Tang Seng is a cook

After the family of three came back from the aunt's house that day, Zhuang Fan was beaten up by his father with a stick in his hand.

Zhuang Fan's mother was holding the baby, and the father and son who were jumping around said angrily: "What's the trouble, Xiaoer will wake up later! Stop it! I have to fight!"

The old man said angrily: "It's nonsense to talk about picking up a son, why, you're so fast, you're already going up!? You don't care how old you are, you still have the energy to get up in the middle of the night to serve Milkman! If you say you can raise it, you can raise it!"

Hearing what his father said, Zhuang Fan also felt a little embarrassing for his parents. No matter what he said, he is already 26 this year, his mother is 46, and his father is [-]. They are not young and strong. This little thing is for them. Nurturing, breastfeeding in the middle of the night, and changing diapers from time to time are indeed a bit embarrassing.

He scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Mom, I really didn't think about it, or should I raise this child?"

Zhuang Fan's mother didn't even raise his head, and said: "You know how to raise a ball! When you grow up to be in your 20s, no one can do anything about what you have raised. This child will be my youngest son from now on!"

Zhuang Fan shrank his neck, not daring to speak.

Zhuang Fan's father said angrily: "Is it not certain? Didn't his aunt call his son-in-law? Xiao Zhao said that, we have to go to the town police station to report the case to him. If the time comes I found the parents of this baby, and I have to return it to others!"

Zhuang Fan's mother put the baby in the middle of the kang, and said slowly: "Didn't we see that this baby has no toes, maybe he was thrown away because his parents despised him as a disability. It's winter, Throwing a cat or dog is immoral enough. Throwing a child out, such a cardboard box, such a thin quilt, what use is it! Isn’t this hoping for the child’s death? If I don’t return it, I will return it. Someday they will be raised to death!"

Zhuang Fan's father sighed, took out a cigarette, put it under his nose and smelled it for a long time, but he didn't smoke at all, after thinking about it, he took out the half pack of cigarettes left in his pocket, threw it into Zhuang Fan's arms, and said: " Here you go!"

Zhuang Fan was taken aback, and said, "Dad, I don't smoke!"

Zhuang Fan's father glared: "I don't smoke anymore! If you tell you to keep it, you can keep it. Go to the police station tomorrow and tell your brother-in-law! See what the procedures are for applying for a certificate! Bring your household registration book and ID card as soon as possible. , everything is done, don’t get out of Chu Qi, your parents still have to wipe your ass!”

Zhuang Fan laughed and said, "Success, listen to my father!"

The next day was the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Early in the morning, the old Zhuang family’s house was very lively. In less than one night, the story of the old Zhuang’s Xiao Fanzi picking up a child spread throughout the village. Bringing fresh milk, eggs, and brown sugar, they all came early to watch the excitement.

Zhuang Fan's mother was greeting relatives and friends, and shouted: "Oh, come here, what are you doing with these old things, my family can't finish the milk! Take it back and bring it back! No one is in confinement, so why take it?" Brown sugar millet! No eggs!"

A room full of women laughed, but none of them took it.

The little baby woke up before dawn and drank milk, and now he is falling asleep, the room is boiling, but did not wake him up, the aunts and sisters-in-law are always more gossip, watching from the kang in the inner room, Tsk-tsk in his mouth: "This little thing is really fateful. I don't know how long it has been frozen. It's thanks to Fanzi to go out for a trip, or it will pass overnight, and it is destined to die!"

Zhuang Fan said to his elder aunt: "His aunt, you and his uncle are really going to raise this child? You two don't want to raise it, so give it to me! It just so happens that I still need a grandson!"

An aunt laughed and said, "Oh sister, you are not only short of a grandson, you are also short of a daughter-in-law! Speaking of which, there are only two girls in my family, and only a son is missing, why don't you give it to me!"

Zhuang Fan's mother said: "Go and go, don't care! My Fanzi picked it up, and no one will give it to anyone!"

