Chapter 170 New Year: Thank you for your hard work this year
The next morning, Lu Mingchuan got up and washed Qiuqiu's diaper first, then came in to call Su Heng.
Therefore, when Su Heng opened her eyes in the morning, Qiuqiu looked soft, fragrant and clean. She hugged her and kissed her twice before getting up.
There were still icicles hanging under the eaves. Lu Mingchuan went to get clothes for Su Heng, and also brought the red cotton-padded jacket that Wen Shu had made for Qiuqiu in advance.
Lu Mingchuan stood in front of the kang and braided Su Heng's hair, while she sat down and put on Qiuqiu's cotton jacket. Qiuqiu was sensible and didn't move.
The family of three happily welcomes the new year.
Of course, we didn’t forget about Zhaocai. It got a new scarf just like last year.
Qiuqiu pointed at Zhaocai and smiled happily, and Zhaocai meowed twice softly at his little master in a low voice.
"Okay, two little guys, be good, we are going to get busy."
Su Heng surrounded the crib with a few chairs, and Zhaocai squatted at the door, and Qiuqiu's attention was attracted at this time.
Even though her parents went out, she didn't cry, but just waved her hands to attract wealth.
Su Heng was in charge of cooking, so Lu Mingchuan came in to check on him from time to time.
They had a simple breakfast to save space for the reunion dinner at noon.
This year's main dish is pheasant stewed with chestnuts, and the other dishes are similar, including braised crucian carp, mapo tofu, winter melon and pork ribs soup, steamed yellow rice cake, and pumpkin and lotus seed soup.
Plus two plates of dumplings, one plate each of pork and shrimp.
When the dumplings were put into the pot, Lu Mingchuan went to the gate of the courtyard to set off firecrackers. Su Heng stood at the door of the main hall holding Qiuqiu, and Zhaocai also squatted behind them.
When the crackling sound rang out, Qiuqiu did not feel scared in her mother's warm embrace, but instead babbled excitedly.
Su Heng couldn't help but say to Lu Mingchuan who came in: "Look at him, he looks like a brave man."
"You are worthy of being my son."
"You're so arrogant! I hope Qiuqiu doesn't follow your example in the future. Otherwise, how will I find a partner?"
Lu Mingchuan said nonchalantly, "He'll never find someone as good as my wife anyway."
Su Heng was immediately coaxed into smiling and carried her son into the bedroom.
Lu Mingchuan brought the food to the table and, as usual, paid tribute to his relatives first.
Su Heng did not carry Qiuqiu out. There is a saying that children's souls are unstable before the age of two, and they are easily frightened by seeing unknown things.
It is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not.
This kind of ceremony is just to give Lu Mingchuan a way to vent his longing for his deceased relatives.
She held Qiuqiu in her arms and waited quietly for Lu Mingchuan to pour the last cup of tea.
The tea poured on the corner of the table represents that the departed relatives have returned home to visit him. After drinking this cup of tea, they will leave again.
But with his wife and son by his side, Lu Mingchuan's heartache had long been healed.
The man is gone, and he has already started a new life.
He turned and went into the house to call Su Heng to eat, saying, "Let me hold Qiuqiu. Do you want to give him some pumpkin puree?"
"Well, then you hold it and I'll do it for him."
The pumpkin soup was specially prepared for Qiuqiu. The stewed soft pumpkin was put into a small bamboo bowl, mashed into a paste with a spoon, and fed to him after it cooled down. He ate it very happily.
When he saw Su Heng and the others eating before, he would imitate them and make "ahhh" sounds with his mouth, which made them laugh.
After feeding him a little, he lay obediently in the cradle beside him when he was full, watching Su Heng and the others eat without making any noise.
Su Heng picked up a glass of honey water and said to Lu Mingchuan, "Come on, let's have a toast to celebrate becoming parents this year."
Lu Mingchuan also picked up the small glass of wine, clinked it with hers with a smile, and said, "Thank you for your hard work this year."
