Dad Xue said "Oh" and replied: "It was Xiao Heng who chose it. He said that people must have the ambition to reach the clouds, so he chose these two words. I thought it was pretty good, so I agreed."
Mother Xue said happily: "It's the Ling from 'Ling Ling', isn't it pretty?"
"...Not bad." Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said, "Let's eat quickly. The fish in the pot is ready, let's eat first!"
Xue Ling didn't take it to heart at all and ate happily.
Cheng Tianyuan glanced at her profile and gently picked up a piece of fish.
"It may have small thorns, so don't eat it too fast."
"Yeah." Xue Ling smiled sweetly at him, then buried her head in eating.
The reunion dinner lasted for more than an hour, and then Xue Ling and Cheng Tianyuan were responsible for washing the dishes, and the two old men carried Xiao Ranran away.
"We, Xiao Ranran, are here to eat and feel full!"
The little guy ate milk powder and watched TV with his grandpa and grandma.
Xue Ling poked his head out and couldn't help but remind him: "Don't let him get too close, the TV will hurt your eyes."
Mother Xue smiled and said: "No! It's so far away!"
Cheng Tianyuan boiled hot water to wash the dishes and said warmly: "Just watch it for a while, it's okay."
"You don't understand, TV can do a lot of damage to children's eyes." Xue Ling whispered: "This is why I never bought a TV."
Televisions in the late 1980s were still scarce, but some wealthy families had begun to buy them.
The TV at home has been replaced with a color TV, which is not only large in size, but also colorful and exciting. When Xiao Ranran saw someone talking and moving around inside, she was immediately attracted.
"Once a child's attention is attracted, it is difficult to divert it. Over time, the eyes will definitely be injured. A TV only costs more than a thousand. We can afford it, but we are afraid that the child will not be able to control it and will be unable to bear it.
Watching too much. As an old man, as long as your child likes it, just let him watch it."
Cheng Tianyuan didn't expect that there was such a reason, so he nodded.
"Then I won't buy it for now. After a while, the store's business stabilizes, I will discuss with Ahu and Amin to buy a small TV at Café de Coral. Then we can attract some customers."
"Oh! This is a good idea." Xue Ling couldn't help but praise: "This is a good way to increase revenue and profits."
Cheng Tianyuan handed her the washed bowl, and Xue Ling took it, wiped it, and put it in the small cupboard.
The kitchen at home is very big, but unfortunately there are usually only two people eating, so there are very few bowls, chopsticks, plates and plates. When they came, my mother specially added a few more bowls and plates.
Xue Ling glanced at him anxiously, as if thinking of something.
"Brother Yuan, tell me... how many children should we have in the future?"
Cheng Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "The more, the better. Elderly people like children. Let's try to have three or four."
Xue Ling muttered: "Three! Not too many."
Cheng Tianyuan lowered his voice: "We will work hard in the second half of next year to have one more."
Xue Ling's pretty face was slightly red, and she said coquettishly: "When did you not work hard? Huh?"
He laughed softly and couldn't say any more.
The two quickly cleaned up the kitchen.
Cheng Tianyuan also took a mop and wiped several rooms and the living room.
He was afraid that the bricks would be too wet, so he tried his best to twist the mop until there was not much water, and then wiped it carefully.
There is heating in the house, so it dried quickly and everything was clean.
Xue's mother smiled and shouted: "Ayuan, stop being busy, come over and have a cup of tea and watch TV with us."
"Hey!" Cheng Tianyuan said: "There is hot water in the kitchen, I will take it to give Lingling a bath first."
After saying that, he got busy again.
Mother Xue poked her husband beside her and whispered: "Ayuan is such a good boy. He does several times more housework than Ling Ling every day, and he never complains. He is busy, and he has to think about Ling Ling.
There is no hot water for bathing."
