Water drops turn into ice and breath turns into frost.
Apart from the bustle, Tian Mi's deepest impression of the New Year is this.
Really, it would be inappropriate if you don’t have a deep impression. After all, who goes to the movies while running
Just after lunch, Tian Mi didn’t even take a short rest before he was attracted by the lively noise outside.
During the Chinese New Year, all the children in the housing estate had a holiday. They seemed not to feel the cold and ran around and played outside all day long.
When Tian Mi was lying on the kang in a daze, he heard the words "watch a movie" and was immediately awakened.
She knew there was a movie at one o'clock in the afternoon, and after the movie there would be a performance by the farm art troupe.
Since coming to this world, she has never seen a movie, let alone a performance. Now that she finally has the chance, she naturally doesn't want to miss it.
Because I was still thinking about it, when I woke up to the shouts of children outside the house, I immediately looked at my watch and found that there were only a dozen minutes left before the movie started.
Seeing this, she quickly got out of bed and put on her clothes.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Tian Mi walked out in her slippers and opened the door.
Outside the door were the two sisters Tian Yu and Tian Xin. Tian Xin was holding the little Fatty in her arms with difficulty.
Tian Mi quickly moved aside to allow the person to enter the house.
"Are you ready? Don't you want to watch a movie? We need to get going."
"Okay, okay, I'm ready too." As he said that, Tian Mi squatted down and tied the laces of his cotton shoes.
Before leaving, Tian Yu said, "We'll look around for a while and come back."
Tian Mi was putting on his military coat, and asked in confusion, "Why?"
"My body can't take it."
This statement is incoherent and really confusing.
But when Tian Mi arrived at the place where the movie was being shown, he finally understood why his elder sister said that.
The weather was 20 to 30 degrees below zero, and the movie was not shown indoors. No wonder many people were already jogging around the open space before the movie started.
Tian Mi was stunned. Is watching a movie so tiring
"What about the performance by the Cultural Troupe? Will we watch it the same way?"
"Yes, it's bright and spacious outdoors. Besides, it's not suitable to sit indoors even if you want to. Only a few people can sit indoors." Tian Yu was used to it. When she saw her daughter reaching out to lift up her hat, she glared at the little girl, slapped her, and put the hat on her tightly.
Tian Mi raised her hand and poked the puffy little face of the little girl in a funny way, then looked at Tian Xin who came with them: "Aren't you going to ask Lu Xiaoyan to make an ice lantern? Go ahead."
Tian Xin shook her head, her face full of excitement: "I'm not going to make ice lanterns anymore. Xiaoyan said she would come to see me later and we'll watch a movie and a show. Sister, that's performed by real people. I haven't even seen it, it must be good."
This made Tian Mi laugh and cry. It was performed by a living person. If it wasn’t performed by a living person, would she dare to watch it
The movie is quite different from what Tian Mi had expected.
In fact, this is more of a lifestyle movie. Tian Mi thought that showing this movie was probably to pave the way for the following social gathering.
Of course, everything is just her personal speculation, including the sequel of the movie, which she heard from her elder sister who has watched it many times.
Because she felt so cold after watching just the beginning, she and her elder sister didn't dare to follow others and run while watching.
So even though they were sitting at the front, the two of them only persisted for ten minutes, enjoyed the fun, and then lowered their heads and put their hands in their pockets, preparing to go home.
The little girl Guoguo was a crowd pleaser. When she saw her mother was leaving, she hugged her third aunt's neck and refused to leave, strangling the frail Tian Xin.
There was no other way. It was New Year's Day and Tian Yu couldn't beat the child. In the end, he could only keep the little girl with a gloomy face.
But before leaving, she went outside to tell her husband that she would feel at ease only after he sent their daughter back later.
When the farm art troupe started performing later, Tian Mi and her elder sister came over again.
Only this time, the two of them didn't even finish watching a single show.
Because they arrived too late, the front was already packed with people. Even though they were family members of officers, the two sisters were too embarrassed to squeeze forward and just stood at the back of the crowd and watched for a while.
It's both embarrassing and funny to say that in the end, apart from the vague and unclear figures, Tian Mi didn't even understand what was being performed on the stage.
