After returning home, Su Li went to the east room and lit the kang. She tidied up the things on the kang and brought over the bedding of Hu Zi, Shi Tou, Tie Dan, and Xie Zhengchuan.
After tidying up the house, he took out the remaining cloth at home and prepared to make two sets of cotton clothes for Li Dan.
There is still wool at home, but knitting a sweater takes time, so for now I can make two thick cotton coats and wear them first.
Xie's father had already cleared the table, and Xie's father was playing with the children.
Seeing that there was nothing to do, Xie Qi said hello to Su Li and went back home.
"If there's nothing else, your mother and your father will go back first. You just need to take care of the children. Don't worry about anything else. Don't worry about the old lady at the door. I see it's going to snow soon. She will die on her own if she can't stand the cold."
"Hey! It's okay, mom. I don't care about her. You've been tired all morning. Go back and have a rest!"
"Hey, the old man is gone, go home."
Old Man Xie put down the Hu Zi glass ball in his hand and followed Xie Qi slowly.
After thinking for a while, Su Li sat on the kang, looked at the absent-minded children playing and said, "Children, Mom has something to tell you."
Tiedan pulled Huzi, and the glass bead in his hand fell crooked. He reached out to take it, held it in his hand, and sat looking at Su Li.
Shitou also stopped his lazy state and sat up straight.
Baoya slowly moved to Su Li's side, and Su Li simply held her on his knees.
"Li Dan will live with us from now on, you two must love each other. Of course, if you have any small conflicts in the future, you can tell mom or dad. Don't quarrel, let alone fight. Mom hopes that you can get along well with each other, and if you have any problems, you can raise them now."
Hu Zi looked at Su Liyu: "Will mom like Li Dan more and us less?"
"Of course not! Honey, mommy will try her best to serve you."
Shitou: "That's no problem. Besides, Li Dan will never be beaten again when he comes to our house. If Xie Guangqing and others bully him in the future, I will beat them up."
Su Li raised her hand and flicked his head.
“Yeah~”
"Nonsense, don't start a fight at every turn."
“Oh~”
"Hehe~ Then where does mommy Li Dan sleep?" Tiedan said.
"Well~ Mom has cleaned up the east room. Li Dan just came, and mom is afraid that he won't be used to it. You, Hu Zi, and Shi Tou will sleep with him, and your dad will also come with you. This way you won't be scared at night, right?" Su Li looked at the children with a smile on her face and felt that her arrangement was special.
Huzi muttered: "But we don't want to sleep with Dad, he snores!"
"???"
"Why don't you wait for Dad to come back in the evening and talk to him yourself."
Tiedan, Huzi and Shitou looked at each other and sighed, "Alas!"
Baoya saw that there was nothing for her to do, so she hurriedly pulled Su Li's sleeve, "Mom~Mom~What about me?"
"You're a little girl, of course you slept with your mother."
Baoya: "Hehehe...that's too much. I like to sleep with my mom, not with my brothers."
“………”
Tiedan, Shitou and Huzi all looked depressed.
After that, Su Li took a pile of Tiedan's clothes, cut the clothes according to the size, and prepared the cotton.
The children knew that she had something important to do, so they did not disturb her and continued to play with glass balls on the kang.
I spent an afternoon making a set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers. I cut off the threads and compared them in my hands. They were pretty good.
Looking at the children who were sleeping in all directions on the bed due to being tired from playing, Su Li shook her head and covered them with quilts.
I looked outside and saw that it was getting dark with a few snowflakes falling. I rubbed my hands and checked the time. It was already past four o'clock. Thinking that Xie Zhengchuan would be back soon, I went to the kitchen and made a pot of ginger tea, which I put on the stove to simmer.
In the evening, Xie Zhengchuan brought Li Dan back home. After arriving home, Su Li gave each of them a bowl of ginger tea to drink to drive away the cold.
It was raining and snowing outside again, so Su Li simply made a pot of hot noodle soup for dinner. Xie Li helped preserve the leftover braised pork at home.
Cut a plate of braised meat and put it on the noodles as a topping, and fried a plate of poached eggs. The family gathered together to eat noodles, and Su Li called Xie Zhengchuan to bring the bowl.
Now that there are more people in the family, the small table in the kitchen definitely cannot be used for eating. We can only eat in the main room from now on.
Su Li looked around the yard at the kitchen door and thought that the yard was really small. She was anxious to build a house first. There are many children in the family now. It looks okay at the moment, but when they grow up, each of them will need a room. At least Baoya, as the only girl in the family, must have an independent room.
