"Sister Guihua, are you pregnant?"
After saying this, Sister Guihua was stunned for a moment. After a long time, she put her hand on her lower abdomen and touched it. She felt a sense of unreality.
I haven't been pregnant for so many years, but now I am pregnant
Wen Nuan, on the contrary, was much calmer. After helping her sit on a chair nearby, he helped her replace the honeycomb coal.
After changing, Wen Nuan asked her again: "Sister Guihua, when did you have your last period?"
Judging from Sister Guihua's various reactions, sleepiness and nausea when she smelled strange smells, these seemed to be symptoms of pregnancy.
Sister Guihua thought about it, and then answered subconsciously: "More than two months."
After she finished speaking, a piece of information that she dared not even think about struck her head like a bolt of lightning. She sat stiffly in the chair, then looked at Wen Nuan with a look of shock on her face.
Wen Nuan smiled, then took the coat beside her and handed it to her, saying, "Come, put on your clothes first, we are going to the hospital now."
Sister Guihua suddenly grabbed Wen Nuan's hand, her expression changed from shock to fear: "I, I dare not, I'm afraid..."
She was afraid this was fake again...
Her menstruation was irregular, and she hadn't had her period for three months, so she thought she was pregnant. But after she and Zhou Jianshe had a happy night, she suddenly had her period the next day when she was going to the health center for a checkup.
She has always remembered that feeling of loss. This time, she felt the same way and felt like she was going to lose again.
She hasn't been able to get pregnant for so many years, how could she get pregnant this time
Wen Nuan knew the hardships that Sister Guihua had gone through, and she didn't joke with her. She just said to her in a gentle voice, "Your reaction now is a bit similar. Let's check it out and see if we should stop taking your Chinese medicine."
"If you don't want other people to know, let's go find Qinglan and ask her to help you find a doctor."
Wen Nuan knew that she and Zhou Jianshe had been taking Chinese medicine all the time. If she got pregnant, she would definitely have to ask Mr. Zhao whether she should stop taking the medicine.
When Sister Guihua heard Wen Nuan say this, she subconsciously touched her belly, and then decided to listen to Wen Nuan: "Then... let's go test it first?"
Wen Nuan smiled: "I have a feeling that you must be pregnant this time."
With such obvious pregnancy symptoms, I shouldn’t make a mistake this time.
And she also believed in Mr. Zhao and Doctor Li. With them around, Sister Guihua would definitely be able to get pregnant successfully.
When Sister Guihua heard Wen Nuan say this, she slowly began to feel a little hopeful. She pursed her lips and said softly, "Then, let's go to the hospital for a checkup."
Although it was still snowing outside, it did not affect their plan to go out at all. However, Wen Nuan still found the stroller that Gu Qinghan made for the child when they first came to North City.
Although Lele can walk now, she walks slowly on a snowy day and stops frequently. In order to get to the hospital quickly, Wen Nuan simply pushes her in a stroller.
When Lele first saw Wen Nuan take out the stroller, he shouted that he wanted to push it himself, "Mom, let me do it."
Wen Nuan originally didn't want Le Le to make a fuss, as she was worried that Sister Guihua would be anxious.
But Sister Guihua said, "It's snowing anyway so I'll walk slowly. You can let Lele push it."
Wen Nuan said, "Then push it slowly, not too fast."
Lele took the cart and nodded happily: "Yeah."
Wen Nuan thought that it was snowing anyway, so she walked over and held Sister Guihua's hand to prevent her from falling on the slippery road.
The two followed the little guy Lele and walked slowly towards the military hospital.
After walking and stopping along the way, we finally arrived at the hospital.
Thanks to Gu Qinglan's help in the arrangements, Sister Guihua quickly did a urine test.
When the results came out, Sister Osmanthus was at a loss for a moment.
"This... She's really pregnant? Are you sure?" These days the only tests include urine tests and pulse diagnosis, but it took quite a while to wait for the urine test results.
Wen Nuan looked at the "+" sign and knew that this was a positive result, so she smiled and said, "It's written on the test sheet that it's positive, and the doctor also took your pulse and said that you are pregnant. How can this be false?"
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "Congratulations, Sister Guihua, you are pregnant!"
"This, this..." Sister Guihua felt her eyes were a little hot, and after a long while she smiled and said, "Thank you, I didn't eat fried Hu this time."
Lele suddenly ran over, looked at Wen Nuan and Gui Hua curiously, and asked, "Mom, what is pregnancy?"
Wen Nuan touched the child's head and said, "There is a baby in my belly now. You should walk slower in the future and don't bump into me again."
When Lele heard this, he immediately laughed, clapped his hands, looked at Sister Guihua and said, "Auntie is pregnant with a baby!"
Sister Guihua was also overjoyed when she heard this, her eyes lit up, and she asked, "Does Lele like babies?"
