Chapter 55

When Jian Lu was sent to the hospital, she only felt contractions and her lower abdomen dropped sharply. The tension and anticipation of knowing that the baby was about to be born made her unable to think any more.

I was lying on the bed, and I felt pain every few minutes. The nurse checked and said, "I'll come back when it's three fingers dilated. You have to wait now."

The delivery room in the military hospital is a double room. Jian Lu was in the inner position, and the bed next to her was empty. From what the nurse had just said, the patient had been sent to give birth four or five hours ago, and it would probably take some time for her to be released.

This was the first time that Jian Lu suffered such torture. She felt sometimes uncomfortable and sometimes calm. When her contractions became severe, she grabbed the bed sheet under her and struggled.

"Lulu, what's wrong?" This was the first time Cheng Zheng had faced such a situation. The usually calm and composed Captain Cheng was also panicked, with an anxious look on his face. "Should we call a doctor?"

Aunt Wang stopped her son and said, "What doctor? Your wife will be able to give birth in a few days when her cervix is ​​three fingers dilated. All women have to go through this."

She had given birth to three children and had gone through all kinds of things when giving birth. Cheng Zheng was her first child and it was extremely difficult, but she managed to get through it.

"Before I left, I asked Xiuhui to cook some brown sugar eggs. We need to cook some now, and give Lulu something to eat to keep her going." Aunt Wang stepped forward, took her daughter-in-law's hand, and encouraged her, "Lulu, hold on, you'll be able to give birth soon."

Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe saw Cheng Zheng and Aunt Wang sending Jian Lu to the hospital. They had experience, so they immediately started a fire in their own kitchen, beat two eggs, added a piece of brown sugar, put the cooked brown sugar eggs into an aluminum lunch box, and sent it to the hospital.

The two watched in the ward for a while. Jian Lu was having regular contractions and it looked painful. Several people fed her some brown sugar eggs to help her replenish her energy.

Not long after, the nurse came to check again and was about to take the patient away. "Family members, please make way. We have to go and get ready."

Jian Lu vaguely felt herself being moved to a small bed. She heard a familiar man's voice in her ears, but the voice was a little different from before, and it sounded a bit anxious.

She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak or respond to him. She could only feel the familiar coil on the hand holding her right hand. It still felt a little prickly, with a rough feeling.

Once the door of the delivery room was closed, everything was cut off.

Cheng Zheng, Aunt Wang, Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe were waiting outside. The three women were obviously much more relaxed. They had all given birth to children before and knew that the first child was much more difficult and they just had to wait patiently.

"Just get through this day, and then Lulu will be relieved."

"Let's see whether it'll be a fat boy or a fat girl."

Aunt Wang followed suit and sat down. The three of them sat on the bench. "As long as everything is safe and sound, it's good. We are all happy with the boy and the girl."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and saw her son still standing at the door of the delivery room. Aunt Wang called him, "Shitou, come and sit down. Giving birth is a long process. How long will you have to stand here?"

Cheng Zheng's heart had been beating fast since the moment his wife started having contractions, and now he felt like his heart was beating in his throat.

There seemed to be something blocking his throat, and even speaking was difficult. Cheng Zheng nodded, his eyes still fixed on the door of the delivery room, as if he could not hear what the people around him were saying.

After a while, Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang came with a few children.

Dunzi ran the fastest, followed by Hengheng and Chenchen. The three children ran to the door of the delivery room in a flash, tilted their heads and tried to peek through the cracks in the door to eavesdrop on what was going on inside.

"What are you looking at! Come here." Cui Yuhe called out, and the three children ran to the bench again.

Heng Heng asked, "Mom, is Aunt Lulu giving birth?"

"When can the baby be born?" Dunzi was very anxious and wished he could come out right away.

"It will definitely take a long time." Wu Xiangchen vaguely remembered his mother saying that it took a very long time to give birth to her.

"It must be tomorrow. Why are you here?" Feng Xiuhui turned her head to look at her man. Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang had already pulled Cheng Zheng aside to talk.

"We want to come and see Aunt Lulu." Dunzi and his friends were playing outside. When they heard that Aunt Lulu had gone to the hospital to give birth, they ran home and asked their fathers to bring them over to see her.

"Look, there's nothing here yet. Let's go home first."

"Oh, we have to wait until tomorrow?" Hengheng thought it was a long time. "Then will I be able to see the baby when I wake up tomorrow?"

