Chapter 509: My son is teething
Soon, it was the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month, and half of the last month before the Chinese New Year had almost passed unknowingly in the snow.
When Zhang An got up in the morning, he saw that the outside was no longer as soft as before, with catkins blowing in the wind.
Although the ground outside is still covered with snow, there is no snowflake falling in the sky.
Zhang An knows that the snow this year will only come here.
Well, see you next year.
After all, in the winter in the future, the snow scene will become less and less every year. In some years, it is very common that it does not snow even once in the whole year.
“Oh, Zhang An, your son seems to have started to grow teeth. It hurts me to bite him.”
While Zhang An was standing at the door and sighing in his heart, the room was giving birth to a child. Su Ying, who was breastfeeding, suddenly shouted.
“Let me take a look, this is unlikely.”
Zhang An was a little hesitant because Xiao Siqi was only four months old.
Su Ying held her son in her arms, and Zhang An stretched out her hand to open his mouth.
Sure enough, two obvious gum pockets can be seen on the little guy’s red and tender gums.
And there are two small white points on the top of the teeth. This could be the beginning of teething.
"It is true that teeth have begun to grow, but this is wrong. Our son is only so old, how come he has started to grow teeth?"
Zhang An is a little confused. His son has many plans. For a child who is only four months old, under normal circumstances, there is still some time before teething.
But the two tender pink gums and the two small white tips in my son's mouth are obvious facts.
"Then what should we do? There will be no harm in growing teeth in advance, right?"
When Su Ying heard Zhang An's words, she immediately became anxious, because she had not yet I heard that some children started teething before they were half a year old.
"Probably not. Teething is a normal development of a child's body. We can only say that our son may be gifted and develop better than other children. We will wait for his godfather to come down the mountain later. At that time, I took my son to see his old man.”
Zhang An wasn't too sure, so he planned to take Xiao Siqi to see Zhang and his party later.
After all, this little guy’s godfather has been practicing medicine for decades in his life. He must be very experienced and has seen a lot.
It just so happened that the village head Zhang Jianwen was going to kill a pig at his house today, so he went to Sanqing Temple to invite Zhang and his party.
"Sure, let's go over first. My parents have been there for a long time. Let's go over so that I can help with something."
Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang went there as soon as they got up early. Yes, because Zhang Jianwen and his son came over to talk about this last night.
If it’s someone else’s house, it’s usually enough to invite one person.
But the relationship between Zhang Ping’s family and Zhang An’s family was so deep that Zhang Jianwen came over and asked them all to come over.
Of course Zhang An's family will not refuse this. Today, my family will go there, and they will kill the pig at home another day and invite them back.
Su Ying took out her back fan and prepared to carry her son to Zhang Ping's house.
It’s just that instead of carrying it herself, she asked Zhang An to carry it.
After all, Zhang An had nothing to do in the past, and these women must have helped with the work.
When she arrived at Zhang Ping's house, Su Ying tied her sleeves and apron and joined the women's team in the village.
Today, she is no longer the city lady who just married into the village.
It turned out that she couldn't figure anything out, and the aunts and sisters-in-law in the village wouldn't let her do it.
Now she has completely transformed into an out-and-out rural daughter-in-law. She can now do what other daughters-in-law can do.
It was only eight or nine o'clock now, and it wasn't time to kill the pigs yet, because there was still a big iron pot boiling water on the big stove in the yard.
Although the snow has stopped, it is often the coldest time after the snow stops.
So the temperature is very low now. Although the coals in the stove are burning brightly, the water still burns very slowly.
It was impossible to kill the pig before the water in the pot boiled, so a bunch of men had nothing to do, so they all gathered around the stove in the yard and started talking.
As soon as Zhang An came over with little Siqi on his back, he quickly became the focus of everyone's attention.
There is no way, these two men are very senior in the village, especially the Zhang family.
Many of the same race who are one or two years older than Zhang An have to call Zhang An uncle.
As for Xiao Siqi, he naturally became their cousin as soon as he was born.
Seeing them coming over now, they all greeted Zhang An, and then teased little Siqi on Zhang An's back.
And the group of naughty children in the village also liked to play around Xiao Si.
