Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 86

Chen Mian ate a meal at his brother-in-law’s house. He really envied his brother-in-law. His wife’s sister, like his wife, had changed a lot before and after marriage. Her former pungent personality had become a lot gentler.

His brother-in-law really loved his wife.

He would also make big steamed buns and dumplings, which were quite delicious… It was something that he couldn’t compare to.

He felt really ashamed.

He also planned to go back and try to make steamed buns. It shouldn’t be difficult to make such a simple thing.

*

Lu Yan was on vacation, but Qin Rou still had to go to work. She couldn’t ride a bicycle in the morning, and could only take a bus, but she had to walk for a short distance as she got off at the place halfway. She had to walk ten minutes to the radio station.

Lu Yan was at home, so he naturally said that he would borrow a car to drive her to work, but Qin Rou was reluctant. Anyway, the weather was good at the moment, and it was good for two people to walk as it was not too far. As a pregnant woman herself, she should take more walks.

She leaned on Lu Yan, but felt tired after walking for ten minutes, so he had to carry her on his back, “You wanted me to carry you a long time ago, right?”

Qin Rou admitted honestly, “You’re really very clever.”

She really wanted to taste the feeling of being carried by her husband.

“Why didn’t you say that earlier? If you had said it earlier, I would’ve carried you from our house.”

“That’s so embarrassing. So many people would be looking at us.”

“Am I heavy?”

“…Wife, don’t overestimate yourself, you are like a feather.”

“Nonsense.”

Lu Yan sent her to her work unit. It was the first time he went to her work unit. Before arriving, Qin Rou got off Lu Yan’s back so as not to be ridiculed by colleagues.

Lu Yan entered the unit with her, as he wanted to visit around, so Qin Rou introduced him.

“Qin Rou, who is this person?”

“Your husband?”

“You two are handsome and beautiful, it’s a match made in heaven…”

Qin Rou rarely talked about her husband in the work unit, and many people guessed that the relationship between the two was average. Later, the matter of Wang Lichun happened again, and some people murmured in their hearts, thinking that her guess might be correct.

Qin Rou looked young and beautiful. There were some young men in the station who really liked her secretly. Although Qin Rou avoided suspicion and basically didn’t have any close behavior with other men, she still attracted people’s attention.

Her man was excellent. He was a naval officer, but he was often away from home, and he may not be literate or romantic. Qin Rou, a woman with a beautiful voice, was an announcer, and her conditions were not bad. Maybe she would have other thoughts.

But seeing the couple’s affection and sweet smiles, one could tell they were a loving couple. Qin Rou, who used to just smile lightly on station, smiled beautifully in front of her handsome husband, and looked at him with a kind of gentleness that was rarely seen in the past.

Zeng Xueqing, an announcer who worked with Qin Rou, sighed, “It used to be difficult, but Mount Wu is not a cloud (romantic).”

“With such a husband, who else would Qin Rou like? Let their minds rest. It’s a crime to destroy a military marriage.”

“Don’t gossip behind her back.”

*

Lu Yan’s parents brought a lot of cloth to Qiongzhou Island, saying that they wanted to give Qin Rou clothes to make. They knew that their little daughter-in-law was beautiful, and must have liked to wear new clothes. She just got married, so she needed to make a few more new clothes.

The Lu parents both had pensions, and they were not short of money, so they exchanged a lot of cloth tickets with others, bought all kinds of cloth, and sent them to the island. They originally wanted to make dresses directly, but were also afraid that it might not be done well, and their little daughter-in-law wouldn’t like it, so they simply sent a cloth over.

After receiving the cloth, Lu Yan hurriedly took it back to make his wife happy. The cotton cloth of that era was simple in pattern, and there were no other strange patterns. They were all normal and ordinary, including red, army green, and some white and blue, as well as rags and plaids that were quite idyllic and fresh.

Most of the Lu family were in the army. Lu Yan’s parents also had a lot of old military uniforms, and they had accumulated a lot of cloth tickets themselves. It was indeed a big deal to come up with so many clothes at that time.

“Wife, let’s make some more new clothes.”

“Your father-in-law and mother-in-law gave them to you.”

Lu Yan, who received the cotton cloth, didn’t know that his parents were already on their way south. He hadn’t told them that his wife was pregnant.

His parents were worried that his home was a battlefield filled with gunpowder.