The people who came to help sat at a table and had a great meal. Then Bai Lingling and Chang Yuejin left. They still had to clean up their own house. After all, there were a lot of things to prepare for a wedding.
Lu Hai stayed. He took half a day off today so that he could accompany Lu Mu. The main reason was that there was no place to stay in the previous house, and he felt it was not convenient to accompany her even if he wanted to. After all, Su Su always had to feed the baby, and they had no place to hide.
Now, if my sister-in-law wants to feed my nephew, they can sit in the living room. The family left a row of wooden sofas for us to sit on. It seems that my eldest brother and sister-in-law are already super rich. At least, not many people can afford to live in such a house now.
Lu Hai felt very happy and said, "It would be nice if there was a TV."
Su Su came out to eat after feeding her child. She happened to hear what Lu Hai said and said, "I have a ticket, but I heard that you have to queue up to buy it."
"No need. I met a friend when I was selling goods. He has a TV."
"I am powerless now." Su Su shrugged.
Mother Lu went up and slapped her second son, saying, "Where did your sister-in-law get the money when she just bought a house? Just stay away."
"Sister-in-law, let me plow the land for you so you can plant some autumn vegetables." Lu Hai was used to running and found it boring to stay still. Besides, his mother was here, so he treated this place as his home.
"Okay, come over when you want to eat."
"Come on, I'll go get some seeds."
Ruhai went out without delay, while Ruchuan stayed in the house and watched his son not come out.
After Su Su finished her meal, she could finally walk around the house. She went up to the second floor and looked at the military green curtains. The military green curtains covered her whole body and made her mouth twitch. Was she trying to turn her house into a military camp or something?
But surprisingly, they match well. This is the only color popular in this era. At least it is easy to maintain and avoid dirt. The room is very clean. Don't be fooled by the old red floor. The room is covered with carpets, so it looks very high-end. She thinks it will be fine to use it for another ten years.
Except for the living room, which is not furnished, the upstairs is quite nice.
Or it may have been laid out, but because it was dirty or too valuable, it was thrown away or taken away by the original owner.
After she finished skating around, she went downstairs. Ruchuan asked her to rest for a while while the child was sleeping, and he just needed to help watch over her.
Su Su nodded, and really ran upstairs to have a comfortable sleep.
Of course, Lu's mother also slept, but she slept on the kang downstairs.
When she got up, she found that it was already evening. Why didn't the child get up to ask her for milk?
I hurried downstairs and found Zhan Zhan still sleeping. I asked curiously, "Why is he so easy today?"
Rui's mother said, "It's not a big deal. He's already woken up. Chuanzi didn't wake you up and made him some milk powder. This kid eats everything and can drink half a bottle of milk powder." He is so easy to take care of. Apart from being a crybaby, there's nothing wrong with him.
"He still drinks formula. Didn't he ignore us when we fed him before?"
"I didn't cry when I saw his father. I slept for three or four hours before I woke up."
"Sure enough, this kid is a bully. Why doesn't he dare to bully his father?"
Don't say that children are ignorant. Su Su thinks that they can read the expression of others. They know who is powerful and who is easy to bully. They are both women, so they will not hit him even if they are annoyed. But if it were Ru Chuan, he would not tolerate him. He would be obedient if she glared at him.
"Where's Ruchuan?"
"He's outside planting vegetables with his brother. They're almost done now." Mother Lu patted Zhan Zhan and said, "Don't go out. You haven't finished your confinement yet."
"Oh my God, I'm not allowed to take a bath, I'm not allowed to touch cold water, and I'm not even allowed to go out." Fortunately, it's not summer and she sweats less, otherwise she thought she would die soon.
"Why take a bath? Just stay here and be good. If you listen to me now, you will be healthy for the rest of your life."
"Is that so? Then bear with it."
Su Su really didn't know much about these things, after all, there were no people around her who had babies. College classmates had just started working, and nowadays everyone knows how to protect themselves, so it's really rare for people to have babies before marriage.
However, how can I prevent pregnancy at this time? Do I need to undergo some kind of surgery? That's so worrying.
After a while, Ruchuan came back and glared at her. This man wanted to stay with her tonight, but it was of course impossible for them to do anything as she had not yet finished her confinement.
Ruchuan was a little confused by the glare, but he felt that he should go and comfort his wife. Besides, they haven't had a close conversation for a long time since they had a child, and to be honest, they missed it.
So, when he saw his wife going upstairs, he immediately followed her. When he got upstairs, he took off his clothes and jumped directly onto the bed. He hugged Su Su and said, "Wife."
"Don't get close to me, I smell bad." Su Su pushed Lu Chuan.
"It doesn't smell bad at all, it has a strong milky scent." It smells better than my son's. My son always has a bad smell even after washing.
