Chapter 39: Mouth
When Su's father and mother came over carrying these things, Gu's mother and second sister were stunned. They knew that the in-laws were good and loved their daughters especially, but they didn't expect it to go to this extent.
Su's mother said to Gu's mother, "Sister, you can stew the chicken, pig's trotters, spare ribs, and shanks for her in turn. And the noodles her third brother sent to her can be cooked in chicken soup for her."
"Okay, I'll take over for Xiao He."
Su He felt that her confinement period was really expensive. Not to mention the pig trotters and spare ribs prepared by her parents, the old hen and butter prepared by her mother-in-law cost at least 50 yuan, plus her parents' money, it was a total of 100 yuan.
Whose daughter-in-law spends a hundred yuan on confinement after childbirth?
Hear what you have never heard of, see what you have never seen.
In their time, one hundred yuan could buy one a wife or a bicycle.
Su He felt that he could not eat so much. Half a hen was enough for him a day. How could he eat a whole one? There were other dishes as well. He could eat a pig's trotter, though.
Su's mother also asked Su He, "What kind of dishes do you want to eat? I'll ask your father to cook it and send it to you in a few days."
"I want fried fish, the kind that's crunchy."
Pregnant women have strange tastes, and so do women who have just given birth.
Su Mu, "There are no small fish in the winter, but there are frozen fish and dried fish."
Su He shook his head, "I don't want to eat big fish."
Su's mother said, "Okay, kid, I'll let your dad watch over it."
After lunch, Su's father and mother left. Before leaving, Su's mother told Su He, "Don't use cold water to wash your face or brush your teeth, and don't wash your hair. You know, it's easy to catch a cold."
"Don't hold the child for too long. Let Jianhua hold him more."
Su He nodded, "Yeah."
After Su He returned to the village to recuperate after giving birth, more and more people came to visit her child. In the afternoon, the secretary's wife came to visit with a dozen eggs, and then the team leader's wife also came.
People say Su He is blessed as she had both a boy and a girl in her first pregnancy.
Giving birth to a twin of a dragon and a phoenix is a good omen, how wonderful.
The secretary's wife asked, "What's the child's name?"
"My sister's name is Changyi and my brother's name is Changan. I hope they can live a happy and peaceful life."
The secretary's wife slapped her thigh upon hearing this and said, "This teacher is really educated."
"Changyi, Changan, this sounds different from the way we do. How nice."
The captain's wife agreed, "Yes, Xiaohe knows how to name things. We rough guys name things casually."
Su He smiled and thought it was a good idea to ask the parents to come up with the name.
Clouds, colorful clouds, and orchid clouds.
When Gu's mother told her about Sister Gu, she didn't know what name to give her. Then she saw the clouds outside the window and thought the name Yunduo sounded nice.
So I gave Sister Gu a name called Yun Duo.
The second and third sisters were named after the eldest sister.
The secretary's wife seemed to have thought of something and said,
"In our village, only the second son of the Wang family is good at naming."
Afraid that Su He didn't know, he explained, "I'm talking about your second brother-in-law."
Su He nodded, she knew.
The secretary's wife said, "The names of the three girls were all given by your second brother-in-law. The eldest, Mingyue, was born at night, and it happened to be the fifteenth day of the month, when the moon in the sky was big and round."
“So she was named Mingyue.”
"When the second child was born, the spring was sunny again and was called Chunqing."
"The third child was born in spring, in April, at dawn. There happened to be a plum tree in bloom in the yard, so he named her Xiaomei."
"What a nice name this is. If you don't know, you would think someone was asked to give it to you!" the secretary's wife praised.
Su He finally understood the origins of the names of Gu's second sister's three daughters. She said, "I thought they sounded nice before, but now after hearing you explain them, they sound even better."
Bright moon, clear spring weather, and plum blossoms.
The secretary's wife said, "Isn't it? I was saying that this child is so well named. Your second brother-in-law has never been to school, so it would be even more amazing if he had been to school."
The captain's wife also agreed, "This Wang Lao Er is really good at naming."
Secretary's wife: "That's right."
In fact, the secretary's wife wanted to say that if it were someone else, they would have been named Zhaodi, Pandi, Yindi, Daidi, and Laidi long ago.
But the second son of the Wang family did not do that. Even though he was uneducated, he would name the child based on the time of birth and the surrounding environment. This shows that he is a thoughtful person.
Su He raised his thumb and said, "My second brother-in-law is awesome."
The secretary's wife asked again, "Xiao He, which lotus is yours?"
The secretary's wife is also educated and graduated from primary school.
Su He, "He of lotus."
"Su He." The secretary's wife read it out and said, "Your parents also know how to give names."
Su He laughed. Her parents didn't know how to name their children. The names of the four siblings were given by the old man next door. It was said that the old man used to be a teacher in a school. He was well-educated and was very good at naming the children based on their birth dates and the five elements.
However, the old man passed away ten years ago, otherwise she would definitely ask him to name the two children.
After chatting for a while, the two left without staying long.
Because they were going the same way back, they chatted on the way. The secretary's wife said, "The life of the eldest branch of the Gu family is getting better and better."
The captain's wife agreed, "That's right. In the early days, the second branch of the Gu family relied on the fact that they had more sons and gave the first branch a hard time, and they bullied others a lot."
"Now that he's successful, he's married a city girl and has a pair of twins. I don't know how upset Zhang Xiuying must be feeling."
In the early years, because she gave birth to three daughters, the team leader's wife was ridiculed by Zhang Xiuying, who said she was a hen that didn't lay eggs.
At that time, her husband had not yet become the captain, and she had not given birth to a son.
Now she has three daughters and four sons, who dares to say anything to her?
The secretary's wife laughed and said, "She doesn't dare to say anything to you now."
Who dares to make up stories about the captain's wife?
The captain's wife snorted, "Now she wants to call me sister, calling me sister all the time. Who is her sister? I hold grudges, and I will remember what she said for the rest of my life."
So ever since her husband became the captain, the second wife of the Gu family has never been able to do the easier work.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Don't be too proud, there's still a lot of life ahead!
In Su He, they had already had dinner, stewed pig's trotters and soybeans. The child had woken up, and after feeding him, Mother Gu and Gu Jianhua were coaxing him.
Gu's mother chatted with Su He, "The secretary's wife is usually very arrogant, and most people look down on her."
Su He chewed on a pig's trotter and asked, "Why did you come to our house?"
Mother Gu said, "It's because of you and Jianhua. You are a teacher in the city, and Jianhua will work at the Public Security Bureau in the next few years. He came here to walk around, so if there is any trouble in the future, it's better to say it's not the case."
"What about the captain's wife?" Su He asked again.
Mother Gu: "I have a good relationship with her."
Gu's mother and the team leader's wife had a quarrel with Zhang Xiufang. They often said bad things about her behind her back. Who made her so annoying? She was angry with everyone and mocked everyone just because she gave birth to a son.