Chapter 213 Light Phone

Lin Shu had sharp ears and heard it immediately, "Director Sun, is my wife here?"

Director Sun: "Yes, Director Lu is here, but Comrade Lin Shu doesn't have to worry, this is official business, it has nothing to do with him, he won't interfere."

Lin Shu: "..."

Didn't they hear Lu Shaotang say that he had a good relationship with them? Why did they act like brothers with Lu Shaotang?

After hearing Director Sun's enthusiastic invitation, Lin Shu didn't know how to refuse for a while.

Director Sun's invitation was full of sincerity, with the main idea of ​​"making you embarrassed to refuse, if you refuse me you will feel that you have hurt my feelings, and you will definitely feel guilty."

Lu Shaotang: "Director Sun, don't... play the emotional card."

He wanted to say don't act pitiful, but he felt that it was disrespectful to the other party.

Director Sun: "Comrade Lin Shu, our Health Bureau Office is in great need of cadres like you who have ideas and can get things done!"

If you dare to come, I will let you be a cadre!

He thought that Lin Shu would be tempted by his temptation, but Lin Shu's gentle and sweet voice came from the phone, "Thank you Director Sun for your kindness, but I have never been to school. I am self-taught. My knowledge and experience are limited. I can only express my humble opinions on eugenics and good parenting. I am still far from being qualified to work in government agencies

." She is free now. She can express her opinions on anything she is interested in and give a little push. If she enters the unit, she will be put in a cage, have to listen to the leader and be controlled by colleagues, and then she will have no freedom.

Besides, she has no work experience. If she goes to the government agency, how many jealous people will she cause?

At that time, rumors about Lu Shaotang will be flying everywhere.

As a time traveler, she has the first-hand information. Now her husband has a high salary and the family has no shortage of food and drink. She only needs to follow the steps and stand at every outlet to make money. Why should she be wronged?

Time travelers should not compete with the natives. Leave the job to them. She will not take it.

Although she declined politely, she was very determined.

Director Sun persuaded her with emotion and reason, hoping that Lin Shu would contribute to the country and not bury her talent.

Lin Shu had no choice but to say, "Director Sun, if you need my help at work, I will do it. I really just want to do something for my fellow women, not to write letters for the sake of gaining benefits. If you give me a job for this, then others will follow suit, and then all departments will be buried in letters."

Director Sun thought it was nothing, after all, there were many people writing letters on a regular basis, and those letters were specially checked and classified, most of them were thrown into the wastebasket, and only a very small number were qualified to be delivered to them.

But Lin Shu refused firmly, and Director Sun could no longer persuade her, so he had to give up.

He was also kind enough to hand the phone to Lu Shaotang so that the couple could have a chat.

Lu Shaotang had just returned home and had a lot of private conversations, so he naturally wouldn't talk about them on the phone. He just talked about the brigade and family matters and then hung up. After Lu Shaotang

hung up the phone, he found that Director Sun was still in his office. "Director Sun?"

Director Sun smiled and said to Lu Shaotang, "I think it's a good idea to ask Comrade Lin Shu to be the consultant of the Health Bureau. She has a system and salary, but she is not bound by the unit."

Lu Shaotang: "Director Sun, forget about the system, the remuneration can be given in the form of allowances."

Lin Shu had told him before that he only needed a system, but she didn't need it.

He knew she was afraid of being bound. After all, she was arranging a sideline for the brigade and making furniture for others. If she had a system, she would be easily criticized, and it would be troublesome even if she had nothing to do.

Finally, Sun Ju’s office held a meeting and asked Lin Shu to be a family planning consultant. When encountering grassroots problems, they could ask her for help and make plans, and the Health Bureau could pay her at its discretion.

As this article provided excellent grassroots propaganda ideas and methods, Sun Ju applied for a bonus of 200 yuan for her, and also applied for a lot of cloth coupons, oil coupons, and sugar coupons for her.

He asked his wife to ask Yang Shumin and others, and Lin Shu liked these things for daily life.

With Lin Shu’s proposal as the basis, each unit modified it according to its own situation, and then promoted it to the members through grassroots personnel such as the director of women’s affairs and barefoot doctors.

Gradually, more and more people in each brigade went to get IUDs and sterilizations.

When the autumn harvest came to an end, most of the couples of childbearing age in Lujiazhuang Brigade who had four children or more had basically taken contraceptive measures. However, there were always a few who were too stubborn to cooperate, thinking that if they cooperated, they would be embarrassing others and suffer losses. The brigade did not care and everything was voluntary.

