70s: Raising a Baby

There was silence in the living room, and only the sound of Ye Jinzhi flipping papers or the "swish" sound of signing could be heard.

Aunt Lin saw that she was busy, so she didn't disturb her. She quietly went to the kitchen to prepare fruits for the children to eat, and then started preparing the evening meal.

Ye Jinzhi worked so seriously that he didn't even know when Ayan woke up on the sofa behind him.

Ayan opened his eyes in a daze. Fortunately, the sofa was big, so he didn't fall off even if he turned over. After a while, he sat up with his hands in confusion.

The little man didn't make a sound, he just sat there, his eyes still looked like he had just woken up, and his little face sat there blankly.

There were still red marks on his face that had been suppressed when he fell asleep. He rubbed his eyes with his little hands, tried to open his eyelids, and sat there motionless.

Ye Jinzhi was so absorbed in his work that he didn't even notice the movement behind him.

Ayan didn't know if he was asleep, but he sat there staring blankly at his mother's back without making a sound.

For a moment, there were only mother and son in the living room, and no one made a sound.

until--

Aunt Lin estimated that the children would be home soon. She put the freshly cut fruit on a small fork and brought it out. She saw that Ayan was already awake.

"Master Ayan is awake." Aunt Lin said.

Ye Jinzhi then turned around and found that Ayan was already awake. He was silent and just looking at you, with those dark eyes that made your heart melt.

"Ah, Ayan is awake." Ye Jinzhi stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms and kissed his chubby little face. It was soft and had the milky fragrance of a child.

When A-yan was in Ye Jinzhi's arms, her mind, which had been wandering in a fugue, finally came to her senses. She hugged Ye Jinzhi's neck and called out "Mom" coquettishly.

"Are you thirsty? Do you want some water?" Ye Jinzhi responded and took a cup from the table and fed him a drink.

"Gudu, Gudu, Gudu." Ayan held the quilt with both hands and buried most of his face in it. When he raised his head, he drank a lot of water not only in his mouth, but also on his neck.

Fortunately, Ye Jinzhi was already used to it. When he drank water, he had prepared a handkerchief and put it under his neck, so that his clothes would not get wet.

"Ouch, ouch."

Hei Sang's cry was heard all the way away, and Ye Jinzhi patted Ayan's little butt, "Brother is back."

Ayan also regained his composure, he was no longer as dazed as he was at the beginning, and most of his energy was back.

"What are you going to do?"

Before Ye Jinzhi could react, the little man in her arms was already tremblingly supporting her legs and was about to get off the ground.

Ayan's bare feet were seen. Before Ye Jinzhi could react, he had already run to the door and stood on tiptoe to open the door.

At the same time, as soon as the three children walked into the yard, they saw the door of the house slowly opening, and Ayan's little face was revealed.

"Brother." Ayan grinned and welcomed his three brothers home.

This scene is exactly the same as when his three brothers went to school and he waited for his brother to come back at home every day.

"Ayan, come in quickly. You are not wearing any clothes or shoes." His mother's voice came from inside.

The three children also followed the sound and discovered that Ayan was not only barefoot, but also wearing only one piece of clothing.

Ye Jinzhi saw him open the door and felt the cold wind outside. He realized that Ayan had just gone to bed and helped him take off his clothes. Now he was only wearing a thin piece of clothing, and his slippers were still under the sofa, and he had not put on his shoes yet.

The three children also reacted quickly. Azhao was the fastest. He ran a few steps to the door, hugged Ayan and walked into the house.

Ye Jinzhi also came over with a small blanket. When he saw Ah Zhao reassuringly handed over the small blanket in his hand, he motioned for him to put it on A Yan.

Ah Zhao is almost as tall as Ye Jinzhi now, and he doesn't put any effort into holding Ah Yan, looking relaxed.

Seeing that he was growing so fast, Ye Jinzhi was worried that he would not be able to keep up with nutrition. His legs hurt at night, so he forcefully asked several children to have a glass of milk in the morning every day.

Last time I asked Yuan Shaochen to ask someone to ask, and he found out that there was a family not far from them that specialized in delivering fresh milk. Most of the people in the compound ordered milk from there.

Ye Jinzhi made a one-time subscription for six months, seven bottles of milk a day, one cup a day for the whole family including Aunt Lin.

The milk was always delivered before dawn and left at the entrance of the courtyard every day. Sometimes Yuan Shaochen and others would go get it back in the morning, or the guards would help bring it back.