Cui Yuhe smiled and said, "Who can say for sure? Maybe."

"Will Aunt Lulu give birth to a boy or a girl?" Dunzi and a few of his friends have already discussed this.

"Dunzi, do you think it should be a boy or a girl?" Cui Yuhe didn't expect these little guys to be so concerned.

"Girl!" Dunzi glanced at Hengheng and Chenchen beside him, and then remembered that there were many little boys in the family compound, but not many girls, "Boys are annoying!"

Hengheng & Chenchen: You make it sound like you are not a boy.

Aunt Wang was amused when she heard this. "Dunzi, you are also a boy, are you annoying too?"

"I'm annoyed too!" Dunzi's round face puffed up, looking a little sad. "My mother always says I'm naughty, just to annoy her."

“Hahahahahahahaha.”

Dunzi's words made the adults laugh, and even the three grown men who were talking not far away heard it.

Cheng Zheng was tense all over and didn't relax at all. Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang saw this and rarely refrained from teasing him.

After all, they are both experienced people. They were in the same situation when they became fathers for the first time. They didn’t know where to put their hands.

"Don't worry, Lao Cheng. You will be able to see your wife and children tomorrow."

"Yes, in the future I will have a wife and children, and my life will be settled."

Cheng Zheng nodded symbolically. He couldn't hear anything being said right now. It felt like it was just passing by his ears but not his heart. His chest seemed to be blocked by something, and he felt stuffy and panicked.

"I just can't relax because I don't see anyone coming out."

"It's the same for everyone. We were like this in the beginning."

The sky gradually turned dark black, the moon climbed up the branches, and shone on the hospital from afar. Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang's families went back, saying before leaving that they would come back tomorrow.

Outside the delivery room, Cheng Zheng and Aunt Wang were still waiting.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, Aunt Wang dozed off for a while, and when she woke up, she found that her son, who was sitting next to her, had clear eyes and was still staring at the door of the delivery room opposite.

"Shitou, you should take a nap too. It will definitely be tomorrow morning. At the very least, we will be able to hear someone opening the door soon."

"Mom, I'm not sleepy. You take a nap." Cheng Zheng's mind seemed like a mess at the moment. He couldn't think at all. He couldn't think of anything and couldn't do anything.

After a long time, the sky turned pale, and a ray of golden morning sun broke through the clouds, illuminating the earth with a bit of vitality and rising brilliance.

The door to the delivery room finally opened, and the nurse standing at the door called out, "Jian Lu's family."

Cheng Zheng stood up and walked to the delivery room in two or three steps. His voice was trembling, "Nurse, it is me! I am her man!"

"Got it." The nurse had seen many families who were surprised and indifferent, so she was very calm, looking at the medical record without raising her head. "The baby is born, it's a girl, weighing 15 pounds. Send the mother home."

Cheng Zheng didn't hear the whole sentence as he immediately ran inside. He saw his wife, who looked like she had been pulled out of the water, lying quietly on the small bed. Her hair was wet with sweat, her face was flushed, her brows were wrinkled as she was dizzy, and she made a slight humming sound from time to time.

"Lulu!" Cheng Zheng saw that his wife was in pain, but she was in a daze and couldn't respond to him, so he could only turn his head and look at the nurse, "Nurse, my wife..."

Before he could finish his words, the nurse interrupted him and said, "It's okay. This is what happens when you have a baby. Just go home and take care of yourself."

On the other side, Aunt Wang walked in a few steps slowly. She looked at her daughter-in-law who had suffered a great sin and silently prayed for the blessing of her ancestors. She then looked at the newborn child. It was really a chubby girl with thick hair. Even at such a young age, it seemed that she was really pretty. It was almost the same as what she had dreamed.

"Oh, my granddaughter is so pretty."

The doctor who had just delivered the baby was taking off his gloves and added, "Yeah, it looks good. I was thinking, looking at the father and mother now, how can the child be bad?"

That day, Jian Lu was sent back to the ward. She was in great pain but so tired that she could not open her eyes.

I slept for six or seven hours. When I woke up again, I saw the ceiling of the hospital and was stunned for a second. Then I remembered how tired I was to give birth to the child, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lulu is awake!" Aunt Wang was the first to notice that her daughter-in-law had woken up. She rushed forward to ask, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable now?"

"Mom..." Jian Lu opened her mouth only to find that her voice was hoarse and her body was still uncomfortable. She asked weakly, "Where is the child?"

