I previously said that I would invite colleagues from the institute to my home for dinner, but due to various things, I was unable to do so.
As for Cen Zhengnian's birthday this time, Chu Xia discussed with him: "On your birthday, how about inviting your better colleagues from the institute to help you celebrate?"
Cen Zhengnian was taking off the scarf around his neck when he heard this and said, "I don't need to celebrate my birthday like this. I can just eat an egg on that day."
He didn't care about these rituals, and he was busy celebrating birthdays in early summer, so he didn't want her to be too tired.
Chu Xia turned to look at Cen Huaian: "An'an, did you say you wanted to celebrate dad's birthday?"
"I think!" Cen Huaian nodded immediately. He thought for a while and then said, "But mom, I just want to spend time with you and my dad."
In fact, Chu Xia also wanted to do this, but she always had to find a reason to treat everyone to a meal.
"An An and I moved here. Your teacher helped us. Your colleagues also helped us when we had trouble. I should treat them to a meal."
Cen Zhengnian looked at Chu Xia and nodded: "Let's set the time for this Sunday. I can come back to help."
"good."
*
On Sunday, early summer, I started to get busy after eating in the morning.
Chu Xia and Cen Zhengnian had discussed the dishes in advance, and he took advantage of noon time to buy them.
Cen Zhengnian still doesn't know how to pick vegetables, but there are no fresh vegetables in winter. Other potatoes and cabbages are big and small, but nothing bad. Cen Zhengnian still knows how to look at them.
Cen Zhengnian specially asked for leave today, and he and Cen Huaian worked together in the kitchen to help Chu Xia.
However, the kitchen was small, so Chu Xia soon let Cen Huaian go out to play by himself.
She called Grandpa Jiang. An An would not go to his house to learn chess today, but he needed to study at home.
Only Chu Xia and Cen Zhengnian were left in the kitchen. Chu Xia gave instructions and Cen Zhengnian followed them one by one.
"You peel the potatoes."
"Cut the beef into chunks."
"This piece of pork is washed."
Because it was a treat, several big dishes had to be cooked. Not to mention early summer, Cen Zheng was very busy all year round.
He was either sitting on a small bench peeling potatoes, cutting meat on the chopping board, or washing cabbage in front of the faucet.
In early summer, he has been beside the pot, cooking on the coal stove.
Because there were a lot of dishes to cook, I even borrowed Yan Hemin's coal stove.
Cen Zhengnian felt that it was hard for the two of them to be busy. He thought to himself that he was lucky to have taken leave and came back. Otherwise, he would have been alone in early summer and he would not have known how tired he would be.
After a busy morning, all the dishes were finally ready, and at this time, the colleagues from the institute invited by Cen Zhengnian also came over.
Cen Zhengnian did not invite many people. In addition to Yan Hemin and Ye Xingxu, he also invited five people with whom he usually had good relationships.
There are dozens of people in a research laboratory, and it is impossible for Cen Zhengnian to invite everyone here. He rarely has many interpersonal relationships during his work.
As soon as Yan Hemin came in, he gave the gift he brought to Cen Zhengnian: "Happy birthday, do you have a cake?"
"Yes." Cen Zhengnian did not be polite to Yan Hemin and took his gift and put it aside.
"But teacher, you can't eat too much."
Yan Hemin's smile fell immediately: "Zheng Nian, you are becoming more and more unreasonable, just like your wife."
Cen Zhengnian nodded and accepted Yan Hemin's words: "Teacher, I am doing this for your own good."
At this time, everyone else came in. Seeing the red apron Cen Zhengnian was wearing, they couldn't hold it back and everyone laughed.
However, everyone also knew that today was Cen Zhengnian's birthday, so they tried their best to suppress their laughter, but to no avail.
Among them, Ye Xingxu laughed the loudest: "Cen Zhengnian, it's not common for you to look like this today!"
Cen Zhengnian had a calm expression on his face, and did not feel that he had lost any face because of their smiles. He looked at them and said, "Come in and eat."
