70s: Raising a Baby

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Tonight, the same scene was played out in many homes in the compound. A group of children stopped running around and sat at the door as soon as they got home.

If it weren't for the cold weather, the adults at home would not allow them to stand outside and guard.

"What's the matter?"

"What tricks are you kidding?"

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The father, who had just returned from training, saw his son and daughter guarding the door as soon as he got home, and he was very enthusiastic when he saw them.

"Ghost knows what the hell is going on, I don't know if the sun is rising from the west," some mothers of children complained to them when their husbands came back.

"When I got home today, I didn't go out anywhere, and I didn't ask him to go upstairs. If I hadn't been dragged in, he would have stood outside and waited for you."

"Wash your hands and eat." Mom yelled in the kitchen.

"What did you do wrong at school today?" For the child's abnormality, the adults' reactions are similar.

"Father, who is busy with you or Uncle Yuan?" Some thoughtful children were the first to test.

"I fought with the Yuan family boy, did I lose or win?"

"Dad, tell me which of you is busy first. Are you busy with Uncle Yuan?" Some children thought that their father came home every day, and Yuan Shaochen was not at home sometimes, so they felt that Yuan Shaochen was even busier.

"Almost, we work in different directions."

And those upright children asked straightforwardly.

"Dad, come pick me up from school tomorrow."

The first reaction most fathers hear when they hear this sentence is to refuse, "No time."

Then came, "What do you want me to pick up, you can't come back by yourself."

"Then why Uncle Yuan is free to pick up Azhao and the others." Upon hearing their father's refusal, some children were not convinced.

At the same time, the same scene happened in the compound next door, because they saw Azhao and their father pick them up from school.

The instigator who caused all this didn't know about the scene in the compound. The entire compound, except for those children who had already worked, and the original family were not affected, and the other families were protested by their own children.

However, the next morning, the whole compound knew about it.

"Old Yuan, you said that you are tossing around every day to make me feel better."

It was five in the morning in late autumn, the sun had not yet risen, and when everyone went out, there were still lights shining outside.

When Yuan Shaochen arrived at the training ground, he was surrounded by comrades who came to exercise together, and he was puzzled when he heard them complaining around him one by one.

"Why are you all crazy?" Yuan Shaochen wanted to drive them away.

All the elders stood in front of him, not letting him go, with angry expressions on their faces, because what did his family do yesterday.

"You said you were going to pick up some children well."

Only then did Yuan Shaochen realize the reason, with a smirk on his face, he patted their shoulders, "I am willing."

He found a gap and ran out, leaving a group of old men with a bitter face, and the young ancestors of the family made a fuss and killed them.

"Tell me about the current children, who are not satisfied with eating enough and going to school every day. This is a trick every day."

The others also nodded in agreement, and said with a bitter face, "If you don't want to let his mother go, you just want me to go."

But there are also those who dote on children, "Go ahead, I haven't picked up the child when he grows up so big, it's a big deal to start training sooner."

"Look, look, it's just that you people are used to it, and when my kid comes back, he will make trouble again."

The adults were unhappy, and the children were also unhappy. They all drooped their heads, without the spirit of the past.

"What's the matter with you?" Several children couldn't help being curious when they passed by.

"Azhao, did your father come to pick you up before?"

Seeing their reactions, Ah Zhao quickly guessed what was going on, combined with the rate at which his father came to pick them up yesterday.

"That's right, when I was in Haishi, my dad only came to pick us up every day at home, and even picked us up for dinner at noon."

"Later, before we moved here, my dad would come to pick us up from school whenever we got home, isn't your dad?" A Xu added maliciously from the side.

"One-two-one, one-two-one, one--" A group of people just ran past a group of children, and they heard their conversation clearly, and they all held back their laughter.

"You guys are so miserable, your parents must not love you, maybe—" Ah Hao still whetted their appetites.

"Maybe what?" A group of children were whetted by his words, and surrounded him to let him continue.

Ah Hao frowned in embarrassment, "Then I told you, don't tell others." Mysterious.

"I promise not to tell."

"I don't say either."

"Speak quickly."

A group of children stopped running because of him, and they all surrounded A Hao, but they didn't see A Zhao and A Xu who were snickering at the side.

"You may not be born to your parents, maybe you bought them from human traffickers." A Hao said mysteriously.