Except for Lujiazhuang, most couples in other production teams still chose to have women get IUDs. Women need abdominal surgery for sterilization, which is considered a major operation, so most people still refuse it. But men are unwilling to be sterilized, so it is definitely more convenient for women to have IUDs.

Many women over 40 years old have had IUDs.

This was not something the brigade promoted or encouraged, but rather, they saw young women going to the commune to get IUDs for free and also receiving a two-yuan subsidy, and they felt that this benefit should not be enjoyed by others alone, but that they should also take a share, otherwise they would suffer a loss. After all, didn’t the brigade’s money belong to the members?

Since it belonged to the members, of course they should also take a share, right?

It was not just women in their forties who thought this way, but women over forty-five or forty-six, and even fifty, were all tempted, thinking that getting an IUD and earning two yuan for free, why not?

As a result, the commune did not allow her to do anything, and some old women were so angry that she went back in a rage and cursed. Unwilling to give up, she went to the production team and the brigade to make a scene. Finally, she was scolded by the party secretary and went back obediently.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather was even more refreshing. Lin Shu and her elder sister and grandmother dried a large number of dried beans and eggplants.

In the blink of an eye, it entered September, the temperature became cooler, and the countryside was busy with ploughing and planting winter wheat.

Lin Shu was thinking about her second sister's due date next month, so she thought about drying some dried vegetables these two days, then making two pots of buns and taking them to the county to see her and Aunt Jiang, and persuade them to return to the city early. As a result, while she was busy

, she heard the sound of a jeep outside. Now Lin Shu could tell that the jeep belonged to her second brother-in-law, not Lu Shaotang. Lu Shaotang stayed at home for three days during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday a while ago, and he has not rested since then. He returns home in the evening and leaves in the morning. Jiang Weidong comes here often, after all, it is not far from the city. Lin Shu was too busy to help, and Panpan Tiantian and Hou Wei had already rushed out to greet them. However, Aunt Jiang's cheerful laughter was heard outside, and it could be heard from far away. Sister Lin smiled and said, "It seems that your brother-in-law is going to take Aunt and your second sister back." Lin Shu: "Let them stay here for two days before leaving."

Soon Jiang Weidong came over carrying a lot of bags, and old lady Jiang supported Lin Xia.

Lin Xia's belly was already very big, and she was staggering, and it was a bit difficult for her to walk.

Originally, everyone thought she was pregnant with twins because her belly was so big, but after going to the hospital for a check-up, it turned out that it was not, it was just big. In addition, the doctor suggested that she control her diet and not let the fetus be too big, otherwise it would be difficult to give birth.

Before, Aunt Jiang cooked five or six meals a day to feed her daughter-in-law. When she heard the doctor say that it would be difficult to give birth if the fetus was too big, she was scared and immediately reduced her meal intake by half, but the number of meals was still not small. After all, sometimes she was full after just two bites, but she no longer ate a lot of meat and fish.

Lin Xia is much plumper than before. She is not going to the countryside and mainly attends training classes in the classroom. Her skin has also whitened. Now it is even more rosy and fair, and she looks more beautiful than before.

Lin Xia didn't pay much attention to appearance. Even if she had a double chin when she lowered her head, she didn't mind. She had a great time ordering food from Mrs. Jiang every day.

Lin Shu and her eldest sister expressed some concern for her, asking her whether her legs were cramping, whether her feet were severely swollen, and whether she could sleep for a long time at night.

Lin Xia: "I don't have cramps. I drink malted milk every day, mixed with milk powder, but my feet are swollen and I always wake up late at night."

In addition to the milk powder Jiang Weidong made, Lin Shu also asked Zheng Jie to help buy milk powder to bring back to Lu Shaotang, so Lin Xia was not lacking in nutrients.

After saying a few words, Lin Xia smiled and said, "Third sister, I want to tell you a good news."

The children rushed to ask, "What?"

Lin Xia smiled and said, "I went to the power supply bureau for a meeting, and heard that the higher-ups want to install telephones for your brigade."

Lin Shu and the others were very surprised, "Really?"

Lin Xia nodded, "Of course. There should be news in two days."

In fact, once the brigades have electricity, they will want to install telephones, and they can just pull the telephone wires from the county or commune's buried telephone poles. It is

really convenient to have a telephone. If the commune has any notification, they can just call the brigade directly, and the postman doesn't need to kick off the bicycle chain every day.

