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Yu Xiaoye was thinking about all sorts of things while holding the needle and thread, and was distracted the whole time.
At night, Sai Jinhua and others left, and the family finally began to prepare to rest.
Yu Xiaoye took Cuihua to wash and settled her in Yu Erye's room.
Yu Erye moved into the two rooms to the west and slept on the large kang in the outer room, which served as the living room and the place where the family ate.
Yu Xiaoye slept in the inner room with his parents, but in fact he returned to his own space to sleep.
It was already a bit cold at night. Before going to bed, I lit a fire in the kang holes in the rooms on both sides to heat up the kangs. This way I could be warmer at night and get rid of the moisture.
Late at night, Yu Jiahui was lying in bed when he heard his silly son's steady snoring from the outside. He asked Xu Ying beside him in a low voice:
"Hey, honey, when is the wedding date?"
Xu Ying was still sewing under the lamp with her clothes on. She answered without looking up:
"What date? I'll book it whenever it's convenient. I've asked around, and they're not so particular here. I'll book it whenever I have my clothes and blankets ready."
Yu Jiahui lay there, his eyes rolling, and said:
"If you ask me, you should ask Cuihua about the wedding date."
"Why ask her? What does she know?"
Seeing that his wife still didn't understand what he meant, Yu Jiahui got a little anxious and simply said:
"Of course you have to ask her. You have to ask her if it's convenient for you on your wedding night."
Xu Ying still didn't understand:
"What's the inconvenience?"
Yu Jiahui was really anxious, and he sat up from the bed and said:
"Why don't you understand? I mean, on your wedding night, just imagine, a newlywed couple, if something happens to cause discomfort to the woman, how annoying it would be."
"..."Xu Ying paused the needle and thread in her hand, and suddenly understood.
She raised her eyelids and looked at Yu Jiahui. She suddenly became angry and raised her voice:
"Oh my god, I thought you were talking in riddles for a long time, but now you're talking about this——"
"Shh, keep your voice down!"
"Keep your voice down! You're embarrassed, aren't you? As an old man, is this something you should be concerned about? What old man in the world cares about when his daughter-in-law has her period?"
"Keep your voice down! Are you afraid people won't hear you?"
Xu Ying finally stopped talking, but still stared at Yu Jiahui.
Yu Jiahui moved his butt, got closer and said:
"Listen to me, I'm thinking about my silly second child. I'm afraid they'll have some inconveniences during their wedding. That would be so frustrating. And since they don't know anything about hygiene, if they mess around, it's not healthy, right?"
"Oh my, your son and daughter-in-law are having their wedding night, and you, as their father, are so worried."
"No, this is something you, as an old woman, should worry about. I only reminded you because I saw you didn't realize it."
Xu Ying sighed:
"If this happened in the 20th century, every kid would know this. They might even know more than us. But in the 1970s, when we were so isolated and backward, we had to worry about even this."
"I reminded you anyway."
After Yu Jiahui explained what he meant, he lay down again.
Xu Ying lowered her head and continued to sew:
"Okay, I'll ask Cuihua secretly tomorrow, and try to avoid an inconvenient day."
Xu Ying suddenly thought of something and asked in a low voice:
"Well, what do you think? Should we educate them about family planning? For example, if they don't want to have children so early, let them take some precautions."
"Don't worry about it, just let it go."
"What if they have two children in three years and four in five years? Then I will have to help take care of the grandchildren. Wouldn't I be exhausted to death?" Xu Ying felt a chill in his heart when he thought of this.
Yu Jiahui said firmly:
"No! He doesn't care if he has two children in three years or six in five years. He can raise his own children and we can split up the family! That's enough for him."
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, and help him take care of the children, he is so beautiful, what a waste! "
Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief:
"It just so happens that I don't want to take care of a grandchild either. I'm exhausted just taking care of our Xiao Ye. I've used up all my energy and patience on her alone. I don't want to take care of a child again in this life."
Speaking of Xiao Ye, Yu Jiahui suddenly sighed with a heavy heart. Glancing at his wife who still knew nothing, Yu Jiahui wanted to say something.
But I don’t know where to start.
There are some things that were unintentionally concealed at the beginning, but later on the concealment became bigger and bigger, and now I don’t know where to start when I want to say it.
"Go to sleep. Don't stay up all that time. Your eyes are getting damaged."
Xu Ying sewed the last few stitches, finally put down her needle and thread, tidied up, and got into bed.
The next day, Yu Jiahui drove a horse-drawn carriage to the field office.
Before leaving, Yu Erye was taken with him, with the intention of letting him adapt to the site first so that he could be assigned work as soon as possible.
Work cannot be arranged casually. It is best to arrange the work when the opportunity arises and let it go naturally. This will make it seem more logical. Otherwise, Yu Jiahui, a small militia chief, does not have that much power to assign someone to someone casually.
Once the father and son left, only Xu Ying, her daughter, and her daughter-in-law were left at home.
Cuihua is very hardworking. She gets up early in the morning and is busy feeding the chickens, boiling water, cooking, washing the pots and dishes, and taking the initiative to do the laundry, sharing a lot of housework with Xu Ying.
Xu Ying made time to make clothes and bedding.
Yu Xiaoye also helped with needlework.
Not long after, Cuihua finished her housework in the yard and came over to help.
Xu Ying looked at Cuihua, then at her daughter, and deliberately sent her away.
Yu Xiaoye saw that his mother seemed to have something to say to Cuihua, something that was not convenient to say in front of her, so he walked away and found a place where no one was around to answer her.
Busy in space.
Not long after Yu Xiaoye left, Xu Ying pretended to casually ask Cuihua when her period would come.
Cuihua didn't know why her mother-in-law asked her this, and said it would take about eleven or twelve days.
After hearing this, Xu Ying said "oh" and stopped talking.
Cuihua didn't know why her mother-in-law asked her this, but she didn't dare to ask too much, so she had to suppress her curiosity.
It was not until the three of them finished lunch that Yu Xiaoye saw that the weather was good, so he found some shampoo and boiled water for Cuihua to wash her hair.
After Cuihua washed her hair, Yu Xiaoye helped her dry her hair from behind. She couldn't help but ask Yu Xiaoye:
"Xiao Ye, Mom asked me this morning when my period would come. Why did she ask me this? Is there any significance to it?"
"No—why would my mom ask you that?"
"I don't know either. I didn't dare ask."
Yu Xiaoye was just about to say, "Why don't I go and find out for you?", but suddenly a light bulb went off in his head and he inexplicably thought of something.
Then Yu Xiaoye understood why his mother asked this.
Things were not as open at that time as they were in the 21st century. In the 21st century, many couples had already slept together before getting married, and some even lived together for several years before officially getting married, so whether or not they would encounter their period on the wedding night was not so important.
But in the 1970s, most young men and women had little contact before marriage, and some had never even met each other a few times. They only became husband and wife after marriage, so the wedding night was particularly important.
Xu Ying asked about Cuihua's menstrual period, probably because she wanted to avoid getting married on that day to avoid her menstrual period.
I have to say that this mother-in-law really does her best.
But—wait, why did I understand it so quickly?!
Why couldn't Cuihua, who was one or two years older than her, guess what was going on, but she knew what was going on as soon as she heard it?
Oh no, I'm so dirty!
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