Those people didn't see any expression on Cen Zhengnian's face, and they found smiling boring. They just thought Cen Zhengnian was funny in this outfit, and they didn't mean to laugh at him.
In many families, if the husband's friends and colleagues are invited to dinner, the daughter-in-law will take the children to eat aside after cooking and will not serve the meal.
But Chu Xia didn't do this. She even asked Cen Zhengnian specifically: "Where should I go to eat?"
Cen Zhengnian said: "Eat on the table."
There was only one table of food, so of course everyone sat down and ate together. And this is a meal cooked in early summer. If she can't eat it, then no one else is qualified to eat it.
The corners of Chu Xia's mouth raised. Even if Cen Zhengnian doesn't let her eat, she will still sit here and eat, but Cen Zhengnian will never want to eat her cooking in the future.
Except for Yan Hemin and Ye Xingxiu, everyone else was stunned when they saw Chu Xia sitting next to Cen Zhengnian with her children.
Chu Xia looked at them with a smile and said, "Thank you Mr. Yan and everyone for coming to celebrate Zheng Nian's birthday. You are welcome to eat whatever you want. If anyone is not full, just ask, there is still more in the pot over there."
Yan Hemin smiled and continued: "We are not prepared to be polite. We have all tasted your craftsmanship. You have married a good wife in the past year!"
Cen Zhengnian used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of beef for Yan Hemin, with a smile on his face: "Teacher, try it. Everyone will eat it too."
I didn't drink, and I had to work in the afternoon, but I prepared soda and good tea for early summer.
The meals include meat and vegetables, soups and cakes, and staple foods include steamed buns and rice, satisfying everyone's taste.
Everyone had been working all morning and was already very hungry. Just after smelling the aroma of all kinds of food outside, we couldn't help but salivate.
Now it was finally time to eat, and when the food tasted so delicious, I was not a sociable person. In an instant, everyone at the dinner table was immersed in cooking, and no one spoke at all.
Even the talkative Ye Xingxiu is no exception.
When everyone's stomachs were almost full and the food on the table was almost finished, Ye Xingxiu looked at Cen Zhengnian with envy: "How happy you are to be able to eat such delicious food every meal!"
Cen Zhengnian calmly drank the seaweed and egg drop soup from the bowl and said, "Not every meal."
Ye Xingxiu looked at him, and Cen Zhengnian looked up and continued: "Just one or two meals a day. I have to go to school in early summer."
Chu Xia has lived in the institute for so long, and even Cen Zhengnian's colleagues know her name.
Ye Xingxiu:......
Yan Hemin also said beside him: "I haven't had such a delicious meal in a long time."
Other colleagues echoed.
After dinner, Cen Zhengnian cut the cake. He bought it there when he came back from school in early summer yesterday. There was no cake seller near the institute.
All colleagues, including Ye Xingxiu, received a large piece of cake. Only Yan Hemin got the cake that was eaten in two bites.
"Zhengnian, isn't your differential treatment a bit excessive?"
Cen Zhengnian said: "Last time, my wife..."
"Stop, that's all." Yan Hemin immediately stopped him from talking and hurriedly lowered his head to eat the cake.
After sending these colleagues away, Cen Zhengnian cleaned up the mess at the dinner table.
Just as Chu Xia was about to reach out and help clear the dishes, Cen Zhengnian stopped her: "You don't have to do it. I'll do the rest. You take An An to bed. Thank you for your hard work today."
Chu Xia smiled and patted his arm: "You have worked hard too."
*
Not long after Cen Zhengnian celebrated his birthday, Chuxia was about to face his final exam.
The examination atmosphere in the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is very strong at the moment. During the midterm exam, the teacher said that the final score accounts for a large proportion of the total score and is also linked to scholarships.
Who doesn't want to get a scholarship? Even if you don't get a scholarship, one semester of study is over, and you don't want your grades to be too bad.
There are usually many people in the school library, but now the number of people has doubled. I got there a little late, and there are no seats on the floor, let alone seats.
In the days leading up to the exams in Chu Xia, she lived in school. She had to spend more energy reviewing. There were many people in her class who had strong learning ability. If she relaxed, she would be surpassed by others.
