After Zhu Jiaorong and her daughter arrived, Shen Liqing and Qin Lanfang found an excuse to leave. After all, they were family members who had arrived, and they had to avoid suspicion.
Zhu Jiaorong said, "How can I just look at the child and leave? I am the child's grandmother, and their grandfather thinks about the child every day. A woman must take good care of herself during the confinement period. It is very particular, and you young people don't take it seriously."
Zhu Jiaorong was mumbling to herself, she was shameless and had a smile on her face. Zhan Mingzhao looked unhappy. She looked at her stepson's face and thought that one should not hit someone who smiles at her. She wanted them to leave, but it was impossible.
As soon as Zhan Aijia entered the house, she immediately smelled the tempting aroma of stewed pig's trotters. The soup was very strong with soybeans, and the trotters had this gelatinous and tempting aroma only when they were stewed until soft.
There was a bowl of fish soup in the hall that Qin Lanfang had just brought over. Zhan Aiping drank a small bowl and left most of it, without eating much of the fish meat.
There were several bags of milk powder, malted milk, White Rabbit milk candy, canned syrup, bird's nest, dried shrimps piled on the cabinet... Zhan Aijia's eyes lit up, and Zhu Jiaorong couldn't help but say, "Wow, so many good things."
Gu Xiangyi said: "My eldest brother sent it to me."
She has five brothers and now only one sister-in-law. When sister-in-law Pingping gave birth to a baby, her brothers sent her a lot of gifts, especially her eldest brother. She is a member of the municipal standing committee and has many good things. She is a bachelor and does not have to pay for food and accommodation. Now that she has nephews and nieces, he keeps sending gifts to her and has sent several batches of gifts so far.
Zhu Jiaorong said: "Why put it outside? It will attract too many eyes."
Gu Xiangyi said honestly: "Because there is no more room inside."
Zhu Jiaorong was choked.
Zhan Mingzhao ignored her reaction and turned around to move the things into the house one by one. Zhan Aija couldn't help but stick her head in to take a look. There were several bags of milk powder inside.
She swallowed.
Didn't Zhan Aiping get so many good things just by giving birth to a child? She had just seen them all. In addition to these foods, there were also a lot of cotton cloth, brand new floral cloth, and several pairs of brand new women's leather shoes.
Zhan Mingzhao said: "Don't look around, they are all for my sister."
Zhan Aijia said: "There are so many, how can we finish them all."
"That's none of your business."
Zhan Aijia: "Of course I have to worry about it. Your sister is not my sister. There are so many good things, and they all have expiration dates. It would be a waste if they go bad if they are not finished. How could Sister Pingping finish them all if she eats them all?"
Zhan Aijia was extremely envious. In the winter, Zhan Aiping had so much vanishing cream. Now that she had a child, she had so many supplements, desserts and meat that she could not even finish them all.
Zhan Mingzhao sneered, "I won't give you any that you can't finish. All of this is for my sister and the children."
Zhan Aijia snorted: "I didn't say I wanted to eat."
Although she said this, Zhan Aija was actually thinking about getting something to fill her appetite. There was so much food, if one bag was missing or one bag was extra, who would notice
Zhan Aiping is a pig, she eats so much.
Zhu Jiaorong saw her stepson taking the things away, and then noticed the clothes that were originally pressed down. Gu Xiangyi saw it and hugged the clothes in his arms: "My mother asked the tailor to make a few skirts for my sister-in-law, and they were just delivered. They haven't been washed yet."
"My mother said that it's a good thing there's no winter here. With all this cloth, we can make several sets of skirts and clothes for the children."
"My brothers and sisters are in the army, so they save money and don't have to make clothes. They keep them for my sister-in-law to wear."
"Yes, yes." The smile on Zhu Jiaorong's face froze. When she and Zhan Aija came over, they were also holding some things in their hands, namely milk powder, malted milk, and fruit hard candies.
There are piles of people here.
"Pingping is so lucky." Zhu Jiaorong thought to herself that Gu Sheng was really a good son-in-law. Whoever married him would be blessed. Zhan Aiping really married the right man. His parents held high positions and were rich, and his brothers were not married yet. When Zhan Aiping gave birth to a child, all the good things were given to her.
Gu Xiangyi said: "My brother is so lucky to marry Sister Pingping."
Zhu Jiaorong forced a smile.
Zhan Mingzhao said, "My brother-in-law is in there with my sister. You need to look after the children. Go in later and don't make any noise."
