70s: Raising a Baby

On the morning of the first day of the new year, several children were woken up by the sound of firecrackers downstairs.

It was too late to play yesterday. The three children played more than half of the firecrackers they bought, which attracted many friends.

Last night, the yard was very lively. Many people came out to watch after hearing that the original family was so lively after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Ye Jinzhi felt that last night was the busiest time in their house. A group of people stood in the yard watching the children play with firecrackers.

The adults in the family couldn't make it, and they also bought it for the children. They all came to their house to play together. It was really quiet that night.

The chatter of adults and the laughter of children, Ye Jinzhi admired that they would not feel cold.

The three children got up as soon as they heard the sound of firecrackers, and their sleepiness disappeared.

"Ah, the red envelope." Ah Zhao was the first to discover the red envelope and called out in surprise.

The two youngsters heard the voice of their elder brother, and immediately found a red envelope by the pillow.

Putting on the new clothes Ye Jinzhi gave them on the bedside, he couldn't wait to go downstairs to show the red envelope he received.

"Mom, mom, we're up." When I went downstairs, I saw my mother sitting on the sofa drinking coffee.

"Den deng deng - look, red envelopes." The three children held the red envelopes in their hands and showed them to Ye Jinzhi.

"Thank you mom, we also have a New Year's gift."

Ye Jinzhi also wondered why Axu kept his hands behind his back. It turned out that he was holding a gift.

"Look, this is our family portrait."

Above is a family photo of their family wearing red clothes and the former junior minister wearing military uniforms.

"Thank you baby, Mommy hang it up for everyone to see."

"Young minister, where did you put the picture frame you made last time?" Ye Jinzhi got up and went outside to ask Yuan Shaochen.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Shaochen just finished setting off the firecrackers.

"Hey, the family portrait painted by your son." Ye Jinzhi showed him the painting she was holding in her hand.

The characters on the paintings are getting more and more realistic, and even the verve has been captured.

"Come on, let's hang up together."

Ye Jinzhi hung it on the wall behind the sofa so that anyone could see it as soon as they came in.

"Dad." The three children shouted Yuan Shaochen together.

Yuan Shaochen turned around and saw the three children standing side by side with cunning in his eyes.

"Wish Dad a Happy New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai."

As soon as the words were finished, the little hand spread out, the purpose was obvious.

Ye Jinzhi had fallen on the sofa laughing, which was so funny to them.

"Bring the red envelope."

Just as Yuan Shaochen was about to speak, he heard a sound from the courtyard.

"Happy New Year, sister-in-law!" Zhang Yuan and the others had breakfast early in the morning and ran to the former young minister's house.

"What are you doing here?" Yuan Shaochen said angrily.

"Happy New Year."

Several people crossed their hands and clenched their fists and placed them on their chests.

"Dad, where's the red envelope." The three children didn't need to urge Yuan Shaochen to take out the red envelope.

Where is the red envelope on Yuan Shaochen's body, his eyes turned to Ye Jinzhi for help.

Ye Jinzhi laughed enough before taking out the red envelope in his pocket.

These red envelopes were prepared for fear that children would come to the house, but I didn't expect that it would be cheaper for a group of children in my own family.

"You are one by one."

"Sister-in-law, let's forget it." They didn't expect their share, so they all declined, embarrassed to accept it.

"What nonsense, your sister-in-law will give it to you and then continue." Yuan Shaochen couldn't stand their squeamishness.

When Zhang Yuan heard what the young minister Yuan said, he was not polite and took over.

"Thank you sister-in-law." Several. The big guy is also a little embarrassed.

"Happy New Year, get a red envelope to feel happy." Ye Jinzhi said with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" Yuan Shaochen asked unceremoniously.

When I interrupted just now, I almost forgot my purpose.

"Azhao, do you want to go to the mountain to play?"

They have had a good time with the three brothers in the morning exercise every day, and they knew that they wanted to go to the mountain to play, but the regiment leader didn't have much time to rest.

Just in time for the Chinese New Year, they had nothing to do, so they just wanted to take them up the mountain to play.

The three children's eyes lit up and nodded sharply.

"Mom, is it okay?"

"Do you want to go too, sister-in-law? She probably hasn't been there yet." Zhang Yuan suggested.

Ye Jinzhi had not been to the mountain for so long, so he was a little moved.