"By the way, Ruchuan, how do you think we should prevent pregnancy in the future?" Su Su felt that this was something that couples should discuss, and she couldn't just worry about it on her own.
"..." Ruichuan looked a little uncomfortable, and then said, "Wife, can we not talk about this now?"
"What's wrong?"
Ruchuan glanced down, and then Susu followed his gaze and finally rolled her eyes and said, "I'm just saying one thing, is there any need for you to be so excited?"
"Now it's excited when it sees my wife. It wants to exercise and eat some meat. It's been a vegetarian for half a year."
"..." This stinky man is actually driving. When did he become an experienced driver?
Seeing his wife glaring at him, Chuan said, "At most, I can go get some contraceptives. The army distributes them to the families of soldiers who accompany them."
"That's great." Su Su thought it was good, but Ruchuan frowned.
"What's wrong?" Why do you look like you have no desire to live?
"I brought that thing once out of curiosity and almost lost it."
"No, you have nothing to do. Why are you curious about what you are doing with it?" In the dormitory?
"I just want to make it useful in the future." Ruichuan didn't lie in front of his wife, but he felt very embarrassed.
"Even if it doesn't work, you have to bear with it." I can't carry it with me anymore, otherwise I'll be depressed.
Su Su glared at him, then leaned on him and said, "It's a pity that she's not a concubine. Your three brothers will probably be disappointed. Didn't you see the look in Lu Hai's eyes when he looked at his son? It was full of sadness."
Ruchuan thought his wife's words were very accurate, and couldn't help but smile and said, "If he wants a daughter-in-law, let her give birth to her own child. Our son is much better."
"You favor boys over girls." Su Su said casually. Regardless of whether you favor boys over girls or not, the first child is still a son, so they can't find any reason to complain.
However, people in this era do tend to favor sons. In the past, I heard that many families in the village strangled and threw away daughters after giving birth because they could not raise so many children. It sounds really cruel, but it seems that the skit about the Over-Birth Guerrillas was scheduled a few years later.
The two of them cuddled together for a while and then went downstairs to cook. Although it was still porridge, the lunch dishes were still there.
Su Su was hungry, so she secretly took a few bites of food to eat, but she ate very little. Lu's mother didn't stop her, and picked out a few pieces of meat without any salt for her. She also knew that this woman was hungry during the confinement period, especially when there was nothing to eat at home. Now life is much better, but because there are so many more things to eat, her daughter-in-law may not be able to resist.
It seems I have to cook the little meat left from the chicken for her tomorrow, otherwise she seems like she’ll cry.
However, seeing how well the couple is doing makes me feel relieved. It is better than seeing my sons quarreling with each other.
My two sons are here today, and I want to feed them until they are plump and healthy.
"At night, I will stay in the same room with Lu Hai to take care of the children. You should go to bed early today."
"No need. I slept well during the day. Ruchuan and I will take care of the children tonight. You go upstairs and have a good rest. You can take care of them tomorrow." Anyway, with Ruchuan here today, I should be able to sleep well at night.
Especially, let him have a taste of what it feels like to take care of a child at night.
Of course, Lichuan agreed. Now he and his wife can sleep in the same room. They can still satisfy their hunger whether they are allowed to cuddle or not.
How could Lu's mother not see the look in her son's eyes? She couldn't help but think that she would have to remind him after dinner what he should and shouldn't do.
So at night, Lu's mother called her son aside and said, "Chuanzi, do you know that a woman cannot have sex with a man during her confinement period, or she will get sick. Don't hurt Su Su just for your own pleasure. She is young and doesn't know some things. You must know them."
"I know, mother. I understand." She treated him like a beast, so why did she need to give him instructions like this?
He really wanted to, but he couldn't ignore his wife's health. Besides, the condom hadn't been found yet.
Suddenly, I heard my daughter-in-law upstairs moaning loudly.
Ruchuan rushed over in a few seconds and asked, "What's the matter?"
"No, nothing." Su Su, who was rummaging through her backpack, hid the things in the back without telling Lu Chuan. She took them out after the people left and looked at them with a frown on her face.
A small white translucent bag with English writing on it.
However, even if she didn't recognize the brand, she knew it was an ultra-thin TT.
And it was a large size. If I guessed correctly, it must have been stuffed in by one of my female classmates. It would have been fine if it was just stuffed in, but he actually stuffed in the largest size. Wasn't he just teasing her?
The things were placed in the compartment where the motion sickness medicine was placed. She just found them when she was trying to sort out her bag. She was wondering why she didn't bring a condom and birth control pills. It was really depressing. She didn't expect to bring them today.
It seems that Bai Lingling has to take the blame. Anyway, she said that Yuan Chuan would not ask her about the goods that Bai Lingling found.
