Time passed quickly and more than a month passed. When Liu Meiyu's belly was more than five months old, she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't even straighten her back. Her legs became very thick and her appetite became better and better. Not only did her legs become thicker, but even her chin became much rounder.
Moreover, he has been fond of spicy food more and more recently. People say sour boys and spicy girls make for good children. Lu Changzheng felt that this pregnancy of Liu Meiyun was almost certain and would definitely give him three daughters. So every day when he served Liu Meiyun and she massaged his waist and legs, he would touch her belly and call her "little daughter" and "my daughter" all the time.
After hearing this so many times, Liu Meiyu was influenced by it and seemed to think that the baby in her belly was most likely a girl. Even her mother Wu had recently started to collect cloth to make baby clothes for the little one.
Liu Meiyu took the time to take a look and saw that all the good guys were wearing red bellybands, and even the little jackets that Wu's mother had embroidered with pink flowers.
"Mother Wu, how come you know everything!"
Liu Meiyu thought that Mother Wu was great at cooking, but she didn't expect that her needlework skills were also so strong. The jacket was small and exquisite, and Liu Meiyu couldn't let it go after touching it.
"If you don't mind, I'll make you a cotton jacket after you give birth to keep you warm in winter." Mother Wu rubbed the needle on her head and said with a smile, "You are so beautiful, you will look good in anything, but the weather will be cold after you give birth to your baby, so we still have to endure the cold. I will make you two more beautiful new clothes next summer."
Liu Meiyun is counting the days on her fingers. That's right! She is now more than five months pregnant, but because she is pregnant with her third child, she is expected to give birth early. Counting the days, it will be around the Chinese New Year.
Think about it, having a baby and staying in the confinement period in this era is really not easy. It’s so cold in winter and there’s no such thing as wet diapers. How can you wash the diapers for the baby? Even if you wash them and dry them outside, they will freeze into ice lumps. You can only make a bamboo basket like other people do, put the diapers on it and dry them over the fire. Bathing is also very troublesome.
Seeing that Liu Meiyun had been staring at her belly without saying anything for a long time, and her expression was not very good, Wu's mother thought that she was getting more and more uncertain as the month went by, so she comforted her distressedly: "Don't worry, Wanjun's baby will be here in two days. She is a doctor and will definitely take better care of her than I do. Don't be afraid, you and Changzheng are both good children. Since God has sent you three blessings at once, the birth will definitely be smooth."
Mother Wu sincerely believes that Changzheng and his wife will be blessed with good fortune in the future.
"Well, it's okay. I'm not afraid, Aunt Wu. With you and my sister-in-law around, I'm already much luckier than others." Liu Meiyu smiled with a smile on her face.
She was telling the truth. Although it was hard to be pregnant with her third child, not only did her figure get out of shape, but her waist also couldn't take it every day. But think about other people who were pregnant with one or two children. Not only did they have to take care of the family, but some had rural wives and even had to work in the fields. Now she didn't have to do anything and didn't have to worry about anything every day. At home, Mother Wu and Lu Changzheng took care of her meticulously every day.
Liu Meiyu felt that she should be content. After all, she had already lived once in her previous life. God had brought her to this era, where she had settled down here and had a husband and relatives. No one could be so cruel as to let her die just because she gave birth to a child.
As long as she doesn't die, she thinks it's worth it even if she feels a little uncomfortable now.
Anyway, she will never give birth again.
"You are a kind-hearted child." Mother Wu held Liu Meiyu's hand and wondered how there could be such a lovable girl in the world. She was obviously having a hard time being pregnant with her third child, but she always thought about others.
Therefore, Mother Wu loved Liu Meiyun even more.
"What do you want to eat later? Do you want me to make you some crucian carp and bean soup? This morning when I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables, I saw some beans that my fellow villagers had just picked. I thought they were very fresh, so I asked them for some to make soup for you. It must taste delicious."
"Sure, I love whatever you cook, Aunt Wu."
Liu Meiyu couldn't help swallowing her saliva after hearing what Wu Ma said. She now had a big appetite, and Wu Ma was like a walking recipe. Every time Liu Meiyu wanted to eat something, Wu Ma could make it for her.
