Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 133

Li Qinghua also bought a lot of fish, and the women next to them lost their temper when they saw her. Those women had several children with them, and the children were making a fuss about what to eat at night. 

 “Huahua, you have been hyperactive recently,” a colony member with short hair raised her eyebrows.

 “You’re more diligent than before.”

“A pregnant woman is different. Niu Ye will soon have a younger brother.”

“Let his mother give him more brothers and sisters.”

Qin Rou married Lu Yan, and the couple’s life was sweet and enviable, and there were many people who envied her, but the one who they were more jealous of had always been Li Qinghua.

She was the thorn in the eyes of the crowd.

Qin Rou was beautiful and had a good voice. She used to be in the art troupe, attended art school, and even became an announcer. She could take care of the yard and cook good dishes. With her appearance, yes, although most people envy her, they also feel that she deserved such a life.

As for Li Qinghua, who was like them, she was also an uneducated country girl, with a beautiful appearance, but she was lazy and greedy and did not work, let alone give birth to children, which made many people feel uncomfortable.

Later, she became a driver, which was shocking and enviable.

She was doing something serious in her life.

 “Huahua, look at you like this, shouldn’t you be pregnant with twins?” The person smiled narrowly.

 “Talk to Xiao Qin more, enjoy her blessings, and give birth to two fat boys to your Lao Liu.” That person really wanted to see the slacker Li Qinghua, who was too lazy to get up, to have two fat boys.

Li Qinghua waved her hand carelessly, “I want to have a daughter, I’m not lucky to have two at a time.”

 “You go and enjoy Xiao Qin’s luck.”

“Mr. Zhang asked Lao Liu to go to Xiao Qin’s house to get lucky, I said no. I had a dream, so I must be pregnant with a girl.”

At that moment, a reasonable person said, “You are really stupid, don’t believe those people. This kind of blessing can not be obtained that way, and it is even more impossible for the dream to come true. Whoever should have a boy will have a boy, and whoever should have a daughter will still have a daughter.”

“That’s right.”

Qin Rou was drying fish in the yard. She had recently planted two fruit trees, a lychee tree and a longan, but she didn’t dare to plant jackfruit, for fear that she wouldn’t be able to finish it. Although the jackfruit was delicious, it was too big, and it was boring to eat too much of it. Not to mention that Huahua grew jackfruit, so she could go and eat it with her.

Qin Rou also dried a lot of small shrimp skins before. Small shrimp skins were amazing for calcium supplements. One could put them aside when cooking to adjust freshness. They could use shrimp skins to fry vegetables or scramble eggs, or make soup. It was also very convenient and delicious.

She put away the dried shrimp skins and distributed a large bag. She planned to send it to her sister’s house, and stop by to see her sister and brother-in-law.

Qin Mian was very happy to see her. Qin Rou brought some fabrics, of which Qin Mian made small clothes for her. 

“The children grow fast day by day.  If you make clothes for your children, you must make them bigger and longer, you would end up throwing them away after a few days.”

“If the pants are made longer, you can fold them to make it short. But not the other way around.”

…

Qin Rou smiled and listened to her sister Qin Mian talking. The bigger children’s clothes than their size, was what the school uniform factory used to do in the past. It could be worn directly to the sixth grade, even to junior high school and high school students.

But later on, the school uniforms of the children became more beautiful.

Qin Rou flipped through the little clothes, and the more she looked, the happier she became. But unfortunately she didn’t have her sister’s skills, so she couldn’t make them.

“Cute, right? My sister also became a mother,” Qin Mian sighed with a smile.

 “I’m glad, your skills are really good.” 

Qin Rou also brought some red cloth that time, and wanted her sister to make two small red aprons for Zhouzhou and Jiaozi. The little babies wearing a red apron for the New Year, was especially suitable for the occasion.

“This red cloth is good, it’s not a pity that only children will wear it…”

 After they finished speaking, Qin Mian lowered her head to measure the cloth, and then looked at her sister. 

“Pfft,” she burst out laughing.

“Sister, what’s wrong with you, why are you laughing at me?”

Qin Mian couldn’t help it anymore. As she stood up, her legs trembled, “Sister, I didn’t expect you to dance like that.”

 Qin Rou: “…” It’s really embarrassing.

 “Jing Yi learned from you, right? This kid didn’t like to move before, but now he’s jumping around. His father is also happy to see him this way.”

Qin Rou asked with a smile, “How has brother-in-law been recently?”

“He’s the same as before.” 

When talking about her husband, the smile on Qin Mian’s face unexpectedly disappeared.