Raising Babies in the 70s

by Usui Takumii

not mine, wordrain69. Also at ao3.

5. 81 to 100

It was a calm day as the waves were calm. The scenery at sea was exceptionally beautiful, the blue sky, the deep blue water, so clear that one could see the swimming fish underneath.

Above the sea level, the white clouds overlapped and condensed into clusters, and at the top hung a golden sun that radiated golden light around.

The scenery in front of him was beautiful, but after being on the sea for a long time, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, one would get tired of seeing it.

At that time, the most beautiful scenery was probably an island floating on the sea level, and the coast in the distance was far away.

When the port was about to dock, no one was in a calm mood, and no one spoke, silently indulging their inner agitation.

Lu Yan got off the warship, and saw the most conspicuous and beautiful woman in the crowd from a distance. She was wearing a long blue dress and a slender waist outlined by a brown belt. She waved to him excitedly. The sea breeze blew her long hair flying.

When the woman smiled, she looked especially good as her charming fox eyes turned like crescent moons, her long hair blown by the wind playfully brushed her forehead, swirling like a lively wave, and her eyes contained shine, like the twinkling of stars on the sea level.

"Lu Yan!"

The surrounding voices were extremely noisy, there were all kinds of reunion gatherings, complaints from the dizzy pier, and the sound of waves crashing on the coast… He couldn't hear them, he could only hear her voice.

The moment he saw her, something exploded in his mind in an instant, causing him to see gold stars in his eyes.

– This was a little fox sitting in a gunpowder storehouse.

Specifically to blow him up.

He was delighted, "Wife…"

Lu Yan had lost control of his body and let himself go to the crowd to catch the beautiful little fox.

He finally embraced the person he longed for in his arms.

"Lu Yan."

At that moment, she was so excited that she couldn't say anything else. After being separated for many days, she just wanted to hug him tightly, and when she fell into his arms, Qin Rou's heart seemed to jump out.

Finally, she was in his arms again.

"Lu Yan, I missed you so much."

The two of them hugged each other excitedly and expressed their heartfelt feelings to each other. Apart from each other, they could not see anyone else in that port.

The captain of the squad, Qian Pengfei, pushed his wife's elbow and asked her to look at the young couple. He laughed and teased, "Look at them, look at them, you can tell that they are newlyweds."

"After a few years, they will be an old husband and wife like us."

"How can you be so sticky?"

…

His wife smiled and sneered at him, "The young husband and wife have a good relationship."

"They can't bear to part."

Qin Rou, who had recovered, was teased with a smile by the people around her, and blushed. Anyway, she was really reluctant to let go and plunged into Lu Yan's arms with a blushing face, listening to the thumping heartbeat in his chest.

If it weren't for the presence of outsiders, Lu Yan really wanted to directly hold the blushing little fox in his arms and take her home.

The two of them stuck together like sticky candy for a long time, and finally went home hand in hand and fingers intertwined.

It had been more than a month and a half, almost two months, since they were newly married. Lu Yan couldn't wait to stay by his wife's side all the time, and he wanted to hug her and kiss her after walking for a while.

"Lu Yan…"

His wife's voice was so nice, how could his wife speak so nicely? In the past, Lu Yan never thought his name was nice, but every time he heard his name from her mouth, it always made him happy and shook his heart.

"Let's go…" Qin Rou smiled helplessly, "Let's go back quickly."

The two of them dragged each other into the yard. Mr. Zhang was still planting flowers. When he saw the two of them coming back, he actually wanted to say a few words to Lu Yan, brag about himself, and explain by the way that he took the initiative to help his wife grow vegetables and flowers…

As a result, the man who always greeted him when he saw him and wanted to chat with him, ignored him. Without looking back, he walked into his house.

Lu Yan was a sticky "soft" machine at the moment, he just wanted to stick with his wife.

What Mr. Zhang, Sun, Qing Tuan… He couldn't remember any of them.

Zhang Chengbei: "…" Don't you want to ask me why I am working in the yard?

Zhang Chengbei threw down the things in his hand, feeling very depressed. He went upstairs to talk to his wife, "Lao Lu didn't even talk to me when he came back, and he didn't care why I was working in the yard… Why was he like that?"

"He and the tea spirit- husband and wife reunited after a long absence, who cares about you? He is self-indulgent."

Zhang Chengbei: "…Tomorrow I will take the initiative to tell him."

He volunteered! It was for the joy of life! ! He definitely was not being forced to work in the yard. It was a man's reputation!

"Reporting to my wife, I'm going to take a bath first."

"Go, go."

"Kiss me…"

Qin Rou kissed him on the left and right faces, on the lips, and on the chin, "Go, go."

"Not enough, kiss again."

Qin Rou had to hug his face and kiss again. This man went out for a while, and he was more difficult than a baby who didn't go to kindergarten.

After the kiss, the large bear kid still didn't move, bent down and stared at her with a pair of lacquer eyes. Qin Rou knew it, and hugged his face on tiptoe and kissed him twice, focusing on taking care of his lips.

Lu Yan looked at her with a smile, and said proudly, "This time you kissed me on your own initiative, I didn't ask you to."

"Go bath," Qin Rou rubbed his head with a smile.

If he didn't act again, she would go to the kitchen to get a rolling pin to beat the bear baby.

"Let's have dumplings tonight."

"Reporting to my wife, I don't want to eat seafood from the sea."

"Don't worry, we'll eat them with leek and pork stuffing."

He had been at sea for so long, and would feel sick to his stomach even when he saw the seafood. She understood him, but as she got pork meat, they ate pork dumplings.

Lu Yan took a fighting bath, came out and chopped the meat stuffing, Qin Rou marinated the stuffing. Lu Yan pushed the dough bowl over, hugged her from behind, and the two of them kneaded the dough together.

He was the one who was kneading, Qin Rou was just cooperating with him.

Doing two things, kissing her while kneading the dough, the disobedient little brother secretly emerged.

Thinking that the two hadn't seen each other for so long, Qin Rou also followed him.

"Wife, don't eat anything else. I want to eat sea oysters. Wife, let's make oysters."

Qin Rou turned her head and smiled at him, leaving two marks on his handsome face with her flour-stained hand.

She thought to herself: Silly dog, you'd better not eat.

She thought of the file bag on the bedside table in their room, which contained her b-ultrasound. After the man opened it and read it, the ending may be a little sad.

At most, it could only be so rubbish.

Qin Rou hadn't told anyone else about the news, not even her sister. She wanted to tell Lu Yan the news first.

However, not yet.

She smiled and kissed the man's chin to make him happy again.

"Wife, how many rolling pins did you buy?"

"Seeing as you like it so much, I bought some from Guangcheng."

"…I like it?"

Lu Yan made dumplings at night. He also kneaded big steamed buns. Qin Rou made sweet and sour cucumbers, lettuce with oyster sauce, fried sausages with snow peas, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, leek, chicken soup, fried small crispy pork, and put a small plate of homemade tomato sauce. To fulfill the man's wishes, she fried oysters for him.

They were all simple home-cooked dishes, green leafy vegetables, delicious and green in color, especially tender and attractive, red tomatoes, yellow eggs, sauce-red sausages, and shiny chicken soup, all these attractive colors were all stimulating, mouth watering.

Qin Rou served a bowl of chicken soup for both of them, and she happily picked a small piece of crispy meat and fed it into Lu Yan's mouth.

"Come, try it, they are all from things I grew in the yard."

The vegetables grown at home, the chickens raised at home, the eggs laid by the chickens, and the ingredients were all fresh and self-sufficient.

Let Lu Yan also feel the joy of the harvest.

"It's delicious," Lu Yan was extremely satisfied, as he finally could eat a bite of fresh vegetables. How could his wife be so good?

The dishes grown by his wife were really delicious, as her cooking skills were so excellent. How could he marry such a good wife?

With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?

Chen Jingyi had also returned to her sister's house, so only the couple were left to eat under the lamp.

Lu Yan thought it was the children-free life he dreamed of.

A sweet children-free holiday was coming soon.

He was so happy!

He was very able to eat that night. He swept away all the meals his wife cooked for him, and finally went to clean up the messy table.

Qin Rou, who had taken a bath at night, had been doing psychological construction for a long time, and before she walked to the door, she heard the cheerful whistle inside.

The little whistle betrayed the joy of the owner.

Qin Rou: "…?"

She pushed open the door and went in. Lu Yan rested his chin on his hand and was on the bed waiting for her. As soon as he saw her, his eyes couldn't move.

Qin Rou glanced at the file on the bedside table, it seemed not opened yet.

She was speechless.

It was kept in such an obvious place.

– Silly dog, didn't you have curiosity?

Lu Yan really didn't have the slightest curiosity about other things right then. All he could think about now was a happy life with no childrens, but only with his wife during the holidays in the next few days.

A private world.

"Wife…"

Lu Yan hugged his fragrant and soft wife in his arms and kissed her beautiful lips. He liked to kiss her very much.

Qin Rou hugged his neck and kissed him back.

Lu Yan liked deep kisses, and Qin Rou often felt that if she hadn't actively struggled to separate, he would have kissed her until the end of the world; while Qin Rou liked to have a light kiss, one kiss after another.

Each kiss had to be kissed until they were satisfied with each other before stopping.

"Lu Yan…" Unable to go any further, Qin Rou pressed her hand against his chest. She hooked the bedside table, pulled the file over, and threw it into Lu Yan's arms.

"Look at this first."

"No," Lu Yan refused.

"Look at…"

"I'll see it tomorrow, wife, you can't stop now, don't force me, it's difficult."

"I have to force you," Qin Rou pushed his handsome face away, looked into his eyes seriously, and said, "Lu Yan, you are going to be a father."

"You are really going to be a father."

After reading the file, Lu Yan lay motionless on the bed, like a sea dog (sailor) lying on the ice floes in sorrow.

"You're going to be a father."

"Are you happy?"

"Happy."

What else could he say? Other than tears and happiness, the army officer was very regretful. His vacation, his private vacation, was full of expressions. The couple's nightlife was all gone.

Qin Rou lay quietly on his chest, waiting for him to recover.

Lu Yan lowered his head and kissed her forehead lovingly.

His wife was pregnant.

As a man, it was a lie to say that he wasn't happy that the woman he liked was pregnant with his child, so how could he be unhappy? Although it was a bit regrettable, he did not reject the unexpected child.

He was going to be a dad.

There was a warm feeling in his heart, he held his wife in his arms, and promised in her ear, "Wife, I will be a good husband and a good father."

Qin Rou smiled and nodded.

She propped herself up and sat up, took the initiative to approach Lu Yan, kissed his chin and the little mole on the bridge of his nose. Their faces pressed together. Qin Rou endured her shyness and said a few words in his ear.

Lu Yan turned over and pressed her under him, with a smile on his face, "Really? It's all up to me?"

"It's up to you, it's up to you…"

Except that he couldn't make it to the end.

Qin Rou closed her eyes, but found that Lu Yan, who was beside her, didn't do anything. He pulled the thin quilt on the side and covered her tightly.

Lu Yan hugged her and whispered in her ear, "Wife, go to sleep and have a good rest."

Qin Rou's heart was sweet, she gave a soft "um", grabbed Lu Yan's hand and clasped his fingers together, "Lu Yan, don't wake up first tomorrow morning. The first time I wake up, I want to see you sleeping beside me."