Therefore, any brigade that has electricity has already applied to the commune to install telephones, and the county post and telecommunications bureau also sent staff to the countryside to direct the laying of telephone poles and pulling of telephone wires.

After this period of preparation, all the brigades in the Fighting Commune are already in place.

After that, we just need to connect the electric poles and telephone lines to the brigades.

Originally, I wanted to make dumplings tomorrow. Since the second sister's family is coming, Lin Shu asked the eldest sister to make the dough, make dumplings in the afternoon and eat them in the evening.

Lin Shu said to the three children, "The second aunt is here. Let's have a good meal. You can go and invite the aunt's family to come."

The so-called inviting the aunt's family is just a polite remark. In fact, it means Lu Hehuan and Xiaoyou. Of course, if Xu Shihua, Xu's mother, and Xu Yaoyao are willing to come, she will not refuse.

After all, Xu Shihua has sterilized Lu Hehuan, and his parents are very satisfied with him. They are welcome to come to eat often.

The three children ran to the back village to find Xu Xiaoyou.

Xu Xiaoyou was coaxing Kuai Kuai at home. Kuai Kuai had red bumps on his body these days, and it was itchy. She applied lithospermum ointment but it didn't work, and the bumps came back soon.

Xu Xiaoyou felt sorry for Kuai Kuai's pain.

Xu's mother was sullen and said, "What a spoiled child."

Xu Yaoyao: "That's right! I'm hungry, Xu Xiaoyou, why haven't you cooked yet?"

It was already past noon, and they hadn't eaten yet.

Xu Xiaoyou was upset by his brother's crying. He raised his eyebrows and shouted at Xu's mother, "Can't you cook a meal?"

Ever since her son was sterilized, Xu's mother had an attitude of "I'm an old woman and I have no shame anyway". She curled her lips and said, "I'm old, why should I cook? I have to enjoy my life."

Xu Xiaoyou was also not used to her. "You didn't get sterilized, but you only have one son. My father got sterilized and still has three children. What are you not satisfied with? I tell you, you can't be unsatisfied. If you are not satisfied, even God will not like you!"

Xu's mother was so angry that her face changed.

At this time, Panpan, Tiantian and Hou Wei came over and said, "Sister Xiaoyou, my second aunt is here, and my mother asked you to go and play."

Although their mother said that Xiaoyou's family should go to eat, they felt that they shouldn't say that, and just said to go and play.

Humph, don't give it to the old woman and Xu Yaoyao who treat Xiaoyou and Youyou badly!

Xu Yaoyao might have eaten every time he went home, and Panpan, who is so stingy, how could she tolerate it?

Every time Xu Yaoyao went home to eat a meal, Panpan's appetite became smaller, and he was reluctant to eat, and felt distressed.

So he decided not to let Xu Yaoyao go to eat buns, and Tiantian and Hou Wei agreed.

Xu's mother said unhappily: "Play, play, all you do is play."

Xu Xiaoyou: "What are you talking about? I cook and take care of my brother every day, but you take Xu Yaoyao to play all day, don't you? Don't forget to feed the rabbits today, or I won't give you a penny from the sale of the rabbits in the future! Humph!"

Kuai Kuai started crying again, the bumps on her body were itchy and painful, and she felt uncomfortable.

The three kids surrounded her and tried to coax her.

"Is he hungry? Where's your aunt? Feed him."

Xu Xiaoyou: "Mom is very busy now. If I don't have classes, I have to go to the brigade to help grandma entertain those who come to study and visit, and I have to help grandma promote the policy of eugenics."

When the seasons change, many elderly people and children get sick, and Father Lu can't take care of all the patients, so naturally he doesn't have time to do any eugenics promotion. Basically, the main focus is on voluntary participation and active cooperation from members.

When the commune needed to go to a meeting or study, he would send Zhang Peijin.

Now every day, cadres from other communes and brigades come to visit and study with food on their backs. How could Old Man Lu have the time to entertain them every day?

To him, the patients were the most important, so he pushed them to the brigade or Zhang Peijin.

Old Man Lu was full of apologies for the visitors, but everyone admired him more and more, especially the patients, who liked him even more.

He put the patients first and was always thinking about how to treat them, not about receiving guests or improving his own performance.

They also secretly said that if the county did not give the advanced title to Doctor Lu this year, they would protest and must give it to Doctor Lu. The best barefoot doctor in Qing County must be his.

But many of the visitors were female comrades, and Zhang Peijin was not convenient to entertain them. In addition, the brigade cadres were busy with autumn harvest and planting, and had no time to accompany them. Finally, Father Lu asked Lu Hehuan to help.