After the New Year, we can build a bigger yard so that it will be more convenient to live in.
While eating, Li Dan was so happy that he almost fainted. He ate the fragrant and delicious noodles in the bowl, which were made of white flour.
The meat in the bowl is so delicious that you almost swallow it with your tongue when you take a bite.
There was also a golden fried egg on the plate, but he didn't dare to pick it up. The food in his bowl was already very bad. His household registration was no longer in Xie Sanwan's house. It was Uncle Zhengchuan and Aunt Zhengchuan who saved him. He had to learn to be content. He kept cheering himself up in his heart that Li Dan would live a good life in the future.
He was lost in thought when suddenly a shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and a fragrant golden poached egg was placed in his bowl. "What are you thinking about? Eat the noodles quickly, they will get cold soon. Don't you like the taste?"
"No...no...Auntie, it's really delicious."
Li Dan spoke so anxiously that his face turned red.
"It's okay, take your time, there's no rush."
Li Dan listened to Su Li's gentle voice, and his nose felt sore. "No, I like it very much, aunt, I just think you are too kind to me."
"Be a real man, don't cry all the time. You are a brave boy. You need to study hard and live happily in the future. Don't worry about other things. Just tell us what you want to eat in our house, just like Tiedan and the others."
Xie Zheng rubbed Li Dan’s head.
The little guy nodded with a red face, repeating what Xie Zhengchuan said in his heart, our home, it is our home~
"Eat quickly! My mother's cooking is the best."
"After eating it, I can have delicious milk to drink at night!"
Shitou glanced at Huzi and said, "Hmm! Fragrant milk."
"Ah~ Damn" Li Dan was shocked.
"It's time to eat. After eating, go to bed and write."
For a moment, the main room was filled with the sound of people slurping noodles.
After dinner, Xie Zhengchuan took the children to write on the kang in the east room, while Su Li went to the kitchen and boiled two pots of hot water.
Enamel cups were prepared with milk, one for each adult and child. Li Dan drank slowly, and Shi Tou thought he didn't like it either, so he touched him with his shoulder and whispered, "Brother Li Dan, don't you feel uncomfortable drinking it too?"
Li Dan finished the drink in the cup, smacked his lips and said, "No! I feel like I can't bear to drink it so fast even if I drink it all."
After saying this, he grinned and looked at the stone.
“………”
Am I the only one who doesn't like it?
Su Li ignored their little actions, washed the cup, and then drew hot water for washing.
I prepared a towel, toothbrush, and spare autumn clothes and socks for Li Dan.
After they all washed up, Su Li applied baby cream to them one by one. It was Li Dan's first time. He watched Su Li scoop some baby cream with her fingers and put it on his face, then put a few dots on her hands and rubbed it slowly, very gently.
"You have to apply this every day. You already have frostbite on your hands. If you don't apply it, you will get it every year."
After rubbing the lipstick, he raised his hand to the tip of his nose and smelled it. He felt that the lipstick was fragrant!
Xie Zhengchuan arranged the children and gave his own bedding to Li Dan, so that each of them had a quilt.
"Uncle Zhengchuan, you gave me the quilt, how are you sleeping?"
"I'll sleep over at your aunt's place. It'll be crowded here with so many people sleeping here. You're all men, so you shouldn't be afraid, right?"
Several boys nodded in unison to prove that they were men.
Xie Zhengchuan nodded to them and gave them a thumbs up.
Then he turned around and left without looking back.
Four boys slept together, rocking their heads back and forth in a very strange way. They chattered non-stop and only quieted down after a long time.
That night, Li Dan lay in a cozy quilt, wearing a new autumn shirt and thick socks. He felt extremely happy and had a rare dream that night.
In the dream, his father carried him on his shoulders, with his grandmother on crutches next to him. His father threw him high up in the air, and his grandmother waved the crutch in her hand, asking his father to be careful. He laughed as he was thrown down, and when he turned around, Su Li was standing in his grandmother's place, and when he fell, the person holding him became Xie Zhengchuan.
He was a little flustered. It was not easy for him to see his father again after so many years. He didn't want him to leave. He slipped from Xie Zhengchuan's arms to the ground and ran forward. In the distance, the backs of his father and grandmother were getting farther and farther away.
"Child, you have to live a healthy life in the future. Daddy and grandma will be watching over you in heaven. You have to be good."
Li Dan called out softly in his sleep, "Dad."
Tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, wetting the hair beside her ears.
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