As for her, the most profound impression she had of the New Year's Eve show in 1971 was the soldiers and their families who were running and watching the show.
After the Chinese New Year, time suddenly went by faster.
By mid-March, the Waking of Insects has passed, and it is the time when all things come back to life.
But spring did not come, and everywhere you look is still covered with ice and snow.
However, compared to the severe cold in January, we can already see some warmth of spring.
Yes, in a season with an average daytime temperature of 3 degrees and a nighttime temperature of -10 degrees, Tian Mi, who was frozen silly, is now satisfied and grateful for the current temperature.
That night, when Lou Luhui came back from the army, Tian Mi was already lying in bed drowsy.
After hearing the noise, she got up and left the bedroom. Sure enough, she saw the man eating: "It seems to be a little later today than yesterday."
Hearing this, the man raised his head, swallowed the food in his mouth, stretched out his hand to pull his wife to sit next to him, and said apologetically: "Did I wake you up? Keep your voice down when I come back tomorrow night."
Tian Mi sat next to her husband, holding her chin and shaking her head, "No, I haven't slept yet. But you, how long will you be busy?"
The earth is coming back to life, and it is a good time for spring ploughing. Not only the villagers in the farms and villages, but even the army has begun to get busy.
As the leader of the group, my husband naturally has to follow every day.
In recent days, not only have I been coming home later and later, but my face is also covered with chapped skin.
All in all, life is not as comfortable as it was during the coldest time, which makes Tian Mi feel distressed.
Lou Luhui raised his hand and gently stroked his wife's belly, which was already slightly pregnant, and chuckled, "It's almost there, it will be almost there in half a month, but I've asked for half a day off tomorrow and will take you to the farm to see Mr. Cheng."
Hearing this, Tian Mi lowered her head, put her hand on the man's big hand, and her brows softened.
There was a kang burning in the room, and she was only wearing a slim-fitting sweater, which made her belly bulge out noticeably.
Two days ago, the eldest sister who had given birth to three children found out and suspected that the younger sister, who was only about 4 months old, might not be pregnant with a single baby, so she took her to the health center immediately.
But things like twins cannot be detected with the current technology that only has a urine test.
Dr. Mei, who helped Tian Mi to find out she was pregnant by taking her pulse, also said that only a highly skilled Chinese medicine practitioner could tell whether a woman was pregnant with twins. Someone like her who specialized in Western medicine was not at that level yet.
Tian Mi leaned lazily on her husband and said, "It's good to take a look. If it's a single baby, I'll have to be careful about my diet. My eldest sister said that if the baby is too big, it will be difficult to give birth."
Hearing this, Lou Lu turned his face black: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Hehe, okay, it's my fault." Ever since he found out that her belly was a little big, her husband's nerves were even more tense than her. Tian Mi didn't mean to tease him on purpose, she just said something wrong for a moment. Of course, she attributed it to the fact that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years.
Seeing her actively admitting her mistake, Lou Luhui shook his head helplessly: "Go back to the room first, I will come to accompany you after I take a shower."
She was made to act like a little kid. Tian Mi hummed a few times, but still obediently went into the bedroom.
The bath water had been boiled long ago.
After Lou Luhui finished his meal, he washed the dishes and took a shower, which took only about ten minutes in total.
Seeing the man coming in with a wet head, Tian Mi put down the small clothes in her hand, got off the kang, got a dry towel, pulled the man to sit on the bed and wiped his hair, complaining: "How many times have I told you, remember to dry your hair after washing it."
Lou Luhui squinted his eyes in satisfaction, and his whole body relaxed. Hearing this, he raised the corners of his mouth and replied lazily: "I forgot."
"I don't believe you. You are just being lazy and want me to wipe it for you."
Hearing his wife's words, the man laughed out loud. He stretched out his arms to hug her and buried his face in her chest: "Well, I admit it, I just like you to wipe it for me."
He liked his wife talking about him, and he also liked it when his wife helped him dry his hair, even though she clearly disliked it but relaxed her strength. Every time at this time, he felt particularly happy.
Tian Mi couldn't resist her husband's coquettishness, and when she saw him hugging her, she couldn't help laughing.
After his hair was dry, I pinched it a few times to help loosen up his muscles. After all, he was stiff after a whole day's work.
