Lin Wei felt drowsy during the day, but couldn't fall asleep at night. She closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the waves until she gradually fell asleep in the early morning.
She didn't know how long she slept, but Lin Wei's head was still dizzy when she was woken up by someone scratching her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Mingming putting two fingers on the tip of her nose.
Lin Wei turned her head to the side and asked, "What are you two doing?"
Seeing that his mother had woken up, Mingming withdrew his hand guiltily and said, "Dad said it's time to eat. Mom, you are so lazy that you can't wake her up no matter how much I call you."
Lin Wei sat up from the bed and asked, "So you want to make a pig nose for mom?"
The little guy chuckled twice and played dumb.
Lin Wei felt amused and reached out to ruffle his hair.
It’s just that it’s summer now, and I’m an active kid, so it’s easy to sweat when I jump around. In addition, it is not very convenient to wash hair and take a bath on the boat, so the little guy didn’t wash his hair last night. His hair not only feels rough, but also a little sticky.
Lin Wei didn't dislike her son, but she thought about cleaning the whole house first when she got home.
Just as she was thinking about it, Zong Shao brought Rui Rui back with him to get food. Seeing her sitting on the bed, he asked, "When did you wake up?"
"Just woke up." Lin Wei yawned and asked in surprise, "Did you two go out together?"
The last time Zong Shao went back to Shicheng was two years ago. The two brothers had just turned one year old and didn’t recognize people very well. Although Lin Wei often showed them photos, photos could not compare to the real person. When he first returned home this time, the two brothers were not very willing to get close to him.
Mingming is a little stronger. He has been outgoing since he was young. Although he was a little scared at the beginning, after sitting on the train for a few days, he began to admire this father in his heart.
Ruirui is a little slow to warm up and doesn't like to talk. When it comes to getting on the boat, she prefers to follow her mother.
Originally, he wanted to sleep with Lin Wei at night, but Zong Shao didn't agree considering that Lin Wei was not feeling well. The little guy was a little angry about this and insisted on sleeping in the innermost bed at night, saying that he didn't want to sleep next to his dad.
Thinking of his youngest son's temper, Zong Shao felt a little helpless and said, "He saw that you had a poor appetite these days, so he came with me to get you food."
Lin Wei had already seen the lunch box in Ruirui's hand, but she didn't expect it was breakfast specially prepared for her. She asked in surprise: "Ruirui, did you prepare breakfast for your mother?"
Ruirui nodded shyly and said, "I want Mom to eat more and get better soon."
Mingming quickly said when he heard it: "I also want my mother to get better soon."
Lin Wei knew that she had been in a bad mood these past few days. This was certainly due to seasickness, but more importantly, it was due to the worry brought about by the dream. She thought she had hidden these emotions very well, but she didn't expect that both children could see it.
She held back the slight warmth in her eyes, reached out and pinched the brothers' cheeks, and said with a smile, "Mom will be fine."
While the mother and son were talking, Zong Shao put the lunch box on the table beside Lin Wei's bed and opened the lid. Breakfast was also porridge, served with a few pickled vegetables, including the pickled cucumber strips that Lin Wei had eaten last night.
In addition, Zong Shao also made four flower-shaped steamed buns, and Ruirui's lunch box contained four steamed buns.
There are two kinds of fillings for the buns, sauerkraut and vermicelli. Vermicelli is spicy, and the two brothers can't eat spicy food very well, so he gave each of them a sauerkraut bun, and then handed a vermicelli bun to Lin Wei.
In fact, Lin Wei was feeling sleepy and dizzy at the moment, and could hardly eat. However, looking at her son's expectant eyes, she reached out to take the bun and took two bites.
Seeing his mother eating the buns, Ruirui felt relieved and ate the buns even harder.
Seeing Ruirui's reaction, Lin Wei's eyes were slightly hot. Although she kept telling herself these days that she was not at the end of her rope, she couldn't help but feel panic in her heart.
But now she is not so scared anymore, she is not at the end of her rope yet.
Thinking of this, Lin Wei finished her vermicelli bun and drank half a bowl of porridge with cucumber strips.
The two brothers had good appetites. They ate a steamed bun and a steamed bun each. They didn't drink much porridge, just about half a bowl.
After eating and drinking, Mingming puffed up his belly mischievously and asked his brother: "Does it look like a big watermelon?"
Ruirui also felt his stomach was full, but he was used to shrinking back. However, after hearing his brother's question, he still took a closer look and shook his head and said, "The watermelon is green, so it's still edible."
Fruits are not cheap these days and most people can’t afford to buy them.
But after Lin Wei got married, she took over her mother-in-law's job in a cotton mill. Before she joined the army, her salary was already over 30 yuan, and with the money Zong Shao sent back every month, it was enough to cover all living expenses, so she would buy some fruit every now and then to satisfy her cravings.
Watermelons were already on the market before they set out. Lin Wei bought some several times and the two brothers loved them.
