Chapter 41

Jiang Yao's impression of Zhang Dong was still on the day he was discharged from the hospital and returned home. He was good-looking, warm and generous, and he helped them run errands a lot, which added to her impression of him.

"When did he fall in love with Zhu Xia?" Jiang Yao asked suspiciously.

Lu Che shook his head, "I'm not too sure, it's probably when you gave birth."

"..." Jiang Yao was speechless, "You are going to be an introducer now, shouldn't these questions be clarified first?"

"What's there to understand?" Lu Che said naturally: "Now it's Zhang Dong looking for his wife, not me. Am I being idle by asking so much? Anyway, what Zhang Dong means now, you go ask Zhu Xia's idea is to let them go by themselves if they want, forget it if they don't want to."

"Your attitude is too perfunctory." Jiang Yao said, "Zhang Dong has helped us a lot before, so you should be more positive."

"This matter can't be positive. I usually help him a lot at work."

Jiang Yao no longer wanted to discuss this issue with him, and said, "I still have a question, that is, since Zhang Dong fell in love with Zhu Xia more than three months ago, why did you ask for help today? Ride a donkey to find a horse?"

It's a good thing to have a marriage, but Jiang Yao is also afraid of doing bad things with good intentions. If Zhu Xia is Zhang Dong's "donkey" and he is looking for her because he can't find a "horse", she doesn't want such a "good thing" Dry.

"Nothing." Lu Che said: "Our factory has been overcoming a technical problem some time ago. Sometimes everyone is so busy that they don't even go home. The leaders take care of me and let me go home every day. Zhang Dong has no time to delay it. I just came to see me today. Also, he was the same year as me, he didn’t get a wife at such an old age, and he was often laughed at by the co-workers, but if he had met someone before, even if he didn’t succeed, he would spread it everywhere.”

"...Okay." Jiang Yao said, "I'll ask Zhu Xia tomorrow. She is twenty-three this year, and Zhang Dong is twenty-five. Their ages are quite matched."

"Then leave this to your daughter-in-law. Whether Zhu Xia agrees or not, give me an answer as soon as possible. Otherwise, Zhang Dong is buzzing in my ear like a fly all day long, and I will be annoyed to death." Lu Che said Then, he hugged Jiang Yao and went to sleep.

The biggest disadvantage of breastfeeding is that the child gets hungry quickly, and Changchang and Xiaolu usually drink twice a night. Jiang Yao usually slept very deeply. Looking at Lu Che, whenever there was a little movement, he would jump up immediately and carry the little guy who woke up first to Jiang Yao's arms to drink milk, so as not to wake the other one up.

This usually leads to the result that Jiang Yao sleeps until dawn, unaware that she has been a "cow" twice.

The next day, when she woke up, Lu Che had already gone to work, and he had done the heavy work at home.

Life with children is undoubtedly hard, but Jiang Yao really doesn't count as the hardest. After all, her main task is to take care of children, and the old lady helps a lot during the day. On the contrary, Lu Che was busier at home than he was at the factory. He rushed to do whatever he could do anyway.

After breakfast, Jiang Yao planned to find Zhu Xia and take the brothers and sisters out for a walk, but she couldn't hold them with both hands, which made it difficult.

Just when she was about to carry one and hold the other, Zhu Xia came to the door with a piece of pig liver.

"Why are you here? I was just about to find you!" Jiang Yao said overjoyed when she saw Zhu Xia outside the door.

"There are still ten days before the busy farming season. I will go to the county town to cut some meat for myself, otherwise I won't even have the strength to work." Zhu Xia raised the pig liver in her hand and said, "I know you like this stuff. Son, I saw it was fresh, so I bought it."

"Thank you so much, I'll get you the money." Jiang Yao took the pig liver and pulled her into the door, "Don't rush back, I have something to tell you."

"You don't need to give it. This pig liver doesn't need a ticket, and it doesn't cost a lot of money. I just buy it for my godson and goddaughter. I usually eat it at your house."

