There is room for rebirth at 70: a loyal dog and a rough man’s strong pet

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Shi Lingxi was awakened by the bursts of firecrackers outside the window. She opened her eyes in a daze and saw Li Jiancheng cooking dumplings through the window.

They slept in a house in Beijing last night, and the kitchen and bedroom were connected. Therefore, although Li Jiancheng had moved as gently as possible, he could not block out the sound of firecrackers outside, so he still gave Shi Lingxi woke up.

Seeing the man quietly busy in the kitchen, Shi Lingxi stretched and planned to get up to help.

After getting dressed and tucking the two children into bed, Shi Lingxi went to the kitchen to help.

Seeing his wife come out, Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Did I wake you up? I originally planned to let you sleep a little longer and wake you up after the dumplings are cooked. I didn't expect people to get up so early. The sound of firecrackers at this time It was a blast.”

"It's okay. It's time for me to get up. How can I just let you work alone? If there is any work, we can do it faster together."

Seeing the plump white dumplings in the pot rolling in the boiling hot water, Shi Lingxi quickly took out five or six bowls and plates from the cupboard, took out the fence and put it aside, preparing to catch the dumplings later. .

The dumplings were cooked when most of the dumplings were standing with their tips pointed upwards. Without Shi Lingxi, Li Jiancheng quickly grabbed Yanli into his hand and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, you don't need to do anything today." , this is our rule. Men have to cook dumplings on the first day of the new year. You go and wake up the children. Today is the first day of the new year. You have to let the children get up to eat the dumplings for the Chinese New Year. After dinner, Go to sleep."

"Okay." Shi Lingxi agreed, washed his hands by the sink, and then went into the house to wake up the two children for dinner.

Perhaps because they woke up too early and didn't wake up, Ning Ning and An An both ate very little. Their favorite dumplings didn't seem to taste as good as usual. After barely eating two, they started eating again. He fell asleep on the kang.

After taking off the two children's cotton-padded shoes and covering them with quilts, Shi Lingxi sat down to eat again.

Listening to the constant sound of firecrackers outside, I was worried that the two children would not sleep well, so I simply sent them into the space and let them go inside to have a sound sleep.

After breakfast, the couple set out to pay New Year greetings to a few familiar families. After wandering around for a while, it was already noon. They heated up the remaining dumplings from the morning in an electric pot and cooked some rice porridge. Two more plates of leftover dishes from last night were brought over, and the family happily enjoyed a delicious lunch.

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The day came to the end of the first year inadvertently. On this day, Shi Lingxi, who had received a letter from his family in advance, went to another house not far away early and used cleaning techniques to quickly tidy up the house. The windows are clear and clean, and it doesn't look like anyone has lived there for a long time.

In the middle of the afternoon, as soon as the train stopped, Yin Yulan's family walked out of the station in large numbers, carrying backpacks and luggage. Everyone had a lot of things in their hands.

Seeing them arriving, Shi Lingxi, who had been waiting in the waiting room of the station for a long time, hurriedly greeted them, "Father, mother, elder brother, sister-in-law, and younger brother, you are all here. Have you brought all your things?"

"Bring it with you, kid, why are you here to pick us up in such a cold weather? Are you freezing? Let's go home quickly."

So, more than a dozen people left the station in a mighty manner, and followed them to find a good house to settle down.