Alpine pasture

Chapter 260 Making a Swing

The knot in Ju An's heart has been untied, and she has really devoted herself to the role of father. At night, Nini played in Ju An and Dinah's room until almost ten o'clock, and Dinah began to urge Nini went to sleep, while Ju An consciously held a book between her arms, took Nini's hand to Nini's room, lifted the blanket, and let Nini lie in. Nini held the elephant in one hand and the other. Looking at the giraffe, she lay down happily. Ju An helped Nini tuck up the blanket, and then began to read the story vividly. squinting.

Seeing this situation, Ju An closed the book, stretched his head under the bed and said to Nini: "Dad has seen it, there are no monsters, Nini should go to bed quickly."

Nini muttered in a daze, "Good night, Dad."Then he closed his eyes, and soon fell into a dream. Ju An kissed Nini on the forehead, and said softly: "Good night, sweetheart".Then he turned off the lights and closed the door gently.

When Ju An returned to the bedroom, she found that Dinah was holding a photo album and looking at it. Ju An got into bed, put her head next to Dinah, and then saw Dinah's children from childhood to adulthood. Pointing to a photo, Dinah said to Ju An with nostalgia: "This photo was taken by my mother when I was just in elementary school. My father was pushing me on a swing. Every time I cried, my father would cry. Hug me on the swing, and after a couple of swings, I laughed."

Ju An looked at the photo, the young Thomas was pushing a swing made of car tires, and Dinah, who was still a baby, was holding the ropes on both sides with both hands, smiling happily. As soon as he moved, he said to Dinah: "Then I will ask Thomas if there are any old tires at home tomorrow, and I will also make a swing for Nini."

Dinah smiled and said: "Who still uses old tires to make swings now? There are children's swings sold in supermarkets. You just need to find a place to hang them up after you buy them. And that kind of swing is only suitable for a child as old as Nini." is the safest."

Ju An said with a smile: "Buy one and find a place to hang it up. Where can I show my skills, I must make something special."

Dinah smiled and said, "Then you can make a swing frame for Nini."As soon as Dinah mentioned Ju'an, she remembered the scene of helping Liu Chao build a barbecue table in the past.He decided to make a swing for the three little guys, Nini Ranran and Tongtong.

Ju An thought for a while and nodded: "This is good! We can move in together when we move to the new house. Then I think about what I want. It's best to make three. When Ran Ran Tongtong comes to avoid A few little guys robbed."

Then Ju An took out a piece of paper from the bedside cabinet, took a pencil and began to draw, and then calculated how many pieces of wood would be needed to make supports, and how many connecting pieces would be needed. Dinah was also on the side Helping Ju An improve the design of the swing, the two of them discussed from time to time how to ensure the safety of the children. A small swing kept Ju An and Dinah busy until more than one hour older before they were satisfied with the plan. After they settled down, the two of them turned off the lights and went to sleep.

After waking up in the morning and having breakfast, Ju An began to prepare to purchase wood, bolts and so on. At this time, Marcos called. Dinah answered the phone and asked, "Dad! What's the matter?"

Marcos said with a smile on the other end: "It's nothing, just we want to go and see Nini. If you and Ann are not busy today, we will go there. If we are busy, we will go two days in the evening."

Dinah quickly said: "No busy! Ann is going out to buy wood to help Nini make a swing frame."

"Has Ann set off yet?" Marcos asked on the other end.

Dinah replied: "Not yet, we just finished eating, and Ann is getting ready to go."

"Let Ann wait, I'll go with him when the time comes, and we'll be there soon," Marcos said anxiously.

Dinah returned with a smile: "Okay, then Ann is waiting for you at home."Before the words finished, Marcos hung up the phone.

Dinah put down the phone and said to Ju An: "Father said that he would come to see Nini today, and he happened to go with you to buy wood to make a swing, and asked you to wait for him at home."

Ju An nodded after hearing this, then sat back on the sofa and helped Hans scratch his chin while watching TV. These two little things have the same virtue as kittens, and they especially like others to scratch their chins.

Nini was holding Teddy's big head and talking to Teddy, but she didn't know what she was talking about. Not only Teddy was confused, but Ju An was also confused.

When they heard the sound of the car outside the door, Juan and Dinah went to the yard and saw Marcos get off from his old green pickup.Melina also came down from the other side.

Seeing Ju'an and Dinah coming out with Nini on their arms, Melina smiled and asked Nini: "Hey, sweetheart, do you miss grandma?"

