The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 176 Learning to Walk

“Yuanyuan can’t count yet.” Lu Chengjing tried to make amends for his daughter. “Keep one milk-producing doe and send the rest back to the mountains.”

Yuanyuan looked at the deer herd, then at her parents, tilting her little head in confusion.

"Did you hear that?" Shang Wan reached out and pinched her chubby little face. "Do as your father says. We can't afford to raise so many."

"Tsk!" Yuanyuan frowned, patted her tummy, and turned to look at the deer.

"How much milk can your little tummy drink? One doe would be enough." Shang Wan chuckled and continued to pinch her. The little one was small in stature, but her heart was big.

Yuanyuan's mother pinched her mouth so hard it looked like two halves of a duck's beak. She didn't know which deer to keep, and her little eyebrows furrowed in distress.

Shang Wan spotted the familiar doe and pointed at it, saying, "Good boy, keep that one, and let the others go home."

Yuanyuan turned her head and glanced at it, then nodded, a fleeting glint of excitement flashing in her big eyes.

The obedient deer herd immediately ran back into the mountains as if they had received some kind of command.

Only the doe who was left behind lowered her head and kissed the fawn beside her reluctantly, nudging it with her head to let it go.

The fawn ran a short distance away, turned to look at its mother, swished its short tail, and then ran back, sticking close to its mother and refusing to leave.

The fawn was only two days old. If it were separated from its mother and returned to the mountains, it probably wouldn't survive.

Shang Wan simply kept the mother deer and fawn together, and would release them back into the mountains after the mother deer finished nursing.

“Stone, prepare a separate feeding trough for these two deer and put it in the cowshed.”

The converted wooden shed is quite large, and there is plenty of room for two more deer, one large and one small.

During this period, the ewes' milk production gradually decreased. When they were first brought here, they had to be milked two or three times a day. The extra milk was stored in the storage space or shared with everyone. Xiao Huan could also use the goat milk to make some snacks and desserts.

Now, one squeeze in the morning is enough, just enough for Yuanyuan to drink for two meals.

Now that there's a doe, Yuan Yuan won't have to worry about food for three months.

Before long, the two children were playing with the deer, feeding it bean cakes together.

The fawn was very lively, running around in the yard. When it got hungry, it would go back to the cowshed and hide under its mother to nurse.

The doe was very docile. With Yuanyuan around, Shang Wan didn't tie the doe to a rope. If the doe wanted to go out for a stroll, she could just push open the door and come out. As long as she didn't go far, there was no problem.

If it goes too far, Little Gray will run after it to come back.

After lunch, with the sun high in the sky, no one felt like going out and everyone went back to their rooms for a nap.

The cicadas' incessant chirping, while noisy, unexpectedly lulls people to sleep.

When Shang Wan opened her eyes, the sun was already setting in the west, and the seat next to her was empty.

She stretched and yawned, her mind a little foggy from sleeping so long, and sat on the bed to calm down.

"I tried my best, but I was just a little short."

"Don't fall! Don't fall!"

"Come again!"

Chu Xu's voice came from outside. Shang Wan put on her coat. What was this kid doing?

She walked to the window, pushed it open, and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Under the eaves of the house next to the garden, there was a soft cushion, and a huge gray wolf lay lazily beside it, its green eyes half-open and half-closed, its tail gently swaying.

Chu Xu sat cross-legged on the soft cushion, clenching his fists to encourage Yuan Yuan.

What is Yuanyuan doing?

The little one is trying to walk.

They walked unsteadily, their steps unsteady.

Shang Wan lightly jumped onto the windowsill and sat down, resting her elbows on her legs, her almond-shaped eyes smiling, and propping her chin up as she watched intently.

The little bundle of flesh on the cushion puffed out its fair and tender face, its small body swaying as it walked, its little hands clenched into fists as it tried to maintain its balance. "Almost there, almost there, just a little bit more." Chu Xu was even more nervous than Yuan Yuan, who was learning to walk, his cat eyes wide open, staring intently at Yuan Yuan's little feet.

