Chapter 199
Chapter 199
Raising a child is not an easy task. Little Mu Xi is more than seven months old, and she has to get up twice every night to nurse.
In ancient times, there was no modern constant temperature equipment, and there was no milk powder.It was even more difficult for the two elders to get up and feed the child. Liu Luochen and Nan Nian took turns getting up every night, warming goat milk in a small casserole, and then feeding it to little Muxi.
That night, Liu Luochen was sleeping soundly with Nan Nian in his arms like an octopus, when he suddenly heard the cry of a child, he sat up abruptly and looked around in a daze, "Crying...crying, it's time to nurse."
Nan Nian also woke up with the sound of crying behind her back. She hurriedly stopped Liu Luochen, stretched out her hand to smooth his curled hair, pushed him back on the bed, patted him lightly like a child, and then said softly: "Go to sleep, I'll go and warm the goat's milk for him."
"Hmm... put on some clothes..." Liu Luochen mumbled while hugging the quilt with his eyes closed.
Seeing his sleepy appearance, Nan Nian smiled and lowered his head to kiss his forehead.Then she got up and went to the next room, and saw little Muxi kicking her calf, her little face flushed with tears from crying.
Nan Nian clumsily picked up the little Mu Xi, hugged her and patted her arms: "Don't cry, disturb your father's sleep, spank your butt from now on." Little Mu Xi felt the aura of an acquaintance, even though she was still smoking softly, However, the crying became quieter. Many Nan Nian's arm strength was very good. He held Xiao Muxi with one hand and let his head rest on his shoulder, and then poured the goat's milk prepared in advance into the casserole with the other hand. Among them, and then light the fire.
Nan Nian sat on the small stool next to her, constantly stirring the milk in the pot to prevent it from sticking to the pot. With the other hand, she held the little Mu Xi in her arms once and for all to stop him from crying.
"Yeah!" It might be smelling the sweet smell of goat's milk: "Little Muxi, her neck is stiffened, her big black grape eyes are dripping, she is staring at the direction of the casserole, she is clapping her little hands, and she is babbling. talking about something.
Nan Nian looked at the glistening saliva on Xiao Mu Xi's chin, got up and took out a piece, wiped it carefully, and said, "Be good, you can drink it right away."
After a while, the goat's milk was warmed up, and Nan Nian waited for him to warm up slightly before feeding little Mu Xi with a small spoon.
Little Muxi was obviously hungry, and she drank with her red mouth wide open. It was sweet: "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" After drinking to her heart's content, she also gave it as a gift, a big smile that only melted people's hearts. warmed up.
During this period of time, little Mu Xi's appetite has increased, and she can already drink a bowl full of goat milk.
Seeing that he had finished drinking the goat's milk, Nan Nian followed the method taught by Aunt Du, clumsily hugged little Mu Xi, and patted her on the back until she heard a hiccup, before losing her breath , Put him back on the bed and cover him with a small quilt.
Although the child looks about seven months old, it may be because he was treated harshly and did not eat very well, so his development is not as good as that of children of the same age.
But he has a good temper and is very easy to take with him, and he only cries when he is hungry and pees.When I want to sleep, I don’t need others to coax me. I lie there quietly and fall asleep after a while.
Nan Nian stood by the bed, and waited until Xiao Mu Xi's breathing was steady and long, then blew out the candles and returned to her room.
Back in the bedroom, I was surprised to see a beam of warm yellow light.
Nan Nian blinked in surprise, and sure enough, she saw that Liu Luochen was already awake, leaning against the head of the bed, looking towards the door.
Nan Nian hurriedly closed the door and entered the room, and came to Liu Luochen's side: "Why are you awake? I'm here, go to sleep!"
Liu Luochen blew out the candle, and quickly dragged Nan Nian onto the bed. In the dark, he covered him with a quilt, then let out a breath and said, "I know you love me, but you can't be the one who wakes up every night. Mu Xi is breastfeeding. Our family is a group of old men. Now that we have such a child, we really need someone to take care of it. I think that when Aunt Du comes tomorrow, I will ask her to help find someone who can take care of the child at a nearby neighbor's house. Fortunately, it is an elderly woman who will come to help at night."
"Okay." Nan Nian naturally felt sorry for Liu Luochen very much. In order to take care of Xiao Muxi these days, he was in a hurry: "Don't worry after finding someone. Let's investigate and then make a decision."
"Ha...Okay, I'll listen to you." Liu Luochen covered his mouth, let out another breath, rubbed Nan Nian's thick chest, his eyes gradually closed, and his consciousness was blurred.
Nan Nian lowered her head and smelled Liu Luochen's hair, wrapped her in her arms, and fell into a deep sleep.
It was rare to sleep late the next day without hearing the cry of the child.
Liu Luochen stretched himself, and when he pushed the door to come out, he saw that Aunt Du had been looking for half an hour today, hugging little Mu Xi, looking at the persimmon tree in the courtyard.