Basically, the final exam will not test questions beyond the syllabus, and the test will only cover the content learned this semester. As long as you study and review carefully, you will not do poorly in the exam.
The girls in Chu Xia's dormitory were more nervous than Chu Xia and Ye Mengchun. Usually everyone would still talk and laugh after evening self-study.
Now after washing, I just hug the book and read it.
The books by Chu Xia and Ye Mengchun were the most popular among them. Whenever they encountered a problem, they would quickly turn around and ask the two of them, for fear that they would encounter it during the exam.
With everyone's excitement, we finally passed all the subjects in the final exam.
After walking out of the examination room for the last subject, Chu Xia breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, small snowflakes were falling outside. Chu Xia covered her face with her gloved hands and hurriedly walked to the dormitory.
She doesn't have many things in her dormitory, and she doesn't take them home. She just folds them up and covers them with sheets to prevent them from getting dusty.
Most of the other people in the dormitory have bought their tickets and are packing their clothes to go home.
Chu Xia got off the bed, put on her shoes, and waved to them: "Sisters, I'm going home first. See you next semester."
"See you next semester!"
*
Early summer is the first time to celebrate the New Year in Beijing.
When she was in the northwest last year, she didn't know that Cen Zheng would come to the capital during the annual meeting. At that time, she told Jiang Shengnan and Cen's father to go to the northwest during the summer vacation.
Later, when Cen Zheng came to the capital, he didn't take An An to the northwest again during the summer vacation.
She didn't prepare the New Year's goods by herself last year, but prepared them together with Jiang Shengnan. This year, she has to worry about it all by herself.
But fortunately, I can discuss what to buy with Cen Zhengnian in the evening. There are only three people in their family, so they don't need to prepare too much.
Cen Huai'an also went on winter vacation, so I took him with me in early summer. I bought a little every day. I would go out and buy whatever I remembered, and slowly I bought everything.
The reunion dinner was held at Grandpa Chiang's house.
The New Year atmosphere was very strong at this time. Zhang Lu took his two younger brothers and Hong Youxuan to set off firecrackers in the alley.
At this time, Cen Huaian also lost his usual appearance of a young adult, and happily played firecrackers with his friends.
In the alley, there was a continuous sound of various cannons being thrown.
Someone's cat was frightened and jumped onto the wall of their house. When they saw two dogs, Huang Zi and Heizi, lying in the yard, they quickly ran away.
Without going to the northwest, Chu Xia and Cen Zhengnian could only send New Year greetings to Cen's father and Jiang Shengnan on the phone.
Jiang Shengnan mentioned that during the Chinese New Year last year, the house was much deserted this year.
Chu Xia felt a little uncomfortable, but Cen Zhengnian was in the capital and he didn't have a holiday. She couldn't leave him and take An An to the northwest.
She could only say: "I hope I can have a holiday during the Chinese New Year next year, and we will go to the northwest to celebrate the New Year with you."
Jiang Shengnan smiled happily and said, "It's good if you have this heart. The work in Zheng Nian is important."
For this year's Lantern Festival, Cen Huaian also made small orange lanterns.
But this year there were no Hu Cangshan, Xiaohe and the others. Cen Zhengnian only played Little Orange Lantern with Zhang Lu and Jiang Weixian.
However, when he carried it out of the institute's family home at night, he still attracted the attention of the children.
In addition to not spending the Spring Festival with his grandparents, Cen Huai'an also had a very happy Spring Festival this year and received a lot of red envelopes.
Once the Spring Festival is over, time always flies by.
It felt like one second we were still wearing winter clothes, and the next second it was getting hotter and everyone took off their cotton-padded jackets.
"Mom, our teacher said we are going on a spring outing."
Most schools' spring outings take place in March and April.
The climate at this time is neither cold nor hot, and nature has revived. You can see many flowers and plants that have grown, which is perfect for spring outings.
"Where are you going for a spring outing?" Chu Xia wrote the daily homework assigned by the teacher. Hearing this, he stopped and looked at him.
