Chapter 27 It's twins!
Gu's mother and father thought more than Su He did. They knew that their daughter-in-law was a good person, kind, generous and not fussy about details.
But people are like this. Not to mention the aunt, even if you live under the same roof for a long time, you can’t avoid quarrels with your own sister. Your sister will make up after the quarrel, but can the aunt be the same?
After all, it didn't come out of one belly.
"Next time you take action, bring Yunlan back." said Father Gu.
It is normal for couples to quarrel in their lives, and sometimes they even fight. Usually they hit each other, with the man punching the woman and the woman hitting the man in the face.
But the situation of the third lady is different from this.
Gu's mother asked, "What should we do with Xue'er? Should we leave her to the Li family?"
Father Gu said, "The Li family doesn't like concubines. How can Xue'er live well if she stays in the Li family? If Li Laifu finds her a stepmother, she will suffer. If it really comes to that, he will definitely bring her back with him."
Gu's father grew up living with a stepmother and knew that it was not easy to make a living under a stepmother.
He remembered that when he was a child, his stepmother would take it out on him whenever she was unhappy with him, pulling his ears, pulling his hair, slapping him, and pinching him. These were still light punishments. For heavier punishments, she would just hit him with a stick, and beat him hard.
His father didn't say a word about it, as if he was not his son.
His stepmother beat him when he was a child, and when he grew up she started scolding him and regarded him as a thorn in her side.
Sometimes, Father Gu would feel very emotional, thinking that he was really lucky to be alive in such an environment, after all, that woman had tried to drown him once.
He had a miserable childhood, but when he grew up and got married, he cherished his family very much. He has been married to his wife for more than 30 years, and they have rarely had any quarrels, let alone fights.
Mother Gu said, "Okay, bring them back together. Yunlan and Xue'er will live with us, and we will build another house for Jianhua and Xiaohe so that they can live separately."
Otherwise, when Xiao He gives birth to a baby in winter, there won’t be enough room for her to live here.
By the end of August, Su He received a letter from Comrade Gu Jianhua.
Dear Teacher Su:
Seeing your letter is like meeting you in person, and reading your letter makes you happy.
I received the beef jerky with milk tofu you mailed to me. The beef jerky is delicious. I gave a few pieces to my comrades and secretly kept the rest.
The moment I saw the letter, I put the amulet around my neck. I didn’t take it off even when taking a shower. I always kept Teacher Su’s words in mind, haha!
The baby is already four months old, right? Has he bothered you? Are you eating well?......I miss you so much, I even dreamed about you last night....
Hopefully I can get family leave this winter.
Teacher Su, I wish you all the best and everything goes well!
Love you Comrade Gu Jianhua
August 2, 1962
After reading the letter, Su He felt a little envious of people in later generations. The book said that in later generations there would be a thing called a mobile phone, and everyone would have one. When missing someone, they could send messages or make phone calls to the other person, and even make video calls, and when making a video call, the other person would appear in front of them.
She thinks the afterlife is great!
To meet someone now, unless you take a train, you can only communicate through letters, which takes a month.
Su He took out the photo they took at the photo studio when they got married. In the photo, she was smiling brightly, while Gu Jianhua had a serious look on his face.
Kind of funny.
There were still a few days left before school started in September. Su He thought about going to the hospital for a prenatal check-up so that the doctor could take a look at the baby in her belly and her body.
After the doctor confirmed that she was pregnant with twins, she wrote back to Gu Jianhua, hoping that he would receive the letter before he went to the battlefield.
So the next day, Su He went to the county, and Gu's mother also went, one to accompany her, and the other to buy some things.
Before, when the pregnancy was relatively young, it was okay to let her carry it back, but now that the pregnancy is relatively advanced, Gu's mother wouldn't even let Su He carry a bottle of soy sauce.
Su He thought that after taking the pregnancy-preserving pills, she couldn't be more stable.
They went to the hospital first. When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor put the stethoscope on Su He's belly and listened, back and forth several times. Seeing this operation, Gu's mother felt a little panicked, but she endured it and didn't ask any questions.
Finally the doctor said, "The baby is healthy, and you are carrying twins!"
Mother Gu was shocked, and she held the doctor's hand and asked excitedly, "Doctor, are you serious?"
"Really, really, I heard two heartbeats."
Mother Gu looked back at Su He and said, "Xiao He, your dream has come true. We really are two children!"
"In the dream, two babies, a boy and a girl, came to play with you, so you must be pregnant with twins!"
Gu's mother was even more excited than Su He. She kept smiling all the way from the hospital to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative.
She said, "Xiao He, let's go to my in-laws' place and tell them the good news!"
Su He, "Mom, why don't we just go to the supply and marketing cooperative and tell her."
Mother Gu said, "Tell everything, even to my father-in-law."
There were many people in the supply and marketing cooperative at that time, so Gu's mother did not let Su He in for fear of being squeezed and pushed, so she went in to buy the goods by herself.
The lonely mother Gu used her ability to squeeze people and went straight to the counter to greet Su's mother Chen Yuling, "Hey, sister."
Chen Yuling saw that it was Gu's mother who came over, and she came over to greet her with a smile, "Sister, you came to the county to buy something."
When Gu's mother said yes, she said, "Xiao He is here too, she is outside. I am afraid she will be crowded with so many people."
"We just went to the hospital and had the doctor check it out. The doctor said Xiao He is pregnant with two babies!"
This time it was Su's mother's turn to be surprised and happy. "Really?"
"It's true, it's absolutely true. Xiao He had a dream before that a boy and a girl came to play with her. Now I checked and found that they were indeed two kids!"
"Maybe the two babies in my belly are twins of a dragon and a phoenix!"
Su's mother was also happy, "That's great." She smiled and said, "This child may be like me. This gene runs in our family. My grandmother and my great uncle were a dragon and phoenix twin, and Su He and her third brother were also a dragon and phoenix twin."
There were many people in the supply and marketing cooperative, so the two of them didn't say much. Su's mother said, "Sister, tell me what you want to buy. By the way, you two can go home first and have lunch together at noon!"
Mother Gu did not refuse, "Okay."
Then I told Su's mother what I bought.
After buying things, Gu's mother Su He and her husband came to Su's house. Gu's mother did not go empty-handed, and bought two cans of food at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Comrade Su Changyuan's sweet dream was interrupted by them, but when he heard that Su He was pregnant with twins, he suddenly became energetic.
Father Su said happily, "Oh, I have two grandchildren now."
He thinks his girlfriend is awesome!
This is purely hereditary in their family!
"My dear relatives, will Xiaohe's elder brother and third brother come back this year? I haven't met them yet." Mother Gu asked with a smile.
Father Su, "The third child said he would come back, and the eldest child is waiting to see the situation."
Speaking of this, Gu's mother was also very worried, "It's the same over at Jianhua, alas!"
As a soldier, I have no choice and cannot go home whenever I want.
He added, "But don't worry, dear relative. Even if Jianhua is not here, we can take good care of Xiaohe and her son."
Father Su was very relieved. Considering the situation of the Gu family, his daughter gave birth to two babies at once, and the couple in-laws should be very happy.
After chatting for a while, Father Su prepared lunch.
The in-laws are here, and my daughter is pregnant with twins, so I have to give her a good meal.
Father Su prepared six dishes.
He asked Su He to entertain Gu's mother while he went out to buy food. Su's mother knew what her husband's specialty was, so she reserved spare ribs.
The braised spareribs made by Su's father are absolutely delicious.