Chapter 66 End (1)
The summer crops have been harvested, and now the work in the fields is weeding and fertilizing. Xiaohua has now graduated from high school and is at home. According to regulations, she has to work for two years before she can be nominated as a worker-peasant-soldier college student.
Two years, it’s time to resume the college entrance examination. Who would care about such worthless things as workers, peasants and soldiers college students?
Li Bailu stayed at her parents' house for another night. Early in the morning, the couple took their child home. Xiaoya and Leilei also returned to school early. Gu Yan and her friends cleaned the house for the whole morning. In the afternoon, Xiaohua saw her getting ready to go to work, so she took the hoe from her hand and made some suggestions.
"Mom, you don't have to go to work. Dad and I can go."
"I'm not that squeamish. Niuniu is already in school, so what am I supposed to do sitting around at home? Weeding isn't tiring, and there's someone I can talk to."
Li Zhongxia smiled and said, "We are going to make shoes for everyone. You can take your time at home. If you feel tired, you can read a book or go for a walk."
Niuniu also pulled her: "Mom, don't go out. It's too hot, the little sister will get sunburned."
Gu Yan burst out laughing. They were all worried that she would be tired. Does she look like paper mache? Cannot withstand wind and rain.
"Okay, I'll sew the soles at home. I'll make a few more pairs of shoes for you this year."
Seeing that she was not going, Li Zhongxia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His wife had always been in good health, but she still scared him when she fainted. Being pregnant at this age and feeling so tired recently, I should just take a good rest at home.
"Don't be too tired. I'll make lunch when I get back. Don't be in a hurry to do everything. You can't stay idle at home."
Gu Yan raised his hand and pushed him: "Hurry up and leave. Didn't you hear the bell? If you're late, be careful that Lao Wang will scold you."
Wang Xiaomai was carrying a hoe and preparing to go to the field. He laughed when he heard that. "No way, Lao Wang, he is your man and a good brother. They are almost the same age. There is nothing to scold for being late."
As they were talking, they carried their hoes and left the yard. Gu Yan went to the kitchen and kneaded the dough to let it ferment, preparing to steam multi-grain buns in the evening.
Turning into the main room, it suddenly felt empty. The quilts on the east and west kangs were neatly folded, the west side was covered with an orange printed sheet, and wooden partitions separated the space into an independent space, which had always been the private place for the girls. The east side was covered with a sheet with dark blue patterns, and a curtain of the same color was drawn at one end against the wall. Now it is Leilei's place.
The old man who would greet you with a smile as soon as you came in, whether sitting or lying, is gone forever. Looking at the old man's portrait on the table, she unconsciously stroked her lower abdomen.
"We will be fine, don't worry!"
She took out a sewing basket from the cupboard and sat on the kang to sew shoe soles. At around four or five in the afternoon, someone came to her to ask for a letter of introduction. She went to the brigade office again and picked some vegetables on her way back.
The space blender crushes the red dates and mixes them into the flour, and the steamed buns are immediately full of the aroma of red dates. Dice tomatoes and zucchini, beat three eggs in a bowl, and prepare the ingredients for the dumpling soup.
Heat oil in a pan and sauté tomatoes and zucchini... The dumpling soup is almost ready, but the pain in her stomach makes her alert.
It doesn't hurt much, but she is not the same as before. He quickly took the pot away and turned into the ear room. I closed the door and checked quietly, and sure enough, there was bleeding.
What is going on? Is it a mistake to get pregnant and then have your period, or is it a sign of miscarriage? I was a little panicked for a moment, and only when I heard the sound of the door being pushed open did I quickly pull up my pants.
"Wife..." Li Zhongxia spoke in a very low voice, just to let the people inside know that he was back. At the same time, all kinds of speculations ran through his mind, wondering what his wife was secretly doing.
The door creaked open from the inside. He was about to turn around and leave, but he turned back and went in. I closed the door reflexively with my backhand.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm bleeding. I don't know if it's my mistaken period or what..."
I originally thought that she was just secretly doing those things that cannot be seen by others in the future, but who knew it was actually like this. Li Zhongxia was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he quickly helped her sit down on the kang.