Lele nodded vigorously and said with a smile, "I like it."
Then Lele asked, "Does Auntie like it?"
Sister Guihua was immediately excited and said hurriedly, "Aunt likes it, of course Aunt likes it."
Wen Nuan looked at the time and found that Qinglan was also getting off work at this time, so they went back to the staff quarters together.
Along the way, Wen Nuan held Sister Guihua's arm and told her about the precautions during pregnancy: "It's snowing recently and the New Year is coming soon, so you shouldn't go out. You should pay special attention in the first three months."
Qinglan pushed Lele in the cart and talked about some dietary precautions, what not to eat, what to eat more, and even explained the sex between husband and wife clearly...
When Gu Qinglan talked about serious matters, she lost her usual carefree personality and instead became serious and solemn. By the time she got home, her saliva was almost dry from talking.
Originally, Sister Guihua wanted to cook for herself, but Wen Nuan was worried about her being alone at home, so she took her to her own home.
Seeing that Sister Guihua was still a little embarrassed, Wen Nuan took her hand and said, "Sister Guihua, you have taken care of Lele for so long, what's wrong with having a meal at my house? Just sit down and relax!"
Even Lele held her hand and said, "Auntie, let's eat."
Although the little guy can say a lot of words, his articulation is still not that clear and he can't speak very long sentences.
But Sister Guihua understood what Lele meant, that she wanted to eat here, so she nodded and said, "Okay then."
Hearing this, Wen Nuan looked at the time. It had been snowing recently, so Gu Qinghan had less flight training. During this period, their flight team had been training the first batch of selected soldiers, and they usually returned home on time.
Wen Nuan thought that Gu Qinghan would be home in about an hour, so she said, "Let's make chicken stewed with mushrooms tonight, and also make some chestnut chicken soup for Sister Guihua."
Gu Qinglan had already drunk the taro sago pudding that Wen Nuan had made earlier. When she heard her say that she was going to cook, she said, "Then I'll light the fire."
Wen Nuan saw how impatient she was and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why don't you heat it up before drinking it? It's already cold."
Although there was a stove in the room, things got cold quickly.
Gu Qinglan smiled and said, "It's okay. It tastes better when it's cold."
Lele, on the other side, pulled Sister Guihua to sit on a sofa next to the stove, then turned on the radio and listened to the broadcast with her.
In the small house, everyone was busy with their own things.
*
When Gu Qinghan returned to the main road of the family compound, he happened to meet Zhou Jianshe who was walking anxiously towards home.
Ever since Gu Qinghan accompanied Zhou Jianshe for a minor surgery that men should not talk about, the relationship between the two has become much closer.
Seeing him walking home in such a hurry, Gu Qinghan greeted him and said, "Captain Zhou? What happened? Why are you walking so fast?"
Zhou Jianshe heard Gu Qinghan's voice, and then paused before responding, "Oh, just now one of my subordinates said that he saw my wife in the hospital. I wondered if something happened to her, so I thought of rushing home to check on her."
After hearing this, Gu Qinghan quickened his pace and asked him, "Nothing happened recently, right?"
"There hasn't been any problem recently, but I'm just worried that she might have fallen down while out for a walk on a snowy day." Zhou Jianshe thought so and quickened his pace. The two tall men walked towards the house together and soon arrived at the back yard.
However, Zhou Jianshe did not see any lights on in his house, and his heart skipped a beat. All kinds of bad premonitions instantly emerged in his mind.
Gu Qinghan heard Gu Qinglan's loud voice coming from his own house, so he said, "Don't panic yet, Sister Guihua should be at my house."
Zhou Jianshe had already walked ahead and said, "Then I'll go over and take a look."
As soon as the two walked into the yard, they heard the laughter of several women inside. Zhou Jianshe finally relaxed his tense heart and followed Gu Qinghan into the door.
As soon as she entered the door, Sister Guihua saw Zhou Jianshe and said, "Old Zhou, you're here at the right time. I didn't cook tonight, so let's have dinner at Sister Xiaonuan's place tonight."
Sister Guihua looked at her watch and was stunned for a moment: "No, Lao Zhou, why did you come back so early today?"
It's half an hour earlier than usual. What's going on
Zhou Jianshe didn't care about other people's eyes. He didn't even have time to take off his clothes and hat. He walked over to Zhang Guihua and asked worriedly, "I heard you went to the hospital? Is everything okay?"
Zhang Guihua had been in a daze since returning from the hospital. When she heard her husband ask her this, she smiled and said, "It's nothing. I just did a urine test."
Wen Nuan on the other end saw the man coming back, winked at him, and then pulled him into the kitchen.
Gu Qinghan glanced at Zhou Jianshe and Sister Guihua in the living room, then took his wife's hand and asked her softly, "Is Sister Guihua okay?"
