MTL - 70s: Raising a Baby-Chapter 182

   Chapter 182

   Ye Jinzhi came in with a small basket of flowers cut from the backyard, she was going to change all the flowers in the vase at home.

   "Miss, that child seems to be awake." Ye Jinzhi just came in, and the man came over to take the flower basket in her hand and whispered.

   Ye Jinzhi was slightly surprised, "Didn't I just fall asleep, it's been a long time." But there was no delay, "I'll go wash my hands first."

Every time a few children in the family take a nap, if no one calls them to get up, they can sleep for an afternoon. It takes a long time for Ye Jinzhi to wake them up every time. Slow down for a while.

   "Are you crying?" Ye Jinzhi hurriedly washed his hands and walked upstairs, asking as he walked.

   "I didn't cry when I cried. When I went to see it, I just sat there dumbfounded and didn't know what to think."

   Ye Jinzhi nodded, "I'll go take a look."

   Sure enough, Niu Niu sat on the bed and played with his fingers alone, without making a sound, while the other children were already asleep and the quilts were kicked away.

   "Niu Niu, Niu Niu." Ye Jinzhi didn't dare to shout loudly, and called softly from the other side of the bed.

   Niu Niu raised his head slowly when he heard the movement, his clear black eyes stared at Ye Jinzhi, his pupils were black and white.

   Ye Jinzhi didn't look like he could answer, so he didn't say much, and helped him bring the clothes he took off.

"come over."

   The child didn't respond at first until Ye Jinzhi repeated, "Come over here, can we get dressed?"

   After Ye Jinzhi repeated this, the child slowly started to walk towards Ye Jinzhi, carefully not to wake Ayan who was sleeping beside him.

   When Ye Jinzhi saw him coming, a smile slowly appeared on his face.

   "Come, get dressed."

   But he didn't expect that the child would be able to put on his own clothes, so he reached out and grabbed the clothes in Ye Jinzhi's hand and put it on himself.

   Ye Jinzhi concealed the surprise in his eyes and watched him slowly put on his clothes without urging him.

   "Okay, let's go and play, don't disturb their sleep."

   The little hand was not as cold and warm as the one just received him in the train.

   Going downstairs, the child actually took the initiative to take Ye Jinzhi's hand and walked to the bathroom, "Do you want to use the toilet?"

   guarded him outside the door, and said to the man who came over: "This child can dress himself."

   The man was a little surprised, after all, this child still looked like he needed someone to take care of him.

   But that's okay, they don't need to be guarded all the time, the most basic self-care ability is there, except for being quiet and not talking to people, there's nothing wrong with it.

   "Shhhhh~" Hearing the movement inside, Ye Jinzhi stared at the door and hesitated whether to open the door or not.

   "Click." The child walked out on his own, and his hands were still wet, indicating that he remembered to wash his hands.

   These discoveries made Ye Jinzhi nod secretly. In this case, it was much better than he thought.

   "Will Niu Niu and Auntie trim the flowers together?"

   Ye Jinzhi didn't wait for him to nod, and went to get him a pair of gloves. Some of the flowers he picked had thorns on the branches, and if he wasn't careful, he would stab his hands.

   said to help her trim the flowers together, but actually Ye Jinzhi took the scissors to trim the flowers, and then let him hold them.

   "Thank you." Just as Ye Jinzhi was about to give him the flower in his hand, he saw the flower in front of him.

   The child looked at his movements, guessed his next move, and gave her a flower first.

   When Ye Jinzhi found out that he took it over, a trace of joy flashed in the child's eyes, and if he didn't pay attention, he would think that he was wrong.

   When only the last two flowers were left, Ye Jinzhi put down the scissors in his hand, turned his head and asked Niuniu, who had been watching, "Do you want to try Niuniu?"

   The child seemed to be waiting for this sentence, Ye Jinzhi nodded quickly, his face full of longing.

   Ye Jinzhi laughed, but she didn't give it to him directly, but: "Tell auntie, do you want to try it?" Ignore his nod.

   After getting along for a long time, Ye Jinzhi already knew that this child could understand what they were talking about, and it was very likely that he could hear them many times but would not pay attention to them.

   Niuniu didn't understand at first, thinking that Ye Jinzhi didn't see it, he nodded again, but Ye Jinzhi still didn't mean to give him scissors.

   Ye Jinzhi couldn't bear to see his ignorant expression.

   "Niuniu, you have to say it. Only when you say it will Auntie know what Niuniu wants, right? Say it so that Auntie can hear what Niuniu wants to do, okay?" Ye Jinzhi repeated patiently.

