70s: Raising a Baby

"Boom boom boom boom."

There was constant noise coming from the house, and I kept hearing the footsteps of several children going up and down the stairs.

Ye Jinzhi and the others were not idle, they were also packing their luggage in the room.

Just last night, Yuan Shaochen announced that he would go back for the Chinese New Year this year.

Early this morning, after breakfast, the family packed their luggage in a "ping-ping-pong-pong" setting, ready to leave tomorrow morning.

After Ye Jinzhi made the decision, she arranged the company's affairs. Yesterday, she invited the staff to have a New Year's dinner, so she doesn't have to go to the company today.

"What did Uncle Zhou say?" Ye Jinzhi asked while packing his things.

Yuan Shaochen was also packing his clothes.

"Uncle Zhou, he can't rest for a while, but he said that he will take the train there, and I will pick him up at the train station."

"That's fine." Ye Jinzhi nodded.

"By the way," Ye Jinzhi thought of something again, "Should we prepare some food, we won't be able to find a restaurant on the way then."

These Yuan Shaochen had already thought of it, "I have asked Aunt Li to prepare."

Aunt Li will go home to celebrate the New Year after they leave tomorrow morning.

"Don't bring so many toys, you won't be able to put them down."

When Ye Jinzhi went out to get things, he watched A Yan throw toys one after another into the suitcase.

"Are the clothes put away?" Ye Jinzhi walked in to check.

"No." Ayan didn't intend to stop at all.

"Then you don't have any clothes?"

"Where is Niu Niu?" Ayan confidently pointed to Niu Niu who was obediently arranging his clothes.

"Clean up your own things, and you bully Niu Niu again."

Ye Jinzhi didn't know why Niu Niu just listened to A Yan's words.

"No need for mom, we can put our clothes together and bring some more toys." Niu Niu shook his head.

Ye Jinzhi didn't know what to say about them, and they thought about each of them well, so she wanted to see how they put two people's clothes in one box.

It’s not summer now, and it’s no problem to carry clothes for several people in one suitcase. Winter clothes are thick, especially cotton-padded jackets.

Looking at the other three, they are all normal, just the opposite of Ayan and the others, who keep stuffing clothes into the suitcase.

Judging by that posture, he wanted to take away all the clothes in a wardrobe.

"Why bring so much, we only live for two weeks, so we don't need so many clothes."

Do you want to change clothes every day?

"You have to change clothes every day." Axu retorted.

It's pretty stinky, Ye Jinzhi has nothing to say, anyway, one person and one box.

Ye Jinzhi had quite a lot of things to bring here, after all, they almost emptied out there at that time, and there were no quilts.

A lot of things have to be bought over there, but they have plenty of time, so they don't have to worry about it, and they will stay in a guest house for a few days.

"Hei Sang, yes, there are also Hei Sang's things." Ye Jinzhi almost forgot.

"Mom, I'm going to help Hei Sang clean up." A Xu just packed up his clothes.

"Then you help Hei Sang bring his food, remember to bring more, and bring his sleeping mat too."

The weather in the south is no better than that in the north. The north is cold, but it is dry and cold.

The cooling in the south is cold to the bone, and there is heating in the homes in the north, no matter how bad the north is, the kang will be burned.

Air conditioners are not popular yet, and later generations can still turn on air conditioners, but now they can only burn stoves, and homes in the south are colder than outside.

"Remember to bring scarves and gloves with you."

It wouldn't be worth it if I went back and got hemorrhoids.

"Hei Sang, we are going out to play, are you happy?"

Ah Hao squatted next to Hei Sang, stroking Hei Sang's hair, his whole body was in a state of excitement.

"Aww."

Hei Sang was lying on the ground, half-closed his eyes, and A Hao touched him so comfortably.

"Azhao, do you want to go out and play, let's go skating." Gu Chenxing rushed to the door with a few people and shouted outside.

Ah Zhao hesitated.

"Go, just come back before dark."

Ye Jinzhi also heard the voices outside, seeing his hesitation, he directly helped him make a decision.

"Brother, brother, I want to go too, take me with you."

Ah Hao quit, and immediately followed A Zhao, holding his arm and not letting go.

"I'm going too." Axu followed closely behind.

Gu Chen also came in at this time. Hearing the voices of the two brothers, he waved his hand.

"Let's go together then."

"Oh yeah, Mom, we're going out to play, bye."

"Get dressed before going." Ye Jinzhi saw that he was only wearing a short sleeve.

