Grandma Zhou and the eldest and second uncles of the Li family got to know each other. Brother Zhou, who turned on the electric heater, went up to say hello to the eldest and second uncles of the mother-in-law's family, and then invited the elders of the mother-in-law's family and a group of brothers-in-law to sit down and warm their hands and feet.
After sitting down and talking for a while, Uncle Li and his second uncle realized that their niece and grandniece were staying with Granny Cao, and they would come to Zhou's house tomorrow to celebrate the Lunar New Year. They were not in a hurry to ask their niece to call the child home.
The relatives of the mother-in-law's family came. Brother Zhou asked his old mother and mother-in-law to talk with him while he went to prepare lunch. Ms. Li could not let the man work alone, so she went to help.
Grandma Zhou chatted very enthusiastically with her in-laws, and they also chatted while eating. The meal was not finished until more than two o'clock.
After cleaning up after the meal, Brother Zhou passed by Lejia and told his brother-in-law and sister that Ms. Li’s family was here and made an appointment with her brother-in-law and his family to have dinner at noon tomorrow.
Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, didn't ask any questions and readily agreed.
Brother Zhou called Uncle Man and Uncle Pa again and asked the elders to have dinner at home tomorrow at noon to accompany them.
Village chief Zhou Papi also responded.
After talking about the dinner invitation, Brother Zhou only sat down for a while before going home to prepare the dinner menu and tomorrow's lunch menu.
Zhou Tianhong, Zhou Tianlan, Chen Xiaozhu and Chen Xiaohe had dinner at Lejia at noon. After resting for a while, they were carried up to the second floor by Lejia's sister to study questions. The four of them did not struggle and had already resigned themselves to their fate.
Chen Xiaozhu and Zhou Tianhong were the target of "care". They were tortured all afternoon and escaped in the evening after being liberated.
Of course, even if the two children escaped from the Le family sister, they would not be able to escape from the temple. They also brought a bundle of test papers with them, and they would still have to answer the questions when they return home during the holidays.
In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and one night passes quietly in people's sleep.
The new day is also the last day of December 2023, which is also the "Gregorian year" in rural areas.
After breakfast, the snow that had fallen all day and night finally stopped. A thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere.
When the snow stopped, the children were the happiest. They ran around in the snow, built snowmen and had snowball fights, and had a great time.
Leshan didn't have much interest in playing in the snow, so he attended classes step by step.
Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, had nothing to do. He distributed dough last night, and after breakfast he kneaded the dough to make steamed buns and make dumplings.
Handsome guy Lan, who has almost become an all-rounder, is an expert at making dumplings, so he naturally joins in happily.
The three of them make dumplings or steamed buns in the main room. When they accumulate a certain amount, they take them to the kitchen to steam them.
I had to go to my nephew's house for dinner at noon, and Village Chief Zhou also stopped by Le's house. He arrived at Le's house before eleven o'clock for a visit.
When the old man arrived, Lejia's dumpling-making work had just finished. Lan San took the last dustpan of bread to the south building to bake bread, and Zhou Qiufeng was cleaning tools in the kitchen.
Dad Le had just washed his hands and saw Uncle Man coming. He poured him a cup of hot tea, sat down at the kotatsu table to talk to the old man, and asked him what was going on.
Village Chief Zhou ignored Yue Qing and said, "I'm not looking for you, just sit there while I talk to Lele."
Dad Le: "..." It's embarrassing. When the little cotton-padded jacket is at home, no matter what he does, Uncle Man doesn't want to see him.
Le Yun was busy writing drawings upstairs. Of course, Grandpa Man had to see her when he came to see her, so he went downstairs.
She was not afraid of her elders at all. After sitting down, she grinned widely and said, "Grandpa Man, if you have good news, tell me. If you have bad news, don't tell me. Otherwise, it will affect my mood during the festival."
"There is no bad news." The little Yao Zai had an expression that made people report good news but not bad news. Village Chief Zhou was happy: "It's just a matter of thanksgiving ceremony. No one on the list is missing, and the gifts are all in place. I am here with Zhou Bapi
According to the statistics, there are still three missing. Those three are relatives from other families who came to the village to visit relatives. They were taken by the Zhou family and the people in the village to nurse Aunt Manman a few times when they were helping your Aunt Man take care of Lele. Lele
Let’s see if I want to send you a thank you gift.”
"As long as it's true, of course the three of them can't be blamed."
Le Yunhao was so angry that she even wanted to return the favor and end it all this time.
For the sake of convenience, she discussed with Grandpa Zhou Man and simply packed ten bracelets of various colors and placed them all over his house. If anyone was left behind, she would add them to the list after confirmation and give them a gift.
Village Chief Zhou didn't shirk his words, and carefully explained whose relative the missing person was, what time he came to Meicun and what he was doing, and who carried Lele to breastfeed him.
He spoke in such detail so that Yue Qing and Zhou Qiufeng knew what they were doing, so that they would not have to send another thank you gift this time because they didn't know if someone mentioned it again.
Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man rushed to the floor in front of the Lejia Building and shouted unevenly: "Yueqing, Zhou Qiufeng—"
Several people in the room heard the shouting and looked towards the door. Le's father saw the panting man rushing to the ground: "Yang Sanpao, what's the matter with you being so anxious?"
The man who came was Yang Danyantong's youngest son, named Yang Sanpao.
Yang Sanpao ranks third in the family, with two older brothers and a younger sister. When he was young, he was lazy and could only brag, which is what people call a talker, so the villagers called him Yang Sanpao.
Yang Sanpao was lazy when he was young, so it was difficult to find a partner. He was still single in his thirties. Just when his parents were about to give up on him, he woke up. In time, he turned around and followed the villagers to work hard everywhere in order to save money.
Build a house and find a match.
He followed Zhou Papi and others to the school construction site and moved bricks for two years. He saved some money and built a house.
People have become more diligent and able to endure hardships and stand hard work. Apart from the habit of being lazy when he was young, Yang Sanpao has no unacceptable bad habits. After Yang Sanpao turned 40, he finally "flowered the old iron tree". After being rubbed together, it took two years.
I married my mother-in-law before.
He also went to southern Xinjiang to work. He went there in April. At that time, his mother-in-law was already pregnant with the child, and the expected delivery date was two years ago.
"Yueqing, your mother-in-law, is your mother-in-law at home? Please help my mother-in-law quickly..." Yang Sanpao ran out of breath. He held on to the door frame of Lejia's house and called for help.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Lele is at home. If you have anything to do, just wait a moment." Lele's father stood up and ran over to give Yang Sanpao a hand.
"I'm at home, what's wrong with your mother-in-law?" Le Yun heard that it was her who was looking for her, so she hurriedly spoke out, but there was nothing she could do. She was short and was sitting next to Grandpa Zhou Man, so she was blocked.
When Yang Sanpao heard the sound, he looked towards the Lejia hall and saw the Lejia girl next to Village Chief Zhou. He was extremely panicked: "My mother-in-law...she slipped at the door and couldn't get up.
Bleeding..."
His mother-in-law's due date is January 20th. She has been careful at home these days. Unexpectedly, she went to the toilet and did not fall on the way. Instead, she fell under the eaves.
After the mother-in-law fell and she was bleeding, he did not dare to move. He immediately called for help to look after her. He ran to Lejia to ask for help.
"I understand, you go back first, I'll get the medicine box." Le Yun knew what was going on, so she responded, stood up and ran upstairs.
Everyone in the family knew that her important belongings were stored in the study room on the second floor, so if she was looking for anything, she had to go upstairs.
"Hey!" Yang Sanpao didn't bother to say thank you, turned around and rushed out. He reached the village road and ran home again.
Le Yun ran back to the second floor in one breath, went to the study to pick up the small medicine box that she usually used, and then ran downstairs. She only told her father and Aunt Feng that she didn't know when she would come back from a medical visit, so she didn't have to wait for her when she went to Uncle Zhou's house for dinner.
The little Lolita was going to visit the doctor. The handsome guy Lan San went to the kitchen to wash his hands, took a long-handled umbrella behind the door of Lejia, and got to the road early to wait. When the Little Lolita came out, he ran towards the village office building, and he followed closely.
Later.
The black dragon also followed the little sister as his little tail.
Yang Sanpao's wife fell down, Xiao Lele went to see the doctor, and Village Chief Zhou stopped nagging and went to his nephew Zhou Xialong's house.
Yang Dayantong's family also lives in the direction of Chen Dalian's Chen family. Yang's family is closer to the street. The first row of houses faces the street, and Yang Dayantong's family is in the second row.
The sons of Yang Dayantong's family have been separated. Yang Sanpao is the youngest. His homestead is allocated a vegetable garden in the family, which is further away from his parents and brothers. In the fourth row from the street to the mountain,
Although it is further away from the street, there is an alley next to his house, so it is very convenient to get around.
From Lejia to Yang Sanpao's house, take the road next to the house directly to the village office building, and then go through the ground in front of the village office building. This is the closest route.
Le Yun started a little behind, but overtook Yang Sanpao and ran ahead of him.
Lan San and Heilong ran wildly after the little Loli, lagging a little behind.
Because he was in the village, classmate Le couldn't let go of his hands and feet, so he ran at the speed of a 10,000-meter run. He ran to the front of the village office building, then crossed the ground, reached the alley, and then turned to the west.
After only running through two houses, we arrived at Yang Sanpao's house.
After Yang Sanpao's mother-in-law fell down, he was so frightened that he called for help. People in front and behind the house and nearby people went to help, but he did not dare to help others, so he called for Yang Dashitong and his mother-in-law.
Yang Sanpao's brother and sister-in-law also came over, but they didn't dare to touch Sanpao's wife. They were afraid of freezing someone, so they went to get a quilt and put it on her, covering her first.
