Chapter 31

Jiang Yao tried hard to think about it. Her aunt had been late for almost ten days. She was busy with tomato shipments and the market recently, so she forgot all about it.

If she and Lu Che are healthy, according to the frequency of his "sowing/seeding", the chances of her getting pregnant can be said to be very high.

Lu Qing was in a daze after seeing her recover, and asked again, "Yaoyao, are you really pregnant?"

"But... Maybe." Jiang Yao didn't dare to give a definitive answer: "But this month's menstrual period did not come."

"That must be!" Lu Qing took her hand excitedly and said, "I was exactly like you when I was pregnant with Yang Xinxin, and I couldn't smell the fishy smell."

"Not necessarily, you have to check to be sure." Although it is very likely that she will "win the lottery", Jiang Yao is afraid that it is an oolong, and it will be very embarrassing at that time.

"According to what I said, it's definitely not wrong. Yangyang's father returned to the army the day after we got married, and I could get pregnant in one day. How can you not be with Lu Che every day?" Lu Qing said, "No. Just check it out in the past, feel at ease, I'll go to the field and call Lu Che back now."

"No need, sister." Jiang Yao grabbed Lu Qing and said, "Don't be in a hurry, wait for him to come back from work and tell him, it's not too late to check tomorrow."

"It's okay." Lu Qing said, "Don't stay in the kitchen, go to the room to lie down for a while when you're tired, do crafts when you're not tired, and I'll cook the meals."

"Okay, thank you sister." Jiang Yao's stomach was really uncomfortable, and she didn't insist.

Lu Qing smiled and said, "What's there to be grateful for? It's me who thank you for spreading the branches for our Lu family."

"..." These days, married women are indeed shouldering the heavy responsibility of "spreading branches and leaves" of their husband's family. Jiang Yao suddenly felt that the heavy responsibility on her shoulders increased.

Leaving the kitchen, away from the stench, the nausea gradually disappeared, Jiang Yao did not want to lie down, so she started to do handicrafts.

At noon, as soon as Lu Che came back, dinner would be served at home.

Under the guidance of Jiang Yao, Lu Qing's cooking has made a qualitative leap. This meat bun with bone and pork liver porridge tastes very good. You can see that the two little guys didn't complain.

The processed ingredients will not make Jiang Yao nauseated, but her appetite is average. After drinking half a bowl of porridge and half a meat bun, she can't eat it. She stuffed the remaining half of the meat bun into Lu Che's hand. "You help me eat it."

"Why don't you eat it? Does it taste bad?" Lu Che asked puzzled.

Jiang Yao: "No, I'm full."

"Why are you full at such a point? Xinxin eats more than you..." Lu Che wanted to ask more, but Jiang Yao interrupted him, "I'm sleepy, go back to bed first." She didn't dare to be He told everyone, especially the old lady, that she was afraid of making her old man happy.

Until Jiang Yao got up and went back to the room, Lu Che was still confused. Lu Qing looked at this silly brother and felt amused, and said, "Yao Yao was at home all morning, I miss you, you hurry up and accompany her."

"Why do you look like a child?" Big Brother Lu said with disgust, but his smiling brows all showed that he liked his daughter-in-law and missed him.

He finished his lunch and went back to his room.

When the door was opened, Jiang Yao was lying on the big bed on her side. Lu Che looked at his daughter-in-law's slender back, and suddenly became a little confused. He walked over, lay down and hugged her from behind, whispering, "Daughter-in-law, miss me, don't you?"

Jiang Yao was fascinated because he was thinking about pregnancy. He didn't notice when he came in. When he came back to his senses, his hand was restless.

She hurriedly stopped, "What are you thinking about during the day?"

"I miss you!" Lu Che's words caught him off guard, "Come here once before going to work, it should be fine."

"You're fine, I have a problem." Jiang Yao patted his hand, but he didn't give up, so she had to say, "Don't make trouble, I might be pregnant."

"Pregnant?" Lu Che's eyes widened, then he bounced off the bed, put his head in front of Jiang Yao's face, and asked uncertainly, "Daughter-in-law, are you really pregnant?"