   Niuniu blinked, wondering if he understood Ye Jinzhi's words.

   Ye Jinzhi didn't speak, and looked at him patiently, waiting for him to say it himself.

   It's not that he doesn't know how to speak, and it's not that Ye Jinzhi hasn't heard him speak, but he should have developed the habit of not talking.

   I don't know how long the two have been deadlocked, so long that Ye Jinzhi wants to give up, but the effort pays off, just when Ye Jinzhi wants to compromise.

   "Cut, flowers." Niuniu said.

   Although he only said two words, it was enough to surprise Ye Jinzhi, "Niu Niu is amazing."

   "Come on, here we are."

  Ye Jinzhi held his flower holding hand with one hand, and attached the other hand to the scissors, saying that he was going to do it himself, but Ye Jinzhi just cut it in a different way.

   "Yes, cut here, use force." Ye Jinzhi stood behind him and bent over to teach him to use force.

   "Okay." Ye Jinzhi's brisk voice sounded in Niuniu's ears.

   Niu Niu subconsciously raised his head to look at Ye Jinzhi, Ye Jinzhi didn't think much, smiled at him, with a tenderness that Ye Jinzhi didn't even notice.

  When Niu Niu grew up, when he recalled that he was sent to his original home, he could always think of this day. In this scene, Ye Jinzhi's smile was deeply imprinted in his mind.

   Ye Jinzhi brought over the vase he had arranged on the table and patiently taught him how to arrange flowers.

   "This flower is here, this color is here"

   Niu Niu listened to Ye Jinzhi's words, learned the order she put them in, and took a vase and inserted it himself.

   Ye Jinzhi deliberately slowed down and let him take a closer look. Fortunately, Niu Niu was also very patient and learned quickly.

   "Okay." After cutting so many flowers, there are only enough for three bottles.

   After this toss, the dining table has been messed up by them, all water stains and cut branches and leaves.

   Ye Jinzhi carried Niuniu off the chair first, "Wait for Auntie here." She wanted to clean up the table.

   "I'll come." The man has been paying attention to the situation here, and subconsciously took over the work of cleaning up the table when they saw that they were done.

   Ye Jinzhi waved his hand, "No, don't touch your hands, I'll just do it myself."

   Holding the cut branches and leaves in his hands, he wanted to throw them away, but when he looked down, he saw Niuniu's eager eyes.

   Ye Jinzhi laughed. This was because she was addicted to work, so she threw the branches and leaves into the basket and handed the basket to him, "Will Niuniu and Auntie throw it together."

   Niuniu nodded and reached out to pick up the basket in Ye Jinzhi's hand, but Ye Jinzhi didn't refuse, anyway, the basket was small and not heavy.

   "Throw it here." Ye Jinzhi opened the door of the backyard and threw the branches and leaves on the ground of the flowers and leaves. These can be used as fertilizer for the flowers.

   "Heisang, come back."

   When Ye Jinzhi came to cut the flowers and went back, Heisang stayed outside and refused to go back. Ye Jinzhi understood that he didn't let the wind out all morning and let him play in the backyard.

   It's almost an hour now, it's time to go in, and if you continue playing, you'll be covered with dust and leaves.

   The weather is not good for him to take a bath, and it is easy to catch a cold. There is no hair dryer at home, so the hair will not dry for a while.

   But after a while, the home will be heated. Although the time is later than the heating time of later generations, it is not unbearable compared to those families without heating.

   "Ow, ooh." Heisang hadn't played enough, and didn't want to go back.

   "It's useless to act like a spoiled child, it's so windy outside, go back quickly." Ye Jinzhi showed no mercy.

   Heisang saw that there was no room for him to turn back, so he had to cry out aggrievedly twice, and went back after them in a dejected manner.

  Ye Jinzhi ignored his mischief and lived for so many years. Ye Jinzhi knew his temper thoroughly, and he liked to pretend to be pitiful.

   Pulling Niu Niu, Ye Jinzhi noticed that he almost turned his head three times a step, and looked at Heisang who was following behind. Ye Jinzhi pretended not to see it, and only let go after bringing the person into the room.

As soon as    released, Ye Jinzhi kept his eyes on him, and saw that Niu Niu stopped in place for a while, then raised his head to look at Ye Jinzhi, but Ye Jinzhi had his back to him, so he couldn't see it.

   Seeing that Ye Jinzhi didn't see it, he turned around again and wanted to touch Heisang. They said that animals have human nature. Heishang seemed to feel it, so he stood there still, and let him touch obediently.

   "What time is it?" Ye Jinzhi saw the harmony between them and stopped watching.

