Chapter 187: Giving Birth
The educated youth were very efficient. The next day, they went to Lu Baoguo and reported that they wanted to build 6 single rooms.
In fact, there were only 5 rooms, but considering that the cost would be lower if they built them all together, the people who wanted to build houses discussed and decided to build 6 rooms at the same time. The extra room would be sold when the new educated youth arrived next month.
Lu Baoguo was also surprised. He didn't expect that these educated youth were so rich that so many of them wanted to build houses individually.
This was a big order. Lu Baoguo immediately summoned the construction team of the brigade to measure the land next to the educated youth site.
After communicating with the educated youth, six rooms were built in a row, each about ten square meters, and divided into two sections. The back section was used as a bedroom, and the front section was used as a kitchen, and each was equipped with a small stove.
In total, the cost of materials and labor for one house was 33 yuan.
After the educated youth paid the money, they started construction the next day during their free time. When the construction team was free, they would make some adobe and beams for backup, so the materials were ready.
With the materials ready and enough manpower, the house could be built in as little as twenty days and as much as one month.
The educated youth who built the house were very happy to be able to live in the new house before the new educated youth arrived.
From then on, they would have their own private space, and they would no longer have to be sneaky like thieves when eating something good.
A week later, Jiang Yue also received a remittance of 50 yuan from her mother. She took half a day off that day, went to the commune to withdraw the money, and then returned the money to Su Mo.
Chen Lan saw Jiang Yue on her way home from work and walked up to her and asked with a smile: "Jiang Zhiqing, you have withdrawn the money? Are you going to pay Su Zhiqing back? I'll go with you."
When Jiang Yue was talking to Ma Xiaojuan about borrowing money from Su Mo, Chen Lan accidentally heard it. At that time, Chen Lan decided to go with Jiang Yue to pay the money back.
Chen Lan always wanted to get in touch with Su Mo, and had been urging Ma Xiaojuan to go and play with Su Mo, but Ma Xiaojuan didn't listen to her. Later, maybe because she said too much, Ma Xiaojuan not only stopped looking for Su Mo, but also distanced herself from her.
But she didn't dare to go alone. Now that someone who knew Su Mo had finally come, she naturally had to get along well with her and then get closer to Su Mo through her.
Jiang Yue had no idea what Chen Lan wanted to do to Su Mo, so naturally she wouldn't let her get close to her. "Sister Su Mo is working in the commune today, and I've already returned the money."
Chen Lan was a little disappointed and said, "Well, next time you go to see Su Mo, call me. I haven't talked to her for a long time. We were in the same group to go to the countryside, and we lived in the same room before."
Jiang Yue nodded. "Okay, I'll call you if I go, but Sister Su Mo is about to give birth, so she may not have time."
Jiang Yue was very annoyed with Chen Lan. Although they both had the same name "Lan", this Chen Lan and her sister were really very different.
Her sister knew that Su Mo was here, and she wrote to warn her not to disclose the affairs of Su Mo's family. Although her parents cut off ties with Su Mo in the newspaper, there are still many people who can't distinguish right from wrong. Her mother
also told her that their family had received kindness from the Su family, and even if they couldn't repay the kindness, they couldn't be like the Yang family and repay kindness with enmity.
Jiang Yue has a simple personality. When someone asked about Su Mo before, she would reveal a little bit. Since being warned, she has kept her mouth shut.
Especially Chen Lan, who asked her from time to time and obviously wanted to get close to Su Mo, was regarded as a suspicious person by her and guarded against.
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By the end of June, Su Mo obviously felt that her body had become much heavier, and the baby's movements were becoming more and more frequent. She instinctively felt that she should be giving birth soon.
This was her first time to experience childbirth, and to be honest, she was still a little panicked.
Su Mo took a wild ginseng, cut it into several slices, wrapped it in a cloth, and carried it close to her body when she was ready to go to the hospital. If she was exhausted, she would hold a slice in her mouth.
After her supernatural power was upgraded to the second level, she could transmit all of her supernatural power once, which was equivalent to the growth energy of the plant for two years. In the past four months, she raised a wild ginseng every month, and basically harvested it when it was about fifty years old. So far, she has collected four wild ginsengs.
After all, a hundred-year-old wild ginseng is too rare. If there are too many, it is easy to arouse suspicion. Those that are forty or fifty years old are much easier to sell.
But she was not ready to sell them now, so she kept them and waited until the reform and opening up in the future.
At that time, people were afraid to spend money even if they had it, because they could not afford the price.
Afterwards, Su Mo packed up the small clothes, blankets, and diapers that she had prepared for the baby, and put everything she needed for the baby in a delivery bag.
If she needed anything, she would go directly to the department store to buy it.
The medical conditions in the city hospital were better, so she and Lu Changzheng both decided to give birth in the city hospital.
After that, Su Mo went to the brigade headquarters to call Lu Changzheng and asked him to come back and take her to the hospital.
Lu Changzheng was busy at the time, and his clerk answered the phone. When the clerk found him and reported the matter to him, Lu Changzheng was so scared that he almost fainted.
The due date is still so far away, how come she is going to give birth all of a sudden? Maybe something has happened.
Lu Changzheng was so anxious that he rushed out with the car keys. Seeing him like this, the political commissar didn't dare to let him drive by himself, and quickly called two orderlies to follow him.
Lu Changzheng drove all the way back home, and as soon as he parked the car, he rushed home immediately.
The two orderlies who followed him also rushed out of the car and ran to the side of the road to vomit. This driving skill was amazing, they couldn't bear it.
After Lu Changzheng rushed into the house in a hurry, he saw his wife sitting on a stool and eating leisurely, and he finally let go of his worry.
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?" Su Mo asked.
Lu Changzheng was also convinced, "The clerk said you were about to give birth, I was so scared." That kid, who didn't ask for the details, scared him.
"I told him that I might give birth in the next few days, and asked you to come back and take me to the hospital. I guess the call quality was not good, so he misheard." The telephone line at that time was like a black iron wire, and the call quality was quite poor.
"You will accompany me to the commune to ask for leave later, and I will call my aunt. It seems that my second brother will come over in the next two days."
Lu Changzheng nodded, went out and asked two orderly soldiers to wait for passing cars at the intersection to return to the camp, and then took Su Mo to the commune.
Although most holidays were cancelled at this time, maternity leave was still available, a total of 40 days.
Su Mo went to the commune first and went through the maternity leave procedures with Li Yunwang, then went to the post office to call Guangxi Province.
It was already evening, so someone should be home.
Sure enough, it was Fu Manhua who answered the phone.
Hearing Su Mo say that she felt like giving birth, Fu Manhua was a little worried, after all, it was quite early, but she still calmed Su Mo down and reminded her of various precautions.
On the other side, Su Yiyuan had just packed his bag and was preparing to take the train to Yangcheng tonight and fly to Beijing tomorrow.
Suddenly, she heard Su Mo say that she was about to give birth. She was so anxious that she wanted to grab the phone to say a few words, but her mother would not let her. She could only shout at the top of her voice: "Little sister, brother will be here soon. Wait for me and give birth slowly."
Fu Manhua was so angry that she slapped her and cursed: "What nonsense are you talking about? Can giving birth wait?"
"Xiao Mo, don't pay attention to your second brother. Don't be nervous. Relax. This child will be born naturally when the time comes."
Hearing Su Yiyuan's words, Su Mo also smiled, "I know, aunt. When second brother arrives, I should be in the hospital. You ask him to come directly to the municipal hospital."
"Okay." Fu Manhua agreed, gave a few more instructions, and then hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, she started to scold Su Yiyuan again. She now felt that sending this unreliable person was probably a mistake.