In the evening, the Lin family set up a large table. Lin's mother took out all the stock at home. She stewed the blue crabs that Ye Yaodong brought with wine, cooked clear soup with sea bass, stewed pig's feet, and killed a duck.
The table was filled with fish and meat. The food was so good that it was not even served during Chinese New Year. The children at the table were drooling at the food, but they could not move and had to wait until the adults came to the table.
On the other side, Ye Yaodong was still making excuses.
He did feel that he did not do much work, just tying fish and selling fish early in the morning, so it was a bit inappropriate to share the money with them equally. After all, it was not a good experience to go fishing in the river at night? And the money to be shared was the money of the brothers-in-law, so it felt a bit unreasonable.
"We went together, so we must share the work. There is no such thing as more work or less work. How can a family be so calculative? And how can there be absolute fairness? How can the work be distributed so evenly?"
"Yes, you have contributed, so just accept it. You are a family, so you don't have to be polite."
"We're all waiting for you to eat, don't drag it out any longer."
In the end, they stuffed the money into Lin Xiuqing's pocket, and it was Lin Xiuqing who decided to only take the change of 30 or so yuan from the single sale. As for the 100 yuan sold to Director Chen, he asked his eldest brother and second brother to split it in half, and this concluded the distribution issue.
It is something to be happy about having money coming in, not to mention that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival in advance. The table was full of delicious food and everyone was eating without stopping. We have never eaten so well during the Chinese New Year in the past, so everyone ate as much as possible.
But Lin Xiuqing felt a little nauseous at an inappropriate time. She thought the fishy smell was a bit strong. She didn't eat fish yesterday, so she didn't think there was anything wrong.
She picked up some fish for her son and took a bite herself. She immediately felt like vomiting, but there were so many people around, so she could only frown, roll her tongue, and swallow it while suppressing her nausea. She never dared to touch fish again.
After leaving the table, she felt something was wrong. After all, she had given birth to two children. She didn’t think about it just now, but now she realized that her period seemed to have not come
She touched her belly and secretly glanced at Ye Yaodong who was still drinking. After driving her two sons out, she quietly slipped back into the house and carefully recalled when her period came last month.
But I can't remember it clearly. I have been working so hard to build the house in the past two months that I didn't keep track of it. I am also a little tired, so the cycle seems to be inaccurate.
She was a little worried. The rules were very strict when she had her second child. She had barely escaped that fateful fate, but others were not as lucky as her. If she had another child now...
"Mother~wuwuwu~"
Just as she was worrying, the two started quarreling again. Lin Xiuqing was so upset that she had to go out again.
"Mom, my brother pushed me..."
"No, it's you who was following me the whole time. I turned around and didn't notice, so I bumped into you. Mom, please don't ask me to look at him anymore. It's so annoying."
Ye Chengyang had a bad temper. He even rushed over and hit Ye Chenghu while crying, "It's you, it's you..."
Ye Chenghu was not a pushover either. He gave him a push and he fell to the ground again, starting crying loudly again.
Lin Xiuqing had a headache watching this and was already upset. Now these two bumped into her and she could just give them a beating with a whip!
She looked around and saw no whip in the yard, only a broom, so she simply picked up the broom.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ye Chenghu ran away quickly.
She didn't dare to run now, and could only scold behind him: "Don't know how to give in to your brother, the two of you just quarrel all day long, and don't come back if you run away..."
After scolding his eldest son, he threw the broom aside, picked up his youngest son who was still lying on the ground and continued to scold him, "Why are you so shameless to follow him all day? Can't you play by yourself? You're asking for a beating."
Mother Lin couldn't help but mutter, "Both children are still young, so don't keep scolding them like your sister-in-law, scolding them all day long."
"Mother, how dare you talk about Ah Qing? You used to chase us brothers and sisters across half the village to catch us and beat us up!"
Sister Lin came out eating with her bowl in her hand. She just happened to hear this and quickly retorted.
"Even eating can't stop your mouth." Lin's mother rolled her eyes and went back to the house to clean up the dishes.
After scolding the child, Lin Xiuqing felt a little better and went into the house to help clean up. Seeing that Ye Yaodong's face was red from drinking and he was grinning foolishly, she quickly took the wine glass from his hand.
"You're already drunk, still drinking? That's enough."
Ye Yaodong raised his eyes and smiled, "After scolding the child, are you going to scold your husband again?"
"What nonsense! You're already drunk."
"Okay, okay, I won't drink anymore..."
"I'll help you back to the house."
Ye Yaodong put his hands on her shoulders and walked unsteadily. After entering the house, he gave her a kiss on the face before lying down with a silly smile on his face.
Lin Xiuqing touched her cheek, looked at him tenderly, then went forward to help him take off his clothes and pants.
"What are you doing? Taking advantage of someone's misfortune?"
Seeing that he was drunk and still wanted to talk nonsense, Lin Xiuqing slapped his arm in annoyance, "You can't control your mouth when you are drunk. You just talk nonsense all day long. Raise your hand."
"Oh, why don't you grow your hair long?"