When there were no classes, Lu Hehuan was responsible for entertaining guests. In addition, she was a Chinese teacher and could write articles, so she was asked to promote the policy of eugenics.

Although most members of the Lujiazhuang Brigade cooperated, she still had to do the publicity work. After all, it was a task from her superiors, and she had to attend meetings and undergo examinations.

So she is very busy now and has no time to take care of the child except for breastfeeding.

Tiantian shook Kuai Kuai's hand, "Oh, why is he so thin? Doesn't my aunt feed him?"

Panpan turned to look at Xu's mother, "Is it because she doesn't feed my aunt enough? My aunt doesn't have milk?"

Xu's mother's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't dare to underestimate the children, for fear that they would complain to Fang Dihua, so she said loudly, "Don't talk nonsense, Xiaoyou cooks at home, she cooks whatever she wants, how can she not eat enough?"

Xu Xiaoyou: "He has bumps on his body, it itches."

Panpan: "Is it a mosquito bite? Don't we have mosquito nets and lithospermum ointment? Look, I was bitten by a mosquito, just rub it and it will heal immediately."

Hou Wei: "The mosquitoes here must be more poisonous!"

This made Xu's mother angry, what's the matter, are you scolding me? Are you saying I'm a poisonous mosquito?

Tiantian urged Xu Xiaoyou to pack up and go play. On the way, she asked her aunt to feed her cousin. As for lunch, they could just go home and eat.

But her mother didn't feel bad about feeding her sister Xiaoyou.

Xu Xiaoyou tied her brother to her back with a sling, and asked Panpan to help carry the cloth bag containing her brother's oilcloth and diapers. She also took two steamed buns made of two-grain flour and put them in her pocket before leaving Xu's house together.

Xu's mother was furious. What's the matter? She had to take her own steamed buns to have a meal?

Xu Yaoyao was so angry that he stomped his feet and cried, "Grandma, grandma, I want to play too. I also want to go to my aunt's house to eat delicious food."

Xu Yaoyao was a serious child outside. He didn't look naughty or stupid, but in front of Xu's mother, he was like an ignorant child who could only cry.

In order to help Xu Xiaoyou reduce the burden, Panpan helped to support Kuai Kuai's little feet from behind.

Kuai Kuai is almost six months old and can already sit up crookedly. Although he can't stand yet, his calves are very strong and he wants to stand up by pushing off anything.

They went to the brigade office first, where Lu Hehuan was studying articles with a few people from other villages.

Xu Xiaoyou whispered, "Look, isn't my mother more beautiful?"

Tiantian: "She eats well and is not as thin as before. My aunt looks good as long as she looks good."

Ever since she saw some sad things in the hospital while selling candied haws in the county, she took the initiative to learn medical knowledge from her grandfather. She spoke very well, and Aunt Li, Mrs. Qiu and others all asked her for health tips.

Xu Xiaoyou: "I guess so. Ever since you said that red dates can replenish qi and blood, I let her eat them every day, and I eat them too. Do you think I look better?"

Several children said in unison: "Yes!"

Then they happily went to call Lu Hehuan.

It happened that Lu Hehuan felt her chest swelling and wanted to go home to breastfeed. When she saw them coming, she hurried out to greet them.

Ever since Xu Shihua had a sterilization, her mood has been in the clouds every day. Even if Xu Shihua clearly ridiculed her, squeezed her, and blamed her, she didn't get angry. She also felt that "he loves me so much, he got a sterilization for me, what's wrong with that? He said all this for my own good. Even if he's in a bad mood, it's okay to vent. I have to tolerate him."

Anyway, she was not angry at all. Instead, she felt that it was all his love for her. She

was in a good mood, eating well, and writing articles. Occasionally, Lin Shu would help her revise and publish an article, which gave her a great sense of accomplishment.

Now she has memorized all of Lin Shu's articles, and has read the brochure thoroughly. She speaks very clearly and everyone admires her very much. They praise her for being beautiful, having ideas and connotations, and for writing good articles and doing good publicity.

Her sense of accomplishment is getting stronger and stronger, and her heart is floating in the clouds all day long, feeling comfortable.

Who would look bad?

After feeding and changing the diaper for the children, she praised them a few words, "I'll buy you some candy later, go ahead."

The children took them to the infirmary quickly to let Father Lu take a look at the red bumps. Why are the mosquitoes at my aunt's house so poisonous?

The infirmary smelled like disinfectant.