"No, my brother will settle the bill, otherwise I won't dare to ask you to help carry things next time." Jiang Yao first took the pig liver back to the kitchen, and asked Zhu Xia to go to the room to see the brothers and sisters.

When Jiang Yao returned to the room, Chang Chang and Xiao Lu were already awake, and Zhu Xia was teasing them.

"Yaoyao, these two little guys are so cute!" Zhu Xia waved at Jiang Yao when she saw Jiang Yao, "Come and have a look."

Jiang Yao walked over, sat down beside her, and said with a smile, "It's so cute, do you like it?"

"Of course I like it." Zhu Xia said without thinking.

"If you like it, give birth to one yourself."

When such a sentence came out of nowhere, Zhu Xia was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "I... don't even have a man, how can I give birth?"

"Find one if you don't have a man." Jiang Yao asked straight to the point, "What do you think of Lu Che's workmate named Zhang Dong?"

"Zhang Dong?" After Zhu Xia reacted, her cheeks were flushed, and she lowered her head and said, "I'm a worker, earning wages and eating commercial grains, can I be regarded as an educated youth who went to the countryside?"

"He just liked it." Jiang Yao said.

"What?" Zhu Xia's eyes widened in shock.

Jiang Yao said with a smile, "Zhang Dong has long been interested in you. It's just that he was too busy with work some time ago. When he was free in the past two days, he asked Lu Che to be a matchmaker."

"He...he...how..." Zhu Xia's face flushed to the bottom of her ears, she wanted to say something, but she stumbled for a long time before squeezing out a few words, "Why does he like me?"

"Why can't I like you? You are tall and handsome, and you are an educated youth from the provincial capital." Jiang Yao patted her on the shoulder and encouraged: "Zhu Xia, don't belittle yourself, in fact, you are very Well, it's enough to be worthy of Zhang Dong, you just need to consider whether you want to look around with this person."

Although Zhu Xia had only been in contact with Zhang Dong twice, she had a good impression of him. She was humorous and witty. She would not be cold when she was with him, and she was often made to laugh by him. Never thought about that. To be precise, dare not think about that.

Not only because their jobs are very different, but also because she is not young, a man like Zhang Dong who is considered a small career, should be able to find an eighteen-year-old young girl casually, there is no reason to like her. This old girl.

"How's it going?" Jiang Yao asked when she saw that she didn't speak for a long time, poked her on the shoulder.

"Then...let's try to meet...let's take a look." Even though Zhu Xia was older than Jiang Yao, she was unmarried and had never dated anyone, so she blushed and shy again.

"That's good." Jiang Yao said with a smile: "When Lu Che comes back tonight, I'll talk to him, and then arrange a time for you to be alone."

"Alone? I can't." Zhu Xia was so nervous that she grabbed Jiang Yao's sleeve and said, "Yaoyao, stay with me, or I'll be so nervous that I don't know how to speak."

When Jiang Yao heard this, she laughed "puchi", "I saw you chatting with Zhang Dong very happily last time."

"How could the last time be the same as this time? There wasn't so much going around last time." Zhu Xia said.

Seeing her panicked and shy appearance, Jiang Yao guessed that Zhu Xia should have a good impression of Zhang Dong, and since this is the case, she will try her best to facilitate this marriage. She said: "Okay, when it's confirmed, I'll see how to arrange for everyone to go out to play together. First, you don't have to be so nervous, and second, I can also help you investigate Zhang Dong."

"Thank you Yaoyao." Zhu Xia hugged Jiang Yao's shoulder happily.

"Thank you and you won't need it, but when the time comes, the two of you are really done, don't blame me for pulling you into the water, just stay here." Jiang Yao joked.

She was the one who said the ugly words in front of her. If Zhu Xia married Zhang Dong, even if she went to the county seat, it would be equivalent to breaking the way back to the provincial capital. After all, a small county town is incomparable to a provincial capital.

"How could it be?" Zhu Xia asked sincerely: "Actually, how is your life after marriage? I look at it very well. Anyway, looking at the entire Qingyuan production team, I haven't seen any married woman living a better life than you. "

"Very good." Jiang Yao smiled calmly, "I am very satisfied with the current marriage full of fireworks."

Chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea are full of every corner of her life. Raising and raising babies takes up almost all of her time, but as long as she has a chance to breathe, she can always feel love from Lu Che. Such little romance makes married life full of happiness.

"Actually, I never thought that I would focus my life on my family after getting married, but now I am "bound" by two little guys. Instead of feeling unwilling, I feel a little happy."

The smile on Jiang Yao's face became stronger, "It is a happy thing to be able to have children with the one you like, but it is only the beginning of happiness. To continue this happiness, the two must participate together. to raising children."

"I am very fortunate that Lu Che has performed the roles of his father and husband very well, and eased my anxiety of being "trapped" at home by my children. Now I will not regard raising children as a task, but enjoy the process. "

She has now become a full-time mother, so she can take care of her children as soon as she comes. Anyway, whether it is the resumption of the college entrance examination or the reform and opening up, it will be four or five years later. Instead of being anxious all the time, it is better to live a good few years now and wait for the opportunity to come.

Zhu Xia was a little confused, but she couldn't help it. Jiang Yao got this insight from her previous life. It was a generation gap of several decades, so it was strange to understand it.

But one thing Zhu Xia can be sure of is that Jiang Yao's married life is very happy. It would be great if she also has such a marriage in the future.

Her thoughts drifted a little far, until she was called back by the cry of the deer. Her face suddenly burned, because when she was thinking about it, she automatically brought Zhang Dong in, which was really embarrassing.

But Jiang Yao didn't notice her strangeness, because she was busy breastfeeding the deer, so she had to eat quickly, because Changchang was also hungry.

After working as a "cow" for three or four months, Jiang Yao is no longer as shy as she used to be. In front of female compatriots, she can open her clothes generously.

"Yaoyao, why are you still in such a good shape after giving birth?" Zhu Xia sighed.

After Jiang Yao listened to it, the conditioned reflex replied, "Yes, it's bigger, and my bras are not enough."

"...I didn't say you were above...I meant that your waist is still so thin, and you had two babies all at once." This made Zhu Xia feel embarrassed.

"..." It turned out that he would be wrong, Jiang Yao felt a little embarrassed. In fact, it's not her fault. If you want to blame it, it's someone else's fault. When she says her figure has gotten better, she refers to the part above the waist.

"Because I was young, I recovered very quickly." Jiang Yao changed the topic with a haha, "You can also get married and have a baby earlier, and then you can recover so well."

"..."

In the evening, the family of four lay on the bamboo mat on the big bed to enjoy the coolness after taking a shower, but the weather in August was still very hot, and the fans were still sticky.

Jiang Yao is okay, but the child has a fast metabolism, and the sweat comes out quickly after wiping it off. For a man like Lu Che, the sweat never stops.

The couple each held a small towel, Jiang Yao served Chang Chang, and Lu Che served Xiao Lu.

"If it's in the county seat, it's already powered on there. You can buy an electric fan to blow it." Lu Che said with emotion.

"Just think about it." Jiang Yao said, "Don't say that your mechanical and electrical power plant has not built a dormitory yet. Even if it is built, it will at most give you a bed. The three of us and our mother can't follow you to live in a collective dormitory. ."

"I know." Lu Che nodded and added, "Actually, I heard from Zhang Dong that there is a house near his house for rent. I asked about the rent. Probably because no one rents it, the rent is quite cheap."

"What? You want to rent it out and move out with your family?" Jiang Yao asked.

"That's what I thought, but it's a little troublesome to implement." Lu Che sighed and said, "This rental is not allowed in the first place, and real renting is also sneaky. If you move out, others will definitely be suspicious. After all, I am on the plane. The power plant is not a leader, and no one believes it to move to a family dormitory.”

"Don't think about it so much, let's meet you by walking." Jiang Yao said, "By the way, Zhu Xia came to our house today. I told her about Zhang Dong, and she agreed to meet, just hoping we would follow suit. Go, she's shy."