In the field outside, the men were all sitting there too, eating melon seeds and peanuts, Zhuang Fan's uncle said: "What are you doing, why are you still getting started!" He said while hiding.

Zhuang Fan's father said: "From now on, my family will quit smoking. I will smoke when I go home. I will pinch them all. If I don't give you cigarettes, you still touch the lighter yourself. It doesn't seem right. Come on, drink tea. This is the good tea my son brought back! We don’t have any in the Northeast!”

Uncle Zhuang Fan could only pinch his cigarette, clicked his tongue and said, "Rare!"

The elders don't know what tea is, so they took a few sips from the teacup and said, "Where is Fanzi? Are you going out?"

Zhuang Fan's father picked up a few peanuts, nodded and said, "I was kicked out by his mother early in the morning, saying that he went to the police station to find his brother-in-law. After asking about the child, I will check the shops in the town when they open. No, buy some baby clothes, pacifiers, diapers, whatever."

Zhuang Fan and his cousin nodded, and said: "I have to buy it, and I don't like to use diapers these days! It's just that it's not past the fifth day of the new year, can someone open the door?"

Zhuang Fan's father said: "Seeing that you don't go out during the Chinese New Year, there is a store open in the third grade of junior high school! Who can't live with money? Just let me say, diapers are better, absorb water and breathe, and don't suffer from prickly heat, but Fanzi said In the cold weather, if you don’t dry the diaper after washing, it’s easy to grow bacteria.”

Someone next to him said: "Now this child is raised much more delicately than we were back then!"

Immediately, someone replied to him: "You have the old calendar of a hundred lifetimes! As for Fanzi and the others, when they were young, they were a little bit harder, and when they were ten years younger than him, they all grew up in honeypots! !"

The men chatted, and the topic went further. After a while, they didn't know where they went, some came and some left, and the family didn't lose any people throughout the morning.

The baby boy eats and sleeps, eats, sleeps, eats, smells bad and knows how to moan, and is very easy to manage. It is this person who has never stopped drinking, and the old couple is exhausted. The melon seeds, peanuts and candies in the house are almost running out of water.

Finally, it was lunch time at noon, and everyone dispersed. Zhuang Fan's father beat his waist, took a stick of sweet potato and swept the melon seeds, skins and peanut shells all over the floor, and said, "I'm going to die!"

Just as I was scratching, the old man's cell phone rang. Zhuang Fan's father's cell phone for the elderly was very loud. He frightened himself first, picked it up in a hurry, and said in a loud voice, "Sister, what's the matter, ah, Okay, got it, um, I'll be here later!"

Hanging up the phone, holding the phone far away, looking at the screen, poking it for a long time, muttering: "Why do you turn down the noise? Where is it..."

Zhuang Fan's mother brushed the cup and came out of the kitchen, put the teacup away, and asked, "Why are you calling?"

Zhuang Fan's father pressed his mobile phone for a long time but didn't understand, he sat on the sofa and said, "Hey, give me a look, how can I lower the noise?"

The old lady said suspiciously: "Usually I told you to quiet down the mine, why didn't you do it!"

Zhuang Fan's father coughed and said, "Aren't you afraid to frighten my son?"

The old lady cut him, took it over and pressed it twice, threw it back, and said, "It's done!"

Zhuang Fan's father didn't believe it, and said, "That's all right? Where's your phone number? Try calling me!"

The old lady said: "Then it's not on the coffee table, you can do it yourself! I'm busy!" Picking up the sweet potato, went to sweep the floor.

Zhuang Fan's father hurriedly said: "Oh, don't sweep it for now. My sister told us to go over for lunch. She said that we didn't decide to open fire, so we went over to deal with a bunch of them first, put on our clothes and leave, and clean up when we come back!"

Zhuang Fan's mother said: "Then you didn't say it earlier, you are still poking your broken landmine!"

His father muttered, "I'm not afraid of scaring the child!"

Zhuang Fan's mother put on his coat, and went to wrap the quilt for the little boy on the kang who was awake and playing with his hands, coaxing: "Baby, let's go out, go to aunt's house with mother!"

