"Dad!" Niu Niu shouted.
Zhou Chengning was cruel: "It's no use calling dad, mom won't let me."
Niu Niu is no longer the little ball in the crib that can do nothing but turn over.
He stood up by himself, but soon fell back onto the soft quilt.
Niu Niu doesn't have the ability to run around like his sister Gua Gua. It takes courage and strength for him to just stand up.
Although Dad said Mom wouldn't let him, Niu Niu still called Mom, trying to get her to come in.
Xu Xiangjuan heard Niu Niu calling for his mother and went into the inner room: "Why is Niu Niu calling for his mother?"
Niu Niu stretched out his finger, which was hidden in his sleeve and could not be seen, and pointed outwards.
Xu Xiangjuan pointed outside and said, "Do you want your mother to carry you outside?"
"Yeah!" Niu Niu understood, his mother knew he wanted to go out.
Xu Xiangjuan couldn't say no to her son's soft voice: "Aning, take Niu Niu out."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I just brought the baby back. Niu Niu wants to play in the snow like Gua Gua."
The little kid is so weak, how could he go out? When he was a child, he was sick on a snowy day and felt very uncomfortable. If Gua Gua hadn't been wearing many clothes and was not smart, he would not have let Gua Gua go out.
Niu Niu is chubby and silly.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Carry Niu Niu to the outside shed. I'll move the chair over later."
Zhou Chengning was surprised: "Juan, are you still selling spicy hot pot today?"
The Malatang business is very good. When there are many people, all three tables are full. When there are no other places for customers to sit, they move their family tables over.
Every adult in the family knows how to blanch food now, including his father-in-law, mother-in-law and himself.
What I want is that when my lover is out doing other things, there is still someone to do the work at home.
Xu Xiangjuan has to go out. You have to go out to do business, and if you don’t go out, where will you get the ingredients?
Many times, I would go out to buy groceries with my mother, leaving my father-in-law and son-in-law at home to look after the business.
They don't go shopping at mealtimes, but there are also customers who don't come at mealtimes.
Some customers come simply to eat a bowl of spicy hot pot with clear soup, and the father-in-law and son-in-law can handle it and know what it means.
It’s snowing today, so only the kids who can’t stay at home run outside. Who would want to go out?
Xu Xiangjuan: "Well, it's best to have guests, and we can warm ourselves up. It's okay if there are no guests. It just so happens that Niu Niu wants to watch the snow and play in the snow. The height of the window in the shed allows Niu Niu to stand and lean on the window to watch the snow."
There are guests even on snowy days, and yesterday the guests were discussing the snow, and asked if we would be open if it snowed today.
She said yes, but not too early, and would open closer to lunchtime.
The windows in the shed are relatively large and low, so Niu Niu can stand on the chair and stick his little head out to look at the snow outside.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I'll move Niu Niu and his chair out."
He can hold Niu Niu in one hand and carry a chair in the other.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Then I will move the chairs for the guests first."
After assigning the tasks, Zhou Chengning picked up Niu Niu again, and when he went out to the outer room, he picked up Niu Niu's chair which was placed in the outer room.
Zhou Chengning kept walking under the eaves until there was no eaves anymore, then he walked into the snow. Niu Niu immediately screamed with joy and waved his two little arms.
Zhou Chengning was about to be defeated by Niu Niu, so he put a chair next to the window and let Niu Niu stand on his own chair, which also had a fence. Seeing that Niu Niu was indeed leaning against the window to watch the snow, he went out to move the table and chairs.
Because of looking at the snow, Niu Niu forgot that he couldn't stand for long.
Xu Xiangjuan told her parents yesterday that if it snowed this morning, they could come if they wanted to, or come later if they wanted to, not too early.
It was snowing in the morning and it was Guagua who came running over and shouted that the couple realized that the restaurant would not open so early on snowing days.
It took some time to move the things. Xu Xiangjuan took Niu Niu's small quilt and wrapped the baby in it.
