Raising Babies in the 70s

by Usui Takumii

not mine, wordrain69. Also at ao3.

7. 121 to 140

Qin Rou was in confinement.

There were often fish, shrimp and pork to eat. The family even killed a chicken and made chicken soup for her. Her mother-in-law also wanted to get some pig trotters to make soup for her, but Qin Rou said she did not want to eat it.

She wanted something lighter.

The weather was hot, and confinement was quite painful. Qin Rou didn't have much appetite, so she wanted to eat something fresh and juicy. The meat she only wanted was boiled shrimp, or dried scallops.

Compared with meat, she preferred to eat green vegetable leaves, as well as small tomatoes grown by her, which were particularly appetizing.

Her mother-in-law and Lu Yan didn't force her and let her eat whatever she wanted. She always had goat milk and eggs every day, and all good things were given to her.

The only good thing about confinement in the summer on that island was that there were a lot of fruits, especially the bananas from Qiongzhou Island, which was really her favorite. Bananas were super sweet. Beside it, there were also lychees and papayas whose yield was so large that farmers even fed it to pigs.

Qin Rou preferred supplementing dietary fiber.

In addition to drinking goat milk, she often drank coconut water happily. Lu Yan climbed up and picked it himself for her. It was a pity that Qin Rou didn't see her husband climbing a tree to pick coconuts.

The coconuts planted in front of her house were theirs. In the past, someone was called to pick them up. But this time in order to express his love as a father, Lu Yan simply climbed the coconut tree with a rope.

The ugly childrens grew up day by day, almost the same appearance every day, and gradually opened their eyes. Although the skin was still wrinkled and red, the two of them changed from ugly to not so ugly.

The two look exactly the same, and it was hard to tell them apart at first glance, but Dabao (the first born) had a red ribbon tied around his wrist to prevent the parents from confusing them.

If they were carelessly confused, then they themselves would not be able to tell the difference between the elder brother and the younger brother.

Qin Rou and Lu Yan had chosen names for the children. The eldest son was named Lu Weizhou, and his pet name was Zhouzhou (m. porridge). The younger son was Lu Weize, and his pet name was Jiaozi. Originally, they wanted to name Zhou Zhou Zhe (porridge porridge) and Jiaozi, but he felt that the word Zhou Zhou Zhe was too complicated and abusive. That was why they named him Zhou.

Continent (Zhou) was a land and island surrounded by the water, Ze was a vast ocean, Zhou Zhou could go out to sea in a boat to find his younger brother Ze Ze, Ze Ze could land on a dumpling-like boat to find Zhou Zhou…

"It's like a tongue twister."

That was probably the occupational disease of the announcer.

"Zhouzhou and Jiaozi!" Qin Rou couldn't help pinching her sons' little fat faces, pinching on the left and the right, never favoring one over the other.

After pinching, as an experienced mother, she blamed herself again, thinking that her little children's faces were already wrinkled, and she pinched them, so it may ruin her children's appearance.

The little children's faces were really tender.

That pair of brothers, all day long, ate and slept, slept and ate, just like two piglets.

Pig day by day.

"My babies are so cute."

During that period of confinement, it was really boring, and she couldn't do anything, except admiring her ugly childrens.

The ugly childrens were not so ugly anymore. They looked extraordinarily well-behaved when they slept. They had a pair of small hands and small feet, and one finger was particularly small. Seeing them made people's hearts melt. When the two little guys closed their eyes, their eyelids were very thin. Qin Rou was very surprised to find that her children's eyelashes were very long and super beautiful, and their little nose was tall and straight.

Qin Rou tried her best to hold back, telling herself not to poke the bridge of her children's noses.

– They seemed to have an ADHD mother.

Qin Rou stared at them tenderly. Those two little children looked too similar as if they were copied and pasted.

When they slept, they pursed their small lips gently, and when they breathed, there was still a milky fragrance.

Qin Rou lowered her head and kissed the little faces one by one.

They were so cute.

"You're teasing them again." Lu Yan entered the room. He had just finished washing the diapers, and as soon as he came in, he saw his wife fiddling with the childrens, "Be careful, they will wake up because of you."

"Jiaozi was crying." The little childrens were super cute when they were sleeping quietly, but when they cried, it was a duo of magic sounds. One cried, and the other never fell behind. The other quickly followed and cried together.

Especially the younger son, the little Jiaozi, howled extremely.

Qin Rou honestly stopped moving.

Lu Yan smiled gently, walked over, sat down beside his wife and children, and pointed to his handsome face. Qin Rou leaned over and kissed his handsome face very clearly.

Just when she was about to withdraw, Lu Yan held her shoulders and kissed her.

When the two separated, Qin Rou didn't know whether she despised herself or him.

"It's a loss for you to kiss me like this."

Qin Rou had long stopped looking in the mirror. She was wearing a headscarf on her head, and all her hair was up and wrapped. She had to be like a village girl, she still didn't know what she smelled like. She got used to it, so she couldn't smell it. But it didn't mean that others couldn't smell it either.

Seeing that, Lu Yan frowned, "What's wrong with me kissing my wife?"

When Lu Yan came to kiss her again, Qin Rou smiled and pushed him away, "You also smell of milk too, Xiao Lu."

"It's all because of you and your sons."

"Damn it, the children woke up."

The couple found that the two childrens opened their eyes and looked at their parents curiously. Maybe it was because they heard more of their parents' voices in the womb, they were very aware of Qin Rou and Lu Yan.

Two pairs of big black grape-like eyes stared at the people, and they were dumbfounded while watching.

The two little childrens seemed to be installed on the same channel, the elder brother grinned silly, and the younger brother followed with a silly grin.

"Lu Yan, look at them smiling."

"Contestant Jiaozi is smiling sweetly."

"It's over, look, can they understand me? Contestant Zhouzhou joined later. He smiled brightly."

…

Bang! Bang! Bang!

There was a knock on the door, and two little kids came in, they were Xiao Mingxu and Chen Jingyi.

Xiao Mingxi, who was loud and active, had turned down the volume a lot recently. He was afraid of accidentally opening the Pandora's Box with his loud voice, as the following two brothers' cries would be earth-shattering.

"Little aunt."

"Auntie."

Both the little guys came to see their little cousins.

"Come in."

When the two little guys entered the room, they saw Lu Yan holding them both in his arms. Xiao Jingyi and Xiao Mingxi looked at the little children in amazement.

"Ahhhhhh"

The more people there were, the more excited the twins seemed to be. Maybe they enjoyed being watched. Like two restless little centipedes, their little arms and calves were moving.

Outside the door stood her mother-in-law Jiang Ping. She brought a bowl of papaya cut into pieces for Lu Yan and the children to eat, while Qin Rou had a hot papaya porridge.

Every time that happened, the babies couldn't hold back, pulling their mother for milk.

Jiang Ping took the two little guys out to play, switched on the radio for the couple and turned down the volume, Qin Rou fed the babies, and Lu Yan sat by the side and fed her porridge.

The children fell asleep after eating, and Qin Rou leaned on her husband's shoulder to talk to him.

Qin Rou rested for two months. When the children were one month old, they had a full moon ceremony. She simply gathered with her family to celebrate. There were many people in the colony, and Lu Yan had many comrades in arms.

At the beginning of September, Qin Rou was still confined at home. A big typhoon landed in the past two days, and the school had already closed early. Every household also stocked up water and food at home.

Her sister and brother-in-law came to their house to stay till the typhoon receded. Whenever the typhoon passed, there was no electricity. It was pitch black at night. The room was lit with coconut oil lamps.

Typhoon days were very dangerous. Everyone was hiding at home. The wind was howling outside, many things were blown into the sky, and some strange collision sounds were heard from time to time.

Qin Rou asked her sister-in-law and her parents-in-law to seal the terrace on the second floor. The plants on the second floor were also moved into the room, and the doors and windows were closed, but there was still a lot of rainwater seeping in.

The rain was falling, everyone sat together to avoid the typhoon, but they didn't feel afraid. It was windy and rainy outside, and everyone inside was eating steamed buns around the lights. Her mother-in-law baked a lot of cakes in advance. Her father-in-law also made sesame salt, and there were two jars of sweet and sour cucumber strips. Only Lu Yan was not at home.

Qin Rou had finished feeding the two children. Their skin had become white and tender and the smell of milk was very attractive.

It was like the ugly duckling turning into a swan.

The two childrens still slept once they were full. Qin Rou let the two children lie down beside her to sleep, while she picked up a photo album. There were mostly photos of the children and their parents. There were a lot of photos of the family, and a lot of hers and the childrens, as well as the in-laws, sister and brothers-in-law had been added to the family album.

The children opened their eyes again and woke up, looking at the world curiously. Qin Rou took them to see their father's photo, pointed to the person in the photo, and said, "This is Dad."

"This is Dad."

"Mom."

Qin Rou knew that the two children would still be short-sighted, so they must not be able to see clearly, but it was just to play with them.

When they heard the two addresses, they also made a humming sound and seemed very happy.

After the typhoon passed, Qin Rou put on her shoes and stood on the terrace on the second floor to look into the yard.

The yard was completely destroyed.

Her beautiful yard had become…

Qin Rou couldn't bear to describe it. Her chicken fence collapsed, half of the chicken coop collapsed, and the thatched umbrella fell. As for other flowers and plants, the yellow Chili and green kumquats fell.

Qin Rou: "…" My land is gone.

It was an unspeakable heartache. It was clearly such a beautiful yard the previous year, it was blooming all over the place, but at that moment it seemed like a ruin…

Next to her house, Head Zhang, was also heartbroken in the yard.

Happiness was always short-lived.

As for Political Commissar Liu, who had worked hard for the time being but had yet to reap the reward, fortunately he had not yet returned home.

Qin Rou had given birth.

Her body had recovered very well, and she had not gained much weight. After confinement, her figure had returned to the same shape as before, only her bust had grown a bit bigger.

The two little childrens were fair and cute, but they would always stick to their mother. Whenever their father came back, they would stick to him. They neither cried nor made trouble. Qin Rou had figured out the feeding time for them. The two little ones were very cooperative with daily meals.

Maybe they were really the children of the Lu family. They were well behaved and quiet.

The two brothers were squeezed together, babbling, they hugged each other, then pushed, they were both cute, and they looked the same.

For Qin Rou, having twins was pretty good, as the brothers could play together.

Just like two little meat worms and small salted fish, the two couldn't turn over by themselves, they could only lie there, and arch at most.

In the past, when Qin Rou watched the live broadcast of panda children, the breeder just flattened the panda children on the table.

The twins had weak limbs at the moment and couldn't support their small bodies. When they get bigger, they shouldn't fight, right?

Qin Rou stretched and came out of the confinement. She felt much more comfortable. She had to start her own career again, and once again manage the outside yard with her heart.

Nature was so cruel but hopeful at the same time. Although her yard was messy and barren, some places were full of vitality.

Those who didn't survive due to the pests and diseases passed away, and those who survived, such as the yellow peppers, were still growing well, but the family really didn't worry about eating peppers.

The career of growing flowers and vegetables was full of surprises.

Qin Rou couldn't help but think of a game called famine. After finally setting up her home, she had to endure the ravages of spring, summer, autumn and winter. It was cold and frosty in winter, but everything recovered in spring. Then the scorching sun was high in summer, and crops would still spontaneously burn. Only in autumn could there be a peaceful harvest.

