Chapter 444 Parental Love (Twenty-one)
Perhaps Xie Dawei's pious practice worked, and the child was quite well-behaved during Gao Xiulan's confinement period.
Eat when you are hungry with your eyes closed, and sleep after eating.
Gao Xiulan gave me the nickname Miaomiao.
Early in the morning, Xie Dawei sat at the small table set up at the door.
He was shaking his legs and looking at Xie Zhiqiang who was squatting on the ground washing his baby's diapers with a gloating tone.
"Son, wash it a few more times and make it clean."
Old Man Gao sat aside, a black cloth draped over his legs, polishing a wooden toy with sandpaper in his hand, and squinting his eyes, listening with amusement to the jokes his in-laws made about his son-in-law.
Xie Zhiqiang raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face; his legs were sore from squatting.
He turned his head and said, "Dad, you are so leisurely. You don't even offer to help me."
Xie Dawei took a sip of tea, leaned back, and crossed his hands behind his ears.
"Son, didn't I wash your diapers like this back then?
You're already a father, so isn't it your responsibility to do some work for your son?"
Xie Zhiqiang agreed with what he said and continued to wash the diapers with a grunt.
He clenched and twisted it with his big hands, shook it clean and hung it on the rope to dry.
After finishing the work, he washed his hands, but before shaking off the water on his hands, he ran to the kitchen again.
He still had pig's trotters stewing in the pot. He estimated that they would not be cooked until he came back at noon. He had been busy all morning.
He stole a spoonful of brown sugar from his father's cabinet and came in with a bowl of brown sugar and egg water.
He lowered his voice and whispered, "Wife, eat something to fill your stomach. I hope our son didn't make a fuss this morning."
Gao Xiulan leaned back on the bed and pointed at the child who was still sleeping beside her.
Miaomiao closed her eyes and curled up in the crib, like a big shrimp, with her little belly bulging.
She pulled a rope in her hand and swung it from time to time, causing the small bed to shake.
"I just had a full meal this morning and fell asleep again."
Gao Xiulan took the bowl, drank in small sips, and ate the eggs with a spoon.
She thought she wouldn't be able to sleep well during the confinement period.
But judging by the current situation, the child still feels sorry for her as a mother.
Aside from the fact that I need to change diapers a little too frequently, there's nothing wrong with it.
Xie Zhiqiang showed a worthless smile on his face again, looked at Gao Xiulan, and then looked at the child.
The more he watched, the happier he felt, even though the child always liked to blow bubbles at him.
Before I even have time to sit down, it's time to go to work.
"Xiu Lan, I'm going to work."
"Okay, go ahead. Just go slowly."
Gao Xiulan watched the people leave and heard the noises outside.
Xie Zhiqiang took the bowl and took it to the kitchen, then shouted to Xie Dawei, "Dad, it's your turn to wash the dishes today."
"I see. By the way, brother, let's go to Houhai tomorrow to see if there are any fruit tree seedlings for sale.
There's a bit of empty space in front of our house. We can plant a fruit-bearing tree in front of the window, which can provide some shade from the house."
"I think it's really good. Why not plant an apricot tree so we can make wine with it."
Now that Gao Xiulan is in confinement after giving birth, Old Man Gao spends most of his time at Old Xie's house, and at night he shares a kang with Xie Dawei.
Sometimes on weekends, I would go to the village with my son-in-law Xie Zhiqiang to bring back some fresh vegetables.
"Apricot tree, okay, I'll go to Houhai when the time comes."
In fact, there were jujube trees planted around the courtyard at the beginning. Due to the drought and water shortage in the past few years, the trees wilted and the fruits were very sour.
Xie Dawei was a picky eater and couldn't get used to these crooked and cracked jujubes, so he directed Xie Zhiqiang, and the father and son dug up the jujube tree together.
Now the front of the door is bare and there is no shelter. If he drinks secretly at the door, the old man in the front yard can see him at a glance.
Old Wu from the opposite door came out with his hands behind his back: "Hey, Dawei, go buy some trees, and bring me one too."
He has no choice but to come out. The two women at home quarrel every day, saying the same things over and over again.
I felt upset after hearing that, so I took the opportunity to come out and get some fresh air.
Xie Dawei replied bluntly: "Okay, but you have to pay first, otherwise I don't have the money to advance you."
Most of the money in his pocket is now contributed to the vegetable market.
"Dawei, we're on the same page. You can buy the tree first and pay for it when you bring it back. Isn't it the same?"
"No, I won't do that. Go buy it yourself."
Xie Dawei didn't buy it and refused decisively. What if he really bought it and the other person didn't want it anymore?
When Old Wu heard this, he lost his composure.
Everyone in the compound knows that the money in Xie Dawei's pocket is the most useful.
He muttered, "Isn't it just a tree? It's not worth much. What you said..."
A man stood with his hands behind his back, mumbling to himself.
Gao Xiulan pricked up her ears and listened to the whole thing in the house. She stayed in the room for a long time, listening to people bickering to pass the time.
Xie Dawei pretended not to hear and turned around to continue talking to Old Man Gao.
"Brother, I think apricot wine tastes good too. I recently collected a few nice-looking wine Gu. How about we have a drink tomorrow?"
"You can even use it for tea. Zhiqiang already said you've already used up all your drinking time this week."
Xie Dawei sighed, ran to the kitchen and hummed a song while washing dishes.
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After Gao Xiulan finished her confinement, she washed her hair and took a bath, and she felt that she had lost several pounds.
The child was well taken care of and grew from a wrinkled baby into a white and tender little ball.
Xie Dawei liked to carry a small stool and sit at the entrance of the alley, and tell everyone about his eldest grandson.
From the entrance to the end of the alley, from the eighty-year-old hard-of-hearing old lady to the three or four-year-old children playing in the mud in open-crotch pants, their ears are almost callused from listening.
Later on, even cats and dogs chose to lower their heads and take a detour when they met Xie Dawei.
This extremely noisy two-legged beast speaks like chanting a sutra, which is really scary.
Before Xie Dawei could finish bragging about how well-behaved his child Miaomiao was, the child suddenly started to make a fuss.
He is full of energy during the day. He will cry if he is unhappy, but he won't shed a single tear. He will just stick his butt up and move it around on the bed.
He insists on being held and coaxed, and while being held he has to be rocked up from time to time.
Xie Zhiqiang was almost paralyzed: "What a little ancestor."
Xie Dawei was the first one to run away. When asked, he said that he was going out to earn money for milk powder for his eldest grandson.
Old Man Gao found a way to make a small cart, put a soft blanket on it, put the person on it, and push it.
The child sat obediently inside, staring outside with his round eyes, and even patted his belly when he was hungry.
Sometimes even three adults can’t take care of the baby, but fortunately the family can still sleep well at night.
Gao Xiulan had gained several pounds during her confinement period, and within a few weeks of taking care of the baby, the fat around her waist was gone.
Xie Dawei no longer talked about how he had a well-behaved grandson in the alley.
When registering the child, he was named Xie Yi, which means a bird flapping its wings.
There were many children in the compound, and if they were not watched carefully for a moment, they would climb up the roof and tear off the tiles.
The noise was so loud that even the rats in the hole took up their belongings and started a new life.
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