"Obey." A Hao made a gesture of salute, and then rushed upstairs to change clothes.

"Ayan, do you want to be together?" Gu Chen asked, watching Ayan squatting on the ground playing with toys.

A Yan looked out the window, the trees outside were blown to and fro, and he shook his head.

"I'm not going, it's too cold outside."

Ayan has been afraid of the cold since he was a child. When the weather was cold when he was young, his hands were icy and could not be warmed up.

If it wasn't for the morning exercises later on, my physique that is afraid of the cold will gradually improve, but I still like to stay at home in winter.

"Does Niu Niu want to go out and play?"

"I don't want to go out." Niu Niu also shook his head, "It's good to stay at home."

"Dong dong dong." There was a sound of footsteps going downstairs.

"Mom, we won't come back for lunch."

Seeing them like this, one of Ye Jin knew what they were up to.

"Remember to bring enough money."

"Know it."

"Goodbye, Mom."

"Goodbye, Mom."

"Goodbye, Aunt Ye."

As soon as the door was opened, Ye Jinzhi felt the cold wind blowing in from outside, and there was also the sound of "whoosh".

The only thing to be thankful for is that there was no snow, which is why Ye Jinzhi and the others decided to go back for the New Year, otherwise the car would not be able to drive if it snowed.

"Yuan Junyan, take out all the toys for me." Ye Jinzhi looked at the two suitcases.

One is all toys, and the other is clothes, but there are only a few clothes for two people, and they cannot be changed at all.

"I don't want it." Ayan tightly guarded the toy in his arms and refused to let go. He valued the toy more than his life.

Ye Jinzhi held back his temper, and said to himself: Don't get angry, don't get angry, getting angry gets old quickly, it's not worth getting angry for them.

"Then tell me, you don't plan to change these clothes, and you don't plan to take a bath."

In this kind of weather, clothes won't dry at all, let alone winter clothes, they won't dry at all.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Shaochen followed the sound.

"Look for yourself. Others want to take their clothes hard, but your son wants to take his toys hard."

Seeing him protecting the toy so tightly, Ye Jinzhi became angry.

"Dad, Dad." Seeing Yuan Shaochen's expression changed, Ayan felt guilty and a little scared.

"If you want to freeze yourself, don't let Niu Niu freeze with you."

"No, it's not, Dad, it's me"

Yuan Shaochen glanced over, Niu Niu's voice gradually dropped.

In the end, Ayan took out the toys one by one with red eyes, and knelt on the ground to put the clothes in.

"Tomorrow you"

Seeing Ye Jinzhi and the others leave, Niu Niu lay next to A Yan's ear to help him out.

"Really?" Ayan was a little moved.

Niu Niu was not sure if he could do it, but he was afraid that he would cry again, so he nodded with certainty.

"Ayan, Niuniu, look what I bought for you?"

Before entering the door, I heard Ah Hao's call.

"Father?" The two children were still upstairs being forced to practice calligraphy by Yuan Shaochen.

Originally impatient, he couldn't sit still when he heard Ah Hao's voice, and looked eagerly at Yuan Shaochen who was sitting next to him reading a book.

"Go." Yuan Shaochen nodded.

"Brother, brother, what is it?" The two children rushed downstairs.

"Dangdang, look." Ah Hao's hands were full.

"Candied haws!" A Yan took a fancy to the big bunch of red candied haws.

"There are also roasted sweet potatoes, I also bought this cake, and..."

"Eat quickly, it's still hot."

"Mom, I bought a lot of delicious food, come and eat."

When you go out, you are empty-handed, and when you come back, you are full.

Now that the Chinese New Year is coming, there are so many things to eat in the streets and alleys outside, and there are hawkers setting up stalls along the way.

"Grandma Li, you come to eat too. I bought a lot, let's eat together."

When Ye Jinzhi and Yuan Shaochen went downstairs, they saw several children filling the coffee table with things, and the living room smelled of food for a while.

"We can barbecue then." Ye Jinzhi remembered that she hadn't eaten barbecue for a long time.

"Okay, you can eat whatever you want." Yuan Shaochen pampered him unconditionally.

Several children are not used to this, so they started to eat directly.

"Hey, there are so many, can you still eat at night?" Aunt Li called out when she saw the things on the table.

"It's okay, we can have noodles at night." Ayan has recently become obsessed with eating noodles, all kinds of noodles.

Aunt Li met a lot in the early days, so it was natural for such a small request.

night.

