The leisurely life of the reborn daddy

Chapter 147 Cheng Xiaolin blames herself very much (please subscribe, ask for monthly ticket) 6200 words 23138
At around 9 o'clock in the morning, a Buick LaCrosse with a Beijing badge was running on the highway, heading for Chengjiapo, Dayao Town, Anwu County.

At this point in time, there were very few cars on the road, so Cao Shujie drove very fast.

Cheng Xiaolin told Cao Shujie after seeing it in the back seat: "Shujie, just drive slowly, we are not in a hurry."

"It's okay, I know what's going on," Cao Shujie said.

All in all, he has been a veteran driver for more than 20 years, and he always puts safety as the core!

Mengmeng is looking at the little pug in the cardboard box in the back seat. With this puppy, she is surprisingly quiet now.

Cao Shujie never thought that a naughty girl like his daughter would become a lady because of a little pug. This caught him by surprise, but in some respects, he was also very lenient with this little pug.

For example, he has never had the habit of bringing dogs in the car, but this little pug is an exception, and this is the second time.

The little pug raised its head in the cardboard box and looked at Mengmeng who was looking down at it. The little pug's eyes seemed to move around in circles.

Look closely, and you'll notice that this little pug has flattering eyes.

It is very smart, and seems to know that Mengmeng is the most favored in this family, and it is also moving closer to Mengmeng to get more attention and attention, and then gain benefits.

Cheng Xiaolin now looks at this little pug very pleasing to the eye.

She couldn't remember how long she had been able to sit in the car and play with her mobile phone in such a relaxed way as now. The last time she didn't have to think about coaxing Mengmeng like now seemed to be a long time ago when she took the train to school.

After a while, Cheng Xiaolin looked sideways at the little pug playing with her daughter, and she still thought about giving it another meal another day.

At least one chicken leg, or a bone with meat, otherwise there is no sincerity.

"Puppy dog, let me tell you, grandma has an older brother." Mengmeng said delicately.

Then she shook her head and said, "But when you get to grandma's house, if brother touches you, you will bite him."

Cheng Xiaolin: "..."

She never expected that her daughter would have such extremely dangerous thoughts, and she was glad she discovered it early.

She didn't have the time to play with her mobile phone this time, so she put the mobile phone in her pocket and said quickly: "Mengmeng, when you get to grandma's house, you can't let Xiaobai bite your brother Dongdong, or you won't be allowed to go, you know?" ?”

"Why?" Mengmeng had a blank expression on her face, and she couldn't figure out what this had to do with her naive little head.
She said, "If my brother doesn't touch Xiaobai, I won't let Xiaobai bite him."

Cheng Xiaolin taught her again, only to realize that Mengmeng seems to have a strong desire to protect her "things", and it seems difficult to change his mind in a short time.

For the rest of the way, Cheng Xiaolin kept reasoning with her daughter, her mouth was dry and she felt a little tired.

In the second half of the journey, Cheng Xiaolin inexplicably felt that the distance was too long, and she was going crazy. Her husband Cao Shujie also drove to the door of the house.

Just as Cao Shujie wanted to get out of the car, he closed the door again.

He told Cheng Xiaolin in the back seat to put on thick clothes and a hat for Mengmeng, then opened the door again and got out of the car, and opened the rear door for his wife.

A gust of cold wind entered the car along the open door, making Cheng Xiaolin shrink back, and she hugged Mengmeng even tighter.

"Why is it so cold now?" Cheng Xiaolin muttered.

I didn't feel it in the car just now, but as soon as I got out, I felt that the temperature dropped several degrees abnormally.

Cao Shujie looked up at the sky, and said, "Look, my wife, the sky has changed."

When Cheng Xiaolin heard her husband say this, she also looked up at the sky, the sky was indeed not pretty.

"The weather forecast for the past two days said that there will be snow in the near future, so it won't fall today?" Cheng Xiaolin felt speechless.

She really doesn't want it to snow today. Her mother hasn't installed radiators in her house yet, so she still uses the most primitive stove to raise the temperature in the room, but only the master bedroom has this configuration. If it snows, the temperature will rise. It will continue to drop, and if the drop is too big, they will not be able to go back, and it will be uncomfortable to think about it at night.