"Is the bleeding heavy?" He tilted his head, as if trying to see through the fabric. "Show me? Does it feel the same as when you normally have your period? Is there anything else?"
"My stomach hurts." After saying that, I saw his face turn even paler, so I quickly waved my hand and said, "It doesn't hurt much, and... I don't know anymore."
"Wife, you've given birth to two children. Don't you know what the situation is now?"
"When I came, they were already seven months pregnant, and they gave birth not long after. I have never experienced this before, and I really don't know what happened. You know, if it wasn't pregnancy, the children would be so disappointed. Is this old Wang reliable? He can't even read a pregnancy pulse correctly. If he were an imperial physician in ancient times, he would have been beheaded. No, if he really made a mistake, I have to hurry up and make a real move. Otherwise, I will be so embarrassed."
Li Zhongxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was speechless about his wife's focus. "Where's your pregnancy test stick? How accurate is it?"
"It must be very high! I don't know, I haven't used it."
"Then try again?"
Gu Yan nodded and took out another new pregnancy test stick. Turning around and seeing that he was still there, I reached out and pushed him: "Get out."
"Okay, take care of yourself."
As soon as he left, she quickly closed the door. The two of them were standing inside and outside the door, each feeling extremely nervous. Middle-aged couples, like young people, are at a loss when faced with unexpected pregnancy events.
Xiaohua came over and saw that her father was actually standing outside the door. He looked a little anxious. He was walking around and couldn't help looking at the closed door. This was in stark contrast to his usual calm and composed image, and the child was very puzzled.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Didn't you call mom to eat? Why are you standing outside?"
"It's okay, you and Niuniu eat first, I'll be there in a minute."
"Oh." He turned around, walked a few steps and came back. "What happened to my mom?"
"No." The man smiled and said, "Take Niuniu and eat first, we'll be there soon."
"Okay. Call me if you need anything."
After sending the two girls away, Gu Yan also opened the door. The man went in hurriedly and closed the door. "How about it?"
“Still positive.”
Li Zhongxia took the stick and took a look at it: "It is confirmed that you are pregnant. Then your current condition is definitely not normal." Throwing away the pregnancy test stick, he helped her sit on the kang. He raised his hand and pulled the quilt over. "Hurry up and lie down. I'll ask Lao Wang to come over and see if he can prescribe some medicine to preserve the pregnancy. Can you move in your condition? There's a doctor from the provincial capital in the commune health center. Why don't we go see him?"
"Don't be nervous. It's just a threatened miscarriage. Maybe it will be fine after you rest."
"Just lie still. I'll go find a doctor. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first?"
“Not hungry.”
"Then wait, I'll be back soon."
The man hurried out of the door, and Xiaohua ran to the ear room suspiciously to ask her mother. "What's going on? Where is my dad?"
"Mom is feeling a little uncomfortable, so he went to ask Uncle Wang to come and check on her."
When this was mentioned, Xiaohua also became nervous. "Where do you feel uncomfortable? Is there something wrong, little sister?"
"There's a little bleeding, maybe it's a threatened miscarriage, it will be fine after a rest. Your dad was too nervous and insisted on seeing a doctor."
"Of course you have to see a doctor! Mom, I'm not saying anything to you. I'm telling you not to do anything at home. Look at you, you're sewing the soles of shoes so fast and you're also cooking dinner. I'm protesting to you. I want you to have a good rest."
I originally thought it was nothing, but reality taught me a lesson, and this time Gu Yan didn’t dare to refute. She lay there quietly without saying a word, watching her daughter bring a bowl over and ask her whether she wanted milk powder or malted milk.
"… Malted milk, maybe."
Before he finished drinking the bowl of malted milk, Li Zhongxia called the doctor. After taking the patient's pulse, he said that the patient had a miscarriage and prescribed a prescription to stabilize the pregnancy.
"Take one dose first. In this case, the most important thing is to rest and rest. After two days, we'll see if we need to take more medicine to see the effect."
Xiaohua followed to get the medicine, and Li Zhongxia took the bowl and continued to feed her. "Rest. You heard me, don't do anything these days. I'll feed you all the meals."