Xue's father smiled slightly and explained: "I knew he was a good boy as early as when we were at the entrance of the big alley in Rongcheng. At the age of seven or eight, he knew how to help with housework, studied hard and loved reading. How could such a child be so bad?
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Mother Xue smiled and said: "When I went to take care of Ling Ling during confinement, as soon as he came home from work, he would go into the kitchen to help, cook three meals, take care of his wife and children, and almost never stopped except for sleeping. In fact,
Very diligent!"
"My daughter is too lazy to do housework." Dad Xue whispered: "Fortunately, I have a good husband."
Mother Xue glanced at her daughter who was lazily sitting on the sofa watching TV, and rolled her eyes secretly.
"Good luck to her!"
Xiao Ranran played for more than an hour and started to yawn.
Xue's mother explained: "I only drank water earlier, but now I must be hungry. It's time to go to bed after eating. It's already past eight o'clock."
Xue Ling said: "Wait a little longer! Go to bed at nine o'clock."
"Let's make the milk powder first." Mother Xue said, "The bottles still need to be washed and sterilized. It's almost nine o'clock when we finish."
"I'll just go." Father Xue quickly got busy.
Father Xue has learned how to make milk powder, wash the bottle, soak it again in boiling water, then dry it and rinse it with warm water, and then add five spoons of milk powder.
"Xiao Ranran, grandpa will feed you well."
Xue Ling lay lazily on the sofa, laughing.
"Dad, Mom, when you retire, come and help me take care of my children!"
Father Xue glanced at her and said, "We have to work for more than ten years. Are you going to give birth in more than ten years?"
"Forget it." Xue Ling muttered: "You can't just have children all your life. I still have great ambitions to realize!"
"Ambition?" Xue's mother smiled and mocked: "What else can you have in your head besides money?"
Forehead?
Xue Ling shrank her head. It seemed that besides making a lot of money, she had no other big ambitions.
"Making money...is also a great ideal!"
Father Xue chuckled and whispered: "Don't be too rigid, try more methods, and make money slowly."
Cheng Tianyuan wiped his hands and came over.
"Dad, Mom, do you want to go out to watch the New Year's Eve tonight?"
"No." Xue's mother said, "There's no point in going every year. I've told my relatives back home that I have to help take care of my grandson this year, so I don't have time to go."
Dad Xue said warmly: "I'll go over there tomorrow morning, meet everyone, hand out a few red envelopes and then come back."
"By the way!" Mother Xue said: "At twelve o'clock tonight, there will be fireworks in the square behind. We should be able to see them from our balcony."
"Hey! Fireworks?" Xue Lingxiao asked, "When did it start? Why haven't you heard of it before?"
Father Xue explained: "The neighborhood committee started this year. The neighborhood committee collected a lot of rent last year, and now that we have some extra money, we want to come up with some new tricks to make it lively during the New Year."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said: "At twelve o'clock, you can wrap up your coat and go to the balcony to watch."
"Yes!" Xue Ling said happily: "The snow has stopped, why don't we build a snowman first!"
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't bear to refuse her and whispered: "I'll boil some ginger water first, then wrap up my coat and go downstairs."
Xiao Ranran fell asleep quickly, and Mother Xue took her to their room.
Xue Lingze and Cheng Tianyuan put on their coats and went out to build snowmen.
There is also snow in Rongcheng, but unfortunately it’s not very heavy, so I can’t make a snowman.
The two of them made two big snowmen and a small snowman one after another, and had a lot of fun.
"Boom - boom!" As the fireworks soared into the sky and exploded, the night sky instantly lit up with dazzling colors.
"Wow!" Xue Ling shouted happily: "The fireworks have started!"
Immediately afterwards, several fireworks rose into the sky and made an explosion-like sound!
Xue Ling covered her ears and got into his arms.
Cheng Tianyuan hugged her and watched the fireworks with her with a smile.
The night is beautiful, and the fireworks are even more beautiful, but not as beautiful as the mood at this time!