Chapter 31 Pregnant
Qin Ju was stunned. "It's pretty good."
The old lady thought for a moment and hesitated to speak, "Pandi, go out first."
Qin Pan was reading a book, and the eldest sister was not happy, "Grandma just wants to ask whether the third sister is pregnant or not. I'm not a child, I already know it." In the past, grandma didn't ask every time the eldest sister came back to her parents' home. After hearing it many times, she knew what it meant.
The old lady glared at her fiercely, then turned to Qin Ju and smiled kindly, "Laidi, why do you feel like you haven't had your period for a long time?"
Qin Ju slapped his forehead, "It really is."
The most recent time seemed to be in Wulitun, where there were free herbs on the mountain. She had taken good care of her body in the past six months, and her period was very regular every month. She was concerned about the missed period this time, but she just thought it was due to endocrine disorders caused by the change in living environment, and she was busy adapting to the new job and the land reclamation, so she forgot about it.
Of course, the most important thing is that they have always been using contraception, even the first time they were not "reckless", they were completely under the premise of taking protective measures, without any exception, so Qin Jue did not think about pregnancy.
"Recently I've seen you complaining about stomach bloating and discomfort. I was also like that when I was pregnant with your father. Others were vomiting, but I didn't vomit at all. I just had a little stomach bloating, but my appetite was fine."
Qin Ji thought that his stomach bloating was caused by insufficient intake of green vegetables and poor digestion.
Thinking of this, she quickly took her own pulse, and the moment she switched her hands, she felt as if struck by lightning!
She has checked her pulse for so many years, so slippery pulse is not wrong. But, they are really using contraception! In the adult world, don't talk about safe periods. Not using contraception is preparing for pregnancy.
But who could tell her how it all happened?
Seeing that she looked unhappy, Qin Guihua was also anxious, "What's wrong?"
"Well, it's like a bead rolling on a plate. It's a bit slippery. I guess it's the case."
Qin Guihua's face lit up with joy. "Are you sure?"
Qin Ju nodded, but she didn't feel happy in her heart, "It should be correct." Putting aside her years of experience, she often took her own pulse and knew clearly what her normal pulse was like. With a reference, it was easy to detect changes.
"Oh my goodness, Goddess Guanyin bless me, Qin Guihua is going to have a big fat grandson!"
"Are you feeling unwell? How about going to a big hospital in the provincial capital for a checkup?"
"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
Qin Ju couldn't laugh, he just felt confused, "Grandma, you guys go to bed early, I'm going over."
"Okay, okay, have a good rest. Don't worry about clearing the land. If you can't plant this year, then plant next year. It doesn't matter if it's a year later. The most important thing is your stomach. You have to take good care of it. I see you've been very busy recently."
Qin Guihua sighed, "The young couple are workaholics. What will happen if they have a baby in the future? It will turn out to be what you said, a left-behind child."
Qin Ju took two quick steps to hide her inner panic. They had agreed that she would give Xiao He a few years to think about it. She was only less than 20 years old anyway, and now she was suddenly pregnant. What should she do?
Although she likes children and wants a child, she doesn't want to bring her into this world before her father has made up his mind.
This would be a great joyous event for any family, but in their family, it would become a marriage crisis.
In the evening, Xiao He came back and saw that she was restless. "What's wrong?"
Qin Ju said it was nothing, but she was panicking in her heart. She wanted the child, but she didn't want to give up Lao Hetou either.
"I have something I want to ask you."
Xiao He had just finished taking a shower and was holding a towel to dry her hair.
"What if I get pregnant? An unexpected pregnancy?"
"Impossible, there is no such accident." He remembered very clearly that there were protective measures every time.
"What if?"
Xiao He saw that she looked strange and didn't seem to be joking. He suddenly remembered that she didn't seem to have her period for more than a month. He noticed it at the time and thought that she was too young to start having sex and it was harmful to her body. Later, he restrained himself and said that he would take her to a big hospital for a comprehensive check-up after the New Year...
"Could it be that you are really pregnant?"
Qin Ju nodded, and placed his hands on his lower abdomen. "The pulse should be correct."
How should I describe Xiao He's expression? He was nervous, as if he was facing a formidable enemy, but he was definitely not surprised.