Gu Yan swallowed the malted milk, took it from his hand and gulped it down in a few gulps. "I understand. I won't do anything. I'll make shoes for you when I feel better."
"You don't need to make mine. The Jiefang shoes you took last time are fine."
"Those are single shoes, what should I do in winter?"
"We have to work even in winter. It's not cold at all."
In the evening, Gu Yan picked up a book called "Nurturing a New Life" and read it. As a result, I felt dizzy after reading only two pages, and I was too lazy to read any more. I changed to a novel and read it with great interest. Li Zhongxia studied this reference book carefully from beginning to end, more seriously than when he was in military school.
"Hey," Gu Yan patted him sideways, "You weren't by your ex-wife's side when she was pregnant and gave birth? Why do you act like you don't know anything?"
The man closed the book and answered Mr. Buddha's questions seriously. "We lived apart, so I was definitely not there when she was pregnant. She always said in her letters that she was fine. When she was about to give birth, I asked for leave to go back home. But after a week, she showed no signs of giving birth and was still busy at work every day. Instead, she found me annoying and kept urging me to leave."
"So you just left?"
"My vacation is over. Besides... she was really annoyed when I was not working and at home. I didn't dare to provoke her even though she was pregnant, so I had to obey her. But she gave birth the day after I left, and I bought a ticket to go back again. She refused to let me go back when Niuniu was born, saying..."
"What did you say?" After waiting for a long time without any further words, Gu Yan raised his leg and kicked him anxiously. "Hurry up and tell me."
"She said giving birth was like going to the bathroom. She went back to work right after giving birth. I couldn't stay to take care of the baby, so there was no need for me to run back and forth."
"Haha... it's so easy to give birth to a child. I'm so envious."
"It was really quick. When I gave birth to my first child, I was in the hospital within an hour. When I gave birth to my second child, I didn't even have time to go to the hospital. I gave birth in my office while I was at work."
"I'm telling you, you're a father of two kids, but you act like a novice and don't know anything."
"You're the same. A mother of four children, yet you can't even tell the difference between a threatened miscarriage and a blunder."
Talking about this, both of them found it funny. Li Zhongxia reached out and hugged his wife, then bent down and kissed her: "Maybe God is giving us a lesson, so that we don't raise several children without knowing how they were conceived."
"Yeah, it's really novel. Everyone reacts differently. When Sister Xu was pregnant with Xiao Si, she was so sensitive that she would cry even if she stepped on an ant. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry at herself."
"It's caused by pregnancy hormones. It makes pregnant women softer and more delicate. Sometimes they become depressed and cry for no reason. In the early stages, there will be digestive system reactions, morning sickness and so on. In the later stages, there will be constipation, and all the internal organs will be squeezed together by the fetus, which will be very uncomfortable."
After a brief talk, the man sighed: "It's not easy to be pregnant, mothers are great."
"So next time you go to see your son, bring Niuniu with you and let her mother see the child. In the past, people were afraid that this would be bad for the child's growth. Now that Niuniu knows the truth, it's better to let them meet and interact more. Otherwise, their feelings will fade and they won't be close to each other anymore."
"Well, I'll send a telegram to confirm next time. She's busy with work, and I've never run into her the several times I've been there."
Lying on the kang and applying a facial mask at night, Gu Yan has been doing nothing recently and is too bored to do any maintenance on himself every day. I close the door and apply facial mask and hand mask at night. During the day, she cut cucumbers and put them on her face. Once, two women neighbors saw it and said she was wasteful.
"Only your man can let you ruin the family. If I dare to do this, my wife will slap me to death."
"That's why we're not as delicate as others." The wife in the west room said in a tone so sour that vinegar could be squeezed out. "Look at him, he's one year older than me, but he looks so much younger than me. My husband would scold me if I bought a box of Wan Zi Qian Hong and told me to use it for at least three years. If you dare to waste cucumbers like this, you'll be in big trouble."
"You can apply it on your face and then mix it with salt for them to eat, so it won't be wasted."
"Pfft!" The two women spit out their food at what she said and bent over with laughter. "Director, you are too much. Aren't you afraid that men will beat you to death if you do this?"