In fact, she didn't know how to massage, but seeing the man's face relaxed, she couldn't help but press a few more times.
After being sent to bed, Tian Mi took out her bottle of vanishing cream and rubbed it all over his face and hands, despite the man's protests.
Lou Luhui, who had no power to resist, stifled a laugh: "Tiantian, let's make a deal. When I go to the group during the day, I won't apply perfume, right?"
Tian Mi screwed the cap of the vanishing cream on and rolled her eyes at him: "What do you think I want? It's because I see your face is chapped. If you don't wipe it, it will crack more seriously later."
Lou Lu recalled that after applying the vanishing cream, he didn't feel any effect, and was instead laughed at several times by the masters in the group.
However, he has always been aware of his status in the family. Seeing his wife's tough attitude, he would not make her unhappy over such a small matter.
After his wife climbed onto the bed, he saw that she did not lie down, but instead took a small piece of clothing and started sewing buttons.
Lou Luhui lay on his side and watched for a while, then suddenly said sourly: "I think you treat your daughter better than me."
Because his wife had always said that she wanted to have a daughter, and most of the clothes she prepared were for girls, he naturally thought that she was pregnant with a girl.
"Ah? Why do you say that?" Tian Mi looked at her husband in confusion.
"Look, how many beautiful clothes have you made for your daughter recently? They are so delicate and have lace."
Tian Mi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Look at how petty-minded he was. He was so unreasonably jealous.
But she also realized that this person was not really jealous, he was just trying to make himself felt. Never mind, she was a fairy after all, so she could only cooperate.
So she quickly tied a knot and bit the thread with her teeth. Then she asked her husband to put the needlework, clothes and other things on the bedside table. Then she lay down and hugged him to coax him: "Then I will make clothes for Huihui in the future, and also make lace, okay?"
Lou Luhui also laughed: "If you dare to do it, I dare to wear it."
"No, no, you're such a big guy, it would be a waste of fabric."
The two chatted and played on the bed for a while, and Lou Luhui suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, I almost forgot, Zhou Dajun's family is inviting us to dinner tomorrow night, do you want to go?"
When Zhou Dajun was mentioned, Tian Mi frowned subconsciously. Even though more than two months had passed and Ma Erhua didn't dare to act up again, she felt unhappy whenever she thought of him: "Why did he treat us? And why did he treat us?"
It is normal to ask for help from his elder brother-in-law, after all, he is his direct superior.
Hearing this, Lou Luhui was surprised: "You don't know? Zhou Dajun's wife came here with two children."
"Ah? When?" Tian Mi propped herself up slightly and looked at her husband curiously.
Lou Luhui's big hand had been protecting his wife's slightly bulging belly. When he saw her half sitting up, he pulled her back into his arms and said, "We arrived this afternoon. Zhou Dajun probably wanted to introduce us to his wife and to smooth things over for the previous incident."
"Who cares?" Tian Mi curled her lips, looking disgusted.
"Then Lao Chen and I will show up tomorrow night, and you won't go?"
Tian Mi thought for a moment and said, "Don't rush to draw conclusions. I'll ask my elder sister tomorrow."
"Don't force yourself."
"I know."
“.”
The next morning, Tian Mi went to her eldest sister's house for breakfast as usual.
As soon as she entered the door, she told her husband what he had said last night.
"I know. Your brother-in-law told me. It's up to you to go or not, but I have to go. After all, I am your brother-in-law's subordinate. Besides, I have a grudge against Zhou Dajun's mother, and his wife didn't provoke me. If I don't go, she has come here with great difficulty to follow the army. I shouldn't think too much about it." Tian Yu was more than six months pregnant, and her belly already had a noticeable curve. She was sitting on the sofa folding clothes. She heard this without turning her head.
This is true. After all, my eldest sister's brother-in-law is her direct superior. It would be inappropriate for her not to go. After all, she still has to get along with Zhou Dajun at work.
Well, this is the adult world.
But just like what the elder sister said, she can go or not.
Then why not go? Unless you have no other choice, why make yourself uncomfortable? So she changed the subject:
"Sister, my old Lou has gone to the brigade commander to borrow a car. Take me to the farm to see Old Cheng later. You can come too."