In the process of planting, various accidents would also occur.

Perhaps that was the beauty of nature.

Although she felt powerless, the planting desire in her was still high, at least that year's start was better than the previous year.

Crop rotation was required originally. Previous year's crops died and the soil fertility was replenished, so that year's crops could grow vigorously.

Qin Rou and Lu Yan brought their two little nephews, and together they rebuilt the chicken coop and fence, and added a sturdy thatched umbrella. Xiao Mingxi and Jing Yi helped cut the weeds.

Not long after she gave birth, something happened in the colony, and it was almost autumn – Sister Huang and Li Qinghua from the next door got successively pregnant.

Zhang Chengbei and Political Commissar Liu, who were in the same regiment, had a happy event together, which people talked about. Chief Lu, who was next door to Regiment Zhang, gave birth to a pair of fat boys.

Therefore, many people who were secretly engaged in metaphysics were saying that because those two went to the Lu House to get lucky, they became pregnant one after another.

Many people wanted to go to the Lu House to touch Zhouzhou and Jiaozi, the pair of good brothers, and get good luck from them, while others wanted to get good luck from Qin Rou and have a pair of fat boys. Some people even thought that she may be a Bodhisattva, otherwise why were the two women who often were in contact with her got pregnant?

Qin Rou thought that their pregnancy had nothing to do with her, it must have something to do with their men.

As for coming to her house to get luck, was it the five blessings of the Chinese New Year? Should they stick papers?

(On Chinese New Year, people would post up the "five blessings (Wu Fu Lin Men)" red papers on their house, to wish the five good fortune.)

But she didn't mind if they wanted to touch the kids.

The two silly childrens were not afraid of strangers, instead they were happy to see a lot of people. As long as they saw their mother smiling, they would be happily hugged even by strangers, which was very lovable.

For the two brothers, Qin Rou was a little worried. She was afraid that her two little lions who were not afraid of strangers could turn into spoiled brats in the future.

She heard before about a boy in the community, and he was also a very interesting child. It was said that when he returned to his hometown, he was kidnapped by a trafficker. When chased by his dad, the trafficker carried him to the bar of the cycle and ran. After chasing him, the stupid child laughed, "Haha, dad can't catch up!"

In the end, he was caught.

They had two children, so they had a lot of responsibility. Fortunately, their yard was big, and there were guards in the compound. In the future, there would be a place to run for the children.

Huang Xinying and Head Zhang got together to calculate a few hexagrams and concluded that it was a girl. So the two decided to give Zhang Yichao a sister and fulfill the achievement of having children of both sexes earlier than their neighbor.

The couple also gave Li Qinghua a divination and figured out that she should be pregnant with a boy.

Although Huang Xinying felt that she was pregnant with a daughter, it was very similar to the last time she was pregnant with her eldest son. However, that did not indicate the gender of the child.

"Ms. Huang, you will give birth to a daughter for sure."

Huang Xinying was very happy when she heard so.

But Xiao Zhou, a teacher working in the same office said, "Last time, Mr. Huang said that when she was pregnant with Yichao, she also liked to eat spicy food. It's impossible to say it will be a girl just because you are craving spicy food. After all, Teacher Huang has always liked spicy food. It's good to also have a lively boy, your kid will get a brother."

Huang Xinying's face darkened after hearing that, and she was not happy. She only wanted a daughter at the moment.

Li Qinghua said very carelessly in the courtyard, "I want to have a daughter."

She and Political Commissar Liu had not had children for several years. Political Commissar Liu thought that his wife didn't want to have a baby, so he did not force her, while Li Qinghua thought that her man didn't have her in his heart, that he lived unhappily, so she didn't want her to give birth.

A period of time had passed, the couple decided to give birth to a sister for their son.

"Huahua, do you think you could have a daughter if you want to have a daughter? What if it's a son?"

"If you said it will be a daughter, will it be a daughter? Before I got pregnant, I had a dream in which I had a daughter."

"Teacher Huang, you could be carrying a boy."

Huang Xinying thought to herself: Bah, I will have a daughter.

Huang Xinying said, "I heard that reality is the opposite of the dream. You dreamt that you had a daughter before, but you actually got a son."

"My dream isn't wrong. This time the reaction was completely different from when I gave birth to my son before."

Huang Xinying and Li Qinghua thought to themselves, 'Let's see who will have a son and who will have a daughter.'

At the end of nine months, Lao Wang came to the Lu House. He was full of joy, and his whole body seemed to be floating in the clouds. He came to announce the good news. He had successfully issued a marriage report. He was about to move into the colony with his new family.

People were in good spirits when they were happy, and they couldn't wait to turn into magpies. Every time they saw someone, they had to report the good news.

That year, good things finally came to his house. He got married, and he also had a house.

Lao Wang spoke very politely, "Lao Lu, I really want to be your neighbor! It's a pity that all the houses on your side are full, and I have to arrange the other side, not too far away from here. Once I apply, I'll know where it is. You must come to my house for a drink, and listen to the radio!"

Lu Yan listened to him indifferently. When he got to him, he dropped his sons' underwear, and patted him on the shoulder without wiping his hands, "Congratulations."

Wang Yuanzheng took a step back with a squeak, "What is the smell?"

"My sons' smell."

"Would you like to come and get lucky?"

Lu Yan tilted his head to look at him. His handsome face was the same as before. The days when he was studying at the same academy the previous year were not long gone and the radio he brought back from the academy was still in good condition. His house stood in the same place.

It was just that this year's Brother Lu was not the free and easy Brother Lu of the previous year.

"Luck?"

Wang Yuanzheng hesitated, and finally decided to reach out to touch it.

Lu Yan: "…" You are great.

"You are a good comrade of the party, I must thank you!" After getting the luck, Wang Yuanzheng held Lu Yan's hand tightly and expressed his deep gratitude.

Lu Yan looked down at the hands of the two of them, and then looked at the underwear beside him.

The gratitude on Lao Wang's face was not fake. Even through the spectacles, he could see the sincere eyes with desire that read "I want to touch again".

As soon as Qin Rou returned home, she saw two men with their hands clasped, a familiar smell, and the underwear on the side.

Qin Rou: ".. This?"

Lu Yan shook off Lao Wang's hand, "…" Don't tug at me in front of my wife.

Wang Yuanzheng turned into a happy bird again, "Sister-in-law, I got married, I'm going to move into the colony. We will see each other often in the future, I'll have to trouble you to help me take care of Xiao Xue…"

When Qin Rou heard that, she immediately said, "Congratulations!"

"That kid isn't here?"

"He went to his grandma and grandpa's house."

"Oh, here are some things for him…"

Wang Yuanzheng didn't stay at their house much, he still had something to do. After the good news, he left a lot of things at their house. Qin Rou looked at it and found that there were chocolates, candies, biscuits, peach cakes and other things for Xia Mingxi and Xiao Jingyi. There were also two bottles of good wine and a lot of nutritional products.

Qin Rou was very puzzled. She picked up the wine and took a look. It was a good wine.

"It is okay for him to come to tell us the good news, but why is he bringing so many gifts? How many good comrades do you have? If everyone sent gifts like this, they would go bankrupt."

Lu Yan washed the underwear, and said indifferently, "It's not serious, this is a thank-you gift."

Qin Rou: "?!" Thank-you gift?

"What's the matter? You were the matchmaker?"

"My nephew, Xixi."

"What?!"

Qin Rou was shocked. Only then did she know that the matchmaker was Xia Mingxi.

The child could be a matchmaker at the age of four or five.

Wang Yuanzheng's bride was Xia Mingxi's teacher. During a picnic, Xia Mingxi accidentally met Wang Yuanzheng. He was a warm-hearted child. When he saw the familiar person, he called, "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang!"

"Hey, it's the Lu kid."

"Uncle Wang, this is my teacher Feifei."

Wang Yuanzheng noticed him, and then he noticed the kindergarten teacher next to him.

This little chubby kid was extraordinarily good. He not only made friends himself, he also urged others to make friends, and introduced them to each other. Then the two became a couple.

Qin Rou: "…" So it was!

Qin Rou pointed to the wine a little stupidly, "What about this wine? Is it a thank you gift? Can you still say you are a good comrade?!"

During the period of her confinement, the pair of uncle and nephew hid many things from her.

Lu Yan said lightly, "I gave him an idea."

Although the man's tone was calm, Qin Rou could hear a subtle complacency and show off inexplicably.

Qin Rou: "…"

Could it be that the blind cat met the dead mouse?(metaphor for having great luck by chance)

"What idea did you give him?"

Could it be the one she thought?

"As a mature man, you should be taciturn." (speak less)

Qin Rou: "…"

Forget it, Qin Rou didn't want to know the process, at least the result was good.

But she was curious about who Wang Yuanzheng married.

Two days later, Qin Rou met Xue Xiaohui at home who had followed the two childrens to her house. Xia Mingxi called her Teacher Feifei, a new teacher in their kindergarten who joined not long ago.

Xue Xiaohui was originally an educated youth from Guangdong Province, but was later arranged to be a primary school teacher. She stayed in the primary school for a few days, and then asked to be transferred to be a kindergarten teacher.

"Hello, Comrade Qin, my name is Xue Xiaohui, I heard about you from our principal."

"Hello, Teacher Xue."

When Qin Rou saw her, she was surprised.

Because Xue Xiaohui looked very shy, with a round face and a very delicate and lovely appearance. She wore a braid and did not dare to look directly into people's eyes when she spoke. There was panic and shyness like a simple and ignorant little white rabbit.

She was a little white rabbit.

Whoa!

The girl was really pure and beautiful, and it was no wonder that Lao Wang was so anxious to marry her.

Looking at those watery apricot eyes, showing a natural innocence, Qin Rou thought about herself again, and immediately felt that the meeting between the two of them was like the meeting between a vixen and a simple little white rabbit.

Qin Rou: "…"

"Little aunt! Teacher Feifei!"

"Little aunt!" Xia Mingxi jumped out with Xiao Jingyi, the two little roosters who led the little white rabbit to the fox spirit.

Qin Rou brought out some cut fruits and poured tea for Teacher Xue.

It was the first time she was a guest at someone's house. Xue Xiaohui hurriedly held her tea. She sat upright, like a student facing the head teacher.

Qin Rou: "…"

She understood why Chief Lu's "taciturn" combat operation got successful.

In the face of social intimidation, if one talked too enthusiastically, it would scare such people away.

"Qin… Comrade Qin, you are so beautiful!" Xue Xiaohui put down the teacup, but she couldn't help but peek at Qin Rou in front of her. Although she knew Comrade Qin would be beautiful, she didn't expect her to be so gorgeous.

Her eyes were amazingly beautiful, and when she smiled, she looked forward to the brilliance, just like flowers in spring, charming, beautiful, and captivating.

Xue Xiaohui thought that even if she was a woman, she couldn't help losing her mind at her smile.

Comrade Qin in front of her was really a bright and beautiful woman.

Facing such a beautiful girl, she was really nervous, but she couldn't help but look at the beauty in front of her.

"You are beautiful too."

"No, no, no… No way."

Qin Rou sat down and chatted with her for a while, and found that Teacher Feifei was gentle and harmless, and she seemed very flustered throughout the whole process. Qin Rou slowly coaxed her to relax just like she did when facing students.

