Chapter 26

As soon as Little Fantuan's foot was completely healed, he started to run with his father in the morning!

Han Cheng still got up at six o'clock. Not only did he wake up at six o'clock, but he also woke up his sleeping son.

Little Fantuan rubbed his eyes in a daze and said with a discontented face, "Dad, I was dreaming of eating chicken legs. What are you doing?"

Even Su Xiaoxiao was confused and looked at him with sleepy eyes: "Let the child sleep more. Only by eating and sleeping more can the child grow."

Han Cheng stood tall and straight like a small white poplar. He was unmoved by the wind and rain: "Nine hours of sleep at night, one hour of nap at noon. Ten hours of sleep is more than enough. My father is a soldier, and I have been joining the soldiers for their morning exercise ever since I was five years old. Fantuan is also the son of a soldier, and he must do morning exercises with his father. He can start by jogging for 15 minutes."

Su Xiaoxiao: "…" Han Cheng, do you have no soldiers under you to train? Why do you want to torment your son?

Well, if Fantuan gets up at six o'clock for morning exercise and can grow into a 1.85-meter white poplar like him, then morning exercise should be done in the morning.

However, Su Xiaoxiao still said something fair: "Fantuan went to bed at 9 o'clock, and I read him a story at 9:30 to put him to sleep. How about, starting tomorrow, you wake him up for morning exercise? It just so happens that, I wake up at 6:30 to cook breakfast, and the two of you can eat breakfast on time after your morning exercise."

Han Cheng shook his head and disagreed: "6:30 is too late, we still have to buy vegetables at 6:30. There is not enough time."

"Mom!" Fantuan screamed and threw himself into Su Xiaoxiao's arms to play coquettish.

Su Xiaoxiao touched the little Fantuan's head and decided to save the baby: "But if you wake up Fantuan at six o'clock, you will wake me up, and Xiao Doubao will also wake up. I sleep until seven o'clock at home. It's almost winter, and half past six is already very early."

Han Cheng: "…"

How can he not know that she was protecting her son? Recently, she woke up at 6 o'clock.

Han Cheng remained unmoved: "Fantuan has grown up, and he will sleep with Doubao in the future. If he sleeps outside, he won't wake Doubao up."

"No!" Fantuan shook his head and held Su Xiaoxiao's neck, seriously disagreeing, "I want to listen to my mother's story, I want to sleep with my mom!"

Han Cheng directly lifted his son to the ground and said, "You have run out of time to talk nonsense, stand at attention, and walk in unison!"

Little Fantuan subconsciously held his head up and saluted. He looked at Su Xiaoxiao with tears in his eyes and said, "Mom…"

Su Xiaoxiao: "… go." Take your son, who has just turned five, up for military training at six o'clock. Han Cheng, you're awesome.

All right, he doesn't feel sorry for his son, so why is she feeling bad about it?

The bright little Fantuan knew that his mother could not save him this time, so he could only follow behind his father with snot and tears.

Life is so difficult.

To cooperate with his son, Han Cheng slowed down his pace a lot more than before. To wait for Su Xiaoxiao to adapt, he hasn't done morning exercises these days. Han Cheng also kept the habit of morning exercises from the age of five until now. Unless it is windy, rainy, or there are special circumstances, he will generally adhere to it.

A child's energy is very strong. He can run around every day, let alone for 15 minutes, even for an hour. Han Cheng simply wants Fantuan to develop a good habit of doing morning exercises, not to make him a soldier. This boy is too smart. If he is scared from the beginning and has a rebellious mentality, he will find various reasons to escape, which will eventually backfire.

Little Fantuan cried and ran around the sea with his father, little by little, with his short legs. Little Fantuan saw the sea at six o'clock in the morning for the first time. Soon after the sun had just jumped out of the sea, a big yellow-orange hung on the glittering sea level.

"Wow, Dad, what a big salted egg yolk! It must be delicious if you let Mom cook it!"

Han Cheng: "…" He is definitely raised by Su Xiaoxiao. Whose kid will think of eating anything when he sees it?

"Fantuan!"

A shout came from behind.

Eh, who is calling me?

Fantuan turned his head—

"Xiao Yu!"

Well, the great soldier Zhao Xian was also running in the morning with his five-year-old son.

Fantuan regained his balance: "Xiao Yu, hurry up!" After finishing speaking, he stopped and jumped up and down, saying, "Dad, it's Uncle Zhao and Xiao Yu, let's wait for them!"

Han Cheng stopped running and jogged directly in place.

Zhao Xianfeng caught up with him, panting, and stared at Fantuan for a long time. He couldn't believe his eyes: "What happened? I haven't seen him in a few days, and yet Fantuan appears to be a different person. Comrade Su Xiaoxiao is too good at raising children, right?"

Compared with his skinny appearance when he just got back, the little Fantuan now is completely transformed; with a small round face and two big and vivid eyes, he looks full of vigor and high spirits.

Su Xiaoxiao is good at raising children. She made the two brothers drink milk and malted milk every day. With her good craftsmanship, she knows how to balance meat, vegetables, eggs, and rice in the most nutritious way. She also adds fruit as a snack from time to time. Let alone Fantuan, himself, feels quite energetic, his work efficiency has improved a lot, and the feeling of drowsiness has also lessened.

Sure enough, if people are iron, then food is steel; you absolutely have to eat. If you have the conditions, you should not wrong your mouth. Only when you are in good health can you create greater value, which is also Su Xiaoxiao's point of view.

With the participation of Zhao Xianfeng and Xiao Yu, little Fantuan no longer groaned but also ran ahead with his friend.

Zhao Xianfeng and Han Cheng ran side by side, looked at Fantuan's galloping figure, and asked him, " Is Fantuan's leg completely healed? Is it fine for him to run like this?"

Han Cheng was not worried, he suffered from a slight sprain. Su Xiaoxiao rubbed medicine and wine on Fantuan for several days, every day. "He runs faster than you, don't you think? If his foot hurts, he will not run."

Zhao Xianfeng: "…" Well, he asked a stupid question.

"Han Cheng, your wife is really good. The female tiger in my family, who seldom praises others, praised your wife. My son always wants to go to your house to eat dinner. He makes me want to go to your house to have a meal and see what kind of food made my family praise her so much."

"No. The children can go, but you can't!" Han Cheng denied this. Before Han Cheng accelerated his pace to catch up with the two children who ran away, he said to Zhao Xianfeng: "I'm afraid you'll come over every day to our house when you taste my wife's dishes."

"Hey, how can you be like this…" Zhao Xianfeng chased after him and said after he caught up with him. "Anyway, I drove to the village to assist you in giving face and then drove you back. Your comrade Su Xiaoxiao said she would invite me to dinner!"

"Wait until the 15th day of August, when our two families get together," Han Cheng said.

Yang Mei and Zhou Yuhua have a good relationship. When she was still here, if everyone was free, they would occasionally get together during the New Year and holidays. Besides, he also hasn't had the time to visit the old man.

"That's what you said." The year has passed so fast. It seems that August 15 is fast approaching.

With the participation of Zhao Xianfeng and his son, this run took more than 15 minutes. Han Cheng and his son returned home at nearly 6:40.

Su Xiaoxiao pulled the happy Fantuan to wipe his sweat, and asked, "Why did it take so long? Didn't you say you would only run for 15 minutes first?" and Fantuan was still so happy.

"When I met Zhao Xianfeng and Xiao Yu, Fantuan didn't want to come back." Han Cheng also took a towel to wipe his sweat.

Su Xiaoxiao: "…" What kind of twist is this? Crying when going out, and returning home with a smile, I guessed the beginning, but not the end.

Fantuan changed into a clean dress and said, "Mom, Xiao Yu and I have an appointment and will run together tomorrow."

