In winter, Niu Niu wore thick clothes and his father didn’t hit him hard, so the beating didn’t hurt him. It was just because his father was tall that he was further away from the sweet potatoes.
Xu Xiangjuan was confused: "He wasn't clamoring for sweet potatoes just now, what's wrong now?"
Zhou Chengning explained: "Niu Niu probably thought we would bring him sweet potatoes, but after waiting for a long time and not getting any, he decided to do it himself."
The little kid knows how to do things by himself and has enough food and clothing, which is worthy of praise.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Just put it on the ground. The gown is dirty anyway and I'm still wearing shoes."
What I mean is that even if he falls down, it’s okay, because the little one is wearing so many clothes and is just a fat little ball, so it won’t hurt.
After listening to his lover's instructions, Zhou Chengning put Niu Niu, who was still coveting the sweet potatoes, on the ground.
Niu Niu, who suddenly fell to the ground, forgot about the sweet potato and held tightly onto his father's hand.
Zhou Chengning didn't grab Niu Niu's chubby hand, he just let Niu Niu hold it as a balance point.
Niu Niu felt that holding his father's hand was too tiring, so he simply hugged his father's legs.
The picture of the little fat ball hugging his father's long legs is quite healing, but the little fat ball has a cruel mother.
Xu Xiangjuan left her son alone and went straight back to the kitchen.
When Niu Niu saw his mother leaving, he let go of his father's legs for a moment and wanted to chase after his mother, but then he gave up and held his father tightly.
It's safer to hold on to dad's legs.
Seeing that his son could stand, Zhou Chengning felt that he had made great progress. He pulled his son's hat down a little to make sure his little ears wouldn't get frozen off, and stood outside with his son for a while longer.
During this time, Xu Xiangjuan went back to the shed to get some vegetables and chicken and went to the kitchen to blanch them and stir-fry the meat for lunch. Niu Niu called her mother, and she stopped to say a few words to Niu Niu, then ignored Niu Niu and went back to the kitchen to cook.
Although it is cold outside, it is warm near the stove, so there is no need to worry about the baby getting cold.
Lunch was ready. Xu Xiangjuan came out and called Zhou Chengning to eat. Then Zhou Chengning picked up Niu Niu and went to the kitchen.
The little guy stood outside for a while and felt a little tired, so he came down and had his meal.
Guagua and grandpa were still staying in the shed. Wu Caifeng brought them food and ate in the shed with her granddaughter and her husband.
Wu Caifeng was worried about leaving a guest inside. Although Xiao Li was a trustworthy person, there was no guarantee that other guests would come in when her family was not around.
There are vegetables and meat in the shed. What if they are stolen?
Gua Gua had a great time eating lunch in the shed, and talked to his grandparents about a lot of things that happened in kindergarten.
Because in the winter, the shed was renovated to look like a small house, with windows left, and no fire was lit inside, so there were basically no safety hazards.
One more table was added, making a total of three tables. The place was spacious enough for walking.
Xu Xiangjuan was eating in the kitchen with Zhou Chengning and Niu Niu.
Niu Niu’s rice was cooked separately and made soft before being given to him, with some diced chicken.
"Juan, let Niu Niu stand for a while longer next time. Look, now that he's standing, his appetite is much better." Zhou Chengning ate with big mouthfuls, not forgetting to pay attention to Niu Niu who was also eating with "big mouthfuls".
Fat Niu Niu slammed the table and continued eating. He felt that his father was saying bad things about him.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Niuniu can understand some words now, so be careful with your words."
Zhou Chengning: "What I said is also for the good of Niu Niu."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Niuniu doesn't know that you are doing this for his own good."
"Juan, eat some meat." Zhou Chengning picked up some meat and gave it to his lover.
Xu Xiangjuan ate the meat that Zhou Chengning gave her and continued to feed Niu Niu. She would eat after Niu Niu was full.
Before they finished eating, Guagua went to the kitchen to pass on the message: "Mom, there are guests coming. They want to eat spicy hot pot. Three servings."