The neighbors were anxious when they heard the sound of people stepping on the snow. They looked towards the alley and saw a man running towards the house.
After another closer look, I saw clearly the girl from Lejia. She was wearing an ancient dress that was as red as fire. The top was a certain light color, and the red color changed from light to thick, and the skirt was as dazzling as fire.
The two wide sleeves of her outermost red dress were rolled with a gold edge, and most of the sleeves of the inner layer of clothing were sewn together, leaving only a large hole for hand movement.
The Lejia girl's hair was tied into a bunch on the top of her head, and she wore a golden hoop set with rubies. She held a medicine box with golden patterns in her left hand and her skirt in her right hand.
When they looked, the girl's skirt was still fluttering, and the next moment, a big wolfdog with a collar around its neck ran to her side.
Seeing the Lejia girl, the neighbors' hearts dropped.
"The Le family's little boy is here, please give way."
"Miss Lejia, come on, hurry up and make way."
No one needed to say anything, they all called out on their own and either entered the main room of the Yang family or squeezed to the other side.
Mrs. Yang Dangtong and her two daughters-in-law were holding the quilt to cover Sanpao's daughter-in-law and comforting her. When they heard that the Le family girl had arrived, they almost cried with joy.
Yang Sanpao's mother-in-law is relatively fat. She is 1.56 meters tall and weighed more than 130 kilograms before she was pregnant. She has a body that makes her fat even when she drinks water. She is so fleshy that everyone calls her Fat Girl.
The fat girl put on a woolen hat, and her face turned pale from pain.
Yang Sanpao's house is a one-story bungalow with three rooms. A kitchen is built on the south side of the house across the eaves and across the walkway. From one side of the kitchen to the alley is a small vegetable patch more than one meter wide.
The kitchen and vegetable plots were obtained by Yang Sanpao in exchange for land from other people's homes. Further towards the street is someone else's garden, which is about three meters wide. His family's land was also drawn from that large garden.
come out part of it.
There is a vegetable patch between Yang Sanpao's house and the people in front of the house, and the light in the house is pretty good.
Due to the limited foundation, the bathroom cannot be built inside the house. On the other side of the south wall of the southernmost room of the bungalow is the stairwell going upstairs. The shower room and toilet are under the stairwell.
When the fat girl came back from using the restroom, she slipped under the eaves in front of the southernmost room and sat on the concrete slab.
The villagers got out of the way. Le Yun looked over and saw the fat girl who was covered by a quilt with only her face exposed. She glanced over and saw the body condition of the fat girl covered by the quilt.
She stamped her feet and shook off the water stains on her boots. She stepped on the platform and then put down her skirt. As she walked, she wiped her face that was chilled by the cold wind.
When the girl from the Le family came over, a clever neighbor immediately brought a small chair from the main room of the Yang family and placed it next to Mrs. Sanpao, so that the girl from the Le family could go to see a doctor or put the medicine box.
Mrs. Yang Datongyan and her daughter-in-law waited until they were a few steps away from Le's house. They hurriedly opened the quilt and said, "Miss Le, please show fat sister that she is okay."
The fat girl was wearing a thick pajama-style maternity winter dress. One of her legs bent after falling down. She was pressed on her left leg, with a pool of blood under her body. Her sister-in-law held her hand, and she clenched her teeth in pain.
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Le Yun put the medicine box on the small chair, stretched out her hand to press the pulse of the fat girl's right hand, felt the pulse, and calmly comforted: "Relax, it's not big, even the left leg bone is broken, it's not a big deal.
It’s serious, it’s just a crack in the bone. The baby in the belly didn’t fall, the amniotic water broke, and the baby must be delivered early.”
The girl from the Le family came over, and the villagers saw that her long hair was pulled up into a bundle and tied to her belt with a strip of cloth. When she squatted down to feel the fat girl's pulse, her hair did not fall to the ground.
The big wolf dog followed the little sister to someone else's house and didn't run around. He just sat aside to catch his breath.
"Is everything okay?" Yang Dachengtong and his mother-in-law were so nervous that their voices were trembling. The youngest was disobedient when he was young, and they thought that was just like that. The prodigal son would finally turn around and have a future. What if there was an eventuality?
, they don’t know if the youngest can bear it.
"It's really okay. As long as you don't get internal bruises from the fall, or break the bones and poke the baby in the belly, everything else is fine. There is not much amniotic fluid left, and it's too late to go to the hospital. I can only give birth to the baby at home and then go to the hospital.
, we will move people to the kitchen later, light up the fire, prepare hot water, a clean basin, and find the children's clothes and blankets..."
After checking the pulse, Le Yun calmly took back her hand and gave orders in an orderly manner.
The fat girl was shaking in pain, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent. When she heard the Le family girl's instructions one after another, she shouted tremblingly: "Miss Le..., if I have a difficult delivery, please save... my baby."
, we must protect the child... We are a husband and wife, I want to leave a wife for my man..."
No matter whether they are men or women, they are all touched and excited when they hear the fat girl's words.