However, watermelon is cold in nature, and Lin Wei was afraid that they would get sick from eating it, so she didn't buy it very often and didn't dare to let them eat too much each time. Calculating the time, the last time they ate watermelon was half a month ago.
Therefore, when Mingming mentioned watermelon, Ruirui became greedy. While his father was washing the dishes, he snuggled up to Lin Wei and asked, "Mom, is there watermelon in our new home?"
Mingming, who was still touching her belly, came over when she heard the words, and looked at Lin Wei with blinking eyes, her eyes full of anticipation.
Lin Wei had never been to Yazhou Island, so she wasn't sure if there were watermelons on the island. After thinking for a while, she said, "I don't know if there are watermelons, but there should be a lot of delicious fruits on the island."
“What delicious fruits are there?”
"I heard there are bananas, mangoes, coconuts and the like." Lin Wei also knew about durian, but heard that durian stinks and didn't know if it tasted good, so she didn't mention it.
But these three fruits were also unfamiliar to the two brothers. Bananas were okay, as the supply and marketing cooperative would occasionally stock them, but the price was very expensive. Lin Wei had only eaten them a few times, and one of those times was when she was on a blind date with Zong Shao, and he mentioned her family's.
Another time was last fall. But to the two brothers who were not yet four years old, the event of half a year ago was already very far away. Even if they had eaten it at that time, they had already forgotten the taste of the banana, so they asked about it.
"What is a banana? Is it delicious?"
"What does a mango look like? Is it delicious?"
"Can coconuts be eaten? Are they delicious?"
Apparently, no matter what fruit Lin Wei was talking about or what it looked like, the two brothers only cared about one thing - was it delicious?
"Bananas are delicious." As for mangoes and coconuts, Lin Wei had never eaten them either, but they were mentioned in novels. She thought for a moment and said, "Ripe mangoes seem very sweet. Coconuts are for drinking and can be used to stew chicken. They should be delicious too."
Mingming was shallow-minded and said as soon as he heard it: "Then I want to eat bananas and mangoes, drink coconut and eat chicken!"
Ruirui thought more and asked, "Mom, have you ever eaten mango and coconut?"
Lin Wei touched the little guy's hair and said, "Mom hasn't eaten it yet. Maybe we can eat it when we get to the island."
Although Ruirui didn't wash his hair last night, he didn't move much and didn't sweat much, so his hair still felt fresh, straight and soft, and it felt very comfortable when brushing his fingers, so she pulled it a few more times.
Ruirui was used to being touched on the head by her mother, so she didn't react much, but just asked, "Mom, when can we get off the boat?"
Ruirui was quite excited when he first got on the ship. He would run out with his brother from time to time to see the PLA uncles. But after two days of sailing, he was a little tired and wanted to get off the ship.
Zong Shao came back from washing the dishes and just happened to hear his son's question. He said, "I think he'll be there after lunch."
Lin Wei was puzzled: "Didn't you say two or three o'clock in the afternoon yesterday?"
"The wind direction changed this morning. The boat is now in the wind, so we can sail faster." Zong Shao said, "Why don't you sleep for a while? I'll call you when we get there."
Lin Wei was indeed a little sleepy, so she didn't try to hold it in. She just hummed and asked the two brothers, "Are you sleepy? Do you want to sleep with mom for a while?"
Ruirui was more sleepy, so she said without hesitation, "Yes!"
Mingming didn't want to stay in the room, so he looked up and asked, "Dad, can I go out to see the sea?"
Zong Shao agreed and said to Lin Wei, "Then you take Ruirui to sleep, and I'll take Mingming out for a walk."
Lin Wei responded, moved outside, let Ruirui lie in the space between her body and the wall, then covered him with a quilt and closed her eyes to sleep.
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Lin Wei still did not sleep very well this time. She woke up twice, but she was still groggy and her eyes could not open wide. She just felt like someone came in, stayed for a short while and left again.
Then I was woken up by Zong Shao. It was time for lunch.
Mingming went to get lunch with his father. He was not as shy as his brother and was very boastful about it. If you didn't know, you would have thought he cooked the meal.
However, Lin Wei was still very supportive. She first praised her son with a smile on her face, and then tried her best to finish half of the food in the lunch box.
A half-box meal may not sound like much, but they use long, wide, deep-bottomed aluminum lunch boxes.
A full lunch box like this is enough for an adult man like Zong Shao to have a full meal. Lin Wei ate quite a lot today, especially compared to the previous two days, her appetite almost doubled.
Zong Shao, who saw the difference, fell into deep thought. Perhaps the reason why his wife ate so little in the past two days was not only because of her appetite, but also had a lot to do with the person who served her the food.
He is not as good as two children.
The author has something to say:
"Young Couple in the 1970s" has the same title as someone else, so it was changed to "Daily Life of Couple in the 1970s Raising a Baby"
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