"Juan, even if big bones are cheap, they are still more expensive than vegetables. We can't waste them." Zhou Chengning was still chewing the big bones stubbornly.
There was not a bit of meat left, but the bones were too hard, otherwise I would have eaten them too.
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's up to you. You can't do this when you go out to eat."
Zhou Chengning: "It's definitely not like that outside. I only gnaw on the bones that you, Juan, haven't gnawed cleanly. I don't gnaw on Guagua and Niu Niu's bones."
Xu Xiangjuan put away the dishes and chopsticks: "Stop it, you're making me sound like a two or three year old... Hurry up, I'll wash the dishes with you and go back to the inner room. Niu Niu is a little kid and will get scared if he doesn't see his parents for too long."
The heavy rain continued to fall. After cleaning up the kitchen, Zhou Chengning asked Xu Xiangjuan to go back to the inner room first while he checked the doors and windows again.
Xu Xiangjuan returned to the inner room and found Niu Niu still sitting in his little bed playing with toys.
When he saw his mother coming, Niu Niu called her mother and stretched out his little arms to ask her to hug him.
Because she didn't think that she would need an umbrella to go from the kitchen to the inner room, Xu Xiangjuan was inevitably drenched in the rain. She couldn't hold Niu Niu before changing her clothes, so as to avoid Niu Niu getting sick.
Children have weak immune systems. Xu Xiangjuan said softly to Niu Niu, "Mom will go change her clothes and hold Niu Niu later."
After finding some loose clothes and pants, Xu Xiangjuan went to the outer room to change.
"Juan, why don't you go to the inner room?" Zhou Chengning had just come in from outside and hurriedly closed the door to prevent the rain from entering.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Change into your sleeping clothes. After I change, you can change too. Your clothes and pants are soaked."
When Zhou Chengning heard about changing clothes, he said, "Juan, change later."
"What are you waiting for?" Xu Xiangjuan looked at Zhou Chengning as he went into the inner room, puzzled.
When he took out a ball of red, Xu Xiangjuan knew what it was.
Zhou Chengning's obsession with skirts: "Juan, please change into a skirt."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay, then go in quickly."
She was in a good mood today and didn't refuse.
Zhou Chengning remembered that his lover took a long time to change her skirt last time: "Juan, please change quickly, I will change too later."
Xu Xiangjuan: "I understand. Let's go in."
The second time she wore this skirt, Xu Xiangjuan was too lazy to tie the belt into a bow to show her waist, so she simply left it loose and pulled the belt off.
When Niu Niu saw his mother wearing brightly colored clothes for the first time, he liked them immediately and kept calling her mom.
Zhou Chengning had already changed her skirt when her lover changed it.
Xu Xiangjuan simply pretended not to see the bare-legged man... Not to mention that his legs were indeed very long, and even though he had no pants to show off, they were still straight.
So when Guagua is not in the inner room, you don’t treat her as a woman or a member of the opposite sex, right? It’s annoying to see my long bare legs waving in front of her.
After taking a few quick glances, Xu Xiangjuan prepared to hug Niu Niu as if nothing had happened.
Zhou Chengning picked up Niu Niu before his lover did, "Juan, you are wearing a skirt, you can't hug Niu Niu, Niu Niu will not only grab your skirt, but also your hair."
"oh."
Xu Xiangjuan went to comb her hair. Niu Niu was sensible now and would not wave his chubby hands to hit his father, but he did not want to be held by his father. He wanted to slide out of his father's arms and crawl to find his mother.
How could Zhou Chengning let Niu Niu succeed, so he simply picked up his son and walked away, ready to coax him to sleep.
He can only do things with his lover after his son falls asleep.
The rain outside was making a loud noise. In the future, Xu Xiangjuan still preferred to stay at home on rainy days, but now that it was raining, she was more worried.
There have been howling winds these days and it rained today. Not only can we not do business, but our family is also suffering.