The little foot veered to the left, and with a thud, the little body was about to fall to the ground when a gray shadow flashed, and Little Gray became the cushion.

"Just a little bit more." Chu Xu came over with the milk bottle to feed Yuan Yuan. "Rest for a while before you go."

Yuanyuan held the milk jug and gulped down the milk.

This milk jug doesn't contain milk, it contains water, to prevent drinking too much milk from causing internal heat.

Chu Xu used a handkerchief to wipe the baby's sweat, and Yuan Yuan tilted her little neck up and cooperated very well.

"My good boy." Shang Wan said with a smile, beckoning to Yuanyuan, "Come to Mommy."

Yuan Yuan instinctively wanted to crawl over.

Shang Wan waved to her, "Walk."

Yuanyuan answered loudly, propped herself up with her little hands, and carefully took her first step after she was steady. The second step, she walked all the way to the edge of the soft mat, but her little heels seemed to be rooted to the spot, and she refused to go any further.

"My little one, come here. Mommy will take you to the city to play tomorrow." Shang Wan tempted the little baby with a reward.

Round eyes lit up, and her hesitant little feet finally stepped off the soft mat, one step, two steps, three steps...

The little body wobbled along, walking faster and faster until it reached the windowsill. Just as it was about to see it, it tripped over its own feet and was about to fall flat on its face.

Chu Xu, who had been following closely, hurriedly reached out and grabbed Yuan Yuan's vest, pulling her back forcefully.

Yuanyuan lost her balance and fell flat on her bottom with a thud. Little Gray, who rushed over, didn't even have time to cushion her fall.

Little Gray's paws froze: "!"

Chu Xu, who let go too quickly: "!"

Unexpectedly, there was this kind of thing at Shang Wan: "!"

Lu Chengjing and the other two, who were also secretly watching, exclaimed: "!"

Summer clothes are thin, but the floor tiles are hard. The little baby fell and was stunned and hurt himself.

Her bright, sparkling eyes instantly filled with tears, her little mouth pursed and pursed, and she burst into tears with a "waaaah!"

Shang Wan hurriedly jumped off the windowsill, picked up the person, and comforted them.

Yuanyuan was so upset that she hugged her mother's neck, wailed in her little voice, and tears streamed down her face.

Lu Chengjing and the other two rushed over and asked repeatedly, "Where did you fall?"

"Your bottom." Shang Wan gently soothed the baby's sore bottom as she rubbed it. "Mommy will rub it, it doesn't hurt anymore."

"Ouch!" Yuanyuan clenched her little fists, tears streaming down her face as she looked at the floor tiles with the same scornful look she had for an enemy.

Chu Xu's eyes darted around, and he stomped his foot hard on the floor tile, saying to Yuan Yuan, "I'll help you beat it."

Yuan Yuan blinked her eyes, and her crying subsided a little, as if the floor tiles no longer hurt her.

Shang Wan looked down at Chu Xu, wondering if this was a trick to coax a child.
Chu Xu said he had seen his aunt do it before; that's how she laid floor tiles, and it worked really well.

Shang Wan: "..."

The floor tiles are really the scapegoat.

Everyone gathered around to comfort Yuanyuan, and the little one finally stopped crying, but with red eyes, she nestled in Shang Wan's arms and refused to get down.

As soon as Shang Wan let go, she started whimpering, her little hands wrapped around Shang Wan's neck and refusing to let go, her pink little face rubbing against Shang Wan's shoulder like a clingy glutinous rice ball.

Shang Wan lowered her head and kissed her little face, pinpointing the crux of the matter, "Mother keeps her word, I'll take you to the city to play tomorrow."

Yuanyuan's eyes crinkled with laughter, and she was willing to get down and take a few more steps.

Everyone: "..."

So that's what they were waiting for.