The story of raising a baby in the 60th courtyard

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Chapter 92

◎ Extra 1 [Han Yao] ◎

When Han Yao was five years old, she went to the grassland with her parents, aunts, and brothers and sisters.

At first she thought she was going to play, but she was very excited when she went there. She also said goodbye to all her friends and said she would be back soon. But as soon as she got in the car, her sister told her that she would have to wait a long, long time. Will be back.

Han Yao quickly asked: "Why do you have to go for a long, long time? How long is a long, long time?"

Liu Susu happened to hear this, hugged the little girl in her arms, and said with a smile: "Because Mom is going to work there, after all. I can't tell how long it will take, it depends on when my mother's work will end."

Privately, Liu Susu hoped that it would end later.

In fact, when she first took this job, many people advised her that it was too hard.

Liu Susu became pregnant in 1961, and the child was born in 1962, which was the year that the three-year drought ended. When everyone was busy cheering, planting seeds in the fields, and enjoying the belated joy, Liu Susu was sent to the hospital.

On the day she gave birth to the baby, she didn't suffer much, but she felt very tired and fell asleep right after giving birth.

As soon as she woke up, she saw Han Lie standing by the bed, holding her firmly with one hand. When she moved slightly, Han Lie woke up.

"How are you, wife? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Does your stomach hurt? Do you want some water?"

Han Lie was even more nervous than Liu Susu. She had been guarding her since she entered the operating room last night and was restless outside, even after giving birth. , after leaving the operating room, I was also afraid of what might happen, so I just slept through it when it was almost dawn. At this time, the eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes.

Liu Susu was still a little uncomfortable at first, but she couldn't help but laugh when she saw him. This smile involved the wound underneath her body, and she let out a painful "hiss".

This shocked Han Lie and he quickly called a doctor.

Liu Susu quickly stopped the person and asked him to pour her a glass of water, then asked: "Where is the child? Is it a boy or a girl?"

She secretly wanted a girl, and so did Han Lie, although all the children at home were Good, but there were too many boys, and both of them were so noisy by these gangsters.

When she was pregnant, Han Lie would often touch her belly and talk, saying that it was better to be a girl and how he wished there was a little girl inside.

Now that the child was born, she was afraid that their hopes would be dashed.

Fortunately, Han Lie smiled and said: "It's a daughter, Susu, we have a little daughter again!"

Liu Susu was stunned: "Really?"

After Han Lie nodded, she felt relieved: "Then That's fine."

The daughter's name was given by Han Lie and is called Han Yao.

This old father who had never given his child a name finally realized the sadness of choosing a name. He began to think hard about it for a few days, and almost turned over the dictionary.

After deciding on the name, I hugged Han Yao all day long, and Yaoyao, Yaoyao kept calling.

Facts have proved that not only Han Lie, but also Xiaolu and his brothers and sisters like Han Yao no less than Han Lie, the father.

Among the whole family, Liu Susu is the only one who can keep a little calm. Fortunately, Han Yao is obedient and obedient, otherwise she would probably go to heaven just because of her family's pampering.

After Han Yao was born, life at home was peaceful and warm.

During this period, Han Lie was promoted again and became a brigade commander. Liu Susu's position in the Military Affairs Office was also upgraded to a formal ninth-level civilian cadre, and his salary was higher than before.

But the peaceful days are always short-lived. When Han Yao was four years old, the vigorous turmoil began.

Liu Susu knew about this and knew that it would happen sooner or later, so she was not worried at all, but Lu Lingzhi, Chen Nan and others were startled, fearing that something would happen.

Fortunately, no matter what the situation was, everything in the military area was quiet. There were some rumors, but they were suppressed by Commander Zhong.

At this moment, an order came from above for Han Lie to go to the Northern Military Region. Also accompanying him was Liu Susu.

Minister Zhao came here specifically to find her: "Xiao Liu, I remember you said that you know a lot about industrial structures. Do you know that a railway is going to be built in the north?" When

Liu Susu heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

Finally, after so many years, she finally got the chance to use her true talents!

