Raising Babies in the 70s

"It's here again!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

"Bah!"

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At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, there was no sun on the edge of the bay. A group of men and women dressed in swimming clothes walked into the depths of the sea, and then a wave hit, the huge impact even brought a lifebuoy They rushed back to the beach together. Many people struggled and fluttered in the water. When they stood up, the sea had receded, and the depth of the sea below them was not knee-high.

"One more time, one more time! This time, go ahead!"

The children who got up jumped happily into the depths of the sea. There were shark prevention nets nearby, and security guards used hemp ropes to surround the cordon. A group of people finally walked At the hemp rope, it was hit by the swept waves again, and people turned on their backs.

The Lu Weizhou brothers took the sweet bean paste sisters to play in the sea water. Doudou and Rongrong each had a swimming ring. Play with sand together.

The husband and wife Qin Rou and Lu Yan were sitting on the chaise longue with the thatched umbrella over their heads and the beach below them.

Qin Rou blowing the gentle sea breeze, took off her sunglasses and looked at a few children not far away, thinking that this holiday is really comfortable.

It's just that there are too few entertainment facilities now. I will build a water park in the future and add more freshwater entertainment items.

There are several rows of log cabins near the bay, all of which are hung with log cabins for seafood barbecue. It is a house built by Qin Rou and invites people to run the barbecue food business.

The wooden house barbecue not only has grilled oysters, grilled fish, grilled prawns, etc., but also delicious snacks such as pineapple rice and coconut milk.

Lu Weize and a few went to get water guns, the four brothers and sisters started a melee, Rongrong was bullied so badly, she ran to Qin Rou's side, shouting loudly as she ran: "Mom, you Let's take care of Dumpling brother!"

Brother Dumpling is not polite at all, even if her own mother will deal with it, Qin Rou is covered in water by him, "Dad, go and avenge me!"

Lu Yan threw the water gun to her: "We husband and wife work together."

Rong Rong said: "I want to defeat the evil brother together with my sister and my parents!"

Lu Weizhou said on the side: "I will also defeat your evil second brother with you."

Lu Weize: "...Traitor! Why am I an evil brother, brother, you have to stand by me!"

Lu Yan said: "You two, stay together, don't bully Weize too much."

Lu Weize took his brother's shoulder: "We brothers form a united front!"

“Now start focusing on attacking Rongrong!”

Lu Sining hid behind her own sister Lu Siyao as soon as she heard it: "Ah! Sister, save me!"

Although Lu Weize said he would attack Rongrong, he actually greeted his own mother.

"It's screaming!"

Qin Rou exploded: "You stinky bastard! Give me all the flanking him!"

The family was in a water fight by the sea. Qin Rou urged Comrade Lu Yan to avenge herself. Lu Yan was not interested in playing this kind of water fight game at first, but then he followed him and led his two daughters To outflank their brother, Qin Rou held a water gun, and from time to time, she would insert a needle to make up a knife.

The last four and two won.

Lu Weize was not convinced: "You are too many to win."

Lu Weizhou: "If you lose, you will lose."

"Change clothes." Qin Rou took her two daughters to the shower room to take a fresh water bath and washed the seawater off her body. .

After changing clothes, the family went to the wooden house barbecue shop, ordered food, sat under the umbrella shed and grilled by themselves.

As a big brother, Lu Weizhou likes barbecue very much, so he took over the position of barbecue master, and he was very happy to brush oil and sauce on the side.

Lu Siyao said, "My sister-in-law will definitely be very happy in the future."

Lu Weize: "Your second sister-in-law is not happy?"

"Second brother, you also do it, let my sister taste your craftsmanship."

"I'll bake you starfish."

"Don't!"

"I want grilled oysters!"

Lu Sining said: "Second brother, I want to eat baked buns!"

…

Lu Yan brought a bowl of coconut milk to Qin Rou, Qin Rou ate a spoonful by herself, fed him another spoonful, and said with a smile: "Now that the children are old, let's Just waiting to eat the kids' BBQ."

"Would you like me to bake some prawns for you?"

Qin Rou: "…Yes!"

