Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "Western pearls are not as good as Eastern pearls, and Eastern pearls are not as good as Southern pearls". In the 1980s, South Island pearls were at their peak and were famous both at home and abroad. The past decade or so was the best and worst time for South Island pearls. In the 1980s, the South

Island pearl market was prosperous and bustling. Because it was profitable, a large number of people entered the pearl farming market. In this impetuous era, there was no market supervision, and the market was scattered everywhere. Unscrupulous merchants sold inferior products as good ones, and people who farmed pearls were also eager for quick success. In the 1990s, South Island pearls declined from their peak. The mother-of

-pearl had been inbred for a long time, the variety degenerated, the quality of pearls was not as good as before, and it lost its previous reputation, and it was even more difficult to recover.

Later, due to the backward pearl processing technology in China and other reasons, most of the pearls cultivated in China were exported as raw materials. After being reprocessed in some countries, they became pearls from other countries and flowed into the market.

This change cannot but make people sigh.

Now it is 1976, and the best time for South Island pearls is coming soon. It has to be said that it is the right time and right place. Qin Rou is thinking whether to take advantage of this moment, while waiting for two or three years to support township enterprises and factories, to establish a pearl breeding factory in a village on Qiongzhou Island and create a "pearl brand" by herself.

It is not only for profit, but also with the ambition to revitalize the domestic pearl market. In addition, in private, Qin Rou wants to participate in the process of cultivating a "Pearl King"...

These things are very exciting to think about.

Qin Rou thought about it and couldn't sleep all night. Unfortunately, it was still 1976 and she couldn't do anything. Qin Rou sighed with regret.

While she was thinking about it, Qin Rou thought about another thing. Before she traveled through time, she would buy some jewelry every year, adding a few pieces a year, thinking of leaving them for her daughter in the future...

But now she only has two older sons, no daughters. Qin Rou thought, if I want to raise pearls, can I make pearl necklaces, pearl earrings, pearls for my sons to wear?

The naughty kids can't even wear beautiful red skirts. They can only wear short-sleeved shorts and shorts. There is basically no way to make men's clothes.

The economy will be open in two years, and all kinds of beautiful clothes will flood the market. If she has a daughter, she can dress her daughter in beautiful clothes and shoes, and braid her hair beautifully... She

really wants to dress her daughter up.

The words of her elder sister Qin Mian lingered in her mind: "Don't you want to give Zhou Zhou and Dumpling a sister?"

"I have a daughter and you don't."

...

If she wants to have a daughter, now is the perfect time. If she gets pregnant, she can give birth before the college entrance examination next year. Everything is arranged properly. If she waits until seven or seven years later, it will be even busier and inappropriate...

Should she consider having a daughter?

To have or not to have?

When Lu Yan returned home, he found that his wife's eyes were swollen with two dark circles. Captain Lu was worried, "Wife, what's wrong with you?"

"I didn't sleep well. I couldn't sleep these two days because I was worried." Qin Rou was held in Lu Yan's arms. She closed her eyes and leaned her head on the man's chest.

"What are you worried about? Brother Lu is here."

Qin Rou naturally couldn't tell him about the pearl farm, so she said another urgent matter, "My sister urged me to give birth to a daughter, so I have been thinking about it these two days. Should I have a daughter?"

If she wants to have a daughter, now is the best time, but... can she have a daughter whenever she wants? What if the second child is another bad boy? Then they would have three boys. Oh my god! Not only would their daughter's wish be shattered, but they would have to raise three boys.

It turned out that she was worried about this. Lu Yan kissed her forehead and asked her, "What do you think? Didn't you say before that you didn't want to have children? What did your sister say to shake your mind?"

"We can just raise Zhou Zhou and Duan Zi." The two children in the family finally grew up. The parents didn't need to spend too much time on disciplining them. The couple could live a happier life without children. If they had another child, they would have to work hard for four or five years. Once they were back to the days before liberation, they would have to wash diapers for the child.

Captain Lu had no intention of having a second child.

Qin Rou: "..."

"But I want a daughter."

It was fine when she didn't mention it before, but now that she has been fantasizing about a daughter in her mind for a day or two, the more she thinks about it, the more she looks forward to having a daughter, a cute and beautiful little daughter.

Lu Yan laughed, lowered his head and put his forehead against hers: "

If you want it, then we have it." "But what if it's not a daughter?" It's not something they can control whether to have a son or a daughter. The probability is 50-50. In fact, it's not terrible to have another boy. What Qin Rou is afraid of is what if she gets pregnant with twins again? What if she gives birth to a pair of identical twin boys.

That day...