Xue Xiaohui blushed and said, "Comrade Qin, could you teach me how to be a kindergarten teacher?"

"Principal Wu said you have the talent to be a kindergarten teacher."

Qin Rou: "…" That's not the case.

"I… I'm always nervous and can't relax."

Xue Xiaohui talked about how she used to be a teacher with tears in her eyes. She was really afraid of meeting strangers and was easily nervous in front of outsiders. But she had to work to support herself.

Apart from being a teacher, there was no other job that suited her better. Compared with meeting tall male colleagues, Xue Xiaohui was more accepting of staying with children.

She couldn't accept a group of elementary school students, only ignorant and innocent children, so she cherished this job in kindergarten.

"Can't let go of your nervousness? Can you sing and dance?"

"No, not very good."

"Then try to make more children sing and dance in the future," Qin Rou gave her an idea.

By singing and dancing in front of people over time, she would naturally let go of social fear.

Being a kindergarten teacher was really good for dealing with social fears. One could get together with kids and dance awkwardly. Anyway, everyone danced with children.

"…I'm not very good at dancing."

"I can teach you." Qin Rou thought about it, and then said, "I can go to the kindergarten to dance with you."

Xue Xiaohui said in surprise, "Will you? Wouldn't it be too much trouble for you?!"

"No trouble."

Qin Rou thought that it was killing two birds with one stone. She had just given birth, and it had been more than three months. She actually wanted to do some simple dances to exercise.

But most of the dances she knew were really children's dances. They were simple and slow, easy to learn, just suitable for her current state. But they were childish dances. Children looked cute when dancing like that but adults looked foolish…

Qin Rou was embarrassed to dance at home, but it was fine to go to kindergarten to do that kind of dance.

She could dance freely in front of the children, and the people around her would not feel that there was something wrong with her brain.

"Comrade Xiao Qin, you are really kind!" Xue Xiaohui thanked her immensely.

But at that moment, they heard the kids calling for their uncle.

After Lu Yan walked into the house, Qin Rou smiled and walked to her husband's side. When Xue Xiaohui saw that tall man who had just entered the house, her whole body tensed up, and various radar alerts sounded in her head.

He looked so scary.

Xue Xiaohui, who was originally afraid of strangers, became even more afraid.

"This is Lao Lu. He is Lao Wang's friend. They studied in a academy together."

"Oh, good. Comrade Lu, I heard about you from Wang. He… He told me a lot about you. "

After seeing Lu Yan, Xue Xiaohui seemed like she was sitting on pins and needles, and within a few minutes, she made an excuse to say goodbye and ran away.

"She is Lao Wang's fiancee?"

"Have you never met her before?"

"I've heard of her, but I haven't seen her."

Lu Yan and Qin Rou went to the room to see their sons. Once the little ones had eaten enough, they had fallen asleep. When they woke up, Qin Rou was holding a rattle to play with them.

Lu Yan coaxed the children.

"I didn't expect Lao Wang to find such a fiance."

"Why?" Qin Rou was curious.

Lu Yan talked to her about Lao Wang's mate selection requirements when he was studying at the academy the previous year; his wife must be a good wife and a good mother, one who took care of family and friends, one who avoided family disputes…

Qin Rou: "… Comrade Wang is really thoughtful. "

"When you meet someone you like, what else can you do?" Lu Yan smiled and kissed her secretly.

"My Lao Lu is smart."

Lu Yan put Jiaozi down and said casually, "But she is quite a strange person. Seeing me, she got so nervous."

Qin Rou thought, 'What is so strange about that? In her eyes, you are a Godzilla monster.'

Qin Rou got off work early in the afternoon and went to the kindergarten on the way. Xia Mingxi was very happy to see her, so he introduced her, "This is my little aunt!"

The kindergarten principal also knew about Qin Rou's suggestion and allowed her to sing and dance with the children.

A class of twenty or thirty children were all summoned to the playground. Music was playing from the speakers, and Qin Rou standing in front of a group of little guys, felt a little like returning to the past as a kindergarten teacher in a trance.

However, the children's clothes at that time were completely different from the colorful children's clothes of later generations, and she was also wearing the yoga cotton clothes, short sleeves and pants that were made by her sister Qin Mian, which were convenient for such activities.

"Xiao Xue, stand by my side and dance with me."

Xue Xiaohui's body stiffened and she replied, "Okay."

Qin Rou knew countless children's dance moves. Before she came, she had already thought about several sets. She would move her body along with music. When she moved her body to the music, she just let go and jumped up.

She led the dance in the front, counting the beats and teaching the children to dance together.

…

The principal Wu Min and another female teacher stood on the second floor and looked down. Their eyes were the same as those of the short children, as they were attracted by the beautiful and moving figure of the leader.

The female teacher praised, "She is so beautiful, she can sing and dance, she deserves to be from the art troupe."

Wu Min smiled, "The children all like her, you see, they all are looking at her."

"Our children don't watch the performances of the art troupe so carefully. You can see that her every move is to attract children."

"I had said that she is suitable for teaching kids."

…

Qin Rou went to the kindergarten to dance for a few days. Dance was originally taught to only one class, but several classes followed. As a result, all the children in the park got to know her as Teacher Qin.

"I'm not Teacher Qin."

"Why not? I think you teach very well." The principal Wu Min looked at her with a smile, "I won't let you teach them dancing for free, we will give you a subsidy."

Wu Min really wanted to keep her as a teacher in the kindergarten.

Qin Rou was not a kindergarten teacher. The principal couldn't pay her salary, but could give her some subsidies, such as rice, flour, grain and oil. Wu Min said that the kindergarten would give her twenty catties of flour.

Thinking of the group of people at home who liked to eat steamed buns, Qin Rou came to earn extra money.

Xue Xiaohui danced with her for a few days, and the more she danced, the more relaxed she became. Under the influence of music and dance, people become like that, not to mention the exaggerated children's dance.

"Everyone, dance with me!"

Comrade Qin danced so hard, how could she fall behind?

After dancing happily with the children every day, Xue Xiaohui became more integrated into the children's atmosphere. Qin Rou also gave her some advice on how to be a good kindergarten teacher.

"Xiao Qin, you are really a thoughtful person. If I knew you had such an idea about teaching children, I should have stopped you and prevented you from taking the announcer test. It would be great if you had come directly to our kindergarten to be a teacher," Wu Min chatted with her, and Qin Rou gave her some of her own suggestions.

Seeing the simple layout of the kindergarten classroom, her restless heart could no longer hold back. So she and Xue Xiaohui arranged the inside and outside of the classroom together.

They added fresh green plants, wind chimes, pictorials… After a few days, it had become extraordinarily warm and childish.

"Little aunt, little aunt, little aunt!" Xiao Mingxi, who often met his little aunt in kindergarten, was also very excited.

"Auntie, look at my painting!" Chen Jingyi did the same.

Chen Jingyi was not very good at dancing, but because his aunt was teaching it, he took it seriously. Every day, he would shake his arms and legs among the children.

When he went back and danced to his mother, Qin Mian was amused.

"Was it really taught by your aunt?"

"My sister did that?"

One afternoon, after Qin Rou danced in the kindergarten, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and joked with Xue Xiaohui, "Wait later, you can also have the confidence to dance in front of your man."

Xue Xiaohui nodded with a blushing face.

Qin Rou wondered, "What's the matter with you today? You don't seem as relaxed as usual."

Xue Xiaohui was frequently distracted when dancing, and she was very absentminded. Qin Rou guessed that she was going to move to the colony in a few days, so she was nervous.

Lao Wang's application had been approved.

"Xiao Qin, you, you were great, are you thirsty? Come and have a drink," Xue Xiaohui handed Qin Rou a glass of water.

"I'll dance this month, and I'll come again occasionally."

Qin Rou smiled, raised her head and slowly took a few sips of water. After she finished drinking the water, she found two people in navy whites standing not far in front of her.

That white uniform was particularly dazzling in the sun.

"Cough—" Qin Rou choked while drinking.

Did she have hallucinations or did she see Brother Wang, and her man beside him?

Qin Rou was dumbfounded. She turned her head to look at Xue Xiaohui and wondered, "How long have they been here?"

Qin Rou hoped that the two came after she finished dancing. Her man was so tall and handsome like a sparkling light bulb, how could she not notice him when he came to the playground?!

They must have just arrived, and he definitely didn't see her dancing!

"It's been a while. They just came when I was just talking to the principal."

"Xiao Qin, didn't you see them just now?" Xue Xiaohui was puzzled.

Xue Xiaohui noticed from the very beginning that the two were coming. Seeing that Qin Rou was not affected at all, she silently spurned herself for being shy and cowardly.

Still, Xiao Qin was amazing.

Qin Rou: "!"

Qin Rou was struck down by thunder.

Lu Yan saw her dancing…

"Xiao Qin, Xiao Qin, what's the matter with you?" Xue Xiaohui watched the beautiful woman's pink face completely burnt into cooked red crayfish.

"No, nothing."

Qin Rou felt a chill in her heart: I want to disappear.

"Little uncle, little uncle! This is my little uncle!"

The principal, Wu Min, smiled brightly at her, "Xiao Qin, your husband is so handsome. You two are a perfect match. You gave birth to twins. I can't wait to see your two children, but it's a pity that it will take a few years before they go to kindergarten…"

Qin Rou didn't want to go back to that kindergarten. She didn't know how she got out of the kindergarten. She and Lu Yan took Xia Mingxi and Xiao Jingyi back together. Xia Mingxi didn't notice anything wrong at all, and chatted with Xiao Jingyi in high spirits about things that adults couldn't understand.

Qin Rou's face was tense, and that gorgeous and charming face was particularly expressionless. She decided to never tease others.

Lu Yan was also surprised that he didn't speak to her. On one hand, he held the enamel basin that Principal Wu gave to the couple as a friendly gift, and on the other hand, he held the twenty catties of flour that his wife earned from her part-time job.

Qin Rou didn't look at him, didn't speak, as silence was gold.

The couple went home in silence, because Chief Lu was too taciturn, which was different from the past, causing Qin Rou to subconsciously pop up all kinds of hot headlines in her mind: "The wife was caught by her husband while dancing wildly outside."

"The original form of the fox spirit turned out to be funny"…

She felt ashamed and angry.

Only the kids at home could comfort their mother.

Qin Rou wanted to see the children, but a mountain stood in front of her. Qin Rou raised her head and stared at Lu Yan.

She asked with her eyes: What do you want?

Lu Yan blinked, and his tone revealed a bit of surprise. He pushed his wife's arm and said curiously, "I've never seen you dance before."

In the past, Chief Lu only knew that his wife sang in a cultural and art troupe. Yes, she had a good voice and sang well, but he didn't expect that she could dance, and she danced like that…

Lao Wang was really a good brother, a good buddy, a good comrade. If he hadn't been courageous, he wouldn't have had a chance to see that scene.

Qin Rou: "…"

A strange smile appeared on Lu Yan's face, "Would you like to show me a dance at home?"

Qin Rou felt a little itchy and wanted to go to the kitchen to get a rolling pin, but her eyes slanted at him dangerously, "What kind of dance do you want to see?"

"Whatever you want," Lu Yan smiled, raised two fingers on top of his head, tilted his head, and bent his fingers.

