"Ruoruo."
After a while, he called her again.
His voice was always very steady, but this time it was probably because he was suppressing it too much, so low that it was a bit unsettling.
At this moment, how he wished he could be by her side so that he could see her expression, hug her, and help her bear the sudden memories and the pain of remembering so many heavy past events... He had never felt so guilty and wanted to be by her side so badly. He had also never regretted so much, regretting that he restrained himself after seeing her for the first time and realizing that he felt something strange about her, and did not bring her under his protection, causing her to suffer so much grievance and hardship... Although this was not reasonable.
"Ruoruo, don't cry."
He could only say.
Her crying made his heart feel like a thousand-pound rock, making it hard for him to breathe.
But Su Ruo had already recovered a little.
The moment she heard him calling her, she couldn't hold back and all her emotions burst out.
But after crying, I calmed down.
After all, she is still a person who can always control her emotions...
Now she heard him coaxing her with such a voice...she could imagine his current state.
Then I thought about the special situation in the army, and now is a critical time. There must be some soldier monitoring the phone call... Oh, maybe tonight it will be reported that Deputy Commander Han’s wife is a crybaby. She started crying before she even spoke on the phone, and then she said something like "Do you dislike me because I cry?"...
Amitabha, what face does she have left?
She wiped her tears, sniffed, and said, "Well, it's okay. I, I just missed you. Oh, giving birth is really painful. I was in pain all night... Oh, Vietnam is just a small country. You will definitely finish this war quickly... Well, you said that you would have a long vacation after the war."
The mood changed too quickly.
Han Zecheng was stunned when he heard her sweet and coquettish voice.
Did he misunderstand just now?
"Ruoruo,"
He tried, "What did you say earlier about being calm and strong? Why did you say that I like you to be calm and strong?"
He was pretty sure he had never said anything during the time she lost her memory.
I've been through five years like that.
He just wanted to pamper her like a little girl, love her, and not want her to suffer any more. He didn't want her to endure everything by herself like before... But what he could do was very limited, and he was never by her side when she needed him the most.
Su Ruo hummed.
But I don't want to tell him about this at this time.
When she was under control of her emotions, she would never tell him such an important thing on the phone with other people listening.
She would have something very important to ask him by then...and it absolutely could not be done over the phone.
Her mind worked quickly, and she found a perfect excuse soon, saying, "Well, it was very painful when I gave birth to Nan Nan that day, and it seemed that some fragments flashed through my mind, and I heard you say that. You said that you were dating me because I was calm and strong, so even though it was painful to give birth, I still had to give birth to the child myself..."
......Even though the child is in my belly and I have to give birth to it whether I want to or not, I still have to say what I want to say.
"But I clearly remember that you didn't tell me that...so I was very angry and asked you that just now."
Han Zecheng: ...
The two talked for a long time. Although Su Ru was reluctant to hang up the phone, she also knew that he was in the army and in the wild, and he should be using the phone of the special communications office. If she talked to him for a while longer, it might be taking up public resources of the army. Even if the army gave her special care, it couldn't be too much.
So she was reluctant to leave and told him to be careful, and she hung up the phone after he came back.
After Han Zecheng hung up the phone, he looked at it in silence for a long time.
He didn't know how much Aruo remembered, but as long as he gave it a start, he believed that sooner or later she would remember everything.
He wasn't afraid that she would remember.
I just can't bear to do that.
At least he hoped he could be by her side when she remembered everything.
When Commander Xu came in and saw him like this, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Is everything okay at home? How's the girl?"
Han Zecheng had received a telegram before and he already knew that his baby was a girl.
"Everything is fine,"
Han Zecheng adjusted himself and said with a smile, "I heard my wife say that I look a lot like her... She also said that it's a good thing I look like her. If I looked like me, I would be so ugly that I would never get married."
He thought so too.
Commander Xu looked at Han Zecheng.
Isn’t the young man very handsome? How high is your wife’s expectation?
******
Nan Nan was born on December 22nd and had her full-moon ceremony on January 22nd.
In a few days it will be New Year’s Eve of 1979.
A lot of things happened during this period of time.
The government finally began to allow educated youth to return to the city, and during the Chinese New Year, a large number of educated youth began to return to the city.
He Zongxi also came back, but he did not transfer his household registration or anything like that. He just came back to celebrate the New Year... In fact, it doesn't matter whether he transfers back or not. He now travels between two places and has been at home most of the time during this period.
Su Ruo originally didn't want to hold a big full-moon ceremony.
Han Zecheng hasn't come back yet.
But everyone came to see her.
Han Hehuai's family, Yu Ling, and several of Su Ruo's roommates came over.
Fortunately, everyone’s schedules were staggered.
The Han family arrived early in the morning, while Yu Ling and the others arrived in the afternoon.
Let’s talk about the Han family.
Originally, Wen Qiaoyi tentatively asked whether to take Su Ruo to the Han family to spend the confinement period.
Aunt Jiang, the nanny at home, had taken care of Han Zehua's wife, Wu Mei, during her confinement after childbirth, so she has experience there.
However, Han Hehuai knew that Han Zecheng had asked Aunt Zhang and Aunt He to take care of his daughter-in-law. He didn't care about these empty things, so he just mentioned it to Su Ruo. After Su Ruo politely refused, he didn't say anything more. He just sent a lot of vegetable and meat coupons and various supplements that were not available on the market... Those were all taken out of his own subsidy.