I'm afraid others will ask her, Xiao Qin, where did you go to buy the children wholesale? When you were pregnant, you were in the replication mode.

"It doesn't matter whether we have a boy or a girl."

"It's different. We just lack a daughter."

"Captain Lu, are you destined to have a girl?"

"If you are destined to have a girl, then I am destined to have a girl too."

Now the question was thrown to Qin Rou again. Should they have a baby or not? Qin Rou asked Zhou Zhou and Dumpling, "Do you want a younger sister?" "Does

Xiao Dumpling want to be a brother?"

Zhou Zhou said, "I want a younger sister like Nian Nian."

Xiao Dumpling: "I am a brother!"

She asked her nephew Xia Mingxi, "Where is classmate Xixi? Any suggestions?"

Xia Mingxi was very excited: "Aunt, I want a little cousin!!!"

Qin Rou: "..."

...

The family members' attitudes were ambiguous but supportive. There were more boys than girls in their family, and the balance had been lost for a long time. There were four men in the family and she was the only woman. If they had a daughter, she would be a little sister with many brothers.

"Why don't we give it a try!"

Qin Rou admitted that she was gambling again. She won the last time she got married, and she hoped that God would bless her this time.

Having made the decision, Qin Rou no longer regretted it, and simply dragged Lu Yan to quickly make a baby. If they were going to do it, they had to do it quickly. Anyway, there was no need to deliberately prepare for pregnancy at this time, because living in this era, Qin Rou's daily diet and schedule were very healthy, and there was no need to deliberately change them for pregnancy.

The 30-year-old Captain Lu was still a young and strong man. By May, Qin Rou, who had experienced pregnancy once, already felt that she was pregnant, but it was not yet full term, so she could not go to the hospital for diagnosis.

Qin Rou began to pay attention to her daily diet. In June, Lu Yan accompanied her to the hospital for a checkup. The doctor told her that she was pregnant again.

They were expecting their third child!

It was not clear whether it was twins or not, so they would check again after a while.

Qin Rou did not want to have twins this time. One child was enough. She really did not want to raise two more children.

Lu Yan smiled and comforted her: "Giving birth to another pair of twin boys? How can it be such a coincidence? Don't worry, the probability is very low."

Qin Rou: "No matter how low the probability of an event is, as long as it happens, its probability is 100%."

​​"Wife, don't think too much. Let's put it this way. Listen to your brother Lu, look in the mirror more often, and tell our future daughter to grow up like her mother..."

"Is it still possible?" Qin Rou smiled. She hugged Lu Yan's face and looked at it again and again: "It's over. I see your face, Zhou Zhou Duanzi's face and yours every day. What if my daughter looks like you three... that wouldn't be bad either."

"I have a daughter who looks like you."

Lu Yan: "I still hope that my daughter looks like you, pretty, has a voice like you, and sings well. If she wants to go to an art school, let her go to an art school."

Lu Yan blew a few happy little whistles, thinking that he might still have a little musical talent that would not be a hindrance.

Qin Rou: "As long as she is a daughter, it doesn't matter if she sings like you."

Comrade Xiao Qin's ambitions are not big.

"Don't be so pessimistic." Lu Yan comforted her, "In the future, you should sing more songs for the children at home."

Lu Yan and his wife told the news of Qin Rou's pregnancy to Xia Mingxi, Zhou Zhou and Dumpling's three children, and the three children were very excited after hearing it.

Xia Mingxi spoke the loudest: "I'm going to have a little cousin! Little cousin!! Auntie, you have to give birth to a little cousin like you!"

Zhou Zhou is a stable brother. He hugged Dumpling: "You're going to be a brother."

Dumpling insisted: "I'm a brother!"

Zhou Zhou said helplessly: "Our sister."

"Sister!"

Several children knew about it, and so did her sister and brother-in-law's family. Her sister Qin Mian laughed at her: "You said you wouldn't give birth in April, but you're pregnant so soon? Did your brother-in-law persuade you to give birth?"

"I wanted to give birth on my own." "It's better to have a daughter.

Who knows, you might be pregnant with a pair of identical twin daughters."

"Goodbye, sister, don't say anything to scare me. I only want to have a daughter. We two sisters, you have three children, I have three children, that's just right."

After Chen Juanjuan, Chen Jinghua and Chen Jingyi knew that they were going to have a little cousin again, they gathered around Qin Rou and were very happy, "Aunt, that's great, we are going to have a sister again."

"A sister as beautiful as aunt."

Lu Yan and his wife had not rushed to tell Lu Yan's parents that Qin Rou was pregnant again. However, classmate Xiao Ming was a big mouth, and when he was talking to his mother, Lu Sanjie, he told her about it. The third sister called Lu Zongyi and his wife, and the two grandfathers and grandmothers were immediately very happy.

