Chapter 58
Hearing that the baby was not making a fuss, Pei Xingzhi caressed Meng Wanqiu's belly lovingly, his eyes so soft that tears could drip from them. In five months, the baby would be born.
He and Wanwan's child.
"I'm going home soon and going to the supply and marketing cooperative. Is there anything you want?" Pei Xingzhi tucked the loose hair on Meng Wanqiu's temples behind her ears and rubbed her earlobes.
Meng Wanqiu's ears have always been one of her sensitive areas. The electric shock-like feeling made her shrink her neck involuntarily. Pei Xingzhi's chuckle sounded above her head. Meng Wanqiu gave him a strange look and stuffed the last piece of peach into his mouth.
"There's nothing you want. Just buy two bundles of wool. The kind I've been using to knit sweaters lately, and it's almost used up." Meng Wanqiu learned how to knit from Sister Gao. The last time she saw Bai Fengyao wearing his sweater, the edges had pilled, so Meng Wanqiu decided to make him a new sweater.
Pei Xingzhi's eyes softened as he held Meng Wanqiu's hand, kneading it a few times in his palm. "Wanwan, thank you."
Meng Wanqiu pulled her hand away in a huff, pressing the lunch box against his chest. "Why are you thanking me? Master always takes care of us. This is what I should do. Otherwise, I'd be an ungrateful person."
Bai Fengyao treated Meng Wanqiu and Pei Xingzhi like his own children. When Meng Wanqiu became pregnant, he secretly paid for the canteen chef to prepare a small meal for her every week. Chicken soup and duck soup were just some of the basics.
Pei Xingzhi smiled as if admitting his mistake, then grabbed Meng Wanqiu's white, tender and smooth hand and kissed it gently.
"Okay, go quickly and be careful on the road." Meng Wanqiu couldn't help laughing and pushed him away.
Pei Xing took a step back, touched Meng Wanqiu's belly, lowered his eyes and coaxed her softly, "Be good and don't bother your mother."
"What's going on? He hasn't been born yet, how can he understand this?" Meng Wanqiu said she was disgusted with Pei Xingzhi's sudden childishness, but a smile appeared in her eyes and jumped up to her eyebrows.
Just as Meng Wanqiu finished speaking, her stomach, which had been quiet all this time, suddenly kicked her. Meng Wanqiu's eyes widened instantly, "He, he moved. Could it be that he has become a spirit?"
As soon as Meng Wanqiu finished speaking, the baby moved more violently in her belly, as if refuting her mother's words.
Hahaha--
Pei Xingzhi's deep phoenix eyes had become crescent-shaped at this time, and his slender and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he had eyeliner drawn on, which was very beautiful.
Feeling the intense movements of the little one under her hands, Pei Xingzhi was worried that Meng Wanqiu would feel uncomfortable. She cleared her throat and coaxed the little one in her belly, "Okay, it's Mommy who said the wrong thing. Stop making a fuss. Mommy will feel uncomfortable."
After a while, the little guy in my belly really calmed down.
Pei Xingzhi raised his eyes and found Meng Wanqiu pouting. He realized that the big baby was starting to have a bad temper.
Pei Xingzhi leaned close to her ear and whispered softly and skillfully, "Look, you can hang an oil bottle on your mouth. You're a mother, but you're acting like a child."
Meng Wanqiu pushed Pei Xingzhi and accused him, "You sided with him and said I was wrong."
Look how aggrieved she is, her voice has become soft, like a kitten.
Pei Xingzhi's heart was about to melt into a pool of water. He was vying for the child's favor. How could she be so adorable? He couldn't help but hold her in his arms and gently kissed Meng Wanqiu's fair neck. "Be good, those words were just to coax the child. Of course I'm on your side."
Meng Wanqiu leaned on Pei Xingzhi's shoulder, her eyes were a little moist and the corners of her eyes were red, which made her very adorable.
Of course, the reason for Meng Wanqiu's change was not that she wanted to cry, but that she was ashamed.
She continued to bury herself in Pei Xingzhi's arms, revealing her two red earlobes.
Pei Xingzhi lowered his gaze and noticed the change in Meng Wanqiu. The corners of his mouth curled up silently without saying anything.
To be honest, Pei Xingzhi didn't feel burdened at all when Meng Wanqiu acted like this. Instead, he felt a full sense of accomplishment and wished she would come more often.
He loves Meng Wanqiu, and her position in his heart will always come first, even a child cannot replace her.
Pei Xingzhi believed that Meng Wanqiu's pursuit of favor was a manifestation of her love for him, which naturally made him love her deeply.
The couple cuddled for a while, then Meng Wanqiu withdrew from Pei Xingzhi's embrace, lowered her head and rubbed her burning earlobe, "You should leave quickly, I have to go back, I haven't finished my work yet."
Pei Xingzhi rubbed her head and said, "Okay, I'm leaving now. Hurry up and get off work early. We'll make dumplings tonight."
Meng Wanqiu nodded and returned to the office.
Pei Xingzhi turned and left only after seeing Meng Wanqiu's figure disappear.
Walking out of the office building, Pei Xingzhi saw Jiang Peiran squatting at the edge of the square, holding a piece of wild grass in his mouth. When he saw Pei Xingzhi, he smiled maliciously.
Pei Xingzhi felt his forehead twitching and he rubbed his eyebrows unconsciously. Is this man in his thirties or thirteen years old?
Without saying hello, he walked straight past Jiang Peiran.
"Hey, what are you doing? Can't you see I'm here?"
Jiang Peiran chased after him from behind, yelling non-stop. Pei Xingzhi felt like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing in his ears. He could no longer bear it. "Why are you following me after get off work instead of going home?"