"Okay."

Lu Yan hugged her and kissed her for about ten minutes, and then the two of them slowly got up. If it wasn't for fear that his wife was hungry, Lu Yan still wanted to continue pulling her to lie on the bed.

He went to cook seafood porridge, steamed a few steamed buns, and cooked goat milk freshly delivered for Qin Rou in the morning.

After the couple had breakfast together, they sat in the courtyard.

Compared with when Lu Yan left, their yard had changed a lot. The whole yard was beautiful. The vegetable garden was fruitful, and the small lawn on the right was neatly trimmed. There were several pink and white peony flowers on the side.

In addition to peonies, there were sunflowers, wisteria flowers and chrysanthemums, which were particularly beautiful to adorn the yard.

Qin Rou went to inspect her vegetable garden, observed the cucumber vine for a while, and manually picked up a male flower in bloom to pollinate another female flower, um, just rub it with the stamen.

A little dirty.

When she turned her head, she found that Lu Yan had picked off the two most beautiful pink and white peony flowers that she had been thinking about.

He also seemed to want to pick a sunflower.

Qin Rou: "!"

He was destroying her flowers!

The dog dismantled the house.

She had worked so hard to take care of the beautiful yard, but the dog picked the flowers. Qin Rou was filled with infinite worries. Wouldn't it be the case for her child in the future?

One big and one small, two demolition pests.

"Wife, look at the flowers I picked, they're beautiful, I'll give them to you," Lu Yan brought the flowers to her with a smile, picked up a peony and pinned it on her hair.

Qin Rou's black hair was loose that day, and she only wore a braid on each side and tied it at the back. It was very relaxed and comfortable.

"When you were young, did your mother often want to beat you, Comrade Lu Yan?"

"You borrow flowers to offer to Buddha!"

(Presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property)

"If I have flowers that are worth offering, I must offer them to my wife, look, isn't she beautiful? It looks better if you take it off. "

"I'm going to the kitchen to get a rolling pin—"

"Don't."

…

Zhang Chengbei on the second floor of the yard next door snorted softly.

The young couple was really noisy.

He stared at the flowers on Qin Rou's head with hot eyes. He also wanted to plant flowers for his wife.

The flower had been picked by the dog and there was no way.

Qin Rou took out the camera and asked Lu Yan to take pictures of her in the yard. Since he already picked flowers, she simply picked a bunch, hugged it in her arms and took pictures happily.

After Lu Yan took a few single-person photos of her, he also went to catch a cameraman – Mr. Zhang.

Mr. Zhang's heart was filled with fog. It was just too late to run as he was caught by Lu Yan. It would be fine to watch the little husband and wife fight, but he was made to take their lovey-dovey pictures.

Qin Rou mentioned her photography skills and told him how to take pictures.

While Zhang Chengbei felt that he should learn, when he saw the couple sitting on the swing through the camera, his mood was indescribable.

Mr. Zhang: "…"

When his wife, Huang Xinying, came back, he complained to his wife. Who knew that his wife didn't hear anything other than Xiao Qin next door was pregnant.

She was overjoyed.

"She is pregnant, why are you so happy?"

"I'm happy."

The tea spirit was finally pregnant, and would also experience the pain of raising a baby.

"Xiao Huang, do you think we should take a few photos in the yard?"

"What kind of photos?Do you want to take photos of the yard that your dog had eaten?"

"No, we have to take photos!"

Zhang Chengbei decided to take photos. He cheekily went to the next door and said that he wanted to take photos with his wife in their yard, so Qin Rou agreed.

He took his wife to take photos in front of the fruitful vegetable garden, as he wanted to send the photos to his former good friend.

By the way, he also attached a letter saying that he ploughed and grew vegetables and flowers in the yard, and how he worked hard to make his wife happy…

Anyway, what he said was the truth. As for what the other party thought, it had nothing to do with him.

Qin Rou and her husband had been sticking together for a day at home. Early the next morning, before dawn, they went to the beach to catch the sunrise with their family. At that time, the tide subsided, revealing a large tidal flat.

The sun rose from the sea level. At that moment, the rays of light were so radiant that it was almost impossible for people to open their eyes. The color of the sky became extremely beautiful and the clouds in the sky were rolling like waves, changing extremely fast.

Qin Rou put on thick waterproof shoes, held a blue bucket in one hand and long pliers in the other, and walked to the tidal flat with great interest. Lu Yan followed her closely, lest she accidentally left him behind.

He didn't bring any tools, just an umbrella and two sun hats. The sunscreen jacket made by Qin Rou also hung on him.

"How can it fall? You see we are walking so slowly."

"It's the first time you accompanied me to the beach."

Qin Rou worked hard to dig treasures to find small seafood. Once the tide receded, many gifts from the sea were left behind.

Many creatures in the sea were still sleeping in their own homes.

There were many small starfishes on the ground. Every time Qin Rou came to catch them, she liked to play with starfishes, poking its tentacles, doing good deeds by the way, and throwing them into the puddle.

If it was soaked in the mud, dried for a long time, it would become dried starfish.

The little sea urchin was also picked up and poked.

"Look, what is this crab doing? I don't want you. You look so ugly. I hate fried crabs."

"Wow, this is so big."

"I picked up a sea cucumber."

…

With small seafood all over the floor, there was disgust written all over his face, there was really no desire to pick it up.

But his wife was in high spirits, going in the east and turning around in the west.

"Sea snake—" Ah, although it was the best fishing bait, but seeing that it was too shabby, Qin Rou rubbed against Lu Yan's arms.

She hated seeing sea snakes.

Lu Yan happily hugged his wife.

Sister Qin Mian and brother-in-law Chen Mian were also nearby. Her sister was seriously digging for delicious food. Chen Mian looked at the west, full of academic inquiry. The two little kids have long been crazy. They caught a lot of small crabs and starfish

"Look at them, they're all crazy."

A few of them came out to play. Her father-in-law looked after Xiao Jingyi at home. The Chen family had settled down near Lucheng. Chen Mian didn't want to be a middle school teacher, even if he was a teacher, he just wanted to be a primary school teacher.

There happened to be a school with poor conditions that was lacking teachers. Most of the teachers were students from the village. Chen Mian did not dislike it. He went to that primary school to become a general subject teacher, so his family could still live in the school building.

When the Chen family moved in, they sold and replaced a lot of things. When they came, Qin Mian bought a second-hand bicycle and a sewing machine. She sewed on weekdays to subsidize the family.

Life was peaceful and steady. The Chen family liked it very much, especially the men. When they arrived on the island, they were much tougher. The grandfather sent their little grandson to kindergarten every morning, and then went shopping, went for a stroll, or took elementary school students to grow vegetables and fruit trees, or went for a walk by the beach alone.

The people around were extraordinarily simple and hospitable. Although Chen Mian was often angry with several elementary students and doubted his life, these monkey children were sometimes very warm-hearted, which made people love and hate.

Qin Mian told Qin Rou several interesting things, and even made her amused. Children, the younger they were, the more a combination of a devil and an angel they were.

The Chen family liked it very much and decided to settle down on the island completely.

When it should have been snowing heavily, seeing such bright sunshine made people's hearts open.

The sun was getting bigger.

On the other beach, the two of them were holding umbrellas, and Qin Rou was holding the hand of the man beside her. She stepped on the fine sand with her bare feet, and the shallow water washed over gently, leaving a row of footprints.

There were many enchanting coconut trees on the coast. Qin Rou saw little squirrels jumping up and down on the coconut trees. At first, she thought it was a mouse, but later she found out that it was a little squirrel.

There were a lot of squirrels there.

She had asked the aunts around if they would raise squirrels. They said no, these little squirrels were naughty and nimble, and it was difficult to catch them live.

But they had long tails and were super cute.

In the past, there was a little squirrel who went to her house to steal coconuts, and was caught by her, but as a kind person, she let it go back to the mountain.

Back from the beach, Qin Rou told her sister about her pregnancy.

Qin Mian was very happy, and repeatedly told her to do some things.

"Sister Huahua, Sister Huang, Sister Yang… also told me."

Her sister and her family went to Lu's house for dinner at noon. Every time she went to her sister's yard, Qin Mian felt a little unbelievable. She sighed, "This is actually built by my sister. Yes, this is what my sister grew, so ingenious, it's incredible."

Chen Mian added, "Think about how you looked before you got married."

At that time, Qin Mian: "…"

The man seemed to be a little bit squeamish.

Qin Rou snickered on the side, pulled Qin Mian and said privately, "I think my brother-in-law is made to be a primary school teacher."

He was silent at that time, but since he had been with the primary school students for a long time, he had a lot of eloquence.

"I also like him to be a primary school teacher." Qin Mian put her hands on her hips, "I just like to see him jumping around at home because of anger."

Qin Mian and Qin Rou were cooking in the kitchen. When Qin Mian saw so many rolling pins, she said hesitatingly, "…So many, what do you do with them?"

"A rolling pin, don't you use it, sister?"

"Of course I know it's a rolling pin, but the question is do you use them all?"

"No," Qin Rou said without any shame.

"You still bought so many."

Qin Rou said very proudly, "Your brother-in-law uses it, I can eat it while lying down. The big steamed buns he makes are especially delicious, and he even makes dumplings…"

"Sister, I'm envious, you married such a good man."

Qin Mian never thought things could change so fast. Her sister almost became a stepmother in the first half of the year, but was married to a young man, the navy officer who was young and motivated, also loved his wife.

He would also do laundry and cooking for his wife. Such a good man couldn't be found anywhere.

"Your husband is really good."

Qin Rou smiled.

"You, since you are pregnant, pay more attention. If you have twins, you have to be more careful…"

"Twins…"

Qin Rou thought about it, and it was indeed possible. Her sister's first born was twins. If the sister could have twins, then she was very likely to have twins. It was not easy to take care of two bear children at a time.

Qin Rou: "…Sister, don't scare me."

"How can I scare you? Isn't it good to have two children? But in the future, you have to be careful…" Qin Mian told her things to keep in mind when raising kids.

"Sister, just tell me the good things, and tell me about the suffering in the future."

As a former kindergarten teacher, Qin Rou knew the pain of raising a baby.

It was already very scary to keep one mythical beast, let alone two little mythical beasts.

If it was still a divine beast like his father Lu Yan, then her yard would really be in jeopardy.

At the moment, her yard could still be the most beautiful yard in the colony. When the bear baby would come into the world in the future, he/she would give all her flowers and plants to them.

"What are you afraid of? I saw that you were quite good at taking care of children. Jingyi had followed you for a few months, and when he returned home, he was so well-behaved that he could wear clothes, eat, sleep, and draw… " Qin Mian's eyes were full of smiles. The whole family was very happy about the changes in their youngest son.

"You, aren't you born good at raising children?"

Qin Rou: "…Don't say such scary words."

Qin Rou was really worried that she was pregnant with twins. It seemed that she would have to go to the hospital for a checkup in a while. If it was two, it would be really… exhausting.

Raising a baby was not easy.

The two sisters were cooking and chatting in the kitchen, Lu Yan and brother-in-law Chen Mian were talking outside, and the two children, Chen Jinghua and Juanjuan, took the younger brother Jingyi to play in the yard of their aunt's house.

"A-mei, I didn't expect your cooking to be so good, A-Jie might not necessarily be as good as you."

