farmer's little girl

Chapter 123 The joy of having a baby, the battle of wits between mother and daughter

In fact, Mei Zhuangyi had just learned how to abacus.

On the way to the south, he hangs out with those small businessmen when he has nothing to do, and it is really inconvenient for him to do business without making calculations, so he learned it.

He is a person who either does not do anything, or plays to the proficiency if he wants to do it. He has only taken care of studying this along the way. When he sets foot on the southern border and picks up the abacus beads, no one dares to say that he is is a beginner.

No, I had a sudden idea to make a golden abacus. On the way back, I had to drag Zhou Jin and Wang Yao to learn from him. An honest person, I felt that what my friend said made sense, so I learned from him.

Having taught his father a lesson, and now he is trying to trick his daughter, if Zhou Jin knew what Mei Zhuangyi was thinking at this time, he might have eaten his heart.Fundamentally speaking, Zhou Jin and his wife put their minds together, and they both want to cultivate their daughter into a dignified and generous girl with both virtue and capacity in the future.

It's a pity that the couple will be disappointed in the future, of course, this is something for another time.

Everyone had a lively meal together and took their leave.The people from the Mei family stayed for a while, and did not leave until the second half of the sound.

Sending everyone away, Zhou Jin talked to Erfang's family for a while. It was already dark at this time, and Lu Jiaoyue and Mrs. Cheng went to the kitchen to cook. The family sat together and ate lively pause.

After eating and tidying up, Zhou went in to take a bath, while Lu Jiaoyue put her daughter to sleep.After finishing their work, it was Lu Jiaoyue who went to wash up, and then went to lie down on the kang. The first thing the couple did was not to roll together, but to look at each other and say, "I'm so tired."

Are you tired?But I feel very satisfied when I am tired, because this is how I live.

Lu Jiaoyue suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Who is that man called Wang Yao? I don't think he looks like a businessman." The so-called unlike, naturally refers to Wang Yao's appearance.

Zhou Jin's brows barely moved, and he explained: "His face was accidentally injured when he met a bandit while he was on a business trip. He looks ugly, but he is quite nice." He didn't say anything. He mentioned to Lu Jiaoyue that the first time he and Mei Zhuangyi met water bandits on the south road.Although Lu Jiaoyue asked him what happened on the road after he came back due to reasons in her previous life, Zhou Jin didn't say anything.

When he thought about it, his daughter-in-law wasn't a brave one at all, and she remembered him very much every time he went out.If I let her know about this again, I won't have to go out in the future.This is a kind of white lie, and it is also out of the man's consideration for the woman, but it has been concealed from the front, so this lie will naturally continue to be spread.

"He's the only one in his family, and he's lonely. It's almost New Year's Eve, so your little uncle invited him to come to our place to see what the New Year's scene is like in the north." In fact, Wang Yao insisted on it, However, it was not Zhou Jin who was to blame, but Mei Zhuangyi.It's just that Zhou Jin didn't know about it, and only thought it was a friend who took the initiative.

And this conversation is also happening in Mei's house at this time.

After arriving at home, Wang Yao was arranged to rest. Old man Mei and Mrs. Liu dragged their son into the house to ask about Wang Yao.

"Why did you bring such a person back? My mother was terrified when she saw his face. He is really your business friend, why don't I look like him?"

The words were prepared in advance on the road, and Mei Zhuangyi said the same thing as Zhou Jin, and said again: "Mom, don't look at him as scary, he is actually a paper tiger. We are on the road thanks to his face, It scares away many people who want to hit us with crooked ideas."

The Liu family is a woman, although due to her early experience and knowledge she is a bit more than ordinary women, but she is still a woman with little vision after all, naturally she can't think of all kinds of dangers in doing business abroad, let alone her son will lie to him.

Because Wang Yao would stay at Mei's house until the beginning of spring before leaving, Mei Zhuangyi deliberately described him as very pitiful, such as being lonely and helpless, his father died early and his mother died, that was as miserable as it could be.

After listening, Mrs. Liu sighed, wiped the corners of her eyes and said: "What a poor child, if you tell him that you live in our house, you should treat it as your own house. I will explain to your brother and sister-in-law later. They, communicate with those little ones, so as not to hurt the child's heart in time."

Mei Zhuangyi was embarrassed, and at the same time, a wave of grief and anger broke through the sky.