That's not right. If you don't ask her, you can ask Chang Yuejin. When Chang Yuejin gets married someday, this topic will definitely be brought up.
Su Su thought for a long time and finally used the simplest method, but the thing would not appear today. She tried to put the condom aside to see if it would appear in her backpack later.
I was still calculating in my mind that if I took one a day, it would still be enough. However, if I were to go crazy and take two a day, I was afraid it might not be enough, so I would have to wait for the reset CD to be ready and then take the things out and put them somewhere else to store them.
You have to know that Ruichuan is young and energetic. Usually he comes once a week, but this time he will definitely torment her a lot.
Her face turned slightly red. How could she think about this when she was still in confinement after childbirth?
When the two of them lay down at night, they inevitably slumped for a while, and Chuan even asked her if she was okay. Su Su was so scared that she hugged her baby tightly and said, "You, what do you want to do?"
"I'm just asking, what do you think I can do?"
"Why are you poking me when you're not doing anything? Can't you just calm down?"
"I can't calm down. Let's talk."
In the past, Li Chuan was a taciturn person, and it was harder than climbing to the sky to talk to him. Unexpectedly, today he took the initiative to ask for a chat, which is rare.
"Go ahead."
"My friends and I have pooled together nearly five hundred dollars. Can we pay for this house next month?"
"Ah, you actually managed to collect so much." It was almost there, but I didn't expect Ruchuan to be so helpful. Then it's almost all paid. As for the money Ruchuan borrowed, I just have to wait for the factory to settle the bill every month and then pay it back.
Of course, even without the money from the factory, by the third month she was able to take out the more than one thousand yuan in her backpack.
"Is that enough?"
"It's enough, then we will pay it back and live here peacefully. By the way, when you have time, come and cancel my dormitory, after all, we don't need to occupy the place. Although it is allocated to us after living for three years, I think they will build a building in the future. Then, it will be nice for us to have another building." But in the current situation, she thinks that with her qualifications, she may be able to get a house in three years, but if it is built in the next two years, it is not certain. Although she has a high degree, she has been in school for a short time.
Nowadays, it is generally based on qualifications.
Li Chuan nodded and said, "Just think about these."
He was eating tofu for a while, and then he heard his son crying. He couldn't help but frown. This kid really knows how to find the right time. He had to turn back and turn on the light, then sat up and said, "You go to sleep, I'll take care of him."
"What are you cleaning up? Are you checking to see if he has peed? Your son is so cute. If he pees, he will cry immediately. No matter how soundly he sleeps, he will wake up and howl." Su Su complained while glaring at them.
"Just like you, you're so nice." Ruchuan didn't know if he was being sweet or what, but Susu really liked hearing this.
When Ruchuan touched the baby's diaper, he found that it was wet, so he changed it. Although he is a man, he is quite skilled and changing the baby's diaper is no problem.
Su Su was stunned because she was so clumsy when she changed it.
“Have you learned it?”
"I have taken care of Lushan and the others for two hours. This is not a problem at all." Luchuan soaked the changed mattress in water, washed his hands, and patted his son to let him go back to sleep immediately. But the brat refused and insisted on eating something before going to sleep.
Su Su had no choice but to sit up and hug him and said, "If this kid is unfilial in the future, I will pin him to the ground and beat him."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it when the time comes." Ruchuan gently touched his wife's face. She looked haggard and fat because of the recent torment. She must have not looked in the mirror recently. If she saw herself like this, she might cry.
People who love beauty don't care about these things after having children. Now think about how much she sacrificed for this family. I don't know how to repay her.
"Why are you looking at me?" Su Su touched her face.
"I think you have never looked so beautiful." Ruichuan said very seriously.
"Why do I feel that you are not really complimenting me on my beauty, but are mocking me? I know it's ugly now."
"No, it's really not ugly." Ruchuan jumped onto her back and hugged her tightly. He was so lucky to spend his life with a woman like her. But he didn't know how unlucky he was in the book.
Su Su ignored him. Since he didn't mind her stinking, she would just snuggle into his arms. The two fell asleep in this way. The next morning, Lu Chuan changed the child's diaper and handed him to his mother. Then he packed up and went to the army. When Su Su woke up, everyone else had left except Lu's mother, who was holding the child on the floor, coaxing him and humming a tune from nowhere.
"The porridge is warming up in the pot for you."
"Um."
"There's some chicken underneath, less oil and less salt, you can have some."
"Thank you, mother."
It’s great to have a mother. At least she can treat me to a meal when I wake up.
After finishing the meal, I noticed that the corners of my mother's mouth were distorted, and I couldn't help but point at her and said, "Mom, are you getting irritated?" Come to think of it, she has probably never been away from the village for so many days, so it is normal for her to get irritated.
