Lu Xiao quickly held her hand and said, "Why are you being so polite to your parents? Sit down."
Hearing this, Lu's father and mother also quickly said the same thing.
Mother Lu put another piece of meat into Su Tang's bowl.
"Eat more. You look so skinny. Mom will have to nourish you when she comes."
"Raise our Tangtang to be plump and white."
After all, current medical conditions are still not as good as modern ones.
When your body is strong, it will be easier to give birth to a child.
Being too thin will bring you suffering.
When cleaning up the dishes after dinner, Lu's mother rushed to wash them, saying that Su's mother was tired enough taking care of Su Tang, so how could she touch cold water again.
Su Ma refused: "My mother-in-law has been on the train for so many days, how can I let you wash the dishes again? Besides, I am in good health."
The two of them pushed and shoved at the kitchen door for a long time, and finally Dad Lu said sullenly, "Let the young ones wash, and we old ones can rest."
Lu Xiao and Su Tang smiled at each other and silently carried the dishes into the kitchen.
It’s just washing dishes, it won’t tire her out. Besides, it’s basically Lu Xiao who does the work.
This is the price he pays for loving his wife.
At night, Su Tang was lying in bed, and she told Lu Xiao how nice it was to have a complete family now.
This was what she had been looking forward to the most, and she didn't expect it to come true here.
Lu Xiao rubbed her legs and smiled without saying a word.
However, when there are more people, there will be more conflicts, especially when there are two different classes.
That morning, Lu's mother and Su's mother had a quarrel over food and drink.
Lu's mother said that people in the countryside have to drink millet porridge with brown sugar, but Su's mother insisted on following the diet of the hospital nutritionist, saying that eating too much brown sugar is not good for you.
The two men spoke in low voices, but neither of them was willing to give in and was very stubborn.
"Are you listening?"
Su Tang stood at the door and poked Lu Xiao's arm: "It seems like our mothers are competing with each other."
Lu Xiao hugged her in his arms: "It's normal. My mother has always believed in old principles, and your mother is a meticulous person."
"Let's not get involved."
As they were talking, the two stopped talking, and it seemed that they had temporarily called a truce.
But something happened on the morning of the third day.
Su Tang smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen before she woke up.
Mother Lu was squatting in front of the stove stirring the millet porridge in the casserole. A thick layer of rice oil floated on the yellow porridge.
Su Ma stood by with a manual in her hand.
"Look, mother-in-law, the book says to control sugar intake. You can't add brown sugar to this porridge."
Mother Lu added a piece of firewood to the stove: "When I was pregnant with Lu Xiao, I ate brown sugar millet porridge every meal. Look how strong he is."
Su Ma turned to a certain page and pointed it out to her.
"Nowadays, we emphasize scientific parenting. Look at what's written here..."
The two of them talked back and forth, and their voices gradually became louder.
As Su Tang walked to the kitchen door, he saw Lu Ma suddenly stand up.
"mom."
Su Tang leaned against the door frame and whispered, "The porridge smells so good. I'm hungry just by smelling it."
Mother Lu immediately put on a smile and said, "Hurry up and sit down. I'll serve you a bowl. No sugar, just two red dates, okay?"
When I heard what Lu Ma said, I knew she had listened to what Su Ma said.
So Su Ma softened her tone: "Adding some red dates is good, it can replenish blood."
At this time, Lu Xiao came in from outside, holding breakfast from the cafeteria.
"Moms, try this. The buns in our cafeteria are so delicious."
"Actually, we're all doing this for the good of the children, so let's figure it out slowly."
After hearing what Lu Xiao said, the two of them didn't say anything more.
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Tang, as if trying to take credit.
Su Tang said silently, "Okay."
However, his method of stopping the war is really good.
That afternoon, Mother Lu found the flowered cloth she had brought with her and sat on a small stool in the yard to sew shoe soles.
Su Ma came over with a basin of freshly picked vegetables to pick. Seeing the shiny thimble she used, she couldn't help but praise her, "Your mother-in-law's craftsmanship is truly exquisite. The stitches are even more even than those made by a machine."
Mother Lu raised her chin proudly and said, "Wait for me to make a pair of tiger-head shoes for my grandson. I guarantee they will look better than the ones you buy in the store."
Su Ma smiled and said, "I went to the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday and saw some baby shoes with soft plastic soles. They're not afraid of getting pricked."
Mother Lu paused with the needle in her hand. "How can plastic be as breathable as cloth? Children's skin is so delicate, we can't be careless."
Su Tang was reading in the room. When he heard this, he quickly came out to smooth things over: "We do both. Tiger-head shoes for daytime wear and plastic shoes for going out. Our children have everything."
She didn't want to start another argument.
Su Ma and Lu Ma smiled at each other and said, "This child is afraid that we will quarrel again."
"Then what's there to argue about? We'll just listen to whoever is right."
Mother Lu said indifferently.
Su Tang breathed a sigh of relief, moved a small stool and sat between the two of them, picked up a vegetable and helped pick it.
Lu Ma sews the soles of shoes very quickly and skillfully.
"As for making clothes, cotton is the most comfortable."
She suddenly spoke, threading the thread in her hand through the layers of cloth: "I have prepared several pieces of fine cotton cloth for the child, all spun by the best weavers in the village."
Su Ma continued to move her hands: "I asked someone to bring some Dacron from Shanghai. I heard that this material is easy to care for and doesn't get dirty easily."
Mother Lu curled her lips and said, "How can that slippery material be as skin-friendly as cotton? The child will definitely be uncomfortable wearing it."
"This is all the rage in the city now. It's light and crisp."
Su Ma argued with reason, and the green leaves in her hand were pinched neatly.
Su Tang quickly interrupted: "Moms, why don't we make two sets of clothes for our children to change into? One made of cotton for wearing next to the body, and one made of Dacron for going out. Both are good."
Being able to smooth things over is a science, and Lu Xiao is good at it.
As he was speaking, Lu Xiao came in from outside carrying a wooden box with some mud on it.
"Dad cut down a peach tree in the back mountain and said he would make a cradle for the baby."
He put the box on the table in the yard.
"I asked a carpenter to plane it, and you can see the pattern."
Mother Lu immediately put down her shoe soles and moved over, rubbing her fingers over the surface of the wood: "This peach wood is good, it can ward off evil spirits."
Su Ma also came over to examine it carefully: "It would be nice to wrap it with a silver border."
Mother Lu's eyes lit up. "Silver trim? That must cost a lot of money, right?"
"For the sake of the children, spending a little money is nothing."
"We'll each pay half, and consider it a gift from grandparents to the child."
This time, Mother Lu didn't object. "That's great! I'll go find the old man and discuss what pattern to carve."
As he said that, he rushed to the backyard.
Mother Su looked at her back, shook her head helplessly, and turned to Su Tang: "Look at your mother-in-law, she is still so impatient."
Su Tang took her arm and said, "Mom, my mother-in-law is also doing this for the good of the child."
"I know. It's just that the old theory and the new theory are always in conflict. Let's slowly work them together."
Lu Xiao took out a piece of cloth from the house and spread it on the stone table: "Mom, you guys take a rest, I'll polish this wood."
Su Tang moved a small stool and sat next to him, looking at his focused profile, feeling warm in her heart.
Although there may be occasional minor frictions, the whole family is on the side of the children, which is good.
Life is full of noise and bustle.
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