"If it was intentional, when Niu Niu grows up, I will definitely tell Niu Niu about his embarrassing incident today... I'll get you a towel to wash your face." If there were tissues at this moment, I think Aning would have a pile of tissues next to her.
Fortunately, she didn't burst into tears. Xu Xiangjuan knew what this idiom meant. How could her Aning hold back her tears?
Knowing that the focus was off, Xu Xiangjuan hurried to get a towel, and Niu Niu returned to Zhou Chengning's arms.
Maybe because he cried in front of his lover, Zhou Chengning felt that there was something wrong with the way Niu Niu looked at him.
Leaving Zhou Chengning alone in the inner room to think about things, Xu Xiangjuan went to the kitchen to get a towel and to see how Guagua was doing.
When she arrived in the kitchen, Guagua was using a spoon to scoop a little pickled fish soup onto the rice and mix it with the rice. "Mom, where's Dad?"
Xu Xiangjuan took the basin and poured hot water into it. "Dad will be here soon. Guagua, eat first. This is a little spicy. You should eat the cabbage."
The sauerkraut she got from her mother was too sour, so she rinsed it with water several times. Although she added chili peppers, the sauerkraut fish was still slightly sourer. Fortunately, she knew how to control the heat, so the fish meat was still tender and tasted very good.
Guagua: "I know, Baicai, mom, call dad back, I want to eat meat."
Usually it was Dad who found fault with her, but today Dad suddenly ran out while eating, and Gua Gua had no choice but to drink the soup first.
Xu Xiangjuan directly wrung out a hot towel. The water in the thermos was almost gone, so she had to boil some hot water for later use in the evening.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I'm still holding Niu Niu, help me wash my face."
Perhaps it was the nature of being a mother. When Xu Xiangjuan heard her husband ask her to wash his face, her first reaction was to touch Niu Niu's fair and tender face.
After his mother wiped his face, Niu Niu changed from a fair and tender baby to a refreshing and fair and tender baby.
The younger one liked him more and more, and it was the older one's turn. Xu Xiangjuan changed the towel to the other side and wiped Zhou Chengning's face carefully.
Wiping your face is so comfortable, no wonder Niu Niu didn't say anything and called out, "Juan, you want to wipe your face again."
Originally, his wife wiped Niu Niu's face first, and he thought she would not wipe his face anymore, and he felt very disappointed. But after Niu Niu finished wiping him, he wiped his face again, and his disappointed mood immediately improved.
"Why are you wiping your face? It's time for dinner. Guagua is waiting for you to find fault with him." After taking over Niu Niu, Xu Xiangjuan threw the towel to Zhou Chengning, "Remember to wash the towel."
Zhou Chengning: "Well, I'll wash it."
Since sauerkraut fish is made, you naturally have to stew the rice. Eat a few bites of the egg cake to taste the flavor. Rice is the staple food.
Zhou Chengning was already eating his third bowl of rice with the pickled fish. Except for the first bowl which was full, his lover would not allow him to finish the second and third bowls. She only gave him two shovels of rice, less than half a bowl.
Guagua was burping after eating so much, so Xu Xiangjuan asked her to digest while standing.
Even though Gua Gua was full, she was still thinking about the egg cake. She preferred the sweet egg cake to the pickled fish that made her father eat bowl after bowl of rice.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Tomorrow morning, have egg cake for breakfast. Guagua, wash your face and brush your teeth, go to bed early, and you can eat egg cake early when you wake up."
The egg cake can be kept for a day or two. It is not that big actually. She cut it into six pieces and two of them were gone tonight. It can be finished in less than two days.
After hearing what her mother said, Gua Gua immediately went to brush her teeth and wash her face. She wanted to go to bed early and get up early to eat egg cake!
Tonight, Guagua is the first one in the family to go to the inner room to sleep. Her mother, who usually goes there first, hasn't even gone yet, what a little glutton.
Guagua went back to the inner room to sleep. Xu Xiangjuan took out something from her trouser pocket and handed it to Zhou Chengning who was cleaning up the dishes.
Zhou Chengning thought he was hallucinating, "Juan, what is this?"
