On May 2nd, Zhou Chengning sent her daughter to kindergarten as usual.
As usual, after leaving his mother's sight, Gua Gua asked his father about his mother's birthday and buying a skirt for her.
Even though it was his lover's birthday, Zhou Chengning still chose to keep it a secret from his daughter until his lover found out.
After watching the adult and the child leave, Xu Xiangjuan went back to take care of the vegetable garden.
In April, I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, winter melons, and rapeseed. When the harvest comes, the vegetable garden will definitely be packed.
When tidying up the vegetable garden, the main thing is to check for pests and then remove the weeds. After tidying up the vegetable garden, Xu Xiangjuan went to see if Niu Niu had woken up. Niu Niu usually wakes up at this time.
Niu Niu was still asleep when she entered the inner room, but after a while, Niu Niu woke up.
Change diapers, wash Niu Niu's face and brush his teeth, and feed Niu Niu rice porridge.
After eating the rice porridge, Xu Xiangjuan put Niu Niu in the crib and washed the bib that Niu Niu had taken off.
Niu Niu didn't make any noise after eating, and waited for his mother to come back and give him a small toy.
If it's just the mother and the child at home, the younger one doesn't need to eat normal meals. Xu Xiangjuan will eat the same thing she had in the morning as at noon.
After washing the bibs and hanging them up to dry, Xu Xiangjuan sat under the eaves at the outer door of her house holding Niu Niu. She gave Niu Niu two small toys and he could play with them for half a day.
While her son was playing, Xu Xiangjuan just sat there in a daze. She was too busy in her previous life, and when she got older she traveled everywhere. Traveling is not as easy as working. Now that she has the free time but no conditions, it is nice to sit at home and be in a daze.
I was in a daze and saw Zhou Chengning coming home. I was dazed for a moment. It was already afternoon?
"Juan, I'm taking leave and going home."
When Xu Xiangjuan heard Zhou Chengning asked for leave, she stood up holding Niu Niu and asked with concern: "Are you feeling unwell? Did you get hurt anywhere?"
When his lover picked up Niu Niu, the toy in Niu Niu's left hand didn't hold firmly and fell down. Zhou Chengning picked it up and put it back in Niu Niu's hand.
Zhou Chengning: "No, I just asked for leave."
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's okay to ask for leave if you're tired from work. You should rest. You can't just focus on making money and ignore your mood... What do you want to eat for lunch?"
Zhou Chengning knew that he had to eat longevity noodles on his birthday. Last time, his wife cooked longevity noodles for him. "I want to eat egg noodles for lunch."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay, okay, you hold Niu Niu for a while, and I'll go make lunch."
Holding Niu Niu is much more tiring than cooking. The little guy keeps moving when he is awake. Not only does he move by himself, he also wants to interact with his mother.
When she was in a daze, Niu Niu would occasionally use a small toy to talk to her in babbling language. She had to cooperate with him and would only continue to daydream until Niu Niu was satisfied.
Xu Xiangjuan could understand the father's behavior of asking for leave. Over the years, he had asked for leave twice, to get married and to go to the county town. Everyone would be tired. Moreover, now he works six days a week and has one day off, so a day goes by in a flash.
When it was almost time, Xu Xiangjuan went to cook, and Zhou Chengning held Niu Niu and made a fire. The weather was getting hot, so while he was making the fire, he fanned Niu Niu with a palm-leaf fan.
When Niu Niu saw the palm-leaf fan, he couldn't help but want to play with it and didn't even want the small toys anymore.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, take Niu Niu to the inner room. Don't stay here. Children can easily get prickly heat from being stuffy. I'll call you to eat when the noodles are ready."
"Then I'll take Niu Niu back to the inner room first." The fire could still burn for a while, so Zhou Chengning didn't say much and carried Niu Niu out of the kitchen.
After leaving the kitchen, Zhou Chengning did not go directly to the inner room. Instead, he turned a corner and went to Gua Gua's small room.
