pick up a date

The hut of Qin Jiu's family has always been placed behind the house. On a snowy morning, Qin Jiu was woken up by urinating, woke up sleepily, went to the toilet, opened the door, and was sour by the cold air, tears and snot. Wanting to flow outside, looking at the thick snow outside, went back and put on a pair of rubber shoes, not wanting to run to the back of the house, six-year-old Qin Jiu closed his eyes and walked to the side of the gate to solve it, and walked back with his pants up , When I was about to close the door, I realized something was wrong. It seemed that I heard a sound similar to the meowing of a little white cat who had just been brought back from his house. It was weak, delicate, and intermittent, as if it would disappear in the next second.

Qin Jiu opened his eyes, and really saw something at the door, a small basket with a cotton jacket wrapped in it. Curious, he squatted down and lifted the upper layer of cotton jacket, regardless of his shivering legs. The little doll was blushing and was waving her hands while humming. Qin Jiu was taken aback, and without closing the door, she carried the basket and went into the yard, running towards her mother's room and shouting: "Mom, look quickly, There is a little brother. I picked up a little brother." Six-year-old Qin Jiu decided that it was a little brother without knowing the gender.

Qin's father, Qin Mancang, was impatient with being quarreled early in the morning; "Stinky boy, what's the idea? Since I let him sleep by himself, he has been making trouble every three days. Don't bother him, he will go back to sleep soon."

Qin's mother, Ji Qingluo, decided to wait and see. Qin Jiu, who was outside the door, looked at his little brother, blushing, and touched it. He knew it was hot. He had a fever.Seeing that no one came to answer the door, I was in a hurry, knocking on the door became more joyful, and I tried harder; "It's really my little brother, it's hot, and I have a fever." The other man couldn't lift it anymore, so he put the basket beside him : "If you don't open the door, I'll call grandpa and grandma."

When she heard that her son was going to call grandpa and grandma, Qin's mother hurriedly put on a padded jacket and opened the door, otherwise, according to Da Heniang's temperament, she would definitely come out to see their precious grandson.Hearing the movement, Qin Jiu hurriedly said, "Mom, mom, look, little brother." As he spoke, he picked up the basket and sent it to Ji Qing's arms.

Ji Qingluo took the basket and opened it to see that it was really a child, and hurriedly shouted: "Mancang, come and take a look, it is really a child, it looks like a newborn, and its face is so red that it seems to have a fever."

After speaking, he drove his son back to sleep: "Go to sleep quickly, and don't catch a cold again later."

Qin Jiu ran back to the room, put on the padded jacket, put on the padded shoes, and ran outside.

Qin Mancang put on his clothes and walked to the door. He saw a small wrinkled face in the basket, and looked at his wife: "What a child, my son is really not naughty this time. But we can't handle it well, And I don’t have much experience. I have to find my elder brother and my mother.” After finishing speaking, he took the basket and knocked on the door of the two elders, giving an overview of the situation.

Grandpa Qin came to open the door and saw a child stunned, but Grandma Qin who followed behind reacted quickly: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and bring it in." After speaking, he carried the basket into the room and put it on the bed On the other side, when he lifted the ragged cotton jacket on top, he heard a "boom", and ignored it for the time being, put the child in the warm quilt, kissed his forehead with his forehead, found that the situation was fine, turned around and found There was a circle of people around the bed, and they said in a hurry: "What are you doing here? I can't tell that the child is hungry. Our family has no milk. Go and make some rice soup to feed him later. Old man, please go and ask Mr. Now I only have a low-grade fever, and I’m afraid it will go bad when the fever flares up, so I have to make plans early.”

Grandpa Qin replied, their house is far away, and there is snow on the road, it will take an hour to walk, besides, the husband may not come, so he asked about the specific situation before setting off, just in case, If you plan ahead, you can prepare all the medicines you need even if your husband doesn't come.

