Gu Qingsong received a telegram from North City.
After he got it, he hurried home. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Wuzhu lying on the wooden sofa with a palm leaf fan in her hand. He said directly, "Mom, I have good news for you."
Zhao Wuzhu opened her eyes and glared at Gu Qingsong, then snorted unhappily: "Just don't be mad at me, I don't need any good news!"
Zhao Wuzhu has been worried lately.
Ever since Gu Qingsong divorced Lin Meizhi, he has refused to go on blind dates. Now he is 25 or 26 years old, old, and doesn't have much money saved. He is also a second marriage. Who would be willing to be with him
It’s not that no one is willing to be with him, but this brat is actually being picky and thinks that the female comrades are not good-looking!
She was so angry that she scolded and beat him again and again, but she couldn't do anything to him.
Zhao Wuzhu has been worried because her son has always refused to find a partner, fearing that he will remain single for the rest of his life.
But if you don't want to look for him, just look for him slowly. Who knows, someone in the family compound said last week that they saw Gu Qingsong contacting Lin Meizhi again, and they were even seen having dinner together in a state-owned restaurant.
She was so angry that she fell ill.
So now when Gu Qingsong said there was any good news, she didn't believe it at all and didn't want to listen.
She would feel at ease if this idiot didn't make herself angry to death.
Gu Qingsong knew that Zhao Wuzhu was still angry because of the last time he had dinner with Lin Meizhi, so he didn't keep her in suspense and put the telegram in her hand, saying, "My eldest brother and his wife gave birth to twins, two sons."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Wuzhu jumped up from his chair.
That's right, she just jumped up, which was totally different from her sickly look in the past few days!
"Let me see." Zhao Wuzhu looked at the telegram. Although he didn't know many words, he recognized the two words "son" at a glance. He immediately smiled and said, "May our ancestors bless us. Our Gu family finally has an heir!"
"Two sons, and twins! Qingsong, this must be your father blessing your eldest brother!"
Gu Qingsong was afraid that his mother would say something inappropriate, so he quickly covered her mouth and said, "Mom, please don't say anything. It's just two sons..."
He talked as if she was born by his eldest brother, and did not mention his eldest brother's wife at all.
Although things have become more relaxed these days, we still have to be careful about what others may hear.
Zhao Wuzhu glared at him with dissatisfaction and shook off his hand directly: "If you can also find a wife and give birth to two sons, why would I do this?"
Ever since Gu Qinghan went to North City, Zhao Wuzhu knew that the eldest brother was unreliable and placed all his hopes on his youngest son.
What's the result
It would have been better if Zhao Wuzhu hadn't mentioned it, but when she did, she couldn't help but slap Gu Qingsong in the face: "Gu Qingsong, I'm telling you, if I find out that you're in contact with that Lin Meizhi again, I'll destroy you!"
"You don't want so many girls, but insist on a second-hand one. Why don't you learn your lesson? She has deceived you before, so you should be more careful!"
Gu Qingsong frowned and couldn't help but said, "Come on, what second-hand goods? Mom, don't speak so harshly. It was Meizhi who was deceived first. It has nothing to do with her."
Zhao Wuzhu was so disappointed that she said, "If you mention her again, I will never let you go, Gu Qingsong! I think you are a fool. If I don't beat you, your last name will be Gu!"
Gu Qingsong frowned, dodged his mother's slap, and said, "Mom, don't talk about me, talk about my eldest brother's child."
"What's there to say? It's so far away..." Although Zhao Wuzhu didn't like Gu Qinghan's daughter-in-law, she still cared about her now that she had two grandsons.
But although she was happy, she was just happy doing it. What else could she do
Gu Qingsong raised his eyebrows and said, "Mom, why don't you take this opportunity to go to Beicheng to see the children, and by the way, you can also go to see Qinglan and see what she is doing in the army."
Gu Qingsong had been writing letters to the village where Gu Qinglan had gone to work, but a year later he found out that Gu Qinglan had joined his eldest brother's army.
