Ever since Ye Qingshui gave birth to twin sons, more and more people have come to visit the two babies.
Everyone who visited them said that Xie Tingyu and Ye Qingshui were a blessed couple, and they also praised the Xie family for being blessed. Which family could give birth to two babies at once?
The babies grew up gradually, their faces also developed, and the two boys looked like they were cast from the same mold. In addition, both of them were born white and tender, without any birthmarks on their bodies. Except for Ye Qingshui and Xie Tingyu, no one in the family could accurately identify them.
When Ye Qingshui was pregnant, she made many small clothes for her child.
The small jacket for summer and the small cotton-padded jacket for winter, just one of these small pieces can melt people's hearts.
Ye's mother felt sorry for the fabric and said to her daughter, "Don't make so much. Just make enough to wear."
In the past, this much cloth would have been more than enough to make a set of clothes for the whole family. She said with emotion: "Children nowadays have such a good life, they don't have to worry about food or clothes, unlike you, you had a hard life when you were a child."
The clothes that Ye Qingshui wore as a child were made from three feet of cloth that Grandma Ye got from the County Revolutionary Committee with her birth certificate.
This is the government's welfare policy for newborn babies. Ye Qingshui wrapped the baby in a piece of cloth for most of half a year.
When her daughter was a little older, her skillful mother cut the cloth into clothes, and loosened the cloth an inch when her daughter grew up a little. Three years new, three years old, three years of mending. In this way, Ye Qingshui wore the same piece of cloth for five years.
It was not until Ye Qingshui was five years old that she fell and her clothes were completely torn and ripped apart, and the piece of cloth finally died.
After hearing what Ye Ma said, Ye Qingshui responded vaguely, but she still did not stop working on the needle and thread in her hands.
She smiled and said, "My mother-in-law bought some cloth. It's always a good idea to prepare more. The doctor said that I'm pregnant with two."
Parents can't help but give their children back what they don't have, double the amount. Just like many years ago, when Xiao Qingshui's clothes were torn, she cried silently on the mountain road. At that time, she wished she had another set of better clothes.
Ye Ma's eyes fell on the cloth sent by her mother-in-law. When folded, it was as thick as a palm, very impressive. This was the style of a wealthy family.
She stopped talking.
After Ye Qingshui gave birth, she actually gave birth to two big fat boys in one go.
All the clothes prepared for the children before came in handy and were just enough for the two children, so there was no need to rush to buy new clothes.
Mother Ye held her grandchildren in her arms, and her motherly love was unexpectedly aroused. She bathed the two crying boys and changed them into soft clothes with a smile.
"Chenchen's eyebrows and eye corners are like Shuiya. His nose is straight, just like Xiao Xie!" The more Ye's mother looked at him, the more she admired him.
The power of blood is truly incredible. The moment she held her soft grandchildren in her arms, her heart was completely tied to them.
Later, Ye Qingshui opened the "Chenguang Food Factory" and taught Ye Ma how to manage it. Ye Ma learned it for half a year, and went to the factory to supervise diligently every day. After the store was opened, she was in charge of collecting money.
When Ye's mother got her first salary, she thought her mother-in-law was too wasteful. But when it was her turn, she was generous enough to buy her beloved grandson a few kilograms of wool, and she didn't even blink an eye even if she spent all her salary.
Mother Ye knitted woolen shoes and hats for the children herself, and ground the wool until it was fine and soft before giving them to them.
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After Ye Qingshui gave birth to two babies, the weather gradually cooled down. Ye Qingshui avoided the hottest months by staying in confinement, but the weather was too cold and she was prone to catching a cold.
Women during the confinement period should not catch cold or overwork. Elderly people often say that if you don’t take good care of yourself during the confinement period, you will suffer a lot when you are old.
Mother Ye kept whispering in her daughter's ear for a long time, "Mother went to work after giving birth to you. Whenever it's damp or rainy, your waist aches badly."
Ye Qingshui didn't pay much attention to it, but Xie Tingyu took note of it.
He took upon himself the care of the children.
Ye Qingshui had a hard time carrying this baby. She suffered a lot in the first four months of pregnancy and couldn't eat. Only under Xie Tingyu's care did she gradually get better. After giving birth, she was very tired and often slept until dawn.
Not even the crying of a baby could wake her.
So Ye Qingshui set the alarm, but it didn't work very well.
She was very distressed and complained: "Is this alarm clock broken? I can't even hear it ringing."
Xie Tingyu comforted his wife and said, "It's okay, I'll feed the baby when I wake up."
Little did he know that during that year, the alarm clock rang on time every night, but after it rang once, Xie Tingyu quickly woke up and stopped it.
Every night after the ringing stopped, Xie Tingyu would get up quickly, pick up the children from the crib with familiar movements, turn on the night light, and patiently coax them in the soft light. He would wait until the babies stopped crying before putting them next to his wife to feed them.
Ye Qingshui woke up a few times during the night and saw the children sleeping soundly with their eyes closed and their fists clenched.
After being fed with milk, she fell asleep peacefully.
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Raising twins is really exhausting. Chen Yang and Qi Guang have different personalities. Chen Yang is lively and noisy, and makes a lot of noise when there are many people around during the day, while Qi Guang is quiet and delicate, and sleeps most of the time during the day. At night, when Chen Yang falls asleep, Qi Guang starts to make noise.