Xu Xiangjuan had just fed Niu Niu lunch and took a bite herself. Then she listened to Gua Gua and put down her bowl and chopsticks.
My daughter probably meant that there were three guests, and she had to go and see.
Gua Gua follows his mother.
Xu Xiangjuan did not forget to remind Guagua: "Don't run right after eating, understand?"
Guagua: “I understand, Mom.”
Seeing his mother and sister leave, Niu Niu, who was originally standing on a chair, also walked a few steps, but felt that he was about to fall, so he immediately ran back and continued to hold on to the chair.
Zhou Chengning took the bowl in his hand and used chopsticks to put the remaining few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth. After finishing his own meal, he put his lover's rice and the remaining dishes in the pot to heat them up.
After frying the dishes, the iron pan has been filled with several ladles of water. The residual heat makes the water steam. Put a steamer in it, put the food on it, and then cover the pot to keep it warm.
After preparing the meal, Zhou Chengning carried Niu Niu outside.
“The dishes are quite fresh and the variety is quite complete.”
Wu Caifeng replied to the mayor's wife: "They are fresh. My daughter doesn't sell the old vegetables and eats them at home."
Xu Gensheng and Wu Caifeng both knew the mayor. They had met before when they were eating cold noodles. Later, Xu Gensheng stayed in the fields all day, and the mayor also came to the fields to help and talked to him for a few words.
It was obvious that they were a family. The mayor came with his wife and son who was about ten years old.
It was really difficult for the two of them to go out, and they were relieved only after their granddaughter ran out and called their daughter.
Xu Xiangjuan came into the shed and said, "Do you want to eat spicy hot pot or hot and sour rice noodles? For spicy hot pot, choose from here. The bottom one is meat, and the top one is all vegetarian."
When her daughter came over, Wu Caifeng cleared away the dishes that Xiao Li had eaten, wiped the table with a rag, and went out.
Zhou Chengning had just carried Niu Niu outside the shed when he heard there were guests inside, so he didn't carry Niu Niu in and just stood outside.
Ding Li: "How much is Malatang?"
"The vegetarian ones are 50 cents a pound, and the noodles and vegetables are the same price. The meat on the bottom is 1.20 cents a pound. After you pick them out, we'll cook them."
Ding Li called her son, "Linlin, come here. Pick whatever you want to eat. Oh, is there any rice?"
The men and sons in the family love to eat very much. If the daughter had not stayed with her grandmother, and had gone home and then came here on the way, she would definitely want to eat too, because she is the only one in the family who likes noodles.
"Yes, rice is 1 cent a bowl. How many bowls do you need?" I had just cooked a pot of rice for lunch, and was planning to use the rest to make porridge or fried rice at home. If someone wanted to buy it, I would just sell it to them.
Ding Li: "Two bowls please. Liang Gao and Lin Lin love to eat."
The mayor's name is Tong Lianggao.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay, bring the rice over when the spicy hotpot comes."
Ding Li and her son were picking ingredients for spicy hot pot. Tong Lianggao didn't say anything. While his wife and son were picking ingredients and discussing what they liked to eat, he waited for a while and finally joined in.
There were some disagreements over coriander. The little boy Linlin didn't like coriander, so they put a special basket for it. But his parents liked it. In the end, his mother Ding Li coaxed her son by saying that she and his father would take the coriander away. Only then did the child accept the idea of adding coriander to the basket.
Ding Li picked up another half basket of hand-rolled noodles and said, "Can you cook a bowl of this noodles for me?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "Sure, there are a lot of vegetables in the other basket, you can cook them separately and add some in."
The mayor's family had both meat and vegetarian dishes, and there were three people eating, so the total cost including rice was three yuan. After paying, Xu Xiangjuan took the ingredients to blanch.
"Uncle, how much are the sweet potatoes?" While his parents were sitting there talking, little Tong Jianglin went to the sweet potato stall outside to ask the price.
