Lu Huaijiao originally thought that since Gu Changzheng had been so diligent last night and they hadn't taken any precautions, she would probably have two more obedient daughters.
But to her surprise, she got her period two days later.
Lu Huaijiao had a stomachache and lay listlessly in bed. Sanbao stood pitifully by the bed, looking at her with tears in his eyes.
"Mommy, it doesn't hurt."
"I'll help Mom smother the diaper."
"I'll help Mom smother her too."
The three children are young, but they are very caring.
This distracted Lu Huaijiao, who was already feeling unwell due to stomach pain, from their sweet, childlike calls.
Lu Huaijiao smiled as she looked at the triplets who were as tall as the bed, and reached out to pat their heads.
"Mommy doesn't feel pain."
"Jiaojiao..."
He Meizhu pushed open the door and brought in a bowl of brown sugar ginger water from outside: "I just boiled some brown sugar ginger water. It's good for dispelling cold. Drinking some will make you feel better."
He Meizhu has no daughter, so she treats her daughter-in-law like her own daughter.
"Don't worry, I added a lot of brown sugar, so you can't smell the ginger anymore."
She was afraid that Lu Huaijiao wouldn't like ginger, so she gently coaxed her.
Brown sugar is still quite precious these days, and some women don't even get a taste of it during their postpartum period. But He Meizhu added a large handful to make brown sugar soup for Lu Huaijiao without feeling any remorse.
Lu Huaijiao sat up.
"Thank you, Mom."
"Don't be so polite. You've worked so hard. If the fourth brother were here, you wouldn't have to work so hard."
He Meizhu looked at Lu Huaijiao's pale face and felt extremely distressed.
"Mom, I'm fine, it just hurts a little bit."
Lu Huaijiao knew that He Meizhu was worried about her, so she smiled and comforted He Meizhu.
He Meizhu sighed and told Lu Huaijiao to lean against the pillow and drink the brown sugar water.
"You're lucky you have a good temper. If it were anyone else, they would have been climbing on the roof and tearing the tiles off by now."
In He Meizhu's eyes, Lu Huaijiao's personality was perfect in every way. You might say she was a little spoiled, but isn't that normal?
Growing up in the city, and being pampered by her grandmother, who wouldn't be spoiled?
If she came from a family like that, and had a delicate and pampered daughter like Lu Huaijiao, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she would spoil her daughter so much that she could pluck stars and the moon from the sky.
"I wonder where the fourth brother went? He told you, Jiaojiao, when he was coming back?"
"He said he'd be gone for a few days, and if anything else came up, he'd call Dad at the brigade headquarters." Gu Changzheng had gone out to earn money, and Lu Huaijiao suddenly seemed much more mature and sensible.
She's no longer spoiled and has become very understanding.
He Meizhu became more and more satisfied with what she saw.
Thinking about the troublesome wife of the second son next door, He Meizhu couldn't help but spit in her heart. How could she compare her Jiaojiao to Miao Yuan next door?
If Miao Yuan were even one-thousandth as good as Jiao Jiao, Gu Qingqing wouldn't have starved to such an extent.
They were all her own granddaughters, and He Meizhu felt extremely sorry for them.
However, considering that Gu Qingqing's biological parents didn't care, He Meizhu felt powerless to help.
After all, she has more than one or two grandsons.
If everyone were left to her to manage, then she and Lao Gu wouldn't have anything to eat.
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The Gu Changzheng that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking about was getting off the train and arriving in a southern coastal city.
He originally just wanted to do some small business in the city, reselling things to earn some extra money, but after wandering around the city twice, he found that there were few things and the variety was limited, even less than what they had seen in Shanghai two and a half years ago.
He immediately lost interest.
After thinking about it, he called Gu Changzheng and asked him to come to the city to meet him. The two of them boarded a train heading south to try their luck in a big coastal city for a while.
Gu Tiezhu trusted Gu Changzheng very much. When Gu Changzheng told him to come to a big city, he came.
After settling Huang Tingxiu and her daughter in, they took a ride to the city, where they arrived together in this coastal city.
"The Long March, is this what a big city is like?"
As soon as he got off the train and exited the train station, Gu Tiezhu was stunned by the bustling crowd in front of him.
There are so many people; it's much bigger than their city!
And I don’t know if it’s because this is a coastal city, but it seems like there are a lot more street vendors here than in their city.
They only secretly distributed land at the end of 1977, so how come they can openly sell their land everywhere here?
The difference is really big!
Gu Tiezhu was somewhat dazzled.
Gu Changzheng grunted in agreement, walked to a newsstand by the roadside, bought a newspaper and some melon seeds, and then casually chatted with the owner.
After talking for a while, Gu Changzheng came back.
"Brother Tiezhu, let's go find a place to stay."
"Okay, sure."
They didn't go far, but they didn't stay near the train station either. Instead, they walked to an area with many shops and found a small inn nearby where they stayed.
We need a double room, two people per room.
It saves costs and is relatively safe.
The receptionist looked at them and, confirming that they were indeed two men checking in, smiled and asked them if they would like any additional services.
Gu Tiezhu: "What kind of service?"
I'm a bit naive; this is the first time I've encountered this situation.
The waiter was smiling and about to speak when Gu Changzheng slammed his hand on the counter.
"What are you babbling about? Give me the keys."
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