Experience of Raising a Baby (Second Update)

There are only three people, one big and one small, left in the ruined temple, and they don’t know when the heavy rain will stop. read

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Su Liang and Ning Jing carried their own bedding in the carriage. If it was dark and rainy, they would have to stay in a ruined temple.

Ning Jing held an umbrella and went to the carriage, took out a box of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and took out the two fur cloaks that Hu Er had given her when she passed Feiyan Town yesterday.

Chengyun was adding wood to the fire.

Zheng'er leaned in Su Liang's arms. Su Liang rubbed his little hands and asked him softly what he remembered.

The little boy was only three years old. He wanted to find his mother, but he couldn't tell her her name. However, he still remembered how vicious the four bad uncles were.

"One for you and one for him." Ning Jing handed both cloaks to Su Liang.

Su Liang took the women's shawl.

He took the men's one again and wrapped Zheng'er completely in it, leaving only a cute little face exposed.

"Say, thank you Uncle Ning." Su Liang taught Zheng'er.

Zheng'er looked at Ning Jing, smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and said in a sweet voice, "Thank you...Uncle Ning!"

Ning Jing said "hmm", opened the box of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and asked Su Liang to feed Zheng'er.

"I'm cold. Feed him." Su Liang didn't want to reach out.

It was already winter, but she didn't like to wear too cumbersome clothes. The rain suddenly dropped the temperature, and she just sneezed twice. She felt much better after wrapping herself in a cloak.

Ning Jing got up and went outside again, washed her hands with rainwater, wiped them clean, came back and broke the sweet-scented osmanthus cake into small pieces and fed it to Zheng'er. He had a tin water bag, which he placed next to the fire and simmered. When it was hot, he poured it into a small cup and fed Zheng'er a drink.

After eating two pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and drinking two small glasses of water, Zheng'er shook his head and said, "Thank you, uncle Ning!"

Su Liang was drowsy by the fire, and finally fell asleep holding Zheng'er in her arms.

When Zheng'er sat up, rubbing his eyes, Su Liang was still awake.

"What's wrong?" Ning Jing, who was sitting next to her and reading a book, raised her head and asked Zheng'er, her tone completely treating an adult.

"Shhhhh..." Zhenger stretched out his hand towards Ningjing.

Ning Jing reacted for a moment before realizing that Zheng'er was about to urinate, so she wrapped him in the cloak and carried him out together.

Chengyun stood outside and saw them coming out. He smiled and said, "The rain has lightened up."

…

When Su Liang woke up, the sky was much brighter, and there were no children around her. She looked up and saw Ningjing holding Zheng'er, who was touching Chengyun's bald head with his little hand. The scene was very warm...

"The rain is about to stop." Su Liang walked out, "Chengyun, take Zheng'er with you and rush to Bei'an County to stay one night before dark. We will buy a carriage tomorrow, buy some clothes, and then send him home."

"Aunt! Aunt!" Zheng'er came over as soon as he saw Su Liang and liked the way she looked.

Su Liang took Zheng'er over and held it for a while. It felt heavy, so she lifted it up. Because there is also the weight of the thick fur cloak.

The heavy rain finally stopped.

The air was fresh, the sky was bright, and a brilliant rainbow appeared in the eastern sky.

Su Liang pointed it at Zheng'er, who looked surprised and clapped his hands excitedly.

"Let's pack up and go." Su Liang said, "Let's hit the road now and find a place to stay before dark. Zheng'er, follow Uncle Chengyun home."

Zheng'er seemed to understand, but when he saw that Su Liang was about to hand him over to Chengyun, he kept shaking his little head and put his little hands around Su Liang's neck, "I want aunt!"

Chengyun smiled, "I see that Zheng'er likes you two very much, so why don't you two take care of him? I'll set off to Wanjia to report the news and ask Zheng'er's mother to pick him up. How about that?"

Su Liang was stunned for a moment and looked at Ning Jing.

Ning Jing said, "Try again."

Su Liang coaxed Zheng'er, "Be good, Uncle Chengyun is sending you home to find your mother."

Zheng'er seemed to understand and nodded, but when Su Liang was about to hand him over to Cheng Yun, he buried his little head in Su Liang's neck and completely lost interest in Cheng Yun's bald head.

"Are all children so clingy?" Ning Jing asked with a frown.

Chengyun shook his head, "Even the young monk doesn't know."

Su Liang was a little speechless as she listened to them seriously discussing the problem of children being clingy, "Ningjing, what do you think we should do?"

"We can't throw him away." Ning Jing said a word and went in to pack her things.

Chengyun clasped his hands together and said, "Both of you are kind-hearted people, and they will definitely take good care of Zheng'er. The young monk will set off to report the news now. I wonder where should Zheng'er's mother pick him up?"

Su Liang asked, "How long does it take you to get to Wanjia? How far is Wanjia from Pingbeicheng?"

Chengyun thought for a while and said, "The young monk can go to Wanjia in three to five days if possible. From Wanjia to Pingbeicheng, it will take six to seven days in the fastest way."

The Wan family was in the southeast, where the four people took a special detour to avoid being caught up after they captured Zheng'er.

"Before the eighteenth of this month, we were in Pingbeicheng." Su Liang said.