"The teacher said it is in a nearby field. Let us prepare our things and go there the day after tomorrow."
Cen Huai'an had gone on an autumn outing before, and the things he prepared for the spring outing were similar to those for the autumn outing. He had all kinds of snacks and bread at home, and he just needed to bring hot water. There was no need to go out to buy it.
"Okay, you can bring whatever you want to eat. How about mommy making you a rice ball?"
Cen Huaian had eaten rice balls before. Chu Xia made them for him, and he even helped his mother make them. An An licked his mouth, he was looking forward to the spring outing now.
The morning after tomorrow, after breakfast, Chu Xia took Cen Huaian to make rice balls in the kitchen.
The spring outing leaves at half past eight, which is enough time to make rice balls and go to school.
This is simple. In early summer, the rice, meat and vegetables to be put into the rice balls are already prepared.
Just lay out rice, meat, various vegetables and meat floss in layers, wrap these foods together with tools, and use molds to create any shape.
In order to make onigiri rice balls in early summer, I bought a mold made by other people for making dim sum. It was quite easy to use. I pressed it into a shape, and there were various flower shapes.
Cen Huaian also liked the process of making rice balls. The two of them, one big and one small, laughed while doing so in the kitchen.
Chu Xia: "An'an, do you like the plum blossoms?"
An An: "It looks good. Mom, the word "福" looks good too."
Chu Xia: "Peace is not bad."
Cen Zhengnian sat on a chair in the living room and looked at the two figures in the kitchen, his eyes full of smiles.
Cen Huaian's spring outing was indeed what he said. Teacher Han led his class on a field walk in the nearby suburbs, surrounded by green wheat.
Other classes were also led by their head teachers to walk on it.
Each teacher is telling his classmates what the plants in these fields are.
Everyone knows Xiaomai. After all, the school is nearby and everyone can see it.
But children don't know about many of the wildflowers, grasses and vegetables on the roadside. That's what teachers mainly talk about.
Teacher Han's voice was loud, and his voice was louder than the voices of other teachers. It seemed that the whole field was filled with his rich voice: "This is Granny Ding. Its scientific name is Dandelion. You can see it all over the sky and fields, but don't Look down on it..."
Cen Huaian listened to Teacher Han's talk about the curative effects of various kinds of Po's Ding, and stared at the Po's Ding on the roadside: These are edible.
Teacher Han talked about shepherd's purse again, and as he talked, the topic turned to eating: "Wrap shepherd's purse in steamed buns, add some pork belly or eggs, it will be the most fragrant, and you can also steam it..."
He not only talked about it, but also described the taste of various delicacies made from shepherd's purse, which made the second grade children swallow their saliva one by one.
Cen Huaian raised his hand and asked Teacher Han: "Teacher Han, can I dig these shepherd's purses later?"
Teacher Han: "Yes! As long as you don't step on other people's fields, you can dig up wild vegetables on the roadside."
Cen Huaian made a mental note of an edible wild vegetable.
After walking for a while, Teacher Han basically finished explaining all the common wild vegetables and weeds, and everyone came to a forest where no wheat was grown.
Teacher Han allows everyone to move freely, but they cannot step on the wheat or run far away. They must be within his sight. He will keep an eye on them all the time.
These children are all afraid of Teacher Han, and whatever he says will be whatever they say.
Cen Huaian took out a small shovel and a cloth bag, which his mother gave him before he went out.
When Chu Xia found out that he was going on an outing in a nearby field, he asked him to dig up some of the wild vegetables he saw. If you don't know him, forget it.
When Cen Huaian was squatting on the ridge of the field digging wild vegetables, a classmate from his class ran over and squatted next to him out of curiosity.
"Cen Huaian, what are you doing digging these things for?"
"eat."
The classmate also remembered what Teacher Han said, swallowed and said, "I want to eat too."
Cen Huaian shoveled the wild vegetables in front of him with a shovel, shook the soil, put it into his pocket and said, "Then dig it yourself."
