Chapter 145 Giving Birth

"Time flies. When I married you, Chunqing was still a child, and now we are getting married." Su He and Gu Jianhua said with emotion during the banquet.

In my memory, Chunqing was still a little girl following her sister Mingyue, but in the blink of an eye, she has grown up and become a big girl.

Gu Jianhua picked up some food for her and said, "You were still a little girl then, but now you are a mother of two children."

"Four children."

"Yes, four children."

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As soon as school started in September, Su He's family of four moved to her mother's house.

This makes commuting to get off work more convenient.

Mingyue was born in mid-September and her son was named Ruirui.

Su He did not attend the full-month banquet because she had also given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, as she had wished.

This time the son came out first, followed by the girl.

The third and fourth brothers were named Gu Changjun and Gu Changhuan.

The daughter-in-law gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Gu's mother was in high spirits again, with a rosy face and a brisk walk. This is a feeling that most people cannot experience.

Yes, Gu's mother was very proud at the moment, especially in front of her sister-in-law Zhang Xiuying. She found that since her son married Xiaohe as his daughter-in-law, everyone and everything in their family were thriving.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

Even the calves born by cows are healthy and the eggs laid by chickens are double yolk eggs.

She and her husband no longer have the back pain they had suffered for years.

Gu's mother thinks her daughter-in-law is a lucky star.

Mr. Gu has a similar feeling. His son and daughter-in-law are filial. He has four grandchildren, two pairs of leucopian twins. The value of leucopian twins is different from that of single twins, so they are very rare.

Like Gu's mother, Gu's father also walks with a rosy face every day.

The third and fourth children were born on the morning of October 2nd. Their birthdays are the same as their older siblings, both are number 2, and they were all born in the morning.

Because Su He was worried that the twins would not get enough nutrition, she gave them a system of body-building pills as soon as they were born, hoping that they would grow up healthy and strong like their older sister and brother.

This is their wish as parents.

During the confinement period in Suhe, the diet was still one chicken per day.

I don't know where she heard it from, but it's true that women who have just given birth must eat hen meat, because eating rooster meat will dry up their milk supply, so Gu's mother caught all the hens in the village.

People in the village said that the mother-in-law, Gu Mu, was too good to her daughter-in-law. Who would give her a chicken a day after giving birth? And during the confinement period, she was only given two old hens at most.

However, some people also said that this daughter-in-law was very capable and gave birth to two pairs of twins, a boy and a girl, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

When people in this village look for a daughter-in-law, they look at how well she can give birth to children and how hard she works. Of course, they also look at her education level and looks, but giving birth to children and working hard come first.

With these two, appearance and cultural level come into play.

Anyway, a good wife is one who can give birth to children and do the work.

Because Su He gave birth to a child, the principal directly approved her to take two months off and let her come back to work after the New Year.

Now that she is an elder in the school, she no longer has to worry about her job being taken away.

That’s fine. When school starts in March, the third and fourth children will be five months old and can be fed with a mixture of formula and breast milk.

What does it feel like to have a second child?

Maybe it was because I had experience with giving birth to two children, so I wasn’t as nervous as I was when I first had two babies, nor did I feel the novelty of being a first-time mother.

Just be calm.

Comrade Gu Jianhua is the same. As an old father, he would bring his eldest daughter and eldest son home after get off work to supervise them doing their homework, and then hug and comfort the two children.

Gu's parents love their two grandchildren as always.

I don’t know if it’s because of the health-enhancing pills they took, but the two little ones don’t cry much and are very easy to take care of. They eat and then sleep, and when they are hungry they cry once, and only once, and they don’t cry any more than that.

As an older sister and brother, Changyi and Changan love their younger siblings very much. They come to see them before school in the morning and come back to see them after class in the evening, and even hug and kiss them.

Su He felt that he was very wise. This is what you should do if you want a second child. The age gap between the first and second children should be large. Don't give birth to another child when the eldest is only two or three years old.

I won't be able to come by then.

However, her idea seems to be more applicable to later generations. Nowadays, people just give birth as soon as they get pregnant and don't care about these things.

It's better to hold the baby. The parents are busy making a living, so the older brothers and sisters will take care of the baby after it is born.

Just like her eldest brother, who took care of the three siblings when they were young.

Her idea was too hypocritical at the moment.

What people think now is that it is easier to raise two children in three years or three children in five years together.

Why are you concerned about the child's psychology? It's nothing. It's good enough as long as he is well fed. Why do you have so many demands?

The third and fourth children's full-month banquets also have to be held, and the guests are still the same few families. Everyone is very envious of the birth of twins, especially boy-girl twins.