Lu Zongyi said, "Granddaughter, it must be an eldest granddaughter!!"

Comrade Lu felt like he was hit by a big pie. He had long given up the idea of ​​having granddaughters and granddaughters, but he didn't expect that his youngest daughter-in-law was pregnant again.

"I have to tell the neighbor, Mr. Wang."

Lu Zongyi's complexion was rosy, his back was straighter than usual, and he walked to the neighbor's house with his head held high. Jiang Ping smiled helplessly behind him, "Don't be too happy too soon."

What if it's not a granddaughter, but an eldest grandson?

Even if it's an eldest grandson, it's always a happy thing to have a prosperous family.

"Old Wang, it's just right. I have good news to tell you. My daughter-in-law is pregnant again. I'm going to have a granddaughter. I'm definitely going to have a granddaughter!!"

"You've seen my daughter-in-law, right? She's pretty, right? My granddaughter is definitely pretty..."

"Are there any Dacron fabrics on the market now? And pretty floral skirts? As a grandfather, do you think I should learn how to braid my granddaughter's braids in advance?"

"Old Wang, Old Wang..."

Old Wang was so angry that he wanted to kill himself. After getting rid of this old man surnamed Lu, he wanted to smash cups as soon as he got home. Old Wang's wife came to persuade him: "Why are you in a hurry? I'm just happy. Don't mind it. My daughter-in-law is pregnant again. How can I not be happy?"

"Hmph." Lao Wang snorted several times, "He's not happy at all. The child hasn't been born yet, and we don't even know whether it's a boy or a girl, but this stinky old Lu is talking nonsense in front of me, saying that he's going to have a granddaughter. Does he have the nerve to do that? Is he destined to have a granddaughter?"

"The third generation of their Lao Lu family has a lot of boys, but not a single girl."

"I think Lao Lu is destined to have no granddaughters."

Lao Wang's wife smiled and said, "Please bear with me. Just let him be happy. Lao Lu is crazy about granddaughters. Now he's not happy in front of you. What if the baby is not a granddaughter, then he-" "

Then he won't be able to jump in front of me." Lao Wang put his hands on his hips, "Why should I put up with this bullshit? He hasn't even given birth to his eldest grandson, so he's allowed to show off in front of me every day?"

"If it's really a granddaughter, he will step on my head."

"Lu has so many sons and daughters, it's only natural for him to have a granddaughter. Don't we have a granddaughter too?"

Lao Wang: "..."

When he mentioned his granddaughter, Lao Wang wanted to be happy but couldn't.

"Grandpa, I want to apply to the military academy, I want to be a hot female soldier!!"

Lao Wang was silent for a moment: "When Lao Lu's granddaughter is born, we will let Lao Lu train a hot female soldier, just like his daughter."

Lao Wang's wife: "...Why are you doing this?"

After Li Qinghua knew that Qin Rou was pregnant, she took her little daughter Tiao Tiao to Lu's house and discussed the experience of having a daughter with Qin Rou.

Huahua's mother blessed her, "If you give birth to a daughter, you will have both a son and a daughter."

Qin Rou nodded, "My husband Lu and I both hope it's a daughter."

Qin Rou poured a glass of passion fruit juice for herself and Li Qinghua. After she became pregnant, she couldn't drink tea anymore. Fortunately, they planted passion fruits at home... These passion fruits are so domineering, and their growth is really amazing. There are many fruits all year round.

Although passion fruit juice is good, it is too sugary. However, passion fruit is rich in nutrients and is particularly good for supplementing vitamin C.

Qin Rou and Li Qinghua sat under the thatched shed in the yard and chatted. Now the thatched umbrella in the Lu family's yard has become a rectangular holiday thatched shed. After all, there are more and more people in the family, and one thatched umbrella can no longer accommodate them.

There are tables, chairs and benches under the holiday thatched shed, and passion fruit vines are climbing next to them. At this time, a batch of passion fruits are blooming, and the flowers are blooming strangely and domineeringly.

Huahua's mother drank a few sips of passion fruit juice and praised: "This juice is really delicious, sour and sweet."

On this island, they drink the most coconut juice, which is a little lighter, sweet and refreshing, and can be drunk as water, but passion fruit juice is different. The aroma and taste of passion fruit are obviously overbearing, making people linger on the smell after drinking it.

"You can take some fruits back to soak the children in water. It's just right for sour and sweet now."

...

