Chapter 104 The family takes a photo

January 2nd is our two babies’ birthday.

Su He discussed with Gu Jianhua how to spend the day, and Gu Jianhua said, "Cook two dishes and cook some longevity noodles for Changyi Changan."

Su He suggested, "After we finish eating, let's go to the county to take some photos."

I haven't taken photos of the two babies yet.

"Okay, let's take a photo too." Gu Jianhua hugged Su He from behind.

Su He, "I can't make an appointment today, my aunt is here."

"Aunt"

Gu Jianhua was confused. He understood the first part but not the second part. Didn’t his wife tell him that his mother-in-law had no other brothers and sisters?

"My aunt is having her period." Su He said.

She learned to call herself aunt from a book.

Gu Jianhua said, "So that's what you mean."

After that, he snorted again, "Comrade Su He, your thoughts are not pure. As your husband and lover, it is normal for me to hug you. I don't have to... hug you."

Su He teased him, "What do you have to ask for?"

Gu Jianhua, "You know."

Su He: “I don’t understand.”

“........”Gu Jianhua.

The next day, Su He told Gu's mother about the two babies' birthdays and invited them to take photos together. "Mom and Dad, let's take a family photo together. My third sister and her family have a day off tomorrow."

The 2nd was a rest day and all units were on holiday, which was a coincidence.

When he heard that they were going to take photos, Mr. Gu, who usually didn't talk much, started talking, and his eyes were filled with anticipation as he asked, "Take a photo."

From the time he was born to now, fifty years have passed, and he has never taken a photo.

"Yes, Dad. Isn't tomorrow Changyi and Changan's birthday? Let's take a photo of them and take a family photo as well." Su He said.

Father Gu looked at Mother Gu, who nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together."

Seeing the expectant look in her old man's eyes, she couldn't bear to refuse him. She wanted to tell the children to go and there was no need to bring them along.

At noon, Team Leader Wang, Gu's third sister, came back from get off work and heard about this. She also said she wanted to go. Team Leader Wang said to Gu's third sister, "Hey, let's take a photo of our family of five as well, and take a family photo."

Upon hearing this, the two children of celebrity star Cher's eyes lit up, "Really? Dad!"

Team leader Wang laughed and said, "Really, really, we'll take a day off tomorrow and go with your uncle and aunt."

"Yeah, yeah!" the two kids cheered happily.

Mother Gu thought about it, and she said to Father Gu, "Why don't we talk to the eldest and second sons and ask them to take a family photo together."

They don’t have a family photo yet. If they don’t take one now, their grandchildren will have grown up and they will be old too.

Father Gu asked, "You pay for that?"

Mother Gu said, "Then I'll pay for it. It's up to me how much I can spend."

Father Gu said, "You are amazing."

Mother Gu sighed, "We are not young anymore, let's take this opportunity to invite the children to take a family photo."

I used to save money and never thought about taking a photo. The appearance of my four children when they were little only remains in my memory, but my memory is now vague.

"When I married you, there was no photo studio in the county, otherwise I would have taken a photo with you." said Gu's mother.

Father Gu said, "It's not too late to take a photo now."

Mother Gu: “Yeah.”

Father Gu said, "Then I'll talk to the eldest and second sons this afternoon."

"OK."

In the afternoon, Gu's father went to inform them, and Gu's mother also talked to Su He. Su He smiled and said, "Okay, Mom, we can take a family photo and show it to the children. It will be a memory."

Mother Gu: "Yeah, I also want our whole family to take a group photo."

Su He also thought that she wanted to wait until her eldest brother and his wife returned from the army, and her third brother and his wife also returned from the capital, so that the entire Su family could take a family photo.

It would be great to take it out and look at it when I’m old.

Let the children watch it when they grow up, so that they can see what they looked like when they were little.

Gu's father went to Gu's second sister's house first to inform them. There was no work in the team at the moment, so everyone was staying at home. When they heard that they were going to take a photo, Gu's second sister, brother-in-law and several children were very happy.

Second brother-in-law, "Okay, when will we set off tomorrow?"

Father Gu said, "No hurry, around nine o'clock will be fine."

"Okay."

I went to Sister Gu’s house to inform her again. They were all very happy and looking forward to it.

The next day, everyone wore new, clean clothes, and instead of riding bicycles, they took the village horse-drawn carriage to the county.

Arrived at the photo studio.

Everyone was discussing how to take pictures, and Team Leader Wang said,

"We took a photo of each family first, then the children gathered together for a photo, the lesbians took a photo, the gays took a photo, and finally a big group photo."

"Okay, okay, okay." The second brother-in-law agreed.

Let’s start with Gu Jianhua’s family in Suhe. They took a photo holding their two babies, a family of four.

Then we took a photo with our family of six, including our parents.

Next came the family of Gu's third sister, Team Leader Wang, followed by Gu's second sister and Gu's eldest sister, all of whom took family photos.