"Li Zhongxia doesn't dare, right?" Wang Xiaomai laughed. "I guess he can't bear to do that. He's not our man. He's never had a fight with the director in all these years. As long as the director is busy, he's definitely not idle."
"Alas! I have a hard life. I should study hard in my next life. With the ability of the director, I can't expect men to treat me the same way."
This was a very well said thing, and Gu Yan secretly gave him a thumbs up. You will meet people of the same level as you are at. However, men nowadays are indeed very patriarchal, and it is difficult for them to take care of their wives even if they are exhausted. After all, men who cook and do housework will be laughed at. Only Li Zhongxia doesn't care about others at all and has been independent for so many years.
After lying down for a few days, the bleeding stopped. Doctor Lao Wang said that the fetus was stable, so Gu Yan was allowed to get up and no longer had to lie there in boredom with nothing to do.
Since then, she has never been to the ground again. I do needlework and cook at home every day. The food supply at home has increased dramatically during this period, and she skillfully makes the steamed buns into various shapes.
As autumn arrived, the eldest brother, Gu Yanxi, returned. I kowtowed to my grandmother and was very excited about the news that my mother was pregnant.
"It would be great if you could write to tell me. Why don't you tell me? Tehran has so many high-end products. If I had known, I would have bought all kinds of clothes for my sister. The clothes there are so beautiful and there are so many styles."
"Sister, tell us what you saw when you went abroad this time."
The younger brothers and sisters all surrounded the eldest brother curiously, and Gu Yanxi was also very excited. He opened the box and took out the gifts he bought for everyone.
Regardless of gender, age or status, this child actually bought a watch for everyone, and also bought two small alarm clocks for Lei Lei and Xiao Ya.
"You can buy this thing without a ticket, and it's not expensive. It also comes with a TV, so you can watch ..."
In the 1970s, Iran had not yet entered the repressive situation of later generations, because its oil exports allowed it to enter the ranks of developed countries ahead of time. People live openly and are already at the forefront of the world.
Listening to their sister's talk about foreign countries, the children all felt a longing to visit them. Before, Xiaohua was the only one learning foreign languages. After that, Xiaoya Leilei and even Niuniu all followed their second sister to learn foreign languages, determined to go abroad to see the world.
"Do you think our children will all go abroad in the future? If so, we should go abroad when we are old, otherwise we will be too lonely as an old couple."
Gu Yan pulled the quilt and lay down, suddenly feeling emotional. Li Zhongxia placed the pillow for her and turned around to blow out the candle.
"I don't speak foreign languages, so we won't be able to communicate. Do you know any foreign languages?"
"I can speak English. But I haven't spoken it for many years, so I have forgotten it all."
"Let's stay in our own country! Children, go out to gain knowledge and experience, and come back to serve our motherland. Sooner or later, our country will be no worse than any other."
"Okay. Let's build our motherland and try to surpass them as soon as possible."
Dahua stayed behind for less than a week and soon after she left, she sent back a lot of baby supplies to her mother. With what Xiaohua did for her sister, Gu Yan didn't have to do anything. The little guy in her belly was already fully prepared, just waiting to be born.
After a busy autumn harvest, the weather is getting colder day by day. There has been no infrastructure construction in recent years, and all the men are idle when winter comes. The women stayed at home doing needlework and raising children, while the men chatted, held meetings, and talked loudly.
As the village director, Gu Yan used to have to participate and even speak. This year I used the excuse that I was pregnant and couldn’t smell the smoke, so I didn’t go there once.
In the November weather, after the commune doctor examined me, I quickly took off my clothes and covered myself up. There was only one stove in the room and it wasn't very warm. The person who lifted his stomach to check if it was cold wanted to shiver.
"It's confirmed that they are not twins, and the babies' development is also within normal range." Just as the couple felt relieved, the doctor said another sentence. "Your fetus is in an abnormal position. It is a rare transverse position now. Generally, the fetal position will be fixed after seven months and will not change. So we have to make it normal now, otherwise it will be very dangerous when giving birth."