"Okay." Zhu Jiaorong nodded. She and her daughter Zhan Aija looked at each other. Her stepson was extremely wary of them. Several rooms were locked, leaving only a small room with a bamboo bed.
Zhan Mingzhao said: "If you want to stay, you can only sleep here. Put your luggage up there."
Zhan Aijia said dissatisfiedly: "This house is too small, aren't there a few more rooms?"
Zhan Mingzhao said coldly: "It's full of things, there's no room for it."
"Then you can live here? You and Gu's sister, are going to live in the same room?"
"This is my elder sister's house, and also Gu Xiaoliu's elder brother's house. We should live here. Who do you think you are? Are you invited here? It's good enough that you have a place to live." Zhan Mingzhao had no good feelings towards the mother and daughter in front of him and just wanted to drive them away.
He spoke bluntly. Now that he had grown up, he was no longer the little boy who was excluded while living under someone else's roof.
Zhan Aijia said angrily: "Zhan Mingzhao, you are going too far. I am your sister."
Zhan Mingzhao said: "I only have one biological sister."
"I'll tell my dad!"
Zhan Mingzhao laughed and said, "Go ahead and sue me, then get out of here."
Zhu Jiaorong said at this time: "Jia Jia, how can you quarrel with your brother? You are the elder sister, you should give in to him."
Zhan Mingzhao said coldly: "Aunt Zhu, you two should leave quickly after reading this. My sister doesn't want you to take care of her during the confinement period."
"Ah Zhao, I know you are hostile to me. It's not easy for me to be a stepmother. You have too many misunderstandings about me. Aunt Zhu, I really treat you and Pingping as my own children."
"Now that my daughter has given birth to a child, how can I just take one look and leave?"
Zhan Mingzhao said expressionlessly: "If you dare to make my sister unhappy, I will chase you away with a broom. Do you think you are still in Zhanbo's house? Don't take yourself too seriously."
After being rudely criticized by him, Zhu Jiaorong's face turned unhappy. She threatened: "The Gu family is still here, you don't want your brother-in-law to hear about our ugly deeds, right?"
"Will it be good for your sister if you quarrel with me?"
"She finally married such a good husband. If Gu Sheng divorces her, her father will be so anxious that he will eat her."
Upon hearing Zhan Bo's name, Zhan Mingzhao sneered several times. He was not interested in pretending to be nice to his stepmother now. He and his sister were both adults, so it would be better if they didn't go back to Zhan Bo's home.
Seeing that Zhan Mingzhao was silent, Zhu Jiaorong thought that she had grasped his weak spot. Even if Zhan Mingzhao and his brother made more trouble, they still had to restrain themselves in front of the Gu family.
Gu Sheng opened the door and came out. When Zhu Jiaorong saw him, she immediately called out, "My dear son-in-law, Pingping's sister and I are here to see you. Are my two little grandchildren awake?"
"I want to go in and see Pingping's brother, but A Zhao won't let me in. He has had a weird and extreme personality since he was young and is hostile to me. It's not easy for me as a stepmother. I hope you can understand and don't misunderstand me."
Gu Sheng said calmly: "Come in and meet Pingping."
"Okay, Jia Jia, go in and see your two little nephews." Zhu Jiaorong greeted Zhan Aija with a smile.
Zhan Aiping was sitting on the bed. She heard her stepmother's voice and thought to herself that this person was so shameless. Both she and her stepmother were shameless.
"Pingping, we haven't seen each other for a long time. We separated at the beginning of the year, and now it's almost the end of the year, and you're now a mother of two children." Zhu Jiaorong and Zhan Aija walked into the room and saw Zhan Aiping.
She sat on the bed, covered with a soft blanket. There was a faint herbal fragrance in the room, which made people feel relaxed and happy. Zhan Aija stared at Zhan Aiping's face in a daze.
Zhan Aiping didn't look like a woman who had just given birth at all. She looked very healthy, with rosy lips and white teeth. There was no sign of fatigue in her eyes, and she looked energetic. Her eyes, like spring water, reflected the stars, making people unable to look away.
Zhu Jiaorong was also stunned when she saw her: "Pingping, you look so good."
Zhan Aijia said: "How can her complexion not be good if she eats and drinks delicious food all day? Who can eat like her?"
"Your son-in-law really loves you." A woman's condition is all reflected on her face. Zhan Aiping's radiance at this moment is not just the result of good food and drink, she is also loved and pampered by others.
