In the evening, after dinner, some relatives and friends came to visit.
Even Liu Haizhong from the courtyard brought several neighbors with whom he usually had a good relationship to come and visit.
Sun Zhengguo was very polite and expressed his gratitude to everyone.
At 9 p.m., friends and family gradually left, and the ward finally fell into silence.
Lin Wencui looked at her grandson who had just fallen asleep, and suddenly remembered something. Then she lowered her voice and asked.
"Zhengguo, now that the rations are being fully utilized, how about we hold a celebration for my grandson's one-month birthday?"
After listening to his mother's words, Sun Zhengguo thought about it for a moment, but finally shook his head.
"Mom, we'll invite your mother-in-law's family over, and we can just have a small celebration at home. We won't have a banquet."
"Why?" Lin Wencui asked, puzzled.
Their family doesn't lack money or things, so why should they make themselves suffer?
"Mom, there's no other reason. It's just that the eldest child didn't get married back then, so I don't want to get married this time either. Even if we have more children in the future, it's still the same. We're all about treating them equally."
When Lin Wencui heard this reason, she didn't know what to say.
The first grandson didn't have a full-month celebration because of food shortages, and they were afraid that someone would be jealous and report them.
But times have changed. Now that the quotas are readily available, it's one thing to refuse to do it, but to come up with such a lame excuse is another.
"Sigh! If you don't want to do it, then don't!" Lin Wencui could only reluctantly compromise.
"However, your most urgent task right now is to name the child. You can't keep calling him 'grandson' all the time. People who know the story won't mind, but those who don't will think I'm cursing at them!"
"Haha!" Sun Zhengguo laughed. "Mom, you're right. But I was the one who came up with the name last time. How about we let Xiaowei do it this time?"
Lin Wencui naturally had no objection to her son's suggestion, so the two of them looked at Ning Xiaowei at the same time.
"Mom, why are you looking at me like that? I'm afraid the name I chose won't sound good. Why don't you let Zhengguo choose it instead?" Ning Xiaowei, lying on the bed, was a little unsure of herself and immediately tried to decline.
"Wife, a name is just a label; the important thing is to participate!" Sun Zhengguo continued to encourage her.
Ning Xiaowei realized that she couldn't refuse.
She could only rack her brains and start thinking hard to come up with a good name for her son.
In a short while, all sorts of words flashed and jumped through Ning Xiaowei's mind.
Just then, Ning Xiaowei suddenly saw the words "health, happiness, and peace" faintly appearing on the wall, and an idea immediately came to her.
"Hey! Mom, Zhengguo, how about we name him Uncle Kang? Kang means healthy, I think it has a good meaning."
"Shukang, Sun Shukang, I think it's good. Zhengguo, what do you think?" Lin Wencui read it twice and thought it was pretty good. Then she asked her son for his opinion.
When Sun Zhengguo first heard the name, he didn't have much of an opinion.
But then I thought about it again. After the reform and opening up, the country will put forward the slogan of striving for a well-off life. Wouldn't that feel a bit awkward?
After much consideration, Sun Zhengguo decided to respect his wife's opinion.
Because it was something that happened decades later, he couldn't explain it, so he said...
"Okay! Mom, Xiaowei, I think this name is really good, let's go with this name!"
With Sun Zhengguo's final decision, Sun Shukang officially went online.
Time flies, and two days later, Sun Shukang, just like his name suggests, had a good appetite and was in excellent health.
Ning Xiaowei's health has also recovered well, and after a doctor's examination, she has been approved to be discharged from the hospital.
Early in the morning, Sun Zhengnan brought Sun Zhengguo to the hospital to complete the discharge procedures.
These past two days have been tough for Sun Zhengnan. He doesn't know what's wrong with his older brother, but he keeps lecturing him for no reason.
Yes! He admitted that he was very curious about his older brother's 'technique'.
But that's just curiosity; you don't need to hold onto it so tightly.
"Sigh! What a miserable life!" After letting out a silent sigh, Sun Zhengnan watched his older brother walk away and could only follow silently.
The two arrived at the obstetrics and gynecology department and saw Lin Wencui packing her things.
The two greeted each other and then took out their discharge notices to complete the discharge procedures at the outpatient department.
It didn't take long, about 20 minutes, for Sun Zhengguo to complete the relevant procedures. The total cost of this hospitalization was 12.26 yuan.
Even so, Sun Zhengguo's standards are high; otherwise, it would have been even cheaper.
Seeing that the formalities were completed, the group did not linger. Lin Wencui carried the child, Sun Zhengnan took the things, and Sun Zhengguo helped his wife as they walked calmly towards the car.
After getting in the car, Sun Zhengnan drove very carefully, trying his best to avoid any bumps in the vehicle, and slowly drove towards the courtyard.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the courtyard house, several idle middle-aged women were chatting.
"Hey! Aunt Sun, I heard your daughter-in-law got a raise again, is that true?" one of the older women asked.
The person referred to as Aunt Sun is actually Sun Zhengguo's second aunt.
At this moment, she was holding a child in her arms, which was Sun Zheng'an's son, Mao Mao, while her own child, Xuan Xuan, was playing behind Aunt Chen.
When the second aunt heard what the older woman said, she didn't hide anything, but spoke frankly and openly.
"Hey! It's not much money in total, just a 5.5 yuan increase a month, what can that even cover!"
Well! Auntie's simple and unpretentious answer completely shut down the group of middle-aged women at the door, killing their conversation.
Of course, there is one exception: Aunt Chen, because her daughter-in-law also got a raise, and by the same amount, 5.5 yuan a month.
At this moment, the second aunt was also quite upset. Had she spoken too directly? Otherwise, why were the others all silent?
"Beep beep beep...!"
Just as the atmosphere at the doorway was becoming somewhat awkward, several loudspeaker blasts broke the silence.
The second aunt looked up and, lo and behold! It was her own son's car!
She originally wanted to shout a few more words to open the eyes of the old lady at the door.
But thinking about what had just happened, she immediately became more reserved, saying nothing, and simply stood up to greet him.
At this moment, the car arrived at the door and slowly came to a stop.
Then Sun Zhengnan got out of the car first and helped open the car door. Then, everyone in the car got out, except for Ning Xiaowei.
"Sister-in-law, are you picking up your grandson from the hospital?"
Seeing her second aunt carrying her grandson as she walked over, Lin Wencui felt a chill run down her spine and gave a helpless smile.
"Yes, sister-in-law, now we have another one. How are we going to manage so many children?"
Well! Lin Wencui's blunt truth caused the group of middle-aged women, who had just recovered from their self-isolation, to collectively break down once again.
So it's all your Sun family's business.
The second brother's family was just showing off their money, complaining that it wasn't enough and therefore useless. Now the eldest brother's family is showing off their kids, complaining that they have too many and can't take care of them.
If your Sun family plays like this, how are we supposed to have fun together in the future?
In this compound, there are people who have no money and people who have no grandchildren. When you say things like that, have you considered how other people feel?
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