Chapter 102
Grandma Lin’s voice was loud, so everyone in the yard heard it.
“What? Qingqing is pregnant? That’s great.” Aunt Lin was very happy, “It would be great if Qingqing could give birth to a daughter.”
“That’s right, a family full of boys is annoying.” Aunt Lin also said.
“Qingqing is pregnant?” Mother Lin also ran out in surprise, “Mom, I don’t know, Qingqing didn’t say it in the letter.”
Lin Qingqing only wrote about her pregnancy in one of the letters, and forgot to write both letters. So the letter that the second room received happened to not have it, and therefore, Mother Lin didn’t know that Lin Qingqing was pregnant.
"That may be because Qingqing forgot. She wrote in the letter to us that Qingqing is pregnant for two months and will give birth in September or October next year. This season is really good, the weather is not too hot or too cold, and it is comfortable to stay in confinement." Grandma Lin calculated the days and it was indeed good, "Second daughter-in-law, Qingqing doesn't have a mother-in-law. You can go to the army to take care of Qingqing at the beginning of the year. Second and Lu Ming will eat with us temporarily."
"Oh, listen to mother." Since her daughter doesn't have a mother-in-law, of course she, as a mother, should take care of her during pregnancy and confinement. If it was before, when she was not a registered resident in the county, she might not agree to ask the team leader for a long vacation. Now that she is not a registered resident in the brigade, it is very convenient for her to live in the army and take care of her daughter.
"That's great. I'll make a few pairs of shoes for the children." Aunt Lin said.
"Then I'll make some soft and close-fitting clothes for the children." Aunt Lin said. If it was their own child, the younger brother would definitely wear the older brother's clothes, but if it was given to their niece's child, the clothes that had been worn by the older brother would not work.
Mother Lin said, "Let me thank the elder sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law on behalf of Qingqing." She was also happy to prepare things for the troops.
The Lin family was happy here, and the Lu family in the army was also happy.
The New Year is coming soon, and the army has already had a holiday. Today, the Lu family is pasting couplets.
There are tables, brushes, ink and red paper in the yard.
During the New Year in the past three years, the Lu family did not have this set, and it started this year.
"Mom, what are we writing?" Lu Haici asked curiously, staring at the paper and pen on the table.
Lin Qingqing said: "You and Qin Ming write the word "Fu" and let your father write the couplets."
Qin Ming's eyes lit up: "Auntie, should I write too?"
Teacher Qin and his wife haven't come back yet, but they called. They plan to come back after the New Year. They also learned from the phone that Qin Ming lives in Lu's house. To be honest, Zhang Hongping is still very relieved about Qin Ming living in Lu's house. She is not at ease to leave her grandson to the Qian family and daughter-in-law.
"Yes, you are celebrating the New Year with us this year, so now we are a family, and we do things together as a family. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to write." Lin Qingqing originally let Qin Ming participate in order to make him feel included, but if he doesn't want to write, she certainly doesn't care.
"I am willing to write, I am willing to write." Qin Ming said happily.
"Lu Haici, Qin Ming, what are you doing?" Ji Yang came back from lunch and saw Qin Ming and Lu Haici sitting around the table, and asked curiously.
Lu Haici said, "We are going to write couplets."
Qin Ming: "We need to paste them up after we finish writing."
"Wow, you are so fun." Ji Yang looked at the red paper cut into squares curiously, and then at the brush and ink.
Lin said softly, "Qin Ming, you are older than Haici, you write three "Fu" characters first, and after you finish, Haici writes three "Fu" characters." The two took turns according to their age.
Qin Ming said, "Auntie, I have never written calligraphy before. What should I do if I can't write well?"
Lin said gently, "It doesn't matter. If you can't write well with a brush, you can first write it on red paper with a pencil,
and then trace it with a brush. Come, I'll write it for you to see." Lin gently wrote a relatively large word "Fu" on red paper with a pencil, and then traced it with a brush dipped in ink. "That's it, do you understand?"
Qin Ming and Lu Haici nodded, "Auntie (Mom), we understand it." This is easy to understand, so the two boys understood it at a glance. The
two picked up the pencil together and began to write the word "Fu" on red paper. Because the word "Fu" was to be posted on the door, the two children wrote it very seriously, writing and erasing with an eraser, they tried to write it to the best.
Ji Yang thought it was fun and was a little tempted, but he didn't say it.
Lin Qingqing said, "Ji Yang, has your family prepared red paper couplets?" The two families have been neighbors for three years. The Ji family didn't prepare any in the past few years, so Lin Qingqing guessed that they probably wouldn't prepare any this year. In fact, many families in the family compound don't prepare any, and they think it's unnecessary and a waste. But Lin Qingqing did prepare some, one to create an atmosphere, and the other because this is the first year they have become a family, so she prepared something for the ceremony.
Ji Yang said, "Auntie, our family hasn't prepared any. We don't prepare this."