Melina spoke Chinese, and Nini glanced at Dinah, and Dinah said to Nini: "This is grandma, that is grandpa, isn't Nini's pony a gift from grandpa and grandma, Nini forget?".

Nini shook her head and whispered to Dinah: "No".

Dinah said to Nini again: "That's called grandpa, grandma."When Nini heard Dana's words, she called out to Marcos and Melina: "Grandpa, Grandma".

Immediately, Marcos and Melina said, "Nini sweetheart".Marcos then turned his head and said to Ju An: "Then let's go, go early and come back early, and take my car."After speaking, he waved to Ju An.

Ju An had no choice but to follow and got into Marcos' old pickup truck, which had just driven out of the ranch.

Marcos asked Ju'an, "I heard from Dinah that Nini's condition is much better, so Melina and I wanted to come over and have a look. It really looks better this way."

Ju An nodded: "Nini, the cowboys who are often seen in the ranch now, is not afraid anymore, and sometimes she will smile at others, only Old Thomas will call out twice."

"Yeah!" Marcos nodded and said, "That's good. Why do you think of making a swing for Nini? Why don't you buy one of these things in supermarkets?"

"I don't think it's very meaningful to buy one. It's better to make one for the child yourself," Ju An said with a smile.

After listening to Ju An's words, Marcos praised: "You are just starting to look like a rancher."

After buying all the wood and connectors to be purchased according to Ju An's list, Marcos and Ju An went to the supermarket to buy three swings. It took a total of hours to purchase everything. Well, it's time for lunch when we get back to the ranch.

For lunch, Dinah and Melina made the steak together, and Juan and Marcos started to get busy after eating.Marcos brought the tools he brought from the car, and Ju An also took the tool belt from his warehouse, and the father-in-law and son-in-law began to make the swing frame.

Marcos saw Ju'an's drawings, and made a slight modification, changing the angle between the two grazing brackets slightly larger, from 25 degrees in Ju'an to [-] degrees, and then the two began to draw Slash, saw off the excess wood, wait for the eight supporting wood to be sawn, then start to connect the two pieces of the eight wood with the connecting piece according to the inclination angle, and then add one on the two wooden supports The small square wooden strips are connected, and then sawed flat at the junction of the two connected square wooden supports, and then connected to the final beam, and then six iron covers are used to receive six iron covers.

Nini is very interested in the working father and grandfather, looking at Ju An and Marcos from time to time, Dinah said to Nini: "Nini, grandpa and father are making a swing for Nini Well, does Nini like to play on the swing?".

Nini nodded quickly and said, "I like it!".After speaking, he ran to the side to look at it. After looking at it for a while, he touched the tools on the tool belt behind Ju An's buttocks and started playing.

Marcos saw that Nini was interested in this, so he pulled out the smallest small wrench from his tool belt and handed it to Nini. The big screw turned.

Marcos said: "Nini must be a good carpenter in the future."Ju An was in a cold sweat when she heard this. What can this girl boast about being a carpenter? Carpenters in China may not be very good, but in the United States, there are certificates everywhere. Carpenters can actually build ordinary wooden houses.The status of carpenters is not very low, and they are also technical jobs.

After waiting for the swing frame to be completed, and waiting for Ju An to hang three plastic swings of different colors on the sticker rings, Ju An and Thomas erected the frame, so that the frame stood directly on the ground, and it was quite steady. , Marcos had carried Nini onto the swing, and then pushed Nini to start swinging.

After shaking for a while, Nini started to laugh, and now Max and Juan began to gently push the smiling Nini to start swinging. After a while, Dinah and Melina also left Come over, push Nini twice, then hug Nini, Ju An and Marcos are ready to finish the final work, paint the swing, wait for Marcos and Ju An to put on gloves, start The two of them had just finished painting the swing, when Melina and Dinah brought two cups of coffee and said to Marcos and Juan, "Take a break and drink a cup of coffee before doing it."

Ju An and Marcos took off their gloves and drank coffee, while Nini stood beside Dinah and asked Ju An, "Dad, will you still push me on the swing right away?"

"I can't swing today. Dad painted the swing. Dad will push Nini tomorrow, okay?" Ju An said to Nini after taking a sip of coffee.

Nini nodded after hearing this: "Well, dad, don't forget tomorrow."

Ju An said with a smile: "Then you can remind Dad when the time comes."

"Yeah" Nini nodded happily.

(End of this chapter)