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and shook her head: "Why are you addicted to running?"

Fantuan nodded: "Mom, the sun on the sea is so beautiful. It must be as delicious as salted egg yolk. Is it my turn to buy my favorite food today? I want to eat salted egg yolk today!"

Su Xiaoxiao reflected. It seemed that she had unintentionally cultivated her child into a foodie. This was not her intention.

"Did you forget the stone snail sent by Xiao Zhuzi last night? I'm not going to the market today to buy meat. We'll have some green vegetables and salted fish at noon and stone snails at night."

Fantuan curled his mouth. Although he was not very satisfied, whatever her mother eats, he will make it delicious anyway, so he reluctantly agreed: "OK, well, eat salted egg yolk tomorrow."

"Can I leave the salted egg yolk for the Mid-Autumn Festival? I'll make you salted egg yolk moon cakes." Su Xiaoxiao discussed this with Fantuan.

Here, it is popular to eat five-nut mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Fantuan has not eaten salted egg yolk moon cakes yet, and it sounds like a good meal. He naturally nodded happily: "Yes, yes, everything my mom cooks is delicious!"

Han Cheng tidied up himself and went to the kitchen to bring out their breakfast. Today's breakfast was boiled fish soup left over from last night; then, Su Xiaoxiao added an egg, a little kelp, and shrimp skin, and sprinkled some chopped green onion before serving. They were served with steamed sweet potatoes and taro, which is another delicious food that can make people swallow their tongue.

Hearing what Su Xiaoxiao said, Han Cheng told her about the Mid-Autumn Festival with Zhao Xianfeng.

Su Xiaoxiao has no objection: "When the time comes, would they eat in our house, or should we go to Zhao Xianfeng's?"

Han Cheng drank the nutritious and delicious fish soup and felt that he would be energetic all day: "Go to Zhao Xianfeng and take the food ticket and meat ticket with you. Grandpa is old and it is not convenient for him to walk around, and I'll introduce you to Grandpa by the way."

Nowadays, everyone's food is rationed. It is an unwritten rule to take food and meat tickets to their homes as guests. Everyone does this.

Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "Then I can make some other snacks besides moon cakes, and take them with me to enjoy the moon viewing."

Han Cheng naturally has no problems. He has full confidence in Su Xiaoxiao's craftsmanship. No matter what she does, it will be the most delicious food.

Han Cheng went to work, and Su Xiaoxiao continued to give Fantuan homework while doing housework. When Su Xiaoxiao was speaking, Xiao Doubao listened carefully. No one knows if he understood it.

When Fantuan was writing, Xiao Doubao made trouble again and wanted to rob Fantuan's notebook and pen.

Paper and pens are very expensive things these days. Doubao is still small, and he doesn't understand anything. Su Xiaoxiao is not willing to give him a new set of stationery for him to mess around with, so she could only give him a small stick, and teach him to write and draw on the ground.

Xiao Doubao listens to his mother's words the most, and what his mother gives is the best. He doesn't want to rob his brother's notebook and pen. He just ran to see what his brother wrote, and then came back to draw it.

Su Xiaoxiao finished cleaning up the house and came out. He saw a bunch of skewed numbers written on the ground, which didn't look like Fantuan's handwriting. For those who just learned to write, Fantuan's handwriting was neat, and the words on the ground were crooked and slanted, but if you look carefully, you can still see that they were Arabic numerals.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Doubao, who came back from Fantuan and wrote characters on the ground, and a lightbulb lit up through Su Xiaoxiao's head: "You wrote this, baby?"

Not likely, right? Doubao is less than two years old. Is his ability to imitate and remember so strong?

Chapter 27

Su Xiaoxiao saw Xiao Doubao write "44" awkwardly with a stick in his hand.

Xiao Doubao is too small to control the strength in his hand, but the order of strokes is correct, and when you take a look at it carefully, you can recognize it.

Fantuan is writing the numbers "40 to 50." Su Xiaoxiao first thought it was a basic arrangement of ten numbers and taught him the rule. It was Fantuan who wanted to write down numbers 1 to 100, so Su Xiaoxiao let him.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Doubao also followed his brother in writing. He ran to see what his brother was writing. He ran back to draw and write what he saw. He didn't know what it was, so he simply imitated it. At a glance, he could even write down the order of the strokes.

But even with this alone, it is already quite powerful for a child under two years old.

Su Xiaoxiao took Doubao's stick and drew some simple patterns on the ground, such as circles, triangles, and trapezoids.

Su Xiaoxiao returned the branch to him, and Xiao Doubao was also able to copy it with Su Xiaoxiao's stroke order. The figure was still crooked, but the stroke order was correct, and the shape could also be recognized.

"Baby, you are wonderful!" Su Xiaoxiao kissed him on the cheek.

Xiao Doubao especially likes his mother kissing him, he happily showed his eight small teeth.

He hasn't cried or made any noise since he followed Su Xiaoxiao. He can do whatever Su Xiaoxiao asked him to do. Although he is a little too clingy to his mother, he can also blend in when playing with his brother and his friends.

Su Xiaoxiao thought, such an angelic baby, even having a dozen would not be too many.

Although the children are geniuses, Su Xiaoxiao does not plan to raise them as gifted children. According to their actual situation, it is fine to skip grades in primary school and junior high school. What should he do in normal times? The wise are all lonely There's a saying: "A happy childhood heals a lifetime; an unhappy childhood may take a lifetime to heal."

Su Xiaoxiao will do her best to give them a happy and healing childhood.

Little Fantuan wrote his 1-100 and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao for "checking of homework." Then he went to the vegetable garden to dig worms and feed Zhou, Fen, Mian, and Fan.

It is difficult for a child, like Little Fantuan to become a bookworm because he has too many hobbies and interests. He can sit still, but he also likes to play. When he should write obediently, he will comply and play when it's time to play. Not at all ambiguous.

While cooking lunch, Fantuan also took the initiative to come in and help Su Xiaoxiao set the fire. It was really hard for Su Xiaoxiao not to like these two cubs.

The lunch was very simple. Zhou Yuhua sent a large piece of dried salted fish, which could not be eaten in a single meal. Su Xiaoxiao cut half of the dried salted fish into small pieces, not much, just two or three pieces for one person. She then cut a large amount of shredded ginger and put it in the pan. Su Xiaoxiao put white wine, sprinkled a little sugar on top of the noodles, and steamed them in the pan.

The rice was still stewed with sweet potatoes, however, the method of cooking it was different from that in Sujia Village, where there were more sweet potatoes than white rice. What Su Xiaoxiao did was put the chopped sweet potatoes in a large pot of white rice, which is much more nutritious and healthier than white rice. The Han family was also used to eating this type of rice.

The Chinese cabbage I bought from the market yesterday was shredded to remove some water. It was mixed with a little garlic, peanut vinegar, and soy sauce, and then drizzled with a little peanut oil to stir fry—and a delicious cold Chinese cabbage was also completed.

Su Xiaoxiao was only willing to use a little bit of peanut oil. There is no way she will do it all. Nobody in this era would have dared to use this much oil every month. Su Xiaoxiao thought that she might have to go to the black market to buy some sesame oil. Cold dishes without sesame oil are soulless.

Han Cheng usually comes back on time at noon. When he gets home, all the food is served on the table.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the door and was about to speak, however, before she could speak, she was surprised. Han Cheng didn't come back alone. There were several people behind him, two of them with red armbands on their arms.

"Don't worry, the comrades and heads of the Disciplinary Inspection Commission came over to see the situation of our family." Han Cheng explained.

Su Xiaoxiao was not nervous, she smiled at them and said, "Have you had dinner? We are just about to have dinner. Do you mind staying for a little while?"

