In the last month of the summer vacation, Yuanbao and Tangyuan kept a close eye on their brother whom they hadn't seen for such a long time. Every morning after waking up and eating, the first thing they did was to look for their brother. If their father held them around but still couldn't find him, the two little guys would immediately burst into tears, sobbing in a wronged manner.
Who can stand these two adorable babies? Little Cao Siheng is in both pain and joy, even having to calculate the time when going to the toilet.
With several children at home, time always flies by very fast. Before we knew it, the weather had gotten colder, the twins had slowly started to walk, Peanut had grown a little taller, and Shen Anning had also been promoted. In the past few years, she had progressed from an ordinary doctor to an attending physician and now an associate chief physician. She had taken steady steps, and at the age of thirty-two or thirty-three, she had achieved such success, which was considered a leader among her peers.
This year, a new member was added to the family, that is Peng Zhe's wife Qi Xi. The two held their wedding and got their marriage certificate before the first snow before the New Year. According to Peng Zhe, good girls should act early, and leaving it until after the New Year would be disrespectful to the relationship.
The family members were speechless by his twisted logic. Grandpa Shen was so angry that he picked up his crutch and hit his little grandson, whom he had always doted on, twice. He said he would come back in November to get married and have a wedding. Not to mention that the good day would be after the New Year, and the preparations always take time. Peng Zhe, who was hit twice, stammered and felt very embarrassed. With so many children in the family, he might be the only one who got on the bus first and bought the ticket later.
In mid-January 1988, less than twenty days before the Chinese New Year, the main gate of Zijing City, where the portrait of the great man was hung, was officially opened to domestic and foreign tourists and became an official tourist attraction.
Every day, countless people go to the square to watch the flag-raising ceremony. With the first rays of morning light, the red flag printed with a five-pointed star slowly rises. This is a ceremony, but also a transmission of spirit.
Shen Anning had seen this many times. In her previous life, whenever she missed her family, she would always get up very early, walk for half an hour, stand on the opposite side of the road, look at the tourists, look at herself, and look at the past.
The children in the family were very interested in this. Shen Zixi and Qin Shutong's schools had organized students to watch the ceremony early on. The two sisters came back and described it to their younger brothers who had no experience. Cao Siheng and Shen Zixuan, who had never been to school, were very curious about the flag-raising ceremony. They kept clamoring to watch it, and the twins who followed them around also shouted that they wanted to go and watch it.
On the last weekend before the New Year, Shen Anning and Cao Jingheng were both resting. The grandparents didn't sleep much to begin with, so naturally they had to go along with them. They now lived very close to the city gate, only about twenty minutes' walk away.
Early in the morning, at half past six, the children in the family were awakened by their father's big hands. When little Peanut opened his eyes and saw his father standing beside his bed, his brain had not yet reacted. He blinked twice and closed his eyes again.
Cao Jingheng, who was beside the bed, smiled at his eldest son's action and nudged the child who wanted to go back to sleep. "Get up, you can't sleep any more. Didn't we agree to watch the flag-raising ceremony? Are you going yet? If you don't get up, I'll lock you up at home alone."
"Uh-huh, Dad, I'm so sleepy."
"So are you still going to see it? If you want to go, get up. I'll give you three seconds to get up." Cao Jingheng, who comes from a military family, has a tough style in disciplining his children. He originally thought that having a younger sister among the twins would make him softer, but unfortunately, he didn't have such a lucky life, so he treats all of them equally. He hopes that his children will all be men who can stand up to the sky and provide a roof over their families in the future.
Although he was whining, Peanut still lifted the quilt and sat up. It was winter and he needed to sleep a lot. Besides, he was only four years old and he loved to act like a spoiled child by nature.
"Daddy, hold me."
Holding the small quilt in his hand, the man naturally wrapped his son in it, "It's okay, Daddy will dress you warmly, you won't be cold. A man should go to bed early and get up early even in winter."
Helping the children wash and brush their teeth has become a habit. Cao Jingheng carried them to the bathroom, squeezed toothpaste on Peanut and poured warm water for him, and also brought the two fat babies who were staying in bed on the other side over.
"Brother, Mom isn't awake."
"Dad is bad."
"You're saying bad things about me so early in the morning, Tangyuan. Is your little butt itchy again?" Cao Simo, whose name was called, stretched out his chubby little hands to cover his butt. However, because his hands were too short and he was wearing too many clothes, he couldn't cover his little butt at all. The little guy was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down.
There are three children in the family, two of them look like him, and only Tangyuan looks like Shen An Ning, especially when he laughs and cries, the little guy and Shen An Ning are almost cast in the same mold. Because of this, Cao Jingheng always indulges little baby Tangyuan more. Children are very sensitive. Tangyuan is not afraid of his father most of the time, and even dares to challenge his father openly, but he dares not resist spanking because the twins often act together and do wrong things together. In this case, Cao Jingheng will not spoil or favor the children at all when punishing them.
"Dad, I was wrong. No, no spanking."
"It hurts, Daddy, it hurts." As the little guy spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably, as if he had suffered a great injustice. This shocked his two brothers beside him, and also made Cao Jingheng speechless and rubbed his head.
"That's enough, little drama queen. You're already in pain and crying before you've even been hit, huh? A man shouldn't cry easily. Didn't Daddy tell you to stand at attention, open your mouth, and brush your teeth?"
It's just a bit of sunshine that makes it bright. When the child heard his father say this, his mood turned from gloomy to cheerful in a second, and he gave his father who was squatting down and preparing to pick him up while standing on a stool a milky kiss.
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