1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

When my second sister-in-law gave birth, many little boys came to watch, according to the custom of Dandan Island.

At that time, if a boy was born, the host family would take out a lot of candy and sprinkle it directly for these little boys to grab.

This thing is the same as the fact that you must find a boy to roll around before using the bridal bed.

But this time the delivery time was really too long, and some little boys fell asleep on their parents' backs.

"When will it come out? We have been waiting since morning until afternoon." Several little boys became impatient.

Some parents said, "You go home first. When it's time to sprinkle sugar, we'll call you over."

Some neighbors said worriedly, "It's been so many hours since yesterday. Why hasn't it come out yet? Why is it taking longer than Yanyan from the old Lu family?"

"So, whether the birth is smooth or not has nothing to do with the size of the butt. Shanshan was so thin at the time, and giving birth was just like pooping. She didn't even scream, and she was born directly."

"When my mother gave birth to me, it was already the sixth child. I heard that she had a stomachache that day and gave birth directly in the cowshed. She even cut the umbilical cord herself after giving birth."

"It's been so long, it can't be a difficult birth, it's said that giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell for women."

After hearing this, Zhang Guifen, the aunt who came to help, glared at the man angrily: "Pooh, pooh, pooh, if you can't speak, don't speak, no one thinks you are dumb."

At this moment, Li Yaoguo was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, neither sitting nor standing, Since last night, I haven't slept. Since last night, I haven't closed my eyes. I have dark circles under my eyes.

I know my wife best. Although she is strong, she can be killed by a slap.

But when I gave birth to Li Haoran, I was in excruciating pain. But people say that the second child will be smoother.

But this feeling is a bit unsmooth. This midwife is the best in the whole Dandan Island, but every time she brings out the basin, she keeps mumbling, saying that the baby eats too well, the baby's head is too big, and it is not easy to give birth.

Every time he sees the big basin of blood-stained gauze, Li Yaoguo is so heartbroken. Now he hopes most that the mother and daughter can be safe.

Li Duoyu, who just returned home, didn't care about taking a bath and came directly to his second brother's house to help. But men like us can't really help with things like giving birth.

Old Li stood in the corner smoking the whole time. He could not help with anything except boiling water.

Only Sister Shuihua and A Niang helped in the bedroom, and Zhou Xiaoying could only wait there.

Although caesarean sections have been available in this year, only hospitals above the county level in Rongcheng can perform this operation.

But in this era, the taboo of caesarean sections among the elderly is as fierce as a tiger, and a series of examinations are also required for caesarean sections.

From the current point of view, it is too late, after all, caesarean sections still require disinfection, anesthesia, etc.

A series of examinations must be done in advance, but as the second sister-in-law's screams became weaker and weaker, the midwife shouted there.

"Come on, do your best!"

"You are so big, you should be very strong. Let's try harder and it will come out soon."

Li Duoyu also became anxious, which reminded him of his previous life. Zhou Xiaoying also had a difficult birth and gave birth to the child after a whole day.

I was not by her side at that time, how uncomfortable it must have been.

Thinking of this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but hold Zhou Xiaoying's hand, but found that her palms were sweaty.

Zhou Xiaoying's ears turned red, and she immediately shook off her hand and glared at her, as if saying: So many people are watching, aren't you ashamed?

"You stink, go back and take a shower, have you eaten? There are some meals in the refrigerator, you can heat them up yourself."

"I've eaten on the boat."

Xiaoying didn't have a good relationship with her second sister-in-law, and it was obvious that she suffered like this, and her palms were sweating because she didn't think about it, or she was nervous.

Li Duoyu also felt that it would be better to do something than to stand here and do nothing.

It was also a record for the second sister-in-law. All she could think of was to lose face and call County Magistrate Tao.

See if we can send an experienced obstetrician to prevent any accidents. At that time, even in the worst case, there is the option of "saving the eldest".

But when Li Duoyu was about to go to Qixing Bay to make a phone call, followed by a long cry from his second sister-in-law.

In the room, there was a faint cry of a baby. After hearing this sound, Li Yaoguo jumped up excitedly on the spot.

The first time, he came to the door of the room and asked directly: "Mom, can I come in now?"

After a while, the person who opened the door was the midwife, who looked very tired, after all, she had been in the room for nearly fifteen or sixteen hours.

"You can go in."

But from the midwife's expression, everyone could guess whether it was a boy or a girl. There is a custom here, that is, if a boy is born, he must be given red. After the child is born, the midwife will also shout very loudly.