Her man is probably going to pamper her to the core of his heart.
"I just saw that Xiao Gu didn't look very well. Did he not get enough rest last night? You should also be more considerate to him and don't torture him too much. Raising children is something we women should do. Men are clumsy, and asking him to take care of the children will definitely be a hindrance."
Zhan Aiping said: "He is the father of the child, he should take care of the child."
At this time, Gu Sheng was walking towards the house. Zhu Jiaorong subconsciously tried to sow discord between them: "Little Gu, your wife doesn't care about you at all. Look at you. You haven't slept well for several nights. No matter how healthy you are, you can't stand being abused like this. Other wives have confinement like Pingping. She's almost like an ancestor."
"A Zhao and his wife are young and naive, and Xiao Gu has exhausted them all. Ping Ping, you should love your husband more. How can you let him stay up like this? It's tiring to take care of children late at night."
"Now that I'm here, you two can relax. These two children are so pretty and cute. Who is the eldest?"
Zhu Jiaorong came over and saw the two children beside the bed. She reached out to hug one of them, but Gu Sheng stopped her. The expression on Zhu Jiaorong's face froze.
Zhan Aiping was in confinement after giving birth. She didn't want to see Zhu Jiaorong and her daughter anymore, and she wasn't interested in pretending to be nice to them anymore. "Mr. Zhu, don't be hypocritical in front of me. Don't touch my child. I don't need you to take care of him."
"You also brought Zhan Aijia here? To steal my things?"
Zhan Aiping protected the two children and gave Gu Sheng a look: "Gu Sheng, don't be polite to them, ask them to leave, I don't want to see them."
These two people are really shameless to come here uninvited.
"Pingping, as a sister, why are you like this?"
Gu Sheng stood up with a cold face. He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his muscular arms, and looked down at Zhu Jiaorong and her daughter: "You two should go out and stop disturbing my wife."
His eyes were sharp. Zhu Jiaorong felt frightened when he stared at her, but she didn't dare to admit that she was timid.
"I went to my daughter and son-in-law's house, but they kicked me out. Is it you who are embarrassed or me? Pingping, why did you suddenly turn against me? You were fine in Shanghai."
Gu Sheng said, "Shut up! My wife needs to rest, why are you talking nonsense? Who are you targeting?"
"roll!"
Zhu Jiaorong's face turned pale. Zhan Aijia, who was standing beside her, was so angry that she said directly, "Gu Sheng, you are a fool. Why do you think Zhan Aiping married you? She was angry with me because I like you. So she married you to steal the person I like."
"She likes men who are cultured and refined, and she will cheat on you sooner or later."
Gu Sheng was already furious at the two of them: "Who the hell do you think you are? Do I know you? You lunatic."
Zhan Aijia was stunned. Gu Sheng actually said that he didn't know her.
Gu Sheng simply kicked them out, confiscated their belongings, and ordered someone to take them out of the camp.
Gu Sheng also called Zhanbo and said, "Pingping is my wife now. Show some respect to her. Are the mother and daughter here to take care of her after her baby is born, or are they here to cause trouble? She said that my wife will cheat on me sooner or later. Is it your tutor who taught her that?"
"As soon as he entered the room, he started to chatter non-stop..."
Zhan Bo on the other end of the phone looked extremely unhappy after hearing this.
After driving Zhu Jiaorong and her daughter away, Zhan Aiping looked at the two children tenderly. When Gu Sheng walked into the house, she said, "Did you drive them away? I don't want to see them at all. Do you still want to hold my child? Dream on."
"Don't be fooled by their smiling faces. I don't know what tricks they are playing behind the scenes. I can guess what they are doing. They want to drive a wedge between us and make me divorce you. But I won't. I'm going to piss them off to death."
Gu Sheng was jealous: "You just want to piss them off to death, so you don't divorce me. Then I will be protected in the future."
"Yes, I married you just to make them both angry to death. Comrade Xiao Gu, you got a bargain."
Gu Sheng: "It turns out that they are the ones who helped me to catch the lucky jackpot. If I had known earlier, I should have invited them back and let them have a cup of tea."
"Don't give me that." Zhan Aiping laughed: "Our marriage has nothing to do with them. They are just jealous of me for marrying a rich man."
"Now my father is partial to you, and he wants to ruin my marriage."
"Zhan Aijia is not a clean person. She really wants to steal my things. She saw your photo at my place. Maybe she really likes you and stole your photo from me."