After dealing with his mother, he went back to the house, opened the door and went in, and saw the man sitting cross-legged on the kang, looking around in surprise.

"What's so interesting, have you never seen something like Kang?" His tone was very bad.

"I've never seen it before." Wang Yao remained motionless, as if he didn't see the other party's displeasure at all.

"Let me tell you first, this is my house, don't get out of the way you were a bandit, or I will never end with you."

Wang Yao nodded solemnly, "Don't worry about that, you went to my lair as a guest, this time I'll come to your house to find out, I won't cause you any trouble."

"It won't be the best!" Mei Zhuangyi said angrily.I regretted in my heart why I was curious to go to his lair to see and see when I was dead, so this time Wang Yao proposed to come to his house, but he had no valid reason to refuse.

After these several times of cooperation, each other can be regarded as having figured out each other's background, and the visit to Wang Yao's lair at the beginning of the year was just the last time for the two parties to explain each other.So no matter how you look at it, Mei Zhuangyi couldn't refuse to bring Wang Yao home.

I understand it, but I still feel suffocated and panicked.

Mei Zhuangyi went to the top of the kang to get the quilt, first spread his own bedding, and then threw two more beds in front of Wang Yao.

"Our family is small, there are no servants available, we have to do everything by ourselves. We have no beds here, we all sleep on kangs. This kang is used for living and even eating during the day, and tidying up at night becomes a place to sleep. Well, you shouldn't mind, right?"

It was only after Mei Zhuangyi got acquainted with Wang Yao that he realized that the leader of the water bandits actually had a problem with love and cleanliness.When eating at the same table on weekdays, if he dropped a grain of rice, the corner of the other party's eyes would twitch twice.He seized on this weakness, but he deliberately angered Wang Yao, but Wang Yao was worthy of being a bandit leader who took everything from land and water, so he didn't take this little trick seriously.It's a pity that Mei Zhuangyi didn't understand, and even enjoyed provoking again and again.

Wang Yao took the quilt calmly, and spread it on the kang like Mei Zhuangyi did, with a bed underneath and a bed on top.

"This kang is a good thing. The winter in the south is cold and wet, and you can only rely on charcoal fires for warmth. You people here are smart."

Hearing this, Mei Zhuangyi felt much better.First go to blow out the lamp, then take off all the clothes at will, leaving only the middle clothes, and lie down in the bed.

"It's still comfortable at home." He sighed contentedly, and fell asleep after a while.

In the darkness, Wang Yao quietly looked at the beam for a long time, and then at the sleeping person not far away before slowly falling asleep.

Early in the morning, while the couple were still asleep, they heard their daughter crying.

Lu Jiaoyue woke up suddenly, and was stunned for a moment before remembering that she didn't bring her daughter here yesterday.

In the past, although Diandian was occasionally sent to sleep with Mrs. Cheng, Zhou Jin would usually bring her daughter back in the middle of the night, and it was Lu Jiaoyue's strong request, because she was afraid that her daughter would not see her mother crying when she woke up.Unexpectedly, it was too late last night, and I forgot about this.

She immediately wanted to get up and go to the Westinghouse. When she got out of the quilt, she realized that she was not wearing any clothes.At this point, the kang was no longer hot, and tiny goose bumps appeared on the skin exposed to the cold air.

The world was turned upside down for a while, Lu Jiaoyue was pulled back into bed, Zhou Jin got up while putting on his clothes.

"I'll go, you sleep a little longer."

Lu Jiaoyue thought that a man would be able to coax her daughter on weekdays, so she felt relieved, and felt drowsy again under the warmth of the quilt.

Unexpectedly, instead of subsiding, her daughter's crying became louder and louder. Just as Lu Jiaoyue lifted the quilt and was about to get up, Zhou Jin came in with a black face and howled.

"Why are you crying like this?" Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly put on some clothes and took her daughter over.

Xiaodiandian was wearing a fine cotton shirt and trousers, and a small padded jacket was put on top of it, which was wrapped in a quilt by his father.After seeing her mother, she stretched out her small arms aggrievedly, wrapped them around Lu Jiaoyue's neck, and called her mother sobbingly.

"You cry so much, you're so shy, you have a lump on your face..." Lu Jiaoyue teased her daughter, shaking her hands lightly.Diandian seemed a little shy, stopped crying, and rubbed her big eyes in embarrassment.