And they would take the candies prepared by the host family and directly sprinkle them on the face, letting the little boys grab them.

But if it is a girl, there will be no red forehead, so every time after the delivery, as long as it is a girl.

The midwife's face will not be particularly good, and she herself will also feel that she is unlucky.

Because if there are more girls delivering babies, the villagers' evaluation of her will naturally become worse. Some people will say that if she is asked to deliver babies, she will definitely be a female.

Li Duoyu remembered clearly that when Zhou Xiaoying gave birth to little Tutu, she had already found a stable woman, but because of this stable woman, all the babies she delivered were girls in those two months.

A-Niang had temporarily replaced someone and did not ask her to help deliver the baby. However, Xiaoying gave birth to a boy, so this kind of thing became more and more bizarre the more it spread.

Li Duoyu thinks this thing is actually just like mahjong. Unless you use high technology, no one can be sure that you can draw good cards every time.

Seeing that this stable woman was swearing, Li Duoyu must have guessed that neither her mother-in-law nor her second sister-in-law gave her a red forehead.

Just as she was leaving, Li Duoyu stuffed her with a small red 늵.

"Thank you for your hard work. It took a long time this time. I'll pay you for your hard work."

The smile on the midwife's face couldn't be stopped after she took the red bag, and she was so polite when she spoke.

"Mr. Li, you don't have to be so polite. This is what I should do." As she said this, Hong Da had already been put into her pocket.

In the room, the baby had been cleaned after birth and wrapped in a thick cotton blanket.

After the baby came out, her eyes were still closed and her hair was wet with sweat. Zhu Xiuhua said aggrievedly: "I had such a hard life and it hurt so much that it hurts so much, yet it's still a girl."

Li Yaoguo smiled and said: "Both boys and girls are the same, but money is not good. With this child, our family will definitely make a lot of money in the future."

Zhu Xiuhua made a sad face: "But what if our Jin family grows up to be as strong as me when she grows up? It will definitely be difficult for her to get married in the future."

After hearing this, everyone in the room fell silent, because it seemed that this was true.

This child weighed seven pounds when he was born, which is a lot bigger than other children. He must have inherited Zhu Xiuhua's body shape.

In this era where marriage is given priority if you work too much, it's really hard to find a partner.

Li Yaoguo smiled and said: "At that time, we will also follow the example of Lao Lu and directly send a boat and a house. When everyone comes, maybe they will rush to get it."

Auntie snorted: "Don't just start drifting after making some money. Many fish are not as drifting as you."

But after learning that Li Yaoguo also gave birth to a girl, the happiest person in the entire Dandan Island was Lao Lu. The smile on his face was so uncontrollable that he almost felt like setting off firecrackers.

"I told you, what year is this, more girls are born on our island this year, but you still don't believe it."

Lao Jin, the neighbor who butchered pigs, couldn't bear to see his virtue and snorted coldly:

"There are boys in this family. Yaoguo calls it both sexes. If you are the second child or a girl, you are the one who really loses money."

"Stop talking nonsense over there. Do you want to fight?"

Lao Jin yelled back on the spot: "Who is afraid of whom? If you dare to come here, I will kill you like a pig."

Several neighbors nearby shook their heads when they saw the two of them quarreling. They were obviously just two squibs, but they behaved very fiercely all day long.

After the child was born, Li Duoyu said to his second brother: "During this period, you will not come to the company every day. You will have time to spend time with your wife and child."

The mother-in-law, who was bringing hot water to wipe the second sister-in-law's body, said: "If you don't want to accompany me, I will do the confinement. One chicken every two days, I guarantee that both mother and daughter will be fat."

Zhu Xiuhua in the room heard this and shouted on the spot: "Mom, that's not what you told me last month, wasn't it one per day? You can't be too partial. Your own daughter only has one per day. As my daughter-in-law, Just one in two days.”

Hearing such a loud voice, Li Duoyu and the others couldn't help but laugh. The familiar second sister-in-law was back.

A Niang sighed. During the delivery, what the steady woman talked about the most was how she could eat so well. The baby in her belly was too big and it was difficult to deliver the baby.

"Okay, okay, you can afford it. I'll give you a whole chicken every day."

The second sister-in-law then shouted: "You have to keep the chicken gizzards and chicken loins for me. I will use them to cook rice noodles."

Chen Huiying was speechless. The reason why Shuihua gave her a chicken every day during her confinement period was because she was bullied too badly at her husband's family.

