Zhou Lanfang was standing nearby.
She rode the last section of the journey by bike, but Yao Xiaoman said she was tired and insisted on switching rides with her.
At this time, Zhou Lanfang was surrounded by villagers, who asked her, "Whose car is this? How much did it cost? Can I touch it? Can I borrow it for my family in the future?"
Zhou Lanfang had a headache.
So when she saw Qiao Qingqing, she felt relieved and hurriedly told everyone: "Sister Qingqing is back, you can ask her!"
When Yao Xiaoman saw the situation around her sisters, she cleverly protected her pregnant sister Qingqing behind her before everyone rushed over, and shouted, "Don't push, Qiao Zhiqing is pregnant! If the child is squeezed, no one can bear the responsibility!"
After these words were spoken, everyone calmed down.
Yao Xiaoman took the opportunity to protect Qiao Qingqing and open the door.
Zhou Lanfang also realized that he had almost made a big mistake by "diverting trouble to others", so he hurried to remedy the situation.
"Now that we have bought the car, we can talk about it slowly. There is no need to rush."
While she was attracting people's attention, Qiao Qingqing successfully opened the door and said to Zhou Jianbin behind her: "Accountant Zhou, thank you for helping me carry the sewing machine into the room."
Zhou Jianbin nodded, "When Jianmin comes, we'll get him in together."
He was not as strong as Comrade Lu, and he could not carry the sewing machine into the house by himself.
So when he first saw his younger brother in the village, he asked his younger brother to come over and help.
Zhou Jianmin didn't let him wait too long.
However, Zhou Jianmin did not come alone. There was a long group of people following him.
They all heard that Qiao Qingqing bought a sewing machine and a bicycle, so they came to watch. There were men and women, old and young.
Qiao Qingqing did not stop them and let them look at and touch her.
She could understand this feeling. When she was a child, she saw the girls in her class wearing new clothes and shoes that she had never seen before. Wasn't she also curious and envious and wanted to get closer to take a closer look and touch them?
Qiao Qingqing did not mind everyone being too busy. Instead, she prepared tea for everyone and moved out chairs and stools from the house so that everyone could sit in the yard and enjoy the show.
For a moment, her courtyard was extremely lively, even more lively than the day when Accountant Zhou and Zhang Miaomiao got married!
Because almost the whole village came to watch.
Today is February 11, 1967.
On this day, someone in Heyu Village finally bought a sewing machine...
"Xiumei, if your family wasn't looking for Jianbin to marry a wife, your family would be the first to have a sewing machine!"
"Yes, Accountant Zhou got married that day, but he gave the Zhang family three transfers and one ring."
The three wheels and one ring are bicycle, sewing machine, watch and radio.
However, after hearing this, Feng Xiumei felt a little uncomfortable.
Qiao Qingqing and Zhang Miaomiao looked at each other with meaningful eyes.
It was also on the way to the county town today that Zhang Miaomiao told them that the money that Zhou's family gave to their in-laws that day was actually given by the Zhang family to show off.
The three turns and one ring and the betrothal gift are all given by the man's family to the woman's family. The Zhang family knows that the Zhou family is in difficulty - the Zhou family wants to save money to build a new house first, and it will also be convenient for the two brothers to separate in the future.
In addition, the Zhang family also had some requirements for their in-laws, so after negotiation, the two families decided that the Zhou family only needed to pay a betrothal gift, and the three turns and one ring would be provided by the Zhang family. After the formalities, they would return to the Zhang family. In contrast, one of Zhang Miaomiao's next children must take the surname of the Zhang family to continue the Zhang family's bloodline.
Who made the Zhang family have only one daughter?
Zhang Miaomiao's parents can no longer raise children.
This is also why Zhang Miaomiao, as a married woman, frequently visits her parents' home, and no one says anything to her even if she stays there for a long time.
Qiao Qingqing thought this approach was very appropriate.
The Zhang family's bicycle was said to be a dowry, and was given to their daughter and son-in-law to ride back home when they got married.
But Zhou Aiguo was not so shameless after all. He later asked his son to send the car back home, on the pretext that his in-laws' public car was out of time.
Before this, no one had their own car, but no one said anything.
Now that Qiao Qingqing has bought a car, some people are bringing it up, implying that the team leader was "foolish" for sending the dowry car back to her in-laws.
Zhou Aiguo didn't like what he heard and said, "You know shit."
It was almost dark, and there were still people lingering in Qiao Qingqing's house. Some even brought clothes from home and asked to borrow Qiao Qingqing's sewing machine.
Qiao Qingqing looked at the hole that could be sewn up in just a few strokes and sighed.
"It's not that I don't want to lend it to you, but you need to learn how to operate this sewing machine. The salesperson told me when I bought it that if you accidentally break it, it will be very troublesome to repair it. And if someone who doesn't know how to operate it uses it, they may get hurt. If it breaks or hurts you, who will be responsible?"
The woman withdrew her hand awkwardly: "It's so troublesome..."
