Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 149 Becoming a Father
The teacher's apartment was not far from the High School Affiliated to the Provincial Normal School. Liu Xiaonan originally wanted to pick up Meng Xiangxiang and go home together after get off work. It was still early and he didn't want to add extra psychological burden to Meng Xiangxiang, so he left alone.

He bought some fruits and toys and went directly to Yu Zhiyong's house.

The couple work night shift tonight, Yu Zhiyong is coaxing his son, and Wang Ping is cooking.Liu Xiaonan teased the child for a while, said a few words to Wang Ping's parents, and called Wang Ping into the house because he had something to say.

After Wang Ping came in, Liu Xiaonan said to Zhiyong: "I met a friend today who is engaged in decoration design. He just came to Bincheng to start a business and urgently needs to find a local construction team. You had the idea of ​​doing decoration before, so I told him I mentioned you. You discuss it with your family members, and if you want to form a team by yourself, I will bring you to meet them."

Yu Zhiyong asked: "What is your friend's background?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "They are from the south. They used to be employees of the cultural department. They went to start a business because they were super born. We drank together at noon and talked a lot. It was very speculative. The difference from your original idea is that they are responsible for contracting projects and designing. You You only need to construct according to the drawings and complete the construction period on time, and you don’t have to do the work yourself.”

Yu Zhiyong said: "I've wanted to do this for a long time. After a month of shift work and staying up late, I only earn a dead wage of more than 400 yuan. It's really meaningless. This time is my chance. A good bricklayer I can find carpenters, and I understand market conditions and technology. The problem is that if you want to do it, you have to work hard. It’s impossible to do both, and the quality of the construction period cannot be guaranteed, so who will use you?”

Wang Ping said, "You still want to quit your stable job and go out on your own?"

Yu Zhiyong said disdainfully: "What kind of stable job, isn't it the renewal of the contract for the farmers' rotation workers?"

Liu Xiaonan stood up and said, "I have to go back and make dinner for our family's big eater. Let me know the result of your discussion."

When I got home, I made dinner, checked that it was almost time, and went out to the bus stop to pick up Meng Xiangxiang.Since moving into the new home, whenever he has time, he will personally pick up and drop off.

After waiting for a while, I saw Meng Xiangxiang holding the door and slowly getting off the bus.Liu Xiaonan hurried forward to meet her, gave her a hand, and let her feet land on the ground smoothly.

On the way home, Meng Xiangxiang asked, "Did you get off work early today?"

Liu Xiaonan took off the satchel on her shoulder, put it on her back and said, "I have something to go out today, and I haven't been in the factory all day."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "When I was about to leave work, I don't know where the news spread among the teachers in our school. It was said that a young man bought two apartments in the teacher's apartment in one day. The retailer’s identity is unclear, but it is said that the person has a lot of background.”

"It doesn't necessarily have any background, have you ever thought it would be me?"

"It can't be you. I might think it's you when I buy a storefront house. Your draft fee for two storefront houses is not enough."

The topic is over.After dinner in peace, the two sat on the sofa and watched the news on TV.

Liu Xiaonan said casually: "My Xiaomeng thought, your calculation ability is super strong, you can help me with a problem. There was a man who bought a house for 23 yuan, and he rented out the house for three years. The rent is 3. Someone paid him another [-] rent in advance, and he used the two rents plus his own [-] yuan to buy another house. Ask, how much did he actually spend on buying two houses?"

Meng Xiangxiang listened carefully, and answered the question after listening to the question: "I think there is a problem with this question itself, which will give students an illusion. It actually cost 26 yuan, which is impossible in reality. If you add 20 Wan's rent is the correct answer, but the rent is not the money he actually owns, and it does not meet the requirements of the question. Whose child encountered this problem?"

"This is a new topic that my children have encountered. It is impossible to solve this problem with the thinking of a math teacher, but social thinking."

Meng Xiangxiang was stunned: "Could it be that the person in the legend is you?"

Liu Xiaonan stopped playing riddles, and he took out two real estate certificates, two house lease contracts, and the rest of the manuscript fee, and handed them over to Meng Xiangxiang.

Meng Xiangxiang flipped through the two real estate certificates, like checking a student's homework, seriously surprised and ordinary.She said: "Big brother is still a big brother, I can't solve this social problem. With these three small tile-roofed houses, I am already very content, but you suddenly let a little mother from a mountain village, Can't see her own future clearly. These two properties, two children in the future, one for each of them?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "You are in charge of the family's financial power, so you, a mother, have the final say on how to arrange it."

Meng Xiangxiang shook his head and said, "No, the real estate cannot be left to the daughter. The two children will have conflicts over the family property."

"Times are changing, and sons and daughters are treated equally. The child has not yet been born, and the days ahead will be long, so don't worry about it."

"Son and daughter can never enjoy the same treatment, unless they are only children. Take my family as an example. When the eldest brother got married, his parents were young and capable and built a house for him; when the second brother got married, his parents couldn't afford to build a house. I had no choice but to give up the family house to my second brother. The house we are building now is paid for by you. Who do you think will belong to the house after it is built?"

