Captain Jiang's house is bigger, with many rooms. Because it was previously occupied by a couple, there were several empty rooms. After Zhan Aiping and Shen Liqing moved in, two small empty rooms were left.
Qin Lanfang likes to fill her house with things of all sizes. Unlike Zhan Aiping and Shen Liqing's minimalist style, she likes to save the leftover syrup jars and fill glass bottles with all kinds of beans, such as soybeans, red beans, and millet. They are all colorful. She sometimes makes dyed glutinous rice.
In addition to these beautiful beans, there are also several strings of dried corn and red peppers hanging on her windows, which look prosperous and bumper.
She also made several beautiful little tomatoes with scraps of cloth and placed them on the cabinet in the main room. Shen Liqing was amazed and always praised her for her dexterity.
"This little tomato is so cute." Shen Liqing picked up a small tomato and couldn't let it go.
Qin Lanfang said: "If you like it, just take one."
Shen Liqing laughed and said, "How can this be so embarrassing?"
"Take it. You have one for each of the big and small fish."
Shen Liqing exclaimed: "I really envy you for having a good mother with such a skillful hand."
Shen Liqing can write and draw, but asking her to thread a needle to make these delicate little gadgets...it's better to give her a break.
Zhan Aiping said: "You have such a deft hand."
"Sister Qin made tiger-head shoes. We like the sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls very much."
Qin Lanfang took two small persimmons and gave them to her: "You also take two from your family, and give them to Youyou and Yuanyuan."
Zhan Aiping didn't bother to be polite with her. She smiled and said, "Then I will thank Aunt Qin on behalf of the two little ones."
She turned around and picked up two small tomatoes to tease the sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls, "Look, these bright red tomatoes."
The two children sat in the crib, grinning and reaching out to grab something. Zhan Aiping dragged a small stool over to play with them. She called their names softly: "Youyou, Youyou, Youyou, look at mommy..."
"Yuanyuan?"
"Yuanyuan?"
She called out several times, but the two little kids didn't answer her. Instead, the brother and sister just played with tomatoes. They held the tomatoes in their hands and squeezed them happily.
They both like to rub the toys like this.
Zhan Aiping said helplessly: "Small pot-fried pork?"
After hearing this familiar name, he tilted his head to look at his mother again, his big black eyes not blinking. He had big double eyelids, which made his eyes look very big. His sister's eyes were not as big as his. When he tilted his head to look at people like this, it seemed that he could melt people's hearts.
Seeing that he responded, Zhan Aiping called out again: "Little Tangyuan?"
Sister Yuanyuan also looked up at her mother: "?"
Yuanyuan's appearance is very similar to Gu Sheng. Her lips are particularly beautiful, especially when she smiles, like fresh petals.
"It's over. Now you guys won't respond when I call Youyou and Yuanyuan, right? You insist on ordering sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls."
Zhan Aiping pinched the faces of the two little guys. The two little brats already recognized their names. Obviously, repeated words were more in line with children's habits, but the two kids responded more to sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls.
This forced her to shout three words every time.
As long as these two little guys hear their names, they will respond.
"Ahhhhhhhh..."
Sweet and sour pork and small glutinous rice balls opened their mouths and made sounds. Now they are particularly keen on talking to their mother. Maybe they themselves don’t understand what they are saying, but they are talking very happily.
Zhan Aiping said: "They really look like two kittens."
The crying and talking of babies sound very much like the meowing of kittens. When they are just born, they sound like two little kittens.
"Call me mom, can you call me mom?"
Little Tangyuan pinched the red persimmon and drooled as he shouted, "What?"
My brother was just like a yes-man, “What?”
Zhan Aiping looked at them with her hands on her face, wondering if this was calling her mom or an unconscious "well".
Their expressions seemed to be asking: "What are you doing?"
Zhan Aiping picked up a "small dumpling" and said with a smile: "My daughter, it seems to be a little heavier."
She weighed her son again. "They are all heavy."
The two children were half-held by her, laughing and clinging to their mother. While she was supporting them, the two children already had the desire to stand up. She held them up and kicked their little arms and legs hard.
Shen Liqing watched the interaction between the mother and the two children and was particularly envious: "Can I hold your child? I want to hold the child..."
After becoming pregnant, Shen Liqing found the baby more and more adorable.
Although Qin Lanfang didn't say anything, she looked at Zhan Aiping eagerly.