Lu Yan smiled and went to the barbecue grill. Qin Rou sat on the wooden chair, her beautiful fox eyes half-squinted, and looked at the three of them, father and son, standing in a triangle for the barbecue.

If you don't look closely at what they bake.

—It’s like three cumin-flavored roast lamb brothers.

"You, you are Qin Rou, do you remember me?" Qin Rou turned around and saw a woman wearing a blue fishtail skirt and an orange scarf around her shoulders standing by her Beside her, when she spoke, she took off the sunglasses on the bridge of her nose, revealing a beautiful face.

Qin Rou swept the woman's face, vaguely familiar, but couldn't call her name.

"We met ten years ago in Jiaodao Dry Rest Center, my name is Yang Yue." The woman spoke.

Qin Rou was stunned for a moment, but suddenly remembered the identity of the woman in front of her.

A daughter-in-law who once stood beside her mother-in-law with low eyebrows. At that time, her son noticed the little whale pattern on the chest of Zhouzhou dumplings. Yang Yue came to learn how to sew, and her mother-in-law asked Qin Rou to sew, but Qin Rou refused. Yin Yang said that Qin Rou was a lazy daughter-in-law.

... Later, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went home and had a quarrel, and Yang Yue moved out of the cadre rest center.

"I got divorced a long time ago, I have a new husband, and a five-year-old daughter, our family came to the island to play." Yang Yue smiled.

"I'm very happy to meet you. I saw you on TV before. I didn't expect to meet you when I came to the island."

The incident at the beginning was the last straw that broke the camel's back for Yang Yue, and it was also a turning point in her life. The identity of the little daughter-in-law has returned to work.

After the economy opened up in seven or eight years, Yang Yue was able to catch up with a wave of trends and opened a factory and became a female boss. Now she is living a peaceful and smooth life.

When she looked back on the days before, it was hard to imagine that the cowardly little daughter-in-law who was beyond recognition could be herself.

"The Story of the Travel Agency" was broadcast on the provincial TV station. Yang Yue liked watching this TV series very much. She also saw Qin Rou on the TV series, and even discovered the theme song of the TV series "South Island" And the ending song "Goodbye" was sung by Qin Rou.

Suddenly, she remembered the past ten years ago, it was seven or five years ago, and now it is eighty or five years ago.

The vicissitudes of life have changed in the past ten years, and she has also changed from a submissive little daughter-in-law to a capable female boss.

There was an inexplicable impulse in her heart. She brought her husband and children to Qiongzhou Island for a tour, and lived in the Seaview Room Hotel.

I don't know why when I saw Qin Rou, Yang Yue felt very happy from the bottom of her heart, she wanted to be friends with Qin Rou before.

Yang Yue had a few words with Qin Rou, her husband and daughter also came, Qin Rou invited them to have a barbecue together.

"Your two sons are so old? Yes, it's been so many years."

"You still have twin daughters! Good daughter! I don't have that fate to have twin daughters."

"We watched your TV series on Lu Province TV. You sing really well. I like the ending song very much. See you later..."

…

Qin Rou's family had a barbecue with Yang Yue's family, and later returned to the Ocean View Hotel. Yang Yue also asked Qin Rou to purchase a large number of South Island pearls.

"Many people over there want to buy your South Island pearls."

"I'm going back with boxes of pearl jewelry."

…

When she returned to her room in the evening, Qin Rou was still thinking about meeting Yang Yue during the day, she ran to Lu Yan and lay down beside him, sighing in his ear: "I didn't expect this to be ten Years have passed."

Qin Rou is very happy to see that Yang Yue has a happy family now.

In the past ten years, everyone has changed a lot. The Zhouzhou Dumpling brothers, who used to be short and stout, are about to become big and tall. Qin Rou, a mother, has to worry about these handsome guys Early love.

The son is so old and he is in middle school. If he really falls in love in the future, will she persuade her to quit or not?

Lu Yan put his arms around her waist and held her in his arms: "We've been married for fourteen years."

Qin Rou smiled: "wait a few more years to be grandparents?"

"Whether you can be a grandparent or not depends on the abilities of your two sons, Comrade Qin."

Qin Rou tutted twice: "Isn't it up to you, Comrade Lu Yan?"

