First update
In 1980, it was midsummer. The sun was scorching during the day, but perhaps because there were not so many tall buildings and the vegetation covered a large area, the nights were cool and the sky was full of stars.
Yesterday I received a call from Gao Jianguo, who happily announced the good news: "Baozhen has given birth, and you two have a godson."
"Congratulations." Gu Cheng's eyebrows twitched. Even though there was nothing to argue about in such matters, after this, his monkey boy lost a younger brother and gained an older brother. As a father, he couldn't be happy no matter how he thought about it.
It was obviously his daughter who entered her mother's belly first!
He was walking home in a white military uniform. It was already summer vacation. Some people went home, some were seconded on official business, and Gu Cheng would also go to some agency to help out at a meeting, or to study and visit during the day.
His wife's due date was approaching, and he didn't want to get involved and just wanted to stay at home with Qin Yao. Qin Yao, however, despised him as a "source of anxiety" and told him to go out and find something to do instead of having wild thoughts like he had prenatal syndrome.
"Captain Gu, I've had enough of you. Stop spreading rumors here every day. I've seen it all. It's my daughter. Why are you so worried?"
Qin Yao couldn't stand him. When a person was free, he would become very scary. His mind was in a mess. He would worry about this and that. He was worried that it was not a daughter but a son, and he was worried that his daughter would look like his uncle...
Moreover, as a father, he has crazy thoughts. One second he is thinking that his daughter will look like him or like Third Brother Qin and become a heroic woman. The next second he is thinking that his daughter is too beautiful. What if she gets bullied?
Even the people of Qi were not as worried about the weather as he was.
When Gu Cheng went home, he brought a big watermelon. There was always no shortage of watermelons in midsummer. Several middle-aged men were pushing carts at the door. The carts were covered with straw and loaded with dozens of watermelons, which they were selling on the street.
Their family eats one melon a day, and their two growing sons are both big eaters.
In the evening, Gu Cheng stopped playing football and went for a walk with Qin Yao, along with his two sons.
"Oh, your sister is moving again." Qin Yao held her belly. She was not pregnant with twins this time. From the physical feeling, it was much easier than with twins. But this monkey daughter was very noisy and lively. The pregnancy reaction this time was more serious than before. During the most uncomfortable days, she vomited all over the place and lost some weight.
Mingming looked up, he had no patience at all: "Why hasn't my sister come out yet?"
"I want to take my sister out to play."
Gu Cheng: "Okay, from now on, my sister will be in your care. If she cries, you have to comfort her."
Qin Yao couldn't bear it any longer, "Don't bully the child - hiss, I always feel a little uneasy, could it be that I'm going to give birth today?"
Gu Cheng smiled slightly: "It's just right for us to walk to the hospital."
"My dear daughter, come out quickly."
Qin Yao: “…”
After strolling around the hospital, they walked back. The couple did not live in the school staff dormitory these days, but rented a large house nearby. It was a small Western-style house built decades ago. The exterior had been renovated and repainted, and it was very beautiful. The house was also large, and they also hired a nanny and had already chosen a confinement nanny. They were just waiting for the baby to be born.
"It's over, Captain Gu, I don't feel good--" Before even entering the house, Qin Yao really felt that something was wrong.
Gu Cheng: "Are you kidding?"
"without--"
Gu Cheng rushed the patient to the hospital. When he got there, he sat on a chair, scratching his head with both hands. Mingming and his brother came running over, "Dad, the nurse said Mom gave birth!"
Gu Cheng's mouth twitched: "How can it be so fast? Don't recognize your mother randomly."
"Are Qin Yao's family members here?"
Nanny Xiao Li answered first: "Yes, yes, yes, over here."
"Congratulations, you've given birth to a daughter. The little one weighs 5.6 jin."
Not to mention Gu Cheng who was confused, Qin Yao who was in the delivery room was also very confused. It seemed that the baby was born just after she came in. There was no doubt that it was another ugly little red monkey.
Even though Qin Yao had already prepared herself mentally, she still felt very upset.
I knew newborn babies were ugly, but I never thought they would be this ugly, and look a lot like her!
His skin was as red as a cooked shrimp, his eyes were unusually large, especially the wrinkles between his eyelids, which were too obvious and made his facial features look very uncoordinated.
"She can't be an ugly daughter... No way? No way?" Qin Yao still had the energy to study her daughter's appearance after giving birth. She felt that the little monkey's facial features looked very pretty when viewed separately, but looked very weird when put together.
Inharmonious!
Back in the ward, the babysitter Xiao Li kept saying nice things: "Comrade Qin, to be honest, I have never seen such a beautiful baby. Your daughter is so beautiful!"
Qin Yao was skeptical: "Really beautiful?"
"It's so beautiful, isn't this beautiful?"
Gu Cheng and his two sons stood around with eager eyes. Three pairs of eyes looked as if they were stunned. The three of them were in sync, and none of them were ready to be brothers (fathers).