The old man was greedy, leaned over and said, "Daddy hug!"

Zhuang Fan's mother said: "Can you do it, are you safe under your feet?"

His father was furious, and said, "I'm not going to be safe anywhere! Now I can do the horse stance for 10 minutes without moving a muscle, believe it or not!"

The old lady promised very well: "Okay, okay, okay, you are amazing!" Just hugging the child but not letting go, the two of them bickered all the way, and went out to Aunt Zhuang Fan's house to have dinner.

Zhuang Fan yawned early in the morning, took a villager's car to the town, and went directly to the police station to find his brother-in-law.

Zhuang Fan's aunt's two daughters have a son. His elder sister's husband is from the town police station. The one who celebrates Chinese New Year is on the night shift in the third night of junior high school. He was supposed to be able to go home and sleep this morning, but Zhuang Fan picked up a child. His aunt called in the middle of the night, and brother-in-law Zhao could only wait here for Zhuang Fan to come.

When Zhuang Fan arrived and told the story, his brother-in-law watched his colleagues register Zhuang Fan, and asked, "Is the child not frostbitten?"

Zhuang Fan shook his head and said: "Maybe I went early, my aunt and my mother showed it, and they said it was all right, it wasn't cold at all."

His brother-in-law and colleague asked: "Is it a boy? Is there any disability? How is the child's mental state? Is it healthy? Does it look sick?"

In general, there is no such thing as a boy who loses a child. If a boy is abandoned, it is likely that he is either disabled or has a serious congenital disease.

Zhuang Fan scratched his head and said, "It's a boy. He looks like he can eat and sleep, and his little face is quite rosy. It doesn't look like there is something wrong. Oh, it's just that there is a toe missing on his foot!"

His brother-in-law and his colleague looked at each other, shook their heads, and said, "Let's just say, good boy, parents can't bear to throw it out."

Zhuang Fan heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that the lack of a toe made sense on the contrary, and it was considered wrong. You must know that Zhuang Fan was shocked when he saw the child's missing toe yesterday.

Brother-in-law Zhao said: "I heard from the old lady yesterday that your family is going to raise this child?"

Zhuang Fan nodded and said, "Anyway, I'm the only one in my family. Now I'm working, and I can raise one of three, and I'm rich. Brother-in-law, when will the adoption procedures be completed? Is it easy?"

Brother-in-law Zhao and his colleague took over the conversation and said: "According to the procedure, we still have to collect the child's information, blood type, physical characteristics, etc., to see if there is any matching information registered in the information database, to make sure it is not a kidnapped child. Wait for confirmation If they were not abducted, and they really can't find their parents, then they can enter the adoption process."

Zhuang Fan looked at his brother-in-law, and Zhao's brother-in-law said: "This child has no toes, and his features are still very obvious. If he was abducted, his parents will definitely say when they report the crime, we will go to find out the situation tomorrow, and you go home. First take the child to the hospital for an examination to see if there are any other problems, and then talk about adoption. This disability is okay, if there is a disease," he said in a low voice, "Adoption should be considered carefully. Think about it, no one is a mountain of gold and silver, and your parents don't care, you are young and not married yet, what are you doing carrying this mountain!"

Zhuang Fan knew that brother-in-law Zhao had good intentions, nodded and said, "I know brother-in-law!"

Seeing that he was obedient, brother-in-law Zhao patted Zhuang Fan on the shoulder with satisfaction, led him out, and said, "Okay, you go back first, it's still in the new year, how many days can you stay at home?"

Zhuang Fan said: "Originally we planned to leave on the seventh and eighth day of the lunar new year, but with this child, we may have to stay for a few more days."

Brother-in-law Zhao said: "It's okay. If there is nothing wrong with the child, the uncle and aunt at home are really determined to raise it. You call me, and I will watch here. If everything is done properly, you should go Go your way, don't go to work, why waste your time at home!"

Zhuang Fan smiled and said: "Brother Dali, you are still so good at taking care of people!"

