From that day on, Xu Ning and Xu An let Xiao Mo stay here. With him playing around, Xu Ning felt a lot more relaxed, and Xu An could also review his high school textbooks every day.
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei put their children to sleep every night and also review secretly.
This winter feels particularly cold. We have to wear cotton clothes in the house because we have to light the fireplace and the kang.
The range of activities for the Toffees is limited to running around in a few rooms, and we dare not let them stay outside for even a moment.
Ever since the mountain was closed due to heavy snow, Xu An only came back once every half a month.
Xiao Mo's school has been on vacation, and he now lives here permanently to help take care of the children. He tells Niupitang the stories he heard from Grandpa Qi every day.
Holding the small wooden sword that Lu Xiaotang had made for him, he practiced and somersaulted on the kang, making the three little ones laugh.
With Xiao Mo here, Xu Ning basically doesn't have to take care of the three children. She just cooks and washes clothes for them.
When the New Year was approaching, she went to the city and gave some meat and food to Grandpa Wang and Grandma Wang, and also took two new cotton clothes from the space for them.
Now no one is watching them, they are free to go wherever they want, and they look much more energetic than before.
On the way back, he took some meat and fine grains from the space and prepared to eat them during the New Year.
Time flies so fast, the New Year is coming soon.
Some time ago, Lu Xiaotang wrote back saying that he was on a mission in Beijing City, and there should be a lot of commotion there right now.
When Xu Ning returned home, Xiao Mo was feeding Niupitang, and the three of them were sitting there obediently waiting to be fed.
Seeing her coming back, she wanted to run over here. Xu Ning hurriedly shouted, "Eat first. Mommy's body is very cold now. I will hug you later."
Xiao Mo stopped the three people and asked them to sit down.
"Sister, please sit down and warm yourself up. I've already prepared the meal. I'll serve you the meal after I feed you Niupitang."
"Xiao Mo, have you eaten?"
"Sister, I'll eat with you later."
Xu Ning packed up the things she bought, all of which were needed for the New Year. She used all the candy coupons, snack coupons, and various non-staple food coupons that Lu Xiaotang sent her today.
Xiao Mo came in and saw the things on the table, and was surprised: "Oh, sister, you bought so much today!"
"It's not that much. It's almost Chinese New Year. I bought all the tickets your brother-in-law sent back."
Looking at the empty bowl in his hand, he asked with a smile, "Are you full of niuginous candy?"
"Well, I ate a big bowl of porridge, two eggs, and half a steamed bun. Niu Niu and Pi Pi might have eaten some, Tang Tang had one bite, and the other two had two bites.
When I was making milk powder for Tangtang, they also wanted to drink it, so I made an extra bowl and Tangtang drank a few sips, but they both finished it. Oh, how come their mouths are so big? They eat everything.
Xu Ning listened to him chattering with a smile and gave him an egg cake.
"Xiao Mo, I just bought some tofu. Let's have tofu meatballs tonight!"
When Xu Mo heard that they would eat tofu balls in the evening, his eyes lit up and he put the egg cake in his mouth.
He said vaguely, "Sister, I'll cook tonight. Look at the ox-hide candy. When it's done, give some to Grandpa Qi and the others."
"Okay, let's listen to Xiao Mo." Xu Ning smiled and touched his head.
"I also bought you a new cotton coat. Please try it on later. If it doesn't fit, I'll alter it for you this afternoon."
The cotton-padded jackets were taken out from the space, and a set was also taken for Grandpa Qi.
"Sister, why are you buying me clothes again? I already have two sets of cotton-padded clothes."
Seeing that his sister bought him another set of cotton clothes, he felt a little happy, but also a little sad about the money.
"Neither of those sets are warm anymore. Change into this one tomorrow."
In the afternoon, Xu Ning took out another old military uniform and prepared to alter it to a smaller size so that Xiao Mo could wear it during the New Year.
Now the villagers also know that Xiao Mo often comes to help her take care of the child and make a set of clothes for him, and no one says anything.
Last month, someone from the cowshed in the neighboring brigade was brought back to the city. Now the villagers are much more polite to Mr. Xu and Mr. Lu and the others.
Lin Miao has also become more diligent. A few days ago, Lu's mother told her that Lin Miao had delivered things to the cowshed several times in the past two months.
They were all very rare items. Lu Ma did not take them, but Lin Miao put the things down and left, which made everyone feel disgusted.
Mother Lu packed up the things she had brought and asked Xiao Mo to deliver them to the Youth League Home.
Xu Ning really didn't know how to evaluate this person. When you give something to someone, don't you need to ask the person whether he or she wants to accept it?
Forcing it like this will only cause trouble to others.
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