Chapter 73
It was the height of summer in June, and the heat was unbearable. Normal people would sweat after standing outside for a few minutes, not to mention giving birth in such hot weather, which was simply torture.
Gu Chunmei was having her first child, and the baby was big, so it took her most of the day to give birth. Xu's mother was anxious and kept begging for help in the corridor of the hospital. Gu Chunmei was screaming in pain in the delivery room, and Xu Xiangqian was sweating coldly. He couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to rush into the delivery room.
Xu's father and mother quickly grabbed their son, "What is this child doing so recklessly? There are doctors and nurses in the delivery room, why are you causing trouble?"
Xu Xiangqian tried to calm down and walked back and forth in the corridor, making people feel annoyed.
Xu's father didn't say anything to him. When the kid was born, he looked like this
. In the blink of an eye, the bastard has become a father.
As the sound of a baby crying rang out in the delivery room, the family stood up excitedly, "It's born, it's born." Xu
Xiangqian lay at the door of the delivery room, "Why doesn't he come out yet?"
Just as Xu's mother wanted to go over and pull her son over to tell him to calm down and not be so embarrassing, the nurse in the factory room appeared holding the cleaned baby.
"Congratulations, congratulations, mother and child are safe, and a fat boy of 6.32 kg was born."
Oh, 6.32 kg, this child is really a fat boy.
Xu's mother kept saying that Chunmei was suffering, but when she saw the fat boy in the nurse's arms, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She held the boy in her arms and looked at him lovingly with Xu's father.
"My eldest grandson, I'm your grandmother."
"I'm your grandfather."
"This child is fair-skinned, with delicate features, just like Chunmei. He will be a handsome boy in the future."
"Yes, yes."
"Nurse, how is my daughter-in-law?"
"Of course, nurse, is my daughter-in-law okay?"
"Auntie, my daughter-in-law is resting in the delivery room. She is not seriously ill, but just too tired."
"Okay, that's good."
Mother Xu was even happier now, and she competed with Father Xu to hold her eldest grandson. Xu Xiangqian went into the delivery room to see that Chunmei was sleeping soundly, and he fetched some water to wipe her face. Father and Mother Xu held their grandson to see their daughter-in-law. Big Head Brother also wanted to go over to see his son, but when he looked over, he saw that his mother was wrinkled, just like a little old man.
"This is my son, why is he so ugly?"
Big Head Brother asked with his soul.
The newborn baby seemed to understand that his father disliked him, and he started to cry loudly.
While coaxing him, Xu's mother slapped Big Head Brother on the head, and Xu's father also slapped him angrily.
"You bastard, I told you to talk nonsense. How can a father be like this?"
"That's right, you bastard deserves a beating!"
Big Head Brother held his head and cried, then ran into the delivery room to guard his wife in shame.
*
The news that Gu Chunmei had given birth safely spread to the countryside, and the Gu family was also very happy.
Zhang Cuilan picked a basket of cucumbers and tomatoes, picked a dozen eggs, and carried a can of milk powder given by her daughter-in-law. Together with Gu Mancang, they happily went to the city to see their grandson.
Outside the window, cuckoos are calling. The wheat in the mountains is ripe. Gujiaao is covered with golden wheat waves. The wheat harvest is coming. Every household in the village is sharpening sickles in the yard to prepare to cut the wheat.
The Gu family does not need to join the double-gun war. Dongzi, a brat, is so obsessed with business that he went to the popsicle factory in the town to wholesale 100 popsicles and followed the vendors to sell popsicles from town to town.
In this day and age, the wholesale and retail price difference of a popsicle is less than one cent, and the purchase price of 100 popsicles is only one yuan. The brat sold a popsicle for three cents. In the hot summer, no matter whether it is the elderly or children at home, they are all uncomfortable with the heat. It is worthwhile to spend money to sell a popsicle for three cents in exchange for a half-hour of coolness.
Dongzi is also good at speaking. He learned from his sister-in-law that he would call the old lady "Auntie" and the old man "Uncle". In less than half a day, all 100 popsicles were sold out. After deducting the cost and the errand fee, he made a net profit of one yuan and seventy or eighty cents a day, and he could make 40 to 50 yuan a month.
This is much more than working in the factory.
This kid can make money, and he is also good at spending money. Every day he goes to the freezer factory to wholesale popsicles, and in the morning he must go to the state-owned hotel to buy meat cakes. At noon, he must bring back a few bottles of Beibingyang soda and put them in the well to cool down.
Zhang Cuilan couldn't help but complain when she saw it. Her old son spent money lavishly.
He ate meat cakes as soon as he arrived in town. Even if he had money in his pocket, he couldn't be so wasteful. Gu Shidong's words went in one ear and out the other. He was a spendthrift just by eating meat cakes. He even bought cloth from his eldest nephew.
However, he didn't dare to tell his mother about this, so he secretly came back to show it to Lin Yao.