Pei Chuwei thought this was great, it was also the second child, but her sister-in-law already had two daughters and two sons, how awesome was that.

When she got home at night, she hit her husband Su Xiao. Su Xiao was helpless and said, "Wife, my mother's genes are passed on to girls, not boys!"

"Look at the eldest brother and the third brother, they are all the same child."

Pei Chuwei suddenly asked, "Are you okay?"

Su Xiao was stunned for a second, then said, "I guess I need to take some more time to nurse him back to health..."

"The doctor said that you can't have sex for at least a month, Comrade Pei Chuwei, please be patient."

More than 20 days ago, Comrade Su Xiao went for a sterilization. He and his wife agreed that one daughter and one son would be enough and there was no need to have a third child.

So I went to get a vasectomy.

Comrade Gu Jianhua also performed the operation. The two of them went together. However, because Su He gave him the Guyuan Pill, he recovered quickly. The doctor suggested that he rest at home for a few days.

He only rested for three days and went back to work after three days.

In fact, Su He also gave the Guyuan Pill to her second brother Su Xiao. Just last year, when the whole family got together, she gave the pill to her three brothers and three sisters-in-law.

Pei's father and mother also ate it.

There were also anti-love pills for her two nieces, Xing Ran Mian Mian, and two nephews, and these four people took them.

Since she has this kind of stuff anyway, she might as well give it to the children to eat, so that they won't become love-struck when they grow up and waste themselves on someone who is not worthy.

It's not worth it to be with a scumbag.

Anyway, she took care of all the relatives on her mother's side as much as she could. She gave the elders Guyuan Dan in the hope that they would be in good health and enjoy their old age after a lifetime of hard work.

The reason for feeding her brothers and sisters-in-law was similar. As the main breadwinners and earners of the family, she hoped that they would be in good health.

Her second sister-in-law's job was okay, as it was in her own factory and she could rest when she was tired. But her eldest sister-in-law was tired from work, and the doctor was busy every day.

I hope her health will get better after taking the Guyuan Pill.

Her third sister-in-law was very tired taking care of the baby alone. She told her that her waist often ached from holding the baby, and that she thought she would feel much better after taking Guyuan Dan. After all, it is not easy for both men and women.

Having said that, Su Xiao also felt that he had fully recovered, but the doctor said he could not have sex for a month, and he did not dare to disobey the doctor's orders. What if something happened? It would be so embarrassing.

Time flies, and it is already 1976.

A lot of things happened in the past few years. The one that surprised Su He the most was that Tang Zexu's brother Datong, Tang Zeyan, was actually together with Gu Sanjie's daughter Xueer.

There is about nine years difference in age between the two of them.

It wasn't Tang Zeyan who pursued her, it was Xue'er. Xiaomei and Xue'er were very lucky. After graduating from high school, by chance, Xiaomei went to work as an accountant in the commune, while Xue'er went to work as an accountant in the grain warehouse.

Xiaomei married the commune statistician, just like in the book.

When Xue'er entered the grain warehouse, she fell in love with Tang Zeyan, who worked there, at first sight. Xue'er had just graduated from high school at the age of 19.

Tang Zeyan is nine years older than her, twenty-eight years old. Although he is nine years older, Tang Zeyan is just like the male protagonist in the book, very handsome and charming.

In 1965, when Su He was doing business with him, he thought that this young man was very good-looking and had a special aura.

The eighteen-year-old Tang Zeyan is youthful, while the twenty-eight-year-old Tang Zeyan is mature and stable.

Anyway, I fell in love with her. Xue'er's personality is completely different from her mother, Sister Gu. She is cheerful, enthusiastic, outgoing and eloquent.

If she likes to come, then she likes it. She takes the initiative to approach Tang Zeyan and asks him to watch movies and have dinner with her.

The girl was pretty and good at talking, and the old man Tang Zeyan was taken down within a week, and then the iron tree blossomed.

The old man finally got a wife and got married.

The two of them now have a baby, a lovely little girl named Tang Shiyi, who is two years old.

Now that his brother got married, Tang Zexu, his younger brother, finally felt relieved.

Speaking of Tang Zexu, we have to mention that two years ago in 1974, the commune recommended places to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Their Xiangyang Village had one, and the village secretary and team leader recommended Mingyue to go.

But Mingyue is pregnant again, and is six months pregnant. How can she go when she is pregnant? So she asked if the place could be given to Tang Zexu, and let him go, and he would also graduate from high school.

But Tang Zexu did not go because his wife was pregnant and was due to give birth in a few months. He also had a child at home and he had to go to college. It would be very hard for his wife to take care of two children and work in the fields.

So he didn't go, and the spot was given to an educated youth from the village.