At the end of the day, someone came to report that Han Cheng's family was eating fish and meat every day and that their lifestyle was corrupt. The Head of the Disciplinary Inspection Commission initially wanted to give Han Cheng a heads-up so that they could have a psychological preparation. As a result, Han Cheng said directly that it was just time to go off work, so he can take his comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission and go home with him directly to see the real situation of their family, so other people won't have anything to say to them anymore.

Therefore, this is indeed a surprise inspection. No information has indeed been disclosed in advance. The report is sudden, and coming to Han Cheng's house was unplanned. What they see is the most realistic situation of the Han Family.

A few people looked around the table; there were several bowls of coarse grain rice, and the white rice was slightly more, but not to the point of being corrupt.

Then they looked at the dishes, a small dish of steamed salted fish, which was only one or two pieces for each person, and a bowl of Chinese cabbage with no oil. The Han family's food was not as good as it was at home. The Head turned gloomy, and who scolded the Han family for being corrupt?

"It's all right. You guys can eat, we're only here to take a look and then leave." The Head asked Su Xiaoxiao quietly. "What are you going to eat in the evening?"

"We'll eat stone snails!" The adult hasn't answered yet, but the clever little Fantuan has replied crisply, "The stone snail will be the number one most delicious food!"

Because in little Fantuan's understanding, all the things that his mother makes for the first time will be ranked first, so the stone snail must be the first in the most delicious food, which he thought was correct!

Su Xiaoxiao probably guessed what was going on and took out the stone snails that had been raised all night and spit out a lot of sand. She said with a smile, "I exchanged a few persimmons with my neighbor for the stone snail. After raising it for a day and a night, the children are looking forward to eating it at night. It's quite a lot. Do you want to come and taste it at night?"

The people who came here looked at each other. Did they hear it right? It's fishy, smelly, and small. Eating half a plate of snail meat is not enough to fill the teeth. Most of the people were too lazy to cook snails, it's better to eat scalloped oysters that you can buy for a few cents per kilo, and you don't need tickets to buy them.

In the eyes of Han Cheng's children, was this the top 1 in the "most delicious dish"?

Is it possible that the person who reported Han Cheng's family as corrupt for eating big fish and meat every day had their heads in the clouds? If the informant's family did not eat boiled cabbage mixed with sweet potatoes every day, then kill him. Does eating salted fish, cabbage, and sweet potato rice at noon, and a stone snail in the evening means living a corrupt life?

The two children looked very energetic, but they were thin, their clothes were all patched, and the youngest had a broken hand. No wonder Han Cheng was so anxious to find someone to exchange tickets with. He needs to exchange some meat and milk powder tickets to make up for the children's bodies. No matter how difficult life is, the children must not suffer.

Not to mention children, even Su Xiaoxiao has a plain face [1] and her clothes are patched.

How could such a thrifty family be reported for living a corrupt life? There are all kinds of people these days.

The Head patted Han Cheng on the shoulder: "You have taught me a good lesson and set a good example for everyone. You are a good comrade. You have worked hard. I will severely criticize and punish the person who reported you after I go back. I will not believe them if they report your family again in the future, old He Xiaoxu, what do you think?"

The two men who had red armbands looked at each other and said, "What else can we do? It must be a malicious report. We must not encourage such unhealthy practices. They are wasting our human and material resources and chilling the hearts of good comrades. Such people will have to be severely punished."

The Head also thought so. Han Cheng reported to him yesterday that the food in his family might be better than that of the other families in the compound, and that the child would have to supplement his body. That's why he wanted to exchange his tickets for a meat ticket and a milk powder ticket. Today, someone came to report the Han family, but it turns out it was a malicious report by someone with bad intentions.

The Head shook hands with Han Cheng and said, "Don't worry, Comrade Han Cheng, we know what's going on, and I will give you an explanation so that it won't prevent you from finishing your meal. The children are too thin. Didn't you exchange a lot of tickets for meat tickets yesterday? Give the children good nutrition. We'll go first."

Han Cheng nodded: "Walk slowly."

Su Xiaoxiao also smiled and said, "Goodbye, heads."

Fantuan also waved generously, and said crisply, "Goodbye, uncles! "

What a polite child, what a good teacher! Those who reported bad intentions must be punished!

After the heads had gone away, Su Xiaoxiao asked Han Cheng, "What's going on? Did someone report our family for living a corrupt life?"

Han Cheng came back after washing his hands, took Su Xiaoxiao, and sat down. "I will say it while eating."

It turned out that the comrades of the Disciplinary Inspection Commission received a report from the masses when they were about to leave work, saying that Han Cheng's family style of life was corrupt and that every day the children next door would cry from smelling the big fish and meat cooked in our house. After receiving the report, the Heads spoke to Han Cheng.

Han Cheng didn't take it seriously at first, but he remembered that Su Xiaoxiao told Fantuan in the morning that they would eat salted fish and cabbage at noon and stone snails at night. It was rare for his family to eat such light food at home. It was preferable to inspect on this day rather than choose another day. Anyway, no matter what, he had to go through the process, so he asked the Heads to come to their house directly today. With this, they can prevent people from saying that the pre-planned inspection was a fraud.

Su Xiaoxiao doesn't know what to say. Today, she temporarily decided not to go to the market every day to recruit people (from having bad ideas about them.) and planned to eat some of the stock at home. Unexpectedly, someone reported them. These people have full bellies and nothing better to do.

"After that, can't we eat meat every day? Or should I make the food a little bad so that others can't smell it?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

"No!"

"No!"

Both father and son protested at the same time.

Fantuan: "Mom, my uncle just said that I am too thin, and I must eat meat every day. My father's Heads agreed that I should eat more meat!"

Su Xiaoxiao: "How do you know that he is your father's Head?"

Fantuan was too lazy to despise his mother's IQ: "Dad said he was the Head, and you also called him "Head" when you said goodbye."

Su Xiaoxiao:"…"

Han Cheng: "It's not necessary. It's not so serious. Even if they saw our family eating braised pork in brown sauce, it would be fine after a few sentences of explanation. We can eat as we want."

He has just experienced the joy of food, so don't give him some plain water with some salt, it will destroy his taste buds. Eating before was just for him to fill his stomach, but now it is a kind of enjoyment.

Su Xiaoxiao just casually asked about it, and besides, it was also impossible for her to have a simple meal every day.

"Why does this salted fish have no fishy smell?" Han Cheng wondered. Before, the salted fish steamed at home was so fishy that he could not swallow it. After eating Su Xiaoxiao's steamed one, he changed his opinion about steamed salted fish, it was delicious.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "Both white wine and sugar with shredded ginger can remove the fishy taste, especially the white sugar. It can neutralize the salty taste of salted fish. It's good to eat this once in a while."

Han Cheng nodded: "It's really good. It's very delicious." Han Cheng spoke up and went to add half a bowl of rice.

"Do you know who reported it?" Su Xiaoxiao asked casually.

Han Cheng shook his head: "It doesn't matter, the organization knows who I am."

Su Xiaoxiao stopped asking.

Fantuan and Xiao Doubao also love to eat. Su Xiaoxiao braised a large pot of rice at noon, and the whole Han family finished eating their lunch with no rice left.

After the lunch break, the busy afternoon began again.

Those who had to go to work went to work, and those who needed to study went back to school.

Some of the persimmons that have been drying for two days in the sun are also ready to be pinched.

The secret to the soft, sticky, and sweet persimmon was to pinch it. The process of pinching the persimmon is very healing. It is not enough to take it up and knead it gently. It needs to be dried for several days and kneaded again until it destroys the internal structure of each persimmon. It will not become a soft, sticky, and sweet persimmon until it is completely softened and saccharified. In the process, the natural film on the dried surface cannot be broken. This is a technical job.