Niu Niu was holding a palm-leaf fan in both of his little hands. When he saw his father holding a bag in his left hand, he stretched out one of his chubby little hands to grab the bag, but his other hand couldn't hold it tightly, and the fan fell to the ground.
Suddenly a palm leaf fan fell to the ground, Zhou Chengning was almost frightened, and scolded Niu Niu, "Bad boy, what good will it do you to scare your dad?"
Zhou Chengning quickly picked up the palm-leaf fan and walked quickly into the inner room.
He went to the inner room and put Niu Niu on the small bed. He took out the skirt he had folded in the morning and unfolded it. There were creases but no wrinkles, which did not affect the appearance. He put the skirt back and hid it in his quilt.
Seeing Niu Niu stuffing the palm-leaf fan into his mouth, Zhou Chengning quickly took the fan back, gave Niu Niu a small toy, and concentrated on fanning Niu Niu.
Xu Xiangjuan was boiling water in the pot when she found Niu Niu's toy still in the kitchen, so she took it back. "Niu Niu's toy hasn't been taken back yet. The water is about to boil, and the noodles will be ready soon. Put Niu Niu on his bed first."
Seeing his lover turning over the quilt on the bed, Zhou Chengning's heart almost jumped out of his throat.
"Don't let Guagua hide his socks in the quilt in the future. Even if they are clean, they cannot be hidden. There will always be one sock missing when he wears it all day, and he will always be looking for the other one." Xu Xiangjuan put Guagua's socks away and left the inner room.
The quilt was already very thin, and if my lover turned it inside again he would see the bag and he almost got discovered.
The couple was eating. Xu Xiangjuan saw Zhou Chengning put another sunny-side-up egg into her bowl. "Don't put it in my bowl. It's specially for you. I have one."
She didn't really like the way of beating eggs into noodles. At home, most of the noodles were topped with sunny-side-up eggs. Today, she put two eggs in Aning's bowl, but he just kept putting them in her bowl.
"Juan, eat more eggs. I'm full with just noodles. I'll have one." Zhou Chengning finished a sunny-side-up egg in two bites. After finishing the sunny-side-up egg, he began to concentrate on eating noodles.
Xu Xiangjuan had no choice but to accept the extra sunny-side-up eggs and slowly finished two of them before eating the noodles.
She doesn’t like sunny-side-up egg in instant noodles very much. She always puts it on the lid as a decoration and starts eating the sunny-side-up egg when the meal starts.
After the couple finished lunch, Xu Xiangjuan brought Niu Niu's rice porridge to the inner room and fed Niu Niu, while Zhou Chengning stayed in the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Washing dishes is very painful because I am afraid that my lover will find out something.
"The weather is getting hot, and food cannot be stored. Eat as much as you cook. Keep it for two meals at most. If you are not full, I will make you some more." Xu Xiangjuan said to Zhou Chengning when she saw him coming back.
Niu Niu can still sit against the fence of the crib for a long time, which makes it much easier for her to feed him.
The busy little Niu Niu couldn't concentrate on eating the rice porridge. When he was playing with his toys, he was distracted by eating the rice porridge his mother fed him.
"I understand, Juan." Zhou Chengning walked into the house in his big slippers, and then took a palm-leaf fan to fan Niu Niu.
With his parents serving him, Niu Niu had a comfortable lunch.
After feeding Niu Niu lunch, Xu Xiangjuan washed the bowl and spoon, and told Zhou Chengning, "Aning, carry Niu Niu to the big bed. He needs to play for a while before he can take a nap."
Zhou Chengning responded by carrying Niu Niu to the big bed. After his lover left, he talked to Niu Niu, "You don't know how to be considerate of your mother. You still need adults to play with you. Can't you sleep by yourself?"
Of course it is best to complain about the Niu Niu behind your lover's back, but in front of the Niu Niu, since the Niu Niu cannot speak anyway.
Niu Niu ignores his dad and concentrates on playing with his toys. Just because he ignores his dad doesn't mean his dad won't continue to complain.
Zhou Chengning talked a lot and stopped only when he heard the noise outside.