   "It's almost two o'clock." The man looked at the time.

   Ye Jinzhi nodded, "I'll go up and wake them up."

   Even if a few children wake up, if no one calls them, they can't get up all the time, especially now that the weather is cold, and they don't want to.

   "Get up." Ye Jinzhi saw that Ayan was awake, but he didn't want to get up, so he still stayed in the bed and refused to move.

   "Get up soon." Ye Jinzhi gave each of the four children a towel that had just been soaked in cold water.

   "Mom," complained several children.

   "I'll open the window if I don't get up again." Ye Jinzhi threatened and walked to the window, posing to open the window.

   "We're up."

   Seeing that Ye Jinzhi was really coming, several children woke up one after another.

   "Come up, haven't you done your homework today?"

   Speaking of homework, several children collapsed on the bed again with complicated expressions on their faces.

   Seeing their depressed mood, the mother was very happy and gloated: "Get up, if you don't finish your homework today, you don't have to eat dinner."

   Seeing their reluctance, Ye Jinzhi added next to him: "There will be guests coming later, so hurry up."

   "Guest? Is mom a doctor?" Axu rolled her eyes, thinking back to what her parents said during dinner.

   Ye Jinzhi didn't hide it from them, nodded, "Don't make trouble later."

   Seeing that they were almost finished, Ye Jinzhi opened the door and went down first, "I'll go down first, you guys hurry up, the fruits are cut for you."

   "Dengdengdeng—" A series of footsteps sounded, Ye Jinzhi heard the sound, and said without looking back: "Remember to support Ayan, don't fall."

   "Mom, I want to eat fried chicken." Ah Hao, who was sitting on the carpet eating fruit, suddenly said such a sentence.

   Ye Jinzhi flipped a page of the book in his hand, looked up at him, "Think beautifully, the lesson from last time was not enough."

   When Ye Jin came back from get off work before, he happened to see someone selling chickens on the road. It was still that kind of chicken, just grown up.

   She didn't know what was going on that day. As soon as she saw the chicken, she thought of fried chicken. She didn't expect to make one.

   Not only that, but maybe God doesn't look down on them, they even robbed their mother for food at such a young age.

   When I woke up the next morning, one by one shouted sore throat, got angry, and drank porridge for a whole week.

   "We won't anymore." Ah Hao also remembered the lesson that time, but in the end, eating too much was more than everything, so he still refused to give up.

   "Mom, Mom, how are you?"

   Ye Jinzhi looked around and didn't know anything except Niu Niu. He lowered his head and slowly ate his own fruit. The other four children looked at him eagerly.

   But Ye Jinzhi didn't follow suit, "Go and do your homework when you're done eating." There was no room for negotiation.

   "Mom, I don't have homework." Ayan didn't want to go upstairs. Now he has a headache when he sees ink, brush, and piano. He wants to escape every time, but every time he can't.

   After waiting for a while, he didn't get an answer from his mother. Ayan took the last bite of fruit into his mouth and followed his brother upstairs.

   Who knows, just when I reached the stairs, I heard my mother's voice.

   "Ayan, take Niuniu upstairs and teach Niuniu to write."

  Ayan, who was not in a good mood at first, when he heard that he was going to be a junior teacher, all his dissatisfaction and reluctance floated to the back of his mind.

   "Brother, you go first." He sat back down again and waited for him to finish eating.

   "Let's go." Seeing that he had finished his last bite, Ayan couldn't wait to take his hand and run upstairs.

   "Jingle bell -" The phone rang.

   "Hello, who's there?"

   "Oh, I see, sorry for your troubles."

   "What's wrong?" The man frowned at Ye Jinzhi.

   Ye Jinzhi shook his head, "It's nothing, the doctor can't come today."

   "When is the next time?"

   "I didn't say anything on the phone. I'll wait for the young minister to come back and have a look."

   Turning his head to look at the weather outside, Ye Jinzhi thought for a while, "Why don't you all go back to rest today, and come back tomorrow."

  It's okay to stay here, it's better to go back and rest for a while, or do something else.

  The man has been looking at it for almost a day, and has a general understanding of the child's situation. Knowing that Ye Jinzhi can handle it, he is welcome.

   "Then let's go back first." He also wanted to see where the progress was over there.

   "Miss called us for something, we'll go back first."

   Ye Jinzhi sent them to the door, and when he came in, he felt that the house was much more empty and quiet.

   After a busy morning, Ye Jinzhi is really free now. With a few children studying upstairs, she can also have some personal time of her own, instead of circling around a few children.

   (end of this chapter)