Qin Rou: "Pfft—"

That was a pure tough guy acting cute.

Qin Rou pushed him away and went to see the children in the room. Her mother-in-law Jiang Ping was watching them.

"You're back"

"Well, I came to see the children." Qin Rou sat down beside the kids, and when the kids saw their mother, they got restless. Qin Rou smiled and pinched their faces.

Her milk was not much, and for convenience, the two children were fed with supplementary formula milk along with breast milk.

The two kids were also raised to be strong.

Lu Yan walked over behind her and gave her a fascinated smile.

Qin Rou: "…"

Qin Rou bowed her head and made a wish, then went to check the babies' diapers. It was very good. As expected of her sons, her wish was fulfilled. She stuffed the diapers into that man's hand, and hurried up.

Lu Yan took the diapers and shook his head, and honestly went downstairs to work in the yard.

While washing, he thought about the scene he had seen before, and the smile on his face was sweet.

Head Zhang stood at the door of his house, akimbo, looking at Lu Yan with the eyes of an enemy.

Lu Yan was not surprised to see him, he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Chengbei: "…"

He smiled?! Did he know that he was going to have him killed?

He was a traitor among men! If he washed his babies' diapers in the yard and was seen by Zhang Chengbei's wife. In the future, she would also want him to…

Women's jealous hearts were incomprehensible!

As if he could see his sad days next year, his face turned ugly. He also had to wash the baby's diaper in the yard.

Mr. Zhang stared at the diapers in Lu Yan's hand, immersed in the blow and unable to extricate himself.

Lu Yan saw Mr. Zhang staring at the diapers in his hand in a trance and seemed to be hesitating. He asked incredulously, "You want to come here and get good luck too?"

"Get good luck?

Zhang Chengbei blinked and asked curiously, "How?"

He had indeed been a little unlucky recently.

After getting lucky, Mr. Zhang returned home with a look of hopelessness.

Lu Yan was too selfish.

He didn't need that kind of luck.

Huang Xinying was pregnant and had a keen sense of smell. She curiously said, "You went to the neighbor to learn how to wash underwear? You're a good dad."

"Tomorrow I'm going to talk to Li Qinghua!" Huang Xinying and Li Qinghua communicated much more because they were pregnant. The two exchanged pregnancy feelings and secretly speculated that the other would have a boy or girl.

Of course, it was impossible to talk about children all the time, and they did talk about their men.

Her husband was willing to learn to wash the baby's diaper, this was indeed a rare thing, she must tell Li Qinghua!

Mr. Zhang: "…"

Mr. Zhang felt sorry for Lao Liu.

Qin Rou was already training two little babies to turn over.

The two little guys' arms were quite strong. The two brothers worked hard together with drooling saliva

Qin Rou shook the rattle next to her and applauded the two children, "Bangbang, our Zhouzhou is very good, and Jiaozi also successfully turned over. Kids, do you want to do it again?" She was grinning. The babies who enjoyed the success of turning over did not want to pay attention to the old mother for the time being.

The two babies really deserved to be twins. Sometimes their expressions and postures were so synchronized. As a mother, Qin Rou observed carefully and found that there were subtle differences between the two children.

She often played all kinds of guessing games, and her accuracy rate was very high.

That made Qin Rou very proud.

Until she asked Lu Yan to join the game of "guessing the kids", Lu Yan, who loved his kids, could guess who they were at first glance.

"Daddy, guess who is Jiaozi?"

"He."

He could guess Jiaozi right every time.

Qin Rou: "!"

As a mother, Qin Rou was really surprised. The babies' father knew too much about the children. Their babies looked so similar, and her mother-in-law and her often got confused.

Qin Rou pestered Lu Yan to tell her the secret of guessing them, but Lu Yan just said, "Because I love them."

Qin Rou: "…"

She pestered Lu Yan more to find an answer.

"You really want to know?"

Qin Rou nodded.

"Then show me the dance."

Qin Rou: "…"

"I don't want to know."

A true warrior would never give in!

However, Qin Rou was still addicted to playing the game of guessing the kids with Lu Yan, and would artificially increase various difficulties, such as blocking the child's face and asking him, "Who is he?

"Zhouzhou."

"Wrong."

"I don't believe it."

Qin Rou: "…"

Lu Yan was still more powerful.

In early December, Wang Yuanzheng and his wife Xue Xiaohui moved into the army colony. Lu Yan was not at home that day, only Qin Rou and several sisters went to congratulate them with Zhouzhou and Jiaozi.

They put Zhouzhou and Jiaozi on the newlyweds' bed, and asked the two to climb up and turn over.

The little babies were drooling, and they were very happy to see a bunch of women.

The women praised them-

"These two children are so cute."

"They look like Chief Lu, they will definitely be handsome in the future. We have good candidates for our daughters in the future! It's settled."

"It's a pity that my daughter is three years older, otherwise I could choose one of the two."

"What's wrong with being three years older? A woman three years older carries gold bricks." (A wife three years older than the husband ensures a richer life.)

"Don't talk nonsense. "

…

A few women gathered together, naturally it was as lively as a vegetable market. Many of them went to see the twins, and have good fortune.

"Why don't you come to my house later?"

"You have to be careful, don't let the children's saliva fall on the bed."

"What's the point of that? It's all good luck."

"If the child wets the bed, what should we do…"

One of the sisters still wanted to pinch Zhouzhou's butt, but Qin Rou blocked her. She didn't want outsiders to touch her child.

Outside, Wang Yuanzheng led his wife into the colony home, and met many people along the way.

The person next to him was called Zhou Wei. He had been with Lu Yan in the same academy. The previous year, Wang Yuanzheng heard about Tan Rou from him, but in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

Every November, it was the time for frequent personnel transfers. In addition, the Nanhai side needed to strengthen the prevention. Zhou Wei had also been transferred there, but he was not on Qiongzhou Island, but on a nearby island's security area.

He heard that Wang Yuanzheng had found a partner, got married, and moved into the army colony. He happened to come to Qiongzhou Island, so he said that he would follow him to watch the fun. At the same time, he could ask his friend's woman to introduce a partner to him and maybe he would meet the one for him.

It was not easy being a bachelor.

"I didn't expect you to get married in just a year."

"When would my women introduce me to someone?"

Wang Yuanzheng smiled, thinking that my girl was really powerless.

Zhou Wei looked around, he found that the colony courtyard was very good. Some of the small yards were especially beautifully maintained, and he was even more envious that Lao Wang had his own house in the colony courtyard, and could go home to hold his wife.

He was so envious.

"Does Lu Yan also live here?" Zhou Wei and Lu Yan had a normal relationship. They played together when they were young. Later, when his father was transferred, he also left long ago. They didn't get along for a long time, just a little bit of their childhood friendship was still there.

Zhou Wei only kept in frequent contact with a brother of the same age next door, and learned something about Lu Yan from him.

"Yes, he is also living here. He should not be at home at the moment. If you go to my house, you may see his wife."

"His wife?" Zhou Wei was curious about how Lu Yan's wife looked like.

Lao Wang said that Lu Yan fell in love with his wife at first sight, and Zhou Wei was in disbelief.

Brother Lu could still fall in love with someone at first sight?

Was Lao Wang trying to fool him? Lao Wang was honest, but sometimes his words were not always true.

Back in the military academy, there were so many women who liked Lu Yan. Zhou Wei had heard of his reputation, and some girls even asked him to inquire about Lu Yan… But brother Lu was very sullen, devoted to the sea. The piece of iron would not be sympathetic to those beautiful girls, and would be too lazy to answer.

"Yes, his wife Xiao Qin gave birth to a pair of boys."

"A pair of boys?" The long-standing Lao Wang did not have kids, but the guy Lu Yan actually had two children?!

"Yes, you can see his two sons later. They look exactly the same."

'What am I doing in this colony home? Isn't this looking for suffering? Why do I need to see the newlyweds, or someone's twin sons?'

Zhou Wei followed Wang Yuanzheng to his house, a beautiful small yard. Those slightly newer houses were a little smaller than Lu Yan's, and beyond that were buildings.

The two entered the Wang House. Zhou Wei, who had been in the camp for a long time, saw men every day. It was the first time he had seen so many beautiful women.

Among them, the most beautiful was the woman in a simple white shirt. She looked extraordinarily young, with jet-black hair pulled back, a melon face, fair skin, and extraordinarily beautiful eyes. She was charming and when she spoke, her voice was even more pleasant.

There was actually such a beautiful woman, even more beautiful than the girl of the art troupe he saw the previous time.

Who was so lucky to be her husband?

A woman saw Lao Wang coming back with a strange man, and quickly asked, "Comrade Wang, who is this next to you?"

"My comrade, Zhou Wei."

"Hello, women."

"This is from the Sun family…that's Lu Yan's wife…this is my wife," Wang Yuanzheng introduced them to him one by one, and after the introduction, he only stared at his wife Xue Xiaohui, smiling brightly.

Looking at it, Lao Wang still thought that his wife, Teacher Xiao Xue, was the best!

Zhou Wei: "?!" Lu Yan's wife? Lu Yan's two sons?!

His old friends from childhood, all married and had children.

Zhou Wei thought to himself, 'I am not jealous, definitely not jealous.'

His sadness couldn't be contained. He pulled Lao Wang aside. He really wanted to know one thing, "Dude, please tell me, how can I marry and move into the colony as soon as possible?"

Wang Yuanzheng lowered his head and whispered, "You could go to Lu Yan's place to get some good luck from him."

"Get good luck?"

"I got married thanks to his advice…"

"Without him, I really couldn't get married."

Zhou Wei: "…Really?"

That was Lu Yan? Lu Yan acted as a staff advisor. What kind of counselor was he?

Although Zhou Wei wanted to verify Wang Yuanzheng's words, Lu Yan was not at home. He had a task at the garrison area, so he could only give up. He could only go to Lu Yan's house next time to have a look and get together with his old childhood friend.

Qin Rou took the two kids back from the Wang House.

Since Xue Xiaohui moved into the family's courtyard, when Xia Mingxi and the others went to school, they often met Teacher Feifei who rode a bicycle to work.

Every time the happy Xia Mingxi shouted from a distance, "Teacher Feifei, good morning!" Everyone's eyes would fall on Xue Xiaohui.

Xue Xiaohui greeted him with a shy face.

Sometimes Qin Rou snickered when she saw that. She couldn't help but think of the teachers who graduated from various schools and complained, especially the elementary school teachers. The most polite student in the class was in a corner while the students came to watch the teacher as if they had discovered some strange creature, stood in front of them and shouted, "Hello, Teacher XX."

Although they experienced the big typhoon in early September, in December, Qin Rou's yard had changed a lot.

The swing in the courtyard was covered with yellow woodsy flowers, which were tall plants that cover the top of the swing like a rainbow. The fragrance of flowers drifted far away.

The floral scent was like vanilla ice cream, and it smelled great on that not-so-cold "winter" day.

Qin Rou took several photos as a souvenir. She also planned to plant some red flowers. She took scissors to trim the flowers.

The old hen in the chicken coop recently gave birth to a litter of chicks. The fluffy chirps were very cute. She gave a few to Xue Xiaohui. Qin Rou was looking forward to the arrival of a few little roosters, which could be slaughtered and eaten.