"Here it is!" The nurse had just returned from a checkup with the baby in her arms. The baby's eyes were red and he was sleeping soundly. "Look here, your daughter is sleeping too."

Jian Lu looked up and saw a healthy child. How great!

She was still feeling uncomfortable and tired, and she wanted to take a look at where Cheng Zheng was, but exhaustion took over and she fell asleep again in an instant.

Cheng Zheng came back with some water and learned that his wife had just woken up. He was very upset and hurriedly put the thermos on the cabinet next to the bed. He sat on the stool and took a look. Sure enough, she had fallen asleep again.

"I just woke up. It's nothing serious. Captain Cheng, don't worry."

Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe came over in the afternoon. Seeing the state of Captain Cheng, they were secretly muttering to themselves that they never expected that Captain Cheng, who didn't want to get married last year, would be like this now.

"Okay." Cheng Zheng didn't want to say anything at this moment. He just focused on looking at his wife. This time he felt that it seemed to be better. He found that his wife's brows were not so wrinkled and were much more relaxed.

"Oh, my sister is so cute."

"Granny Wang, can I touch her?" Dunzi's little hand wanted to touch her but hesitated.

Before Aunt Wang could reply, Chenchen spoke first, "No."

"What's wrong?" Dunzi looked at the sleeping little sister and lowered the volume unconsciously, from high pitch to low pitch, for fear of disturbing the little guy.

At this moment, the baby was lying on a small bed, surrounded by his three brothers.

Chenchen glanced at him and said in a calm tone, "You didn't use enough strength. You pushed Hengheng and hurt him that day."

Dunzi remembered that the two of them were playing chicken fighting, and he had no idea that Hengheng was so weak.

Pouting, Dunzi retracted his hand, "Okay, then I won't touch her anymore. Look, her face is so small, her hands are so small, her feet are so small!"

......

When Jian Lu woke up again, it was already dark. She slept twice before she felt a little more alive. This time, the first person she saw was Cheng Zheng.

"Lulu!" Cheng Zheng ate a few bites of food in the evening and had no appetite, so he came to look after his wife again.

This time, he finally waited until the person woke up.

"Yeah." Jian Lu spoke weakly, obviously still weak, "Where's the child?"

The first thing she asked was about the child, after all, she had carried him for ten months and given birth to him with great difficulty.

"Come, I'm waiting for you to feed me." Aunt Wang came over with the child in her arms. Jian Lu saw at first glance a wrinkled little ball, like a little monkey.

"Why are you so wrinkled?"

"She will grow up in a while. Our Bao'er is very beautiful. She will definitely be a pretty girl when she grows up." Aunt Wang held the child in her arms. Cheng Zheng half-lifted his wife up and reached out to put a pillow behind his back for Jian Lu to lean on.

"You fed them a few times after they were born, but they were both busy sleeping."

Jian Lu was surprised. She had fed the baby once before. She had no recollection of this. She felt dizzy for the past day, sometimes in pain, sometimes tired. Only now did she become somewhat conscious.

"No, I guess you were so tired that you forgot about it."

Looking at the little guy in her arms, so small, who was trying hard to drink milk, Jian Lu's eyes gradually became gentle. As she looked at him, she no longer felt that the child's wrinkles were so cute, but seemed very cute and beautiful.

The next day, Jian Lu was taken home by Cheng Zheng and Aunt Wang. Cheng Zheng supported his wife and Aunt Wang held the child. Fortunately, the military hospital was not too far from the family compound. When Jian Lu returned home, she felt as if she had been in another world.

I finally unloaded the goods.

The little baby is still in the stage of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and she is rarely awake throughout the day. However, this does not prevent people at home from staring at her and smiling at her.

On the wide double bed, the little baby was lying naked on a mattress, sleeping soundly. While sleeping, his little hands and feet would move and twist.

When Jian Lu started to recuperate after giving birth, she would stare at her baby whenever she had nothing to do, as if she could see things even when the baby was sleeping.

From time to time, I would gently touch her chubby little hand, but I didn't dare to add any force for fear of hurting the child.

"Come, have a bowl of brown sugar eggs."

In the past half month, the Cheng family has had a constant supply of eggs. All the egg tickets that had been lent out before have been collected. Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe brought all the fifteen egg tickets from their families this month. Zheng Shuyun, thinking of Jian Lu and his wife who had saved the whole family, also sent her own egg tickets so that Jian Lu could make up for it.

