Su Xia spent the whole afternoon cleaning the house, leaving the entire yard covered in sheets, blankets, clothes, and pants fluttering in the wind.
Niu Niu, who had just returned home alone, opened the door and saw the yard full of people. She was so excited that she ran straight in.
She kept calling out "Mother... Mother..."
Upon hearing this, Su Xia couldn't wait to come out of the kitchen and gave her a big hug.
Staggering back a step, Su Xia opened her arms, mainly because she was cooking and didn't want to get Niu Niu dirty.
The little girl hugged Su Xia. She was 166 cm tall, a little shorter than Su Xia, but weighed about the same, 108 catties.
"Mother...Mother, you're finally back!"
Su Xia came back on her own?
Niu Niu stood up straight and nodded. "Yes, Mom, I can walk by myself now, and besides, I have other classmates with me!"
Su Xia nodded, and then heard the two little ones exclaim in surprise.
"elder sister....."
"elder sister....."
Just as I was about to enter the kitchen, my little legs started to dart around, and Niu Niu scooped me up in one go, both of us at the same time.
"Mother, I'll take them with me!"
Su Xia nodded, "Don't let them into the kitchen, they're too naughty!"
"Alright!"
Niu Niu closed the kitchen door, then grabbed the two smaller ones and started playing.
Su Xia continued preparing dinner. She chopped the pork ribs she bought in the morning into small pieces and made a pot of braised pork ribs with potatoes.
Then, have a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a plate of stir-fried greens.
Those vegetables will wilt soon if we don't eat them.
While Su Xia was cooking, Chen Jianguo also brought back the two children.
The second child in front twitched his ears. "Dad, it sounds like my younger brother and sister's voices!"
Chen Jianguo smiled with delight, "It seems so!"
"Really, hurry, Dad, let's go inside right away, I miss Mom!"
As soon as they entered the courtyard, Da Bao and Er Bao jumped down without paying any attention to their father behind them.
"Mother... Mother..." all the way
Su Xia was hugged again, staggering backward, "Mother, why did you come back?"
Erbao is six years old, and tears are streaming down his face uncontrollably.
Nine-year-old Da Bao is old enough to hold back his tears, but he still hugged Su Xia tightly to express his longing.
Su Xia patted Erbao's head and said, "Alright, Mommy has made you something delicious!"
Erbao sniffed, "Really?"
"Really! There's fruit too. Go to the living room and find your sister. Mom was lucky today; she found someone selling strawberries and grapes. Go and eat some!"
Da Bao and Er Bao's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly ran off, much to Su Xia's relief.
She was sent too early. Looking at Chen Jianguo, who was hugging her, she helplessly patted his back.
"What are you doing? The children are all..."
Chen Jianguo hugged her tightly, rested his head on Su Xia's shoulder, and strained his sense of smell.
He muttered, "They have food, but I can't even see it. I'm ignoring them!"
Then he complained, "Wife, you're really ruthless! A whole month!"
Su Xia chuckled, "I've been holed up here for two years already. This time I'm not going back to stay any longer!"
Chen Jianguo hugged her again, his heart aching. "You've worked so hard, Comrade Su Xia!"
"Alright, Comrade Chen, I still need to cook!"
Chen Jianguo nodded, and Su Xia, seeing that the girl's eyes were still fixed on her, reluctantly assigned tasks.
"Could you please move the grain from the granary to the cellar, Comrade Chen?"
"Mission accomplished!"
Su Xia chuckled. They were both 37-year-old men, yet they acted like children.
"By the way, the grain I stored separately was from southern Jiangsu!"
"knew!"
Su Xia continued cooking, and while the tomato and egg stir-fry and the vegetable stew were cooking, the ribs were almost done.
Call Niu Niu in. Su Xia took out a basket containing a large bowl of braised pork ribs and potatoes, white rice, 10 eggs, 5 goose eggs, fresh potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some green vegetables.
"Mother, what is this...?"