"I'm not sure yet, but my menstrual period was delayed by ten days. I smelled the stench in the morning and wanted to vomit, and I didn't have any appetite. It's probably close to ten. I'll go to the county hospital for a checkup tomorrow morning."

Lu Che's expression became more complicated with Jiang Yao's words. She asked, "What? Are you unhappy?"

"No." Lu Che denied immediately, "It's just too sudden, is it so easy to get pregnant?"

"It's not easy." Jiang Yao said quietly: "After all, your 'seeding' frequency is very high."

"..."

Lu Che quickly accepted the news that he was going to be a father, then his brows stretched and he grinned happily, like a little fool.

He lay back on the big bed, put his hand on Jiang Yao's belly, and said with anticipation, "If only the baby was a girl."

Jiang Yao was a little surprised and asked, "Why? Don't you want to be a son? Your old Lu family came to you as a male. You don't want to have a son and spread the branches and leaves?"

It's not that she prefers sons to women, but that all the people in this era are like this. She can't ask Lu Che to think that boys and girls are the same in the future.

"Have a girl you like, she's beautiful and cute. I call me 'Dad' softly every day when I come back from work. It feels so good." Lu Che's mouth was split to the bottom of his ear, "Besides, we are not Just give birth to one, and have another son in the future, you can do business with the milk side."

Co-authoring a daughter is for petting, and a boy is for business? Jiang Yao really admires Big Brother Lu's thinking. Of course, she also grasped another key point and asked, "How many are you planning to have?"

"I don't have any specific thoughts about this." Lu Che said, "Anyway, I will have as many as I have. I will work hard to earn money to support you and raise your children. Daughter-in-law, don't worry."

Jiang Yao: "..." Who can rest assured? How much to give birth to, is she a sow?

The country has been implementing family planning since 1971, and now it is about 73 years old. However, this policy is not promoted very much at present.

In the past ten years, at the rate of holding two in three years, she could not give birth to six. Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle. It seems that the ideological transformation of Big Brother Lu is a long way to go.

The next day, Lu Che took a half-day leave and took Jiang Yao to the county hospital for an examination early in the morning.

This year's examination was very simple, a urine test was done, and the examination results showed that Jiang Yao was undoubtedly pregnant.

The moment they heard the result, the young couple still showed a happy smile.

In the 1970s, the rate of infertility was not high. Doctors were not surprised by this, so they only routinely explained a few words, "Now that the month is still young, we should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and try not to do heavy work, and men can do what they can. Please help."

Hearing the sound, Lu Che nodded immediately and agreed, "Doctor, don't worry, my daughter-in-law usually doesn't have to do heavy work. Now that she is pregnant, she doesn't even have to do light work."

The doctor said it casually. After all, these days, rural women can't get enough to eat, and if they quit, they just don't want to live. Even if you are pregnant, you still have to do whatever you want. Lu Che's answer obviously surprised her. She was stunned for a moment and then said, "The first three months of pregnancy are still unstable. Married life is forbidden. Men should do more heavy work to consume energy."

"..." Lu Che's face suddenly cracked.

After leaving the gate of the county hospital, Lu Che pulled Jiang Yao and asked in a low voice, "Daughter-in-law, is what the doctor said just now true?"

He didn't say anything, but Jiang Yao didn't know what he was referring to, and immediately said: "Of course, you have to bear with me, if something goes wrong..."

"Bah, bah, bah... You quickly spit and said, what's wrong is not wrong, there will never be a mistake."

Before Jiang Yao could finish speaking, Lu Che was ruthlessly interrupted.

"..." It is said that the bigger the business, the more superstitious people are. Big Brother Lu really has the potential to be a big boss.

It's still early, Lu Che wants to buy some meat to nourish Jiang Yao's body.

"TA is probably just a small bean sprout now, so don't worry about replenishing your body." Jiang Yao said.

Although material is scarce now, as Lu Che's income is getting higher and higher, her living standard is also rising. She is not worried that she is not nutritious enough, but she is afraid that he will feed her into a pig.

"It's just because it's small bean sprouts that it needs to be replenished, otherwise how can it thrive?" Lu Che insisted, "The supply and marketing agency must be out of meat at this point, let's go to the alley."

"Okay." Jiang Yao has been here for so long and has never seen the underground market, so it's better to take advantage of today's opportunity to see it.

