Ruan Ruan said this, but the real reason is known only to them. Her grandparents raised her with great care and hardship, especially her grandfather, who sacrificed so much for her. Only they know how much he did. Now that their great-grandchild has been born, her grandfather can't even see her. The only thing they can do to make him happy is to name the child.
"That's true. A good name can really make a child proud!"
Wang Xia now has a deep understanding of the issue of children's names. Every day when Xiao Xingxing comes home, she talks about the names of the children in her class. They are either Li Ergou or Zhang Erwa. There are a lot of children in the class with names like Da Gou Er Gou and Da Wa Erwa. When the teacher calls the roll, she doesn't know who is being called.
Every day when Little Star comes home and tells her about this, she laughs uncontrollably.
Here, the old lady arrived at the duty room and called home. When she told the old man about the children's names, the old man was quite shocked. In fact, before Huo Haoshi's child was born, he had already thought of names for all the children in the family, both boys and girls. However, since they hadn't called back, he assumed that the children's names were already decided and didn't ask any questions.
Now that the child is already half a month old, he's only just remembered the child's name. How could he not be shocked?
"Wait a moment, I'll call you back later. I'll go back and get the name list. In the meantime, find a piece of paper and write it down, then take it back and let them choose for themselves."
With that, the old man hung up the phone and went back to get the names he had written down for the children in his notebook.
After listening to the old man's words, the old lady borrowed paper and pen from the duty officer, Xiao Li.
A short while later, the old man called. He first told me the names of the three boys, and then the names of the three girls. "Haoshi's child's name is Huo Wenli, Li as in gift. Haoshi said that Li is the same as his wife's Li. They want to wait until the child is a little older and then have another one, which will take their family name, Li. His grandmother Li is very happy and even asked me, 'When are you coming back?'"
“Ruanruan’s child is still too young, I still need to help take care of him. Ruanruan and the others said that next year when the weather is better and Huo Haocheng has time off, we will bring the children back. Tell Haoshi to leave the child for the Li family, it’s only right. Huanhuan is marrying into our family, he must treat her well.”
"Okay, let me know before you come back, and I'll have Huo Haoshi pick you up."
After the two elders spoke on the phone, the old lady happily took the name and went home.
That night, after the family had dinner, they were discussing which name to choose for their child. They had several good names in hand, but they couldn't decide and were very conflicted.
"Huo Haocheng, go get some paper and write down all these names separately, then fold them up and let them draw one themselves. Whichever one they draw is the one they get." After struggling for so long, they liked every single name, so Ruanruan came up with this idea. When the children grow up and ask them how they got their names, they can say that they drew them themselves.
"Okay," Huo Haocheng thought it was a good idea after hearing Ruan Ruan's words, so he got up and started writing.
After finishing the preparations, Huo Haocheng first picked up his daughter and said, "Daughter, Xiaobao, you chose your own name, so keep it up!!"
The old lady placed three crumpled pieces of paper with three girls written on them in her palm, and then Huo Haocheng took his daughter's little hand and stretched it out for her to grab.
It was as if the child could understand Huo Haocheng's words. She pointed back and forth among the three crumpled pieces of paper, and then grabbed the one on the far right.
"Okay, this is it." The moment she grabbed it, Ruan Ruan picked up the crumpled paper and unfolded it. "Huo Wenting, my daughter, from now on your name will be Huo Wenting." Ruan Ruan read her daughter's name to her, and the child danced with joy, laughing non-stop.
"It seems Xiao Bao really likes her name."
After deciding on his daughter's name, Huo Haocheng handed her to his third aunt, then picked up his son and, following the same pattern, started having his son grab the object.
Da Bao was much faster than Xiao Bao. As soon as Huo Haocheng put his hand on it, he grabbed a handful and looked at Ruan Ruan with a smile, as if to say, "Look, what's my name?"
Ruan Ruan took the crumpled paper and opened it. "Huo Wenjun, not bad, that's good. Son, from now on your name will be Huo Wenjun." Wenjun, Wenjun, the character "Jun" is enough to suppress Huo Haocheng and Ruan Ruan's current achievements.
After the children's names were decided, their lives became lively again, as the Chinese New Year was just a few days away.
Before the Lunar New Year, Zheng Xuyang and Factory Director Chu specifically asked about the holiday schedule at Ruanruan Factory. Last year, it was because everyone wanted to go home and reunite with their families. However, this year, most of the workers' families have come, so they wondered if the holiday schedule would be the same as other factories.
In response, Ruanruan asked them to do a survey to see if anyone wanted to go back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year. If more than half of the people wanted to go back to their hometown for the New Year, then they would be allowed to go back to the same time as last year. If not, then they would be allowed to go back to the same time as other factories.
They supported Ruan Ruan's decision. In Ruan Ruan's words, work is never-ending, so it's better to use benefits that everyone likes to strengthen their sense of belonging. This way, they will work harder.
After the announcement, Zheng Xuyang spent a day doing a survey. More than half of the people still wanted to go back to their hometowns to see their parents. Everyone understood this, so the factory's holiday schedule remained the same as before.
The day before the holiday, Zheng Xuyang, Huo Haoshen, and a few others came to Ruanruan's house with gifts and told them that they had decided to spend the Spring Festival in Beijing this year. The old lady understood and told the four of them to be careful on the road. Huo Haoli and Zheng Xujie, on the other hand, went back to their hometown in Northeast China to spend the Spring Festival with the Huo family.
Therefore, Huo Haocheng and Ruan Shaolin drove them to the train station early the next morning.
This year, because Ruanruan was still in her postpartum period, we only had lunch at their house on New Year's Day, bringing gifts. In the evening, we went to the army canteen and made dumplings together.
After the New Year, the children will be one month old. Grandma had previously suggested that Ruan Ruan should have a two-month postpartum confinement period, a decision Huo Haocheng agreed with, but Ruan Ruan couldn't handle it.
"Smell me, I stink!!"
Having not showered or washed her hair for a month, even in winter, Ruan Ruan couldn't stand it anymore. She pulled up her sleeves, raised her arms, and let Huo Haocheng smell them.
"It doesn't smell bad, my wife smells nice, really," she said, giving her soft arm a kiss to show that it really didn't smell bad.
Ruan Ruan was truly immune to Huo Haocheng's actions; nothing he said mattered. Moreover, Ruan Ruan checked her pulse every day to make sure she was really cured and didn't need to sit anymore.
Finally, the agreement reached was that the postpartum period would continue, but Ruan Ruan could take a shower and wash her hair, but she could no longer take a bath.
After discussing it, Huo Haocheng went to boil a large pot of water for her. Of course, the water for bathing was boiled with medicine.
Half an hour later, Ruan Ruan came out after washing herself and felt like she had lost two pounds.
Upon seeing her come out, Huo Haocheng, who was waiting outside with a blanket, immediately wrapped her up and carried her into the room, then began to dry her hair.
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