Zhan Aiping shook her head: "You two should not hold the children in this state. Sweet and sour pork and small tangyuan have been kicking their legs recently. Don't let them kick you by accident."
Shen Liqing asked, "How strong can a child be?"
Zhan Aiping sighed: "When you are kicked by your two big fat fish in the future, you will know how it feels."
Shen Liqing murmured: "My big fat fish..."
"I suddenly had a picture in my mind just now. Two fish jumped out of the water, and they each swung their tails at my face, splashing water all over my face."
"You have a good imagination." Zhan Aiping and Qin Lanfang both laughed.
The three of them lived together with their "five" children. They chatted lively every day and never felt lonely.
Shen Liqing stretched lazily: "I don't want Lao Wang to come back now. It's so good to be like this every day. I have a beautiful woman in each hand. I am probably the same as King Zhou in ancient times."
Zhan Aiping said: "If it's King Zhou, then it has to be me. My two concubines are pregnant. Whoever gives birth first will be the queen."
Qin Lanfang: "I'm already so old, I won't compete with my sister."
Shen Liqing smiled and said, "I want to be the queen mother."
Zhan Aiping sighed: "My harem doesn't sound very harmonious."
All three of them laughed.
At night, Zhan Aiping slept in a room with her two children. Her child had the same physiological habits as his father, going to bed and getting up on time, but his sleeping time was as lazy as his mother.
As long as they sleep well, their tempers are good. After feeding at night, the brother and sister happily blow bubbles.
They are both keen on blowing bubbles. The younger sister is better at it than her brother. She opens her little mouth and blows a bubble with a "whoosh", just like a little goldfish, making her very happy.
Zhan Aiping watched them blowing bubbles with gentle eyes. She touched the child's warm face and took out a few photos. They were the photos taken of Gu Sheng that day, the "ID photos" of the handsome dog.
The straight figure, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, just looking at the photo, she felt a strong surge of hormones. He was really good-looking. Although the clothes were tightly worn, she could consciously imagine the strong chest and powerful arms under the clothes...
She was fascinated by the photos.
"Huh?" The two people blowing bubbles were lying on their backs like little turtles stranded on the beach, waving their arms and legs to attract their mother's attention, and then turning over with a whoosh.
Not only can they roll over, they can also do push-ups.
Zhan Aiping showed them the photo in her hand: "Do you miss your dad?"
Xiao Guo Bao Rou looked at the photo, stretched out his hand and was about to stuff it into his mouth. Zhan Aiping: "… This is daddy, you can't eat it."
Even though it was "Dad", the brother and sister were not polite at all. They each used a claw to grab "Dad"'s body.
Zhan Aiping tried hard to save the child's father, thus preventing the person in the photo from being torn into pieces by five horses - these two little thieves are very strong.
But it was also wrinkled by the child.
Zhan Aiping was helpless: "I can't stop your flooding of Jinshan."
"That's very rude of you, Dad."
Zhan Aiping patted their little butts.
The brother and sister were curled up on the bed like two little pigs, eating and sleeping well every day without any worries.
"Two little gluttons."
Little Tangyuan blew a bubble, and she slept next to her brother. She slept soundly without any worries.
*
Gu Sheng and his team had been gone for over a month. He was in good condition, and Captain Jiang was working seriously, so all tasks were completed smoothly. But secretly, he was so anxious that he had blisters in his mouth.
"Give birth? Or not?"
The closer the day got, the more anxious Captain Jiang became. Only when he was immersed in work could he forget his endless anxiety.
He felt very guilty for not being able to be with his wife at this time.
Gu Sheng understood him very well and took the initiative to comfort him: "Don't worry, my wife is here."
"I will let you know immediately after the birth."
Captain Jiang was worried: "Your wife also has two children, and Xiao Shen is also pregnant with two children. What do you think they will do if they have to give birth together? Will they be able to handle it?"
Gu Sheng said: "It can't be such a coincidence."
Captain Jiang: "My big plate chicken must have been born before those two fish."
Gu Sheng laughed.
"What are you laughing at? Do you think your sweet and sour pork can be the boss? My big plate chicken is tall and strong, and is more solid than your child."
Gu Sheng reminded: "Captain, I am taller than you..."
Captain Jiang: "My head is bigger than yours."
It’s great to be tall, but it’s also great if you can be bigger than your head.