"This little thing doesn't even recognize his father!" The sadness in Zhou Jin's eyes almost leaked out, let alone the depression in his heart.

Lu Jiaoyue tried her best not to laugh, and said to her daughter solemnly: "This is dad, why did Dian Dian forget, when Dian Dian was young, dad often hugged you, don't you remember?"

Hiding in her mother's arms, Dian Dian looked at Zhou Jin curiously, and then again, but when Zhou Jin reached out to hug her, she still refused to hug her.

"Smelly girl!" Zhou Jin was angry and depressed.

But a father would definitely not care about his daughter, especially when Dian Dian is still so young, it is normal to have a lot of forgetfulness, especially since he has been away for four months, it is normal for the child not to know him.Let the mother and daughter hide in the bed and whisper, while he went to add firewood to the kang cave.

After Lu Jiaoyue finished feeding Diandian and dressed her again, Zhou Jin brought a basin of hot water to wash her daughter's face.After finishing her work, Mrs. Cheng cooked the meal, and the family of three went to eat in the main room.

Now that Diandian is ready to eat, Lu Jiaoyue feeds her every time, but Zhou Jin is at home, so naturally he will do it.I haven't done it for a few months, and I have a lot of raw hands. Fortunately, Diandian doesn't resist him now, but I will finish a bowl of chicken porridge that is boiled and fragrant.

After letting her father feed the meal, Diandian obviously got closer to Zhou Jin a lot, and after Zhou Jin took her out to play, she stopped chasing after her for a mother.

Hearing her daughter laughing loudly in the yard, Lu Jiaoyue, who was tidying up the house, called out from the window: "It's cold outside, come in quickly, don't catch a cold."

Not long after, the father and daughter came in, with smiles on their faces, one big and one small.

After that, Lu Jiaoyue packed up the things Zhou Jin brought back this time, while the father and daughter sat cross-legged on the kang to play.Zhou Jin brought a lot of good things when he came back this time, unlike before, they were all brought for Lu Jiaoyue before, but this time most of them were for little girls to play with.

All kinds of strange gadgets, as well as the little clothes, shoes and hats worn by girls, are always packed in a box.They are all the styles from the south, so Lu Jiaoyue can do the same, but what she wants is the special one.

Zhou Jin asked his daughter-in-law to bring two gadgets to please her daughter, and Diandian smiled and played with them in her hands.Of course, he is also very generous. Seeing the man next to him called Dad looking at her with his eyes open, she chubby grabbed one and stuffed it over.

Zhou Jin couldn't help laughing: "The little girl is generous!"

"She is generous, but if there is only one she will not give others, and if there are many, she will pretend to be generous."

Zhou Jin couldn't help laughing.

Just as they were laughing, there was a sound of talking in the courtyard. The couple were wondering who was coming, and Mrs. Cheng hurried in.

"Guangyi's daughter-in-law is about to give birth."

It stands to reason that Gui Ya should have had an attack long ago.

But there has been no movement, and the doctor and the midwife have also seen it, and they all said that the day is not yet, so the Erfang family can only hold back their temper and wait.

Never expected to have an attack here.

Because Guiya's delivery date is approaching, the business in the town has stopped for a while, only the shop in the county is still doing business.Lu Guangyi guards his wife at home every day, fearing that a sudden attack will occur, and the family will not have enough staff.

Guiya cried out in pain, and Lu Guangyi immediately became at a loss. It was Mei who instructed him, so he stumbled to Erfang's house to borrow a car.Horse-drawn carts run much faster than donkey carts, and are also more stable.

As soon as he heard that he wanted to borrow a car to hire the midwife, Zhou Jin went to set up the car without further ado. The two men hurried out of the car, while Lu Jiaoyue handed over the money to Mrs. Cheng and went to the second room to help.She didn't dare to take the child there, because she was afraid that she would not be able to take care of it, or that her daughter would be frightened.

Gui Ya moved very quickly, the front screamed in pain, and the amniotic fluid broke in the back.Mei's head was sweating profusely, and she was in a hurry, seeing her daughter coming, she hurriedly asked Lu Jiaoyue to prepare things, while she watched Gui Ya in the room.

Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly went to boil water, the water was boiling in the pot, and she was busy looking for wine, as well as wooden basins, iron scissors, cloth, and swaddling clothes that Meishi had prepared in advance.