"Liar, I was born to my parents." I am not happy to have children.

"Then tell me why our dad came to pick us up, but your dad didn't pick you up." Ah Hao added fuel.

And the children whose fathers promised to pick them up believed in Ah Hao's words, and chattered aside.

"Yes, the teacher said that parents love children the most. If it is true, they will definitely be willing to pick us up. Otherwise, why didn't your father come to pick you up?"

"What are you doing, all of you are not running and whispering around." Yuan Shaochen ran over and saw them standing still.

"Hurry up, let's run." Azhao ran away first with his three younger brothers, he was afraid of being beaten later.

"What did you do?" Yuan Shaochen could see their guilt at a glance.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." The children didn't dare to let Yuan Shaochen know what they just bluffed.

At home, Ye Jinzhi woke up with sore body, went downstairs, only saw Niu Niu sitting there playing Rubik's Cube, Yuan Shaochen and the others hadn't come back yet.

However, there was a scent coming from the kitchen.

"Miss, is breakfast ready?"

"Aunt Li, why did you come back so early? Didn't I ask you to stay with your son for two more days?" Ye Jinzhi followed the voice.

"Don't wait, he's busy with work, and besides, the family can't have no one to cook, and the children are still growing up." Aunt Li waved her hand and smiled.

"The young minister came back yesterday. He has been resting for the past two days, so you can just take a rest."

"What's so tiring about this job? Don't rest. Besides, I'm always thinking about this place at home, so I might as well come back."

Ye Jinzhi couldn't help but laugh, and didn't say anything more.

"Dongdong, sister-in-law, I brought you the milk and left it at the door." It was the guard who just got off duty who brought the milk that everyone ordered in the morning.

"Hey, thank you." Ye Jinzhi opened the door to get it.

Not noticing Niu Niu behind her, she also put down the toy in her hand and ran out after her.

"Niu Niu, why did you come out? Go back quickly, it's cold outside." Ye Jinzhi just picked up the milk left at the door when he saw Niu Niu running out after him.

Niu Niu shook his head, shook off Ye Jinzhi's hand holding him, and stood at the door unwilling to go in.

"What's the matter, Niu Niu wants to go out to play?" Ye Jinzhi didn't understand what was wrong with him.

"Aunt Li, Aunt Li." Ye Jinzhi couldn't do anything with him, and she was still holding milk in her hand.

"Hey, what's the matter, miss, why are you standing outside and not coming in?" Aunt Li saw that both of them were wearing thin clothes, and stood outside the door to blow the air.

Ye Jinzhi handed over the milk in his hand, "Aunt Li, take the milk in first."

He squatted down again, and found that Niu Niu had been staring at the door, and he already had a guess in his heart.

"Does Niu Niu want to find A Yan and the others?"

Ye Jinzhi saw that although he didn't nod, his slightly trembling eyes had already betrayed him.

"Then let's go in and change our clothes first, and Auntie will take you to find them later, okay?"

Niu Niu hesitated, turned to look at her, and then looked outside.

"Is Niu Niu cold? Auntie is so cold. Let's change clothes and Auntie will take you to them, okay?" Ye Jinzhi pretended to be cold.

Niu Niu stared at her for a while, then nodded slowly, and put his hand on the palm that Ye Jinzhi stretched out to him.

With only two pieces of clothes on, the wind blowing outside for so long has long since lost the heat, and her little hands are cold.

Seeing that he was willing, Ye Jinzhi didn't dare to waste time. If he stayed any longer, he would catch a cold, so he took his hand and ran home.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Li put the milk on the table and came back to help them close the door.

"It may be that Ayan and the others have gone out. He is bored at home alone. I will take him up to change clothes and go for a walk later."

Niu Niu stopped making trouble now, and obediently followed Ye Jin upstairs to change clothes.

"Okay, let's go." When Ye Jinzhi changed his clothes and came out, he saw the child guarding the door all the time, afraid that she wouldn't come out.

"Aunt Li, make some ginger tea later, let's drink it when we come back."

The four children are used to this kind of weather when colds are prevalent, but Niu Niu is not sure, so it's better to be just in case.

"I've already cooked it, and it's just hanging out when you come back to drink." Aunt Li had already started cooking it when they went upstairs to get dressed.

"Let's go."

Walking outside the door, it was actually only around six o'clock, and the day was still not very bright, so I could only vaguely see that the sky was a little white.