"She's a rare good wife!"

"Sister, don't be so rude, your brother-in-law may not think so."

"Who said that? I think my wife is the best."

Chen Mian ate a meal at his brother-in-law's house. He really envied his brother-in-law. His wife's sister, like his wife, had changed a lot before and after marriage. Her former pungent personality had become a lot gentler.

His brother-in-law really loved his wife.

He would also make big steamed buns and dumplings, which were quite delicious… It was something that he couldn't compare to.

He felt really ashamed.

He also planned to go back and try to make steamed buns. It shouldn't be difficult to make such a simple thing.

Lu Yan was on vacation, but Qin Rou still had to go to work. She couldn't ride a bicycle in the morning, and could only take a bus, but she had to walk for a short distance as she got off at the place halfway. She had to walk ten minutes to the radio station.

Lu Yan was at home, so he naturally said that he would borrow a car to drive her to work, but Qin Rou was reluctant. Anyway, the weather was good at the moment, and it was good for two people to walk as it was not too far. As a pregnant woman herself, she should take more walks.

She leaned on Lu Yan, but felt tired after walking for ten minutes, so he had to carry her on his back, "You wanted me to carry you a long time ago, right?"

Qin Rou admitted honestly, "You're really very clever."

She really wanted to taste the feeling of being carried by her husband.

"Why didn't you say that earlier? If you had said it earlier, I would've carried you from our house."

"That's so embarrassing. So many people would be looking at us."

"Am I heavy?"

"…Wife, don't overestimate yourself, you are like a feather."

"Nonsense."

Lu Yan sent her to her work unit. It was the first time he went to her work unit. Before arriving, Qin Rou got off Lu Yan's back so as not to be ridiculed by colleagues.

Lu Yan entered the unit with her, as he wanted to visit around, so Qin Rou introduced him.

"Qin Rou, who is this person?"

"Your husband?"

"You two are handsome and beautiful, it's a match made in heaven…"

Qin Rou rarely talked about her husband in the work unit, and many people guessed that the relationship between the two was average. Later, the matter of Wang Lichun happened again, and some people murmured in their hearts, thinking that her guess might be correct.

Qin Rou looked young and beautiful. There were some young men in the station who really liked her secretly. Although Qin Rou avoided suspicion and basically didn't have any close behavior with other men, she still attracted people's attention.

Her man was excellent. He was a naval officer, but he was often away from home, and he may not be literate or romantic. Qin Rou, a woman with a beautiful voice, was an announcer, and her conditions were not bad. Maybe she would have other thoughts.

But seeing the couple's affection and sweet smiles, one could tell they were a loving couple. Qin Rou, who used to just smile lightly on station, smiled beautifully in front of her handsome husband, and looked at him with a kind of gentleness that was rarely seen in the past.

Zeng Xueqing, an announcer who worked with Qin Rou, sighed, "It used to be difficult, but Mount Wu is not a cloud (romantic)."

"With such a husband, who else would Qin Rou like? Let their minds rest. It's a crime to destroy a military marriage."

"Don't gossip behind her back."

Lu Yan's parents brought a lot of cloth to Qiongzhou Island, saying that they wanted to give Qin Rou clothes to make. They knew that their little daughter-in-law was beautiful, and must have liked to wear new clothes. She just got married, so she needed to make a few more new clothes.

The Lu parents both had pensions, and they were not short of money, so they exchanged a lot of cloth tickets with others, bought all kinds of cloth, and sent them to the island. They originally wanted to make dresses directly, but were also afraid that it might not be done well, and their little daughter-in-law wouldn't like it, so they simply sent a cloth over.

After receiving the cloth, Lu Yan hurriedly took it back to make his wife happy. The cotton cloth of that era was simple in pattern, and there were no other strange patterns. They were all normal and ordinary, including red, army green, and some white and blue, as well as rags and plaids that were quite idyllic and fresh.

Most of the Lu family were in the army. Lu Yan's parents also had a lot of old military uniforms, and they had accumulated a lot of cloth tickets themselves. It was indeed a big deal to come up with so many clothes at that time.

"Wife, let's make some more new clothes."

"Your father-in-law and mother-in-law gave them to you."

Lu Yan, who received the cotton cloth, didn't know that his parents were already on their way south. He hadn't told them that his wife was pregnant.

His parents were worried that his home was a battlefield filled with gunpowder.

Qin Rou took the cloth to her sister Qin Mian's house to make clothes. Qin Mian's house was in a school near the farm. That school was very dilapidated. It was just a few small huts making up a school.

It was better than the conditions they lived in before where the house they lived in was made of bricks, the huts were thatched houses.

There were not many teachers and principals in the school, and many of the students were children from poor families in the nearby villages, who came to school in rags and were bare feet.

Qin Mian sewed small pants for these children with tattered rags. During the day, the sun was shining and the children did not have umbrellas. They would come to class using coconut leaves for shade, just like little squirrels with leaves on their backs.

Originally, the teachers were not very educated, and the ones graduating from middle and high school could become elementary school teachers.

But, after Chen Mian came, he, a "college student", had become the most literate teacher in the whole school.

Not to mention his father Chen Yubai, who was originally a university teacher.

Chen Mian spoke fluent English. He would teach children languages and mathematics. He also taught very well. The principal and other teachers respected his family very much.

Chen Yubai had read countless history books. He had a lot of stories to tell the children. Many students liked to go to Grandpa Chen to listen to the stories.

The parents of the students were not literate people, but they respected the teachers. The small fish and shrimps on the beach were not worth a lot of money, so they let the children bring them to school for the teachers to eat.

At that time, there were many wild fruits on the mountain. The Chen family, Jing Yi and other children went to the forest to pick fruits together, and ate happily every day.

Many villagers had also planted some fruit trees. Of course, the fruits were not worth much. The mountain lychee on a whole tree was only 50 cents.

If one couldn't eat it, it would only get rotten. At that time, there was no storage and transportation. It couldn't be transported outside. The temperature was high and it was easy to spoil. It could be dried, but still couldn't be used much.

The Chen family lived on small fish, shrimps and wild fruits. The conditions around were not good, but they were not starving. Qin Rou also brought a few boxes of leeks, lettuce and tomatoes which were grown on the second floor of her home for her sister.

The school also allocated a vegetable plot to their family, and Qin Mian was planning to do a good job in the same way as her sister.

Lu Yan borrowed a transport car to send Qin Rou over, and went with his brother-in-law to pick up some planks and thatch, prepared to build two or three more houses. The house where the Chen family lived now was fine, but it would not be suitable for living if the typhoon arrived. They had to hide in the teaching building to avoid the typhoon.

The windows in the thatched hut were open, and the light in the daytime was excellent. Qin Mian sat in front of the sewing machine, flipped through the rags and plaids brought by her sister, and praised, "These are good materials. It's not cheap. You just got married, so you should really make some new clothes. Let me take your measurements and I'll make some clothes for you right away."

"Is there a red cloth? I will make a red dress for you, even if you don't wear it out, you can keep it."

For people at that time, marriage was a big event. No matter how poor and hard people's lives were, they spent a lot of money when they got married, making clothes, buying cigarettes and alcohol.

"The floral ones can be made into simple shirts or skirts. The white ones can be made into tops, and the army green ones can be made into trousers… There is no need to make pants. I altered Lu Yan's old clothes and I can wear them too. They just issued new military uniforms… There is still some cloth, so instead make two for my little nephew."

"You made clothes for him before. He still has his brother's old clothes, how can you waste your good clothes? If there are rags, sister, I will not be polite to you, I will make him clothes."

"Sister, how's life here?"

"Can't you tell? Look at your brother-in-law and his father, they are in better spirits…"

Qin Mian used to be a girl living in the mountains, so naturally she didn't dislike such living conditions. She was afraid that her husband and her father-in-law would dislike it, but the two men were fine. Moreover they even liked it.

They probably liked the sunshine and air there and said goodbye to old life easily. They were surrounded by some new acquaintances, and all were very kind to them. Although the students were a little naughty, they respected the teacher very much.

Every day they could see clear blue sky and white clouds, dazzling sunshine, lush mountains and fresh air. Even if they lived in a thatched hut, they felt open-minded.

Especially since , after coming there, her father-in-law's body gradually improved and he became a tough old man.

He sometimes rode a bicycle to go around and chatted with the old people in the village. He also heard that the old people there lived long-life and he wanted to as well.

"Your father-in-law and mother-in-law have given you so much cloth. They're generous, you should get along well with them."

In that era, other things were not expensive, but cotton cloth was the most expensive, and one couldn't save many cloth tickets in a year. Just like the people there, although they had enough to eat, it was a big problem to raise money to buy materials to make clothes.

It was difficult to make money. Abalone, sea cucumber and lobster were not worth much. A few cents could buy a pound of pork, but they could buy thirty to forty pounds of skinned fish. As for other small seafood, no one cared even if it was thrown on the road.

Pippi shrimp and the like were also thrown into the pit for composting.

"I haven't met his parents yet, and I don't know if we could get along well. I just spoke a few words with them on the phone."

When she received so many materials, Qin Rou was indeed taken aback. The production of cotton cloths was low at the moment, and it was not easy to buy them. Even if one had money, they could not buy them. There were not many tickets, and they could only be used tightly. If there were children at home, the second kid wore clothes used by the eldest kid.

However, at that time, green and blue uniforms were all popular. If one had military uniforms issued after they became a soldier, they could save a lot of cloth tickets.

In 1972, the problem of difficulty in dressing had not yet been solved. It was only in the past two years that advanced foreign petrochemical equipment was introduced, and more chemical fiber production lines were opened. After a few more years, there would be "really good" fabrics on the market.

When she was in Guangcheng, Qin Rou also saw some really good ones that came from Hong Kong. At that time, there was a train connecting Hong Kong and the mainland every day. There was also a steel bridge. People who came to visit relatives, came in new clothes in the morning, and went back in tattered clothes at night, leaving the good clothes to the family members on the mainland.

"When I meet his parents in the future, I…"

Qin Mian was an experienced person, and told her about her previous experience with her in-laws, "Sister, you were in bad condition, but your life is good now. You got admitted as an announcer."

"There is a radio in our school where I can hear your voice at noon. Everyone likes to hear your voice. I didn't tell the teachers that the announcer is my sister. If they knew about it, they would definitely envy me."

The two sisters chatted with a smile, and after a while, two women came uninvited, one with a mole on her forehead, the other wearing a sea soul shirt and green military trousers. They walked into the house together.

They held a piece of clothing in their hands, and had come to find Qin Mian to sew clothes.

"Qin Mian, I came to see you," the woman with a big mole on her forehead smiled. Her name was Sun Mingfang. She used to be from the same village as Qin Mian.

The woman beside her was her sister Sun Mingli.

Sun Mingfang looked at the thatched house where Qin Mian lived, and the pride and joy in her eyes became even greater.

She didn't expect to be able to "meet an old acquaintance" on this small island, and the person she met was Qin Mian.

What made her secretly happy was that Qin Mian's life had become so bad.

Back then, Qin Mian, a poor mountain girl like them, could marry a "scholar" like Chen Mian, and went to Liao Province. It was like a dream to the girls living in the mountains. Qin Mian flew up the branches, turned into a phoenix, and became a scholar's wife.

