Chapter 127
As soon as she entered the office, Bi Chunliu was startled by two pairs of bright eyes. Someone who didn't know her would think she was Tang Monk who had entered the monster cave, waiting to take a bite of her when she was fresh.
Zhao Mei smiled, pointed to her ear and said, "Tell me quickly, do you have any good news to tell us?" Wang Hongxia also nodded.
Bi Chunliu raised her eyebrows and put down her backpack. "Well, now it's time to reveal the answer. So what is the result?" She stood with her hands on her hips. "That is - I am indeed pregnant."
Zhao Mei clapped her hands and said to Wang Hongxia, "I knew I was right. I felt I was pregnant." Then she asked, "How long has it been?"
"Yes." Bi Chunliu nodded.
"Chunliu, Sister Mei, Auntie, good morning!" Wang Xiaojun came in with a clattering footsteps. He put down his bag and picked up a thick clip on the table to fan himself, shouting, "Oh my God, the sun is so strong this morning! Will I be able to survive at noon?!"
Wang Hongxia hit her with a hammer and swung the cardboard in her hand at Wang Xiaojun. "What are you talking about so early in the morning? Aren't you hot running here?!"
Wang Xiaojun shrank his head after being hit, and said, "I know, I know."
"I'm going to wash my face. Chunliu, do you want to go?" Seeing Chunliu shaking her head, she slipped away by herself.
Wang Hongxia shook her head. "Look at this girl. How come she's still like this even after getting married? Her mother even asked me to talk her down and tell her to calm down. She's been trying to teach her for almost twenty years and hasn't been able to do it, so I'm even less likely to be able to teach her. Her father even said the other day that Xiaojun would be fine once she became a mother, but I think she'd still be so frivolous even if she became a mother."
Zhao Mei: "Well, what's the big deal? Every family has its own way of living. You are a mother and I am a mother too. We are not the same."
"That's true. Personality can't change so easily." Wang Hongxia put aside her niece's concerns and asked Bi Chunliu, who was sipping water, "Chunliu, who will take care of you during the confinement period after you give birth?"
Bi Chunliu was stunned and thought with a bitter face, hey, she forgot about this, no wonder she always felt that something was not done well, she thought the child’s crib was not prepared.
"I haven't thought about it yet... I'll discuss it with Xing Fei."
Zhao Mei also said, "You must take good care of yourself during the confinement period. Even if you don't hold the baby much during that month, you must take good care of yourself, otherwise you will suffer in the future."
Wang Hongxia also began to share her own experience. "What your sister Mei said is true. My mother-in-law also said that there are many things to pay attention to during pregnancy, not just the confinement period. It's okay for us to know now, but you can tell others after three months when the fetus is stable. Also, don't eat too much oily or sweet food when you are pregnant, otherwise the baby will be too big..."
Bi Chunliu carefully memorized the words of the two elders and sighed, "It's really not easy to get pregnant and give birth to a child..."
"Chunliu, someone is looking for you at the door." Wang Xiaojun came back, his lips looked red and moist.
Wang Hongxia glanced at her and said, "You're eating popsicles so early in the morning? Aren't you afraid of getting stomachache?" The three people present knew at a glance that Wang Xiaojun must have gone to the door to eat a popsicle before coming back.
Wang Xiaojun rolled his eyes, smiled, and said nothing, "Chunliu, go quickly. She seems to be your cousin."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Bi Chunliu wondered if it was Zhaodi who came. Li Laoer should have finished his medicine long ago. He wondered if the two of them came this time to get medicine or for something else.
"Sister!" Bi Zhaodi called Bi Chunliu and waved to her, while Li Laoer supported her from the side.
Bi Chunliu walked in and saw that Zhaodi was different from the two times she had seen her before. Although there was still not much flesh on her face, her complexion was not as sallow and had more color.
"I thought it must be you two. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Bi Zhaodi glanced at Bi Chunliu and smiled shyly, "Sister, I haven't had my period in more than ten days. My mother-in-law said I might be pregnant. The village doctor said he couldn't tell for sure, but it's likely I'm pregnant. My mother-in-law was worried for nothing and asked us to come to the hospital for a checkup. If I'm not pregnant, I can get some more medicine."
Bi Chunliu was counting the days in his mind. Li Laoer came to see a doctor and got medicine at the beginning of February in the lunar calendar. The doctor told him to take it for more than two months. Now it is the middle of May. It seems that Zhaodi and her husband are very eager to have a child.
"Wait a minute, then. I'll ask for leave."
"No, no, sister. You're at work, how can you keep asking for leave? We've both been there before. You don't need to be brave this time. We can go by ourselves. We came just to tell you and bring you something." Bi Zhaodi asked Li Laoer to squat down and showed Bi Chunliu the things in the backpack. "Laoer caught these two fish in the river yesterday. We kept them at home all night. They're not big. You can use them to make some vegetables. And these beans were grown by my mother-in-law. We gave them to you."
Bi Chunliu: "Okay, then you two stay for dinner. Xia He is at home on vacation. When you two leave the hospital, go back to the courtyard. I'll go home for lunch."
Bi Zhaodi quickly waved her hands, "No, no, my mother-in-law is probably waiting anxiously at home. Sister, since there are people at home, we will just send the things over first and not go to see my brother-in-law. You should take good care of him. My second son is still missing him at home."
"Really? I will definitely tell him." Bi Chunliu looked at Li Laoer with a suppressed smile. Li Laoer's face flushed red and he could not say anything even though he moved his mouth. He just hummed in a depressed tone.
