Fan Hua has been very busy these past few days. She has to finish the drawings for the picture book, rehearse, think about how to decorate the photo studio, and prepare a first birthday gift for Yuanxiao and his sister.
Fan Youcheng came every day to help build walls and dig ditches. Since moving to the textile factory dormitory building, he came earlier and left later every day, and ate three meals a day in the staff quarters.
Zhao Yilu would also help Fan Youcheng after they arrived at the camp. After a few days of hard work, they finally completed the construction of the toilet and washroom on the 13th day of the first lunar month.
That afternoon, when Zhao Xiaoyan and Zhang Jihong came over for the final rehearsal, Zhao Xiaoyan couldn't help but be jealous again: "Sister Fan, you are so particular. Apart from the chief's family, your family is the only one in our family compound that has built a toilet. You said we are all neighbors, so why not just go to your house when I go to the toilet in the future? It's much closer than going to the public toilet!"
During the rehearsals these few days, Fan Hua and Zhao Xiaoyan had a lot of quarrels. It was really that Zhao Xiaoyan always wanted to find fault with her. At the beginning, Fan Hua took it easy and responded with a smile and a polite tone every time. Later, after so many times, Fan Hua no longer showed any mercy and started to argue with her!
So Fan Hua said directly: "Okay, you can come if you can help to clean the manure regularly in the future!"
Zhao Xiaoyan's face immediately darkened, "Why are you so stingy? You just went to the toilet and asked me to help you clean it!"
"Sister Zhao, what should I do with the extra feces you bring to my house? Doesn't someone have to take them out? If you want to accuse me of being stingy, then why don't you build one yourself and I go to your house to use the toilet every day?"
"How can that be possible!" Zhao Xiaoyan blurted out.
Fan Hua spread her hands, "Sister Zhao, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you!"
Zhang Weihong saw that the two of them were about to quarrel again and hurriedly persuaded them, "Alright, we're going to perform on stage tomorrow, stop arguing, let's practice twice more, don't embarrass our first battalion's wives!"
Upon hearing this, Fan Hua and Zhao Xiaoyan immediately changed their expressions and acted like a loving couple.
They have reached a consensus in the past two days, that is, no matter how much they quarrel in private, they still have to put aside their personal grudges and perform well during rehearsals. After all, someone is waiting to laugh at them!
The three of them rehearsed again, and only after they felt there were no problems did Zhao Xiaoyan and Zhang Jihong leave.
That night, Fan Hua took a comfortable bath in the newly built bathroom. She also found a large basin and filled it with hot water and asked Zhao Yilu to help wash the two children.
With Zhao Yilu's help, giving the babies a bath went particularly smoothly this time. He was very strong and dragged the children with one hand while pouring water with the other. He hardly needed Fan Hua's help and he quickly gave the two children a bath.
Tomorrow, Yuanxiao brother and sister will be one year old. Because the army will hold a Lantern Festival party in the afternoon, Fan Hua plans to hold a one-year-old ceremony for the two children in the morning and also entertain a few friends in Guangzhou.
After washing the children and coaxing them to sleep, Fan Hua and Zhao Yilu used the light of incandescent lamps to decorate the one-year-old background wall for the two children in the living room.
Fan Hua first asked Zhao Yilu to hang a burgundy velvet cloth on the wall, and then hung festive lion dance patterns and fan patterns drawn on sketch cardboard on the velvet cloth, and in the middle hung the words "Happy 1st birthday of Yuan Yuan Xiao Xiao", and under the name hung a colorful cartoon portrait of two children leaning against each other, which looked very warm!
A festive red silk cloth was spread under the velvet cloth, and various items for the one-year-old celebration were placed on top, waiting for the two children to come tomorrow.
After the two of them decorated it like this, the wall instantly became festive.
Tomorrow is the first time that the two children will use years to count their ages. Although conditions are limited in this era, Fan Hua still wants to try her best to give them the best and let the two children grow up in a loving environment.
Of course, Fan Hua plans to take these background arrangements directly to Fan Youcheng's photo studio after Yuanxiao and his sister have used them, and then use them as background walls for children who come to take photos when they are 100 days old or one year old.
After all, in this era, the only photos of children left from their infancy may be their 100-day or one-year-old photos.
After arranging everything, Fan Hua lay down on the bed satisfied but tired. When Zhao Yilu finished taking a shower and returned to the room, Fan Hua had already fallen asleep.
Zhao Yilu helplessly hugged his sweet and soft wife and kissed her. They had been too busy these days and hadn't done any work for several days. He wanted to take advantage of today's bath to have a good time together, but his wife fell asleep again.
He sighed helplessly. What could he do? He had to hold it in. He felt sorry for his wife seeing how tired she was. How could he bear to wake her up?
However, the unique fragrance of Fan Hua always lingered in his nostrils, making it really difficult for him not to be distracted.
So Zhao Yilu had to go back to his old method. He hugged Fan Hua and silently sang "Yellow River Cantata" dozens of times in his heart. Only then did he suppress the anger in his heart.
After a good night's sleep, Zhao Yilu got up early the next morning and went to the kitchen to busy himself.
Today is the Lantern Festival and the army has a day off. Zhao Yilu will be the chef today and will cook personally to entertain relatives and friends who come to attend the Lantern Festival brother and sister's first birthday party.
Originally, Fan Hua wanted to eat at a state-owned restaurant, as she thought cooking at home was too troublesome, but it was Zhao Yilu who suggested eating at home. He felt that Fan Hua and the two children were lucky to have their friends in Yangcheng taking care of them this year, so he wanted to treat them well. Besides, they had just moved in not long ago, so he wanted to invite relatives and friends to come and get to know each other.
Fan Hua felt that what Zhao Yilu said made sense. The only thing she was worried about was that this was a military family compound, and she didn't know if it would be okay for so many outsiders to come in.
In the end, this plan was decided only after Zhao Yilu went to the team in advance to report and confirm its feasibility.
The first person to arrive was of course the children's uncle Fan Youcheng. He rushed over early in the morning with a camera in hand, wanting to take more photos of the two children to record their first birthday ceremony.
Fan Hua changed into a festive burgundy striped dress and went to the gate of the military family compound to greet other friends.
A while later, Xie Yongliang drove over with Geng Ailing and Nian Nian. Nian Nian was holding two dolls in her hands and said with a smile, "Aunt Fan, these are birthday gifts for my brother and sister."
Geng Ailing also smiled with her eyes curved, "Niannian heard that Yuanyuan and Xiaoxiao were going to have birthdays, so she dragged us to the department store early to pick out this gift. She said that her younger siblings would definitely like it very much."
Fan Hua smiled and patted Nian Nian's head. "Aunt Fan also thinks that my brothers and sisters will love these two dolls. Can Nian Nian personally give the gifts to my brothers and sisters later?"
Niannian nodded excitedly, and several people followed Fan Hua into the yard.
Afterwards, Zheng Zening and Aunt Jiang, Su Qingqing and Wang Xiyue, and Aunt Chu's son Yang Zhicheng also arrived with gifts.
Wang Xiyue and Yang Zhicheng met by chance at the gate of the courtyard, and they started chatting naturally.
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