Sun Mingfang married a soldier. Later, he was demobilized and discharged from the army. She came to this island as an educated youth to work on the farm.

Life was not bad, she also called her sister over and wanted to find her a military husband there. There were many navies in the military port.

Seeing the depressed Qin Mian, Sun Mingfang was instantly relieved. She used to envy the girl who became a phoenix, but the phoenix was still a chicken, living in a broken grass shed. Her husband teaching in that shabby school was a real joke, it was not as good as the man she married.

It was probably just karma.

Sun Mingfang couldn't help but look at Qin Mian as she felt at ease looking at her current appearance.

She could step on this wild girl under her feet.

"Qin Mian, please help my sister mend some clothes. You have to be careful not to damage them. My sister is not the same as before. She married an officer, and he is a naval officer…" Sun Mingfang boasted to Qin Mian.

What could Qin Mian care about?

Anyway, Sun Mingfang felt that her brother-in-law was very powerful, and he was working under some chief.

"Really? That's good!" Qin Mian also knew Sun Mingfang's careful thoughts that she just wanted to show off in front of her, so she obeyed her words and just listened.

When she was going to marry off to Liao Province, Sun Mingfang was very jealous, but was too proud at the moment.

Qin Mian only listened to her, but didn't talk to her about anything. The two sisters didn't want to have too much contact with their hometown fellows.

Now on the island, they couldn't get in touch with the hometown people.

"The man that my sister married is good. They got married and got the house in the colony's courtyard. It is a beautiful house, built of bricks, and has two floors…"

"Look at the dress and white shoes my sister is wearing, aren't they pretty?"

The less Qin Mian wanted to talk to her, the more excited Sun Mingfang became. Instead, she wanted to tell her more, "I'll tell you a secret, don't tell others. The person my sister married is the chief. His name is Lu Yan, Lu (旅) meaning brigade/army, Yan (炎) meaning flame. His family is well educated, so he gave him this name-"

Qin Rou, who was drinking water beside her, almost choked on water.

Was it a coincidence that she heard that name from the person bragging? Were there any other chiefs named Lu?

Qin Mian: "…"

Sun Mingfang had already noticed the person sitting next to Qin Mian, "This is your sister?"

"She is my sister. She is an announcer."

Sun Mingfang didn't expect that Qin Mian actually had a younger sister who was working as an announcer. She thought that that beautiful woman was a newly arrived educated youth from Guangdong Province, but didn't expect her to be Qin Mian's sister.

These eyes were indeed of her little fox spirit sister who had been beautiful and charming since she was a child.

She was even admitted to the announcer?! Being an announcer was good.

But no matter how powerful her sister was, she couldn't compare to her own.

"For a woman, the most important thing is to marry well, pick a good man. I think it's good to marry a soldier. My sister is now a soldier's wife. Do you want my sister to introduce someone to your sister? "

Qin Rou said, "No, I'm married, and my husband is also working on the ship."

"Ah, the physical work of laborers on ships is hard…"

"Wife, come and see this, what about this window…" Lu Yan walked in from outside, holding a design drawing in his hand.

Sun Mingfang looked at the tall and handsome man who came in hesitantly. Wife? That was Qin Mian's brother-in-law.

She looked at the man carefully. Although he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, he was extremely handsome, and his exposed arms were even stronger, but he was wearing an old military uniform, with sweat on his forehead, and several black patches of mud on his face.

He was a rough but handsome man.

Qin Mian's sister married this person?

He looked handsome, but could a pretty face provide food? He couldn't be compared to her "brother-in-law".

The smile on Sun Mingfang's face was a little reluctant. Although that man's condition was a bit poor, he was also a crew member. He was in excellent shape and was able to make that old military uniform so good-looking, which made the onlookers' eyes shine.

Sun Mingfang smiled stiffly, while her younger sister, Sun Mingli, turned pale, almost stupid on the spot.

She said tremblingly, "Chief Lu."

Thinking of what her sister said just a while before, Sun Mingli's face turned red. She couldn't stay any longer. Her sister couldn't tell the atmosphere, so she left quickly.

Her sister didn't want to leave yet, so Sun Mingli ignored Sun Mingfang and ran away.

Sun Mingfang chased after her, "You don't need to make any clothes?"

"Sister, let's go, it's too embarrassing, that's Chief Lu," Sun Mingli regretted it very much. She shouldn't have mentioned these things in front of her sister.

Sun Mingli had met Lu Yan with her partner Xiao Wu, officer under Chief Lin and was particularly impressed by that army officer. So she asked Xiao Wu a few more questions, who told her many things.

Sun Mingli chatted with her sister in private, saying that it would be great if she could marry a man like Chief Lu. Because Lu Yan's name was special, it was easy to remember. Sun Mingfang also remembered that name. She didn't know other officers, but only that one, and was talking nonsense in front of Qin Mian.

Who knew that when she was talking nonsense, they actually met the righteous master.

"What did you say? The young man who came in just now is Chief Lu? Qin Mian's brother-in-law?" Sun Mingfang still refused to believe it, "He is too young."

"Look at his military uniform, how could he be the chief? Did you admit the wrong person?"

Shouldn't he be dressed in style?

"That's Chief Lu. I saw him with my own eyes when I went to see Xiao Wu. How can I possibly recognize the wrong person?"

"Oh my God! How can he be Qin Mian's brother-in-law, the husband of her vixen sister?"

Qin Mian's sister married a naval officer, the chief? Still a young and handsome one?

The two Qin family sisters were really great at seducing men than the other.

"Have you met those two women?"

"One of whom is Xiao Wu's partner?" Lu Yan still had some impressions of one of the women.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

The real Li Kui met the fake Li Kui (Water Margin classic book character, m. to confuse fake with genuine), but it wasn't them who were embarrassed. The Sun sisters would be embarrassed to appear in front of Qin Mian in the future.

Qin Rou went out with Lu Yan to help her sister and her husband build a wooden house and a thatched hut. Her sister saw the thatched umbrella in her yard before and said that it was very beautiful. She asked her to help their family get one too, so Qin Rou agreed.

Although it was a thatched hut, it also had a beautiful method of covering. Thinking of the thatched hut she saw on the beach in her previous life, Qin Rou wanted to build a beautiful thatched hut for her sister and brother-in-law's house.

She could wait until later to slowly repair the brick house.

Lu Yan personally accompanied Qin Rou to the hospital for another check-up. That time, they were told they had twins.

—It turned out that it was really two bear babies at one time.

Qin Rou hugged the waist of the man beside her, and said with emotion, "Brother Lu, you are too powerful."

Just one time, two babies.

Lu Yan held his wife in his arms, and said modestly, "No way… the gentle and lovely lady is more powerful."

"You will have to work hard in the future. Brother Lu, you have to help raise two babies. I still don't know if they are boys or girls…"

If they were like Lu Yan, what would happen in the future?

Since she was pregnant with twins, there were three possibilities, one was two boys, one was two girls, and then one of each.

Qin Rou: "…"

She would wait until nine months to see what she would get.

"Lu Yan, do you want a son or a daughter? Since we have twins, we should have both a son and a daughter."

"As long as it's our baby, both are fine."

"Thank you for your hard work, wife."

Lu Yan knew that it was not easy for a woman to conceive, not to mention that his wife was pregnant with twins. She needed to be taken care of. He was afraid that his wife would suffer.

The two returned to the colony, and Sister Huang next door came to ask them about the results of the examination. After learning that it was twins, she was very happy for them, "Twins, great."

Huang Xinying was really happy. The little girl next door was pregnant with twins. She prayed for them to be two boys!

One boy was not enough, two boys were just right! ! Boys were the most naughty when they were young, and there must be two lively and naughty little boys.

If the tea spirit gave birth to two boys, her beautiful yard would be turned into a kennel. Her sons would pull out all the flowers and vegetables she planted.

She wanted to see how she would still enjoy tea then.

Haha…

Back at her house, Huang Xinying was still happy and told her husband Zhang Chengbei about it.

Zhang Chengbei felt weird, "Why are you happy? You are not her mother-in-law."

"I can't be happy?" Huang Xinying glared at him, and then she went outside her yard. After reading a book, she silently retracted her eyes, made a cup of tea for herself, and poured a cup of tea for her husband Zhang Chengbei.

Huang Xinying took a sip of hot tea and said sincerely, "Old Zhang, I have to admit that I did something wrong."

"What happened to you? Since that family moved here, you have so many mood swings a day. "

"It is also because of you."

"Huh?"

"Old Zhang, stop it, don't worry about others," Huang Xinying felt that she had done a lot of whining recently. The thing she regretted the most was to make Lao Zhang grow vegetables and flowers.

What used to be a good yard became kist pits. It was messy, almost as if a dog ran around. Every day when she came home and saw that yard, Huang Xinying's eyes hurt.

It was better not to do it.

The tea spirit's yard next door was so beautifully maintained, and her yard was indescribable. That, it… it was not as good as before.

Since Huang Xinying thought that her idea of governing by inaction was very wonderful, it was better not to do it.

Which yard was so miserable as theirs?

"No! What do you mean by not doing it?" Now Zhang Chengbei had set up his ambitions. He wanted to plant flowers in the yard, and had finally got started, but the woman said no.

"Don't do it, you can't do it."

"Change from 'no' to 'will', okay? Don't come and attack me, don't interfere with my enthusiasm here."

"I tell you, not only do I want to grow flowers, but I also want to grow vegetables!"

"I'll show off to Xiao Lu after planting."

Huang Xinying: "…"

Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping traveled south. The old couple did not come alone, but came with the old couples next door who were going to visit relatives.

That was also due to an unexpected opportunity. Because their dry rest center was next to a military academy, they heard that a cadet boat was going south, and they took it.

The old friends went south together and recalled the past on the boat.

They were all people who had half their feet in the coffin. In addition to talking about the past, they talked about their sons, daughters, and grandchildren.

Lu Zongyi was ridiculed by Lao Wang in the past. Although there was an accident in the middle, his youngest son Lu Yan managed to save his face. Comrade Lu Zongyi finally had a son who successfully got married at the age of twenty-five.

He changed the Lu family's ancestral late marriage curse.

That really gave him a face, but he just married a fiery girl… But that was what his son had to suffer, what did it have to do with him?

He finally had a topic to talk about:

"This is my little son and daughter-in-law's photo."

"My little daughter-in-law is beautiful. Lao Wang, your daughter-in-law is not as good-looking as my daughter-in-law, haha, my youngest son has such a good eye, hahahaha…"

"I never thought my son would marry such a beautiful girl."

On the boat, Lu Zongyi acted arrogant. His little daughter-in-law, if had no other virtue, had a first-class appearance, and his son's vision was indeed good.

Their Lu family got such a beautiful woman.

It gave him prestige!

"I don't envy you, Lao Wang, my little daughter-in-law is so beautiful, and if she has a daughter, my granddaughter must be beautiful…"

Jiang Ping was silently listening to her husband bragging, maybe because the sea breeze had been blowing a lot recently, that man could really blow. (blow: boast)

Lao Wang listened to him with a straight face, "Old Lu, don't talk about it, could I still not know what kind of daughter-in-law your Xiao Yan married?"

Besides being beautiful, was there anything else good about her?

She was from a poor family.

Lao Wang had absolutely no sourness, absolutely no envy for the beautiful granddaughter that his friend may have.

