Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 950 Days

Aunt Wang said, "It smells really good. Xiaowei is now a fully-fledged cook."

Xiao Wei said, "That's far from enough. I can only cook a few dishes, not even half as well as Lao Xia. I can only manage to make do at home."

Xia Maosheng laughed and said, "It's good, better than mine, and tastes better than mine."

Uncle Wang, who had just returned, walked over while wiping his hands: "What are you making? It smells pretty strong, a bit like canned food."

Aunt Wang slammed her hand on the table and said, "You think you have a good nose? Hurry up, stop dawdling, a whole room of people are waiting for you."

Little Hui stared with his big, bright eyes, jumped in Chen Hui's arms, and slapped his little hand on the table: "Gang jin. Gang, gang ji."

Xia Gensheng leaned to the side and said to Xiao Xiaohui, "Li Yi Ba Te Ga Qiu, oh. Ga Ga."

Geng Hui said, "I wish the child could speak right away."

Uncle Wang sat down and picked up his chopsticks: "It can't be that fast. One and a half years old is just right, two years old is also normal. Come on. Let's eat."

Xiao Wei's dad asked, "Want some?"

Chen Hui picked up a piece of the stew with his chopsticks, put it in his mouth, nodded and said, "Mmm, delicious, fragrant and rich."

Little Hui stared intently at his father's moving mouth, drool dripping from his little mouth. He stretched out his two chubby little hands to pry open Chen Hui's mouth, saying, "Baba, oh, Baba." He can now clearly distinguish between "mother" and "baba" and knows what "want" and "don't want."

Xiao Wei's mother laughed and said, "Oh my god, this child is so greedy, he's quite the little foodie."

Chen Hui said to Xiao Xiao Hui, "Son, you can't eat this. You need to eat light food, understand?"

Xiao Xiao Hui couldn't pry open Chen Hui's mouth, so in his haste, he put his own mouth to Chen Hui's and started biting.

Chen Xiao reached out and took Xiao Xiao Hui from Chen Hui's arms. She took Xiao Xiao Hui's small bowl, mixed some vegetable soup with the porridge, and fed it to him. The child ate it in big mouthfuls, waving his arms and legs in satisfaction. This time, Comrade Geng Sheng was not happy and reached out to take it back, whimpering.

Aunt Wang said, "Oh my, there are children here! It's so lively and wonderful."

Xiaowei's mother said, "Xiaohui can be weaned now. Xiaoxiao, just bear with it for a few days. You have to go to work, right? Go tomorrow and leave the baby with me. Just bear with it for three or four days, don't squeeze."

Geng Hui asked, "And me?"

Aunt Wang said, "You need to feed him for a few more days. Your milk supply is already insufficient. Let Gensheng nurse for a few more days. You haven't even been a year old yet, what's the rush?"

Xia Maosheng said, "I read in a book that you can quit in six or seven months."

Xiaowei's mother said, "Don't listen to the nonsense in the books. If you listen to them, you won't be able to live like this. It should be at least a year and a half, no more and no less. At this stage, the child can't grow without breast milk."

Chen Xiao asked, "Does the baby cry when weaning?"

Xiaowei's mother said, "You'll have to cry for a few days. Give it to me tonight, and you'll be fine in a few days. You can't quit it in a short time."

Chen Hui said, "No need, don't let your crying at night keep you from sleeping."

Xiaowei's mother said, "It's okay, I don't have much to do during the day anyway. I'll stay alone with the child for a few days, and you can take him back after Xiaoxiao's grandmother takes him back."

Xiao Wei said, "Mom, I'm going to my brother's place in a few days, is that okay?"

Xiao Hong asked, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Wei said, "The house over there is ready, aren't we going to go take a look? After Miler's winery opens, we have to go and support it."

Chen Hui said, "I'll also go check out the Xidu construction site. I haven't been there since the last trip, and now that construction is about to stop, I have to go and take a look."

Xia Maosheng asked, "Have the renovations of those old buildings been completed yet?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's almost done. If it goes well during the inspection, we'll move the restaurant and cake shop directly there. We'll also set up the headquarters there for the shopping mall, supermarket, and convenience store, and move in once the building is finished."

