newbobooks Chapter 277 Taking care of a baby
Chapter 277 Taking care of a baby
This has been a regular feature for the past two years.
After each autumn harvest, the authorities would arrange for a movie to be shown.
On this day, everyone's enthusiasm is very high.
Even people from other production teams would come early with small stools to reserve a spot.
This meant that everyone in the production team had to go early to avoid missing out on a good spot and not getting a good view.
The bamboo ware factory has a large open space, so naturally, the music is played there every time I come.
After having dinner early, groups of people began to head towards the bamboo ware factory area.
Lu Yuanqing sat at his front door, holding a bowl of rice, eating and watching.
"Third Uncle, aren't you going today either?" Lu Mingnan asked Lu Yuanqing while quickly eating his meal.
It's not like this has been happening for just one or two years; movies are being shown in the countryside.
But apart from the first year when Lu Yuanqing went to see it out of curiosity, he never went again after that.
The black-and-white image quality did not attract Lu Yuanqing at all.
Lu Yuanqing nodded and said, "There's nothing to see. If you're going, keep an eye on Xiao Bei and the others."
Lu Mingnan instinctively wanted to retort; he wanted to watch a movie with his best buddies! He didn't have the mind to take care of a child!
But knowing he would be scolded for saying it, and not being stupid, he obediently shut his mouth and didn't reveal his true feelings.
"But Xiao Bei and the others probably don't want to come with me either!" Lu Mingnan thought he should say something.
Lu Yuanqing: "..."
When Mingming was little, he would obediently bring his younger siblings along when asked to do so. Every time they went out to play, he would dutifully bring his younger siblings home with him.
Why don't you want to play with them anymore?
"Then come back to me after you've finished watching the movie," Lu Yuanqing said.
“Okay!” Lu Mingnan said with a smile, “There’s no problem with that.”
Lu Yuanqing shook his head speechlessly.
Lu Yuanqing felt he could understand people's enthusiasm for watching movies these days.
After all, there aren't many entertainment options these days, so as soon as it gets dark, people just lie in bed and go to sleep.
People naturally have a great deal of interest in anything that's entertaining.
but.
It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and he really couldn't understand why people would bring their stools and wait there so early.
Reserving a spot is reserving a spot.
But it's impossible for him to go to such lengths just because he watches a movie.
Lu Mingnan dealt with the burden he almost lost, quickly finished the rice in his bowl, and rushed out of the house.
I suppose he went out with his friends.
Lu Yuanbo watched his retreating figure and burst into laughter.
After laughing, I turned around and saw Lu Yuanqing calmly eating.
Lu Yuanbo immediately raised an eyebrow and said, "Brother, aren't you going to see a movie?"
Just as Lu Yuanqing couldn't understand why Lu Yuanbo and the others, even though they had seen the same movie in the county and knew that the one being shown in the countryside was the same one they had seen before, still wanted to watch it again.
Lu Yuanbo couldn't understand why his brother had no interest in the movie at all, even though it was so good.
Lu Yuanqing shook his head firmly: "I'm not going! There's nothing to see here. He doesn't like watching black and white."
Moreover, it was an open-air movie.
He felt incredibly annoyed sitting on a hard bench for an hour or two.
Seeing his determination, Lu Yuanbo immediately put on a fawning smile.
Xie Qianyu seemed to guess what he was about to say and couldn't help but nudge him with her hand.
Lu Yuanqing: "..." He suddenly understood.
"Bring Tuantuan over here in a bit!"
He's not even allowed to watch movies, yet he has to babysit the kids of a young couple who want to go on a date. I'm speechless.
Tuantuan is the nickname Lu Yuanbo gave to his daughter. When he chose it, he also said that when he had a second child, he would name him Yuanyuan.
His wish is for his family to be reunited.
Upon hearing Lu Yuanqing's agreement, Xie Qianyu's face quickly flushed, while Lu Yuanbo smiled smugly.
This isn't the first time.
Xie Qianyu hadn't expected that she had ultimately underestimated Lu Yuanbo.
I thought he was a person who didn't understand romance, but I never expected that after we got married, even now that we have a child, he is still so devoted to her.
I want to take her along when something fun happens, and I want to tell her about anything interesting I encounter.
Sometimes Xie Qianyu would sigh and say that you really can't judge a book by its cover.
When they first met, she would never have imagined that Lu Yuanbo would be like this.
However, she felt very happy at that moment.
But, can this idiot please stop leaving his daughter behind every time he wants to take her out to play?
She always asked Lu Yuanqing to help take care of the children.
Xie Qianyu felt that she was becoming increasingly thin-skinned and was really embarrassed about it.
Lu Yuanbo didn't feel embarrassed at all.
The problem is his own older brother, and Lu Yuanqing is very patient (Lu Yuanqing said he didn't even know that). He's very good at taking care of children. In the future, Tuantuan will have to take care of his third brother in his old age, so they have to cultivate their relationship from a young age!
That's right.
