nycdaug Chapter 384 Twins of Dragon and Phoenix
Chapter 384 Twins of Dragon and Phoenix
All four houses of the Zhou family are currently occupied, so Zhou Rong and Nini had to stay at Zhou Chuan's house.
The policy of going to the countryside and mountains will be implemented next year, and he needs to live in Zhoujiawan for a while. It is not good to always live in someone else's house, so Zhou Rong went to Zhou Chuanjing to approve a residential land, saying that he wanted to build a few houses.
Zhou Chuanjing fully agreed with Zhou Rong's plan to live in the village for a long time and readily allocated a piece of land to her.
Currently, there is only vacant land near the back mountain. The residential land approved by Zhou Chuanjing for Zhou Rong is there and has a large area.
After Zhou Rong and his father discussed it, they decided to build five rooms, including three bedrooms, a main room, and a kitchen.
Build a yard, build a livestock shed, and reclaim some land to make it easier to grow vegetables in the future.
In the countryside, every family has a private plot of land. The government allows each family to grow vegetables and raise livestock, but the number cannot be too large, and every year they must hand over a task pig, two task chickens, and ten eggs to the organization...
Zhou's father asked Zhou Rong whether he wanted to build a blue brick house or a mud brick house.
Zhou Rong: "Being too high-profile will easily make people hate you, so let's do the same as everyone else, using blue bricks for waterproofing and earth bricks on top."
Father Zhou: "Okay, I will go to the county with your second uncle tomorrow to buy bricks and tiles. I will ask your eldest uncle to help oversee the foundation."
Zhou Rong: "Okay."
Zhou Jiahua, Zhou Jiafeng and others were not at home, so Zhou Rong could not ask his brothers to help build the house, so he had to ask the villagers in the village.
She originally wanted to pay workers on a daily basis, but now that they are trying to "eliminate private property," she cannot talk about money, let alone hire anyone.
Zhou Rong negotiated with the helpers, saying that they would not have to eat, but would be given two packs of "Yuanqiu" cigarettes, two kilograms of sugar, two kilograms of meat, and a five-kilogram jar of sweet potato liquor after the house was built. The cigarette factory and the wine factory had been semi-suspended for more than a year, and the cigarettes and liquor in the market were in short supply.
In the past, low-end cigarettes did not require tickets, but cigarettes that cost more than 20 cents could be purchased with a grain and oil certificate, and each household could buy a few packs.
Bottled wine requires a ticket, but bulk wine does not.
The supply is tight now, and it is difficult to buy cigarettes and alcohol, whether they require a ticket or not.
Most of the country folk roll their own dry tobacco. A pack of "round balls" at 1.9 cents is a high-end product for them. Giving them out is definitely a face-saving thing.
Many people were willing to go to Zhou Rong’s house to help just for these two packs of cigarettes, not to mention the hard-to-buy sugar and wine.
With the introduction of Zhou Chuanjing, Zhou Rong selected 15 people who had experience in house building and were hardworking to help.
The conditions at the commune's clinic were poor, and the obstetrics and gynecology department was run by two young doctors in their early twenties. Tian Huizhen was worried, so she went to the county hospital early to reserve a bed.
The county hospital also has to hold study sessions and meetings every day, and those with identity issues will not be accepted.
Tian Huizhen took out a letter of introduction to prove that Zhou Cai was a military dependent before she was able to reserve a bed for her.
After Zhou Rong bought the materials for building the house and asked Zhou Chuanguo to help look after the construction site, he and Zhou's mother went to the county hospital to accompany Zhou Cai during her delivery.
On the day of delivery, Zhou Cai was in pain for the entire day. After a heart-wrenching and agonizing pain, she finally gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, at around 9 o'clock in the evening.
Jiang Linhai, Tian Huizhen and Zhou's father were all in the hospital to accompany the birth, while Jiang Jiacheng and Jiang Jiaxin were left at home in the care of Qin Yanhua and Nini.
Jiang Linhai never thought that his family would be so blessed as to have a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Looking at the children in Tian Huizhen and Zhou's mother's arms, the smile on his face never faded.
