The retired rough man dotes on his mother

After dinner, Shen Zhenjiang brought Xiangxiang over to play. Now Xiangxiang likes to play with Tuantuan and Manman. Manman is like the little boss among the three of them, and always leads the other two kids to make mischief.

"Uncle, you are here too," Xiaohe ran to find Dabao and the others after dinner.

"Yes, go and play. Dabao was just wondering why you haven't come yet."

Dabao and his friends asked their father for some small firecrackers, and went out to play with them. Xiao Baoer also reminded them to be careful.

The loudspeaker in the village sounded in the afternoon. Shen Yongfu informed everyone that a movie would be shown for the villagers in the threshing ground in the evening. Everyone could come and watch it after dinner. After a year of hard work, watching a movie would relax them and help them make good money next year.

"Wife, do you want to go see it?"

"Let's go and watch it. This is our first time to watch a movie in the village. There must be a lot of people in the village, so it must be very lively."

A few people were talking about going to check it out after dinner when Dabao and Xiaohe came running back.

"Mom, did you hear that? There's going to be a movie in the village. Can you and Dad take us to see it, please?" Dabao begged his mother as soon as he entered the door.

"Okay, I just talked to your father and uncle about this. Let's go watch it. Mom and Dad can cook dinner later. We can watch a movie tonight and stay up until the New Year."

Sanbao might have run too fast just now, and when he came back, he was covered in dirt and his little hands were a little scratched.

"Mom, it hurts so much," Sanbao's eyes were filled with tears as he opened his little hands to show his parents.

"Son, you are a man. A man sheds blood and sweat, but not tears. Don't cry. If you keep crying, people will laugh at you," Shen Zhensheng patted the dirt off his body and cleaned the abrasions on his hands.

"I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't keep a good eye on my brother. In my haste, I forgot that he was chasing me," Dabao said with his head down, looking a little sad.

Xiao Baoer held his hand and comforted him, "Baby, why do you want to apologize? Mommy tells you, you are still a child, you can't blame yourself. Your brother fell because he ran too fast, it was not you who caused him to fall."

"Brother, I fell because I didn't look at my feet. You didn't make me fall. Mom, it wasn't my brother who made me fall. Don't scold my brother."

Xiao Baoer touched Sanbao's little head and said, "Okay, Mommy won't scold brother. You and brother are very obedient. Let's be more careful in the future. How can we grow up without falling?"

Xiao Baoer looked at Sanbao carefully. It was cold and he was wearing thick clothes. He had no injuries on his body, only some scrapes on his hands, nothing serious.

"Son, play with sandbags in the yard for a while. Mommy has cooked red date millet porridge. She will stir-fry a few dishes and then we can eat. After we are full, our whole family will go to the movies."

Xiao Baoer entered the kitchen and was still talking to Shen Zhensheng about her son.

"Our eldest son has a strong sense of responsibility. He regards taking care of his brothers and sisters as his responsibility. He gets very sad when his brothers and sisters have any problems."

"We can only give him more advice. Having a strong sense of responsibility is a good thing, but we can't just put all the responsibilities on ourselves. It's more appropriate to hand over our family business to Dabao. He has a kind and steady personality, and we have personally brought him up, so he won't have any big problems."

Xiao Baoer also laughed at Shen Zhensheng, "It's still early. What if your son doesn't want your family business? Maybe they all have their own things they want to do."

"Then we should respect their hobbies, as long as the children like it."

The two of them had dinner with the children. Dabao felt that Sanbao's hand was injured, so he picked up a lot of dishes for him.

"Son, do you think that what you eat is good for your health? So you picked up several pieces of stewed pig's trotters for Sanbao."

"Yes, eat more and you will get better faster."

Sanbao was also very considerate and ate all the food his brother picked for him. His stomach was almost bulging like a ball.

When they arrived at the threshing ground, Shen's mother and her family were already there and had taken seats in the front row so they didn't have to hold up the child to watch.

For many people in the village, this was their first time to watch a movie. Basically, everyone in the village gathered here, and no one stayed at home.

Even Mr. and Mrs. Shen were helped out by my uncle and aunt. I haven't seen so many people for a long time. It's so lively.

After the movie, many people in the village came to greet the old man and the old lady and wish them a happy new year. They were the oldest people in the village and the young people respected them very much.

"Uncle, grandpa and grandma are tired too. We just washed their feet and they are already lying down to sleep. Tomorrow our whole family will come to your house to wish you a happy new year," Shen Zhensheng and Shen Zhenjiang sent grandpa and grandma to their uncle's house together. They lay down before coming out.

"Okay, you two should go back slowly," the uncle said as he walked them to the door of their house.

Shen's mother, Liu Ying, and Jiang Yuqing were all at the door of Xiao Baoer's house. They were afraid that Xiao Baoer would be scared to go home with several children alone, so they wanted to stand at the door and talk with them.

"Okay, let's all go home and stay up all night. You have to go to pay New Year's greetings to your grandparents early tomorrow morning," said Shen's father.

"I know, Dad. Grandpa and grandma just said they'll be waiting for us tomorrow morning."

The little ones couldn't stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. They fell asleep like pigs as soon as they got home.

It was only the couple who stayed up all night to celebrate the New Year. They took out a game of Gobang and played it for most of the night. When they got bored, they played chess. Anyway, there was plenty of fun in Xiao Baoer's space.

The children woke up early and the two of them put new clothes on them.

Shen Zhensheng set off firecrackers while Xiao Baoer cooked dumplings. After the family had eaten, they went to the old house to pay New Year's greetings. The two younger ones followed their brothers to pay New Year's greetings in a proper manner and received several red envelopes.

Shen's father also led the whole family to his uncle's house to wish the old man and the old lady a happy new year. This is a family custom. Last year, the whole family spent the new year in Beijing, but this time the whole family must wish the old couple a happy new year at home.

The few younger ones paid their last New Year’s greetings. In the Shen family, men and women were treated equally, and the great-grandchildren paid their New Year’s greetings together.

After sleeping for a morning, the children started visiting each household. Now most of the women in the village work in Xiao Baoer's factory, and most of them would give Dabao and the others a few red envelopes as a token of their thoughtfulness.

Since the afternoon, people have been coming to our house to wish us a happy new year. Several of Shen Zhensheng's colleagues from the transportation team came in the afternoon, brought a lot of things, and gave red envelopes to the children.

Xiao Baoer also gave red envelopes to their children. She didn't feel that others owed her anything. She paid them for their work, so there was nothing to be thankful for. She shouldn't accept red envelopes from others for nothing. It was the give-and-take of social etiquette to behave in a reciprocal manner.

We had a reunion dinner at my uncle's house in the evening. Xiao Baoer and Shen Zhensheng cooked their specialties, a dish of shrimp and chicken feet stew and a dish of tomato and pork stew, so that the old man and the old lady could also taste different flavors.

After eating, we played for a long time at my uncle's house before leaving. Every family had to follow their children, so we couldn't stay up too long.

When the old man and the old lady knew that Shin Soo-soo was pregnant, they were so happy. Even their youngest granddaughter was going to be a mother, how could they not be happy?