Chapter 6: One pound of fresh milk a day

There were still some subtle spots on her face, but they were covered up by powder. Su He thought that after taking the whitening pills, she should be quite fair without powder.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

After get off work, Su He rode her bike to her mother's house. When she was at work in the afternoon, her father asked her to come over after get off work.

Said he wanted to get her something.

Su He guessed it was a return gift, after all, she sent chickens and eggs this morning. Although they were in-laws, closer than ordinary relatives, but precisely because they were in-laws, they had to do better in this regard.

Otherwise it will be your daughter who will be the victim of the words.

Her mother told her this.

Su He entered the house and saw her father busy in the kitchen. Her mother and second brother had not returned from get off work yet.

Father Su tilted the spoon and said, "My dear girl, please eat before you leave. I have fried pork head!"

"No, Dad. It will be dark after I finish my meal."

Su He went over and tried two bites of the pork head, which was stir-fried with spicy sauce and was very delicious. Comrade Su Changyuan's cooking skills are better than Comrade Chen Yuling's.

Su's father also knew about it, and he said, "Take this half of the pig's head back."

"OK."

Su He took the pig head and said, "I'm leaving now, Dad."

Father Su, "Ride slowly on the road."

"Hmm!"

Half an hour later, Su He rode his bicycle to the village entrance. On the way home, he met a few old men and women who had just got off work.

Su He greeted everyone with a smile.

After Su He passed by, some gossipy women in the village said, "I don't know how lucky the Gu Daniu family is. First, their son joined the army, and then they married a daughter-in-law from the city."

"Of course, she's a junior high school teacher. I don't have to worry about educating my children anymore."

"See that half pig's head? I guess it was given to her by her parents."

"Of course, my father works in a slaughterhouse..."

"You haven't seen Zhao Jinzhi's face. If she had a tail, it would have flown up to the sky by now, showing off so much."

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Su He didn't know about these discussions. She didn't know anyone else in the village except the Gu family, the team leader's family, and the secretary's family. Even if she met them, she would call them by their names because they looked about the same age as her parents-in-law.

Su He pushed her bicycle into the yard and saw her father combing the cow's hair with a comb. She went over and greeted him, "Dad, are you combing the cow's hair?"

He also touched the cow's horns twice.

Father Gu said honestly, "Let it loosen up its muscles."

"Your mother has stewed the chicken. It's all cooked and she's waiting for you."

"Okay, Dad, you can come in too. We can comb the cow's hair after we finish eating."

"Go in, it's done." Father Gu clapped his hands.

Although Father Gu was not good at speaking, he felt that his father-in-law had taught his daughter very well and that she was very filial. Like Mother Gu, he was extremely satisfied with Su He as their daughter-in-law.

Su He took the pig head from the handlebars of his bicycle, went into the house and handed it to Gu's mother, saying, "My father got it from the slaughterhouse."

Gu's mother felt very embarrassed. She had sent some eggs and chickens to her in-laws in the morning, and her in-laws sent her half a pig's head in the evening.

She said, "Just let the in-laws keep it for themselves."

"I kept it. I kept half of it." Su He said.

Gu's mother didn't say anything. She knew that her relatives were good, so she asked Gu's father to hang the pig's head in the well, otherwise it would smell bad the next day if left in the house in this weather.

When Su He came back, the family of three started eating. Mother Gu served the chicken and Su He helped with the dishes and chopsticks.

At the dinner table, as usual, Mother Gu put two large chicken legs in Su He's bowl. She said, "Xiao He, the chicken is really mushy today."

"Try it quickly, it's salty, isn't it?"

Su He did not respond to her mother's words, but looked up at the two of them and said, "Mom and Dad, I want to tell you something."

Hearing this, Mr. Gu put down his chopsticks and Mrs. Gu also turned her head to look at her.

Su He's face was calm and her tone was even. She said, "I went to the hospital this afternoon and the doctor said I was pregnant."

The scene was quiet for a second, and then Gu's mother's high-pitched voice was heard, "What? Xiaohe, you said you are pregnant?"

Father Gu pulled Mother Gu and said, "Sit down first. You scared the girl."

Mother Gu sat down, with a happy look on her face and an excited tone, "I'm sorry, Xiaohe, I'm too excited."

Su He smiled, "Mom, I didn't have my period this month, so I wondered if I was pregnant. I went to the hospital today and the doctor said I was pregnant. It's been more than a month, but not even two months yet."

Most families are happy when their daughter-in-law is pregnant, and parents are no exception, especially when their son is in the army. If something unexpected happens, at least they have a descendant.

Su He told her parents what she had discussed with her parents today, and neither of them had any objections.

Children are important, but work is important too!

Mother Gu said, "It's just troublesome for my in-laws."

But there was no better solution at the moment. As the months went by, it would not be safe to ride in a carriage with a big belly.

Because she was pregnant, Su He was fed enthusiastically by her mother-in-law. Gu's mother said, "Xiao He, it was okay for you to eat less before, but now you have a baby in your belly. If you don't eat more, the baby will suck the nutrients from your body, which is not good for your body!"

Su He was a little surprised by what her mother-in-law said.

After all, her mother said something similar at noon, but what she said was, "If you don't eat more, what will the baby eat?"

Her mother-in-law said that if you don’t eat more, the baby will absorb nutrients from your body, which is bad for your health.

The starting point is the same, but her mother-in-law's words sound more comfortable.

She decided to teach this passage to her mother, so that when her three brothers got married and got pregnant, her mother would not say the same thing to the other girls.

How unpleasant!

Su He felt that she was one of those people who was naturally thin and would never gain weight no matter how much she ate. Moreover, she really couldn't eat more.

She loves chicken soup and chicken, so she drank two bowls of chicken soup, ate two big chicken legs and a cornmeal pancake tonight.

This is the limit. She can’t eat any more.

After dinner, seeing that it was still early, Su He took a book and read outside while digesting his food.

Read two more integrals.

In the house, while washing dishes, Mother Gu discussed with Father Gu, "Old man, Xiao He is pregnant now. I am afraid that she will not be able to keep up with the nutrition."

"Why don't you go to the brigade and order some fresh milk for Xiao He, one pound a day."

Father Gu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go there."

Mother Gu, "And tell old man Li too."

Old man Li was the boss who drove the horse-drawn carriage in the team. Anyone in the village who wanted to go to the county would take his carriage.

Because he didn't sleep the night before and didn't rest during the day, Su He fell asleep within two minutes of lying on the kang that night.

I had planned to get up at five in the morning, but I got up late.

Woke up at six o'clock.

For this system, you can set an alarm and the system will remind you when the time comes.

Su He thought it was feasible.

I set the alarm to go off at 5am every morning.

In fact, when she was not on duty, she would get off work at five o'clock, go home to eat, wash up, and lie down on the kang at around nine o'clock in the evening.

She usually doesn't have insomnia or anything like that. She sleeps from 9 to 5, so eight hours of sleep is enough.