Ye Qingshui touched the longevity lock. The outer shell was cold, but it made her feel warm. She stared at her sons' peaceful sleeping faces and felt like crying.

The skin of a newborn baby is delicate and fragile, and its hands are small. Ye Qingshui measured the baby's feet with her thumb and found that they were not even as big as her three fingers.

Xie Tingyu brought a camera over and took a picture when his wife was picking up her son's feet and staring at them stupidly.

"Grandma, the children haven't been named yet! Please help them choose a name."

Xie Tingyu smiled widely, his whole body filled with the pride of being a new father.

Although the names Grandma Xie gave to her two sons were simple, one was called Xie Jun and the other was Xie Min, but in those days, no matter how much knowledge one had, the names they came up with had to be localized, catchy and easy to remember.

Grandma Xie said angrily, "Grandma, you know that relying on you alone is not enough. You only thought of naming them after the babies were born. Don't worry, your grandfather has already prepared a few names."

"We need to think about nicknames too. We can't just keep calling them Big 1 or Big 2... that sounds so unpleasant."

The full name is chosen by the elders, but the nickname must be chosen by the couple themselves.

Xie Tingyu recalled last night. He had never had such a deep impression of any night in his life. However, last night seemed endless, and every minute and every second was so torturous.

Finally, daybreak came, and the cries of the two little children came to the world along with the first rays of morning sunshine.

This scene will be unforgettable for Xie Tingyu forever.

He said without hesitation: "How about calling the elder brother Chenchen and the younger brother Guangguang?"

Chenchen and Guangguang.

Ye Qingshui whispered the name softly. The nickname she pronounced was so soft and cute that it made her heart soften into a pool of water.

Ye Qingshui kissed the babies one by one.

"The names Daddy gave you are really nice. Do you like them, baby?"

She held their hands and said silently in her heart: "Chenchen, Guangguang, thank you."

Thank you for being willing to be our children again in this life.

In this life, Ye Qingshui will do his best to protect and love these two babies and provide them with the warmest safe haven.

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Ye Qingshui stayed in the hospital for observation for seven days and was discharged a week later.

The young couple each held a child in their arms, with sweet and contented smiles on their faces, as if they were holding a treasure that could not be bought with any fortune.

Ye Qingshui wrapped the baby in soft cotton cloth and carefully pulled down the wind shield to prevent them from being blown by the cold wind.

After returning home, Xie Tingyu put the children on the bed one by one.

Newborn babies love to sleep, and Xie Tingyu doesn't bother them. He just looks at them and never gets tired of looking at them. It turns out that his and his wife's facial features are mixed together like this.

The eldest son looks more like his wife. He is much taller than his younger brother and is more lively and active.

The youngest son looks like him, loves to sleep, and his eyes are always narrowed into slits.

Ye Qingshui returned home and was surprised to find a familiar smell in the kitchen.

Xie Tingyu leaned against the door and smiled easily: "Shui'er, look who's here?"

Ye Qingshui turned his head and his eyes almost turned red.

Ye's mother, who was making sour plum soup for her daughter in the kitchen, turned around and showed her glutinous rice teeth: "What are you still standing there for? Come and have a bowl of sour plum soup. I remember you love it the most."

She looked at her daughter carefully several times.

Mother Ye did not rush to see her grandson immediately. She looked at her daughter with pity, wishing she could see every hair on Ye Qingshui clearly. Only after she was sure that her daughter was doing well did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Ye's mother kept muttering: "You've lost weight..."

In fact, Ye Qingshui is not much different from when she left home. When she left home, she was four months pregnant and her belly was not yet bulging. Now Ye Qingshui has given birth and her belly is flat.

Ye's mother said, "Although there are many delicious foods in the capital, and you can eat well and wear warm clothes, unlike in the countryside...but I know you and know what you like to eat the most. Your grandmother also wants to come, but she is old and can't be as active as the young people, so I won't let her come."