First, the couple needed to be harmonious enough to have a granddaughter.

"Come to my son's house first, my youngest son and daughter-in-law are on the right track." Since they went south to visit relatives, they had to go to Lao Wang's son's house first. The reason why Lu Zongyi was so reckless was because his youngest son was at the southernmost point. They would part with Lao Wang halfway through. What was the son and daughter-in-law like? They hadn't seen it themselves.

A smile appeared on the corner of Old He's face, listening to their noise and watching the play silently.

He just came to see the play.

Lao Wang, Lao Lu and his party first arrived at the house of Lao Wang's youngest son. Maybe it was a coincidence. As soon as they arrived, Lao Wang's youngest son and his young daughter-in-law were arguing.

Lu Zongyi took the opportunity to tease and said, "Old Wang, your youngest son and daughter-in-law are very compatible."

Old Wang tried his best to honor himself, "We just came here by accident this time, my youngest son and daughter-in-law are usually very affectionate. Yes, the two of them have a very good relationship and rarely quarrel. Look at how clean their house is."

"Do you think your son and daughter-in-law won't quarrel? With just your Lu Yan's temper, can you touch your conscience and talk about it?"

Lu Zongyi snorted proudly, "Who said that? You said that your son and daughter-in-law have a good relationship. My child also has a good relationship with his wife. My son also helps my daughter-in-law hoe the land, and they grow vegetables and flowers."

Old Wang: "… "

Wasn't it a little too exaggerated?

Lu Yan was hoeing and growing flowers?

"Goodbye, Lao Wang, let's meet in Jiaodao."

After watching a good show, Lu Zongyi expressed his satisfaction.

"Ah, no way, old man, let's go south together, I haven't been to Qiongzhou Island, and I, an old comrade, applied for a visit to go there."

Lu Zongyi: "…You want to come? You won't accompany your son and daughter-in-law? Have you forgotten that you were here to visit them?" Old Wang and his wife wanted to go with them. Lu Zongyi finally panicked, and he looked at Jiang Ping for help, who gave him a helpless look.

Just after disembarking at Lucheng Port on Qiongzhou Island, without even saying anything, Lao Wang, his wife and Old He escorted the Lu family to visit their relatives in the colony.

The group reached the place and made some inquiries. The little brother at the door pointed the way to the old people.

Lu Zongyi and his wife stopped silently in front of a yard that the dog gnawed on…

It should be that house.

They had thought it might be miserable, but they didn't expect it to be so miserable.

The couple looked at each other: "…"

Lu Zongyi and his wife were silent.

When Old Wang on the side saw the couple's expressions, he was happy.

Look at it, look at it, what was this called? Feng Shui turns! (Karma strikes back)

Old Wang rushed to Lu Zongyi and gestured, "Old Lu, tsk tsk, your Xiao Lu hoes the land, grow vegetables and flowers? This is really…"

"Old He, wife, look, this yard is indeed theirs. I have watched Lu Yan grow up since he was a child."

"This contrast is too tragic. Look at the yard next door, how beautiful it is, look at the fruit, and the flowers. It's so beautiful, the owner must be ingenious."

"Oh my God, there are ready-made ones here, but some people can't even copy it right," Old Wang laughed.

Lu Zongyi had nothing to say, and there was really nothing to refute.

Thinking about the vegetables and flowers grown, it must not have been easy for his son.

Lu Zongyi swallowed his saliva, and asked his wife Jiang Ping for help: Wife, why don't we turn around and go back?

Jiang Ping gave him a look: Go in.

"Aren't we going to knock? Let's take a look, Lao He, what do you think?"

"Look at the other courtyard, are there a model couple living next to them?"

Old Wang and Old He judged it. Lu Zongyi felt a chill in his heart, and now his expectations had been reduced to a minimum. As long as the youngest son and his wife didn't quarrel in front of them, he would be thankful .

"Dad! Mom! Uncle Wang, Uncle He, Auntie, why are you all here?"

Lu Zongyi turned around and saw a tall and handsome man in a white military uniform. He almost didn't recognize the man.

"Lu…Lu Yan?" Old Wang almost didn't recognize the youngest son next door.

The kid from the Lu family was really good-looking, like taking a promotional photo for joining the army.

"I called back a while back, and Xiao Li said that you two went with Uncle Wang to visit his son's house, but I didn't expect you all to arrive at Qiongzhou Island by now."

His wife was pregnant, and Lu Yan was going to call back to tell his parents. As a result, they were not there, so he planned to wait a while before telling them.

Unexpectedly, his parents brought Uncle Wang to visit his house on the way.

His wife was going to see her in-laws too.

"Son, you—" Lu Zongyi frowned and looked at him. If there were no outsiders at that moment, he really wanted to grab the collar of that child and ask him: Why is your yard so bad?

Lu Yan came back early that day. Originally, he planned to come back early to knead the steamed buns, then take out the quilt at home to dry in the sun, wash and prepare the dinner for his wife. But with so many guests, a large table of food should be prepared well for the evening.

"Let's go to the house first, let's sunbathe outside," Lu Yan walked past several old people and walked toward his house.

Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping watched their son go to the next door, and Old Wang on the side was stunned, "Little Lu, where are you going?"

Lu Yan pointed to his yard, "This is my house, everyone come in."

Lu Zongyi, Jiang Ping, and Old Wang, "Huh?"

"You are standing in Mr. Zhang's yard."

"Yes…is that right?"

Lu Zongyi followed him into the next yard.

Old Wang: "…"

Just now he was comparing the two courtyards, but it turned out not to be true?!

Could it be that Old Lu and Xiao Lu colluded in advance to bluff them?

Old Lu was more scheming than before.

The heart of someone who played tactics was dirty. Since Old Lu's son could become the chief of staff, his heart was already dirty.

As soon as Jiang Ping entered the yard, she looked left and right curiously. The yard was really beautiful. When she looked outside just now, she felt that it was beautifully decorated. When she came in, she found that the owner of the yard did take excellent care of the flowers and plants inside.

Taking a look at that beautiful small vegetable field, the vegetables were tender, and the fruits were so beautiful, it was pleasing to look at. There were actually yellow peppers, and the green fruits on the side seemed to have a faint fragrance.

There were tables and chairs under the thatched umbrella, the peony blooms just right on the lawn next to it, the vines were wrapped around the swing, and on the top of the swing was another clump of wisteria flowers, and there were some flowers on the side.

Was this her son's house?

Impossible!

Jiang Ping couldn't help looking at Old Lu, and gave him a look: You are still pretending with me, right?

For his face, he really sacrificed himself.

He was still hiding it from her, tsk, this father and son.

Lu Zongyi: "…"

Lu Zongyi didn't quite understand the look in his wife's eyes. Didn't his wife collude with his son in advance just to give him face?

Otherwise, why was that brat waiting for them with such precision?

Lu Zongyi walked over to his son, pulled him aside, and whispered, "You won't reveal your secret like this, right?"

Did he deliberately change houses with someone?

It would be even more embarrassing if it was revealed later.

Old Wang next to him heard his words and thought that it was indeed the case.

Lu Yan: "…Dad, what are you talking about?"

Lu Zongyi: "…"

Old Wang: "…"

At that moment, Old Wang and Old Lu thought of something: Pretend, you can pretend, let's see how long you can keep it up.

Jiang Ping asked, "Son, did you clean the outside yard?"

"My wife does it usually."

Lu Yan invited them into the house, then went to boil water and pour tea for them. Lu Zongyi and the others looked left and right. They found that the room was spotless and decorated very warmly. When they came in, the vase made of bamboo tubes on the table was filled with water and a few beautiful flowers were in it.

There were a lot of photos hanging on one wall, all of them were photos of Lu Yan and a woman, two children, one they both knew, Old Lu's grandson, and the other they didn't know.

Old Wang murmured in his heart, "This pretending is too real, with so many photos."

Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping looked at the photos and found that the young son and daughter-in-law looked quite affectionate in the photos.

Old Wang's wife and Old He also looked up at the photos curiously.

The couple was very good looking.

The daughter-in-law was so pretty. Standing beside her tall son, she looked like a little bird.

"Why did you take so many photos?"

Lu Yan poured tea for the elders, "My wife bought a camera in Guangcheng before we came to Qiongzhou Island. She likes to take pictures. I also like to take pictures of her. There are quite a few in the room."

Old Wang said immediately, "Xiao Lu, go and take them out for us to see, have you taken a lot of pictures of the seaside? We just reached and want to take a look at that place. What's the difference between the sea on this side and the sea on our side?"

"The coconut trees here are so tall!"

"Okay."

"I'll go up and have a look with you. You also planted flowers on the second floor, right? They look very beautiful. I want to go up and see what kind of flowers they are."

"I don't know what kind of flowers they are. My wife planted them."

Lu Yan took Old Wang up to the second floor to have a look, and even took this album at random, Lao Wang didn't need to look around, because he found that there were also many photos posted on the wall on the second floor.

The photo was either Lu Yan, or Lu Yan's wife, or a group photo of the two of them.

Lao Wang: "…" How many photos were there in that house?

How long had this couple been married? How could they take so many photos? He and his wife had been together for most of their lives and hadn't taken so many photos.

It was fine for a woman to take them, but…

Old Wang glanced at Lu Yan strangely, but he didn't expect the kid with thick eyebrows and big eyes to love taking pictures so much.

The two of them went upstairs, while Jiang Ping and Old Wang's wife quietly went to the kitchen to take a look. They found that it was clean and tidy, and should be used frequently, but…

Jiang Ping came out of the kitchen, just in time to see Lu Yan and Old Wang coming downstairs.

She asked, "Child, why are there so many rolling pins in your kitchen?"

"I bought some, and some were bought by my wife. She thought I liked them."

Jiang Ping: "?!" What did a rolling pin mean?

(Rolling pin used for beating, hehe)

Lu Zongyi was frightened at that moment, "Is this really your home?"

Lu Yan: "?!"

Qin Rou came home a little later than usual, because she and her colleague Xi Xiangyi went to buy ducks together. Buying one duck was too expensive, so the two bought one together.

Taking her half of the duck, Qin Rou hummed a song and went back. After she became pregnant, she had morning sickness recently. She often retched, had a bad appetite, and wanted to eat sour things.

In that era, she couldn't get whatever she wanted, she could only create ways to satisfy her appetite.

She really wanted to eat sour plum duck!

She finally got half a duck, and wanted to make a sour plum duck. It was the day Lu Yan came back, so she would ask him to make some dough wrapping, sour plum duck and cucumber shreds…

She drooled just thinking about it.

—I want to eat sour plum duck, I want to eat sour plum duck, I want to eat sour plum duck.

Qin Rou was thinking about the sour plum duck, and walked to the door of her courtyard, only to find that there seemed to be a lot of guests at her house.

Three old men squatted in her yard, studying her sunflowers.

Qin Rou was stunned at the door.

The three old men also saw her, and they who were 1.8 meters tall stood up and looked at her.

Lu Zongyi: "Xiao Qin?"

Old Wang: "Xiao Qin?"

Old He: "Xiao Qin?"

Qin Rou: "…"

"Father-in-law? Who are the two uncles…"

Suddenly, she saw several tall and strange old men in the yard, and Qin Rou panicked, not to mention that one of them was her father-in-law, Lu Yan's father.