This is really strange. From childhood to adulthood, Gu Qinglan has never been very close to his elder brother, but has a better relationship with him.
But that girl got military status without saying a word, and said she became a nurse in a military hospital.
However, he wrote many letters to Gu Qinglan, but she never replied. He was very curious. Was that girl still in the army, or had she found an officer to marry
Zhao Wuzhu glanced over and snorted, "Gu Qingsong, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Don't you just want to get rid of me so that you can rekindle your old relationship with Lin Meizhi? I tell you-"
"No way!"
**
North city.
Ever since Wen Nuan and the baby returned to the family compound, Le Le would often sit on the kang and watch the baby sleep.
Because the baby is still young and has an irregular schedule, he spends most of the day sleeping.
Wen Nuan basically takes advantage of this time to catch up on sleep, and then spends the whole day either eating or sleeping, and feels lazy all over.
In the first two days after returning home from the hospital, Commander Lu asked Uncle Zhao to send over some brown sugar, red dates, eggs, and old hens, which were suitable for postpartum care, as well as some tissues and diapers for children, and filled the trunk of his car.
Uncle Zhao also stayed in the staff quarters for half a month. Every day, he and Aunt Chen cooked various chicken soups and pork bone soups for her to drink. No matter how delicious they were, Wen Nuan started to get tired of them after drinking them for half a month.
Gu Qinghan would basically go back to the group to work during the day and usually come home in the evening, but tonight he was a little late and didn't get home until nine o'clock.
Wen Nuan saw that Chen Ma had gone to take a shower, so she filled a bowl of the chestnut chicken soup that Chen Ma had cooked in the evening for Gu Qinghan, "Qinghan, come here quickly, drink some soup while it's hot."
The weather in the north city was gradually getting colder, but in order to save some coal for the winter ice and snow, their family had not started to light the stove yet.
This was what Chen's mother had heated up for her before she went to take a shower, but she was too warm to drink.
Lele doesn't like to drink soup either, she only likes to eat meat. Mother Chen is afraid that she doesn't have enough milk, so she insists on making soup for her every day.
But it was not long since we finished our meal, and Wen Nuan couldn’t drink any more, and she was also feeling sick of it.
Gu Qinghan took off his hat and coat, washed his hands, and took a look at the clay pot where he usually cooked soup, and found that there was still a lot of soup.
He walked over to the eight-immortal table and asked, "Have you drunk? Why is there still so much soup?"
Although Wen Nuan had already returned home to recuperate for more than half a month, Gu Qinghan asked Li Yunhua and Mr. Zhao, and they both suggested that Wen Nuan could stay at home for another half a month to a month.
After all, Wen Nuan didn't take good care of herself during the confinement period when she gave birth to Lele.
Now that I have given birth to two babies, my body tends to be a little weaker than the average mother.
Sometimes when Gu Qinghan went out in the morning, he would prepare the ingredients for the soup in advance so that he could start cooking as soon as Chen Ma got up.
It just so happened that this pot of chicken soup was prepared by him when he went out today, and there was still so much left.
Wen Nuan propped her hands on the table, holding her round face with both hands, and muttered: "I drink it every day, even dragon meat is getting boring. Help me drink some quickly, otherwise Aunt Chen will come out and complain that I drank so little."
After saying that, Wen Nuan pushed the bottle of chicken soup in front of Gu Qinghan.
"During the confinement period, you will drink a lot of soup. Drinking more chicken soup is good for your body." Gu Qinghan knew that Wen Nuan might be a little tired of drinking soup recently, but one couldn't just eat casually during the confinement period.
The temperature in the north city is relatively cold in autumn and winter. If you don’t take good care of yourself during the confinement period, you are likely to suffer from postpartum diseases.
Even if I get tired of the warmth, I can only endure it.
Wen Nuan begged, "No soup tomorrow, let's make something else."