The task of accompanying the child was handed over to the mother, while the father was fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan beside her.
After Niu Niu fell asleep, Zhou Chengning took out the bag that he had been holding quietly in his hand and handed it to his lover.
"Huh? What is this?" Xu Xiangjuan had never seen this bag before.
Zhou Chengning said in the usual tone, "Juan, this is for you, you can take a look."
Xu Xiangjuan opened the folded paper bag and saw the red fabric inside.
When I shook it out, it looked like a skirt.
skirt? ? !
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I bought this for you, try it on."
Xu Xiangjuan was speechless for a moment. She had never worn a red skirt even once in this life or the previous one, whether it was due to subjective or objective reasons.
What to do? She doesn't want to wear this skirt.
Seeing his lover staring at the skirt in a daze, Zhou Chengning thought that his lover was touched. "Juan, today is your birthday. I bought you this skirt and wrote you a letter. I am not good at speaking and I can't seem to say so many nice things in front of you, so I wrote it in the letter to you."
Xu Xiangjuan: "I don't like to read the nice words in the letter."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, let me read it to you, you should change into your skirt first."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Why, do I have to put on a skirt before I can listen to you read the letter?"
Zhou Chengning quickly denied, "No... Juan, that's not what I meant."
"I'll go change. Okay, stop talking to avoid waking up Niu Niu... I'll change in the outer room, you're not allowed to come out." Xu Xiangjuan held the skirt and picked up the comb and the only palm-sized mirror in the house.
I wonder if wearing it will look like wearing a red sack.
Men shouldn't be allowed to choose skirts.
Xu Xiangjuan went to the outer room and closed the door connecting the outer room and the inner room.
...
"It doesn't seem that ugly." After changing into a red dress, Xu Xiangjuan muttered softly.
The skirt has short sleeves, reaches mid-calf length, and has a fabric belt to hold the waist, which is pinned to the skirt.
She adjusted her belt and tied a bow at the back of her waist. She was quite skilled at tying bows. Even though it was at the back of her waist, she could still feel how well it was tied with her hands.
She had been hesitant about wearing this skirt.
Red is not a easy color to wear. Just for tying a bow, she hesitated whether to tie it on her abdomen or on her lower back. At least tying it on her abdomen can cover her tummy, but tying it on her lower back seems to show her waistline better. If she slightly tucks in her stomach, her tummy won't be visible.
Her hair became messy when she changed clothes, so Xu Xiangjuan let down her long hair which she usually tied into a big braid.
Because of braiding her hair every day, her long black hair is still curly and can barely be considered as subtle wavy curls.
She didn't really want to braid her hair, but all the women with long hair in the village, young and old, wore braids. Even if they changed their hairstyle, they would still start with braids.
Xu Xiangjuan looked in the mirror and felt that she looked better with her hair down and should put on some makeup, as her lips looked a little dull in the red dress.
The black slippers on my feet don't match the shoes at all, but the floor at home is dirty and I definitely can't go barefoot. Fortunately, I have fair skin and collarbones, so, well, not bad, they look pretty.
Xu Xiangjuan's concept changed quickly, and she even turned around in small circles outside, with her long hair and skirt rippling as she turned.
Xu Xiangjuan was admiring herself in the outer room while Zhou Chengning was suffering in the inner room.
Why is there no movement at all? Isn't putting on a skirt quick? Why is it slower than my lover's usual body wiping?
It would definitely be unrealistic to ask him to urge her. His lover can go into the inner room whenever she wants.
But why did you stay outside for so long? Was it because the skirt was hard to wear?
I remember that when I was washing the skirt, I seemed to have washed a belt. I usually used a rope to tie the pants. Although Zhou Chengning didn’t understand why the skirt had a belt, he knew that it was probably similar to the rope used to tie pants?
Or maybe the skirt and pants are different, and your lover doesn’t know how to wear them.
The lover doesn’t know how to put on the clothes, and he doesn’t know how to put them on either. Should he ask his lover if he needs help?
After all, there is strength in numbers, and we can always find a way to wear a skirt.
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