That night, Wei Jiajia watched her husband take good care of the child. She asked the question that she had been curious about since the child was born.
"How are you naming the children? You can't always name the first, second, or third baby, right?" They have been discussing it since they were pregnant. It has been almost a year, so it doesn't matter what they do. Think about it!
Qiao Haoyu paused while washing his butt, coughed lightly and said, "I have several names, but I haven't decided which one to choose yet?"
"What names have you given? Show me!" My husband has been naming this for a long time. He has been talking about naming the children since he was pregnant. Now that the children are about to be 100 days old, his name doesn't even have a shadow. nothing.
Qiao Haoyu cleaned up the children and waited until they were asleep. Then he washed his hands and took out a piece of paper from the desk drawer and handed it to his wife.
Wei Jiajia lowered her head and saw various names slowly appearing on the paper. The boys' names included Qiao Nanjia, Qiao Nanyi, Qiao Wenshuo, Qiao Youhui, Qiao Youqing, Qiao Youkang, Qiao Kangjian, Qiao Anjian and so on. Girls' names include Qiao Youjia, Qiao Mujia, Qiao Aijia, Qiao Siyu, Qiao Sijia, etc.
She looked at the name above. The boy's name was easy to understand. Why was the girl's name either Ai or Mu? Although the characters had changed, others would know what it meant after just a little thought!
Although she really liked her husband's intention when he chose the name, she was afraid that her daughter would be sad when she found out about it in the future.
"What's wrong?" Seeing his wife's thoughtful expression, Qiao Haoyu was a little confused. Could it be that he was dissatisfied?
Wei Jiajia looked up, smiled, shook her head and said, "No, the names are all very good. Which one do you think is better?"
Qiao Haoyu sat on the edge of the bed and held his wife on his lap, then pointed to the top and said: "I compared Qiao Youkang and Qiao Youhui in the future, so that the names of the sons will be connected with Qiao Youzu of the eldest brother's family. I called my father and told him , and he agreed!" In fact, these two names were the result of discussions between him and his father.
"What about the second treasure?" she asked.
"Qiao Aijia." He pointed at the name.
"Wouldn't this be bad? Both the brother and the younger brother have the word "you", but they separated her." Wei Jiajia asked hesitantly.
"No, when she grows up, she will know how much love her name contains, and she will only feel happy!" This is a reflection of the love between her parents, and she is also wrapped in the love of her parents.
"Okay! Then the names of the three of them have been decided. The eldest baby is called Qiao Youhui, the second treasure is Qiao Aijia, and the third treasure, he is the weakest, let's call him Qiao Youkang!" Wei Jiajia thought for a while and agreed with her husband's decision , these names all contain meanings, expectations for their future, and are easy to understand.
After discussing the business, Qiao Haoyu felt a little uneasy smelling the fragrance of his wife. The excitement in his body was about to escape. His hands began to become irregular. He lowered his head and hugged his wife tightly around her neck. Kiss.
Wei Jiajia also felt her husband's desire. She actually thought about it. Over the past year, her husband had been suppressing her desire for fear of hurting her. Sometimes he just couldn't bear it anymore and would hold her hand. Help him soothe.
Since her confinement and her health have recovered, her husband seems to have to make up for what he owes him this year. It takes a long time every time and he won't stop until dawn.
Fortunately, he had to take care of the child when the child cried in the middle of the night, so he would let her go.
However, a few babies had to suffer the consequences of only eating milk powder, because their rations had long been occupied by an unscrupulous father.
"Be gentle, the children are still here!" Wei Jiajia reached out and pushed him.
Qiao Haoyu saw that his wife was really shy, so he got out of bed and pulled up the bed in front of the children's bed, cutting off the light between them.
When they get older, he will live separately with the three little guys. Their presence will really affect their life as a couple, Qiao Haoyu complained.
After turning around and going to bed, he never gave Wei Jiajia a chance to speak, and took her with him into the turbulent world...
After waiting for it to end, Wei Jiajia punched him feebly and said: "Be careful, you are pregnant." She has not taken any measures in recent times. If she is pregnant, she will have to give birth again. If she has two or three babies at that time, she will not be able to really Being called a pig.
"No!" Qiao Haoyu affirmed.
"How can you be so sure, what if?" This matter can still be certain.
In order to offset his wife's concerns, Qiao Haoyu could only tell the truth: "Because I have already undergone sterilization."
