Lian Xiaomin looked at the clock in her space. Oh, it was already nine o'clock. There was no one on the kang. Her aunt must have taken the two children to another room. No wonder she slept so quietly.
She got up and stretched. Her cotton-padded jacket and trousers were placed on the edge of the kang, and they looked like they had been dusted off by her aunt. It was great to have her aunt around.
She first put on her sweater, then her cotton jacket and trousers, then got off the kang and walked to the outer room.
Yufang was sweeping the yard. She turned around and saw her. She hopped over with the broom in her hand and smiled happily, "Xiaomin, you're back! Did you miss me so much that you came back several days early?"
"Yes, I missed you so much, and I missed the chicken stewed with mushrooms that you mentioned even more, haha!" Lian Xiaomin teased her, and went back to the house arm in arm. Yufang threw the broom into the yard and followed her into the house.
After entering the house, Lian Xiaomin whispered, "Yufang, I brought back two little pheasants. I shot them just before I came back yesterday. And there's also a silly roe deer. Let me tell you, that silly roe deer is so funny. It doesn't know how to run. It..."
The two young ladies sat face to face and chatted for a while, talking about all the interesting things, and then went to look for Xiaoya and Xiaofu to play.
In order to let Xiaomin sleep a little longer, Lian Qiuping took Xiaofu and Xiaoya away early in the morning and went to Yufang's room to play with Feng'er.
Now Xiaofu can walk, and he strolls around the house with his short legs. Fenger plays with Xiaofu and treats him very well, even better than Milier and Doudou.
The little girl is crawling on the kang. The baby needs to be watched at this time. She is crawling so fast. It is not good if you can't take care of her. It would be better to put some quilts and pillows on the side of the kang to cover her.
As soon as Lian Xiaomin entered, Xiaofu saw her at a glance, and came over and hugged her thighs: "Jiejie~ Xiaofu wants to Jiejie~"
Lian Xiaomin picked up the kid and nibbled on his round cheeks. "Is Xiaofu good at home? Did he listen to his aunt?"
Xiaofu put his arms around Lian Xiaomin's neck, put his little face against Jiejie's face, and kept talking in childish words: "Xiaofu, be good, Jiejie, little ball, Xiaofeng Jiejie, play with me..." He said a lot of things in a gibberish, and Lian Xiaomin was happy. She weighed his little body and put him on the ground to play again.
The little girl also crawled over, her mouth drooling with anxiety. She reached out to Lian Xiaomin. She stretched out her arms, scooped the little girl into her arms and sat on the kang, kissing her little face a few times.
She rubbed the little round body and said, "Little girl, do you miss your sister too? Our little girl is so pretty, with big eyes and small lips, isn't she? She is no longer a little monkey, but just like your sister when she was a child. You should drink more milk and grow up quickly."
The little girl kept making “ah~ah~” sounds in response to Lian Xiaomin's chatter. Lian Xiaomin wiped her saliva with the small bib on her chest and sat on the kang to play with her.
Xiaofeng also climbed up the kang along the small stool at the edge of the kang and stuck to Lian Xiaomin.
Lian Xiaomin was also fond of this little girl with a little bun on her head. Xiaofeng had a thin face, not as chubby as Xiaofu's. She had a pointed little face and her eyes were blinking like a little deer.
Lian Qiuping was scratching the kang mat with the broom. Lian Xiaomin said, "Aunt, have you given Xiaofeng milk powder? This little girl is still too thin."
"Yes, I made her a cup of milk powder one night." Lian Qiuping responded without raising her head, and did not stop what she was doing. "Xiaomin, I left a bowl of porridge for you in the pot, drink it."
"I don't want to drink it anymore. I'm going to go home and have lunch soon. Aunt, you have to drink your adult milk powder too, okay?"
"I know. Look how worried you are. You're really like the head of the family. So you want to go back now?" Lian Qiuping looked at her and said.
"Well, I took the two kids away directly. Where is the backpack for the little girl?"
Yufang in the outer room heard it and brought in a backpack with a small quilt on it: "Here, Xiaomin, do you want me to take you there? I'll stew the chicken tonight after everyone else has gone to bed. Come over tomorrow morning to eat pheasant stewed with mushrooms and drink chicken soup! My sister-in-law and I collected the prey early this morning and put it in the cellar."
Lian Xiaomin nodded repeatedly: "I'll come over tomorrow morning! You don't have to see me off, just continue with your work."
Yufang helped her pack up, put on the outer coat for Xiaoya, wrapped her in a small quilt, put her in a bamboo basket, and carried her on her back.
Xiaofu was given a small hat and a pair of small cotton gloves made by Lian Qiuping. The two gloves were connected by a cloth strap and hung around his neck.
Lian Xiaomin took Xiaofu home.
Xiaofu's calves were moving slowly, and his gloved hands were clasped in his sister's hands. He was rarely allowed to go outside in the winter, so he was very happy when walking in the village.
I met a little yellow dog head-on, wagging its tail and jumping up and down excitedly. Not far behind was a young man under 20 years old, with a dark-skinned child of eight or nine years old, playing with the dog.
This little yellow dog is raised by Xie Xuwei from the Xie family. The number of families raising dogs in the village can be counted, and they are very few.
Zhang Xianglan and Xie Shuangxi are the captain's third sister and brother-in-law. Xie Xuwei is their eldest son. At this time, he is taking his little cousin Xiaogouzi for a walk in the village.
When Xiaofu saw the little yellow dog, he became excited and jumped on the ground with his short legs, imitating the puppy. He said loudly to Lian Xiaomin, "The puppy's name is Little Yellow Hair. Jiejie, Little Yellow Hair is so fun! Brother Xiaogou took me to play with him."
The puppy walking opposite came over like a little loach, "Sister Xiaomin, Xiaofu, look, isn't the little yellow-haired boy handsome? I just gave him a small piece of meat bone. It was given to me by my third aunt, and I couldn't bear to eat it myself!" The little black face grinned, showing his little white teeth, and his eyes were narrowed into a line. Lian Xiaomin said, "If your mother finds out, she will definitely cut your hands, so don't cry then~"
Upon hearing this, the naughty boy's mouth drooped, but he immediately became energetic again: "It's okay, it's worth it for the little yellow-haired boy. Besides, I can just stop my third aunt from telling my mother." He smiled playfully and took Xiaofu to play with the little yellow-haired boy for a while.
Lian Xiaomin was watching them happily from the side. Xiaogouzi was very good at taking care of children and took good care of Xiaofu. Whether Xiaofu was willing or not, there were many children in the family and he had to take care of them one by one. He had to take care of them all the time and he was very talented.
Lian Xiaomin greeted Xie Xuwei: "Brother Xuwei, your little yellow-haired dog is really well taken care of."
She had met Xie Xuwei at Chunxiu's house before. The young man was about 1.77 meters tall, with a slightly big head. He wore a military green cotton hat with earmuffs, but he didn't look ugly and had a simple and honest personality. He wore a half-new gray cotton jacket with only two patches on the sleeves.
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