Chapter 138
Nuannuan can stand up on her own!
After dinner that day, Xu Di sat in the living room listening to the radio with her grandmother as usual, while Xuan He and Nuan Nuan sat on mats playing with tin frogs.
After entering December, the temperature outside has dropped to minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.
When the children were playing in the living room, Xu Di was afraid that they would catch a cold if they sat on the floor, so he made a large mat with old bedding, measuring two meters three by two meters three.
There was no floor heating at this time, so the heating in the house was good, but the floor was cold.
Xu Di has cotton in his space. Last year, he took out dozens of kilograms of it at once, so his family has no shortage of cotton.
This year, Xu Di found another excuse and took out 20 kilograms of cotton, and her grandmother asked someone to pack it up.
Xu Di made a new mattress and quilt for her grandmother, especially the one with the thickest cotton. She used seven or eight kilograms of cotton, which was much thicker than ordinary mattresses.
The quilt is not made that thick because I’m afraid it would press on me at night and make my sleep uncomfortable.
I also made a new quilt for Aunt Wu to thank her for taking good care of the children at home.
The bedding on Xu Di’s bed was newly made when he got married and there was no need to change it.
This is how it goes this year. Next year, she plans to buy new quilts for Xu’s grandparents as well. Their quilts must have been old and become hard.
It won’t work this year because too much cotton has been taken out and it’s hard to find an excuse.
Xu Di also made new cotton coats and trousers for the two children.
After Zhang's mother's leg healed, she originally planned to take Xuan He back home, and in fact she had already taken him back.
Although Xuan He was reluctant to leave, he knew that his great-grandmother and second aunt had worked hard to take care of him, so he held back his tears and followed his grandfather back home to the family compound.
Unexpectedly, the next day, he met his mother and her new husband in the staff quarters.
What made him most sad was that his mother was pregnant again and the baby could be seen in her belly.
At that time, Xuan He and his mother had a conflict.
"Xuan He!"
Ren Huan didn't expect to meet his son and was caught off guard.
After the divorce, she transferred her resentment towards Zhang Chaolang to Xuan He.
She was once one of the most prominent girls in the compound. Her father and brother held high positions, and she herself was a beauty in the art troupe, with many men pursuing her.
However, she fell in love with Zhang Chaolang. No matter that he already had a girl he liked, after his mother separated him and that girl, they entered into marriage arranged by their parents.
At the beginning, although the two were not very sweet, they were respectful to each other.
The next year, Xuan He was born. She was very happy. With a child, their relationship would be more solid.
However, she was not satisfied and wanted Zhang Chaolang to give her the same love.
After that, they started quarreling and having a cold war. She couldn't tolerate that her husband had another woman in his heart, even though they no longer met.
She overestimated herself, thinking that after a long time and after they had a child, Zhang Chaolang would fall in love with her just as she loved him.
Unfortunately, she failed.
So, when she saw Zhang Chaolang standing and talking with his ex-girlfriend, she couldn't stand it anymore, and she made a big fuss, and finally ended up getting a divorce.
Now, the man in her family likes her and likes to praise her, and she is happy.
However, she could not let go of the harm Zhang Chaolang had caused her.
In the compound, all the girls who were worse off than her now live better than her. She married into the Zhang family as she wished, but ended up in divorce. She was ridiculed countless times, openly and covertly.
She felt depressed and had no place to vent her anger, so she blamed Xuan He.
So, after the divorce, she never went to see Xuan He, and she didn't want to run into him even though they lived in the same housing estate.
But at this moment, looking at her fair, chubby, and taller son, she suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Mom, you have a baby again, so you really don't want me anymore?"
Xuan He had said before that he didn’t miss his mother, and other kids laughed at him and said that no one wanted him. He didn’t refute them. He thought to himself that his mother would come to find him after she calmed down.
However, seeing his mother with the strange uncle, smiling happily and with a new baby in her belly, he knew that his mother really didn't want him anymore.
"Xuan He, Mom, Mom..."
Ren Huan didn't know what to say. Facing Xuan He's questioning, she couldn't answer.
"I don't have a mother anymore, Grandpa. I really don't have a mother anymore."
Xuan He ran back home crying. He had a high fever at night and was sent to the hospital, where he received a fever-reducing injection.
The body temperature went down and then up again, and this went on for several days. All the flesh that had been gained was lost again.
After being discharged from the hospital, he didn't say anything and just stayed alone quietly.
After Zhang Chaolang found out, he called Grandma Qian again and asked her to help take care of Xuan He for a few more months. He would be transferred back after the New Year and would be able to take care of the child personally.
In this way, Xuan He returned to his great-grandmother's house.
Xu Di had no objection. She also felt sorry for Xuan He as he was so young and his life was not easy.
In this way, the five people, three generations, lived together again.
Brother Zhang sent living expenses and various bills every month, and he also expressed his sincere gratitude to Grandma Qian and Xu Di.
"Second Aunt, Second Aunt, my sister stood up by herself!"
Xuan He's sudden shout brought Xu Di back to his senses.
Xu Di also saw that Nuannuan, who had just been sitting in the middle of the mat, just lifted her hands off the ground and stood up unsteadily.
Maybe she was startled by Xuan He’s shout. She stood there, a little dazed. Maybe before she could react, she stood up.
Normally, Nuannuan needs to hold on to something to stand up. She held onto the sofa, walking deliberately steadily, but she didn't let go, as she had done before.
"Nuannuan, come to mommy."
Xu Di reacted and squatted about one meter in front of Nuannuan, clapping his hands, waiting for Nuannuan to come over.
Grandma Qian, Xuan He, and Aunt Wu all stared at Nuannuan nervously, wondering if she could take the first step.
Nuannuan was confused for a moment, looked at her mother with her arms open, looked down at her feet, and then looked up at her mother.
"Mom, mom, mom..."
"Nuannuan, mom is here, come over here."
Xu Di clapped his hands again, opened his arms, and waited for Nuannuan to come over.
Nuannuan raised her foot hesitantly, then put it down immediately.
Xu Di was not in a hurry. She knew that it was not easy for a child to take the first step.
"Mother……"
Nuannuan suddenly took a step forward and trotted into Xu Di's arms.
Xu Di caught his daughter who was rushing towards him like a cannonball. He failed to control his own speed.
"Hey, Nuannuan can walk now. She can walk now."
Xu Di held Nuannuan in her arms and lay on the mat, and Nuannuan also lay in her mother's arms.
Xu Di gently swung her fat daughter, causing Nuan Nuan to giggle. She climbed up and pressed on her mother, calling out "Mom, Mom" non-stop.
A silver thread flowed down and almost fell on Xu Di's face.
"Ouch, you little dirty boy, you almost drooled on your mother's face."
Xu Di sat up, reached for the handkerchief and wiped Nuannuan's mouth.
It's over, a large area of the clothes was wet by the little guy's saliva.
"elder brother……"
Nuannuan, who was slapped on the butt by her mother, got up, supported herself on the ground with her hands, stood up by herself, and walked towards Xuanhe unsteadily.
Xuan He hurried over, caught his sister, and was covered in her saliva.
"Ouch, Nuannuan, you dirty kid, you made your brother's face full of saliva."
Xu Di took the handkerchief and quickly wiped Xuan He clean.
The two children were lying on the mat playing with the tin frog again.
Xu Di ignored them and went to wash his handkerchief and change his clothes.
Grandma Qian and Aunt Wu looked at each other with smiles in their eyes. How wonderful!
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