Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 342 Sheng Xinhua and Huahua
Huahua's return made this morning in the Sheng family particularly lively.

Sheng Xitai and Chen Feng, who originally slept until after six o'clock every day, had to be urged by Zhang Shuzhen to get up. When they heard the noise in the outer room, they climbed out of bed without anyone calling and went to play with Huahua. .

After breakfast, these few were still in love with Huahua and refused to leave.

If Zhou Qinglan hadn't scolded each of them one by one with wide eyes, those few would have been late this morning.

"Mom, let's go first. We'll come back and cook together at noon."

Zhou Qinglan said hello to Zhang Shuzhen, kissed her son, and then led the children out and went straight to school.

When Sheng Xinhua saw that his mother was gone, Lai Jiji was unhappy.

When Sheng Xiping saw it, he simply took his son out to see the big tiger.

Sheng Xinhua has seen his own dog and his neighbor's cat, but he has never seen a tiger.

Suddenly seeing such a big cat, he was so happy that he twisted his body and went to Huahua.

"Huahua, this is my son, his name is Sheng Xinhua. Oops, your names are a bit similar."

Sheng Xiping hugged his son and squatted next to Huahua, and said with a smile.

For nearly a year, Huahua has been living in the wild. The environment in the mountains and forests is harsh and full of dangers.

Huahua is underage and is still a young tiger. In order to adapt to life in the wild, she must remain vigilant at all times.

But the Sheng family is different. This is where Huahua has lived since she was a child, and it is also where she can feel most at ease.

So Huahua, who returned to Sheng's house, was very relaxed, lying on the ground lazily.

The children were so noisy just now that Huahua didn't even get up, so she just lay there and was rubbed by the children.

At this moment, Sheng Xiping came over with the child in his arms. Huahua propped up his front legs, half sitting, and then stretched his head into Sheng Xiping's arms and smelled it.

Babies who have not been weaned have a milky smell all over their bodies.

Ordinary people may not be able to smell it, but for animals, especially cats, the smell is very obvious.

Some people say that cats respect the old and love the young, and are especially fond of children at home. Later, some people said that cats prefer the smell of milk on children, so they are happy to get close to children.

And most cats, no matter how much the children at home torture them, cats have a high tolerance for children.

It's hard to say whether there is any scientific basis for this statement, but Huahua's performance clearly shows that she particularly likes Sheng Xinhua.

After smelling Sheng Xinhua, he gently nudged Sheng Xinhua twice with his big head.

Sheng Xinhua danced happily. The baby's little hands were so strong that he grabbed the piece of fur on the top of Huahua's head.

"Hey, you naughty kid, why are you still grabbing Huahua's fur? No, let go."

Sheng Xiping was frightened when he saw it. No matter how docile Huahua was, he was still the king of the forest. How could he come up and grab the tiger's head?

Isn't this the old man who has eaten arsenic and is tired of living?

Sheng Xiping quickly raised his hand, coaxing his son to let go of his hand, and then taught him to touch it with his hands instead of grabbing it.

During the whole process, Huahua didn't react at all. She just squinted her eyes and made a purring sound, as if she was enjoying it.

"Hey, please give me the baby quickly. Xinhua's hand is neither light nor heavy. What if it hurts Huahua again?"

Zhang Shuzhen had just finished clearing the table, and as soon as she came out of the east room, she saw Sheng Xiping and his father playing with the big cat. Zhang Shuzhen hurriedly came forward and took little Xinhua away.

"Hurry up and take off the wolf skin, lynx skin, etc. If you can eat the meat, keep it. If you can't eat it, just feed it to Huahua or the dog.

It's time for you to go to work again later, so don't delay your serious business. "

Little Xinhua was reluctantly carried into the east room by her grandma. As she walked, the little guy kept shouting and waving his little hands in the direction of Huahua.

That means he doesn't care enough about big cats yet.

Huahua, who was lying on the ground, stopped lying on her stomach at this time and followed Zhang Shuzhen into the east room.

Zhang Shuzhen was sitting on the edge of the kang, and Huahua was lying next to Zhang Shuzhen, rubbing her head against Zhang Shuzhen's legs and purring.

Sheng Xinhua became even more dishonest in grandma's arms. He tried his best to get away from Huahua, and even wanted to play with Huahua.

"Huahua, you go up to the kang and play with Xinhua. He misses you."

When Zhang Shuzhen saw this, what could she do? She could only put Sheng Xinhua on the kang, turned around and said something to Huahua.

When Huahua was little, she loved getting on the kang most. She often jumped on the kang to play with Sheng Xitai and Chen Feng when Zhang Shuzhen wasn't paying attention.

So when she heard Zhang Shuzhen's words, Huahua stood up, gently put her front legs on the edge of the kang, and got on the kang without much exertion.

Huahua didn't move around after getting on the kang. She just lay down on the kang, exposing her belly.

Sheng Xinhua didn't care about that, and tried his best to break away from Zhang Shuzhen's arms, climbed to Huahua's side using both hands and feet, and lay down directly next to Huahua.

The little head rested directly on Huahua's front legs, actually using Huahua as a pillow.