The stove hasn’t been heated yet, but the sweet potatoes that were baked earlier are being kept warm.
Zhou Chengning was standing outside holding Niu Niu. When he heard the child's question, he put Niu Niu on the ground. Niu Niu quickly hugged his father's legs. Zhou Chengning, who has a Niu Niu brand leg pendant, replied: "The small one is 10 cents, and the big one is 20 cents."
"Uncle, give me two sweet potatoes." Tong Jianglin took out two cents from his pocket and gave it to Zhou Chengning.
"Okay, two for you." Zhou Chengning put two small sweet potatoes into small paper bags and handed them to the children.
Tong Jianglin brought two small sweet potatoes into the shed, gave one to his father, and shared one with his mother.
After the little customer bought the sweet potatoes and went in, Zhou Chengning picked up Niu Niu, who was looking at him eagerly, longing to be held by his father.
Guagua came out of the shed and announced something: "Dad, I'm going to play with Miaomiao this afternoon. Dad and grandpa will take care of the restaurant."
Zhou Chengning: "What time do you want to go out to play?"
"Three o'clock in the afternoon." Gua Gua just came to inform his father in advance.
Zhou Chengning: "Be careful when you go out and go home early."
Guagua went back to the shed like a little adult: "I know, Dad."
"Well, let's go in." Zhou Chengning carried Niu Niu into the shed.
Put Niu Niu next to the chair and Zhou Chengning went out.
Mom and Dad were determined to let Niu Niu walk by himself, so Niu Niu relied on his last bit of stubbornness to move to his grandfather's side and asked his grandfather to pick him up and put him in the chair.
Xu Gensheng seemed to understand his daughter and son-in-law's thoughts. His grandson was almost one and a half years old and it was time for him to learn to walk. However, he was not a determined parent after all. He did not persist for long and finally carried his grandson to sit in the chair.
Niu Niu sat in his chair, feeling a lot more relaxed, and waved his little arms to express his happiness.
The spicy hot pot for the mayor's family is ready, and Xu Xiangjuan and Wu Caifeng bring it in together.
The rice bowl is not a small bowl, it is the bowl for adults in the family to eat. Adults and children use the same bowl.
There were no customers for the time being, so Wu Caifeng continued to stay in the shed to eat. Her meal had already gotten a little cold, but because there were customers, and they were the mayor's family, she had made a big deal of three yuan, so even though the meal was cold, it tasted much better to her.
After greeting the guests, Xu Xiangjuan went back to the kitchen to eat her lunch.
Zhou Chengning was struggling for a long time, but he still stood outside guarding his sweet potato stove.
"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke." Ding Li had just picked up a small bowl of spicy hot pot for her son. There was no cilantro in it, and her son went straight to eat the potato noodles in his own bowl without even eating the rice.
There was not much potato flour in the bowl, and it was not very thin. Little Tong Jianglin did not even hold it firmly and stuffed it directly into his mouth. It was hot and slippery.
Tong Lianggao was a little more polite when eating than his son. He put the blood tofu and coriander on his rice. The tofu absorbed the broth very well and had a rich aroma, which went especially well with rice.
After Tong Jianglin finally ate slowly, Ding Li started to eat noodles. After a few bites, she asked her son, "Linlin, can you finish your meal? If not, share some with mom and dad."
Little Tong Jianglin hesitated and thought about it.
Although the spicy hot pot was delicious, I couldn’t finish the rice by myself, so I decided to share it with my parents. The spicy hot pot was enough for me.
Ding Li asked for another empty bowl. The previous empty bowl was a small bowl from the big bowl of spicy hot pot for Lin Lin, and now it was a small bowl of rice from Lin Lin's bowl for herself.
The spicy hot pot was so delicious that she couldn't help but want to eat more. Her son shared the rice with her, and she also picked up a few chopsticks of noodles and put them into Linlin's bowl of spicy hot pot.
She picked up some noodles for her son, then picked up some noodles for her husband, and the family shared them.
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