Daily Life of the Post-80s Generation

Chapter 6 Skip Grade

Wang Mei had always wanted a biological child. After being married for more than half a year without any results, she got a so-called “secret recipe for having a child” from somewhere and boiled some random herbs at home, making the whole house smell like medicine. She also learned to worship Buddha and bought a ceramic statue of the Goddess of

Childbirth and placed it in the corner of the living room. Although Xu Jianbing didn’t say anything, he also liked the idea of ​​having many children and blessings. Although he already had a son and a daughter, he would be happy to have another child, so he didn’t stop her.

Xu Ningyu felt that it was hard to put into words. Instead of praying to the gods and Buddhas, it would be better to go to a big hospital for a check-up. Besides, the inability to have a child is also related to the man. What’s the point of taking medicine for a woman? But he couldn’t say these words.

After two years of tossing and turning, Wang Mei was a little crazy. Finally, she successfully got pregnant at the end of last year. Because Xu Jianbing already had two children, her pregnancy was still considered an extra birth. When the pregnancy was a little later, she avoided the family planning and went to Xu Ningyu’s grandparents’ home in Xujiadian Village to wait for the birth. Xu Jianbing went there every weekend.

Now the family is all up to Xu Xinning. The little girl, who is only twelve years old, has to cook three meals a day and do all kinds of housework. It’s really hard.

Xu Ningyu can’t just let the little girl take care of herself. It’s fine that he couldn’t help before because he was too young, but now he is much stronger than before, so he tries his best to do what he can. Sweep the floor, wipe the table, and cook rice in advance for lunch. The seven-year-old baby is not even as tall as the kitchen stove made of cement slabs, so he first moves a small stool and then stands on a chair to reach it. He does the work in a very good manner.

The little guy with a three-head body sweeping the floor with a broom that is much taller than himself, Xu Xinning feels distressed and cute. She doesn’t let her brother help, thinking that Xiaoyu is a boy and so young, how can he do housework. Whether it is Xu Jianbing or the men in the surrounding neighbors, they rarely do small jobs such as washing dishes and clothes.

Xu Ningyu didn’t listen to her. Instead, she put on a serious face and started to teach her: “Sister, why can’t men do housework? There are only two of us at home. If I help, won’t it be faster?” Her voice was as crisp as jumping beans.

Xu Xinning always gave in to her brother, even though Xu Ningyu was several years younger than her. Unable to win over her brother, she had to warn him worriedly: “Then be careful, don’t get hurt, and don’t do it if you are tired.” The little girl was not unhappy, but she felt that her brother was different from the men around her, and she liked him very much.

In July, there were still a few days before Wang Mei’s due date, and Xu Jianbing took a seven-day annual leave to accompany her. During this period, he couldn’t take care of the family. Xu Xinning happened to be on summer vacation, so he planned to send the siblings to live with their grandparents.

The air and environment in the countryside are better than those in the mine. There are large trucks carrying coal in the mine every day. If you go out in light-colored clothes and shoes, you will be dirty when you come back. But Xu Ningyu had a bad impression of his grandparents’ house, so he didn’t like to go there.