Chapter 34 Section 12

Gu Xiaoying's pregnancy reaction is still coming aggressively one morning. But fortunately, I have accumulated some experience during the last pregnancy, so this time I feel uncomfortable, and it is not so uncomfortable that I am looking for death and life. Gradually, Gu Xiaoying even mastered a little vomiting skill-for example, when I feel vomiting, I can Sleep when you sleep, and eat some sour fruit if you can't sleep. It's really hard to go out and eat a small popsicle, try to fight against nausea to the end, and try to spit as little as possible, so that you can leave more nutrition to your children.

After mastering the skills, Gu Xiaoying's work, rest, and diet were adjusted accordingly, and her life became a little better. The only depressing thing was that Guan Liming's injury was almost healed, so she resumed her activities at home, and she also had energy and strength. Gu Xiaoying had various "conversations". For example, one day Guan Liming asked Gu Xiaoying: "Do you have any odd jobs here?" Gu Xiaoying looked at him inexplicably: "What odd job?" "For example, pasting cartons," Guan Liming explained, "Pasting a carton is about 5 cents, ten is five cents, and a hundred is fifty cents. When we were at home, there was no work in winter, and your mother knew how to paste cartons. Transfer some money."

"Mom pastes paper boxes..." Gu Xiaoying nodded, "Then what are you doing, Dad?" "Paper box pasting is something women do," Guan Liming was serious. "There are also those old men who don't have the ability to work. They also paste paper boxes to make more money." Gu Xiaoying rolled her eyes and said nothing, thinking: You must have gone to those old brothers to bask in the sun and talk about the mountains when your wife was making money by pasting paper boxes, and what did you say "paste paper boxes are made by women?" Things", you are a good old man who doesn't work much to make some money, and every time you mention earning extra money, you always say "let your mother do something"... I'm not ashamed.

Although Liming has been infected for sixty years in the male chauvinistic environment in the northern rural areas, he has never felt that there is anything wrong with this, and he kept asking: "Otherwise, do you have any processing factories here that let you Your mom has to do something." "My mother has gone to work. Who will cook in our family?" Gu Xiaoying gave Guan Liming an embarrassed expression, "The doctor told me to lie down every day... Although it is boring, I can only bear it for the sake of the child." As soon as Guan Liming heard the word "children", he immediately relented: "Forget it, let your mother cook at home, children are the most important thing now."

It was too late, Guan Liming turned and left, just muttering in a low voice as he walked: "The simple thing of having a baby can be so troublesome. We rural people are pregnant and still work every day. City people are just useless." ," Gu Xiaoying was so angry that her seven orifices were filled with smoke, she stared blankly and couldn't refute, so she had to save all her anger until the evening, and sprinkle it on Guan Tong together. Guan Tong really became a mouse in a bellows, and he was still a mouse that could not complain—because whenever he wanted to say something, his wife would follow up: "Guan Tong, don't make me angry. , the book says that if a pregnant woman is in a bad mood during pregnancy, the child will have a cleft lip."

So Guan Tong didn't dare to say anything for the rest of his life. Of course, most of the time, Gu Xiaoying will not just look for trouble, and she will also say something to make Guan Tong happy, such as looking forward to the bright future of three generations living together after the child grows up, or urging Guan Tong to handle it for Guan Liming and Xie Jiarong. "Take care of your children" and become an urban registered permanent residence...Anyway, she is so free that she has time to worry about a lot of things, and because these things are actually for Guan Liming and Xie Jiarong's retirement, so Guan Tong is not unappreciative .

So Guan Tong followed Gu Xiaoying more and more, pampering her to lose her temper and complain occasionally - not only because Gu Xiaoying pointed to a pregnancy guidance book and told Guan Tong, "I will have a big temper during pregnancy, The book says it's normal, you have to take care of it", and it's also because Guan Tong has completely thought about it now. Since he wants to stick his parents and daughter-in-law together, he still needs a piece of "double-sided tape". "Noodle glue" will be tiring, but as long as the family can be reunited and life can be harmonious and happy, then who else?