She was a little nervous, because when she was born, she heard from the midwife that she was lucky and became famous first.Don't be afraid to see the red first, and you can give her plenty of time to give birth to the child.If the amniotic fluid breaks first, especially the first child, the woman's birth canal will be difficult to open. If it is delayed for a long time, the amniotic fluid will dry up, and the baby will not be born. It will be dangerous at that time.

Carrying all the things that needed to be used, Lu Jiaoyue moved closer to see Gui Ya's situation.Seeing her complexion in pain and sweat all over her forehead, Mei Shi was wiping her sweat away.

"Why did it happen so quickly, Guiya, don't be afraid, the midwife will be here soon..." She comforted her, but actually Mei was also very anxious.

"Mother, don't panic. Brother Jin is driving the carriage. The midwife has told her in advance that she should not go anywhere in the near future. She will be there soon."

"Yeah, the midwife will be here soon."

Seeing that her mother-in-law was more anxious than herself, Guiya endured the pain and comforted her: "Mother, I don't feel any pain, so don't worry."

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry..."

Fortunately, not long after, the midwife was invited, and Mei let out a sigh of relief.

Gui Ya gave birth very quickly, and the baby was born just after noon.

It was a bit dangerous, because Gui Ya's amniotic fluid flowed very fast, and fortunately, the midwife had been delivering babies for decades, so she was very experienced. , to help her give birth to the child.

This was the second time that Lu Jiaoyue witnessed a woman giving birth, both times were so dangerous, her heart went up and down, until she heard the baby crying, her heart finally settled down.

is a boy.

Because of Mei's experience, during Guiya's pregnancy, she had been helping her control her food intake, so the baby was not big, but she cried very loudly, and she knew it was a healthy baby.

Lu Guangyi looked at the child in his sister's arms, so happy that he didn't know what to do. He wanted to pick it up but was afraid that he would spoil it, so he could only watch from the sidelines helplessly.

"How is your sister-in-law? I'll go and see her." As he spoke, he rushed into the room, almost tripping over the threshold.

Lu Jiaoyue didn't stop calling out, she could only shake her head and smile.

At this time, Lu Minghai and Zhou Jin also came back from the county. They heard that Gui Ya had given birth, and also gave birth to a boy. They were very happy.Lu Minghai took the child and looked at the baby in the swaddle, smiling so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes.

"Hey, my eldest grandson!"

After confinement, Gui Ya finally understood why my sister-in-law complained so much to herself back then.

He ate and slept all day long, couldn't get off the kang, couldn't wash his face, couldn't even comb his hair, and had to lie down all day, until his bones hurt.

But this complaint is also happy, the mother-in-law is considerate and thoughtful, the man knows that she loves her, and the mother-in-law almost didn't fight her mother-in-law in order to serve her in confinement.This kind of happiness surrounded by people was something she never dared to imagine in her early years.

Especially now that I even have a son.

In fact, when she was pregnant, Gui Ya was always worried.The man is the eldest son. The parents-in-law didn't say anything, but they definitely wanted a grandson in their hearts.Especially when her mother was unable to give birth to a son, her grandmother always viciously scolded her mother for being a hen that couldn't lay eggs, and even scolded the three of their sisters that they would definitely follow her mother in the future and be a hen that couldn't lay eggs.

Although Gui Ya didn't mention this matter in her mouth, she always remembered it in her heart.She had seen the pain of not being able to give birth to a boy for more than ten years, and she really didn't want to let herself live like that again.Fortunately, the man always comforted her, saying that there are many sons in the family and few daughters, you should look at the younger sister, so if you really have a daughter, you don't have to be afraid that your parents won't like it, she will just treat it as a treasure in your palm.

Because of these, Guiya can feel more at ease.

In fact, if she really gave birth to a daughter, she would also like it, but the first child gave birth to a son, and she would not have such a big psychological burden later.

Now that Gui Ya, who has left her burden behind her, is honestly staying at home for confinement, and let Mei make up for it during the day. It's as red as white.

Because of the filial piety in the family, there is no way to make a big deal of the strong full moon wine, so the Erfang family, Zhou Jin, and the Sanfang family sat down and ate together.Country people don't have too many rules about keeping filial piety, and there is no lecture hall where they can't drink alcohol and meat. As long as they don't eat in front of others, no one will pay attention to anything.

Comparing with the bustle of Erfang's side, Dafang's side is very bleak.

