The next morning, Deng Qingling and her husband got up before the twins woke up.
Deng Qingling and her husband made breakfast together. After breakfast, Deng Qingling asked Guo Jianping to take care of the children and then went to school.
Not long after Deng Qingling left the house, the children woke up. After finishing their breakfast, they wanted to pull Guo Jianping out.
"Dad, please take us to the back mountain to pick chestnuts and persimmons! Okay? Please." Guo Ninghuan pulled Guo Jianping's hand and shook it.
The brothers Guo Haochen and Guo Haoxi looked at him with longing eyes.
Thinking that there was no danger in the back mountain, Guo Jianping quickly grabbed Guo Ninghuan's shaking hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll take you there."
"Yeah!"
The children jumped for joy.
Guo Jianping changed into a set of worn clothes, took a sickle and a bamboo basket, and took Guo Ninghuan out.
Guo Haochen and Guo Haoxi didn't need him to call them, they followed them happily.
When he arrived at the back mountain, Guo Jianping found a bamboo of suitable size. After cutting it, he left a fork at the end of the bamboo and trimmed the rest of the branches.
Guo Jianping carried bamboo and a bamboo basket in one hand, and held Guo Ninghuan's hand with the other.
"Dad, let me help you get the bamboo basket!" Guo Ninghuan said in a baby voice.
"No need, just walk properly." Guo Jianping said.
Guo Haochen walked up to Guo Jianping with his short legs and took Guo Ninghuan's hand.
"Dad, let me help my sister! I will take good care of her."
Guo Jianping saw that he was acting like a grown-up, like a big brother, and he felt very relieved. "That's fine. Walk slowly. There are branches all over the ground. Don't fall."
Several people walked under the chestnut tree. Guo Jianping saw the few chestnut balls on the tree and sighed, thinking that they were too late.
However, Guo Jianping didn't think it was too little. He thought it would be good to comfort the child after a few beatings.
"You guys stand over there." Guo Jianping pointed to a tree not far away.
The children walked obediently under the tree.
Soon the chestnut balls were knocked down. Guo Jianping used his shoes to rub the chestnuts out. There were not many, just ten chestnuts. Each child got three, and the extra one belonged to Guo Jianping.
After eating chestnuts, Guo Jianping led the children to continue walking forward to pick persimmons.
Seeing that most of the persimmons were still hanging on the tall tree, Guo Jianping breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he would not let the children down this time.
Because this persimmon tree is difficult to climb, there are quite a few persimmons left.
Guo Jianping used a bamboo fork to hold the branches and twisted them, and the persimmons were picked. After twisting about twenty persimmons, the bamboo fork broke.
Since he already had a basket full, Guo Jianping didn't pick any more bamboos. He took the basket and took the children home. He didn't throw away the bamboos either. He pulled them back to the yard, dried them for a while, and then burned them.
Because the persimmons were not yet very ripe, Guo Jianping covered them with rice bran so that they would mature faster.
Not long after, Deng Qingling finished class and went home.
The children who were playing and chasing each other in the yard saw their mother coming back and they all surrounded her. Their faces were red from running and there was some sweat on their foreheads. It was obvious that they were having a lot of fun.
"Mom, Dad took us to the back mountain to pick chestnuts and persimmons. We put them under the kitchen cabinet." Guo Haochen said.
"Did you have fun?" Deng Qingling pulled Guo Ninghuan and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand.
"Happy." The children said in unison.
"Just be happy. While your dad is at home these days, let him take you out to play." Deng Qingling said.
"Yeah." The children nodded.
During lunch, Guo Haochen and his two siblings sat around Guo Jianping.
Guo Jianping looked at his wife and children with reluctance, and didn't know how long he would have to stay at the main factory.
He turned around and discussed with Deng Qingling, "How about we go to the county town to take some photos tomorrow?"
"Take a photo? Okay, okay, let's go take a photo." Guo Haochen knew that Haitao's family had a photo with many people in it. I heard that it was called a family portrait.
Seeing the child so happy, Deng Qingling agreed. She said that she had never taken any photos in such a long time since she came here, so it would be nice to take a few photos so that she could keep them and look at them slowly when she was old.
"Mom and Dad, let's go together." Guo Jianping said.
"No need, you guys go ahead. It's rare that you're at home. Go out early tomorrow and take the children to the county town to have some fun." Liang Xueying said.
They chatted for a while, and after dinner, Deng Qingling took the children back to the house to rest.
The next day, Deng Qingling and her friends went to the town bus station early in the morning to wait for the bus, which did not arrive until around seven o'clock.
It was just past nine when they arrived at the county town. Guo Jianping first took them to a state-owned restaurant for breakfast.
As soon as they entered the restaurant, Li Chunmei saw Deng Qingling and quickly stood up and walked up to her, "Aqing, you are finally here! Who is this?" It was a family member!
Li Chunmei looked at the man standing next to her. He was good-looking, tall and big, and was holding a little girl's hand. The girl looked a bit like Deng Qingling in her eyes and eyebrows, but she looked more like this man. The two little boys looked exactly alike.
"This is my husband, and these three are my children." Deng Qingling turned to the children and said, "These are my friends. Call them Aunt Mei."
"Hello, Aunt Mei." The children said in unison.
Li Chunmei smiled and said, "Hello."
These three children are so cute, white and chubby. I don’t know how Aqing raised them. It’s a pity that his own children are still young, otherwise he could bring them here and let them play together.
Deng Qingling: "Chunmei, is there anything delicious now? We came out early and haven't had breakfast yet!"
"We have steamed buns, noodles, and the braised pork we're going to sell at noon. Do you want some?" Li Chunmei said in a low voice.
Deng Qingling: "Jianping, take them over and have them sit down first. I'll come over after I order the food."
"Yeah." Guo Jianping responded and took the children to sit in the corner.
Seeing them walk away, Deng Qingling lowered her voice and responded to Li Chunmei, "Then I want three bowls of noodles, three steamed buns, and a serving of braised pork."
After saying that, he took out some money from his small bag and handed it to Li Chunmei.
"Wait a moment, I'll bring the food out right away." After saying that, Li Chunmei went into the kitchen and brought out braised pork and buns in a short while.
"Ah Qing, you guys eat first, I'll bring the noodles when they're ready."
Deng Qingling took the tray from Li Chunmei and said, "Okay, I'll go first. The child must be hungry."
After breakfast, they left the state-owned restaurant.
The children were very happy when they waved goodbye to Li Chunmei.
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