The leisurely life of a reborn dad

At around 9 a.m., a Buick LaCrosse with a Beijing license plate was running on the highway, heading towards Chengjiapo, Dayao Town, Anwu County.

At this time, there were very few cars on the road, and Cao Shujie drove very fast.

Cheng Xiaolin saw this in the back seat and told Cao Shujie: "Shujie, just drive slower, we are not in a hurry."

"It's okay, I know what's going on," Cao Shujie said.

All told, he has been an experienced driver for more than 20 years, and he always puts safety at the core!

Mengmeng was sitting in the back seat looking at the little pug in the carton. With this puppy around, she was surprisingly quiet now.

Cao Shujie never thought that a naughty child like his daughter would turn into a lady because of a little pug. This surprised him, but in some aspects, he was also very lenient with this little pug.

For example, he has never been in the habit of bringing dogs into the car, but this little pug is an exception, and this is already the second time.

The little pug raised its head in the carton and looked at Mengmeng who was looking down at it. The little pug's eyes seemed to be moving in circles very smartly.

If you look carefully, you will find that this little pug has a flattering look in its eyes.

It is very smart and seems to know that Mengmeng is the most favored in this family. It is also moving closer to Mengmeng to get more attention and eyes, and then gain benefits.

Cheng Xiaolin is very pleased with this little pug now.

She couldn't remember how long she had been able to sit in the car and play with her mobile phone so relaxedly. The last time she didn't have to think about coaxing Mengmeng was when she was taking the train to school a long time ago.

After a while, Cheng Xiaolin turned her head and looked at the little pug playing with her daughter. She was still thinking about giving it a meal another day.

At least a chicken leg, or a bone with meat, otherwise there is no sincerity.

"Little dog, let me tell you, there is an older brother in my grandma's family." Mengmeng said coquettishly.

She then shook her head and said: "But when I get to grandma's house, if my brother touches you, you will bite him."

Cheng Xiaolin: "..."

She never expected that her daughter would have such extremely dangerous thoughts, and she was glad that she discovered it early.

She was not in the mood to play with her phone this time, so she put her phone in her pocket and said quickly: "Mengmeng, when you get to grandma's house, you can't let Xiaobai bite your brother Dongdong, or else I won't let you go, you know? ?”

"Why?" Mengmeng had a confused expression on her face. Her innocent little mind couldn't figure out what the connection was.

She said: "If my brother doesn't touch Xiaobai, I won't let Xiaobai bite him."

Cheng Xiaolin taught her some more and found that Mengmeng seemed to be very protective of her 'things'. It seemed difficult to change his mind in a short time.

Cheng Xiaolin kept reasoning with her daughter for the rest of the way. Her mouth was dry and she felt a little tired.

During the remaining half of the journey, Cheng Xiaolin felt inexplicably that the distance was too far, and she almost went crazy. Her husband, Cao Shujie, also drove to the door of her house.

Cao Shujie was about to get out of the car, but then he closed the door again.

He told Cheng Xiaolin, who was in the back seat, to put on thick clothes and a hat for Mengmeng, then opened the door and got out of the car again, and opened the back door for his wife.

A gust of cold wind entered the car along the open door, causing Cheng Xiaolin to shrink back and hug Mengmeng tighter.

"Why is it so cold now?" Cheng Xiaolin muttered.

I didn't feel it in the car just now, but as soon as I came out, I felt that the temperature had dropped several degrees abnormally.

Cao Shujie looked up at the sky and said, "Honey, look, things have changed a bit."

When Cheng Xiaolin heard what her husband said, she also looked up at the sky. The sky was indeed not pretty.

"The weather forecast two days ago said there would be snow in the near future. Is it going to snow today?" Cheng Xiaolin felt speechless.

She really doesn't want it to snow today. Her mother has not installed radiators in her home yet. She still uses the most primitive stove to heat up and drive up the temperature in the room. However, this configuration is only available in the master bedroom. If it snows, the temperature will rise. It will continue to fall. If it falls too hard, they will not be able to go back. Thinking about it at night will make them uncomfortable.

Cao Shujie also thought of this, and he even took the initiative to say: "Honey, is there anyone who installs a radiator here? If not, I'll pay for it for my parents to install it."