Gu Sheng said: "She also stole my photo. Did she succeed?"
Zhan Aiping smiled: "Is this the point?"
"You didn't even protect your husband's photo? Did another woman steal it?"
Zhan Aiping said: "... I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? From now on, I will protect my fifth brother's photo with my life."
"Carry my photo with you from now on, and make it clear to the new male doctors that you, Doctor Zhan, have a family."
"Okay." Zhan Aiping smiled, and she called Gu Sheng over: "Come, sleep on me. Look at you, it's time to have a good rest, or people will say I'm abusing you."
"Thank you for your hard work, Dad Gu."
The two children slept side by side in the innermost bed. Zhan Aiping made room for Gu Sheng and asked him to get on the bed as well. Gu Sheng sat down on the bed and put his head on her shoulder without any hesitation. Zhan Aiping bent down and kissed him.
Gu Sheng smiled, then slid onto the pillow and fell asleep.
He was indeed exhausted.
Someone always has to suffer during the confinement period. The baby has a small appetite, so he needs to be fed every three or four hours. He has to get up several times in the middle of the night. Gu Sheng takes care of her and the baby in everything, and he himself can't eat or sleep well. He takes good care of her and the baby, and he is so tired that he loses weight.
Zhan Aiping gently raised her hand to outline his eyebrows and eyes, thinking that she really loved this man.
"You've taken such good care of me, what if I want to continue to bear children for you in the future?"
"Then give birth."
Zhan Aiping: “…”
"You have a terrible sleep, Comrade Gu. You wake up at the slightest sign of trouble. You're so sensitive."
Gu Sheng said: "I'm afraid you and the child will need me."
Zhan Aiping's heart was sweet: "You are getting better and better at saying sweet words. There are Xiangyi and my brother outside. You should just sleep and stop worrying so much."
Gu Sheng raised his hand and touched her face: "There are many things that cannot be done by them. Wife, call me if you have any problems."
"Yeah." Zhan Aiping nodded gently and patted his back: "Go to sleep soon. Only when you have a good rest can you take good care of me and the baby."
Gu Sheng closed his eyes and rested.
The vacations of Zhan Mingzhao and Gu Xiangyi ended one after another. They were both reluctant to leave this time. They played with the children every day, ate and drank for free, ate melon seeds and chatted. When they parted, Zhan Mingzhao and Gu Xiangyi formed a revolutionary friendship.
Zhan Mingzhao said to Gu Xiangyi, "There are a few good-looking people in the art troupe. I'll send you their photos along with the letter."
Gu Xiangyi also said: "There are many beautiful young nurses in the military hospital, all unmarried ones."
Zhan Mingzhao waved his hand: "I have seen many beautiful ones."
"I've never been short of beautiful women around me."
Gu Xiangyi was choked by him: "You, you really deserve a beating, Zhan Mingzhao, I remember you were not like this when you were a child, why are you so showy now?"
"I'm afraid that one day you'll be locked up for having affairs with men and women."
"My sister-in-law Pingping will be very sad then."
Zhan Mingzhao shook his head: "I won't mess around with men and women, Gu Xiaoliu, you better be careful and don't be fooled by wild men."
"Don't worry, don't worry. I'm worried that I won't be able to get married." Gu Xiangyi sighed, "If I can't get married in the future, you'll have to blame my brother."
"My brother is so nice to my sister-in-law. I want a man to treat me like that in the future. I also want a childhood sweetheart."
Zhan Mingzhao: "We can be considered childhood sweethearts, right? You, Gu Xiaoliu, have many childhood sweethearts."
Children from a large compound gathered in groups.
"Who wants to be your childhood sweetheart? You're too showy. Boys change a lot when they grow up. No wonder the art troupe chose you to perform in the drama."
Zhan Mingzhao smiled and said, "I am still in touch with Xiao Ma and Xiao Zheng, whom I knew before. If you want to find a childhood sweetheart, I will ask them to contact you."
"Forget it." Gu Xiangyi waved his hand: "What childhood sweetheart are you looking for? Is it the friendship of being scolded together in the past?"
Zhan Mingzhao sighed: "Isn't it the same with your brother and sister-in-law? They were scolded and beaten together in the past, but now they are husband and wife and have children together."
Gu Xiangyi: "I've seen such a good man like my brother, I can't get married anymore. You, you've seen so many beautiful women, how beautiful do you want to find?"
