Chapter 19：

"You cover the quilt, I'm not afraid of the cold, the bed outside will be ready tomorrow, and we'll buy another bed when the marriage certificate comes down." Han Cheng didn't expect that he would bring a daughter-in-law back, so he listened to Su Xiaoxiao's words in the afternoon. I foolishly washed the quilt, and there was no question of whether there was a quilt cover when I slept at night.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed. In this age of material scarcity, the marriage certificate issued by the brigade can only be used in the local commune. If you want to buy a new bed and quilt here, you must rely on the marriage certificate. Clothes that are too rotten to wear have to be saved. The quilt covered by Xiaobao was saved little by little. Fortunately, their commune has a kind of cotton, and they can distribute a little every year. Otherwise, there are many people in the family, and the quilt is still unknown what to fill.

There are a few quilt cores in Hancheng. They are a little old, but they are dry after drying for an afternoon. There is no quilt cover. Now it is not time to cover the quilt.

Su smiled and said: "Then you remember to wear thicker clothes, don't catch a cold."

Han Cheng nodded, "I know."

The two cubs were so sleepy that Su Xiaoxiao had to take them back to their room to sleep. The clever little rice ball asked, "Mom, won't Dad sleep with us?"

Su Xiaoxiao shook her head, "Dad is too burly, the bed is not big enough, and daddy sleeps alone."

Han Cheng took a deep look at her, lowered his eyes, but said nothing, turned back to his room.

There was only a one-meter-five bed in the room of the two cubs, and it was not very spacious for three people to sleep, thanks to Su Xiaoxiao's small size.

Su Xiaoxiao asked Xiaodoubao to sleep in the innermost place, and she slept outside. Xiaodoubao refused, so he had to be next to his mother, and the rice ball wanted to be next to his mother, but he loved his younger brother, so he finally let his younger brother sleep in the middle.

After a while, the cubs were not so sleepy.

Su Xiaoxiao thinks that telling bedtime stories is an important part of raising cubs, but she doesn't know what kind of stories are suitable for the cubs of this era, and she doesn't know if Grimm's fairy tales or Andersen's fairy tales are banned books , I told them in advance that I couldn't tell them after I heard it. This is their family's secret. Once it is said, I will not tell them again.

The two cubs didn't even know what the story was, and naturally nodded in agreement.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't read fairy tales very much, and no elders told her bedtime stories since she was a child, so she only remembered a general idea, plus some of her own associations, and began to tell stories to the cubs:

"A long time ago, on a hot summer afternoon, under the grape trellis of an old house, the mother duck hid in the most shady corner to hatch duck eggs. Today, the hatched duck eggs finally broke their shells, one, two , three, four... A few fluffy heads stick out from the broken eggshells, guess what came out of the eggshells?"

The smart little rice ball raised his hand: "I know, I know, it's a little duck!"

"By the way, our rice **** are great, and fluffy yellow ducks are born..."

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Su Xiaoxiao spoke in a sweet and glutinous voice, and she stopped asking questions later, her voice became softer and softer, and briefly recounted the story of "The Ugly Duckling" in her memory, the two cubs gradually entered the sweet Dreaming, the dream is full of mother's gentle smile and sweet voice.

It was the sweetest night they slept since they were born, and the night they remembered the most as they grew up.

Han Cheng also felt sweet. The two rooms were very close to each other, and the doors were not closed. Su Xiaoxiao's voice was particularly clear in the night when the needles could be heard.

Han Cheng put his hands behind his head, looking at the pitch-black roof and raised his thin lips, suddenly, he envied his son very much.

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After a night of silence, Su Xiaoxiao was woken up by Xiaodoubao the next day.

Because Su Xiaoxiao always kissed Xiaodoubao, Xiaodoubao also learned to kiss her.

Su Xiaoxiao, who was a **** shoveling officer in her previous life, was always woken up by her own cat, and when she opened her eyes and saw the delicate little cub, she was in a trance for a while.

She took her watch and glanced at it. It was just after six o'clock.

The rice ball was still sleeping soundly, and the little baby was not hungry at such a young age. Su Xiaoxiao guessed that he woke up hungry, put the cub in his arms, and said in a low voice, "Good morning, cub, is it your stomach? Hungry? You have to say good morning to your mother when you wake up."

Xiaodoubao tried to move his little mouth "da...da", but was speechless.

But compared to the previous "uh uh", he has improved a lot. Su Xiaoxiao encouraged him, "Cubs are awesome."

