He Songbai didn't say anything, just smiled, he said to the old grandmother: "Don't worry, our days will be better and better."
"The country has given us hope. As long as we work hard, we will always have a chance to stand out. Grandma just wait and enjoy the happiness."
Grandma Li recalled that many years ago, a thin young man ran to her bed to ask her permission to do business.
He told her: "No one gets tired of living a good life, but a long period of misery will make people lose hope."
Grandma Li looked at the lively and prosperous scene in front of her, and the fire beside the stove was crackling and burning non-stop, symbolizing the endless fire of fire. He did not disappoint her, and all the promises he had made were fulfilled one by one.
She smiled brightly, and said to her grandson, "Okay, grandma is waiting for her happiness."
"Still waiting to hug great-grandchildren."
He Songbai's ears turned red again when he heard the words.
He coughed lightly and looked for his wife. She was pregnant, and she had to be more careful in the first three months. Soon he found Zhao Lanxiang who was entertaining guests in the crowd.
"Go inside and sit and rest for a while?" He Songbai said.
What Zhao Lanxiang entertained was a group of educated youths who used to be in the countryside. They coaxed the couple to drink or have a drink.
He Songbai drank it without hesitation, but didn't drink it. He smiled and said, "Just come at me today, don't embarrass my mother-in-law."
Everyone burst into laughter again and filled He Songbai with bottles of wine. They all still remembered the hatred that He Songbai made when He Songye got married many years ago.
Although He Songbai was not wearing the bridegroom's clothes, he also wore a relatively decent and clean tunic suit with a small flower on his chest, looking in good spirits. Zhao Lanxiang also followed the local customs. Instead of wearing a jeweled red wedding dress, she wore a red gown, which was not much different from a bride who married in the countryside.
It's just the safflower gown she casually wears, paired with those bright and clear eyes, she has a beautiful and beautiful face, and her skin so white that it can be squeezed out of water seems to shine in the sunlight, there is something between Yan Xiaoyan and Yanyan. The temperament of a scholar, confident and elegant, is hard to see no matter how you look at it.
After the people who had eaten this wedding banquet came back, they all said that the daughter-in-law of the He family was the most handsome in Shili Baxiang.
Although there were several people who were embarrassing the new daughter-in-law, Li Dali and the big horses and dogs of the Li family stood up and blocked them all like a solid wall. Zhao Lanxiang glanced at them gratefully, and hurriedly returned to the room to rest.
The wedding banquet was held from morning to night, and in the middle of it, He Songbai came back and drank the sober soup several times, rubbing his daughter-in-law's legs and feet.
There was a strong smell of wine in his breath, which made Zhao Lanxiang feel distressed.
"Drink less."
He Songbai shook his head and lay down on the bed. He raised his head and said contentedly, "I'm very happy today."
His wife wiped his face with a hot towel, and He Songbai rubbed it happily like a child, and whispered, "I didn't dare to talk to you before because I was afraid of being ridiculed by others."
"We could only talk secretly and cover ourselves, and even the family didn't dare to tell. At that time, I wished others would know that I was talking to such a good woman, but I could only keep it in my heart."
"After you left in seven or eight years, some people said that my toad wanted to eat swan meat."
He Songbai showed his teeth, and his handsome face was ridiculed with self-deprecation, "Thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, now the toads will eat swan meat? I have to show them all."
"Don't bully the poor young..."
Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help laughing when she heard that he compared herself to a toad. She threw the towel aside, leaned over and leaned into his ear and said, "The swan meat is actively put into your mouth for you to eat."
"Are you happy or not?"
He Songbai's throat was dry and thirsty, like smoking.
The swan meat took the initiative to stick to his lips, and immediately a fragrant and warm kiss drowned him.
…
He Songbai quickly telegraphed the good news to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Zhao Yongqing, who received the news of his daughter's pregnancy just after the New Year in the city, felt like a roller coaster, happy and angry, and returned the telegram to let the young couple come back early.
After three months, the couple went to the hospital to take a b-ultrasound to see the baby's gender.
It was indeed Tangtang.
After He Songbai was told by the doctor, he was stunned with joy, and a huge ecstasy welled up in his heart.
If he had a fair and tender daughter, she would definitely look a lot like her mother, squeamish and cute, with a sweet voice, making it too late to be a baby. He will definitely comb her beautiful braids every day, choose a beautiful little skirt for her by himself, and make her a girl as beautiful as her mother.
The doctor thought that the young man in front of him was a son-in-law again, and he persuaded indifferently, "Girls are also very good."
"The idea of patriarchal is unacceptable."
He Songbai pulled it out from the joy of Tangtang, he nodded excitedly, took out the happy candy that had been prepared a long time ago, and invited the doctor to eat it.
"Yes, yes, the girl is so precious."
"It's Dad's little padded jacket!"
In his two sentences, the doctor's words "Abortion is not good for health" choked in his throat. The doctor was stuffed with a bag of happy candy, and his contemptuous expression gradually turned to stunned.
He Songbai walked out of the examination room with a look of joy, and said to his wife in a loud voice, "It's Tangtang, that's right, I'll just say it's a girl."
"I haven't bothered you much since I've been pregnant for so long. It's kind."
Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help laughing, and she was very happy with her palms on her stomach.
He Songbai doesn't prioritize sons over daughters, because the grandmother he admires is very strong, even a woman can carry a heavy burden in a family, and a girl who has been trained can be impressive.
Zhao Lanxiang is not picky about the gender of her children, and her thoughts are closer to future generations, and there is no more precious concept of boys. As long as there is a child, it is a gift from above, and it doesn't matter whether it is a man or a woman.
But they all look forward to having a sweet and soft daughter who can act like a spoiled child.
He Songbai turned out the test results and said, "The doctor said that your nutrition is not enough, so he prescribed some folic acid for you, and told me to let you eat more."
After returning home, he told his grandmother all the doctor's orders one by one. The grandmother asked him to kill a chicken soup every week for his daughter-in-law to drink, and to make bone soup every day to nourish his body.
Because it was spring, the people in the brigade began to go to the market to buy chicken and duck seedlings to feed. He Songbai thought about it, and renovated the pig farm in a drastic manner. He surrounded the hill next to the pig farm and built a Chicken farm. He bought 3,000 chicks and found experienced old farmers to start chicken farming.
Zhao Lanxiang was a little dumbfounded, "Brother Bo is really lavish."
"But when the chicken is raised, Tangtang should be born. I'm not lucky enough to eat it..."
He Songbai caught a few adult hens and came back the next day. He wrapped corn in his hands to feed the chickens, and calmly said to his wife, "The chickens from the chicken farm are reserved for others to eat, you can eat what I raised."
So in the following days, Zhao Lanxiang got tired of drinking chicken soup.
Three months into the day, my stomach bulged like a ball. Years later, He Songbai obediently took his wife back to G City, and he was beaten by his father-in-law.
However, Feng Lian was very happy. She suggested that her daughter take a year off from school to prepare for pregnancy. Zhao Lanxiang agreed after careful consideration. What she longed most in her two lives was to have a healthy child and take care of it meticulously. The nightmare of two miscarriages made her not dare to take it lightly. Zhao Lanxiang quickly prepared a suspension report and submitted it.
It's just a pity that He Songbai couldn't accompany her to give birth, so he had to go back to school honestly after school started.
Grandma learned that her grandson was going to finish her studies, and her grandson-in-law was waiting at home. She was afraid that she would not be taken care of, so she sent a telegram to persuade Zhao Lanxiang to return to the countryside.
She said in the telegram: "The scenery in the countryside is beautiful and the mountains and rivers are beautiful, which makes people feel good. Usually there are people at home to take care of them, and I look forward to returning."
Zhao Yongqing is in a period of hard work, and his career is booming, and he has to take care of his daughter's business. Feng Lian has heavy schoolwork and really can't take care of her daughter. The couple sent her daughter back to the countryside together.
He Songbai went back to Hezitun with his wife, and took advantage of the days when the school was not in session to make bone soup for her to drink, and he was not willing to leave until the school started.
He said guiltily: "Lanxiang, I'm sorry. I'll be back soon..."
Zhao Lanxiang said: "I still have a big sister to take care of me at home. You can study with peace of mind and don't think about it so much."
He Songbai leaned down and apologized against her bulging belly, "Tangtang, Dad will be back soon."
Zhao Lanxiang looked at the figure of the man who was gradually disappearing with his luggage on his back, and his tears almost didn't fall.
How many hardships have survived, but at this time, I was so squeamish that I wanted to cry.
She held back her tears and turned back to the house to chat with her grandma.
…
Five months old, the days have entered the summer, Zhao Lanxiang's belly has begun to take shape.
When she is greedy, she will ask her eldest sister to buy the ingredients, and she will cook by herself to satisfy herself. When looking in the mirror, the slender figure of the past has disappeared, and the waist is like a ball. Fortunately, she has a good mentality and doesn't care about her appearance. She still eats hard and keeps Tangtang in her stomach well.
But in the middle of the night, when her legs and feet started to cramp, she would complain about the disappearance of He Songbai, and she was increasingly dissatisfied.
One night, her legs were numb from the pumping. After rubbing it hard for a few times, the tears rolled down her eyes, and she didn't even realize it.
She buried her face beside the pillow, pretending that He Songbai was sleeping beside her.
Soon, a sound of footsteps rang out in the middle of the night, and a dark shadow sneaked into her room quietly.
Zhao Lanxiang was so shocked that tears condensed in her eyes, she didn't even swirl, and deep fear filled her heart.
Suddenly the light was turned on, and the visitor saw the tears on her face, shocked and guiltily said: "Lanxiang, why are you crying."
He carried the stench of sweat all over his body, unaware that he had frightened his wife.
He clumsily wiped the tears from her face and kept apologizing.
"Sorry, don't cry."
"I can stay at home to accompany you to give birth to Tangtang in the future, and I won't leave."
He suddenly came to his senses, knelt in front of her, wishing to slap himself a few times, "Did I scare you just now?"
"Next time I walk, I'll make some noise. I'm afraid I'll wake you up, so I don't make a sound."
"The last train I took overnight was gone. I took someone's car and went back to the countryside. I hope you'll see me at first sight when you wake up tomorrow morning... I'm sorry, Xiangxiang."