"Everyone go to bed early tonight, we have to get up early tomorrow."

Ye Jinzhi was afraid that they would be too excited and wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

She guessed right, the children were really excited, they were making a fuss all night and couldn't sleep at all.

Fortunately, the room is soundproof, as long as it's not too loud, people outside can't hear it.

"Beep beep."

A car horn sounded outside the yard.

In the living room downstairs are all the luggage that everyone packed yesterday, as well as the food they prepared.

"uncle."

Five cars came at one time, but only two of them came in, and the others were parked at the gate of the courtyard, otherwise there were too many and the courtyard would not be able to stop.

"Uncle, quickly, open the door for me."

Ayan quietly ran out with a box in his arms, which were all the toys he secretly arranged yesterday.

The man knew what was going on when he saw his action, raised his eyebrows, and didn't speak.

After finally hiding the toy, Ayan went back to the house with a relaxed face, no need to worry about being caught.

The people in the room didn't know anything about what happened just now, and everyone was ready to have breakfast.

"Where did you go, Ayan, come and have breakfast."

"coming."

The dining table, which was originally empty, was filled with people all of a sudden, making it a lot more lively. Even the types of breakfast were much richer, almost from beginning to end.

"Miss, these pots are full of hot water, remember to bring them to the car."

Aunt Li was boiling hot water early in the morning, afraid that they would be frozen on the road, so she was busy there early in the morning.

"Eat a little more, maybe you won't be able to eat it by then."

Ye Jinzhi wanted to put down his chopsticks when he saw A Xu take a few mouthfuls, and reminded him.

Axu had no choice but to pick up the chopsticks again, and continued to eat reluctantly, with an expression as if he was taking poison.

"Put a blanket in the car later."

Especially in a car with several children, otherwise if you fall asleep on the road, you should catch a cold.

After everyone loaded their luggage into the car and checked everything at home, it was almost nine o'clock before everyone went out.

"I'm going to make this one." Ayan had already found a target, and when he went out, he guarded the car where he put the toy.

"Then I want to take this one too." A Hao rolled his eyes, and suddenly stopped walking towards the next car, standing beside A Yan and did not leave.

"No, you can't take this car." If he took this car, his toys would be exposed, and Ayan began to worry.

The more Ah Hao saw him like this, the more he wanted to stand still here.

"Me neither, I will take this one."

The two children are childish, and they are not humble to each other.

"Then you sit together." Ye Jinzhi glanced at her and said firmly.

The two children fell silent.

"Hmph, I won't sit with you anymore, you sit alone." When Ye Jinyi left, Ah Hao ran to Axu's side with his mouth pouted.

"What did you say he hid in the car?" The two children began to bite their ears.

Axu concentrated on playing with the things in his hands, and when he heard his question, he said without raising his head: "Toys."

"how do you know?"

"I saw it."

A Yan thinks that what he does is very concealed, but in fact, A Xu has already seen his little moves.

"Ayan."

"Why, what's the matter?" A Yan was startled when he was called suddenly, thinking that his toy had been found.

"Put this in the car you are sitting in." Ye Jinzhi held a blanket in his hand, "There is a hot water bottle inside, be careful not to drop it."

Fearing that they would be cold, Ye Jinzhi specially went to fill a few hot water bottles.

"Oh, I see."

Knowing that it was not his toy that was found, Ayan breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you're hungry, there's food in the car. Don't eat it all at once, or you'll starve later."

Before getting into the car, Ye Jinzhi was still a little worried, and reminded him again.

"goodbye."

"Grandma Li, goodbye."

Among the five cars, Yuan Shaochen and his colleagues headed south.

"give you to eat."

A Yan sneakily took out three pieces of candy from his pocket, "One piece for each person."

"Uncle, open your mouth." Ayan also enthusiastically helped the man, peeled off the candy wrapper, and stuffed it into his mouth, regardless of whether he wanted to eat it or not.

"Be careful, tell me if you need to go to the toilet."

"Uh-huh."

Here, I started to eat as soon as I set off, and on the other side.

Because of the cold weather, the car windows had a layer of frost on the surface, and the three children were so bored that they lay down on the car windows to draw something.

"Let's draw black mulberries and see who can draw the best."

"Okay." The other two had no objection.

But the protagonist in the painting is very excited at this time, sitting on the back seat, staring outside without blinking.

Ye Jinzhi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was wrapped in a blanket, holding a hot water bottle in his arms to keep warm, and his feet were curled up under the blanket.

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