Chapter 90 Walkers and high chairs.
When Cheng Shi came back from training, he was happy to hear his son calling him "Mom".
The one who had the hardest time since Tangyuan came to this world was Susu, and the first word she called out should be "mother". Although he often taught Tangyuan to call him dad, he actually often taught him to call mother.
He looked at Tang Yuan. The child was very happy to see him. He waved his hands and shouted, "Mom!"
Everyone was amused by this. Ever since Tangyuan learned to call "mother", he would call "mother" whenever he met everyone.
Cheng Shi smiled and touched his little head to encourage him: "Not bad, you are a good talker and you know when to call your mother first."
He also expected his son to call him "Dad". After dinner, he hugged Tangyuan and kept teaching him to call him "Dad". But Tangyuan always responded with "Mom".
Cheng Shi was not discouraged. As long as the child could say the first word, the rest would come out sooner or later. He taught him first, and sooner or later he would hear his good son call out "Dad."
It was obvious that everyone in the family was very concerned about Tangyuan's learning to speak, and they would teach him how to call people when they had nothing to do.
It was rare for the eldest and second babies to come over during their rest time and kept teaching Tangyuan to call him "brother". The little Tangyuan tilted his head and responded with "mother".
Erbao was so anxious that he tried to correct her: "Tangyuan is wrong, I am not your mother, I am your brother, and your mother is your aunt."
Tang Yuan smiled and said, "Mom!"
Dabao is older and more stable: "Erbao, don't be impatient. Tangyuan has just learned to call mother. Just now he called our mother mother. We have to be patient and teach him slowly."
Erbao is a little brother who listens to his elder brother. He nodded and said, "Okay, then we will teach him slowly. Come on, Tangyuan, say hello to your elder brother."
Tangyuan fell into the hands of the two brothers, and a new round of being forced to learn to call people began.
Maybe he had taught him enough during this period, or maybe it was time for Tangyuan to speak. One day when Cheng Shi was holding him, he suddenly heard his son call him "Dad". The childish voice sounded so sweet to his ears.
His eyes became red uncontrollably, and he finally understood why Susu was so excited that she cried when she first heard Tangyuan call her mother. The feeling was hard to describe, but Cheng Shi thought he would remember it for the rest of his life.
He Susu was also happy when she knew that Tangyuan could call her dad.
This child is quite good at distinguishing things. When he sees Cheng Shi, he calls him dad, and when he sees He Susu, he calls her mom.
He's mother couldn't help laughing when she heard this. If they could call their parents "grandma", how far could they go from calling their grandma "grandma"? She was looking forward to it.
On the day of the tenth day of her trip to the county town, He Susu held her child for a while after breakfast. She was afraid that Tangyuan would see her and make a fuss, so she asked her mother to take the child to the room to play. Then she carried the backpack and the package and went out.
After getting on the bus and finding a seat, He Susu smiled and told her sister-in-law that Tangyuan could now call "Dad" and also knew to call her and Cheng Shi "Dad and Mom" respectively.
Su Yu was happy for her after hearing this: "This is a good thing. The child can call mom and dad, and will soon learn to speak. Your home will definitely be lively from now on."
He Susu smiled and agreed. She felt happy when she thought about having a young child at home who would talk all day long.
The aunt and sister-in-law chatted, and when they got off the bus in the county town, they walked to the grocery store together to buy meat and vegetables, and then went to the slaughterhouse to buy pork.
When they came out again, Su Yu said, "Little sister, it's getting cold now. I plan to go to the department store to buy some fabric and cotton to make thick clothes for Dabao and Erbao. Do you want to go with me?"
He Susu shook her head: "Sister-in-law, you go ahead. I'll go around."
Su Yu nodded and walked towards the department store.
He Susu didn't have anything to buy, so she went to the carpenter's shop that Cheng Shi mentioned to ask, but found out that they didn't sell baby walkers or baby high chairs there.
She asked passers-by and learned that there were three carpenters in the county town who were helping to make wooden products for sale. Occasionally, some craftsmen would make things and give them to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy and sell.
Then she went to the corresponding counter of the supply and marketing cooperative to check the sales of wooden products. He Susu had a rough idea in her mind. After coming out, she found an empty alley and turned in, and moved out the things that she had exchanged in advance and placed in the storage compartment.