Qin Rou had seen photos of Lu Yan's parents before.

Inexplicably, she saw them while carrying the duck. Qin Rou's face flushed and she didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Lu Yan heard the movement and walked out of the house.

He smiled brightly, "Wife, you're back."

Qin Rou hurried over and shoved the duck in her hand to him. She wished she could shove all of herself into him. What was the situation? Lu Yan's parents were there? Why did no one give advance notice?

Jiang Ping and Lao Wang's wife also came out. Jiang Ping's eyes lit up when she saw the daughter-in-law who came back.

Sure enough, she was a beauty. Probably because she was just walking home, she was sweating a little. There was an indescribable shyness on her face.

Her son's eyes were indeed good.

"This is your mother-in-law and Aunt Zhang."

Qin Rou followed him and called them mother-in-law and auntie. She swallowed, and at the first glance at Jiang Ping, she noticed her mother-in-law's long legs.

Aunt Zhang next to her mother-in-law should not be underestimated, she was over 1.72 meters tall.

Qin Rou: "…"

She tried her best to add one centimeter to her height, saying that she was 1.65.

"Come on, come in and sit, Old Lu, your little daughter-in-law is back."

Lu Yan's parents got the news that Qin Rou was pregnant, and was carrying twins. Jiang Ping took her little daughter-in-law and spoke warmly. Although she heard that her little daughter-in-law was a little pepper, she still tried her best to soften her voice, for fear that she would scare her.

"Does Lu Yan treat you well?"

"Did he bully you? He was the most naughty when he was a child…"

"How is your life here?"

"It's good, Lu Yan is very nice"

After chatting with her mother-in-law, Qin Rou finally relaxed, not as nervous as before.

While chatting , she also found out: —Maybe my mother-in-law and I are the best compatible height for a couple?

Compared with Lu Yan, the height difference between her and her mother-in-law was more convenient for kissing.

Qin Rou found that her father-in-law looked very serious, rather dull, and didn't talk much.

Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were relatively easy to get along with. It was just their local dialect, which Qin Rou didn't understand very well.

But they seemed to be getting along pretty well.

With so many guests at home, it was natural to prepare a large table of sumptuous meals at night. Qin Rou, Lu Yan and Jiang Ping were busy in the kitchen together.

Jiang Ping said, "Your father said he wants to eat the steamed buns you make."

Lu Yan lazily responded, "Okay,"

Qin Rou: "…" It turns out that the big steamed buns made by her husband were loved by the family?

"Xiao Qin, you are pregnant, so don't work in the kitchen."

"No, no, I'll cook some dishes for you all."

Jiang Ping was very happy when she heard it.

"Mom, leave the kitchen to me and my wife."

Qin Rou: "…"

"Okay, I'm going out, you do the work, don't tire Xiao Qin," Jiang Ping went out.

Just before going out, she looked back, and caught a glimpse of her youngest son stealing a kiss on the woman's cheek.

Tsk, tsk, he really thought his old mother was an eyesore.

When Old Lu outside saw her, he asked, "Why did you come out?"

"Let the young couple have a private chat."

The other old man just wanted to poke his eyes out, "You're really a father and son. Xiao Lu is definitely your own son, your own."

"It's the same as when you were young."

"Pretend, you're too good at pretending!"

It was outrageous, outrageous. To beat his daughter-in-law, Xiao Qin, changed her attitude. Her voice had softened a few degrees. The son who made his father jump with anger was short tempered, otherwise one would really think he was a motivated and promising young man with a good temper.

"Old Lu, you can pretend too."

Lu Zongyi said calmly, "You have to look like an elder in front of the juniors."

"Look at how good your son is and how much he loves his wife. They all said that he loves his wife."

That made Lu Zongyi's scalp feel numb. They asked other colony members about his son and daughter-in-law but Mrs. Yang said that Chief Lu especially loved his wife. The couple were very affectionate, and they never heard them quarrel. Before Lu Yan went to sea, the couple hugged on the pier for a long time, and the captain next to him could not separate them no matter how much they teased…

Lu Zongyi: "…"

Old Wang: "…"

"Old Wang, my Lu family may really thank , how could my son find me a suitable daughter-in-law?"

In the first half of the year, he was urging his son to find a partner. Then his son got married as he found a girl he liked. One of them was handsome, the other was beautiful, one was an officer, and the other became an announcer and now his daughter-in-law had two babies in her stomach.

How could there be such a beautiful thing?

"Next time, I really want to invite you and Old Jiang to drink at my house. I will open two bottles of good old wine to entertain you. How about the bottle you mentioned earlier?"

Old Wang couldn't be more happy, "Didn't you say that even if you smash this bottle of wine, throw it into the sea, you will never open it for me to drink?"

"I will have two grandchildren soon. Come, come and have fun with me."

Lao Wang: "Fu*k you."

Five guests came to the house, so Jiang Ping and Old Wang's wife came to help make a large table of dishes. Lu Yan made a lot of large steamed buns and Qin Rou prepared the fillings. Outside, Old Lu, Old Wang, and Old He gathered together to make dumplings. Thanks to their enough rolling pins, they all had one in hand.

The duck that Qin Rou brought back was finally made into a sour plum duck. Qin Rou had no other hobbies, so she liked to collect casserole and became a fan of it. The shrimp, salted fish and minced eggplant were especially beautiful when served in a casserole.

Sautéed sea cucumber with scallions, steamed grouper, fried squid with loofah, and steamed prawns, prawns, blue crabs and oysters.

The loofah and eggplant were newly picked in the yard. Qin Rou still had a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables in the yard. She went to pick some square beans and lettuce, and made stir-fried square beans and lettuce with oyster sauce.

The shrimp slippery ball soup was boiled later.

Jiang Ping cooked the meat, and Qin Rou thought it smelled very delicious. Jiang Ping asked her to try some. It was a bit like a noodle cake, but it was fragrant and crunchy on the outside. It was dipped in white sesame seeds. Well, when it was cut in half, there was still tender and juicy meat stuffing inside.

Qin Rou took two bites and liked it very much. She shared it with Lu Yan with a smile. Lu Yan secretly kissed her while eating.

There were guests at home, but there was something wrong. He couldn't kiss his wife anytime, anywhere.

His wife was pregnant, and a lot had to be compromised, now even kisses had to be stolen.

"Don't kiss, my mouth is oily."

Qin Rou smiled and pushed his handsome face away, then motioned him to lower his head and tiptoed to kiss his lips. When Lu Yan deepened the kiss, Qin Rou dared not follow his lead. He kissed for too long, so she pushed him away quickly.

After pushing him away, she felt a little guilty, so she took a bite of the meat, tore a piece and stuffed it into Lu Yan's mouth.

Lu Yan looked at her and smiled, raised his hand and wiped off the sesame seeds on her face with his thumb. Lu Yan just wanted to kiss his wife again. As soon as he turned his head, he caught sight of a figure.

Qin Rou didn't notice anything yet, Lu Yan let go of her, turned around and walked out, standing in front of Jiang Ping.

Lu Yan: "…Did you forget that you are a military doctor, not from the reconnaissance camp?"

"Child, you forgot that your mother was the military doctor of the reconnaissance camp when I was young."

Lu Yan: "…"

Jiang Ping: "Tsk, so sticky."

Her youngest son and daughter-in-law had such a good relationship, so as parents they could rest assured that her child had finally met a girl he liked.

It seemed that Old Lu's bottle of wine must be given to Old Wang.

Otherwise, how could she find such a good daughter-in-law?

Qin Rou saw Jiang Ping outside, so how could she not know anything? Her face turned red and blood dripped. After that, Lu Yan wanted to kiss her again, but she didn't want to.

Lu Yan: "…" —I really don't welcome people to come to my house.

Jiang Ping looked at Qin Rou and smiled, "Is the meat cooked by Mother-in-law delicious?"

Qin Rou nodded angrily.

Lu Yan glared at his mother, "Don't bully my wife."

"Alright, alright, You can really protect your people."

"The little pepper you married is really not spicy, it's the same as the little sweet pepper planted at your door. Is the yellow pepper a sweet pepper? I'll take it out for your dad and Uncle Wang to taste."

Qin Rou just wanted to say, "No—" That yellow pepper was not really a sweet pepper.

Lu Yan directly blocked her mouth.

After separating, she looked at Lu Yan, "What?"

Lu Yan laughed.

The couple tried the yellow peppers before. Qin Rou didn't know what kind of peppers she planted before. After she tasted it, she cried for a long time.

After crying, she told Lu Yan that the yellow pepper was sweet, and slapped Lu Yan hard.

Now…

"You'll be beaten when you go out."

Although that yellow pepper was spicy, it was made into a yellow chili sauce, which was very delicious when used in soup.

After going out, the people outside were really confused, mainly Old Lu and Old Wang.

Old Lu and old Wang: "%%#…"

All the dishes were complete. Except for Qin Rou, all the people were from Lu Province. Qin Rou cooked most of the dishes. Jiang Ping watched and found that her daughter-in-law was really good at cooking.

"Try my daughter-in-law's cooking."

Lu Zongyi took a fancy to the pot of shrimp at a glance. It smelled so delicious. The shrimp and scallops in it were sautéed with oil. It was a little crispy and fragrant, they absorbed all the sauce. The vermicelli dyed with sauce was dry and fragrant, and sprinkled with chopped green onion and crushed salted egg yolk, it was really full of color and flavor.

He found that his little daughter-in-law was really great at cooking, the taste was delicious, the color was extraordinarily beautiful, and his tongue was constantly spitting out saliva.

The only problem was that the portion was too small, not enough.

These lousy old men could really eat a lot!

The one who could eat the most was his son, Lu Yan.

His son moved too fast.

Qin Rou preferred sour plum duck. Her mother-in-law was full of praise for the sour plum duck she made. It tasted sweet and sour, with crispy skin. The duck meat was tender and the sauce was rich. The delicious sauce was on the crispy duck skin. With an attractive luster, a few slices of green coriander were sprinkled on it, which made the duck meat even more attractive.

Lu Yan didn't care about eating himself, but diligently peeled shrimp and oysters for his wife. Qin Rou was pregnant and it was not suitable for her to eat crabs, but she could eat steamed and blanched prawns and oysters to supplement nutrition and high protein.

"Did your wife grow all these vegetables?"

"It's all picked from the yard."

Lu Zongyi looked at the two beautiful plates of fried winged bean and lettuce with oyster sauce, hesitantly.

He didn't dare to eat for fear of suffering.

Old Wang next to him gave it a try. It was really crisp and sweet. It was so delicious, and the lettuce next to it was even more fragrant.

They were all used to eating seafood. It was easy to get tired of eating seafood alone. There were some green and beautiful vegetables on the side. The taste was really refreshing. One could still eat such crisp and delicious dishes in that "cold winter and twelfth lunar month". What a magical day.

In the end, the winged beans were very popular. It happened that Qin Rou had a large piece of winged beans hanging in the yard, and went to pick a lot of them, and fried several plates.

All the dishes on a large table were cleaned, not even the big steamed buns were left.

But it was really good.

After Lu Zongyi finished eating, he felt both happy and unhappy. He originally thought that his son was suffering on the small island in the south, but only to find out that he was holding a beautiful wife, she also cooked good dishes. The point was that the vegetables she grew were sweet!