After all, both Guan Tong and Gu Xiaoying are reasonable people, even if they complain and complain, they are still reasonable. From this point of view, Guan Tong always thinks that he is still very discerning in finding a wife. After pregnancy, Gu Xiaoying still goes online for a while every day, but the place she frequents has changed from "pregnancy preparation forum" to "pregnancy mother forum" - this kind of forum has two advantages. One is that you can learn many essential things during pregnancy Knowledge, but you can see a lot of more stubborn complaints, and often you can't help but sigh after reading these complaints. In fact, every family has hard-to-read scriptures, and you should really be content.

It is no exaggeration to say that 10% of these complaints are related to the laziness, lack of care, and inconsiderateness of the men in the family, and 90% are related to the mother-in-law-the food cooked by the mother-in-law will never be as good as that made by the mother, and the mother-in-law will never be willing to spend money on her daughter-in-law ;The mother-in-law does not prepare a small quilt for the child; the mother-in-law lets the child cry in confinement and pretends not to hear; the mother-in-law does not pay attention to hygiene and accuses the daughter-in-law of unhygienic; Scientific diet concept; the mother-in-law encourages the young couple to separate because she is afraid that her daughter-in-law will nurse her grandson during the confinement period and disturb her son's sleep.

Gu Xiaoying admits that these things don't seem like big things, but if it's her turn, she can't stand any of them. In fact, Xie Jiarong's cooking is not delicious - she only cooks "vegetable stir-fried meat", no matter how she changes the recipe, Gu Xiaoying still feels sick to her stomach when she smells the food from a distance. And anyone who has ever been pregnant knows that sometimes the yearning for a food is almost fleeting-this minute you especially want sweet and sour pork.But when the sweet and sour pork is served in front of you, you don't even want to look at it.If it was my own parents, no matter how many times I was tossed about by my daughter, I wouldn't have any complaints, but it would be completely different if it was my parents-in-law.