Wei Jiajia sat up suddenly, "What did you say? When did it happen? Why didn't you tell me?" she asked continuously.
"Aren't you tired? Do you still have the strength?" Qiao Haoyu did not answer Wei Jiajia's question directly, but looked at her reaction and asked in a funny way.
"Don't change the subject and tell the truth." He handled such a big matter quietly. If he hadn't asked today, he didn't know how long he would have kept it in the dark.
"A few days after you gave birth, I went to the hospital for surgery." Seeing the persistence in his wife's eyes, he could only choose to tell the truth.
"Why do you need surgery?" In fact, Wei Jiajia already had the answer in his heart. It was because of her... When she came out of the ward, she said it was too painful and she didn't want to have another surgery, but he didn't even hesitate and agreed. She just didn't expect that he would choose to use this method.
He was not feeling well in those days. He had to take care of both the child and her. No wonder the dark circles under his eyes were so heavy, but as his wife, he didn't notice it at all. The more Wei Jiajia thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and she started to cry. One by one, they fell out from the eye sockets.
Qiao Haoyu became anxious when he saw his wife's tears. He hurriedly sat up and hugged her and said, "Don't cry, I will feel bad if you cry." Then he lowered his head and kissed her tears away with his lips.
Then he hugged his wife and lay on the bed, let her rest on his arm, and covered her with a quilt, and then explained: "We already have three babies, so there is no need to have more. The three of them are already The two of us have been busy running around. If a few more come, we will be busy. My aunt is old, and there is Nuan Nuan at home. Yangyang has to take care of her. If I am not at home on a mission, you will be alone at home. It's too hard." Of course, his concern for his wife's health was still the main reason. When his wife came out of the ward, he swore in his heart that he would only hurt her once in his life.
Wei Jiajia hugged her husband tightly. He didn't need to say anything. She knew what he was thinking...
How lucky he was to have her become his wife and hold her in his hand like a jewel.
She will return the same happiness to him. As long as he looks back, she will be behind him.
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Time is always like running water between your fingers. When you desperately want to hold on, it will only make it pass faster. In the blink of an eye, four years have passed, and we have arrived in 1966, the beginning of that decade.
Yesterday, when Wei Jiajia would occasionally feel irritable because she was juggling between her three children every day, she would look forward to them growing up quickly so that she could free her hands. And today, she really wants to go back and beat her ignorant self to death. Although they needed someone to take care of them at that time, they didn't get into trouble!
In the past, when she watched them grow up day by day and become able to turn over, sit up, walk, and call mom and dad, she felt only proud and moved in her heart.
Today, when they are four years old, they will go out to fight with other children who are older than them, and they will play all kinds of pranks. They will be approached by their parents after getting into trouble, and they will open their innocent eyes when she educates them. He kept shouting rebuttals.
Look at the three little guys today. They were found at home because they used slingshots to shoot birds and broke the windowsill glass.
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law, these children are so naughty. Don't worry, I will teach them a lesson. I will also compensate your family for any loss. I'm so sorry!" Wei Jiajia glared at the three men standing in the corner. The twins and a smaller carrot head, then smiled apologetically at the family members who came to find her. In the past, she would be embarrassed because of being approached by her parents, but now that she has become more shameless, she has developed a thick skin.
When the triplets saw their mother glaring at them, they quickly stood facing the corner and tried not to have a too good attitude.
Mainly because they know that if they really make their mother angry, their father will deal with them!
Seeing that the daughter-in-law of Deputy Head Qiao's family had such a good attitude, the sister-in-law didn't deny her husband at all because he was the leader. She directly asked for compensation, and then she had a smile on her face. She was new here and had never been in contact with Wei Jiajia before. She thought she was cold and looked down on people. She didn't expect that she was so docile and reasonable, and not as difficult to get in touch with as others said.
She said: "Compensation is easy to talk about, but you still have to take care of these children in your family. This is too naughty!" The family member saw that Wei Jiajia was easy to talk to, so they gave her advice on their children's education. She felt that if her child broke someone's glass and asked her to pay compensation, she would have to give him a meal of fried meat with bamboo shoots.
However, my sister-in-law also heard that the Qiao family were both intellectuals and did not like to spank their children, so they were used to being lawless.
In this regard, the education of the Qiao family is no better than that of elders like them. Looking at her children, you can tell that stick education is still necessary, the sister-in-law thought proudly.
Wei Jiajia did not agree with what the sister-in-law said. She smiled and went into the house to get the money to pay for the glass and some gifts she added, and then sent away the satisfied family members with the compensation.