Gu Sheng: “…”
"It's hard to have a big head."
Captain Jiang's breath was choked. He took off his hat and scratched his head: "Then I'd better have a smaller head."
"My wife is not in good health, but she is very good at sewing. She made a lot of small toys for the children."
"The two little cloth tigers your two children play with are very cute. My wife said she wanted to learn how to make them..."
Gu Sheng listened to him expressionlessly.
*
The closer it got to the due date, the more nervous Qin Lanfang couldn't help but feel. However, Shen Liqing enjoyed everything she ate. She felt that she would probably be the last one to give birth, so there was no need to rush. Qin Lanfang went into labor first, so she would give birth next.
“Do you have the feeling of a baby entering the pelvis?”
Shen Liqing: "My two fish have no worries about food and drink every day."
Qin Lanfang: "My family has it too."
"While talking, why do I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach?"
Zhan Aiping said: "Why don't we go to the hospital?"
I’m afraid that if these two pregnant women stay together, a chain reaction will be triggered, and both of them will have their periods synchronized at the same time, just like the girls in the same dormitory whose periods will unconsciously become synchronized. Maybe there will be some influence of the magnetic field
Qin Lanfang glanced at Shen Liqing's twin belly and was a little scared: "Why don't we go to the hospital?"
Shen Liqing said: "I'm afraid the food will be bad when I go to the hospital. I heard the canteen in the military hospital is terrible."
Zhan Aiping said, "I'll ask my little sister to cook for you. She knows a doctor who cooks delicious dishes. Ask him to come and help."
"You pregnant women have worked so hard, you should eat and drink well."
Shen Liqing said: "Pingping, please cook for us before."
Qin Lanfang said: "Vice President Zhan's cooking is delicious."
"Xiao Zhao did a good job."
Zhan Aiping smiled and listened to them chatting. She missed Gu Sheng’s cooking.
Shen Liqing and Qin Lanfang went to the hospital to give birth. They were arranged to stay in the same ward, so they had a companion. Zhan Aiping took the two children to see them after work and slept with Gu Xiangyi at night.
Gu Xiangyi was so happy that she secretly said, "My dear brother is gone, and my sister-in-law will sleep with me."
Zhan Aiping: "You, you, look at what you said."
Gu Xiangyi said cheerfully: "If I were a man, sister-in-law, you would kick me out, right?"
"Forcibly occupying my sister-in-law."
Zhan Aiping: "Do you think you can be so domineering? Stop flattering yourself."
Gu Xiangyi sighed: "My brother and sister-in-law are so fierce. My little nephew and niece are the best. Come on, little Rourou and our little Yuanyuan, auntie will hold you."
She went to hold the small sweet and sour pork in her arms. The sweet and sour pork had a milky aroma and had just eaten mashed potatoes.
Gu Xiangyi took a deep breath: "Our chubby brother smells so good—?"
"Sister-in-law, he seems to have diarrhea."
Zhan Aiping couldn't help laughing: "Now you know how hard it is to take care of a child, right? It smells good, the stink won't kill you."
"She looks cute, but her poop stinks."
The two of them changed the diaper of the little pot-baked pork. Gu Xiangyi stood by the window and said, "It's really not easy to have two children. Sister-in-law, you have worked hard. It's all my brother's fault. He can't take care of you."
Zhan Aiping said: "It's good to have these two annoying little guys to keep me company."
Gu Xiangyi pretended to be surprised: "Sister-in-law, do you miss my brother?"
Zhan Aiping denied it outright: "No."
Gu Xiangyi chuckled twice: "I will take a photo of my nephew and niece later and send it to my parents. My dad has been urging my second and third brothers to find a partner recently."
"Let them see these lovely little nephews and nieces."
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "What about you? Don't you want to find a partner?"
"Don't worry, don't worry. My eldest brother, second brother, third brother and fourth brother are not married yet. Why should I be in a hurry?" Gu Xiangyi could count a series of bachelors in a flash.
"My little brother is so lucky to have found a beautiful childhood sweetheart like you."
Zhan Aiping said: "There are some people who are the same age as you."
Just like she and Shen Liqing who became pregnant one after another, there were always several children of similar ages in a yard. There was no family planning in those days and the child mortality rate was high. Every family had three or four, or even four or five children. If they were of similar age, most of them would get together and give birth one after another.