Fragrant and sweet! ! After the meal, they also tasted some small washed tomatoes.

Obviously they were father and son, why were their wives so different?

Lu Zongyi washed a clean cucumber, and found that the cucumber was also very sweet and juicy, and tasted extraordinarily delicious.

Compared with the pickled vegetables in winter, the fresh and tender vegetables were more delicious.

Old Lu, Old Wang, and Old He were sitting in the yard under the thatched umbrella, enjoying the wind.

Old Lu sighed and said sadly, "I remember the long days of the past."

"My youngest son is married. I got so old, old…"

"Alas…"

Old Wang quickly stopped him, "Stop pretending here, you just want me to envy you, which I never will!"

That was Old Wang's last stubbornness.

Lu Zongyi said bitterly: "…" I also envy my son.

At night, the guests slept over. Their house was big enough, and they had a few beds before. They didn't even need quilts because it was not too cold. The military coats they wore before were useful.

Obviously it should be the cold winter and twelfth lunar month!

Qin Rou was lying on the bed, and Lu Yan went to bed and took her into his arms. She was still thinking about when they ate steamed buns neatly, and she was so out of place.

Then she thought of another sad fact – she was the shortest in the family! The shortest!

Looking at the height of Lu Yan's father and mother, she knew that his brothers and sister would not be short, and his second sister-in-law was said to… so she was the shortest in the family, petite and exquisite, pocket-sized, like a little bird.

Jiang Ping also said that she would take a photo with the family later. She was the shortest in the family.

In the future, would she still be the shortest in the family?!

Qin Rou suddenly remembered a sentence, "I'm not here to break up this family, I'm here to join this family."

Lu Yan: "…?"

The next day, Lu Yan's parents, Old Wang and Old He hung out on Qiongzhou Island. They were familiar with the customs of that small southern island. They had just come from the north and sighed about the comfort of the winter there.

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't snow. If there is a blue sky and white clouds like this, it's really comfortable."

"I don't even want to go back."

…

Perhaps seeing so many photos at Lu Yan's house, the old guests were also stimulated. They asked Lu Yan if they could borrow the camera, and the two old couples wanted some photos for nostalgia.

Not to mention, taking pictures was really addicting. These retired cadres had their own pensions. They were not short of money, and had no other money-burning hobbies.

Photograph! They wanted to buy a camera!

Lu Zongyi cheered. At his age, he wanted to have more photos than his son and daughter-in-law.

Once people started taking pictures, they couldn't stop. The two old couples were quite good at learning. They specially asked Lu Yan and his wife for their photo albums for reference. Qin Rou couldn't refuse and gave the photo album to her parents-in-law.

Qin Rou especially liked Lu Yan's body and appearance. When Lu Yan was not at home, she looked at her husband's photos at night to relieve her boredom. She had posted Lu Yan's photos in many places in the house, so that when he was not at home, she could see him everywhere.

In order to satisfy her unspeakable careful thoughts, she quietly encouraged Lu Yan to clean up and took a lot of good photos for him.

As a result, Old Lu, Old Wang, and Old He looked at Lu Yan's photos and said, "That's it, Xiao Qin, you can also take the same kind of picture of me."

Qin Rou: "…"

It was a bit difficult, not all people looked good in such a pose.

"Okay, okay, okay…"

But that was the elders' request, how could she refuse? Qin Rou had to help them take pictures.

Jiang Ping and Lao Wang's wife on the side saw that scene.

"Don't mess with Xiao Qin, she is still pregnant, you can take pictures by yourself."

"Xiao Qin, just help me take two pictures on the swing."

Old Lu, Old Wang, and Old He: "…"

Considering that Qin Rou was pregnant, she really couldn't work hard, and Lu Yan was not at home. So Mr. Zhang, who was next door, was caught by them.

Zhang Chengbei was extremely hard-pressed, even if he was asked to take pictures, the three had an in-depth discussion (education) with him on the issue of their family's yard.

– How could you make the yard look like that?

Mr. Zhang: "…"

Old Lu, Old Wang, and Old He enthusiastically gave him ideas.

"Plant in a small area first."

"How did you plant it?"

"Would you like to plant some sunflowers?"

Mr. Zhang: "…"

No, he must not give up, he must exert his indomitable spirit, and he would never be defeated by a temporary failure.

"Wait till next year, my yard will never be like this again!"

"Okay, let's see next year."

Zhang Chengbei: "…"

Retired chiefs really had nothing to do.

After returning home, Zhang Chengbei said seriously to his wife, "I will retire in the future, but I will never be such an annoying old man."

They were really three stubborn old men.

"What are they doing? They should mind their own business."

Huang Xinying: "Stop it."

Zhang Chengbei: "I won't."

When Huang Xinying thought of her yard, she had a headache, "You're not old, but you're already a stubborn old man."

Zhang Chengbei: "…"

Old Wang, his wife, and Lao He stayed on Qiongzhou Island for a few days, and then they were going north to go back. Lu Zongyi and his wife planned to stay on the island temporarily, and then leave with the youngest son's family after the New Year. They may also stay until the youngest daughter-in-law gives birth.

The daughter-in-law was pregnant with twins and needed someone to take care of her, while the younger son was not often at home on weekdays.

What was more, Jiang Ping used to be a military doctor, and Lu Yan felt more at ease having his mother by his wife's side.

Although Lu Yan's two-story house in the family's courtyard was more than enough for his parents, Lu Zongyi and his wife expressed that they did not want to live with their youngest son.

"We borrowed a house from our old comrade nearby with a yard."

Yes, Lu Zongyi and his wife wanted to at least plant a vegetable on the island before leaving.

The youngest son's yard was already owned by their daughter-in-law. They couldn't always occupy the magpie's nest. Of course, they had to find another place to grow vegetables and flowers.

When the youngest son was not at home, they would help look after their daughter-in-law. There should always be someone watching over a pregnant person. She was afraid that she would slip and fall accidentally. She had to walk several kilometers a day to exercise.

Qin Rou was originally ready to live with her parents-in-law, and she even simulated countless battles between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in her mind, but her father-in-law and mother-in-law shook their heads, saying that they didn't want to live with them.

Qin Rou: "?!"

Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were quite avant-garde, and didn't want to live with their married child.

Qin Rou hugged her man and asked him, "How bad were you when you were young? Your parents don't want to live with you."

Lu Yan: "I am the youngest at home, and the boss outside. Are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid, I'm really afraid. Brother Lu, you have to take care of our future children."

Qin Rou was really worried about giving birth to two Pipi Shrimps.

At some point, it might be time to engage in some metaphysical activities. Qin Rou decided earnestly and reverently, "Lu Yan, before giving birth, I don't plan to eat Pipi shrimp, you can eat it."

Lu Yan was confused, " Why? What does having a baby have to do with Pippi Shrimp? Don't you like it quite a bit?"

Qin Rou: "…"

—Because I'm afraid of giving birth to two Pippi Shrimp. (naughty kids)

"I'm afraid if I eat too much Pipi shrimp, the children will be like you, too skinny."

Lu Yan: "As you like."

Qin Rou overturned her decision the next day. For some reason, after she became pregnant, she had been craving Pipi shrimp. A pregnant woman's liking and appetite were unreasonable.

Pipi shrimp in that era was not a valuable thing, one could eat how much they wanted.

When Lu Yan was eating Pippi shrimp, Qin Rou got greedy, so she ate several of them.

"Didn't you say you will not eat Pippi shrimp?"

Qin Rou ate Pippi shrimp with tears, "I have a bad feeling."

The more she didn't plan to eat Pipi shrimp, the more she missed Pipi shrimp, the more she wanted to eat Pipi shrimp.

Fate really played tricks on people.

"Your parents said that when they finish planting the vegetables, they will invite us over for dinner."

Lu Yan calmly said, "Won't go."

Qin Rou: "…"

Lu Yan's parents lived on the island. During that time, Head Chief Lin came to Lu's house for a meal. That Head Chief Lin was no stranger to Qin Rou. The sister of Sun Mingfang who she met at her sister's place last time, her partner Xiao Wu was under Head Chief Lin.

Head Chief Lin was Lu Yan's fellow. As Lu Yan, as a native of Lu, there were indeed many fellows from the same province in the army.

When Qin Rou saw Head Chief Lin in the past, she only felt that he had the word "mourning" written all over his body.

This Head Chief Lin was very interesting. It was said that he used to be from the shore troops and was later transferred to the navy.

The last time he went to sea, Head Chief Lin vomited on the boat and was tied to the boat with ropes.

When Lu Yan and Qin Rou were hugging and reluctant to part by the shore, he was silently dazed by the pier, like a dream.

As the saying went, people got dizzy when they were on the boat, and they got dizzy when they got off the boat.

It was said that he had become accustomed to staying on sea recently, and was used to it.

Qin Rou also asked Lu Yan curiously because of that, seasickness could be overcome, but what if one couldn't swim? How could they learn to swim? What to do then? Could a landlubber be a navy?

Of course, once one was in the sea, where could they swim to?

The correct self-rescue way when falling into the sea should be by holding a floating board or other life-saving tools.

After Head Chief Lin learned about Xiao Wu's partner, he also came to their house to apologize on Xiao Wu's behalf, saying that Xiao Wu and Sun Mingli of the Sun family were separated, and the Sun family also paid back all the dowry clothes they had received before.

After Sun Mingli returned that day, she was in a state of anxiety all day long. She was afraid that both sisters would tell Xiao Wu through Head Chief Lin. In the end, she couldn't hold back and told Xiao Wu, asking him what to do.

And when Xiao Wu heard it, the man naturally couldn't accept that kind of thing. It was okay for them to brag outside, but they talked nonsense. How could he stay with such a woman?

Sun Mingli begged him bitterly, but Xiao Wu didn't accept it, and their marriage was off.

"You don't even want to tell others my name? Am I an embarrassment to the Sun family?"

"You better find a husband who won't embarrass you."

Head Chief Lin was also speechless when he found out about it. He was a little apologetic to the Lu family. After all, many of Lu Yan's affairs were told to Xiao Wu by him.

"I didn't expect there to be such a shameless woman."

Qin Rou went to ask her sister Qin Mian, who said that Sun Mingli came to take her clothes away, but Sun Mingfang never came to show her face again.

After learning that Sun Mingli's marriage broke down, Qin Mian was not happy either.

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

The sisters didn't want to have contact with the people in their hometown, and they didn't want to let the people in their hometown know how well they were doing. They didn't expect that they would meet Sun Mingfang when they came to the Island.

"Sister, so what if we know? We have long lost contact with our hometown."

"Even if they come to us, just ignore them."

If her stepfather and family dared to appear in front of them, they would threaten them to send them to jail.

As for the grandma's family, Qin Rou didn't have much memory of her, but Qin Mian did.

"Even if we are on the island, they can't find us if they want to."

Qin Mian didn't want to talk about these things, so she asked her sister to stand up and try on the clothes, "How about you come and see this dress? It is made from my old clothes. Don't dislike it."

Qin Rou: "So big."

It was too large, wasn't it?

"That's right, you haven't shown much of your pregnancy yet. After a few months, your belly would be so big."

The end of the year, although there was no atmosphere of the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, it was also true that they entered the new year, 1972, completely and thoroughly.

The colony became lively, many more people came to visit relatives, and many people left, and went back to their hometown on vacation to celebrate the New Year.