Gradually, Liu Meiyu became afraid that her appetite would be spoiled by Wu's mother, and she would not be able to adapt when Wu's mother returned to the capital.
But that’s still a few years away.
The old man in the capital city has said that Mother Wu should stay here until the child can walk well before letting her go back.
Although Liu Meiyu and Lu Changzheng felt that this was unfair to the old man, no one could resist once the old man made a decision.
Originally, Liu Meiyun planned to wait until Mother Wu returned to the capital in two months, and then she would try to find a way to ask Sister-in-law Wu if she could find a reliable relative in her hometown to help take care of her for a few months. But now it was better. In the first few years, Mother Wu and With the help of her sister-in-law, Liu Meiyun felt that she was not so panicked after giving birth to three children at once.
At least in the first few years, she and Chang Zheng didn't have to be so busy.
"Okay, I'll cook for you after I finish sewing this." Mother Wu quickened her needlework.
"Don't worry, I'm not hungry yet." Liu Meiyun looked at Mother Wu's neat needlework, thought of something, and slapped her forehead, "Mother Wu, why don't we just buy a sewing machine and put it at home!"
"Sewing machine?" Mother Wu stopped what she was doing.
"Yes, you have to cook and take care of me all day, and you have to sew clothes for the children when you are free. Needlework is too intense and strains your eyes. Why don't we just buy a sewing machine and use it at home? Wouldn't that save a lot of trouble?"
Mother Wu thought about it for a while and felt that what Liu Meiyu said was correct.
Moreover, she had also used a sewing machine in the old house of the Lu family in Beijing. She had used that sewing machine to make clothes for the Lu family and for Lu Changzheng when he was a child. However, after Lu Changzheng's parents passed away and his grandfather moved into the compound, the sewing machine was completely left in the old house.
"Is that thing easy to buy? It seems that sewing airplane tickets is quite difficult." Mother Wu was a little tempted. If she had a sewing machine, she could make more clothes for the little guy in Liu Meiyu's belly for all seasons, as well as for little Bowen. That little guy was so smart and lovable.
"It's okay, I've saved some!" Liu Meiyu said proudly.
What she lacks the least now is money!
Have money and be willful!
The rich and willful Mr. Liu handed Lu Changzheng a sewn plane ticket and a bicycle ticket the next day.
"Wife, where are you from?" When Lu Changzheng took the ticket given to him by Liu Meiyun and asked him to buy a sewing machine first and wait a month to buy the bicycle he had been longing for for a long time, he was dumbfounded.
He had been waiting for a bicycle ticket in the army for several months, but it was never his turn. As a result, his wife got him two large tickets.
"Where else could it have come from? My dad sent it to us," Liu Meiyu said without hesitation. "I told him that I wanted to buy a bicycle but didn't have a ticket, so he kept an eye on it and guessed who I had exchanged it with."
Tickets are definitely easier to get in Shanghai than on the island.
"Our dad is so nice!" Lu Changzheng laughed and always believed in Liu Meiyu's words!
Lu Changzheng was of course happy to be able to add two big items to his home at once.
Not only was he happy, but he was also very motivated. Within two days, the sewing machine was delivered to his home. And when the team heard that it was his father-in-law who got him the ticket, many people were envious!
Liu Meiyun was amazed by Lu Changzheng's dynamism.
The main reason was that Lu Changzheng wanted to buy a bicycle so much. When he heard Liu Meiyu say that he should not be too high-profile and that the sewing machine and the bicycle should be delivered two months apart, Lu Changzheng immediately moved the sewing machine home.
"This thing is expensive, but it works really well!" Mother Wu was smiling as she used the sewing machine to hem a child's jacket. The needle and thread were firmly hemmed in just a few minutes.
At this rate, by the time Liu Meiyu's children are born, she should be able to prepare clothes for all three children. Otherwise, when the children are born, they will have to be by their side every day, and she may not have time to make clothes.
"As long as it works." Liu Meiyu touched the Butterfly brand sewing machine from the 1960s. If it weren't for her big belly making it inconvenient to do anything, she really wanted to try it herself.