When Yuan Shaochen saw that she wanted to go, he naturally did not disagree.

"You take them there first, we'll come over later." The dishes at home in the morning have not been washed, so the young minister Yuan had to finish washing the dishes before leaving.

"Let's go, let's go out to play."

Zhang Yuan and the others were holding one each, and the three children were extremely happy.

"Wow ah ah!"

Ye Jinzhi saw Zhang Yuan through the window and they held the three children on their shoulders, and the three children screamed with joy.

"Hey, have you never hugged them like this?" Ye Jinzhi was a little curious.

Yuan Shaochen did not speak, and concentrated on washing the bowl in his hand.

After a day and a night of heavy snow, the mountain is covered with white patches. When you step on it, it is a deep footprint, which is very abrupt in the snow.

"Do you want to come down?" Zhang Yuan was obviously excited when he saw the three children arrived here.

"Yes." He couldn't wait to get down.

"Ahhh!"

The three children are too young, especially the twins, to step on one foot, half of their legs are gone, and now they are in the snow.

"I'm going to be pulled away by the mountain god." Ah Hao yelled. The villain I read some time ago contained the mountain god, and Ah Hao felt that he had met the mountain god too.

"I can't pull it out." A Xu didn't move, his feet sunk in the snow.

This look is so cute, a few big boys were turned over by them, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously showed loving smiles.

Ah Zhao was so anxious that he was lying on the ground, trying to help the two younger brothers to pull their feet up, her face flushed red.

"Hey, hey." Ah Hao also shouted a slogan to his brother.

This milky sound completely hit the cute points of several big men, and their hearts are about to melt.

"Why are you still here?" Yuan Shaochen and Ye Jinzhi saw a group of them surrounded by them from a distance, and they didn't move, and they burst out laughing from time to time.

"Dad, Dad save me, I'm going to be dragged away by the mountain god."

Ah Hao saw the savior, waved his little hand vigorously, and asked Yuan Shaochen for help.

Ye Jinyi wanted to laugh when he heard Ah Hao's words. The child didn't know what he was watching. He asked her at home every day if there was a mountain god.

Ye Jinzhi couldn't bear to shatter the child's fantasy, so he told him that there was a mountain god on their mountain.

So Ah Hao firmly believed that there was a mountain god on this mountain, and always thought about going up the mountain to see what the mountain god looked like.

"Mom." A Xu also stretched out his hand aggrieved.

"Head of the regiment, sister-in-law." Several people saw the Yuan Shaochen stand up straight away, holding back laughter in their mouths.

"Hurry up and bring them up." Yuan Shaochen didn't even notice.

"Mom." As soon as Axu came up, he held Ye Jinzhi's hand, obviously still a little scared.

"It's alright, mom hugs you." Ye Jinzhi quickly coaxed when he saw that there were tears in A Xu's eyes.

Ah Hao didn't seem to be frightened at all, instead he was very excited.

"Mom, I saw the mountain god." Ah Hao pulled Ye Jinzhi to share his happiness with her.

"What does the mountain god look like?" Ye Jinzhi also cooperated with him.

"I, I didn't see it clearly." Ah Hao was a little depressed, but soon became excited.

"But I felt the mountain god grabbed my feet." Ah Hao gestured at the feeling just now.

A group of young men wanted to laugh when they saw Ah Hao's excited appearance, but they didn't expect Ah Hao to be so innocent.

On the contrary, Ah Zhao was standing there panting. Just now, he was afraid that Ah Hao would really be taken away by the mountain god, so he pulled desperately and was exhausted.

"Mom, this mountain god is really powerful."

Ah Hao seemed to have found a bosom friend, as if I was right.

It caused everyone to laugh, Ye Jinzhi thought that A Zhao should not believe this, but he was just like A Hao, too cute.

After everyone laughed, they continued to walk up the mountain. Several children had learned to be smart, and they were all held by people, and they were determined not to go down to the ground.

Although A Xu was young, Ye Jinzhi couldn't hold it after walking for a while, so he discussed it with him.

"Ah Xu, can you let Dad hug me? Mom is a little tired."

Seeing that his mother was really tired, Axu nodded, then reached out and turned to Yuan Shaochen's arms.

On snowy days, you can see different scenery than usual, such as bare trees, you can see a squirrel running on it.