“It’s all hard work, next year will be even better!”
"Well, it's definitely better."
Qiuqiu also joined in and made an "Eaah" sound.
This caused the two of them to burst into laughter.
The food on the table was still steaming. Su Heng smelled the overbearing aroma of the stewed pheasant and said quickly, "Let's eat!"
The taste of pheasant is different from that of domestic chicken, with a unique flavor of birds.
Su Heng even bought some sweet potato flour specifically for these pheasants. Afraid that she wouldn't be able to finish it at noon, she saved some and planned to add it to chicken soup in the evening.
After all, there are only two of us, so the portion of each dish is relatively small.
Although you can heat up the food for a second meal if you can’t finish it, the taste will not be as good as the first meal.
After a leisurely lunch, the two of them moved the remaining dumpling filling into the house, one rolled out the dumpling wrappers while the other made the dumplings.
Qiuqiu watched them busying around like a curious baby.
When the two of them teased him occasionally, he would laugh happily and rarely cry.
Since Qiuqiu was around this year, the two of them didn't stay up all night. They coaxed him to sleep and went to bed early.
When I opened my eyes again, it was officially 1978.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is February 7th.
It was not even noon yet, but Song Wan, Chen Xiang, and Luo Yan came over one after another to wish each other a happy new year, as if they had made an appointment.
I also prepared a red envelope for Qiuqiu.
Su Heng couldn't help laughing. What a good thing! I should have made more friends earlier.
"Qiuqiu, hurry up and thank the aunts."
"Aiya!"
Qiuqiu grinned as she grabbed the red envelope. I don’t know if she was smiling because she saw the pretty aunt or because of the red envelope.
Chen Xiang: "He actually thanked me. Did he understand what I said?"
"How can it be that early? He is less than six months old."
"Time flies so fast when you look at it this way. From the time you became pregnant with Qiuqiu to the time she was born, it seemed like just the blink of an eye." Luo Yan couldn't help but sigh.
Su Heng pretended to be profound: "Time flies by like an arrow, day and night, so we should cherish the present moment."
Chen Xiang picked up Qiuqiu, covered her ears with her hands, and muttered softly, "Your mother has started chanting again. We can't listen to her. Don't imitate her in the future."
"Hey, what kind of wrong ideas are you instilling in my son?"
The room was noisy and suddenly became lively.
Cheng Yi also went over to tease Qiuqiu and couldn't help but say to Song Wan, "This kid isn't shy at all. He's so cute."
Song Wan glanced at him, then whispered, "My period hasn't come this month."
"What?" Cheng Yi was stunned.
Then he reacted and exclaimed, "No way!"
Song Wan quickly grabbed him and said, "I don't know yet. I can't get it out right now."
Taking the pulse for less than a month and using the current level of examinations cannot detect anything.
But Cheng Yi felt that it was almost certain, because they couldn't help but indulge themselves after the exam a while ago.
The attention of the people over there was also drawn and they all looked over.
Su Heng couldn't help but use his special ability to check Song Wan's abdomen, and found that there was indeed a breath of new life, but it was barely audible, so it should not be too early.
Cheng Yi was happy but then became worried: "But the results are coming out soon. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for me to go to school in the future."
I should have known not to indulge myself earlier.
Song Wan was very rational. She shook her head and said, "It won't affect her too much. If she is pregnant, she will be born in early October. The heaviest period will coincide with summer vacation, so her studies won't be affected for too long."
Song Wan had a clear plan for her future career and she applied to all medical schools.
If you don't have a child now, you will be busy with studies after your freshman year, and you will have even less time after graduation.
After listening to her plan, Su Heng and others couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
Thinking about how she had been living like an emperor since she became pregnant, Su Heng couldn't help but look back at Lu Mingchuan and chuckled.
Lu Mingchuan stroked her hair gently and gave her a gentle smile.
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