Some of them call Xiao Siqi brother, and some want to call him uncle. After all, there is no senior father in the family, so they are born as dwarfs.
After waiting for a while, Zhang Jianwen picked up Zhang and his party from the mountain.
Everyone has respected Zhang Yixing from the bottom of their hearts since childhood. When he saw the old man coming, they all took the initiative to say hello.
Zhang Yixing also responded with a smile to everyone, and then followed Zhang Jianwen into the main room, preparing to worship gods and ancestors and say a prayer before killing the pig.
This simple ceremony is not complicated, and it was over soon after Zhang Jianwen finished applying the incense.
After Zhang and his party came out, Zhang An walked over to look for him.
"Godfather, please help me take a look at Siqi. He is only four months old and his teeth have already started to appear. I am a little unsure."
Zhang An took the little one Siqi put it down from his back, and then spoke to Zhang and his party.
"Oh? Have you started to grow teeth already? So fast."
Zhang Yi Xing was also a little surprised after hearing this, and teased little Siqi a few words, making the little guy smile. .
This may be a coincidence, the little guy has always been close to this godfather.
Zhang Yixing also said before that when little Siqi reaches four or five years old, he will start to teach him some things.
It can be seen that he also likes this godson very much.
After all, he has no family and treats Zhang An like his own son, so Xiao Siqi naturally enjoys this kind of treatment.
Then after Zhang and his party went to wash their hands, they came over and took a look at Xiao Siqi's mouth.
"There's no problem. This is because Siqi's body grows and develops faster. It's a good thing to grow teeth early."
After looking at it carefully for a few times, Zhang Yi Xing spoke to Zhang An, telling him not to worry. "That's fine. It's too early for him to grow teeth. Su Ying is a little worried."
With Zhang Yixing's reply, Zhang An and Su Ying were relieved. In the stomach.
After a while, Zhang Jianwen finished what he was doing, and Zhang An went over to find him.
"Uncle, didn't you say you wanted to send something to the Forestry Bureau before? Anyway, there is nothing to do now, so why don't I send it first, I'm afraid I won't have much time tomorrow."
The prey that Zhang Jianwen planned to send to the Forestry Bureau before was not able to go there because of the heavy snow some time ago, so he slaughtered them all and smoked them on the kang.
The snow has lightened up in the past two days, and driving on the road is not that big of an impact. Zhang An originally wanted to finish the job, but Zhang Jianwen’s side has not yet finished smoking.
If you put it on the kang in advance, not only the taste will be wrong, but it may not last long before it goes bad.
This is what wax goods are like. If you want to smoke them, they must be smoked thoroughly. If you give up halfway, it will go bad very easily.
"Why don't we go before we know each other? Is it too early or too late for you to go now?"
It takes three or four hours to go back and forth to the city. Zhang Jianwen is worried that Zhang An will not be able to catch up with dinner when he comes back.
"Let's go today. It won't take much time anyway. It will take you several hours to finish the two pigs here. My family has to kill the pigs tomorrow, so I won't have time."
< br>Zhang Jianwen’s family used to kill one pig to celebrate the New Year, but this year they had to kill two.
Because the tenants in Dongli Yard heard that their family was going to kill pigs, and they saw that they were mountain pigs that were more delicious than local pork, so they wanted to buy some from his family.
Originally, Zhang Jianwen told them that Zhang An’s family also raised mountain pigs, so they could wait until Zhang An’s family killed them before buying them.
But people have said that they will buy when they kill, and they will also buy when Zhang An’s family kills again. Otherwise, their two rolling mountain pigs alone will not be enough to satisfy Dongli Yard. From so many families.
Zhang Jianwen certainly couldn't refuse the requests made by these big customers, so the original plan to kill only one head became to kill two heads.
"Okay, you go and bring the car over, and I'll find a few people to get off the kang and load it up first."
Now those smoked pheasants and smoked rabbits are still on the kang frame. It hasn't been taken down yet. If it needs to be taken down now, Zhang Jianwen alone will definitely not be able to do it in time, so we need to find a few more people.
But that's not a problem. Anyway, there are so many people in the yard now that there is no room for that many people in their short bacon-smoking house.
So Zhang An carried Xiao Siqi home and prepared to drive the car over. But before driving, there was one very important thing to do, which was to put anti-skid chains on several wheels.