Liu Susu was extremely excited. In addition, the outside world was unstable and the turmoil would last for another ten years. So she and Han Lie took the children and set off as soon as possible. They took the children and Aunt Han to the north.

The environment there is a bit worse, but because of this, it hasn't been affected much. It's the safest to stay there for a while.

So here they come.

Because both Liu Susu and Han Lie had work transfer orders, accommodation was quickly prepared for them here. The environment in the north is harsher, but the location is spacious. The houses we were allocated are no worse than those in the military area before, and a family of nine can live very comfortably.

When I first came here, there were a lot of things that needed to be done, and the fields here were not as vast as before, but the vegetable garden at home still had to be taken care of.

Liu Susu and Second Aunt Han found an opportunity to go to the local supply and marketing cooperative to buy suitable seeds and planted them all in the ground.

It happened to be summer vacation when I came, and in September, I sent the children to the local school.

The military area here is large and there are many people, so the infrastructure is also very complete. There are elementary, middle and high schools. Several children at home can still go to school.

Han Yao is only five years old and has to wait for a year before entering first grade, but she can stay at home with Second Aunt Han.

After she got used to it, Liu Susu started to work.

Railway construction was nothing compared to the small fuss in the past. She often stayed there for a whole day, exposed to the wind and sun. Even though Liu Susu could bear it, she couldn't help but worry about the children at home. Fortunately, Second Aunt Han came with her, so someone could help take care of her so that she would not be distracted.

However, after being busy, you can still get one day off after a week. Basically, it is a rotating holiday. This Saturday happened to be Liu Susu's turn to take a rest. As soon as she got home and stood outside the yard, she saw a familiar figure.

"Sister-in-law Lu!" Liu Susu walked over quickly.

"Xiao Liu!"

Lu Lingzhi stood up from the chair and hugged Liu Susu without holding back.

When Liu Susu's family left before, both she and Chen Nan were particularly reluctant to leave. The three of them talked for a long time together and agreed to go together again in the future.

Although they say so, everyone knows in their hearts that as long as their men are still at their posts, it is not up to them to decide where they can go.

But I didn't expect to be so lucky this time. Commander Wang was transferred here, and he happened to be in the same military region as Han Lie.

"When I came, Chen Nan couldn't sit still and told us to remember to write to her and not forget her!" Lu Lingzhi said with a smile.

Liu Susu patted her hand: "That's for sure. If you come over today, just stay and eat, and I'll take care of you!"

Lu Lingzhi would not be polite to her: "That's for sure. I think the food you cook will be good." I've been thinking about it for a long time!"

There is a shortage of everything here, but there is a lot of mutton and beef. If you go to the supply and marketing cooperative, you can always bring some back. In addition, there are many children at home, and now we are half-grown and poor, so we only need to pay the allowance every time. and wages, the first thing Liu Susu and Han Lie did was to exchange meat tickets with their colleagues.

So as soon as Lu Lingzhi and the others came over, Aunt Han went to buy three kilograms of mutton. Liu Susu rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to make a mutton hot pot.

A big pot of meat, plus a variety of vegetables, can fill the stomachs of both tables.

Lu Lingzhi didn't eat much. Liu Susu asked her what was wrong. She hadn't seen her for so long and she didn't like eating meat anymore?

Before Lu Lingzhi could say anything, Captain Wang on the side said: "Your sister-in-law is happy!"

"Really?!" Liu Susu was surprised, looked at Lu Lingzhi, nodded, and laughed happily: "This Okay, okay, it will be more lively soon."

Lu Lingzhi is only three months pregnant and her belly is not obvious. Liu Susu has been busy chatting and didn't notice this.

Lu Lingzhi smiled and said: "We won't know whether it's a boy or a girl for half a year. I just hope it's a girl, as cute as Xiuxiu and Yaoyao." The

three boys in their family were almost exhausted.