There are one pound of apples, two pounds of fragrant pears, long-sleeved trousers, cotton coats, cotton pants, and cotton socks for Tangyuan, all made of solid cotton fabrics. The cotton coats and cotton pants are stuffed with duck down, which is not only warm, but also light and does not affect children's activities. Then there are baby walkers and baby dining chairs.
The ones in the front can be put in the backpack and the bag, but the two large items in the back can only be carried by hand. Fortunately, the baby dining chair is slightly larger than the long-legged chair, and it can be disassembled into several pieces and tied with ropes according to the product details. The walker is relatively small, so it doesn't matter if it can't be folded and disassembled. He Susu put the small items tied with ropes on the walker and carried them back to the supply and marketing cooperative with both hands.
The military wife who had returned earlier and was waiting for the bus saw it and couldn't help asking curiously, "Susu, what did you buy?"
He Susu smiled and said, "My child is old enough to learn to walk, and I saw a carpenter making a walker for sale. It looked good, so I bought it, thinking of letting my child practice walking."
Some people think that He Susu is wasting money. It would be better to just lift the child up and let him walk when he practices walking. There is no need to spend money. However, these words are kept in their hearts and not said out loud.
Some people seemed to see some clues in the walker and smiled and praised He Susu for buying a good walker, saying that the child would definitely learn to walk quickly.
He Susu smiled and thanked for the compliment.
When Su Yu came back with the cloth and cotton, she was curious about the walker that her younger sister had bought.
He Susu explained in a low voice the purpose of the walker and dining chair. Su Yu smiled and nodded repeatedly: "This money is worth spending. If Dabao and Erbao had these things when they were young, I would have felt more relaxed."
She secretly sighed that her aunt was so lucky that she could buy a walker and a high chair so long in advance.
In later times, these two items were very common in maternal and infant products, and every household with children would buy them for use. But at this time, they were still not available. I don’t know which carpenter had the ingenuity to make a baby walker and a baby dining chair in advance, and even if they were made of wood, they were still very good.
While waiting for the car to arrive, Su Yu helped He Susu carry the walker and high chair.
When they got off the bus at the military family quarters, she followed and helped carry the walker and high chair to her aunt's door. She said hello before going home.
He's mother sent the third daughter-in-law away. Although she was curious about the two big items her daughter bought, she still happily shared: "Susu, Tangyuan called me grandma this morning."
Her face was full of smiles, as fresh as spring breeze, and she looked several years younger.
He Susu was also happy to hear this: "Really? Tangyuan is calling grandma so soon?"
Mother He coaxed the grandson in her arms: "Come on, Tangyuan, call grandma to your mother."
"Mom!" Tangyuan saw He Susu and reached out to hug her, and opened his mouth to call her mom.
He Susu deliberately didn't reach out to pick him up: "Call me grandma first to make us happy."
Tang Yuan then turned around to look at He's mother, grinned and called out sweetly, "Grandma!"
"Hey!" He's mother responded happily, "I said Tangyuan was sensible and knew how to recognize people. When he called me grandma, he knew to look back at me."
He Susu was also very happy about this. She hugged Tangyuan and kissed him, then put him back into her mother's arms. She still had to move these things in, and the meat and vegetables in the backpack and package had to be put in the kitchen.
Only then did He's mother care about these things: "Susu, what did you buy?"
She looked at it for a long time but couldn't see any use for it.
He Susu smiled and explained, "The one below is a walker. Put Tangyuan in it and he can stand or walk by himself. There is a piece of hard mesh cloth underneath to support him. When he gets tired, he can sit down without worrying about falling. You can see that there are wheels all around here. Tangyuan can stand in it and walk around. It's very easy. After putting these small pieces together, it will become a child dining chair. When we eat in the future, we can put Tangyuan in this dining chair to sit on. It will also be more convenient for us to feed him."
"I saw a carpenter making some and selling them at the supply and marketing cooperative. There were only one or two of them. I bought them because they looked useful and they weren't expensive."
He's mother realized the benefits of the walker and dining chair and was very satisfied: "It looks good. You can find good things when you go to the county town. I'll clean it up later so that Tangyuan can practice walking with the walker. The child has finally got what he has been looking forward to for so long."
He Susu smiled and agreed. She first put the things in the backpack and package into the kitchen.
Mother He came in holding Tang Yuan and said, "Let me clean up these things. You take Tang Yuan down and take a rest."