The alley over the underground market is very narrow, and it is inconvenient to ride a bicycle. Anyway, it is not far from the county hospital, so Lu Che walked over with Jiang Yao.

After walking for about ten minutes, they entered the alley.

This place is really "underground". Compared with the fair and above-mentioned fairs held once every half a month, this place is so cold that it cannot be seen that it is a market. There are some people standing here and there in the alley, and occasionally someone walks up to you and whispers if you want to buy something.

Lu Che had probably visited a lot recently. He turned to a relatively hidden alley and knocked on the door of a house.

Soon, someone came out to open the door.

He was very vigilant at first, but when he saw that it was Lu Che, his face softened, but he still pointed at Jiang Yao and asked, "Who is this?"

Lu Che: "My daughter-in-law."

"Then come in."

After entering the house, crossing the patio, entering the main room and turning to the innermost room, Jiang Yao saw the store.

This is really a small supply and marketing cooperative. It basically has some of the supply and marketing cooperatives, and even some of the supply and marketing cooperatives do not have it.

"What do you want today?" the underground boss asked.

Lu Che: "Give me half a catty of meat, is there any malted milk essence?"

"No problem." The boss below cut half a catty of meat happily, then took out a can of malted milk from the wooden box and asked, "Is one can enough? They are all fresh."

"Two cans." Lu Che said cheerfully.

"Row."

The transaction was completed quickly, just when Lu Che wanted to take Jiang Yao away, the underground boss stopped him, "I almost forgot to ask you, the cloth you provided me last time, and No?"

The cloth provided by Lu Che? Jiang Yao was stunned, but her face remained calm, and then she heard Lu Che ask, "How much do you want?"

The underground boss: "As much as you want, there are many people looking for that product now, so I sold it to three people. Recently, at least ten people came to ask me."

Lu Che: "It should be available in a few days. I'll bring it to you when the time comes."

After that, Lu Che took Jiang Yao and left.

After walking out of the alley and into the street, Jiang Yao asked, "What did that person mean by the cloth just now?"

"Do you remember the big bag that was tied to the front of my car when we shipped sewing machines from the provincial capital last time?" Lu Che asked.

"Remember." Jiang Yao suddenly realized, "Is that cloth?"

"That's right."

In fact, when Lu Che went to the provincial underground market to buy vegetables the day before, he saw those cloths, and the quality was much better than the ones sold at the county supply and marketing cooperative.

He adhered to the principle of "come here after a long time", and went to buy a few large pieces early the next morning. He had no experience in the underground market, so he handed over the cloth to the underground boss, earning a good price difference.

He thought it was a one-time deal, but he didn't expect the underground boss to want it.

"You just told the boss that it should be available in a few days, where are you going to find goods for others?" Jiang Yao realized what he wanted to do as soon as he asked, "You...do you want to go to the provincial capital...to get the goods? "

"Well, it was a small test last time, this time I will take more." Lu Che was afraid of her worry, so he relieved: "I can go back and forth on a bicycle in a day, and I can supply it directly, and I don't have to sell it myself. safe."

"I know." Jiang Yao said, "I'm just afraid that you will be working too hard. It will take 12 to 13 hours to go back and forth in a day."

"It's hard to be afraid of anything. As long as I think of you and the child, I don't feel hard at all."

Seeing the happy appearance of Lu Che's wife and children, Jiang Yao just let him go.

When he got home at noon, Lu Che told the good news of Jiang Yao's pregnancy to the old lady Lu. The old lady smiled and took Jiang Yao's hand and kept saying, "Yaoyao, you are really a hero of our family. , the next work at home will be handed over to Lu Che, you don't have to do anything."

"Grandma, I'm just pregnant, and it's not that I can't move, so I don't have to do heavy work. I can do some work within my ability, otherwise it's too boring." Jiang Yao said with a smile.

"Yaoyao, you're right." Lu Qing said, "don't listen to milk, and usually move around more, so it's easier to give birth when you give birth."

"You girl, before you joined the army, you sang against the milk." The old lady pouted like a child.