Cao Shujie also thought of this, and he took the initiative to say: "Honey, is there a radiator installed here? No, let's pay for it for my parents."

"Let's talk about it, I really don't know where it is, and besides, my parents won't let you pay for it." Cheng Xiaolin said.

"Mom, little dog." Mengmeng hadn't forgotten about the little pug, and asked her mother to help him out.

"Wow, woof, woof." Pug Xiaobai suddenly saw an unfamiliar environment, and subconsciously barked a few times.

When it saw Mengmeng, it became quiet again.

Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin were surprised when they saw this scene.

"Honey, this little pug is pretty smart, it seems to know Mengmeng." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie followed suit and nodded: "I discovered this two days ago. This puppy is indeed quite smart. Those at home will be likable."

"Does this count as bullshit, hahahaha?" Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help laughing out loud.

While the couple were talking, Cao Shujie opened the trunk and was about to take things home. At this moment, the closed door of his mother-in-law's house opened from the inside.

Mother-in-law Li Xiaojuan appeared at the gate holding her grandson Cheng Tiandong's little hand. After seeing them, she hurriedly took her grandson to this side.

Walking in front of Cao Shujie and the others, Li Xiaojuan asked habitually, "Shujie, is your journey going well?"

Cao Shujie nodded with a smile and said, "Mom, it's okay, there aren't many cars on the road."

"Mom, it's so cold outside, why did you bring Dongdong out?" Cheng Xiaolin said.

As soon as she finished speaking, Cheng Xiaolin heard her nephew coughing 'cough cough'.

The cough was very rapid and severe, and her face turned red after coughing, Cheng Xiaolin raised her eyebrows: "Mom, Dongdong has a cold?"

"Well, I went out to play two days ago. He didn't wear much clothes. He coughed and had a runny nose. It's nothing serious. I'm taking medicine for him. Don't worry, he's fine." Li Xiaojuan said.

From her own point of view, Cheng Xiaolin felt very complicated.

Especially in the group of children, colds are the most contagious disease, and after infection, everyone's physical condition is different, some are mild and some are severe, but Mengmeng belongs to the kind that coughs up the lungs. Treatment It is very troublesome to get up, the children are uncomfortable, and the adults also suffer.

She also felt that she was a little careless this time. When she called his mother before coming here, why did she forget to ask about it.

Seeing his wife's complexion was not very good, Cao Shujie knew what his wife was thinking at a guess, and shook his head and waved at his wife with his back to his mother-in-law, signaling her not to say more.

Cheng Xiaolin thought that since they were all here, they couldn't go back. The best way was to keep their cousins ​​away later.

But Cheng Xiaolin forgot this point is the most difficult, children who care about this.

"Wow woof, woof..."

The little pug was led by Mengmeng on a leash, rubbed against her legs, and barked when he saw a stranger.

The barking of the pug immediately attracted the attention of Mengmeng and her little cousin Cheng Tiandong.

Even Li Xiaojuan asked curiously: "Linlin, where did the puppy come from?"

"Mom, Shujie got it for Mengmeng. Mengmeng likes this puppy very much, and she has to take it with her whenever she goes out." Cheng Xiaolin said.

"Grandma, little dog." Cheng Tiandong, who had been silent since meeting Cao Shujie and the others, spoke for the first time.

"Hey, go and have a look, your cousin's puppy, don't touch it." Li Xiaojuan also knew to tell her grandson not to touch the puppy to avoid being bitten.

But when Cheng Xiaolin heard her mother say this, just as she was thinking of finding some reason to stop her, her nephew Cheng Tiandong had already run to the side of the puppy, standing opposite Mengmeng, looking at the little white-haired pug at his cousin's feet.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Dongdong coughed several times one after another, and when he coughed violently, some saliva was coughed up by him, floating in the air.

And opposite him happened to be his little cousin Mengmeng.

Cheng Xiaolin couldn't think of anything else, so she hurriedly asked, "Mom, do you have a mask at home?"

"There's no such thing, why do you need a mask?" Li Xiaojuan asked her daughter.

Cheng Xiaolin looked at her nephew Cheng Tiandong and said, "Didn't Dongdong have a cough, especially for children like them? Colds are the most contagious. Mengmeng can easily get bronchitis when she catches a cold."