Tian Yu turned around: "What am I going to do?"
"Look at the fetus. Only after Elder Cheng checks it can we feel at ease."
"What's there to check? I didn't do any checkups when I was pregnant with your first three nephews, and they were all fine." Tian Yu didn't want to go out. The round trip would take two or three hours, and she wouldn't be able to make lunch when she got back.
Tian Mi didn’t know how to explain the matter of prenatal checkups to her elder sister, and she was 33 years old this year, and her fertility rate could not keep up with that of her youth.
Especially two days ago, when the family members were holding an ideological and political meeting, they heard some military relatives say that in their hometown, when a woman gives birth, a coffin will be placed at home. They say that if there are two lives, the baby must be placed in the coffin and carried away immediately because they think it is unlucky and unlucky.
At that time, Tian Mi didn't believe it. He asked carefully and made sure that the other person was not making up the story. He felt a chill all over his back and wanted to swear.
Really, she had never thought that people could be so malicious towards women who had just given birth, just because of superstition.
Because of this scare, she became more determined to take her elder sister with her for a physical examination.
So, no matter how much the eldest sister didn't want to go, she just pulled the person into the car.
invalid objection!
Of course, before leaving, she asked her husband to tell her brother-in-law.
A few months later, I saw Mr. Cheng again in the low "cowshed". He looked much older.
When he saw them, he seemed to still remember them. He nodded silently at them and let Tian Mi go first.
The old man was indeed a master. He only observed Tian Mi's complexion for a while, took her pulse, and quickly said, "It's twins. You have a good physical foundation and the pregnancy looks good."
It really was twins. Even though they had guessed this before coming here, when it became true, the three of them couldn't help but smile with joy on their faces.
Lou Luhui reacted the fastest. He helped his wife up and motioned for his eldest sister to sit down.
After Tian Yu sat down, he smiled helplessly at the old man: "Mr. Cheng, please take a look at me too. My sister insisted on dragging me over here, saying that she was worried. I have given birth to three children, so how can there be any problem?"
Hearing this, the old man's expression changed a little. He then remembered that he had received a life-saving jacket from someone else, and he said a few more words: "Normally, a woman's pulse should be checked once a month during pregnancy. It's for your own good that I asked you to come here."
As he spoke, he moved the pulse pillow: "Put your hand up."
It was the first time that Tian Yu heard about the monthly checkup, and he suddenly became a little nervous.
"Relax."
"Hey!" Tian Yu took a deep breath.
After crying for a while, the old man asked about eating, drinking and daily routines: "The fetus is fine, just eat less pork when you go back, and you can eat some fish appropriately."
Tian Yu didn't understand: "Why is this?"
Old Cheng looked at her and said: "It's hard to have children if you are too fat."
Hearing this, Tian Yu blushed. She was not thin to begin with, and she became very greedy after getting pregnant. Now her weight is almost 160 pounds, which makes her a little fat.
The key point is that even in this situation, the man in the family still says that she is not fat and that she is pretty.
This person, after hearing nice words so many times, he really believes them.
Seeing his eldest sister embarrassed, Lou Luhui, with a happy face, quickly came to the rescue. He took out a pen and notebook he had prepared in advance from his pocket and began to ask his wife what she should pay attention to next. Of course, he also wrote down his eldest sister's words.
After asking all the questions in detail, Lou Luhui placed the food he brought on Mr. Cheng's table, and signaled to his wife and elder sister to go out and wait for him for a few minutes.
The temperature is good today. There is no wind outside and the sun is shining brightly. The temperature is about 5 degrees Celsius. I don't feel cold standing outside.
Just as the two sisters were curious about what the man was saying inside, he came out quickly.
After the car drove away, Tian Mi asked, "What did you stay to talk about?"
"I asked my father to help me with some exercise before the New Year. By next month, I should be able to take off Mr. Cheng's hat." Over the years, many soldiers in the army have received treatment from Mr. Cheng. It is everyone's common wish for Lou Luhui to do the same.
This was really surprising. Old Cheng was a national treasure-level Chinese medicine doctor. He really shouldn't have suffered this. Tian Mi was very happy: "That's great. Is the hat you mentioned easy to take off?"