Zhang Shuzhen shook her head and sat on the kang looking at the tiger and the child.

She didn't dare to stay too far away. Sheng Xinhua was quite honest at the moment, but who could guarantee that he wouldn't be naughty for a while?
What if he gets into trouble and scratches Huahua's fur, hurting Huahua, and bites him?
No matter how docile Huahua is, she is still a wild tiger, and she still has a temper, so don't dare to be careless.

Zhang Shuzhen was watching a tiger and a baby in the room, while Sheng Xiping quickly skinned both the lynx and the wolf in the outer room.

After a night, the meat was indeed covered with meat, and there was a stinking smell.

There was no shortage of meat at home, so I simply chopped up all the meat and took it outside to feed the dogs.

"Huahua, are you hungry? Come out and eat some meat." Sheng Xiping stood at the door of the east room and greeted Huahua.

But Huahua ignored Sheng Xiping at all, still lying on the kang, wagging the tip of his tail, not even bothering to move.

"You lazy cat, you become so lazy as soon as you come home."

Sheng Xiping shook his head and put the meat in the basin. He could feed Huahua when he wanted to eat it.

The wolf and lynx skins have been processed and temporarily sent to the warehouse to dry in the shade.

After finishing all this work, Sheng Xiping looked at the time and saw that it was getting late and he had to go to work.

"Mom, I'm going to work. There is meat in the outer room. If Huahua gets hungry later, you can give it some meat."

Sheng Xiping stood at the door of the east room, stretched his head and said to Zhang Shuzhen.

"Don't let Mr. Sheng Xinhua rub Huahua. That's a tiger, not our cat."

Zhang Shuzhen made a shushing gesture toward Sheng Xiping and whispered. "Don't make any noise, your son is asleep."

"Ah? It's not eight o'clock yet. Are you going to bed?" Sheng Xiping looked at the kang in surprise.

Sure enough, his son was lying next to Huahua, his eyes closed and motionless, falling asleep.

"Why didn't he make any fuss today?"

Most children are fussy, especially in the morning. After Zhou Qinglan goes to work, Sheng Xinhua always has to fuss for a while before going to sleep.

So Sheng Xiping was really surprised when he saw his son sleeping peacefully.

"I guess I woke up Lao Liu and the others this morning. He got up early, and because he cares about Huahua, he fell asleep leaning against Huahua."

Sheng Xiping couldn't help but smile when he saw his son lying next to Huahua, soundly asleep.

"I didn't expect that Huahua can also coax the baby to sleep. Huahua, thank you for your hard work. There is meat in the outer room. If you are hungry, go and eat it. I went to work and will come back to see you at noon."

Sheng Xiping waved to Huahua, put on his big cotton-padded jacket and walked out.

Huahua lay motionless on the kang. She just opened her eyes and looked at Sheng Xiping, and the tip of her tail shook twice.

I don’t know, I really thought it could understand Sheng Xiping’s words.

It was getting late, and Sheng Xiping couldn't delay any longer, so he got dressed properly, said something to Zhang Shuzhen, and quickly went out and went straight to the field.

The security department didn't have much to do during the day. In the morning, they went to the field department to make a handover, and then a few people on the day shift patrolled the forest farm twice to see if there were any abnormalities everywhere.

After that, you can go back to the office, drink tea, brag and read the newspaper.

I get off work at 11:30 noon, go home for dinner, come back to work at 01:30 pm, and get off work at [-] pm.

When Sheng Xiping came home from get off work, it was already dark outside.

As soon as I entered the gate, I heard the laughter and laughter in the house, especially Sheng Xitai's voice, which could be heard outside.

On a normal day, when Sheng Xiping comes home from get off work, Erlang Shen and his dogs will start to chirp for a while when they see him, and they have to let Sheng Xiping coax them to play for a while before they can enter the house.

But today, all the dogs were lying in their dens and did not come out.

Sheng Xiping knew at a glance that Huahua hadn't left yet. Erlangshen and the others were afraid of Huahua and didn't dare to come out to play.

In fact, the reaction of Erlangshen and the others was considered good. If other people's dogs saw the tiger, they would be frightened and pee.

The dogs didn't come out, and Sheng Xiping didn't tease them. He just opened the door and entered the house.

In the kitchen of the outhouse, Zhang Shuzhen and Zhou Qinglan were putting away the food.

The two pots in the east and west rooms were open, and steam filled the air.

The dim light reflected the fog, creating a halo of orange from deep to light, making everything in the room look a little unreal.

"Hey, the boss is back? Just in time, wash your hands and eat quickly.

I yelled at the kids in the house. Those naughty kids were so obsessed with Huahua that they didn’t even want to eat. "

When Zhang Shuzhen saw her son coming back, she smiled and asked him to wash his hands.

Sheng Xiping nodded and stepped into the east room, where he saw Huahua squatting on the kang with the kangqin behind him.

Sheng Xinhua was holding the kangqin in one hand and Huahua in the other and stood beside Huahua. Sheng Xitai and Chen Feng were sitting around.

The scene in front of me felt very warm somehow.