Zhan Mingzhao: "I don't like pretty girls."
Although he can make girls happy, Zhan Mingzhao does not like the weak and pretty girls around him. He likes heroic ones, just like his mother and sister in his memory.
Gu Xiangyi: "... You must be kidding, is there any man who doesn't like pretty girls?"
After Zhan Mingzhao and Gu Xiangyi left, the yard became much quieter. Zhan Aiping was a little uncomfortable with it. Gu Sheng's vacation was over, and Zhan Aiping was alone at home taking care of the children.
Her body had recovered long ago, and she was full of energy and able to jump around. Zhan Aiping did some simple health exercises every day, played with the children, and waited for Gu Sheng to come back at night.
There are two babies at home. They are easy to take care of, probably because Gu Sheng has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The two children also have a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder. They eat and urinate at regular times and places every day and don't bother their parents.
Gu Sheng smiled: "Just like you, I don't like to cry."
"Love to sleep, two piglets."
Gu Sheng is now more comfortable holding the baby than Zhan Aiping. He doesn't let Zhan Aiping hold the baby more often, fearing that she will be tired. "Bend down less and don't carry heavy things."
"I understand." Zhan Aiping has a good physique, but she also listens to Gu Sheng and does not try to be stubborn.
After giving birth, Zhan Aiping took a two-month leave until the end of January, so she was not in a hurry to go back to work. Dean Hao asked her to rest more and said that since she had given birth to two children, it would be better for her to have a double confinement period.
Zhan Aiping thanked Dean Hao for his kindness and said to him on the phone: "Dean Hao is indeed a good dean. He really cares about the medical staff."
"You must get some rest, Doctor Zhan. Everyone in the hospital misses you. The operating room is ready and waiting for you." Dean Hao continued on the phone, "Don't worry. Get some rest so that you can work hard in the future."
Zhan Aiping joked: "Just now I was praising you for being a good dean, but now you're speaking in a Zhou Bapi tone."
After the confinement period, there were no other problems except for one. Zhan Aiping and her husband had not yet thought of a name for the child. They called them Sweet and Sour Pork and Little Tangyuan, but they usually did not call them just Sweet and Sour Pork and Little Tangyuan, but called them Brother Youyou and Sister Yuanyuan.
"Small pot-baked pork and small glutinous rice balls, these two sleep so soundly together."
When Gu Sheng returned home, Zhan Aiping grabbed him and said, "Dad, what names are you going to give our two kids?"
Gu Sheng said: "Captain Jiang just told me today that your little Zhan is called Zhan Aiping, and the children are named Aijun and Aimin."
"Captain Jiang said he really likes your name. Hello, Aiping."
Zhan Aiping: "… When I was a kid, I hated being called Zhang Aiping the most."
"Aiping, Aiping, Zhang Aiping, I love Pingping." Gu Sheng teased her.
"You deserve a beating. You were the one who called me Zhang Aiping the most in the past." Zhan Aiping rolled up his sleeves: "Do you want to have a fight?"
Gu Sheng smiled and picked her up: "I call you Zhang Aiping, but you keep talking about Gu Laowu in my ear every day. There is a Gu Laowu in the village—"
Zhan Aiping continued with a smile: "Put on new pants and go sell grain."
"I sold the grain and bought some cloth, plus a bottle of old vinegar." After saying that, Zhan Aiping smiled and pinched his face: "You are very jealous now."
Gu Sheng said: "That's because the vinegar you brew is good."
"What should we name our child?"
Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng struggled for a month and thought of many names. In the end, they named the little pot-baked pork Gu Chen and the younger sister Gu Yuan. At that time, most people named their children Haiyan, Haiping, Yaping, Yaping and Yajun. Zhan Aiping suffered a lot from the name "Aiping" and decided to give her children single characters, two characters with good meanings and not too unusual.
"Our little sweet and sour pork is called Gu Chen, and our little glutinous rice balls are called Gu Yuan. I hope you two can be more elegant."
Gu Sheng smiled and said, "I'm afraid your son and daughter will disappoint your expectations."
Zhan Aiping: "Our children are obviously very well behaved. Look, they can eat, drink and sleep, and they don't make noises or cry during the day. They are two very easy kids to take care of, right, our little sweet and sour pork and little glutinous rice balls?"
Gu Sheng said: "My mother said that this is the easiest time to take care of him. When he is two or three years old and can run and jump, it will be annoying."
