Chapter 201 201 Two in One
Next, Ding Guo started to hold one child in each hand and coax the little ancestor.
I held my two children and walked them around the house, letting them look at the modern interior decoration and the vegetables piled in the corner.
She carried them to see the well, sat on the reclining chair and took a leisurely stroll. Finally, she carried the two little kids who couldn't be coaxed to the black soil and said, "Look, this is the kingdom that mom has built for you."
System: "...Have some shame!"
It's its fault, and it's its own land. The dog host is so arrogant that he can sit on the throne and make a fortune. The system cursed and picked a red tomato out of thin air, floating it in front of the two small hosts, and flew back and forth, swaying from side to side.
The two little guys finally stopped crying. They opened their eyes wide and turned their little heads left and right, curiously looking at the tomatoes flying around.
Isn't it just a shot? It's so hard to appease them.
Ding Guo breathed a sigh of relief, and took the opportunity to wipe the tears from the eyes and faces of the two people. He stayed in the space for a while, and then quickly left the space.
"ah!"
Dabao and Xiaobao were stunned: Where is that red thing?
Why is the scene different?
Was everything that just happened an illusion?
Dabao frowned his delicate brows, turned around to look at his unscrupulous old mother in confusion, and uttered "ah" again.
Xiaobao was also looking everywhere for the thing that had just flown around, but to no avail. She turned to look at her mother, then looked down at the place where she had been pricked, then looked up again and continued to stare at her mother, as if to say, what happened just now was such a big deal, are we just going to let it go just for now?
Ding Guo was shocked by her daughter's action: "Why does a little kid who just came out of confinement have such a good memory? Don't look at it, you should go to bed."
The two little guys were confused for a moment, and then their old mother held one in each hand and walked around the main room twice. Gradually, they felt sleepy and fell asleep.
Ding Guo breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the room, and gently put the two little kids on the bed. He patted them gently to comfort them, and after making sure they were asleep, he raised his hand to wipe the non-existent sweat, and then stared curiously at the jade pendants hanging around their necks.
"Mouse, can others really not see it?"
System: "System products must be top-notch. Before the space is activated, no one except the host can see the jade pendant, and the two little hosts cannot feel the existence of the jade pendant."
Ding Guo nodded with satisfaction.
Wang Chunhua, who knew nothing about this, was kneading dough in the kitchen, preparing to make steamed buns.
Ding Guo came out and she asked with a smile, "Did Dabao and Xiaobao go to bed?"
Ding Guo: "He's asleep." He added, "I'm going out for a while, you listen to the noise in the room."
Wang Chunhua: “Okay!”
After the child was born, Ding Guo prepared to find someone to connect the two courtyards and then set up a bread kiln at home.
The bread kiln will not be located here, but in her yard next door. The bathrooms in both yards will be redesigned and renovated, and the bathroom will also need to be replanned.
The construction master had already found out about it, so Ding Guo went to ask him if he had any work recently. She asked the construction master to estimate the approximate quantity of materials so that she could buy the materials first.
You should also go and take a look at the courtyard in Chaoyang District.
"Haozi, have you developed the function of screening tenants?"
System: "It is still under development. Please be patient and wait."
Okay!
Ding Guo first went to the home of the craftsman he had inquired about, but the craftsman had gone out to work and was very busy over the past two days, so they could only meet in the morning or evening to discuss the matter in detail.
Ding Guo: "Then I'll come over tomorrow morning."
The master's family said, "Our boss leaves home at five in the morning. Can you come over at that time?"
Ding Guo: “Yes!”
Now the two children have a fixed feeding time, and they need to be fed around four in the morning.
It takes less than half an hour to ride a bike from home, so I can catch up.
After leaving the craftsman's house, Ding Guo first went to the cannery and gave Yu Shaofen a large bag of vegetables and a piece of beef. He asked her to keep some of the vegetables for herself and send some to the old man and the old lady.
After saying a few words to Aunt Yu, Ding Guo rode away on his bike and went to Chaowai Street.
At this perfect time, when smoke was rising from every household, there were only a few aunties and uncles passing by on bicycles in the alley, and no one gathered together to chat.
Ding Guo took out the key and opened the door.
The yard is full of weeds, full of vigorous vitality.
Ding Guo looked at it and sighed deeply. It seemed that it had predicted what its dog host was going to say. The system took the initiative and also sighed: "Alas, it's a pity that I can only control the black soil and cannot control the ground outside. Otherwise, I could help the host clean the yard."
