Lu Fengnian thought for a moment. He really missed his wife and wanted to visit his youngest son's family, but what would happen to his family if he left? His second son's wife was pregnant, and he had three children at home.
Seeing his father hesitate, Lu Yu said, "Dad, Third Brother's house is not far from ours. It only takes about ten minutes to drive there. Haven't you seen the second child of Third Brother's family? You can go over and take a look."
Lu Yu was very smart. He didn't ask his father to look after his own child, but put the blame on Lu Chen's child.
Seeing that Lu Jin and Chen Yuhe looked pale, Lu Fengnian quickly changed the subject, "It's still early, let's talk about this later. Your wife is going to give birth, why not choose a name now to save the money of making phone calls later."
"My wife is due to give birth at the end of the month, and we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet."
"That's easy. I'll pick a name for each: Lu Yilin for the boy and Lu Yiyun for the girl. 'Yi' means 'Yi', and Yun means 'Yun', ...
Lu Yu smiled and clapped his hands, "I want both names, no matter if it's a boy or a girl."
Chen Yuhe curled her lips. "Your wife hasn't given birth yet? Are you planning on having a third child?"
"My eldest brother has four children, my second brother also has four children, and my third brother will have at least one or two more. In our family, regardless of gender, we will definitely have three children."
Regardless of gender, is this a joke about her wanting to have another son? But my little brother is really lucky, his wife gave birth to a big fat boy in the first pregnancy.
If the second child is also a son, my sister-in-law can compete with my eldest sister-in-law to see who has more sons. After all, my eldest brother has been sterilized, but my younger brother has not, so my sister-in-law can continue to have children.
Lu Fengnian is no longer interested in how many children his daughter-in-law has. He has a lot of grandchildren, so if his daughter-in-law doesn't want to take care of them, she can have as many as she wants.
If everyone is clamoring for his wife to help take care of the children, he still hopes that they can have fewer children.
"Don't keep thinking about having more children. Family planning has already begun, but it's not that strict right now. We're just giving you some lessons to spread the word and advise you to have fewer children.
If it's enforced in the future, if you get pregnant, the Family Planning Office will ask you to have an abortion."
Chen Yuhe was shocked. Where did her father-in-law hear this news? Although the government proposed family planning, it didn't say that people couldn't have children. Was her father-in-law trying to scare her?
Lu Yu smiled and said, "Dad, if family planning becomes stricter in the future, then we should have two more children now, so that we don't have no children in the future."
It's not Lu Yu's fault for having children. That's just how it was in those days. Every family had five or six children, and some even had more than a dozen. During the war, the country encouraged having more children, as children were the pillars of the motherland.
Chen Yuhe felt that Lu Yu finally said something sensible. If she really couldn't have children in the future, she might as well have two more now.
"What I'm saying is, if you want to have children, you should do it while you're still young."
Lu Yu said: "Second sister-in-law, I heard that you are pregnant again. This time, you might give your second brother another son."
Chen Yuhe chuckled, "Then I'll borrow your good words."
Lu Fengnian thought his daughter-in-law was a bit silly. Xiaoyu wasn't a celestial official, so how could he bless her? If Xiaoyu had been blessed, and everything he wished for came true, he would have been promoted long ago.
Lu Yu helped Hua Min carry a large bag of clothes and went back after lunch. In the evening, Lu Fengnian went to his eldest son's house for dinner and talked about the New Year.
"Your mother might stay at Xiaoyu's house for the New Year this year and not come back. Your mother asked me to go over and celebrate the New Year with them.
I've thought about it carefully and decided to stay home and spend the New Year with you and my second son's family. How about that? "
Su Yan also guessed that her mother-in-law would be left behind by her younger siblings. She thought her father-in-law would go over to celebrate the New Year with them for her mother-in-law, but she didn't expect that he was worried about Lu Jin's family and wanted them to celebrate the New Year with them.
Since they have separated, Su Yan naturally doesn't want to celebrate the New Year with them. Not only will it cost more money to celebrate the New Year with them, but she will also have to prepare more food.
If the father-in-law stays at home, they also have to entertain relatives from both his parents-in-law's side.
Su Yan had something in mind, but she didn't speak. Lu Ting replied, "Dad, you can ask Mom to come back for the New Year. By the end of the year, Xiaoyu's child will probably be three or four months old, and Lu Yirui will be almost half a year old.
You can ask Xiaochen and Xiaoyu to bring their wives and children back to celebrate the New Year. If your home is not big enough, you can go to a siheyuan."
Su Yan raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Ting. If both families came back to celebrate the New Year, with a bunch of children, big and small, in each family, her mother-in-law would definitely be very busy.
However, they lived in a courtyard house, not in the military compound, so it was none of her business. They stayed in the military compound to celebrate the New Year, and only returned to the city to pay New Year's greetings to their parents-in-law on the first day of the New Year. They stayed in the courtyard house for one night and returned to their parents' home on the second day of the New Year.
With this arrangement, she doesn't have to help out during the New Year and can just take care of her own family.
However, if the three families lived together, they would definitely quarrel over housework and childcare.
Lu Ting made a suggestion, and Lu Fengnian thought it was feasible. It is better to celebrate the New Year at home. What's the point of celebrating the New Year outside?
Moreover, everyone lives together, works together, and takes care of the children together. After the Chinese New Year, if Lu Chen and Lu Yu want to take the children and wives back home, they can take them back. If they don’t want to go back, they can let their daughters-in-law and grandchildren stay at home.
In this way, Zhong Lingshan and He Na would not quarrel and say that his wife was biased and helped this person but not that person.
"You're right. You should let your mother come back for the New Year. I'll ask the driver to pick her up then. I'll let them all come back after Xiaoyu's wife has given birth and finished her confinement."
Lu Ting and Su Yan looked at each other. They didn't expect that their father would be so easily persuaded. They were still thinking that if their parents had gone to the Air Force and would not come back for the New Year, then they might as well go back to the city to celebrate the New Year this year.
On October 25, He Na gave birth to a daughter in the hospital a few days ahead of schedule. The baby weighed only 5.8 jin (15.8 kg). Lu Yu was very happy that he finally had a daughter, and he called Lu Fengnian that afternoon.
He told his father that his wife had given birth to a daughter and the child was named Lu Yiyun.
Lu Fengnian said on the phone: "It's good that the baby is born. By the way, tell your mother that I will go to pick her up on New Year's Day when I am on holiday."
Lu Yu was shocked, "Dad, aren't you planning to let Mom spend the New Year with us?"
"I think it's better to spend the New Year at home, and you and Xiaochen should come back."
"Are you asking Mom to take care of my wife after she finishes her confinement?"
"Yes, if your mother stayed with you for a few more months, your third sister-in-law would definitely make a fuss. It's okay to take care of one child, or a group of children.
It would be better to let Xiao He and your third sister-in-law bring their children back to live with you, and let your mother take care of them together."
Lu Yu didn't expect his father to make such a decision. It seemed that his third sister-in-law was really making a big fuss this time. A harmonious family is the key to success. He should go back and persuade his wife to go back with her mother on New Year's Day.
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