Mother Ye made a pregnancy meal for her daughter. Although she was always frugal and stingy, she at least added two eggs to the porridge.

The porridge is made with chicken soup, with soft and tender old hen meat mixed in the rice grains. This can be considered a "luxurious" confinement meal in the countryside.

"These are the eggs I brought from home. Your mother-in-law picked out the big ones for you. The eggs at home don't have a fishy smell. You can't buy such good eggs in the city."

The good things should always be kept for home. The supply and marketing cooperative only charges money for the eggs, and of similar quality, the larger ones are kept for home. The hens at home are specially fed with corn, and their eggs taste better than those sold elsewhere.

Ye Qingshui's eyes became red as he drank the egg and meat porridge made by Ye's mother. He drank two bowls in a row before reluctantly stopping.

She felt very relieved.

She looked at Xie Tingyu, who smiled at his daughter-in-law.

"Since you are in the capital, please stay here."

The mother-in-law had been a widow for many years and had only one daughter, Ye Qingshui. Naturally, the couple had to take on the responsibility of supporting her. The capital and Yejia Village were thousands of kilometers apart, with high mountains and long rivers, so Xie Tingyu decided to bring his mother-in-law to the capital.

"Oh, I'm so tired from sitting on the train." Mother Ye patted her waist.

"Mom, let's go to sleep. I'm so sleepy."

In fact, Xie Tingyu booked a sleeper ticket for Ye Ma. However, after Ye Ma got on the train, she met someone who wanted to exchange a hard seat ticket with her, and she could earn ten yuan for free.

It was only a few days' journey, so Ye's mother readily changed it.

Xie Tingyu said to his wife, "You can go to school after you finish your confinement. There should be no problem with your homework. I help you with it every day. But Shui'er will become a junior girl in the seventh or eighth grade."

He paused and said, "The lease of our house will expire at the end of this year, and I won't renew the lease. When the time comes, when the people move out, we can keep it for ourselves, okay?"

What else could Ye Qingshui not agree to?

In Ye Qingshui's eyes, Ye Ma was going to live with her for the rest of her life. She couldn't possibly leave Ye Ma in the countryside. If that was the case, it wouldn't be good for her to continue living in Xie's house. There was no reason for her mother-in-law to live in her husband's house for the rest of her life.

Ye Qingshui was also unwilling to let Ye's mother suffer any injustice. What if Xu Maofang came back again?

It was said that Xu Maofang had lived in her parents' home for such a long time without any news and she was not making any noise, which made Ye Qingshui a little strange.

But she was busy giving birth, taking care of the child, and recuperating after childbirth, and had no time to pay attention to Xu Maofang's mess.

Xie Tingyu is in charge of these matters.

This was the time when his wife and children were enjoying the warmth of the kang. The baby had just been born and was very soft and fragile. Seeing such a lively and lovely child, Xie Tingyu's heart melted. Xie Tingyu's sense of responsibility also became stronger.

How could he allow others to hurt his wife and children?

Xie Tingyu was watching Xu Maofang closely.

After giving birth, Ye Qingshui's appetite returned to normal and she wanted to eat everything.

Mother Ye brought three old hens from the countryside into the city, and they were quickly eaten by Ye Qingshui.

As a country girl who moved to the city in the late 1970s, Ye Ma tries hard to adapt to the city life every day. If you say that everything in the city is convenient, it is not convenient to buy groceries.

It was not only expensive but also troublesome, and people often couldn't buy vegetables. Vegetables were hard to buy in the city, and a large cart of worthless cabbage was snapped up soon after it was pulled out. Ye Ma had just come to the city and didn't know the rules, so she returned empty-handed many times.

In Ye Ma's eyes, what was the value of vegetables? These things that were usually worthless in her eyes were actually stumping her today?

Ye's mother specifically inquired about the news, and found out that the military compound also encouraged the wives of soldiers to cultivate their own land and support themselves. So she planned to cultivate a vegetable plot in the yard.

