A group of old friends drank and ate and fought with each other. They finished their meal in a friendly manner. When they returned home, Zhou Zhou and Dumpling were exhausted, and they were carried home one by one by their own father, Lu Yan.
The holiday days slipped away quickly, and Lu Yan and his wife returned with their three children.
"Say goodbye to grandparents."
On the way back, trains and ships were alternately seated. It was almost late September, and it was a bit cold in the morning and evening. There was an accident on the way back. Xiao Dumpling caught cold on the boat and started to have a fever when he returned to the island.
"Mom... uncomfortable."
They haven't come back for a month. Even though Huahua Mama helped to take care of the yard, there was a big typhoon a few days ago, and the vines were blown down a lot, but now they are lifted up crookedly.
Qin Rou sighed, she didn't care about other things, the most important thing was to take care of the little dumpling, she asked Lu Yan to pay attention to the situation of her brother Zhouzhou from time to time, for fear that the two children would infect each other.
"Don't let the dumplings pass the cold to Zhouzhou."
Children have the highest immunity and are most afraid of mutual infection.
Fortunately, only the younger brother had a fever, and the older brother was not sick.
Xiao Dumpling's face was flushed with fever, Qin Rou took him to the base hospital, the doctor gave him a fever-reducing injection, and when the doctor gave the injection, Qin Rou hugged the child and did not let him see the needle.
But this little guy was very vigilant in the face of danger. He only felt a chill in his buttocks, and struggled desperately: "Don't need needles... woah..."
I was pressed and spanked.
"Mom is bad—"
The little guy was crying so hard.
"Be good, don't cry anymore..." Qin Rou softly coaxed him for a long time, the dumplings hummed and dropped golden beans, and finally fell asleep in her mother's arms.
After two or three days of tossing around, Xiao Dumpling's fever subsided, Xiao Chubby's face seemed to have lost weight, and Qin Rou also lost weight.
"Be good, brother." Zhou Zhou leaned over to his brother, patted him on the back, and coaxed him softly. His brother's tone was exceptionally gentle. Little Jiaozi still had a cough and runny nose at the moment. Qin Rou didn't want to let Zhou Zhou get too close younger brother.
But these two little guys who were noisy on weekdays, now they have a brotherly relationship again, and they are sticky and unwilling to leave each other.
Dumplings was suffering from a fever, and her elder brother Zhou Zhou also felt unwell, but he had no symptoms of fever. The two brothers had a vague sense of mutual affection. Qin Rou asked Ye Mingxiu, who was also a twin, and Ye Mingxiu told her: "What happens between twins?" A little bit, when one person is in pain, the other will feel bored, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, I can’t tell…”
"Will there be anything between you and your sister?"
"There is no relationship between me and my sister, but I heard that other sisters have. I met a pair of twin sisters when I was studying."
"The probability of meeting twins is quite high." Qin Rou recalled that when she was studying when she was a child, there was a pair of twin sisters in the neighborhood around her, and there was another pair of twin sisters in the class when she was in elementary school... But it was strange, many of the things she met were exactly the same Twin sisters and identical twin brothers are rarely seen with her own eyes, and she couldn't find them even if she searched her own memories.
Ye Mingxiu smiled: "There are very few identical twins, but you will meet one or two."
"Hey..." Little Dumpling's eyes were clouded with tears. Whether it's an adult or a child, when a person is sick, he tends to become extremely fragile. He wants someone to take care of him, and he wants to act like a baby with those close to him.
"Eat more dumplings, get stronger, and don't get sick."
Zhou Zhou hugged him, and imitated his mother's way of stroking his forehead. This was not over, and tried to put his own forehead against Jiaozi's forehead.
That little face, which is exactly the same as that of a dumpling, is extraordinarily dignified and serious, like a little adult who can take care of others.
The difference between the two brothers at this moment is very obvious, and outsiders can tell who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother.
"The relationship between the two brothers in your family is really good."
After being ill for a week, Xiao Jiaozi finally regained her vitality and watered the flowers in the yard with her brother.
Qin Rou smiled and reminded them: "Don't water too much, it will drown the flowers."
"Haven't you been to kindergarten for a long time? Do you miss the kindergarten friends?"
Zhouzhou and Jiaozi shook their heads: "I don't want to."
"Why?"
"I want to play at home." Play freely at home.
"No, you still have to go to school with your schoolbags on your back."
"Dundun from Mr. Huang's house next door, and Tiaotiao from Huahua's mother's house are also in kindergarten. You go to kindergarten with Tiaodundun."
When Qin Rou said this, she suddenly felt that the combination of the two names Tiaotiao and Dundun sounded like Tiaotiao and Squat? Jumping and squatting, squatting and jumping, it's like doing "Little Leapfrog".