There are also small footprints that can be seen on the snow, which should be animals such as rabbits.

Everyone tacitly did not make a sound, and looked at the surrounding scenery carefully, and the mood was very relaxed.

"Shh!" Zhang Yuan saw a rabbit moving in the distance and signaled everyone to stay still.

On snowy days, even the vigilance of animals has dropped, and they are not as sensitive as before.

Of course, it could also be because the snow was so thick that they couldn't run fast.

Zhang Yuan picked up a stone on the ground, threw it at the rabbit, and saw that the rabbit struggled a few times and fell to the ground.

On the train, after a night of getting along.

The couple had gotten to know them well and would tell them how to take care of their children.

And Zhou Guocheng's people also inquired about what they were going for.

"We went home for the Chinese New Year. We bought the train tickets late, so we only bought the night ones."

"Then don't go back, anyway, the last year is over." Some people are puzzled, they are all people without homes.

The wife smiled and said, "Why don't you go back? There are still children at home. We haven't seen each other for more than half a year. We are all anxious to go back and see if the children are doing well."

Zhou Guocheng didn't say a word since he got on the train, and they didn't dare to disturb him.

"What is the taste?"

"Pull it again." Several big men grimaced.

Last night, a few big men didn't get a good night's sleep. The child was crying in the middle of the night. He was hungry at one time, and then he was pulling, and they were about to collapse.

Fortunately, this couple has a good temper. If they encounter a bad temper, they are not allowed to scold.

The couple got out of the car before them.

Before leaving, they also gave them a tin of milk powder in return under Zhou Guocheng's behest.

"This, this is too polite, no need." The couple pushed hands and refused.

But one of their words: "Take it back and give it to the child to nourish the body."

As soon as the couple heard the child, they hesitated, and when they saw there was a show, they stuffed it directly into their bags.

"Thank you, thank you so much." The couple didn't expect to do a small favor on the train, so they got a can of milk powder.

Until I got out of the car, I still didn't react. Looking at the milk powder in my arms, I was stunned for a long time.

"Dad, you pinch me, is this true?"

"Hey—what are you doing so hard?"

The husband was a little aggrieved by his wife's coaxing: "This is not what you asked me to pinch."

The wife ignored him: "Oh my God, I didn't expect my children to drink milk powder."

Regardless of whether the husband behind him could follow or not, he walked away.

"Daughter-in-law, wait for me."

On the other side, Yuan Shaochen and his group had a lot of harvest and hit a lot of prey.

When they were about to go home, they heard a weak cry not far away.

"Go and have a look."

The group moved in the direction of the sound again, until they saw a trap that was very conspicuous in the vast snow.

"That's where the sound came from." Ah Zhao pointed there and shouted.

"Is this the alpha wolf?" Zhang Yuan was a little uncertain.

"Go down and have a look."

Zhang Yuan jumped down with agility and looked carefully.

"This wolf is completely dead, and his body is frozen stiff."

"It's still a she-wolf, with an abdominal injury. She should have escaped into the trap after being injured."

Zhang Yuan reported them one by one.

"There is a little wolf cub under it, and it is still alive, but depending on the weather, it will be almost the same if it stays for a while."

Zhang Yuan came up with the little wolf cub and showed them.

"This wolf cub was born not long ago!" Someone said in surprise when he saw that the wolf cub was so small.

Ye Jinzhi was a little strange: "There are wolves on this mountain?"

Yuan Shaochen glanced at the wolf and explained, "It should have come from the mountain next door."

Some time ago, people from the next village came to ask for help, saying that some of them saw wolves on the mountain and asked them to go over and help them catch them.

But is this wolf so easy to catch? Besides, there are so many people that this wolf runs away when it senses something is wrong.

The people who went to catch wolves last time spent a day on the mountain and didn't see any wolves. Instead, they encountered wild boars, which should have been there.

When the three children saw a little wolf, they didn't want anyone to hold them, and they all struggled to go down to watch, and they couldn't put it down.

"Then what to do with the wolf cubs? Could it be left here to let them fend for themselves?" Zhang Yuan said helplessly.

Ye Jinzhi thought: Then the three children have to let go, and each one is held tighter than anyone else, and the eyes can hardly speak.

Sure enough, the three children did not agree to leave the wolf cubs here to fend for themselves.