Gu Xiangyi was helpless: "I don't have the friendship to fight with anyone every day."
Zhan Aiping: “…”
"Sister-in-law, I suspect that my brother deliberately provoked you when you were a child. He had already seen that you were beautiful and wanted to take you for himself and make you his child bride."
Zhan Aiping: "Put away your imagination."
The more you talk, the more nonsense it becomes.
*
Qin Lanfang and Shen Liqing went into labor first. Zhan Aiping had not gotten off work yet. When she rushed to the hospital with the child, Shen Liqing and Gu Xiangyi were sitting outside the delivery room waiting. They had been waiting for several hours.
Shen Liqing was eating eggs. "I'm so hungry. One person can feed three people. No matter how much I eat, it's not enough."
Gu Xiangyi asked, "Would you like to eat some more?"
Gu Xiangyi was very anxious. In fact, Shen Liqing was also very nervous. She was eating to relieve her nervousness. "Pingping, you're here. Ouch, I think I have an upset stomach... Hiss—it hurts so much, so much, so much."
Shen Liqing and Zhan Aiping were left waiting outside with their two children, Sweet and Sour Pork and Little Tangyuan. Zhan Aiping said, "Their fetal positions are correct, there shouldn't be any problems."
Gu Xiangyi swallowed and said, "It's really not easy to have a child."
"Sister-in-law, when you gave birth, my brother was very nervous. It was the first time I saw him so nervous. He was sweating all over his head and body. If you didn't know him, you would think he was giving birth..."
Zhan Aiping was amused by her words, and the tension between them was relieved a lot, and she breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Sister-in-law, my brother really cares about you."
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "Why are you telling me this?"
"I am nervous, right? I am going to see three newborn babies. Just think about it. They will grow up together and become childhood sweethearts. They might even become a couple."
Zhan Aiping said: "How can you predict what will happen in the future? I don't want to marry my daughter off."
Gu Xiangyi: "That's right, our little Tangyuan can't be kidnapped by anyone so easily."
Although Qin Lanfang went in first, it was Shen Liqing who came out. Both of their children were born, a girl and a boy, also twins. The elder sister came out first, and the younger brother followed behind.
Zhan Aiping and Gu Xiangyi went to see the newborn babies. The elder sister weighed more than 15 kilograms and looked very strong. The younger brother next to her weighed only 5 kilograms and was not very strong. The elder sister cried loudly.
Gu Xiangyi said, "Didn't they say they were two boys?"
"Before you are born, everything is possible."
Shen Liqing was pushed out. She was so happy. To her, it was as if the two children slid out in a flash. She did not suffer much. Before going in, Shen Liqing made psychological adjustments for a long time, thinking that it might take most of the day to give birth. Who knew that she would give birth in an instant.
"Sure enough, the name is right. These two fish are really slippery."
When she heard that she had given birth to twins, Shen Liqing became even more excited: "This is too good to be true! I am so lucky to have a son and a daughter at once! From now on, the elder sister will have sweet and sour fish, and the younger brother will have pickled fish. We have two big fat fish in our family."
Gu Xiangyi: "Sister Shen, you are really energetic."
"I had been holding back my energy, thinking that I would have to fight a protracted battle. I kept conserving my strength, but who knew that it was in vain. These two slippery little fish didn't give their mother a chance to try hard." Shen Liqing felt that she didn't use much strength before the two children slid out on their own.
She felt like she was pulling something.
Gu Xiangyi envied: "I also hope that my future children will not give me the opportunity to work hard."
Zhan Aiping went to hold the two children in her arms and showed them to her. Shen Liqing was at a loss for words, "Have these two children taken a bath?"
Zhan Aiping: "... Don't worry, do you still dislike your two fish?"
Shen Liqing took a look and covered her eyes: "Wrinkled, two little old men, they are too ugly, they must look like their father."
She covered her face and took a few secret glances at it. She thought it was ugly after one look. She still thought it was ugly after two and three looks.
She can't just go against her conscience.
Zhan Aiping clicked her tongue twice: "All newborn babies are like this. Your eldest child is fair-skinned, how can he be ugly?"
Shen Liqing said: "My daughter looks like me, not ugly. This brother really looks like his father. Look at this little nose and eyes. Isn't he exactly like my old Wang?"
Zhan Aiping: "It seems to be true. Your daughter looks like you, and your son looks like his father."