Han Xiuxiu sat next to her and smiled, while Han Yao ran over with her sister on her short legs: "Auntie, if you give us a hug, maybe we can have a little sister."

Lu Lingzhi couldn't help but He burst into laughter and said, "Okay, okay, I'll hug you more in the future."

After finishing the meal, Han Lie took Commander Wang to the army. Liu Susu had a day off today, but she didn't have time to idle. Lu Lingzhi was going to school to give him a hug. The three brothers Daqiang are running the school. Now that their children are older, unlike elementary school, they can miss school at every turn. Fortunately, they are not far away from school now, and it is not too late to go in.

Liu Susu took her along.

The top two and top three were okay. Daqiang skipped a grade due to performance issues and is now in the same grade as Xiaolu. In addition, Han Jin also skipped a grade not long ago. Now the three of them are high school students.

But there are two classes in the high school here, one for Daqiang and one for Han Jin.

After Lu Lingzhi registered the children, she held the money and said, "It's so expensive, so you must study hard!"

Liu Susu understood that her real intention was not to think it was expensive, but to urge them to study hard. It is inconvenient to say the words.

It has been two years since the unrest began. I didn't think it was anything at first, but now I know from listening to the radio that many places have gone on strike and schools have closed. The people who are hurt the most are students.

Even though the college entrance examination has been cancelled, people like them still hope that their children will study more, read more and be literate. Even if they don't get into college, going to junior college or doing other things in the future will be better than never going to school. Smearing is much better.

After Lu Lingzhi reported her name, she went back to pack her things. Liu Susu didn't bother her and went home by herself.

The brothers and sisters all went to school. When Han Yao was bored, she saw her mother coming back and ran over quickly: "Mom! I want to hear a story, can you tell me a story?" Han

Yao is Han Yao's mother. Han Lie was Lie's first child. There were many children in the family, and they were all smart. This put invisible pressure on Han Lie. He wondered what he would do if his daughter was born and he found that he was not as good as his brothers and sisters.

Seeing that the old father was very anxious, Liu Susu joked that he might try prenatal education and maybe become smarter.

She said it casually, but Han Lie took it seriously. He specially found an opportunity to run to the city and bought a lot of books.

She didn't buy other books, but bought a bunch of storybooks and short stories. Liu Susu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, she did get tired easily in the later stages of her pregnancy and couldn't sleep well if she couldn't eat well, so she asked Han Lie to start reading it as a bedtime story, and she fell asleep a little while listening to it.

I don't know if it was because she listened to so many stories at that time that Han Yao loved listening to them since she was a child. She didn't know how to read yet, so I could only buy her books with pictures. It's not easy to go out here, and the city And because they are restless, many people who buy books will run into trouble.

After finishing reading the old books at home, I asked my parents, brothers and sisters to tell stories.

Liu Susu held her in her arms. The little girl's skin was very white, and her long eyelashes were like butterfly wings, fluttering. Anyone who saw her couldn't say anything bad about her.

"Want to hear a story? Mom will take you to the county town to buy books."

Han Yao immediately twisted her butt: "Going to the county town to buy books? Really? Mom, can't we go out?"

Liu Susu pinched her cheek: "It's best not to go out."

However, this place is remote, so it's quite peaceful. There's nothing to worry about if you go out occasionally.

"Mom, you see how our Yaoyao looks different every day. The previous photos were all taken when she was two years old. Let's go back now and find a family photo to send back to grandma, okay?"

Liu Shurong was still in confinement after giving birth to her child. I came here to take care of my son when I was young. Later, when Han Yao turned half a year old, my sister-in-law Yu became pregnant again, so she hurried back.

But Liu Shurong was particularly fond of Han Yao, her granddaughter. As soon as she returned, she kept asking Liu Susu to send her photos. At that time, Han Cheng was so upset that she had to compare who had the most important status in her grandmother's heart, between him and his sister.