The classmate didn't have a shovel. Cen Huaian thought for a moment and picked up a wooden stick from the side and gave it to him: "You can use this to poke him."
No cloth pockets.
An An looked at his schoolbag: "Put it there."
The classmates who ran to play elsewhere saw the two digging wild vegetables and ran over.
The classmate said proudly: "I'm going to dig it up and go home and let my mother make dumplings for me."
Other students: They want to eat too.
Then they joined in digging for wild vegetables. Gradually, the whole class squatted and dug.
Cen Huaian turned to look at the classmates around him and frowned. There were too many people and not enough wild vegetables to dig.
He stood up and dug again.
Teacher Han had been paying attention here and saw that Cen Huaian took the lead in digging wild vegetables.
He came over, squatted next to Cen Huai'an, raised his hand and picked up a pine tree for him: "Why did you remember to dig this? You still have a shovel."
Cen Huaian: "Mom gave it to me. Teacher, you said wild vegetables are delicious."
And mom also let him dig it.
Teacher Han picked up his cloth bag and filled it with most of it: "That's just right. You can lend me the shovel when you finish digging. Teacher is also hungry for this wild vegetable."
Finally, the attached primary school class 2 became the most special class in the whole grade, and all the teachers followed them to dig wild vegetables.
Other classes were either running around happily on the field ridge, sitting and eating and talking, or playing various games.
The style of painting is different from that of Class 2.
When Cen Huai'an was eating rice balls at noon, he again attracted admiration from his classmates.
"Cen Huaian, what are you talking about?"
"Why can your rice be made into flowers?"
"Yes, yes, there is stuffing inside, it looks delicious."
Everyone suddenly felt that the snacks, bread, steamed buns, and steamed buns in their hands no longer tasted good.
Cen Huaian gave two rice balls to his classmates. Chu Xia told him that he would share the food with his classmates during the spring outing. You can also make rice balls at home.
There are not many rice balls, one per person.
Everyone thought it was delicious even though they had never eaten it. Some people wanted to exchange their own food for Cen Huaian.
Cen Huai'an divided two more and refused to divide any more. He would not be able to eat any more. He doesn't want to eat other people's steamed buns, he just wants to eat the rice balls made by his mother.
When we went home, everyone in the second class of the attached primary school carried a schoolbag full of wild vegetables. Of course, their bodies and faces were ugly, they were all covered in mud, and their schoolbags were also full of mud.
Even Cen Huaian is no exception. But the good thing is that his schoolbag is still clean, and the dirt on his clothes is only on his sleeves and trouser legs, and also on his face.
When Chu Xia saw Cen Huaian carrying a backpack and a cloth bag at the same time, with a dirty face as if he had just come back from rolling in the ground, he burst out laughing.
Cen Huai'an raised his head and looked at his mother blankly, not understanding what she was laughing at: "Mom?"
Chu Xia looked at his eyes and wanted to laugh even more.
She took out her handkerchief and wiped Cen Huai'an's face: "He has become a little cat, digging wild vegetables?"
"Um!"
Cen Huaian immediately opened the cloth bag and showed it to her: "Mom, I dug a lot."
"Awesome!" Chu Xia patted his head, and some dry soil fell down. She laughed again, took off Cen Huai'an's cloth bag and school bag, and asked him to take a shower.
The other children in Class 2 were in the same situation as Cen Huai'an when they returned home. Some parents laughed, some had headaches, and some scolded them for getting dirty again, making it difficult to wash their clothes again.
However, after knowing that their baby was like this by digging wild vegetables, especially when they saw the wild vegetables in the schoolbag, everyone was moved, angry and wanted to laugh.
I can't get my schoolbag at all. The point is, there are a lot of inedible weeds mixed in with the wild vegetables.
They held their foreheads, laughed and cursed, and took their little mud monkey to take a bath.
In the evening, everyone ate the wild vegetables and delicacies they were craving for.
In early summer, she made shepherd's purse and egg dumplings. Cen Huai'an helped her roll out the dough. After Cen Zhengnian came back, he rolled out the dough and added him.