"What should we do then?" Li Zhongxia was so frightened that his face turned pale. He has read two books on pregnancy these days and he feels unwell. All kinds of accidents are worrying. In a place where there are no conditions for caesarean section, a horizontal fetal position is almost fatal.
"Lie down and do this exercise for five minutes in the morning and evening. You will see the effect after a week. I will show you a demonstration in a moment."
Li Zhongxia had seen this movement in a book, so after returning home, he started to supervise his wife and do it every morning and evening. She was pregnant and felt uncomfortable for a while, so I got up and did a set of boxing with her to help her feel better.
"Zhongxia, what are you doing, kid?" The old lady in the south room saw him that day and reached out to pull him. "Your wife is pregnant, why are you still not knowing the seriousness of the situation and accompanying her to practice martial arts? What if she sprains her waist or gets out of breath, what will you do if something goes wrong?"
Li Zhongxia was scolded so much that she didn't dare to say a word. Gu Yan smiled and took his aunt's arm. "It's okay. We know our limits. I feel uncomfortable if I don't move for a day, and Zhongxia is afraid that I will get sick."
"It's only a matter of a few months. Just bear with it for the sake of the child. You're already six months old, right? Don't mess around. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it."
"Okay, no more nonsense."
After comforting the old lady, the couple looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. Gu Yan raised his legs and walked out, and the man quickly followed him, "Where are you going?"
"Go to the bathroom." After they walked out of the yard and saw him still following her, she smiled and pushed him back. "I can do it myself. If you do this, the neighbors will laugh at you."
"Laugh as much as you want, I don't live in the eyes of others."
Gu Yan smiled and ignored him, carefully going into the toilet and squatting down. It snowed yesterday, and it snowed all day, and this guy swept the snow all day. He swept the yard, the toilet, the roads going in and out, and any place she might go, for fear that she would accidentally slip and fall.
What made women envious and jealous the most was that he not only swept the snow thoughtfully, but also piled the snow into a snowman. Holding a broom in one hand, saluting with the other. Damn, what kind of fancy love scene is this? The two middle-aged couples are more romantic than the newly married young people, which makes people feel jealous.
The sky is still gloomy and it may rain again in the evening. Gu Yan came out of the bathroom and the man reached out to support her. Snowflakes have begun to fall from the sky again.
The woman reached out and took a piece of snow in her palm with amusement, "Auspicious snow means a good harvest, what a good omen."
"It's a good omen, but it's too slippery." The man held her arm and said, "Walk carefully. Can you see the road? If not, I'll carry you."
"Are you really not afraid of Wang Xiaomai's teasing?"
"She's just envious, I can understand that."
"Well, that's like something out of a vinegar jar."
The couple laughed heartily, not caring about the envy, jealousy and hatred of others. Don't live in the eyes of others, don't live in the mouths of others. As long as it does not violate the law and public order and morality, how I live is my own business.
When Xiao Ya and Lei Lei came back in the heavy snow at the weekend, the first thing Gu Yan noticed was the bruises at the corners of her son's mouth and eyes. Needless to say, this situation must have been a fight. He took out iodine and cotton swabs from the room, pulled the child over and disinfected him.
"Why fight?"
"Ah! Mom, please be gentle. It hurts when the skin is broken."
"Doesn't it hurt when you hit me?"
"It hurts." Lei Lei grinned, and Xiao Ya looked at her brother with sympathy. "He got into a fight because of me."
Gu Yan turned to look at his daughter. The little girl giggled and explained, "I made a bet with someone, but they cheated and tried to hold me down and take the money out of my pocket. Later... Lei Lei got into a fight with those boys."
"What are you talking about? Why are you betting with boys? These guys are so shameless. Where are they trying to touch? How can you, a girl, let them touch you randomly?"
"I... I didn't expect them to be so tasteless. I'm sorry, I won't get you into trouble next time."
"Li Xiaoya, do you keep your word?" The young man smiled without waiting for his sister to answer. "Forget it. I am your brother after all. If I don't take the blame for you, who will?"
"Haha, I knew my brother was the best. He would definitely not let me suffer alone."
"Tsk, when you get married, I will definitely ask my brother-in-law for more red envelopes. I will ask him to pay for the blame I have shouldered for his wife since I was a child."
