Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 409 A Cry

There have been no children born in the compound for many years.

After Qin Huairu gave birth to Sophora japonica, Ma Jinghong was in the hospital when she gave birth to Xu Hongzhi.

Yu Lisheng's daughter was also in the hospital.

The children of Xu Aiguo and Liu Aiqian are still in the hospital.

People of Xu Qing's generation, as well as Qin Huairu's three children, were all born in the compound.

In the past, people were poor. Not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they had no money. If they could not go to the hospital, no one would go.

What's more, the conditions in the hospital were not very good at that time. Going there might not be much better than giving birth at home.

However, living conditions are gradually improving now, and all aspects of hospital facilities are no longer the same as they were more than ten years ago. Various infrastructures are improving year by year. Nowadays, almost everyone who can go to the hospital will choose to go.

But today, Ma Jinghong gave birth to her second child and had no choice but to stay in her own room in the compound.

Xu Qing anxiously used the phone installed at home to call the hospital and asked someone to come quickly. At the same time, he ran out of the house and called the second aunt, third aunt, and Jia Zhang family in the courtyard. Called home.

These three people have given birth to children, and Qin Huairu also helped deliver babies when they gave birth to Banggan, Xiaodang and Sophora japonica.

Speaking of which, they are all experienced people.

Xu Qing was worried about the safety of his wife Jinghong and the child who was about to be born, so he made two preparations.

The third aunt, the second aunt, and Jia and Zhang all put down what they were doing and hurriedly ran to Xu Qing's house.

Yu Li, Qin Huairu, Auntie, Qin Jingru, and Liu Guangtian's wife also ran into Xu Qing's house to see if they could help.

No matter how you put it, they are all residents of a large compound, living in the same neighborhood, and who doesn’t need it and who doesn’t.

Even if I had any prejudices before, I let them go now.

When it comes to giving birth to a child, you can't be careless or sloppy, as it could lead to someone's death, so you don't dare to take it lightly.

Besides, Xu Qing has always gotten along well with everyone in the courtyard.

He is also the director of a factory, and his whole family is a cadre.

Everyone in the courtyard has received the letter, so how can they say that they are standing by and watching.

The three stewards were standing in the backyard, waiting with the anxious Xu Qing.

As for Silly Zhu, he had already ridden the bicycle in front of Xu Qing's house and ran to the hospital to call for help.

Xu Qing originally wanted to go, but Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui stopped him. They meant that it would be better for Xu Qing not to go.

If anything happens in the house, he is Jinghong's man, so he can get in easily, but others can't.

Xu Qing thought that he had already called the hospital in advance, so he had to let Si Zhu go while he stayed in the compound and waited.

But Xu Qing stood at the door of the house and was worried when he heard the noise in his house, especially his wife's wailing.

Standing at the door of the house, he kept walking back and forth, fearing that something might happen to his wife and the unborn child.

After all, this is not a hospital, and the doctors and nurses from the hospital haven't arrived yet.

Xu Qing looked down at the watch on his wrist, anxious. It felt like he had been on the phone for a long time, why was it so slow for people from the hospital to arrive.

However, in fact, less than 6 minutes had passed since Xu Qing made the call to the hospital.

Yan Bugui stretched out his hand to hold the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said:
"Xiao Qing, don't worry. Jinghong is not the first child. Relatively speaking, it should be easier. Nothing will happen. If there is anything, your three aunts and others will tell you."

A long-sleeved blue cloth jacket draped over the shoulders of Liu Hai said:

"Your third uncle is right, Xiaoqing. There's no point in rushing. Just wait patiently."

Yi Zhonghai said nothing. He had no children and no experience, so how could he understand Xu Qing's mood at this moment.

In fact, Xu Qing knew everything in his heart, but it happened too suddenly, which disrupted his previous plans and caught him off guard.

After taking two deep breaths, Xu Qing calmed down the anxiety in his heart and stood at the door of the house, waiting quietly with the third uncle and the others.

Time passed slowly, minute by minute, when Xu Qing saw Silly Zhu leading doctors and nurses from the hospital, hurriedly walking from the central courtyard into the backyard.

A clear cry reached the ears of everyone in the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Xiaoya opened the door and said with a happy face:

"Brother, my sister-in-law has given birth."

After Xu Xiaoya finished speaking, seeing the doctor and nurse coming, she hurriedly let people in, and then said to Xu Qing as she closed the door:

"Brother, please wait for a while."

Xu Qing nodded, indicating that he understood.

Ten minutes later, Qin Huairu opened the door, walked out, and told Xu Qing that he could go in.

Xu Qing quickly rushed into his house, looked at the child in his mother-in-law's arms, and then at his pale-faced daughter-in-law lying on the kang, and hurriedly asked the doctor:

"Doctor, how are my wife and children?"

