so Mom and I will go together. Mom is not strong enough, and I am strong enough."
Xu Xiangjuan: "No matter how weak my mother is, she is stronger than a cow."
"The day after tomorrow is a rest day, and I have classes, so it's really not convenient to ask for leave."
There are indeed only a few classes scheduled for graduate courses, but if he were working, maybe he could find time to go.
"And I'm here, Niu Niu. Sister will go play with you too." Gua Gua has never been to Niu Niu's kindergarten, so he can go and take a look during this day off.
"Okay, mom and sister will go with me. I don't want dad." Niu Niu is a little bad boy. He was missing his dad just now, but now he immediately abandons his dad. He doesn't even want his dad to hold him. He tells his mom and sister about what activities there are in the kindergarten.
Niu Niu hadn't run a few steps when his father picked him up and spanked him again: "Bad Niu Niu, you always have a purpose for asking dad to hold you."
"No!"
"Nonsense, there is obviously a purpose every time."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay, hurry up and prepare to eat. If you don't want to eat, Guagua and I will finish eating."
Niu Niu: "Mom, sister and I will eat it. Dad won't eat it."
"Bad niu Niu, I won't give you any food. I'll starve you to see if you behave yourself."
Xu Xiangjuan and Guagua ate their own meal and ignored the childish father and son.
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