Lou Lu turned the steering wheel and dodged a big pothole. "It wasn't possible in the early years, but now it's 1972, and the environment has improved a lot. Especially in the past two years, some people have been rehabilitated. Mr. Cheng was wronged in the first place, and with his powerful skills, it won't be difficult to get rid of it."
"That's good. After the redress, will the old man return to Beijing?"
Lou Luhui shook his head: "It's not certain yet. It depends on Mr. Cheng himself. With Mr. Cheng's ability, he can be appointed to any position he wants."
Hearing this, Tian Mi couldn't help but fantasize: "It would be great if she came to our island. Not only could she help me and my eldest sister to check on the birth, but I could also find a way to let my third sister learn medical skills from the old man."
This is an old Chinese doctor! The third sister is diligent, studious and careful, and is really suitable for studying medicine.
Lou Luhui actually considered the possibility of asking the old man to go to the army to take charge. He was selfish. His wife was pregnant with twins, and he was always worried that she would have trouble giving birth in the future.
However, he kept all these thoughts in his heart, not wanting to show it and make his wife anxious, so he smiled and said, "How can it be so easy to teach others the craftsmanship passed down from their ancestors?"
Tian Mi chuckled: "Let's give it a try. We are sincere enough. If the old man doesn't want to, we won't force him. But it would be a pity if we don't even try."
"You are thinking too far ahead. Don't hold too high hopes. Whether to go or stay is his own business." He said this to his wife, and it was also a warning to himself.
Of course, as my wife said, maybe I should come here and give it a try. Although I have selfish motives, the overall environment has not completely calmed down, and being a doctor in the army is much more comfortable than being outside.
"Oh, by the way, doesn't Mr. Cheng have any family?"
Speaking of this, Lou Luhui sneered: "After Mr. Cheng got into trouble, his son immediately published an announcement in the newspaper to sever ties with him, which directly angered Mr. Cheng's wife to death."
"Hiss" the two sisters gasped at the same time, and their similar eyes widened at the same time.
Tian Yu cursed directly: "This is too conscienceless, how can you do this? What a wicked and wicked thing, bah!"
Although Tian Mi also looked down on such things, with the development of the Internet in later generations, he had seen even more bizarre things. Seeing that the eldest sister was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick, he was worried that she was in trouble, so he immediately tried to comfort her.
When everyone calmed down, Tian Mi frowned and asked, "Does Mr. Cheng have only one child?"
"Well, Mr. Cheng only had one son, and his wife's health is not good." At this point, Lou Luhui immediately expressed his opinion: "Tiantian, we will only have one child, and you are pregnant with two, so two children are enough."
Just now, when he was communicating with Mr. Cheng alone, he also asked about the harm that childbirth would cause to women's bodies.
The old man said it very clearly, having too many children is indeed harmful to your health.
So he decided at that time to have only one child, and twins were already an unexpected surprise.
Tian Mi didn't want to have more children either. She originally planned to have two, preferably a boy and a girl, so she said, "If it's two girls, or a boy and a girl, I won't have any more children. If it's two boys, I'll try again."
Oh, she really has a dream of having a daughter. If she looks like herself, she will be a winner in life!
By then, she will make all kinds of beautiful clothes for her daughter and braid all kinds of beautiful hairstyles. She will definitely be super cute.
Hearing this, before Lou Luhui could comment, Tian Yu nodded first: "It's time to have a daughter."
Only when you raise a daughter will you know that a sweet and soft little girl is completely different from a boy. Men in particular like girls very much. Not only her family's Old Chen, but also Wang Xunyan from the Wang Lv family is the most favored by her father, and of course Ge Yun as well.
As for some things that favor boys over girls, it’s better not to mention them. At least in the family quarters, it’s okay. I haven’t seen any family that particularly dislikes girls.
Lou Lu recalled that it was the same for both men and women, but when he thought of the face of the fat little girl Guoguo, which was 50% similar to his wife, he would often hold her in his arms and would not want to let go.
If his wife gave birth to a daughter who looked more like him, wouldn't he be so happy that he would wake up laughing in his sleep
Thinking of this, the man nodded seriously: "You are right, this baby must be a girl."
Tian Mi
That's not what she meant.
(End of this chapter)