Just now, Mrs. Hu had another quarrel with Mrs. Cui, and the grudges had been accumulated for a long time.Mrs. Hu hated Mrs. Cui for secretly giving half of the money and food to Lu Guili, and locked up the other half, picking and picking to get it out every day.Take it once and say it once, let them save some food, otherwise they won't be able to catch up.

Naturally, the Hu family at this time would not feel ashamed because they ate Cui's food, but hated Cui's subsidy for their daughter even more.Patronizing to worry about this, and because of this, she knew about urging Lu Guangren to go out to work earlier, but she forgot about it recently.

Lu Guangren was away from home every day, and no one knew where he had been. Lu Mingchuan would only come back every few days. Every time he came back, he was as tired as a dog, too lazy to say a word, and he never touched his hands at homework. .Xiao Hu's mother and daughter are like dumb, even if Hu finds fault and scolds them, they always just accept it and never refute.

The only one who is a bit popular is Cui Shi.

When Mrs. Hu had something to do, she quarreled with Mrs. Cui. No, she saw that the Sanfang family passed by the door while talking, and she knew that today was the full moon of the second-fang family's grandson, and she was going to have a drink.I couldn't help but go to the main room to provoke, saying that the second room family invited me to dinner, and the third room family invited me, why didn't I invite this grandma.

In fact, Cui Shi was also annoyed, but she was ashamed to admit that her son didn't want to see her in front of Hu Shi.He could only talk to Hu's family, the two were arguing, and the Erfang family sent Lu Guangyi over to bring Cui's noodles.

In fact, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the noodles are a bit exaggerated, that is, I made a bowl of all the good dishes cooked today, and brought two boxes full of them.

"Grandma, it's a full moon today, because my father just left, and we can't serve wine at home, so we just sit together and eat casually as a celebration. My father specially asked me to deliver food to you. The child is too young to Take it out, and when it gets warmer tomorrow, I will bring the child to show you." "

Mrs. Cui responded directly, and by the way, she used the corner of her eyes to sweep at Mrs. Hu, only to tell her, you said my son forgot his mother, you can look at it now.

After Lu Guangyi left, Mrs. Cui kicked Mrs. Hu away: "Don't cook my meal at noon, I will eat what my son gave me."

But Hu was so angry that when he returned to Dongjian, he almost broke the door frame.

Cui deliberately got angry with Hu, and even called Xiao Hu and Xiao Niuniu to have dinner at noon, but Hu was not called.Hu was so angry that her heart hurt, and she lay on the kang with her chest covered for a long time before she felt a little more comfortable.

After finally waiting for her to calm down, she heard some movement in the main room, she rushed over and opened the door to look out, and saw Cui Shi put the food from the second room into a food box, and then went out with the food box.

Needless to say, this is the mother who eats well and never forgets her daughter, and sent it to Lu Guili.

The hatred in Hu's heart, he rushed out immediately, took out the dishes that Cui had put in the cabinet, and smashed them all.After smashing it to pieces and stomping on it, she felt happy.

After Cui came back, seeing the mess everywhere, he naturally quarreled with Hu again.

It was also a coincidence that Lu Mingchuan came back today, and as soon as she saw her son Cui Shi, she sued, saying that she didn't even want to eat it herself, so she wanted to give her son a few mouthfuls of meat so that he could eat to nourish his body, but she was punished by Hu Shi The mother-in-law was ruined.

Dafang hasn't seen any meat for many days, and Lu Mingchuan is doing physical work outside, so to be honest, he is very hungry for meat.Looking at the chicken, duck and fish meat that could still be seen on the ground, Lu Mingchuan's face turned black on the spot, and he slapped Hu twice.

At this time, Cui groped to bring out two bowls from another cabinet.There are many mice in the country, and the unfinished dishes are not placed outside, but placed in the cabinet.

"Fortunately, I thought that we could share the food, instead of finishing it in one meal, we kept some, otherwise we would all be ruined by this woman."

At this moment, Mrs. Hu also prepared the rice, and Mrs. Cui asked her to heat it up, and the three of them, together with Niuniu, drank porridge with big pieces of meat.While eating, Cui said with distress: "If Mrs. Hu doesn't spoil it, we can eat several meals."

Hu, who was sent back to the house and said that he could not eat in the evening, was so angry that he trembled all over, and his heart ached again.

(End of this chapter)