Old Man Lu was giving massage and moxibustion to a child with a cold and typhoid fever. There were two other elderly people doing moxibustion as well. Next to them, three people who were exhausted from the autumn harvest came to get cupping and plasters.

He was so busy that he didn't even have time to sit down and talk to the children.

Tiantian took them to wait outside.

There were patients with colds inside, so don't infect them.

Mom said that children have weak resistance and can be easily infected.

Grandpa always wears a mask, changes clothes when he gets home, and washes his hands with disinfectant.

After a while, Old Man Lu washed his hands and came out to see them.

Several children asked him to take a quick look at the red bumps. Why were they so big? So hard, and it hasn't healed for several days?

Father Lu checked it out and said, "This isn't a mosquito bite, this is... a bedbug? No, it looks like a termite bite."

Lithospermum officinale ointment is useless against powerful insects like termites, it is for weakly poisonous insects such as mosquitoes.

Father Lu went back and looked it up, and prescribed some other ointment for Kuai Kuai. Although it was not suitable for the condition, the child's metabolism would be cured in a few days if he applied it frequently.

"Xiaoyou, look back and watch out, don't let ants bite your brother."

Xu Xiaoyou exclaimed, "Ants? But I didn't put my brother on the ground, he was always on the kang, could there be ants in my house?"

Father Lu: "Ask your father to lift the kang mat and sweep the straw in the evening, and then check the beams and other things."

He knew that termites would chew wood, and it would be troublesome if the beams were chewed through.

Xu Xiaoyou took note.

They said goodbye to Father Lu and went back to the Lu family together.

Lin Shu and the others had already made a lot of buns, and Grandma Fang and Grandma Jiang were chatting enthusiastically while making buns.

Hou Ying also came back from school to help light the fire and steam buns.

After the autumn harvest, the primary school students went back to school after the autumn vacation. However, they still had classes in the morning and labor in the afternoon. Many children went out to play in the afternoon, while the sensible ones went home to help with the work.

Kuai Kuai took a nap on the way and woke up again. I don’t know if he smelled a fragrance or something, but he rolled his black eyes and looked around, and stretched out his little hands to grab the white air in the air.

There were eggs cooked in the morning at home, and Lin Shu kept a few of them for the children to eat when they were free.

At this moment, she would dig out an egg yolk, crush it with a spoon, scoop two small spoons of hot water into it, mix it, and feed it to Kuai Kuai.

Lin Shu asked Xu Xiaoyou to eat the buns while she fed him.

Although Kuai Kuai had already drunk the milk, he started to eat it again after tasting the egg yolk.

Lin Shu had never fed a child this big before. It was so soft and tender and very fun to eat.

Lin Xia and her elder sister teased her, "If you like it, why don't you have another one yourself?"

Tiantian immediately turned her head and looked at her, "Yes, yes."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "No, your brother-in-law has been sterilized."

Elder sister Lin gently pushed her, "You are so stingy."

Hou Jianwen was really sterilized. He went for sterilization when he was in Qizhou, hiding it from Hou's mother and only telling Elder sister Lin.

Although Sister Lin didn't quite understand at the time, she thought that since they already had three children, it would be difficult to take care of more.

Lu Shaotang was simply sterilized.

Xu Xiaoyou helped Hou Ying light the fire, and she went to get the new hairpins she had made, and tied two of them on Kuai Kuai's head.

Kuai Kuai had very thick hair, and when he had his head shaved in the summer, a small piece was left on the top of his head, which was just right for tying up now. Soon

, he was tired of being played with by his brothers and sisters. He was really tired from dancing, laughing, and moving his eyes around, and he fell asleep.

The next day, Jiang Weidong went back to the steel mill to work, and Lin Shu asked Old Lady Jiang and her second sister to stay at home for a few days.

Two days later, several staff members from the county post and telecommunications bureau came to the brigade and directed the members to bury the electric poles and pull telephone lines to the brigade and Lu's home.

Although the provincial revolutionary committee established the telecommunications bureau last year, the county and commune have not followed suit. After all, there are few telecommunications needs below the county level, and they are all under the responsibility of the post and telecommunications bureau.

Lin Shu was quite surprised, "Comrade, why are you installing a telephone in my house?"

The man asked for the information and found that it matched. He smiled and said, "Comrade Lin Shu, because of your wife's work, we have received a notice to install a brigade telephone extension in your home."

Installing a telephone extension is not a problem. Anyway, the poles and lines have been pulled over, so it doesn't matter.