Qin Ju felt even worse. She held her belly which had not yet shown any signs of pregnancy and said, "I told you in advance that this must be caused by your condom not being safe enough. I will not have an abortion." The responsibility lies with you.
She had been waiting for this child for two lifetimes, and now that he was born, she wouldn't let him leave.
Xiao He thought seriously for a moment and said, "Definitely not." Xiao Zhang's wife in the workshop had just had an abortion a few days ago. Xiao Zhang had complained before, saying that she was pregnant even though she had used that thing. Their family already had three children and couldn't have any more, so they had to go to the hospital... He had seen Xiao Zhang's wife on the day she was discharged from the hospital. She was usually as strong as a bull, but her face was pale and her eyes were dull, as if all her energy had been drained away.
He would never forget that shaky feeling.
By the way, he also used the imported condoms given by Xiao Zhang. Could it be that...
As he was thinking, he suddenly took out a book and opened some pages. There were two "thin as cicada wings" things in the middle. They were exactly what Xiao Zhang gave him two months ago. At that time, he said they were imported goods. He had never used them and didn't know what kind of experience was good, so he was willing to use one that night and save the rest for later use. In the following few times, he didn't think of using them. He used the ones he got back from the health center. The domestic products are of excellent quality.
He tore one of them open with one hand. It was indeed very thin, made of latex. He pulled it with a little force, and it broke with a "rip" sound.
Take out another domestically produced one, issued by the company, and it won’t break even if you use the same amount of force.
It is obvious that this "as thin as a cicada's wing" thing is the cause of the disaster.
"I'm sorry, it was my mistake."
Qin Jue, however, had no mood to watch. She now had only one thought - what to do if her child would have a father in the future who did not love her and only left her behind out of humanitarianism?
"I hope our child can grow up in love. Even if you are not mentally prepared, you cannot show your displeasure, ignore her feelings, disregard her needs, and even more so, you cannot say anything nonsense that she is an accident and should not have come into this world."
The man was silent for a moment, then replied solemnly, "Okay."
"If you can't do this, I will divorce you." My child doesn't need a father who doesn't love her.
The man's silence means he doesn't agree.
But Qin Ju had already made up her mind. In the short half-minute walk back home, she put her husband who didn't want children behind her children. When that day really came, she would just die with the father and keep the son.
Anyway, he is just Xiao He now, not the old He who has been with her all her life.
I thought she would be too excited to sleep tonight, just like she had won the grand prize she had been waiting for for two lifetimes, but Qin Ju fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow, and even snored softly. On the contrary, the man beside him closed his eyes, and something was wrong in his heart. He opened his eyes, but a fat girl with a pigtail appeared on the dark ceiling, smiling at him.
It's really crazy, really crazy.
He was so obsessed that whenever Qin Jue turned over at night or her snoring became quieter, he would quickly get up to check on her.
Without her grandmother's nagging, Qin Jue became much more careful from the next day. She didn't lift or carry heavy objects, didn't stand on tiptoe or bend over, didn't eat or smell anything spicy, and even walked much slower. Before she found out she was pregnant, she didn't feel any pain or itching, but once she was sure, she always felt weak.
"Besides feeling weak, are you feeling any other discomfort?"
"I feel sleepy and there's always a feeling of something stuck in my chest."
"Are you feeling nauseous and want to vomit?" the man asked while helping her wash clothes. He remembered that Xiao Zhang's family seemed to feel nauseous and want to vomit when they were pregnant. He would go and ask them tomorrow what good food they had, and he would also get something for Comrade Xiao Qin.
"Not really. Actually, my appetite is still good. I just feel stuffy and blocked. Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you."
Of course, Qin Ju didn't think he cared about the child because he loved her, it was just his responsibility as a husband. This feeling was very subtle, like living together, he was only interested in her as a partner in food and bed, but knew very little about the "little gifts" that came with it.
*
Although it was certain that she was pregnant, Qin Ju did not stop her busy steps. In the next half month, the family area of 412 Factory was extremely lively, especially the Qin family. Qian Fusheng asked Qin Ju to be fully responsible for the reclamation of land and planting of medicinal herbs. She began to count the number of people who registered and then assigned tasks.