In the 1970s, Jian Lu lived a luxurious life of two eggs a day.

The brown sugar eggs are sweet. The eggs are beaten into a poached shape and soaked in brown sugar water. One sip warms the stomach. Jian Lu drank half a bowl and couldn't drink any more, so she handed it to the man.

Cheng Zheng has been trained very well recently, and he is the one who takes care of all the food and drinks that his wife cannot finish.

He drank it in one gulp and took it to the kitchen to wash.

When he came back, he hurried back to bed, looked at his wife and then at his children, and felt very happy.

Jian Lu was much weaker after giving birth. Now, after half a month of confinement, she has recovered a little and her complexion looks rosier.

"Look at your face, it's getting better." Cheng Zheng was lying next to his wife, with his daughter-in-law sleeping soundly in the middle. He reached out and pinched his wife's chin and looked left and right, feeling very satisfied.

"Of course I do. I have chicken soup, fish soup, bone soup, and eggs every day. I am so full that I feel sick just looking at the soup now."

Once upon a time, Jian Lu was a soup drinker. Her favorite thing was to drink soup, and she would basically accept any kind of soup. But now, she is a little afraid of drinking it.

"This is for your own good." Cheng Zheng also helped his mother during these days, especially when Aunt Wang was stewing soup non-stop.

"Fortunately, the chicken in front was finally eaten." Jian Lu just went to check today. The chicken soup was finished and the chicken was finished. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Cheng Zheng glanced at the sleeping lady and said with a smile, "I asked someone to buy two more mullets and make fish soup for you."

"Again?" Jian Lu felt a little tired and she didn't want to drink the soup for the time being.

"Be good, Mom said that confinement is very important for women, otherwise you will be sick when you are old. Also, you can't be exposed to the wind. Just be patient at home and don't go out easily."

Jian Lu leaned against the head of the bed, feeling a little tired.

The couple basically spent the first half month taking care of the child. Fortunately, Aunt Wang came to help, otherwise they would have been very busy.

Cheng Zheng now feels even more reluctant to leave home for the army every day. Even if his daughter is still sleeping when he leaves after breakfast, he has to go into the house to look after the child for a few minutes before leaving.

Jian Lu laughed at him, wondering what was so good about a sleeping baby.

"Then you like to stare too." Cheng Zheng looked at it carefully. Anyway, no one should say anything about new parents.

Before leaving, Cheng Zheng stood up and kissed his wife on the cheek, saying softly, "I'm leaving."

"Well, go ahead." Jian Lu looked at him with a smile and gave him a kiss in return.

As for the child, Cheng Zheng originally wanted to kiss the child, but since he kissed the child on the face when he left home in the morning for several consecutive days, he was stopped by Jian Lu.

Cheng Zheng didn't know where his wife heard it from, but she said that adults are dirty and have bacteria on their bodies, which can easily be transmitted to children and make them sick.

The child is still young, no one is allowed to kiss him.

Even the rights of a biological father were taken away! Cheng Zheng was angry but dared not say anything, so he could only listen to his wife.

Feng Xiuhui and the others heard about this and thought Jian Lu was really particular. However, they changed their minds and thought that after all, she was a lady and she should be taken care of more carefully than a boy.

Hengheng asked Aunt Lulu again, "Aunt Lulu, can I touch her face?"

"If it really doesn't work, you can use your hands!" Dunzi added.

The little boys looked at the little girl and thought she was so cute. They especially wanted to touch her little face and hands.

"You can touch it gently." Jian Lu understood. She understood this feeling too well. Looking at her cute little baby, how could she resist? She really wanted to touch his face, his little hands and feet.

Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe brought their children to visit the mother and daughter, and also accompanied Jian Lu who was in confinement to relieve her boredom. "By the way, Lulu, have you named the baby yet?"

"Yes, the nickname is Shuangshuang, but the full name is not chosen yet." Jian Lu has been very worried about thinking of a full name for her child recently, and she hasn't come up with a suitable one.

However, she will have to register her household registration soon, so she doesn't have much time left.

"Shuangshuang, this name is nice and easy to pronounce." Feng Xiuhui looked at Shuangshuang on the bed. The little girl was sleeping with saliva bubbles at the corners of her mouth. She reached out to wipe them for her. "You are such a cute girl. You will definitely be amazing when you grow up!"

Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe both had boys. They were very jealous of other girls. "I felt that the girls were soft at first sight. They were nothing like our Yuanyuan, who was very active and noisy. I don't know why. He is not like his brother at all. He makes us tired every day."

After having a child, Jian Lu and her two sisters-in-law felt more empathetic when talking about children. Especially in the early stages of raising a child, it was really tiring. Fortunately, she could still catch up on some sleep during the day with her mother-in-law watching over her.

"Mom said that our Shuangshuang is good. He is much more obedient than other children and not so noisy. Anyway, he eats and then sleeps, and then eats and seldom cries and makes noises."

As a result, just after the mother finished praising Shuangshuang, Shuangshuang, who was sleeping in the bed, suddenly woke up, opened his eyes in a daze, opened his mouth and started howling loudly. The sound was really loud.

Jian Lu: “…”

This girl, how old is she and she already starts hitting her mother in the face!

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you hungry?" Jian Lu gently picked up the child, patted her softly, and kept coaxing her, "Okay, okay, don't cry. Mom was just praising you in front of the aunts, why are you crying right away?"

Cui Yuhe asked the little boys in the house to go out and play, "Hengheng, close the door."

I turned around and saw Jian Lu preparing to feed the baby.

......

A month is neither long nor short, and it’s already a full month.

Jian Lu also took advantage of her daughter's full month to leave the confinement. Originally, Aunt Wang was still talking about letting her daughter-in-law stay in bed for another twelve days, making it forty-two days, but Jian Lu was eager to wink at Cheng Zheng.

"Mom, Lulu has almost recovered now. Otherwise, forget it. I'll keep an eye on her later anyway. You should give her more nourishment."

"That's fine, but you still have to drink more chicken soup. We didn't have the conditions back then. We couldn't even have a bite of meat during the whole month of confinement. You guys are living a good life now, so don't let yourself be wronged."

"I know, Mom."

The Cheng family hosted a full-moon banquet today, and invited a few close family members to attend, mainly to thank everyone for their help during this period, and to celebrate the first special day for Shuangshuang - the full moon.

Jian Lu had just recovered, so no one let her do anything. Aunt Wang, Feng Xiuhui, and Cui Yuhe were busy in the kitchen. Each family also brought some dishes, and they cooked everything.

Cheng Hehua's belly was gradually showing, and she looked at Jian Lu in amazement, "Comrade Jian Lu, look at you, how come you are still so slim after giving birth? Where did all the fat go?"

Jian Lu was tired. Her flesh was in places that others could not see. Her waist had become thicker and her breasts had become bigger. They might sag in the future. However, she was naturally thin, so her hands and feet did not look much fatter.

There was no postpartum repair in that era, so she had to get one for herself.

Cheng Hehua was three months pregnant and was curious about having a baby. This time she had a strong reaction, often vomiting, and couldn't eat. Both Li Nianhe and she were worried that this was not good.

Jian Lukuan comforted her, after all, she had experience, "Don't worry, it will be uncomfortable at first, but it will be much better later. If you can eat, eat. If you don't eat, it won't be nutritious."

"Okay, then if you have any questions, I'll ask you."

"Okay, I will tell you everything I know. If I don't know, there are two more military divisions there."

Military Advisor No. 1 and Military Advisor No. 2 were busy in the kitchen. Cui Yuhe poked her head out and called out to the men who were watching Cheng Zheng's daughter, "Stop looking at them. Come and help serve the dishes."

In the bedroom on the first floor, Cheng Zheng was carefully holding Shuangshuang, who had just woken up and had a bottle of milk.

The little guy was very small. He looked at so many people in the room without crying or making any noise. He just stared with his eyes like black grapes, his eyeballs rolling around, his little mouth slightly open, looking cute and innocent.

In one month, the rosy baby has grown into a fair and tender baby with a chubby face. His hair is like a head of fluffy hair, soft and fine. His arms are like a piece of white lotus root, smooth and elastic when held gently.

Her hands and feet were even smaller. Cheng Zheng gently touched the young lady's fingers with one hand. He felt that this little girl was so adorable that he couldn't let her go, but he was also worried about hurting her.

"Old Cheng, your daughter is so pretty. Oh, her face is so adorable."

"It looks better than when our house was far away."

Wu Feng also brought his son Wu Xiangchen and a pound of noodles to congratulate him today, "This girl looks like Old Cheng, her eyes are so bright!"