Little Muxi was wearing a small aqua blue dress. She had been taken care of very well these days, and it had turned white a lot. Moreover, the two chubby ones had two small pear holes at the corners of their mouths when they smiled, which was very cute.
Seeing Liu Luochen approaching, little Muxi's eyes lit up, she was wearing two lotus-like arms, and she was begging for a hug.
Aunt Du couldn't help laughing when she saw his cute little appearance.
He said to Liu Luochen: "The master and this child are really destined. Look at how close he is to you now. I can see that the child's facial features are somewhat similar to the two masters."
Liu Luochen took Xiao Muxi, hugged him in his arms, and kissed him on the cheek: "Aunt Du always makes me happy."
Although he said so, Liu Luochen's face was full of smiles, and he looked down at the child's facial features carefully. It was really like what Aunt Du said, the child's eyes and nose looked very similar to him, but the shape of the face and eyebrows were different. It is very similar to Nan Nian.
Seeing this, Liu Luochen was very happy, and kissed Xiao Muxi a few more times: "Oh! Our little Muxi, it seems that we are destined to be my son, it seems that your father I have to work hard to earn money to be a rich generation, and let my son be a rich second generation!"
Little Muxi was giggling and laughing at being teased by Liu Luochen, with almond-shaped eyes and a crooked smile, the father and son were having a great time playing together.
After teasing his good son, Liu Luochen remembered yesterday's plan, hugged the child and said to Aunt Du, "I don't know if Auntie has someone she knows who can take care of the child. He can come to my house to take care of little Mu Xi at night. Don't worry." , her buddy is very relaxed, just need to take good care of the baby at night, breastfeed her, pee, and change diapers. If there is a suitable month, I will give you two taels of silver, please find it for me.
Aunt Du nodded knowingly: "Sure, sir, don't worry, I'll ask you when I get back in the afternoon."
This kind of guy pays a lot of money, and the job is easy, so there must be many people willing to do it.
But Aunt Du was grateful for the favors received from Liu Luochen's family, so she wanted to find him a good job and a good heart.
Since Liu Ji Buffet became popular in the town, many people who came to the town came to Liu Ji to eat buffet barbecue.
Because of Liu Ji's excellent taste, he has also built a good reputation during this period, and the money is rushing into his pocket.
The taverns and restaurants in the town were naturally envious, so they followed the business model of Liu Ji's family and opened a variety of barbecue buffets and food buffets.
At first there were so many self-service shops in the town, Xiaoyu complained in front of Liu Luochen very angrily: "Master, you see, those people are too shameless. They sell barbecue buffets like ours, and the seats and benches are all dirty. The custom-made ones are the same as ours, so shameless.”
But Liu Luochen waved his hand carelessly, and said with a smile, "Let them go. My family is not the only one who can do this barbecue business. At the beginning, our family has a new dining mode, which attracts many customers. In the long run, we must rely on Only by word of mouth can we get more repeat customers. And those shops of them follow the trend and operate self-service, they don’t have excellent dishes in their hands, and they are not willing to bring out good ingredients. There is no comparison. Let them go and see the results after a while. "
As soon as Xiao Yu heard what his master said, he thought it made sense, so he stopped being angry, and started working in the shop happily.
After Liu Luochen finished dealing with the matters in the shop, he slowly stepped out of his small shop and walked along the street to the carpenter's house.
There is only a child as big as Xiao Mu Xi in the family, and he is not finished. Liu Luochen was afraid that he would be bored at home, so he thought of going to the carpenter to make him some building blocks, wooden horses and other small toys.
The old carpenter is skilled and can make some very childlike mechanism gadgets. When Liu Luochen came to the carpenter's shop, it was as if a mouse had fallen into a rice vat. His eyes were bright, and he showed the momentum of pulling mountains and rivers, buying, buying, buying.
In the end, because Liu Luochen bought too many things, he couldn't carry them anymore, so the old carpenter asked his apprentice to push a tricycle forward and go home.
Children's body grows fast, especially when they are babies, and they almost look the same every day.
Although Liu Luochen was not a nobleman, he didn't lack money, and he didn't want to wrong his son, so he specially called a tailor he knew well, and came to order a lot of soft clothes for the little guy.
Within three days, Aunt Du found a lonely old woman who had no relatives in the local area, and came home to take care of little Muxi.
The old lady was extremely careful, but she was pure-hearted, honest and honest.
The old woman had built a house nearby, but she was very lonely at home as an old lady, and she couldn't do much physical work when she was too old, so she accepted the job.
Liu Luochen was not stingy either, not only gave him two taels of silver per month as wages, but also specially asked the tailor to make her two new clothes every month, just to let the old woman sincerely take care of her son.
After finishing the family affairs, Liu Luochen breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that spring is coming to an end, and summer is coming soon, the temperature is gradually rising, and the building of a school in Liujia Village is also on the agenda. ,
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