"Uncle, you are so unloving, how can you treat such a cute little wolf like this?"

"Azhao is not allowed to be rude."

Zhang Yuan didn't care about this, he saw that the three children were interested in this wolf cub, and even joked with them.

"Then take it back and eat it, haven't we eaten wolf meat yet?"

As soon as Ah Zhao heard this, he hugged the wolf cub even tighter, for fear that Zhang Yuan would eat it if he didn't pay attention.

Holding the wolf cub and hiding behind the Yuan Shaochen, he knew who they were most afraid of here.

"Captain, it seems that your child is going to be brought back to raise." Zhang Yuan joked.

Yuan Shaochen was not blind either, so he could naturally see the thoughts of the three children.

"Mom, let's take it home." A Xu acted coquettishly and pleaded with Ye Jinzhi's hand.

Seeing that Ye Jinzhi didn't respond, he resorted to a bitter plan.

"Mom, look at the poor little wolf. There is no mother anymore. If we don't bring it home, the little wolf will be eaten by brother Zhang Yuan."

While talking, he even poured dirty water on Zhang Yuan.

Ye Jinzhi was a little hesitant. She knew that the three children wanted to have a dog, but she didn't. Now that she saw the wolf, her heart was even more eager.

But this is a wolf, not a dog, and if something goes wrong, it will be too late.

Yuan Shaochen also saw her worry, and remained silent, waiting for Ye Jinzhi to make a decision.

"Mother."

"Mom, you agree."

The three children acted coquettishly, rubbing Ye Jinzhi's consent.

Seeing the eager eyes of the three children and the weak look of the little wolf cub, Ye Jinzhi nodded under the gaze of a group of people.

"Yeah, thank you mom, I love mom the most." The words of the confession came out one after another, as if they didn't want money.

The wolf cub was so weak, and everyone didn't stay any longer, and rushed home quickly.

"I'm going to get a padded jacket and put it down." Ye Jinzhi went upstairs to get a piece of clothes that the three children couldn't wear, and wrapped the wolf cub.

This little wolf cub may have been frozen, and when he got home, it warmed up, and the weak voice gradually became louder.

Nestled in Axu's arms, Axu couldn't put it down all the time, holding the wolf cub. The little wolf cub seemed to be familiar with his taste and nestled in his arms with peace of mind.

"Is it hungry?" Someone asked after seeing the little wolf cub bark louder and louder.

"Then we don't know what it can eat. It's so small. I guess the she-wolf didn't escape just to protect it."

"Mom, give it milk, mine."

Ye Jinzhi was a little surprised, Axu meant to give it his own milk powder to drink. You must know that you couldn't get rid of milk addiction before, and no one would touch the milk.

"Okay, try it out." Ye Jinzhi soaked it in some milk powder and put it in front of it.

The little wolf cub may not have been weaned yet, but when he smelled the milk, his voice became louder, and he stuck his head out to drink milk.

The bowl was too big for the wolf cub to reach, so Ye Jinzhi put the bowl slanted to its mouth, wanting to see if it could drink.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched the milk, his mouth buried his head and drank it.

After eating and drinking, the wolf cub's spirit has recovered by more than half, and he can walk tremblingly.

The fur of this wolf cub is similar to that of an ordinary dog, especially since it is so small that most people can't tell that it is a wolf cub.

Seeing that the wolf cub was fine, they didn't watch together.

Because the little wolf cub had been delayed for so long, it was already noon.

"Stay and eat." Ye Jinzhi invited.

Several people looked at each other and hesitated, but the original young minister said: "Go and clean up those prey, and have barbecue at noon."

Yuan Shaochen made a simple barbecue grill by himself last time, but it never came in handy, but this time it was just right.

A few people neatly packed up their prey, their skins, and their internal organs.

Yuan Shaochen also adjusted the ingredients for the barbecue, and a group of people walked to the backyard.

The snow has also stopped and the sun has come out, just perfect for barbecues.

Ye Jinzhi also prepared a lot of vegetables and brought them to the backyard together.

The three children also took the little wolf cub around the house, and now take it to the backyard to play.

The little wolf cub's vitality is very tenacious, and he was weak in the hug of a dignitary an hour ago, but now he can stumble and run.

For a time, the backyard was very lively, a few big boys could eat a lot, and all the meat and vegetables were swept away.