When Ji Qingluo went to cook rice soup, Qin Mancang picked up Mrs. Tang who fell on the ground and put it in the basket. Grandma Qin touched Mrs. Tang who was still warm, and then rummaged through the basket: "My heart is not hard enough yet. Thanks to the presence of Mrs. Tang, it was estimated that she was here in the middle of the night when she lost it, and she was under the gate of our house. Fortunately, the eaves on the gate were left wide enough, so that Mrs. Tang was still warm without being drenched in snow. Otherwise, this child Once soaked in urine, it was frozen into a popsicle..."

"I forgot to change his pants." As he said, he reached into the quilt and touched it: "It's really wet a lot, Mancang, you go to the cabinet and bring the diapers I left before, I will give it to you later. He puts it on." He took off the pants on the child under the quilt, and covered the quilt tightly again.

Perhaps at that time Qin could have felt that he had been abandoned, or else the child had his own rules of survival, and he never cried, and only hummed softly when he felt extremely uncomfortable.Grandma Qin also boasted during the period: "This child is so good, he doesn't make a fuss at all, and hums softly when he's uncomfortable. The more people look at him, the more he likes him."

Qin Mancang went to look for diapers in the cabinet. The bottom stack of the cabinet was full of diapers. They were all cut out by Grandma Qin out of soft underwear when Qin Jiu was young. The rest were kept until they were used up. Now Also came in handy, since I wasn't wearing pants, the diapers were just draped over them.

Touched the little doll's forehead, the temperature didn't rise, only a low fever, Grandma Qin poured a cup of hot water over, not daring to mix it with cold water, so she poured it back and forth with two porcelain bowls, and waited until the water became warm before taking it Take a spoon, dip the handle of the spoon in water, and drip it into the child's mouth.

Perhaps she had a low-grade fever, dry mouth, or was very hungry. After all, she had only eaten one meal since she was born. The little baby closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue to lick the dripping water. Grandma Qin saw this I just patiently dripped it a few more times and was licked clean every time.

I didn’t dare to feed too much, I still have time to feed rice soup later, I put away the bowl and put it on the bedside table, only to find Qin Jiu standing by the bed for an unknown how long: “Jiu’er, what are you doing? Don’t say anything, you haven’t put on your sweater, and your cotton jacket has not been buttoned properly, is it cold?”

Qin Mancang handed over the diaper: "Mother, don't worry about him, he has the right idea. Just now Qing Luo asked him to go to bed, and he ran back to the room and put on a cotton jacket and came here."

After all, it was my own father after all, who carried his son to sit on the bed, took off his shoes and cotton pants, and stuffed them on the bed.

Seeing this, Qin Jiu hurriedly said, "Dad, I want to sleep with my brother."

Just as Father Qin wanted to refuse, his son continued: "I don't sleep next to my brother, I sleep next to him, and our quilt is big, so that my brother won't be cold."

"Talking one thing after another, can I still refuse." Qin Mancang put his son on the other side, next to the child, the quilt in the middle was careful not to touch it, pressed the quilt in the middle, opened the other side, Cover your son.

Qin Jiu lay on his stomach and stared at the child, watching his small mouth unconsciously sucking and sucking, his lips sucking and shrinking, his small body twitching occasionally, his face was not as big as his palm, the skin on his face was not stretched, and it was rosy. Yellow, the newborn child is not good-looking, a wrinkled one.Qin Jiu was novelty and happy, and he didn't want to move his eyes when he looked at him, and in his eyes, his younger brother was already good-looking.Open your mouth and ask: "Grandma, grandma, why is he twitching?"

"It's probably because I was scared, that's why."

The three of them gathered around to watch the child, and Ji Qingluo came in with a bowl: "Mom, I warmed up the rice soup, so I can feed him now."

"Okay, come on, you hold his head a little bit, so as not to choke him later." When Ji Qingluo lifted the child's head, Grandma Qin began to feed the child rice soup with a spoon. The child is weak now and has not yet The ability to feed itself.Dip the handle of the spoon into the bowl, drop a drop or two into the child's mouth, and feed it a small bowl of rice soup. Everyone is relieved. It's good if they can feed it.