It's enough for three people without having to pack a lot.
Chu Xia asked Cen Zhengnian to bring a bowl of dumplings to Yan Hemin. Cen Zhengnian thought of Ye Xingsu and gave it to Yan Hemin but refused to give it to him. He had to whisper in his ear for a long time, so he also brought him a bowl. bowl.
The shepherd's purse and egg dumplings are mainly fresh, and the freshness of wild vegetables and eggs are even more delicious when paired together.
The dumplings were still a little hot, but Cen Huaian bit into them and exhaled the hot air, reluctant to spit it out.
Cen Zhengnian also took one bite at a time, but his movements were more graceful. But looking at the dumplings consumed in his bowl, you can tell that he likes to eat them.
I also like to eat it in early summer.
*
Two days before the Qingming Festival, Chu Xia and Cen Zhengnian took An An and followed Grandpa Jiang to visit Grandma Jiang's grave.
An'an also went with the school to visit the graves of the martyrs during the Tomb Sweeping Day. Moreover, the two days before Tomb Sweeping Day fell on a Sunday, so everyone had a day off.
Cen Huai'an followed Cen Zhengnian and knelt in front of Grandma Jiang's tombstone, shouting childishly: "Grandma, An An is here to see you."
Chu Xia stood aside and held an umbrella for the two people.
It always rains before and after the Qingming Festival.
After paying homage to Grandma Jiang, everyone walked out of the cemetery. Chu Xia, Cen Zhengnian and An An were walking at the end. She looked up and accidentally saw Jiang Zhishu carefully protecting Luo Peng. Chu Xia had some guesses in her heart.
Because of the light rain, the ground in the cemetery was a little slippery. When he walked out in early summer, he held An An's hand with one hand and held Cen Zhengnian's arm tightly with the other. Cen Zhengnian also walked very slowly.
I remember in early summer last year that Jiang Zhishu and Luo Peng were not so careful in their actions.
But Chu Xia was just a guess, and she forgot about it afterwards.
It wasn't until May that she brought An An to Grandpa Jiang's house to learn how to play chess. Jiang Zhishu and Luo Peng also came over.
Luo Peng sat next to Chu Xia, the smile on his face became gentler: "Chu Xia, can you help me take a look at your body again?"
Chu Xia looked at her, Luo Peng's eyes were a little nervous.
She asked her to stretch out her wrist and placed her fingers on her wrist. Chu Xia raised her eyebrows and verified her guess.
She smiled and put down her hand, and said to Luo Peng and Jiang Zhishu, "Congratulations to my cousin, cousin."
Luo Peng suddenly held Jiang Zhishu's hand tightly and turned to look at him. The tension in his eyes completely disappeared, revealing an excited look, with some tears in his eyes.
She had a guess, but she was afraid that she had the illusion because she really wanted a child. Until her menstrual period didn't come this month, Luo Peng asked Jiang Zhishu to take her to Chu Xia.
Luo Peng knew that Chu Xia knew something about her physical condition, and she would not talk nonsense.
Jiang Zhishu leaned over and wiped Luo Peng's tears: "Why are you crying? This is a good thing."
Luo Peng sniffed and smiled, tears still streaming down his face: "I can't control it, I'm so happy."
"Sister-in-law, don't get too excited. Follow my lead and calm down slowly."
Chu Xia said, Luo Peng did as he was told, and his tears slowly stopped: "Chu Xia, thank you."
Chu Xia: "Cousin, it is not good for a pregnant woman to be overly excited or sad. Just calm down and there will be no problem with the fetus."
Luo Peng now listens to Chu Xia's words. If Chu Xia hadn't told her to take care of her body, she might not be pregnant yet.
"Then what should I do?"
Chu Xia told her about the precautions for pregnant women. As soon as she started talking, Luo Peng asked her to wait. She found her notebook and pen before letting Chu Xia continue.
If Chu Xia says something, she will remember it.
However, Luo Peng wrote slowly, always making Chu Xia wait for her, so Jiang Zhishu took the notebook over and said, "I'll write it down."
