Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 232 Small Root Lock

The family had a lively reunion dinner. Lin Ruolan and Chen Xiuyun cleaned the kitchen, while Qu Shaoyang and Liu Dongshan coaxed the children in the house.

Gensuo has been pregnant for more than four months. Unlike the confinement period, he just eats and sleeps.

Now he takes a nap in the morning and one in the afternoon. He is fed before going to bed at night and can sleep until the rooster crows in the morning.

After changing the baby's clothes and feeding him some milk, he can still sleep for a while, just in time for breakfast.

By this time, the little fellow had eaten and drunk his fill and started to act naughty.

After lying down for a while, Gululu turned over, raised his little head, and watched Xiaozhi, Shuanzhu and others playing.

Shuanzhu and Xiaofeng are not even three years old yet, and they are very naughty kids, climbing up and down and running around all day long.

The chickens and dogs in the house could not escape their clutches and were chased around the yard all day long.

There was no corner or crevices in the east and west courtyards that they could not reach.

Just after finishing their meal, the two children were clamoring to set off fireworks.

These fireworks are not the small fireworks you buy. They are made by taking strings of firecrackers apart, breaking them up, and using fire to ignite the gunpowder inside, just like those small fireworks.

If you want it to look good, you can pick two of them, put them facing each other, and light one of them.

The sparks that come out can ignite the one on the opposite side, and the two will spark at each other.

Sometimes, if you're clever enough, the little flower can even spin around a few times.

Shuanzhu and Xiaofeng are still young and a little afraid of the noise of firecrackers, but they always want to play with them.

There was no other way, so Xiao Zhi came up with this idea to coax them.

At the beginning, the three children were on the kang, put the small firecrackers on the edge of the kang, lit them and played with them there.

It just so happened that Gensuo could see it while he was lying down, so he coaxed him at the same time.

But the edge of the kang is made of wood, and it is only covered with a layer of varnish.

After the three children set off a few small sparks, Liu Dongshan discovered that the edge of the kang was burned black by the gunpowder that had sparked out.

"Xiaozhi, take them outside to play, and stop showing off on the kang.

Your eldest brother's house is newly built, and the edge of the kang is also new. Look at the three of you, you have burned several places in such a short time."

When Liu Dongshan saw that this was not going to work, he quickly told Xiaozhi to take his younger brothers and sisters to play in the outer room.

"Besides, this thing has a smell, and it's also smoking a lock."

"Oh, I see, Dad."

Xiao Zhi was busy coaxing the child and didn't pay attention. When he looked at it now, he was shocked. The edge of the kang was burned black in several places.

Xiaozhi quickly put away the firecrackers and incense, and led Shuanzhu and the others to the outer room.

"Master, it's okay, just a few small holes, it doesn't matter, let them play."

Qu Shaoyang saw it just now, but didn't dare to say anything.

It's Chinese New Year, and my younger brothers and sisters are having fun, so they just want to play a little. Can he still block them? Wouldn't that be a big disappointment?
Anyway, he is watching here, so nothing can go wrong. Just have fun. It's just the edge of the kang.

"No, what if a firecracker falls on the kang and burns the kang mat? Even though it doesn't make any noise, it's still gunpowder."

Liu Dongshan disagreed. This was not a question of whether the kang edge was on the kang edge or not. Who would play with firecrackers in the house? You wouldn't spoil your children like that.

Qu Shaoyang smiled and said nothing more. Xiao Zhi tactfully dressed his younger brothers and sisters and took them to the yard to play.

Gensuo, who was lying on the kang, was so anxious when he saw that his uncles and aunts had left that he lay on the kang screaming and shouting, flailing his arms and kicking his legs.

That's because he can't walk. If he could walk, he would have gone out to play with his uncle and aunt long ago.

"You see, next year this little guy will be able to walk, and he will be a follower again." Liu Dongshan was so happy to see Gensuo kicking around that he reached out and held Gensuo in his arms to coax him.

"The New Year is all about celebrating children. If you have several children at home, they are chattering and it makes the house very lively.

If we didn't have children, your master's wife and I would be so lonely." Liu Dongshan sighed as he amused his grandson.

"Your master's wife and I can't have any more children, but you and Xiuyun must have more children.

Don't worry about girls or boys. The more children the better. It will bring prosperity to the family."

When Liu Dongshan reached his age, he began to cherish children. His greatest wish was to have children and grandchildren around him and enjoy the happiness of family.

Qu Shaoyang was delighted when he heard this. It seemed that this tradition of urging couples to get married and have children was a tradition that had lasted for thousands of years and had never changed.

"Master, don't worry. Xiuyun and I are both young and we will definitely have more children in the future."

It is better to save children than to save money. No matter how much money you have, it is dead. Only people are alive. If you have money but no people, everything will be in vain in the end.

The master and the disciple were chatting when Liu Dongshan suddenly felt a heat on his leg. He looked down and saw that Gensuo was peeing right on his leg.

Qu Shaoyang also saw it, and hurriedly picked up his son and handed a piece of dry bread to Liu Dongshan.

"Hey, you little bastard, why did you pee on your grandpa? You little bastard." Qu Shaoyang pretended to slap his son's butt.

"Don't scold the child. We have a good relationship. My grandson is just trying to see if I know how to make friends. It's okay. Boy's urine is good."

Liu Dongshan didn't care at all. He just smiled and wiped his cotton trousers with his sleeves.

Here, Qu Shaoyang deftly pulled out the urine-soaked shirt, then took out a dry one to put it on.

Xiao Gensuo'er was not obedient at all. He lay on the kang and kicked his legs randomly. Qu Shaoyang took a lot of effort to pad the quilt for him.

This time, Qu Shaoyang didn't care about his son anymore and just let him lie there and play by himself.

As a result, Xiao Gensuoer turned the toes over with both hands and put the big toe into his mouth to chew, which made Liu Dongshan and Qu Shaoyang very happy.

In the outer room, Chen Xiuyun and Lin Ruolan were busy chopping stuffing and kneading dough.

When the two of them finished their work and brought the stuffing and noodles into the house, Xiao Gensuo was still chewing his toes, and the two of them were very happy.

"Hurry up and feed him some milk. The child might be hungry. Look at him, he is chewing his feet so sweetly." Lin Ruolan said with a smile.

Chen Xiuyun held her son and went to the east room to feed him.

Liu Dongshan and Qu Shaoyang also took this opportunity to wash their hands, went to the outer room to get out the paper for burning, printed it with special tools, and then folded it.

Then Liu Dongshan took a brush and wrote the address and name on each stack of paper.

"Xiaozhi, let's go." Qu Shaoyang greeted Xiaozhi.

That pile of papers was not only for Liu Dongshan's parents and relatives, but also for Qu Shaoyang's grandparents, Xiaozhi's grandfather, father, and uncle.

Xiaozhi is grown up now and he needs to learn to do these things.

Xiaozhi responded and asked Shuanzhu and Xiaofeng to go back to the east room for a while.

He put on his coat and hat, picked up the pile of papers that belonged to him, and followed his father and brother out.

The three of them came outside, found a random intersection, and then found sticks. They drew circles on the ground, leaving a hole in the southwest corner.

Afterwards, place the burning paper in the circle and light it.

The yellow burning paper quickly burned, and the ashes flew up with the wind and floated in the air.

The three of them prayed silently in their hearts until the paper was completely burned and there were no sparks in the ashes. Then they turned it over twice with a stick, covered it with some snow, and then turned around and went home.

(End of this chapter)