Zhao Dali patted the back of Zhuang Fan's head, deliberately said with a stern face: "Brother-in-law!"

Zhuang Fan chuckled and said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law! Brother-in-law, when you go back to my house, you won't be able to keep your lucky money red envelope!"

Brother-in-law Zhao spat at him and said, "It's still the New Year's money. For you brat and that little bastard I haven't met, I'm almost sleepy. Hurry up, you go home, and I'll go home too. I don’t know when the call will come again, and I have to come back to work!”

Zhuang Fan said quickly: "Brother-in-law, go back to sleep, I'm leaving! Do you have anything to say?"

Brother-in-law Zhao waved his hand and said, "No one else, just go back and meet your sister, tell her to watch carefully, and tell her grandma and grandma to give Guoguo less candy! Otherwise, she will cry again after a toothache!"

Zhuang Fan agreed, and watched his brother-in-law riding his bicycle crookedly on the snowy ground. He then turned around and went to the department store in town to do some shopping.

The town of Zhuang Fan's family is very small. A few years ago, they followed the fashion and built a pedestrian street. On both sides of the street are shopping malls, department stores and other facades. The town's market is placed on the street.

Zhuang Fan stepped on the soft snow on the side of the road and walked towards the pedestrian street, while occasionally talking to the invisible Guanyin, as well as Wukong and Bajie who had earphones hanging on his ears.

The three of them were waiting at the door when Zhuang Fan went out early in the morning. Avalokitesvara and the others were invisible, but Zhuang Fan couldn't see them. They put on their down jackets and hats and walked with their heads down. They almost threw their heads into Guanyin's arms. It was still Wukong. Clever, turned into a small flying insect, and called Master in Zhuang Fan's ear, Zhuang Fan knew they were coming.

Because he needed a ride and had to go to the police station to do errands, Zhuang Fan explained a few words and asked them to follow him first, and then talk to them when he was free. A thrill.

Guanyin has a thin skin, so he won't be as skinny as a child, and remains invisible.When Zhuang Fan took a ride, he sat on the roof of the car. When Zhuang Fan walked, he followed behind, stepping on the lotus platform and floating forward. Fortunately, Zhuang Fan couldn't see it, otherwise he would have to laugh.

At this time, there was no one on the road. Zhuang Fan held his hands in his sleeves and walked on soft but not hard snow. It seems that I haven’t looked down for a few days, there are so many novelties. I was careless just now, and when the car started, I didn’t pay attention, and I sat on it, so that I would be thrown off.”

Wukong giggled and said: "I look at it every day, it is indeed very fresh. Master, I see that the computer that person used just now looks very convenient, and I want one too."

Bajie said: "Master, I don't think this place is very prosperous. If we open a restaurant here, will it prosper?"

Zhuang Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he turned around and grabbed Guanyin's hand, and said to Wukong first: "You took the computer, but there is no electricity when you go back to the sky, how can you use it?"

Then he said to Bajie, "It's Chinese New Year at this time, there are few people on the street, besides, Master's hometown is here, and I have to leave in a few days. The place where Master works is still a big city, and then you will know what it means to have a lot of people. !"

Because he was afraid of being regarded as crazy, Zhuang Fan stopped talking when he arrived at the pedestrian street. Although Wukong and Bajie went to chat, it was reported that they could transmit sound into secrets, so they were not afraid of being heard.

Guanyin followed Zhuang Fan obediently, so he didn't need to worry about it.

Today is the fourth day of the lunar new year. Although there are shops open, there are few. Zhuang Fan walked to many places and finally bought all the things on the list given by his mother. At home, the phone rang again, and the old lady sent a WeChat message, telling her to buy melon seeds and peanuts to go back.

When Zhuang Fan got home, he took out a lot of things from the trunk of the taxi, and moved them to the yard by himself, thinking of asking his father for a favor, and took the door, which was locked!

