Chapter 80 I Want to Be a Doctor
After wiping their faces, they had to comb their hair. My brother had a short flat haircut so he could just comb it casually, but my sister had long hair so she had to tie it into two small braids.
Su's mother tied two of them with a red rope, one on each side.
Su He looked at the two children and felt that her mother-in-law was right. There were no children in the village prettier than her two children.
Her two babies are the best looking.
Especially the eyes. The two children's eyes are very beautiful, dark black, with long eyelashes, just like their father.
Gu Jianhua has particularly deep eyebrows, thick eyebrows, big eyes and long eyelashes.
I combed the two babies' hair, wrapped them in small quilts and carried them to the front room.
Grandma and grandma each held one.
The protagonist has arrived and the birthday ceremony has begun.
There are not so many steps. Just take two boiled eggs and have the child's grandmother and grandma roll them around behind the two babies a few times, which means to drive away disasters and stay healthy.
The next step is to wash hands. Put apples, onions and rice in a basin, and mom and dad will help you wash your hands. Washing hands once means you will be smart and clever, washing hands twice means you will be safe and sound, and washing hands three times means you will live a prosperous life and everything will go well.
In the middle there is also a step of wearing clothes and gold, but this was skipped, and they just went straight through the scallion door, which consisted of two big scallions tied together with red cloth, and the grandparents took the two babies through.
The meaning is similar to the previous ones, which is to hope that the child will be smart, clever, and brave in the future.
The next step is to grasp the week.
Mother Gu prepared a lot of things, including abacus, pencils, books, scissors, gourds, rattles, combs, spoons, keys, apples and so on.
The elder sister was born first, so she grabbed the book first. The little girl Changyi crawled over and took the book first, and then the pen next to it. This action made Gu's father and mother, Su's father and mother, the grandparents, very excited.
Mother Gu hugged her elder sister excitedly and said, "Oh, my eldest granddaughter took a notebook and a pen. It's obvious that she will be a college student!" Then she kissed her several times.
But the little girl Changyi hadn’t caught all the apples yet, so she put down her book and pen and went to get the apple because she wanted to eat it.
But the apple was too big for her little hands to hold.
Mother Gu said, "My dear grandson, I'll peel it for you later."
I don’t know if I understood it or not, but I didn’t think about taking the apple at all.
After the elder sister has finished catching, it is the younger brother's turn.
My brother crawled over and looked around, and finally grabbed the gourd, the small gourd.
Gu's mother asked Su's mother, "Sister, what does hulu mean?"
In fact, she only knew the meaning of holding the notebook and pen, which meant that she would be able to study hard and have a bright future.
Su's mother was not very clear either, so she looked at Su's father. Su's father knew, "Hanging the pot, Chang'an will be a doctor in the future."
Mother Gu smiled and said, "Hello, doctor."
In the eyes of Gu's parents, as long as you are not a farmer, being a doctor, a teacher, or a factory worker is good and glorious.
After the one-year-old ceremony, Gu's mother brought over two bowls of longevity noodles and gave them to the two babies. The one-year-old ceremony was over.
Since my grandma and grandpa came from afar, they naturally had to eat before leaving.
It was the first birthday of the two grandsons, and Gu's mother prepared a rich meal, including three meat dishes, a stew of old hen and potatoes, a stew of lamb chops and radishes, stir-fried pork with mushrooms, stir-fried eggs with black fungus, a dish of sauerkraut vermicelli, and some opened cans of food.
That’s six dishes in total.
As a daughter-in-law, Su He had never been the last to eat at the table. Gu's mother always let her eat first while she looked after the two children.
The mother-in-law was a good one, and Su's mother saw it, so when Su He finished her meal and Gu's mother was eating, she started to praise Gu's mother.
When Su's mother praised others, she did so sincerely and with real intent. Not only Su's father liked to hear it, but even Gu's mother liked to hear it as well.
Compared to Gu's father, Gu's mother's eloquence is better, but compared to Su's mother, she is not as good. She is also straightforward and says whatever she wants. She said, "Sister, Xiaohe will marry Jianhua, and I will treat her as my own daughter."
"Don't worry about that. In our family, no one dares to bully her. Xiao He and I often tell her that if Jianhua quarrels with her, he can scold her however he wants and mom won't say a word."
As for the other daughters-in-law and sons, the old woman acted as if she wanted to kill them. She got in between the couple and helped her son beat and scold the daughter-in-law.
This is not right. When a couple quarrels, maybe they will get better after a few quarrels. But if the old woman adds insult to injury, it will take several days to get over it. Maybe the daughter-in-law has kept it in mind.
It is inevitable that couples will not quarrel. Outsiders should not interfere when couples quarrel. It is normal for them to quarrel and then make up.
Su's mother talked to Gu's mother, "Well, you can't scold. If there are any problems between husband and wife, just talk it out. Don't keep it in your heart. Her father and I also quarreled when we were young, but we never quarreled overnight. We made up on the same day."
Mother Gu: "You two have a great relationship."
In fact, her husband was not bad. Life was not easy before the family split up. She was bullied by her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. She took out her anger on her husband, but he never said anything.
Su's mother said, "Sister, you don't know how stubborn he was when he was young, like a stubborn donkey, very stubborn, and had a very bad temper!"
“Ah, I can’t tell.”
Su's mother talked to Gu's mother about their youth and talked about Su's father's temper. Comrade Su Changyuan was indeed very stubborn when he was young and was a bit impulsive in doing things.
All thanks to Comrade Chen Yuling’s training.
When it comes to the relationship between husband and wife, Comrade Chen Yuling is gentle yet firm, and she has Comrade Su Changyuan under her control.
Listening to the two people chatting, Su's father also talked about his youth with a smile.
When Su's father was young, he came home drunk in the middle of the night. Gu's mother was shocked and asked, "You still cook for him in this state."
When she came back from drinking in the middle of the night, her in-laws did not lose their temper at all, but cooked something for her gently.
Su's mother smiled and shook her head, "Then I definitely can't lose my temper with him. He's already drunk, what's the point of losing my temper with him? The child is already asleep, and if I lose my temper with him, we'll both have another quarrel. There's no point in quarreling with a drunk person."
"You too, cooking for him in the middle of the night," said Gu's mother.
Su's mother said, "He said he was hungry. Cook him some food and have him eat quickly and go to sleep. Otherwise, he will have to clean the pot and bowl again."
That being said, Gu's mother felt that her in-laws were really nice. She could accept that they cooked for her when they came back hungry in the middle of the night after going out for business, but she could not accept that they went out for drinks.
Continuing the conversation, Gu's mother discovered something else. "You still apologized to him and coaxed him? Whenever I quarreled with him, he was the one who gave in first." said Gu's father.
When the couple quarrels, it must be Father Gu who gives in first; it is impossible for Mother Gu to give in first.
Su's mother said, "When there is no absolute right or wrong, I will coax him and bow to him first."
Su's mother thought that it was nothing. After all, they were husband and wife, not enemies. There was no absolute right or wrong. It was no big deal for her to bow her head or say a few nice words to appease her husband.
Anyway, Mr. Su was easy to coax. After a few words, he came down the stairs by himself and apologized to her.
Then, in order to admit his mistake, he cooked and cleaned the house, and even massaged his shoulders and legs in the evening.