The red tomato plant seemed to like her yard very much. It was able to cheer up after many winds and rains. Once again, it was covered with red and colorful fruits, and ruby agate like a bead curtain hung down.

There was always no shortage of tomatoes in their house. When Qin Rou was lazy, she decisively chose tomato scrambled eggs, a home-cooked dish that one would never get tired of eating. She grew her own tomatoes and got eggs from her hens.

The luffa Qin Rou planted were growing normally, and the eggplants and beans in the vegetable field were growing well. Recently, they had harvested a lot of large purple eggplants to make eggplant pots, fried eggplant, eggplant egg cakes, steamed eggplants with garlic, shredded eggplants, steamed eggplants…

(Miao note: I love eggplant. My fav vegetable!)

They developed a variety of ways to eat eggplants. Perhaps that year's Feng Shui (luck) was more prosperous for eggplants, and the harvest was good.

Sometimes the influence of climate and Feng Shui on the plants of that year was unclear. Qin Rou remembered that it was a bumper harvest of lychees the previous year.

Of course, the farmers would not be happy with that kind of comprehensive and full-scale harvest. On the contrary, because there was too much supply of lychees, they were sold at low prices of a few cents per pound and many were in the rotten fields.

The eggplants produced in her home were indeed a bit worrying. Even if a variety of eggplant eating methods had been developed, the kids didn't want to eat them all the time.

Qin Rou collected a basket of eggplants and beans. The eggplants were going to be given away later. The beans were pickled and stored.

"Xiao Qin, I heard that the fishing boat is back. Let's go buy some fresh fish as soon as possible!" Li Qinghua came to her house and invited her to buy fish together. Li Qinghua was pregnant, and her stomach didn't show much. She had become a lot more diligent than before.

"Huahua, I'll give you a few eggplants."

"Well, we will roast eggplants today."

Huahua, who ate in the cafeteria all the time, had set up a kitchen at home. That was the pressure brought by the child.

Slackers couldn't be lazy anymore.

In the past, Huahua lived a super cool life. She ate in the cafeteria every day. Although the food in the cafeteria was not really delicious, it was definitely not unpalatable. Moreover, Huahua was definitely not the one who treated herself badly. She also ordered meat dishes every day.

That was like poking a hornet's nest. Li Qinghua had lived a casual life, but she didn't do anything and ate meat. Secretly, she didn't know how many people envied her.

As for why so many rumors about her spread in the place that she was a lazy wife behind her back, it was because she was hated.

Li Qinghua and Huang Xinying were two people, one was the hardworking wife in the courtyard, and the other was the lazy wife in the courtyard. The two of them had one thing in common, that was, they had only given birth to one child.

In the colony like them, mostly people had only one child as with three or four, life got very tight.

Raising children was too expensive and time-consuming. If there were too many children at home, it was inconvenient for the mother to work. She had to take care of them at home.

In the past, Huahua didn't work, and Political Commissar Liu raised her and her son. Political Commissar Liu's salary was more than enough. The family of three could eat refined grains. The meals in the cafeteria were not expensive. Fish and eggs were twenty cents per dish, and thirty cents for good meat dishes. Huahua ordered good meat dishes every day and ate a piece of it for twenty cents a day, which was only thirty six yuan a month. Even if Political Commissar Liu had to send some money to the family, they would have no burden to live on.

But if there was a second child, then the pressure of life would increase. If they had one more child, they would have to have more mouths to feed. It was okay if they had a girl and boy, they could hold on, but feeding three or four kids was not a joke. Even the teachers' families would have to shift eating some coarse grains.

Why could Huang Xinying be the hardworking wife? The main reason was that there was only one child in the family. Both husband and wife got paid. The husband and wife had a sufficient supply of rice grains every month, so that the family could often spend a bit and make their life prosperous and bright.

It was difficult for even a clever woman to cook without rice and oil.

In a sense, both were of the same kind.

And other colony members, especially those who had given birth to four or five children, couldn't just shut the door to save money and raise their children.

"It's not easy to raise children!" Qin Rou went back to the kitchen to get the bucket for the fish. Thinking of Huahua's recent changes, and the two fat babies at home, she suddenly felt the pressure of raising kids.

Generally, in underwater, benefits range from high to low. The higher the risk, the better the salary. Lu Yan was on the water, and the salary and allowances were higher than the onshore allowances. In addition, there were subsidies for going to sea. It was hard work, but the treatment was good. All allowances added up to an average of two hundreds yuan a month.

Qin Rou gave birth one year after she joined the job. Her monthly salary was thirty six yuan, and she also had a monthly allowance of eight yuan, which was equivalent to the ordinary wage of ordinary workers.

An unmarried colleague like her could still live a good life. The charges for all kinds of canteen meals were quite similar. She could still eat meat often. If they were vegetarian, they could save a little bit more. By only eating a vegetarian diet, sixty or seventy yuan would be enough for food and clothing. They could save some money to buy soap, clothes, small leather shoes, go to a movie and buy some books on vacation, etc.

But if they were married, it would be different. If they wanted to raise a child, they had to stay indoors to live.

In any age, for ordinary working people, getting married did reduce the quality of life.

Even if they didn't eat canteen meals and cook at home, they really couldn't save much money.

Although the vegetables were only a few cents a pound, if one wanted to cook, you had to buy firewood and honeycomb. Qin Rou calculated the family's money for buying honeycomb briquette and firewood for a month. Her family used both. Her brother-in-law and mother-in-law would come to her house for dinner. There were also two or three stoves. The stove for honeycomb briquette was used to boil a pot of water. After calculating, one honeycomb coal would burn four or five yuan a day. Coupled with a few loads of firewood, the fire alone would cost seventeen or eighteen yuan.

Looking at it that way, just burning the fire would burn half of her salary in a month. It was terrible. In addition to other firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea, she ordered goat milk for five yuan a month…

Well, the family had a lot of expenses.

Of course, if one started the fire themselves, there would be room for saving money. If they grew their own vegetables, they would save money on vegetables. If they raised chickens and eggs, they would save money on eggs or simply go to chop wood and pick up cinders, which would save another expense.

The price of chopped firewood and the price of uncleaved firewood was different. If they wanted to save money, they had to immerse themselves in some trivial money-saving labor every day.

Like Qin Rou and Lu Yan, as well as Wang Yuanzheng and Xue Xiaohui, newly married couples who had no children, each person had an estimated thirty kilograms of food stamps a month. The two bought fine grains, and they could eat white rice and steamed buns every day, and their wages were fully used. But with children, naturally, the pressure would be doubled.

Qin Rou's family's situation was not bad, Xiao Yan often ate with her, and his mother had no spendings in the army. She often sent some wheat milk essence milk powder snacks over. It was said that the daily dietary standard of the current underwater submariners was more than two yuan per day, but they did not have to pay for the expense, and the treatment was quite good, but it was hard work, with high risk, working in small space, dull and noisy. It was not easy for the engineers on board to work in a high temperature of forty to fifty degrees.

Her parents-in-law had pensions, and they helped to take care of Zhouzhou and Jiaozi at home. They didn't have much living expenses, but they buy a lot of milk powder for the family's little babies, and often buy some meat, sesame and peanuts.

Qin Rou, and Lu Yan had a surplus of more than one hundred yuan after a month's expenses, and their life was quite comfortable.

With that, they would save a thousand yuan a year. After getting married, Lu Yan was not as capable of saving money as before marriage.

"Is there a sturgeon (fish)?"

"It was bought by xx."

There were several farms there, as well as a fishing company. Once the fishing troop returned, each team would come to pull the harvest. Supplies and pulling supplies were also in order. Surface troops were given priority over shore, and they were selected first.

"Good comrade, can you help me see if there are roes in it? I just want the roes in it," Qin Rou asked cheekily.

"Okay."

Qin Rou pocketed a large bag of roe, and picked out a lot of octopus and mackerel. A woman at the back saw that she had bought a lot of mackerel, and her eyes twitched.

Mackerel, also known as black fish, was much more valuable than oysters, scallops, and prawns, and most people ate them only when they had dinner parties during the New Year.

Mackerel fish had less bones and more meat. The fish meat could be used to make dumplings, or it could be marinated with salt and dried in the sun. It was very fragrant and delicious when it was steamed on rice.

Someone couldn't help but say a few words, "Xiao Qin, your family has an extra two boys, so you have to learn to live a little bit economically."

Qin Rou smiled and nodded.

Li Qinghua also bought a lot of fish, and the women next to them lost their temper when they saw her. Those women had several children with them, and the children were making a fuss about what to eat at night.

"Huahua, you have been hyperactive recently," a colony member with short hair raised her eyebrows.

"You're more diligent than before."

"A pregnant woman is different. Niu Ye will soon have a younger brother."

"Let his mother give him more brothers and sisters."

Qin Rou married Lu Yan, and the couple's life was sweet and enviable, and there were many people who envied her, but the one who they were more jealous of had always been Li Qinghua.

She was the thorn in the eyes of the crowd.

Qin Rou was beautiful and had a good voice. She used to be in the art troupe, attended art school, and even became an announcer. She could take care of the yard and cook good dishes. With her appearance, yes, although most people envy her, they also feel that she deserved such a life.

As for Li Qinghua, who was like them, she was also an uneducated country girl, with a beautiful appearance, but she was lazy and greedy and did not work, let alone give birth to children, which made many people feel uncomfortable.

Later, she became a driver, which was shocking and enviable.

She was doing something serious in her life.

"Huahua, look at you like this, shouldn't you be pregnant with twins?" The person smiled narrowly.

"Talk to Xiao Qin more, enjoy her blessings, and give birth to two fat boys to your Lao Liu." That person really wanted to see the slacker Li Qinghua, who was too lazy to get up, to have two fat boys.

Li Qinghua waved her hand carelessly, "I want to have a daughter, I'm not lucky to have two at a time."

"You go and enjoy Xiao Qin's luck."

"Mr. Zhang asked Lao Liu to go to Xiao Qin's house to get lucky, I said no. I had a dream, so I must be pregnant with a girl."

At that moment, a reasonable person said, "You are really stupid, don't believe those people. This kind of blessing can not be obtained that way, and it is even more impossible for the dream to come true. Whoever should have a boy will have a boy, and whoever should have a daughter will still have a daughter."

"That's right."

Qin Rou was drying fish in the yard. She had recently planted two fruit trees, a lychee tree and a longan, but she didn't dare to plant jackfruit, for fear that she wouldn't be able to finish it. Although the jackfruit was delicious, it was too big, and it was boring to eat too much of it. Not to mention that Huahua grew jackfruit, so she could go and eat it with her.

Qin Rou also dried a lot of small shrimp skins before. Small shrimp skins were amazing for calcium supplements. One could put them aside when cooking to adjust freshness. They could use shrimp skins to fry vegetables or scramble eggs, or make soup. It was also very convenient and delicious.

She put away the dried shrimp skins and distributed a large bag. She planned to send it to her sister's house, and stop by to see her sister and brother-in-law.

Qin Mian was very happy to see her. Qin Rou brought some fabrics, of which Qin Mian made small clothes for her.

"The children grow fast day by day. If you make clothes for your children, you must make them bigger and longer, you would end up throwing them away after a few days."

"If the pants are made longer, you can fold them to make it short. But not the other way around."