Ding Guo: ...
How come such a good Tongzi still smells like tea?
The weeds in the yard were not cleared, but Ding Guo cleaned the gate of the yard. He had to leave some traces after having been there.
Back at Zizhu Bridge, Wang Chunhua had just put the steamed buns that had been proofed into the pot and was cooking.
Ding Guo did not come back empty-handed, as she had to hang some vegetables and meat on the handlebars.
The amount that was brought back before was large, mainly prepared for Aunt San to return to her hometown, so there is not much left at home.
Wang Chunhua made two kinds of steamed buns, one made of two-grain flour and one made of pure white flour.
Wang Chunhua and Aunt Qiao usually eat Erhe noodles. Ding Guo said there is no need to distinguish them. Aunt Qiao and the others can just eat whatever she eats. There is no need to order separate portions and don't make themselves feel wronged.
But the two felt bad about following Ding Guo in eating fine grains. Ding Guo's monthly ration was not enough, and it was obvious that it would be a considerable expense just to buy food.
Ding Guo was pregnant and gave birth before, and now she has to breastfeed the child, so she should eat better, so they mix some coarse grains into the food.
Besides, the steamed buns made from the corn flour that Ding Guo brought back from outside were very fragrant. The two of them really liked to eat them and didn’t feel that they were wasting their time.
Ding Guo didn't stop her. Sometimes she would switch with those who ate two-grain noodles. She had also asked Aunt Qiao to steam some steamed corn bread for her before. It was fragrant and filling, and really delicious.
After entering the room and carrying the things into the kitchen, Ding Guo just squatted down to add a piece of firewood into the stove when he heard some movement in the house.
Wang Chunhua smiled and said, "I know mother is back, you should go quickly."
Ding Guo had no choice but to get up and go into the house.
Dabao and Xiaobao woke up together.
Dabao's face was puffed up, and he was trying hard to hold back something.
Xiaobao was grunting and kicking the thin quilt that was wrapped around her.
After raising the babies for more than a month, Ding Guo has gained some experience. He can tell at a glance that one has just finished urinating and the other is still urinating.
"Here I come."
Ding Guo did not dare to delay at all. He quickly unwrapped the quilt and took out the dirty diaper, folded it to a clean place and roughly wiped the baby, then threw the dirty diaper on the ground, quickly picked up the thermos beside the bed and added warm water to the basin, then took the cotton cloth specially used for wiping their buttocks, wet it, wiped the baby again, then skillfully put on a clean diaper and quickly wrapped him up again.
The whole set goes on smoothly, and no movement is redundant.
While she was busy, Dabao's expression relaxed and he also began to protest the discomfort under his body.
“Right away!”
Is it okay if the speed is not fast?
If I were any slower, I would have cried in front of her.
The same process was repeated again, and the two little guys finally calmed down.
Ding Guo looked at the time and it was time to feed the babies, so she picked up Xiaobao and fed him without waiting for them to cry.
During this time, Wang Chunhua was afraid that she was too busy, so she took some time to come in and take a look. When her eyes fell on Dabao and Xiaobao, Ding Guo noticed Wang Chunhua's expression and saw that she really didn't show anything unusual. The jade pendants on the two little ones really didn't exist in Wang Chunhua's eyes, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s not that she doesn’t trust her son, she just feels subconsciously guilty.
Now that it has been verified, Ding Guo is completely relieved. He then lets Wang Chunhua go out and do something, saying that she can handle it herself.
After feeding, burping, and putting the baby to sleep, she was completely done and the steamed buns were ready. Wang Chunhua came in and set the table for dinner.
The next morning, Ding Guo went to the craftsman again. It was only 4:40 when she arrived and she met Master Zhu.
Ding Guo had already drawn a diagram of the renovation plan, and showed it to Master Zhu together with the diagram of the bread kiln. Master Zhu took it and took a glance at it. He was not too surprised by the renovation of the bathroom, but he was stunned by the bread kiln.
"Is this a stove?" Master Zhu scratched his head with a smile, "I have never seen a stove like this before."
But this girl is very meticulous in drawing. She can make one just by comparing it with the blueprint. He looked at it carefully, nodded repeatedly, and said, "It can be done, but you have to wait. I have five days to finish this job, and another job will take about three to five days. Generally speaking, you have to arrange it ten days later."