"Take these to Grandma Dou; she made two pairs of shoes for Xiaobao and Xiaoniuniu!"
Niu Niu was not surprised when she heard this. She could tell at a glance that the shoes her younger siblings were wearing were made by her mother.
"Then I'll take them with me!"
"Okay, come back after you deliver the stuff, then we'll have dinner!"
Niu Niu nodded, carrying the basket in one hand and holding her younger brother and sister's hand in the other.
Da Bao and Er Bao washed their hands and faces and helped Su Xia get her bowls and chopsticks.
When Niu Niu arrived at the old lady's house with her bouncy little baby, she received a warm welcome.
"Madam...it's me, Xiaobao!"
"I am Little Girl!"
"Oh...you guys are so good!" Dou Niu Niu smiled so much that her wrinkles showed.
Niu Niu was shocked again. The old lady was nice to her and Da Bao and Er Bao, but not nearly as enthusiastic as she was to her younger siblings.
However, she was happy that her younger siblings were liked by others.
"Madam, Mother says to eat this while it's hot!"
The old lady nodded. She deliberately didn't prepare dinner, knowing that Su Xia would definitely cook a lavish meal when she returned.
Sure enough... while emptying the bowl, he secretly swallowed his saliva.
Then she handed the empty bowl and basket to Niu Niu, saying, "Madam won't keep you any longer, hurry back and eat!"
"Okay, let's go then!"
"Let's go, goodbye Xiaobao and Xiaoniu!"
"Goodbye, madam!" With a soft, sweet voice, Niu Niu saw the old lady smiling broadly again.
"Sister...is that Madam?" the little girl asked curiously.
Niu Niu nodded, holding her younger sister's hand, while Xiao Bao ran ahead with his short legs.
"Madam is so kind!" Little Niu Niu suddenly exclaimed.
Niu Niu looked down at her younger sister curiously, "How did you know?"
The little girl held on, stretched out her little feet, and pointed at her shoes, "Rabbit...!"
Upon hearing this, Niu Niu looked at the lifelike rabbit and immediately understood what Little Niu Niu meant.
"Your wife is a good person. Spend more time with your little girl from now on, okay?"
"good...!"
After a month apart, the family finally had a long-awaited reunion dinner.
Little Bao and Little Niu Niu sat in their special baby chairs. Su Xia prepared rice with meat and vegetables, and then let them eat it by themselves.
After finishing my work, I saw Niu Niu eating her second bowl, and a helpless smile appeared on my lips. Not to mention Da Bao and Er Bao.
Her face never left the bowl, except when she picked up food.
"Eat slowly, you guys, it's like you've never eaten before!"
Su Xia kept muttering to herself, but her hands were busy tidying up Erbao's clothes.
"Why aren't you two eating eggs?" Su Xia asked curiously, as she usually loved scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Chen Jianguo felt a little guilty and dared not utter a word.
"Mom, I don't want to see eggs for a while!" Erbao said, then continued fighting over the ribs.
They even stuff vegetables they don't like into their mouths and eat them with relish!
Upon hearing this, Su Xia immediately looked at Chen Jianguo and noticed his guilty expression.
Meanwhile, Da Bao continued to complain, "Mom, ever since you came back to the village, Dad has been making us eggs every day—egg noodles, scrambled eggs, egg tomatoes..."
"Ugh... if you hadn't come soon, my brother and I would have been turned into eggs...!"
After saying that, he immediately took a piece of pork rib, and with two quick gulps, the meat and bone separated successfully, and he spat the bone aside.
Su Xia was stunned by what she saw.
Niu Niu also explained, "Dad's cooking isn't very good, except for the eggs!"
Su Xia looked at the man, Chen Jianguo smiled, "I'll definitely learn from him later!"
Su Xia's lips twitched. Having something ready-made was fine, but making something new was really difficult for Chen Jianguo!
"Mom, next time you come back to the village, my brother and I will go back with you!"
Erbao said pitifully at the end!
Su Xia...it seems I'll have to prepare more food next time I go back!
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