Chapter 232 Son’s Name
The joy of becoming a father for the first time is not something outsiders can appreciate.
Chen Ling doesn’t know how other people feel when they first become a father. Anyway, he sees the colors of the mountains and listens to the sounds of the water. Even on this hot day when others find it boring, he finds it interesting. .
In short, everything he sees now is good. Even when he returned home with his cow, he smiled and nodded when he met Wang Chunyuan who was enjoying the cool outside the door, which made Wang Chunyuan a little flattered.
I wanted to go up and get close, but when I saw two big dogs behind Chen Ling with their tongues sticking out and staring at them, they hesitated and didn't dare to come forward. He just pushed his daughter and asked the little girl to call Chen Ling. uncle.
Chen Ling also responded happily.
But he was in a good mood, so he had no intention of talking to this person too much. Then he opened the door and walked into his home, then took out a plate of plastic water pipes from the warehouse, walked to the water pressure well, connected the water pipe to the water outlet of the water press, then pressed the water, held the water pipe with one hand, and used the water pressure to Like a water gun, the water sprayed extremely far away, and the water was released everywhere in the courtyard. Heiwa would run back and forth with the pipe in his mouth to cool down the land that had been exposed to the sun for a day.
After draining the water, I bathed the little white cow and the two dogs. During the day, they always like to play in the small river ditch. The sun is not available at the foot of the mountain, and there are fruit trees to block it, so the water is cooler. However, there are more bugs in the water in summer, so it is better to wash them. In addition, now that there are children at home, it will definitely not work if you do not pay attention to the hygiene of livestock.
"How is it? Is this comfortable?"
Seeing the dogs and cows squinting their eyes and tilting their heads, rinsing under the cool water, Chen Ling also used his hands to wash himself Rinse water on your face and head to take a shower.
"Come, come here, I'll brush your hair again to prevent bugs from getting inside."
The three of them were very obedient at this time, lining up to be brushed by Chen Ling, and Chen Ling tickled them with the cool water. With ordinary brushing, even Xiao Jin, who doesn't like to act coquettishly, hummed in comfort, not to mention Hei Wa and Xiao Bai Niu, who wanted to lie down and roll on the ground.
"Okay, okay, get up quickly, I will wash it for you tomorrow night."
After washing, Chen Ling called them, got up, cleaned up the water pipes, washed his hands again, and went Feed the pigeons.
He's been like this lately. He looks busy, but in fact it's just like playing.
I am very happy every day. After doing this, I go to do that. I don’t feel that the weather is hot and I don’t want to do anything.
Having a baby makes him energetic at work.
I took the eggs to the market and sold them twice. I collected two acres of vegetable land, rolled them up randomly, and sold them at the morning market.
The weather has been hot recently. There are many people in the morning market in the county, but not many people at the big market. However, Chen Ling doesn’t have to worry too much about this. He goes to the morning market and the big market too. , he has been selling things fairly regularly in the past few months, and acquaintances all remember him.
Many people also go to the small yard to look for things, so they don’t have to worry about selling them.
In addition, the fish fry kept in the ditch on the farm have also grown up. Over the past two months, they have been eaten by birds. They have become extremely alert and wild, and their appetite for food has become more and more powerful every day.
Because the water quality is so good, the aquatic plants in the canal are also extremely luxuriant. There are a lot of frogs and toads, and they cackle at night. The tadpoles in the canal are also densely packed, one after another, more than the fish. .
In this way, not to mention omnivorous and carnivorous fish, even chickens and ducks can eat to their fullest every day.
Wang Cunye became interested, so he took the end of a fence and fished out tadpoles to feed the chickens and ducks.
Free-range poultry does not grow very fast. At three months old, it is only half a big bird, but its food intake is amazing.
No matter how much Wang Cunye feeds them, they can eat them all quickly. Fortunately, there are tadpoles everywhere in the ditch. If you catch them with a fishnet, there are some as small as half a catty, which are enough for them to eat.