Ding Guo: "No problem. Do you provide the materials or do I need to buy them myself?"
Master Zhu's team is not private, they are under the management of the local street, and they can get materials from the street or order them themselves. Master Zhu has acquaintances, and he helps introduce them to others and gets a commission, which belongs to him personally. As long as the amount is not particularly large, the street will turn a blind eye.
Although Master Zhu did not say it explicitly, Ding Guo guessed that Master Zhu's business would not be in vain, so Ding Guo did not hesitate and hired the person introduced by Master Zhu.
Let them make some profits and we will be extra careful in the project.
However, Master Zhu was not in a hurry to report the quantity. He wanted to go to the site and estimate how many old bricks could be removed from the original building.
Ding Guo said: "You can come over anytime. I'm not at home, and there are other people at home. It's the same if you tell your family."
"Okay, I'll take some time to go over and take a look in the next two days." Master Zhu wrote down Ding Guo's address and said.
Ding Guo rode his bike back home and Aunt Qiao came back.
And there is Xiao He.
Xiao He gave Ding Guo a crib, which was a double stroller specially made by the old man.
Ding Guo invited Xiao He to have dinner with him, but Xiao He refused and said, "I have to go back quickly. The old leader has to go out of town for a meeting today, so I can't delay any longer."
After sending Xiao He away, Aunt Qiao looked around the crib.
The crib can be used for both sitting and lying, and there are two movable circles made of bamboo strips on the top. A piece of cotton cloth can be sewed on it later so that the child can lie in it and bask in the sun.
"The temperature has been good these past two days, so we can let Dabao and Xiaobao out to bask in the sun at noon." Aunt Qiao asked Ding Guo, "Do you have any thinner cotton cloth? Gauze will also be fine, I'll sew it on the stroller later."
"Yes!" Ding Guo touched the cart and found it was polished very smoothly without any burrs. The craftsman who made it had good skills. She got up and went into the house to get a piece of gauze and handed it to Aunt Qiao.
If you don't have any, you can buy ready-made ones.
After breakfast, Ding Guo looked at the time, fed the two children once, and then rode his bike to the company to report for leave and wrote a leave note.
When I asked for leave, I was not sure how long I would take, so I asked for one month. However, the actual leave time was much longer than one month, so I could just write a leave note to take the rest.
"Oh, the young mother is back!" Li Shumei was very happy to see her. She first asked whether the baby was a boy or a girl. When she learned that it was twins, she smiled and said, "That's great too. We have both a boy and a girl."
At least I have a son, so Xiao Ding’s family shouldn’t have any objections.
Ding Guo couldn't help laughing. The word "also" meant that Li Shumei regretted that she didn't give birth to two sons at the same time.
During this period of knowing each other, Ding Guo also understood Li Shumei's thoughts a little and hoped that she would have more sons.
Ding Guo didn't argue with anyone about this, saying that whether it was influenced by the general environment or her personal thoughts, Li Shumei had her own ideas.
"Isn't the child beautiful? Does he look like you or your partner?"
"There are places that are like me, and there are places that are like my partner."
Li Shumei: "It will be so beautiful. When they grow longer, bring them to the office for me to see."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Don't complain about their noise when the time comes."
Li Shumei said with a smile: "Being noisy means that the child is in good health. You would be worried if the child didn't make any noise and had no energy."
She took out two dollars from her pocket and gave it to Ding Guo as a gift.
Ding Guo didn't want it, and Li Shumei said, "Take it, take it. I don't have much. It's a token of my appreciation. They are twins, a boy and a girl. What a happy event."
Ding Guo had no choice but to take it and said, "Thank you, Sister Shumei. I'm sorry for the expense."
"It's just a token of my appreciation. It's not a big expense."
When she was pregnant, Sister Shumei took care of a lot of work. Now that she had given birth, she naturally took over the sweeping and mopping work, letting Li Shumei take a break, and asked her: "Do you want to take a vacation?"
The two spoke almost at the same time, and Li Shumei asked her about breastfeeding.
Ding Guo said: "I have to go home more often during this period."
Li Shumei: "It's not a big deal. We are not like those big factories. We have nurseries in the factory. We can go to the nurseries to feed our children while working. You should go back. If I take a break, you can ask the accountant to take over when you go home to feed your children."
Ding Guo did not miss a single day during her vacation. During her breaks, the accountant would come to take over her shift.