He didn't have to wait for Chu Xia, he could completely keep up with Chu Xia's speaking speed.
Luo Peng asked Chu Xia: "Can you tell how long I'm pregnant?"
"In more than a month, my cousin can go to the hospital for another check-up."
Luo Peng thought for a moment and said, "Chu Xia, I want to wait three months before talking. Can you help us keep this secret?"
A long time ago, there was a saying that not speaking out during the first three months of pregnancy would be bad for the fetus.
Although there is no scientific basis for this statement, Luo Peng and Jiang Zhishu finally had a child, and they did not want to make any mistakes.
"Okay." Chu Xia nodded.
At this time, there were only three of them in the living room. Grandpa Jiang was in the study and Aunt Li was in the yard. They spoke quietly and no one else heard them.
Luo Peng was three months pregnant. After the pregnancy was stable, she first told her parents-in-law. Uncle Jiang and Yang Mei were very happy, and then the entire Jiang family knew.
This is a great joy. The Jiang family has not had a new member for a long time. Even Grandpa Jiang's face has never lost its smile. He is very happy.
Cen Huaian asked Chu Xia: "Mom, do I want more brothers and sisters?"
"Yes." Chu Xia touched his head: "When your aunt's baby is born, you can also see what the new born brothers and sisters look like."
Cen Huaian imagined it and felt that it must be quite small.
Luo Peng's pregnancy was noticed by Chu Xia, so she would come to Grandpa Jiang's house from time to time on Sundays to talk to Chu Xia to make her feel less panicked.
Especially when Luopeng's month was getting older and some physical inconveniences during pregnancy were gone, she started to talk to Chu Xia even more.
"I always go to the bathroom at night, what should I do?"
Chu Xia read the book and had long been accustomed to Luo Peng's appearance. He comforted her as usual and said, "It's normal. When the fetus gets bigger, the uterus will press on the bladder, making it easy to urinate frequently."
"My legs tend to cramp when I sleep at night."
"I'm deficient in calcium. I need to supplement my nutrition."
...
No matter what Luo Peng asked, Chu Xia could answer it. Even though others told Luo Peng that this was normal for her, only Chu Xia's words would make her feel at ease.
Cen Huai'an often saw Luo Peng at Grandpa Jiang's house and saw how hard she was carrying the baby. He stared at Luo Peng's belly and thought of early summer.
"Mom, was it so hard for you when you were pregnant with me?"
Chu Xia touched Cen Huai'an's head, looked into the distance and said, "Every mother has a hard time carrying and giving birth to a baby, so every mother is great."
Although the original owner did something sorry for An An, it was also very hard for her to get pregnant and give birth to him.
Cen Huaian seemed to vaguely understand something. He raised his arms and hugged Chu Xia without saying a word.
Luo Peng gave birth at the end of the year. When Chu Xia found out, she had successfully given birth to a little girl.
She took An An to visit Luo Peng in the hospital.
Yang Mei, Uncle Jiang, Zhishu Jiang, and Zhida Jiang were all there.
Jiang Zhishu sat beside Luo Peng's bed and took care of her meals, while others were on the other side, happily watching the baby Luo Peng gave birth to.
"How are you feeling? Does it still hurt?"
Chu Xia handed the brown sugar eggs to Jiang Zhishu and asked Luo Peng.
Luo Peng shook his head, with a happy smile on his face, looking at the baby with a motherly look on his face.
"I'm okay. As long as I see her, I feel that everything is worth it."
Cen Huaian had already walked to the side of the baby, and Jiang Zhida made way for him to look at the baby.
"An'an, look at my niece, isn't she pretty?"
The newborn baby was red and the skin on her face was wrinkled. She was very small. Cen Huaian felt that her face was only as big as his hand.
But he didn't think it looked good, it was too red, and he frowned, like a little old man.
He struggled for a long time and looked at Jiang Zhida: "Cousin, my sister is so young."
"Yes, yes!" Jiang Zhida looked excited and put his hand next to the baby's hand: "Look at An An, her fingers are so thin and small."