"This is a fountain pen, can't you tell? It's a birthday present for you. If the pen breaks in the future, tell me and I'll buy you another one." Seeing that Zhou Chengning had no hand free to take the pen, Xu Xiangjuan stuffed the pen into his clothes pocket and went back to the inner room carrying Niu Niu.
The newly bought fountain pen is pure black with a metallic luster. When Niu Niu saw the fountain pen for the first time, he wanted to take it to play with it.
Of course Xu Xiangjuan would not let her son play with it. Firstly, the pen was a gift from her to Aning, and secondly, babies only a few months old were not allowed to play with dangerous things like pens.
So Niu Niu saw it once, and didn't see it for the second time until tonight when his mother took it out.
His mother took him away and he was still screaming.
Zhou Chengning washed especially quickly at night. The hot water was already prepared, so he didn't need to boil it, which saved him a lot of time. He returned to the inner room and opened the bag he brought to work. He took a piece of cloth and carefully wrapped the pen, then put it solemnly in the bag.
Seeing this, Xu Xiangjuan said: "If it breaks, you can buy more. Don't be reluctant to use it."
Zhou Chengning: "I know how to use it, Juan, I'll suck the ink out of the pen when I get to work."
There was no ink at home, so he rarely used a pen except for occasionally writing in his diary. The bottled ink was issued by the school and was kept at school.
Zhou Chengning bought his original fountain pen when he was in college and has been using it for several years. Although the paint has peeled and it is not very smooth to use, he cherishes it very much... Now that his lover gave him a new one, he really wanted to write a few words on it right away, and the feeling of cherishment was immediately transferred.
If the old one is still usable, he will definitely not be willing to throw it away. He will use the new one first. If the new one is broken, he will have the old one as a backup.
For people who write frequently, the meaning of a pen is different from that of clothes and accessories. Zhou Chengning may not be willing to wear new clothes and will keep them after wearing them a few times, but he is willing to give up a new pen and want to write a few words on it immediately.
This is the first pen his lover gave him. He should use it to write, but he should cherish and preserve it even more.
Xu Xiangjuan: "I'm not sure how it works if you suck ink at work. If it doesn't work, tell me and I'll go and argue with you... Can I go to bed now?"
She asked her second sister to bring the pen to her when she passed by the county department store on her way home. Although her second sister did not want money from her, she still gave it to Zhang Da Tuanjie. The pen did not look cheap. If it was not useful, she would definitely wait until the next time she went to the county department store to argue with her.
"I'm here, Juan, wait for me a moment." Zhou Chengning locked his bag in the drawer before going to bed.
Zhou Chengning lay down and Xu Xiangjuan went to turn off the lights.
Niu Niu must have been coaxed to sleep by now. Zhou Chengning knew that at his age, the only thing he needed to do was eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep, and sleep accounted for the majority of his time. If his son didn't talk or make a fuss, it meant he was really asleep.
As for his daughter Gua Gua... Ever since Zhou Chengning was called "buzz buzz buzz" by his daughter, he didn't dare to speak after going to bed.
But it was really uncomfortable not to speak, and he really wanted to tell his lover how he felt today.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't know that her husband was upset and wanted to talk, she just felt that it seemed quite quiet after turning off the lights at night.
Zhou Chengning couldn't help but ask, "Juan, is Guagua asleep?"
Xu Xiangjuan suggested, "I don't know, try shouting."
Zhou Chengning: "Don't shout. Maybe Guagua will fall asleep and be woken up by me."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Then go to bed early. Today is your birthday. I heard that birthday wishes come true. Now close your eyes, think about your wish, and then go to sleep."
"My wish is..."
"Don't say it out loud. It won't work if you say it out loud."
Zhou Chengning was about to express his wish when his lover held it back.
Zhou Chengning: "Oh, okay, Juan, I'll close my eyes now."
Even in the dark, when he couldn't see anything with his eyes open, Zhou Chengning would still open his eyes when talking to Xu Xiangjuan, but now he obediently closes his eyes.
Xu Xiangjuan realized why it was so quiet. It turned out that it was because her father, who was childless, was whispering in her ear after turning off the lights.
...
GuaGua Kindergarten opens on the 18th day of the first lunar month. The teachers at the junior high school where Zhou Chengning teaches have to go back to work on the 13th day of the first lunar month, earlier than the students. The teachers have to come back early to hold meetings and prepare for lessons.
