After the baby finished drinking milk, he lay on the bed with his feet exposed, holding them in his hands and biting them for fun. Gu Zhinian turned off the lights, lay beside him, and watched him biting his feet in the dark through the moonlight.
Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, Gu Zhinian took his feet out of his mouth and wiped his saliva with a handkerchief.
"Baby, it's time to go to sleep. We'll continue chewing tomorrow."
"No, Mom, I don't want to sleep. I want to play."
Little Tangyuan kicked his chubby little legs excitedly, trying to turn over and get up. The thick sleeping bag restricted his movements, and he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
Gu Zhinian closed her eyes and ignored him. Little Tangyuan called out "Mom" a few times, but no one answered. She turned over, supported herself on the bed with her elbows, and climbed onto Gu Zhinian's head with her little fleshy hands.
"Mom, look at the baby, mom, the baby wants to drink water."
Gu Zhinian opened his eyes helplessly, "Baby, you just finished drinking milk powder, why do you want to drink water?"
"Baby needs to pee, I can't hold it anymore!"
"What!"
Gu Zhinian grabbed him with his backhand, not even bothering to put on his shoes, opened his sleeping bag, took the potty, put him in the potty specially designed for babies to urinate, and turned on the night light.
The baby sat on the potty, his little hands clenched tightly, his face flushed red. Gu Zhinian yawned and scratched his messy hair.
"Baby, aren't you going to pee? Are you going to hum?"
Little Tangyuan tried hard and looked up to reply to his mother.
"Yeah, pee and um."
"Okay, call me when you're done."
Gu Zhinian lazily lay on the bed, staring at Xiao Tangyuan with half-open eyes, and asked after a while,
"Are you ready? Time to go to bed."
"Mom, poop stinks!"
Gu Zhinian opened his eyes wide and saw that Xiao Tangyuan had finished pooping and was squatting on the ground with his head down, studying the poop he had pooped out.
"No! Stop it!"
Gu Zhinian suddenly woke up, took two steps forward, reached out and grabbed him, away from the potty,
"Yunnan Xian! What are you doing!?"
"Mother……"
Little Tangyuan had a puzzled expression on his face and opened his arms for a hug.
"Mommy, hold the baby."
"No! You stink!" Gu Zhinian grabbed him with one hand and covered his nose with the other, his tone muffled.
"Knock, knock!" Yun Muye heard the shouting and rushed over to knock on the door in panic.
"Zhi Nian, Xiao Tang Yuan, what's wrong with you?"
Little Tangyuan struggled for his father, but Gu Zhinian couldn't catch him and shouted at the door:
"fine."
Yun Muye was still worried and knocked on the door again, "Did he poop?"
"Yes." Gu Zhinian responded while cleaning Xiao Tangyuan's potty.
"Let me clean it up." Yun Muye was afraid that she would feel sick seeing the baby poop.
"It's okay, I've finished cleaning up, you can go to bed."
"Call me if you need anything." Yun Muye no longer insisted and returned to the house.
In the bedroom, Gu Zhinian was taking off the baby's sleeping bag, holding him under his armpit with one hand, and pouring warm water into a clean basin with the other hand.
"Wash your hands first, then wash your little butt."
When washing hands, little Tangyuan was busy playing with water, making the floor full of water. It was so late, and she had to mop the floor again.
Gu Zhinian sighed tiredly. Thinking of the salary Yun Muye gave her, as well as the food and accommodation, she endured it.
Put little Tangyuan on the bed, wrap him up with a quilt, and throw a few toys in.
"Little Tangyuan, you can only play in the quilt. You are not allowed to come out. I will come to see you after I finish mopping the floor."
Gu Zhinian mopped the bedroom and looked up at him from time to time. Little Tangyuan was very well behaved at the moment, not making any noise and playing with his toys obediently.