Zhan Aiping laughed at him: "Did you lose your physical training? Can you still outrun those two thieves?"
"I'm just afraid that they will stick with their mom instead of their dad."
Zhan Aiping: "You are jealous of me now. Do you want to compete with me for favor in front of the child?"
"Why fight for favor? I'm just afraid that they will cling to their mother. My wife is mine, mine. I want to sleep with her in my arms, and they, the brother and sister, can sleep on their own."
The names of sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls were decided, and good news came from Qin Lanfang that she was pregnant, which made Captain Jiang smile from ear to ear.
Qin Lanfang was not in good health and had a poor physical condition. She had severe pregnancy reactions and vomited a lot. This made Captain Jiang so anxious that he scratched his head and face.
"Gu Sheng, Gu Sheng, how did you take care of your wife?"
Gu Sheng said: "Read medical books."
"It's too late for me to cram at this last minute. How could I have thought that a bachelor like me could have a child? Chief of Staff Gu, I must ask you for advice. I remember you wrote such a big book, didn't you? Give it to me to copy."
"Captain, you're good at using what you have." Gu Sheng lent him his old notebook: "Copy it yourself and return it to me when you're done."
Captain Jiang opened his notebook and took a look. He was stunned by the dense handwriting: "You kid, you kid... It makes my scalp tingle. There are so many things to pay attention to."
"Taking care of pregnant women is still a science." Captain Jiang scratched his head helplessly.
Qin Lanfang's belly was not yet noticeable, but she went to Gu's house to play with Zhan Aiping's two children. She had just become pregnant, and had no place to vent her maternal love. The more she looked at the two little ones, the more she liked them.
"Doctor Zhan, I'm really pregnant, really pregnant..." Qin Lanfang never thought that she could have a child. The village doctor said that she was infertile, so she thought that she might not be able to have a child of her own blood in this lifetime. Who would have thought that now she is married to the person she loves and is pregnant.
Zhan Aiping laughed at her: "Your pregnancy reaction is so severe, but you still refuse to believe that you are pregnant? Your Captain Jiang is so happy that he pesters our Chief of Staff Gu every day."
"They get together and study how to raise children every day."
Qin Lanfang couldn't stop smiling: "When Doctor Sun saw them, he shouted, 'It's all over!' He said that with such a regiment commander and chief of staff, their regiment would be finished sooner or later."
"They were just joking." Zhan Aiping shook her head.
Zhan Aiping examined her body and said, "You should pay more attention in the next few months. Don't do heavy work and don't make yourself too tired. I'll prescribe some pregnancy-maintaining medicine for you. If you are really uncomfortable with vomiting, I'll give you acupuncture."
"Okay." Qin Lanfang nodded: "I feel relieved to have a doctor like you here."
"Doctor Zhan, I... I'm still a little worried." Qin Lanfang bit her lip and said hesitantly, "I'm afraid this child will be like me and have a weak constitution."
"Don't worry. Your Captain Jiang has a good physique. I heard that when he was young, he could drag three people at the same time and run very fast." In the company competition within the camp, the result of the last place is determined as the company's result. So the ones who run fast must help the ones who run last, and they must pair up with each other, with the one who runs fast dragging the one who runs slowly.
"I guess it's just a boast." Qin Lanfang smiled relaxedly: "If he can really pull three of them, he will definitely fall down."
"Your Chief of Staff Gu is the one who is really in good health. Our old Jiang had white hair and was bald at the age of 20." Qin Lanfang held it in for a while: "I'm thinking, it must be a boy, not a girl."
"What if my daughter looks like her father? I... I'll feel sorry for my daughter." Qin Lanfang was worried and thoughtful during her pregnancy. Every time she thought about this, she felt sad.
"It's okay for a boy to be bald, but what about a girl?"
"Pfft—" Zhan Aiping was amused by her: "Don't you still have me? Your Captain Jiang is also cured now."
"It's a little better." Qin Lanfang sighed: "I just noticed that he has been losing a lot of hair recently."
"Who doesn't lose hair? You always lose a few hairs every day."
Qin Lanfang felt uncomfortable: "I... I also lost a lot of it. What should I do? I... Can I still make up for it?"
Qin Lanfang was born with a small amount of hair, which was thin and fine. Captain Jiang was also bald and had very little hair. Even though his hair had improved a lot after treatment, it was still not dense.