"Let's go too?" Lu Che was disgusted. "Why are we going? Watch them fall in love?"

"The eight characters haven't been written yet. How can we fall in love so soon?" Jiang Yao said angrily, "This kind of meeting with a strong purpose will be somewhat embarrassing. Let's go to relieve the embarrassment."

"Are we a tool?"

"...You summed it up very well, we are the tool people." Jiang Yao said: "Go back tomorrow and tell Zhang Dong to see if you are free this Sunday, and come out to meet and talk when you are free. The end of the production team The preparation for planting and transplanting is about to start, and when the time comes, Zhu Xia will run out of time."

"Okay, I'll tell you when I get back to the factory tomorrow." Lu Che responded and asked, "Do you want us to buy some malted milk essence for Xiaolu and Changchang to drink, they will be four months soon, and the milk says your breast milk Might not be able to feed them enough."

"If you see it, you want to stock up on a few cans." Jiang Yao also knows that after the child is half a year old, the nutrition of breast milk can no longer meet their growth and development needs.

Malted milk is the best nutritional product in this era, and that's all they can give. All she can think about is the complementary food at that time, do more tricks, and try to achieve a balanced nutrition.

"I'll make up the day after tomorrow and plan to go to the provincial capital. See if you have anything to bring, and I'll bring it back together." Lu Che said.

"There's a lot to bring." Jiang Yao went to the bedside table and pulled out a pen and paper, "I'll write it down."

She thought and wrote, basically focusing on the needs of the two children, and finally handed a long piece of paper to Lu Che.

He took them over and looked at them one by one. At the end, he paused for a while, and then said with a wicked smile: "Daughter-in-law, do you have to buy so much for that stuff? Don't worry, I'm not blaming you, I'll definitely buy it back according to the quantity, and I'll definitely satisfy you. ."

"Are you too embarrassed to say it?" Jiang Yao gave him a big white eye and said, "I don't even look at my own virtues, how fast that thing is consumed, of course, we have to prepare in advance, otherwise what if we kill people? Okay, I gave birth to two babies this time, and the production task of this life has been completed, so you won't want to go back on it, right?"

"Of course not." Lu Che put his arms around her and said, "I don't want to have you if you want to have a baby. Although there is a gap now, I don't have to be a vegetarian for a long time. How can I not think about it? I promise, in the future, we will not create people, only Make a man-made movement."

"..."

The next day, Lu Che brought back news that Zhang Dong agreed to meet this Sunday, but he didn't know how to arrange it.

Jiang Yao thought for a while and said, "Isn't there a park in the county seat? Let's go there to play, bring something to eat, and let's sit on the lawn and chat and eat together. It's relaxing and not too embarrassing. Also, Chang Chang and Xiao Lu have never gone out to play when they are so grown up, so take this opportunity to take them out for a walk."

"That's good." Lu Che agreed: "Daughter-in-law, your brain is smart, but when we were dating, why didn't you think about going to the park with me?"

"I think so too, but when we are dating, you are busy with various side jobs to make money, and I can't keep you from going. Also, our partner is getting married within a few days, so how can we arrange this? "

"...It seems like this." Lu Che listened to her slightly resentful tone, fearing that she was going to complain about getting married too soon, so he turned the topic quietly and said, "I'll buy some candy tomorrow and bring it over there to eat. ."

"Okay." Jiang Yao nodded, "I'll prepare some other food and bring it with me."

Soon it will be Sunday.

Lu Che got up to work at five o'clock, and Jiang Yao also got up to eat.

He couldn't bear her hard work, and said, "I'll just cook some sweet potatoes and eggs and bring them over. Don't bother, hurry up and sleep for a while."

"No." Jiang Yao disagreed: "Aside from Zhang Dong and Zhu Xia, this is the first time for our family of four to go to the park, so we must prepare well."

"Okay." Lu Che suddenly thought of something and compromised, "Then get more delicious food and let Zhang Dong marry a wife quickly, otherwise he will nagging me every day, and I won't be annoyed to death by him."

