Before she knew she was pregnant, Lin Wei just felt a little nauseous when she smelled the fishy smell, but her reaction was not serious. But when the results came out, perhaps due to psychological factors, her reaction became more severe. Now she cannot smell any fishy smell and will gag if she gets any fishy smell on her food.
So she doesn't buy seafood now. Zong Shao has little rest, so she still cooks most of the meals. If she steams seafood at home, she can vomit from the time she cooks to the time she finishes the meal.
Even when she went to the state-owned restaurant to get food, she had to cover her nose and keep her lunch box separate from Zong Shao and the children. She would eat chicken, fish, pork, and eggs if they were available, and if not, she would eat vegetarian food.
Mingming Ruirui sometimes feels sad when she sees her, and she would say that she doesn’t want to eat seafood anymore and would follow her to become a vegetarian. It’s a different story when there are no tickets, but when there are tickets, Lin Wei will usually prepare some meat for them, as they are still growing and need to get enough nutrition.
Zong Shao was also worried about Lin Wei's nutrition. Seeing that she could eat eggs, he found someone he knew in the surrounding brigades and asked him to contact several chicken farmers, paying them to supply eggs regularly.
Thus, Lin Wei and her two children soon began to eat boiled eggs in the morning and egg custard in the evening.
In addition to eggs, those families would occasionally give Zong Shao a chicken or a duck. Of course, not all of them were raised by themselves. It was not easy to raise a chicken these days, and the eggs they saved could be sold for money. Besides, there was a quota for raising chickens and ducks at home, so they were reluctant to kill one at every turn.
But there are dozens of households in their brigade, and most of them raise chickens and ducks. If you sell one this week and I sell one next week, it would amount to a lot.
However, Zong Shao didn't ask for chickens and ducks that often, only one or two a month. Any more would have a bad impact. Even if Lin Wei's pregnancy was the reason, it would be hard to say if his superiors asked him about it.
One or two chickens a month is not excessive, and chickens and ducks are agricultural products. As long as you don't buy low and sell high, the government won't care too much. Farmers have a hard time these days, and the authorities are unwilling to block all their roads.
Therefore, although Lin Wei had to give up seafood due to pregnancy reactions, various broths appeared on the dinner table. After a period of time, she looked noticeably rounder.
When I went to the hospital for my second prenatal checkup, even Dr. Gao jokingly said, "The food has been pretty good lately."
Lin Wei: “…”
Lin Wei didn't say anything at the time, but after returning home, she sat or stood in front of the mirror for a long time, and asked Zong Shao from time to time: "Have I really gained a lot of weight?"
Zong Shao shook his head: "No, you are just fine the way you are now." Lin Wei has thin bones, so it doesn't matter if she gains some weight.
Although Zong Shao said no, but with the words he added, Lin Wei felt that no was the same as yes, and her face fell immediately: "Then isn't it still yes?"
Zong Shao: "...It should be fine. Didn't you gain some weight when you gave birth to Mingming and Ruirui?"
"I only gained weight in the later period."
When she was pregnant with Mingming and Ruirui, she was very thin in the first few months, and only grew a little when her belly became noticeable. And even in the late stages, she didn't grow much, and her belly wasn't much bigger than those pregnant with a single baby. Because of this, Mingming Ruirui was much smaller than his peers when he was born.
But this time she is pregnant with a single baby, and she has gained so much weight in just three months. What will she look like when she becomes obviously pregnant?
In fact, it’s okay to gain weight during pregnancy. What Lin Wei is afraid of is that she won’t be able to lose weight after giving birth.
This is what happened to Zhao Li. She didn't gain much weight when she gave birth to her first two children, and she lost weight quickly after giving birth. But when she was pregnant with her third child, I don't know if it was because she ate too well or her metabolism was not so fast because of her age, she gained half a meter during pregnancy, and she hasn't lost weight until now.
Lin Wei can accept herself being plump, but she will never accept herself being fat.
But she was pregnant and couldn't just not eat anything. No matter whether the baby was born big or small, she always hoped that the baby would be healthy.
After careful consideration, Lin Wei decided to give herself an extra half hour of walking time after dinner every day.
Before pregnancy, Lin Wei would move around after eating, but after pregnancy she became lazy. In the morning she had no choice because she had to go to class after eating, but she had a lunch break at noon. In the evening she had more free time and she basically lay down after eating.
Lin Wei felt that if she wanted to find the culprit for her weight gain, laziness must be one of them.
Lin Wei wanted to increase her exercise, and Zong Shao not only agreed wholeheartedly, but also expressed his support with practical actions. After dinner, he went out with his wife. When Mingming Ruirui saw this, he hurried to follow.
