Be nice, my baby

Chapter 4

Before the Chinese New Year, every household would boil syrup and fry rice to make candy flakes, but those who lived in a better life made more, and those who lived in a tight family made less.

At that time, ordinary families in rural areas couldn't afford snacks, candies, melon seeds, etc., so they fried peanuts and dried sweet potatoes at home instead. I have to play a tooth-fighting festival a little bit.

When the white sugar was boiled on the stove to turn it into syrup, Liu Qiang just stood by eagerly, his nose filled with the sweet smell.

"Here, take it for you, eat it slowly, don't burn it!" Mother Liu felt sorry for her son, and took out a small cup, scooped out a few spoons with a small spoon, and gave Liu Qiang the small spoon.

"Yeah!" Liu Qiang responded happily, and ran out with the cup in both hands.

Knowing that he probably wanted to find a few boys to show off to him again, Mama Liu chased him to the kitchen door worriedly and said a few words.

"Come and watch the pot, let him go!" Old Liu shouted dissatisfied because he was too busy alone.

"I can't ask you to do anything alone..." Mama Liu complained, then turned and went into the kitchen.

Liu Qiang dipped some of it with a small spoon, and put it into his mouth carefully, his mouth was filled with sweet taste, and he ran towards old man Li's house as soon as he turned his eyes.

"Daddy Li, Daddy Li, are you home?"

"Be good, come in quickly, the door is open!" Old man Li was busy up and down on the table, unable to spare time, "Your younger brother is in the room later, go find him to play!"

"I see!" Liu Qiang answered loudly, and ran towards the main room.

Li Wan was lying on the bed playing with his feet, when he saw Liu Qiang coming in, he grinned and tried to sit up, but the thick cotton coat hindered his movement.

Liu Qiang put the cup of sugar water on the low table, and helped Li Wan stand up by holding the undersides of Li Wan's arms with difficulty.

Li Wan supported the railing next to the bed and stood steadily. When he smiled, his saliva flowed out.

When old man Li was busy in the room, he was afraid that Li Wan would be accidentally burned by tying him to his body, so he made a circle of railings with his heart. When it was inconvenient to carry Li Wan, he tied the railings firmly to the bed. On the side, provincial Li Wan accidentally flipped over.

"Brother Wan is hungry? Wait a minute, Brother Qiang has syrup here, so sweet!" Liu Qiang brought the cup over, scooped it up with a small spoon, and fed it into Li Wan's mouth.

"Wow——" Li Wan burst into tears as soon as her lips touched the hot syrup, and a blister formed on her tender lips.

Liu Qiang was startled, and with a shake of his little hand, the sugar water in the spoon spilled out and dripped onto Li Wan's neck...

Hearing the sound, old man Li strode in, "What's wrong, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Daddy Li, brother Wan was scalded by me..." Liu Qiang said in panic while hugging Li Wan who was crying.

Old man Li looked at the sugar water on the low table next to him, and immediately understood. He hugged Li Wan and wiped the sugar water on Li Wan's mouth and neck with his sleeve. Let your late brother wash your face!"

Liu Qiang nodded vigorously with red eye circles, and followed Old Man Li to the kitchen.

Looking at the red marks on Li Wan's lips and neck, Liu Qiang clenched his small fists tighter and tighter, leaving a few bright red half-moon shapes on his palms...

"Brother Wan, I'm sorry, I will remember it in the future!" Liu Qiang said softly, looking at Li Wan who was still twitching in his sleep.

Liu's mother knew that Liu Qiang fed Li Wan sugar syrup and burned him. Although her child had good intentions, she did something wrong, so she took a dozen eggs to make amends.

"Hey, it's just that the children didn't pay attention. Speaking of which, I have to thank Guaiqiang for coming to play with us every day..." Old man Li pushed back again.

What else would Mama Liu say?

Old man Li stared at him, "Fellows from the village, this is contemptuous!"

"What did Uncle Li say..." Liu Ma said with a smile.

"As long as you are good and strong, you will come to play with Wanzai in the future!" Old man Li said with a big smile.

Mama Liu agreed again and again, and took the eggs back...

"New Year's Eve! New Year's Eve..."

From midnight on New Year's Eve until seven or eight in the morning on the first day of the new year, the sound of firecrackers was never heard.

Old man Li and Li Wan were picked up by the second brother Li to watch the night. Old man Li is a traditional Chinese farmer, even though his body and bones are not as good as before, he still insisted on keeping the watch, but he was getting old and there was no TV at that time. After a while, he sat by the stove and dozed off. Second Li persuaded Old Man Li a few times and told him to go to bed to rest for a while, but he was reprimanded by Old Man Li, so he had to give up and asked his wife to take a The old quilt came out and covered Old Man Li.

When the firecrackers went off, the nine-month-old Li Wan was awakened, crying at the top of her throat.

The old man Li, who had some back ears, sat up straight in a clever way, turned around and picked up Li Wan, bouncing up and down, "Hey, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Daddy is here..."

"Dad, I'm going to make dumplings!" Li's second wife said loudly, and walked quickly towards the kitchen.

Li Laoer's five-year-old son cheered and followed Li Laoer's wife to the kitchen.

After a burst of firecrackers, the shouts and laughter of children came from outside.

"Mom, Mom, I'm going to play with my brother Wan!" Liu Qiang shouted as he skipped to eat his favorite dumplings.

"Crack!" Mama Liu patted Liu Qiang unceremoniously, "Your younger brother and father Li have gone to Uncle Li's house, be honest and ask your father to serve dumplings!"

Liu Qiang agreed reluctantly and yelled in the kitchen, "Dad, Mom asked you to serve the dumplings!"

Father Liu happily agreed, and quickly walked into the kitchen...

Here, old man Li ate two big bowls of dumplings dipped in vinegar, and fed Li Wan a few dumpling wrappers, wiped his mouth, and said to Second Li, "Second brother, I'm going home!"

"Dad, why don't you sit down for a while?" Li's second wife said politely with a half smile.

"No, Wanzai is going to sleep, and everyone in the family is not a problem!" Old man Li replied loudly while hugging Li Wan.

"Dad, Dad, wait a minute, take some dumplings back to eat tomorrow morning!" Second Li chased after him and said, then turned back and shouted to his wife: "Hurry up and pretend!"

Muttering a few words in her mouth, Li's mother-in-law went to the kitchen reluctantly, and brought out more than twenty dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork. .

Old man Li was also polite, he held Li Wan with one hand, and freed his other hand to take it.

"Dad, I'll take you there!" Seeing this, Li's second child helped pick up Li Wan.

Of course, my own son, old man Li, was even more impolite, and he was the first to leave the room with a big porcelain bowl...

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