There was laughter and joy in He Wanqing's house that night. Everyone made a promise to those who stayed behind in their hometown that they would bring everyone over for a reunion as soon as possible.
After dinner, everyone helped clean up and started their daily work again.
After getting married, Zhou Lianyi, after a week's honeymoon, sent He Jiaxing off to the garrison, left the family compound and went to the small compound rented by He's mother, and started working with everyone.
Time passed quickly and it was the end of 1971.
Since coming to work in Nanshi in 1969, He Wanqing has been taking care of her children while working, and occasionally going to the black market to earn some living expenses.
Gu's mother, who had originally said she wanted to retire, continued to work at her request, and was finally transferred back to the Nanshi Military Region from the south this year along with Gu's father.
Gu Cheng'an, who had been away for four years, was transferred back before the New Year. Even He Jiadong and others who worked in his hometown, as well as Uncle He and others came here this year. They will work and settle down here in the future.
He Wanqing, who had been working since early morning, had a headache after preparing the New Year's Eve dinner as she watched the triplets walking around the yard.
"Gu Mobai, Gu Moping, Gu Moan, can you please put on your cotton-padded jackets? There is already snow in the yard, why are you bringing the snow outside into the yard?
Finally, look at your hands. They are so frozen. Don’t you feel any pain?”
Looking at the three brothers' red hands from the cold, she really wanted to grab their ears and go into the house to warm them with hot water bottles.
"Mom, we're making a snowman. It will be done in a moment."
The three brothers, who were already numb from the cold and didn't feel the cold at all, didn't even look at her. They lowered their heads and installed the nose of the snowman while answering her.
Gu Chengan, who had just returned from a meeting in the army, heard the three brothers being scolded again before he even entered the door.
He felt a headache when he thought about the trouble-making abilities of the three brothers during the time they came back, but he couldn't educate them the same way he did when they were children, because the three brothers had too many people protecting them.
Su Benjun, who was standing beside him, was about to laugh at the fact that the three Gu Mobai brothers were better at causing trouble than he was when they were children, when he heard the voice of someone scolding his son coming from his own yard.
Seeing this, he stopped laughing, waved to Gu Chengan, and walked straight home.
After Su Benjun left, Gu Cheng'an was about to help He Wanqing scold her son when he was stopped by Grandpa Gu and others who had hurried over to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.
Helplessly, he glared at his three sons who were not afraid of him and walked straight towards his daughter-in-law:
"Don't worry about them. They are the ones who are hurting. Come on, let's go inside and prepare to eat."
Looking at the triplets held in the arms of Grandpa Gu and Mother Gu, He Wanqing nodded, turned around and followed Gu Chengan into the door:
"Have you decided on a job? Is it in the Nanshi Military District, or in another city?"
She had been thinking about this since he came back. If they were in the Nanshi Military Region, they wouldn't have to move, because their current residence was only half an hour away from the family compound.
If she went to another city, her work would be a problem, and her family, who had finally reunited, would be separated again.
"It's already been decided. You don't have to move. I'm now the head of the new independent regiment. We're also stationed in Nanshi. I've also applied for a family housing complex. You can live in both places when the time comes."
“That’s good.” After saying that, he opened the lids on the dishes and placed the chopsticks on them. He waited for Grandpa Gu and several elders to sit down before he started eating the New Year’s Eve dinner.
During the dinner, Grandpa Gu highly praised Gu Cheng'an's work, summarized and praised the work of Second Uncle Gu and Third Uncle Gu, and finally praised several brothers-in-law who got married in the past two years.
Anyway, during the New Year's Eve dinner, Grandpa Gu praised everyone in the family, which of course made He Wanqing's wallet fatter again.
After dinner, Second Uncle Gu and Third Uncle Gu took their families away, while Father Gu and Grandpa Gu went into the study to discuss things.
He Wanqing sat in the living room with Gu's mother, Gu Chengqian and Gu Chengran's wives, playing with their children.
"Sister-in-law, you rebuilt this house really well. It's a two-and-a-half-story building. It's big enough for my second and third uncles to live in even if they don't come home."
Hearing this, He Wanqing looked up at her house which was rebuilt in 1970 and said to Gu Chengqian's wife Tang Min with a smile:
"If you think your house is old and shabby, you can rebuild it. It's not expensive to build a house now, but if you wait a few years, the price will definitely double."
As soon as she said this, Jiang Hong, who was feeding her son, came over and said, "Sister-in-law, I also want to rebuild my yard. Do you have any familiar masters to recommend?"
After Jiang Hong finished speaking, Tang Min, who was still thinking, came close to her and asked, "Sister-in-law, me too, you know my yard is not big, and as the number of children increases, housing is a problem.
Check with the master you found before to see if he is still taking jobs. If he is, introduce him to me and my third brother and his wife. When the house is ready, we will treat you to a delicious meal!"
The small courtyard where the two of them got married was the wedding house prepared by Gu's father and mother. Unlike Gu Cheng'an's small courtyard, it was bought when he had money, so the location was good and the courtyard was big.
Seeing that the two did not seem to be lying, He Wanqing glanced at Gu's mother, and after seeing that she nodded in agreement, she told them the price and labor costs of rebuilding the house.
The four of them, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, chatted for a long time on the sofa in the living room until the three generations who had gone to the study came out and ended the chat.
Grandpa Gu has a fixed room on the first floor. After leaving the study, he teased his great-grandchildren for a while, gave the five children New Year's money, and then went back to his room to rest.
Father and Mother Gu's room was next to Grandpa Gu. After Grandpa Gu entered the room, they gave their five grandchildren their New Year's money and went back to their room to rest.
He Wanqing and the others arranged for Gu Chengqian and Gu Chengran's families to rest in the guest rooms on the second floor, and then washed the triplets and let them go back to their own rooms to rest. Only then did the couple have time to return to their bedroom on the first floor.
The two people's bedroom has not changed. It is still in the same location as before the renovation, but the room space has been expanded and there are more things placed in the room.
After a passionate moment: "Do we have to get up early tomorrow?" He Wanqing, whose father was a soldier and who knew from childhood that cadres had to stand guard for soldiers during the New Year, asked the man on the bed.
"Where do we go to change shifts at twelve o'clock?" Reaching out to touch her hair, Gu Cheng'an answered with a hint of lust in his eyes. After he finished speaking, he didn't give her a chance to speak and attacked again.
........A long separation is better than a new marriage, you can imagine it for yourselves.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1973, He Wanqing woke up to a burst of firecrackers.
Looking at the already cold quilt beside her and thinking of the madness of last night, she raised her hand to touch her forehead, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
I put on my clothes as I walked, and when I reached the door, my clothes were put on and my hair was tied up.
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