"Like father-in-law, urge marriage!"

Lu Yan shook his head: "I don't rush, just let them go."

"I don't want to rush, just let them go." Qin Rou didn't want to interfere in her son's relationship.

Now that the child is only thirteen years old, it seems too early to intervene.

"Father-in-law said, except for you, your old Lu family is an ancestral late marriage, and you have to wait until you are 30 years old."

"Our son has more than ten years before he turns 30. Don't worry." Qin Rou thinks that her son will be at least 17 years old before turning 30. Which of these two goods is easy get married?

Lu Weizhou is serious and studious. If Lu Weize goes to sea, it is estimated that it will be more difficult to talk about marriage.

They can never get married as soon as they reach legal marriage age! !

"Lu Yan, I think it's possible for the two of us to marry our daughter first and have grandchildren." The beautiful daughters who are more like her may find someone they like before the brothers.

"Huh?" Lu Yan tilted his head to look at her: "It will never be the two of us to marry our daughter first, and Lao Wang and Lao Liu in the first place."

"Don't go to the old man before marrying your daughter."

Comrade Wang is reluctant to marry his daughter.

"Children and grandchildren will have their own children and grandchildren. They can talk to whoever they want, and it's up to them to get married or not."

In November 1985, Lao Wang's family and Lao Jiang's family from Liao Province went south to Qiongzhou Island. They first met Lu Zongyi and his wife in Guangcheng, and several old men took a boat to Lucheng.

The old Wang and his wife also brought a young grandson beside them, Wang Hu, the navy, not long after graduation, and is currently mobilized to the South China Sea Fleet, and this time they also came with their grandson.

Lao Jiang from Liao Province heard that he was going to Qiongzhou Island. It happened that the couple had watched the TV series and wanted to see the scenery of the South Island, so they decided to go south together.

Lao Jiang was the middleman who connected Lu Yan and Qin Rou back then.

"Old Lu, look at my eldest grandson, it's not bad, isn't it the style of your Lu Yan?"

His grandson's name is Wang Hu, Hu means beautiful jade, Yan also means beautiful jade. He is handsome and upright, and he also came to get a beautiful jade for his grandson.

Of course, it doesn't matter what name you choose, you can really achieve something. For example, his grandson Queen is cute and sweet. Obviously this name sounds cute and sweet, but this granddaughter is obviously crooked. Entered a military school, joined the army, and had a hot temper.

It is estimated to be the same as Lu Xuan...

Lu Zongyi raised his eyebrows: "Like Lu Yan? Then I have to ask you, does this old guy get angry with his grandson every day?"

"Humph." Old Wang snorted: "Have you never heard of the next generation? Only his father was so angry that our grandson and grandson are in a good relationship."

Lu Zongyi: "…"

—Seeing your son jumping with anger from his grandson, you old guy is quite happy? Disrespectful to the old.

Lao Jiang heard their conversation and interjected: "Your family Wang Hu will also marry a little pepper in the future, do you want me to introduce it?"

"Old Lu said back then that he wanted to find a hot-tempered son for his son, the hotter the better!"

Lao Jiang has made several couples in his life and introduced people to many people, but he has never seen Lu Yan and Qin Rou. But I didn't think they could make it.

Who would have thought that an exploding barrel and a small pepper could really make life go by together, and that the man's parents would often come to thank him as an introducer.

Comrade Lao Jiang felt inexplicable.

After all, this is the most inexplicable couple he made up. After marriage, people not only did not scold him, but also often came to thank him.

He had introduced a couple made in heaven before, both of them had very suitable temperament and family, who knew that they divorced in the end, and they scolded him as the introducer together. .

The two later scolded him for being an introducer, and they had feelings and resonance, and they remarried again, which surprised the relatives and friends around them.

Alas, it's not easy to introduce people anyway.

"Choose a little pepper to make life prosperous."

Pharaoh was heartbroken, and Ai Ai asked: "Can you really introduce a little chili to my little tiger?"

Lu Zongyi is very supportive: "Little Pepper is good, Chuanxiang girl is good, she has a good voice and can sing."

Pharaoh: "..." Pharaoh felt that the little chili goods that the old Lu family married were wrong.