Su Xiaoxiao came out with the cubs in her arms, and unexpectedly found that smoke was already rising from the roof, and there was a busy figure in the kitchen.

"Comrade Hancheng, are you so early?"

Han Cheng looked at his daughter-in-law, who was holding his son's eyebrows and smiling, and his mood also improved.

"I'm used to waking up early, boil some sweet potato porridge, reheat yesterday's fat intestines, and rinse some small green vegetables. Is this okay?"

Han Cheng noticed that Su Xiaoxiao likes to eat meat, but every meal must also have fruits and vegetables.

Su Xiaoxiao nodded, "I can do it, Beanbag is hungry, you help him make a glass of milk first, and I will take him to wash."

Han Cheng glanced at his son who looked like Su Xiaoxiao, and frowned, the younger son was too sticky to Su Xiaoxiao, and the girl didn't care, she was afraid of raising a cute son.

Then, Han Cheng watched Su Xiaoxiao bend over to brush his younger son's teeth. The little guy sat on the small bench and opened his mouth obediently. His **** and white eyes looked at Su Xiaoxiao for a moment, and his small expression was enjoyable and cooperative.

Han Cheng was jealous again, his daughter-in-law seemed to like his son more than him.

The rice ball also woke up, rubbed his eyes and came out, the first sentence was: "Mom, can I raise a few ducklings?"

There were too many things to buy yesterday, Su Xiaoxiao forgot about it, she shook her head: "little ducks can't do it, they need to live in the water, we can buy a few chicks to raise, they were also fluffy and cute when they were young. ."

The rice ball asked again, "Can they also become white swans when they grow up?"

Uh?

Well, stay away from poultry fairy tales in the future.

Su Xiaoxiao shook his head, "I'm afraid that's not possible, not even the duckling, only the special duckling I mentioned last night, but we can cook and eat the chickens after they grow up, you forgot Did you eat the chicken legs at the hostel before? It was raised by our Su Xiaobao from chickens, isn't it delicious?"

The rice ball recalled the taste and swallowed: "Well, it's delicious, then I want to raise chickens!"

Children are still easy to coax, Su Xiaoxiao turned to look at Han Cheng, "Comrade Han Cheng..."

Now every household uses the eggs laid by their own old hens to hatch chicks, and Hancheng is not sure if they can buy them outside.

He thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go back to the army and ask who has chickens. If there are any, we'll raise a few. I'll bring some bamboo back at noon to make a chicken enclosure like Xiaobao."

Su Xiao smiled and looked back at the rice ball, "Comrade rice ball, what do you think of Dad's idea?"

Onigiri gave Dad a thumbs up, "Dad's idea is great!"

Han Cheng: "..." Come on, now the whole family follows Su Xiaoxiao's way of speaking.

Su Xiaoxiao is also very particular about eating shabu-shabu. The oil and salt water are boiled in a pot, and then mixed with garlic and peanut oil after the pot is out. The fragrant and green look is very appetizing. Han Cheng doesn't know how she can eat it so well, it seems that all Anything that passes through her hands becomes especially delicious.

The sweet potato porridge is still a very satisfying meal with the fat intestines left over from last night and small rapeseed.

Hancheng's vacation is completely over, and he officially returns to the army to report.

Su Xiaoxiao's cub-raising life in the family compound also officially started.

With yesterday's experience, Su Xiaoxiao's first thing to do today is to go to the market to buy vegetables, but the problem is that of the two cubs, one of them can't walk properly, and the other's sprained foot is not completely healed. It takes a few minutes. It took them almost 20 minutes to get there.

These days, everyone is accustomed to the sunrise and the daily income. It was only after seven o'clock in the morning, and the vegetable market was already crowded with people.

Su Xiaoxiao has loved to go to the vegetable market in her past life. She thinks this is the corner with the most fireworks and the most human touch in the city, so as a house girl, the places she visits the most are the vegetable market and the supermarket.

But now she regrets it a little. In the morning, Han Cheng asked her if she wanted to buy the food first and then go back to the army. She should let him buy it. It's really hard to squeeze with two cubs now.

The supply and marketing cooperative needs to line up, the meat factory needs to line up, and even to buy green vegetables, Su Xiaoxiao is about to cry without tears.

Just when she was about to go home and eat the dried fish that Zhou Yuhua sent yesterday at noon, an old lady about 60 years old who was not very friendly stopped her, "Stop! Are you Han Cheng's newly married country girl?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "..." What's the situation?

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