Not only did Niu Niu not fall asleep, but he became even more awake, making sounds and expressions asking for help to his mother.
Xu Xiangjuan was amused and had no intention of saving Niu Niu. Niu Niu was too awake and not sleepy at all. Zhou Chengning simply put him in the crib, shocking both mother and son.
"Aning, what are you doing? Put me down now!"
"When the city gate is on fire, the fish in the pond are also affected. Juan, who told you to laugh at me?"
"Who's laughing at you? I'm laughing at my son." Xu Xiangjuan wisely didn't mention it because she was afraid that Niu Niu would hear her nickname and realize that her mother was putting the blame on him.
Niu Niu didn't know what was going on. He watched as his father suddenly picked up his mother in the same manner as he was hugging him. Niu Niu, who was only a few days over a year old, didn't know whether to look for his mother or his father, and didn't make a sound for a while.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I want to teach Niu Niu a lesson, you just cooperate with me."
Xu Xiangjuan was puzzled: "How do you want to educate Niu Niu? You can educate Niu Niu, why should I cooperate?"
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, cooperate with me and don't have any objections."
"Okay, I'll cooperate with you and let you hug me for a while. I'll let you get tired and see if you still want to educate Niu Niu." Fortunately, the skirt is loose enough, otherwise it would be so embarrassing.
Zhou Chengning said nothing more and walked with his lover in his arms.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't know why, but she felt sleepy inexplicably. Despite the initial discomfort, she later asked Zhou Chengning to lift her skirt higher and hold her tighter.
She was sleepy, but felt like she was going to fall at any moment and wanted to be held tight.
Zhou Chengning followed his lover's idea, lifted him up, and hugged him tightly. He waited until his lover felt comfortable before looking at Niu Niu.
Niu Niu finally reacted and called out for his mother.
Zhou Chengning: "Niuniu doesn't want dad to hold him, mom wants dad to hold him. It's no use for you to call mom, Niuniu."
Xu Xiangjuan heard the conversation between the father and son: "Don't hold me, I want to sleep."
"Juan, don't sleep yet, we still have to..." Everything is said without words.
"Okay, I understand. Go and get Niu Niu to sleep."
She was indeed afraid that her skirt and hair would be damaged by some evildoer.
Zhou Chengning picked up Niu Niu again. Perhaps Niu Niu had lost something before, so he knew how to cherish it and began to study the magic of his father's arms.
Patting his father's shoulder, Niu Niu moved over like his mother had just done.
Zhou Chengning's original intention was not to educate Niu Niu, he just wanted to hug his lover, but he didn't expect that the hug would actually work for Niu Niu.
Niu Niu would never lean on his shoulder unless he was sleepy. It must be him who indirectly made his son obedient!
Once Niu Niu cooperates with his father, he quickly falls asleep. Once he falls asleep, his father puts him in the crib.
Zhou Chengning turned off the lights. This night it was impossible to ignore the violent storm outside.
As her man's breath approached, Xu Xiangjuan pushed him away, "Wait a minute, I'll change my skirt. Don't make it wrinkled."
Xu Xiangjuan had already taken her man's short-sleeved shirt, took off her skirt and underwear, and put it on without caring about the front, back or inside of the short-sleeved shirt.
Perhaps it was because the wind and rain outside were too loud, so the couple was more indulgent than usual.
...
Xu Xiangjuan nestled in Zhou Chengning's arms: "It will rain for a few days. By then the water will be above my calves."
She was telling the truth. She remembered that this typhoon did last for several days. It rained heavily in the first one or two days, and then it rained lightly. It lasted for four or five days.
Hearing his lover's words, Zhou Chengning was distressed: "It would be bad if the furniture at home was soaked and ruined."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Why would I worry about furniture? Everyone's furniture will be damaged. The weather is bad and children are fragile. What if they get sick?"