Both Guan Liming and Xie Jiarong are simple and honest people, but seeing Gu Xiaoying picking and picking, they also feel that this daughter-in-law is too difficult to serve.Seeing Guan Liming's unaccustomed expression, Gu Xiaoying felt aggrieved, thinking that it's not because I don't want to eat well, it's obviously because your cooking is not delicious...but she couldn't show it, so she kept enduring it, but enduring it There was also a day when she couldn't help it - after a dumpling incident, Gu Xiaoying finally couldn't help taking self-defense measures to ensure that she would not suffer from malnutrition during pregnancy. The reason is that Xie Jiarong made fennel dumplings—the dumpling filling is almost all fennel, and there is no meat, so the filling is very loose, which is completely different from the dumplings made by Gu Ma, which oozes gravy after one bite. Gu Xiaoying lost her appetite after eating a few, she just felt that she was stuffed with fennel powder from inside to outside, and couldn't help but miss the dumplings made by Gu Ma, but Gu Ma was out of reach, so she lowered her goal and turned to And began to miss the quick-frozen dumplings in the supermarket. Finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Xie Jiarong: "Mom, making dumplings is too troublesome, we can just buy the ones from the supermarket in the future." Xie Jiarong still smiled honestly, shook her head and said: "The ones in the supermarket are too expensive. A bag costs more than ten or twenty yuan. Let's make dumplings ourselves, but it only costs three to five yuan." Gu Xiaoying was tongue-tied for a moment, and before she could speak, Guan Liming chewed the dumplings and said, "It's not troublesome. When you were at home, your mother made dumplings for the whole family by herself, and it was done in one afternoon. It's not troublesome at all." , your mother is fast, and everyone says that the dumplings she made are delicious." Now Gu Xiaoying couldn't say anything, she could only look at the dumplings in front of her resentfully, trying to stuff one or two more, then said "I'm full", got up and left the table. After lying back on the bed, Gu Xiaoying became more and more depressed as she thought about it. Anyway, she can still earn an average of more than 3,000 yuan a month, and now she is a pregnant woman, so why can she only eat dumplings worth 3 yuan. But just complaining is useless—if you complain too much, you may even force your man to get mad. After all, he has no effective solution to the problem, so the solution is still up to you. How can you make your life less miserable? ...After thinking about it all afternoon, when Guan Tong came home at night, Gu Xiaoying finally had an idea. She dragged Guan Tong into the bedroom to discuss: "Go and buy ten packs of quick-frozen dumplings, and just say it's a welfare from the unit, okay?" Guan Tong knew what Gu Xiaoying was thinking without asking too many questions—he had a lot of combat experience recently, and he also knew that in this situation, his wife had already given his parents a step down. Too clueless.So three days later, Guan Tong really bought ten bags of quick-frozen dumplings of the brand designated by his wife at one time, including pork shepherd's purse stuffing, pork cabbage stuffing, pork fennel stuffing... a complete range and variety. Guan Liming saw it, and said with emotion: "Your unit is really unreasonable, what kind of dumplings are you giving out? Who can't make this? It's better to just send money." Guan Tong "hehe" smiled twice to deal with it, Gu Xiaoying turned around and coughed twice, with a silly smile. In this way, through constant wits and courage, Gu Xiaoying has fully mastered the "flexibility" skills in family life: Since Guan Liming and Xie Jiarong cannot be expected to change, nor can Guan Tong be expected to figure out a solution, so once When there is a disagreement, the easiest way is for her to use her brains to come up with some countermeasures that can solve the problem without harming each other, and then get Guan Tong's support, and implement these countermeasures through him. The dumpling incident" is average, but the effect of this "workaround" is really good. So, gradually, Gu Xiaoying's life became more comfortable, and later, she even got used to Xie Jiarong's habit of quoting the price of vegetables-although Xie Jiarong was illiterate, but because of the long-term financial difficulties, every penny she spent seemed to be worthless. It was killing her, and because of this, she developed the habit of converting everything she mentioned into money.For example, when eating, Gu Xiaoying spooned a spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Xie Jiarong would say that the eggs are three yuan and five pounds today, Gu Xiaoying picked up a mushroom with chopsticks, Xie Jiarong said that the mushrooms were two yuan and two pounds today; , Xie Jiarong would complain that the millet noodles and steamed buns in the mall are really expensive, twenty-five cents, we grind them ourselves in the morning, so we don’t need to spend so much money—this caused Gu Xiaoying to feel that she was not eating for a long time , but eating money. But fortunately, I gradually got used to it and felt that it didn't matter. Gu Xiaoying comforted herself, thinking that she had the right to understand the market situation of the vegetable market - and the reason why she got used to it was that it was useless to protest. This is already a life deeply rooted in Xie Jiarong. Perhaps Gu Xiaoying should also be thankful that Xie Jiarong's memory is really good, which theoretically reduces the possibility of suffering from Alzheimer's disease. But life will not be so peaceful forever——when Guan Tong took the examination of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee again and won the first place in the province to be the deputy secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of City B (director level), Gu Xiaoying really didn't know what to say What: is it to praise Guan Tong for his strength, or to envy him for his luck in the exam, or to accuse him of abandoning his wife for the second time and going to a foreign land? On the day when the results were announced, Guan Tong found it very difficult. Gu Xiaoying sat on the bed, didn't speak, just looked at Guan Tong who was sitting on the opposite chair with a calm expression, she touched her belly, and calculated that the baby was eleven weeks old - after twelve weeks, Even if the early