The Happiness of Rebirth in the 80s

Chapter 51

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the new year, and Liu Taoer's confinement period was basically a full month.The end of the year is the busiest. Liu Tao'er has to confine herself to confinement and has to take care of two children. Gao Tongtong is only three years old. Gao Hao, who has just registered with a new name, is only a month old now. This young master and his sister and Dad also has a big temper. If something goes wrong, he will cry loudly, but he also likes to be clean. If his diaper is not changed in time, he will cry the sky.

This is a pain for dad Gao Aimin, now that it's cold, just washing the child's diapers is a lot of work.Liu Tao'er is in confinement now, even if she wants to help, Gao Aimin is reluctant to let her do it. Although he is a big man, he also knows that if the root cause of the disease falls during confinement, it will be a lifetime thing.

In addition to this work, it is to buy goods for the New Year.The flavor of the New Year is strong now, even the poorest families have to celebrate the New Year lively.Except for some essential staff, people stay at home throughout the year, especially in rural areas, and the New Year is not counted until the first month.

But in this case, purchasing New Year’s goods is also an important task. Those who visit relatives and friends during the first month, or prepare to entertain relatives during the New Year, must prepare everything properly, otherwise there will be nowhere to buy it.Now it’s not like in the future, big supermarkets have everything, you can buy whatever you want, and you can buy it whenever you want. If you didn’t prepare properly a year ago, no one will sell it to you during the first month.

In addition, whether it is frying, frying, frying or washing, it is very important. It is impossible to have a dirty home during the Chinese New Year.Liu Tao'er likes to be clean. The quilts, kang sheets, door curtains, and curtains at home are all clean, and they are all backed up. It's just right to change into the brightly colored set in the first month. It looks festive and lively.

As for boiled meat, couscous, steamed rice cakes, steamed buns, neither Gao Aimin nor Liu Taoer can do anything about it.Fortunately, Wu Lan knew that the young couple couldn't let go of their hands now, and when they were packing things at home, they bought them together, which made the busy young couple very happy.

In fact, Liu Tao'er had already made preparations. When she was pregnant, she counted the month of her birth, and confinement happened to be in the twelfth lunar month, so she started to prepare in advance.If it wasn't for some food preparations during the next year, she must have made arrangements early.

Liu Tao'er's month was not too big when all kinds of fresh fruits came out in autumn, so she bought some fresh fruits and made a lot of candied fruit, as well as various preserved fruits.He also dried some dried vegetables with Wu Lan, pickled some pickles, eggs, and duck eggs.As for snacks and the like, she was unprepared when she could make them again after confinement.

In addition, Liu Taoer also made the clothes for the family to wear during the Chinese New Year. Whether it was cotton jackets or cotton shoes, they were well prepared, washed and put in the closet, just waiting for the first day of the new year Take it out and wear it.Liu Taoer's preparation relieved Gao Aimin a lot of burden.

Wu Lan originally planned to come over to help, at least two pieces of clothes could be made for her, but seeing that except for some food for the next year, the rest of the younger siblings were well prepared, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart It's really delicate, and it's inevitable that my impression of Liu Tao'er will be a little better.

On New Year's Eve, Liu Tao'er finally had her full confinement period and could move about freely.Although after ten days she started to get up and move around every day and do some capable work, she never went out of the house. Although she is used to staying at home, she has been suffocated for a month.What's more, there are a lot of things at home and outside the house. Seeing Gao Aimin is so busy all day, she also feels distressed.

The reunion dinner on New Year's Eve was going back to the old house, so Liu Taoer got up early in the morning and made a lot of snacks in a hurry. Buqiang stopped her, but she was determined not to let her touch cold water and do heavy work, all of which were done by him.

Because it is Chinese New Year, Liu Taoer makes more festive dim sum such as sesame rolls, golden cakes, jujube paste cakes, and two-color horseshoe cakes.The dim sum made by Liu Tao'er is quite large, for the second day of the first lunar month to go to her mother's house, to honor her mother-in-law tonight, and to keep food for herself, it's not a lot.

The freshly baked dim sum is slightly sweet.After waiting for it to cool down, Liu Taoer wrapped it in oiled paper, and then took the candied fruit that had been made earlier and put it on a plate.Finally, I took out the new clothes made for the two elders, which is considered an annual gift.Originally, there should be meatballs and rice cakes, but because of the special circumstances this year, Wu Lan helped the family make some, so they didn't give them away. Gao Aimin thought it would be good to give the couple more money.

After the two packed up, Gao Aimin hugged Gao Tongtong, Liu Taoer hugged Gao Haohao and went to Gao's mother.This was the first time Liu Taoer left the house after giving birth.Liu Taoer, who just gave birth to confinement, is a little fatter than before, and now she is a little plump, but she looks more beautiful than before.The skin is so tender that water can almost be squeezed out, and it is eye-catching to look at.