Seeing that Gu Qinghan was not going to drink the soup, she directly picked up the bowl, brought it to his mouth, and said with a smile: "Come on, drink it quickly."
The tone of his voice when speaking was particularly doting.
Gu Qinghan glanced at Wen Nuan and his heart was immediately hooked, so he finished a big bowl for her.
Then he said, "How about this, I won't make soup tomorrow. I'll ask Aunt Chen to make something else for you. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative early to buy a fish and ask Aunt Chen to steam it for you."
Mr. Zhao also said that we need a more balanced diet. Eating pork and chicken every day is not enough. Fish is also good for the body.
When Wen Nuan heard this, she frowned. After putting down the bowl, she hugged Gu Qinghan's arm and shook it.
She said angrily, "Can't you ask Aunt Chen to make a pickled fish? The pickled cabbage from summer should be edible, and the pickled fish will definitely taste good!"
Wen Nuan's favorite sauerkraut is pickled with mustard greens, so she pickled two jars of it in advance, waiting to make sauerkraut fish in winter.
Fish tastes best when it's spicy and sour.
Gu Qinghan lowered his eyes and glanced at his wife who was acting like a spoiled child. As she was in confinement after giving birth, she had braided her hair and then put it up.
Maybe it was because she had been eating well and sleeping well recently, so Wen Nuan's fair face was faintly red, which made him feel itchy.
Gu Qinghan listened to the sounds from the bathroom and knew that Chen Ma was about to come out, so he quickly kissed her warm face.
She said in a hoarse voice: "I'll do it for you when you're out of confinement."
Wen Nuan curled her lips, "Don't you want me to stay in confinement for two months? Doesn't that mean there's still more than a month left?"
"You don't have anything to do now anyway, and winter is about to come in North City, so just treat it as a vacation for yourself." Seeing that she was a little bit in a bad mood, Gu Qinghan filled her bowl with some more soup. This time it was his turn to feed his wife.
Wen Nuan frowned, took two sips, and said with a wry smile, "I was thinking of taking Lele and my two younger brothers to town to take some photos after my confinement before it snows in North City."
Wen Nuan planned to take a family photo when the two children were one month old. By the time they finished their two-month confinement period, it would be mid-November, and it would have started snowing in the north city.
The child is still young, and even if Gu Qinghan agrees, she doesn't want to let the child go out in such a cold weather.
Gu Qinghan smiled and said, "Commander Lu said that Uncle Zhao didn't bring any photos of the child back to Beijing, so he asked Xiao Zhang to buy a camera, which should be mailed to him in two days. He also said that he should be able to take some time to come over when the child is 100 days old, and then we can take a family photo together."
Gu Qinghan stretched out his hands and wrapped them around her warm waist. He stroked the flesh around her waist with his long fingers and found that the fat she had gained during pregnancy seemed to be gone.
Although the confinement meals prepared by Aunt Chen and Uncle Zhao were very good, Wen Nuan had a poor appetite and didn't eat much. She even complained every day that she had gained weight.
It was obvious that she ate less salt and oil, and she skimmed off all the oil foam before drinking the soup, but now she looked a little thinner.
Gu Qinghan pinched her waist.
"Grandpa is so nice. Let's wait for him to come over and take pictures together." Wen Nuan patted his moving hands and whispered, "Mother Chen has finished her bath, don't mess around."
When Aunt Chen came back to the room, she took a special look at the soup pot. Seeing that it was a little less full, she went to check on the two boys.
Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan sat a little further away, and she drank the remaining soup consciously.
Then she turned around and asked the man next to her: "Did you call your mother and tell her that we had two more children?"
In the past few years in North City, Wen Nuan sent her money on time every month, and Zhao Wuzhu never made a fuss with them about asking for more money.
But I heard from Gu Qinglan before that Zhao Wuzhu asked her for living expenses, and I don’t know if that girl Qinglan has sent her any more.
Wen Nuan told Gu Qinghan about this, and he said at the time that he would go and communicate with his hometown.
Putting these things aside, Gu Qinghan should also tell his family about the child.
