Looking at the small wooden box, Old Yu already guessed what was inside.
Old Yu, who is usually steady and never shakes when giving injections, was now trembling violently.
The saying goes, "One feels apprehensive when near one's hometown," but at this moment, he feels apprehensive even when near things.
Seeing Old Master Yu's state, Jiang Yuan wisely got up and took her leave.
After Jiang Yuan left, only Old Yu remained in the room, sitting there, staring blankly at the box.
Finally, he reached out and opened the wooden box.
Inside, a familiar, small white jade lock lay quietly in the box, strung together by a faded, old red cord, bearing the marks of time.
It was a token of love he had given to his first love years ago. He took it off his own neck and personally hung it around her neck.
They made a vow to never leave each other and never be separated.
However, fate played a cruel trick on them, and in the end, the two parted ways.
After a long while, with trembling hands, he picked up the white jade lock, held it in his palm for a long time, and then slowly put it back around his neck.
He closed his eyes, and a tear rolled down his cheek...
Jiang Yuan and the others were naturally unaware of these things. However, after returning home, they specifically instructed Xu Ningyan and Jiang Zhiyuan to remember the preciousness of the two white jade locks, and to make sure they never locked them up, never left the child's side, and hid them well so that no outsiders would know.
Xu Ningyan and Jiang Zhiyuan were also learning for the first time that the Yu family actually had such a treasure hidden away.
Unexpectedly, the Jiang brothers had such good luck, so they readily agreed.
Tell Sister Mei that it was a gift from an elder, a token of goodwill to bless the child's safety. These things are taboo at this time, so please be careful when taking care of the child and don't let outsiders see them.
Sister Mei now sees her two children as her own eyes, feeling that they are her future support and hope. Naturally, she nodded repeatedly and will pay extra attention to them from now on.
Time flies, and the children seem to grow up so fast that it's already May of 1977.
The children are already six months old. I don't know if the two little brothers are just naturally healthy or if the medicine really works, but they haven't even sneezed since they were born.
It can eat, drink, sleep, and gain weight.
As the saying goes, "Three months to roll over, six months to sit, seven months to crawl, eight months to walk, and one year to walk."
The two brothers can now not only sit still, but they can even roll around.
The weather has warmed up, and the bed can no longer hold the two boys; if you're not careful, they might roll off the bed at any moment.
Sister Mei dared not spare even a fraction of her attention for this.
Xu Ningyan simply laid out a large straw mat in the yard, then put a mattress on top of it, and left the two little brothers on the mattress.
Let the lackeys watch from the side.
With the lackey around, the two brothers were very happy and started babbling as they tried to roll over to him.
After finally rolling over to the lackey's side, one grabbed the lackey's ear, and the other pulled on the lackey's fur, laughing so hard that drool was dripping down their faces.
Fortunately, the lackey is always clean. Since the two children like to cling to the lackey, Xu Ningyan gave the lackey a hot bath while the weather was hot. She scrubbed him clean with soap, dried him with a large towel, and then let him dry in the sun at noon. His fur dried quickly.
When she was pregnant before, Xu Ningyan found deworming medicine in her space and used it on Gou Tuizi.
Therefore, since the lackey didn't have fleas or other insects on him, not only Xu Ningyan was relieved, but everyone else was too.
After all, raising children back then wasn't as meticulous as it is in later generations. Families with cats and dogs would play and sleep with their children, and the children would grow up healthy and strong.
Even if you get bitten or scratched by a cat or dog, you usually don't care if it doesn't bleed. Even if it does bleed, you usually treat it yourself at home.
There is still no awareness of tetanus shots and rabies vaccines.
Xu Ningyan trusted the lackey completely, especially since she hadn't said he'd leave the lackey alone with the two children; there would always be an adult with the two children at all times.
Just like now, the two kids are giving the dog a hard time, pulling out several clumps of fur. The dog can only sigh helplessly, bare its teeth, and then lie down more obediently so that the two little devils can grab it more easily. Its tail is wagging gently, as if it is ready to protect the two little devils at any time.
Xu Ningyan couldn't stand it anymore. She put down her book, walked over to the lackey, and ruffled his hair: "Lace, you can't spoil those two brothers anymore, or they'll start crawling all over you! You've spoiled them so much they're practically little tyrants—"
After saying that, he casually scooped up the two little tyrants and gave each of them a light slap on the bottom: "Be good! Don't pull your lackey brother's hair anymore, you hear me?"
When the two brothers, Jiang Chen and Jiang Zhan, saw their mother, they giggled and snuggled into Xu Ningyan's arms.
The two little chubby boys were already quite good-looking, well-fed, and very strong.
The two snuggled into each other's arms, and Xu Ningyan, caught off guard, almost fell over.
Fortunately, the lackey was nearby and stood up to stop him.
Xu Ningyan was spared the pain of falling down. She pinched her two sons' chubby cheeks twice in annoyance, and then grabbed the small wooden guns that Jiang Zhiyuan had made for the two children by hand and stuffed them into their hands.
Watching the two of them holding wooden guns, sometimes putting them in their mouths and drooling, sometimes smashing them against each other's heads with loud bangs, then pouting, turning to look at their mother, and babbling complaints.
The heartless mother clapped and cheered from the sidelines, completely ignoring the legal battle between the two little ones.
Jiang Zhixing, who had finally gotten a break and was locked in his room doing practice problems, put down his pen, stood at the door for a while and gloated, then ran over to the two boys and teased his two nephews. The two already aggrieved kids shed a few tears before he finally went back to his room to continue doing practice problems, satisfied.
When Sister Mei came out after preparing the meal and saw this scene, she was speechless.
Fortunately, she has now gotten used to the occasional unreliable and childish side of Xu Ningyan and Jiang Zhixing, and simply pretends not to see it.
Fortunately, Jiang Chen and Jiang Zhan are not prone to crying. Otherwise, if they were any other children, they would probably have turned the whole house upside down after being treated like this by their own mother and uncle.
Helpless, he stepped forward, hugged the two children, patted them, and said a few words of comfort.
Then another lackey came over and reluctantly lent out his tail, which he was reluctant to let the two little guys hold onto. The two little guys quickly calmed down.
Because the weather is warmer and the children are older, they can't always stay indoors, so we eat dinner in the yard.
A six-month-old baby can start eating complementary foods.
I usually make one steamed egg custard for each child every night.
Xu Ningyan and Sister Mei each picked up the two children and fed them egg custard.
No oil or salt was added, yet the little guy ate with great relish, finishing the bowl in no time.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, we put the two little ones back on the mat to play.
The adults began to eat.
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