As soon as Li Xiaojuan heard it, she said, "I really don't have any masks at home, why don't I go to the pharmacy to buy some?"

"Mom, forget it, don't buy it, there are still ginger and brown sugar at home." Cheng Xiaolin asked.

Li Xiaojuan nodded: "Yes, you mean make some brown sugar ginger water for her, right?"

"Well, that's right." Cheng Xiaolin looked at her nephew and said, "Give Dongdong a bowl too, it will help prevent colds."

"Okay, go in quickly." Li Xiaojuan said.

Li Xiaojuan and Cheng Xiaolin and their mother and daughter walked home holding Dongdong and Mengmeng's hands respectively.

The little pug followed Mengmeng into the house, and Cao Shujie followed with his things at the end.

He asked, "Mom, isn't my dad back, isn't he at home?"

"He went to settle the bill, and his contractor said he would pay them for the first half of the year." Li Xiaojuan said so.

Hearing this statement, Cao Shujie was not surprised. Those who follow the project these days are really not very quick to settle the bill.

Many owe a year.

The stove was lit in the room, and the red flames ignited, making the room very warm.

As soon as she entered the room, Cheng Xiaolin went to cut ginger slices and prepared to boil brown sugar ginger water.

Mengmeng and Dongdong and their cousins ​​got together and looked at the pug Xiaobai. Mengmeng said proudly: "It's called Xiaobai, but you can listen to me."

"Xiaobai." Dongdong yelled after hearing what his cousin said, but the pug Xiaobai didn't like him, he was very unconvinced, and stretched out his hand to touch Xiaobai.

But Xiaobai always remembered Mengmeng's order, and when he saw someone else wanted to touch him, he raised his dog's head and barked, startling Dongdong.

"Wow!"

Cheng Tiandong was so frightened that he burst into tears on the spot.

Cheng Xiaolin, who was cutting ginger slices, heard her nephew crying loudly. She didn't know what happened, so she asked, "Shujie, what's wrong?"

"Dongdong wanted to touch Xiaobai just now, but Xiaobai yelled and scared him." Cao Shujie looked at his daughter and felt a headache.

This girl is really annoying.

Li Xiaojuan'er heard that this was the case, so she didn't think much about it. It didn't take long for Dongdong to stop crying after she came over to coax her.

Going to touch the pug Xiaobai again, but Xiaobai is very smart this time, plus Cao Shujie is staring at him, so Xiaobai dare not call out to scare people, let Cheng Tiandong touch him a few times, he looks like a good baby .

Seeing that Xiaobai is very popular, Mengmeng is quite proud.

After Cheng Xiaolin boiled the brown sugar ginger water, she asked Cao Shujie to bring two small bowls, gave each of her daughter and nephew a bowl, and coaxed them to drink.

Mengmeng stuck out her tongue while drinking, and kept shouting: "Mom, it's so spicy, so spicy."

"Bah, bah, bah!" She seemed to want to spit out the heat, but it was useless.

After a while, sweat dripped from her forehead.

Cao Shujie took his daughter's thermos, let her drink a few sips of water, and took a few pieces of paper to wipe off the sweat on her forehead.

Cheng Tiandong saw his cousin drink the whole bowl of brown sugar and ginger water, he also drank a couple of sips, and no one persuaded him to drink the rest.

When Cao Shujie's father-in-law Cheng Rengui came back, Cheng Xiaolin was serving food on the table. Seeing him coming in, she shouted happily, "Dad, you're back."

"Linlin, Shujie, when did you arrive?" When Cheng Rengui saw his son-in-law, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, he swept away his sorrow just now and became happy.

"Dad, we'll be there after 9 o'clock. My mother said you should go and ask for the bill. How did you get it? Did you give it?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

It's not that he expects the few money from him, it's pure curiosity.

Hearing the daughter's question, Cheng Rengui sighed: "It's okay to give it for three months, it's better than not getting a point."

"Ah, isn't it owed for half a year? Why did you pay so little?" Cheng Xiaolin was very angry, and she said, "It will be Chinese New Year in two more months, and you only pay three months' salary."