"Who we love is not what we care about."

"Look, you have left the root of the conflict, how can you ignore it? When the big brother and the second brother and Meng Duoduo will fight for these houses, what should you do?"

Liu Xiaonan suddenly realized that Meng Xiangxiang was talking about his affairs through her family's affairs.He said: "I invest in real estate for a purpose, not for profit. Have you thought about retiring early?"

Meng Xiangxiang was even more surprised: "I just started working, why do I want to retire early? I don't work anymore? I still want to go to graduate school."

"Let the house work for us, and we can do what we like to do. For example, travel all over the mountains, rivers, rivers, lakes and seas of the motherland."

"Teaching and educating people is my favorite thing to do! Isn't writing your favorite thing to do?"

Meng Xiangxiang's true nature was innocent and persistent, which shattered the value system that brother Li and Wang had just established in Liu Xiaonan's heart.He asked: "Do you really want to insist on not taking a break until the school is over for the summer?"

Meng Xiangxiang is very confident about this: "Dr. Fang said that I am in good physical condition and the fetal position is correct. There is no problem. Being more active is also conducive to childbirth. Besides, let the children go to school with me every day and listen to my lectures every day. What a good prenatal education."

Liu Xiaonan said: "When I get the camera back, I will take a picture of you every week. When the children grow up, let them see their mother, standing on the podium with a big belly."

Meng Xiangxiang smiled: "No, that's too ugly. My female students also often surround me, asking this and that. Some questions, I don't know how to answer them."

After watching the TV news, Meng Xiangxiang put away the real estate certificate, house lease contract, and passbook, and sat down at the desk to prepare lessons.

Liu Xiaonan turned off the TV, and put a plate of fruit on Meng Xiangxiang's desk.From that night on, he began to conceive his next novel - "Stock Market Records"

On Sunday, Liu Xiaonan took Yu Zhiyong to meet Brother Li and Brother Wang.After some conversations, they wanted to examine Yu Zhiyong's strength, and asked him to transform the upper floor of the salesroom into a bedroom, scrape white tiles and make wall cabinets, and asked him to start construction on the two salesrooms at the same time.

Yu Zhiyong took a leave of absence temporarily, summoned people to collect materials, and personally supervised the construction.After the transformation was completed, Brother Li and Wang were very satisfied with the quality and progress, and the two parties reached a cooperation agreement.

Yu Zhiyong formally resigned, no longer worked as a car operator in a textile factory, and started a decoration construction team.He finally made good on his promise, throwing himself off the hat of a farmer rotation worker.

But it was the summer vacation, and he took Meng Xiangxiang for a comprehensive and thorough examination. Everything was normal, so Liu Xiaonan was completely relieved.

He turned down business trips, pen meetings, seminars and other activities that required going out, and stayed at home wholeheartedly, by Meng Xiangxiang's side.

Meng Xiangxiang was also making pre-production preparations.The family is building a new house, and the journey is far and inconvenient. My mother can't come to serve her during confinement, and she has to prepare some things by herself.

She asked Meng Duoduo to buy pure cotton cloth, and made small clothes and tiger shoes for the two unborn children by herself.Even though Liu Xiaonan said that they can be bought in maternity and baby products stores, and even though Wang Aiqing sent two sets and Guan Xiaoyun sent two sets, she still felt that only by sewing with her own hands can she reflect a mother's heart.

There is no teaching task anymore, and I am still not idle every day.Wang Aiqing was embarrassed to bring his son here again, so Meng Xiangxiang went to the door by himself and tutored the child for an hour or two every day.

In my spare time, I hold my college English books in my hands and read aloud.Liu Xiaonan sometimes said a few words to her, since today, why didn't the school's insurance graduate school continue to study?How can he sit idly by as a senior brother?

Meng Xiangxiang said with a smile: "That's because I didn't expect that the elder brother would really become my man. I learned it for my children and myself. After throwing it away for a long time, I will forget everything .”

That night, Gu Yu called and said that she had given birth to a son, who was already full moon.

Gu Yuxu babbled about that when her son was born, he weighed seven catties and two taels, and the pain was so painful that she was dying. At that moment, she realized the profound meaning of the saying that if you don't raise a child, you don't know the kindness of your parents.

The family hired a nanny, so they didn't have to wash diapers by themselves, but they had to breastfeed their son, who was so good at eating that he couldn't rest well during the day and night.Seeing her son open his eyes, seeing him smile, and seeing him babbling, she felt very happy again.

After talking on the phone for over an hour, Gu Yu kept talking and Liu Xiaonan kept laughing.

Putting down the phone, Liu Xiaonan said to Meng Xiangxiang: "At work, Gu Yu has never said a word of nonsense and acted vigorously. It's great to be a mother. How many times a day does my son eat milk, change diapers, and poop? I can tell others."

