Since the heavy snow closed the mountain, Xu An and Sun Hao did not come back every day, but only once a week.
Xu Ning and Xu Mo took the three toupitangs to play with during the day, and Xu Ma and Lu Ma came to help take care of them at night.
At the end of the year, Xu An's factory was on holiday, and the meat coupons that Lu Xiaotang had sent back in the past two months had not been used.
So let him go into the city to buy some meat, and also send some to Grandpa Wang and Grandma Wang.
Xu An and Xu Mo prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. The three siblings ate here, while Xu's father, Lu's father and others ate with Seventh Grandpa in the cowshed.
Before the meal, Xu Ning and Xu An each gave Xu Mo a red envelope of fifty cents, which made the boy very happy.
He brought a bowl of boiling water and said to the two of them, "Sister, second brother, today is New Year's Day. I'm here to offer you a bowl of water instead of wine. I'll drink it, you two can do whatever you want."
After saying that, he generously picked up a bowl of water and drank it in a few gulps.
Before the two of them could stop him, they saw him drink up all the water in the bowl in one breath.
Xu An laughed and said, "I haven't eaten yet, but you drank a big bowl of water. How can you still eat more later?"
Xu Mo said nonchalantly, "This little bit of water is nothing. My belly is so big."
Xu Ning also smiled and picked up a piece of meat for each of them, saying, "Xiao An, Xiao Mo, this year thanks to you two for helping me take care of Niupi Tang, I thank you very much."
Xu An hurriedly said, "Sister, what are you thanking me for? We have all grown up with you. Isn't it our duty to help you bring back the ox-stick candy?"
Xu Mo also said, "Sister, please don't say such polite words in the future. As uncles, it is our duty to take care of nephews. In the future, we just need to let the nephews be more filial to us. Let's eat quickly."
Xu Ning looked at the smart little Xu Mo and said with a smile, "Okay, I won't be polite with you. When your nephews grow up, let them take good care of you."
Not long after the Chinese New Year, Xu Mo also started to go to school. Niupitang could now crawl very fast and could not leave anyone behind for even a step.
Fortunately, last year Xu An asked the village carpenter to help build a fence, and he surrounded the three of them on the kang so that they could play inside.
Xu Ning didn't go to work, so he stayed at home taking care of his three children, tidying up the private plot in the yard, and reading books.
On Sundays, Xu An went to work in the fields to earn some work points.
Now Niupitang can’t be full with just milk powder, he needs to add some complementary food.
She steamed a bowl of egg custard for them every morning, and some millet porridge or vegetable porridge in the afternoon.
When Xu Ning came in with the bowl, Niu Niu and Pi Pi smelled the food and tried to climb up holding onto the fence.
When he saw her, he grinned and saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth.
Tangtang, who was sitting obediently next to him, looked at the bowl in Xu Ning's hand with her two eyes like black grapes. She also wanted to crawl over here, but she was not as fast as her two brothers.
Xu Ning put the bowl on the kang cabinet, opened the door of the fence and sat on the kang, asked the three people to sit in a row, and fed them one bite at a time.
A big bowl of egg custard was finished in a short while. The two boys even licked their lips, feeling unsatisfied.
He was still protesting.
She smiled and wiped the three people's mouths, showing them the empty bowls.
Said, "No! Can I make you some meat porridge this afternoon?"
The three little ones didn't know whether they understood or not, they just grinned there.
When Xu An came back, he pulled a cart with a wooden bed on it that was fenced on all four sides.
This was custom-made by Xu Ning from the carpenter uncle in the village. When the weather gets warmer, he will put the crib in the yard and let Niupitang play in it.
Xu Ning looked at the bed that was pulled over and said, "This bed is really well made. Uncle Carpenter's craftsmanship is really getting better and better."
Xu An smiled and said, "Sister, put this bed in my room first and stand it against the wall. Take it out when the weather gets warmer."
"Okay, I'll put it over there. It's the only place that can hold it. My place is already full of the three children's things."
Xu An said, "Sister, I talked to the village chief today and you can't go to work with three children.
You don't have to go during the spring planting season. He and several team leaders know our situation and agree.
They said that we cannot let soldiers have worries on the front line, so they asked you to stay at home and take good care of the children. You will be needed for food when the time comes. ”
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Okay, I get it. With these three little guys, I really can't go to work. I hope the village chief and the others can understand."
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