Chapter 93

“It’s not just an old problem!” Xu Qiushi opened his mouth, his face saddened “She’s getting old, she can’t handle it She’s been in the hospital for half a month, and the doctors say the situation isn’t good”
Xu Wen knew that his grandmother had bronchitis, but this was the first time he had heard of such a serious condition
Lu Yuanzheng, who had just sat down, stood up again, holding Xu Man’s hand, and said to the Xu family, “Then ask me to go to the hospital to check on Grandma first”
Xu Qiushi waved his hand to indicate that they didn’t need to go, “Your second uncle will stay there tonight, so you two can go tomorrow Your grandmother said, you two have come all the way back, so don’t run to the hospital at night It’s not that bad of a night”
Zhu Meizhen and the others also advised Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng
Only then did Xu Man give up
Zhu Meizhen was still wearing an apron around her waist, and after exchanging pleasantries, she said, “I’m still cooking! You guys chat”
After saying this, she went towards the kitchen
She had to work half a day on her own to cook for this large family of ten or so
Xu Wang quickly stood up and followed, “Mother, I’ll help you”
Xu Man just wanted to go, Sang Xiaoqing held the child in one hand and pulled her back, “Ask, while you’re free, would you like to take a look at our house?”
It was only then that Xu Man remembered that Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing were no longer living with her parents
She nodded and followed Sang Xiaoqing toward the front
“This is my nephew, right?” Xu Wen opened her hand towards Chunsheng, who was giggling in Sang Xiaoqing’s arms, “Come on, Auntie, hold him I’ve been talking all the time since I first came in, but I didn’t pay attention to you”
Sang Xiaoqing tilted her body and handed the child to Xu Man
Xu Wen had never held such a small child before, her body stiffened and her posture was awkward Her whole body was tense, and her hands were careful not to exert any force in holding the child
Sang Xiaoqing smiled and adjusted her posture, “Relax Chunsheng is already more than eight months old, you don’t need to be so nervous”
“But he’s so small and soft” Xu Man still didn’t dare to exert herself, always feeling that this little thin arm and leg would snap if she wasn’t careful
“Chunsheng can even crawl and you still don’t dare to hold him, what will you do when you give birth yourself? You’re on an island so far away, our mom can’t go, and you don’t have a mother-in-law, so you won’t even have a helper when the time comes You’ll have to bring up the baby all by yourself I’m telling you, bringing up a child alone is much more tiring than you think”
“Let’s talk about it when the time comes!” Xu Man said perfunctorily
Since the last time Dongsheng made that mess, she had been very careful about contraception when she did it with Lu Yuanzheng, fearing that she would really get pregnant
She wanted to slowly let Dongsheng accept that she and Lu Yuanzheng would have another child
Usually, she would deliberately or unintentionally instill this idea in Dongsheng
For example, when Dongsheng cried out of boredom, she told him, “Of course you’ll be bored by yourself, so if you have more little brothers or sisters, you’ll be able to play with them”
Although Dongsheng knows that sooner or later he will have a little brother or sister, and always says it’s okay, but children do not fake, real or fake can be written on the face
Dongsheng obviously still doesn’t want Xu Man to really give birth to a younger sibling for him, he’s still afraid of what Mrs Huang said, worried that Xu Man won’t be nice to him if he has another child
So, until she allowed Dongsheng to fully gain a sense of security, she wouldn’t want a child
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t have a problem with it, Xu Man said it was up to him
The aunt and sister-in-law arrived at Xu Wen’s new house in the middle of their conversation, which is actually a few steps away from the Xu family
Sang Xiaoqing pointed to the small courtyard and lamented: “Last year, our father and Xu Wen really worked hard to bulldoze the soil to fill this pond
At that time, Xu Wen had not yet left, but busy studying and taking care of Dongsheng, and did not go home to busy what busy, eyes to the three brand-new brick house fell down, sighing: “Time flies!”