Although Jiang Yao has repeatedly emphasized that she should exercise more, Lu Che now regards her as a fragile glass doll. As long as he is at home, he will protect her three hundred and sixty degrees. She walked, and he wanted to carry her.

It is November now, and even in the south, the atmosphere of autumn is already very strong, and the temperature drops immediately as soon as it gets dark at night.

It turned out that two buckets of water were enough for Jiang Yao to take a bath. Lu Che was afraid that she would be cold, so he bought three buckets for her.

Jiang Yao couldn't accept it, so of course she refused, "I don't care if you help me wash, I'm afraid you can't stand it. Don't forget what the doctor said today."

"..." After hearing that, Lu Che could only open the door and go out, "I'm right outside the door, you can call me if you have something."

Although it is possible to go back and forth to the provincial capital in one day, it is easy to attract attention by taking a day off rashly, so Lu Che waited until the day of vacation before leaving.

In order to be back before dark, he had to leave at four in the morning.

Jiang Yao was worried that he would use a few sweet potatoes to deal with it along the way. Last night, he made a pot of sweet potato buns. When he woke up in the morning, she told him to boil a few eggs and bring them with him when he was making the buns.

Although she believed that with Big Brother Lu's strength, ordinary people couldn't hurt him, but this was his first time traveling, so she was inevitably a little worried.

In order to divert her attention, Jiang Yao couldn't wait at home. After breakfast, she went to the paper factory with Lu Qing to get raw materials.

Since Jiang Yao became Qingyuan's daughter-in-law, she is no longer an educated youth in the provincial capital in the eyes of her mother-in-law. Now, when queuing up, some people like to chat with her.

"Jiang Yao, I saw your Lu Che riding a bicycle early in the morning. Where did you go?" a woman asked.

When Jiang Yao heard this, her heart sank. Lu Che had already left the door early enough, but she didn't expect to be seen.

Lu Qing also knew what his younger brother was going out for this time. Hearing this, his heart sank.

Since Lu Che became the free tractor maintenance staff of the production team, the villagers in Qingyuan have softened their attitude towards their Lu family a lot. She worries that if this matter is discovered, they will have to go back to "before liberation" again. She quietly went to see Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao gave her a reassuring look, then raised her hand to cover her belly, lowered her head, and said shyly, "Actually, it's also me being self-willed... I'm just pregnant, and I don't have any appetite. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I really want to eat me. Steamed dumplings from a state-run restaurant near her parents' house. Lu Che felt bad for me, got up without saying a word, and bought it for me on a bicycle."

"Ride to the provincial capital to buy snacks?" Jiang Yao's voice was not low, and the women around her heard it, and stared at Jiang Yao dumbfounded.

Jiang Yao continued to pretend, "Oh, aunties, don't look at me like that, I'm embarrassed."

"No..." The first woman to respond said, "Jiang Yao, what do I say? It's just a bun, you can't make it yourself, grit your teeth and ask Lu Che to go to the county state-run restaurant to buy it, it's delicious. Pretty much the same."

"Is it a lot worse?" Jiang Yao changed the image of the educated youth in the provincial capital in a second, and said, "The barbecued pork buns in the provincial capital have sauce, and the dry ones in the county town are not delicious at all."

"...Even if the taste is almost bad, you shouldn't ask Lu Che to go to the provincial capital to buy it for you. Although there are bicycles, how long does it take to go back and forth?" The women still expressed incomprehension.

"I should be able to come back before it gets dark. In fact, he has to bring the quilt from my house. I didn't bring it when I cut the line. Now it's cold, so let him bring it here." Jiang Yao is worried that Lu Che will come back tonight to bring it. When a large bag was discovered, an excuse was made up in advance.

"Forget it, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, what are you worrying about?" Aunt Tian interjected, "According to me, Jiang Yao is really lucky, and she became pregnant as soon as she got married."

The big thing about pregnancy was brought up, and the topic was immediately diverted.

"It's very powerful, but it's normal. Don't look at Jiang Yao's thin waist, big breasts, ass, and warped hips. It looks like a good child."

"That's right, that's right, Lu Che is definitely working hard at night..."

Saying that, the women let out a malicious laugh.

Jiang Yao: "..." We'd better not change the subject.