Zhang An’s pickup truck has relatively large wheels, and he couldn’t find anti-skid chains for sale in the city, so he bought some chains himself and made a set.
With this thing, driving in ice and snow can be much safer.
To assemble the anti-skid chains, you originally had to start the car and drive two steps before installing them, but Zhang An was a lazy person. After roughly installing them, he directly lifted the entire wheel part with one hand and manually removed the anti-skid chains. Install it.
There is no way, the strength of his body can only be used in these places now, and it is usually kept in the body.
Not long after, Zhang An installed the anti-skid chains on the four wheels without blushing. For him, this task seemed to be just a warm-up.
Driving to the door of Zhang Jianwen’s home, they were still doing it in the low house.
Zhang An was carrying Xiao Siqi on his back, so he didn't follow him in because the low room had been used to smoke bacon. Over time, there was a pungent smoky smell inside.
This smell is not very friendly to little Siqi, who is only a few months old. Naturally, Zhang An will not take little Siqi in.
Besides, there are already enough people inside. If he goes in, there will be no place to stand.
After a while, the people in the small room came out carrying bags one by one and put them directly into Zhang An's car.
"Xiao An, after you go, tell Director Zhu about our village's preparations to raise deer."
Before leaving, Zhang Jianwen specifically told Zhang An that he would waste time It was just for this matter that I put so much effort into it.
Raising deer in the village is different from that at Zhang An’s place. This is real breeding, while at Zhang An’s place, it is under the name of the rescue station, so as long as there is a brand, there is no need to apply for so many certificates. .
But it is different in the village. The purpose of raising deer is to create profits, so no documents are required, otherwise it will be very troublesome in the future.
If you run these certificates by yourself, it will take a long time to go through this process and that process, and it may be delayed again and again.
Now that he has the opportunity to find someone directly, Zhang Jianwen will naturally not let him go.
The village has now selected a place. It has been snowing for the past few days and it has been unable to start. The construction is ready to start after the Chinese New Year, so the sooner the better.
Actually, Bai Xue is also in the Forestry Bureau, but as his future daughter-in-law, he doesn’t want Bai Xue to do these things before she gets married, to avoid others gossiping.
"Don't worry, uncle, I know."
In fact, there is nothing to do. Zhang An only needs to call Zhu Yuliang, and the matter will be taken care of casually.
Only after thinking about it, this is a village matter after all, and it is not in line with the rules to use one's own connections to handle family matters, so Zhang An followed Zhang Jianwen's idea.
"Zhang An, are you going to the city? Then give me your son."
Hearing that Zhang An was going to the city now, Su Ying came out of the house and prepared Take your son over.
"Forget it, I'll take him with me. Our son always likes to ride in the car, so I'll take him around the city this time."
Su Ying will definitely come back later. It would definitely be inconvenient to carry little Siqi on his back if he had to help.
So Zhang An planned to carry his son into the city. Anyway, the little guy was very happy as soon as he got into the family car.
As soon as Zhang An felt this before, he felt that this car would not be spared in the future.
“It’s better not to take him with you, or what if you get hungry on the way.”
Su Ying was not worried that Zhang An would not be able to take care of her son. After all, as long as her son was by his father's side, he would be happy all day long.
But after going back and forth for several hours, Su Ying was a little worried that her son would starve on the road.
"It's okay. Didn't you just feed him a meal just now? It's only been a while. Okay, go and do your work. I'm leaving."
Zhang An is not worried about his son being hungry. Not to mention that the little guy just finished breakfast and didn't have much time. Even if he was hungry, there were still so many crystal dew accumulated in the space.
What my son likes most is crystal dew and the grapes in the space. I don’t worry about not giving him anything to eat.
After that, Zhang An got into the car with his son on his back and set off towards the city.
The snow on the road was less than Zhang An expected.
I originally thought that there would be thick snow piled on the county road, but I didn’t expect that when I came all the way, I found that there was only a thin layer left.
And there is no snow on the two obvious wheel marks on the road. It seems that many cars have passed on this road and the snow has been crushed, so his anti-skid chains are equivalent to white superior.
But just go on it. There may be ice on some sections of the road that has not yet melted.
(End of this chapter)