Liu Shurong said it was equally important.

Han Qian broke the news and said that grandma was just trying to coax you, she must be the one who likes Yaoyao the most.

Han Cheng didn't believe it, and when the photos came out, he deliberately wanted to compare with Han Yao to see who looked better.

The result is self-evident. Han Cheng is just a little black egg. Although he is cute and tiger-headed, he is still not as beautiful as Han Yao.

So much so that Han Cheng decided that it was because he was too dark that his grandma liked Yaoyao but not him.

I have been thinking about it for a long time, how can I turn white?

When Han Qian looked at his silly brother, he was speechless: "Give up, Comrade Han Cheng, you have been black since you were a child, you are no longer white!"

"Impossible!"

Han Cheng thought hard for a long time, and finally thought of it : "I was tanned when I was a child, which means I am not tanned. As the saying goes, those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are dark. I am next to Yaoyao every day, maybe I can become white!"

Han Qian said To see him.

Han Cheng asked: "Brother, do you think I'm very smart?"

Han Qian wanted to say that I think you look like a fool, but he was his younger brother after all, so he didn't say it and asked: "Then why don't you sit next to your second brother more often?" , he is so white."

Among the children in the family, Han Jin was the fairest before Han Yao was born. Now that Han Yao is here, Han Jin is also fair. Whenever he goes out, everyone will praise him for his good looks.

Han Cheng pursed his lips: "Do you think I don't want to? It's not that my second brother didn't let me get close to him."

Han Jin didn't like to talk when he was a child, but he's getting better now that he's grown up. The only thing that hasn't changed is that besides his mother Other than that, he doesn't like others to get too close to him.

Han Cheng wanted to hug his second brother secretly several times, but Han Jin glanced at him and scared him away.

But now, with Yaoyao, there will definitely be no problem if I want to hug her!

Liu Susu didn't know what Han Cheng was thinking about during that time. Every time he saw him, he would hold Han Yao in his arms. Later, when I asked him about it, I found out about his strange "whitening" theory.

It must have been a failure to turn gray in the end. Not only was it a failure, but he also thought he would hug Han Yao when he had nothing to do all day long. As a result, Han Yao, who was just over a year old at that time, wanted to hug him when she saw him, and Han Cheng was only half a year old. The young man almost died from exhaustion after holding his little sister, who weighed 20 to 30 pounds, all day long.

From now on, he never dared to do this again.

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This was all in the past. Now, after Liu Susu said she wanted to find a family photo, the children in the family were very happy.

There was no delay. Waiting until the next weekend, when Liu Susu and Han Lie could rest and the children had a holiday, the family borrowed a car from the military region and went together.

First, I went to the department store to buy things.

The children all wanted to buy books, so Liu Susu let them go by themselves, while she went to buy some flour, rice and other food. Han Lie usually came with her, but today he looked next to him and said, "Captain Wang. Ask me to bring him a pack of cigarettes."

Liu Susu didn't think much: "Then you go."

"I'll come find you later, don't carry it yourself, it's heavy."

When Han Lie came back, Liu Susu also bought the things. , I went over to take a look and saw that several children's books had been selected.

As usual, one book per person, only Han Yao, holding several picture books in her arms.

When she saw her parents, she smiled happily and said, "My brother and sister bought it for me!"

Liu Susu was used to it, and it seemed like this every time.

Since the children went to middle school, each of them has been given pocket money, which is not much, usually a Friday cent. If it is a holiday, it is an extra ten cent. But they don't like to spend money - of course, except for Han Cheng, a foodie - so they all save it and just buy themselves whatever they need.

After Han Yao was born, because she was the youngest, several years younger than the original youngest Han Cheng, she naturally became the favorite of her brothers and sisters. Every time she came to buy books, Liu Susu set a rule for each child that one person If you want more, use your own money.

But Han Yao could buy at least six copies every time, one of which was naturally her mother's share, and the other five came from her brothers and sisters.