"Besides, I really don't know where it is. Besides, my parents won't let you pay for it." Cheng Xiaolin said.

"Mom, little puppy." Mengmeng hadn't forgotten the little pug yet and asked her mother to help pick it out.

"Woof woof, woof woof." Xiaobai, the pug, suddenly saw an unfamiliar environment and barked several times subconsciously.

When it saw Mengmeng, it became quiet again.

Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin were surprised when they saw this scene.

"Husband, this little pug is quite smart. It seems to know Mengmeng." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie nodded: "I discovered this two days ago. This puppy is indeed quite smart. The ones in the family will be lovable."

"Does this count as bullshit? Hahahahaha." Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help laughing.

While the couple was talking, Cao Shujie opened the trunk and was about to take things home. At this moment, the closed door of his mother-in-law's house opened from the inside.

Mother-in-law Li Xiaojuan appeared at the gate holding her grandson Cheng Tiandong's little hand. After seeing them, she quickly led her grandson this way.

Walking up to Cao Shujie and the others, Li Xiaojuan asked habitually: "Shujie, are you having a smooth journey?"

Cao Shujie nodded with a smile and said, "Mom, it's not bad. There aren't many cars on the road."

"Mom, it's so cold outside, why did you bring Dongdong out?" Cheng Xiaolin said.

As soon as she finished speaking, Cheng Xiaolin heard her nephew cough.

The cough was rapid and severe, and her face turned red after a cough. Cheng Xiaolin raised her eyebrows: "Mom, Dongdong has a cold?"

"Well, I went out to play two days ago. He didn't wear enough clothes. He had a cough and a runny nose. It's nothing serious. I'm giving him medicine. Don't worry, it's fine." Li Xiaojuan said.

Cheng Xiaolin felt very complicated from her own perspective.

Especially among children, the cold is the most easily transmitted disease, and everyone's physical condition after infection is different, some are mild and some are severe, but Mengmeng is the kind of person who suffers from lung disease when she coughs. Treatment It's very troublesome to get up, children suffer, and adults suffer as well.

She also felt that she was a little careless this time. When she called his mother before coming, she forgot to ask about it.

Seeing that his wife's expression was not so good, Cao Shujie immediately knew what his wife was thinking. He turned his back to his mother-in-law and shook his head and waved to his wife, signaling her not to say more.

Cheng Xiaolin thought that since they were all here, they couldn't go back. The best way was to keep their cousins ​​farther away later.

But Cheng Xiaolin forgot that this was the most difficult thing. Who cares about this for children.

"Woof woof, woof..."

The little pug was held by Mengmeng on a leash and rubbed against her legs. It started barking when it saw a stranger.

The barking of the pug immediately attracted the attention of Mengmeng and her little cousin Cheng Tiandong.

Even Li Xiaojuan asked curiously: "Linlin, where did the puppy come from?"

"Mom, Shujie got it for Mengmeng. Mengmeng likes this puppy very much and has to let him take it with him whenever he goes out." Cheng Xiaolin said.

"Grandma, little dog." Cheng Tiandong, who had been silent since meeting Cao Shujie and the others, spoke for the first time.

"Hey, go and have a look. Don't touch your cousin's puppy." Li Xiaojuan also knew to tell her grandson not to touch the puppy to avoid being bitten.

But when Cheng Xiaolin heard what her mother said, she was just thinking of finding a reason to stop her. Her nephew Cheng Tiandong had already run to the puppy and stood opposite Mengmeng, looking at the white-haired pug at his cousin's feet.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough!" Dongdong coughed several times in succession. During the violent coughing, some spittle was coughed up by him and floated in the air.

Opposite him happened to be his little cousin Mengmeng.

Cheng Xiaolin couldn't think of anything else to look back on, so she quickly asked: "Mom, are there any masks at home?"

"If you don't have that, why do you need a mask?" Li Xiaojuan asked her daughter.

Cheng Xiaolin looked at her nephew Cheng Tiandong and said, "Didn't Dongdong have a cough? Especially children like them, colds are most easily contagious. Mengmeng can easily get bronchitis when he catches a cold."

When Li Xiaojuan heard this, she said, "I really don't have any masks at home. How about I go to the drugstore to buy some?"