That day, Zhang Cuilan was sorting the cabbages in the vegetable garden. The amaranth, tomatoes, beans, and leeks were growing lushly in the garden. If she didn't clean up the vegetables, they would be eaten by the old hens.
The sun was shining brightly outside. Because of the baby in her belly, Lin Yao was heavy and had to lie in bed most of the day. Her feet were numb.
It was good that Gu Shi'an was at home at night and could massage her arms and legs.
Deputy Director Gu was not at home, so Lin Yao took a nap at home. When she woke up, her neck was covered with sweat and her body was sticky. She wiped it with the towel twice, but Lin was like a big-bellied frog. She wanted to roll on the bed but couldn't move.
Lin Yao patted the baby in her belly, and was unwilling to leave the unloading days, so she got out of bed and wanted to drink some water.
Gu Shidong, with a gloomy face, ran into the house with a sack on his back.
"Sister-in-law, I bought something for my nephew."
Lin Yao said with a smile, "What did you buy?"
Gu Shidong put the sack on the ground, which looked bulging and heavy.
Maybe it was wild fruits picked from the back mountain or something.
Lin Yao guessed secretly.
Gu Shidong's little black hands rummaged in the sack, and first took out a handkerchief bag used by an old lady. Lin Yao knew that it was filled with the little piggy bank earned by the young man.
"This is not it."
Gu Shidong put the handkerchief bag on the ground and continued to dig out. He took out a bag of candy, a water bottle, two melons, several bottles of soda... a mess. In the end, he took out two pieces of cotton cloth of different colors and two pairs of baby sandals.
Lin Yao: ???
Her eyes widened. Did the brat rob the supply and marketing cooperative?
Gu Shidong didn't know what his sister-in-law was thinking, otherwise he would definitely jump up and say that his sister-in-law had wronged him.
The brat folded up the empty burlap bags, put them back on his back, and grinned at his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, I met a beautiful sister on the way back. She was dressed very fashionably. She was from the next commune. Her family had two pieces of good cloth and two pairs of small shoes. They were useless, so I went to the pigeon market. I thought they were good, so I paid for them. I gave one to my younger nephew and one to my older nephew. How nice."
The child's words were very convincing.
Lin Yao looked at the two pieces of cotton cloth, then looked to the right at Gu Shidong. The child looked up at him, just like the junior high school students in the back mountain, with clear stupidity in his eyes.
The brat also blinked to show that what he said was true.
"Sister-in-law, don't disbelieve me. Actually, I also wanted to go to the Dove Market, and I met that big sister on the way. Hey, this is fate. Two pieces of cotton cloth cost ten yuan, two pairs of sandals cost three yuan, I really made a profit."
The brat said it lightly, and Lin Yao was stunned.
It took a long time to come to his senses. The Dove Market is the black market. The boy really wanted to go to the black market!
What kind of place is the black market!
The town is a place where all kinds of people gather. Everyone there is a shrewd person who eats people without leaving bones. Dongzi is considered smart among his peers. If an eleven-year-old brat goes there, he will not only fall into the mouth of a wolf, but also be sold to others and help them lose money!
She knew that Dongzi was a fearless kid, just like a donkey that refused to obey orders. It was useless to educate such a kid with sticks. It was useless to whip him every day. The more he was beaten, the more rebellious he became.
If someone says he won't grind the millstone, then he won't grind the millstone.
The brat in front of him didn't get beaten enough.
Lin Yao was furious, but she still had a smiling face. She tried to persuade the brat: "You are lucky. The things you bought are quite affordable."
The brat was very proud.
"Look, what's the point of your sister-in-law going to school? Isn't it enough to make money?"
Lin Yao continued, "There are also a pair of sisters in our village. One is called Jinhua and the other is called Yinhua. Jinhua is smart and Yinhua is average. Yes, Jinhua is as smart as you. Jinhua doesn't like to study and wants to do business. How to do business? She has no capital in her hands. She met a peddler who sells things on a shoulder pole and followed her to do business. Business, at the beginning, they really made some money. Jinhua dressed up in fancy clothes every day. Yinhua advised her sister to be down-to-earth and not to speculate in small businesses. Jinhua sneered at her sister for being a wooden brain. What's the point of studying hard? It's better than eating and drinking well..."
Gu Shidong's eyelids jumped. Speculation, his sister-in-law wouldn't know that he went to the pigeon market to learn how to make money.
Seeing his sister-in-law looking at him meaningfully, the brat asked cautiously, "Well, what happened later?"
Seeing that the brat had thoughts of taking the crooked path at such a young age, Lin Yao said coldly, "Later, Jinhua was caught by the inspection team for speculation and profiteering. The peddler pushed all the responsibility onto her and she was sent to labor reform, where she became a half-human, half-ghost. Yinhua was diligent and willing to learn, and went to a normal secondary school, and became a teacher."
"What?"
Gu Shidong was shocked instantly. It was just speculation and profiteering, how could she be sent to labor reform?