Chengyun nodded, "Okay." After saying that, he was about to leave.

Su Liang took a banknote and gave it to him.

Cheng Yun refused to accept it, so he heard Su Liang say, "If you need it, buy a horse as soon as possible. Don't delay on the road because of lack of money. Ask Wanjia to pay me back the money afterwards."

Chengyun accepted it and said goodbye to Ningjing and Zheng'er.

Su Liang grabbed Zheng'er's hand and waved, "Take care."

After putting out the fire in the ruined temple and cleaning up, Su Liang and Zheng'er got into the car, drove Ning Jing and continued on the road.

"Let's change. You get in the car and have a rest." Su Liang called Ning Jing.

"No need." Ning Jing refused.

Su Liang took the blanket from the car and wrapped it around Zheng'er, then handed the cloak out and said, "Put it on."

"Put it on!" Zheng'er stuck out his little head and imitated Su Liang's words.

Ning Jing took it with one hand and stuffed Zheng'er back into the car with the other.

Zheng'er chuckled, thinking Ning Jing was playing a game with him, and wanted to run out again, but Su Liang grabbed him back, "It's cold outside, don't catch a cold."

...

At night, Ning Jing and Su Liang rushed to the next city, found an inn, and booked an independent guest house at the back, where they could put the carriage.

The food in the inn tasted average, but it was very comfortable to eat something hot on a cold day.

I asked for egg custard specifically for Zheng'er, but Ning Jing didn't eat much and went out.

After Su Liang coaxed Zheng'er to finish his meal, Ning Jing came back with a bundle of clothes, shoes and socks bought for Zheng'er. The little guy's clothes had never been changed, and they were all dirty.

"You give him a bath and take him to bed at night?" Su Liang discussed with Ning Jing.

"He may not want to." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang chuckled, "Just smile at him."

Ning Jing looked at the smiling Zheng'er and reached out to carry him away.

Zheng'er thought Ning Jing wanted to play with him and was happy, but when he saw Ning Jing carrying him out the door and soon he could not see Su Liang anymore, he kicked his legs to go back.

Ning Jing stopped and said seriously, "Men and women should not be intimate."

Zheng'er's face was confused, and before he could react, he was carried into the next room by Ning Jing.

Not long after, Su Liang heard Zheng'er's cheerful laughter from next door, and he felt relieved and planned to read a book after washing up.

But Su Liang didn't know that Ning Jing had said "I'll beat you if you make trouble again" in order to make Zheng'er take a bath and not flutter, although Zheng'er didn't listen or understand.

After finally giving the baby a bath, wrapping him up and putting him on the bed, he kept sliding down.

Ning Jing finally wrapped him in a blanket, tied him to the bedpost, and then took a bath himself.

Su Liang heard Zheng'er next door calling him uncle sweetly, thinking that Ning Jing was good at coaxing children!

Finally, it was time to go to bed, and Zheng'er wanted to find Su Liang again, so Ning Jing lay on the bed, lifted him up, and put him down again.

Zheng'er quickly fell in love with this game and forgot about Su Liang for a while.

So, Ning Jing practiced weightlifting for a long time before going to bed that day, and finally tired the energetic child, and fell asleep beside him.

Ning Jing breathed a sigh of relief, covered Zheng'er with a quilt, and sighed, "Children are really troublesome."

...

When they set off again the next day, Su Liang suggested that she drive the car, but Ning Jing refused again, "You take care of him during the day, and I will take care of him at night."

Playing with children is much more tiring than driving the car.

Su Liang thought it was reasonable and accepted the arrangement.

She also had no experience in taking care of children, and such a young child needed to be paid attention to all the time, unlike Zhuzi who could play by himself.

Ning Jing listened to Su Liang telling Zheng'er fairy tales. After two stories, Zheng'er wanted to go outside the carriage.

"Ning Jing, he insisted on going out. What should I do?" Su Liang's voice was a little helpless. There was no point in talking to such a big child.

"Give it to me." Ning Jing reached in, carried Zheng'er out, wrapped him in his chest, only showing a pair of eyes, so that he would not be cold, and let him see the scenery by himself.

"Uncle Ning, what is that?"

"Cow."

"What is a cow?"

"Cow."

"What is a cow?"

"Cow is a cow."

...

Su Liang couldn't help laughing when he heard the conversation between the big and the small outside. Although the child was troublesome, he was still very cute.

Soon, Su Liang found that Ning Jing, who was always willing to learn new things, quickly learned how to communicate with a three-year-old child, how to comfort him, and find his interests.

At first, the child who always liked to stick to Su Liang preferred to stay with Ning Jing later, although Ning Jing would not smile at him or coax him in a gentle voice.

In this way, Su Liang could continue reading on the road as planned, without being affected too much.

A few days later, Su Liang asked Ning Jing, "Do you still think children are strange?"

Ning Jing thought for a while and said, "It's the adults who are strange, they think too much." Children's feelings are very pure, and they will get close to whoever treats them well.

Su Liang agreed very much, and asked with a smile, "Master, after meeting Zheng'er, do you want to be a father?"

Ning Jing thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I can't have children. If I marry a wife in the future, she will decide whether to have children or not."