After receiving the materials and returning home, Lu Qing said, "Yaoyao, why did you announce your pregnancy so early? It will take three months to tell."

Jiang Yao had heard the saying of three months before, she said, "Sister, it's alright, now everyone knows it, and Lu Che won't be too conspicuous when he goes out on a bicycle in the future, they all think that I have done some cruel torture again. he."

Lu Qing was amused by her, "This is really embarrassing for you."

"It's not difficult, Lu Che is fine."

After going home and doing handicrafts for a day, Jiang Yao stayed up until five o'clock in the afternoon, and finally waited until Lu Che returned home.

Seeing that something was tied to the back seat of his car, Jiang Yao asked, "Why is there only so much, can't I get the goods?"

"No." Lu Che motioned her to go back to the room while unfastening the things in the back seat.

Jiang Yao immediately understood what he meant. First, he was afraid that the wall would have ears, and second, he was afraid of being known by the old lady.

The family's living standard has skyrocketed recently. The old lady always thought that Lu Che was using the money sent back by Lu Yuan to improve the food, but she didn't know that he was secretly doing various side jobs.

When he returned to the room, Lu Che opened the bag and found a piece of army green cloth, which was the most popular color in this era. In addition to the cloth, there is also a small bag of cotton. He said, "You keep these to make your own clothes. I wanted to buy more cotton, but unfortunately they are out of stock. As for the goods I got today, I have already sent them directly to the alley. If you take it back, you will definitely be suspected."

"You're so smart." Jiang Yao told him what happened in the paper factory this morning, "You have to be more careful when you go out in the future, but I have set myself up as a stubborn and willful person, so this trick can still be used. several times."

"Okay." Lu Che responded, then took out a stack of money from his trousers pocket and handed it to Jiang Yao, "The money for the goods and the money for the money are here, you can count them."

The stack of money was obviously much thicker than when he went out today. Jiang Yao smiled and asked, "How much did you earn this time?"

Lu Che: "One foot earns about eighty cents. I took more than twenty feet, about sixteen dollars."

"Sixteen yuan!!! That's amazing!" Jiang Yao hugged Lu Che directly in excitement.

I haven't hugged my daughter-in-law for a day, so Lu Che put his arms around her waist and kissed her on the lips.

This kiss was out of control, especially Lu Che, who had been "cultivating his mind" for a few days.

When Zhou Yang was calling for them to eat outside, he let go of Jiang Yao and said in a hoarse voice, "You go to dinner first, and I'll take a shower."

Jiang Yao: "..."

Lu Che had been in the shower for a long time before he came out. Madam Lu couldn't help but think, "Is there any shit on this guy? He didn't finish the bath for a long time." After speaking, she said to Jiang Yao, "Yaoyao, you It's better to pack his meals separately, these days, the food gets cold quickly."

Jiang Yao didn't dare to say the reason why someone took the shower for so long.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the neighbor brought back a big fish from nowhere, and said that he would give half of it to Jiang Yao if he couldn't finish it. Jiang Yao bought half of it from her with a dime. So, tonight's meal was pretty good, but Lu Che lost his appetite for this bowl of rice.

"What's wrong with you? You haven't eaten after a day's work?" Jiang Yao asked in confusion.

"Daughter-in-law." Lu Che sighed suddenly and said, "I want to take back what I said before."

"...You said so many things before, which sentence are you referring to?" Jiang Yao was really confused by him.

Lu Che: "It's just the sentence of how many babies are born."

"Why... Now I feel that raising children is too stressful, and I don't want to have so many children anymore?" Without having to do ideological work, Big Brother Lu automatically thought, and Jiang Yao was secretly delighted, but what caused his attitude to change 180 degrees within a few daysChange, she is still very curious.

"No, you and the children are the driving force for me to make money. I don't think it's pressure." Lu Che said, looking at her faintly, "It's just that this 'monk' life is too sad.I feel like I can't take it any longer. Daughter-in-law, you must understand me, this kind of extreme happiness cannot be without."

Jiang Yao listened, restrained herself from laughing, patted Lu Che on the shoulder, and said, "Actually, making money is also the ultimate happiness, you keep working hard."

"..."

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Big Brother Lu: You can have fewer children, but you can't have less extreme happiness...