Mother Ye took out the ten yuan she earned from exchanging tickets and asked her son-in-law to take her to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy farm tools.

"Buy farm tools, mother, do you want to grow vegetables?" Xie Tingyu was a little surprised.

He has been living with Ye's mother for two years and knows her well.

She is a typical rural woman, kind and hardworking, and usually very frugal.

When my mother-in-law came to the city, she had nothing to do except taking care of her daughter, so it would be better for her to find something to do for herself.

Xie Tingyu thought about it and supported his mother-in-law in cultivating the vegetable field.

After buying farm tools and seeds, Ye's mother is an expert at growing vegetables. She has been growing vegetables for decades, and the family's private plot is lush and green.

She spent a few days cultivating a piece of land and sowing seeds while the weather was still warm. A closer look revealed a rich variety of vegetables, including spinach, radish, coriander, chives, broad beans, etc.

Ye Qingshui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Mom, we have to move out in the future."

Ye's mother didn't care. "It's okay. It's not hard work anyway. When the vegetables are grown, Xiao Xie's grandmother can come and pick them every day. They are busy with work, and I am tired of queuing up to buy vegetables at the vegetable market every day."

"Spinach sprouts grow very quickly. Eating the young sprouts replenishes blood and energy."

Ye Qingshui was both amused and confused when he heard this. It turned out that not only did A Niang want to grow vegetables herself, she also wanted to drag Grandma Xie into it.

She had been worried that Ye's mother would not be able to adapt to the city and would be timid, but now she felt relieved.

Every day, Ye Ma guarded her two mu of thin land and taught Grandma Xie how to grow vegetables. The old and the young got along quite well.

By the time the spinach had grown four or five thick leaves and the vegetable garden was full of lush green, Ye Qingshui's confinement was over.

Mother Ye took good care of the vegetable garden, and thanks to it, the Xie family had a sufficient supply of vegetables every day. She also made her daughter's skin smooth and radiant.

Every day, Ye Ma would pull out the remaining vegetables from the field and take them to the vegetable market to exchange for money.

At the end of the month, I could save five dollars.

However, Ye Ma cultivated a vegetable plot, and her behavior of carrying a load of vegetables to the vegetable station to exchange for money every day was really rustic, and she could not help but be looked down upon by some neighbors in the compound.

When Grandma Zhou heard about this, she laughed so hard that she died. But after learning from her last lesson, she didn't dare to tell anyone about it. She closed the door and said to her family:

"Where on earth did the Xie family marry their daughter-in-law?"

After working so hard for so many years, I'm actually getting worse. My daughter-in-law sells sausages, and my mother-in-law sells vegetables. How can the old man and old lady of the Xie family keep their dignity? After so long, don't they have any ideas?

Although the Zhou family's words were not spread out, other families were still muttering about it behind closed doors.

After hearing the criticism, Ye's mother went home anxiously and asked her son-in-law, "Isn't this embarrassing for you?"

"Or I can go and flatten the vegetable patch."

In Ye Ma's eyes, there were too many vegetables in the vegetable garden to eat, and it would be a pity to leave them in the field to rot. The vegetable station also bought vegetables from farmers in the countryside. She took them to the vegetable station to exchange for money, which was like recycling waste, and she could also let others eat the vegetables she planted. It was a two-pronged approach.

However, if this would bring disgrace to her son-in-law, Ye's mother would never agree.

She was angry and embarrassed. She didn't realize that this was a shameful thing to do and that others would laugh at her.

Xie Tingyu smiled and said, "It's not shameful."

"Thanks to my mother, we have so many dishes to eat."

If farming was a shameful thing, why did Xie Tingyu go to the countryside as an educated youth? In the past two years, he even took care of his family's private plots himself.

This vegetable garden is also Grandma Xie’s favorite. She comes back from get off work every day to work on it and exercise.