However, ideals are full of hope, but reality is very bleak. After several days of mobilization and statistics, only 10 families in the entire family area have signed up to participate in the reclamation action, which is only half of what she expected. This is the result of Li Yuhua's vigorous promotion. If she didn't help, the number would be even lower.
"Grandma, why do you think everyone is not active?" Qin Ju remembered that everyone was very active and proactive at the mobilization meeting, but why were there so few people who formally registered, and they were all old ladies, with not a single young person.
"What else can it be? It's just that the kid has never seen a big steamed bun. He insisted that the land was the poorest and it would be useless to cultivate it. Nothing can be grown. He also said that if we cultivated it with great effort, but the policy changed in the future and private plots were not allowed, wouldn't it be a waste of effort..."
Qin Ju thought that there had been a revolution here a few years ago, and many leaders and division commanders were demoted to the cowshed. Even such high-ranking leaders could withdraw at will, let alone ordinary soldiers and workers.
Although she knew that the situation would soon be resolved, she could not say that the reason why it was so peaceful here compared to the outside world was actually due to the nature of the work and because there were big leaders protecting her.
"Forget it. If they don't want to join, we won't force them. But if there are not many people, you will have to work harder."
"What are you afraid of? We have been through hard times. We have always had to farm. We farmers have the most secure jobs."
"Your mother Zhang and the others have said that they will definitely support your work. Although we are old, we are strong and healthy. As long as we have a piece of land, we can grow whatever vegetables you want to eat!"
*
With everyone's support, the next work was carried out more smoothly. The grouping plan that was originally prepared was no longer needed. After all, there were only 10 people and the total wasteland was 30 mu. Each person only had to take on 3 mu of the task. The plaster lines were used to mark out 10 long and thin runways, and everyone claimed one.
But this is just an average. As for who works more, who works less, who is not serious, and who works hard, Qin Ju gives everyone the democratic decision-making power, and someone records it every day. If more than half of the people think that the person is not working well, Qin Ju will distribute the acres on her head to others, so that the final share of private land will definitely be less.
Everyone wants more private land, so naturally everyone has to work hard.
In addition, Qin Ju did not specify which area was the private plot, saying that it would be decided by drawing lots in the end. Everyone was also afraid that the area they did not work hard on would be allocated to them, and they would be the ones who suffered the loss. Therefore, no matter which area they worked on, they were very serious.
Every morning, after finishing housework, everyone brings their own dry food and water bottles, and carries hoes and shovels to the wasteland. They go home to eat at noon because it is too hot. Some people even work in the morning and evening to complete the task as soon as possible because they are afraid of heatstroke during the day. The efficiency is very high at the end of the day!
This was started by Qin Guihua. When Qin Ju counted the data every day, she knew that other people could only open about one mu a day, but she could open one and a half to five mu. Although it was still far from the three or four mu per person per day of the military reclamation corps, those were soldiers who had been tested on the battlefield for a long time, and they were all the old, the weak, women and children!
The soil here is very different from that in their hometown. Not only is it hard, but it also has to be dug very deep and contains a lot of gravel. There are also many Haloxylon ammodendron and Tamarisk roots underground. After digging, it must not only be exposed to the sun, but also be carefully sifted with a sieve to remove weeds that will steal nutrients and gravel that is not conducive to crop growth. It is already very remarkable to be able to dig one acre a day.
Look, over the past few days, all the old ladies' hands have been covered with blisters, which are rubbed and peeled. In addition, the weather is dry, and their hands are severely cracked. Many people have advised them to stop working and just enjoy their lives at home.
But as the old ladies said, it's just sour grapes. Just when they were about to succeed, someone regretted it.
"Auntie Zhang and Auntie Qin, what are you trying to do? The land is so poor that you can't even grow wheat."
"Who said the wheat from the military camp next door can't grow? How come the wheat from the military camp next door can grow? They have even developed high-quality wheat varieties! I heard the yield is much higher than ours, and the yield is very high!"
Someone sneered, thinking that these old ladies were really stupid. If this land was really good, and if there was such a good thing in the regiment and the factory, why didn't the wives of the regiment commander, the political commissar, and the factory director come? It was these old ladies who had never seen the world and were fooled around!
Of course, there were those who disagreed and those who admired. Many young people went to see it twice and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to these ladies, saying, "Next time there is such an opportunity, we will come to help."