He Susu thought that her mother usually cooked in the kitchen, so it would be good for her to clean up the mess. She might as well take a break, so she took Tangyuan and went to sit in the living room.
She was a person who could not sit still. Looking at the walker, she felt itchy and simply picked up Tangyuan and went to the toilet. She took a rag, wet it with water, wrung it out, walked out, squatted down and wiped the walker, wiping every gap clean.
Tangyuan looked at the big guy in front of him and thought it was a new toy his mother bought for him. He was so excited that he reached out to pull it over.
But He Susu was wiping the walker with a rag, and her hands were so strong that it was impossible for a little kid like him to pull it. Tangyuan was so anxious that he kept shouting, "Mom! Mom! Mom!"
"Be good. Mommy will let you play with it after I wipe it." He Susu coaxed him and quickened her hands to wipe the walker clean.
Originally, there is a mesh in the middle of the walker, which should be washed and dried before use, but Tangyuan is wearing a lot of clothes in late autumn and I am not afraid of direct skin contact, so I just let him play with it first.
She put her hands under Tangyuan's armpits, lifted him up and put him into the walker, letting his legs spread out and hang down through the space left for his feet in the mesh bag so that he could sit firmly.
Tangyuan was a little confused, not understanding how he had sat in the stroller all of a sudden. But he was also a little excited, patting the stroller with both hands and happily shouting, "Mom!"
He Susu patted his legs and gestured to him: "Tangyuan, you can stand up like this, just push your legs and you can walk."
Tangyuan understood it, but he didn't know how to do it at first. At least he managed to stand with the support of the mesh bag. It took him several attempts before he figured out how to push with his legs.
The height of the walker was just right for him. Tangyuan could stand almost without using any strength from his feet. He seemed to have found the feeling. He took turns to push with his feet, and the walker moved him. He laughed with joy.
Tangyuan discovered the fun of the walker, which was much faster than crawling and satisfied his long-cherished wish to walk. He kicked his legs and walked around the living room with the walker.
He Susu was very satisfied. Seeing Tangyuan's bright smile and his moving legs, this walker is really useful. It not only allows Tangyuan to learn to walk easily, but also saves the family's energy. Just like now, he can walk and play by himself in the walker without the need for adults to keep a close eye on him.
Tang Yuan was riding his walker, calling out "Mom" and "Ahhh". He followed the direction and rode his walker to the kitchen, then cleverly changed his voice to "Grandma!"
He's mother was preparing to stir-fry meat dishes in the kitchen. When she heard Tangyuan laughing and shouting outside, she thought it was her daughter teasing him. But when she heard her grandmother's voice, she turned around and was startled.
I saw my grandson sitting in the walker that my daughter had just bought, his legs pushing the ground flexibly, and he was walking towards me step by step as if he was walking.
With the support of the walker, he seemed very stable and not worried about falling. He even waved his hands and shouted excitedly, "Grandma!"
Mother He quickly put down the food in her hands, walked over and praised: "Our Tangyuan is really amazing. He can actually walk to the kitchen to find grandma. This walker looks really good."
He Susu followed him into the kitchen: "That's right, this walker is for children to practice walking. When they are tired, they can sit and rest. We adults don't have to make an effort to follow them, and we don't have to worry about them falling."
He's mother nodded repeatedly: "This money is worth spending. Tangyuan can finally practice walking."
She called out, "Come on, Tangyuan, and then come down to show grandma."
Tangyuan tilted his head as if he understood what grandma said, and then he kicked his feet back and walked out of the kitchen.
He Susu had just cleverly hidden aside and had not blocked her son's way back. Now she shook her head in amusement and said, "This walker is new to Tangyuan. He will probably be able to play with it for a while. But when he can walk on his own, this walker won't be able to restrain him."
He's mother smiled and said, "It's still too early for him to leave. Go and look after him. I'll continue cooking."
He Susu agreed and followed him out. She saw Tangyuan riding his walker around by himself. He went from the kitchen to the living room, then slipped into the bedroom, and then rushed to his mother's bedroom. He then checked all the empty rooms, leaving only the bathroom.
When this child could crawl, he loved to play with maps and would use all his strength to crawl around the house. Now that he has a more convenient walker, he has to go around the house again, as the speed is much faster than when he crawled.
