The retired rough man dotes on his mother

Chapter 408: Food is better than medicine

The Shen family was large, so it took three ox carts to visit each relative. There were many people, and Shen's mother's family was large, so she brought many gifts.

Shen Zhensheng rode a bicycle with Dabao and Erbao, Shen Zhenjiang rode a bicycle with Shen's father, and the others sat on the ox cart. There were several children on the cart, and they had to be taken care of.

Everyone in Shen's mother's family was very welcoming and came out to greet them. With such a large family visiting relatives, it was a spectacular sight wherever they went.

"Dabao and Erbao, come and play," my aunt's grandson was very excited when he saw the children.

Sometimes my cousin’s wife and her family would bring their children with them when they went to work, letting them play with a group of other children at the factory gate. The eldest and second child had already become familiar with them.

Several children ran out to play, and the young people were watching and chatting at the door while Shen's father and mother were chatting in the yard.

"Mom, I want to drink some water. My throat hurts," Sanbao ran to his mother and said.

"What's going on? Did you run too hard or are you going to catch a cold?" Xiao Baoer reached out and touched Sanbao's forehead. The temperature wasn't very high, so he probably didn't have a fever.

"Mom, I'm not feeling unwell, but my throat hurts a little. I was having so much fun just now that I ran with my mouth open, so maybe the wind was blowing in my throat."

"Then let Daddy take you back to the yard to drink some water. Mommy has a small tube of pear paste in her bag. Let Daddy make you a cup to drink first. Mommy will make you some soup when we get home."

Shen Zhensheng took Sanbao home to drink water. Shen Zhenjiang took Xiao Xiangxiang's bottle to feed him milk. The little boy was in a hurry to play with his brothers and sisters. He was restless when drinking milk and coughed from time to time.

"I'll teach you how to make soup after we get home. It's better to let Xiangxiang drink more soup in winter. It can clear away heat and moisten the lungs. I see he's still coughing," Xiao Baoer touched Xiangxiang's little hand.

"Okay, I might have caught a cold these past two days. I've been coughing since yesterday, and my mother said that if I don't feel better, I should go to the hospital."

Jiang Yuqing and Shen Zhenjiang have only this one son, and they usually take very good care of him. Xiangxiang has always been in good health, but this winter he has been coughing a lot.

"It's okay. I'll make some soup for him to drink later. Children can't take so many medicines. Medicines are poisonous to some extent."

Although Xiao Baoer knows medicine, she still believes that for minor ailments, dietary supplements are the best, and there is no need to take medicine or get injections all the time.

After breakfast in the morning, Shen's mother called everyone in the Shen family to go home, as there was a lot of things to do at home, and the grandchildren were young, so if they went back any later they would be cold on the way.

After returning home, Xiao Baoer taught Shen Zhenjiang and Jiang Yuqing how to make soup and complementary food, and asked them to give Xiangxiang some soup and complementary food often, and not to feed him milk powder all the time, otherwise the child would not grow so fast.

Zhou Bao really seems like a good father. When Xiao Baoer was teaching them, he was also following along and learning.

"Isn't it too early for you to learn now?" Shen Zhenjiang teased him.

Zhou Bao said seriously, "Not too early, not too early. I have learned how to make it for my wife now. I will be able to take good care of my daughter as soon as she is born."

"Okay, he's a good dad."

Zhou Bao was a little proud. "Of course not. Since my daughter was born, I have been devoted to taking care of my wife and my daughter. My daughter and my wife must have a life without worries about food and clothing."

Shen's mother heard Zhou Bao's words outside the kitchen and nodded with satisfaction. Although Xiuxiu didn't have her mother-in-law to take care of her, Zhou Bao was a very good man.

Not only can he earn money to provide Xiuxiu and the children with a good life, but he is also someone who cares about them, which is pretty good.

The people in the old house returned home after drinking the soup. Shen Zhensheng and Xiao Baoer let the children play with toys in the house while they prepared gifts for their mother's home tomorrow.

"Wife, don't forget to pack a few more red envelopes. It will be embarrassing if there are not enough red envelopes tomorrow."

"I see. I'll give a few more later. If someone meets us tomorrow and goes to visit relatives at our parents' house, we can give them some red envelopes."

Nowadays, every family is not very wealthy, and the amount of red envelopes is a blessing to the children. Some families give a few cents, and some give a few dollars, although it is not much, but it is also there.

The next day, the two of them took their children to have breakfast and prepared to go back to their mother's home. Shen Zhensheng first went to the old house to tell Shen's father and mother, and then went to find the ox cart in the village.

"Dad, are we riding bikes again today?" Dabao asked Shen Zhensheng.

"Instead of riding bicycles, we'll take a ox cart today. A bicycle can't carry our entire family," Shen Zhensheng pinched Dabao's little chubby face.

"Okay, Dad, I want to learn how to ride a bike, too. Do you have a smaller bike?"

There is a children's bicycle in Xiao Baoer's space, but it can't be taken out all at once. Dabao is not a child anymore, so it's not easy to fool him.

"Dad will find time to go to town and ask if he can buy you a small bicycle. I will buy it for you no matter how much it costs."

Xiao Baoer also came out of the house and heard what Shen Zhensheng said.

"Yes, son. Let dad go ask. If there is one, I will buy it for you. Mom will not be biased. You and your brothers will each have one. Then you can learn to ride a bicycle together."

The three children jumped happily, "Mom and Dad are going to buy us bicycles. We are going to have bicycles now."

The two put the gifts on the ox cart and took the children back to her mother's home. These days were good days for visiting relatives and she met many acquaintances on the way.

"We are all going back to our parents' home. Look at the gifts they carry on the ox carts. You are nothing like me. Not only can you not carry anything, you can't even let your children sit in the ox cart," the woman complained incessantly.

"Enough, are you done yet? The couple is capable and you're still blaming me. You can do it if you have the ability too."

But this has nothing to do with Xiao Baoer. She thinks that if there is money, take more, if not, take less. After all, she is going back to her parents' home, so it really doesn't matter how much she takes.

"Grandma, we're here," Dabao and Erbao had already run to the door of grandma's house.

"Hey, grandma heard it, my eldest grandson, I see you have grown taller and have become a big boy now."

Everyone from the Xiao family came out to greet them. The two little ones no longer needed to be held and could walk steadily.

"Tuantuan, Manman, how did your mother teach you to wish each other a happy new year?"

Tuan Tuan and Man Man solemnly wished their grandparents a happy new year, "Happy New Year, grandma and grandpa, may everything go well and may good luck come to you."

The two little ones made everyone laugh. It was amazing that these little guys could remember such a long string of words.

"Baby is awesome, grandma will give you a big red envelope."

"Here, this is given by the uncles and aunts. Such a long speech must have made us tired."

The children packed a lot of red envelopes in a short time. Other relatives also came to the house. They were Xiao Baoer's cousins ​​and cousins-in-law, who came to see Xiao's mother today.

However, Xiao's mother was not very happy about their arrival. They had never come to her house before, and as soon as they arrived today, they started asking about Xiao Baoer's clothing factory. Isn't their purpose very obvious?

Xiao Baoer didn't know them either, and even the original owner didn't have a deep impression of them, so she just simply said hello.

"Mom, Zhensheng and I brought calcium tablets for you and dad. You need to supplement calcium at your age," Xiao Baoer instructed her mother in the house.

"Okay, I got it. My dear, no matter what they say, just ignore them and don't agree to let them work in your factory. Otherwise, your factory will be in chaos."

Xiao Baoer held her mother's hand and said, "Mom, I know what's going on. I won't pay any attention to them."