I just wonder if Zhao Wuzhu would tear the roof off the house if he knew that his two grandsons did not take the Gu family surname.
Wen Nuan thought about the scene mischievously and was secretly a little happy.
Gu Qinghan heard this and said, "I've already told my mother, but she hasn't responded yet. I don't have time during this period, but I've already told her anyway."
However, one is in the north and the other is in the south, so it is enough to inform everyone of the news. Gu Qinghan does not expect his mother to express anything to the child and Wen Nuan.
Just when Wen Nuan wanted to say something, Gu Qinghan suddenly said, "But I heard from one of my comrades that Gu Qingsong seems to have contacted that Lin Meizhi again, and their relationship is unclear now."
After saying that, Wen Nuan looked at him with eyes wide open, "Your brother..."
ill
Gu Qingsong has seen a ghost once, but he is not afraid of the dark
Wen Nuan sighed, "Forget it, let's not get involved in their affairs this time. Since Gu Qingsong knew that Lin Meizhi had cheated on him, he still wanted to associate with her. It was his own choice. He is such a grown-up, he should bear the consequences himself."
No matter what happens in the future, you can't blame others.
Gu Qinghan glanced at Wen Nuan and laughed, "I think Lin Meizhi is not a simple person. She reported the child's grandmother, Minister Xu from the Health Bureau, and sent her directly to labor reform."
Wen Nuan frowned: "What about that child? Did your brother accept it?"
That Xu's mother was not an easy person to deal with. She had allowed Lin Meizhi to go to the cadre compound in order to bring her child back home.
But now that the child has grown up, Xu's mother feels that the child no longer needs Lin Meizhi as a mother.
Because of Lin Meizhi's existence, Xu's mother lost face in the compound. I'm afraid that in the past two years, there have been all kinds of rumors in the family compound.
Lin Meizhi also had a hard time.
It is very likely that Lin Meizhi knew that she was no longer of any use to Xu's mother and might be kicked out at any time, so she took the initiative and reported her for using public power to do something selfish.
Originally, Xu's mother was such a high-ranking official that many people were watching her. As long as Lin Meizhi was determined and found a few people to work together, she could bring Xu's mother down.
After listening to Gu Qinghan's words, Wen Nuan remained silent.
Maybe it was because he hadn't heard of this person for a long time, or maybe it was because he had a premonition that Lin Meizhi would not just sit there and wait to die, and would definitely find an opportunity to take revenge someday.
I just didn't expect that Xu's mother, a cadre, could be brought down so easily. It seems that Lin Meizhi has collected a lot of information in the Xu family in the past two years.
But what Wen Nuan didn't expect was that Gu Qingsong was actually getting together with Lin Meizhi again.
I heard from Gu Qinghan before that this incident caused quite a stir in the residential compound in my hometown, and almost all the neighbors in the nearby streets knew about it.
Zhao Wuzhu was the kind of person who cared a lot about his reputation, so Lin Meizhi would definitely not stay in the family compound in her hometown.
I have to say, Gu Qingsong still cares about the other person after such a long time, it is true love without a doubt.
I just don't know what they will do to Zhao Wuzhu...
Gu Qinghan hugged his wife, sniffed her neck, and said with a smile: "Why bother with so much? He's an adult now, he knows what he's doing, and it's enough for the couple to live a good life together."
Gu Qinghan didn't really want to get involved in Gu Qingsong's affairs, but he couldn't bear to see that Lin Meizhi, knowing that he had cheated first, still made things unpleasant over the betrothal money, and even kept trying to suppress Wen Nuan.
Although they may stay in the army forever and seldom return to their hometowns.
But even so, Gu Qinghan didn't want Wen Nuan to suffer such injustice.
"Well, forget it, so as to avoid wasting time." Then, Wen Nuan pushed Gu Qinghan's head away and frowned, saying, "Don't smell it. I hate myself. I always feel that I have a smell."