Grandma Xie, who has lived in the city all her life, was very pleased to see the radishes buried in the ground growing bigger and bigger. The green vegetables growing up little by little made people feel very comfortable. They no longer felt annoyed or irritated, and it was a great way to cultivate their body and mind.

Grandma Xie made a "Puh" sound and she found that her bad temper, which she had developed over a period of time, was coming back.

"Why do you care so much about other people's affairs? Zhen'er, just keep growing the crops. We don't eat their rice, so why should we be so nosy?"

Ye Qingshui also knew very well that one cannot control one’s mouth.

When a person starts to live a good life and achieve some success, the jealousy and envy from all sides can overwhelm you. But when you leave these people far behind and make others look up to you forever, the criticism will naturally disappear.

Why is Ye Ma being talked about?

It's because she is so reckless that she dares to swallow her pride and carry a load of vegetables every day to exchange for money. The people living here are all very proud, and even if they grow vegetables at home, they can't bring themselves to sell them.

Ye Qingshui made up his mind immediately, "Mom, I'll take you to get some clothes tailored."

"The weather is getting colder, and I haven't made you any clothes yet!"

Mother Ye was just about to say that she brought clothes from the country!

But her daughter held her hand and took her to the tailor's shop. Ye Ma touched the soft fabrics, which were beautiful and pleasant. She looked like a city dweller in the clothes and was full of energy.

Mother Ye was dazzled by the choices.

Ye Qingshui decided to order three sets of clothes and dressed his mother from head to toe.

Ye Ma was very good-looking when she was young, otherwise she would not have been chosen by the community drama troupe to perform in operas. She had a pair of sweet dimples when she was young, and she sang in a gentle, lingering and beautiful voice. Men, women and children from all over the country liked her.

Dad Ye also took a liking to Mom Ye at first sight.

Ye Ma never dared to dream of such good fabric before.

She was about to refuse, fearing that she would waste money.

But Ye Qingshui firmly held her mother's hand and said, "This is the money I earned before, not given by Brother Yu, so don't worry about spending it. This is Shuiya's gift to you."

Mother Ye's eyes welled up when she heard this, she was deeply moved, this was a gift from her daughter to show her filial piety.

"Hey, okay, I'll put it on, I'll put it on, I'll try it."

She tried the clothes on excitedly, touching the fabric with surprise, full of curiosity: "It's so soft, it bounces back even when I pull it up!"

After changing into this dress, Ye Ma looked much younger. However, her skin was still a little rough. She had been exposed to the sun and rain year after year. She was able to maintain her current appearance thanks to her good foundation.

Ye Qingshui also bought some snowflake creams and Pechoin and gave them to Ye's mother.

A few days later, Ye Qingshui received the textbooks from school, combed his hair, dressed neatly, and carried his schoolbag to prepare to go to Peking University.

Ye Qingshui was not very old. She was only 19 years old when she gave birth to the child. She ate well and slept well. Her face was smooth and shiny. Looking in the mirror, she looked in the prime of life. People would believe that she was an unmarried girl.

Before she left, she hugged her two babies and kissed them twice.

Dabao and Erbao had their mouths drooling, clenched their fists, and kicked their legs.

A month later, the children's eyes were bright and clear. When they were in his arms, they looked at people with soft eyes, which made Ye Qingshui's heart soften and he couldn't bear to let go.

"Mom is going to school. Chenchen and Guangguang, be good. Mom will come back to hug you in the evening."

She paused and said to her mother, "I have squeezed all the milk into the bottles, please remember to feed them."

Ye's mother waved her hand: "Don't worry, I remember it."

Ye Xiaoshu and Ye Qingshui were both raised by Ye Ma, and she has much more experience in raising children than her daughter, so she is more than capable of taking care of two little babies. Before leaving, she straightened Ye Qingshui's collar and told her daughter:

"You, you finally got into college, you have to work hard and make a name for yourself!"