Qin Rou and Huahua's mother were chatting, while Zhou Zhou, Dumpling and Tiao Tiao were playing on the small lawn. Tiao Tiao looked at the pair of identical brothers in front of her. They were circling around, just like double images appeared in front of her, and she was almost dazzled.

A pair of double images were playing around her.

Tiaotiao: "..."

She slid down the slide. It was unknown who of Zhouzhou and Dumpling slid down the slide, and then another one slid down. The two children were stacked up and happy. Dumpling hugged his brother and laughed, "Tsk, tsk..."

Zhouzhou turned around to tickle his brother, and the two brothers played together.

After playing on the slide for a while, the three children were a little bored. Zhouzhou suggested: "How about we play hide-and-seek?"

Dumpling agreed with his brother: "Okay."

"No." Although Tiaotiao is young, she is not stupid. Why does she want to play hide-and-seek with a pair of identical twins? God knows whether she will find the older brother or the younger brother later.

"Let's play hopscotch."

"No, no." Zhou Zhou and Dumpling brothers don't like skipping rope or hopscotch.

Teacher Huang came over with Dun Dun at this time, and the four children played hide-and-seek together, and decided who would be the ghost by playing rock-paper-scissors.

"Just play in the two yards, don't run around."

"Rock-paper-scissors!!"

"Rock-paper-scissors!"

"Dundun lost."

...

The children played together, and Teacher Huang also sat under the thatched shed. Qin Rou poured her a glass of passion fruit juice.

Huang Xinying's mood is very complicated now. The little tea fairy next door is pregnant again. Looking at this posture, she must be going there to give birth to a daughter.

What if the little tea fairy gives birth to a daughter? Then they all have daughters, but she doesn't.

Teacher Huang took a sip of passion fruit juice. The juice was sour and sweet, and it really soured her heart. If the little tea fairy gave birth to a daughter, why would all the good things happen to her? Not only did she have a pair of twin sons, but she also gave birth to a daughter in the future. How could such a great thing happen?

"Xiao Qin, how do you feel about your pregnancy this time?"

"It seems to be the same as last time." The baby in her belly is still young, so Qin Rou doesn't have any other feelings.

"Are you pregnant with twins again? If you give birth to two identical sons, then you will be the most blessed person in this family."

Qin Rou smiled: "I don't think I will have this kind of blessing."

She doesn't want this kind of blessing at all, she only wants a daughter.

"They say sour boys and spicy girls. Do you want to eat spicy food? How about I go back and give you a jar of sour peppers?"

Qin Rou shook her head: "My throat is not suitable for eating peppers. Thank you for your kindness, Teacher Huang."

"I see that the juice you drank is so sour. Maybe it will be a boy again this time. Then there will be three boys in the family, and the three brothers in the family will be noisy."

"I hope it's a girl."

Huahua's mother concluded: "I think Xiao Qin must be pregnant with a daughter!!"

"Why?" Teacher Huang has been addicted to fortune-telling at home these days. After calculating again and again, the probability of having a boy or a girl is mixed.

"I said if it's a daughter, then it's a daughter. She will accompany our Tiaotiao."

Teacher Huang: "..."

"Really! Xiao Qin, I had a dream. I dreamed that you brought our daughter to my house to play with Tiaotiao, and we made beautiful skirts for them."

Qin Rou was very happy to hear this: "Really? That's great. I will bring my daughter to your house to play in the future."

Huang Xinying laughed in her heart, thinking, can you, Li Qinghua, always dream right? How is this possible? It

's better for her to tell fortunes.

Since Qin Rou next door became pregnant, Zhang Chengbei and his wife fell into an inexplicable anxiety, as if they didn't have what others had. This feeling was really uncomfortable.

The family next door has two sons, and they have two sons. What if the family next door has a daughter, a sweet and soft little daughter? Look at how the couple next door look, and you know that their daughter must be good.

A pretty little daughter, a little daughter wearing a skirt, a little daughter who calls daddy and mommy softly...

Zhang Chengbei's mind is sometimes Liu Tiaotiao, and sometimes Wang Niannian. He is so greedy. It would be great to have a daughter, even if it is a daughter like Tiaotiao.

He often teases Tiaotiao and has a good relationship with Tiaotiao, but this is someone else's daughter after all.

When will he have a daughter of his own?

Although the couple had made up their minds not to have another child after the birth of Dun Dun, the desire to have a daughter came back to them.

Zhang Chengbei couldn't sleep at night, and neither could Huang Xinying. After thinking about it, they came up with the same idea.

Zhang Chengbei spoke cautiously: "What do you think, should we have another daughter?"

Huang Xinying: "..."

Give birth? Or not? This is a major problem.