"Mom, forget it, don't buy it. I still have ginger and brown sugar at home." Cheng Xiaolin asked.

Li Xiaojuan nodded: "Yes, you mean to make some brown sugar ginger water for her, right?"

"Well, that's right." Cheng Xiaolin looked at her nephew and said, "Give Dongdong a bowl too. It's useful in preventing and treating colds."

"Okay, come in quickly." Li Xiaojuan said.

Li Xiaojuan and Cheng Xiaolin, mother and daughter, held Dongdong and Mengmeng's hands and walked home respectively.

The little pug followed Mengmeng into the house, and Cao Shujie followed at the end with something in hand.

He asked: "Mom, isn't my dad back? Isn't he at home?"

"He went to settle the bill, and his contractor said he would pay them for the first half of the year." This is what Li Xiaojuan said.

Hearing this statement, Cao Shujie was not surprised. Not many people who work on projects these days can settle the bills quickly.

Many are owed a year.

The stove was burning in the room, and the red flames lit up, making the room extremely warm.

As soon as she entered the house, Cheng Xiaolin cut ginger slices and prepared to make brown sugar ginger water.

Mengmeng and Dongdong and their cousins ​​came together to look at the pug Xiaobai. Mengmeng said proudly: "Its name is Xiaobai, but it listens to me."

"Xiaobai." Dongdong heard his cousin say this and shouted after him, but the pug Xiaobai refused to bite him. He was very unconvinced and stretched out his hand to touch Xiaobai.

But Xiaobai always remembered Mengmeng's order. When he saw someone else wanting to touch him, he raised his head and barked a "woof", which startled Dongdong.

"Wow!"

The child Cheng Tiandong was so frightened that he burst into tears on the spot.

Cheng Xiaolin, who was cutting ginger slices, heard her nephew crying loudly. She didn't know what happened, so she asked: "Shujie, what's wrong?"

"Dongdong wanted to touch Xiaobai just now, but Xiaobai screamed and scared him." Cao Shujie looked at his daughter and felt a headache.

This girl is really annoying.

When Li Xiaojuan'er heard what was going on, she didn't think much about it. Not long after she came over to comfort him, Dongdong stopped crying.

He wanted to touch the pug Xiaobai again, but Xiaobai was very smart this time. In addition, Cao Shujie stared at it, so Xiaobai didn't dare to call or scare anyone. He let Cheng Tiandong touch him a few times, looking like a good baby. .

Mengmeng was quite proud to see that Xiaobai was very popular.

After Cheng Xiaolin cooked the brown sugar and ginger water, she asked Cao Shujie to bring two small bowls, give each of her daughter and nephew a bowl, and coaxed them to drink.

Mengmeng stuck out her tongue while drinking, and kept shouting: "Mom, it's so spicy, so spicy."

"Bah, bah, bah!" She seemed to want to spit out the spicy taste, but it was no use.

After a while, sweat broke out on her forehead.

Cao Shujie took his daughter's thermos cup and asked her to drink some water to wash it down. At the same time, he took out some pieces of paper to wipe the sweat off her forehead.

Cheng Tiandong saw his cousin drinking the whole bowl of brown sugar and ginger water from the side. He also drank two sips, and no one persuaded him to drink the rest.

When Cao Shujie and his father-in-law Cheng Rengui came back, Cheng Xiaolin was serving food to the table. When she saw him coming in, she shouted happily: "Dad, you are back."

"Linlin, Shujie, when did you arrive?" When Cheng Rengui saw his son-in-law, daughter and granddaughter, he wiped away his sad expression and became happy.

"Dad, we arrived at around 9 o'clock. My mother asked you to ask for the bill. How do you want it? Did you give it?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

It's not that I'm counting on his money, it's just curiosity.

Hearing his daughter's question, Cheng Rengui sighed: "It's okay to give him three months. It's better than nothing."

"Ah, isn't it owed half a year? Why do you pay so little?" Cheng Xiaolin was very angry. She said, "The Chinese New Year will be in just over two months, and you only give me three months' salary."

Cheng Rengui was used to it. He said: "This is good. At least we can settle the payment a little in advance. In previous years, we would only get the first half of the payment at the end of the year."

