Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 84

“Xiao Huang, do you think we should take a few photos in the yard?”

“What kind of photos?Do you want to take photos of the yard that your dog had eaten?”

“No, we have to take photos!”

Zhang Chengbei decided to take photos. He cheekily went to the next door and said that he wanted to take photos with his wife in their yard, so Qin Rou agreed.

He took his wife to take photos in front of the fruitful vegetable garden, as he wanted to send the photos to his former good friend.

By the way, he also attached a letter saying that he ploughed and grew vegetables and flowers in the yard, and how he worked hard to make his wife happy…

Anyway, what he said was the truth. As for what the other party thought, it had nothing to do with him.

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Qin Rou and her husband had been sticking together for a day at home. Early the next morning, before dawn, they went to the beach to catch the sunrise with their family. At that time, the tide subsided, revealing a large tidal flat.

The sun rose from the sea level. At that moment, the rays of light were so radiant that it was almost impossible for people to open their eyes. The color of the sky became extremely beautiful and the clouds in the sky were rolling like waves, changing extremely fast.

Qin Rou put on thick waterproof shoes, held a blue bucket in one hand and long pliers in the other, and walked to the tidal flat with great interest. Lu Yan followed her closely, lest she accidentally left him behind.

He didn’t bring any tools, just an umbrella and two sun hats. The sunscreen jacket made by Qin Rou also hung on him.

“How can it fall? You see we are walking so slowly.”

“It’s the first time you accompanied me to the beach.”

Qin Rou worked hard to dig treasures to find small seafood. Once the tide receded, many gifts from the sea were left behind.

Many creatures in the sea were still sleeping in their own homes.

There were many small starfishes on the ground. Every time Qin Rou came to catch them, she liked to play with starfishes, poking its tentacles, doing good deeds by the way, and throwing them into the puddle.

If it was soaked in the mud, dried for a long time, it would become dried starfish.

The little sea urchin was also picked up and poked.

“Look, what is this crab doing? I don’t want you. You look so ugly. I hate fried crabs.”

“Wow, this is so big.”

“I picked up a sea cucumber.”

…

With small seafood all over the floor, there was disgust written all over his face, there was really no desire to pick it up.

But his wife was in high spirits, going in the east and turning around in the west.

“Sea snake—” Ah, although it was the best fishing bait, but seeing that it was too shabby, Qin Rou rubbed against Lu Yan’s arms.

She hated seeing sea snakes.

Lu Yan happily hugged his wife.

Sister Qin Mian and brother-in-law Chen Mian were also nearby. Her sister was seriously digging for delicious food. Chen Mian looked at the west, full of academic inquiry. The two little kids have long been crazy. They caught a lot of small crabs and starfish

“Look at them, they’re all crazy.”

A few of them came out to play. Her father-in-law looked after Xiao Jingyi at home. The Chen family had settled down near Lucheng. Chen Mian didn’t want to be a middle school teacher, even if he was a teacher, he just wanted to be a primary school teacher.

There happened to be a school with poor conditions that was lacking teachers. Most of the teachers were students from the village. Chen Mian did not dislike it. He went to that primary school to become a general subject teacher, so his family could still live in the school building.

When the Chen family moved in, they sold and replaced a lot of things. When they came, Qin Mian bought a second-hand bicycle and a sewing machine. She sewed on weekdays to subsidize the family.

Life was peaceful and steady. The Chen family liked it very much, especially the men. When they arrived on the island, they were much tougher. The grandfather sent their little grandson to kindergarten every morning, and then went shopping, went for a stroll, or took elementary school students to grow vegetables and fruit trees, or went for a walk by the beach alone.

The people around were extraordinarily simple and hospitable. Although Chen Mian was often angry with several elementary students and doubted his life, these monkey children were sometimes very warm-hearted, which made people love and hate.

Qin Mian told Qin Rou several interesting things, and even made her amused. Children, the younger they were, the more a combination of a devil and an angel they were.

The Chen family liked it very much and decided to settle down on the island completely.

When it should have been snowing heavily, seeing such bright sunshine made people’s hearts open.

The sun was getting bigger.

On the other beach, the two of them were holding umbrellas, and Qin Rou was holding the hand of the man beside her. She stepped on the fine sand with her bare feet, and the shallow water washed over gently, leaving a row of footprints.

There were many enchanting coconut trees on the coast. Qin Rou saw little squirrels jumping up and down on the coconut trees. At first, she thought it was a mouse, but later she found out that it was a little squirrel.

There were a lot of squirrels there.

She had asked the aunts around if they would raise squirrels. They said no, these little squirrels were naughty and nimble, and it was difficult to catch them live.

But they had long tails and were super cute.

In the past, there was a little squirrel who went to her house to steal coconuts, and was caught by her, but as a kind person, she let it go back to the mountain.

Back from the beach, Qin Rou told her sister about her pregnancy.

Qin Mian was very happy, and repeatedly told her to do some things.

“Sister Huahua, Sister Huang, Sister Yang… also told me.”