Cheng Rengui is used to it, he said: "This is considered good, at least the settlement has been made in advance. In previous years, the first half of the year was not available until the end of the year."

Cao Shujie was not surprised to hear his father-in-law say that.

Li Xiaojuan felt very helpless when her husband said that she only got three months' salary, but there was nothing she could do.

Cheng Xiaolin complained to her husband Cao Shujie: "Shujie, why do you think these people are like this? They have money themselves, why don't they pay the bill?"

Cao Shujie said with a half-smile: "Honey, you really don't understand that the contractor really doesn't necessarily have to be rich."

As soon as he finished speaking, his father-in-law Cheng Rengui also nodded and said, "Li Guangqing should get the money from the project, otherwise he will have to wait until the end of the year."

"Dad, are you out of work because of this?" Cao Shujie asked.

Cheng Rengui nodded: "Yes, we took the lead and were unhappy with each other, but we can't make trouble. Something happened to Cheng Dagua's family and he needed money. Li Guangqing has been paying in advance. He doesn't have much money in his hand. He can only find a project. Go up and ask for money."

Only then did Cheng Xiaolin suddenly realize that there were still so many things going on.

Li Xiaojuan was irritated, she said: "It's time for dinner, let's eat quickly."

After she spoke, the others stopped talking about it and gathered around the table to prepare for dinner.

After lunch, Cheng Xiaolin boiled some brown sugar ginger water for her daughter and nephew.

Cao Shujie drank tea and chatted with his father-in-law. When it came to the incident at noon, Cao Shujie asked his father-in-law: "Dad, are you going to work on the construction site in the future?"

"I'm also thinking about this, but if I don't do this, I won't do anything else." Cheng Rengui was very helpless, he didn't have strong skills.

Cao Shujie pondered for a while, then said to his father-in-law, "Dad, why don't I give you an idea."

"What?" Cheng Rengui asked him.

Then I heard Cao Shujie say: "You raise cattle."

"It doesn't need to be too many, just raise four or five at a time." Cao Shujie said.

He said: "You are like me, who raised 50 cows at one time. I will buy another batch of calves in the new year."

"Dad, if you want to raise it, I'll help you contact the calf, and the price is not expensive." Cao Shujie said.

Hearing what his son-in-law said, Cheng Rengui was really moved. He hesitated and asked, "Is it okay?"

"Dad, can I still lie to you? Generally speaking, raising cattle is relatively easy. You just feed them regularly every day, and there is nothing else to do." Cao Shujie told his father-in-law about his experience in raising cattle during this period. again.

After Cao Shujie finished speaking, Cheng Rengui was even more moved. He said, "Let me discuss it with your mother."

"Dad, this is a big deal. You should discuss it carefully." Cao Shujie said, "If you are raising cattle at home, you should raise less at the beginning and explore the experience. After you think it's OK, you can raise more. Anyway, after a long time, it will definitely be better than yours." It’s better to work outside.”

Cheng Rengui also understood this truth, he nodded with a pensive expression on his face.

When seeing his wife Li Xiaojuan, Cheng Rengui told his wife about "raising cattle".

After listening, Li Xiaojuan did not express her opinion directly. The main reason was that she felt that her husband was honest and had never done this job before. She always felt that he was not that kind of material.

But Cheng Xiaolin saw her mother's unclear attitude, and said, "Mom, it's good to raise cattle."

"Anyway, we keep those 50 pigs at home, and we haven't seen much trouble." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Until Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin left, Li Xiaojuan didn't make it clear whether she would keep her or not.

"My parents are too hesitant to do things, looking forward and backward, this is not okay." Cheng Xiaolin said in the car.

Hearing what she said, Cao Shujie smiled and said, "Honey, you can't say that. How old are our parents?"

"I'll be 50 years old after the Chinese New Year." Cheng Xiaolin opened her mouth and said, she remembered it clearly.

Cao Shujie stared at the front and smiled: "Yes, at this age, you expect them to accept their own business all at once, wouldn't it be difficult?"

"But that's raising cattle!" Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie asked her: "Honey, tell me, if our dad starts raising cattle, will he rely on these cattle to generate income in the future?"

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Yes."

"That's enough. It's the foundation of their future survival. They have to think about it carefully before they are responsible for themselves. There's nothing wrong with it," Cao Shujie said.