Although Ye Ma and Wu Sao take care of the child during the day, at night only Xie Tingyu can take care of the child.
During that time, Xie Tingyu hardly had a good night's sleep at night, and hurriedly washed up and went to school during the day. At that time, students in the mathematics department could occasionally see their top student in the grade sitting in the corner, sleeping quietly.
The teachers also have a love-hate relationship with this student. The teachers who love him can only turn a blind eye, while the teachers who have a tough temper and stick to rules will directly deduct his regular marks.
That semester, because of the noisy boy Qi Guang, the new father Xie Tingyu was deducted more than ten points.
However, it is precisely because Xie Tingyu takes care of the children and feeds the babies every night that the two children are closest to him, especially Qi Guang, who opens his arms excitedly when he sees his father. Every late night, it is his father who holds him in his arms, sings lullabies, and rocking him to sleep.
However, Qi Guang had no idea how much his father disliked him.
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When Chen Yang and Qi Guang were eight years old, the couple happened to have a long vacation, so they took their children back to Yejia Village.
Grandma Ye is still in good health, and her two great-grandchildren can already run and jump.
"Chenchen and Guangguang have grown so tall in the blink of an eye!"
During the years when Ye Qingshui went to school in the capital, Ye's mother would take her grandson back to the countryside to play during the Qingming Festival and summer vacation. However, as her business grew, Ye's mother was too busy to take Chenyang and Qi Guang back to the countryside, so the two brothers had to stay in the capital to study with their great-grandmother.
After three years, Grandma Ye was so happy to see her lively and clever great-grandson again. Her wrinkled face was filled with a kind smile:
"Chenchen, Azu will give you a fishing rod and take you fishing later."
"Qi Guang loves eating longan the most. Last year, A-Zu sent a lot of dried longan to the capital. Have you eaten them?"
Qi Guang likes to eat longan in addition to persimmons. Longan likes heat, and this tropical fruit cannot be grown in the capital, but it is very abundant in Yejia Village. Every year, Grandma Ye dries dozens of kilograms of longan and sends them to the capital.
Qi Guang raised his head and said, "I ate it, A-Zu. The longan is so sweet."
Grandma Ye happily hugged her two great-grandchildren and took them out to play.
Ye Qingshui looked at the grandma enviously as she happily took the children out to play, "Grandma doesn't even care about us now."
"Shui'er is so old, yet she's still jealous of the two kids." Xie Tingyu couldn't help laughing and held her hand. "Grandma is helping take care of the kids to give us some free time. In that case, let's not disappoint Grandma's kindness and go for a walk too."
"I haven't been back to Yejia Village for a long time."
Due to the nature of his work, Xie Tingyu has very few holidays. This is his first time back to Yejia Village after six years of work. The biogas pool he built back then is still there, but it has been repaired to be safer.
Eight years have passed. Yejia Village has long been connected to electricity and flat roads have been built to the doorsteps of every household, but villagers still like to use biogas for heating and lighting, and more and more people in the village ride bicycles.
It is no longer the era when you could be the envy of the whole village by riding a bicycle.
Xie Tingyu's expensive Phoenix bicycle had long been obsolete and was sold to a scrapyard by Uncle Ye for eight dollars.
Xie Tingyu borrowed Uncle Ye's bicycle and took his wife around the village.
They walked through the fields where they had once shed sweat. Ye Qingshui still remembered that one centimeter was worth nine cents, and earning a full centimeter every day was an unattainable thing.
They passed by the educated youth camp where they had worked hard together. Xie Tingyu still remembers that the canteen at the educated youth camp had no oil or water. After eating there for a few months, he started eating meals cooked by his wife.
They also visited the village primary school, which had a new cement red brick teaching building, and was no longer the old, narrow mud-brick building. They had taken the first college entrance examination here after the resumption of the college entrance examination, and after the exam, they happily went to get their marriage certificate.
Finally, they went to the place where they once carried water. The scenery in the mountains was still beautiful, but eight years had passed and everything had changed. The towering trees had aged, and the young saplings had grown into big trees.
But the mountain is still the same mountain, the water is still the same water, the spring water is still clear, and the sunshine is still bright.
Xie Tingyu parked his bicycle aside. He saw his wife squatting by the stream and scooping up some water to wash her face.
Ye Qingshui took off her shoes and soaked in the stream. She couldn't help squinting her eyes in pleasure. She scooped up the water and threw it towards Xie Tingyu, "Come here, it's so cool!"
“I still remember this place!”
Upon hearing this, Xie Tingyu smiled knowingly.
They all remembered the experience of coming here to fetch water many years ago. At that time, the province suffered a drought that had not been seen in decades. After finishing farm work, every member had to walk several miles to the mountains to fetch water.
At that time, every member was very tired, except them.
He was absorbed in listening to the folk songs she played along the way. She had two braids and looked like a mountain spring. Her mind was filled with his clean white shirt and his smile as bright as the sun.
Young men and women were full of endless enthusiasm and energy. Walking on the mountain road, even the breeze blowing in their faces was sweet. Looking back on that time now, it was full of sweetness and bitterness, but not tiredness.
Because we have each other's company along the way...
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