There is not much accounting work in a bookstore, but it is truly a brick of the revolution, and it can be moved wherever there is a need.
After cleaning, there were no customers in the store yet. Li Shumei skillfully opened her cloth bag and took out a half-finished cloth shoe. She lowered her head to turn the needle and thread while saying, "My second son's toes are like teeth. After wearing a pair of shoes for a few days, his toes stick out."
Although he complained, there was no real impatience in his words.
Ding Guo almost couldn't hold back his laughter. According to what Li Shumei said, her child was growing teeth all over his body. Last time, he grew teeth in his crotch, and this time, he grew teeth in his toes.
"It means your second son is lively and active. Being active is good, and he grows fast."
Li Shumei smiled and said, "That's right. His appetite has increased recently. He's almost going to bankrupt his parents!"
Just now when Ding Guo was cleaning, he found new books on the bookshelf. While talking to Li Shumei, he walked over and accurately pulled out a book he had never seen before, "A New Exploration of the Analects".
Ding Guo took it in his hand and flipped through it, looking at the publication date. It was published in February this year.
Not a first printing, this book was released in the fifties.
It was just the right way to kill time. I read the book quickly while listening to Li Shumei chatting about her family and neighbors' daily life.
During this period, people started to come in one after another.
The two of them didn't need to get up to greet or greet the customers, just say a few words and let the customers read and find books by themselves.
Not long after watching, Ding Guo felt a familiar swelling feeling in his chest, more accurate than an alarm clock.
She glanced at the watch on her wrist, stuffed the book into the drawer, and said, "Sister Shumei, I have to go back to feed the baby."
Li Shumei hurriedly said, "Then go quickly, ride slowly on the road, don't rush."
"knew!"
Ding Guo rode his bike home, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard Dabao and Xiaobao crying.
Aunt Qiao smiled and said, "You timed it perfectly. The noise just started."
But they are both crying, who should I feed first?
Ding Guo washed his hands and said, "Feed them together. Aunt Qiao, please help hold one."
Aunt Qiao and Sister Chunhua have both given birth to several children and have seen her breastfeeding, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.
Ding Guo unbuttoned his clothes, held one baby in his arms, and Aunt Qiao held another, feeding both of them together.
After eating milk, the two little ones became quiet. With tears in the corners of their eyes, they held the bowl of rice in their mouths, smiled at Ding Guo and swallowed the food in big gulps.
Ding Guo helplessly tapped their noses and said, "I can't let you down for even a moment."
She looked at the jade pendant hanging around her neck. It was hanging in front of the two little ones' chests, but it was not still. Instead, it moved with their movements, but the two little ones were unaware of it.
The stealth feature is really amazing!
After feeding, the two of them each held the baby and patted his/her burp.
Because she calculated the time to come back to feed the baby, Ding Guo didn't bring lunch. She had to come back again at noon, and then go back after feeding and eating.
After burping them, the two little ones lay on the bed and played, and Ding Guo returned to the unit.
On the way, she took a handful of fresh leeks and four or five boiled eggs from the space as a return gift to Li Shumei.
Li Shumei also said a few polite words, took it, and asked: "Where did you buy this leek? It's so fresh!"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "My family went out to buy it."
"That's great. I'll go back home and make some big leek dumplings to eat tonight."
Ding Guo continued reading. During this time, a customer came to pay and she collected the money and put the change into the account.
It was almost noon when he said something to Li Shumei and rode away on his bike.
When I got home, Aunt Qiao had just prepared lunch.
Ding Guo finished feeding the child and sat down to eat.
Aunt Qiao made some strong steamed buns for Ding Guo, fried some green vegetables, and cooked some thick millet and red date porridge.
Ding Guo finished his meal and went back to work.
Before leaving, I said to Aunt Qiao, "We still have some leeks at home. Let's make some steamed leeks buns tonight? They should be stuffed with leeks, vermicelli and eggs."
Just now, when she heard Li Shumei talking about leek buns, she also felt craving for them.
Aunt Qiao smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go soak the vermicelli later."
I didn’t expect that I would not only eat vegetarian leek buns in the evening, but also pure mutton buns.
Not long after she left at noon, Yu Shaofen came over, brought her a piece of mutton, and then hurried off to work.
Aunt Qiao knew that Ding Guo also liked to eat mutton buns, so she made one more bun with another filling.
Fengning!
Ding Zhigang belatedly remembered that Ding Guo was pregnant.