Xiaowei's mother asked, "Would you open your restaurant, bakery, or anything like that in Xingcheng?"

Xiao Wei said, "Let's take a look. Restaurants are unlikely, but cake shops and food factories are possible. As for shopping malls and supermarkets, we'll have to listen to Manager Zhang and Sister Liu's opinions."

Xia Maosheng asked, "What about the hotel?"

Chen Hui said, "It's unlikely; I'm afraid we don't have that kind of spending power."

Xia Maosheng said, "Why don't you just go for a lower-end one- or two-star rating? As long as it's rated one star, that's fine. We should also consider the local conditions before deciding. Why does it have to be a five-star rating?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Let's go and take a look, and listen to my brother's opinion; he's more familiar with the area."

Uncle Wang said, "I think we should take it a little longer and think it over more carefully. It's better to be slower. There's no going back on your decision. The house is there, it's not going anywhere. There's no rush to buy it sooner or later."

Aunt Wang said, "Isn't that money? Just leaving it there empty?"

Uncle Wang said, "It's my own property. It's already built, what money is there left? And what about rent?"

Chen Hui turned to Xiao Wei and asked, "Xingcheng, how is the heating system set up?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's the military base. The pipes were connected from the military base. The municipal government said the heating supply is insufficient. My brother set it up; we'll pay the fees later."

Uncle Wang said, "We need to take over either the military or factories and mines. Municipal heating is generally insufficient right now, not just in Xingcheng, it's the same everywhere. Municipal heating is provided by independent units, and funding is generally insufficient, and heating fees cannot be collected. The military is guaranteed by the state, while factories and mines pay for it themselves, so they are different."

Chen Hui said, "We've taken over the 606 case. We paid over 70,000 yuan today, which is definitely enough."

Aunt Wang exclaimed, "So old?"

Xiao Wei's mother laughed and nudged Aunt Wang, saying, "What's so 'so'? Don't you even look at how big this place is? There are so many buildings."

Aunt Wang said, "Oh, the whole thing? That brat is talking nonsense. I thought our whole courtyard cost 70,000."

Xiao Wei's dad said, "It's getting cold, all the leaves have fallen, and there'll be nothing to do this winter. Xiao Wei, will the fish in the pond die this winter?"

Xiao Wei said, "I don't know either. This is only my first year raising them, right? It shouldn't be possible. The ones in the river are thriving in the winter."

Uncle Wang said, "That's not the same. The river surface is frozen, but the water underneath isn't. It's hard to say where we are. Even if it doesn't freeze, what will it eat all winter?"

Xiao Hong said, "Why don't we just dig a hole and feed them?"

Xiao Wei's dad laughed and said, "That's terrible! It's frozen for a meter or so thick, harder than stone. What are we going to use to chisel it?"

Xia Maosheng said, "Don't worry about it. Let it thaw next year and see. If it dies, we'll figure something out next winter. If it lives, then we won't have to worry about it anymore."

Chen Xiao said, "Can't we just heat the water to prevent it from freezing?"

Everyone laughed. Chen Hui reached out and patted Chen Xiao on the head: "Silly girl." Xiao Hui looked at Chen Hui and then at Chen Xiao, then slapped Chen Xiao on the face: "What the heck."

Aunt Wang said, "Xiao Hui, you should be more careful in front of the child in the future. He's just learning to talk."

Xiaowei's mom said, "Don't even mention it, wouldn't it be great if there were a hot spring in our compound? We could soak in it whenever we wanted, and it would be perfect for winter camping to warm us up."

Aunt Wang said, "Aren't we going to the county in a few days? Let's go to the hot spring temple for a soak."

Chen Xiao said, "I want to go. I want to go too. Last time at Wulongbei, I couldn't soak in the hot spring because I was pregnant with him. I've never been to a hot spring before."

Xiaowei said, "Then wait for us to come back. When Xiaohui and I get back, you can all go together as a group and have a few days of fun there."

(End of this chapter)