Because the weather was cold, Li Qingmei did not wait until the weekend to deliver coal. Instead, her husband and son brought the coal home and immediately hitched a truck to go to the county.
Grandma Yuling removed the threshold to make it easier for the donkey cart to enter. "It would be better to separate the donkey and the cart so that I can push the cart in myself. This donkey is so disobedient and walks so crookedly that it almost pushed me against the wall."
Li Qingmei patted the dirt off her arms. Since she couldn't pat her back, she asked her mother to wipe it off with a towel.
"Mom, I'll leave the ticket with you. Dashan's wife wants something."
"It's just perfect. At the beginning of next month, our Yuling will go to the city to take the exam. Let her fourth uncle go with her and buy it from the department store if it's available."
"Ah? Why are you taking the exam in the city again? Didn't you finish the last exam?" Isn't this a hassle, going back and forth again and again, it's so messy.
"It's the school's internal entrance exam for junior colleges. If you pass, Lingling will be like Dashu, going out to study."
"Ah? This is too far away. She can't discuss anything with us." Li Qingmei thought that if she went to study outside so early, she would still be a little kid even after graduation. Is there any cadre position for her?
However, the Qiu family all had the same idea: it would be good to be able to pass the exam. At worst, they could just be apprentices first, occupying the toilet. As a girl, no matter how little she earned, it would be easier than going back to the village and digging for food in the soil.
"Mom, I see that Dashan's wife's belly is falling. I'm afraid she won't be able to wait until the twelfth lunar month."
"Then you should go back early today and send Dashan's wife here tomorrow. You can keep her with you. Otherwise, if something urgent happens, an old lady like me won't be able to help."
"Yes. I came here today to discuss this matter. Originally, she and Dashan said that the hospital in town would be fine, so that she could return home to recuperate after being discharged. Later, the examination found three children, and the team leader Lin's family died of a difficult childbirth. Now we dare not be careless no matter what we say."
Li Qingmei unloaded the charcoal and received the news. She didn't waste any time and didn't even eat. She grabbed two Xuan steamed buns and hitched the donkey cart to go back.
The team members only thought that the Qiu family rented a house in the county town, but seeing her running there every few days, they couldn't help but say something sour while basking in the sun by the wall, "This road into the city has almost been flattened by her family. They really gave up their homes and careers to support Wenquxing.
Don't look back and find nothing will be good."
Some people laughed along, but some people couldn't stand it. Zhang Wanhua put the awl into the needle and thread basket, picked up the needle for sewing soles, scratched her scalp, and glanced at the woman who had just spoken.
"Aunt Qiu, aren't you from the same family? Why do you only care about one thing and not another? Are you not sincere when you visit the grave?"
There was another burst of laughter.
"What are you laughing at? I can see from far away that you are shaking with laughter." Li Qingmei drove the donkey cart to the front and stopped.
With so many people watching, if she kept silent and just went over, gossip would start flying everywhere.
"Nothing, it's said that there are many Wenquxing in your family." Someone spoke too quickly and blurted it out.
Li Qingmei was not annoyed. "Hey, the child is studious, so we have to do our best to support him. Once he is carried out, whether it is good or bad, it will not be our parents' fault. Don't you think so, her fourth aunt?"
As luck would have it, he happened to point to Qiu Si's wife, "Second sister-in-law is right."
How could Li Qingmei not know? This sister-in-law was always jumping up and down and gossiping about them. Outsiders were still praising her children for their promising future, but her own children were always looking down on her and talking nonsense outside.
As for her mother-in-law, she was also excited for two days at the beginning. Seeing that Dashu passed the exam and her Yuling also had good grades, she would visit her house every few days to ask about Dashan's wife and so on.
I don't know when, but it changed back. That time, I stopped her halfway and asked her if Yuling couldn't keep up. I told her to just skip a year of junior high school and come back next year to take care of the kids so that my sister-in-law could go to work.
Bah, they are not asked to pay tuition or food, why bother with that? He didn't even listen to her words and asked her if Daqing's wife was pregnant yet?
The old lady's eyes narrowed, and without saying a word, she turned around and went back with her heels tapping.
"Okay, you guys keep chatting, I'm going back. I have a big belly in the house, and I'm worried about it."
"Well, your wife in the mountains is about to give birth?" It's still a long time before the due date, right?
"It's still a couple of months away, but the problem is she's carrying a lot, so I'm afraid she won't be able to wait until then. She's been looking at me these past couple of days, how could I possibly be worried about her otherwise? I'm not going to say any more, I have to go back and check on her, hooray!"
Li Qingmei hit the donkey on its butt, and the donkey let out a cry and ran away.
"Look at how capable she is. One moment she's driving a donkey cart, the next moment she's riding a bicycle. What's she showing off?"
"You're showing off too. You're marrying a daughter-in-law who can bring a donkey as a dowry. You're probably more cocky than anyone else!"
The person who was saying the wrong thing stopped talking. Her daughter-in-law wanted to empty her husband's house.
This post has gone off track and started to complain about the daughter-in-law and in-laws.
"Mom, why are you back so early today?"
"I'm back to pick you up. Pack up and we'll go to the county magistrate's house later. I see you're already in the pelvis, and you might give birth anytime soon. How are you staying? If anything happens, it'll be convenient for us to go to the hospital."
"Okay, what should I pack?" When Mrs. Qiu said this, Huang Duoer started to panic. She turned around twice and didn't know what to pack.
"The diaper ring, the baby's clothes, the small mattress, and your own clothes and bedding, all need to be folded first. If you can carry as much as you can in one trip, take it in one trip. If you can't carry more in one trip, take more in another trip. It won't be a big deal."
Mother Qiu first tied up her bedding roll, thought for a while, and then took out two hundred yuan from the kang hole in the suite, for fear that she would not need it in time.
"Mom, I've packed everything." Huang Duoer supported her lower back and slowly leaned onto the kang in the main room.
"You take a rest first, don't worry, let's prepare the meal and eat it. When your father comes back, I will settle her down. We will live there first when we go there, and let him take care of the house himself."
"Mom, what about Dashan?"
“大山骑自行车，晚上上县上，白日里回庄上，两头先跑着，哪头用着他了，再说后话。”
“哦！”那就是分开了，黄朵儿还没怎么着呢，这心上就先空落落了起来。
邱母看儿媳妇这样，本来想说她呢，又寻思女人生娃都是上鬼门关走一遭呢，便咽了回去，“你且安心，就是在队里，他白天也出门上工呢，就是有事了，顶多半日功夫，耽误不了啥大事，再说能有啥事！”
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