Everyone felt it was a pity. Some women in the village said that if they were Mingyue, they would go to college even if they had to abort the child. This was a chance for the carp to leap over the dragon gate and turn things around.

The men said, "Is it not normal for women to give birth and take care of children? What's the big deal? They just missed a good opportunity."

It is true that it is difficult to get a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Going there is like a leap forward, and your life will change dramatically in the future.

How could this couple not seize this opportunity?

What a pity.

Su He also felt it was a pity.

But it's enough as long as Mingyue and Tang Zexu have no regrets.

You may not believe it, but Tang Zexu is not really interested in going to college. To him, his wife and children are the most important, and everything else is secondary.

It's a bit of a pity for Mingyue, but she and Tang Zexu have a very good relationship. They have been married for several years and they are still as affectionate as newlyweds every day.

The saying "love is as good as drinking water" is particularly suitable to describe these two people.

By the way, Mingyue’s second child is a daughter named Jiaojiao, who is three years old this year.

In addition, Miss Gu’s youngest son, Zhao Qinglin, got married, and her daughter, Zhao Qingyu, also got married, and her husband is from the same village.

Su He didn't know whether Qingyu's current husband was the one from her previous life. The book didn't give detailed descriptions of the vicious female supporting character's relatives.

They are all just mentioned in passing.

Chunqing and her husband Bai Shitou also had two children, a daughter and a son.

The older sister is Bai Fuling, five years old, and the younger brother is Bai Yuzhu, two years old.

Chunqing asked Su He to name both of her children. Su He didn't know what to name them, so she just looked up the name of a medicinal herb in the dictionary and finally chose the name of a medicinal herb.

Named after the medicinal material.

There are four children in her family. The eldest and second oldest are fourteen years old this year, exactly fourteen years old, and the third and fourth oldest are almost five years old.

As soon as school starts in September, Changyi Changan will be a sophomore in high school. He will graduate next year and take the college entrance examination.

This summer vacation, the two kids were not at home. They went to their eldest uncle's house. Her eldest brother and sister-in-law came personally to pick up the two kids and the second brother's child Xingran to go out and play, and brought them back before school started.

Her eldest brother and his wife only wanted one child and no other. However, her third brother and his wife gave birth to a second child a few years ago. They wanted a daughter, but it turned out to be another son.

His name is Su Chengwang and he is three years old this year.

I had originally planned to come back during the Chinese New Year, but after having a child I haven’t been back for several years.

At this time, Su He took the third and fourth children to Mingyue's home. It has been 76 years, and the college entrance examination will be next year. She knew that Mingyue had always wanted to go to college.

Because the college entrance examination was cancelled and because of my pregnancy, it has not been realized.

Don't miss this opportunity, especially the first year, because in the first year anyone can take the college entrance examination, even if you are fifty years old, but there are requirements for the college entrance examination in the second year.

You must be single if you want to take the college entrance examination. If you are married, you must get divorced.

So she wanted to remind Mingyue.

"Aunt, you're here."

It's not the busy farming season, and Tang Zexu is also at home.

"Aunt, taste this watermelon. It's cool. I soaked in the well water for a long time."

He cut the watermelon. The ancestor of this watermelon was planted by Gu's mother in the past. However, because the spiritual spring water flowed through Suhe, the watermelons grown from the watermelon seeds were all very red and sweet.

Su He took a bite and found it was indeed delicious. It was hot in the summer and a bite of the cool watermelon made his stomach feel much better.

"Do you two want to eat?"

She asked about the two little treasures. The two big treasures were her eldest daughters and eldest sons, and the two little treasures were her youngest sons and young daughters.

"Eat something." These words were said by my younger sister Chang Huan.

"Have a bite." This is what my brother Changjun said.

Tang Zexu, "Why are you two talking so funny?"

The two little treasures said seriously, "Is it funny?"

Tang Zexu couldn't help laughing when he saw their little faces. He said, "Very funny, very funny."

The two children looked at each other and stopped talking, concentrating on eating the watermelon in their hands.

"Aunt, why do the third and fourth brothers talk like old cadres?" Mingyue came over and said.

Su He, "Well, they have been talking like that since they were young, always in a serious tone."

Mingyue: "Not too noisy."

"right."

Completely different from their older sisters and brothers when they were young, Changyi and Changan were quite noisy when they were young, always making noises here and there and were very restless.

If the two children were young and came to visit their second sister's house, they would have been running around playing and would not have been able to stay quietly.

I don’t know what kind of personalities these two children will have when they grow up.

Anyway, among the two older ones, the elder sister has a quick temper, so I have to be impatient like her.

The younger brother is a slow person, he does things neither hurriedly nor slowly, he is steady, a bit like her second brother.