Su Xiaoxiao was immersed in this kind of happiness.

Xiao Zhuzi came. To be correct, Xiao Zhuzi came to Su Xiaoxiao crying: "Auntie, can you help me with my grandma? I don't know who to ask for help. She, she is going to die, hoo hoo…"

Su Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she immediately stopped what she was doing and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Zhuzi. Tell me slowly what happened."

Little Zhuzi kept crying: "My grandma, my grandma has shed a lot of blood, hoo hoo…"

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Chapter 28

"Xiao Zhuzi, calm down. Stop crying. Did Grandma fall at home and get hurt, or was she beaten up by someone?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

No matter how clever Xiao Zhuzi is, he is only over six years old. At this time of the day, most adults go to work, the children are in school, and there are no neighbors at home. In addition, he and his grandmother usually didn't have much contact with other people. Except for his new friend Fantuan and the kind Aunt Su, he doesn't know anyone he can ask for help from.

He answered Su Xiaoxiao's question with tears and hiccups: "Mother… mother accidentally pushed my grandma."

Su Xiaoxiao remembered that Han Cheng mentioned that Zhuzi's mother had remarried. She guessed that there might be a dispute between Zhuzi's mother and grandmother.

"Okay, Xiao Zhuzi, Auntie understands what happened. Don't worry. Is your grandma still awake from when you went out? Is there anyone around her?"

Xiao Zhuzi shook his head, but his tears kept falling: "Mother left, and when Grandma fell on the ground, she couldn't move."

"Well, Auntie understands. Don't worry."

Su Xiaoxiao turned around and squatted down to ask Fantuan, looking into the child's eyes: "Does Fantuan know where Dad works?"

"I know!" Fantuan sometimes went to work with his father when he was a child, and the number of times he went there couldn't be counted on one hand, so naturally, he could remember the way to his father's workplace.

"Then, Mom will give you a new mission. Now, go to your father and tell him that Zhuzi's grandmother fell at home and was injured. She bled a lot, fell to the ground unconscious, and needed his help. You need to tell your father what I said word for word, not missing any information, can you remember it?"

For Fantuan, seeing his mother this serious was rare, so he could understand the graveness of this mission. He didn't dare to play tricks, he repeated his mother's words neatly.

Su Xiaoxiao added: "If you can't find your father, or if your father is busy, you can talk to any doctor or nurse. In short, it is necessary to invite a doctor to Zhuzi's house to save his grandmother. Can you understand Mom's words?"

Fantuan nodded heavily: "I understand!"

Su Xiaoxiao patted him on the head and said, "Great! Go, run as fast as possible, but pay attention to safety."

Xiao Fantuan smiled and nodded gravely, running like a small steel gun to "go out to do his mission."

"Xiao Zhuzi, Aunt Su is going inside to get the first-aid kid. Wait here for a moment." Su Xiaoxiao was worried that the old lady was losing too much blood. If she can, she must stop the bleeding as soon as possible.

Su Xiaoxiao gave the first aid kit to Xiao Zhuzi. She couldn't leave Xiao Doubao at home alone. She held Xiao Doubao and let Xiao Zhuzi lead the way.

Zhuzi's house was not far from Su Xiaoxiao's house. It is only eight minute walk from the market. Plus, they were running in a hurry. Su Xiaoxiao estimated that it was a five- or six-minute walk.

Su Xiaoxiao was panting because she was holding Xiao Doubao.

The houses in the family area are built in a unified way. The size of the house was distributed according to the level and number of family members. After the death of Zhuzi's father, Zhuzi and his grandmother moved into a two-bedroom house. The number of bedrooms here is the number of main rooms. For example, Su Xiaoxiao now lives in a four-bedroom house. Other supporting facilities are the same. The yard is a little smaller.

Grandma Zhuzi collapsed on the steps in front of the main house's front door, lying motionless on her back. The blood came out of the back of her head. She most likely hit the back of her head.

The blood flow was not too large, and the injured part was not so obvious. Su Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the amount should not cause excessive blood loss.

She put Doubao down and said, "It's good to find a place to sit first. Don't go out of the yard. Mom will go to see Grandma."

Doubao nodded and walked with short legs to the nearest stone pier to sit down. His big black and white eyes looked at his mother for a moment.

"Zhuzi, there's no need to be afraid. Give me that box. Your grandma may have just knocked her head and fainted. It's not so serious." Su Xiaoxiao comforted Xiao Zhuzi and said.

These are the words that Su Xiaoxiao said just to soothe Xiao Zhuzi. She is not a medical student, and she is not very sure about the severity of the wound. If the knock is serious, intracerebral hemorrhage and concussion are possible, so the elderly must be careful when they are old. Children often fall, and falling is usually nothing serious, but many elderly people will not be able to afford it.

"How long has it been since your grandma fell?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Zhuzi wiped away his tears: "She fell and couldn't move. I talked to her but she couldn't reply, and she was still bleeding, so I went out immediately and asked for help."

Su Xiaoxiao learned some common knowledge of first aid in her last life, but she never used it and almost forgot it. She didn't dare to move the old lady at will. If she injured her head or broke a bone, it might cause a secondary injury.

She looked at the table below and calculated the time. Su Xiaoxiao guessed that she must have been unconscious for at least ten minutes.

Su Xiaoxiao squatted down and probed the old lady's breath. Her breath was normal. She shouted a few words, but having received no response, Su Xiaoxiao didn't dare to move her. She can only check if Zhuzi's grandma is breathing smoothly and wait until the doctor comes.

Su Xiaoxiao said to Zhuzi, "Hurry up, Zhuzi; go to the main intersection and wait there. Can you recognize the doctors? They are wearing white coats? When you see them or Fantuan, bring them over as fast as possible to save time finding the way here."

Zhuzi found the courage, he nodded and ran out.

Su Xiaoxiao noticed that the old lady's complexion was not too pale, and it should not be too serious. She could only hope for the doctor to arrive sooner, or else, it might become a big problem if they come late.

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao, who was very anxious in her heart, turned her gaze to Xiao Doubao, just in time to meet the little guy's clear and bright eyes.

The little boy sat upright and did not move. When he saw his mother looking at him, he bent his eyes and exposed his eight millet teeth to her.

Su Xiaoxiao calmed down a little and said with a smile, "Xiao Doubao, there's nothing to be afraid of. Grandma fell and hurt her head, so she bled. Xiao Doubao should be more careful when walking in the future; otherwise, it would be very painful if you fell."

Xiao Doubao nodded vaguely.

Zhuzi came back soon. As soon as he reached the intersection, he met several people in white coats asking for directions. One of them was holding Fantuan in his hand, so he hurried to bring them over to his house.

Han Cheng didn't come. He didn't know if Fantuan didn't find him or if he was busy.

"The old lady injured her head, and now she is unconscious. She has not moved for more than 20 minutes." Su Xiaoxiao explained the situation in the fewest possible words.

The person who came was Chen Aimin. He was holding Fantuan, and there were two nurses behind him carrying a stretcher. It was not surprising to see Su Xiaoxiao here. After all, Fantuan was the rescuer who went to the hospital. The little guy was articulate and made things clear in a few words. Director Han was in a meeting, so, he brought people here directly.

Chen Aimin put down Fantuan and took over the position of Su Xiaoxiao. He quickly checked the old lady's condition. After checking the pupil's respiratory pulse, he immediately gave first aid.

After a while, Grandma Zhuzi opened her eyes, and Dr. Chen asked her a few simple questions. Seeing that she was weak, but could answer them, he was relieved and asked the nurse to lift the old lady, sit her up, and begin to help her deal with the wounds behind her head.