Cao Shujie didn't feel surprised to hear his father-in-law say this.

Li Xiaojuan felt helpless when she heard her husband said that she only received three months' salary, but there was nothing she could do.

Cheng Xiaolin complained to her husband Cao Shujie: "Shujie, why do you think these people are like this? They have money, why don't they pay the bill?"

Cao Shujie said with a half-smile, "Honey, you really haven't understood that the contractor may not be rich."

As soon as he finished speaking, his father-in-law Cheng Rengui also nodded and said: "Li Guangqing has to get the money from the project at all costs, otherwise he will have to wait until the end of the year."

"Dad, are you out of work because of this matter?" Cao Shujie asked.

Cheng Rengui nodded: "Yes, we took the lead and were unhappy with each other, but we can't do it without making trouble. Something happened at Cheng Dagua's family and he needed money. Li Guangqing kept paying in advance. He didn't have much money in hand, so he could only find projects. Go up and ask for money.”

Cheng Xiaolin suddenly realized that there were so many things going on in the middle.

Li Xiaojuan felt irritated and said, "It's almost dinner time. Let's eat quickly."

After she spoke, everyone else stopped mentioning the matter and gathered around the table to eat.

After lunch, Cheng Xiaolin went to make some brown sugar and ginger water for her daughter and nephew to drink.

Cao Shujie was drinking tea and chatting with his father-in-law. When talking about what happened at noon, Cao Shujie asked his father-in-law: "Dad, will you still go to the construction site in the future?"

"I'm thinking about this too, but if I don't do this, I can't do anything else." Cheng Rengui was helpless. He didn't have any excellent skills.

Cao Shujie thought for a while and said to his father-in-law, "Dad, how about I give you an idea."

"What?" Cheng Rengui asked him.

Then I heard Cao Shujie say: "You raise cattle."

"It doesn't take much, just raise four or five at a time." Cao Shujie said.

He said: "Like me, you raise 50 cows at one time. When the new year comes, I will buy another batch of calves."

"Dad, if you want to raise calves, I will help you contact them. The price is not expensive." Cao Shujie said.

Hearing what his son-in-law said, Cheng Rengui was really moved. He hesitated and asked, "Can it be done?"

"Dad, can I still lie to you? Generally speaking, raising cattle is relatively easy. You just need to feed them regularly every day. There is no other work." Cao Shujie told his father-in-law about his experience in raising cattle during this period. Again.

After Cao Shujie finished speaking, Cheng Rengui became even more excited and said, "I'll discuss it with your mother."

"Dad, this is a big deal, you should discuss it carefully." Cao Shujie said: "If you are raising cattle at home, you should raise less cows at the beginning to gain experience. Later, if you think it is ok, raise more cows. Anyway, after a long time, it will definitely be better than yours." It’s better to work outside.”

Cheng Rengui also understood this. He nodded with a thoughtful expression on his face.

When he saw his wife Li Xiaojuan, Cheng Rengui told his wife about raising cattle.

After listening, Li Xiaojuan did not express her position directly. The main reason was that she felt that her husband was an honest person and had never done this job before. She always felt that he was not the material and she might as well work honestly to earn some money and feel more at ease.

But Cheng Xiaolin saw that her mother had no clear attitude, so she also said: "Mom, raising cattle is good."

"Anyway, we have those 50 animals at home, and we don't see much trouble." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Until Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin left, Li Xiaojuan did not clearly say whether to support them or not.

"My parents are too hesitant to do things, looking forward and backward. This is not okay." Cheng Xiaolin said in the car.

When Cao Shujie heard what she said, he smiled and said, "Honey, you can't say that. How old are our parents?"

"I will be 50 years old after the Chinese New Year." Cheng Xiaolin opened her mouth and said, she remembered it clearly.

Cao Shujie looked forward and smiled: "Yes, at this age, do you expect it to be easy for them to accept starting their own business at once?"

"But that's raising cattle!" Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie asked her: "Honey, tell me, if our father starts raising cattle, will he rely on these cattle to generate income in the future?"

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Yes."

"That's okay. This is the foundation for their survival in the future. They should think about it carefully before they are responsible for themselves and there is nothing wrong with it." Cao Shujie said.