These three rooms are not too tall, with Wei Zhuang Commune other houses are almost the same, are the same green brick black tile, ancient color
Once you enter the door is the hall, and there is a door on each side of the wall leading to other rooms
The left-hand side is the bedroom, and the right-hand side of the hall is the utility room and kitchen
Sang Xiaoqing explained, “It’s fine for a family of three to sleep together now, but when the child gets older, we’ll give him a bed in the utility room”
Xu Man nodded, “The new house is really nice! Spacious and bright”
“Yes! The most important thing is to finally have a nest of one’s own” After Sang Xiaoqing finished speaking, she busily added, “I’m not saying it’s not good to live with our parents, I just think it’s a bit inconvenient sometimes”
“I know” Xu Wen smiled and nodded, “It’s really inconvenient to have a lot of people”
She had insomnia for so long, so of course she knew exactly what it was like
“Come, you sit” Sang Xiaoqing let Xu Man onto the bed, “The bed is burning, it’s warmer to sit on it”
Sang Xiaoqing moved a small square table and placed it on the kang, poured some tea on the small table, and only then did she take off her shoes and sit down face to face with Xu Man, carefully sizing Xu Man up for a moment, and said enviously, “I wanted to say just now, I feel like you’ve gotten a lot prettier since I haven’t seen you in a year! This skin is so tender that it feels like you can pinch out water Unlike me “
Sang Xiaoqing lowered her head, pinched the meat on her stomach, and let out a long sigh, “After giving birth to a child, the waist is gone, and the buttocks are bigger I’m afraid your brother will dislike me”
“How could he?” Xu Wen was busy saying, “You gave him a child, how dare he dislike you? Don’t say that my brother isn’t that kind of person, if he is, I’ll help you cut him down!”
What I didn’t say was that Sang Xiaoqing had changed quite a bit after giving birth
There are a lot of spots under her eyes, and the whole person feels like she has aged a few years
Her body has gotten fat
When Xu Wen left, Sang Xiaoqing was still only a young daughter-in-law, not compared to Xu Wen, but also a beautiful girl
Now, she is a bit like those women in the production team, the whole person has no curves
I don’t know if it’s because of the fat relationship, walking a tug
For a while Xu Man was inexplicably resistant to the idea of having a child, and if she was like this after giving birth, she didn’t think she had the means to accept it
Sang Xiaoqing lowered her head, ”Even if he doesn’t dislike me, I dislike myself In the past, I used to buy a piece of clothing and look at it in the mirror for half a day, but now I don’t even want to wear it when I buy it for me I can’t wear anything that looks good, and everything I put on doesn’t look good”
Seeing that she was about to cry out, Xu Wen changed the topic, “Is the family doing well this year? How’s the team’s dividend? Do you and my brother have enough money to spend?”
“Enough!” When Sang Xiaoqing heard this, she immediately came out of her depressed state, climbed to the bed, opened the wooden box, and turned over a handkerchief
Wrapped in the handkerchief was a wad of money
She pushed the money in front of Xu Man, “Your parents didn’t touch the one thousand dollars you sent back, and gave it directly to your brother and me We can’t afford to build a house, so we spent five hundred dollars This five hundred dollars will be returned to you first, and the rest will be returned to you when your brother and I have saved up enough”
Xu Man shook his head, “Sister-in-law, you take it first Lu Yuanzheng and I aren’t short of money for now”
“How could we not be short of money? You’re on that island, and it’s inconvenient everywhere, so having money in your hands is a good thing even if you can’t spend it” Sang Xiaoqing took Chunsheng from Xu Man’s hand and put him aside, letting him crawl and play on his own, and then picked up the money and shoved it to Xu Man
Xu Man pushed back
“I’ll get angry if you don’t take it again!” Sang Xiaoqing intentionally face, “Although we are a family, but the brothers have to be clear accounts is not it? Besides, you have married out, can not empty the family subsidies to the mother’s family
Although I’m your sister-in-law also love to covet a little cheap But I’m also someone’s daughter, I know what it’s like to be someone’s daughter-in-law
Although our parents were sensible and sensible, not everyone was as open-minded as our parents
There are many people in the production team who have been beaten up on the street because their wives helped their families
You and Lu Yuanzheng have only just gotten married, so he won’t say anything if you help your family That’s a long time to live, but if you have a fight sometime in the future and say a few words about you, you’ll have a hard time!”