Huahua and Political Commissar Liu brought their child Liu Yue back to their hometown. Huahua never planned to go back to her hometown before, but she changed her mind.

Because she had now become a "female driver", and she was admitted as the "driver" by her own ability. It could almost be said that she had reached the sky in one step. She was driving a tractor in the village, and she could drive a four-wheeled car.

Huahua was not a person who could hold back.

She had to go back to her hometown and tell the villagers in her hometown that she, Li Qinghua, was no longer the illiterate Li Qinghua she used to be.

"Xiao Qin, I can't bear to part with you," Huahua pulled Qin Rou and said, but she didn't talk to Political Commissar Liu on the side.

Political Commissar Liu felt really sour.

Now, his little wife's lips only had the words: "How is Xiao Qin?", "How is Xiao Qin so good?". If not anything else, then the radio.

She was specially used to listening to Xiao Qin's voice.

For that matter, Political Commissar Liu also consulted with Chief Lu, hoping that Chief Lu could find a way, "Let your wife praise me more."

Chief Lu: "…My wife didn't praise me but you want her to praise you?" You are dreaming!

"Let your wife praise me more in front of my wife." Political commissar Liu said humbly, "My little wife had praised you enough in front of me, Comrade Xiao Lu, you have to pay it back."

"You have to earn it yourself." Chief Lu patted Political Commissar Liu on the shoulder, "Look at the Zhang family's courtyard."

Political Commissar Liu: "…"

The courtyard of the Zhang family was really scary, but still everyone thought that the husband was sincere and commendable.

The man really wanted to make a beautiful yard for his wife. Even if… the ending was not satisfactory, but at least he tried his best.

Such hard work!

Political Commissar Liu felt very sour, "You only need to do laundry and make steamed buns, while we have to take care of the yard."

Lu Yan: "…I also want to go home and sleep with my wife every day."

Political Commissar Liu suddenly felt that he had made a comeback.

"Chief Lu, I'll see you later. When I come back from my hometown this time, I will be the only one in my wife's lips."

Lu Yan said, "Bless you."

Qin Rou's stomach was gradually showing her pregnancy. After more than three months of pregnancy, she could have xoxo again. Someone was looking forward to that day, and Qin Rou was afraid of him.

He was the green-eyed wolf.

Before the day came, he planned every day what to do, what method to take so as not to hurt her and the child, what to do in early trimester, and what to do in late trimester. Chief Lu had already made a battle plan.

It was also very romantic and written in Chinese, Russian and English.

Seeing the battle plan, Qin Rou wanted to beat him with a rolling pin. She took this guy's battle training plan and tore it to pieces.

She only tore up the Chinese version, but when she saw the other two versions, she spat out blood.

Romantic?

Romance? You big head, I'll beat you to death.

Qin Rou: "…Have some self respect, Chief Lu."

His battle plan was written in a very serious manner. Qin Rou was speechless. Now on Qiongzhou Island, there were quite a few enemy specials, and some ships often came to show off their power. If this was stolen by the enemy special, she didn't know who would be embarrassed.

"Can you be a good role model for children?" Don't be full of yellow waste! (Adult thoughts)

Be a model, Lu Yan.

"Wait for Sister-in-Law Huahua to come back, I'll let you kneel on jackfruit."

Kneeling on the washboard, kneeling on durian was better than kneeling on jackfruit.

Lu Yan: "…?"

Qin Rou carefully looked at Lu Yan's battle plan. She found that Chief Lu's characters were really well-written. Whether it was Chinese, Russian or English, they were all very beautifully written, especially Chinese characters. His calligraphy was much better than her cute one.

Because Qin Rou was a kindergarten teacher before, her handwriting was extraordinarily neat, stroke by stroke, like a beautiful primary school student's font, which seemed immature.

Now that the children were a month old, it was suitable to start the prenatal interaction.

They didn't have other musical instruments at home. Qin Rou only played the erhu (Chinese violin) and played the harmonica at home before. Qin Rou wondered if she should buy some other musical instruments to teach the childrens.

After she gives birth, she could also teach them to sing, dance and play musical instruments.

As a kindergarten teacher, she knew a little bit of many instruments, and as for singing and dancing, it was even simpler.

"Lu Yan, do you want to read a few stories to your children every time before going to bed? Read something like poetry or prose, so that the childrens could get acquainted with their father's voice."

Parent-child interaction must happen.

Although their father was often absent, the childrens should be familiar with him in the womb.

"Okay, next time, my wife, let's rest now."

Lu Yan hugged his beloved wife, moving gently and slowly. After Qin Rou became pregnant, she was more sleepy than before, and got easily tired, so she fell asleep soon.

But Chief Lu couldn't sleep, he could only stare at her sleeping face under the lamp.

He kissed her forehead.

He really wanted to sleep with his wife every day.

The Lu family was very lively in the days around New Year's Eve. This was the first New Year for Qin Rou since she came to the 1970s, and it was also the most lively New Year for her. Lu Yan's parents, sister and brother-in-law's family, were invited by her for the New Year.

The two childrens, Chen Jingyi and Xia Mingxi, were successfully reunited. They watched the chicks by the chicken coop in the yard. Xia Mingxi and his mother had been together for a while, and then they were sent to his grandma and grandpa, who were on Qiongzhou Island.

Lu Yan's sister-in-law brought him there in person. When Qin Rou saw the third sister Lu, she was really… a cool and handsome woman, wearing a capable military uniform, with sassy short hair, and a straight posture. When Qin Rou stood beside her, they could also be said to be the best couple with a height difference and the kind that was convenient for kissing.

Why did Qin Rou always care about it? Because Chief Lu was too tall to kiss.

Sometimes when kissing, Chief Lu thought it was too tiring to bend down and bow his head, so he would pick her up directly, or even let her sit on his strong arm.

But his sitting posture was too much! It was really annoying.

"Little brother, sister, it's so beautiful, I want to try your cooking."

Yes, when the sister saw Qin Rou at first glance, she said that she wanted to try her cooking, "Xiao Ming always said that his little aunt made delicious dishes."

Xia Mingxi? Xiao Ming?

Sure enough, it was the nickname given by his mother, Jing Yi called him Xixi, and his mother called him Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming, this was such a simple name.

Xiao Ming had been with his own mother for a while, and he became… hungry and thin.

The little fat guy was actually hungry and thin.

"Little aunt, little aunt, little aunt!" When Xia Mingxi saw his little aunt, he was so happy that he finally returned to his little aunt's arms.

Qin Rou took him in her arms and kissed him on the face.

Xia Mingxi seemed to be afraid that she would forget like his own mother, and shouted loudly, "Little aunt, our baby leeks!"

He still remembered the leeks he planted.

Qin Rou: "…"

He repeated it again, "'mOur baby leeks!"

"Yes, Xiao Ming kept making a fuss about planting leeks," Xiao Ming's own mother was dumbfounded.

Her son told her that he wanted to grow leeks, so they did so, but… the plants didn't survive.

The mother and son didn't seem to have that kind of planting talent.

"Are you raising baby leeks for chicken?" (I guess chicken eat leek/chives)

"Yes!" Xiao Ming took a break and stood at attention and saluted, "Reporting to the caption, I'm back."

"Auntie! Auntie! Did you miss me?"

"Auntie! The flowers are so pretty!"

…

After Xia Mingxi came back, the yard was filled with the buzzing of bees again, and Chen Jingyi and Xiao Mingxi successfully reunited. The two gathered around Qin Rou's legs and looked at her stomach.

"Mom said that my little aunt will have a younger brother and sister."

'Auntie!"

They would have cousins.

There would be so many children in the family!

Qin Rou took the two little guys to resume the business of raising leeks. The two babies were still very experienced in raising leeks. Chen Jingyi and his mother Qin Mian planted leeks at home, which they cut one after another.

As for Xiao Mingxi's mother, she was embarrassed.

After having a meal at her younger brother's house, Lu Sanjie looked at the blue sky and white clouds not far away and decided to stay on the island for Chinese New Year.

"The vegetables are delicious!" The heroic third sister Lu burst into tears. Like her father, she grew up eating vegetables grown by her mother Jiang Ping. She had not inherited the steamed bread kneading skills that her brother possesses. As a woman, she preferred to eat green vegetables.

After eating her mother's food, she thought even the food in the cafeteria of the military academy was the most delicious on earth.

Back then, when Lu Sanjie went to the military academy, there were several girls in a dormitory, some from good families and some from bad families. The ones from good families were picky, but Lu Sanjie, under the training of the Lu family, had never said a word of disgust.

When her classmates saw that she was eating as soon as she got in the dining hall, like she hadn't eaten in eight hundred years, they thought she came from a poor family and took good care of her.

Later…

"Why can my brother find a daughter-in-law who could cook and grow vegetables like this?" It was not fair.

She wasn't afraid of eating bad food, but she was afraid that the little pig friend who ate bad food with her would ascend to the sky in one step.

They agreed to be pigs together. He, a piglet coming out of a shed, why did he enjoy the panda treatment now?

Chief Lu said calmly, "My dad asked me to meet someone ."

"I didn't want to go to see her, but dad forced me to."

"After the first time I saw my wife, the meeting was successful, and we married next."

…

Qin Rou: "…" I just don't want to expose you, the idiot.

Lu Sanjie: "…" Envy and jealousy.

"Old Comrade Lu, why didn't you introduce a good son-in-law to your daughter?"

Comrade Lu Zongyi: "…It's all by accident."

Who would have thought that the youngest son really married this fiery girl? He had already given up on urging him to marry, as he really had no intention of planting flowers that would not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows to make a shade. (m. doing unfruitful efforts, willow is very thin tree which gives no shade)

On the 30th day of the new year, Qin Rou had to go to work at the radio station. Lu Yan had a holiday on that day and could go home to accompany her to the hospital. Before the evening, everyone had already come.

The elder sister and brother-in-law's family, three adults and three children, six people together, Lu Yan's parents, third sister and Xia Mingxi, four. So there were ten people all together.

As for Qin Rou and Lu Yan, on the surface, they were two people, but in fact, they were four. The family would celebrate the New Year with fourteen people that night.

To eat dumplings alone, it was necessary to make hundreds of them.

On the 30th day of the new year, the sun was just right. Qin Rou got off work earlier than usual, and Lu Yan came to pick her up for the New Year. Lu Yan was waiting downstairs, but saw his wife glance at him and ran back to the room. After digging out, she took out a huge coconut leaf and said that she wanted to go home with him holding a coconut leaf as an umbrella.

Lu Yan: "…"

Qin Rou had long wanted to try this kind of feeling of going home under the shade of the leaf. She saw a child carrying a leaf like that before and she was a little envious. She also found it fun, and even more liked it, like a Plantain Princess.

Banana leaves were not long.

It was silly to go home alone with a leaf umbrella, two people were just right, and the shame was also shared by the two people.

Finally she caught the strong man.

Chief Lu, the decision is yours!

How could Lu Yan refuse his wife's request? They went home together under the huge leaf.

One of the two was in front and the other was behind. Qin Rou held the coconut leaves, and the tip of the leaf fell on the head of Lu Yan, who had a wooden face.

Lu Yan was afraid that she would fall, so he didn't allow her to walk. He hugged her waist and walked side by side with her under the coconut leaves over his head.