Later, the chickens and ducks got tired of eating, especially the little ducks. They followed the goslings around all day long, swimming from the ditch to the ditch, and then from the ditch to the creek at the foot of the West Mountain, patronizing and playing. , and stopped eating.
This is also because of the hot weather. Wang Cunye is too lazy to care about it. He leads the sheep around the orchard every day and drives the birds away with his slingshot. At meal time, he returns to the farm to help Chen Ling cook. .
Now the eldest grandson recognizes people more and more. Except for Wang Susu and Chen Ling, even Gao Xiulan is not willing to follow him. He can't hug him even if he wants to, and he only visits a few times every day.
This is enough for the old man to be happy.
He is an honest person but likes to make jokes. At such an old age, in order to amuse his grandson, he often grins, bulges his eyes and makes faces. This often arouses Gao Xiulan's disgust, saying that the baby is too young, who knows what he is doing. Well, he never tired of it.
There are not many people in the family, but it is very lively every day.
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The weather is still getting hotter day by day. Under the strong sun, the leaves are drooping due to the heat, and the leaves of crops and vegetables are also rolled up.
After several days in a row, maybe this enthusiasm has finally accumulated enough.
On June 21st, shortly after lunch, a gust of wind suddenly blew from nowhere on a hot day, with a bit of coolness in the wind.
The hot air on the ground is mixed with the cool breeze, mixed with a slightly fishy earthy air, blowing on people's faces, making it feel cool and hot at the same time.
The wind became stronger and stronger, and in just a short while, dark clouds rolled in, covering half of the sky.
Standing in the open space and looking up at the sky, the eastern half of the sky is covered with dark clouds, while the western half of the sky is still bright and sunny, forming a very shocking and strange landscape.
But gradually, the strong wind blew in the dark clouds, and the sun in the western sky was quickly covered by the clouds.
At this time, there was only a little light in the sky, and there were layers of dark clouds. Some places were bright, and some places were dim. A whirlpool appeared under the strong wind, as if some catastrophe was coming.
The sky became dark at a speed visible to the naked eye. From time to time, muffled thunder rolled and bright lightning shuttled through the dark clouds.
Soon, there was lightning and thunder, and big raindrops began to fall down. In the blink of an eye, it turned into heavy rain, and it started to rain.
As long as it rains in summer, it will never rain lightly.
The strong wind was blowing, and dense raindrops hit the roof diagonally, making a crisp sound. Chen Ling and his family stood on the bamboo building, looking at the heavier rain outside, chatting. sky.
"It's been almost a month, and it's raining now." Wang Cunye stood on his feet and looked around with a happy face.
Chickens, ducks and geese are running madly to their nests, dogs and cows are having fun in the rain, the lotus leaves and flowers in the lotus pond are swaying in the wind and rain, and the pond water splashes into dense bubbles.
The anxious heart was finally washed away by the rain.
"Well, let it stay for a few more days, otherwise the heat will make people feel upset." Gao Xiulan collected the diapers hanging outside to dry and took them back into the house.
Chen Ling happily went to the room and took his son out. Behind him was his sister-in-law who was teasing the child. The whole family was standing upstairs watching the rain.
Unfortunately, the little guy was still too young. He glanced at Chen Ling twice with eyes as dark as black grapes, then yawned amidst the increasingly violent rain, closed his eyes and continued to sleep soundly in his swaddling clothes.
“The brat is asleep again, and I don’t know when he will be able to walk and play.” Chen Ling hopes that his son will grow up quickly, otherwise he will not be able to play with the toys he prepared for the little guy, nor can he bring them with him Follow him around.
This makes him feel uncomfortable as a father.
He dreamed of taking his children to the mountains and rivers, hunting birds and catching fish.
Looking at the sleeping little guy with his eyes closed, Chen Ling smacked his lips, feeling that he still had time to wait.
Gao Xiulan laughed when she heard this and said: "This baby looks different every day. He is growing up very fast. Even though he is still young, when he can run, jump, and play happily, you will think that this baby is not that good yet." Why have you grown so big?”