Half-human, half-ghost, he was only eleven years old, and he didn't want to go to labor reform to do hard labor! Digging the ground and digging ditches every day, eating cornstarch and pickled vegetables, he was as tired as a dog, and couldn't even crawl back crying.
The brat was tired of selling popsicles after a few days. He gave up selling popsicles because he didn't make enough money. He wanted to go to the Pigeon Market to show off his skills.
After hearing what his sister-in-law said, the little flame that had just expanded in his heart was instantly extinguished.
The brat cried and promised his sister-in-law that he would stay away from the Pigeon Market in the future, and begged his sister-in-law not to tell his mother about it.
He wanted to study hard and make progress every day!
Lin Yao tried hard to think. The brat was crying so hard that he almost convulsed. Then he put on a gratified expression of "the child is teachable". He touched the brat's head, and in fact, he was laughing so hard in his heart.
Gu Shidong had no idea that his sister-in-law's lies were all just talk to get him back on the right path.
Gu Shidong was so frightened that he even quit his job as a wholesaler of popsicles.
In fact, this job was not going to last long.
There were only a few families in Zhenshang Village, and most of the popsicles were bought by Shuangqiang in the past. Now that Shuangqiang in the countryside was coming to an end, the bad boy's business was also over.
Moreover, the two pieces of cloth that Gu Shidong brought back were not fine and soft cotton cloth at all, but work cloth.
The kid was young and didn't know the goods, so he was fooled by others.
In the evening, when Gu Shian came home from work, Lin Yao was fiddling with two pieces of labor cloth. This kind of labor cloth was not suitable for making clothes for a baby, so she planned to make a sacred shirt for each man in the family.
Lin Yao could make the clothes for Deputy Director Gu and Dongzi herself.
As for Gu Mancang, Comrade Cuilan would be responsible.
Speaking of which, Gu Shian had not been home for two days. The day before yesterday, a robbery occurred at the county train station. An elderly couple who were visiting relatives were robbed by several thugs. The eldest of the couple was elderly. The train station attendant came to help, but was chased and beaten by two of the thugs. He was stabbed and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment...
After the incident, the thugs roamed around and committed several crimes along the way.
The police officers of the county police station tracked the suspects along the road. After a day and a night, they found several thugs on a coal train to the provincial capital. In order to avoid being caught, they hid in the cargo box of the coal train.
These thugs were desperate criminals. They had been on the road for many years and committed many crimes. Once they were caught, they would not be able to escape the fate of eating peanuts.
They would die anyway. The thugs were stubborn and would take someone with them even if they died. The chances of being caught were extremely dangerous. One of the thugs took a train loader hostage. Gu Shian pulled the trigger without hesitation and hit the thug on the arm. The police officers rushed over and pinned down the thugs.
As soon as the thugs were caught, Gu Shian rushed home without stopping. He had not slept for a day and a night. The corners of his eyes were dark and his handsome face was obviously tired. He returned home and spoke to Lin Yao with his eyelids propped up.
Gu Shian took the kettle and poured water. He wanted to ask his brother to wash his face, but no one answered after calling him several times.
Lin Yao went back to the room and saw that the man was so tired that he didn't even cover himself with a quilt. He just lay quietly on the bed and fell asleep wrapped in clothes. Gu Shian really didn't eat well in the past two days. He was tanned and rough, with deep and cold facial features and some hard stubble on his chin.
Lin Yao's heart softened, and she couldn't help but sigh. She spread out the towel blanket and covered him with it. The towel blanket had a familiar fragrance. Gu Shi'an's nerves, which had been tense for many days, completely relaxed, and he slept soundly.
When he woke up, the sky outside the window was already full of stars. The window in the house was open, and the evening breeze brought in the unique wheat fragrance of Gujiaao.
In the kitchen, Lin Yao cooked a pot of crucian carp soup. Bubbles were bubbling in the pot, and the milky white fish soup was drooling.
"Sister-in-law, it smells so good."
Gu Shidong licked his lower lip like a puppy.
Daju was also turning around.
"Don't be greedy, there's a big pot of fish soup for you to drink."
Lin Yao called Dongzi to set the table. A pot of porridge with dried sweet potatoes and brown rice, a sieve with egg custard, and some sour bamboo shoots fried with red peppers were ready for dinner.
Gu Shian's mouth curled up slightly, and he was about to walk over to help.
As soon as Lin Yao saw him, she said unhappily, "What are you standing there for? There is water for washing your face in the house. Wash your face and hands first, and change your clothes. You are like a big fool. You don't even know how to do these things, and you still need people to remind you. You are so old, but you are really going backwards. If I had known you were a big fool, I wouldn't have thought of being so stupid..."
Lin Yao kept on talking and complaining, but Deputy Director Gu was very happy in his heart. He listened to whatever his wife said.
*
At the end of June, with the bumper harvest of summer grain this year, the major factories in Yunshui County that had been shut down for several months finally started working.
Because Lin Yao's due date was in July, the two of them finished breakfast that day and started packing their luggage and furniture, preparing to move back to the big compound.
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