Lin Qingqing: "Then do you want to write it? If you want, you can write it with Hai Ci and the others."
Ji Yang heard this and said happily, "Then I'll go get a pencil." As he said that, he ran towards home.
After a while, the number of people writing the word "Fu" increased from two to three. Among the three children, Qin Ming's handwriting was as bad as a dog's. There was no way. As a naughty child and the king of children, Teacher Qin and Zhang Hongping could not control him, so no one cared if his handwriting was not good.
Ji Yang's handwriting was good. As the male protagonist, he had a good personality. Although he was spoiled by Xu Huijuan, he was kind by nature and listened to Xu Huijuan, so he went to school seriously and did his homework seriously after school, so his handwriting was naturally good.
Among the three, Lu Haici wrote the best. Lu Haici originally listened to his mother's words. With his mother's company, he studied hard and wrote seriously. Especially Lin Qingqing bought him a copybook to learn to write, so Lu Haici's handwriting was the best.
However, the three children used to write on notebooks, so their handwriting was small. Now they wrote on red paper, which was large, so they couldn't control the size for a while.
But soon, the three children finished writing three pieces of pencil writing.
"Auntie, I'm done." Qin Ming finished the fastest.
Lu Haici: "Mom, I'm done too."
Ji Yang: "Auntie, I'm done too."
Lin took a quick look at the three people's handwriting, and then said: "It's OK, then you can trace the words with a brush." According to the age, Qin Ming, Ji Yang and then Lu Haici. The three people traced the word "Fu" with a brush one after another, three pieces each. Because it was the first time to use a brush, the hands were a little bent, but because it was a traced word, it looked OK.
After writing, Lin said softly: "Ji Yang, you can paste the words you wrote on the door of your house. Qin Ming, Hai Ci, you paste the words on the six umbrella doors of the kitchen, living room, utility room and bedroom respectively." The living room has two doors, so there are exactly six doors in total.
"Got it."
Then, the children all went to paste the word "Fu". Lu Cheng, who had nothing to do, started to write the couplet. Compared with the children's speed, Lu Cheng wrote very fast. Especially Lu Cheng was very good at writing calligraphy. Before the children's word "Fu" was pasted, Lu Cheng's couplet was finished.
Then, under Lin's soft command, Lu Cheng pasted the couplet on the door of the living room.
"Too low, a little higher... Yes, yes, that's it, a little more in the middle... It's fine like this."
"This is not aligned with the ones next to it, the height is different... It's fine like this."
Lu Cheng put up the couplets and saw Qin Ming and Lu Haici also put up the blessing characters, standing in the yard looking at him.
"Okay, the next step is to buy New Year's goods. Let's go to the town market tomorrow to buy New Year's goods." Lin Qingqing said. At the end of each year, the town's buying and selling market is the busiest and there are many things. Lin Qingqing has participated in it for three years, so she is very experienced.
"Are you going to the market tomorrow?" Lu Cheng frowned when he heard this. "There are a lot of people at the market, so you'd better not go. Tell me what you want and I'll go."
Lin Qingqing thought about it and realized that there would indeed be a lot of people there, and she didn't dare to joke with her child. "Okay, I'll write down what I need, and you can see what you can buy when the time comes."
Lu Cheng: "Yes."
"Auntie, can I go to the market with Uncle Lu?" Qin Ming had been there with his grandmother before. There were a lot of food and it was very lively at the market, so he wanted to go and take a look. "
Sure, but you and Haici should follow Uncle Lu closely. Although the market is lively, there are also bad people, and you may encounter human traffickers." Lin said softly. Since Lu Haici went to school in the commune, Lin Qingqing told him about the human traffickers every other day, fearing that something might happen to Lu Haici. Therefore, Qin Ming and Ji Yang, who were good friends of Lu Haici, also knew the human traffickers very well, and they were also very wary of strangers.
Qin Ming: "Don't worry, auntie, we know."
However, Lu Haici said: "I won't go to the market. Dad goes to the market, and only Mom is at home. I have to take care of Mom at home." Mom is pregnant, and she is alone at home. Lu Haici is worried.
Lu Cheng: "Okay, you take care of Mom at home."
Qin Ming: "Then I won't go either." He didn't dare to go to the market with Lu Cheng alone.
Lin Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "How about this, we all go to the market, I'll wait for you at the less crowded place at the market entrance." This way she wouldn't be squeezed, and the children could also go and play. This scale of market only happens once a year, and the children all like to go and play.
Lu Cheng frowned, and just when he was about to say something, Lu Haici said, "Then I'll also accompany mom at the market entrance, Qin Ming, you and dad can go shopping."
Lu Cheng said, "Also."
The next day, the four members of the Lu family set out for the market. Because the market was in the town and it wasn't far to walk there, they went there early in the morning. There were also many military wives from the family compound with them, and everyone was going to the market.
"Comrade Lin, are you guys going to the market too?"
"Comrade Lin, has Qin Ming been living in your house?"
"Comrade Lin..."
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