There were almost no people on the road outside, except for some soldiers who were on guard at night, and they didn't meet anyone along the way, but it might be too dark to see clearly.

Walking on the road, Ye Jinzhi realized that he had never been out so early, and he didn't know what the courtyard looked like so early.

"Be careful, don't fall."

It rained in the middle of the night last night, and the ground is still wet and slippery, Ye Jinzhi held his hand tightly.

She has never been to the training ground here, so she can only walk by the slogan from the training ground.

"Sister-in-law, it's so early." Fortunately, I ran into a guard on the road.

Ye Jinzhi smiled at him, "The kid is making a fuss, so let him come out and have a look. By the way, where is the training ground, I can't find the way."

"Oh, here, you can see it along this road. The former team leader and the others took their children there for morning exercises."

"Thank you, let's go first then."

Ye Jinzhi was holding Niu Niu, and he could clearly feel the difference between him and A Yan and the others. If A Yan and the others came to an unfamiliar environment, their first reaction was not fear, but curiosity. They would look left and right, and use their eyes to find things that interested them. The place.

But Niu Niu was a little nervous, from the fact that he held Ye Jinzhi's hand tightly and did not dare to let go, and that he kept his head down and did not dare to look aside, it showed his inner anxiety.

Suddenly, Ye Jinzhi stopped, and Niu Niu noticed that the people beside him stopped, and raised his head subconsciously.

Before he saw it clearly, he felt a faint fragrance penetrate into his nose, which was the kind of warmth that belonged to his mother, which made people feel safe.

Niu Niu still remembers that he has felt this kind of warmth in his mother's arms before, when did he not feel it?

"Hold tight." Ye Jinzhi reminded.

Niu Niu subconsciously hugged Ye Jinzhi's neck tightly, buried his small face on Ye Jinzhi's shoulder, and refused to lift it up until——

"We're coming." The slogans on the training ground were getting closer and closer, the sky was much brighter than when they first left, and Ye Jinzhi could already see the figures on the training ground clearly.

"Has Niu Niu found Ayan?" Ye Jinzhi didn't come any closer, they watched everyone's training on the training ground from a few steps away.

Hearing the movement, Niu Niu finally let go of Ye Jinzhi's neck, but still firmly grasped Ye Jinzhi's collar with one hand.

I tried my best to look for them in the vast crowd with my little head held high. Fortunately, a few children were conspicuous, and they could be found almost at a glance.

"Dad, Dad, I saw my mother." A Yan had already sat aside to rest, and his training volume was different from that of his brother.

Just as Yuan Shaochen was correcting the wrong movements of the children, he heard A Yan's cry from the side, and then saw the little man who was watching well from the side, rushing towards the door.

Yuan Shaochen also looked outside subconsciously, and found that it was true, Ye Jinzhi saw him looking over and even reached out to wave to him.

"Mom, are you here to pick us up?" Ayan ran over bouncingly, sweating profusely.

Ye Jinzhi squatted down, and put down Niu Niu who was a little excited to see A Yan in his arms.

"Are you tired?" Ye Jinzhi wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.

A Yan held his little head high, with a look of enjoyment, "I'm not tired." He shook his little head.

Seeing him like this, Ye Jinzhi couldn't help laughing, stretched out his finger and scratched his little nose.

This scene made those children who were still exercising in the morning even more jealous. They had some doubts about what Ah Hao said before, but now they believe them all.

"I really wasn't born to my parents, they don't love me at all."

Because of Ye Jinzhi's arrival, Yuan Shaochen took a few children to finish the morning exercise a few minutes earlier than usual, and walked towards Ye Jinzhi who had been watching them.

"Mom." Several children gathered around Ye Jinzhi one after another, their little faces were full of happiness and complacency, they were the only ones, other people's mothers never came to take other people home.

"Why are you here?" On the way back, Ye Jinzhi and Yuan Shaochen walked behind, and several children walked in front, Yuan Shaochen asked lightly.

Ye Jinzhi smiled charmingly at him, "I miss you."

Although he knew it wasn't true, Yuan Shaochen was still very useful, and unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.

Asking for a wave of recommended monthly tickets, I found that almost no one read it when I came back after I asked for leave.

Also, I have a doubt, whether everyone has not seen my comments in the comments except for my words at the end of the chapter.