Head Zhang and Political Commissar Liu were once good partners, and even the children's nicknames sounded very cooperative.
People are squatting and jumping, and theirs are porridge dumplings.
"The house next door is back?" Captain Zhang asked Huang Xinying.
Huang Xinying nodded: "It can be regarded as coming back, but I have only been away for a month, but I feel that Xiaoqin and the others have taken their children away for a long time, and they were really not used to it before."
"To be honest, I'm not used to it either. Neighbors in the neighborhood don't look up and look down. I haven't seen each other for a month or two. It's really strange."
"I saw his family's Zhouzhou dumplings playing in the yard again."
After walking around the neighbor's house for a while, Tuanzhang Zhang and his wife really didn't get used to it. Their family Dundun had already gone to kindergarten, and they hadn't had time to let the neighbor know.
"I drew a new bitter gourd picture book, and I haven't let the Xiaoqin couple next door read it."
"Here, I also wrote the dialogue between bitter melon and radish..."
Teacher Huang: "..."
Head Zhang frowned and looked at her: "The earthworms I drew are not very pretty, but the radish and bitter gourd are simple. The dialogue between these two is very educational for children."
"Children can't be picky eaters, don't you think they should eat carrots and bitter gourds..."
"Our family also bought a sewing machine to make a small dress for Dundun himself. How about we just sew a cute little radish?"
"If you want to embroider, you embroider yourself. Anyway, I definitely don't embroider." Teacher Huang felt that he had to prepare for lessons and change his homework. Why did he have to sew and make clothes for his children
Do all the boring stuff.
"If I come, I will come." By this year, Captain Zhang had gradually... Gradually, he looked away.
Du Zhengguang washed clothes outside the yard, and also entered the kitchen at home. Can't he do anything else
What's more, the sewing machine and sewing basket are placed in his home. Teacher Huang is unwilling to step on the sewing machine, so he will come. They are both soldiers. Who hasn't picked up a needle and thread to sew a quilt for himself
Huang Xinying thought he was joking: "Are you really going to step on the sewing machine?"
"I make clothes for our son."
Head Zhang, among other things, is really a man of action. When he talks about making clothes, he is absolutely unambiguous. He cuts the fabric and makes a small white and green dress for his child Dundun. Chubby carrots.
Needless to say, Zhang Chengbei's craftsmanship is very good.
When Huang Xinying saw the clothes made by her husband, she couldn't help admiring him.
Zhang Chengbei was overjoyed and showed off, "They have Zhouzhou dumplings, so why don't ours have Dundun?"
"Do you see how big this carrot is?"
"Big, it's really big." Huang Xinying looked at the big radish on the chest of the child's clothes, and really didn't understand her old Zhang's stubbornness, "Why did you put a big radish on it? Can't you make a cute fat fish next door? "
When Huang Xinying saw the big radish, she easily thought of her son's stinky fart after eating the radish.
"You woman, don't you understand? Don't you pay attention? If you sew a fish on it, wouldn't you become a follower and pick up the teeth of others?"
"Our son Dundun is the best. Aren't the two Zhouzhou Dumplings next door afraid of eating radishes? Our child eats radishes, hehe, just like Dundun jumping, squat down! Fear me!"
Like countless parents who want their children to win at the starting line, Zhang Chengbei also hopes that his children will surpass their peers in all aspects.
This is the obsession of parents.
Otherwise, he would not have named his eldest son Zhang Yichao.
When Tuanzhang Zhang was pedaling on the sewing machine at home, his son Dundun stood by his father's side to watch him make clothes for himself. After finishing, Tuanzhang Zhang kissed his son, "Do you think your dad treats you well? Make clothes for you."
"Yeah." Dundun nodded.
Zhang Tuanzhang's painting skills are gradually developed. Before that, he drew a picture book of earthworms and a picture book of dialogue between bitter gourd and radish. His level of drawing radish is improving day by day, and he has a little talent for embroidery. He sewed two or three pieces for his children Set of big radish short sleeves.
"Yichao, do you want Dad to make clothes for you?"
"No." Zhang Yichao at this age is ashamed, he doesn't want to wear the big radish clothes made by his father.
"Don't forget it."
The new clothes were cleaned, and a few children went to kindergarten together. Qin Rou brought her own boat and dumplings. The two children had a small water-squirting whale on their chests. Dundun is a big radish.
Zhouzhou and Jiaozi stared at the radish in front of Dundun's clothes: "..."
I don't understand why you have to sew a radish on your body
"Mr. Huang, you made the clothes of your Dundun? It's very delicate."