Qin Jiu has been staring at the side, looking at the child licking and licking the rice soup in amazement, the shrunken red face reminded him of big red dates, afraid of disturbing the child, he said in a low voice: "It's like red dates ah."

"Newborn babies are like this. They will look better after a while, and then they will be white and fat. The facial features look good, and they will look very good-looking when they look back." Grandma Qin said, pointing to the child's facial features.

Ji Qingluo and Qin Mancang glanced at each other, such a young child really couldn't tell what his facial features were like, but what mother said should be right.

Before Grandpa Qin came back, Grandma Qin felt a little anxious and touched her forehead again. Fortunately, the fever was still low and did not worsen.He asked Qin Mancang to add two charcoal braziers, and put a cold towel on his forehead. He didn't dare to lower the temperature too much. He felt that his hand could bear the temperature, so he put it on the child's forehead.

After changing the towels back and forth a few times, Grandpa Qin came back, but the husband didn’t come. It was too cold and the road was difficult, and the husband was too old to walk. “Fortunately, I asked about the situation before I went, and took some antipyretics. Didn't I hit my leg a few days before the full warehouse, and I took some liniments to dissipate blood stasis."

A few people hurriedly crushed the pills and melted them with hot water. It was still the same spoon, "I'm going to cry a lot, it's not because he's weak." Grandma Qin dripped the medicine into the child's mouth.

"This child is smart, and the medicine is not too bitter. Unlike Jiu'er, taking the medicine is like killing him." Unexpectedly, the child didn't cry, and even licked up the medicine juice. Grandma Qin boasted, and she was relieved: "Now he can only rely on himself. Change his clothes after his fever subsides. I also tucked in a diaper for him. Don't worry about it for now."

Although I didn't have the heart to eat, I still did it. First, I ran out of water and let Grandpa Qin soak his feet. After all, Grandpa Qin walked such a long way in the snow, it's better to go to the cold.The rice is ready. In the morning in the north, a pot of porridge is cooked, and steamed buns are served hot. In the [-]s, when we were not rich, one dish was considered a good meal. Most of the time, we ate it with soy beans.Because there is a grandson in the family, I cook an egg for him every morning, and the family sits down. Qin Mancang remembered that he didn't let his son get up, and shouted: "Son, it's time to eat. Come down from the other side and don't touch the little brother." .”

Qin Jiu in the house ignored his unreliable father and stared at his younger brother happily and melancholy. He was glad that he also had a younger brother, so he didn’t have to envy Zhang Goudan. At that time, he hid in Tibet and suffered a lot of crimes, so he was fined, but the family was also happy.Zhang Goudan's younger brother is already good at laughing, making noise and acting like a baby.Qin Jiu sighed like an adult, and quickly kissed the child's forehead when the adults were not around, then quickly retreated and murmured, "When will you call me brother?"

Qin Mancang waited for a while but his son did not come out. He put down the steamed bun to look at the situation, and saw his son staring at the child without blinking. He smiled and said, "I can't see a flower again." Carrying him out and putting it at the end of the bed, Qin Jiu put his arms around his father's neck and didn't refuse. After getting dressed by himself, the father and son went out.

After dinner, Grandma Qin packed up and planned to go out. Ji Qingluo ran out to see that the snow was no longer falling, and came back and told her: "Mother, you should wear thicker clothes, and the wind is still strong. If it doesn't work, you should come back quickly. We can go there tomorrow." Buy milk powder in the town."

"Not far away, go to the next village to find your aunt's daughter-in-law. She has enough milk. If you don't come back at noon, you should pay more attention to the situation and make some rice soup to feed." The time of speaking has already reached the gate, and she opened the door after speaking. The door is gone.

Ji Qingluo watched her walk eastward along the road that Grandpa Qin shoveled out on the dam carefully before returning home.