Doctor Chen brought a complete set of tools. He cut the old lady's hair before cleaning the wound.

"Xiao Zhuzi doesn't need to worry. Grandma just suffered a little trauma, so she can be cured." Chen Aimin saw that the child's eyes were red, and he looked like he was about to cry. The widow and orphan were also pitiful. If Fantuan hadn't notified them in time, and the situation lasted another ten minutes, the consequences would be unfathomable.

Su Xiaoxiao also breathed a sigh of relief and patted Zhuzi's head. This year's medical level is not well-developed, but as long as it is not an intracerebral hemorrhage or a large area of trauma, it should not be a problem.

Doctor Chen still suggested that she go to the hospital for a more detailed examination and stay in the hospital for another two days for observation.

How can Zhuzi's grandma be willing to go? At the moment, she struggled to speak: "I can't go to the hospital. When I go, no one will take care of my grandson. My family's Zhuzi has just turned six." Grandma Zhuzi started to feel sad when she recovered. In the event, she passes away at this moment, who will take care of her grandson in the future? His unreliable mother only asked for money every time she came back. She didn't ask whether the child was doing fine or not.

Two paramedics hurried to hold her down.

Chen Aimin: "Grandma Zhuzi, please don't move. The wound hasn't been treated yet."

Su Xiaoxiao sat on the stone steps opposite her and asked, "Does aunt recognize me?"

Although Grandma Zhuzi's eyesight was bad, how could she not recognize Su Xiaoxiao? She just let Zhuzi send a few jin of stone snails to her. She exchanged money for rice, gave Zhuzi milk candy, and invited him to drink fish soup. She has never met a person as kind as her.

However, with so many outsiders around them, Grandma Zhuzi couldn't say anything, so she said, "Yes, did Zhuzi ask you to save me?"

Grandma Zhuzi is not stupid. She fell unconscious. It must be Zhuzi who asked Su Xiaoxiao to save her; otherwise, she would not be here.

Su Xiaoxiao blinked and smiled silently: " Go to the hospital with the doctor at ease, auntie. Zhuzi can stay with me for two days. Zhuzi and my family's Fantuan are friends. You don't have to worry."

Grandma Zhuzi still shook her head: "How much money will be wasted to pay for the hospital bills? It's better to buy a notebook for my grandson with that money."

Chen Aimin said, "Don't worry, Grandma Zhuzi, we won't charge you, and we will also take care of your meal."

Grandma Zhuzi was dubious: "Are you telling the truth? When I go to the hospital, you will take care of my meal?"

Chen Aimin nodded: "Yes, you can have three meals a day, and you will surely be full."

It is impossible for the hospital to take care of food, but Chen Aimin is a warmhearted person. He has been in the military region for some time. He still knows a little about the Zhuzi family. Anyway, he feeds the whole family by himself, and he can still pay for the old lady's meals.

Grandma Zhuzi believed that the hospital would pay for her food, so she agreed: "OK, I'll go to the hospital for two days, Han Cheng's wife, and I will leave my grandson in your care. Zhuzi's ration is in the room, and I'll let him take it with him later."

The old lady loves money, but she is not a person who likes to take advantage of people. Zhuzi will be eating at Su Xiaoxiao's house, so, she didn't forget to ask Zhuzi to bring his ration.

Su Xiaoxiao looked around and saw that the vegetables in the vegetable garden were growing well, and the two grandmothers and their grandchildren could not eat so much. She said, "The land in my house is still empty. If you don't mind, I will pick some vegetables in your vegetable garden, so that I don't have to go to the market to buy any, and you can consider this as payment for Zhuzi's meals."

Grandma Zhuzi was overjoyed. No matter how many kinds of vegetables she planted, she could only eat them by herself. Putting them up for sale would cut off the tail of capitalism. If she could not finish eating them, they could only rot in the vegetable garden. It would be best to exchange them for Zhuzi's rations. Naturally, she would be happy to do so.

"We can't eat much. You can eat as much as you want. Go Zhuzi, the little piece of leek inside has just grown and is very tender." Grandma Zhuzi said.

Seeing that his grandma was fine, he didn't panic anymore. He nodded and went into the room to look for the sickle.

Fantuan said, "Zhuzi, I will go with you to pick vegetables. I will pick what I like!"

Su Xiaoxiao shook her head reluctantly: "Fantuan, follow Zhuzi, don't spoil Grandma's vegetable garden."

Fantuan said, "Don't worry, Mom, I will be very careful."

After Doctor Chen treated Grandma Zhuzi's wound, he finally had time to talk to Su Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao… cough, I mean sister-in-law, I am in the same department as Director Han; my name is Chen Aimin."

Su Xiaoxiao nodded and smiled at him: "Hello, Doctor Chen, Was it you who shouted at my door the other day?"

Su Xiaoxiao remembered his voice.

Doctor Chen has a very playful attitude in dealing with his acquaintances, but he is still very polite to his female comrades. He was a little embarrassed Director Han's wife also smiled a little too nicely. He scratched his head. "It's me, I passed by that day and smelled the food you cooked and thought it might be delicious. It's a pity, Director Han won't let me in."

Su Xiaoxiao bent her eyes and said, "Thank you for saving Grandma Zhuzi today. Our family will eat snails tonight. If you don't mind, you can come and have a taste after work."

Chen Aimin stared at Su Xiaoxiao in disbelief and said, "Really? Do I have this honor?"

Su Xiaoxiao thinks that Dr. Chen is a bit naive, and it's just a simple meal, right?

"Just come with Han Cheng after work."

Dr. Chen almost couldn't hold back and wanted to laugh three times. Didn't Director Han refuse to let him in? Not only can he enter the room now, Su Xiaoxiao personally invited him!

"Mm-hmm. I'll go. I'll be there on time!"

Chapter 29

Zhuzi's grandma happily went to the hospital with Doctor Chen, and Su Xiaoxiao helped her wash the blood in the yard and clean the mess in the yard.

While Fantuan and Zhuzi picked a bunch of vegetables in the garden, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel regret for not stopping the two from picking too many vegetables. It would be much better if Zhuzi came back here every day to pick vegetables; in that way, they could eat freshly picked vegetables every day.

The children have small hands; thus, they can only pick two days' worth of vegetables, so it was still okay.

To Su Xiaoxiao's surprise, the vegetable garden of Zhuzi's grandmother had tons of perilla—which is the soul of fried snails. Not only fried snails but also a large variety of dishes were cooked best with perilla leaves.

Su Xiaoxiao was not polite and collected a lot of perilla leaves.

At the intersection, Su Xiaoxiao asked Fantuan and Zhuzi to take the vegetables home first, and she carried Xiao Doubao to the market to see if there were any big bones she could buy.

Since Doctor Chen has been invited for dinner, even if there is no meat, she had to add another dish.

Along the way, people were already discussing Zhuzi's grandma.

When someone asked Su Xiaoxiao, she laughed it off and said nothing more.

Everyone began to talk about Zhuzi's mother with a look of righteous indignation, saying how Zhuzi's mother doesn't want to be a widow, how Zhuzi's mother took the pension from her deceased husband less than half a year ago and rushed to get married without taking Xiao Zhuzi with her.

They also talked about how the man was not a good seedling; he was greedy for her pension, and after he took all of the money from Zhuzi's mother, he drove her out immediately. They also think that Zhuzi's mother couldn't give birth to a son, and they speculate that the man doesn't want her, so he didn't dare to touch her at all.

How can they have a son if he doesn't want to touch her? If she hadn't come back every time to beg Zhuzi's grandma, she would have been thrown out ages ago, which would have prevented her from taking her husband's pension.