Just as taking a walk after dinner became their new family activity, Ruirui's birthday arrived.
People nowadays don’t really pay much attention to birthdays. They may just celebrate a new year, and it would be nice to have a bowl of noodles with egg on a minor birthday.
Last year, Mingming and Ruirui had their birthday and everyone had a bowl of noodles with fried eggs. Lin Wei also gave each of them 1 cent to buy snacks.
However, for the two children, last year's events were already very far away. They can no longer remember what happened at this time last year, so they have no concept of birthdays.
Therefore, when Lin Wei said she wanted to celebrate their birthdays, Mingming Ruirui didn't have any special reaction. Mingming even asked, "What's a birthday?"
Lin Wei said: "Your birthday is the date you were born. Every year at this time, your family will help celebrate it."
Because my parents always find reasons to celebrate, Mingming knows the meaning of this word very well, and his eyes light up as he asks, "Can we celebrate on our birthdays?"
"Of course." Lin Wei nodded.
Mingming asked again: "How can we celebrate?"
"You can invite your friends to your home to play and tell your mother what gifts you want. As long as it's not excessive, your parents will try their best to satisfy you."
"Can I have any kind of gift?" Mingming asked, unable to contain his surprise.
Rarity asked, "Does a gift have to be something?"
"Gifts don't have to be physical objects. You can make requests, but don't go too far. Otherwise, I will deprive you of the right to celebrate your birthday, and then all you'll get is a bowl of noodles with egg."
After joining the army, the food at their home was much better than when they were in Shicheng, mainly because there was a rich variety of seafood on Yazhou Island and the supply standards were high, plus there was a supply of chicken, duck, pork and eggs. As long as you are not the kind of person who eats today without caring about tomorrow, and make good plans, it is not a problem to eat meat every day.
In addition, after Lin Wei became pregnant, Zong Shao asked someone to send eggs to her regularly. The two children's taste buds had long been spoiled, and noodles with eggs were not a celebratory treat for them.
Therefore, after receiving Lin Wei's warning, the two children, especially Mingming, cooled down and dared not make unreasonable demands.
But Mingming didn't want to waste this birthday. His mother said that birthdays only come once a year. If he missed this one, he would have to wait until this time next year.
Although Mingming still had no idea about time, he knew that a year was very, very long.
So he decided to think carefully about what he wanted before his birthday came.
It’s just that he wants so much. He doesn’t want to attend classes, he wants to eat lots of delicious food, he wants new toys, he wants to go out and play... He wants so much that it’s hard to make a decision at the moment!
I've been scratching my head for several days and even my food doesn't taste good.
But Mingming soon found that his brother was still the same as usual, not anxious at all, so he asked when his mother was in class and let them go out to play: "Have you decided what gift you want?"
"I've thought about it."
"What do you want?"
Rarity said, “I want a bigger puzzle. I’ve done the previous puzzles so many times that I’ve memorized them all.”
"Just memorize it. When you do the puzzle, the patterns are all shuffled anyway."
“Once I’ve memorized it, I know which piece to put where, and I can complete the puzzle quickly. It’s not that fun.” Ruirui is still young and doesn’t understand what a sense of accomplishment is. She can only categorize it as fun or not.
Mingming said puzzledly: "But I think it will be more fun if we can finish it all at once."
The first time he played Ruirui's puzzle, he almost cried because he couldn't put it together. Later, after watching my younger brother put the puzzle together for a long time, I was able to put the puzzle together myself, and then I realized how fun this game is.
Therefore, he couldn't quite understand his brother's thoughts.
Ruirui didn’t quite understand his brother’s idea. He thought that after so many times, he could put the puzzle together with his eyes closed (an exaggeration), so how could it be fun?
But Ruirui didn't argue with her brother about this matter. She changed the subject and asked, "What do you want?"
"I want so many things." Mingming suddenly became distressed. He counted on his fingers for his brother to hear, and then asked, "What do you think I should choose?"
“New toys,” Rarity said.
"Why?"
"If you say you don't want to go to class, Mom will definitely say that you are asking too much, and then we won't be able to celebrate our birthday."
Mingming suddenly realized: "Yes! But I really don't want to go to class."
Ruirui looked at his brother as if he was a fool: "But if you bring it up, not only will we have to go to class, but Mom will be angry and we won't be able to celebrate our birthday." You still want to bring it up, are you stupid?
But Ruirui didn’t say the second half of the sentence. Although he is young, he has a strong desire to survive.