Cheng Xiaolin also realized that her thinking was too simple.

……

On the way back, it was getting darker and darker, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. Cao Shujie lowered the speed of the car again and again to avoid accidents.

Although there was a little delay on the road, he returned home smoothly.

When Wang Yuelan saw them coming back, she was surprised: "Shujie, Linlin, I thought you were going to stay, why are you back?"

"Mom, there's a lot of work at home, I can't help it." Cheng Xiaolin said.

She also wanted to stay, but when she thought that there were so many jobs in the orchard, she felt uneasy.

In addition, her nephew had a cold and a severe cough. To be honest, Cheng Xiaolin was afraid that her daughter would be infected.

But she didn't say these words to her mother-in-law, and Cao Shujie didn't think about that.

Wang Yuelan also mentioned one more thing, she said: "Shujie, the person who installed the radiator in the town has been here, and left after measuring the size of the house, saying that he will come and install it in about three days."

"Why so slow?" Cao Shujie wondered.

Wang Yuelan gave her son a white look, and said: "It's cold now, and there are many people installing radiators, it's already fast."

Cao Shujie was right when he thought about it. If he thought about it carefully, he could accept it for three days.

Before going to bed at night, Cheng Xiaolin boiled a bowl of brown sugar ginger water for her daughter and asked her to drink it. Seeing that her daughter hadn't coughed, Cheng Xiaolin was only half relieved.

But the luck seemed to be coming to an end. After 12 o'clock in the evening, there was a sound of "cough cough, cough cough", which was very clear in the middle of the night.

Cheng Xiaolin, who was sleeping, was awakened by her daughter's coughing.

When she saw Mengmeng coughing all the time, and when she coughed badly, her back arched, she knew that Mengmeng was not spared.

"Shu Jie, Shu Jie..."

Cheng Xiaolin woke her husband up.

"What's wrong?" Cao Shujie asked in a daze, and then he heard his daughter coughing.

He understood immediately, and said, "Don't worry, I'll go find some medicine for Mengmeng, and you should give her a drink of water first."

"Yeah!" Cheng Xiaolin nodded, she reached out and groped to find her daughter's thermos beside the pillow.

"Snapped!"

Immediately after a burst of blinding light, it was Cao Shujie who fumbled for the switch on the wall and turned on the light in the room.

While Mengmeng was drinking water, Cao Shujie hurried to the small medicine box outside to pick up cough medicine.

Cao Shujie quickly went through the medicine box, and only then did he find the cough medicine. He found a small cup, put the medicine in the cup, poured warm water and stirred it evenly, then took it back into the house and handed it to his wife: "Honey, let Mengmeng take medicine."

"Hmm!" Cheng Xiaolin felt distressed when she saw her daughter coughing, and blamed herself even more: "Shujie, when I call my mother, I just ask one more question. If I know that Dongdong has a cold and cough, let's go to the hospital first." If you don't go back, you will save yourself from infecting Mengmeng, which makes her feel so uncomfortable."

Cao Shujie comforted her: "Honey, don't think so, Mengmeng may not be infected by Dongdong, she may have run wild by herself, and caught a cold."

"Don't comfort me, I know it well." Cheng Xiaolin saw that her daughter was still coughing after drinking the medicine, and for a while the cough was so anxious that she even vomited out a mouthful.

The two of them watched helplessly as the daughter vomited on the bed sheet, and the smell of fermented rot came, and the bed sheet had to be removed.

After such a toss, finally waited for Mengmeng to stabilize, let Cheng Xiaolin hold Mengmeng and move back and forth on the bed, Cao Shujie grabbed the part of Mengmeng's vomit with his hands and peeled off the bed sheet.

After finishing his work, it was almost two o'clock in the middle of the night, and he couldn't bear the sleepiness because he didn't even bother to put on new sheets.

The old couple Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo heard the news and wanted to come to help, but Cao Shujie stopped them.

"Dad, Mom, I'm done. Go back to sleep," he said.

That night, the couple tossed and tossed for most of the night, and neither of them slept well.

Until the next morning, Cao Shujie rarely woke up an hour late, but he still felt sleepy and didn't seem to wake up.

　Good morning, friends!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)