This time, for unknown reasons, she smashed Grandma Zhuzi's head and caused her to go to the hospital. Everyone was clamoring to see if they would still dare to come here next time.

Nowadays, the aunt living under the banyan tree can be called the strongest intelligence agent. There is nothing she doesn't know at a distance of ten villages and eight miles. She listens from east and west, piecing together every piece of information she gathered until she finally understands the whole story.

There may be some elements of adding salt to the wound by spreading false information—pinching the head and removing the tail. [1]

With such a mother, Xiao Zhuzi could only live a more difficult life.

Su Xiaoxiao is lucky. There were still a few big bones without meat left in the meat factory. If Su Xiaoxiao was a few minutes late, the stall would be closed by then.

Su Xiaoxiao asked the butcher to cut a little bit for her as usual, and the man cut the bones into several pieces without asking what she needed them for.

The butcher's name is Lao Hu— Lao Hu is a very talkative uncle. He asked Su Xiaoxiao, "Fantuan's Mom, Teacher Cheng didn't go to your house to find trouble, right?

"Teacher Cheng, did what?" Su Xiaoxiao didn't understand why he asked.

Lao Hu: "She came to ask me yesterday whether you came to buy meat every day, or how much you bought at a time, and whether you were particularly greedy."

Su Xiaoxiao: "…" Is this Teacher Cheng too full and has nothing to do? Are all of the grade school teachers this idle?

Lao Hu then said, "She is my youngest son's homeroom teacher, so, I can't offend her. I just told her that you have only bought meat bones once, and had not bought any meat. However, she refused to believe it. Well, I don't know why she asked me about you."

Su Xiaoxiao finally knew who had reported her family for living a "corrupt lifestyle." However, she has never suspected her of doing it.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but be puzzled by Teacher Cheng's behavior. Wasn't it just a small conflict between two children? How can she hold grudges just because of this?

Su Xiaoxiao took the bone, smiled, and said, "Maybe it's just small talk. It's nothing. Thank you."

Lao Hu looked around and said in a low voice, "Fantuan's Mom, Teacher Cheng is a bit narrow-minded, you have to be cautious around her. I advise you not to offend her. Whenever I don't leave her the best meat, she will punish or criticize my son the next day."

Su Xiaoxiao thanked Lao Hu, thinking, she had already learned a lot from this day trip.

When Su Xiaoxiao returned, she saw Fantuan squatting in the vegetable garden again to dig for worms, and it looked like he took Xiao Zhuzi to dig with him.

Maybe he found a big one, so Fantuan exclaimed and grabbed it to feed Zhou, Fen, Mian, and Fan: "Fen, Mian, and Fan! You can't take that! This one is for Zhou. He has to grow up first. I want to eat his chicken leg!"

Su Xiaoxiao: "…" This boy… I don't know who he took after. Nonetheless, he's still as cute as in the past, and he sure did complete the task entrusted to him today very well.

"Aunt Su." Xiao Zhuzi was still a little shy.

Su Xiaoxiao put Xiao Doubao down and let him play with his brothers.

"Xiao Zhuzi, don't be nervous. Our family doesn't have so many rules, treat us like we are your own family."

"Mom, you are back! What good things did you buy?" Xiao Fantuan threw down the small shovel made by Han Cheng for him to dig earthworms and ran to look at the things in Su Xiaoxiao's hand, like a steel cannon.

"Big stick bone? Is our family going to eat big intestine noodles again today? Huh? Where are the big intestines?" Fantuan still remembers the food they ate last time, and thought he could eat it again today.

"There are no big intestines today. Take out the lotus root sent by Dundun yesterday, we will have fried snails and lotus root soup in the evening," Su Xiaoxiao said.

Fantuan cheered and said, "It must be the first in the most delicious dish again!" After talking, he ran into the storage room and picked up the lotus root.

Su Xiaoxiao took out the river snail that was in a bucket and faced the difficult-to-prepare river snails.

In her last life, she was also very fond of snails. Once in a while, she would go to the night market and order a plate of river snails and an iced beer. However, this and that were completely different, and it is much harder to prepare it by herself. The meat of the river snails was more compact and delicious than that of the field snails, but it was much smaller. It was only a little bigger than the little thumb. It was particularly troublesome to handle.

She found a pair of pliers, aimed at the sharp buttocks of the snail, and cut it off forcefully, leaving only one snail head. The river snail was comparable to her little thumb, so you could only eat a little bit of every river snail. Even though she had dozens of snails, she didn't know when she could extract all of the meat from them.

Zhuzi moved large and small stones and squatted beside Su Xiaoxiao without saying a word. He picked up a river snail and put it on the larger stone, pinched the snail's head, and hit its back with Xiao Shitou's other hand – a complete head of the snail came out.

Su Xiaoxiao: "…" She heard the sound of her IQ being crushed.

Oh, I can still do it this way? Her life wisdom is not as good as that of a six-year-old child.

"Xiao Zhuzi is awesome! Go and move a small stool and sit down. Let's do it together. Thank you for your help; otherwise, I don't know when I can finish these whole buckets."

Xiao Fantuan also imitated Xiao Zhuzi and followed suit in helping his mother deal with the river snail.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Be careful. Fantuan, don't lift the stone too high, or you may hit your fingers!"

Zhuzi is quick at work. You can see how much he handles at first glance. So, Su Xiaoxiao was not so worried about him. It was this little Fantuan, who raised the stone at the top of his head and then hit it down. The whole snail was smashed by him. Su Xiaoxiao was shocked and trembled.

"No. Aunt Su, the river snails are long." Zhuzi said.

After finishing speaking, Zhuzi told Fantuan to be gentler and guided him to hit the back of the snail.

Even Xiao Doubao wanted to "help in smashing" the river snail, so Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly carried him away.

Fantuan smashed a few more pieces before he started to get the technique. With the help of these two good helpers, Su Xiaoxiao relaxed a lot.

Finally, she saw that there was not much left. She got up and went to the kitchen to prepare lotus root soup, and let the two children deal with the rest.

The lotus root bone soup also has no technical content. The bone is blanched, and the lotus root hob is cut into large pieces and put into the pot, along with a handful of peanuts, and enough water to simmer for more than two hours.

After the two children had dealt with the river snail, it was time for Fantuan to study. Su Xiaoxiao began to teach him to write radicals and simple Chinese characters.

Zhuzi also went to primary school in September and learned the same content. Su Xiaoxiao gave him a new set of notebooks and pencils to study with Fantuan.

At first, Zhuzi shook his head and disagreed. These books and pencils were too precious, and he didn't dare use them.

Su Xiaoxiao said that these things have no value at all. They are waste paper. Only those who work hard can leave traces of their efforts on them to reflect their real value.

This was the first time Zhuzi to hear such a speech, and he was deeply shocked by it. He also found that Fantuan's handwriting was even better than his, so he didn't refuse.

"Aunt Su, you teach better than our Teacher Cheng," said by little Zhuzi sincerely.

It's this Teacher Cheng again. How come she's everywhere? Su Xiaoxiao almost thought that she was the only teacher in the whole military primary school.

"Please show me your textbook and come to study with Fantuan every day." Su Xiaoxiao thought that he might as well follow the system of learning at the school. Anyway, Zhuzi has textbooks.

Zhuzi lowered his head and did not speak.

Su Xiaoxiao thought he was unwilling: "Why? You don't want to?"

Zhuzi shook his head and said, "No. Aunt Su, Grandma is old. I have to help her work. Maybe I can't come every day."

Su Xiaoxiao patted his head, feeling very distressed: What a good child! He is just a six-year-old kid.

"When your Grandma comes back, I'll talk to her and see what we can do. You don't have to worry." It's fine not to do anything when she's not aware of it, but now she is. Anyway, she can't watch such a good child destroyed for this reason.