"Mother and daughter are safe!" The doctor put away the stethoscope. "When you have a baby from now on, remember to bring your wife to the hospital in advance. Don't be reluctant to spend money. Fortunately, there are people in your hospital who know how to deliver babies, so nothing happened. If there had been, What the hell, you’re a man, it’s too late to regret it.”

When Xu Qing heard this, he finally felt relieved. After thanking him, he thanked the third aunt and the others.

But Shazhu, the first man and others in the courtyard did not follow Xu Qing into the house just now.

Still standing in the courtyard, in front of Xu Qing's house.

It wasn't until he saw Xu Qing and Xu Xiaoya escorting the doctor and the third aunt out of the house that they hurriedly asked:
"Qingzi, daughter or son?"

"Brother Yuzhu, girl."

Xu Xiaoya helped her elder brother with a smile and said to Silly Zhu who asked the question.

Silly Zhu let out an ooh, took a look into Xu Qing's room, grinned and said happily:

"Qingzi, your life is really good. Now you have two children."

Xu Qing smiled and spread a circle of cigarettes for Shazhu, Yiye and others, and then asked his sister to go back to the house to look after Jinghong, while he sent the doctor and nurse away.

At this moment, Xu Aiguo returned to the compound with his son, his wife Ai Qian, and his third brother Feng Ming and Tang Xiujuan, and saw his eldest brother seeing the doctor off at the entrance of the alley.

Xu Fengming immediately asked: "Brother, what happened to our family? Is someone injured, or is my sister-in-law giving birth?"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law has given birth."

Xu Fengming exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, what happened just now?"

Xu Qing nodded, and Xu Fengming quickly walked back to the courtyard and said:

"Brother, I heard from Xiujuan that my sister-in-law was supposed to have a few more days. Why did she give birth today? On the way just now, I discussed with my second brother to contact a better doctor for my sister-in-law in the next two days. Unexpectedly , my sister-in-law has given birth."

Xu Aiguo also said: "Brother, are my sister-in-law and children safe?"

"Peace!" Xu Qing said.

Liu Aiqian stretched out her hand to lift her hair and looked at Tang Xiujuan. The two of them took the lead and headed back to the courtyard.

My sister-in-law has given birth, and they are younger siblings, so how can they not go and visit her as soon as possible.

When Xu Qing took his second and third brothers back to his home in the backyard, Liu Aiqian was taking the newborn girl from Xu Xiaoya's hands.Xu Fengming came forward with a cheerful look on his face, looking at his newborn niece with a silly grin.

There was a new addition to his family, how could he not be happy on this crisp autumn day.

Shazhu saw Xu Fengming's expression of curiosity and asked, "Boy, stop being silly. I'm not your daughter. I like you and Xiujuan, so I should seize the time to have a baby."

Xu Fengming pursed his lips and turned to look at Shazhu.

"Brother Yuzhu, I do like it, but I just got married. It can't be that fast. No matter how fast it is, it won't be next year."

Silly Zhu put his hands in his trouser pockets and sighed, turned around and chatted with Xu Qing and Aiguo for a while, then left first.

Suddenly, Xu Qing's family was the only ones left in the house.

Ma Jinghong had just given birth, and her weak body took a while to regain some strength. With the help of her mother and sister-in-law, she leaned on the quilt and pillows and asked her sister-in-law Ai Qian to give her the child.

Holding her newborn daughter in her arms, Ma Jinghong's pale face showed a smile, and her eyes were full of maternal love.

Xu Hongzhi lay on the kang, looking at his sister in his mother's arms. He was curious and wanted to touch her, but he was afraid.

He could only timidly look around with his dark eyes.

Early the next morning, Ma Guohua brought Ma Jiefang's family of three to the compound, carrying a bag of milk powder to visit his daughter Jinghong and son-in-law Xu Qing.

Of course, the main thing is to visit my newborn granddaughter.

Ma Guohua is getting older. He is 53 this year. He seems to be an old man. He is holding his granddaughter who just came into this world and is very happy.

This made Ma Jiefang unable to reach out and hug his niece.

I could only stand aside and watch helplessly.

Around noon, Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming bought two old hens and a crucian carp, and squatted outside the house to pluck their feathers and scales with Ma Jiefang.

Prepare a stew to replenish Jinghong's body.

During the National Day, Xu Qing’s house was extremely crowded during these days.

Aiguo and Fengming took their respective wives and stayed in the compound all day except at night.

Ma Jiefang comes here every now and then. He has nothing to do during the holidays. The fifth sister just gave birth to a baby. As a younger brother, how can he not come around more often?

Taking Ma Xiaojun with them, the father and son rode their bicycles and stayed all morning or afternoon.

Ma Jiefang's mother has never been home since she helped her daughter deliver the baby. She has been living in the compound and taking care of her daughter during the confinement period.

