Xu Damao and Li Chu chatted until after nine o'clock. After Lou Xiao'e and Ding Qiunan returned from their walk, the couple went home.
"dad"
"Father Chu"
Just as Li Chu and Ding Qiunan were about to return to the central courtyard after seeing the couple off, Wen Hui and Yueyue came out of the house in the front yard.
"What's wrong?"
"Dad Chu, we have tomorrow off, how about we take another picture of this at home?"
Wang Yueyue raised the photo in her hand and said.
"What photo? Let me see it here." Li Chu smiled and reached out to take the photo.
Ding Qiunan also curiously came over to look at the photos.
The photo was taken on July 14, 1965, which means tomorrow will be exactly 20 years since the photo was taken.
In the photo, Li Chu and Ding Qiunan are standing in the courtyard in neat Type 65 military uniforms. He is holding Wen Hui, who was a little over two years old at the time, in one arm and Wang Yueyue, who was less than one year old, in the other. Li Wenxuan is lying on his back with his head sticking out. Because of the misalignment, it looks like his face is right next to Wang Yueyue's.
"Haha," Ding Qiunan laughed when she saw the photo.
Are you planning to work your father to death?
Indeed, twenty years ago, the three of them together weighed only a few dozen kilograms. How much do they weigh now?
Guang Wenxuan alone weighs 150 pounds, and if you include the two of them, they weigh over 350 pounds.
Twenty years ago, Li Chu was only thirty, in the prime of his life. Back then, he could easily have carried the three of them now. But now...
Ding Qiunan's words startled Wenhui and Yueyue.
Yes, they were so focused on making the photos interesting that they didn't consider the issue of weight.
Yueyue stuck out her tongue and said shyly, "Dad Chu, I forgot what our three weights are now, so let's not take the picture."
"Hey~ take a picture, of course we'll take one." Li Chu looked up and said, "We'll take one tomorrow, and your uncle will come over to help us take the picture, but..."
He hesitated for a moment and glanced at Wang Yueyue.
Back then, Yueyue was still little, so it didn't matter to him holding her, even during bath time. But now she's his daughter-in-law, so it's a bit inappropriate to hold her like that.
At this moment, Yueyue also realized what was going on. Her eyes darted around and she said, "Daddy Chu, how about this, I'll stand with Mommy Qiunan, and you can hold Sister Hui and Brother Xuan."
She happens to be heavily pregnant right now, so standing there is just fine for her.
“From now on, our family will take a picture every year on July 14th, so we can see how each year is different,” Wang Yueyue added.
"This is great! This is great!" Li Wenhui clapped her hands excitedly.
"The most obvious thing this year and next year is that our family will have more members."
"Yes, that's right," Ding Qiunan nodded. "Next year, our family will have two more members. If you're a little faster, we might even have three more."
The two people refer to the baby born in Yueyue and Wenhui's son-in-law, Shen Yi.
The family of three said that Wenhui got pregnant as soon as she got married, and then she would probably give birth in July next year.
"Mom, what are you saying?" Wenhui blushed, her cheeks turning bright red. After all, she wasn't married yet, and she still couldn't quite accept being teased like this by her mother.
Ding Qiunan and Wang Yueyue laughed heartily.
"Okay, let's do it like Yueyue suggested tomorrow, take the picture like that, and then every year on this day, our whole family will take one." Saying this, Li Chu turned his head and looked around, asking somewhat curiously, "Where's Wenxuan?"
"Dad, I'm here."
Li Wenxuan came out of the pharmacy on the side. Yueyue and Wenhui were chatting inside, so he came over here to study.
"We'll take this picture tomorrow, but Yueyue is heavily pregnant and it's inconvenient for me to hold her, so I'll hold you and your sister instead."
"Huh? Dad, I'm almost 160 pounds now, can you still carry me and my sister at the same time?" Li Wenxuan glanced at the photo and asked in surprise when he heard his father say that he could carry him and his sister at the same time.
"Don't worry, I could hug two of you at the same time and it wouldn't be a problem." As he said this, Li Chu even made a bodybuilding gesture.
"Don't try to be brave. Look at your age. Try it tomorrow. If it doesn't work, everyone can just stand up for the photo."
Ding Qiunan raised her hand and slapped her man's arm, scolding him playfully.
“How old am I? I’m only fifty, okay? I’m in my prime. I can do the revolutionary cause for at least another fifty years,” Li Chu shouted, sticking out his neck.
"Come on, who was it that said their eyes were getting blurry the other day?"
"My eyes are just a little blurry from reading for too long."
Hehe~
"Hey, what do you mean by 'hehe'?"
Watching their mother tease their father, the three children covered their mouths and stood aside, secretly laughing.
Even Liu Dazhuang, who had been standing at his door the whole time, kept twitching his lips.
He's only been here for less than a month, but he's growing to love the atmosphere at the director's house more and more.
"Alright, you three, stop having fun here. It's almost ten o'clock, go get some rest."
Ding Qiunan turned to the three of them and waved her hand, signaling them to go back to their rooms.
"Let's go, my good-looking strongman, it's time for us to go back inside."
"Hey, I've got a short temper, I'm going to get this straight with you today."
...
Watching her parents, who had been chattering all the way, disappear into the corridor, Li Wenhui and her two friends finally stopped covering their mouths and burst out laughing.
Liu Dazhuang also hurriedly retreated into his own room.
At night, after lying in bed.
“Honey, Xiao’e told me today that her mother has found a new master chef to cook Tan family cuisine.”
"Yes, Da Mao also told me that he found He Yuzhu seemed to be somewhat interested in Qin Huairu's proposal."
"He Yuzhu can't be that clueless, can he?"
"Actually, after Xu Damao left just now, I thought about it carefully. He Yuzhu probably wasn't moved by Qin Huairu's suggestion. He probably wanted to take this opportunity to get Damao."
"What do you mean?"
"I feel that he probably wanted Xu Damao to give him a raise, but he was too embarrassed to ask, so he took this opportunity to show off his importance."
Ding Qiunan sat up abruptly: "You mean he doesn't actually want to leave, he just wants Xu Damao to give him a raise?"
"Yes, I think so. Even if he lends money to Qin Huairu, he probably won't go into business with her. Putting aside everything else, he just can't get past Chunmei."
"Cui Chunmei, don't let your gentle appearance fool you, you're incredibly stubborn. If she knew He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu were running a restaurant together, she'd definitely take the children and leave immediately."
"Yes, you're right. I've met Chunmei many times, and that's just the kind of person she is—stubborn and inflexible."
"Alright, let's not worry about others anymore. Let's just live our own lives."
As he spoke, Li Chu pulled her into his arms.
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