Several children jumped for joy. Even though they didn't know the importance of the telephone, as long as there was something new at home, it was worth being happy about.

Tiantian and Panpan were the happiest. "We can call Dad!"

Lin Shu whispered, "You can't call if there's nothing wrong. This is a public phone and it costs money."

When Panpan heard about the cost of money, he immediately said to Tiantian, "Let's make an appointment with Dad to call home regularly. We just have to wait."

Tiantian nodded repeatedly.

Lin Shu reminded them again that this was the extension of the brigade. If there was a call from there, this side would hear it, so don't just use it casually, so as not to affect the brigade cadres answering the call from the commune leader.

Several children nodded in agreement.

Lin Shu took the three children to the children's brigade.

The branch secretary and the brigade leader were all happy. The branch secretary said

: "It will be convenient for us to place orders and deliver goods after the telephone is installed. It will be very convenient for us to contact Accountant Lu and Factory Director Jiang."

His first thought was to make money from the brigade's sideline business, and then he thought it would be more convenient to contact the commune. For him, contacting the commune was not a big deal before. At most, he just had to ride a bike to go there. It was not far and would not take much time. He felt that the farther the distance, the more necessary it was to install a telephone. It would be convenient for Lu Shaotang to call home from the unit, and it would be convenient for Master Lin to call Lin Shu in the future. It would also be convenient for Engineer Hou and others to call the brigade after returning to Qizhou, right? Oh, there are so many benefits. After the telephone was installed, the staff asked him to try it out. The team leader was eager to try, but he couldn't do it himself, so he said to Lin Shu, "You call Shao Tang." Tiantian's eyes sparkled, and she wanted to try. Lin Shu smiled and said, "No, they are at work, maybe not in the office." The two children's shoulders slumped again. The team leader asked the branch secretary to call the commune and tell them that the phone was installed. The branch secretary didn't refuse. It was easy to call from the brigade to the commune. After all, there was no need for multiple transfers, and the line was close and the voice was clearer. Generally speaking, calling from the commune to the county and city would not have much impact, but calling to the province would be a problem. The voice was not so clear, and there was a strong buzzing sound of electric current. If you make a long-distance call to someone outside the province, the call quality will be even worse. There are too many switchboards, and if the weather is bad, you can't hear what the other party is saying even if you dial through. Now it's still a shake phone. The branch secretary picked up the phone and shook it a few times to get through to the switchboard of the commune post and telecommunications bureau. "Hello, is this the switchboard?" The operator's crisp voice came from the other end, "It's the switchboard, where do you want to call?" The branch secretary laughed and said, "Help me connect to the office of the commune revolutionary committee." Song Bangyou answered the phone. Everyone else was sent by Director Qin to supervise the autumn harvest and wheat planting. Previously, because Song Youping had tried to persuade Lujiazhuang Brigade to sell all the surplus wheat to the grain management office, she was very angry during this period and did not come to Lujiazhuang Brigade during the autumn harvest. Song Bangyou didn't want her to have a quarrel with the team, so he asked her to come over to help the team to plant wheat in the next two days and learn from the incense factory. The secretary thought it was bad luck, but he also agreed with a smile, "You are welcome to come and give us guidance and supervision!" After hanging up the phone, the secretary said to Lin Shu, "Ask Master Lin to call Director Jiang and let him know." If Lin Xia wasn't there, they would help to notify him. Since Lin Xia was there, of course they would let the couple talk. Lin Shu agreed with a smile. As they were talking, Father Lu came over, "Secretary, help me call the county hospital and ask them to send the medicine on my list No. 4 as soon as possible." Trucks traveled between the county supply and marketing cooperative and the supply and marketing cooperatives of each commune every day, and those who were familiar with the route would ask them to bring things. Lujiazhuang has a good geographical location, with access to the east, west, north and south, and it is right under the highway. If a truck or tractor passes by and brings something, just honk the horn, and someone at the entrance of the village will hear it and bring it back. Especially for the packages from the infirmary, the elderly and children in the village are very concerned. In the past, Father Lu would go to the county every few days to bring it back himself, or write a note to ask the postman to help pass the message. Now the brigade has a telephone, which is much more convenient.

To make a call to the county, the commune switchboard had to be transferred to the county post and telecommunications bureau switchboard, which then connected the call to the county hospital.

After Lu Lao finished his call, Lin Shu chatted for a few words and then took the children home.

The children asked their second aunt to call their second uncle.

Lin Xia was not shy, it was just a phone call, it was normal for her to use the phone at work.