Like Xiaolu and the others, they don't have any pocket money on weekdays, so there is no pressure to buy books for their sister. But for Han Cheng, he already has enough money to buy snacks, and now he will be short of money to buy a book for Han Yao. Been a while.

But he still insisted on buying it, saying he couldn't let his sister think he was stingy.

Han Yao, holding a pile of books, walked proudly at the front, looking very arrogant.

After Liu Susu paid the money, she took them to put their things in the car, and then the family went to the photo studio again.

As the festival was approaching, there were so many people coming to take photos, and we had to queue for a while to get to them.

"Come to take a family photo?" the master asked.

"Well, let's take a family photo. Please ask the master to wash four of them for us, one big one and three smaller ones." The

big one is hanging at home. In addition to sending the small one back to Liu Shurong, Han Lie has to take it with him. Liu Susu is busy with work now, and sometimes she may not come back. She also carries one in her hand, so she can take it out and look at it when she misses her children.

"Okay, then stand up quickly. Let's hurry up."

Taking family photos is nothing new for them. Liu Susu asked the children to stand up quickly. At this stop, they found that Xiaolu and Han Jin, Already taller than her.

"Mom, why don't you and dad sit in the middle, and Xiaojin and I stand in the back?" Xiaolu asked.

Liu Susu was stunned and said "Hey".

Time seemed to pass by slowly, and she slowly watched her children grow up. But at this moment, she suddenly realized that the days really passed quickly.

The little guys who could still stand in front of her last time the photo was taken were now taller than her and were standing behind her.

In three years, it seems that in the blink of an eye, the children have grown up.

They no longer need her and Han Lie to stand behind her to rely on, but their positions have changed. Xiao Douding, who was only as high as his waist in the past, has grown into an indomitable young man who can stand behind her and become her support. .

Liu Susu was in a daze when she suddenly heard someone in the crowd say: "The children in this family are really well-raised. They all have thick eyebrows, big eyes, and good looks!"

Han Lie noticed that something was wrong with her mood and asked softly what was wrong.

"It's okay." Liu Susu shook her head.

It is a good thing that the children have grown up, and all their babies are growing well, so she is so proud.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on her face. She smiled and said: "Master is ready, you can take the photo."

The master nodded: "Okay, come -"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute! I want to change places with the third brother." , my sister and I took the photo together." Han Cheng suddenly shouted.

Liu Susu looked at him doubtfully: "Why?"

Wasn't it like this the last time we took pictures?

Han Cheng hesitated and didn't know how to answer, but Han Qian looked at Han Xiuxiu, then at the confused Han Yao, and understood: "Oh, Han Cheng, you think Yaoyao is too white. Standing with her makes you look too dark, right?"

Han Yao understood, her brother said she was fair and smiled with crooked eyebrows.

When Han Xiuxiu heard this, she glared at Han Cheng: "Hey, Xiao Cheng, are you saying that I'm evil?"

After growing up carefree at home for so long, Han Xiuxiu's personality has become cheerful. Young people, especially towards their own family members, are no longer as open-minded as before.

Han Cheng thought so, but he didn't dare to say it. He could only smile and said: "No, no, I just want to take a photo with my sister. It seems that we have a good relationship!"

Han Xiuxiu was not really angry, and pulled her He quickly stood up: "Okay, okay, others will rush me later."

Finally the fussing was over, and it was time to start taking pictures. The master in front shouted "get ready", and Liu Susu saw that several children had stood up. , he also withdrew his gaze and looked at the camera in front of him.

"——Three two one, smile!"

After the master finished speaking, there was a "click" sound, and Liu Susu suddenly found something slightly cool on her hand. She was startled and quickly looked down.

But he found a ring suddenly appeared on his ring finger.

A ring made of gold is the simplest style, but it is the most luxurious thing in this era.

Liu Susu turned around and saw Han Lie meeting her gaze with a smile. He didn't say anything, he just stretched out his hand and held her hand tightly.