The rows of houses are scattered around, although a little shabby but very neat, covered with a thin layer of white.
The only sound in the quiet village was the occasional barking of dogs from afar.
Ling Hancheng was cooking in the twins' room when he heard a knock on the door.
"Baoshan? Why are you here so early?"
The man was wearing a green cotton jacket and black cotton trousers, his face was a little red from the cold. It was Su Baoshan from next door.
Ling Hancheng put the wooden stick against the door aside to let the person in, and took Su Baoshan into the house.
Su Baoshan looked at the empty bed inside and said curiously:
"Why aren't your second, third, and fourth children here?"
Su Baoshan often came to visit and knew that this house was where the three children of the Ling family lived together. However, he came so early but didn't see any of the children.
"They are all in the main room." Ling Hancheng said.
In previous years, these three children would stay in bed and refuse to get out of bed during the winter. Now that they have a younger sister, they would knock on the couple’s door as soon as the rooster crowed in the morning.
Not to mention them, even the eldest brother now just wants to stay with his younger sister every day.
I came out to cook this morning because I lost a game of rock-paper-scissors with the boss...
It’s hard to put it into words.
For the first time, Ling Hancheng discovered that his boss was also very good at talking when he wanted to cause trouble.
Ling Hancheng composed his expression and said to Su Baoshan, "What brings you here so early in the morning?"
"It's... nothing much. I just came to talk to you," Su Baoshan said hesitantly, "Didn't you go and see your mother off yesterday?"
"Yeah, it's freezing cold out here, so let my mom go to my eldest brother's place to relax." Ling Hancheng laughed twice, "Baoshan...you must have something to say, if you have something to say, just tell me, what's the relationship between us?"
Ling Hancheng and Su Baoshan's families were next-door neighbors and grew up together. Later, they both got married, and their wives were also his ex-girlfriends.
There is nothing that is difficult to talk about between the two of them.
Su Baoshan scratched his head and rubbed his feet on the ground uncontrollably, as if he was considering how to start the conversation.
Then he said:
"Hancheng, let me be frank with you. Xiangru hasn't been in good health, and the child is still young. She's worried that the child won't eat well, so she wants to see if you can give us some more milk powder..."
Su Baoshan said this in a low voice, and seemed a little embarrassed.
Chu Yuefang gave them a bag of milk powder when the child was just born, and another bag last month.
But now I've finished eating and they haven't given me any, so I come here in person to ask for it... I just feel embarrassed to ask for it.
Especially since milk powder is indeed not cheap, it is difficult for ordinary people to get a bag of it. The Ling family can have it thanks to his eldest brother Ling Hancheng.
"So that's what you're after. But Baoshan, I'm afraid that won't work. We don't have much milk powder left at home, and we have another baby to share with us. I'm afraid I can't share it with your daughter."
"Just a little bit...huh?"
Su Baoshan hadn't reacted to Ling Hancheng's words yet.
I originally thought that although it was embarrassing, as long as he came over and opened his mouth, it would be a sure thing. His wife also said so, but I didn't expect that he would actually refuse.
this……
Su Baoshan pondered these words:
"What do you mean... there's another baby? Isn't there just Xiaowu who's eating formula?"
Except for Ling's little five, the youngest of the remaining children is four years old. Do they still need to eat this thing?
Ling Hancheng couldn't help grinning when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to "show off" the new member of his family:
"We have a new daughter at home now, and I haven't had time to tell everyone yet. With two children to raise, we definitely won't be able to afford milk powder or anything like that."
Their milk powder was not blown in by the wind. They had already given a lot of it to the Su family before. Now that they have a baby girl, it is definitely impossible for them to give more to the Su family.
Their little Long'er might not even have enough to eat~
Ling Hancheng was also planning to send some money to his eldest brother, asking him to see if he could find a way to get two more bags of milk powder, but he was only asking for this for his own child.
It is impossible for him to be so selfless as to give so much to the Su family.
Su Baoshan opened his mouth and stared blankly at Ling Hancheng, who was in high spirits. He felt like he had a lot of questions to ask.
But even if he wanted to ask Ling Hancheng, he didn't have time to talk to him.
"I still have to cook here. If the weather is nice enough after dinner and I need to go to town, I won't keep you here!"
Ling Hancheng "escorted" Su Baoshan to the door and turned into the house.
Su Baoshan stood at the door of the Ling family in a daze for a long time.
I still haven't figured it out yet, the Ling family... has a new, daughter!?
What’s going on?
Su Baoshan staggered back home with a lot of questions in his mind.
Ling Hancheng didn't care about Su Baoshan. He quickly made some cornmeal porridge, boiled four eggs, fried a plate of shredded potatoes, and cut a plate of pickled cabbage.
He went to the main room with a bowl of porridge and eggs.
At this moment, the new daughter of the Ling family had woken up. She was giggling because of the entertainment given by her brothers, and she was trying to stretch out her little hands to grab the red rattle in Chu Yuefang's hand.
"Alright, alright, all of you guys hurry up and eat. My sister is right here, why can't we play with her anytime?"
Ling Hancheng grabbed Ling Sen and Ling Li, the two most disobedient ones, off the bed, and gave the eldest and second oldest brothers a warning look.
Ling Hancheng is actually the most amiable person on weekdays, but if he really gets angry, the children dare not disobey. At this moment, they can only say goodbye to their sister quickly and run out of the house.
"Hey, daddy's good daughter, come and give daddy a hug~"
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Chu Yuefang drank her porridge and looked at her husband speechlessly.
Isn't it because he was afraid that he couldn't rob his sons by letting them go? This is what is meant by "the officials are allowed to set fires but the people are not allowed to light lamps."
Ling Hancheng held the little girl in his arms, his movements as gentle as if he was holding a ball of cotton.
Only then did he have the time to mention to Chu Yuefang that Su Baoshan had come to ask for milk powder.
"Forget about the milk powder we gave them before. We have to save it for our little girl. Oh, and Xiaowu. We can't give it to them anymore."
Ling Hancheng brought up this matter to remind his wife not to be so generous anymore.
Chu Yuefang immediately gave her husband a sidelong glance.
"I know. Before, there was only Xiaowu. I thought it was okay for him not to drink formula since he was strong... Now, of course, I'm focusing on our little girl."
Chu Yuefang was also feeling a little uncomfortable at this moment.
They gave it away for free, but how could they ask for such an expensive thing? A bag of milk powder costs several dollars. It was all a gift from Ling Hancheng's elder brother and sister-in-law.
When she gave it to Xu Xiangru before, she refused and told her to keep it for Xiaowu to drink. But now she came to ask for it.
This person is really weird.
Ling Hancheng felt relieved when he knew that his wife had listened to his words.
It doesn’t matter if she didn’t listen. Now that I have my own daughter, why would I still care about someone else’s?
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