Niu Niu's mother wrapped him in a quilt and he continued to watch the snow.
This quilt has buttons. When you button it up, it won't fall off easily even if Niu Niu runs a few steps.
There is a cushion specially sewn by Niu Niu's mother on Niu Niu's chair. Xu Xiangjuan also sews cushions for the chairs for family members so that they won't feel uncomfortable sitting for a long time.
Zhou Chengning looked at Niu Niu's chair, which was like a shrunken mini bed, and said enviously, "Niu Niu has really fallen into a blessed nest."
When Xu Xiangjuan heard this, she remembered that her husband did not have such treatment when he was a child. Maybe he had been working at Gua Gua's age. Gua Gua also worked, but it was completely voluntary, and the adults would not assign her heavy work. It was completely different from her father's experience when he was a child.
Guagua is still rushing to do the work.
Her family's Aning is not curious about snow on snowy days, and only shivers and feels cold in winter. Xu Xiangjuan feels distressed: "Aning, you are also in a happy nest now. Our family is a happy nest."
Zhou Chengning's eyes were gentle and affectionate: "Juan, I know."
Xu Xiangjuan turned her gaze to Niu Niu. Her own Aning had such a miserable childhood, so she would treat him better in the future to make up for his unhappy childhood.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Are you cold?"
Zhou Chengning: "Not cold."
The atmosphere killer Niu Niu: "Mom!"
Xu Xiangjuan wanted to ask her man about his well-being, but was interrupted by Niu Niu.
Niu Niu was too tired to stand, and it was difficult for him to sit down with a small quilt around him, so he called for his mother to help.
Xu Xiangjuan went over to help Niu Niu sit down and adjusted the small quilt that was draped over him.
There were no customers eating in the shed yet, so it was rather deserted. Zhou Chengning followed his wife and moved a chair to sit next to Niu Niu. The couple sat next to Niu Niu and interacted with him.
Niu Niu was not embarrassed at all when being surrounded by his parents. A one-year-old baby would not feel embarrassed at all. He just kept talking to his parents and was not in the mood to look at the snow outside.
"Mom! Dad! There are guests!" Guagua's startled voice rang out.
Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning both stood up to see what was going on, and saw Guagua come into the shed first, followed by Miaomiao and her grandparents.
Grandma Miaomiao said, "It's snowing, and we're too lazy to cook at noon, so we'll just eat here. Juan, I asked Guagua if he was selling rice today, and Guagua said yes."
The main reason was that the granddaughter mentioned Gua Gua’s spicy hot pot. Although they didn’t talk about it often, the old couple knew that their granddaughter wanted to eat it, so they brought her here today because it was snowing.
Although the road is difficult to walk on in snowy days, it is not far away, just a few steps.
"Auntie, they are indeed for sale. We have buns and steamed buns. Here are the spicy hot pot dishes. Pick them out and I'll start cooking." It's past ten o'clock now. Although it's a bit early, it's almost time for dinner after we finish cooking.
It is not like some office workers nowadays who work from nine to five, go to work at nine in the morning and finish breakfast in a hurry at almost nine o'clock.
Everyone in the village gets up at five or six o'clock, goes to bed early at night, and wakes up early in the morning. Now it is several hours since breakfast time.
Miaomiao's grandparents sat down, and it was still her grandmother who asked, "Do you have fried rice noodles?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "We have dried vermicelli. We can fry it now, but it takes some time."
Grandpa Miaomiao said: "Miaomiao can choose whatever dish you want to eat."
Seeing that there was work to do, Zhou Chengning said goodbye to his wife and went to the kitchen to heat up the pot.
The stove is cold now, I'll have to heat it up before it's convenient for my wife to cook.
Miaomiao was very confused about what to order. Guagua had heard a lot in the shed and knew how malatang was sold. He recommended that Miaomiao buy the vegetarian one, and then said that each one was delicious and everyone could have some.