She picked up the phone and handed it to Tiantian, "Come, you learn how to make a phone call, and call your second aunt in the future."

The three kids immediately leaned over, they had just learned it from the branch secretary!

Tiantian took the microphone, and Hou Wei went to help shake the handle.

To get through the commune switchboard, they had to call the city, so they had to ask the commune switchboard to transfer to the county switchboard, then to the city switchboard, and then to the steel mill.

Then they found that it was not easy to call from below. If the commune switchboard was occupied, they couldn't get through. If the county switchboard was occupied, they couldn't get through. Even if they got through, the city might be occupied. Anyway, if

they couldn't get through, they were doomed.

They didn't get through to the city, and finally waited for more than half an hour before they got through.

The moment the call was connected and they heard Jiang Weidong's voice, the three kids cheered with joy.

Haha, they got through by themselves!

Since the call was connected, Jiang Weidong said by the way that he would come to pick up Lin Xia and his mother tomorrow to wait for the birth, and to order more rabbits and eggs.

After much thought, he decided that the city was safer. He could go to the city hospital if anything happened. It was much more convenient than his third sister's home.

He was more nervous than anyone else about Lin Xia's pregnancy. He was afraid of instability in the first three months, and worried about premature birth or accidents every day in the second three months. Now, the closer the due date is, the more nervous he is. He feels that it is better to let his wife live in the hospital.

The next day, Second Aunt and Grandma Jiang were leaving, and the children were busy.

Xu Xiaoyou even ran over to pack up Kuai Kuai's swaddling clothes, bellyband, and soft diapers that had been washed and put them in a roll for Lin Xia, "Second Aunt, don't mind, these are Kuai Kuai's used ones, you see he is so strong, your little brother and sister will be so strong too."

Lin Xia was very happy, "Of course I don't mind, I'd love to have it, thank you."

Fang Dihua sent the children to notify all families to send the rabbits and eggs they had ordered, as Director Jiang was going to take them away.

Jiang Weidong brought back a bag of rabbit skins, all of which belonged to the steel mill. Such a large factory was too lazy to sell them, so it was better to give them all to Director Jiang as a favor, so that the brigade could give them more meat.

They all knew that the Lujiazhuang Brigade had a pig farm, raising dozens more pigs than in previous years.

Lin Xia held Lin Shu and her elder sister's hands, "When I give birth, you can come and see me."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll go and I'll arrange time to accompany you during the confinement period."

Giving birth is very important for women. Having someone to talk with, help with the baby, and make confinement meals is a world of difference compared to having no one to accompany you.

Although Aunt Jiang took good care of the second sister, she was old after all. If the child was a high-demand baby and difficult to take care of, then the old lady who worked day and night would not be able to bear it.

Didn't you see Fang Dihua went to take care of Lu Hehuan during the confinement period, but she lost weight after just a few months?

Aunt Jiang knew that she would live with her eldest son and daughter-in-law in her old age, and since her youngest son and daughter-in-law were close to her father-in-law, she was happy to be devoted to her eldest son and daughter-in-law and not have to worry about her youngest son's family.

She naturally wished that her daughter-in-law's sisters would come and live with her, not to mention that she liked Lin Shu.

After her second sister and her family left, Lin Shu first gave the dozens of rabbit skins to Xu Laonian and asked him to help sell them when he had time, as he had good skills.

She led the children to make autumn pear paste and jujube paste.

All the pears in the house were picked. In addition to leaving some for fresh consumption, Lin Shu planned to make the rest into autumn pear paste.

Pears are sweet and delicious, rich in water, and have good Chinese medicine effects. They can clear away heat and calm the nerves, and can also resolve phlegm and relieve cough, and moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements.

Especially in the dry autumn, adults and children will have dry mouth and dry cough from time to time. If you soak some pear paste water, it will taste moist and sweet, very comfortable.

This thing is purely natural, and it is no problem for women and children to drink it, so Lin Shu made a lot of it.

"Third aunt, third aunt!" Hou Bo and Lu An ran in, "Hold the little rabbits!"

Two more nests of little rabbits were brought out.

Now not only Lin Shu but also the children are very skilled in dealing with the follow-up of the little rabbits. They need to provide the mother rabbit and the little rabbits with a quiet and warm environment, and feed them some nutritious food, preferably with some bean cakes and bran mixed together.

Lin Shu said: "I will leave this litter of little rabbits for Daya's family. They seemed to have said they would raise them before."