It's true that she has a good voice.

"Ask your grandson's opinion." Lu Zongyi glanced at the eldest grandson, thinking that this guy doesn't look like Lao Wang, and his personality is even less like his grandfather. He looks very energetic , the appearance is not bad, of course, it is not as good as his Yanzai back then, and it is not as good as the "looking better than Pan An" of Comrade Lu when he was young.

Comrade Wang Xiaohu doesn't like to talk, and generally doesn't get involved in the conversation between their elders.

Wang Hu said coldly: "I don't talk about objects."

Old Lu leaned over to Old Wang and said, "Your grandson is not like my cub, but more like Gu Cheng from the old Gu family."

Pharaoh's eyes widened: "?!!"

Which pot do you not lift? ! !

"What did you say, Lao Lu? The son of Lao Gu's family doesn't get married until his 40th? The tradition of my Lao Wang family is to marry early."

How could his grandson look like the son of the Gu family? ! !

"If Lao Gu hears what you say, he will worry about you and spread rumors, my youngest son is not even forty."

"Isn't Gu Cheng older than your son?"

"You fart."

Although Lao Wang firmly believes that his grandson has an early marriage inherited from Lao Wang's family, Lao Lu's words really sounded the alarm for him. He has several grandchildren, and it seems that none of them have the intention to talk about someone.

Especially this Wang Hu, his father was already married at that age, and he, he was able to say something like "I don't talk about objects" that goes against the tradition of the old Wang family.

Old Lu secretly said, "Maybe your Wang Xiaohu will get married later than my Zhouzhou Dumpling."

The tradition of early marriage of your old Wang family was cut off, and the early marriage of their old Lu family opened a new era.

Pharaoh's eyes narrowed: "Have you not counted how old your Zhouzhou dumplings are from my little tiger?"

"How is this possible, don't be imaginative, old man."

"Maybe my great-grandson is ten years old, and your Zhouzhou dumplings got married."

Old Lu shook his head, he thought that this time, their old Lu family must have won. Zhouzhou Dumpling still has several playmates in the family yard who are about the same age, such as people Wang Niannian of the Wang family, if the childhood sweethearts have a good relationship, then when they reach the age of marriage, shouldn't these two children get married as soon as possible?

Of course, if there is no such thing, Lao Lu also believes that his two grandsons can find a partner as soon as possible.

Because they are as handsome as his father.

In the past, their father Lu Yan was not open, but now all kinds of dance halls and discos are coming out, men and women are boldly courting, old comrade Lu does not believe that his two grandsons have no hot suitors.

Men chase women, interlayer mountain; women chase men, interlayer yarn.

"Then you, Pharaoh, wait and see."

"It must be my little tiger who gets married first, Lao Jiang, you have to do me a favor." Compared with Lao Lu, Lao Wang trusts Comrade Lao Jiang as a classic matchmaker. The introducer that Lu Yan got.

How difficult it was for Lu Yan back then, Pharaoh saw it with his own eyes.

Old Jiang smiled and said, "What are you anxious about? Your little tiger has now been transferred to the South China Sea. I saw it on TV. It is said that there is a blind date program on this island, and what other matchmaker is there? "

"Let your little tiger find a matchmaker."

Lu Zongyi laughed: "Then the two grandchildren of my family will get the first month when they are near the water tower."

Old Lu felt that he had a chance to win, his youngest son was the emotional advisor who was praised by everyone, and his youngest daughter-in-law was a well-known matchmaker. Can! can!

Pharaoh: “…”

"I won't talk to you about my grandson."

"Then let's talk about granddaughters, Lao Wang, my two granddaughters, Doudou and Rongrong are both like their mothers, and they look good when they play small children. One is learning the violin now, and the other is singing Cantonese opera. Come on, I'll let them both sing to you."

"My two good granddaughters will go to art school in the future..."

Pharaoh's face was blank, thinking that I don't want to know about your granddaughter.

"How old is Doudourong in your family? The eighteenth female college student has changed, and it's not time for them to change yet."

Lao Lu and his party arrived on the island and got off the ship. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's take a flight next time."

"You dare to fly?"