"Yes, our daughter will be Dayuer and our son will be Xiaoyuer in the future." Shen Liqing was very satisfied: "We have both a son and a daughter in one pregnancy, not bad, very good."
"Pingping, Sister Gu, I'm a little hungry. I really want to eat some delicious food."
Zhan Aiping laughed at her: "You just gave birth to two little fish and you want to eat big fish? You can only eat something light right now."
Gu Xiaomei: "I'll go get the millet soup."
Zhan Aiping sat beside her bed: "Don't hold on, take a rest for a while."
Shen Liqing smiled slightly and said, "I also want to see Captain Jiang's baby."
It can't be that her baby is that ugly.
Zhan Aiping: "I'll wait for you."
Shen Liqing couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep. Qin Lanfang gave birth to the child, a seven-pound boy. His head was indeed much bigger than Shen Liqing's two fish.
Qin Lanfang was very weak after giving birth and didn't speak much. She and Shen Liqing slept in the same ward so that Zhan Aiping and others could take care of her. Qin Yanfang and Dr. Zhao also rushed over at this time, and several people took turns to look after her.
Qin Yanfang was very excited: "My little nephew, my little nephew, he looks quite strong, more than 15 pounds, look at his little arms."
Zhao Jing laughed and said, "These three kids were born on the same day."
Qin Yanfang nodded: "That's right, it's fate."
After staying in the hospital for two days, they all moved to Captain Jiang's home. Now Captain Jiang's home became lively, with five babies in a row, just like a kindergarten. Shen Liqing and Qin Lanfang were raised in each room, but they both felt too lonely, so they moved two beds into a large room and stayed together to recuperate after giving birth.
The two of them chatted with the three children, and the day passed just like that.
Zhan Aiping took two days off to teach them how to raise a child. Qin Yanfang also took a special leave to take care of her sister during her confinement.
He Lingling ran over and felt a little envious when she saw the two of them spending their confinement together. Both adults and children liked to hang out together.
"If I give birth, I will spend the confinement period with you."
"There are so many children. This is sweet and sour fish, this is pickled fish, and there is also a big plate of chicken?"
Xie Shu said from the side: "If you don't know, you might think you are announcing the names of the dishes."
Just two days after giving birth, Shen Liqing was very worried because her mother suddenly said she wanted to come and take care of her during the confinement period and rushed over overnight.
Zhan Aiping said, "Wouldn't it be better if your mother came to serve you?"
Shen Liqing sighed: "You don't know, my mother is a very stingy person. She is reluctant to eat and wear. Obviously, my family is not that difficult, but she just can't bear to eat."
Shen Liqing was no longer afraid of losing face. She said bluntly, "Do you know how stingy she is? Anyway, don't eat the food she cooks. My mother was reluctant to add salt when she smoked bacon in the winter. Later, the meat became smelly and infested with worms, but she still ate it."
"I told her not to cook so much each time, but she insisted on cooking so much. She had to have leftovers at every meal and she couldn't bear to throw them away. She ate leftovers every day."
"When we buy fruit at home, she eats the bad ones first and doesn't let us eat the good ones. She makes us eat the bad ones first. By the time we finish eating the bad ones, the good ones are also bad. Anyway, we always eat the bad ones."
Zhan Aiping and Qin Lanfang were both silent.
Shen Liqing sighed, "Now I should be thankful that my mother is a bit biased towards boys."
"She also thought the meat with worms was good. She couldn't bear to give it to me, but gave it to my brother."
"I'm not eating yet."
Shen Liqing laughed: "Anyway, all her 'good things' should be given to my brother."
"When my sister-in-law was in confinement after childbirth, she also gave her rotten meat to eat. She had bad intentions and thought that this was a good thing she had left behind, so she wanted to give my sister-in-law more nourishment... I am in confinement after childbirth now, and I don't want her to 'replenish' my body."
"None of her good things are good."
"I beg you to keep an eye on me and don't let me eat what she cooks. I really can't stand it!"
At the beginning, she couldn't wait to marry here just to get away from her mother. Her mother had so many bad habits that it was impossible to explain them all and no matter how much she was persuaded, she would not stop. You could say that she was thrifty, but she would cook a lot of dishes for every meal and leave a lot of leftovers. She enjoyed the leftovers very much. Not only did she eat them herself, she also forced others to eat them. In her house, you had to eat them, otherwise you would be letting her down and sorry for her "hard work."