He Susu followed him for a while and saw that he was safe in the walker. He couldn't grab anything if he walked around at his height, so she walked into the living room without worry.
She squatted down and untied the ropes that tied the small items, reassembled them, and then wiped the dining chair inside and out with a wet rag, so that Tangyuan could use it for eating later.
She glanced at Tangyuan and saw that the child was trying to sneak into the yard in his walker. She didn't stop him but followed him from behind and watched him from a distance.
Tangyuan strolled freely in the yard, looking here and there. When he got close to the vegetable garden, he knew not to break in, so he just watched from the side.
The child was actually very smart. The soil was unfamiliar to him, and unfamiliarity meant danger. He was afraid of falling in the mud, so he just watched for a while and then left in his walker.
His favorite tree was the peach tree. Usually, when He Susu came out with Tangyuan in her arms, she would always ask him to come over here to see the flowers. Even though the peach tree was bare in late autumn, he would still go under the tree and look at it for a long time.
When Cheng Shi came back from training, he saw his son sitting in a wooden piece of furniture similar to a chair. He could move his feet flexibly and even move around.
Tang Yuan heard the noise and looked towards the door. He saw someone kicking his legs towards him, shouting, "Dad!"
Cheng Shi squatted down and stretched out his hand to stop his son from rushing forward in excitement and almost hitting the walker on him. He praised him: "Tangyuan is really amazing. He can walk now. Did your mother buy this wooden tool?"
But Tang Yuan could only answer: "Dad!"
He Susu followed behind and explained, "This is called a baby walker. I went to the county this morning and saw a carpenter making one and selling it at the supply and marketing cooperative. I heard about its uses and thought it was quite useful, so I bought it. You see, with this baby walker, Tangyuan can push himself around and practice walking, saving us the effort of carrying him to practice walking."
Cheng Shi just observed the use of this wooden tool, it is indeed very good, it turns out to be a baby walker.
He nodded: "This walker is very useful for Tangyuan, you bought it well. This way Tangyuan can also practice walking and wander around. Look how nimbly he rushed towards me just now."
Recalling what happened just now, he smiled.
He Susu: "Yes, I just cleaned him and put him in the walker. The child was very excited after learning how to use it and walked around the house. Come in quickly."
Cheng Shi walked in front with Su Su and called to his son, "Tang Yuan, come in with us."
Tang Yuan laughed and kicked his legs to keep up with his parents. He said he was kicking, but he was also walking slowly, because he was using his legs to exert force.
Cheng Shi entered the room and saw the new wooden high chair. He guessed, "Is this chair for Tang Yuan?"
He Susu nodded: "This is a dining chair. You see, the height is designed so that Tangyuan can sit in it and see the meat and vegetables on the dining table. It is surrounded by wood so he won't fall. The feet can be put out from the bottom and it is comfortable to sit. This way, we don't have to hold him and can just feed him directly. When he grows up a little, we can let him eat by himself."
Cheng Shi took a closer look and understood the ingenuity of it. He nodded and said, "This dining chair looks simple, but no one has ever thought of making a dining chair for children before. The carpenter who made these two things is very ingenious. You are really good. You can always buy good things when you go to the county town."
Sometimes he admired Susu's good luck, like the fact that his family could always eat watermelon once every two weeks in the summer. He heard from his comrades that they occasionally went to the county town to buy watermelon, but they never came across any in the department stores.
He Susu smiled and said, "It's also good luck. We Tangyuan are blessed."
Tang Yuan came over with his walker, stretched out his hand to pull the high leg of the dining chair, with a curious look on his face. But he was weak, and the dining chair was very stable, so he couldn't move it at all.
He's mother had just taken some time to come out and look at the dining chair, and she also liked it very much. She brought out the fried meat and vegetables and said with a smile: "Hurry up and prepare to eat."
Cheng Shiying responded and went into the kitchen to help get bowls to serve rice.
"Come, mom will hold you and sit on this chair." He Susu reached out to take Tangyuan out of the walker.
Tangyuan finally got this lightweight mobile tool and was very excited about it. He refused to be carried out by his mother no matter what. It was only after his mother pointed at the chair that he was curious about and talked to him again and again that he reluctantly agreed.
He Susu put him in the dining chair and sat him down. She was relieved when she saw his chubby hands resting on the table and no signs of shaking violently. The dining chair was also heavy to prevent the child from falling down.