"You, don't worry so much. You're causing trouble for yourself every day." Zhan Aiping has seen many patients like Qin Lanfang who are worried every day, worrying about this and that.
"Don't worry too much. If your daughter is like you, then she can wear an elegant little cotton-padded jacket. If your daughter is like Captain Jiang, then she can wear a thick military coat. Either a little cotton-padded jacket or a military coat will do."
Qin Lanfang nodded: "That's right, I like both my daughter and my son."
Zhan Aiping and Qin Lanfang teased the two little guys together. After the two little guys had their milk, they would just stare with their eyes open and blink when they were awake, which made people's hearts melt.
Qin Lanfang shook the rattle and said, "Your little pot-fried pork really looks like you."
Zhan Aiping said: "His nose looks like his father's."
"Little Tangyuan looks a lot like Chief of Staff Gu, her double eyelids are so beautiful." Qin Lanfang saw the other person's daughter and became worried again. What if her daughter looks like her father...
Zhan Aiping was also a little worried: "My little pot-fried pork won't look like his uncle, right?"
Zhan Aiping touched her face. Is this face popular with girls? When she was in the army, if she was not short, she would have been popular with girls.
Qin Lanfang said: "Your little pot-fried pork is definitely popular with girls. My husband said that if we have a son in the future, his nickname will be big plate chicken."
Zhan Aiping: "... Small big plate of chicken?"
"It's called Da Pan Ji." Qin Lanfang smiled and said, "I haven't tried Da Pan Ji yet, but it sounds delicious."
Zhan Aiping: "… our small pot-fried pork is also delicious."
"From now on, our Sweet and Sour Pork will take your Big Plate Chicken out to play—" Zhan Aiping couldn't say any more. She suddenly felt a little regretful about giving her son the nickname Sweet and Sour Pork.
Don't run out to the back where there are a bunch of dishes.
"What if it's a daughter?"
Qin Lanfang said: "Let's call our daughter Little Sweet Bean."
"Little sweet bean? It sounds really sweet." Zhan Aiping smiled.
"Our Lao Jiang is always competitive. He says he is older than you. Your Chief of Staff Gu is younger and became a father before him. The two children are not much different in age, so the boy must be named Da Pan Ji to make him look older."
Zhan Aiping: “…” What a weird logic
"Where's the little sweet pea?"
Qin Lanfang smiled helplessly: "It's sweeter than your little glutinous rice balls."
Zhan Aiping: "It's not necessarily true. The small glutinous rice dumplings we have are stuffed with sesame and are greasy and sweet."
Qin Lanfang: "I'm a little hungry after chatting. Let's wait until the Lantern Festival and eat glutinous rice dumplings together."
Zhan Aiping gave Qin Lanfang acupuncture twice, and Qin Lanfang's pregnancy reaction was not as strong. Zhan Aiping also sent food to her home several times and some extra milk powder.
After Qin Lanfang became pregnant, Shen Liqing came to see Zhan Aiping and looked very distressed.
"How come you two are pregnant and having children? It makes me anxious."
Zhan Aiping laughed at her: "Why are you in such a hurry? You and Lao Wang can still wait for two years."
Shen Liqing: "Seeing that you all have children, I just want to join in the fun."
Zhan Aiping: "You are just following the trend. You should make more preparations before considering having children."
"It's not that I'm in a hurry to have a child, but my husband Wang couldn't stand it anymore. He and Director Li came to me and said that I didn't take care of the child, didn't work, and stayed at home all day, which was not a good thing."
Zhan Aiping asked her: "What do you think?"
"I've been alone at home for a long time and I'm bored. I want to go out and work, but there aren't many good jobs. I can either be a teacher or a medical worker. I don't dare to study medicine, and I don't dare to be a nurse. I can't give people an injection? I'm afraid of injections, and I don't want to be a primary school teacher."
"I'm worried right now. Do you think I should find a job or have a baby?"
Zhan Aiping said: "It will be troublesome for you to work after giving birth, why don't you adapt to work first?"
Shen Liqing: "I don't want to work."
Zhan Aiping couldn't help laughing: "Director Li has come to persuade you several times. She has never seen someone who doesn't want to work as much as you do."
"Yes, now the educated youth go to the countryside, isn't it because there are few jobs in the city? So many young people don't have suitable jobs all day long..." Shen Liqing sighed: "I am indeed quite a servile person, I don't want to do any kind of job."
"I think it's better to get pregnant."
Zhan Aiping: "…What did your friend Chen Yuan say?"