Everyone had been worried all day and was physically and mentally exhausted. Jiang Linhai asked everyone to go to the guesthouse to rest and he would come to see the children in the evening.
Tian Huizhen didn't dare to leave the child to such a careless man, and said that she was not tired and wanted to stay to take care of the child and Zhou Cai together.
Twins are very harmful to the mother. Zhou's mother was worried that something might happen to Zhou Cai in the middle of the night, so she asked to stay.
She stayed, and Zhou's father would not rest alone, so he stayed with Zhou's mother.
Zhou Rong was also worried and didn't want to rest.
Everyone stayed in the hospital together to take care of the twins and Zhou Cai.
After three days of observation in the hospital and confirming that Zhou Cai and the child were both healthy, everyone got on the county vegetable delivery truck and returned to Zhoujiawan.
In the past, my daughter could not stay at her parents’ home to recuperate after giving birth, and she was not allowed to stay overnight even on important holidays.
But Zhou Rong broke this tradition. Not only did the village family tree have a separate page for her, but the villagers also welcomed her to live in the village for a long time. Since the old customs were now banned, no one came out to gossip about Zhou Cai's confinement at Zhou's father's house...
Jiang Yiming rushed back to Zhoujiawan on the fifth day after Zhou Cai was discharged from the hospital. He brought some milk powder, brown sugar, noodles, flour, cakes, etc. to Zhou Cai through military supply channels.
Many people want to attack the army. Jiang Yiming has to deal with those people with ulterior motives every day. He can't leave as he pleases, and can only owe his wife and children.
After seeing the weak Zhou Cai, Jiang Yiming said "I'm sorry" several times.
Zhou Cai understood his difficulties and did not blame him. She comforted him, "I live well in the village. My parents ask the team leader to buy chickens and eggs for me every day to nourish my body. I don't have to worry about my children.
You live alone in the city, without our supervision, do you eat and sleep on time? "
Jiang Yiming smiled and said, "Yes! I said I would be with you until you grow old, and watch the children grow up. I won't break my promise. You have to get better soon."
Zhou Cai: "Well, I'll be fine after a few more days of rest."
Jiang Yiming stayed in Zhoujiawan for only one night before returning to the city.
Before leaving, he told Jiang Jiacheng and Jiang Jiaxin not to act naughty and to listen to their mother and grandparents, otherwise they would be sent to the army for training.
Jiang Jiacheng patted his chest and said, "Dad, don't worry about going to work. I will take good care of mom and my brothers and sisters."
Jiang Yiming: "Okay, I believe you. If you perform well, I will take you to shoot again."
Jiang Jiacheng said happily: "It's a deal!"
Jiang Yiming: "As long as you can do it, I will never break my promise."
Jiang Linhai named the twins, a boy and a girl, Jiang Jiawen and Jiang Lijun.
The two children were very well behaved in the first few days after they were discharged from the hospital, but then they started to make trouble.
He cries non-stop when it gets dark, and then sleeps soundly during the day, causing great distress to the whole family.
In order to accommodate their schedules, Zhou's parents, Jiang Linhai and Tian Huizhen were divided into two shifts, one to take care of the children during the day and the other at night, and they changed shifts every two days.
Cao Dayun saw that the four of them had become much more haggard in less than a week. After thinking for a while, he secretly wrote a note to Zhou's mother and whispered, "Make a few copies of this and post them in various rooms of your house. Read them while you post them. It should work."
Zhou's mother opened the note and saw that it read: "Heaven and earth, there is a child crying at night in my family. If a gentleman passing by recites this three times, he will sleep until dawn."
Mother Zhou said speechlessly: "Sister-in-law, if this is discovered, we will both be dragged to a meeting."
Cao Dayun: "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you, and no one else in the family will tell you, who would know? Your two little grandchildren are so annoying. Look at you, you have a few more white hairs recently.
My eldest grandson was also very prone to crying when he was young, and he was cured using this method. You can try it."
Zhou's mother did not try Cao Dayun's method. Now this kind of "unorthodox methods" are severely cracked down. If reported by someone, the consequences will be disastrous.
She should just go and coax the child honestly...