The two children had not had a good confinement period before. As a mother, of course it was not comfortable for me, so I gave her a good confinement period.

But when Shui Hua was in confinement, she had only one chicken every day, but she mostly drank chicken soup, and the chicken and chicken offal were eaten by her family.

But my daughter-in-law is different, she will really eat the whole chicken for you.

Chen Huiying sighed, forget it, just let her go.

After the second sister-in-law gave birth to the baby, Li Duoyu went home and took a bath. By the way, he gave Tutu some grilled shredded squid cooked on the boat.

This guy doesn't eat food all the time, and he can't stop eating snacks like this.

"My father is the best to me. What is this? Why is it so delicious?"

"Grilled shredded squid."

But after Tutu had just eaten a few, Zhou Xiaoying put it away and said seriously to the father and son: "From now on, this can only be eaten with rice, not as a snack, do you hear me?"

After finishing speaking, he said seriously to Li Duoyu: "From now on, don't bring snacks like this home all the time. The children are now unwilling to eat properly."

Li Duoyu chuckled and suddenly changed the subject: "Wife, are you here yet?"

Zhou Xiaoying nodded.

"So I'm pretty good. I got it done in two months." Li Duoyu's face was full of smiles. It's been almost a month since I last had my period. It seems that this thing is almost certain.

"By the way, have you told A-niang?"

"No, isn't my second sister-in-law in confinement? I plan to tell A-niang after she finishes her confinement."

"That's right."

It's impossible to say that A-niang is not partial. After all, knowing that Zhou Xiaoying is pregnant, I guess my second sister-in-law won't do so well.

At that time, it will make my second sister-in-law feel unfair, and the family will be in chaos for a while.

But Zhou Xiaoying suddenly became nervous: "It's not easy for me to give birth, what should I do?"

"Why don't we go to the hospital to give birth, I'll find you a VIP delivery room."

"What is VIP?"

"It means VIP."

"Will it be less painful if we move into the VIP delivery room?"

Li Duoyu scratched his head and laughed, "I don't know."

At this time, Chen Jianghe came to Li Duoyu's house with a bottle of sorghum wine.

Li Duoyu looked at Secretary Chen curiously. What was this? He was usually stingy, but he was willing to bring wine and shouted, "Director Li, can we have a couple of drinks?"

"Finally transferred back?"

Chen Jianghe said, "How is it possible? I love Dandan Island so much now. Even if the leader transfers me back, I won't leave."

Li Duoyu was even more confused.

Chen Jianghe didn't keep it a secret and said quickly: "It's like this. During the two days you were away, the city's power and post and telecommunications departments came to our village, and I received them."

"They said that they happened to be inspecting the cables, and by the way, they would build a set of telephone lines to our island. The higher-ups asked me to count how many households on our island wanted to connect to the telephone."

So that's it, Li Duoyu understood instantly, but Li Duoyu couldn't figure it out.

When the submarine cable was first built, Li Duoyu did mention that the communication line should be built at the same time.

But at that time, the higher-ups directly rejected it on the grounds that the cost was too high and there were too few people on Dandan Island who used the telephone.

But this time the intention was too sudden, and it was a joint effort between two core departments. There were only a few people in Rongcheng who could bring these two departments together to work.

After all, this kind of cable laid in the sea has been specially processed, and it cannot be produced domestically. It must be imported from the island country.

At that time, the laying and maintenance team will also be people from the island country, and the cost is really very high.

The most important thing is that for such a large project, ordinary leaders really can't make the decision, and it is finally signed by the leader.

What Li Duoyu is puzzled about is that the behavior of the leaders has been a bit strange recently, as if they can't wait to give him all the benefits in a short time.

This made him vaguely uneasy, and he felt that the above should have changed. In his previous life, Li Duoyu, who was in the officialdom, said that he had seen quite a lot.

All kinds of signals seemed to tell Li Duoyu that the above had changed drastically. Often when such things happen, there will definitely be a group of people who completely disappear from the political arena.

Li Duoyu sighed. Although he was very close to them, fortunately he was not a member of the circle.

If he only wants to grow bigger and stronger, then even if the situation changes, it may not affect him, so he still needs to accelerate development in the next two years.

Li Duoyu said: "Our family will definitely have a telephone. When the new dock is completed, I will also have one there."

Chen Jianghe quickly poured a glass of wine for Li Duoyu: "When the time comes, will you go to talk to your uncle and uncle San, or will I go?"

"You should go. If I go, I might end up paying for it." (End of this chapter)

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