Several men in the room were looking at the only young lady in the family with greedy eyes. The little girl looked so soft and sweet, especially Shuangshuang, who seemed to understand the uncles' compliments and actually grinned.

Her little face is like a blooming flower, cute and adorable, making several uncles wish they also had a concubine.

"Old Cheng, let me hold you for a while!" Liang Haisheng felt his heart softened when the little girl smiled.

"No." Cheng Zheng refused without even thinking.

Liang Haisheng: "..."

"My daughter is too young, and her skin is too tender. You old men are being too reckless, and I am worried!"

The people being shot: "..."

"Okay, let's both lie down." Seeing that his daughter's eyelids began to droop again after being awake for a few minutes after feeding, Cheng Zheng put her on the bed, hung a small mattress for her, and patted her gently to coax her to sleep.

The other people in the room were just looking at it in amazement. When Xu Lang walked out of the room, he still couldn't believe it. "Did you hear what Old Cheng said just now? Shuangshuang, be good and go to sleep. Damn it, if the soldiers in our regiment saw the leader like this, they would probably think they were seeing a ghost!"

"Hahahahahahaha, it's indeed rare." Wu Feng laughed heartily.

Liang Haisheng envied Cheng Zheng for the first time. He walked into the living room and saw his son playing with dirt in the yard. Thinking of their smiles just now, he could almost laugh to his heart's content. They were so adorable.

He decided to let his son try it too, "Dunzi, come here and smile for your dad."

When Dunzi heard what his father said, he rushed over with his legs upside down and rushed to Liang Haisheng's side, "Dad, what's wrong?"

Liang Haisheng looked at his son's big white teeth, looking silly and speechless.

What am I looking forward to?

The full-moon banquet was a great feast for the guests, but the two main characters were both fast asleep in the house, while the adults and children were enjoying the food outside.

Dunzi felt that Shuangshuang was very pitiful.

"Mom, isn't today the full moon of her birthday? But she can't eat. She's so pitiful." Dunzi thought, if it was his birthday and others were eating and drinking while he could only sleep in the house, he would be so angry that he would curse others in his sleep!

"What are you thinking about? Shuangshuang is ready to eat. She just eats and sleeps. It's a big deal for my sister to sleep now."

Cheng Zheng picked up a piece of fish for his wife with his chopsticks, looked at Dunzi and teased him, "Dunzi, when Shuangshuang grows teeth and can eat, then we can snatch food from you."

"Then I'll give it to her. I won't snatch things from my sister!" Dunzi has wanted to come to Uncle Cheng's house to see Shuangshuang every day recently, but his mother said that he would disturb others if he went there every day, so she only allowed him to go there occasionally.

This made Dunzi very worried, because Shuangshuang was so cute that he could watch her sleeping for a long time!

"Hey, Dunzi, you are really very perceptive." Cui Yuhe ate her food, and after praising Dunzi, she asked the other little boys at the table, "You have to take care of your sisters in the future. You are all boys, and now you finally have a sister. It's not easy."

"good!"

"Then can we go and watch the couple sleep after dinner?" Hengheng raised his head from the bowl.

Jian Lu found that these children were just like her. They found it interesting to watch the two of them sleeping together. "Okay, you can stay beside them. Just don't make too much noise."

"Okay! Aunt Lulu, we will definitely not make any noise." Wu Xiangchen nodded.

......

They both lived a life of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and being watched by everyone while eating and sleeping.

Adults and children alike like to watch her and tease her. When they see her smile, everyone laughs too and praises her for being clever and pretty.

As her daughter grew older, Jian Lu could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Apart from the torture of getting up to feed her every night, everything else was fine. Her mother-in-law helped with everything.

Now, she makes good use of her time to catch up on sleep during the day. She used to have to build up her sleepiness before going to bed, but now she has developed the superpower of being able to catch up on sleep at any time.

That afternoon, the mother and daughter, one big and one small, were taking a nap. Jian Lu was so sleepy and energetic that she got out of bed to drink some water when she heard some noise at the door.

Mother-in-law went out to buy seafood. Jian Lu thought it was her mother-in-law coming back with the bag. Just as she was about to go forward to help, she saw an acquaintance appear at the door.

"Sister Lulu!" Cai Xiujuan appeared at the door of Jian Lu's house carrying a bag of things. "I heard that you gave birth. I have been busy and have no time to come to see you."

