Chapter 165 Good Intentions
After Aunt Lan took the child over and coaxed him for a while, the child's voice became much quieter, with only a few small sniffles. Ye Qian smiled and said to Ranran, "Mommy will hold you, Mommy will hold you. Ranran, don't cry. Mommy won't tease you anymore."
Ye Qian took Ranran, who had cried enough, back with her. Aunt Lan put her hands free and went to cook.
Gu Jinyan felt that he could no longer spoil Ye Qian. During this week, Ye Qian had to comfort the child after making him cry. After a few times, Ye Qian learned her lesson and stopped making the child cry.
In Gu Jinyan's opinion, Ye Qian's problem was cured, isn't that good? It took only a few days to correct this bad habit.
Ye Qian despised Gu Jinyan, but couldn't say anything. She could only turn her head away awkwardly and decided to ignore him for the time being.
Aunt Lan prepared the meal and called everyone over for lunch, and then took over Xiao Ranran. Ye Qian always let Aunt Lan eat first and held the child herself, but Aunt Lan would never agree to it and insisted that Ye Qian eat first before she would eat, and Ye Qian did not force her.
In the afternoon, Ye Qian simply asked Aunt Lan to take care of the children, and she started to prepare food for the New Year.
Gu Jinyan and Ye Qian both liked last year's braised food very much, so this year it was the same. They braised two pots at once. With Gu Jinyan's cover, Ye Qian easily took out the braising liquid used last year from the space and poured it into the pot to continue braising this year's ingredients. The braising liquid was still steaming when it was poured out. Last year, she added a lot of chili peppers to it, but she didn't add any more this year.
After putting all the ingredients in, just watch the fire. The two began to make dumplings. After the braised dishes were ready, they started to fry meatballs and dumplings. It was already dark after all the busy work. Ye Qian was so tired that she went upstairs to lie down and didn't want to get up.
The next day, Ye Qian and Gu Jinyan went out together again and used up all the unused tickets, otherwise it would be a pity to waste them.
The two of them first went to the department store and bought some cigarettes, alcohol, cakes, and candies, then bought some ready-made clothes, and then went to the state-owned restaurant and used the remaining money to buy meat.
The food cooked by the chef here is very delicious, especially the honey-glazed lamb chops. Qian loves it the most. She has made it at home before, but she can never make it taste as good as the one cooked here, so she comes here from time to time to pack some food.
After using up the tickets, the two went straight home, and did not forget to take out some fruits from the space. Most of the fruits nowadays are wilted and taste completely bad, but the ones in their own space are different. They are brand new and fresh fruits that they bought themselves.
Ye Qian was craving watermelon. The two of them were hiding in the alley to get some fruit, so she asked Gu Jinyan, "Can I get a watermelon?"
"Watermelons are not in this season." Gu Jinyan said. Ye Qian naturally knew where the watermelons came from in the middle of winter.
Seeing that Ye Qian was really greedy, Gu Jinyan said, "How about we eat secretly tonight?"
Ye Qian nodded repeatedly when she heard it: "Okay, okay, I have a knife in my space so I can eat it directly."
Then he took some fruits such as apples, oranges, and tangerines, and then some canned fruits, meat, canned fish, etc. After packing them, he went straight home.
Aunt Lan saw that the two of them had bought a lot of things and came home, so she asked, "Where did you buy these things? You bought so many."
It’s not like Aunt Lan hasn’t bought things before. Now there are purchase restrictions, so how could she buy so much? Ye Qian explained: “I asked someone to buy it for me.”
As they talked, the two of them took out all the things and placed them on the table in the living room, filling up the entire table.
It is said that fruits are quite cold in this weather, but Ye Qian is greedy. If she can't eat them cold, she will heat them up before eating. There are candied apples, roasted oranges, roasted tangerines, and everything else.
Xiao Ranran didn't stop here either. When Ye Qian put the things down, Xiao Ranran asked for this and that in Aunt Lan's hand. Aunt Lan naturally wouldn't give it to him, but Ye Qian took Xiao Ranran and directly took a big apple and put it in his arms. He was less than three months old, so we could see what he could do. He must have no teeth yet.
Xiao Ranran held the apple that Ye Qian gave him and soon moved it to his mouth, sucking it like he was drinking milk. Ye Qian saw that it tasted good but it was still a little dirty because it had not been washed, so she said, "You can't eat it now. You don't have teeth yet. Wait until you grow up a little bit before eating it, okay?" As she said that, she wanted to move the apple away.
Xiao Ranran was happily sucking on the apple, but suddenly the apple in her mouth was about to be taken away. Xiao Ranran felt lost and then pretended to cry. Ye Qian couldn't move the apple away from the corner of Xiao Ranran's mouth, and quickly asked Gu Jinyan to make milk powder. She must be hungry, otherwise how could she not tell whether this was his meal or not.
After Gu Jinyan brought the milk, Ye Qian moved the apple away and put the bottle into Xiao Ranran's mouth. Xiao Ranran was comforted immediately before she had time to cry, and fell asleep right after drinking the milk.
She slept for three hours straight. After waking up, Xiao Ranran opened her eyes without crying or making a fuss. She kept turning around as if looking for something. Seeing Ye Qian sitting beside her, she stretched out her hands to her. Ye Qian was watching with great interest, thinking that her child was really smart, when Xiao Ranran farted. It was smelly and loud, and she scared herself to tears. Ye Qian laughed out loud, and then immediately picked up Xiao Ranran and coaxed her.
Gu Jinyan and Auntie Lan came over after hearing the crying. Gu Jinyan asked, "He's crying like this, why are you smiling so happily? Did you tease him again?"
"No, he was scared to tears by his own fart. I was trying to comfort him." Ye Qian explained.
After a few coaxings from Ye Qian, the child calmed down. However, the crying was so loud that it made her ears ring.
In fact, this child doesn't like to cry much. Ye Qian likes to make him cry because she sees that this child doesn't like to cry. During the confinement period, this child would only hum a few words when he was hungry to let everyone know that he needed to be fed. At other times, he would not say anything even if he urinated, but would just move his legs when he felt uncomfortable.
But Ye Qian felt that crying was a child's right. After all, crying children get milk. Ye Qian understood this principle. She only had this one child, so naturally all her eyes were on him. But what should she do if she had another baby? Besides, family planning was not popular yet, so every family had several children. So she often teased Xiao Ranran and taught him to cry, but no one seemed to understand her good intentions. Alas, she felt so tired.
Speaking of children, Li Yue got pregnant with her second child very quickly, and it has been three months now. Ye Qian felt that the interval was too short and not good for her body, so she asked her to be more careful next time. After all, orphans like us don't have our parents to love us, so we can only love ourselves more.
Although Ye Qian's mother-in-law is a good person, she still cares more about her son. Li Yue's mother-in-law really doesn't understand that getting pregnant in such a short interval is bad for the body.
(End of this chapter)
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