You say she is reluctant to buy meat, but no, she does buy it, and she even keeps the meat until it stinks.
I can't bear to throw it away even if it stinks.
Shen Liqing was really afraid of her. "I don't know what she was thinking. She came all the way here to take care of me during my confinement."
"What do you think I should do?"
Zhan Aiping said, "What should I do? This is your own home, not hers. You are the boss now. You can eat whatever you want and do whatever you want."
"Yes, Pingping, you are right." Shen Liqing patted the bed board: "But this is not my home, it is Sister Qin's home."
"If my mother isn't used to it, she can just leave."
Not only Shen Liqing's mother Chen Yulan is coming, but also Captain Jiang's younger sister, Qin Lanfang's sister-in-law Jiang Meihui.
Qin Lanfang said, "I haven't met this sister-in-law yet. I heard that she is a good cook. Lao Jiang in my family asked his sister to cook for me. I said no, but he still called his sister over."
Shen Liqing said happily: "That's perfect, at least she is more reliable than my mom."
"I don't eat what my mother cooks, Sister Qin, I'll just follow you to get a bite of food."
It just so happened that Chen Yulan and Jiang Meihui arrived on the same day and they bumped into each other. Both of them came to visit relatives and to take care of the mothers after their confinement.
Chen Yulan glanced at Jiang Meihui and said, "I'm here to take care of my daughter during her confinement period."
In fact, she had quarreled with her son, daughter-in-law and husband, so she thought of coming to her daughter for help. She wanted her son and daughter-in-law to beg her to go back.
Chen Yulan was carrying a bag of things, and Jiang Meihui was also carrying a bag of things, and they both arrived at the Jiang family at the same time.
"The Jiang family and the Wang family had their babies on the same day, so they spent their confinement together."
Chen Yulan was stunned: "Really? I know her man is not here..."
"How can we spend the confinement period together? It's unlucky."
Jiang Meihui said: "What kind of feudal superstition is that? What's auspicious or unlucky? It's outdated."
"You - you are a country bumpkin with no vision." Seeing that she looked unsophisticated, Chen Yulan looked down on her.
“I’m from a big city.”
"What's so great about coming from a big city?" Jiang Meihui snorted and strode into the house. After all, this was her brother's home and she had nothing to be afraid of.
Chen Yulan hesitated and followed her in.
Chen Yulan went to find Shen Liqing and scolded her: "How dare you stay at someone else's house to recuperate after giving birth? Go back home quickly and I will take care of you."
Shen Liqing refused: "No, since none of us men are here, how can we live together and take care of each other?"
"Now that your biological mother is here, do you still need someone to take care of you?" Chen Yulan was bossing around, as if she was giving Shen Liqing a great favor by coming to take care of her during the confinement period.
Shen Liqing said, "Mom, you just need to come and look after your grandchildren. You are not needed here. My sister-in-law needs someone else."
When she heard about her sister-in-law, Chen Yulan looked uncomfortable. She said coldly, "You are my own daughter. Why should I serve someone else's daughter instead of my own daughter?"
Shen Liqing: “…”
I'm afraid she came out after a quarrel with her sister-in-law.
Chen Yulan: "Don't be ungrateful. I brought you some meat to nourish your body. I will make you some meat soup tonight."
Shen Liqing said: "You don't have to cook it specially, I will eat it with Sister Qin."
There were also benefits to her having her confinement together with Qin Lanfang. The two families could get together to eat the chicken and fish soups, which not only saved money and trouble, but also prevented them from having leftovers.
Before Captain Jiang and Wang Youli left, they bought a lot of good things and placed them at home, waiting to replenish their bodies.
When Zhan Aiping came back, she met Captain Jiang's sister, Jiang Meihui. Jiang Meihui was not young and was not married, but she was huge in stature, weighing twice as much as Zhan Aiping. She was a fat girl, but she was not fierce and looked very kind when she smiled.
"You must be the Doctor Zhan my brother mentioned. My brother told me to listen to you. I will take care of my sister-in-law the way you tell me to." When Jiang Meihui saw Zhan Aiping, she was very surprised that such a young and beautiful woman was actually a doctor. Her brother said that she was more reliable than those barefoot doctors in the countryside. She used to be a military doctor. She had treated her brother and sister-in-law. She was a very kind person and had even been reported in newspapers.
