After getting up the next morning, Wang Aiguo and his friends found several packets of candy beside the bed, all wrapped in oil paper. They counted them and there were exactly seven packets.
There is delicious food as soon as I wake up, and my bad mood disappears immediately.
Several children came to the kitchen skipping and dancing, each holding the candy they were given.
These candies were different from the ones their mother usually bought at the supply and marketing cooperative. They were brown in color and tasted sweet. They were also crispy and smooth to chew. They were something they had never eaten before.
"Mom, when did you buy this candy for us? We didn't even notice it, but it tastes pretty good." Wang Aimin said while eating the candy.
Huang Yuelan smiled and said, "I didn't buy it. Your father bought it for you."
"Mom, you're such a joke. How come I didn't know when my dad came back?"
After a pause, he continued, "Could it be that the package just arrived this morning?"
The children knew that their father was in the army and was not often at home, but he often sent them packages with good food. When they were young, he often sent them milk powder and malted milk. When they grew up a little, he sent back a lot of local specialties and nuts.
Therefore, the day they look forward to most every month is the day when their father sends the package by mail. They start looking forward to this day coming early since the first day of the new year. Whenever their father sends a package, they will eagerly open it and share all kinds of delicious snacks.
"Your father came back last night and bought you candies. He also gave each of you a red rope to protect your safety." After saying this, Huang Yuelan took out seven red ropes from her trouser pocket. Each red rope was woven with several threads and had a walnut beard in the middle.
It's eye-catching and beautiful.
Red-thread walnut beard is a very common item to ward off evil spirits, but they are not allowed to practice such feudal superstitions here, so few people carry it openly, and those who do carry it do so secretly.
Although Wang Jianguo was not superstitious, he still bought seven when he heard that the flowers could protect his children's safety. He also told Huang Yuelan not to let the children show off and to pick them in the summer.
"Dad is back! Where is Dad?" After learning that Dad had returned last night, the boys missed their dad very much. After saying that, they ran out of the kitchen and went to the side room.
"Mom, where is Dad? Why can't I see him? Did he go to work?" In order to find their father, the children first ran to the wing room, then ran outside the yard to look, but after searching for a while they still couldn't find their father, so they quickly ran to the kitchen to ask Huang Yuelan.
Huang Yuelan felt distressed when she saw the children looking for their father everywhere. Although the time they had spent with their father since they were young was less than half a year in total, they loved their father very much.
"Your father passed through our county town while on a mission. He came back last night and left before dawn this morning. He asked me to give this to you. Take it with you. It can bless your safety." Huang Yuelan said.
I learned that my father had passed away early in the morning. I came back with great difficulty but didn't even get to see him. I felt a little lost and regretful.
If they had known that their father would come back last night, they would have been willing to wait all night even without sleeping.
Now that father has passed away, there is nothing I can do but stretch out my hand and let mother tie the red string with walnut beard on my hand.
"Remember, you can't let others see this red rope. Otherwise, it will be considered feudal superstition. But your father loves you, so he brought it back for you." Huang Yuelan said as she tied it.
Although it was just a thin red string, the children had already deeply felt their father's love and they thought it was very beautiful.
From now on, even if their father is not around, as long as they see the red rope, it will be like seeing their father. They will feel warm and kind in their hearts, and filled with a sense of strength that allows them to move forward bravely.
Wang Jianguo thought carefully and not only bought red ropes for his five sons, he also asked for two big ones for his two brothers-in-law.
Although Huang Yueqiang and Wang Jianguo are older in generation, they are younger. When Huang Yuelan and Wang Jianguo got married, they were only five or six years old, so Wang Jianguo has always raised them as children.
Huang Yueqiang and Huang Yuehu also wore red ropes. They were very happy in their hearts and couldn't help but sigh: Brother-in-law is so nice. He even thinks about them. He is worthy of being a good brother-in-law.
"Mom, what kind of candy is this? It's so delicious. Please buy more for us in the future." Wang Aijun loves to eat food, and the inside is bulging.
Huang Yuelan: "This is chocolate. Our rural supply and marketing cooperatives don't sell it. The county supply and marketing cooperatives may not sell it either. Your father bought it for you in the big city."
"So this delicious thing is called chocolate?" Thinking that it was not available in the supply and marketing cooperative in their village and it was not easy to buy in the county town, the children suddenly became reluctant to eat it and prepared to save the rest and eat it slowly.
Snacks are rare for children nowadays, and foreign things like these are even rarer. Although there are food factories producing chocolate in China, the output is not large and few people can eat them, so they are afraid that they will be gone after eating them, so they are very thoughtful and save the leftovers, just eating one bite a day.
The days passed uneventfully, but half a month later, Huang Yuelan felt something was wrong. It had been three days past the scheduled date, but her period had not come yet. She had a vague premonition in her heart, but she was not sure.
After a week or so, her period still hadn't come. Huang Yuelan was 90% sure that she had gotten pregnant again.
This good fertility physique is really not exaggerated. She got pregnant again in just one night.
With the experience of the previous two births, Huang Yuelan was not panicked, but she doubted whether she would be able to handle it when the time came.
After all, taking care of five children is already enough for her to do. If there are a few more children, she will definitely be even busier than now.
However, despite being busy, Huang Yuelan loves children very much, especially her own child with Wang Jianguo, so she is willing to do it even if she is a little tired.
Although she had five children, Huang Yuelan always had a regret in her heart, that is, all five were little bastards and she didn't even have a little girl.
This is her third time giving birth. According to the probability, the chances of it being a girl this time should be very high.
It is not common to have five sons in a row. The most common is to have two or three in a row, with a daughter in between. So Huang Yuelan hoped with confidence that her third child would be a daughter. She would be satisfied with just one.
Just like last time, Huang Yuelan did not plan to tell Wang Jianguo about the fact that she was pregnant, so that he could stay in the army and pursue his career with peace of mind!
Only when he becomes a higher-ranking officer can he take the mother and son over. Then they can move away from this godforsaken place and no longer have to live in this shabby house.
If he knew that I was pregnant now, would he still be able to focus on his career? No!
Wang Jianguo knew that she was already a mother of five children. The youngest one had just learned to run and needed special care. If she had another child, she would be exhausted even if she had three heads and six arms. He would definitely be worried.
Besides, Huang Yuelan is not only prone to pregnancy, but also prone to multiple births. The first time she gave birth to triplets, the second time she gave birth to twins. There is no guarantee that the third time she will follow the decreasing pattern. It is possible that she will give birth to more than one baby.
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