…

Qin Rou smiled and listened to her sister Qin Mian talking. The bigger children's clothes than their size, was what the school uniform factory used to do in the past. It could be worn directly to the sixth grade, even to junior high school and high school students.

But later on, the school uniforms of the children became more beautiful.

Qin Rou flipped through the little clothes, and the more she looked, the happier she became. But unfortunately she didn't have her sister's skills, so she couldn't make them.

"Cute, right? My sister also became a mother," Qin Mian sighed with a smile.

"I'm glad, your skills are really good."

Qin Rou also brought some red cloth that time, and wanted her sister to make two small red aprons for Zhouzhou and Jiaozi. The little babies wearing a red apron for the New Year, was especially suitable for the occasion.

"This red cloth is good, it's not a pity that only children will wear it…"

After they finished speaking, Qin Mian lowered her head to measure the cloth, and then looked at her sister.

"Pfft," she burst out laughing.

"Sister, what's wrong with you, why are you laughing at me?"

Qin Mian couldn't help it anymore. As she stood up, her legs trembled, "Sister, I didn't expect you to dance like that."

Qin Rou: "…" It's really embarrassing.

"Jing Yi learned from you, right? This kid didn't like to move before, but now he's jumping around. His father is also happy to see him this way."

Qin Rou asked with a smile, "How has brother-in-law been recently?"

"He's the same as before."

When talking about her husband, the smile on Qin Mian's face unexpectedly disappeared.

Thinking of a recent incident, Qin Mian got uncomfortable.

"Sister, what's the matter with you? What happened recently?"

"It's not a big deal." In front of her own sister, Qin Mian didn't want to hide it from her, and told her one thing that bothered her, "In the school, a new teacher, who used to be an educated youth, and is quite beautiful is pestering him to teach her English."

"Sister, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"I get a little uncomfortable, but I can't say anything. She wants to learn."

Qin Rou thought that she was jealous, so she concluded, "Sister, you should be uncomfortable."

"What about you, little sister, what will you do if you encounter this kind of thing?"

"You mean that there is a woman pestering Lu Yan? No matter what her purpose is, then I will definitely tell Lu Yan that I'm not happy."

When Qin Rou imagined that a woman was pestering her man, she may really explode. Her relationship with Lu Yan was getting deeper, and her possessiveness toward him was getting higher.

"Sister, you should tell my brother-in-law that you are not feeling well, and tell him to be careful."

Qin Mian was about to answer when a male voice came from outside, "Your sister is right."

"If you are not feeling well, you should just say it."

Chen Mian walked in. He was recently pestered by a female educated youth. A simple question was fine, but what she was doing was a bit out of bounds, which made Chen Mian very uncomfortable. He wanted to find a chance to clarify with the female teacher.

"Then I'll say it now, I'm really unhappy. This teacher thinks I'm not worthy of you. Yes, I'm not worthy of you in the first place, I had often heard this kind of words before-" Qin Mian said and then laughed, "It's been less in recent years."

"We have been together for so long. What are you saying?"

"You used to write me love poems. Ancient poems about how we will grow old together with a child. Now you could only say that we are an old husband and wife. You dislike me as I am not literate."

Chen Mian really laughed, "Look at what you're saying now, you're not literate?"

"I really am not that knowledgeable."

Qin Rou beside her thought that he came to distribute dog food. (public display of affection)

…

Zhao Jianghong was transferred to Qiongzhou Island. He applied for the transfer. He and his wife Tan Rou had been married for several years. The relationship between the two was weak. Tan Rou always refused to follow him.

He had liked Tan Rou for many years, and when the other party agreed to marry him, Zhao Jianghong was still imagining a happy future. But after all those years, he found that the stone would not warm no matter how he covered it.

It was not that Zhao Jianghong didn't know who she liked in her heart, but Lu Yan made a promise to him. He didn't like Tan Rou at all, and he wasn't even interested in interfering in their relationship.

But not long ago, he heard that Lu Yan married a person whose name was Qin Rou, which sounded exactly like his wife's name.

He liked Tan Rou, a fact known by everyone. He was a good brother and didn't want to embarrass him, so he…

"What if you marry Tan Rou? She doesn't care about you."

…

Zhao Jianghong was drunk, he wondered if he really did something wrong. He separated a pair of lovers. Just because Lu Yan considered his brotherhood, he gave the woman to him?

He thought about it over and over again in a complicated mood. Recently, he finally couldn't stand it anymore. Zhao Jianghong submitted the application and took the initiative to go to Qiongzhou Island. He knew that Lu Yan was there, and he wanted to deal with their previous affairs with him.

Zhao Jianghong told Tan Rou about the transfer to Qiongzhou Island, and asked her if she would like to join the army. She agreed even if she didn't want to.

Zhao Jianghong felt aggrieved.

Speaking of which, he used to have a pretty good relationship with Lu Yan, but later, he turned into a villain who broke up the "lovers". Zhao Jianghong hadn't contacted Lu Yan for a long time. He took the initiative not to see Lu Yan and never visited him again.

They really broke off their previous relationship just for a woman.

"As long as your mother can be a good person and focus on morale, I am a motherf*cker, bah."

Zhao Jianghong felt that it would be meaningless to continue his reluctant marriage. He wanted to divorce his wife Tan Rou, but before that he decided to do a good thing.

Didn't those two secretly like each other? Then he would be a good person this time. He would be transferred to Qiongzhou Island, and he would call Tan Rou over to break the connection between the two of them.

He would return Tan Rou to Lu Yan. Didn't Lu Yan marry Qin Rou? Zhao Jianghong thought that he would marry Tan Rou.

Zhao Jianghong had already arrived at Qiongzhou Island alone, and he had come to the colony home. He planned to beat Lu Yan first, and then let the couple be together.

He inquired about Lu Yan's location in the colony, and went there with an inexplicable indignation. Zhao Jianghong thought to himself that he was a coward. He could always avoid him but the approach had an end after all.

Zhao Jianghong's footsteps were slow, and his brain was confused. Even at that time, he still had a lot of unwillingness in his heart. Yes, he was not as handsome as Lu Yan, and his ability was not as good as him. Although he was a good brother in the past, he still had to say, as far as Lu Yan's bad temper was concerned, could he be a good husband?

Only a blind woman would like him.

Zhao Jianghong was uneasy. Before he even walked to Lu Yan's house, he saw a male soldier washing clothes in the yard. Zhao Jianghong couldn't help but stop and watch.

Shouldn't this be something women do at home?

Laundry, cooking and taking care of children should be done by women. He had never heard of any comrade-in-arms doing those things at home before, and it would be taken as a joke.

Zhao Jianghong: "…"

That seemed to be next door to Lu Yan's house. Zhao Jianghong looked around, but couldn't find the yard where Lu Yan might live.

As for Lu Yan's dog temper, he didn't pretend to be nice to women, he didn't care about women at all, and he didn't coax them at all. If he married a woman, and got angry even with just his handsome face, who could stand his bad temper?

Zhao Jianghong set his eyes on the person doing the laundry.

He thought to himself that although the male soldier in front of him was intimidating, he was still helping his wife wash clothes in the yard.

Zhao Jianghong: "…"

When Zhang Chengbei looked up, he found a strange man looking at him as if he saw a gorilla in the zoo. Mr. Zhang cursed him in his heart, 'What are you looking at? Have you never seen a man do laundry?'

"Comrade, do you know Lu Yan, Chief Lu?"

"Yes, Lao Lu lives next door, how can I not know him?"

Hearing Lu Yan's name from someone else's mouth, Zhao Jianghong was surprised. He didn't want to see Lu Yan so soon, so he wanted to chat with the man in front of him.

"Have you ever seen a woman who is willing to sacrifice for her husband for several years?"

"Yes, of course I have."

Mr. Zhang thought to himself, 'Wasn't that how my wife used to be? She used to do all the housework every day and be a good wife.'

But now she was different from other women.

Zhao Jianghong was surprised, "Then do you know how to make this woman not sacrifice so much?"

"Yes, you let her meet a better and more considerate man."

"Then who do you think is better than Lu Yan?"

Mr. Zhang: "…" What are you saying?

It turned out that he was also a traitor among men.

"Are you married? Do you wash your wife's clothes? Do you make steamed buns for your wife? Do you wash your children's diapers?"

Zhao Jianghong said without hesitation, "That is what women should do."

"Then Chief Lu is much better than you. If I were a woman, I would have definitely married Lu Yan."

Although Zhang Chengbei didn't want to admit it, he had to say that if he were a woman, he would honestly marry Chief Lu.

It would be nice to marry Lao Liu and be a slacker, but he would pick Lao Lu.

No, both of them were not good, they were scum.

"Look, Chief Lu next door has come out to wash his sons' diapers again," Zhang Chengbei saw a familiar figure next door, speaking of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived. (speak of the Devil)

"What?!"

"Look at you, you are so stupid, aren't you married yet? If not, then go get some good luck from Lu Yan."

"Lu, Lu Yan?" Zhao Jianghong was stunned when he saw the person coming out of the yard next door from a distance.

He wasn't ready yet to meet his old friend like that.

What was supposed to come had to come.

Zhao Jianghong took a deep breath and walked to the yard next door. Lu Yan was washing diapers. He had actually noticed Zhao Jianghong, but as a good father with experience, he should give his sons' diapers to him as soon as possible. He had just started washing and would be able to process the end soon.

"Lao Zhao, long time no see."

Originally Zhao Jianghong thought that seeing Lu Yan, he would want to fight him, but he embraced him very honestly, and patted Lu Yan's arm, "Brother, I haven't seen you for many years, you didn't contact me at all."

He still remembered the days when they were wild.

He had been in the army for many years, rarely coming home throughout the year. They were also separated in the two places and had been in a state of no contact for a long time. He saw only comrades in arms every day.

At that time, when seeing the good friends and brothers from the past, the women's affairs could be put aside for the time being.

Lu Yan said with a smile, "You didn't contact me either."

"Come to my house and sit down."

Zhao Jianghong looked around. He hadn't noticed it till then, but just realized that the yard was really beautiful. When the wind blew, there was still a gentle fragrance of flowers in the air, and when he looked over, he saw the wood fragrance flowers entwined and blooming on the swing in the courtyard.

The petals trembled in the wind, and the cyan lawn was extraordinarily pure green under the light. Maybe it was because it was the island where the blue sky and white clouds that all the colors in the field of vision looked extraordinarily pure and beautiful.

On the other side of the vegetable field, there were small red agate-like tomatoes, purple eggplants, and blue loofahs. It was obviously the winter season, but there was a good harvest.

"This is your yard?" Zhao Jianghong was very surprised.

"Well, my wife cleaned it up, so it's beautiful." Lu Yan invited him into the house, "My wife has gone to her sister's house. My mother and my father went home and now I'm left at home to look after the children. My sons are asleep."

Zhao Jianghong was confused by the very lifelike words in his mouth. My wife? My sons?

Also his expression was, how to say, a bit gentle.

He had seen that man's aggressive face when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and the man in front of him was mature and handsome. When he talked about his wife, the smile that came out of the corner of his lips made people faint.

Zhao Jianghong was embarrassed, but he saw the photos on the wall. There were so many photos on the wall of the Lu House. The woman next to Lu Yan in the photo needed no introduction. It must be his wife Qin Rou.