It has been nearly a year since Liu Taoer became pregnant and gave birth to confinement.Gao Aimin has been a vegetarian for a year, and now seeing Liu Taoer's eyes are green.But some time ago, he was worried about Liu Taoer's confinement, so he could barely bear it. Today, Liu Taoer was confinement, and the fire in his eyes could come out.

What's wrong with Gao Aimin, of course Liu Tao'er can see it.But despite staying in this era for a year, she still has a thin skin, so she pretended not to see Gao Aimin's fiery eyes.

Although Liu Tao'er and the others left early, Gao Aiguo's family was already there when they arrived.Gao Aijun's family came back home to celebrate the New Year after the holiday.The brightly red couplets were pasted at the door, and there were still sparse firecrackers in the yard. Liu Taoer felt the strong flavor of the New Year, and she was in a good mood.

As the eldest sister-in-law, Wu Lan has always been the main force in the family's work, so of course she is indispensable for the New Year's Eve dinner.But tonight is the New Year's Eve and there are a lot of dishes to cook, so Bai Jing and Gao's mother are also busy in the kitchen. When they saw their family coming, the three of them who were busy in the kitchen all came out.

"Come here? How is Tao'er? Is it cold? Hurry up and get warm in the house." Wu Lan worried that Liu Tao'er was just out of confinement, and she was afraid that her mother-in-law would cause trouble, so she opened her mouth and said.

In fact, Wu Lan wronged Gao's mother. In Gao's mother's eyes, the world is not as big as her grandson.Her grandson just gave birth to the full moon today, so she would never treat her grandson badly just to embarrass her daughter-in-law.But even though she thought so in her heart, seeing her eldest daughter-in-law say this, she was still a little unhappy. Why did she look afraid that she would bully others? Was she so fierce?But thinking that today is New Year's Eve, Gao's mother swallowed her unhappiness and said to Liu Tao'er and Gao Aimin: "The children are all in the house, you two should go in quickly, it's cold outside, Haohao also Can't take it."

If Wu Lan knew what her mother-in-law thought, she must have died unjustly.If it wasn't for the mother-in-law who used to find trouble with the second child's family when she had nothing to do, would she be so obvious?

Liu Tao'er was a little embarrassed at first, but seeing everyone saying that, she didn't continue to refuse and went into the house.Wu Lan, who was next to her, saw that the couple were holding the child and carrying big and small bags in their hands, so she took the things in Gao Aimin's hand and said, "What are you two holding? Look at the big and small bags."

"It's nothing. I just made some snacks and candied fruit, and I also made clothes for my parents. The clothes are thick in winter, so it looks like a lot. How is my sister-in-law's dinner, come over and have a couple of snacks first, It’s just made, and it’s still warming up now. Mother, come in too, and try on the clothes I made for you, and if there’s anything that doesn’t fit, it’s too late to change it now.” Seeing Wu Lan’s question, Liu Tao’er said Said, let Mrs. Gao come in to try on clothes by the way.

When she heard that Liu Tao'er had made clothes for herself, although Gao's mother was still sullen, there was a smile in her eyes.She has three daughters-in-law and two daughters. The old people used to do clothes and so on, but in recent years, they have focused on their children.Not to mention the third child, she can't even take care of the children.Speaking of it, the second child's family is quite sensible, and this child is still thinking about their two elders after giving birth.

But these two clothes can't buy her off, if you don't like them, you just don't like them.

A group of people entered the house, father Gao and brothers Gao Aiguo and Gao Aijun were sitting on the kang.The son of Gao Aijun's family, Gao Jin, is over one year old now, and he still can't walk steadily, so he is playing on the kang by himself.As for Gao Mingming and Gao Tiantian who love the country, they are not too cold, and they disappeared early.

As soon as they entered the room, a group of people greeted each other, Gao Tongtong also called grandpa and uncle, Liu Taoer and Gao Aimin put the two children on the kang.Gao Tongtong asked her to play with Gao Jin.As for Gao Haohao, who was only one month old, the little guy was sleeping soundly now, and he didn't wake up all the way. Liu Tao'er put her in the kang and covered her with a quilt and pillow. Seeing that the little guy was sleeping soundly, he felt relieved.

While the husband and wife were busy with their work, Mother Gao had already unceremoniously picked up the clothes that Liu Taoer had made for her and started trying them on.Liu Taoer made thin padded jackets for the two elders that could be worn outside. Gao's mother's was purple, and Gao's father's was black, with some longevity patterns embroidered on it.

The old people are afraid of the cold, so these two clothes Liu Taoer made can be worn over the padded jacket. They are warm and comfortable to wear, and Gao's mother and Gao's father are very satisfied.Gao's father, who was always very serious, gave Liu Tao'er a rare smile and said, "The second family has a heart."

(End of this chapter)