Cheng Xiaolin also realized that she was thinking too simply.

…

On the way back, it was getting darker and darker, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. Cao Shujie lowered the speed again and again to avoid accidents.

Although I was delayed a little time on the way, I still got home smoothly.

When Wang Yuelan saw them coming back, she was surprised: "Shujie, Linlin, I thought you were going to stay, why are you back?"

"Mom, there is a lot of work at home, I can't stand it anymore," Cheng Xiaolin said.

She originally wanted to stay, but when she thought about there being so much work in the orchard, she felt uneasy.

In addition, her nephew had a cold and had a severe cough. To be honest, Cheng Xiaolin was afraid that her daughter would be infected.

But she didn't say these words to her mother-in-law, and Cao Shujie didn't think about it either.

Wang Yuelan also mentioned one thing. She said: "Shujie, the man who installed the radiator in town came here. After measuring the dimensions of the house, he left. He said he would come and install it in about three days."

"Why so slow?" Cao Shujie wondered.

Wang Yuelan rolled her eyes at her son and said, "It's cold now and there are many people installing radiators. This is already fast."

Cao Shujie was right at first glance. If he thought about it carefully, he could accept it in three days.

Before going to bed that night, Cheng Xiaolin made another bowl of brown sugar and ginger water for her daughter to drink. When she saw that her daughter had not coughed, Cheng Xiaolin was only half relieved.

But the good luck seemed to have come to an end. At around 12 o'clock in the evening, a sound of "cough, cough, cough" sounded, which was particularly clear in the middle of the night.

Cheng Xiaolin, who was sleeping, was woken up by her daughter's cough.

She saw that Mengmeng kept coughing, and when she coughed hard, her back arched up, she knew that Mengmeng was not spared.

"Shujie, Shujie..."

Cheng Xiaolin pushed her husband awake.

"What's wrong?" Cao Shujie asked in a daze, and then heard his daughter coughing.

He understood immediately and said, "Don't worry, I'll go find some medicine for Mengmeng. You can give her a drink of water first."

"Yeah!" Cheng Xiaolin nodded. She reached out and groped for her daughter's thermos kettle next to the pillow.

"Snapped!"

Then there was a burst of dazzling light, but Cao Shujie fumbled for the switch on the wall and turned on the lights in the room.

While Mengmeng was drinking water, Cao Shujie hurriedly went to the small medicine box outside to get some medicine for cough treatment.

Cao Shujie quickly dug through the medicine box before he found the medicine to treat the cough. He found a small cup, put the medicine in the cup, poured in warm water and stirred evenly, then took it back to the house and handed it to his wife: "Honey, let Mengmeng take the medicine quickly."

"Well!" Cheng Xiaolin saw her daughter's coughing discomfort. She was also very distressed and blamed herself even more: "Shujie, I would have asked my mother more when I called her. If we knew that Dongdong had a cold and cough, we would have done it first. If you don’t go back, you’ll also save something that will be passed on to Mengmeng and make her feel so uncomfortable.”

Cao Shujie comforted her: "Honey, don't think like that. Mengmeng may not have been infected by Dongdong. She might have caught a cold by running around like crazy and getting hot and cold."

"Don't comfort me, I know it well." Cheng Xiaolin watched her daughter still coughing after drinking the medicine. For a while, she coughed so anxiously that she even spit out a mouthful.

The couple watched helplessly as their daughter vomited on the sheets. The rancid smell of fermentation came from the sheets, and the sheets had to be removed.

After all this tossing, he finally waited for Mengmeng to stabilize and let Cheng Xiaolin hold Mengmeng and move back and forth on the bed. Cao Shujie grabbed the vomited part of Mengmeng with his hands and took off the sheets.

After finishing his work, it was almost two o'clock in the middle of the night. He didn't even bother to put on new sheets because he was so sleepy that he couldn't bear it.

Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo heard the noise and wanted to come over to help, but Cao Shujie stopped them.

"Dad, Mom, I'm done, you go back to sleep." He said.

That night, the couple struggled for most of the night, and no one had a good sleep.

Until the next morning, Cao Shujie rarely woke up an hour late, but he still felt very sleepy and didn't seem to wake up.

This morning, good night friends!