She closed the courtyard door and walked in. When she came to the four children, she just said: "Stand well!" After that, she went straight back into the house.
"Is mom angry?" Sanbao Qiao Youkang saw that his mother didn't educate them as before, and he felt a little restless and turned to ask his brothers and sisters.
"Don't be afraid, mom won't be angry. She must have gone back to the house to write a book!" Dabao Qiao Youhui said calmly. My mother wouldn't be angry over such a trivial matter. It must be because she just lost money and wants to work quickly to make back the money she lost.
"Yes, mom loves us so much that she can't bear to be angry with us!" Qiao Aijia, the second child, nodded her little head and affirmed. Besides, there is dad. When dad comes back, he will intercede for them.
"Yes, auntie is good!" The three-year-old Douding'er, who was not even older than his brothers and sisters' ears, responded with a milky voice. In his heart, the first best thing is his mother, and the second best thing is his aunt Piao Piao.
The person who was forced to stand with his brother and sister was the child of Zhang Huimin and Zeng Guoqiang's family, named Zeng Yi. Because his parents both work, it can be said that he spends most of his time at Qiao's house and is only picked up at night.
Ever since he was able to walk, he had been his brother and sister's follower. He would hand over tiles when someone went to their house, cheer them on when they had a fight. Wherever there were three treasures of the Qiao family, he would be indispensable.
The four little guys stood obediently in the corner, muttering and wringing their hands, waiting for their father to come back and rescue them.
And Wei Jiajia in the room really didn't have the mind to care about the little guys outside. She is currently busy writing letters to her two younger brothers who are in college.
Speaking of Xiangdong and Xiangxi, they did live up to their dreams. In the end, they were admitted to the university they dreamed of. The eldest was admitted to the military academy and became a pilot. The second child is at the Military Industry University in Eastern Province, and he aspires to become a technical soldier.
Wei Jiajia is writing to them now to remind them to study hard and not to interfere with other things. Although the military academy is strictly controlled, the turmoil outside generally will not penetrate into them, but who knows!
Students are the most impulsive and easily incited. She remembers that the unrest started in college.
She only hoped that her younger brothers could escape unscathed this time, get their diplomas, and go to their own airspace to realize their ambitions, instead of being suppressed on the university campus from the beginning.
When Qiao Haoyu came back from get off work in the evening, he saw three people, one big and one small, standing in the corner.
Seeing this situation, he didn't even need to ask, he knew that they must have messed with his wife again. Ever since the children could run and jump, this corner had become their base, and they had to stand there every now and then.
"Dad..." When she saw her father coming back, Qiao Aijia, the treasure of the palm, opened her dog eyes and shouted with aggrieved look on her face. They didn't expect that their mother would be angry for so long this time, and she didn't let them into the house and stood there until their father came back from get off work.
"Tell me! What mistake did you make this time?" He was no longer in a hurry to enter the house, and stood there leisurely looking at the children.
"We accidentally broke someone else's glass today! We were wrong! Tell your mother not to be angry." As the elder brother, Dabao admitted his mistake and was the first to apologize.
The other three children also rushed to say: "I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
Knowing the cause and effect, Qiao Haoyu knelt down and began to carefully reason with the children. After they understood and said that they would not do it again, he led the children into the house.
At home, one of them pretends to be a good person and the other a bad person. And he is the one with the red face, the perfect father in the eyes of the children.
And Wei Jiajia, their strict mother, would punish them to stand in the corner. Of course, the children loved her no less than their father.
The result is that they understand the truth this time and will not do it again, but next time, a new situation will arise, which is simply hard to guard against.
This made Wei Jiajia deeply realize that raising children is really a technical job.
Seeing her husband walking in with their four children, Wei Jiajia didn't say much. She knew that her husband would tell the children whatever they needed to say. Although they were a little skinny, the adults at home said they couldn't do it, and they couldn't do it. Never touch it.
It's just that children are young and it is their nature to love to play. She will never control them, but will only remind them when they are wrong.
She brought out the prepared meals with a normal expression on her face and called on several people to wash their hands and eat.
The children looked at their mother's face and looked normal. They cheered and ran towards their aunt, asking her to clean them up.
Qiao Haoyu walked to his wife, hugged her gently, kissed her cheek when no one was paying attention, and then went to wash his hands and eat.
The fireworks he sees when he comes home every day are his motivation to move forward outside.