Chapter 271: Making a Swing
At night, Nini played in Ju'an and Dinah's room until almost ten o'clock, Dinah began to urge Nini to go to sleep, Ju'an consciously held a book, took Nini's hand to Nini's room, lifted the blanket, and let Nini lie in, Nini held the baby elephant in one hand and the giraffe in the other, and lay in happily. Before the story could be read, Nini was already fighting with her eyelids and was trying to keep her eyes open.
Seeing this, Ju An closed the book, stretched his head under the bed, and said to Nini: "Dad has seen it, there are no monsters, Nini go to sleep quickly."
Nini muttered in a daze, "Good night Daddy." He closed his eyes, and soon entered the dream, Ju An kissed Nini on the forehead, and whispered: "Good night, sweetheart". Then he turned off the lights and gently closed the door.
When Ju An returned to the bedroom, he found that Dina was looking at the photo album, Ju An got into the quilt and put his head next to Dinah, and then he saw that there were all photos of Dina from childhood to adulthood, pointing to a photo Dina said to Juan with nostalgia: "This one was taken by my mother when I was just in elementary school, my father was pushing me on the swing, every time I cried, my father would hold me on the swing, and I laughed after two swings."
Ju An looked at the photo, the young Thomas was pushing a swing made of car tires, and Dinah, who was still a little doll, was holding the rope on both sides with both hands, smiling happily, Thomas's face was also full of smiles, and he said to Dinah with a move in his heart: "Then I'll ask Thomas tomorrow if he has any old tires at home, and I'll make a swing for Nini."
Dinah said with a smile: "Who still uses old tires to make swings now, there are children's swings sold in the supermarket, just buy them and find a place to hang them, and that kind of swing is the safest for a child of Nini's age."
Ju An said with a smile: "Buy one and find a place to hang it, where can I show my ability, I must make a special one."
Dinah smiled and said, "Then you can make a swing rack for Nini." As soon as Dina mentioned Ju'an, she remembered the scene when she helped Liu Chao build a barbecue table in the past. decided to make a swing frame for Nini Ran Ran and Tongtong by himself.
Ju An thought for a while and nodded: "This is good!" When we move to a new house, we can move in together, so I want to think about what I want, it's best to do three, and when the time comes, Ran Rantong will come to avoid a few little guys robbing."
Then Ju An took out a piece of paper from the bedside table, then took a pencil and began to draw, and then calculated how many pieces of wood needed to make a stand, and how many connectors were needed, Dinah also helped Ju An improve the design of the swing on the side, and the two of them also discussed from time to time, how to ensure the safety of the children, a small swing, so that Ju An and Dina were busy until more than one hour older, and finally the plan was satisfactorily settled, and the two of them turned off the lights and went to sleep.
After getting up in the morning and having breakfast, Juan began to prepare to buy wood, and bolts, and so on, when Marcos called, and Dinah answered the phone and asked, "Daddy!" What's the matter?"
Marcos smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that we want to go over and see Nini, if you and Ann are not busy today, we will go over, and if you are busy, we will go for two days in the evening."
Dinah hurriedly said, "Not busy! Ann is going out to buy wood to help Nini make the swing rack."
"Has Ann set off?" Marcos asked.
Dinah replied, "Not yet, we just finished eating, and Ann is getting ready to go."
"Let Ann wait, I'll go with him then, and we'll be there at once," Marcos said anxiously.
Dinah smiled and returned, "Okay, Ann is waiting for you at home". Before he could finish speaking, Marcos hung up the phone.
Dinah put down the phone and said to Ju An: "Dad said that he was going to see Nini today, and he happened to go with you to buy wood to make a swing, and let you wait for him at home."
Juan nodded, and then sat back on the couch, watching TV while helping Hans scratch his chin, these two little things are the same virtue as kittens, and they especially like to be scratched by others.
Nini was holding Teddy's big head and talking to Teddy, and she didn't know what she was talking about, not only was Teddy confused, but Ju'an was also listening to it next to her.
When they heard the sound of cars outside the door, Juan and Dinah walked out into the yard and saw Marcos get out of his old green pickup truck. Melina also stepped down from the other side.
Seeing Ju An and Dina coming out with Nini in their arms, Melina asked Nini with a smile: "Hi, sweetheart, do you miss grandma?"