The woman in the photo smiled charmingly and beautifully. In every photo, Lu Yan was standing with her. The two were extremely close. There was no need to say nonsense at all. Anyone with eyes could see the deep affection between the two. In addition, more impactful was the photo of a family of four.

That had two identical kids.

Zhao Jianghong: "…"

He was shocked for a while, and almost forgot what he planned to do in the first place.

But at that moment, a soft and beautiful voice came from outside, "Lu Yan, Lu Yan, Brother Lu, come and see. I brought back some cute clothes for the babies, small clothes that my sister made!"

Qin Rou just returned to the yard. She glanced at the water-stained diapers. Detective Qin, through simple reasoning, determined that her husband was back.

"Do you know, even my sister knows that I went to the kindergarten to dance. It's a shame to be so loving, but Xiao Jjingyi betrayed me, his aunt," Qin Rou said as she entered the room. But found that there was a guest at home.

"Hello, comrade."

There was actually a strange man sitting in the room. He was also tall. He looked very energetic. His forehead was narrow. Judging from his attire, he should also be an officer.

Lu Yan introduced him to her, "This is my former friend, Lao Zhao, Zhao Jianghong."

"Hello, Comrade Zhao."

Lu Yan placed his arm around his wife's shoulder and continued to introduce, "This is my wife, Qin Rou."

"I fell in love with her the first time I saw her last year. It was the first time in twenty-five years that your buddy was tempted. After seeing her, I went back and applied for the marriage immediately."

"We have two children this year."

Zhao Jianghong looked at the couple in front of him and couldn't tell how he felt. It was like being hit with a sap on the back of his head.

Just subconsciously, he politely said, "Hello, sister-in-law, I mean ma'am."

"She is your sister-in-law, why are you calling her ma'am in front of me, your brother?"

Zhao Jianghong: "…"

"Comrade Zhao, are you staying at our house for dinner today? Then I'll make some more."

"No, no, I won't."

"Stay," Lu Yan pressed his shoulder.

Zhao Jianghong didn't know why he went there, or why he stayed at another person's house to eat. He sat on a needle and pins. The food at the table in front of him was extraordinarily rich, as it was better than the dishes of other people's state-run restaurants. It was more delicate and beautiful, showing the hostess's beauty and intelligence. Next to it, there was a big steamed bun kneaded by Comrade Lu Yan, which reminded him of his hometown.

During the meal, the family's two little nephews also came. The two little guys huddled together and said something that adults couldn't understand, while Lu Yan had his lovely wife by his side and his pair of sons.

The two little guys who looked exactly the same were raised to be white and tender, and they grinned when they were teased. The two had a good relationship with each other. When the older brother laughed, the younger brother also laughed.

It was particularly flattering.

Moreover, their facial features looked like Lu Yan.

Zhao Jianghong: "…"

Breaking open the steamed bun in his hand, he felt that the steamed bun was particularly choking.

Zhao Jianghong couldn't understand why he made such a trip.

Didn't he want to fight Lu Yan? But he was sitting at his dinner table and eating steamed buns made by him.

'D*mn, this steamed bun is so choking.'

Zhao Jianghong thought that he must have had water in his head in the past. (stupid)

The radio next to him began to play the literary program again, which was the background sound of a movie.

When Lu Yan heard it, he was surprised, "It's a coincidence. This is the movie we watched when my wife and I first met."

Qin Rou: "It's true, but we saw the second half, the end of the film. I've sung it to you before."

"My wife used to sing in the art troupe. She has a good voice and sings well. My wife can also dance—"

"Lu Yan! Don't you know how to be serious?"

…

Zhao Jianghong ate the steamed buns silently. He felt that the steamed buns were dry, and there was a problem with the fermentation—they were sour.

After eating sour steamed buns, he had to stay in someone else's house overnight and suffered a lot.

He tossed and turned. He couldn't fall asleep, and didn't think about anything else. He felt that he had been living a ridiculous life all those years.

Maybe it was because he was getting older and was living alone outside day by day. In fact, he just wanted to live an ordinary life of having a wife and children, and didn't want to toss any more.

The next day after leaving the house, Zhao Jianghong called Tan Rou. In the past, she could not be reached by call, but that day it was easy to get in touch.

"Zhao Jianghong, do you want to talk about the island? What else do I need to pack? When will you take me there?"

"You don't have to pack anything, let's get a divorce."

After saying it, Zhao Jianghong found it quite easy. A ship had stayed in the port for too long, and it was time to set sail. There would always be a suitable harbor waiting for him to dock.

Twisted melon was not sweet. (Forced love is bitter)

He made it clear in three or two sentences, and after letting go of his obsession, he found that the marriage that should end should be ended as soon as possible.

After that, Zhao Jianghong called another brother, "Lao Xu, who the h*ll is talking nonsense about Lu Yan and my ex-wife Tan Rou? Yes, I'm going to divorce… Lu Yan? It's none of his business. He has a good relationship with his wife, and he has two children."

"He's like a different person in front of his wife… You still don't believe it? Bad temper?… Come and see it for yourself."

"Come early, you can also come to his house to get some good fortune, I got it."

Zhao Jianghong wanted to divorce her?!

After hanging up the phone, Tan Rou couldn't believe what she heard. She was going to Qiongzhou Island with him, but he actually said that he wanted to divorce her?

Tan Rou had mixed feelings. Although she didn't love Zhao Jianghong, he had given her great respect and made her the source of envy in the hospital.

Lu Yan liking her, and the two good brothers fighting for her was actually spread by Tan Rou secretly. She had liked Lu Yan for many years, even if she was rejected by him, she had been persistent. In other words, she had not met a better person than Lu Yan.

Zhao Jianghong was her second choice under the pressure of her parents to get married, not to mention that after getting married, the two were separated. She had been very comfortable in the past few years. Every time Zhao Jianghong came home from vacation, she expected him to go back to the army

Fortunately, the soldiers had only one month a year of vacation. She only needed to survive for one month, and a year had passed.

But when Zhao Jianghong said he was going to divorce her, Tan Rou finally panicked. Zhao Jianghong's love had always been the capital she used to take advantage of the marriage, and it got her the envy of her colleagues in the hospital. Although she did not like him, she had to admit that the marriage gave her a lot of benefits.

Her Tan family was already down, and the Zhao family was just booming. If she divorced Zhao Jianghong, she, a divorced woman, would not be able to find a man with better conditions than him considering his monthly salary.

…

In the hospital, she had been living a glamorous life, and her married colleagues lived a tight life. She dressed gorgeously, often bought all kinds of clothes and small leather shoes, and even went to the state-run hotel to eat out from time to time. She squandered Zhao Jianghong's salary and lived a comfortable life.

Tan Rou had high self-esteem, and she was more unwilling to ask for Lu Yan.

Hearing that Zhao Jianghong was going to be transferred to Qiongzhou Island, and Lu Yan was also there, Tan Rou was overjoyed. She was tired of staying in the current hospital while being pampered for so many years. Tan Rou looked at her clothes and her skin. With her well-maintained skin and hair, she could go to Lu Yan to compare with his current wife and let him know how blind he used to be.

Tan Rou also fantasized about her stepping on Lu Yan's wife Qin Rou into the mud. Regardless of whether this Qin Rou was her stand-in or not, she had to take it seriously.

Qin Rou was not as good as her, and even if she didn't get together with Lu Yan, he married a woman who was not as good as her.

She wanted the stinky man to regret it!

She wanted him to regret that he was blind and missed an opportunity to get together with a good woman like her…

Suddenly, Zhao Jianghong was going to divorce her? !

How could that be?!

Tan Rou's dream of going to Qiongzhou Island was broken.

If Zhao Jianghong divorced her, not only would she not be able to go to Qiongzhou Island, but she would lose her glamorous life of the past. What was even more frightening was that she would become a joke in the hospital.

God, how could that be?

Tan Rou tried every means to contact Zhao Jianghong, but he ignored her, and she couldn't get in touch with him.

"Divorce! Hurry up and get a divorce!"

"Tan Rou, now my brother is willing to divorce, you f*cking agree to it quickly. My brother doesn't like a woman like you anymore…"

When the Zhao family learned that Zhao Jianghong was finally willing to divorce Tan Rou, they wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate. That kid finally didn't hang on the tree. Since Zhao Jianghong was willing to divorce, they had to do everything possible to get a divorce. It was absolutely impossible to allow the two people to have any chance of reconciliation.

The two women of the Zhao family took turns to go to Tan Rou's hospital to make trouble, just to show that the wife who was getting divorce had nothing to do with their Zhao family, the more trouble, the better.

Tan Rou, who used to be particularly tough against the eldest women in the past, had no support.

Many colleagues in the hospital quietly watched with excitement, which made her even more embarrassed.

Tan Rou cheered up, and said, "This is a misunderstanding. Zhao Jianghong must have misunderstood something. He called me a few days ago and asked me to go to Qiongzhou Island with him, but he changed his mind in a day or two. He must have met someone in Qiongzhou Island and misunderstood something."

"Yes, he must have met Lu Yan. Knowing that Lu Yan also married Qin Rou, he misunderstood my relationship with Lu Yan…"

"Bah! You think I don't know? Lu Yan's wife just gave him a pair of fat boys. The husband and wife are loving and they have no relationship with you. Our Zhao family didn't misunderstand anything."

"You eat from our food, use our family, but have you been a good wife to my brother in recent years? Bah, it took my brother eight lifetimes to marry such a thing as you, and now that he has figured it out, don't come to harm my Zhao family."

At the end of January 1973, Zhouzhou and Jiaozi were six months old, and Qin Rou started to add complementary food to them, feeding them egg yolk puree, fish puree, tofu puree, pumpkin puree and the like. Those two little guys could eat everything well.

After they ate the supplementary food, if Qin Rou was there, they would be hunched over again and wanted to be breastfeed after a while.

"You hungry ghosts! Haven't you eaten enough just now?!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

She didn't know what was going on, they just wanted to eat.

"It won't be digested so quickly, will it?"

Qin Rou went to feed them some pumpkin puree again, but the two babies disliked it. The two little guys were able to sit up. Thinking that the temperature was quite high during the day, Qin Rou put a rep apron on those two and took pictures of them.

The two little babies who looked exactly the same sat opposite each other, just like looking at each other in the mirror. With each other's eyes wide open, they looked at the older brother (younger brother) opposite him, drooled and kept making babble sounds.

"Zhouzhou, go hug your brother."

"Ah ah ah…"

Those two little babies had begun to grow teeth, looking silly and cute.

Because of it, they had been drooling all over. In addition to washing their diapers, they had to add a drool pocket.

"You drooled all over the back of my hand. Jiaozi, you little rascal, hey, wait, you're the elder brother."

"The elder brother should be a good example for the younger brother."

They were white and soft. Every morning, Qin Rou took the two little guys to sit in the baby stroller that their father had for them to bask in the sun for ten minutes in the yard, and colony members often came to watch.

They all said that their children were raised so beautifully.

Her little babies were foodie. Although they were not fat, they were quite sturdy. They were like their father. Thewere two small bulges on the face, and the short arms were like the lotus knots. Their skin was soft and smooth. The skeleton was large, but when holding them, it felt that those were just two lumps of soft flesh with no bones.

It was also because their father's genes were too strong that the twins looked exactly like Lu Yan. When outsiders saw them, they didn't need to ask, and they knew that they were Chief Lu's babies.