Ever since Lu Yuanqing resolutely refused to get married and decided to remain single for life, Lu Yuanbo has been filled with worries about him that he doesn't have at his age.
That's Lu Yuanqing's retirement problem in the future.
Lu Yuanbo can guarantee that none of his family members would be so heartless as to abandon Lu Yuanqing.
But they will eventually grow old and there will come a day when they are powerless to do anything.
What will happen to his third brother then?
They would never abandon their own children.
But what about Lu Yuanqing?
After several sleepless nights due to worry, Lu Yuanbo came up with the idea of making things difficult for his daughter, who was only a few months old.
He will have more children in the future.
Having more children would lighten the burden of caring for them in their old age, and he wouldn't have to worry about Lu Yuanqing having no one to care for him.
Therefore, it would be a good development for the child to cultivate a relationship with Lu Yuanqing from a young age.
It's a pity that Lu Yuanqing didn't know he secretly had such a thought, otherwise he would have definitely punched his head through.
Does he need to worry about this?
It's truly shameless of them to put this kind of pressure on their own daughter and their still-missing child.
Lu Yuanqing felt that once children are born, one should be responsible for them, teach them life skills, and enable them to survive well in this society. That would be good enough, and it wouldn't be a waste to bring people into this world.
However, if having children is only for the purpose of providing for one's old age, then it is a bit too ulterior.
He simply couldn't accept it.
Fortunately, neither side knew about these thoughts, otherwise it would have been another debate about ideological education.
Lu Yuanqing, holding Tuantuan who was well-fed and sleeping soundly, watched expressionlessly as Lu Mingdong, also carrying a child, walked home.
Lu Yuanqing: "..."
Do you still remember who you are?
A live-in son-in-law! Doesn't Cheng He take care of the children?
Lu Mingdong had no idea of Lu Yuanqing's speechlessness. He put the child on his bed, said he was going to watch a movie with Cheng Xia, and left.
Lu Yuanqing looked at the child in his arms, then at the chattering child lying on the bed.
Is he now a stay-at-home dad?
……
Although it's already November, it's not dark very early in the Sichuan and Chongqing area.
The movie won't start until around 7 PM.
After all, with open-air movies, it's impossible to see clearly until it gets dark.
However, there is no fixed time for such events.
If it gets dark early, release it earlier; if it gets dark late, wait longer.
We can't just start playing it before it's even dark!
What can you possibly see clearly?
Around 7 p.m., when it was just getting light, the open space near the bamboo ware factory was already packed with people, some standing and some sitting.
Everywhere you look, there are people.
The most common sound was everyone's laughter.
Lu Yuanbo and Lu Mingdong, with perfect understanding, sat together with their respective wives.
As soon as she sat down, Cheng Xia handed over a bag she had brought with her.
"I brought sunflower seeds and peanuts, so we can eat them while we watch," Cheng Xia said with a smile.
Xie Qianyu smiled and said, "I brought some too, including some cookies. Try some."
Lu Mingdong sat next to Cheng Xia, and he usually didn't like to talk.
Even if she doesn't say a word, Cheng Xia will never forget him.
He quickly peeled a few peanuts and handed them to Lu Mingdong.
Lu Mingdong looked at the thing in his hand, glanced up at Cheng Xia who was smiling at him, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he took it and put a peanut in his mouth.
"It's delicious!"
Cheng Xia laughed, "Isn't it delicious! We only harvested a dozen or so pounds of peanuts from our family's private plot this year, and Dad told us to keep them for ourselves!"
Peanuts are a great food, they're good for replenishing blood.
He wouldn't be willing to let Cheng He stay and eat by himself.
His first thought was to sell it for money.
But if his own daughter likes it, he doesn't need to think about it at all; he'll just keep it.
Lu Mingdong smiled and fed her a piece of food, saying, "Eat more."
Cheng Xia was still not used to such directness, to being so blunt in front of the crowd.
She blushed instantly.
She glared at Lu Mingdong, feeling both embarrassed and annoyed, but also relieved that it was getting dark and hoped that no one had seen her!
Lu Mingdong liked seeing her like this. He was someone who didn't care about other people's opinions, and he didn't feel anything was wrong with doing such things in public.
He even became somewhat interested in it because of Cheng Xia's reaction.
Lu Yuanbo silently watched this scene from the side, and then, as if he had lost but also learned something, he took out a handful of sunflower seeds from his pocket and started peeling them.
Before the movie even started, Xie Qianyu focused her attention on Lu Yuanbo, and then she saw him peeling sunflower seeds but not eating them.
"Peel it as you eat!"
Lu Yuanbo didn't reply, but instead put a small handful of peeled fruit to her mouth.
Xie Qianyu smiled and said, "You peeled it for me! Thank you!"
After Xie Qianyu finished speaking, she lowered her head slightly and ate it in one bite.
She loves eating sunflower seeds this way; it makes her very happy.
Gu Baoxia, who was sitting quietly behind the four of them, was speechless.
I can somehow understand why Lu Yuanqing was unwilling to come to the movies with them!