Chapter 1 The old Su family finally gave birth to a daughter
1961, Jinghai Heavy Machinery Factory employee dormitory, Tongzi Building.
Cardboard boxes, buckets, brooms and other sundries were piled up on both sides of the corridor. Each family had a stove at the door, and the corridor was dark and cramped.
Several women gathered around two little boys who were less than ten years old, "Your mother really gave birth to a sister for you?"
"Of course! How can it be fake?"
Su Xiaosi raised his head with a proud look on his face.
His name is Su Haojie. He is seven years old and has a smart face. Because he is the fourth among several brothers, he has been called Su Xiaosi since he was a child.
"My sister is fat, white, and very beautiful!" he said with joy. "She will definitely be the most beautiful girl in our building when she grows up!"
"How rare! Didn't your father say that your old Su family has only been able to give birth to sons for generations? How come your mother can give birth to a daughter this time?"
The women talked a lot, saying that the Su family had given birth to five sons in succession, and they did not believe that the sixth one would be a daughter.
Su Xiaosi's face turned red with anger when he heard their doubts. He rubbed his neck and said, "That's my sister! Dad held my sister and showed me that she is so hydrated..."
His neighbor's Aunt Liu laughed and said: "My second son is very energetic when he is born. To see if he is a younger brother or a younger sister, you have to see whether he has a handle underneath. Don't let your father lie to you."
"With... or without one, my sister doesn't have one!"
A ten-year-old boy on the side pulled his fourth brother and said, "Dad asked us to come back and take the basin and towels to the health center. Please stop talking."
When Su Xiaosi heard this, he remembered the business and emphasized "My sister doesn't have a handle" to the group of aunts, and then hurried home with his third brother and picked up a few daily necessities.
Municipal health center, ward.
The white-faced woman who had just given birth looked haggard.
She leaned her back on the pillow, holding a pink and jade-carved baby in her arms, with a loving smile on her face, "Girls are so well-behaved."
The little baby in her arms slept soundly with her eyes closed, her lips licked from time to time, and her long eyelashes were curled up like two small brushes.
"It's true. He doesn't cry or make a fuss, unlike those brats who cry and howl all day long, making people's ears hurt."
Father Su bent down and stared at his daughter, with a silly smile on his lips, as if he couldn't get enough of her.
"Jianmin, what should I name my daughter?"
Eight months ago, after learning that his wife was pregnant, Su Jianmin was sure that the child in her belly must be another son. The thought of adding another mouth to the family was so annoying that he had no time to think of a name.
Now when he heard her question, he slapped his forehead hard and said, "That's right, we need to give our precious girl a good name quickly!"
Su Jianmin is the only college student in his village. He has a diploma and academic qualifications, but he is not good at naming. The first four sons were all named by his wife.
Later, when the fifth child was born, Su Jianmin thought he would have a daughter.
He was so disappointed when he learned that it was his son again, and impulsively decided to name the fifth child "Su Zhaomei".
Bai Lu was afraid that her son would be mercilessly ridiculed by society, so she held her youngest son and cried for several days before Su Jianmin gave up using the name "Su Zhaomei" to register the fifth child's household registration, and randomly chose "Su Xiaowu".
During the famine two years ago, the family had to break a small steamed bun into seven portions to eat.
Seeing that the children were almost starving to death, Su Jianmin had no choice but to send the youngest Su Xiaowu to his grandmother's house in the countryside.
Thinking about Lao Wu, Bai Lu couldn't help but feel sad.
"Jianmin, please don't send your daughter to the countryside again." She hugged her daughter tightly.
"Impossible! Even if I send all four boys back to my hometown, there is no way I can let my daughter leave my side!"
Su Jianmin took his sleeping daughter from his wife's arms, and his resolute face became infinitely softer.
"It's fine if a boy is raised rough, but my daughter must be raised rich so that she can have good food and clothing for the rest of her life."
Saying this, an idea suddenly flashed in Su Jianmin's mind, "How about our daughter be called Su Jin? Her nickname is Jin Bao!"
"Su Jin...Jin Bao," Bai Lu thought about it carefully, nodded with a smile, "Okay, that's a nice name."
"Then it's settled!"
Su Jianmin smiled broadly, hugged little Jinbao, and kept calling her name.
"Jin Bao, little Su Jin, I am your father..."
Who is calling my name? The little guy opened his big round eyes.
What he saw was a man smirking at him...
"Honey, my daughter is awake and she is looking at me!" Su's father said excitedly, "Jinbao's eyes are so beautiful! They are like crystal glass beads. Oh, my daughter is so beautiful!"
Su Jin wanted to speak, but found that the words coming out were bursts of incoherent slurs.
She was so frightened that she immediately shut up, raised her eyes and looked at the two big faces smiling at her, and then looked at her little pink dumpling-like hands.
Could it be that...she was reborn as a baby?
She was so shocked that she turned her crystal clear eyes and frowned when she saw the old and retro furnishings around her and a big "1961" printed on the calendar.
Su Jianmin noticed the expression on his daughter's face and said in surprise: "Honey, our daughter is frowning!"
"What are you talking about? A newborn baby knows how to eat and sleep. Why are you frowning?"
"I'm really... really frowning."
At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside, and Su Xiaosi ran in with a yellow hot water bottle in his arms, "Dad, dad..."
"What's the fuss about?"
Su Jianmin turned around and saw his son. The soft expression on his face disappeared and immediately turned back to his usual serious and cold look.
Su Xiaosi looked aggrieved, "Aunt Liu suspected that my sister was the younger brother, and said that my mother gave birth to a younger brother this time, so she was bullying others!"
He put the hot water bottle on the ground and continued to accuse, "There are also Aunt Wang, Aunt Xu, many people are talking about it!"
"Really?" Su Jianmin was not asking his fourth son, but his third son Su Wenian, who came in later. "Third son, tell me."
Su Wennian is the most handsome of the children in the Su family. He has red lips and white teeth. He looks a bit like a girl and is gentle and gentle.
Before giving birth to Jinbao, Su Jianmin was annoyed when he saw these monkey boys jumping up and down, but the third child was more pleasing to the eye.
Su Jin's eyes also moved to Su Wennian at this moment, and saw that his clothes were shabby and had several patches, but they were clean.
In contrast, the other one was dirty, his face was dirty, his hair hadn't been washed for who knows how long, and it was all covered in oil...
Hey, this fourth brother is so sloppy!
While her father and third brother were talking, Su Xiaosi came close to Xiao Jinbao, tiptoed, and asked in a low voice: "Are you the little sister or the little brother?"
Xiao Jinbao curled his lips.
This fourth brother seems like a fool!
"If it were your younger brother, I wouldn't take you to play. I would only take my younger sister to play," Su Xiaosi said. "It would be embarrassing to take my younger brother out..."
Hey hey! Su Jin said in his heart: Little comrade, you are also a boy, how can you be so valuing girls over boys? This is wrong!
"Go, go," Su Jianmin pushed Su Xiaosi away, "How many days have you not taken a shower? It stinks so much, stay away from my sister, don't smoke her!"
Su Xiaosi snorted, pouted and said, "Dad, you stink even more. My sister is almost smoked to death by you."
"You brat..."
"I am a stinky boy, and you are the stinky boy's father, the most stinky of stinks, the King of Stinky Farts, Su Jianmin."
Su Jianmin was furious after hearing this, and wished he could throw this bastard Su Haojie out.
Just as he was about to get angry, the little baby in his arms suddenly giggled, as loudly as a wind chime.