"Pfft." Jiang Yao couldn't help laughing.

After making sure that the siblings slept well, they walked out of the room, but did not dare to close the door, for fear that they would not hear when they woke up.

Lu Che went out to pick up firewood, and Jiang Yao went to the kitchen to cook.

She originally wanted to make meat buns, but there was no meat in the early morning, so she came for a Chinese sandwich.

She kneaded the flour first, made a pot of steamed buns, and then used a knife to divide the steamed buns in two.

Put fried eggs, tomato slices and cucumber slices in the middle, and a Chinese sandwich is ready.

In addition, she also made a hodgepodge of cold salads, which included shredded kelp, fungus and mushrooms. She originally wanted to make a salad of cucumbers or tomatoes, but now there are not enough cucumbers and tomatoes for delivery.

These are all things to eat, and she has also put a lot of effort into drinking.

Jiang Zhen sent her some dried lemons a few months ago, and she took a few pieces and boiled a pot of lemonade. Because the taste was too sour, she added some sugar into it, and it became a sweet and sour lemonade. Have a drink in the hot summer to relieve the heat and appetize.

When the food was packed, Chang Chang and Xiao Lu also woke up.

Jiang Yao immediately fed them, and when Lu Che returned to the room after his work, she instructed him to pack up the things the children needed to go out.

I have to say that when you go out with your children, there are too many things to bring.

As soon as Lu Che had packed up, Zhang Dong came on a bicycle, and then, Zhu Xia also arrived.

The last time the two met, they talked and laughed, but this time they didn't dare to look at each other, Jiang Yao thought it was funny and beautiful.

Ambiguity is really a memorable moment in a relationship.

When the two little guys are full, they can set off.

"Yaoyao, let me hug the deer." Zhu Xia was nervous for a long time, and finally there was something to divert her attention. In particular, when Zhang Dong wants to ride Zhang Dong's bicycle, she must let Xiaolu help her strengthen her courage.

But Lu Che didn't give her this chance, and said, "No need, I carry Changchang on my back, and Yaoyao can hold the deer."

Having said that, with the help of Jiang Yao, Lu Che put Chang Chang on his back with the strap.

Zhang Dong looked at it and couldn't help laughing, "Lu Che, why are you acting like a woman, it's so funny..."

In future generations, there are many dads who carry their children on their backs, but in the 1970s, it was too difficult to see a man carrying a child.

Lu Che was not annoyed when he was ridiculed, he just said to Zhang Dong faintly: "What's so funny? You have a baby in the future, don't you carry it? Let your daughter-in-law be tired..."

"..." Zhang Dong couldn't laugh for a moment, looked at Zhu Xia quickly, and explained quickly: "Of course, I won't let my daughter-in-law get tired."

He had a sincere face, as if he was about to grab Zhu Xia's hand and explain it the next moment. Zhu Xia's cheeks became hot from his stare, and she hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

"Let's go." Lu Che said, he was too lazy to watch Zhang Dong flirt with his sister.

Zhang Dong took Zhu Xia to set off first, while Lu Che took Jiang Yao and followed him unhurriedly.

"Daughter-in-law, why do you tell me not to let Zhu Xia hold the child? It's not that I don't want to be let go of the child, but that it's hot, and it's hot when Chang Chang is on my back." Lu Che asked.

"Of course it's to create opportunities for them!" Jiang Yao looked at the two in front with a smile, and said, "Look, Zhu Xia doesn't need to hold the child now, she sits on her side, wait..."

Before she could finish her words, Zhang Dong braked suddenly, and Zhu Xia instinctively reached out and hugged her.

Now that she doesn't say anything, Lu Che also understands what she means. "Daughter-in-law, I didn't expect you to have a lot of ghost ideas. Can you think of one for me?"

"..."

The author has something to say:

Lu Che: Daughter-in-law, ask for a routine...

My brother's nickname has been changed to Changchang, Xiaojian (cheap), I really didn't expect this... (laughs and cry jpg.)