Meng Xiangxiang said to himself, you are not someone else, I don't believe that a woman who has just become a mother would say anything to someone who is arbitrary.She said: "We are going to be parents soon, so why don't we give our children nicknames, which are easy to pronounce."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I don't have a nickname, and neither do you. If you want to give your children a nickname, you can come up with it."

Meng Xiangxiang said, "I have a nickname, but my parents are too embarrassed to call it in front of you."

"What's your nickname? Whether I'm called or not is one thing, but I need to know if I'm right."

"My nickname is Chou Ya. When my father saw that the baby was a girl, he opened his mouth and called him such a name. My mother gave me my first name."

"It's still the people of our Liu family who are particular about it. The nickname Ugly Ya should not be called. It has patriarchal thoughts, and it doesn't match my Xiaomeng's idea."

Liu Xiaonan followed Fang Juan's advice and took Meng Xiangxiang to the hospital ten days before the due date.Jiang Changling also rushed over from home, bringing millet and red eggs, ready to serve her daughter-in-law during confinement.

After two days of observation in the hospital, Fang Juan suggested a caesarean section to two people. Because they were twins and the children were relatively large, they were estimated to weigh more than six catties. Natural delivery would have certain risks.

Another advantage of caesarean section is that parents can choose their own birth date.Liu Xiaonan asked Meng Xiangxiang to decide for himself.

Meng Xiangxiang lived in the hospital for two days, feeling quite bored, and with the heavy body dragged on for several months, eager to get rid of the burden and see his child, he decided to have a caesarean section.There is no need to count the days, it will be tomorrow.

At [-] a.m. on September [-]st, Meng Xiangxiang was pushed into the operating room by nurses.Liu Xiaonan, Jiang Changling, Wang Aiqing, Guan Xiaoyun, and Meng Duoduo were waiting outside the operating room.

Several women sat on a bench, talking softly with relaxed expressions.Liu Xiaonan was leaning against the wall next to the door of the operating room, knowing that she couldn't hear anything, but she was also listening intently.

Liu Xiaonan couldn't forget the look in Meng Xiangxiang's eyes at that moment.When he personally carried her to the operating trolley, she looked at him with eyes of eager anticipation that she had never seen before, and did not leave his face for a moment until she was pushed into the operating room.

He made eye contact with her.He understood the meaning in her eyes, which was the hidden worry of a woman who was about to become a mother, and the expectation for a better life in the future.

Before entering the operating room, she raised her head slightly, blinked her eyes, and told him with a faint smile that she also understood the meaning in his eyes, which was a promise to assume the double responsibility of being a husband and a father .

In less than half an hour, the door of the operating room opened, and a little nurse came out holding a crying baby, announcing that it was a boy, for the father to take a look.

Liu Xiaonan leaned over to take a look, the baby's small head and five sense organs were crowded together, eyes closed and mouth open, howling dryly, looking wrinkled, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, opened his mouth and said: "Is it my son? This is too ugly gone."

Jiang Changling slapped her son, "You were not as good-looking as my grandson when you were born."

Amidst the laughter, the little nurse asked two people to follow her. She scrubbed the baby and handed it to the family members to carry him back to the ward.Jiang Changling and Guan Xiaoyun followed.

Wang Aiqing smiled and said to Liu Xiaonan: "It's always like this when babies are born, and when they grow up, they will be watched by others."

After a while, another little nurse came out holding a baby girl.

Liu Xiaonan was mentally prepared this time. First, she noticed that her daughter had shallow double eyelids, and the thin and dense light yellow hair on the top of her head seemed to be covered with a layer of fluff.He said happily: "My daughter is still beautiful."

Wang Aiqing smiled and said, "Xiaonan, you are patriarchal."

"Sooner or later my brother-in-law will let his daughter lead him by the nose," Meng Duoduo said.

Wang Aiqing and Meng Duoduo went with the little nurse, while Liu Xiaonan waited alone for Meng Xiang to figure out the operating room.He was not worried about the longer waiting time, he believed in Fang Juan's medical skills.

When the door of the operating room was fully opened, the nurse came out pushing the operating trolley, and Meng Xiangxiang lay on it peacefully.

Liu Xiaonan went forward, gently held Meng Xiangxiang's hand, stroked her forehead and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Meng Xiangxiang replied with a smile, "I saw my son and daughter."

"I see. My daughter looks like you. I've been worried that she looks like me. That would be ugly."

"Where's the son?"

"I didn't look closely, but I hope he grows up to be like you."

Meng Xiangxiang was pushed back to the ward by the nurse, while Liu Xiaonan was still waiting at the door of the operating room.Fang Juan was the last one to walk out of the operating room. Liu Xiaonan shook hands with her and said, "Thank you, Dr. Fang, for your hard work."

Fang Juan took off her mask and said, "Congratulations, both sons and daughters. I hope we will still be friends in the future."

Liu Xiaonan said: "We have always been good friends."

(End of this chapter)