It was getting late. The two children did their homework, and Su Xiaoxiao began to prepare to fry the snails.

If you want the snails to taste even better, perilla is the finishing touch. Su Xiaoxiao cut a lot of perilla leaves for use, as well as various ingredients such as ginger, onion, and garlic, and she also prepared a little star anise and pepper.

Unfortunately, the oil is not enough, and the number of snails is too high. Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and poured the peanut oil, frying all the ingredients except basil leaves and shallots. She then poured out all the river snails. After stir-frying, Su Xiaoxiao added salt and soy sauce—stir-frying it evenly, and finally poured a white wine, and covered the lid after pouring the water just above the river snails.

Su Xiaoxiao moved the lotus root soup that had been stewed, put it on the charcoal stove and let it simmer slowly, and used the vacated pot to stew sweet potato rice.

Everything is ready, and the rest is left to time.

After all this, Su Xiaoxiao heard someone swearing outside the door: "This family! I don't know what they cook every day. Even the dog next door can't sit still. They are too greedy!"

Su Xiaoxiao: 囧

Well, people are complimenting her cooking skills in disguise.

Well, she admits that good ingredients become even more delicious when stewed in an iron pot.

"Fantuan, why does your mom's cooking smell so good? Does it always smell this good?" Zhuzi couldn't help swallowing his saliva and secretly asking Fantuan.

The bowl of fish soup that Aunt Su gave him last time has been the most delicious thing he has ever eaten. This smell is unbearable. River snails are often eaten by their families, but they do not smell like this at all.

Little Fantuan, who was not shocked by his reaction, calmly said: "My mother's cooking is the best in the world, and tomorrow, her dish will always be better than today." Little Fantuan took a deep breath and savored the aroma of the dish his mother had made. He sighed like a small adult, "Today's food is more delicious than yesterday's, tomorrow's food will be more delicious. If you don't believe me, then wait until tomorrow and find out!"

Little Zhuzi couldn't imagine it.

After Su Xiaoxiao finished instructing the two children on their homework, Xiao Doubao went to peek at what his brothers had written, and then he copied and drew all over the place—and the sun slowly set.

Before the last ray of afterglow subsided, Han Cheng finally arrived. Of course, the naive, Doctor Chen came back with him.

He was still blocked by Han Cheng today.

Doctor Chen held the door bolt with one hand and said, "Hey, Director Han, I'm a guest invited by my sitter-in-law to your house today. You can't drive me out anymore."

Fantuan came to the hospital today to find help Doctor Chen went out to rescue Zhuzi's grandma, and Su Xiaoxiao enthusiastically invited him to eat dinner at their house. Han Cheng had heard him say these a hundred and eighty times, and his ears were getting calluses, but he didn't want to let this guy in.

Su Xiaoxiao heard the sound and saw them standing at the door. She bent her eyes and said softly, "Han Cheng, let Doctor Chen come in. We're about to start our dinner."

Han Cheng turned around. Su Xiaoxiao's face was slightly flushed under the sunset. The small dimples on her cheeks were slightly raised. Behind her, there were three children with smiles on their faces. The yard was filled with the aroma of food. He, who had everything [2] in front of him, mercifully rewarded the lonely Doctor Chen to come in and eat.

References

↑1 It means removing the first and second parts of the context, or removing the useless or unimportant details.

↑2 perfect wife, children, warm house, etc.

Chapter 30

Director Han was merciful. Doctor Chen can now finally, eat the meal that he had dreamed of, and that made him cry in his dreams several times!

Su Xiaoxiao asked everyone to eat and drink the soup first. Stir-fried snails should be held in the hand to savor their flavor, and that's why they were left until the end.

Doctor Chen had eaten lotus root stick bone soup, but how could this dish become even more delicious just by adding a handful of peanuts? The taste is totally different. The soup was also delicious and thick. If he could, he would drink three bowls!

But after thinking it through, Director Han may not even let him pass by the gate of their house in the future if he eats too much right now.

Su Xiaoxiao still thinks that it was all because the ingredients were better. They are stewed first, and then let simmer. She even used an iron pot and charcoal, as long as the ingredients are properly measured, it won't taste bad.

Han Cheng and the children like the bone marrow inside the big bone very much. The big bone has no meat, but the bone marrow inside was soft, smooth, and oily. It is the most delicious food in the world.

However, Su Xiaoxiao thinks it's too greasy, and she didn't like it very much.

Doctor Chen also likes bone marrow very much.

Knowing that he only exchanged a few vegetables for something as delicious as this, Zhuzi felt a little embarrassed to stretch his chopsticks to taste the several dishes in front of him.

Fantuan ate one himself and gave another one to Zhuzi. Zhuzi, on the other hand, repeatedly said that he had enough and that there was no need to add more.

Fantuan said the words he learned from Su Xiaoxiao: "Mom said that we are in a stage where our bodies are still growing. Our brain and body can only develop when we eat. We need to eat to grow smarter and stronger. Didn't you notice how smarter I am than the other kids?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "I didn't say the last sentence." What about acting modestly? This clever little one.

Fantuan raised the bowl of rice that was bigger than his face and disagreed: "Mom, you praise me for being smart every day, and you also praise me for being great!"

Su Xiaoxiao: "…" Well, I'll pay attention to the words I say in the future, otherwise, this clever child's tail will go up to the sky.

Han Cheng glanced at his talkative son: " Your mother also said to not talk when your mouth is full."

It is said that the nine sons of the dragon are different from each other. His two sons, one who talks all day long, and one who is almost two years old, still do not want to talk.

Fantuan pouted. Too many people are against him.

Fantuan didn't care about his father anymore and continued to bury his head in food.

The food looked like a lot, but in fact, it was not enough to fill the bellies of everyone at the dining table.

Su Xiaoxiao cleaned up the leftovers on the table and asked Han Cheng to go in and take out the fried snails.

Several trays of fried snails and soup were filled with half of the enamel plates.

As soon as this thing is on the table, Doctor Chen can't bear the mouth-watering smell coming from the food in front of him. Even when he just entered Director Han's house, he could smell the faint fragrance coming from Su Xiaoxioa's dishes. How overbearing this is!

Doctor Chen rubbed his hands. He could hardly control himself: "Sister-in-law, this is a river snail? How can it be so fragrant?"

"Because I mixed a lot of perilla leaves on it, the river snail and the perilla leaves are a perfect match." If there are sour bamboo shoots, they will add another flavor to this dish. Well, this is good enough.

Doctor Chen, learned: "So it's because of the perilla. Is this your hometown's practice? We use purple perilla to pickle vegetables."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "The difference in the taste of food lies in the reasonable combination of ingredients. The raw materials are all the same. Alright, let's start."

At the command of Su Xiaoxiao, all the comrades, big and small, didn't act polite anymore and reached out to eat the river snail.

Zhuzi often finds some quite edible things, but this is the first time he has found out that this food can be so delicious.

This is the first time Fantuan has eaten snails. While eating, Zhuzi taught his little friend with his hands.

Of course, the smart little Fantuan quickly mastered how to eat the river snails properly. The snails he ate were especially delicious. The more he ate, the more he enjoyed it.

Xiao Doubao is too young. Su Xiaoxiao didn't dare let Doubao eat the snail all by himself. She took a toothpick and put the snail meat into his small bowl and let him eat it with a small spoon.

"I'll do it, go ahead and eat yours." Han Cheng quietly held Xiao Doubao in his arms, gave Xiao Doubao one, and ate one himself.

Seeing the father and son eating with relish, Su Xiaoxiao started to eat too.

Su Xiaoxiao thought: The pure wild river snail is delicious. It would be better if I could have a can of iced beer.