They were the short and cute version of Lu Yan.

As a result, when Qin Rou looked at Lu Yan, she felt that he looked too serious.

For that reason, Qin Rou said to Lu Yan with a serious face, "If your team members often come to our kids, would they delay your work in the future? I think you are as stupid as our sons, it's easy to be fooled."

"Our sons aren't stupid, why would they be stupid?" Lu Yan smiled and hugged the two kids in his arms, one in each hand. But after hugging, there were two watermarks on his clothes.

The drooling cute kids looked stupid no matter how one looked at them.

Qin Rou found that her two little kids had a good temper. They seldom howled and cried. They were happy every day. They smiled when they saw their mother, and they smiled when they saw their father. They were also happy when they saw their grandparents. They also responded to Xia Mingxi with excitement and when Xiao Jingyi painted them both, they were also laughing…

Those two children were also very easy to get along with.

As long as she gave them a bite to eat, after eating and drinking, they would roll over and act like spoiled children every day, and they would also perform and drool.

It was like two silly panda babies under the live broadcast camera.

Qin Rou never expected them to be so well-behaved and obedient. If her kids cried, she would coax them.

In the past, she was afraid of giving birth to two Pipi shrimps, but at that moment Qin Rou was worried that she would raise two silly sons.

Qin Rou went to ask her mother-in-law Jiang Ping, "Was Lu Yan so obedient when he was a child?"

Jiang Ping hesitated for a shameful moment, then said, "Probably."

Qin Rou: "…"

"When he was a few months old, he was the same as his sons."

Qin Rou: "…Really?"

Jiang Ping felt that as a mother, she had to mention to her, "This is the best time when raising children."

"Why?" Qin Rou, who became a mother for the first time, really didn't think about it. She used to hear that when little babies cried and made noise, it upset the neighbors and caused the mother to suffer from postpartum depression. Her kids didn't cry, didn't make trouble, the brothers were good, they ate and drank happily every day, and there was no sign of bear babies (spoiled brats) at all.

"These two babies can't even crawl."

Qin Rou: "…"

That was right.

Those two cute kids couldn't do anything except roll over, they could only drool to beg for milk.

They were two cute little worms.

Qin Rou pinched the fat faces of her sons, wondering if she should cherish the good time.

Those two little babies were soft and cute usually but when they were sleeping, the brothers' sleeping posture was extraordinarily generous.

When the two little guys huddled together and slept together, they would arch back and forth together, sticking happily to each other.

They would even stretch their fingers and rub the other's fat cheeks.

"They're really my two stupid sons."

It was really strange to say that, except for the fat faces that looked exactly the same, the two children were also about the same height and weight.

Many times, they would have the same posture in sync. For example, when the elder brother wanted to turn over, the younger brother would suddenly want to turn over. One turned to the left, the other turned to the right, and they both faced middle.

"Ah?"

"Ah?"

Qin Rou dubbed it, "It's you?" "It's you?"

The mentally stupid babies were so happy.

At that time, Mrs. Huang and Huahua next door both had big wombs. They had to do prenatal education at that time, which created a problem. Mr. Zhang was very innovative. He played Erhu in the yard for prenatal education.

Not to mention, Mr. Zhang had some skills. Although he couldn't play the violin, his Erhu was really good. It was not like Lu Yan, who was born with insufficiency and had no artistic roots.

But his Erhu was too good to listen to. The tunes were so sad that they made people cry. When he started to play, many women who had nothing to do went to watch the show, and Mr. Zhang would sing some ditties.

"Good, once more, once more!"

"Applause for Mr. Zhang."

…

That scene was exactly the same as the performance scene in the old society. Huang Xinying, who was pregnant, couldn't help but think if she got a bowl, she would thank them for the support, and then she could hear the sound of the copper coins falling into the bowl.

"My daughter will definitely join the art troupe in the future," Huang Xinying told Qin Rou.

"It's really good and suitable."

Qin Rou thought that listening to that kind of prenatal education, the child born from it would be more talented in music than her two silly treasures.

Qin Rou had already given up her preparations for musical instruments.

She would let the brats learn the violin directly from their father. She was thankful that he could play a few simple children's songs to cultivate some sentiments.

"I won't let her learn to play the Erhu. I want her to learn the violin. My daughter will be very good at playing the violin."

The two-year-old gap was not a problem. As neighbors, they would often play together in the future.

Huang Xinying nodded.

One day when Chief Lu came back, Mr. Zhang next door pulled him aside and talked for a while. Afterward, Lu Yan said to his wife, "Mr. Zhang said he wanted to teach our sons how to play Erhu. But I don't want my sons to learn how to play the Erhu from him."

Qin Rou nodded, expressing her support for her husband's decision. His own sons couldn't learn the violin that even their father couldn't tune.

It was just that Lu Yan was looking forward to another thing, "Wife, you can teach the children to sing and dance at home in the future."

"Just dance in our yard. The place is big."

If the cute little babies danced, that scene would really be…

Chief Lu wanted to see it very much, and that had become an important part of his future battle plan.

Initial combat objectives.

Qin Rou: "…" Impossible, don't even think about it.

Lu Yan simply took a shower and changed into clean clothes. He frowned and couldn't help but say to his wife, "I think Mr. Zhang has been weird recently."

"He got a little weird." But Qin Rou thought it was normal, so she said, "After all, he's going to be a father."

"He was staring at our son's diaper, and asked if it was Zhouzhou or Jiaozi's diaper."

Qin Rou: "…Maybe he is just curious. Well, Zhouzhou and Jiaozi look too similar."

"Maybe," Lu Yan didn't take it too seriously.

The couple didn't know that Mr. Zhang had been crazy about having a daughter recently. When he thought of having a daughter, he couldn't help thinking about who his lovely little daughter would marry in the future.

Once a person started to think too much, their thoughts became wild.

The two kids next door happened to be one year older than his daughter, so one of them was a good son-in-law choice.

Looking at their father's appearance, he knew that those two kids would be handsome, and nothing else would be a problem. They would be good candidates for a son-in-law, not to mention childhood sweethearts in the future… Maybe it was possible for them to have feelings for each other.

The two diapers drying next door might be of his future son-in-law.

Although a father was not open to a wild boy robbing his daughter from him, they all said that a child took after his father. If the wild boy would help his daughter wash diapers in the future, he could accept him.

Thinking about it that way, it was a little inexplicable.

Even that diaper had become more pleasing to the eye.

Unlike the Zhang family, Huahua didn't give her child any prenatal education, but she would also go to watch Mr. Zhang play the Erhu, after all, she was idle and had nothing to do.

"You're really good. I will let my daughter learn Erhu in the future," Li Qinghua appreciated his Erhu music very much.

Qin Rou invited, "Your child can learn the violin with my two kids in the future."

"No violin."

It was not that Li Qinghua had never heard Chief Lu play the violin.

Qin Rou: "…" Huahua, you may have misunderstood something.

After Wang Yuanzheng moved into the colony courtyard, he and his wife Xue Xiaohui got along very harmoniously. He was originally a gentle person, not to mention Xue Xiaohui, the two of them didn't even quarrel.

However, there was only a slight problem with the diet, of course, not a big issue.

As soon as Wang Yuanzheng moved into the family's courtyard, he immediately learned to plant yellow peppers. He was a person who loved spicy food and couldn't lose the most amazing pepper in his life.

And his wife, Xue Xiaohui, neither liked nor hated chili peppers. She could eat chili peppers on weekdays, and she also liked sweet and sour things, so the two of them had a good diet.

The only thing was that his wife liked to eat raw marinated seafood, marinated shrimp, and marinated crab… Lao Wang ate it twice and thought it was delicious, but he really didn't want to eat it. If he let his wife eat like that at home, he would only get steamed seafood and chili to eat.

The timid Xue Xiaohui opened her jar of pickled shrimp at the dinner table again.

Lao Wang: "…"

'It smells good, but I don't want to eat it. I'll get used to it over time', he thought.

Within two months of moving into the colony home, there came good news from his wife Xue Xiaohui. It was said that she got good fortune from the Lu family. She got pregnant just after getting married. For that, Lao Wang was especially grateful to his friend.

After his wife became pregnant, she couldn't eat raw and salted shrimp. Wang Yuanzheng couldn't sleep because of excitement. He was the same man with foresight as before. He had to make all preparations in advance, and had a deep understanding of the experience of the ancestors.

He was fine, but Chief of Staff Lu was miserable.

He became the best predecessor of Lao Wang. He only became a father the previous year, and he had a lot of experience. If he didn't learn from him, who would he learn from?

"What would the baby be like when it's just born?"

"Is it noisy? Is it difficult to take care of the baby?"

"How do I take care of my pregnant wife?"

Those questions made Lu Yan extremely annoyed, and he didn't want to see him again. When it came to the non-stop chatter between Lao Wang and him, he would rather stay silent with Comrade Lao Ma than talk to Lao Wang about children.

Talk about kids? Talk sh*t!

But no matter how indifferent Lu Yan was, he couldn't diminish Lao Wang's fiery spirit of positive learning.

"How do I wash the child's diaper?"

"Would you like to try it?"

…

In the yard, Lao Wang was about to take the diaper from Lu Yan's hand. Lu Yan was so annoyed that he could not wait. He left early after washing up, as he didn't want him to succeed.

D*mn you, you're going to rob me of the diaper.

The men were fighting over the diaper. Mr. Zhang looked at them both with a "changed" look. The world was getting worse and people's hearts were not good. He had never seen such a thing.

But when he returned to the room, he thought about it. The diaper might belong to his future son-in-law, should he go grab it too?

Lao Wang's wife was pregnant, maybe it was a girl. Did he also want to fix the baby engagement with Lao Lu?

Mr. Zhang hesitated for a whole night, and after thinking about the pain, he found that he still couldn't go to the next door to grab the diaper, so he had to give up.

At that time, the Chinese New Year was approaching again. 1972 was about to end and a new year would begin. Although the conditions were difficult, everyone was actively preparing for the New Year.

Qin Rou bought some mackerel. Not only did she buy fish, but also dividing pork was a big deal. They raised pigs in the community the previous year. Chief Lu took the enamel basin and went to line up for the pork.

Among the large group of family members, Chief Lu was carrying a basin, which was very conspicuous.

"Xiao Lu, where's your wife?"

"What meat are you going to pick?"

"Xioa Qin isn't home today?" After picking out a big pot of pork belly and going home, Chief Lu said to his wife, "Next year, you go get the pork yourself."

"Well, I'm afraid that I won't be able to carry it back…"

"Let's go together."

"Okay! We can go with the kids."

When the kids would be able to walk, the whole family should be mobilized for such a lively occasion as getting meat during the New that time, the couple would take the big pot, and the kids would carry a small pocket pot.

There was more meat that year. Qin Rou also planned to grill some sausages, but considering the weather, the grilled sausages there would not be too delicious. It was better to ask someone to buy sausages from Guangcheng next time.

"Mother-in-law, let's make oil cakes this year."

"Go to Huahua's house to get pickled cabbage, and I'll go make sauerkraut and pork stewed vermicelli."

During the Chinese New Year, they would be able to eat fresh pork, and not only make dumplings with it but also make the balls, some dishes such as braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, and lychee meat that were not eaten usually.