When the eldest son came home, he asked him: "How many months has your eldest sister been pregnant? When will she give birth?"
Ding Jianguo was stunned: "I don't know, when did my sister get pregnant?"
Ding Zhigang didn't know the exact time of Ding Guo's pregnancy. He only knew that Ding Guo's in-laws transferred her to the capital because of her pregnancy, and it was almost time for her to give birth.
"Take some time to ask Taozi."
Ding Jianguo nodded wearily, "I'll go ask when I have time."
Zheng Wenfang greeted him with her slightly bulging belly: "Jianguo is here, please stay for dinner. Xiangxiang, I'll cook some more dishes later."
Dingxiang rolled her eyes and said nothing.
Her elder brother would not stay for dinner. As expected, Ding Jianguo said, "No, no, I just came to visit after not being home for a few days. Since there is nothing going on at home, I will go back."
As he spoke, he winked at Ding Jiandang.
When Ding Jianguo left, Ding Jiandang followed him out: "Dad, don't come out. I'm going to see my eldest brother off."
The two brothers walked a little further before Ding Jianguo said, "Pan Dingfeng is injured. Mom wants you to go over and take care of him for two days."
Ding Jiandang was surprised: "Brother Dingfeng is injured? How did he get injured?"
"I don't know who he offended in the village, and he got beaten up. His ribs are broken. I will go to the countryside the day after tomorrow to pick him up and bring him back here to recuperate. It's not convenient for mom to take care of him, so I'll ask you to go over and take care of him for a while."
Ding Jianguo sighed as he spoke.
He was shocked when he saw Pan Dingfeng. His face was bruised and he had several injuries on his body, the most serious of which was his ribs.
Pan Dingfeng insisted that someone wanted to kill him, so he didn't dare stay there until he recovered from his injuries and wanted to go back to Fengning to recuperate.
He also asked Ding Jianguo to go to the police station to help him report to the police.
Since the police did not come to take his statement, Pan Dingfeng had a vague guess in his mind that the village was trying to conceal the truth.
He did not approve of this behavior.
The old man Liu Kaihe wanted to protect the members of their village, but he disagreed with this and thought such behavior was not desirable.
Ding Jianguo happened to come, so he asked Ding Jianguo to report to the police.
The public security soon intervened in the investigation, and Ding Jianguo also met with the village cadres of Dazhangzhuang. Several village cadres were probably very angry about the conspiracy against Pan Dingfeng. They all looked very unhappy and did not smile at him at all.
Because Ding Jianguo was in a hurry to get back to work, he took the police to Dazhangzhuang. He returned to the clinic, said hello to Pan Dingfeng, and then came back.
Pan Dingfeng will have to take injections for another two days, and after the doctor confirms that he can move, he will be taken back.
Ding Jiandang didn't want to go.
Taking care of Pan Dingfeng delayed his time in picking up scraps.
Besides, Dad wouldn't agree.
"Of course you can't tell Dad directly, just say... Mom isn't feeling well and you go over to take care of her."
Ding Jiandang still didn't want to go.
He actually didn't have much hatred towards Pan Dingfeng. Brother Dingfeng used to bring them food and take them to the movies.
But the family was in such a mess, and after hearing Ding Xiang complain too much about her mother being partial, her family severed ties with Ding Nianjun, so he always felt embarrassed to take care of Pan Dingfeng.
If Dingxiang knew about this, she would definitely not agree.
"Brother, let me ask Ding Xiang first. Isn't Brother Ding Feng not back yet?"
Ding Jianguo frowned: "If you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, don't go. Why do you have to ask Xiangxiang about this?"
Ding Jiandang didn’t know what to say, so he just insisted on asking Ding Xiang, then turned and ran away.
Ding Jianguo sighed helplessly and turned to go home.
He also has to find a way to deal with Lu Xiaomei.
I can't tell Lu Xiaomei about going to see Pan Dingfeng, and I can't let her know that I'm going to pick him up. If she knows, she'll have to argue with him.
Thinking of this, Ding Jianguo couldn't stop sighing.
Because of this incident, he had completely forgotten his father's instructions.
Ding Guo didn’t know what was happening in Fengning for the time being. She was talking to Dayong who had just returned from a business trip, and asked him to assign return gifts to Xiao Hong and the others.
As the brother and sister were chatting, Pei Che, who had been away for more than a month, also came home carrying large and small bags of things.
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