"Okay," Mingming sighed, but quickly cheered up, "Then can I tell mom that I want to eat a lot of delicious food?"
"Mom and Dad always prepare a lot of delicious food when they celebrate. Mom will definitely prepare delicious food for our birthday. And she also lets us invite our friends to play at home, so she will definitely prepare more delicious food. You still want more food, aren't you wasting the opportunity to make a request?"
Mingming suddenly realized something and continued to ask, "Going out to play?"
"Every time mom and dad take us out to play, we go hiking or to the beach, but we can go on birthdays."
Mingming suddenly realized something and said happily, "I've decided. I want a toy too!"
Ruirui was sure that his brother was stupid.
…
After deciding to get a new toy, Mingming Ruirui told Lin Wei the answer that night.
I have to say, Lin Wei was a little surprised, but what surprised her was not that Ruirui wanted a bigger puzzle, but that Mingming chose the toy without making any unrealistic requests.
Lin Wei couldn't help but ask: "Have you thought it through? Are you sure you want toys?"
Rarity nodded and emphasized, "A bigger puzzle, bigger than the previous one!"
Mingming quickly agreed: "I also want a bigger car, bigger than the previous one!"
Lin Wei could see that the two brothers must have discussed what gifts they wanted. But Mingming was so considerate that she didn't ask for anything that would have given her a heart attack. She was very relieved and said with a smile, "Mom can agree to your request, but we'll have to wait until Mom and Dad go to see if the county supply and marketing cooperative has bigger puzzles and cars. If not, you can consider changing the gift or wait for Mom and Dad to ask someone to buy bigger puzzles and cars."
Rarity said without hesitation, "I still want to do the puzzle."
Mingming was a little hesitant and wanted to change to something else, but seeing his brother's firm attitude and thinking of his analysis during the day - classes must be attended, there will always be delicious food, and there will be opportunities to go out and play, he hesitated and said: "Then, then I still want toys."
The two children made up their minds, and the next day, Sunday, Lin Wei and Zong Shao took the children to the county.
Originally, Lin Wei didn't want to take care of two children. She felt that gifts should always have a sense of mystery.
But Zong Shao said that since it was a birthday present, they had to choose something they liked, and they also specifically emphasized that the gift had to be big. It would be bad if they thought it was too big, but after buying it for the two children, they felt it was not big enough.
Lin Wei thought about it and felt that what Zong Shao said made sense, so she decided to take the two children with her.
After making the decision, Lin Wei did not hide it from her two children and told them that they would go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to choose gifts the next day.
Her original intention was to make the two children happy, but they ended up being too happy. They jumped around until midnight and then went to sleep. The next morning, they both stayed in bed and refused to get up.
Lin Wei couldn't get them to wake up, so she had to use her trump card: "If you don't get up, the gifts will be gone."
When he heard about the gift, Mingming sat up suddenly and shouted "My car", then lay down again.
Lin Wei: “…”
…
Because the two brothers were unable to get up, and because of the frequent problems and other delays, they set out two and a half hours later than expected and arrived in the county just in time for lunch.
But they were lucky. Maybe because the previous batch of toys sold well, the supply and marketing cooperative received another batch of goods, including the bigger puzzle that Ruirui wanted.
As for the wooden toy car that Mingming wanted, there was no larger one. However, the supply and marketing cooperative had bought a batch of other toy cars, among which was a simulated tin toy car. Mingming fell in love with it almost at first sight, grabbed Lin Wei's hand and shouted, "I want it!"
You get what you pay for. In the past, toy cars made of wood only required some effort, so no tickets were required and the price was cheap. This toy car is different. It is a completely realistic car and is made of iron. Not only is it expensive, but you also need industrial coupons to buy it.
Lin Wei thought about it and couldn't help but say, "You are really good at picking."
Mingming didn't understand what his mother meant, and said proudly: "Because I'm smart!"
Lin Wei: “…”
No, you are not only smart, but also expensive.
If she hadn't promised to buy them gifts, and if they hadn't already paid off the industrial coupons they owed for buying electric fans, Lin Wei really wouldn't have wanted to spend so much money on a child's toy.
But...looking at the expectant eyes, Lin Wei gritted her teeth, stomped her feet, stuffed the bag containing money and tickets to Zong Shao and said, "You go and pay!" She wanted to pretend that she didn't see it.
Although Lin Wei didn't look when Zong Shao paid, she couldn't help but count the remaining money and coupons when he paid and returned the wallet to her.
After the calculation, Lin Wei had only one thought in her mind: fortunately, there is only one birthday a year. If this old shígG Dujia comes a few more times, life will be unbearable!
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