After Gu Zhinian finished cleaning up, she lay on the bed tiredly, with a sore back. Little Tangyuan threw away her toys and lay on top of her.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, I'm tired. I'll be fine after a good sleep. It's time for little Tangyuan to sleep too."
Gu Zhinian glanced at his watch. It was already past ten o'clock. Oh my God, he had been getting ready for bed since eight o'clock, but he still hadn't fallen asleep until after ten. This kid was too energetic.
Gu Zhinian turned over, held the baby in his arms, patted his back with one hand, and sang nursery rhymes to coax him to sleep.
Little Tangyuan dug out a jade pendant from her neck and played with it in his hand. The rope was still hanging on Gu Zhinian's neck. Gu Zhinian's name was engraved on the jade pendant. This was the jade pendant that Gu Zhinian had been wearing since he was a child.
As long as the baby doesn't make a fuss, Gu Zhinian lets him play with the jade pendant.
After singing a song, the baby in her arms stopped moving, but her little hands were still tightly holding the jade pendant. Gu Zhinian breathed a sigh of relief and planned to put the jade pendant away and close her eyes to sleep. The little Tangyuan in her arms stretched out her little fleshy hands to touch her and said in a baby voice:
"Mom, I want to listen to some more nursery rhymes."
Gu Zhinian was tired and sleepy. He raised his hand to scratch his hair, feeling like he was going crazy.
She's going to Yun Muye tomorrow to resign. She's quitting! She looked down at the little Tangyuan's fair and tender face, pinched it gently, and resigned herself to humming a nursery rhyme.
Time passed bit by bit. On the messy big bed, mother and son slept in each other's arms, with toys and clothes thrown everywhere.
The next day, dazzling sunlight shone into the house. Gu Zhinian opened his eyes, turned his head to look at the sleeping Tangyuan, lifted the quilt and sat up. When he looked at the time, it was past nine o'clock.
Gu Zhinian changed his clothes, washed his face and combed his hair quickly, opened the door and walked out. He smelled the fragrance of food, looked around, but saw no one.
There was a piece of paper on the dining table. Gu Zhinian picked it up and saw that it was a note left by Yun Muye.
"Zhi Nian, I'm going to work. There's porridge and egg custard in the pot. I'll make lunch when I get back."
Gu Zhinian put down the note, walked to the kitchen, opened the lid of the pot, and saw two portions of egg custard inside, dripping with sesame oil and vinegar. Gu Zhinian brought out a portion of egg custard and a bowl of porridge.
She had to eat quickly, otherwise the little devil would wake up and she wouldn't be able to do anything.
Gu Zhinian finished a bowl of porridge and a serving of egg custard in five minutes. Just as he put the dishes in the sink to wash them, he heard a baby crying in the bedroom.
"Mom... wuwuwu..."
“Here it comes!”
Gu Zhinian raised her hand and wiped her apron twice, then trotted into the bedroom.
Little Tangyuan was crying with tears and snot all over her face. When she saw Gu Zhinian, she opened her arms and asked for a hug.
Gu Zhinian picked him up and let him pee first, then walked back and forth in his arms, coaxing him as he walked.
"Baby, Daddy left some egg custard for you. Do you want milk powder or egg custard?"
Little Tangyuan hummed twice, tears hanging on her long eyelashes, and said, "Drink milk powder."
"Okay, I'll make you some milk powder."
Little Tangyuan once again took out the jade from her neck, "Mom, I want to play with this."
Gu Zhinian was stunned when she looked at the jade pendant. She was an orphan. The director of the orphanage said that she got lost when she was three years old and had this jade pendant hanging around her neck at that time.
The police also searched for her biological parents based on the names on the jade pendant, but found nothing. It was as if she appeared out of thin air.
She was wearing a white dress, a big pink bow on her head, and slightly curly hair. She looked like a doll and was obviously a spoiled child from a wealthy family.
The director's mother thought she was cute and took a photo of her at the time, which is now at the bottom of her suitcase.
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