The ladies were immediately unhappy when they heard this. "Hey, young men, who are you looking down on? I was more capable than the donkeys in our production team back then."
Xiao Zhang waved his hands quickly, "No, no, I mean you guys should not tire yourself out. Just call us if you need help in the future."
The ladies all knew that they had a heavy production workload, and they wouldn't even let their own sons come to help, let alone take advantage of them. They waved their hands and said, "Come on, come on, just do your own work. We are old bones and can't sit idle."
*
When the land reclamation was in full swing, Qin Ju's belly was stable and no one noticed that she was pregnant until four months ago.
Fortunately, the baby was an angel. No matter how busy she was during the day, the baby was very quiet. Only when she felt depressed would she remember that she was pregnant. Qin Guihua was like a formidable enemy, forcing her to not eat this or that. In winter, supplies were scarce, and Qin felt that there was not much left for her to eat.
It is said that eating mutton will cause children to suffer from epilepsy.
Eating beef is said to cause mad cow disease.
It is said that eating rabbit will cause a cleft lip.
Qin Ju said seriously: "It seems that if I want to have a child, I can only eat the child, and it has to be a fat and white child."
Everyone: “…”
Qin Guihua: I was almost pissed off to death by her twisted theories.
However, after arguing her point, she at least ate two meals of lamb dumplings and one meal of spicy rabbit cubes, which was a small achievement.
This time, grandma was much more strict than before. She remembered the rule in her hometown that one cannot tell anyone about a pregnancy before the third month and when the fetus is not yet firmly established. So until the spring of 1975, only family members knew that Qin Jue was pregnant.
After entering March, the weather warmed up. People in Lenghe Town took off their heavy cotton clothes and started to wear sweaters. The young and strong guys simply wore shirts. Qin Ju's belly could no longer be hidden.
"Oh, Xiao Qin, is there it?" Li Yuhua patted Qin Ju's shoulder gently and smiled brightly.
"Um."
"How many months?"
"Six months soon."
"Oh, I can't tell. From behind, her figure looks like a young girl."
Qin Zhi smiled, regular exercise is beneficial, her body is firm and muscular, not to mention her weight, everyone thought she was only less than 100, but in fact she is almost 130, especially her waist and abdominal core strength is strong, so she should be able to have fewer abdominal muscle tears in the future. ?
Of course, she doesn't know it now, but sometimes willpower is vulnerable to physiological changes.
"Have you ever had morning sickness?"
Qin Ju shook her head, not knowing whether he was a lady or a boy, so she was not troubled much, except that she found the road a bit congested for a few days at the beginning. However, she enjoyed everything she ate in the past few months and could eat three bowls of rice in one meal!
"Do you like sour or spicy food?"
"I like them all." She likes all of them except the bitter ones.
As he was talking, Liu Baozhu also came out of the house, holding her personal leather bag in her armpit. A few years ago, Zhao Qingsong arranged a job for her as a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative in the town, which was considered a respectable job.
"I heard that Lai Di is pregnant? That's great news, congratulations."
Li Yuhua likes Qinji very much now. Of course, she praises her good physical condition. She was pregnant at almost six months old, but she still walks briskly in the medicinal field every day.
Liu Baozhu's face looked as "good-looking" as if a color palette had been overturned. In fact, she knew about Qin Jue's pregnancy last night. Zhao Qingsong mentioned it casually on the kang as gossip, saying that Xiao He was getting better and better at hiding things, as he took such a long time to reveal his family member's pregnancy.
How Liu Baozhu wished that she was the one who was pregnant.
In the past two years, she had been secretly seeing doctors many times and had taken a lot of Chinese and Western medicines, but she hadn't heard any response from the doctors, which made her feel very depressed.
Looking at Lai Di again, she found that she had consummated her marriage a year later than herself, and she had been pregnant ever since. She began to wonder: they are about the same age, and started their periods at about the same age, even their cycles are the same. How could the same land produce crops on one while leaving no grass on the other?
She had a bold suspicion in her mind: maybe it was a problem with the oxen.
Fortunately, Qin Ju didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise she would have to give him a thumbs up. There were not many people in this era who had this awareness. Even she had been trying hard to find the reasons in herself in her previous life.
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