It can be said that the things he had people send over were more than what Han Zehua's wife had given her when she was in confinement the year before... At that time, it was Wen Qiaoyi who took care of Han Zehua's wife during her childbirth and confinement, and he didn't pay much attention to it.
Fortunately, Wen Qiaoyi would not care about this matter. Instead, she was afraid that her daughter-in-law would be suspicious, so she would occasionally give her a word of advice.
After knowing Su Ruo's background, Wen Qiaoyi treated Su Ruo even better.
In addition to Han Hehuai and Wen Qiaoyi, Han Qinqin also came.
Han Qinqin was feeling awkward and still not in a good mood.
However, after Su Ruo learned about what happened to Li Yu last time and that Han Hehuai was able to rush over because of Han Qinqin's call, and that Han Qinqin scolded Li Yu for this matter, she began to have some better feelings towards her... Especially after she remembered so many things that happened in those five years, she realized that it was not easy to stick to what she believed was right.
Although it's Han Qinqin, she is confident.
She took the time to thank Han Qinqin when no one was around.
Han Qinqin looked a little awkward, and she just said stiffly, "I'm not doing this for you."
Su Ruo smiled and of course wouldn't argue with her.
Han Zehua and his wife Wu Mei also brought their daughter Han Hui.
Han Hui is now one and a half years old. She has just learned to walk and say a few words.
Although she couldn't call the child "sister", she could circle around the child's crib and call her "Nannan", then giggle and put the knitted doll in her hand into Nannan's hand.
Nan Nan initially
She looked at her curiously, and then Han Hui kept stuffing her with food. She got angry, her mouth pouted, and she burst into tears with a "wow".
Wu Mei hurriedly pulled Han Hui and said, "Sister is still young and her hands are not strong enough. If you want to give her something to play with, just put it aside."
Han Hui felt very aggrieved.
Su Ruo smiled and handed her a beautifully carved wooden doll and asked, "Do you like it?"
Han Hui nodded.
Su Ruo handed it to her, then smiled and said, "Look how good you are. You can talk now, you can play with things you like, you can say you want it or not, and you can tell mom you want to eat this or that. But your sister doesn't have the strength in her hands now. Even if she likes something and wants it, she doesn't have the strength to take it, so she cries when she's anxious. So if you want to play with her, either put it next to her, or just leave it like this...she'll be happy."
As she spoke, she took the little rag doll and shook it next to the crib. As expected, Nan Nan stopped crying and looked over at her.
Han Hui finally became happy and started to tease Nan Nan with a wooden doll in one hand and a rag doll in the other.
Wu Mei breathed a sigh of relief and said to Su Ruo, "Sister-in-law, when you have time, bring the children home to play more often. Huihui doesn't have any playmates, and everyone usually spoils her. I'm really worried that she will become more and more lonely."
Su Ruo smiled and said, "Well, I'll go over when I'm free, but your sister-in-law can also bring Huihui over to play. Aunt Zhang's snacks are the most delicious, Huihui will definitely like them."
Then he looked at Aunt Zhang, sighed, and said, "I've used Aunt Zhang's snacks as a favor again. Aunt Zhang is tired all day because of me, and I have to continue to recruit people... Aunt Zhang, then you will punish me by not giving me snacks for three days."
In the past, it was just because Wen Qiaoyi was Han Zecheng's stepmother and because of Han Qinqin's attitude, even though she didn't say it, she actually still rejected them in her heart.
But now I can accept it a little bit.
When Aunt Zhang heard this, she knocked on her door and said, "Listen, are you inviting people to be your guests or sending them away?"
She smiled at Wu Mei and said, "Just come over here, don't worry about her... We old ladies like to be lively, and we like little kids to come over and play."
Wu Mei naturally agreed with a smile and said, "Then we will come over to bother Aunt Zhang and Aunt He often."
Everyone stayed in Fangyuan Road and had lunch before leaving.
When they went back, everyone was very happy, except Han Qinqin who was unhappy.
After Wu Mei returned, she chatted with her mother-in-law in private and said, "Mom, when we were having dinner earlier, I saw that my sister seemed a little awkward with Aunt He's son He Zongxi... Do you think there is any possibility between the two of them? I heard from Zehua that He Zongxi is very capable. He was able to open a factory in the countryside despite his capitalist class status. Now that his class status has been changed, he can return to the city as an educated youth. The government is also returning the He family's properties in succession. He may have a bright future. I think he's quite good."
Wu Mei is not usually a nosy person.
But Wen Qiaoyi has a gentle personality and gets along well with her mother-in-law. She knows how much her mother-in-law and husband worry about her sister-in-law, so when she saw it today, she couldn't help but say a few more words.
In her opinion, apart from his poor family background, He Zongxi had very good conditions.
But it was precisely because of her poor family background that my sister-in-law was able to have this marriage.
As for my family, it was fine when my father-in-law was in office, but he is a selfless person and will not arrange anything for my family. Once he retires, even the house we live in may have to be returned to the government... By then, my family's situation will probably be only slightly better than that of ordinary people.
But my sister-in-law is very ambitious. If she wants to marry well, she has to put in some effort now.
Wen Qiaoyi was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you sure that Qinqin is a little special to him?"
She also thought He Zongxi's conditions were very good.
And the age is right too... It's not easy to find someone who is not married at this age and has good conditions.
However, she knew her daughter's personality very well, and she would not dare to match them up if she didn't have the intention.
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