Sheng Xiping felt very regretful. If only he had a camera at home, he would have taken a photo of the scene in front of him. What a precious souvenir it was.

Well, it seems that I still have to make more money. If I have the opportunity in the future, I must sell a camera and take more pictures of the scenery and people of this era.

Years later, these are rare memories.

"Son, daddy is back. Why don't you say hello to daddy? Come on, daddy gives you a hug."

Sheng Xiping took off his coat and hat and hung them on the wall. He turned around and clapped his hands towards Sheng Xinhua, beckoning Sheng Xinhua to come over for a hug.

If this was the usual time, as soon as Sheng Xiping clapped his hands, Sheng Xinhua crawled over and shouted for his father to hold him.

But today, Sheng Xinhua didn't even pay attention to his father. Instead, he hugged Huahua's neck with both hands and kissed Huahua in various ways.

Well, once Huahua came, his father fell out of favor.

Sheng Xiping never thought that one day he would be no match for a tiger, and he was stunned on the spot.

When Sheng Xitai, Chen Feng and Sheng Yunfang saw this situation, they all laughed.

"Why are you laughing? Why don't you wash your hands quickly? It's time to eat." Sheng Xi scolded her with a straight face.

The children suppressed their laughter and quickly put on their shoes and went to the ground to wash their hands and get ready to eat.

Just at this time, Zhang Shuzhen and Zhou Qinglan also packed up the food.

Tonight, my family is having steamed buns stuffed with pickled cabbage and pork.

When pickling sauerkraut in the fall, I usually put the wrapped cabbage in the bottom of the tank, layer by layer.

The top layer is the head of the vat, which holds the kind of cabbage that the locals call Pa La Ke Zi.

This is done to prevent the cylinder head from rotting. It would not be a pity to use some twigs as the cylinder head if it rots.

Zhang Shuzhen's pickling skills are quite good, and the pickling at the head of the vat is also pretty good.

But this thing doesn't have fillings, it's just cabbage. The stew is not delicious, but it's good for making steamed buns.

I happened to have a wild boar at home that Sheng Xiping shot two days ago. I chopped some of it, mixed it with some oil, and steamed it in steamed buns. It was very good.

It also saves worry. You can have a pot of porridge and steamed buns in the morning, which is convenient.

"Come on, these are big steamed buns stuffed with pickled cabbage. Hurry up and sit down and eat."

Two baskets of steamed buns were brought to the table, along with a bowl of garlic sauce, and that was it for dinner.

How many children are not willing to eat the fragrant steamed stuffed buns stuffed with sauerkraut?
At this moment, Sheng Xitai and the others didn't care about the rare flowers. They all sat around the table and each took a big bun to eat.

Sheng Xinhua was still young and couldn't eat such big buns, so Zhang Shuzhen specially cooked a bowl of noodles for her grandson, with chopped meat and cabbage in it.

Zhang Shuzhen brought her grandson over, sat on her lap, scooped some noodles with a spoon to cool down, and fed Xinhua one spoonful at a time.

But Sheng Xinhua, seeing everyone else eating steamed buns, and how delicious they were, made him very greedy.

So, the little boy took two mouthfuls of noodles and refused to eat any more, insisting on shouting at Zhou Qinglan.

"What are you doing, Xinhua? Why don't you like eating anymore?"

Zhang Shuzhen was feeding her with a spoon, but Sheng Xinhua kept her mouth shut and refused to eat, which confused Zhang Shuzhen.

When Zhang Shuzhen said this, Sheng Xiping and his wife also noticed it, but they didn't understand it either.

Because Sheng Xinhua has always been very diligent in eating, basically eating whatever is given to him and never being picky, otherwise how could he be so fat?What happened tonight?
"Hey, little brother wants to eat steamed buns. He's greedy for steamed buns." Over there, Chen Feng suddenly said.

"Baozi?" Zhang Shuzhen was stunned for a moment, then picked up her own bun and brought it to Sheng Xinhua's mouth.

Zhang Shuzhen just took two bites of the bun, just enough to reveal the stuffing inside.

When Sheng Xinhua saw her grandma handing over the bun, she immediately grabbed her hand with both hands, stretched out her head and took a bite.

The little kid's mouth was not big, and Sheng Xinhua just took one bite of the stuffing. The little kid suddenly became happy and clapped his hands happily.

"Oh, it turns out he is greedy for our buns. This gadget is easy to feed, and he wants to eat everything."

Zhang Shuzhen smiled when she saw it, and hurriedly bit off most of the dough around the bun in her hand to reveal the stuffing inside, and specially fed it to her children.

People in this era are very rough in feeding their children, and very few people provide complementary foods for their children alone. They just chew something to feed their children, whatever the adults eat.

Sheng Xiping was afraid that Zhang Shuzhen would be like this, so when he started adding complementary foods, he told her that it was best to prepare something for the child alone, with no or less salt, and not to chew the food.

Now that the family conditions are better, Zhang Shuzhen is willing to take care of her children more carefully, so she makes food for Sheng Xinhua alone every time.

But I didn't expect that this little guy didn't want to eat his own food, but had to eat the adults' food.

(End of this chapter)