“Lu Yuanzheng is not that kind of person” Xu Man categorically said
“Speaking in anger and not thinking, words rush to say one sentence about you, you’ll have to feel bad for years We can’t help you much, but we don’t want to hold you back either
Although this year’s harvest is not as good as last year’s, only 65 cents a job But Mom and Dad are helping us out, so we’re better off than before Now in addition to owe you five hundred, but also owes the brick kiln factory a few hundred dollars, another year or two will be paid back”
Sang mood said a lot of heartfelt words, but also for the good of Xu asked, Xu had no choice but to accept the money
The dinner was unexpectedly sumptuous
Although compared to the island can not be, but a look know, this is the Xu family dedicated to prepare, than the New Year’s Day is also a little more sumptuous
Xu Wen opened a bottle of white wine and filled it up for both Xu Qiushi and Lu Yuanzheng
Xu Qiushi and Xu Wen took turns asking Lu Yuanzheng about some of the island’s affairs, as long as he could answer, Lu Yuanzheng would answer all the questions
However, he didn’t mention Xu Man’s feats on the island, such as surfing, wind power and solar energy
Those are not things that Xu Man should be able to do
He only talked about Xu Man growing durian and learning to make cloth shoes with a group of sisters-in-law
Zhu Meizhen shook her head as she listened: “At home, she was a lazy daughter who couldn’t do anything like sewing or kneading But now that she’s married, she can do everything”
She was just casually lamenting, but Lu Yuanzheng heard her and quickly apologized, “Mom, it’s my fault! I’m the one who made Ask suffer after me”
Xu Qiushi waved her hand, unimpressed, “Who doesn’t eat and drink in an ordinary family’s life? What kind of suffering is this?”
Xu Wen echoed, “A little work doesn’t matter, as long as you don’t bully her anything is fine”
“Of course I won’t bully her” Lu Yuanzheng said with a straight face, “But, for me it counts as letting ask suffer”
He was heartbroken when Xu Man made him cloth shoes, happy as he was, he wouldn’t let Xu Man make a second pair
Xu Man’s hands are very nice, fingers are thin and long, a while ago in order to do shoes, above the tie some dense needle eyes
Embroidery needles can’t be seen, but that needle awl zap is going to bubble blood beads, even if you wipe clean the blood beads will leave a red spot
She was already white, and the scarlet spots on her finger bellies looked particularly alarming
“I can’t promise anything right now, but I’ll work hard and try to make it so that she doesn’t have to do everything herself sooner” Lu Yuanzheng made a statement
Even if he stayed in the army and rose in rank to a certain level, there would be someone at home to take care of her
He felt that Xu Man deserved to live the kind of life where she was served with clothes and food
Xu Man glanced at Lu Yuanzheng as she listened
He never said that in front of her
She hasn’t forgotten the day she gave him the cloth shoes, he was still angry with her because she threw them away, and in the end he didn’t even say thank you
I didn’t expect to be smothered in my heart
Xu Wen’s heart is sweet, the face of the opposite, skimming his mouth, whispering complaints: “suffocate you!”
Lu Yuanzheng’s ears were sharp and heard it, punitively holding her hand on the table and squeezing it
Dongsheng ate a few bites, then followed Xu Che out to go crazy
Lu Yuanzheng chatted with Xu Qiushi and Xu Wen over there, while Zhu Meizhen and Xu Wang pulled Xu Man over here to ask her how she was doing over there
They asked Xu how he was doing over there
Will he not be able to get used to the water and soil?
He is a good man, but he is not a good man
The questions came one after another
All of them were asked in previous letters to her
Xu Wen answered them one by one again
She knew that Zhu Meizhen and Xu Wang were afraid that she would report the good news but not the bad
Hearing her say it herself, she let out a sigh of relief, “That’s good! This child of yours has never traveled far, and after being gone for so long at once, my heart is still empty This time, when I see that you’re doing well, I’m also down to earth”
Zhu Meizhen almost wiped her eyes again
“It’s not easy being a military wife” Xu Wang smacked his lips, “Although you’re far away from home, it’s inevitable that your family misses you But fortunately, Lu Yuanzheng is still alive and well It’s quite good that you guys are together to take care of each other”
Xu Wang raised his hand and patted the back of Xu Man’s hand twice, “Time really flies! In the blink of an eye, it’s been more than a year since we asked were married “
Zhu Meizhen wiped her eyes and continued, “Having another child will be all right Dongsheng is a good boy, and I know you love him Then you have to have a child of your own with Xiaozheng”
Xu asked, “”
Suddenly, I have a bad feeling that this year will not be a good one
I don’t have a mother-in-law to push me to have a baby, but I do have a mother!