It was already past noon at this time, Zhuang Fanxin said what did the old couple do, they don't want a son anymore, took out the phone, and WeChat his queen mother: "Mother, your son is standing in the wind, open the door~~"

His mother responded quickly: "We are all at your aunt's house, we can't drive, come here by yourself!"

Zhuang Fan was dumbfounded looking at the things on the ground, he can't use the storage beads anymore, what happened, his hands were freezing while typing, so he just called his mother, but he died!

The old lady quickly replied a WeChat message: "Calling is so expensive, what are you doing, I have something to say!"

Zhuang Fan was wronged, so he had to take a photo of the things on the ground and show it to his mother: "Mother, there are too many things, where should I put them?"

The old lady said: "At the door of the other room, bring a can of milk powder over here!"

Zhuang Fan had no choice but to move his things to the door again, took out a can of milk powder, and took out the nipple of the bottle, put it under the creaking nest, and ran to his aunt's house.

Zhuang Fan asked: "Are you going with me to my aunt's house?"

Wukong groaned: "Anyway, I want to follow Master." Bajie also groaned twice, expressing that he didn't want to go back to the valley either.

Avalokitesvara said: "Don't worry, I'm getting smaller, just above your head, sitting on the lotus platform, I won't be tired, and I won't be crowded when I meet people later, let's go."

Zhuang Fan smiled and said: "Okay, let's go."

Just when there was no one on the road, Zhuang Fan said: "It's the New Year's Eve, it's not easy to bring people home, or Guanyin, you said, is my friend, with two nephews, just came to my house as a guest, my parents are very hospitable, I brought friends when I was young When I got home, they were both very enthusiastic, and my dad's cooking was delicious."

Guanyin sat on the lotus platform, blushed, and said nothing.

Wukong said: "It's been a long time since I ate the meal made by Master."

Bajie sighed and said: "Brother, you are in Huaguoshan, at least you still have something to eat. I am in Tianhe, so I have to tie my mouth up to live. If I want to eat something, I have to rely on smuggling!"

Zhuang Fan laughed, and said, "Has Fatty learned the word smuggling?"

Bajie had a good time, and before he could say anything, he heard his senior brother say: "Okay, you are still so fat, and I told you to let go of your stomach to eat, so you can still watch it?"

Bajie snorted angrily: "Eat normally, I won't be so fat!"

They were bickering when Zhuang Fan suddenly remembered and said, "Wukong, do you have any elixir that mortals can eat? My parents are also old, and they were tired when they were young. Although there is nothing serious about it, right?" , but it's not very healthy, if there are still elixirs, you can give Master two."

Wukong said: "Yes, yes, Master, those on our way to learn scriptures asked me to distribute them to the children below, but now the ones in my hands are fresh. A few days ago, the old man in Tushita Palace brought them to me. of!"

Zhuang Fan said with a smile: "It's strange, when did the Taishang Laojun have more eyes on you? Isn't he most afraid of you going to Tushita Palace to make trouble?"

Bajie said: "Master, you are reading the old Huangli in the past. Now Brother Monkey has become a saint. If it wasn't for the short time, low qualifications, and no capital under his staff, he would definitely be able to stabilize the Tathagata. Even if the Jade Emperor met Da Brother, you have to be polite, it's not surprising that Taishang Laojun and Brother Hou have a good relationship."

Zhuang Fan pursed his lips and smiled. Seeing that his aunt's house was coming soon, he stopped talking and ran two quick steps into the yard. The little flower dog who was wandering outside the house saw him, barked twice, and followed him.

Zhuang Fan lowered his head and said, "Have you peed? If you haven't, you won't be allowed into the house!"

Xiao Hua turned her head to the snow and barked twice, turned her head and rubbed Zhuang Fan's pants, Zhuang Fan took Xiao Hua and opened the door to enter the house.

Cousin Zhuang Fan was coming out. When he saw them coming in, he was overjoyed and said, "I'm about to open the door for Xiao Hua. If I knew you were coming, I wouldn't move."

Zhuang Fan said: "Stupid, I just told my mother that I want to come!"

Cousin said: "I'm in the outhouse, how would I know!"