The milk was freshly squeezed and had a bit of a fishy smell. Ye Jinzhi asked Aunt Lin to heat it up every morning before giving it to the children.

Some people like to drink fresh milk, but some people are not used to it because it smells fishy.

Fortunately, the children at home didn't have any objections to this, and one cup a day had become a habit. Occasionally, Ye Jinzhi would ask Aunt Lin to add a little sugar, so that the drink would taste better.

In addition, Ye Jinzhi also went to the hospital to buy calcium tablets for Azhao to take. It is actually a worry for a child to grow too fast, but it is better than not growing at all.

Ye Jinzhi asked Aunt Lin to make some calcium supplements for the children. I don't know if it was because of exercising every morning or genes. The children in the family grew very fast and were taller than other children of the same age.

"Go wash your hands first." Ah Hao had already run to the coffee table and reached out to eat some fruit, but Ye Jinzhi caught him.

"Oh." Ah Hao retracted his hand angrily, put down his schoolbag and went to wash his hands.

Ye Jinzhi saw them all sitting on the sofa eating fruit, then turned around and continued to process documents, leaving many unprocessed.

Suddenly, Ye Jinzhi suddenly remembered and turned around to ask Ah Zhao: "A Zhao, who do you think found A Yan?"

"Cheng An is Cheng An from Grandpa Cheng's house next door to Grandpa Zhou."

Ye Jinzhi nodded, "Bring an extra box of fruits for tomorrow."

Azhao knew what his mother meant and nodded.

If it weren't for Cheng An, Ayan might have missed him, and everyone might not be able to find him at once. In this weather, if the wind blows outside for a while, you will catch a cold.

Especially A-yan, he always gets sick during the cold season, as delicate as a girl.

"Ayan, did you throw away the tooth you lost?" Axu was eating fruit in his mouth. He looked up and saw that Ayan was having a hard time eating.

When Ayan heard his brother ask about his teeth, he shook his head and pointed to the coat that Ye Jinzhi took off for him, "In the pocket."

Ye Jinzhi was stunned for a moment, she thought she had been thrown away by him.

Ah Xu was closest to the clothes, stuffed the piece of fruit in his hand into his mouth, and went through A Yan's clothes with his mouth bulging.

"This?" Ah Xu rummaged through everything and found only a handkerchief in his pocket and nothing else.

Although Ayan lost his teeth, it did not affect him in eating fruit. He saw the handkerchief in his brother's hand and nodded.

"We will plant it later." Ah Hao watched the fun from the side.

When they lost teeth in the past, their father told them that if the upper teeth fell out, they should be buried in the soil, and if the lower teeth fell out, they should throw them on the roof, so that the teeth would grow faster.

"Remember to get dressed before going out." Ye Jinzhi followed them.

"Aww, aww." Heisang, who was lying on the ground, suddenly stood up and rushed to the door, shouting excitedly.

"Dad is back."

Sure enough, the door was opened and Yuan Shaochen appeared at the door.

As soon as Yuan Shaochen entered the door and saw the people in the house, he couldn't help but be surprised, "What?"

You must know that Ye Jinzhi always comes back later than him, sometimes even after dark, but today it is so early.

Ye Jinzhi heard the movement and turned to smile at him.

"What happened?" Yuan Shaochen circled around the room and saw a high pile of documents piled up in front of Ye Jinzhi.

Ye Jinzhi pointed at A Yan, who was still nestled in Ah Zhao's arms, "Well, I ran out to find Ah Zhao and scared the teacher."

Yuan Shaochen looked at Ayan who was still eating happily with a fork. The missing tooth was very conspicuous.

"I changed my teeth." They didn't need to repeat it, Yuan Shaochen had already guessed it in his mind.

Ye Jinzhi nodded, "You just happened to be back. Let's take them to bury the tooth."

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower first."

Everyone feels cold in this kind of weather, but Yuan Shaochen and the others come back covered in sweat every day no matter whether the weather is hot or cold.

But they took a shower very quickly, and within a few minutes they saw Yuan Shaochen changing clothes and getting out.

Ye Jinzhi still remembered that when they first got together, he lamented that Ye Jinzhi would not leave the bathroom for more than an hour after taking a shower. For this reason, he also doubted whether Yuan Shaochen only rinsed with water. Not washed at all.

However, Ye Jinzhi also suffered a heavy price for this. Even if he still had doubts later on, he did not dare to show them and only harbored silent doubts in his heart.

Ayan also got dressed with the help of his brother. Several children gathered in front of Heisang to play with him, waiting for Yuan Shaochen to come down.

