Wang Mei has always wanted a biological child.After more than half a year of marriage, there was no movement, so she asked for the so-called "secret recipe for childbearing" from nowhere, and boiled some messy herbs at home, making the whole room smell of medicine.I also learned from others to worship Buddha, and bought a ceramic statue of the empress giving birth to a child in the corner of the living room.

Xu Jianbing didn't say anything, but he also liked the idea of ​​having more children and more blessings in his heart. Although he already had two children, he was really happy to have another child, so he didn't stop him.

Xu Ningyu just felt that it was hard to say.It's better to go to a big hospital for an examination if you have the time to pray to God and worship Buddha.What's more, if you can't have children, it has something to do with men, so what's the use of taking medicine for women.It's just that he couldn't say these words.

After two years of tossing, Wang Mei was a little nervous, and finally succeeded in conceiving at the end of last year.Because Xu Jianbing already had two children, she was still considered a superborn child. She hid from family planning when she was a little older, and went to Xu Ningyu's grandmother's house in Xujiadian Village to wait for delivery. Xu Jianbing would go there on weekends.

Now the whole family is taken care of by Xu Xinning. The 12-year-old girl has to cook three meals a day and do all kinds of housework, which is really hard.

Xu Ningyu can't just let a little girl take care of herself.It was fine if he couldn't help at a young age, but now he is much stronger than before, so he tries his best to do what he can do.Sweeping the floor and cleaning the table, cooking rice in advance at noon, the seven-year-old doll is not as high as the stove built on the cement board in the kitchen, so he can move a small stool first, and then stand on the chair. Looks good.

The three-headed little guy was sweeping the floor with a broom that was much taller than himself, which made Xu Xinning feel distressed and cute when he saw it.She refused to let her younger brother help, thinking that Xiaoyu is a boy, how can he do housework at such a young age.Whether it is Xu Jianbing or the men in the neighbors, they rarely do small tasks such as washing dishes and clothes.

Xu Ningyu didn't listen to her. Instead, she put on a stern face and opened her mouth to teach others: "Sister, why can't men do housework? There are only two of us in the house, and I will help together. Isn't it faster to work?" The sound is like bouncing beans, especially crisp.

Xu Xinning has always given way to her younger brother, even though Xu Ningyu is several years younger than her.She couldn't compete with her younger brother, so she had no choice but to tell her worriedly: "Then be careful, don't get hurt, and don't do it when you are tired." The little girl was not unhappy, but felt that her brother was different from the men around him, I love my brother even more.

In July, with a few days left before Wang Mei's due date, Xu Jianbing took seven days of annual leave to be with her.During this period of time, he couldn't take care of his family, and it happened that Xu Xinning was on summer vacation, so he planned to send the two siblings to live with his grandparents.

Both the air and the environment in rural areas are better than mines.Big trucks pull coal in the mine every day. If you go out wearing light-colored clothes and shoes, you will be filthy when you come back.It's just that Xu Ningyu has a bad impression of grandma's house, so she doesn't like to go there.

His grandparents lived with his uncle's family. Seven of them lived in three mud-tiled houses with a small yard where they raised a flock of chickens and ducks.At that time, cement was very expensive, and the yard was not paved with concrete like later generations, and there were not many hardworking people in the family. Chicken and duck excrement was never cleaned up in time, which made the yard everywhere, and the smell was particularly unpleasant.

Last year, when Xu Jianbing brought them home to pay New Year's greetings, Xu Ningyu accidentally stepped on chicken feces as soon as he entered the door. Now thinking about it, he still feels sick to his stomach.He hurriedly said, "I want to go to grandpa's house for a few days."

He has plans to skip a grade.He will start primary school in September this year. Primary school knowledge is not difficult for him. It would be a waste of time to read step by step from the first grade, so he wants to skip a grade.He didn't plan to be too conspicuous, just skip two or three levels.He had already mentioned this matter to Xu Jianbing before, and he was planning to go to his grandfather's house to ask his aunt for help.

Xu Ningyu's grandfather was a small leader of the mine production team before retiring, so the family conditions are considered upper-class compared with those around him.