Cen Huaian nodded, curious about the baby.
Chu Xia also went over to take a look. In fact, all children are the same when they are born. After a while, they will look better when they grow out.
Now look at the baby's facial features, big eyes, double eyelids, small nose and mouth. It is obvious that the baby has chosen the parents' advantages and will grow more and more beautiful in the future.
"Have you chosen a name?" Chuxia asked Luo Peng and the others.
"She's up." Yang Mei said beside her: "Her father got her up, and her name is Jiang Weixi. I hope she will be as warm and happy as the sun in the future."
The name has a very good meaning. Chu Xia looked at the baby and said, "Jiang Weixi, a very good name."
Cen Huaian was very satisfied when he saw the newborn baby. After returning home, he and Cen Zhengnian described the appearance of the baby they saw.
"Dad, she is so young. Her little nose moves when she breathes."
Cen Zhengnian had seen Cen Huai'an when he was born. He touched his head and said, "When you were born, you were just like your sister. You were also so small, with a red and wrinkled face."
Cen Huaian wrinkled his nose, unable to imagine what he looked like at that time.
"Was I that ugly when I was a kid?"
"You're not ugly." Cen Zhengnian said, "At that time, I thought you were the most beautiful child in the ward."
My own father has the same mentality as Cen Zhengnian when it comes to his own children.
In the evening, Chu Xia lay in Cen Zhengnian's arms and also talked to him about Luo Peng's child.
"She is very cute and has good-looking facial features. I can only imagine how beautiful she will be when she grows up."
Hearing the excitement in Chu Xia's tone, Cen Zhengnian's eyes showed contemplation.
The more he heard Chu Xia talking, the more she talked about how the little girl would look better dressed up. He stopped Chu Xia and said, "Chu Xia, giving birth is very hard, and with the current family planning policy, we can't have a second child."
Cen Zhengnian knew how dangerous it was for pregnant women to give birth, and he didn't want to go through this again in early summer.
Chu Xia patted him angrily: "Who said I was going to have a baby. Without family planning, I won't have another baby. An An is enough for us."
As a doctor, Chu Xia has seen too much pain during pregnancy and childbirth, and she also knows how many examples of pregnant women experiencing dystocia.
The most dangerous one is blockage of amniotic fluid. This process is very fast. In the future, when medicine is much more advanced than now, the chance of saving it is very low, let alone now.
Moreover, raising An'an was very troublesome. Cen Zhengnian was so busy at work and she still had studies. Chu Xia didn't want to get pregnant and give birth to another child, nor did she want to face these dangers.
Cen Zhengnian touched Chu Xia's head and said, "I thought you wanted a daughter too."
"No. And if you want it, does it mean you will have a daughter?"
Cen Zhengnian shook his head.
Chu Xia: "So don't think so divergently. I don't want to have a second child."
Cen Zhengnian lowered his head and smiled, looking at Chu Xia's face, his eyes fell on her lips, his voice was a little hoarse: "I won't let you have a second child either."
As his voice fell, his kiss fell on Chu Xia's lips.
After getting pregnant, these current benefits are gone, and Cen Zhengnian still has a little selfishness.
When I went to class in the morning in early summer, I almost didn't get up. It was all because Cen Zhengnian was too aggressive yesterday. She even said she had to go to school and didn't listen.
If he does this again in the future, let him sleep in the living room, Chu Xia thought angrily, quickly picked up the buns and eggs in the pot, and ran to the bus stop quickly.
After getting on the bus, Chu Xia breathed a sigh of relief, but she was very anxious. She looked at the time and calculated how long it was until class started.
When she finally ran to the classroom, the bell just fell. Chu Xia sat on her seat and breathed a sigh of relief.
This is Mrs. Tang's class. If she dares to be late, she will be dead.
Ye Mengchun glanced at Chu Xia, surprised that she came so late.
Who knew that when he lowered his head, he saw Chu Xia without a scarf and the red mark on her neck. Ye Mengchun studied Chinese medicine, and when he thought about being late in early summer, his face instantly turned red.