It was late at night, and it was quiet again outside.
On the small bed in the study room, Ding Qiunan nestled tightly in her husband's arms.
"Li Chu, I still want to give you a baby, but why can't I get pregnant for so long?"
"It's a matter of probability, I honestly don't understand it.
But we already have two children, so let nature take its course." Li Chu stroked his wife's smooth back and said softly.
In the darkness, Ding Qiunan raised his head and looked at Li Chu: "It's great to marry you!"
Li Chu reached over and kissed her forehead, and chuckled: "It would be better if I could marry you. Go to bed quickly, wife. I have to get up early tomorrow. There are many people at home. If you can't get up, our mother will definitely come in and take care of you."
"
Ding Qiunan rested her pillow on her husband's chest again and whispered: "I love you, good night."
Li Chu didn't say anything, but held her arm tighter.
When I opened my eyes again, it was still dark outside.
Li Chu gently put his wife on the bed, got off the bed, and stuffed some cotton wool into her ears.
When I came to the courtyard, I was blown away by the cold wind outside and instantly became energetic.
After some activity in the yard, I picked up a broom and cleaned the entrance of the yard, then swept the yard again. The garbage was piled in the corner. You can't throw away garbage today on the first day of the new year.
Before six o'clock, Ding Ma and Li Qin also got up.
"Xiao Chu, Nan Nan hasn't gotten up yet?" Speaking of her daughter, Ding's mother, she had a headache. Fortunately, she got married and didn't have to serve her parents-in-law. Otherwise, such a lazy daughter-in-law would have been driven back by her husband's family long ago.
"This damn girl, I told her to go."
Just as Ding Ma was about to enter the house, she was stopped by Li Qin.
"Aunt Ding, it's nothing to do if you get up so early. It's a holiday. Just let me rest for a while."
"Oh, I didn't teach this girl well. She has been married for several years and she still thinks she is a girl in her parents' house.
Xiao Chu, if you want me to say it’s your fault, look at how you’ve spoiled your wife.”
As soon as Ding Ma finished speaking, Ding Qiunan's voice came from the room: "Mom, what are you talking about me over there?"
"This girl's ears are really sharp. She can hear everything in the courtyard."
Ding Ma muttered something and then raised her voice and said: "You are a lazy daughter-in-law. The gentlemen are all up, but you are still sleeping on the bed. Get up quickly, and don't let me go in and deal with you later."
After a while, Ding Qiunan walked out of the room wrapped in a cotton coat and muttering something unknown.
Ding Ma and Li Qin were peeling garlic at the sink. When Ding Qiunan came out, Aunt Wang also came out from the west wing.
"Girl, hurry up and put on your cotton-padded jacket. Don't catch a cold because of the wind in your coat." Aunt Wang saw Ding Qiunan's appearance and hurriedly warned her.
"Happy New Year, aunt, happy New Year, sister!" After saying this, Ding Qiunan stood under the eaves with his mouth bulging and looked angrily at Ding's mother, then turned around and went into the house.
Several people in the courtyard were amused by Ding Qiunan.
"Hey, she's not happy even after saying a few words to her." Ding's mother was also amused by her daughter and couldn't laugh or cry.
"Sister, please talk to Xiao Chu later, this wife is not used to this." She said to Aunt Wang, Ding Ma raised her chin and gestured to Li Chu who was getting food for the dog.
"Sister, young people have young people's ideas. I think the young couple is living a good life, but they are bored all day long. We old people don't want to go together with young people." Aunt Wang comforted Ding's mother and said.
"That's right, Aunt Ding. Xiao Chu and Qiu Nan have a good relationship, and Qiu Nan is not lazy. They just have different divisions of labor. Look at what my brother is wearing and what the two children are wearing. Which clothes are not Qiu Nan's?
Qiu Nan made it, and I often come over and see where Qiu Nan is sewing clothes."
Li Qin's words really diverted Ding's mother's attention: "Xiao Chu is also strange. I see the young people in the factory where we live, let alone winter cotton-padded jackets, they all want to buy a good-quality shirt to wear in summer.
No matter male or female.
How come he wears what Nannan made for him all year round and doesn't feel embarrassed when he goes out? Look at the cotton shoes on his feet."
"Mom, the clothes made by Qiunan are comfortable, but the ones I bought don't fit." Li Chu also heard what his mother-in-law said, squatting there and watching the three dogs eating, he interjected.
"Okay, it's up to you to take care of your own daughter-in-law. As my mother-in-law, I can't say much."
"Mom, you've been arranging your daughter here early in the morning. Are you a mother like you?" Ding Qiunan had already changed her clothes and washed up and came out.
"Humph, I'm not doing it for your own good! Follow me into the kitchen to make dumplings." Ding's mother gave her daughter a look and ordered.
"Uncle, uncle, take me to the door to set off the cannon." Jiayuan also got up and ran out of the house to set off the cannon.
"Ahem, Yuanyuan, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, what should I do first in the morning?" Li Qin had a headache seeing her daughter acting crazy.
"Oh, I forgot!" Jiayuan stuck out her tongue when she heard her mother's words, and hurriedly sent New Year greetings one by one, and received several red envelopes.
This little girl has already learned well. After receiving the red envelope in her front hand, she turns around and hands it all to her mother. Anyway, it won't fall into her own pocket, so it will save trouble if she goes out earlier, otherwise it will be annoying to watch.
Li Chu took out a few more firecrackers from the utility room, and dismantled one for Jiayuan to put in her pocket slowly. The rest were connected and put away before eating dumplings later.
The dumplings were put into the pot, and everyone in the room got up.
The sound of firecrackers in the alley was heard one after another. With the sound of firecrackers, it seemed as if the whole earth came to life, and there were the sounds of children shouting and screaming everywhere.
Jiayuan also lit up a thin hemp rope and ran outside to set off firecrackers.
Everyone was chatting lively in the courtyard, waiting for the dumplings in the pot, and having a great time.
Xiao Hei ran out of the house at this time and barked twice at Li Chu.
Several people who were chatting stopped, and they didn't know why Xiao Hei was screaming.
Aunt Wang smiled and said, "The child must have woken up." Then she walked into the house.
Xiaobai and Xiaohua, two hopeless dogs, were frightened by the sound of firecrackers last night and hid in their den without daring to come out.
The important task of looking after the children was taken over by Xiao Hei again.
Aunt Wang followed Li Chu into the bedroom. Sure enough, the two children had woken up and were sitting on the bed wearing the sleeping bags made by Ding Qiunan, babbling in words that most people could not understand.
Li Chu and Aunt Wang each had a child. They put on the new clothes they had prepared long ago and carried them to the living room.
The dumplings had been laid and placed on the dining table in the living room. Li Chu took Wenxuan from Aunt Wang's arms, held Wenxuan and Wen Hui in his arms, and taught them one by one to invite people to pay New Year greetings.
The two children knew how to bark and speak simple words. They walked around and received several red envelopes.
After the New Year greetings, Ding Qiunan picked up a child, and now everyone started eating dumplings for the first day of the new year.