In their previous life, Guagua and Niu Niu were not sick, but she was worried, especially Niu Niu. He was just a little baby and she took good care of him, so he had delicate skin and tender flesh. She didn’t want him to get sick.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, you are also delicate. I am worried that you will get sick. The weather is cold these days, so you should wear more clothes."
Xu Xiangjuan was not convinced: "Who are you calling weak? I have a healthy body and great strength. I have never had a serious illness since I was a child."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, you don't have much strength, it's like you don't have any bones in your body."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Compared to you, it's really not that big."
"Juan, did you feel comfortable just now? I felt very comfortable."
"...You're not feeling well. You can go to bed now." Normally, she couldn't tell the truth when her man said this.
Although it was comfortable, it was not comfortable.
"Juan, go to sleep. It's raining so hard outside. I remember when I lived in the staff dormitory of the town middle school, that place leaked when it rained. It was not as good as our home. Our house is sturdy, doesn't leak, and it's big." Zhou Chengning recalled the situation when he first started working.
Zhou Chengning is tall, and the school staff dormitories are relatively small. It is uncomfortable enough at normal times, and even more uncomfortable when it rains. He has to put a basin on the bed to collect water. The roof is always in trouble, and the school is not very dedicated to the dormitories. Other teachers still go back home to live, but he is the only one who needs a dormitory.
At that time, curled up on the small bed in the dormitory, Zhou Chengning comforted himself that life would get better and better in the future and he would definitely be able to live in a house that didn't leak.
Now the wish has really come true.
Xu Xiangjuan had been to Zhou Chengning's dormitory once. Although they met through a blind date and got married not long after dating, he did take her to his dormitory.
She was already Zhou Chengning's girlfriend at that time, so she had no psychological pressure to go to his dormitory. Although the dormitory was clean, it was too small.
There were two beds in one room, with barely enough space for someone to walk in between. She felt it was too small even though she was not tall, let alone her own man who was so tall that the top of his head almost touched the wall, making it difficult for him to stand up straight.
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's still the most comfortable to live in our own home."
Zhou Chengning: "Yeah, it's the most comfortable. It's also comfortable when it rains."
"It's uncomfortable when it rains." Many things can't be done, clothes can't be dried, and people will have a damp smell after raining for a long time.
"Heavy rain is uncomfortable, light rain is comfortable."
"Yes, it's best to do it the next night. This way it won't affect the next day and there won't be drought in the summer."
After Xu Xiangjuan finished speaking, she also laughed. What wonderful thing was she thinking about?
...
The rain didn't stop until the fifth day. Xu Xiangjuan didn't rush to set up a stall to sell cold noodles. She still had to tidy up the house and make sure there was no water on the ground.
"Mom, can I go find Miaomiao today?" Guagua stayed at home on the rainy day and didn't go out. Of course, he couldn't go out. Now that the weather was finally clear, he wanted to go find Miaomiao to play.
Zhou Chengning lifted the manhole cover and was relieved only after making sure that the water level had slowly dropped. He would check the well water every day wearing a straw raincoat. On the two days when it rained the most, the water even reached the wellhead, which was very scary.
It was not the usual clear water, but yellow water mixed with mud. The water level gave people the feeling that the well did not seem that deep. These days he had been keeping an eye on Gua Gua and told him not to get close to the well.
Fortunately, his wife thought of asking him to fetch water into the water tank in advance, otherwise how would they have survived the next few days? The well water was so dirty.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't want her daughter to go, but she said, "Okay, be careful on the way, don't dirty the new shoes that mom made for you... Aning, how's the well water, have you gone down?"
"Juan, it's gone, but it's still yellow and can't be drunk."
Hit the snake at its most vulnerable part. Gua Gua was hit by his mother at that part. Looking at his clean little shoes, he gave up looking for Miao Miao and waited until the ground was dry before going.
Not only did he not go, Gua Gua also changed into the old shoes he had been wearing in the past few days.
I wore these new shoes today when the sun came out, but it was a waste.
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