"Li Yanlei, you're a villain." The little girl pouted angrily and glared at her brother several times. "A man should be upright and self-reliant. Where have you learned the responsibility of a father?"
"How dare you say that. Which man can stand your constant bullying? You can't beat them, but you just can't keep quiet. I'm afraid no one will want you in the future, and you'll be a waste of money. I'll have to support you and clean up your mess for the rest of my life."
"No one wants you. You will be in trouble in the future. I am beautiful as a flower. There will be many people who will be eager to take the blame for me in the future."
"You also know that you are not good enough and need someone to take the blame for you. You are self-aware."
"Ah! Chou Leilei, I'm going to fight you."
"You can't fight, but you just want to do it when you disagree with something. Li Xiaoya..."
The brother and sister started chasing each other in the room while talking. Gu Yan shook his head and laughed, then sat on the kang and continued to do needlework, ignoring them. The little girl is lively and likes to stir up trouble, but she is actually very sensible. Ever since she took her younger brothers and sisters to hide after the haystack burned, she has not caused any serious trouble. She is just more active, not as quiet as her second elder sister and younger sister.
The twins have been together since they were young, and she has trained Lei Lei to be more responsible. Every time his sister got into trouble, he would follow her. They were punished together when they were young, and when they grew up, the boy's innate physical advantages became apparent, and he always stood ahead of his sister in many things. Afraid that she, a girl, would suffer.
Okay! Children, how can they always be quiet and well-behaved? Just know the limits.
In February of the following year, Gu Yan gave birth to a little princess weighing six kilograms and named her Li Chunmei. Little girl Li Tiemei happily hugged her sister and refused to let go. Finally, the family had a child who was related to her by blood and name.
When Sister Xu came to see her, she held her little girl in her arms and was filled with envy. "Why can't I give birth to a daughter? My belly is full of brats."
"It's the same for men and women, as long as they are healthy."
"Well, that's what I said. But I like the little girl so much when I see her. Sister, why don't you give me your little girl? Then you can have another one."
Gu Yan knew she was joking, so he nodded and said, "You should ask the kid's father."
"Well, I definitely won't give it to you. Didn't you see how Li Zhongxia was when you gave birth? She was standing at the door with her hands shaking with nervousness. Holding this child, she really feels like she is holding a fortune."
"It's normal to be excited and nervous when you have a girl in middle age. I'm also very worried, afraid that it will be the same as when I gave birth to little Yaleilei, eclampsia is very troublesome."
"Yes. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly this time. Your husband and the children were all watching, and they discussed several ways to deal with the situation. In the end, you were born in less than an hour."
"It was pretty fast. The little guy was very well behaved in my belly, and the birth was not difficult at all."
Xiaohua came in through the curtain, holding chicken soup in her hand. "Mom, drink the chicken soup first. My dad went to the county town to buy pig's trotters. He will come back tonight and stew them to help you produce milk."
Sister Xu put the child down and helped move the small table at the foot of the wall to the kang and placed it in front of Gu Yan. This family is very particular about eating at the table, so much so that they even made a small table specifically for her during her confinement period.
"I didn't have much milk when I gave birth to my fourth child. My milk supply is poor as I get older. Prepare some rice noodles for the child to eat with this."
He still went to grind some rice noodles to hide his tracks, and after eating pig's trotters in the evening, Gu Yan still had no milk. The child cried at night, and Li Zhongxia got up to make milk powder for him.
He took the child from his daughter-in-law and fed him skillfully. "You go to sleep, I'll take care of her."
After putting the clothes back on the quilt, Gu Yan got into bed. "Powdered milk is so troublesome, breast milk is more convenient. How come this is not available?"
"You have to be the one to feed her when she's breastfeeding. If she's feeding me formula, I can do it. It's actually quite good. It gives you time to recuperate."
He thought so, and that's what happened. Gu Yan really has no milk this time, so the child can only eat milk powder. Everyone takes care of him together during the day, and Li Zhongxia is the one who gets up at night. She, the mother of a newborn who should have been the busiest, became the most idle one.