Team Leader Wang, "Let's take a group photo."

Gu's father, Gu's mother, Gu's eldest sister's family, Gu's second sister's family, Gu's third sister's family, Su He and Gu Jianhua's family, a total of 22 people, took a group photo.

The pose for the group photo is like this: Gu's father and mother are sitting on chairs, with their three sons-in-law, three daughters, sons and daughters-in-law behind them, and the children in the front are squatting and sitting. Gu's third sister's youngest daughter, Xiao Yaoyao, is being held by Gu's father and mother.

A family photo is completed.

Then it was time for them to express themselves freely. They took a photo with the eldest sister, the second sister, and the third sister. The three sisters took a photo, then took a photo with their sister-in-law Su He, a photo with their three brothers-in-law, and a photo with their brother-in-law Gu Jianhua.

A photo of the four siblings of the Gu family.

The children took a photo, and Su He and Gu Jianhua also took a photo. They took a separate photo of the two babies, a photo of the twins holding hands.

Finally, I took a separate photo of Gu's father and mother.

We took quite a lot of photos, about eight or nine in total. I had four of the large family photos developed, one for each family member.

The photos came out a few days later and everyone was very happy after taking them.

It would be nice if I could come here every year to take photos.

That’s what Su He thought. She discussed with Gu Jianhua that no one else should care about it, and from now on, the four of them would take a photo together every year.

Gu Jianhua had no objection, saying that he could still afford the money for the photos after working for a year.

Gu's mother paid for the photos, but after arriving home, the eldest and second sisters Gu stuffed three yuan into Gu's mother's pocket before leaving, and Team Leader Wang gave five yuan.

Su He also gave five yuan.

The children are all here, so how can I let my mother pay for it?

Gu's mother said, "I said I would pay, why are you still giving me money?" She was a little unhappy.

Su He, "Oh mom, can you pay for it next time?"

Mother Gu said, "Okay, next time. We agreed."

Taking photos is quite expensive, about one dollar per photo.

Elder and second sister Gu felt a little sorry for the money, but they were very happy after taking the photos, and the children were happy too. They don’t take photos every year, but it was worth it just this once.

Miss Zhao Qingyu, the daughter of elder sister Gu, returned to the village. She did not even go home, but went to the old house to look for her grandmother.

Today I wasn’t missing grandma, but I wanted to show off to my cousins ​​that they went to the city to take photos.

When Grandma Gu heard this, she shook her head and said, "Photos are so expensive. We might as well spend that money on food and meat!"

Although he said that, in his heart he was still very jealous of his father and mother. They had a son who was promising and married a woman from the city, who was even more promising.

I heard that her in-laws paid for the photo, which must have cost more than ten dollars. Are her in-laws that rich?

Just spend a dozen bucks.

You must have at least 200 or 300 yuan in your pocket to be willing to spend a dozen yuan on taking photos.

Incomparable.

After the photos came out, Gu Jianhua went to get them back. In addition to the family photos of each family and the big family photo, the rest were all kept by Gu's father and mother.

However, when Gu Jianhua went to deliver the photos, he showed them to Gu's eldest sister and brother-in-law, and Gu's second sister and brother-in-law.

They all like it.

I watched it over and over again.

Gu's father and mother also watched it over and over again, and Su He also watched it several times.

The significance of taking photos in their era is different from that of taking photos with mobile phones in later generations. Their photos are very precious, although they are not color photos.

The Gu family is a bit ostentatious. All of them like to show off. Let’s talk about Gu’s mother first. The second thing she has to do after getting the photos is to go out and visit friends.

"Xiao He, Mom will be back in half an hour. Yaoyao just fell asleep and probably won't wake up for a while. Just pay attention to her."

Su He nodded, "Okay, go ahead."

Gu's mother responded, wrapped a scarf around her head and went out with the photo. The first person she showed it to was of course the second wife, as she wanted to show it to her good sister-in-law.

It made her jealous because she, Zhao Jinzhi, could take pictures, but she, Zhang Xiuying, couldn't.

Gu's second aunt Zhang Xiuying was really envious. Taking photos was so expensive. Her sister-in-law took several photos, and her three girlfriends also took photos.

The same thing happened to Second Sister Gu. She didn’t get along with her husband’s family, so she didn’t go to theirs but visited the neighbors instead. She also said, “We can take a family photo. Otherwise, the children won’t have the chance to take a photo when they grow up.”

She plans to work harder next year, earn more money, and take separate photos of her four children.

Sister Gu also showed it to her sister-in-law and mother-in-law, who said, "Your father and I want to take a photo, too."

The implicit meaning is that you kids should give some money.

The second daughter-in-law pouted and said, "Mom, you and Dad can take pictures if you want. We don't have that much extra money for taking pictures."

Her sister-in-law is the same. She just takes the photos for herself and why shows them to them?

How annoying.