Since the two children were not tall, Xu Xiangjuan helped Miaomiao to get the vegetables. After listening to her daughter, she felt that her daughter was quite suitable for sales as she was very good at talking.
Guagua said that the vegetarian dishes were 50 cents per pound. Miaomiao didn’t have a clear concept of pounds, but Guagua said that each one was delicious and she wanted to try them all. In the end, she asked the aunt to take a little from each one.
After ordering everything, there was something in the basket. After waiting for mom to weigh it, Guagua made the decision and asked mom to pick some noodles for Miaomiao.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't say anything and still calculated the price according to the weighed 40 cents.
The fixed price for fried vermicelli is 80 cents, and Miaomiao’s grandparents also ordered a pair of steamed buns.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Uncle and aunt, the spicy hotpot will be quicker to prepare, but the vermicelli will take some time. Bring the steamed buns and spicy hotpot together later."
After saying that, Xu Xiangjuan took the dishes to the kitchen. She felt relieved because Niu Niu was there.
Guagua and Miaomiao are fine now, so they go to talk to Niu Niu.
Guagua, who loves to brag, asked Niu Niu to call him sister. Niu Niu obediently called her sister. Miaomiao found it magical. Guagua said that he was the one who taught Niu Niu to talk.
Next it is time for Guagua to accept Miaomiao’s flattery.
Niu Niu was talking next to him. Miao Miao didn't know what his brother was saying, but Gua Gua could translate for him at any time.
"There are actually guests coming to eat." Wu Caifeng was surprised.
It was snowing today, and thinking that her daughter and grandchildren might still be in bed, Wu Caifeng didn't come too early. She came at this time because she thought that maybe someone would come during dinner time, and she and her husband could help.
Miaomiao’s grandmother: “It’s snowing and I’m too lazy to cook at home, so I eat here.”
Wu Caifeng: "You have to be careful when walking. Are you ready?"
Miaomiao’s grandmother: “I’ve ordered it. Juan is making it in the kitchen.”
"Dad, Mom, you're here." Xu Xiangjuan held an umbrella for Zhou Chengning who was carrying food. She arrived at the shed, said hello to her parents, and went back to fry vermicelli.
Just add water to the vermicelli, just fry it for a while.
When serving dishes to Miaomiao's grandparents, two empty bowls were specially added so that both the grandparents and the grandchildren could eat.
Miaomiao's grandparents are also honest people. Their family is very frugal and they have basically never spent money on meals outside, so of course they have to treat them well when they come.
Miaomiao was originally praising Guagua, but when she saw the food coming, she said to Guagua that she would eat first, and then ran to sit at her grandparents' table.
Without Miaomiao around, Guagua continued to teach Niu Niu how to speak.
With his sister talking to him, Niu Niu no longer feels lonely and becomes more interested in talking.
When it was time for dinner, customers really came, basically all of them were families. Two people came, each holding a bowl, buying a bowl of spicy hot pot to take home, one holding the spicy hot pot and the other holding an umbrella.
The adults at home were so busy that they didn't feel the cold. Zhou Chengning wanted to unbutton his coat and open it several times because he was hot, but Xu Xiangjuan wouldn't let him because she was afraid he would catch a cold.
"Mom, Niu Niu and I are hungry." Miaomiao and her grandparents had finished their meal and left, and Guagua called for his mother.
She didn't have lunch and didn't have the energy to play with Miaomiao.
"Hungry!" Niu Niu echoed.
"Mom will get you some steamed buns to fill your stomach." Xu Xiangjuan didn't have time to cook lunch for her family at the moment. Guagua and Niu Niu said they were hungry, so she took out a big steamed bun from the steamer that had been moved to the shed, broke off small pieces for Niu Niu, and let Guagua eat the rest, and asked Guagua to look after his younger brother.
Niu Niu eats slowly. By the time Gua Gua had eaten half of the food, Niu Niu had not eaten much of the food in his hand.
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