Zhuang Fan and his aunt poked his head out and said, "Fanzi, don't mess with your brother, he knows everything all day long, just look at his broken mobile phone, he doesn't even know how to eat! Go to the kitchen and get the baby bottle or something." It's hot, your brother will wake up in a while, he should be hungry."

Zhuang Fan's stomach rumbled loudly at this time, Zhuang Fan said: "Gu, I'm hungry too, I haven't eaten yet!"

The aunt said: "Oh, my child, come back from the street, why don't you know what to eat outside! Come in, I'll cook some dumplings for you, milk powder, give me this too!" , while taking the things in Zhuang Fan's hand and walking towards the kitchen.

Cousin Zhuang Fan said: "Mom, I'm hungry too, and I want to eat dumplings, with sauerkraut stuffing! Bring me a plate!"

Aunt Zhuang Fan didn't turn her head back, and said, "No! You eat stuffed vegetables!"

Cousin Zhuang Fan howled: "Abuse! Different treatment!"

Zhuang Fan's eldest uncle was watching TV next to him, annoyed his son Howling, stretched out his foot and kicked his ass, saying: "Howling! It's Chinese New Year! Wake up your brother later!"

Cousin Zhuang Fan slumped on the sofa, holding his mobile phone to watch the live broadcast.

It was quite hot in the room, Zhuang Fan took off his down jacket, slumped beside his father, and said lazily: "Dad, why did you and my mother come to my aunt's house?"

Zhuang Fan's father was holding a copy of "Scientific Parenting" that he didn't know where it came from, and he was very excited. Hearing this, he said angrily: "It's not because of you. This morning, your mother and I didn't stop talking. If there is no food, your aunt is so wise and mighty, call me and ask your mother to come over for dinner!"

Zhuang Fan chuckled, and said: "Look at your seriousness in studying, I think you are enjoying it!"

Zhuang Fan's uncle asked: "Fanzi, what did your brother-in-law say when you went to the street? Can you adopt him? When will the formalities be completed?"

Zhuang Fan scratched his head, and said: "My brother-in-law said, first give the child enthronement information to rule out that it is not abducted, and see if anyone claims it. Only when it is confirmed that it is indeed abandoned can we enter the adoption process."

Uncle Zhuang Fan nodded and said, "That's the case. If the child is abducted, it's the New Year's Eve. Parents might be upset! What else did your brother-in-law say?"

Zhuang Fan said: "My brother-in-law said, let's take the child to the hospital for an examination to see if there is any other problem."

Zhuang Fan's father heard this, and said: "Well, we have to take a look, if there is something wrong, don't delay the treatment!"

His eldest uncle said: "The Kung Fu hospital is not open yet!"

Zhuang Fan's father said: "What can we find out in this small hospital? I thought about taking the child to a big hospital in the city for examination."

Zhuang Fan's nose was sore when he heard this, and he said, "Dad, it's freezing cold, and if you run such a long distance and make the child go wrong, let's go to the county to have a look first?"

Zhuang Fan's father sighed, and said: "That's the thing, alas, it's so cold that it's inconvenient to do anything."

Zhuang Fan and his eldest uncle said: "Look at what you mean, even if there is something wrong with this child, you two will take care of it?"

It happened that Zhuang Fan's aunt came over with a milk bottle, and said, "Bah, bah! Crow's mouth, I can't say anything good from you! The child is fine, what's wrong! Fan, the dumplings are out of the pot. Go and have a look, and count eight for your brother later, if there are too many, don’t give them!"

Zhuang Fan's cousin pulled his head out of the phone and wailed: "Oh my god, there are eight of them! Our family is going bankrupt, so we don't care about the number of dumplings!"

Aunt Zhuang Fan said: "Eat, eat, eat! You will know how to eat when you get home. Take a look at how much your waistline has increased in the past few days? Eight is enough!"

Zhuang Fan didn't interfere, and ran to the kitchen to cook dumplings. After listening to them, the dumplings would all stick to the bottom of the pot!