Huang Xinying nodded and smiled without guilt, without explaining much.
"Our children love to eat radishes, so they sewed a radish, and the radish is simpler."
Dundun looked at the fish on other children's chests and felt that he was out of place, "Mom, I want fish..."
Teacher Huang: "..." But your dad only wants to sew carrots for you.
Not only Dundun felt out of place, but also the kid Wang Niannian brought by Xue Xiaohui also felt out of place. Several other kids had "flowers" on their chests, but she didn't.
Wang Niannian raised her hand and rubbed the clothes on her chest, looked up at her mother: "Mom, Carrot..."
She is afraid of fish and likes big radishes.
"Okay, mom will sew a radish for you when you go back."
After discovering that there are other children who like their big radishes, Dundun stopped making trouble, and let the radishes be radishes.
Five children, three boys and two girls go to kindergarten together.
In October 1975, Zhao Jianghong and Ye Mingxiu moved into a family home. Within a month, Ye Mingxiu also found out that she was pregnant. When she went for a check-up in December, the hospital's B-ultrasound showed that there was only one child.
Zhao Jianghong: "..."
He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the good fortune of the old Lu's family had indeed been touched.
Ye Mingxiu didn't go out to work after she became pregnant, but temporarily settled in the family's courtyard and took care of the yard. Qin Rou suggested that she read more books and asked her to buy a set of "One Hundred Thousand Whys".
"When the children first understand the truth, they like to ask why. You should read more in advance and deal with the brat later."
Qin Rou didn't know if Ye Mingxiu would take the college entrance examination or not, so she recommended books to her. Now, she can lay a foundation in advance. When the news of the college entrance examination is released, she can follow the crowd to review the basics of physics and chemistry. She should be able to get a good grade in the exam.
"Okay, I'll definitely read it carefully." Thinking of answering questions for future children in the future, Ye Mingxiu reads books very seriously, writing and copying poems and love letters every day.
Even after she got married, she and Zhao Jianghong still kept the habit of correspondence. Zhao Jianghong didn't come back much, and Ye Mingxiu spent more time hanging out with the sisters-in-law around her.
The time entered January 1976, and the climate of Qiongzhou Island was extremely comfortable in January, neither cold nor hot. The radishes and potatoes planted by Qin Rou at home thrived, and a batch could be harvested before the 30th of February.
Passion fruit is a particularly domineering plant. They grow and spread unscrupulously on the pergola fence. Now they have bloomed and are about to bear fruit.
The rose blossoms beside the swing, Zhou Zhou and Jiaozi sat on the small swing and played.
"Mom, Titi..."
Zhouzhou and Jiaozi like to play on slides in the kindergarten, but there are many older children occupying the slides and swings in the kindergarten. They should take turns to play on the slides, but some unreasonable children occupy the slides and refuse to get off.
"Mom, that's too much!"
"Grab the slide."
When they got home, Zhouzhou and Jiaozi complained to their mother.
There are relatively few public slides and swings in the school, and it takes a long time before it is your turn to play. If you encounter someone who occupies the slide, it will be even more difficult to grab the opportunity to play.
Qin Rou thought about making a simple wooden slide for the two children at home, making it shorter and safer than the school slide. Over the past few years, the woodworking skills of her and Lu Yan's couple have improved rapidly. People made a detachable wooden folding slide for the two cubs.
When the adults were at home, they opened the slide and placed it on the lawn, allowing the two cubs to climb and play.
The slides in their house are loved by many children. Zhang Dundun from the Zhang family next door, Liu Tiaotiao from the Liu family and Wang Niannian from the Wang family all come to play on the slide in their yard.
There is not much difference in the ages of these five little guys, the oldest is Zhou Zhou, and the youngest is Wang Niannian, Zhou Zhou is only one year older than Wang Niannian, five cubs, three boys and two girls, are all short and thick.
Zhouzhou and Jiaozi are slightly taller, followed by Tiaotiao, then Dundun, and Wang Niannian is the shortest.
Qin Rou asked them to line up to count and take turns to play on the slide.
"Start with Zhou Zhou, tell me your name."
"I'm Lu Zhouzhou."
"Lu dumplings."
"Zhang Dundun."
"Liu Tiaotiao."
"Wang Niannian..."
After reporting his name, Xiao Jiaozi realized that he was the only one who was different. He pointed to himself: "Mom, why am I not Lu Jiaojiao?"
Compared with other people's name format of abb, he is too special, Xiao Jiaozi thinks it doesn't sound good.
"I want to be called Lu Jiaojiao." When playing with a group of friends, she was most afraid that she would become a different kind, so Xiao Jiaozi decided to change her name.