Panpan said: "That day she said she would not raise them again. Her mother said she had no money to buy them and was too embarrassed to take them on credit. There is no grass in autumn and raising rabbits would cost too much coarse food. The family will have to raise them next year."

Daya is the eldest daughter of Qiu Jintian and Zhou Xiulan. She is ten years old this year. She has four younger sisters, the youngest of which is less than ten months old.

Speaking of which, Qiu Jintian's family was considered the poorest in Lujiazhuang. If Fang Dihua and Mrs. Qiu hadn't helped with food rations, their children would have starved to death.

That's it, she didn't get sterilized.

Recently, many women and men in the production teams under Lujiazhuang Brigade have responded to the policy call and carried out eugenics. Even women under 30 who have given birth to three children have taken the initiative to get an IUD. They don't want to become like Zhou Xiulan.

Qiu Jintian and Zhou Xiulan are now negative examples. Although no one specifically mentions them, people with eyes will see and compare. They

don't want to have too many children and end up like them, so many women have taken the initiative to get an IUD.

As long as they have regular checkups and get a new IUD every two years, it shouldn't cause much harm to the body, right?

After all, men are unwilling to get sterilized, so if they want to prevent pregnancy, they can only get an IUD by themselves.

But Zhou Xiulan never went, and Qiu Jintian didn't go either.

Qiu Jintian refused to listen, no matter how his cousins ​​told him that sterilization would not affect his health, he just refused to get sterilized. At this time

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Zhou Xiulan was walking home.

She really had enough children, and she thought that the commune would provide free IUDs for sterilization, so she decided to get an IUD.

Sterilization would delay her work, but IUDs would not have such a big impact.

Today, she finally got some free time, and secretly went to the commune clinic to get an IUD without telling her mother-in-law, but was told that she couldn’t get one since

she was pregnant again. The moment she heard the doctor say that she was pregnant again, she was so devastated and desperate!

She had not allowed men to touch her body these days, thinking that eight children were too many and she couldn’t afford to raise

another one. Everyone went to get an IUD and sterilized, but since Qiu Jintian didn’t want to get sterilized, she shouldn’t have sex with him before she got one, and she would go to the commune to get one after the autumn harvest.

But the man couldn’t hold it in and didn’t want to force himself to hold it in, so he coaxed her and half-forced her to get what she wanted, saying that it would be okay if she didn’t get it in.

As a result... despite all her precautions, she got pregnant again!

She knew that many people were laughing at her behind her back for giving birth like a sow, saying that she would give birth to one leg and another, and that she would get poorer and poorer as she gave birth.

But is she happy?

She is not happy!

Is there any way?

Can she beat a man?

She didn't want to live such a miserable life.

None of the eight children can wear new clothes. In the winter, the three girls are not allowed to leave the house because their cotton-padded clothes are not small enough. Whenever the weather is warm, the children will run out naked.

Back then, the three boys were already ten years old and they were still running around naked butts swinging their chickens.

Later, the aunt and mistress couldn't stand it and often helped her out.

But she finds it embarrassing!

In two years, the eldest son will be getting married. With such a poor family, why would she bother to find a wife for her son?

She walked home like a lost soul. On the way, she met her mother-in-law and said a few random words to her. She casually said that she was pregnant again. When she got home, she sat on the doorstep of the main hall, not knowing what to do.

The older children went out to work, and Sanya and Siya were at home looking after their younger sister.

The six-year-old Sanya saw her mother's lost soul and cared for her carefully, "Mom, mom, are you not feeling well? Lie down for a while, I'll boil some hot water for you."

Zhou Xiulan began to wipe her tears. Sanya and Siya were so scared when they saw her crying that they started crying too.

After sitting there for an unknown amount of time, her eldest son Qiu Shimu came back. He gritted his teeth with a dark face and said, "Mom, are you pregnant again?"

Zhou Xiulan blushed with shame, feeling embarrassed and ashamed, not knowing what to do.

Qiu Shimu went to tend to his own private plot, but heard his grandmother gossiping with others.

His grandmother said in a disgusted tone, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant again, and she's giving birth to piglets one after another."

Qiu Shimu felt ashamed and angry at the time.

He rushed home with a dark face, and growled at Zhou Xiulan angrily, "You are so shameless! How old are you and you keep giving birth? People younger than you have good eugenics, but you are not ashamed at all! I am embarrassed too!"

After that, he slammed the door and ran out.

Zhou Xiulan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She felt dizzy and her throat was blocked by a huge rock, making it difficult to breathe. She tore at her neck and cried out in pain.