Jiang Peiran chuckled and tried to put his arm around Pei Xingzhi's shoulders, but Pei Xingzhi took a step back. He didn't care if he failed, and said, "My wife has gone back to her parents' home. It's so boring without anyone at home."
The subtext is that it's fun to follow Pei Xingzhi.
Jiang Peiran is married, but he and his wife have no children.
Pei Xingzhi: ...
Forget it, let him do as he pleases.
Seeing that Pei Xingzhi didn't say much, Jiang Peiran understood that he was willing to follow him.
"Engineer Pei, where are you going? Home or somewhere? I wonder if Lao Feng is here. I want to play chess with him..."
Old Feng was referring to Uncle Feng. When Pei Xingzhi and Meng Wanqiu moved into a new house, they invited a few people from their respective departments to dinner. That was how Jiang Peiran met Uncle Feng.
Jiang Peiran never stopped talking along the way. Even though Pei Xingzhi ignored him, he still talked enthusiastically.
The road from July 15 to the town has been repaired. The road has become flat and the road surface has been widened a lot, allowing two large trucks to pass at the same time.
In the autumn in the south, the mountains are still green, the leaves have not turned yellow and fallen, and the air is also fresh near the mountains.
After walking for five or six minutes, we arrived at the town. There were gradually more people coming. The bulletin boards and walls on the roadside were covered with various red slogans. From time to time, a bicycle passed by with the sound of its bell.
Arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, Pei Xingzhi went straight to the counter to ask for wool, and then bought paper, pen, and ink. Seeing the White Rabbit candy in the cupboard, and realizing that the ones at home were almost gone, he bought another can.
Jiang Peiran was also wandering around inside, bought himself a bottle of canned fruit, and looked at some clothes. He seemed a little dissatisfied and stared at Pei Xingzhi for a few more times.
Pei Xingzhi glanced at him sideways, "What are you looking at? How much is it?"
"Comrade, half a pound of sugar tickets plus eight dollars and fifty cents."
Jiang Peiran walked over, tugged at Pei Xingzhi's clothes, and turned to ask the salesperson, "Excuse me, are these clothes sold out?"
The salesperson looked at the clothes Pei Xingzhi was wearing and shook his head. "We don't sell clothes like this here. You should look somewhere else."
Jiang Peiran was a little disappointed and handed over the can of pineapple in his hand. "Okay, please help me pack it."
Pei Xingzhi silently curled the corners of his lips. This piece of clothing was not bought, but made for him by Wanwan.
The family now has a sewing machine. Of course, it was not bought by two people. This thing not only requires industrial coupons, but also costs at least two hundred yuan.
However, Pei Xingzhi often went out on business, and once he went to a textile factory. After finishing his work, he overheard a leader of the textile factory say that because the factory wanted to expand production, it purchased a large number of sewing machines, but unexpectedly, more than a dozen of them were broken.
Pei Xingzhi asked whether these broken sewing machines could be sold. The leaders of the textile factory were of course eager to sell these hot potatoes, so they naturally agreed.
In the end, Pei Xingzhi helped repair the sewing machines and was rewarded with the purchase of a sewing machine at a very cheap price.
After the family got a sewing machine, Meng Wanqiu became interested in making clothes, as if she had found a new toy. She not only made a lot of small clothes for the baby in her belly, but also made clothes for her husband and Bai Fengyao.
When asked where the cloth coupons came from, they were of course given by the elders. As the deputy director of the factory, Bai Fengyao naturally received generous subsidies. However, Bai Fengyao had very low material desires. As long as he had enough food and warm clothes, he didn't care about anything else.
Over the years, he had saved up a lot of money. After knowing that Meng Wanqiu was obsessed with making clothes, he gave it all to Meng Wanqiu.
After the two left the supply and marketing cooperative, Pei Xingzhi headed towards the meat processing plant.
Because I promised Meng Wanqiu to make dumplings tonight, meat is of course necessary.
"Well, do you want to buy some meat?" Jiang Peiran's tone became excited when he saw Pei Xingzhi walking towards the meat processing plant.
"Please buy more." Jiang Peiran asked shamelessly.
Pei Xingzhi ignored him completely, but still bought a lot. He planned to invite Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng to come over tonight.
After being at the 715 for so long, he and Meng Wanqiu have met many good people, more than in the previous ten years combined, and Pei Xingzhi's character has also changed little by little.
Now, except when facing Meng Wanqiu, he is still taciturn in front of outsiders, but his temperament is much softer than before, and he treats people and things more sincerely.
After selling the meat, Pei Xingzhi planned to go home.
Because there was someone nearby who was eating and drinking for free, Pei Xingzhi unceremoniously threw the meat to Jiang Peiran and asked him to carry it.
Jiang Peiran understood the principle of being grateful to the person who had eaten his food, so he followed Pei Xing with the meat in his hand.
"By the way, did Master Bai and Engineer Pang go over there?" Jiang Peiran suddenly said something ambiguous.
Pei Xingzhi glanced at him and said, "Yeah, I'm going."
Over there is the 715 Institute.
If the two people in charge had not left, the people in the technical department would not have been able to take a holiday.
"How do you feel after being here for so long?" Jiang Peiran asked with interest.
Pei Xingzhi pondered for a while and said, "The gap between our country and the West is too big." This made him feel a little powerless.
In addition to conducting research, the 715 Institute also has dedicated personnel to search for various Western scientific and technological achievements, magazines, papers, etc.
After so many years in the countryside, Pei Xingzhi was not only isolated from the outside world, but also out of touch with the international community.
After seeing so many new technologies in the world and thinking about his own country, Pei Xingzhi felt very heavy.
Jiang Peiran was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Pei Xingzhi to answer this.
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