“Who said otherwise?” Wang Cunye happily brought a bamboo chair and sat on it, crossing his legs. Let’s be honest, your mother and I don’t have any feelings at all. In the blink of an eye, this little monkey will be in the fourth grade. He knows more words than me. How fast can you speak?”
“Well, When I gave birth to her, I was only forty-one and you were thirty-nine. Now time has passed and you are now fifty years old." Gao Xiulan shook her head and sighed, "Half of her body was buried in the ground."
Wang Zhenzhen listened, wrinkled his little nose at the two elders, stuck out his tongue and made faces to make them happy.
After all, she is still young and does not like to hear what her parents say when they are old.
"Skin monkey, it's raining and the weather is getting cooler. Go and do your homework."
Wang Cunye glared at her.
"I've finished writing it a long time ago. What's left now is the teacher's paper. I'm going to get the dictionary. Let's go on to name the brat."
The little girl rolled her eyes and ran away She went to her own small room, took out her dictionary, and then moved some bamboo chairs for everyone to sit down, and continued to find names for the baby.
She has been on summer vacation recently, and she always likes to discuss names. Otherwise, she will always call her a brat like Chen Ling, and it will be difficult to change her name after she gets used to it.
It’s just that it’s hot and I’m not in the mood right now. I wrote a few pages about the name I was looking for, but I’m still not satisfied.
"Why don't we stop using double names and just use a one-character name like you." The father-in-law suggested looking at Chen Ling.
Chen Ling was stunned for a moment and nodded quickly: "Okay, single-character names are okay. I just thought of naming them after Xiao Tongtong, but I forgot that the baby can also be named after me."
Then go on to look in the dictionary.
“Well...”
"How about calling me Chen Shuai?"
Chen Ling turned over the pages and suddenly saw a name coming into view. The name Chen Shuai fits the temperament of those born in the 1990s.
The word handsome also fits the temperament of their family.
"Chen Shuai? This name sounds a bit unsteady."
The father-in-law and mother-in-law shook their heads, "Let's write it down first."
Wang Zhenzhen wrote it down in a small notebook.
"How about Chen Yan? Is this okay? Having him in the hot summer is quite memorable."
Chen Ling thought for a while and said.
"Your name is Chen Ling, Bing Ling Ling, how can your son be called Chen Yan? One is water and the other is fire. Water and fire are incompatible. Do you and your son want to fight in the future?"
The father-in-law stared when he heard this.
"Huh? Is this okay? Mine is Ling Yun's Ling, not Bing Ling's Ling." Chen Ling was stunned.
"Then I don't know. What your father told me was Bing Ling's Ling."
The father-in-law said stubbornly.
He respected Chen Ling's father very much, not only because he saved him once, but also because he felt that it was not easy for his old brother to raise Chen Ling by himself.
"Write it down, write it down first."
Gao Xiulan said to smooth things over.
Wang Zhenzhen took note of it obediently.
Then things went back to how they were before. I felt something was wrong when I thought of one, but I couldn't bear to throw it away, so I wrote it all down in a notebook and kept it.
I quickly wrote another dense page.
The four of them sat together and stared, feeling worried again.
"It's raining so hard, why are you making so much noise outside?"
At this time Wang Susu's voice came from the room.
"Sister, wake up, we are giving the brat a name."
Wang Zhenzhen heard her sister speak and immediately ran in, holding a small notebook and handed it to Wang Susu, "You Look, there are so many more.”
Due to the sultry weather recently, Wang Susu was thinking about her baby again and couldn't get a rest even if she wanted to.
The rain finally cooled down this afternoon. She felt sleepy and took a nap in her room.
I fell asleep listening to the sound of rain, which made me sleep very comfortably.