Melina used Chinese, Nini looked at Dinah, and Dina said to Nini: "This is grandma, that is grandpa, isn't Nini's pony sent by grandpa and grandma, Nini forgot?" ”。
Nini shook her head and whispered to Dinah, "No."
Dinah said to Nini again, "That's grandpa, grandma." Nini heard Dinah's words and called out to Marcos and Melina, "Grandpa, grandma".
Marcos and Melina immediately said, "Nini sweetheart". Marcos then turned to Juan and said, "Then let's go, go early and come back early, and take my car." After speaking, he beckoned to Ju An.
Juan had no choice but to follow and get into Marcos's old pickup truck, which had just driven out of the ranch.
Marcos then asked Juan: "I heard Dinah say that Nini's condition is much better, and Melina and I want to come and have a look, and it looks really much better."
Ju An nodded: "Now the cowboys Nini who is common in the ranch are not afraid anymore, and sometimes they will smile at people, only old Thomas will call twice."
"Hmm!" Marcos nodded and said, "That's good, how do you think of making a swing for Nini, why don't you buy one of these things when there are many things in the supermarket."
"I don't think there's much point in buying it, it's better to make one for the child yourself," Ju An said with a smile.
Marcos listened to Juan's words and complimented: "You're just starting to look like a rancher."
After buying all the timber and connectors to be purchased according to Ju'an's list, Marcos and Juan went to the supermarket to buy three swings, and it took a total of hours to buy everything, and by the time they returned to the ranch, it was already time for lunch.
For lunch, Dinah and Melina made steak together, and Juan and Marcos started to get busy after eating. Marcos brought the tools he had brought from the car, Juan also took the tools from his storeroom, and the father-in-law and son-in-law began to make swing shelves.
Marcos saw Ju'an's drawing, changed it slightly, changed the angle between the two grazing supports a little bigger, from 25 degrees to 40 degrees, and then the two men began to draw diagonal lines, sawed off the excess wood, and waited for the sawing of eight supporting woods, and then began to connect the eight pieces of wood with connectors according to the inclination, and then added a small square wooden strip to connect the two wooden supports, and then sawed flat at the joint of the two connected square wooden supports, and then connected to the final beam, and then use six iron rings to close the six iron sleeves.
Nini was very interested in her father and grandfather who were working, and looked at Juan and Marcos from time to time, and Dinah said to Nini: "Nini, grandpa and dad are making swings for Nini, does Nini like to play with swings?" ”。
Nini hurriedly nodded and said, "I like it!" ”。 After saying that, he ran to the side to look at it, and after looking at it for a while, he touched the tools on the tool belt behind Ju'an's ass and played.
Marcos saw that Nini was interested in this, so he pulled out the smallest wrench from his tool and handed it to Nini, and Nini happily followed the example of Ju'an and tightened the big screw that had been screwed.
Marcos said, "Nini must be a good carpenter in the future." Ju An listened to a cold sweat, what can this girl boast about when she becomes a carpenter, there may not be carpenters in China, but here in the United States, there are people who take certificates everywhere, and carpenters can actually build ordinary wooden houses. The status of carpenters is not very low, and it also belongs to the technical profession.
After the swing rack was ready, waiting for Ju An to hang three plastic swings of different colors on the sticker ring, Ju An and Thomas erected the shelf, so that the shelf stood directly on the ground, and it was quite stable. Marcos had already carried Nini to the swing, and then pushed Nini and started swinging.
After shaking for a while, Nini began to laugh, and then Marcos and Juan began to gently push the smiling Nini to start swinging, and after a while, Dinah and Melina also came over, pushed twice, and hugged Nini down, Juan and Marcos were ready to complete the final work, paint the swing, and wait for Marcos and Juan to change into gloves and start painting the swing, the two of them just finished painting a little half, Melina and Dinah brought two cups of coffee, He said to Marcos and Juan: "Take a break, have a cup of coffee and do it again."
Juan and Marcos took off their gloves and drank coffee, while Nini stood next to Dinah and asked Juan, "Dad, are you still pushing me on the swing right away?"
"I can't swing today, Dad painted the swing, and Dad will push Nini again tomorrow," Ju An said to Nini after taking a sip of coffee.
Nini listened and nodded: "Well, then Dad, don't forget it tomorrow."
Ju An smiled and said, "Then you can remind your father then."
"Hmm," Nini said with a happy nod.
(To be continued)