Although Wen Nuan also took baths, she used water from moxa leaves and maple leaves, and the water was black.
Wen Nuan felt that the more she washed, the dirtier it became, not to mention that she hadn't washed her hair for more than half a month, and she hardly even touched it.
The same hairstyle lasted for more than half a month.
Gu Qinghan just smiled at her shoulder and said, "No, I smell it's quite nice."
"Where's the fragrance?" Wen Nuan suspected that there was something wrong with her sense of smell.
In the past, when she came home from work every day, Gu Qinghan liked to say that she had a fragrance, even though she felt that she smelled like cooking fumes.
Gu Qinghan hugged his wife into his arms and said with a smile: "It smells good, like milk."
"… "
Wen Nuan reached out her hand and patted the man's strong arm, "Go check on your son, he's crying!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Lele ran over, pulled my warm arm, and shouted, "Mom, come here quickly, the babies are crying, are they hungry?"
Lele was drawing on the coffee table just now. He probably heard the baby crying and ran over to see.
As soon as Lele finished speaking, another child started crying.
Wen Nuan said, "Mom just fed the baby. Let your dad go and see if the baby has peed. Maybe we should change their diapers."
Gu Qinghan had already walked into the room, and soon Chen Ma's loud laughter was heard in the room.
Gu Qinghan's green military uniform was half wet, and he was holding a diaper in his hand. He said with a sullen look, "Look at what these two brats have done!"
Wen Nuan suppressed her smile and said seriously, "Your two sons like you, but I don't have that kind of treatment."
Gu Qinghan looked at the urine stains on his body with disdain, his face darkened: "Do you want this kind of treatment?"
Wen Nuan looked at the obvious urine stain on Gu Qinghan's body, but still couldn't help herself, so she hugged Lele and smiled secretly.
Lele didn’t know what her mother was laughing at, but when she saw Wen Nuan laughing, she also laughed.
Only Gu Qinghan took an enamel tray, filled a basin with water, and walked out to the yard to scrub the diapers.
*
Wen Nuan followed Gu Qinghan and Chen Ma's advice and stayed in confinement for two months. When she came out of the confinement period, it was already November.
All the military wives in the family compound envy Wen Zheng, as they are loved by their husbands and cared for by a commander-in-chief.
It seemed as if what was born were not children, but two golden nuggets.
Winter has arrived in the northern city, and the family compound is covered with a thin layer of snow.
There was no full-month banquet for the child yet, and only red eggs were distributed to close relatives and friends.
Because the enemy spy incident was still under investigation, the troops even cancelled the National Day parade.
Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan decided to wait until Commander Lu was free, and then invite Sisters Guihua and Juxiang, as well as the quartermaster and Comrade Lao Zhong who drove over to help her in the early morning of her delivery, to have a meal together.
However, there is still some time before the baby is 100 days old, and when that time comes, it will be time to enter the hibernation period again.
Being warm is like sitting in confinement for a whole winter.
It was the winter solstice. Wen Nuan held the crying Zhou Zhou and sat beside the stove, teasing him: "Zhou Zhou, you want to find your sister, right? Your sister went to town and will be back soon."
Mother Chen was holding Bao Bao. When she heard Wen Nuan say this, she smiled and said, "When Bao Bao and Zhou Zhou grow up a little, they can go to town to play with their sister. They are still too young to run around. They should stay at home and play with Aunt Granny and your mother."
Today is the market day in town, and Aunt Liang, Sister Guihua, and Sister Juxiang have all gone to town.
Xiaodong and Xiaomei took Lele with them. Lele hadn't been to the town for a long time, so he asked Wen Nuan to deposit some money and tickets and went to the town with them.
In the past, Gu Qinglan would take her to the town to play when she was free, but in the past two months, her aunt had no time to pay attention to her.
Ever since Li Yunhua came to the family compound, Gu Qinglan has been studying with two masters, and has devoted almost all of her attention to studying. Sometimes when she comes to see the children, she only stays for about an hour and will not stay with them.