Tang Yuan was very excited to sit on this dining chair. He touched his left and right hands again and again, and wanted to lean back to look at his feet, but he couldn't see them. He grinned and looked very happy.
He's mother and Cheng Shi came out one after another, and when they saw Tangyuan sitting on the dining chair, they said he looked good.
Usually, the adults would eat first, and then Tangyuan would be fed after they finished eating. Now Tangyuan saw that his parents and grandmother had started to eat the delicious meat and vegetables, but he had nothing to eat, so he was so anxious that he blurted out a new word: "Eat!"
He Susu, Cheng Shi and He's mother were so surprised that they looked at him at the same time and laughed out loud.
He Susu: "I didn't expect the dining chair to have this function. The glutinous rice balls will say they want to eat them."
He's mother nodded: "Now you will say one more word."
Cheng Shimomo picked up a small spoon and scooped up the egg custard specially steamed for Tangyuan and fed it to him: "Come on, open your mouth and eat."
Tang Yuan opened his mouth obediently, took the smooth egg custard into his mouth, smacked his lips a few times and swallowed it, then opened his mouth again: "Eat!"
Cheng Shi had no choice but to continue feeding him. In addition to the egg custard, he also cooked shredded carrot and minced meat porridge specially for him. The glutinous rice balls tasted especially delicious. In the intervals between the child's chewing, Cheng Shi would also eat meat and vegetables.
He smiled and said, "It's great to have this dining chair. It makes feeding Tangyuan much easier, and we can also eat by ourselves."
Unlike before when I held the child and fed him, I couldn't eat myself because the child's hands were very nimble and he always wanted to reach the bowl. If I wasn't careful, he would be pulled and fall to the ground.
Now adults and children sit separately, so they won't be tossed around.
He Susu and He's mother responded with a smile, and they also saw the benefits of this dining chair.
Tangyuan is a greedy kid, or maybe it's a child's nature to be greedy. Sitting on the dining chair, he can see more meat dishes on the table. These meat dishes with lots of oil, salt and sauce are very tempting to him. He keeps shouting, "Eat! Eat!"
Well, this time I’ll just use two words!
It was obvious that Tang Yuan really wanted to eat those meat dishes. He Susu tried to coax him but it was no use. So she had to use chopsticks to pick up some relatively light steamed pork with preserved vegetables on the table for him to eat.
He took the glutinous rice balls in one bite, chewed them with his two little teeth and swallowed them. Perhaps because of the salty and fragrant taste, his little face was as bright as a flower, and his eyes were smiling with satisfaction. When he wanted to eat again, the adults would not indulge him. It was useless to cry and he could only eat the egg custard and carrot and minced meat porridge obediently.
He Susu and her mother ate quickly. After Cheng Shi finished eating, they quickly took the leftovers on the table to the kitchen to avoid offending Tangyuan.
Without the delicious meat and vegetables, Tangyuan became obedient. The dining chair was not as attractive to him as the walker, and he opened his mouth and stretched out his hands to signal that he wanted to get out and sit in the walker.
Cheng Shi then carried him into the walker and let him pedal by himself. He then left it to Susu to help look after him and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
When it was time for nap, He Susu took Tangyuan out of the walker, but the child was still unwilling and cried with a pouty mouth and a few tears falling.
Fortunately, the child was sensible and knew that his mother's decision could not be changed. In addition, he had almost exhausted all his energy after staring at the walker for a long time before dinner, so he fell asleep in bed after lying on the bed for a while.
When he woke up again in the afternoon, the child was confused for a moment, then looked around and struggled to go outside. He Susu carried him to the living room, and Tangyuan's eyes lit up when he saw the walker, and he pointed with his little hand to indicate that he wanted to play.
She had no choice but to put the child in a walker and let him practice walking. She asked his mother to help watch him. He Susu poured herself a glass of water and went back to her room to write an article.
In the evening, when He Susu finished writing her article, she heard her mother happily say to her, "Susu, this walker is really useful. I noticed that Tangyuan's steps this afternoon were much better than in the morning. He would stand up when he was not walking, and sit down when he was tired. It was easy for me to watch him from the side, and I didn't have to worry about him falling."
As for Tangyuan, he was tired after sitting in the walker for the whole afternoon. He wanted to get out of bed and crawl, but after just a few steps he lay on the ground and stared into the sky.
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