The retired rough man dotes on his mother

As soon as the three sons returned to the village, they took their younger brothers and sisters for a stroll around the village. Weiwu and Rouyuan also followed them back to the village from the town. Their home had already been made warm and cozy.

"Mom, do Weiwu and Rouyuan have new clothes for the New Year?"

Xiao Baoer smiled and said to Tuan Tuan, "Yes, Mom has already made them. We will replace them during the Chinese New Year."

"Great, then our whole family can wear new clothes during the New Year."

This year, the children’s New Year clothes were designed by Xiao Baoer herself. All the children wore red clothes, but each one had its own characteristics.

She and Shen Zhensheng each wore a long red down jacket, black pants and boots.

The workers in the garment factory had their holiday on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month this year, and they still had their last month's salary and New Year gifts paid before they had their holiday.

This year, Xiao Baoer also set up a Best Worker Award, and everyone voted for the best employee.

In fact, it doesn’t matter who wins the award. The most important thing is that we all have fun together before the New Year. This award is just a good start.

"Sister-in-law, are you guys spending the New Year at home this year? We're planning to come over to your house on the first day of the New Year to pay New Year's greetings."

"Yes, sister-in-law, we have agreed to come together, and we will have dinner at your house then."

Xiao Baoer smiled and said, "If you leave without eating, I will be angry. When the time comes, everyone will come. I promise that you will not only have enough to eat, but also eat well."

In the end, many workers in the factory were clamoring to come to Xiao Baoer's house together. Xiao Baoer told everyone that she welcomes everyone.

But I have to say this first, we have everything at home, and no one is allowed to bring anything to our home for New Year's greetings. If anyone brings a gift, that person will not be fed.

Everyone knows that Xiao Baoer does not accept gifts from anyone during the Chinese New Year every year. Everyone just wishes each other a happy New Year, and the purpose of the New Year is to have a lively and auspicious occasion.

As soon as the factory was on holiday, Xiao Baoer and Shen Zhensheng began to prepare things for the New Year.

We prepared a lot of things that the children like to eat, especially steamed buns with bean filling. Now Tuantuan and Manman also like the filling very much. Manman said it tastes very sweet.

"Honey, look at the bunny buns I made for my daughter and sons. Do they look like bunnies?"

Shen Zhensheng just saw Xiao Baoer fiddling with something, and now he understood that she had been busy making a little rabbit for a long time.

"Wife, your sculptures are really beautiful, but we have five children. Who are you going to give them to?"

Xiao Baoer said with a smile, "This rabbit is for them to see, not for them to eat. Children will not have the heart to eat a rabbit."

Shen Zhensheng ruthlessly stabbed him in the back, "Really? But when we cooked the rabbit meat, they ate every bite."

Xiao Baoer thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. The rabbit was so cute, how could she not eat a few more bites?

"How about I make a few more?" Xiao Baoer looked at Shen Zhensheng and asked.

"Okay, I'll help you, you do it, you can make it look good."

The two of them started to make little rabbits together, preparing to give the children a surprise when they came out of the pot.

"Wife, I remember you told me that the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination would be announced in October 77?"

"Yes, when the results were announced in October, there was only a little over a month left until the college entrance exam. People who read books and accumulated knowledge well in normal times are fine, but if you didn't have much knowledge to begin with and have forgotten it all in these days, few people can succeed if they sharpen their swords at the last minute."

Shen Zhensheng continued, "I hope we can all get into Beijing University on the first try. Ever since the children went to Beijing, they have been clamoring to go to Beijing. If we all pass the college entrance examination and go to Beijing, the children will definitely be proud of us."

This year's Spring Festival will be 77 years old, a brand new year, so Xiao Baoer gave the children so much ritual during the Spring Festival this year, even making them wear parent-child outfits.

"After the exam in December, the admission letter will probably be issued in February or March of 12. We can all be admitted to Kyoto University and go to Kyoto smoothly."

Shen Zhensheng nodded and agreed with his wife, "Well, let's all work harder."

As soon as the steamed buns were ready, several children came running back. Although they had put on gloves and scarves obediently, their noses and faces were red from the cold.

Every time Xiao Baoer asked them to wear a scarf, they must cover their faces as well. Although they did so obediently, they would forget about it once they started playing.

"Come inside and warm up quickly. Why are you showing your face outside again?"

Manman said to her mother with a smile, "Mom, let me tell you, I just went out to play with my brother and met a lot of people."

"Manman, that's great. Tell me, did you greet people politely and call them?"

Manman showed her little white teeth and said, "Yes, I called my brother and sister, uncle and aunt, grandpa and grandma... I called whatever my brother called me."

The little girl is very clever. She knows that it is beneficial to learn from her brother, and it is not easy to call the wrong person.

"Manman is the best. Mom has prepared gifts for you. They are very beautiful little gifts," Xiao Baoer deliberately kept the secret.

She led a few children to take out the steamed bunny family portrait from the pot.

"Ting ting ting, what is this?" Xiao Baoer asked Tuan Tuan and Man Man.

"Mom, it's a bunny. It's the New Year bunny that mom and dad made."

The children were very excited because this had never been made for them before, so they didn’t know their parents had this skill.

"Yes, these are little bunnies made by mom and dad. They are really cute bunnies. Let's each pick a bunny and see whose bunny looks the best."

Xiao Baoer couldn't choose one from the children, mainly because each one was so cute and she wanted them all.

"Okay, mom is just teasing you. These are yours. I made these little rabbits especially for you."

Several children were reluctant to eat them. In Dabao's words, the little rabbits made by their mother were works of art, and it would be a waste to put them into their mouths.

Xiao Baoer talked to them for a long time before they believed that their parents would make new ones for them after they ate the buns. Only then did they pick up a rabbit bun and start eating it.

"Mom, there's bean paste in the rabbit."

"Yes, this is my mother's unique skill, which is only passed on to men. Let me see who wants to learn it," said Xiao Baoer.

The four sons were all very interested and they all clamored to learn their mother's craft. Xiao Baoer even smiled mischievously. No matter how high their IQs were, they were just children.

"Mom, why don't you teach Manman?"

Xiao Baoer whispered to Manman, "Because Manman is my mother's baby, you only need your brothers to take care of you. You don't have to live such a hard life."

She nodded in confusion. Regardless of whether she understood what her mother said or not, Xiao Baoer assumed that she had understood.