Gu Qinghan was also busy because Lin Guoqiang was still in custody, waiting to be interrogated at any time.
I heard from Aunt Chen that people in the family compound speculated that Lin Guoqiang and Aunt Lin might both be sent to labor camps.
The people in the family compound were still in a state of panic, fearing that their family pillar would be implicated by Lin Guoqiang.
In this case, even if he did not have to go through labor reform, his military career would be declared over and he would have no choice but to return to the countryside.
Therefore, the family compound has been very peaceful during this period, as if nothing had happened.
Only Wen Nuan knew that Gu Qinghan had been busy. He had just gone to Beijing at the beginning of the month, and after coming back he was often busy until midnight before returning home.
Gu Qinglan heard the baby crying, quickened her pace and walked into the yard, then knocked on the door: "Sister-in-law, are you home?"
Wen Nuan watched Gu Qinglan run in breathlessly, and then asked, "Don't you have to go to work today?"
Gu Qinglan held a fish and a piece of pork belly in her hands and said, "Teacher Zhao asked me to bring them here. He said they are for you to spend the winter today."
"I can rest in the afternoon, so I'll come over for a meal!"
Wen Nuan looked at the big fish and the pork belly and said to her, "Why don't you invite Mr. Zhao to come over for dinner? Why did you bring his food?"
"Teacher Zhao is busy tonight, so just let us eat." Gu Qinglan found a basin and put the fish and meat in the kitchen.
After she washed her hands and came out, she walked over to Wen Nuan and said, "Sister-in-law, let me hold the child."
"Look at this crying boy, he must be the noisy younger brother Zhou Zhou."
The two children have different personalities. The older brother Baobao is obviously more gentle. Wen Nuan said he was as well-behaved as Lele when they were children.
But my younger brother Zhou Zhou is like a little firecracker, which will light up at any time. If he is dissatisfied with something, such as being hungry or peeing, he will cry loudly, and the sound is enough to blow the roof off the house.
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "That's right, Zhou Zhou is very noisy."
Wen Nuan had just finished speaking when Zhou Zhou started crying for the second time. The child is now three months old. Because of sufficient milk supply, he weighs almost 20 kilograms, is white and plump, and the sound of his crying is simply amazing!
My ears hurt.
Seeing Wen Nuan's helpless look, Gu Qinglan said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, go and have a rest. I will coax him. I am the most experienced in coaxing children!"
Wen Nuan wanted to rest for a long time. Her hands were sore from holding the 20-pound boy.
Sure enough, Zhou Zhou stopped crying not long after she was in Gu Qinglan's hands.
Wen Nuan muttered in dissatisfaction: "So he's bullying me and his dad!"
Because the child would sometimes wake up once or twice at night, mostly when Gu Qinghan came home, so he basically had to hold him and coax him.
Several times Zhou Zhou cried louder and louder, and even woke up Bao Bao and Le Le.
Later, Mother Chen took Zhou Zhou to the small room to sleep with her, and then she felt better and could basically sleep until six in the morning.
Gu Qinglan smiled and said, "You must know that your aunt loves him, so I will give you a candied haws as a reward in the future!"
Zhou Zhou didn't know if he understood or not, and he started laughing.
Until there was a knock on the door, and a guard ran in and said, "Is Comrade Gu Qinglan here?"
"There's someone outside the gate, and they said you have to go pick it up in person."
Gu Qinglan frowned and said to herself, "Who is it?"
But a figure quickly flashed through her mind, and then she smiled, handed the porridge back to Wen Nuan, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go take a look, you hold the child first."
After saying that, he followed the guard away like a gust of wind.
Mother Chen looked at Gu Qinglan's figure that was getting farther and farther away and joked, "Qinglan runs pretty fast. If you didn't know, you would think she was going to meet someone."
After hearing what Chen Ma said, Wen Nuan thought of Li Daxiang. It seemed like it was time for him to come back.
But why does Qinglan have to go to the gate to pick her up