Zhou Zhou Dumplings Dumplings Dundun Jumping and Reading... It sounds neat.
Liu Tiaotiao said happily: "Dumplings, feet and feet haha..."
She sat on the small lawn, rubbed her feet, and pointed with her little black hand: "Hey, Lu Jiaojiao."
"You are little feet."
Little Jiaozi was upset when she saw this, "I'm Jiaozi!!"
"Mom, I don't want to be called Lu Jiaojiao, I am Dumpling!!"
Qin Rou: "..."
Several children played together, and Liu Tiaotiao was the most cheerful and talkative one. She took the initiative to say to the surrounding children: "I am the daughter of Huahua's mother, I am Huaduoduo, Huahuayan, Duoduoyan. "
As a little girl, I like that my name is like a flower, and the flowers are bright and beautiful.
Little girl Liu Tiaotiao's real name is actually Liu Yaoyao. It is said that she secretly calculated the horoscope and said that she lacked soil in her life, so Li Qinghua and his wife thought about it and called it Yaoyao. Six soils, now there is no shortage of soil. up.
"Call me Huaduoduo!"
All right, the other kids didn't have any objections, they all called her "Hua Duo Duo".
After hearing this, Wang Niannian was a little envious, and said shyly, "I want to be called Hua Yanyan."
Little girl Wang Niannian is different from other children. Her nickname is her real name, so she is called Wang Niannian.
Qin Rou: "..."
One is Huaduoduo, the other is Huayanyan, the little girl's wish is so simple, compared to the Zixuan Zixuan Zixuan their parents choose, they want to be called Duoduo and Yanyan.
Knowing that someone changed her name with her, the little girl Tiaotiao was very happy. She said to Wang Niannian, "Hello, Hua Yanyan."
"Flowers."
Seeing the interaction between the two of them, Zhang Dundun also hurriedly said: "Then I don't want to be called Dundun anymore, I am Daqiang!!"
"You call me Zhang Daqiang."
Now Qin Rou almost choked on her own saliva. After Zhang Daqiang finished speaking, the other children all looked at him.
Xiao Jiaozi blinked, thinking that if he changed his name to Daqiang, it would be the same as his dumplings, not in the abb format, and he had a companion, so Xiao Jiaozi happily called him: "Zhang Daqiang!!"
Dumpling called Daqiang, brother Zhouzhou followed and called him Daqiang, and the other two little girls also obeyed the crowd, "Good Daqiang."
"I'm Daqiang!" Zhang Dundun puffed out his chest with great pride.
His nickname is Dundun, and his real name is Zhang Erheng. It is said that Zhang Chengbei and his wife racked their brains when choosing a name for him. Brother, and with good meaning.
Zhang Chengbei thought of several names, the eldest son is called Yichao, and the second son can be called "Daqiang". It sounds like both are very powerful, but Mr. Huang refused to name his son Zhang Daqiang.
So after deliberation, the two named their son Zhang Erheng, Yichao, Erheng, and the second child should be more modest and balanced.
But when the boy Dundun was competitive, he felt that being called "Daqiang" was more powerful.
Daqiang sounds strong! !
Just like my brother Yichao.
"Great!!"
Now that Huaduoduo, Huayanyan, and Zhang Daqiang are present, Qin Rou wonders if her two sons will follow suit
Herding effect, will these two little cubs change their names as well
Qin Rou was very worried that they would tell her, "Mom, I want to be called Cao Shuaishuai." "I'm Cao Junjun."
…
Hahaha…
It's just a pity that Qin Rou doesn't have a camera by her side at the moment, or else she can record the images of the group of children in front of her and show them to them after twenty years.
"Mom..." Little Dumpling called her.
Qin Rou said with a smile: "Why, Xiao Jiaozi also wants to change her name?"
Dumplings are ambitious: "I want to be Zhou Zhou!"
Zhou Zhou said: "I am Dumpling."
Qin Rou: "All right, all right, let you play."
Brother and brother, brother and brother are not much different, anyway, the most innocent and impulsive one must be Xiao Jiaozi.
The two children seem to have grown taller than before.
"Come on, Duoduo Yanyan's big and strong Zhouzhou dumplings are lined up, and I'll take a picture for you!"
The five little guys are arranged together from tall to short, a total of three fish and two big radishes.
Qin Rou looked at this row of little guys and smiled so hard that her teeth could not see her eyes.
She went to get a camera to take pictures of them, and even planned to write on the back of the pictures after they were developed:
In January 1976, Lu Zhouzhou, Lu Jiaozi, Zhang Daqiang, Liu Duoduo, and Wang Yanyan.