Hui Lihua, Luo Hongjuan, Zhao Ailing, Li Shuzhen and other colleagues of Jinghong in the art troupe also came.

After receiving the letter, they came together to visit Ma Jinghong and the newborn girl with gifts.

Even Xu Xiaoya's partner Liu Jianjun also came.

I took two cans of imported milk powder that I had obtained through some unknown relationship, thinking that I could make my uncle happy.

But he didn't expect that nearly ten cans of imported milk powder were piled up in Xu Qing's house.

Tang Xiujuan works at the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and it is not easy to get some foreign milk powder.

As for Liu Aiqian's natal family, they can get milk, let alone imported milk powder.

Not long after Liu Aiqian was born, she and her patriotic child Xu Hongfu also needed milk powder and milk.

Therefore, Liu Aiqian told her parents to ask for more milk powder or milk.

Anyway, she married Xu Aiguo and became a member of the Xu family from now on.

Naturally, I have to think about my own family.

My newborn niece must be treated the same as my son.

When Xu Hongzhi was born, he had never drank milk or milk powder. Firstly, milk powder was in short supply in China at that time and it was difficult to buy.

Secondly, Xiao Hongzhi was Xu Qing and Jinghong’s first child. Jinghong felt distressed and relied on breast milk to feed him.

But now, Xu Hongzhi is taking advantage of his sister. Not only can he drink milk, but he can also secretly taste his sister's imported milk powder.

The girl who saw Yan Jie Cheng in the front yard was so envious that she shouted at Yan Jie Cheng that she wanted to drink milk powder and milk too.

Milk powder can be purchased at state-owned stores or department stores at the right time.

But milk, which is even scarcer than milk powder, Yan Jiecheng, an ordinary worker, couldn't get it, so he and Yu Li coaxed their daughter, saying that the milk didn't taste good and we wouldn't drink it.

Children are also easy to coax, and they believe it when they say it doesn't taste good, and gradually stop clamoring for a drink.

After the National Day holiday, the compound returned to its usual calm and tranquility.

In early November, Xu Qing served a full-moon wine to his daughter Xu Qiaoxin in the courtyard at night.

He planned to live with his own family.

Unexpectedly, everyone in the compound insisted on joining in the fun, and Sun Deyou, Wang Minsheng and other deputy directors of the fifth factory also insisted on attending.

As a result, the compound was crowded with people in the evening.

Not only several deputy directors from Xu Qing Factory, but also Hui Lihua from Ma Jinghong's group also came.

This time, in the evening, the whole courtyard was decorated with lights and colorful, and it was very lively.

Silly Zhu, who volunteered to be the boss, was exhausted. Fortunately, Xiaoya and Tang Xiujuan helped, so it was not so bad.

Otherwise, Silhu would have been exhausted and exhausted after working all day in the factory cafeteria, and then returning to the compound at night to cook meals for dozens of people by himself.

This year, Yan Jie became a family of three. Drawing on Xu Qing's experience of serving full moon wine to his son Hongzhi, they followed Yan Bugui to the backyard early.

Xu Qing is now the head of a factory, with thousands of people in charge, which is very different from Hongzhi's time.

No matter how stingy Yan Jiecheng is, he knows that Xu Qing now has a higher status, stronger abilities, and greater abilities.

He knew that his parents would definitely give Xu Qing's family a share, but he and Yu Li also prepared share money.

After the excitement of the evening ended, it was almost eleven o'clock.

Xu Qing saw off the last guest, huddled up, and hurried back to his house to warm up.

Seeing that winter was approaching, the weather was getting colder day by day. As soon as Xu Qing entered the house, he quickly closed the door.

Then he used a fire hook to dig out the ashes of the stove in the house, held the fire tongs and ran out of the house, picked up three briquettes, stuffed them into the stove, put down the fire, turned around, took off his shoes, and washed himself with hot water. Feet, the daughter-in-law Jinghong, who was still staring and not sleeping, went to the kang and coaxed her.

Ma Jinghong was finally able to rest her sore arms for a while, turned around and tucked her sleeping son into bed, leaned against Xu Qing, and whispered:
"Brother Qing, do you know? When Fengming got married, the old lady kept talking to me, saying that when I gave birth this year, she would help us take care of the baby. Unexpectedly, she didn't catch up with us. One glance at my daughter will make her leave first."

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was sentimental, Xu Qing said nothing for a while.

On the one hand, he didn't want to mention those sad things.

In addition, with two children now, he has to work hard to earn money to support the family.

The period of change is over. As the New Year approaches, the country will implement reform next year.

The days of earning a fixed salary are finally coming to an end.

While coaxing his daughter to sleep, Xu Qing secretly thought about resigning and going to sea as soon as the country changed its policy.

(End of this chapter)