"Sister Xiujuan, come in quickly." Jian Lu was very happy to see an acquaintance.

"Your house has changed again. Are the dishes ready? That's great." Cai Xiujuan was attracted by the small courtyard of Jian Lu's house. She lifted the bag in her hand and said, "I brought you two fish and pearls."

pearl?

Jian Lu has been busy taking care of the children recently and forgot about this matter. Judging from the time, the pearls cultivated by Cai Xiujuan should be ready to be harvested.

Jian Lu put the two mullets in the kitchen and kept them in a wooden basin filled with water, so that one of them could be eaten tonight.

Turning around, Jian Lu poured tea for people and took out cakes from home. Last time, when the double-shuangs were full moon, several families gave gifts, and there were quite a few peach cakes at home.

"Eat something and drink some water."

"Okay, sit down and take a rest." Cai Xiujuan has been extremely busy in the past two months, and only had time to come over today. "You can finally relax a little after giving birth. Look at you, how come you feel the same as before the birth."

Jian Lu knew that everyone could talk and she was happy to listen to them. However, she also exercised a little from time to time recently, which must be effective.

"I heard you gave birth to a daughter, right? Is she sleeping? I want to see her."

"She's sleeping. She eats and sleeps every day. Come, let's go inside and take a look. She sleeps like her father. Even thunder can't wake her up."

Cai Xiujuan followed Jian Lu into the room and saw the little girl sleeping on the bed. She smiled unconsciously after taking a look at her. "Your daughter is so pretty. She has a nice face, fair and tender. Her nose and mouth are like yours."

Jian Lu has heard too many compliments about her being a good girl recently, but she is happy no matter how much she hears. She symbolically said a few humble words and said, "Yes, we are really cute as long as we don't cry."

Cai Xiujuan was amused by Jian Lu's complaints. As a mother herself, how could she not understand? Especially in the middle of the night, when she heard her baby crying for milk, she would get up and feed him no matter how tired she was.

"Being a mother is not easy, but having a good daughter is good. Our daughter Duoduo is obedient and knows how to care about me."

"Of course not. A lady is a caring little cotton-padded jacket."

The two mothers, who both had daughters, had a friendly exchange. Fearing that they might disturb the sleeping children, Cai Xiujuan suggested that they talk in the living room.

Cai Xiujuan has been very busy recently, collecting pearls from clams. She failed many times and her pearl recovery rate was low. However, after many attempts, she finally figured out the trick and took out a lot of pearls from the river clams she raised a year ago. She weighed them and found that they weighed a full 900 grams.

Jian Lu was originally worried that Cai Xiujuan would not know how to do it when she went back to sell pearls for the first time, so she planned to accompany her to the medical company's clinic to sell the pearls. Unexpectedly, she was so quick and efficient and actually got it done.

It seems that the later Pearl King was still bold in his growth period.

"900 grams of pearls, sold for a total of 693 yuan." When Cai Xiujuan mentioned this number, her voice trembled a little. She had never seen so much money in her life. In the past, her husband's salary only gave her ten yuan a month for living expenses. The money in Cai Xiujuan's hands never exceeded one hundred yuan. The bulk of the money in the family was in the hands of her husband.

Now, she can actually raise river clams for a year, extract pearls, and sell them for nearly 700 yuan!

Cai Xiujuan's hands were shaking as she held a handful of money that day. She quietly stuffed the money into the inside of her thin cotton quilt. She was very nervous all the way on the boat, afraid that the money would fall. She looked at it from time to time, fearing that it had been stolen.

After arriving home, I sewed the money inside the quilt, only then did I feel at ease.

"Let me show you the pearls I got this time. The longer they were kept in the clams, the more beautiful the pearls are. The color is better and they are brighter." Cai Xiujuan had eight pearls left and brought them to Jian Lu.

Jian Lu looked at the pearl in Cai Xiujuan's palm. It was smooth, shiny, and had a good color, with a faint dark light.

"It's really much prettier." Jian Lu looked at the pearls from left to right. The small pearls were really pleasing to the eye. "When your business becomes bigger, you can consider taking pearls every three years. The quality of the pearls will be better."

"Okay, I'll remember that." Cai Xiujuan was in high spirits. She took out a bunch of big grouper and some loose change from her pocket and put them on the table. "Lulu, keep this money. I said before, I'll give you half."