pregnancy is over, the risk factor is greatly reduced, and she begins to weigh the difficulties she may face after Guan Tong leaves, and her ability to solve them. At work, she has already applied for the suspension of classes for the new semester - there is a threatened abortion sick leave form issued by the hospital, and the suspension of classes is easy to handle. The key is Guan Liming and Xie Jiarong, because now without the "double-sided tape" Guan Tong, Gu Xiaoying can't Know whether you can still live your life smoothly and securely.Guan Tong's departure will probably take another two to three years, and she won't even come back after finishing her job. What will she do in the days to come? She really can’t laugh or cry—following a promising man, you have to pay the price. The gifted men in romance novels are all giving pointers, but they can also be affectionate, grabbing inside and out, and now it seems that they are simply lying to children. Yes, but the old song "Military medal is half of you and half of me" is more reliable. It seems that every successful man must have a great woman behind him. She knew that this opportunity was very important to Guan Tong, and it was even a dream for many civil servants-from the deputy director to the director, not to mention one level, if he did a good job in the future, he would be promoted to a city on the spot The Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee and the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee are not out of the question. The Golden Avenue is right in front of you. Let's see if you want to leave. Can she stop it?Even if she thinks he's disregarding his family again, which woman can really stop him at such a time?What's more, this kind of exam itself is as difficult as passing a test - this exam, there are 16 positions of similar level, and more than a thousand qualified civil servants in the province have signed up for the exam. Guan Tong is one in sixty, and also Choose one in a thousand. Guan Tong looked up at Gu Xiaoying, stood up hesitantly, sat next to her, hugged her, and said in a guilty tone for the nth time: "I'm sorry." Gu Xiaoying sighed, and twisted the flesh on Guan Tong's leg hard. Guan Tong gasped a few times, but didn't dare to say anything, just let Gu Xiaoying vent her anger honestly. "Go, go," Gu Xiaoying waved her hand, "Your child is estimated to be born in April next year. I will call you when the due date is approaching. Remember to ask for leave and come back." "En." Guan Tong agreed, reaching into Gu Xiaoying's nightgown, touching her still flat belly, and after a while, he leaned next to Gu Xiaoying's belly and hummed again, "I'm sorry." "Be happy, don't be so downcast." Gu Xiaoying looked at Guan Tong and wanted to laugh, "Shouldn't we celebrate? My man actually got the first place in the province..." Gu Xiaoying sighed again and again: "Guan Tong, you are really talented in exams. You must pass every exam, and you are always the first. After I give birth, you can give a lecture to my students and talk about how to take the exam. Civil servants, lest they sign up for some tutoring classes in the society like headless chickens, throwing a lot of tutoring fees and still not seeing results." "This skill is in normal times." Guan Tong really introduced his experience to Gu Xiaoying, "It's useless to not pay attention to major policies at ordinary times." "Discrimination is the same in life," Gu Xiaoying glanced at Guan Tong, "it is said in the book that mother's voice is a high-frequency sound, and father's voice is a low-frequency sound, so the secret of prenatal education is that father reads an article to the baby every day. After birth, I will be very familiar with Dad's voice, and it will be easier to coax. But judging by our family's situation, I can't count on you." Guan Tong began to feel guilty again. Compared with Guan Tong's guilt, Gu Xiaoying felt more helpless. This kind of helplessness is difficult to describe: it may be a little reluctance to gather less and leave more, plus a little reluctance to get along with in-laws alone, and a little inability to grasp all kinds of accidents that may happen in future life—together Together, ninety-four points are apprehensive, and six points are depressed. Now Gu Xiaoying knows, in fact, there is a ferocious little beast in everyone's heart. It is silent and dormant on weekdays, and can endure a little bit of noise, but it can't stand being harassed again and again. The baskets of "dirty", "entangled", and "annoying" have a certain depth, but there is always a point that will be full. When the basket is full, no one knows what kind of energy the little beast can burst out. And Gu Xiaoying worked harder and harder, just to calm down his grievances and grievances as much as possible: he tried to turn the unhappiness in the basket into a joke by constantly opening up knots and giving it to himself, using excuses to comfort himself, In order to delay the outbreak of the little beast as much as possible, she exercises herself in this kind of continuous patience, erases the habits of her girlhood, and moves as close as possible to the living habits that are acceptable to each other—it turns out that this is really the case, the so-called running-in of marriage The period is not the first year after marriage, but the whole life after marriage. Because you are growing up, because you are getting old, because even if you have completed the running-in with your husband, you still have to run-in with your in-laws. We must work hard to get in touch with our children, so as to narrow the generation gap between each other as much as possible...Marriage is indeed a piece of paper, it will be for a lifetime, because no matter which step is not well in tune, this piece of paper will be broken. But the difference is that in the past few months, there was still Guan Tong by her side, and in the days to come, only Gu Xiaoying was left to fight alone. She didn't know how long she could last? What the mother undertakes is the duty of God. Now, Gu Xiaoying finally knows what the real blood connection is. That little life is hidden in her body. She grows up little by little, and gradually has limbs and nails, and gradually swallows and fists. Kicking, what a miraculous process—it turned out to be true: God created Adam and Eve, and then handed over the responsibility of creating man to the two old women. When a woman is about to become a mother, she will always take on the responsibility of God .