You don’t have to do anything, just eat and sleep, and if you’re bored, put on a facial mask and read a book. After the confinement period, the skin becomes delicate and fair, and the cheeks are rosy. The big eyes are bright and attractive. When I weighed myself, I found I had gained more than 20 pounds.
"Oh my god, I need to lose weight."
"Why lose weight? It's so beautiful to have round and smooth skin."
Li Zhongxia held his little girl in his arms and looked at his wife with admiration and love. She used to be very attractive because of her hot body due to years of martial arts practice. Now she has a slightly plump figure, a full face, and eyes as clear as the ice and snow that have just melted in spring. Cold and clean.
"Why does mom look younger and younger as she gets older?" Xiaohua came in, put down the bowl, put her arm around Gu Yan, and the mother and daughter stood side by side. "Dad, do we look like sisters?"
Li Zhongxia nodded and praised, "It's more than just like it, it is exactly it."
Xiaohua turned around and looked at her mother carefully, then shook her head and exclaimed: "It's true. My mother gave birth to a little sister. Not only did she look younger after taking good care of herself, but her whole temperament has changed."
Gu Yan found it funny and glared at the father and son. It's just that my skin is whiter and my figure is fuller, but you guys praise me like I'm rejuvenated.
"What's different?"
"She feels a lot clearer. She doesn't have the heaviness and depression of a middle-aged woman. Instead, she is as lively and cheerful as a young girl."
Xiaohua smiled and took the little sister from her father's arms. "This is all thanks to my dad. You used to worry about everything. Although you are still young, you were so worried. Now that you are middle-aged and many people your age have become grandmothers, you don't worry about anything anymore. Not to mention the family, my dad will do the work for you even in the brigade. You are getting older and older."
Gu Yan smiled and looked at her husband in silence. My daughter's analysis makes sense. She has had a lot of ease over the years. He is always ahead of others in thinking and doing things. She doesn't have to worry about anything, and with the skin care products in the space, her current condition is simply incomparable to the women around her who have a heavy life.
After the Chinese New Year, the National Games were held in Beijing in September. It was the busy time for autumn harvest, so the family discussed it and decided that Li Zhongxia would stay to work while Gu Yan would take the children to Beijing to watch his daughter's competition.
Gu Yanxi was looking at his mother and his brothers and sisters on the field, his hands were shaking with excitement. I saw my mother press her arm several times, meaning to calm her down. Then he nodded, took a deep breath, and got into the state again.
Split-leg twist side flip double twist 270 degrees
On the horizontal bar, bend one leg and straighten the other leg, jump 90 degrees to become a cross-stance bar
Each move was performed perfectly, and the girl turned around gracefully, receiving thunderous applause from the audience. After the Asian Games, she once again perfectly demonstrated the charm of sports in front of the national audience.
"Gymnastics champion Gu Yanxi."
When the girl heard the referee's announcement, she excitedly ran over and hugged her mother. My younger brothers and sisters were also jumping and laughing excitedly. Xiaohua held her sister's hand, with sincere blessings and expectations on her face. My elder sister has reached the pinnacle and fulfilled her childhood ambitions. When will her spring come?
"Mom, mom, did you hear that? I won the championship."
"I heard you, baby, you're awesome."
"Big sister is amazing."
"Big sister is the champion."
Seeing her standing on the highest podium, the whole family was truly proud of her. I took the children to walk around the big city in the remaining few days. They were amazed and silently compared the foreign country with what my eldest sister described.
"Mom, our country will definitely surpass them one day. We must work hard and catch up."
“Learn knowledge. Knowledge changes everything.”
"We must learn advanced technology and stay ahead of the times."
Niu Niu was still young. After listening to her older brothers and sisters expressing their ambitious goals, she thought for a while and said something. "I learned from my sister."
"Haha..." Xiaohua bent down and rubbed her sister's delicate cheek "Which sister do you want to learn from?"
"Learn from my second sister. She is the best at studying."
The little girl squatted down and said, "Is it possible that the third sister is not good at studying? The third sister was ranked second in the whole grade at the end of the semester. Not only in the commune, but also in the whole county."
"Not as tall as my brother."
"Hmph," the little girl stood up angrily, "Stinky Leilei, can't you just give me a break? I always come in second, which makes me lose face."
