Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 99

Qin Rou’s stomach was gradually showing her pregnancy. After more than three months of pregnancy, she could have xoxo again. Someone was looking forward to that day, and Qin Rou was afraid of him.

He was the green-eyed wolf.

Before the day came, he planned every day what to do, what method to take so as not to hurt her and the child, what to do in early trimester, and what to do in late trimester. Chief Lu had already made a battle plan. 

It was also very romantic and written in Chinese, Russian and English.

Seeing the battle plan, Qin Rou wanted to beat him with a rolling pin. She took this guy’s battle training plan and tore it to pieces.

She only tore up the Chinese version, but when she saw the other two versions, she spat out blood.

Romantic?

Romance? You big head, I’ll beat you to death.

Qin Rou: “…Have some self respect, Chief Lu.”

His battle plan was written in a very serious manner. Qin Rou was speechless. Now on Qiongzhou Island, there were quite a few enemy specials, and some ships often came to show off their power. If this was stolen by the enemy special, she didn’t know who would be embarrassed.

“Can you be a good role model for children?” Don’t be full of yellow waste! (Adult thoughts)

Be a model, Lu Yan.

“Wait for Sister-in-Law Huahua to come back, I’ll let you kneel on jackfruit.”

Kneeling on the washboard, kneeling on durian was better than kneeling on jackfruit.

Lu Yan: “…?”

Qin Rou carefully looked at Lu Yan’s battle plan. She found that Chief Lu’s characters were really well-written. Whether it was Chinese, Russian or English, they were all very beautifully written, especially Chinese characters. His calligraphy was much better than her cute one.

Because Qin Rou was a kindergarten teacher before, her handwriting was extraordinarily neat, stroke by stroke, like a beautiful primary school student’s font, which seemed immature.

Now that the children were a month old, it was suitable to start the prenatal interaction.

They didn’t have other musical instruments at home. Qin Rou only played the erhu (Chinese violin) and played the harmonica at home before. Qin Rou wondered if she should buy some other musical instruments to teach the childrens.

After she gives birth, she could also teach them to sing, dance and play musical instruments.

As a kindergarten teacher, she knew a little bit of many instruments, and as for singing and dancing, it was even simpler.

“Lu Yan, do you want to read a few stories to your children every time before going to bed? Read something like poetry or prose, so that the childrens could get acquainted with their father’s voice.” 

Parent-child interaction must happen.

Although their father was often absent, the childrens should be familiar with him in the womb.

“Okay, next time, my wife, let’s rest now.”

Lu Yan hugged his beloved wife, moving gently and slowly. After Qin Rou became pregnant, she was more sleepy than before, and got easily tired, so she fell asleep soon.

But Chief Lu couldn’t sleep, he could only stare at her sleeping face under the lamp.

He kissed her forehead.

He really wanted to sleep with his wife every day.

The Lu family was very lively in the days around New Year’s Eve. This was the first New Year for Qin Rou since she came to the 1970s, and it was also the most lively New Year for her. Lu Yan’s parents, sister and brother-in-law’s family, were invited by her for the New Year.

The two childrens, Chen Jingyi and Xia Mingxi, were successfully reunited. They watched the chicks by the chicken coop in the yard. Xia Mingxi and his mother had been together for a while, and then they were sent to his grandma and grandpa, who were on Qiongzhou Island.

Lu Yan’s sister-in-law brought him there in person. When Qin Rou saw the third sister Lu, she was really… a cool and handsome woman, wearing a capable military uniform, with sassy short hair, and a straight posture. When Qin Rou stood beside her, they could also be said to be the best couple with a height difference and the kind that was convenient for kissing.

Why did Qin Rou always care about it? Because Chief Lu was too tall to kiss.

Sometimes when kissing, Chief Lu thought it was too tiring to bend down and bow his head, so he would pick her up directly, or even let her sit on his strong arm.

But his sitting posture was too much! It was really annoying. 

“Little brother, sister, it’s so beautiful, I want to try your cooking.”

Yes, when the sister saw Qin Rou at first glance, she said that she wanted to try her cooking, “Xiao Ming always said that his little aunt made delicious dishes.”

Xia Mingxi? Xiao Ming?

Sure enough, it was the nickname given by his mother, Jing Yi called him Xixi, and his mother called him Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming, this was such a simple name.

Xiao Ming had been with his own mother for a while, and he became… hungry and thin.

The little fat guy was actually hungry and thin.

“Little aunt, little aunt, little aunt!” When Xia Mingxi saw his little aunt, he was so happy that he finally returned to his little aunt’s arms.

Qin Rou took him in her arms and kissed him on the face.

Xia Mingxi seemed to be afraid that she would forget like his own mother, and shouted loudly, “Little aunt, our baby leeks!!!”

He still remembered the leeks he planted.

Qin Rou: “…” 

He repeated it again, “‘mOur baby leeks!”

“Yes, Xiao Ming kept making a fuss about planting leeks,” Xiao Ming’s own mother was dumbfounded.

Her son told her that he wanted to grow leeks, so they did so, but… the plants didn’t survive.

The mother and son didn’t seem to have that kind of planting talent.

“Are you raising baby leeks for chicken?” (I guess chicken eat leek/chives)

“Yes!” Xiao Ming took a break and stood at attention and saluted, “Reporting to the caption, I’m back.”