Now that I woke up and had a good rest, my mind became clearer. I picked up the draft book handed over by my sister and took a look at it. "This time it’s a single word, why did it come up so much?"< br>
"I can't pick out the right one. Write them down one by one, otherwise I have to look for them all over again." Chen Ling said helplessly, holding her son who was sleeping soundly.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law attach great importance to their grandson, and they always thought that even if they couldn't afford an earth-shattering name, they would still have to have a name that sounded good and had a good meaning. Not to mention anything else, at least it would be catchy.
"Su Su, you pick and choose and see which one you like. The more we think about it, the more confused we are. Maybe we are not as accurate as you." Gao Xiulan said.
"Okay, I'll pick one." Wang Susu glanced at her husband, smiled, lowered her head and looked carefully.
Then she picked out a few of her favorites, wrote them on another piece of paper, then tore them into small pieces and crumpled them into small paper balls.
“Hey, no, you really drew lots to pick a name? I was just joking before.”
Chen Lingxin said that no wonder his wife looked at him before choosing. He had used this method before the baby was born and chose the two names Ziyu and Xixi. Later Zhong Xiaoyun said that there were too many babies named Ziyu and it was not recommended. Use it, it’s useless.
But that was when the baby was not born. Now that the baby is born, Chen Ling pays more attention to it than anyone else. How can he draw lots to choose it? It is not solemn.
"Don't be upset yet, Aling, just see if you like these names before you say anything." Wang Susu chuckled and handed him a few paper balls.
Chen Ling took it with one hand, put his son on the bed, and looked at it. The names chosen by his wife were very much to his liking.
So he nodded.
"I like it too, but I can't choose a favorite, so I'll do what you said before." Wang Susu winked at him.
"Okay, you try it first."
Chen Ling thought it was right, so he kneaded the paper ball and asked his wife to throw it away.
Wang Susu held it in her hand and tossed it several times, then went to draw lots, "Well, I drew the same thing twice out of five times. It's this one, Chen Rui."
"Aling Try it a few times.”
Chen Ling also caught him several times, and then he picked it out and looked at it. "I caught two names. One is Chen Rui and the other is Chen Zhao."
"Chen Rui, Chen Zhao, listen. "They're all pretty good."
Wang Cunye asked strangely: "Why didn't you think so just now?"
"It was too much. I looked dizzy when we put you together and singled you out." Give it a try, they are all nice names," Gao Xiulan snorted and said.
They took great care in naming their grandson, and none of the names they chose was a good one.
"Chen Rui or Chen Zhao, let's choose one. This should be an easy choice. Dad, Mom, Zhenzhen, come and vote. Each of you has one vote." Chen Ling said.
"Chen Zhao, it sounds grand." Gao Xiulan thought for a while and said.
"I choose Chen Rui. I think Chen Rui is more grand. Ruirui and Xiao Rui are also nice to use as nicknames." Wang Cunye gave a very good reason.
"I also choose Chen Rui, Rui Rui sounds better than Zhao Zhao." Wang Zhenzhen raised his hand.
Chen Ling and Wang Susu looked at each other and muttered the two names repeatedly.
"Chen Rui, Rui Rui, Xiao Rui, it is indeed possible. What Chen Zhao said, Zhao Zhao is a bit convoluted, Xiao Zhao is a bit like a female doll, like Zhang Wuji's Xiao Zhao."
Chen Ling thought for a while, "Then let the minority obey the majority, let's call it Chen Rui."
"Okay, I'll listen to you two."
The two elders agreed.
Wang Susu nodded lightly, smiled at her infant son and said, "Ruirui, we have a name, Ruirui."
When Chen Ling saw this, he also came over and shouted softly to his son.
"Wow, wow, wow..."
What a coincidence, the little guy opened his mouth and started to cry without even calling twice.
“Are you hungry or have you peed?”
Chen Ling reached out and touched the diaper first. It was moist and hot, and he immediately knew that it was peed.
Then I carefully changed my son's diaper.
Who knew, I just took off the diaper.
The son's little sparrow immediately spurted out a stream of clear water and bit his arm.
He wasn't annoyed either, he wiped his arm and laughed.
“As expected of my son, he pees so vigorously.”
(End of this chapter)