Qiao Qingqing said amiably, "Yes, after all, it cost 180 yuan plus a precious sewing plane ticket to buy something handmade, so it's understandable that it's a little complicated, right?"
"That's right... this thing is so expensive!" The woman sighed, and realized that it was inappropriate for her to ask others to lend her a sewing machine in such a hurry.
So he said goodbye and said he would come again another day.
Afterwards, Qiao Qingqing found another excuse to send the others away.
Now the yard is quiet.
Since she had already invited her friends to dinner at noon, Qiao Qingqing didn't have the mood to cook tonight, so she was alone at home.
Qiao Qingqing took out the food she had left behind from the space, ate a quick meal, and then took out some cloth to sew clothes.
The needles and thread were all bought last time I went to the city, and they can be used right away.
As for the cloth, Qiao Qingqing only took half to the cowshed, and kept the other half at home.
If we take on too many things at once, I'm afraid Mother Lu will feel overwhelmed and work overtime uncontrollably.
Although Qiao Qingqing was not good at sewing, she was very skilled in using a sewing machine.
With a sewing machine, making clothes is a very simple task.
She began to sew a baby shirt according to the pattern she had drawn earlier.
It didn't take much effort to do it.
Qiao Qingqing held her first finished product and looked at it over and over again. She was very satisfied.
Just then…
Her stomach suddenly moved, as if someone had kicked her. It was not a slight movement, but Qiao Qingqing felt it clearly!
For a moment, Qiao Qingqing's hands and feet froze, with an expression of disbelief on her face.
She lowered her head and stared at her belly.
Then, the baby inside moved again, as if accepting its mother's intention.
Fetal movement!
Is this fetal movement?
Qiao Qingqing was shocked and confused, but after she came to her senses, all she felt was joy that she was connected to the child by blood.
She couldn't help but put her hand on her belly and gently communicate with the baby.
There was a crescent moon hanging in the azure sky, and its white light shone through the open windows, casting a layer of silver gauze on the gentle future mother.
…
The next morning, Qiao Qingqing couldn't wait to take her finished product and run to find the Lu family.
"The baby kicked me last night!"
"And kicked twice!"
"It must be that the first one finished, and the second one was not to be outdone."
"They are so happy to know that I made clothes for them!"
Qiao Qingqing said happily.
When the Lu family heard this, they were also surprised and their eyes all fell on her bulging belly.
Shi Meiyun took direct action.
"My dear babies, you make your mother happy... Come on, move a little more so that grandma can see."
The old man and Mr. Lu couldn't help but squat down, approaching quietly, staring without blinking.
Being watched by so many pairs of eyes, the baby in Qiao Qingqing's belly was probably shy and moved slightly again.
Qiao Qingqing opened her eyes wide and grabbed Lu's mother's hand, with shock and ecstasy interweaving and changing: "Mom... they understand! They are really moved..."
"My two grandchildren are really smart." The old man laughed.
Lu Zhenfeng was proud of it: "Much better than their father."
Qiao Qingqing was listening carefully to what Mother Lu was saying about parenting.
"There is a tradition of prenatal education abroad. If conditions permit, you can play more elegant music, which the baby can hear, and let the baby look at more beautiful portraits. It is said that this will help the baby grow up to be good-looking..."
Qiao Qingqing had no doubt about the first point.
It was this second point that caused Qiao Qingqing to be confused.
"Why can children grow up to look like beautiful people if they look at beautiful portraits? Can babies choose how they look like? Will they grow up to look like the people they see through their bellies?"
This question stumped Shi Meiyun.
She said awkwardly: "I don't really know, but everyone says so."
Qiao Qingqing seemed to be thinking about something. "No wonder I look so-so. Liu Mei faces a man like Qiao Weiguo every day. How can I see anything wrong with her?"
Lu Family: ...
Shi Meiyun glanced at her husband and said, "You are not bad looking. I am not bad looking either. I used to see some good-looking posters."
Lu Zhenfeng frowned: "That's nonsense."
"You've never had a child, so how do you know it's nonsense?" Shi Meiyun argued. She felt that she was the most experienced among the people present, so Qingqing should listen to her advice.
"Ignore him. Men can't raise children. What does he know?"
Qiao Qingqing didn't dare to nod, so she could only change the subject: "Mom, I forgot to tell everyone that Lu Heng has gone to the county town to carry out a mission."
The three of them were not surprised at all.
The old man said kindly, "Ah Heng came last night and asked your mother to move in to take care of you. He said that you need someone to watch you when you eat, otherwise you won't eat properly."
Qiao Qingqing:……?
Why don’t I eat slowly?
Shi Meiyun also spoke up at this time: "The three of us have discussed it and feel that what Ah Heng said makes sense. The cowshed is so close to your place. If there is any emergency, we will have time to deal with it. Compared with those concerns, your health is more important. So I was thinking, why don't I move over?"
Qiao Qingqing's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's great! You can sleep with me. No one can get into my room. It's spacious. As long as you close the doors and windows, no one will notice you staying in there."
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