Wen Nuan reached out her hand and patted off some snowflakes from the man's hair. She smiled and said, "Sister Guihua is pregnant. She went to the hospital for a check-up!"
At this moment, Zhou Jianshe outside the living room suddenly shouted loudly: "What?"
Then Zhang Guihua slapped the other person on the arm and rolled her eyes: "Don't be so loud, you scared me!"
"Wife, are you really pregnant? How can I not be excited?" Zhou Jianshe walked towards her excitedly. He originally wanted to hold her, but was pushed away by Zhang Guihua.
Zhang Guihua retched and said, "What did you eat? It smells so bad!"
Then he dry-heaved twice more.
Seeing his wife's morning sickness, Zhou Jianshe touched the back of his head stupidly and said, "It's all my fault. I ate two garlic cloves when I came back."
"Hey, I won't eat it anymore."
Zhang Guihua pushed him away: "Get out of the way!"
Gu Qinghan in the kitchen heard the fight between Sister Guihua and the others and hugged Wen Nuan into his arms, "That's great."
Wen Nuan felt that Gu Qinghan was also happy for them, so she reached out and hugged the man, smiling, "Yes, Sister Guihua and Captain Zhou finally got what they wanted."
I don't know when Lele ran in, squeezed in between the two of them, and said in a baby voice: "I want a hug too!"
Gu Qinghan easily lifted the little girl up with one hand, then hugged his wife and child, "Is this okay?"
Lele happily hugged his parents' necks and said, "Remember to hug me next time."
Wen Nuan kissed her on the cheek and said, "I'll hug you first next time."
Gu Qinghan also kissed her on the other side, kissing the little girl's face like a sandwich.
Gu Qinglan, who was drinking taro sago pudding over there, suddenly felt that the dessert in the bowl was not sweet at all, and even wanted to kick over the bowl of dog food.
Is there no one who cares about her feelings? ! ! !
*
The closer it gets to the New Year, the colder the weather in the north city becomes, and the entire family compound is covered in white again.
Even children can hardly be seen in the family compound. Except for the soldiers who are training in all weather conditions, the family members all stay at home obediently.
Ever since Sister Guihua became pregnant, Wen Nuan often made soup for her.
Because Wen Nuan has been preparing New Year snacks recently, in addition to stewing soup, she also sent a lot of different snacks to Sister Guihua. Although Sister Guihua often suffers from morning sickness, she didn't lose much weight because of how delicious the food Wen Nuan cooked, and her appetite gradually improved.
Sister Guihua also asked Zhou Jianshe to go to the cowshed to find Mr. Zhao and tell him the good news.
Because Zhou Jianshe was worried about letting Zhang Guihua go out, he went there himself. After Mr. Zhao found out, he prescribed some nourishing Chinese medicine for them.
While hibernating, Wen Nuan took out the goose and duck feathers she had collected over the year and planned to start making down jackets.
These goose and duck down feathers were collected from the kitchen. The aircrew kitchen raised a large flock of ducks and geese, and the feathers were discarded after they were slaughtered.
So Wen Nuan would take Maomao home every time they slaughtered the animals, which made the comrades in the kitchen team feel very strange about it.
It took a whole year to collect warmth into such a snakeskin bag, and in the summer it had been soaked in soda ash and salt water, and then steamed. Although it was not processed as well as in later generations, there was not much residual smell.
Gu Qinghan watched his wife manipulating the fur and was a little confused: "Is this the fur you mentioned for making clothes?"
Wen Nuan had told Gu Qinghan before that the collected goose and duck feathers could be used to make clothes. At that time, he was a little bit unconvinced. He really didn't know that these feathers could be used to make clothes.
But now when he saw his wife selecting carefully and even lighting a pot to dry them, he knew that she was not joking.
Wen Nuan looked at the small strands of fluffy hair and immediately felt a sense of accomplishment. She smiled and said, "Well, clothes made of these furs are very warm to wear. I'll let you try them when I'm done."
When winter came, Commander Lu sent her some more cloth, all of which were good quality materials, saying that they were for making winter clothes for her and Lele.
However, Wen Nuan made several cotton-padded jackets last year, so she doesn’t plan to make any this year. Lele is growing fast now, and last year’s clothes are no longer suitable for him, so Wen Nuan plans to make a small down jacket, and the rest will be an adult size.
Gu Qinghan raised his eyebrows, hugged his wife from behind, put his chin on her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Do you want to make one for me?"
He saw Wen Nuan take out a piece of black cotton cloth from the box this morning. It didn't look like something she would wear, so it must have been made for him.
Hearing what Gu Qinghan said, Wen Nuan smiled and said, "We are young and strong and can withstand the cold, so I plan to make one for Lele and Grandpa respectively."
There isn't much fluff in this snakeskin bag. It's just enough for the youngest and oldest people in the family. No one needs to fight over it.
After hearing this, Gu Qinghan could no longer feel jealous.