After a few uneventful days, the weather became increasingly hotter and hotter. It was already the hottest days of summer, and the temperature outside was at least 38 or 39 degrees Celsius.
The temperature in the summer of the 1960s was not much different from that in later times. The biggest difference was in the winter.
In later times, the temperature in Beijing seldom dropped below minus 30 degrees Celsius. Most of the time, it was only about minus 20 degrees Celsius in winter. But in the 1960s, when the global temperature had not yet warmed up, let alone minus 30 degrees Celsius, there was even minus 40 degrees Celsius for more than a month.
It's really hard to live in this age without air conditioning.
After noon, the temperature dropped a little. In the courtyard of the quadrangle, each aunt brought a small stool and sat under the big locust tree to enjoy the cool air and chat.
"Ms. Jia Zhang, your family has been marrying a new daughter-in-law for over a month, why is there still no movement?"
The second aunt in the backyard is knitting a scarf with wool. Nowadays, in many families, men go to work and women take care of the children at home, but every woman who takes care of the children at home has a unique skill.
For example, Jia Zhang's makes shoes, the second aunt knits, the third aunt makes clothes by hand, and the first aunt also sews and mends, and they all have good skills.
"Hey, it's only been a few days, how can it be so fast?"
Jia Zhang was also sewing the soles of shoes. She said it nonchalantly, but she was still a little nervous in her heart.
It's been more than a month since we got married, so the usual movement should have happened.
In this era, there is no emphasis on protective measures. There is no family planning in this era, and the country even encourages people to have more children.
This also led to the fact that in this era, three or four children were considered a few for each family, and having ten or eight children was normal.
So, normally, after more than a month of marriage, those who are supposed to get pregnant should be pregnant.
"Mrs. Jia Zhang, Dongsheng seems to be very strong, so don't worry."
The third aunt smiled and said, "I have good news for everyone. My son Jie Cheng is getting married too. We will set up two tables in the yard and let's celebrate together."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the aunties sitting under the locust tree changed slightly.
They all lived in the same courtyard, and they knew the situation of the third uncle's family very well. They were a very stingy family.
When they hold a wedding, it's not like the Jia and Xu families, where they don't ask for gift money. They definitely require gifts.
But, who doesn’t have difficulties nowadays? It’s not easy to have enough food to eat, so how can we have money to give gifts?
Third Aunt didn't care about this matter. When his family held a wedding banquet, people in the courtyard had to come and give gifts. She and Third Uncle thought that they could probably make some money, at least they should be able to earn back Yu Li's betrothal money.
"Auntie, when will it be done?"
An old lady responded with a smile.
"It's August 28th, a good day for getting married. It's also Sunday, which is auspicious." The third aunt still had a smile on her face, not caring at all about the unhappy expression of the eldest aunt.
At this time, Jia Zhang was no longer in the mood to talk to them. She was still wondering why Qin Jingru's belly was still not moving.
She really hoped that Qin Jingru would give birth to a few more children so that the Jia family would have more people.
But, at this moment, she couldn't help but wonder, could Qin Jingru be infertile?
Jia Dongsheng plays games with Qin Jingru every night. As a mother, how could she not know? Logically speaking, if they play games so frequently, there should be some movement.
"No, I have to ask Dongsheng."
Thinking of this, she was no longer in the mood to continue chatting, so she put away her stool and went back to the house.
Qin Jingru did not go out today. She was at home supervising Banggeng's studies and helping Huaihua gain experience.
"Jingru, let me tell you something."
"What's wrong, Mom?" Qin Jingru was holding Huaihua and feeding her milk powder. She looked over curiously.
"Come, sit down and talk."
Jia Zhang pointed at the sofa and motioned her to come over.
"Mom, what's the matter?" Qin Jingru asked a little confusedly.
"Jingru, have you felt unwell recently?" Jia Zhang asked nervously.
"uncomfortable?"
Qin Jingru really didn't feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, she had been living a very comfortable life since she married into the Jia family.
She doesn't have to work in the fields, nor does she have to worry about going hungry. She only has one worry, which is that Brother Dongsheng is getting stronger and stronger, and he spends more and more time playing games. She really can't stand it anymore.
However, after trying to deal with it according to the method taught by my cousin Qin Huairu, I found that Jia Dongsheng had become even more ferocious and the method was completely ineffective.
This caused Qin Jingru to feel like she was about to break apart and she was a little scared, but she also thought about what Jia Dongsheng had told her: if she wanted to have a baby, she would have to play more games. What should she do? She was a little overwhelmed!
"Mom, I don't feel unwell." Qin Jingru responded in confusion.
"No nausea, vomiting, dizziness, or anything like that?"
Jia Zhang was still unwilling to give up and continued to ask.
"No."
Qin Jingru still couldn't understand what Jia Zhang meant and continued to shake her head.
"It's over."
Jia Zhang was heartbroken. Why was it so difficult for her second grandson to arrive?
"You've been with..."
Having said this, Jia Zhang stopped and did not ask any further questions, because she knew that the young couple was still busy recently and had not stopped.
But, you are so busy, why haven’t you gotten pregnant yet?
Jia Zhang couldn't figure it out, so she became withdrawn, ran back to her room and lay down.
Qin Jingru didn't understand what Jia Zhangshi meant. She asked without any context, which made her feel a little dizzy.
"Hey, this really makes me feel a little uncomfortable. I feel a little dizzy."
Qin Jingru didn't go into the house to talk, but went back to the house to lie down for a while, just in time to coax Huaihua to sleep and take a rest.
At around five o'clock, Jia Dongsheng got off work and asked Qin Huairu to go back first. He then ran around and returned to the yard.
When we came back, there was a big puffer fish in the car.
"Dongsheng, you bought such a big fish. It must be over 20 kilograms, right?"
Yan Fugui was washing the car when he looked up and saw a big fish. It made him very excited. He had been fishing for so many years but had never caught a fish weighing more than ten kilograms. Whenever he saw a big fish, he was very envious.
"Haha, I went to the market to buy vegetables and saw someone selling such a big fish. It's not easy to find one, so I bought it. Tonight I will stew the fish head, make fish tail soup, and steam the fish body. I will cook one fish three ways."
"Three ways to cook one fish?"
Yan Fugui's eyes almost popped out of his head, and he said with a distressed look on his face: "Dongsheng, you are so wasteful. Such a big fish, and you eat it all in one meal?"
In his eyes, if such a big fish were kept in the Yan family, it would probably take a week to eat, etc...
In their family, how could they eat such a big fish? They should sell it for money. It would be enough to make ten yuan. Wouldn’t it be nice to use the money to buy pork?
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