"What's the point of having long hair? It won't dry for half a day."
"You look good. I haven't seen you with long flowing hair. You must look very pretty."
Lin Xiuqing paused while taking off his clothes, "You want me to grow long hair?"
Hum~Hum~
When she heard a slight snoring sound, she realized that he had fallen asleep, and the words he had just said seemed to be unconscious.
"Why keep long hair? It takes time to wash, and it gets in the way if it's too long."
After she took off his clothes and pants, she went out to get him a basin of water. After wiping his face and hands, she also washed his feet and then covered his stomach with a thin blanket.
After pouring the water at the back door, she saw a faded round pink plastic basket mirror hanging on the wall. She couldn't help but look at herself in it, then she spread her five fingers and grabbed her hair, thinking, doesn't short hair look good
"Why are you looking in the mirror so late at night?" Lin's mother leaned forward from behind to look at her and asked in confusion, which scared her.
"Mom, why are you walking without making any sound? And you suddenly make a sound." Lin Xiuqing patted her chest, glared at her mother, and then hung the mirror on the wall. There was an iron nail specially nailed on the wall for hanging the mirror.
Mother Lin glanced at her sideways and took the wash basin at her feet. "How could it be that I walked without making any sound? It's obviously that you looked at yourself in the mirror too seriously."
She smiled awkwardly, then quickly slipped away. It was time to catch the two little guys. It was already dark, and they were still running around outside.
Ye Yaodong was soundly asleep, but he kept hearing the sound of retching. At first he thought it was a dream, but after listening more, he felt that it was not the case.
He opened his eyes and saw his wife lying on the other side of the bed, retching.
"What's wrong with you? Did you eat something bad last night?"
"No."
"Then what are you vomiting?"
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't you know why I vomited?"
"It's not me who vomited, how would I know where you're feeling unwell?" Ye Yaodong sat up and rubbed his temple, then moved over and patted her back, "Shall I go get you a cup of tea?"
"Pour me a glass of water!"
"good."
After drinking a few sips of hot water, Lin Xiuqing felt a little better and lay down.
"Do you want to go to the health center tomorrow?"
"I think I'm pregnant."
"Hmm…ah?"
Ye Yaodong was so shocked that he stood up.
"Shh, why are you making such a fuss? Don't you know what you've done?" Lin Xiuqing glared at him, then watched the two children turn over and fold together in fright at his voice, and quickly patted them to comfort them.
"I... I was very careful. I only put it on my thigh and didn't get it inside. I was so exhausted building the house last month that I didn't come many times."
"How can it be absolutely safe? If it's not yours, could it be someone else's?"
"That's not what I meant."
It was God's will that she got pregnant. She had thought that since she hadn't done anything in August, it should be fine. Ye Yaodong scratched his head worriedly, now he was completely sober.
Now they are not allowed to have children, and he already has two sons. Wouldn’t it be painful to have another one? He thought he had been very careful.
If it wasn't for the embarrassment of going to the hospital to buy that thing, he wouldn't have had the time to go and would have used it a long time ago. I heard that it is now reusable, not disposable, and needs to be washed after use before being used next time...
Lin Xiuqing was also worried. It was stricter now than the year before, even in their village. Seeing him walking around in annoyance, she felt dizzy. She originally wanted to tell him tomorrow when she got home because he was drunk.
"Can you please not leave?"
"Well, should we have the baby?" Ye Yaodong thought for a long time and struggled for a long time before he blurted out these words that sounded like a scumbag.
Lin Xiuqing said unhappily: "What do you mean by want to give birth? You don't want it? It's destined that the child is not in your belly, so you don't feel bad."
"Hey, don't get excited. I'm just asking. We can't even have a second child now. We already have two sons, so there's no need for a third child. What if... you suffer so much."
She was still unhappy and felt that he was very heartless to ask this question.
Seeing that she had a sullen face and didn't say anything, Ye Yaodong had to go over to comfort her, "I didn't say I didn't want to have a baby. I'm not afraid that you'll suffer. There are so many people in the village who have failed in their second and third pregnancies. Do you want to have a baby?"
"Does that mean I can have a baby if I want to?"
"That's it. I didn't say no. I just asked if you wanted to have a baby, and you argued with me. I asked if you wanted to have a baby, and you argued back. So whatever I said was wrong."
"Who told you to do such a good thing!"
There's nothing I can do, it's all his fault!
But he is a normal man, young and energetic, so of course he has needs. He was too tired to have sex a few times last month, and he even had sex outside. He remembered that he had always pulled out in time, but he still fell for it. He didn't know what to say.
"It's my fault, it's my fault! You can scold me if you want."
It is his wife who suffers, so it is not shameful to admit his mistake to her.
Lin Xiuqing said angrily, "Let's go to bed. We'll talk about it when we get home tomorrow."
"Then let's go home and think about it."
"Just what I think? You should think about it carefully too."
"Okay, I'll think about it."
Alas, this one is a daughter. I actually really wanted one, but I was afraid that history would repeat itself. Seven or eight months is not the beginning of pregnancy...