In her previous life, she worked in clothing sales and remembered a lot of clothing styles in her mind. If the reform and opening up had taken place, Liu Meiyu felt that she could make a fortune by starting a clothing business, but it was too early.
Before that, she thought she could make a few more identical little clothes for the triplets, which would definitely look cute when they wear them.
"Oh, Meiyun, you bought a sewing machine!" Wu Guifang was giving Liu Meiyun some homemade powder and saw the two of them studying the sewing machine in the house. She walked over with a smile on her face, rubbed her hands on the clothes again and again, and then touched the rotating wheel and said in amazement: "This thing is really a good thing. I heard that it saves a lot of trouble when making clothes. It seems that only Political Commissar Zhou has one on our island."
"It's quite convenient," Liu Meiyun said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, if you make clothes, you can use the sewing machine. It can save a lot of time."
"That won't work. I don't know how to use this thing. I'm afraid you might break it." Wu Guifang knew how expensive this sewing machine was. Nowadays, many newly married brides require three major items, and a sewing machine is the most indispensable.
But there are only a few families who can really live together.
Wu Guifang had only seen this thing before but had never tried it. But seeing how Mother Wu finished a line in such a short time, and the stitches were so neat and even, even tighter than hand-sewing, it was really rare to see.
"It's not that difficult." Mother Wu bit off the thread with her teeth and said to Wu Guifang, "Come over to my house later and I'll teach you how to do it. It's very simple."
"That's great. I'd like to thank Sister Wu first!" Wu Guifang smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into a line. She then said a lot of personal words and praised Mother Wu.
Mother Wu also had a good impression of Wu Guifang, who had the same surname as herself. She felt that this person was honest and upright, without many ulterior motives, and was also very good to Liu Meiyun.
During the time when Liu Meiyun was pregnant, Wu Guifang would always send Liu Meiyun some homemade food every now and then. It was not expensive, but it was full of thought.
And the most important thing is that people know when to stop.
"It's enough for me to just try to operate it!" Wu Guifang loves sewing machines and has a good relationship with Liu Meiyun, but she doesn't like to take advantage of others. She feels that it's not worth it. "I don't have much to do on weekdays. I just take care of the kids at home and make some clothes. I just thought that if I could operate this thing, it would be really useful. I will save money to buy one in the future!"
Besides, there are so many families on the island who don't have a sewing machine. If she goes to Liu Meiyu to borrow a sewing machine every day, once this precedent is set, other families will definitely rush to borrow one as well.
Who would like to have someone disturbing their home every day?
This happened in Political Commissar Zhou's home earlier. After buying a sewing machine, Wang Xiuying generously let people use it at first. Later, she found it difficult to have a quiet home, but it was not easy to offend people at that time. In the end, it was Wang Xiuying's mother-in-law who came out to play the bad guy. She moved the sewing machine to her own room and was never friendly to people who came to the door. Only then did the situation gradually calm down.
Wu Guifang explained the pros and cons to Liu Meiyun. Before Liu Meiyun could say anything, her mother Wu spoke first: "This sewing machine was bought by Meiyun and her husband as a gift to me. It is placed in my room. If I don't like it, no one can come to my house to join in the fun!"
"Yes, yes, that's right!" Wu Guifang smiled, thinking that she was talking to Wu's mother. She reminded her, "Sometimes it's understandable for someone to buy a quilt cover when they marry a new daughter-in-law. After all, we all live on the same island. If you sew and mend things on a regular basis, you're not as quick as me! Some people just love new things. If they don't own them, they'll use them as if they were free!"
Wu Guifang was one of the first family members to come to the island to follow the army. She didn't say she knew all the personalities of the wives and mothers-in-law on the island, but she had a rough idea of what they were like.
When she first moved to the island, she often got into fights with others over trivial matters.
But Liu Meiyu is definitely different from herself, Wu Guifang thought secretly, there is no girl on this island who is as smart as Liu Meiyu but not too picky and strong-willed.
Looking at Liu Meiyun's bulging belly, she felt from the bottom of her heart that this girl must be favored by God: "Meiyun is so lucky. She can give birth to three children at once without suffering so many times."
