Chapter 414 Happy New Year
"Second Uncle! Wash your hands and eat first!" Su Ying brought a basin of hot water from the kitchen.
When Su Laoer wiped the water on his face, it changed color.
After washing with two basins of water, his face became clean, revealing a weather-beaten face that looked five or six years older than his brother Su Bucheng.
Su Ying put the hot food on the table and served some rice.
Su Laoer smelled the delicious food and his stomach rumbled. He sat down, picked up his bowl and started eating.
I ate three big bowls of dry rice and drank a bowl of mustard soup in one breath.
"Ah! I'm finally full!" Su Laoer sighed comfortably.
When building a road in Dayuling, we had to eat flatbread and porridge every day, and the food was monotonous.
I was busy with work on the construction site all day and had no time to think about eating. I just poured food into my stomach as a routine.
We hardly stopped on the way back, changing horses and continuing on our journey without sleep.
The food at this moment reminded him of the importance of eating.
"Uncle, the water is ready, let's go take a bath!" Su Ying boiled two large pots of hot water.
Look at my second uncle's condition. He needs a pot of hot water just to wash his hair, and his head is covered in dust.
"Well, thank you, Aying!" Su Laoer didn't bother to be polite.
It took one person two pots of hot water to wash his whole body clean.
Change into clean cotton clothes, dry your hair, and return to the room.
Seeing this, Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei hurriedly left.
"My wife!" Su Laoer hugged his wife, who was truly warm and soft.
I can clearly feel that my wife is well-maintained and has some flesh on her body, unlike her previous skinny figure. When I touch her, I feel that her body is bare bones, which makes me feel uncomfortable.
"Husband!" Yang Chunhua snuggled in her husband's arms, feeling his broad chest in her heart, solid and at ease.
With my husband and children by my side, this moment is so happy and perfect.
"My wife smells so good!" Su Laoer smelled the milky scent on his wife.
Looking at a beauty under the lamp, the more I look at my wife, the more beautiful she becomes.
"How can it smell good?" Yang Chunhua was so embarrassed that she quickly pushed her husband away.
I have been in confinement for almost a month. I haven't taken a shower or washed my hair. I sweat all over after eating a meal and have to change clothes every day.
I can even smell the scent on my body, and my husband actually says it smells good!
"Are these our Dabao and Xiaobao?" Looking at the two sleeping children, they are exactly the same, chubby little balls.
Su Laoer stretched out his rough hands and gently touched the child, "Which one is Dabao and Xiaobao?"
“Hmm…” The rough hands touching their faces made them uncomfortable. The two babies frowned and whined.
"This is my older brother Dabao, and this is my younger sister Xiaobao!" Yang Chunhua patted the children gently and introduced them to her husband.
"Let me hold you!" Su Laoer felt itchy in his hands, so he carefully picked up Xiaobao.
“Hmm…” Xiaobao felt someone picking him up, and he whimpered and twisted his body.
"Xiaobao, it's Aye, it's Aye, come back to see our good baby!" Su Laoer looked at his daughter tenderly and patted her skillfully.
"Hmm..." Xiaobao moved his little head in his father's arms, found a comfortable position, and continued to sleep.
"Hmm..." Dabao on the bed sensed that his sister was not by his side, and hummed uneasily.
"Stinky baby, do you know that your father is holding his sister?" Su Laoer sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to pat Dabao.
"Thank you, my wife! You've worked hard!" Su Laoer's eyes were full of tenderness.
"Put the child down. You've been traveling for such a long time. Take a rest!" Seeing that her husband looked tired, Yang Chunhua hurriedly took the child.
"I'm sleeping in the outer room! Call me if you need anything!" Su Laoer started snoring loudly in the outer room after a while.
"Huh!" With thunderous snoring, Su Laoer quickly fell into a deep sleep.
After working hard for several months, the road was finally repaired and I returned home. Seeing my wife and children, I put all my worries aside.
The whole Su residence could hear the thunderous snoring of Su Laoer, which even woke up Old Mrs. Su. Knowing that her second son had returned, she turned over and went back to sleep.
Listening to the deafening snoring, although Yang Chunhua's sleep was affected, she felt very at ease.
The loud snoring would scare the child and make him tremble from time to time.
My husband didn’t snore much when we first got married. I guess he was just too tired.
There was a noise outside in the morning. Su Laoer woke up and looked at the familiar house. It took him a while to come to his senses and he went home.
"Um...um..." Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei in the inner room helped change the baby's diaper.
"These two children are so smart. They didn't cry or make a fuss when they knew their father was back." Mrs. Du said with a smile.
In the past, if the diaper was wet, he would cry loudly, and if he was slow, he would cry even harder.
Today he just hummed and was very well behaved.
"Of course! How old is this child? He is so smart!" Wei also found it amazing.
"Hmm!" The two children were hungry and began to hum uneasily.
"Hurry, hurry! Give Stuttering a bite!" Mrs. Du stuffed Dabao into Yang Chunhua's arms. "This kid can't be slow! He's so noisy!"
Yang Chunhua took Dabao over. Dabao drank the milk and sucked hard, clenching his little fists tightly.
Xiaobao was also humming, and Wei patted him gently, "Wait, wait, brother hasn't finished eating yet!"
Hearing his wife breastfeeding in the room, Su Laoer did not go in, but went to the kitchen to get water to wash.
"Second brother!" Su Laosan and his subordinates had just returned from the fields to check on the growth of winter wheat.
"Third brother!" This was the first time the two brothers met after the three Su brothers were promoted.
Both of them were dark-skinned, weathered by the wind and sun, and looked very haggard.
"Sir Su!" The officials of Lingnan Office greeted Su Laoer.
"Happy New Year, everyone!" Sura replied.
"Happy New Year!" the officials raised their hands.
As he was speaking, the Ministry of Works supervisors who were staying at the villagers' house also arrived, "Sir!"
"Thank you all for your hard work!" Su Lao Er saw his former colleagues who are now his subordinates.
This group of officials, both big and small, are all low-level officials. It is hard to be sent to Lingnan, so no one is willing to come.
They signed up voluntarily with gritted teeth, simply hoping to achieve some political achievements and have a bright future.
After several months of hard work, the official road in Wuzhou is almost completed. It is a four-lane cement road, which gives me a great sense of accomplishment.
"Have all the official roads in Wuzhou been completed?" asked Su Laoer.
"Except Rong County, all other counties have been put into use!" the supervisors replied.
"Rong County? Why?" Su Laoer didn't know anything about Rong County.
"Well! Something happened, Rong County refused to cooperate, and the county magistrate acted recklessly, causing unrest in Rong County and complaints from the people." The supervisors shook their heads when talking about Rong County.
It is adjacent to Wu County, but now it is the poorest and most backward county in Wuzhou.
"Why didn't you report it?" Su Laoer looked unhappy.
It was both the subordinates' inaction and my own negligence.
"It has nothing to do with them. Even my third uncle can't do anything about what's happening in Rong County!" Su Ying didn't want to make anyone unhappy during the New Year.
He told the story of Wang Duanfang in detail.
I was relieved when I learned that Wang Duanfang had been exiled to Danzhou and that my third brother and a group of people were supervising the spring plowing.
"It seems that Rong County cannot build roads in the short term!" Su Laoer said after listening.
The people had just caught their breath, and they had to get food up to fill their stomachs.
"It's okay. After the busy spring plowing, we can build the road in sections during the slack season, doing half-work and half-labor!" Su Ying suggested.
Rong County is too poor. Farmers who come to work have to find a way to get a meal. Otherwise, how can they work without enough to eat?
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