I heard that Sister Gu's mother-in-law didn't say anything. She just didn't want to spend money. There is no point in having five or six children.

Not as good as someone else's son.

Sister Gu's mother-in-law was very upset.

Near the end of the year, Su He took some time to go to the black market, and Datang gave her thirty kilograms of fine grains.

Su He and Xu Ke said affectionately, "Keep it for yourselves, there is enough at home."

Tang Zeyan smiled and said, "Aunt Chen, take it and consider it my New Year's gift to you."

Su He thought that this boy was really considerate, and he always brought her food. Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Tang Zeyan say, "Aunt Chen, I have a favor to ask of you."

Su He looked at him, and Tang Zeyan said, "Aunt Chen, do you have any way to get some cotton? I want to make a cotton blouse for my sister-in-law."

The cotton coupons were for one pound per person per year, which was not enough for one of the three people. If he wanted to use it, he would have to exchange it with others, and he didn't want to do that.

Su He heard this and said, "Cotton is a little hard to find. Let me ask you. By the way, how many kilograms do you want?"

Tang Ze said, "Thank you, Aunt Chen, seven or eight kilograms will be enough." If you ask, it means it works, and the matter is settled.

After leaving the Tang family, Su He went to the post office and mailed 50 kilograms of fine grains and 50 kilograms of coarse grains to her elder brother and sister-in-law. A few days ago, her mother also asked her to mail mutton.

I guess we'll arrive at about the same time.

Su He delivered the cotton to Tang Zeyan on the third day, and he paid 1.15 yuan per pound for it.

Their family is not short of money now. After cooperating with Aunt Chen in selling meat for half a year, they have earned a lot. Tang Zeyan no longer sells grain and will specialize in selling meat from now on.

Su He also made a lot of money. In more than half a year, she earned eight hundred. She plans to continue working hard next year and strive to make more money.

By the end of the year, the brigade began to distribute meat and grain. Gu's parents still bought an extra 100 kilograms of grain and asked Gu Jianhua to deliver it to Su's father and mother.

When relatives or in-laws interact with each other, they just give gifts to each other and neither takes advantage of the other.

This year, Su's father didn't get any pig heads, but he did get a lot of pig trotters and tails, so he gave some to Gu Jianhua to take back.

In addition to the pig's head, there were also two packets of toffee, two cans of malted milk, and two packets of instant noodles. The toffee and malted milk were mailed back by the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and the instant noodles were mailed back by the third brother Su Che from the capital.

He is not coming back to celebrate the New Year this year and will stay in the capital.

Gu Jianhua said, "Mom and Dad, keep the noodles for yourself."

Father Su, "We'll keep it here. Take these two packets back for Changyi and Changan to eat. They both love noodles."

"Add two poached eggs while you cook it, and spread some sauce on it."

The two grandchildren not only love to eat noodles, but also love to eat soybean paste.

"Okay, thanks, Dad." Gu Jianhua thanked with a smile.

Father Su waved his hands and said, "What can a family thank you for?"

Gu Jianhua carried a big bag of things back to the Public Security Bureau to work. He had lunch at Su's house at noon and went straight home after get off work in the evening.

When everyone saw that he was carrying a big bag of things, they knew that his father-in-law and mother-in-law had given him things. His father-in-law and mother-in-law often gave him things.

They are so jealous.

A colleague who was close to him came over and asked, "Jianhua, did your father-in-law and mother-in-law take things from you again?"

Gu Jianhua did not deny it. He said, "My eldest brother-in-law mailed a few cans of maltose and milk candy for the two children."

When his colleagues heard about it, they became even more jealous.

Gu Jianhua is treated well not only by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but also by his brothers-in-law. I heard that the military coat he is wearing now was given to him by his eldest brother-in-law.

A military coat is such a precious item, I just gave it to you as a gift.

The relationship between these in-laws is so nice.

Unlike his father-in-law's family, they will charge you for every extra grain of rice you eat.

In the evening, Gu Jianhua came back from get off work with some things. Gu's mother asked Su He, "Xiao He, when will your sister-in-law give birth?"

Su He, "It's almost there. It's already been seven months, and there are still two months to go."

Mother Gu said, "It's January now, so the baby will be born in March."

"When the time comes, we'll make some clothes and shoes for the baby and mail them over."

Su He: "Okay."

By this time, her elder brother and sister-in-law should have received the food and meat she sent.

Team leader Wang has never met Su He's eldest and third brothers, but he sees the second brother every day. They work in the same factory.

Third Sister Gu told him, "Xiao He's elder brother is so handsome, tall and handsome."

Team Leader Wang: "What about the third brother?"

Gu Sanjie, "The third child is also handsome and well-mannered."

"We have college students in our county who are the top students in the province. Haven't you seen them?"

Team Leader Wang: "I've heard of it, but I've never seen it in person."

I heard from people in the factory, but I haven't seen them.