But Su Xiaoxiao only taught about it and didn't want to have it right now. It's a luxury to eat and wear warm clothes in this era. If she dares to buy beer, Teacher Cheng without any doubt will report their family for having a corrupt lifestyle tomorrow.

Anyway, she is quite satisfied with letting her little salted-fish-self live this current life.

Doctor Chen couldn't stop eating and nearly swallowed his tongue. He suggested to Han Cheng: "Director Han, you should let the political commissar try the craftmanship of your sister-in-law. I promise he can approve the political review of my sister-in-law immediately tomorrow, saving you from rushing there every day."

Han Cheng threw the shell at him and said, "Shut up, go back to your house when you are full!"

Han Cheng's ears turned red. This guy doesn't have a filter in his mouth. If he lets him enter the yard, Han Cheng won't be named Han anymore. He had only come to the political commissar's office once or twice.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't care: "It's fine as long as I can get it approved before the end of the year, I want to wait until after the new year to go to work."

Han Cheng calmly glanced at his lovely wife and then lowered his eyes. He thought that the sooner, the better.

The people gathered at the dining table have great stomachs, so a large plate of river snails can be finished without a few efforts. Doctor Chen can't wait to drink the soup together. Every one of them was still touching their bellies in satisfaction.

Fantuan was asked by his mother to take a walk, and he took his little friend to walk with him: "My mother's cooking is the best in the world, right?"

Little Zhuzi nodded: "Yes, this is the best food I have ever eaten."

Little Zhuzi had never envied anyone before, but now he really envies Little Fantuan. This is what a home should feel like, and a mother should be like this. Then he thought of his mother, and his eyes darkened again.

Doctor Chen was ordered by Han Cheng to wash the dishes and clean up the kitchen. It was already hard work for his wife to cook for him. If he didn't even do this little work, then, he wouldn't be allowed to pass by the door next time.

Su Xiaoxiao also asked about the condition of Zhuzi's grandma. Doctor Chen said that it was no big deal. In fact, the old lady ate too much. She ate two meals at a time. Doctor Chen had to make two meals for her. After eating a little shredded meat, she said she would leave it for little Zhuzi.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't laugh or cry.

There are not many lazy people at this time, and most of them are very diligent. Doctor Chen was very happy to see that Director Han doesn't see him as an outsider. Su Xiaoxiao will not be polite to him. If he doesn't want to wash the dishes, then Han Cheng will do it. Anyway, Doctor Chen was very enthusiastic about washing and brushing, but when he came out after washing dishes, he was kicked back home by Director Han.

He didn't have time to ask Su Xiaoxiao if she has sisters who can cook as well as she can, and if she did, he might as well introduce her to him.

He was so fixated that when Chen Aimin wanted to arrange a partner for the older youth, he asked him what type of person he was looking for, and he blurted out: "Like Director Han's wife, she must be good-looking and gentle, and she must cook delicious food."

When Han Cheng found out, he was furious.

Of course, that was a story that will happen in the future.

The whole family was tucked in. Su Xiaoxiao told Han Cheng what she had heard about Zhuzi's family.

She asked Han Cheng: "Zhuzi is so young, and Grandma Zhuzi is old. Zhuzi's mother has taken all the pensions away to get married. Does the organization care about it?"

Han Cheng said: "It is difficult for an honest official to judge family matters. If Zhuzi's grandma willingly gave the pension and chose to suffer, the organization can't do anything."

Su Xiaoxiao is puzzled: "What about the child support paid every month? What about Zhuzi's rations? I heard from an aunt nearby that today is the day for giving alimony. Zhuzi's mother calculated the time to ask for it. I guessed that she would ask for it every month, but I don't know how the fiasco happened. Zhuzi said that his mother pushed his grandma. If it weren't for Zhuzi to come to me to ask for help, someone would die. Han Cheng, Zhuzi is a good child, the matter shouldn't be left unclear."

Han Cheng nodded: "I will call back to the army tomorrow to find out about the situation. Don't worry. Grandma Zhuzi went to the hospital. What she did, cannot be disregarded. No matter what the reason is, she can't hurt people and run away. You can wait until Zhuzi's grandma comes back and ask what happened."

"Han Cheng, I have an idea." Su Xiaoxiao said: "If I want to go to work after the year ends, I can't take Xiao Doubao with me every time. How about we do it this way, Zhuzi's monthly allowance will be managed by me, and during the day I work, I will ask Grandma Zhuzi to take care of Xiao Doubao for us. Zhuzi and Fantuan will come back to eat their lunch and dinner at our house. In the evening, they can go home and live in their house. They will eat two meals in our house every day. Fantuan and little Zhuzi can study together and make progress together. Fantuan is smart, while Zhuzi is steady, and they can urge each other together. Zhuzi is a good boy and an orphan of a martyr. I want to lend him a hand and hope he will have a better future. "

Su Xiaoxiao is truly a kind-hearted person. Han Cheng has always known that Zhuzi and his grandma are pitiful, so some are willing to help them, give them some food, and do some small favors. However, no one would go through this length like Su Xiaoxiao. She wanted to completely drag Zhuzi out of the quagmire and carry him on her back.

Han Cheng subconsciously wanted to help little Zhuzi, but he was also worried that Su Xiaoxiao was working too hard: "It's already hard for you to take care of two children. If you take care of another one, you also need to take care of the meals of two more people. Wouldn't you be too busy?"

After Xiao Doubao was born, Yangmei always asked the Yang Tao to take care of their children when she went to work, and even the food was made by the Yang Tao. Even with the help of Yang Tao, he and Yang Mei were still busy every day.

"Our children are worry-free. Little Zhuzi is more worry-free than Fantuan. To be honest, teaching two children is better than teaching one. They will encourage each other. Eating is also a matter of two more handfuls of rice. You saw how Zhuzi acted today. If Fantuan doesn't take vegetables for himself, he will only take the soup to soak in miscellaneous grains and say he has eaten enough. Even if he was raised in such an environment, he could still remain kind. Han Cheng, I know there are many poor people in the world. I, we can't do much. Since we have fate with him, and we have the ability to help little Zhuzi, let's give him a hand. "

Su Xiaoxiao had no parents to take care of her since she was a child, but she didn't worry about money. She could always live very well in that open and developed era, but that was not the case for Zhuzi, or in this era. If Zhuzi's mother continues to suck the blood of her mother-in-law and child, they will be drained and destroyed sooner or later.

So Su Xiaoxiao came up with a way to cut down the grass, eliminate the roots, and stop Zhuzi's mother from continuing to suck their blood from the source.

Zhuzi's mother is an adult with hands and feet. She always has her way to survive, but she can't always squeeze the poor old people and children like this.

Han Cheng took her petite but energetic lover into his arms and kissed her hair,

"When Grandma Zhuzi leaves the hospital, you should discuss it with her. If she agrees, I will go and tell the organization. But this is the only time I will allow you to do this. I don't want you to work too hard and be tired."

In this military region, Zhuzi is not the only poor child. If she sees a poor child and brings that child home and takes care of another one, this house couldn't accommodate more, and this would tire her even more.

How can there be such a good and naive girl in this world? Han Cheng even wondered whether she was willing to marry him because she felt sorry for his two children and no one took care of them.

Su Xiaoxiao hugged Han Cheng's waist and rubbed against his chest: "I'm not a saint, I can't take care of another kid, but Zhuzi was too good to give up on."

The couple was so focused on talking that they didn't notice that, there was a child dressed in rags and with tears on his face listening to their conversation. The child clenched his fist as he can't describe how he felt that time. He cried but didn't dare to cry out loud, he didn't dare to make a sound, he was just standing outside of the door.