Zhan Aiping felt that Chen Yuan had bad intentions, but maybe she could help some lazy guy.
"Chen Yuan, she advised me to find a job. Wasn't there a job at a food station last time? I gave it to someone else. I didn't want to do this job. Chen Yuan also told me not to work at a food station, saying it was hard and tiring."
To outsiders, working at a food station is a good job.
Zhan Aiping smiled: "I suspect you are teasing her on purpose."
"I know she wants to trick me, but I'm not that stupid. Her intentions are obvious to everyone. However, some of what she said makes sense, so I chat with her to relieve my boredom."
Zhan Aiping: "Take it easy, don't let yourself be fooled."
"That's not necessarily true. At least marrying Lao Wang was the right decision. Lao Wang is a good person."
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "Is this love at first sight or has it grown over time?"
"We both have it. We are a couple and we just make do with each other."
Shen Liqing was worried: "I'm in a dilemma right now. Should I work or have a baby? I don't want to do those jobs."
"You want to be a calligraphy and painting teacher?"
Shen Liqing was stunned: "You really guessed it right. Not only do I want to be a calligraphy and painting teacher, I also want to be a physical education teacher."
"It's not your turn to be the physical education teacher."
"It's not my turn to be a calligraphy and painting teacher." Shen Liqing stared at the job for a long time: "The current calligraphy and painting teacher is still young, and her husband doesn't show any signs of wanting to transfer to another job."
Most of the teachers in the primary schools for children of military personnel are also family members of military personnel. Teachers who are not family members of military personnel will soon become such teachers, as is this calligraphy and painting teacher.
"If I can't be a calligraphy and painting teacher, I don't have any good job to do. Be a math teacher? God, I don't want to... There is also a job in the cafeteria that I like, but I like the workplace, not the job."
"You can take some vegetables home from the cafeteria, but I don't have the skills to cook, so I can only help peel and wash the vegetables. Forget it, I'll let someone else do this job."
“Can’t people just not work?”
"Of course." Zhan Aiping encouraged her: "It's up to you whether to work or not."
"By the way, do you want to work in a primary school in a town? I heard from our dean that in addition to the government primary school, there is a new Lehua primary school over there. It's quite close to our health center and they may be short of teachers. You can go and ask around."
"Okay." Shen Liqing asked around and really found herself a job as a calligraphy and painting teacher. She was not good at anything else, but she was very good at hard pen calligraphy, whether it was writing on a chalk blackboard or writing with a brush, which was very outstanding in this small field.
"That's right. I learned it at the Shanghai Children's Palace. Our calligraphy teacher was a great master. But now—" Shen Liqing stopped talking, "It's better to teach children."
"It's good that you have found a job." Zhan Aiping smiled at her: "You have been here for almost a year, and you finally found a job. It's a good thing. When our sweet and sour pork and glutinous rice balls can write in the future, we will ask Aunt Shen to teach them calligraphy."
"Okay, okay." Shen Liqing was very modest: "I don't have much teaching experience now. Wait a few more years and I will definitely be experienced. You can rest assured to leave your sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls to me."
"Teaching calligraphy and painting is much easier than teaching Chinese and math. I just want to find an easy job."
"By the way, our old Wang wants to invite you and Chief of Staff Gu to have a meal at his home."
"Okay."
Shen Liqing said: "Come to our house and eat pickled fish. I've been craving for it these past two days."
Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng brought their two children to Wang Youli's house for dinner. Shen Liqing cooked and Wang Youli helped in the kitchen. After nearly a year, Wang Youli's skills as a kitchen helper have improved.
Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng each held a child.
When Wang Youli saw Gu Sheng holding the child, he immediately felt frightened. He thought that it was a good thing that Shen Liqing chose to go to work. He felt uneasy and didn't want to take care of the child for the time being.
The child is cute, but he is so soft and small that it is really troublesome.
Wait two years before having a child.
Shen Liqing brought out the pickled fish. She was in a good mood today and cooked a large table of dishes. "Come and try my cooking skills. Have you improved?"
"Okay."
Shen Liqing picked up the chopsticks and looked at the pickled fish. She didn't want to eat it. "Why do I feel the fishy smell when I look at the fish?"
Zhan Aiping said, "You are not pregnant, are you? Let me feel your pulse."
Shen Liqing laughed: "How is that possible?"
How could she go to work and have a baby at the same time
(End of this chapter)