"It's nothing, it will be fine in a few days." Lu's mother did miss home, but her daughter-in-law needed her to help take care of the children, buy groceries, and cook. Although she did need to think about her family, after all, she still had two children in school and many livestock, but in the end, the children were more important, so she said nothing.
What should I do if my wife complains then? After all, I have agreed that I will be the one to take care of the eldest grandson, so I cannot go back on my word.
But Su Su could already see that Lue's mother was homesick, so when Lue Hai came back in the evening, she asked him to go to the hospital to ask Bai Lingling to prescribe some medicine for her, otherwise she would not even dare to eat.
In the evening, Lu Hai came back with the medicine, then he glanced at his mother and said directly, "Are you missing home?"
"What's there to think about?"
"My brother and his friends don't have anyone to cook for them at home. My dad is good at housework, but he's really bad at cooking."
"Will you shut up?"
Mother Lu glared at Lu Hai, and then Lu Hai looked at his sister-in-law. He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Mother loves her eldest grandson so much that she can't bear to let him go back."
Su Su said nonchalantly, "Mom, I know you can't live here permanently. Actually, I've already found a nanny. After all, I'll have to go to school when the baby is one month old. I'm afraid that I'll get confused if I take such a long break from school. Fortunately, it's close, so I can come back at noon."
"What? You're going to work right now? Can someone else take care of the child?" Mother Lu was really worried and said, "If the baby is abandoned, I will take him home to take care of him. It's not okay now."
"Of course, Bai Lingling found the person. She is a nurse and the person she found is someone she knows."
"Then I can take good care of my grandson."
"Yes, no problem. She used to be a battlefield nurse."
After hearing that she had been a nurse, the mother was relieved, but she couldn't bear to part with her grandson. She had held him since he was born, so she couldn't bear to part with him. But she really had to go back home, otherwise those three men would tear the family apart.
"Then let's put it this way. Let's ask someone to come over one day. I'll go home with peace of mind only after I see that she's taking good care of the child." After all, she couldn't take care of the child until he died, so no matter how worried she was, she had to let that person take care of him.
Su Su agreed and said, "I'll tell Bai Lingling when she comes over on Sunday."
Life goes by very fast when you have a child, and Sunday came in the blink of an eye. Bai Lingling was very tired from cleaning up these days, but she liked Su Su's child, so she wanted to come and see him no matter how tired she was. Then the two of them talked in the house, while Lu's mother was washing clothes outside.
Children always have a lot of clothes, and it seems like they can never be washed all day. Sometimes I can collect a lot in one night, and it’s good enough if I can finish washing them in one day.
Su Su took this opportunity to tell her mother-in-law what she was thinking, and Bai Lingling said, "Okay, I'll let her come over later."
"Thank you for running around when you are so busy."
"What's the problem? I like coming to see the kids, too."
Unfortunately, the child didn't give her face today and kept sleeping.
"However, Chang Yuejin said that their home is far away, and his parents may not be able to come. Tell me, why doesn't he come to his wedding alone?" Bai Lingling complained.
"Don't blame their family. In fact, according to Ruichuan, his father broke his leg two years ago and has been bedridden ever since. His mother has been taking care of him all day long. That's why no one comes and their family conditions are not good." They even treated his father's leg.
But men have to save face, so Chang Yuejin probably didn't tell Bai Lingling about this.
Bai Lingling's eyes widened after hearing this and she said, "He never said that. He just said that his father was sick and couldn't come."
"He is a lucky man to have found you."
"Your family's family is the same. I see their family conditions are not good. We are both unlucky. However, they are really obedient."
"Don't think that they will listen to you just because you've helped so many people. Soldiers are actually very stubborn and want to save face. They're most afraid of being told that. Besides, they didn't ask us to do anything, right?"
"Yes, yes, you are right. I can listen to you. But I am really stubborn."
Su Su laughed and whispered, "I really feel heartache."
"Don't feel sorry for them, you didn't even see them hugging someone, it was almost killing them... Don't tell anyone about this."
"Hug, hug someone? Did he hug you?"
"Yes, when I was cleaning the new house, he suddenly hugged me from behind for some reason. I felt like my waist was almost broken by him." Bai Lingling said with a blush.
"Oh, just hugging. I thought you did it." Su Su was beaten by Bai Lingling as soon as she finished speaking. She blushed and said, "What are you talking about? We are not married yet."
"Oh, it's okay if you're not married."
"Go away."
Su Su laughed when she saw her embarrassed look. People in this era are really innocent and can't help being teased. Anyway, she is not a grown-up girl anymore, so it's okay to say some dirty talk. She was just afraid that Bai Lingling's face was too tender to handle it.