Mingming covered his mouth and laughed: "I am also a brother. She will be the youngest in our family from now on. She is so ugly, mom. If she can't get married in the future, I will support her."
Qin Yao pinched his little face: "You are such a smart kid, where did you learn this?"
Rarity: "Mom, my sister looks like you."
Qin Yao: “…”
"She will be a great beauty in the future! I will definitely not let outsiders marry my daughter easily." Comrade Gu already had the sinister face of a father-in-law as soon as he had a daughter.
Qin Yao patted his shoulder and said, "Go away, the three of you are dreaming. Let us take a break."
Although her little monkey girl failed in the early race, she was very lucky to become the little sister in the family. She not only has two biological brothers, but also a foster brother and a foster sister, and countless other cousins.
"Little monkey, why are you so rare?"
"What should mommy name you? Little Monkey from Mount Emei?"
The little monkey has not been given a real name yet, but has been given a nickname first, Meimei, Emei Mountain, Meimei... Xiao Meimei.
Qin Yao was so happy to have this little girl that her heart and eyes were filled with her, which made the three men in the family jealous.
Gu Cheng: "You only have your daughter in your eyes, but not me?"
Mingming repeated viciously: "And me?"
Rarity: "You can live without a brother, but you have to have me!"
…
Qin Yao: “…” You guys are so annoying.
*
Qin Yao came out of her double confinement. It was already autumn. The weather was not yet cool, but the fragrance of golden osmanthus was already in the air. Their magazine was revamped and a love story issue C was added, telling stories of infatuated men and resentful women.
After the opening up, educated youth returned to the city, farmers also went to work in the city, lovers separated, couples separated... I don't know how many stories of breakups and reunions have emerged in the past few years.
Everyone likes to watch this kind of thing.
Qin Yao was not worried about the sales of this C magazine, so she wrote two sweet short stories into it, both with happy endings. This was not popular in this era, but she didn't care. There were too many people writing about tragedies, and there was no need for her.
But what she didn't expect was that this C magazine became a huge hit, and what became popular was not the sweet little story she wrote, but two sad stories written under the pen name "A Plum Blossom".
This "A Plum Blossom in Snow" has been published every issue, and within three months, it has accumulated a group of loyal readers and is about to become the number one pillar of this magazine.
"A Snow Plum" is Jiang Meiye's pen name.
Faced with this result, she was dumbfounded.
"Mei Ye, many people like your stories. Look, these letters from readers are all written for you."
"Look, look, there are so many letters."
"Mei Ye, you are so amazing!"
Jiang Meiye was at a loss and couldn't believe it: "How could it be, I haven't even read much..."
"How could you like me when my writing is so bad?"
Jiang Meiye's writing style is average, but her story descriptions are extremely contagious, the characters in the story are vivid and lifelike, and the plot is bloody and tortuous, making readers laugh for the protagonist's laughter and feel sad for the protagonist's sadness.
No one with good writing skills can write stories as exciting as hers, and no one with exciting stories can write characters as contagious as hers. Jiang Meiye's articles are very popular, extremely popular. There is almost no young girl in her twenties who has not read her articles.
She became the first female author of hit romance novels in the 1980s and became famous overnight.
Qin Yao was happy to see this happen. She never thought that her unintentional action would lead her to discover a "little queen of romance".
But, poof——
There is something so funny in her article that anyone who knows Jiang Meiye can grasp some key information from her article.
Even when Gu Cheng saw it, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"This is really well written, wonderful and ingenious."
Jiang Meiye didn't expect her article to be popular, so she just submitted a manuscript tentatively, thinking that she was just lucky. A new magazine was published and there were not many authors, so she was lucky enough to be published and earn some royalties as pocket money...
However, after she became famous, everything was out of control. She earned over a thousand yuan in royalties every month and became rich overnight. She couldn't hide it anymore. Her short stories sold well and readers urged her to write a long novel.
Jiang Meiye had already written several novels, and when she published one of her novels, it became an extremely popular success.
"Qiao Jie, Editor-in-Chief Qin...please keep this a secret for me and don't let my family know."
…
But how can this be kept secret? Jiang Meiye herself couldn't keep a secret. The monthly royalties were so much, several times higher than her husband's salary. With more money in her hands, she didn't even notice that her cognition had changed.
A few dozen or a few hundred dollars became a small amount of money for her. She was no longer bound by money and became extremely confident.
Then, her manuscript was accidentally taken away by her children, and the news that she was "A Snow Plum" spread throughout the family quarters.
"Have you heard? Jiang Meiye is a snow plum."
"What?"
"You haven't seen this? Young girls know this."
"…I've seen it, I've seen it. No wonder it feels a little familiar to me."
"How could it not be familiar? This is so familiar!"
…
In almost every story written by Jiang Meiye, there is a "scumbag". These scumbags are scumbags in many ways, but they all have the shadow of Jiang Meiye's husband.
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