"Dad." Hearing the movement on the stairs, several children turned their heads.

"Dad, hoe." Ah Hao raised the hoe he just brought from the backyard.

It was said that Yuan Shaochen led them to bury them, but in fact he was just watching them play by themselves.

When the children were young, they saw Yuan Shaochen holding a big hoe, and their eyes were very hot. The little people had to hold the big hoe that did not fit their bodies, and they didn't know whether they were using the hoe or the hoe was using them.

Seeing that they wanted to play so much, but were afraid that the big hoe would hurt them, they asked someone to hit them with a hoe for children and let them play by themselves.

"Former captain, what are you doing?"

Outside the door, colleagues were getting off work one after another. When passing by their yard, they poked their heads to ask.

He was happy to see Ayan digging with a hoe "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey~", thinking that they were going to plant vegetables.

"What vegetables are available at this time?"

Yuan Shaochen watched from the side as they all had a lot of mud on their bodies, "It's time to replace the teeth, bury them."

"Hey, Ayan has no teeth." A few people didn't leave and stood outside their yard, trying to tease Ayan.

"Ayan is going to become a toothless old man."

"I can only eat tofu from now on."

"." They haven't gone back yet, and they don't know that A-yan is being scolded by teachers all over the school because he lost his teeth, otherwise they would have made fun of her even more.

"Humph, you are the old man." When Ayan heard them calling him an old man, he couldn't bear it and stopped digging.

He turned around angrily, holding up the hoe, "You are the only one who can only eat tofu."

He uses the cutest face to say the meanest words and his leaky teeth, making a group of people laugh.

"I didn't lose my teeth, all my teeth are still there." A group of naughty girls are here to amuse the children.

Ayan's little face turned red with anger, but he didn't flinch.

Ah Zhao, who was behind him, gave him moves, opened and closed his mouth, and said something in his ear.

The sound was too low, and even though their group of people couldn't hear it no matter how good their ears were, the children around them, including Yuan Shaochen, could hear it clearly.

Yuan Shaochen suppressed the raised corners of his mouth and gave the person who spoke a confident look.

However, everyone's attention was on A Yan, and they didn't notice Yuan Shaochen's eyes at all, and they were still teasing A Yan.

"Hmph, I'm going to tell my aunt and ask her to make you kneel on the washboard." With his brother's guidance, Ayan felt that he didn't have to be afraid of anything.

"You, what, what..." The man didn't respond at once.

But the crowd heard it clearly, and they all looked at the man watching the show and changed the target of the joke.

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect, Lao He, you would kneel on the washboard."

"I usually tell us a lot, don't be afraid of your wife. If your daughter-in-law is disobedient, educate her. You should be educated by her."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, no, Lao He. After all, we are still a big group leader. We have a bunch of sick people under our command. How can we be disciplined by my wife?"

"Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Lao He, you are afraid of your wife."

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The man was speechless for a moment, and his face turned red and black as the people around him teased him.

Yuan Shaochen watched the excitement from the side and stopped him when it was almost over, "Okay, let Mr. He go."

The man named Lao He cast a grateful look when he heard Yuan Shaochen speaking for him, but Yuan Shaochen wasn't done yet.

"A man who is afraid of his wife is a good man and has no shame."

"Oh haha~" A group of grown men cheered at the side.

"Let's go, let's go home, we won't go back in such a cold weather." Seeing that he couldn't say anything, the man was about to run away.

Fortunately, everyone didn't make things difficult for him. They all lived in the same compound and knew more or less about these things. Besides, there weren't many people in the compound who weren't afraid of their wives.

They treat the country well and the clothes they wear, but the most sorry people are their family members. Therefore, no matter how bad-tempered they are, they suppress their temper in front of their daughter-in-law and are ordered around by her daughter-in-law.

"alright."

Everyone's body was clean, but Ayan's body was covered in mud, not only on his shoes, but also on his clothes and pants. What's even more exaggerated is that there was a lot of mud on his face.

"Go back quickly and take a shower and change clothes." Yuan Shaochen saw that his hands were red from the cold.

But Ayan refused to leave. Looking at his buried teeth, he asked Yuan Shaochen innocently: "Dad, will my teeth grow back?"

Yuan Shaochen twitched his lips, but before he could speak, he saw him drop his hoe and run away.

After a while, I saw him coming over with a bucket full of water. He was trembling as he walked. The water was almost gone before it was even halfway gone.

"what are you doing?"

"I'll water the tooth to make him grow up quickly." Ayan said laboriously, his hands moving continuously.