Li Yanlei chuckled: "Dad said that you should take on responsibilities. Without me to hold you down, you will easily become arrogant."
"I won't." The little girl said and laughed. "Just suppress it. Anyway, people will talk about the Li family's twins getting first place in the exam again."
After staying for a week, the mother and daughter returned by train. At the end of the year, Gu Yanxi also came back. The team disbanded again and the situation became tense again. Not to mention big cities, even in small places like theirs, meetings are held frequently.
"Mom, what do you think is going on?"
“The darkness before dawn.”
Gu Yan, the cheater, naturally hit the nail on the head. The children's restless hearts were calmed down, and they all waited calmly for the dawn. Take advantage of every opportunity to study hard, for fear that you will regret not having learned enough when you need it.
In 1978, just after the New Year, the old professor in the village was recalled to Beijing, and the Xiaohua sisters went with him. Dahua is going back to the national team, but it is not clear whether she will be a coach or a player. Xiaohua was taken back to the country's top university as the old professor's disciple.
As the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination spread quietly, educated youth from all over the country began to stir, and each of them was ready to return to the city. Xiaoya and Leilei have just entered high school, but they started making preparations after hearing the news. Their progress has always been much faster than that of their peers. After comparing the results, the old professor suggested that they skip a grade and take the college entrance examination early. Naturally, I won't miss this opportunity.
Their conditions are much better than others. Just the tablet that Gu Yan took out contains knowledge that is not accessible to ordinary people. And in that high-tech stuff, there are all kinds of topics and teachers explaining everything. After working hard for several months, after the college entrance examination was resumed in October of the same year, the two of them really soared to success. Lei Lei was admitted to the university where his second sister was a teacher, and Xiao Ya was also admitted to a university.
With years of hard work, when the time came, all the sisters achieved their wishes. At the beginning of spring, Xiaohua led her younger brothers and sisters on a new journey. Xu Wa and San San, who often hung out with them, also got into university. Brother-in-law Xu was so happy that he said smoke was coming out of his ancestors' graves. After so many generations, his family actually has a college-educated and educated person.
At the same time, news came from Li Zhongxia that work had resumed. We don’t know exactly where it is, but we will definitely not continue to stay here and farm.
At this point, the team started to spread rumors again. Chen Shimei abandoned his wife after passing the exam. Now that Li Zhongxia has left, he must be a high-ranking official who wants to ride on a fine horse. I wonder if he will still want this rural home?
"Girl, did you hear what everyone said?"
"I heard it!" Gu Yan stopped sewing the machine and wanted to laugh as he looked at Sister Xu who had a worried look on her face. This person is really more worried than her, afraid that she will be abandoned.
"Why aren't you worried at all? You still have the heart to make clothes here." As he said this, he raised his hand and pulled at the shirt that was almost finished. "Is this for Li Zhongxia? He's gone, and you still want to make shirts for him? No matter how good it is, what's the point? If you run into his educated ex-wife who is a cadre, and they get together again, what will you do?"
"If it rains, my mother will get married. Whatever we have to do, we have to do it."
Gu Yan hasn't been out to the fields in these years since she gave birth to her little girl. When she is with Sister Xu, who is three years older than her, she looks like her daughter. Especially when she said this, she looked so unbridled and conceited, without any of the worry that a middle-aged woman might have when facing her husband's promotion.
"You...if he really abandons you, and you are alone with the child, are you going to find another family?"
"Don't worry, Li Zhongxia will give me child support even if he leaves. The eldest and second child are already adults and independent, and the little girl Leilei goes to college for free. It's just these two little ones that will require some effort, but I can raise them myself even if he doesn't care."
"You are so sincere. ... These two are his own flesh and blood. Especially Niuniu, she is even closer to him. He might take them all away for you. What will you do when the time comes?"
"Then I'll be more relaxed and can do whatever I want." Gu Yan teased her deliberately, and only smiled and comforted her when he saw that her face turned black. "Don't worry about it. Just follow what others say. Based on your understanding of Li Zhongxia, why do you think he would do this?"
"No. I'll give you a choice before you leave.
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