"Then I'll eat by myself." Han Rou didn't give in, and continued with a smile, "By the way, my brother called me a few days ago and said that when he's free in a few days, he'll come to the family compound to see me. Zheng Jingjing might have found out, so she asked my brother to bring something for her to bring to you. I told you in advance so you'd know."
Yun Qiao nodded: "Okay, I understand, thank you brother."
Han Rou smiled and said, "You're welcome. I'd appreciate it if you could chat with me when you have time. This is my first pregnancy, and I don't know anything. I'm really nervous, so I'd like to learn from you."
Yun Qiao didn't want to agree and declined politely: "This is my first pregnancy too. I haven't given birth yet and I don't have much experience. You should ask the sisters-in-law who have given birth to two or three children."
Han Rou seemed to not understand, but still smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a small talk. We can share our experiences of getting pregnant with each other."
Yun Qiao didn't want to pay attention to her, so he didn't respond. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yuan Jiahui, who lived next door, walking over, so he stood up and greeted Yuan Jiahui.
"Sister Hui, sit here."
Yuan Jiahui hadn't found a seat yet, and there happened to be an empty seat at Yun Qiao and the others' table, so Yuan Jiahui sat down. Yun Qiao naturally switched seats with He Tingjun and sat with Yuan Jiahui.
Han Rou is very good at observing people's expressions and has a sweet mouth. She takes the initiative to find topics to chat with and can strike up a conversation with anyone. She can become friends with people over the course of a meal.
Yun Qiaoquan ate quietly, and He Tingjun would pick up food for her no matter what she wanted to eat.
Han Rou praised Yun Qiao for his good taste with envy, and also praised He Tingjun for his gentleness and consideration, and asked Xiong Xiangzhong to learn from him.
Yun Qiao smiled and treated it as a live crosstalk.
A few days later, Han Shuo came to the family compound to visit Han Rou as expected, and brought the things that Zheng Yujing asked him to bring. When Yun Qiao came home at noon, he took Han Rou's lead and sent the things to her home.
A letter and a patchwork quilt.
Zheng Yujing wrote that she was thrilled to be the baby's godmother, but she didn't know what gifts to give her future goddaughter and godson. Later, she heard from an educated youth from Shandong Province that they had a custom of dressing children in patchwork clothes and making patchwork quilts. It was said that this would ensure the child was born safely and grew up healthy under the protection of all families. So she went door to door in the camp, contacted both male and female educated youth, and collected a hundred scraps of cloth. They cut them into the same size and made a small quilt.
It's just that her needlework isn't great; the stitches are too big, the seams aren't even, and the cotton isn't stuffed enough, making it look a bit thin. I hope Yun Qiao won't be disgusted. When she has money, she'll make a silver bracelet to ward off evil spirits for her future daughter or son.
It is not the price of a gift that matters, but the care and effort put into it by the giver.
Zheng Yujing was thoughtful, and Yun Qiao felt that the value of this patchwork quilt was the best gift she had ever received.
She was so happy that she didn't even want to feel disgusted.
"Han Zhiqing, wait a moment. I'll write a reply to Jing. Please take it back and give it to her for me."
Han Shuo nodded: "No problem."
Yun Qiao went back to the inner room to write a letter. Feng Juan came out to entertain Han Rou and Han Shuo on Yun Qiao's behalf: "Please sit down and have some tea."
Han Shuo and his sister were waiting outside. Yun Qiao did not take his time to express his feelings. He wrote quickly on a page of paper, writing a reply letter to Zheng Yujing. He put it into an envelope along with some food coupons and two employment certificates and sealed it.
The conditions at the company were not good, and Yun Qiao wanted to prepare something for Zheng Jing, but he was worried that it was not what she needed, so after thinking about it, he just stuffed the food coupons into her pocket.
Food coupons and employment coupons were essential anyway, and people always wanted them. Zheng Jing would use them if she could, and if she didn't, she could trade them for other things.
Yun Qiao finished writing the letter and came out. He handed it to Han Shuo along with a box of mung bean cakes and said politely, "Comrade Han, I'm sorry to bother you. Please have some cakes."
Han Shuo just took the letter and said, "It's just a small matter along the way. You don't have to be so polite."
"Let's go." After saying that, he stood up and took Han Rou away from Yun Qiao's house.
Yun Qiao walked him to the door and said, "Goodbye."
"Well, bye."
Coming out of Hutong No. 6 and onto the main road, Han Rou said with a bit of greed, "Qin Yunqiao gave you some cakes, why don't you want them? I saw the packaging, and it looks like mung bean cakes from the Tenth Regiment Food Factory. They cost 80 cents a pound, and you have to queue up at the store in front of the factory, so it's hard to buy them."
"A box of mung bean cakes. If you want to eat them, ask Xiong Xiangzhong to buy them for you. Don't think about other people's." Han Shuo said.
Han Rou said dissatisfiedly: "It's not me who is thinking about it. She wanted to give it to me. It's useless to refuse it. Besides, you helped her, so it's only right that you accept some compensation from her."
Han Shuo disagreed, saying, "That's not what I meant. I came to the family compound to see you as soon as I got here, and it wouldn't be a big deal to bring them a letter. I don't have the nerve to ask someone for 80 cents for such a small thing."
"Xiaoxiaoxiao, you help others selflessly, but I am the one who is thick-skinned, okay?" Han Rou snorted, getting angry.
Han Shuo was helpless: "Look at you, you're getting angry again while talking. You're already a mother, why are you still acting like a child?"
Han Rou: "If I want to, I'll play."
"..." Han Shuo was speechless. After a moment of silence, he said, "Whatever you want."
Han Shuo did not coax her like he did before, which was different from what Han Rou expected.
She turned around in surprise, only to find that Han Shuo's eyes were calm, looking at her as if he were looking at an ignorant child, as if to say, you are already married, you should not be willful anymore.
There was no longer the tolerance and doting he once had for her in his eyes.
It was over 30 degrees Celsius in the summer, and the scorching sun was scorching the earth, but Han Rou suddenly felt the blood in her body run cold.
Only then did she realize that since she had ignored advice and insisted on getting married, some things had already changed unconsciously in the nearly one year since her father and mother separated.
Her heart suddenly felt empty, as if she had lost the most important thing in her life.
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