"Try it, if you don't try it now, will you still have a chance to try it in the future? You are so old."

…

Lao Wang and his wife have not been to Qiongzhou Island for many years. The last time they came back was when they accompanied Lao Lu and his wife to visit relatives more than ten years ago. This time, they found that the island has changed a lot.

There are many people around the port, many of them are tourists who come to the island to play, and many people bring their children. The children just got off the boat and immediately shouted "wow wow wow".

There are several fruit stalls along the road, selling coconut mango and pineapple. The pineapples on the island are very sweet, and the group bought a few pineapples to eat.

Qin Rou knew that her father-in-law and her mother-in-law were coming, so she specially drove to pick them up. She even called a transport company to take them to the family home.

Seeing that Qin Rou can drive, mother-in-law Jiang Ping was surprised: "Little Qin, can you drive too?"

I didn't expect my little daughter-in-law to be able to hold the steering wheel as a driver.

"Yes, mother-in-law, do you study? My sister and I both learned to drive, and now my sister can drive too."

"I learn to drive? Can I learn to drive at my age?"

Old Lu smiled and said, "You learn to drive, and take me for a ride in the future."

"You stinky old man shameless? You want me to drive, do you dare to ride in my car?"

Pharaoh said to his grandson, "Xiaohu, you should learn to drive earlier."

Wang Hu did not speak.

When they arrived at the family's courtyard, the car was parked in the open space, and they walked to the Lu family's house. Several families were numerous and attracted the attention of a group of onlookers. Especially when they saw Wang Hu, a young man, the sisters-in-law in the family home immediately became agitated.

Which guy is this? How old are you? Did you talk about it? What are you working on now? …

"Sister Qin, is there someone from your family?"

"Who is this? It's also an officer, just transferred to us? Is this his grandparents?"

"I'm only in my twenties, haven't we talked about a partner yet? It's alright in the future, let's introduce a partner..."

…

Seeing this young officer who has not yet found a partner, the eyes of the sisters-in-law lit up. This is a good resource. I don't know which daughter to marry in the future.

As soon as Pharaoh heard the voices of these enthusiastic family members, he immediately knew that his little tiger would not be single for a long time, and he would definitely get married early.

He gave Lao Lu a look: Look, my grandson is welcome.

Lao Lu: "…"

Old Lu thought my grandson would be more popular.

"Thank you sisters-in-law, I won't talk about the object." Wang Hu said indifferently and calmly.

"How can we not talk about the object? We need to talk about the object when we meet the right one. We have many family members here. We can introduce you what you want. Do you know the beauty contest? "

"There are a lot of beautiful girls on our island. This year, another group of young girls came to our island, saying that they want to participate in next year's beauty contest..."

"What's more, how many girls have come to the old Xu family?"

"It's probably also for the beauty pageant."

"People don't necessarily want to participate in beauty pageants, they just like to come to our island, they didn't say they want to participate in beauty pageants."

"I don't believe it. Listen to her. When the beauty pageant starts next year, her family will definitely sign up."

…

Wang Hu was indifferent to these matters.

He came here to fight for his career, not to find a partner. What's the point of finding someone to marry? boring.

When they were in the military academy, many students secretly searched for a partner outside the school, thinking about the partner all day long, busy writing letters and calling, and one of their dormitories liked to read love letters, Ling Wang Hu Annoying.

He is not interested in whom to talk to.

"Grandpa and Grandma!!" Lu Siyao and Lu Sining came home from school and were very happy to see Lu Zongyi and his wife.

"Oh, my good granddaughter, Pharaoh, come and see my pair of good granddaughters, this is my sister Doudou, this is my sister Rongrong..." Lu Zongyi took the initiative to give the old man Wang introduced.

Pharaoh held back his words, thinking that he must not say anything that would make Lao Lu proud.

"My wife, why do I always feel weird?" Comrade Lao Jiang from Liao Province felt weird after entering this family home, but he couldn't say anything for a while eccentric.

"I just think the female family members here... I really want to meet them?" Even though they have never been to this place, they feel familiar.

Old Jiang's wife snorted: "Where have you seen it? Have you seen it in your dream?"

tourists?"

"Why are they becoming family members again?"