Grandma is an ordinary housewife, illiterate, but very kind to others.It's just that my health is not very good, I have chronic bronchitis, and I often need to take medicine.It is also because of this that when Xu Ningyu was just born, Xu Jianbing didn't bother his grandma to help take care of the child.

Grandpa and grandma only had two daughters in their life, which is not a pity in today's patriarchal environment.But they also cultivated their daughters, and it is rare to pay attention to education, so that their two daughters can study.Some relatives said strange things, all daughters will belong to other people's family in the future, why spend that money, and those who want to adopt boys are all scolded by grandpa.Grandpa is out of temper.

Xu Ningyu's mother is second in the family, and Xu Ningyu has an aunt named Chen Xiuying.My aunt finished high school and didn't get into a technical secondary school, and she didn't want to repeat her studies, so my grandfather asked someone to find a relationship and sent her to be a substitute teacher in the elementary school of Mining Middle School.The full name of the Mining Middle School is "Huaishui Mining Bureau No.40 Eighth Middle School". The school has eight grades and more than a dozen classes, and the scale is small.

My aunt was divorced a few years ago, and she has been living with her son at her mother's house.Her ex-husband was a security inspector at the mine and had an improper relationship with a colleague's wife, and there was a lot of trouble at the time.The parents-in-law begged Chen Xiuying to endure it for the sake of the children, and said: "Men will make mistakes, just go home." The aunt's temperament is very similar to that of her grandfather, she is more forceful, how can she bear that anger and resolutely divorce.The children and the family money belong to her, and the man's family also pays living expenses every month.

In her previous life, Xu Ningyu was actually not very close to her grandfather's family.After Xu Jianbing remarried, his relationship with Xu Ningyu's grandfather was rather awkward. In addition, Wang Mei had been deliberately obstructing him, so he rarely took Xu Ningyu and his brother to his grandfather's house.

Grandpa cares about face, besides, he is an elder, so he can't lose face and beg for a good relationship with the younger generation.My grandma would come to school from time to time to bring some food to their siblings, and my aunt would also bring some clothes, nutrition and so on during the Chinese New Year.But at that time, Wang Mei was in charge of the family, and most of those things were not used by their siblings.

In the reform of the national education system in the past 40s, the mining middle school was abolished, and all the teachers with the establishment were assigned to the towns. The teachers without the establishment like my aunt were laid off, and the basic salary was only a few hundred yuan a month.My aunt is very tired, and she goes to a stall to sell breakfast. She gets up early and sleeps late, and her hair is half gray in her [-]s.

At about the same time, my grandfather fell ill and went to the mine health center to receive penicillin. As a result, the doctor was negligent and did not give him a skin test, which resulted in a severe allergic reaction. He left quickly, and Xu Ningyu didn't see him for the last time.

At that time, Xu Ningyu was still young, and she didn't really grow until after high school. With the ability to distinguish, she can decide many things by herself.He would visit his grandma every time he was on vacation, and he has a very close relationship with his aunt and cousin.

Once again, of course Xu Ningyu wanted to get closer to his grandpa's family, and asked Xu Jianbing to take him to his grandpa's house on Sunday.Grandpa and Chen Xiuying were indifferent to Xu Jianbing, but they would not show embarrassment to Xu Ningyu's siblings.It's a pity that the younger sister and brother lost their mother, and they love each other even more, and bought them snacks and clothes.

My aunt is a school teacher. Xu Ningyu wanted to skip a grade, so of course she asked her family for help first.In the past two years, he has taken the initiative to learn to read with Xu Xinning. The knowledge in elementary school is very simple. He doesn't need to show his learning ability. His family has already regarded him as a child prodigy.

You can memorize the text after reading it a few times, and you can learn characters very quickly. If you train well, you may have a college student in your family.Xu Jianbing happily held his son high and turned around several times.However, he was used to being cautious and did not let his family members speak out.The child is so young, if someone else has bad thoughts, there is no time to cry.

Regarding the idea of ​​his son skipping a grade, Xu Jianbing began to hesitate, and asked Xu Ningyu, "Can you keep up?"