Zhan Aiping smiled: "I heard from your brother that your cooking is delicious, why don't you cook for us to try."
"Okay, don't worry, Doctor Zhan. In the past, we, no, even the banquets in our commune always liked to ask me to cook. Don't worry, I guarantee you will be satisfied."
Zhan Aiping said: "You are a craftsman."
"The steamed buns and noodles I make are the best within a radius of 20 miles." Jiang Meihui smiled happily.
"I'm just waiting to taste your cooking skills." After saying that, Zhan Aiping's gaze fell on Jiang Meihui's face again.
Jiang Meihui touched her face and said, "Doctor Zhan, what are you looking at? My face is fine. I won't pass it on to others."
She had a lot of chicken-skin-like pimples on her cheeks. They hadn't existed before, but they suddenly appeared when she was in her twenties. She went to see many country doctors and applied a lot of medicine, but it was useless. Instead, her face became red, swollen and stinging, and it even got worse.
I have tried a lot of Chinese medicine, but it was useless. Even if it got better, it would grow back again after a while.
Because of her face and body shape, and because she likes good-looking and handsome men, she has never been able to find a partner.
The reason she came to her brother's place this time was to find a partner. If she couldn't find one, there was nothing she could do but go back to her hometown to find a son-in-law.
Zhan Aiping said: "How about I apply some ointment to you and help you regulate your body."
Jiang Meihui hesitated: "Will this work? Doctor Zhan, I have taken a lot of medicine."
"Try mine and trust my medical skills."
Jiang Meihui paused and said firmly: "You are beautiful, I believe you."
Zhan Aiping: "... You are a little different from others."
Many patients think that only "old Chinese doctors" with gray hair and beard are trustworthy.
Jiang Meihui chuckled and said, "Doctor Zhan, I actually have something else to ask you."
Jiang Meihui lowered her head and was shy.
Zhan Aiping asked: "What's the matter?"
"Looking for a partner."
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "You want to find a partner, and your brother asked you to come to me?"
Jiang Meihui nodded: "My brother said that you are good at introducing people to potential partners. You are a natural matchmaker. My brother and sister-in-law can be together because of you. Otherwise, my brother would have been single forever. My mother would not care about him and let him be single forever."
Jiang Meihui whispered to Zhan Aiping: "Before, I thought my brother liked men."
"Who among the men in my hometown doesn't want to find a woman to marry? My brother has a good job and became an officer, but he doesn't look for a woman. People in our village gossip about him in various ways, and some even say that he is no longer capable..."
Zhan Aiping: “…”
"I'm not very good at introducing people to potential partners. Why don't you look around and get to know a few more people? When you find someone you like, I'll ask them for you. Whether it works out or not depends on your own fate."
Jiang Meihui nodded: "Okay."
She hesitated and continued, "Doctor Zhan, I just want to find a handsome guy. I don't care about anything else, but he must have a good-looking face."
Zhan Aiping asked: "Handsome? Good-looking? What kind of person do you want?"
Jiang Meihui said: "It's like my brother, with a bigger head, who looks particularly heroic and handsome."
Zhan Aiping: "... one with a bigger head?"
"My brother said that people with bigger heads are smarter. I must give birth to a smart baby, just like my brother. My brother is going to be very successful."
Zhan Aiping said: "Then you take a closer look first, I will treat you first. I am not a person who introduces people to partners. I am a doctor, and treating people is my specialty."
"Okay, okay, Doctor Zhan, the people you introduce are really reliable." Jiang Meihui had found several matchmakers before, but those matchmakers were all unreliable. The people they introduced were all ugly, skinny, and sickly. They kept persuading her that they were good people, motivated, and educated. They just liked her strong physique and wanted her to serve a sick man.
Those damn men were praised to the skies by the matchmaker, but Jiang Meihui couldn't say a word.
This was the first time she met someone like Zhan Aiping who allowed her to choose on her own.
Zhan Aiping couldn't help but said, "Don't overestimate me. I may not be able to introduce you to someone else. It depends on you."
Jiang Meihui nodded: "It's okay, Doctor Zhan, I have high standards, I know it's hard for me to find a partner, it's not your fault if I can't find one, after all, it's rare to find someone as handsome as my brother."
"My little nephew looks just like my brother. What a pity. He is still young and my nephew."
(End of this chapter)