"But Meiyun has been punished severely this time. Don't think it's a blessing. It must be hard to bear such a big belly every day!"
Mother Wu put herself in her shoes. If her own daughter suddenly became pregnant with her third child, she, as a mother, would definitely be much more frightened.
"That's true," Wu Guifang nodded repeatedly, "but I think Meiyun is a blessed person. She will definitely live a happy life in the future, with many children and grandchildren!"
"Then I have to thank Sister-in-law Wu for her prophecy today!" Liu Meiyu smiled.
She telegraphed Liu Yongnian and his wife about her pregnancy and also wrote them a letter, but she did not mention that she was having triplets.
Liu Meiyu was afraid that Zhou Huiru and her husband would worry about her from so far away. When she gave birth, she would write a detailed letter back to give them a surprise. During the few months of pregnancy, she could only give them a surprise.
Normally at home, she pretended to be calm, but as the months went by, she was actually starting to feel a little scared.
Maybe it's the kind of thing that the richer a person is, the more afraid of death he is.
The happier she is, the more afraid she is of losing it.
People say that you can tell whether a man is good or not by having a child.
During Liu Meiyu's pregnancy, she saw that she was no longer as beautiful as she used to be. She had too many stretch marks on her belly, and her legs were swollen and thick. She had a huge belly like a monster. Sometimes she even thought that it was a good thing that she didn't have a big dressing mirror at that time, otherwise she might not have the courage to look at herself now.
And because she was pregnant, she became more sensitive. If Lu Changzheng dared to show any disdain during the long march, she would have wanted to get angry and beat him up.
Fortunately, the man's performance was pretty good. He would run home as soon as the army finished training every day. As soon as he entered the door, he would shout "Wife, Meiyun~". He was even more clingy than Bowen.
He would ask before eating, help her take a bath and wash her feet, and arrive on time every day, massaging her legs without complaint. Sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night and suddenly want to eat something, and the man would quickly get up, light the coal stove and cook for me, without a trace of impatience on his face.
Even the stretch marks on the belly, the man did not shy away from it at all. He helped count them every day, carefully helped apply lotion, and comforted her in different ways to make her happy.
To put it bluntly, being a man is so good that it's a bit humble.
"Meiyu, it would be nice if we only had one child." After washing up and going to bed at night, Lu Changzheng rubbed Liu Meiyu's legs as usual and suddenly sighed.
Liu Meiyun sat back on the kang, her mouth full of food and she couldn't help eating the snacks that Grandpa Changzheng had sent them from the capital. She glanced lazily and raised her voice slightly, "What, are you tired of serving me?"
"No." Lu Changzheng glanced at Liu Meiyun's belly, feeling a little depressed. "I am just a little worried. Today in the team, I heard Li Erzhu say that there was a triplet in their village before, but it was difficult to give birth. The adults suffered because of the eldest child, and the youngest one was not very smart because he was held back for too long."
Whether he was smart or not is another matter, but Lu Changzheng was mainly afraid that something might happen to Liu Meiyun.
Liu Meiyu stopped chewing the cake, looked at the solemn expression on the man's face, and was suddenly speechless.
My goodness, she is a pregnant woman and hasn't suffered from prenatal depression yet, but this man has already betrayed her.
"Comrade Lu, you look so depressed now, you don't look like a battalion commander who can lead troops into battle!" Liu Meiyu teased in a light-hearted tone.
Lu Changzheng followed up on her words and said, "There is no battalion commander at home. You are my leader at home!"
Amused by his servile appearance, Liu Meiyu picked up the pillow and threw it at the man's head, "The commander is now ordering you not to listen to other people's nonsense and not to spread negative emotions. We are all going to be parents soon, so we must be strong-willed, believe in ourselves, and believe in medicine.
Besides, didn’t my aunt find Director Zheng from the city hospital for us? He has experience. Compared to others, our situation is much better. Don’t scare yourself every day.”
If you talk about fear, Liu Meiyu is definitely afraid, but when she sees that the people around her are more nervous than her, Liu Meiyu feels that she could be a little braver.