"Okay, then you two can come to our house for dinner next time." Bi Chunliu thought it was really interesting. He didn't know what Xing Fei said to Li Laoer last time. It seemed like he treated him as a rare confidant, probably even closer than his own brother.
Bi Zhaodi and her husband left. Bi Chunliu watched them from the factory gate and heard Zhaodi say, "Why can't you tell me? You're always talking about your brother-in-law at home." Perhaps knowing she had no problems, Zhaodi felt more confident and less hesitant to speak. That's great!
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Bi Chunliu had to go back to the slum after work in the afternoon. While she was not inconvenienced, she wanted to collect things that might be needed in the future and wait for Xing Fei to take them home after work.
Turning the corner of the alley, she saw several people pushing a cart past. On the cart lay a woman, holding her stomach and moaning in pain. Bi Chunliu quickly stood aside against the wall. She saw clearly that it was Liu Qingqing.
Bi Chunliu leaned against the wall to catch his breath before returning to the slum.
Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang were chatting in the alley. Bi Chunliu greeted them and asked, "Aunt Liu, was that Liu Qingqing just now? Is she about to give birth?"
Aunt Zhang spoke first, "Yes, I came out of the Third Hospital and was about to go home to cook when I heard the Nie family seem to drop a basin with a bang. I called Lao Wang to check, and we saw that she had fallen to the ground. It was lucky that it was after get off work and there were many people around. Otherwise, it would have been really troublesome if it hadn't been for a few of us old people."
"Yes, this time it's all thanks to you."
Grandma Zhang also praised Aunt Zhang. Grandma Zhang didn't interact much with the people in the compound, and even less so since the Nie family's sons got married. Especially the eldest daughter-in-law, every time she saw her getting milk, she'd whisper about whether her children would have enough in the future. Last time, when Nie's second son couldn't be coaxed out of his father, she finally gave him a bowl of milk, which made her concerned.
Bi Chunliu clutched her clothes and asked, "Is Liu Qingqing okay?"
Aunt Liu: "It's okay, she gave birth on the due date. I asked her, and she said it wasn't a fall that caused bleeding, but a stomachache that prevented her from holding the basin."
"Oh, so that's it. I'm glad he's okay." Bi Chunliu didn't want Weiguo to repeat what happened in her previous life, but she also didn't want anyone else to take up the slack. She had told Qiuguo several times that they couldn't learn to ride a bike in the alley, and she had told Liu He and the others to let Xing Fei take them to the vacant lot in the old factory building after her and Liu He's summer vacation.
"Aunt Liu, Grandma Zhang, Aunt Wang...you guys continue chatting, I'm going home first." Bi Chunliu greeted them one by one.
Grandma Zhang stopped chatting and said, "I'll reply too."
Bi Chunliu went back to the Second Hospital with Grandma Zhang. Grandma Zhang asked her, "Chunliu, how have you been lately? Grandma sees that you are more relaxed now. You can tell you are in a good mood and smiling. That's how it should be!"
Bi Chunliu unconsciously touched her face. She looked in the mirror every day, and there wasn't much change, right? "Really? Maybe I'm relieved. Weiguo is studying culinary arts with all his heart, so I don't have to worry about him. Xiahe is also studying well, and Qiuguo is outspoken and cheerful, a happy person."
Grandma Zhang patted Bi Chunliu's hand and said, "It will get better and better. Would you like to come over to my place? An old friend from Sichuan sent me some ice jelly seeds, and I made some hand-rolled ice jelly today."
"Really? Grandma Zhang, you're amazing!!" Bi Chunliu was praising sincerely. Everyone was living their lives, but Grandma Zhang always lived differently from other old ladies and liked to explore new things.
Grandma Zhang gave Bi Chunliu a look of congratulation, without mentioning that she had tried twice to make it according to her old friend's recipe.
After enjoying a bowl of brown sugar ice jelly at Grandma Zhang's, Bi Chunliu finally returned to her own home to pack up, seeing that it was almost six o'clock. She had cleaned up the house with her younger siblings before the New Year, so she knew exactly where to put everything.
Before she finished packing, Bi Chunliu heard Xing Fei talking to someone in the courtyard. She went outside and saw Tong Yucheng from the Third Courtyard, Aunt Lei's nephew-in-law and Lei Xiuying's husband. Bi Chunliu returned to the house, ready to pack her things. This time, she found all of Weiguo, Xiahe, and Qiuguo's old clothes and took them with her. If they didn't want them anymore, she would cut up the ones suitable for diapers and use them as diapers.
It wasn't that she was worried in advance, but just looking at the current situation in their second courtyard, she knew it. Just the three children, Liuliu, Nie Niuniu, and Nie Xiangxi's son who occasionally stayed there, had hung diapers all over the clothesline in the second courtyard! They really could pee and poop!
"Chunliu, I'm late. Have you packed everything?" After Xing Fei finished talking to Tong Yucheng, he went into the house and called Bi Chunliu.
Bi Chunliu pointed at the things on the bed and said, "I found these. Wrap them up in that bag and take them away."
"Okay, sit down and rest for a while. Do you want some water? I'll go ask Grandma Zhang for some. If I had known I could pack so much, I should have let Hao Ren stay a little longer." Xing Fei muttered to Bi Chunliu while packing.
"No more drinking, let's finish cleaning up and go back early."
"Okay, then I'll hurry up." Xing Fei said as if he had installed an accelerator. Anyway, there was no need to stack them one by one, just put one system and one resistance in a pile and it would be done. "Let's go."
"……good."
This is too fast.
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