Xu Ningyu replied affirmatively: "I can." Xu Jianbing did not object.The child's aunt is a teacher, so it shouldn't be difficult.

"Okay, then go to your grandpa's house. Your grandma is not in good health, so you can't be naughty when you go." His son is smart and assertive, and Xu Jianbing has been following him more and more in recent years.Fearing that Xu Ningyu would be disappointed, he comforted him, "Skip if you can skip a grade, and read slowly if you can't. Let's not worry."

When Xu Xinning heard that she didn't need to go to her grandma's house, she happily went to pack her clothes.She is afraid of grandma and would rather go to grandpa's house.

Summer - clothes are thin, I brought Xu Ningyu two or three sets of short-sleeved sweaters and shorts, Xu Xinning packed two more skirts, and a change of small clothes, which didn't fill up her schoolbag.

Xu Jianbing packed a bottle of malted milk, a bag of milk powder, and bought two bags of orange biscuits at the canteen, then rode on his [-]th rod, and took the two children to their grandfather's house.

The big bar in front of the car has always been the seat for the youngest children in the family. Xu Ningyu sat sideways on the bar, with her little hands on the handlebars, feeling a little tight under her buttocks.He seldom goes out of the family building, because there is really nothing to see outside, it is dusty everywhere, there are no bright billboards for future generations, and there is not much greenery.It is especially dirty when it is not raining, and the soot spilled on the side of the road is scraped everywhere.

My grandfather lives in the earliest welfare house built by Xiqiao Mine, which is to the west of Xu Ningyu's building.That area is all bungalows, so it is called West Bungalows.

Although the West Bungalow is a two-bedroom house with only a kitchen, it has a small courtyard, and the open space outside the courtyard is quite wide for people to come and go. Everyone builds a small house outside the courtyard wall, occupying the upper half of the open space. It's even bigger.

The courtyard door of grandpa's house was open, and grandma and aunt sat on a small bench to wash beans there, and there was a big basin.In the courtyard of my grandfather’s house, there is a small vegetable field beside the wall. At this time, the beans are always hanging, and I have sent them to Xu’s house several times. Everyone has eaten enough, and they are ready to make capers.

Seeing that Xu Jianbing brought Xu Xinning and his siblings here, grandma immediately put down the work in surprise and said with a smile, "Jianbing is here, why didn't you go to work today?"

Chen Xiuying glanced at Xu Jianbing indifferently, and only greeted the two children.

Brother Xu Xinning said hello to grandma and aunt, and Xu Jianbing stood at the gate of the courtyard and said, "Mom, I have something to do at home, and I have to go for a few days. The two sisters are happy to come to grandpa's house. May I ask mom to take a look at it for a while."

"You just go, I just told his aunt that it's a holiday, let Xiaoxin and Xiaoyu come here. You are busy with your work, don't rush to pick it up." The grandma didn't say anything, and put her arms around the younger brother Both of them had a smile on their faces.

"Then it's troublesome for Mom and Eldest Sister. Are Dad and Taotao not here?" Xu Jianbing glanced into the back room.Although I am very afraid of the grandpa of the child, I still have to be polite, and I have to say hello to the grandpa every time I come.Tao Tao is the son of Chen Xiuying, named Chen Tao.There was so much talking in the yard, and there was no movement in the house, so it was probably because he was not at home.

Sure enough, my grandma said, "How can his grandpa stay idle? He went fishing on the dam, and Tao Tao followed him." The Huaishui River is to the south of the Xiqiao Mine, and a dam has been built on both sides of the river. Many people like to go there. fishing.

Xu Jianbing quietly breathed a sigh of relief, said a few more polite words, put his things in the house, and hurried away on his bicycle.It takes two transfers to go to Xujiadian, and there is still a long way to go, so there is no delay.

Seeing him go, Chen Xiuying came over and hugged Xu Ningyu affectionately: "Oh, our Xiaoyu is getting heavier again, and he is about to become a little chubby." She stretched out her hand to pinch Xu Ningyu's chubby face, and patted his bulging cheeks. abdomen.The short-sleeved shirt that Xu Ningyu is wearing today has a small rounded arc pushed out by her belly, and it feels very good in the hand.

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