"I'm worried about you. If the child is disobedient and gets angry with you, I will be the first one to beat him, no matter if it's my son or my daughter!" Lu Changzheng now only hopes that Liu Meiyu can give birth soon so that she will suffer less. Sometimes, when he sees her in pain, his heart aches.
"Just like Captain Zhu?" Liu Meiyu glanced at the man disapprovingly and said patiently, "You can't use violence to educate your children. Captain Zhu beat Zhu Gangzi so many times. Do you think Zhu Gang ever changed his bad habits?"
"Okay, then I won't fight." Lu Changzheng listened to his wife.
But he secretly thought that he had been beaten a lot by his grandfather when he was a child!
Lu Changzheng's fear was finally relieved a little when Lu Wanjun came to the island.
Since the hospital had not yet been built, Lu Wanjun first went to the medical station on the island to report and then informed her leader of the situation.
The medical station usually deals with external injuries and minor illnesses. Lu Wanjun was the type who performed surgery on the operating table. The old leader took into consideration the actual situation of Battalion Commander Lu's family, how it was not easy for a military wife to be pregnant with triplets, and how the organization also had to take care of the soldiers' family issues, so he specially approved Lu Wanjun to go to the medical station once a week before the hospital was built to complete and check her work, and then go to the front line with real weapons after the hospital was completed.
After all, there is a doctor in the family. Although he is not an obstetrician and gynecologist, it is better than having a whole house of people who know nothing.
"Your belly is so big." When Lu Wanjun arrived on the island and saw Liu Meiyu's belly, she couldn't help but sigh like this at the beginning.
Turning around to see the nervous young couple, she smiled, took Liu Meiyu's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, I've found a yard for you next to the city hospital. We'll move in after packing up in the next few days. You'll definitely go into labor early. Transportation on this island is inconvenient. When your belly gets bigger in a month, it will be even more uncomfortable. It's better to go there early and feel at ease."
"I have also contacted Director Zheng of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. She will perform the surgery on you. Don't worry. Although cesarean sections are not common, all surgeries performed by Director Zheng are very successful. You just need to take good care of the baby and we will take care of everything else. Just prepare to be a young and beautiful mother!"
Lu Wanjun is a doctor. When she knew that Liu Meiyun and her husband were pregnant with triplets for the first time, she must have been nervous and scared.
As an elder, she could only do her best to relieve Liu Meiyun's stress.
"Well, thank you, aunt." Liu Meiyu was indeed very relieved that Lu Wanjun had arranged everything in advance without her noticing, and she felt a lot more relaxed.
It feels like I've found my backbone.
"Why thank you? We are all family." Lu Wanjun looked caring, brushed away the loose hair in front of Liu Meiyun's forehead, and said sincerely: "If you want to thank someone, we should thank you. You have worked hard."
Although Lu Wanjun herself had never experienced pregnancy and childbirth, she knew how hard it was. Especially after spending so many years in the hospital, she understood how difficult it was for women.
"Auntie Wu, please pack Meiyun's clothes in the next two days. We will move to the city in two days." Lu Wanjun instructed Auntie Wu.
"Yeah!" Mother Wu agreed readily.
There is a type of woman who, regardless of age, always maintains a certain level of cultivation and demeanor at all times.
In Liu Meiyun's view, this is what Lu Wanjun is like.
He behaves in a dignified and graceful manner, speaks and acts in an orderly manner, and his voice is not sharp, but people around him can always calm down and listen carefully.
I don’t know how the Lu family educated their younger generations, but Liu Meiyu feels that both Lu Wanjun and Lu Changzheng have a kind of temperament that people admire.
Lu Wanjun saw little Bowen sitting on a bench in the main hall, reading a book and learning to read. He looked very similar to Liu Meiyun, with a cute and clever face, and his round eyes were looking towards her. She smiled and said, "Take Bowen with you. I'm afraid you'll be gone for several months, and your brother won't be able to adapt."
"OK!"
Lu Wanjun had considered every aspect for her, and Liu Meiyun could only nod again and again.
"If you all leave, what should I do?" Lu Changzheng suddenly realized this problem.
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