Zhong Yuxiu chuckled and gently scratched the forehead of the child closest to her. "Eat yours. You're so fickle when eating. You three are so lucky. You've never had to worry about food since you were born. You've been raised with good food, good drinks, and good clothes."
Wang Daya smiled and said, "The children are kissing you. However, they are very protective of their food. When they drink milk, they will hold the bottle tightly. No one can help them."
"Really." Shaking her head and laughing, Yuxiu touched the furry head of the little doll beside her, "Isn't it time to cut their hair? Their hair has grown a little long."
"There is a talk of cutting their hair, but since they are still young, there is no rush." Wang Daya explained: "Their hair is only the length of a finger, so we can cut it when they are one year old."
Zhong Yuxiu asked, "What's the explanation?"
"Hair protects the top of a child's head, so it's not good to cut it too early."
Yeah?
Zhong Yuxiu recalled the daily life of newborn babies she had seen in her previous lives. There was such a saying in ancient times, but it did not exist in the interstellar space, nor had it been heard of in the modern world. It was common for babies to start shaving their heads when they were only one or two months old.
"Who among you knows how to shave your head?"
"I can't do it, and neither can Comrade Gong. I wonder if Comrade Gu and Comrade Fang can do it." Wang Daya said, then looked at Gong Zhaodi beside her. "Comrade Gong, do you know?"
Gong Zhaodi shook her head, "I don't know."
"Forget it, let's shave them when we return to the city." Reality made her give up the idea of shaving her sons' hair. She just chatted with Wang Daya and the others while taking care of the children.
Yan Guofeng came over after taking a bath, and the three little ones fell asleep after feeding.
"Falling asleep so quickly?" In the past, after drinking milk, the three little ones would keep their eyes open and play with him for half an hour before falling asleep.
Zhong Yuxiu said, "I'll sleep after I'm full."
Wang Daya smiled and said, "They didn't sleep much today, so they fell asleep naturally after eating and feeling sleepy."
"Is that so?" Yan Guofeng nodded in understanding. "Send them back to their rooms to sleep. Pay more attention to them at night and make sure they get up on time."
"I know. Don't worry, you and Comrade Zhong." Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi each held a child and sent them back to the room first. Gong Zhaodi looked after the child in the house while Wang Daya brought back the other one.
They stayed in the room for more than half an hour, and only left after making sure that the children would not wake up.
For the next two days, Yuxiu went to the research institute during the day and came back to spend time with her children and grandfather at night. On the evening of the third day, Yan Rushan returned with a group of people from the engineering team. There were too many people, and it was impossible to arrange for them all to stay at home.
"Why bring so many people here at once?" Accommodation and food became a problem.
Yan Rushan let them rest in the yard first, then took Yuxiu's hand and walked to the side, saying softly, "It has to be done. More people means faster work, and faster work means we can raise wild animals on the mountain sooner. Don't worry about housing and food. I've already ordered two months' worth of food. We've bought both coarse and fine grains. You can go to the county town or buy vegetables and meat from people in the village."
There is always a butcher in several villages. The butcher slaughters pigs and sells meat every day to support his family.
"Okay, so where do they cook?"
"We first built a house at the foot of the mountain to serve as a kitchen. They brought their own cooks. We paid for their meals, and they could prepare their own meals."
"And where do they live?"
"Talk to the village chief and have them arrange some accommodation, and we can also arrange some accommodation in the courtyard." Yan Rushan hugged her and coaxed her, "It will be a little inconvenient for the next two months. Let's see how many people the village chief can arrange, and then we can see how many people can stay here. There are more than a dozen households in the village, and it will be inconvenient for some families, but for some families, it will be no problem for two or three people to stay in each family."
Zhong Yuxiu breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want so many people to live in her house. "Okay, go and make the arrangements."
"We have to eat our first meal at home today. Ask Comrade Wang, Comrade Gong, and Comrade Gu and Comrade Fang to get busy. The food for twenty or thirty people is a bit large, so Feng Zheng will cook for us. Oh, and I'll ask the cooks from the engineering team to come over and help."
"Go ahead."
Yan Rushan walked over to the engineering team and found the team leader. Unexpectedly, the team leader was looking for him too. The leader was a tall, middle-aged man named Xu. Seeing Hu San coming over, he said straight to the point, "Boss Yan, how are the housing and food arrangements?"
"Don't worry, I'll arrange accommodation for you. We'll have our first meal here tonight. However, my family is small, so I'll need your cook to help with dinner, so dinner will be a little later."
"As long as we have food and shelter, that's all." The leader, surnamed Xu, turned around and called out, "Auntie Tian, Auntie Xu, bring your daughters-in-law over here."
"Here I come."
Four women came out from the crowd, two middle-aged women and two young women. According to the leader Xu, they were all from the same family. The men probably also worked in the construction team. It was rare to see a whole family working together.
"Brother Xu, do you want to call us for something?" The few of them were far away and did not hear what Yan Rushan and Leader Xu said.
Leader Xu said, "There are many of us here, but the host family doesn't have many cooks. Please help with the cooking. After we finish the meal, the host family can arrange a place for us to stay."
"Sure." Aunt Xu, a plump woman with a round waist and a gentle breath, responded readily. "Where is the kitchen? Let's go help."
Yan Rushan nodded and said in a loud voice: "Auntie Wang, please come over and take these people to the kitchen to cook. Make enough rice and use all the meat and vegetables at home."
"Okay." Wang Daya came out of the house, her voice coming before her. When she reached the door, she said, "Come in, everyone."
Aunt Xu and Aunt Tian, accompanied by their daughters-in-law, followed them into the kitchen. The sheer number of meats and vegetables inside dazzled them. There were simply too many of them. Beef, mutton, and pork were placed on the chopping board. It was winter, and the weather in the north was cold, so the meat had become somewhat tough.
"These meat dishes are enough for our family for three days. We cooked them all at once today. We're stewing beef with potatoes, stewing mutton with herbs to warm the body, and shredded pork and stir-frying it with fish-flavored pork." Wang Daya didn't know them and had no common topics after entering, so she arranged the tasks directly. "Our husband got the vegetables from outside. We're making vinegar-fried cabbage, stewing radish in soup, and stir-frying one of the vegetables."
Aunt Tian and Aunt Xu nodded in agreement, "Okay, we'll help. Please, please, cook for this comrade."
"You're welcome. You are the bricklayers hired by the master. There will be many opportunities for us to meet in the future." What Wang Daya said was true. After they worked here for a day, she and Gong Zhaodi would regularly deliver food to them, so their contact would naturally increase.
Aunt Tian and Aunt Xu also thought of this. "Then we won't be polite with you. We'll help you cut the meat and wash the vegetables. You two can rest for a while."
"No need to rest, we also have to help in the kitchen." After Wang Daya said this, she and Gong Zhaodi went to help Feng Zheng prepare dinner.
It is not uncommon for the two parties to have separate meals. It is good enough for the host to treat them with good meat and delicious dishes.
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