We didn't go to work during the Chinese New Year and had a long vacation. Both students and teachers felt a little lazy when they came back and had to adapt to the pace of work.
On the first day the teachers returned to work, a new teacher also arrived.
The new Chinese teacher is called Hao Man. Her name is quite special and can easily be mistaken for "hao man" (good slow). She joked about her name humorously, saying that she is so slow in everything she does, which is so miserable. However, she also said that the second character of her name is pronounced "wan" (wan).
Hao Man is funny and humorous, and she is also good-looking. Although she is a new teacher, she quickly became familiar to other teachers.
"Hello, Teacher Zhou. I'm Hao Man. This is the chocolate my brother brought me. I'm giving it to you. Please give me your guidance in the future."
Zhou Chengning didn't know if his wife had eaten it before, but he thought she would definitely like it, so he accepted it without hesitation, "My wife likes this very much, thank you."
In fact, all the teachers in the office have their share. There are a few people like Zhou Chengning who say, "My wife loves to eat, my daughter loves to eat..."
Hao Man was surprised, "Teacher Zhou, you look very young."
Zhou Chengning didn't need to say it himself, Liu Liangzhi next to him said it for him, "Teacher Zhou is not young, she is almost 30, her face is tender, and she has two children. She had a hard life before, and her face was thin, but now she looks younger than those of us who are 30."
When talking about Teacher Zhou's young face, the other teachers agreed and said a few words as well.
Wang Qing was particularly impressed by Teacher Zhou's eldest daughter because his daughter kept talking about Guagua after returning home. Teacher Zhou had also told them about her daughter's kindergarten. "Teacher Zhou, Guagua is going to kindergarten. The kindergarten in town finishes early. Will you leave Guagua in the kindergarten or take him back to the office?"
The teaching atmosphere in the town middle school is not that strict. Some teachers bring their children to the office, but the children of the teachers are of different ages, so even though there are children in the office, there are only one or two, not a group of them staying in the office.
Zhou Chengning: "I want to bring Guagua to the office so I can take him home after get off work. I will take half a day off on Guagua's first day at kindergarten."
My lover also came that day, and after making arrangements with Gua Gua, he could ride his bike to take my lover home.
Wang Qing: "Then I'll call Xixi over too, so the two kids can be together. Xixi will be in elementary school soon, and luckily there are kindergartens and elementary schools in town, so the two kids won't be too far away from each other."
Zhou Chengning: "My daughter talks a lot, and I'm afraid that Xixi will become talkative."
Wang Qing: "Xixi has a dull personality. I was just thinking about asking Guagua to take Xixi out and make her more outgoing. But Xixi stayed in the office alone once and said she didn't want to come anymore."
Zhou Chengning: "It's good for the two children to have company. It doesn't take time to pick up my daughter anyway."
The two fathers started chatting about their children and neither of them had time to pay attention to Hao Man who was standing nearby.
It was Liu Liangzhi who said, "Teacher Hao, you are still young. All of us teachers are quite old. There was not a single teacher before you came."
Sun Hui: "Yeah, I didn't expect that there would be young teachers coming to our town's middle school. I thought young teachers wouldn't be willing to come."
"In the past, everyone wanted to be a teacher, and they were vying for it."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, Teacher Liu. The study atmosphere was not as good as it is now. How could students have the heart to study?"
"It is better than before, and more parents are willing to send their children to study here."
The teachers started chatting among themselves. It turned out that there was a generation gap between Hao Man and these teachers with a certain amount of teaching experience. After handing out the chocolates, she returned to her seats.
Hao Man was a new teacher with no previous teaching experience. She prepared her lessons according to the tutorial given by Teacher Liu. Zhou Chengning and Liu Liangzhi attended her first class together.
The principal meant that if Zhou Chengning and Liu Liangzhi were both free during Hao Man's class in a week, they could go to the class together and point out any deficiencies in Hao's teaching.
As for why there are two teachers instead of just one, it is because both Chinese teachers are present and these students have basically been taught by both Chinese teachers, so it won’t be too difficult for the new teacher.
Although Hao Man had no teaching experience, she was quite good at speaking and telling stories. After listening to one class, Zhou Chengning and Liu Liangzhi felt that there was not much wrong with it, so they did not plan to listen to it a second time.
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