Chapter 357: Three Great Strange Things in Northeast China
The sun was warm, and the morning light was more golden than the noon light. The warm light penetrated the poplar leaves in front of the door and fell on Jiang Wanwan's belly. Her eyebrows softened: "There are elders who have given birth to twins."
Xu Lan drank some tea water. She got up early and went to the goose factory to clean at around six o'clock. The little geese were good at eating and defecating, and she was so busy that her throat was smoking.
"I said, usually someone in the family has given birth to twins before and you can get pregnant with several at once. It's very hard to be pregnant with twins. You don't need to prepare the baby's clothes, diapers, strollers, and small mats. We will prepare double for you."
Xu Lan counted on her fingers and said, "Let's make one color for each boy and girl."
What kind of baby will be born and how to arrange it will be left to fate.
Jiang Wanwan thought it was okay: "What is a cradle? A cradle on the kang?"
Old Lady Shen smiled and shook her head: "No, we are close to the Northeast, so the news came from there. There are three strange things in the Northeast: paper-covered windows, young girls smoking pipes, and hanging babies after giving birth."
Hanging means hanging the cradle on the roof, not hanging the child on the roof. A soft cushion is placed inside the basket. The mother gently pushes the cradle and hums a song. The cradle swings naturally, rocking and swinging. The child falls asleep in love as if lying on the soft white cloud mountain blown by the wind.
In addition to the warmth, there is also the mother's helplessness. The child is placed in the hanging basket, pushed and swung a few times, and the mother takes this opportunity to sweep the floor, cook, and feed the pigs and chickens.
Jiang Wanwan had never heard of this saying: "How interesting."
Xu Lan knew more: "But there's more. My aunt married in Northeast China. She said the windows were papered on the outside to keep warm. In addition to these three things, there are also fur coats worn inside out, straw felt stuffed in the earthen house fence, curtains hung outside the kang, and single-line fishing on the ice."
She said a lot in one breath, which made Jiang Wanwan laugh so hard that she couldn't stop smiling. Seeing her laugh, Xu Lan also laughed.
She admitted that she actually preferred Wanwan over Liu Yeju and Jiang Wanwan.
Liu Yeju sometimes goes crazy, and she knows in her heart that she is biased.
But... human hearts are not made of weights, they are biased. She likes Wan Wan because she is soft and pretty, and her way of speaking is likable. Also, Wan Wan has no fate with her parents, nor with her in-laws. The in-laws she refers to are the fourth child's biological father and mother.
A girl in her twenties, she is surrounded by a bunch of jackals, tigers and leopards. Although she has no blood relationship with Wan Wan, she treats her as her own sister. As a sister-in-law, she wants to make up for the lack of family affection for Wan Wan.
Xu Lan's pain is genuine, it is the pain of a sister.
Jiang Wanwan was tired of laughing and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "I think you should help me take care of this child after it is born. You will make me laugh every day in my belly. I will definitely look for you in the future."
Xu Lan was not afraid: "It's better to come to me. I have experience."
While they were talking, Wei Shufen went back to the house, rummaged through the drawers and took out fifty yuan from the bottom.
She took the money back and handed it to Jiang Wanwan: "Wanwan, I don't have anything to prepare in advance. I know you are not short of money, but take this money and buy whatever you want. My brother Dazhu is married and his children are in school. We are not short of money at the moment and we are rich. You must accept this money."
Wei Shufen didn't look at anything else. She just saw that Guoguo and Suisui were wearing sailor shirts and little red scarves, and were reciting poems all the time. And for the sake of the comic books, she was willing to pay the money.
When she went back to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year, the children there were full of swear words and their clothes were so shabby that they didn't even know what one plus one equaled.
Oh my God, she felt at that time that her grandchildren were a generation apart from her mother's children.
Those comic books and calligraphy are not learned in vain. Even girls who have learned more culture have a different temperament than those who have not.
Old Mrs. Shen was very satisfied that Jianjun's wife knew how to repay her gratitude.
Jiang Wanwan took the money with a smile: "Thank you, auntie, you are so kind to me."
"I'll ask you to help me take care of the baby when it's born."
Wei Shufen was so happy that she couldn't even see her teeth: "Okay, okay, we will help you take care of it, you can go out to work without worry, and we will definitely not let you worry."
Wan Wan has seen the world and has money in her pocket. The fact that she lets them take care of the children shows that she doesn't look down on them.
Jiang Wanwan put the money in her pocket and thought to herself how simple people nowadays are. They don't feel the pain of raising children at all. With someone helping her to take care of the children, she can go out and make money and achieve women's freedom, which is better than money falling from the sky.
Old Mrs. Shen saw that the time was almost up: "Hurry up and go to the office. The factory is busy."
Jiang Wanwan also planned to leave: "Yeah, I'm leaving."
As soon as she left, Old Lady Shen told Xu Lan and Wei Shufen: "Don't let the children know about this. If the children don't take the initiative to tell others, it's easy for people to trick them. Let's prepare some soup and nourishing porridge every few days and send them to her at noon. The fourth daughter-in-law has made progress and brought honor to our Shen family. We must seize the opportunity and don't let her get too tired. After we are done with the Goose Factory, we will go to the chicken coop to help Uncle Zhu and Fengnian. She is in charge of a military region and is more tired than us."
Xu Lan and Wei Shufen nodded repeatedly. They also felt sorry for Jiang Wanwan and didn't want her to be tired.
On her first day at work, Jiang Wanwan wore a white shirt and blazer pants with a black jacket on the outside. She did not wear high-heeled shoes, but found a pair of flat black shoes. Her hair was tied up behind her head. Her skin was as white as snow, her lips were red and her teeth were white. Her simple and neat outfit exuded a strong aura.
She asked Guo Yao to notify all departments to hold a meeting.
Her information was sorted out with the help of Chen Xingjiang. The second farm, the fourth farm, the club, the nursery, the fruit garden, the steel mill, the health center...etc. all needed approval and renovation.
As Qingming Festival is over and it’s time to farm, many things need to be implemented.
In order to decide what to plant specifically, she had to go to the county town to hold a meeting with the leaders of the teams in each commune to listen to their suggestions and instructions.
Jiang Wanwan sat here and found that the burden on her shoulders was very heavy.
The factory she builds in the future will definitely not be as big as the military farm. She started running without even sitting down. I can’t imagine how happy she will be when she creates her own factory in the future.
The experience value is directly maxed out.
Jiang Wanwan arrived early and sat in the office waiting for everyone.
Director Xu was not at home, so the number of people coming was sparse, some coming fast and some coming slow. Jiang Wanwan was not in a hurry either. She drank some boiled water to moisten her throat and occasionally looked at her watch.
The meeting starts at 9:30. Those who arrive early are basically young people, under 30 years old, over 30 years old or older. Some arrive a few minutes late, and some arrive half an hour late.
Jiang Wanwan didn't urge her. She lowered her head to look at the document in her hand, drank a sip of water, and her brows were relaxed, as if she was in a good position to handle the situation.
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