In the kitchen, Li Chu was humming a tune, putting the freshly kneaded steamed buns in the basket and preparing to steam them. When he heard the sound of a bicycle coming from the yard, he thought, well, his wife was back.
After dinner, Ding Qiunan sewed a mattress that had been dried at home, while Li Chu took Xiao Hei out for a walk.
When Li Chu came back, Qin Huairu from the Central Court came to their house to borrow a sewing machine.
Miss Xiao Ding was still sewing there. Li Chu took a look and said, well, she started sewing small cushions. The girl was quite conscious.
Li Chu said hello to Qin Huairu and went to the study to read. He didn't come out until Qin Huairu left.
Sewing small cushions was not difficult for Ding Qiunan. It was done in just a moment. The girl took the cushion and asked: "Li Chu, are two cushions okay?"
"I think you should sew a few more, in case there are not enough?"
These words made the girl blush with embarrassment, and she spat at him. She didn't say anything, but lowered her head and continued working.
Li Chu did not continue to tease her. His daughter-in-law was sometimes very thin-skinned. If she got annoyed by teasing, he would still be the one to suffer.
He ran to the bathroom to boil water. There was a bathtub at home. Although it was troublesome to take a bath every time, Li Chu still felt that compared to taking a bath outside, he could still bear this trouble.
After the water was boiled, Li Chu walked over and picked up the girl.
"Oh, why are you in a hurry? I'll put the things down." He just ran to the bathroom to boil water. The girl knew what was going to happen soon. After being picked up by him, she threw the things in her hands on the sofa and then hugged him.
His neck was almost wet, and water was almost dripping from his eyes.
Ding Qiunan now feels a little bit familiar with the taste, and she is still looking forward to the repertoire of the two of them every night.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the nineteenth of the first lunar month, and the weather was gradually getting warmer. Today was Sunday off. After getting up in the morning, Ding Qiunan followed Li Chu to the newly purchased yard.
Today is the day chosen by the rich boss to start construction.
When Li Chu and Ding Qiunan came over, Boss Fu and his people had already arrived. After Ding Qiunan entered the yard, he surrounded the boiler in the front yard and looked at it curiously.
Li Chu bought this boiler from the boiler factory through one of his patients.
I asked my brother-in-law for help and bought cast iron pipes, radiators, and cement from the Materials Bureau.
It is said that floor heating is the best, but Li Chu is worried about cast iron pipes. Such pipes are prone to developing trachoma over time. If water leaks, the entire floor of the house will have to be dug up.
The specific construction of the house was left to the rich boss. Li Chu's requirement was that the east and west wing rooms and the main house must have separate toilets and shower rooms, and the house must be strong.
Li Chu knew that there would be a big earthquake in the future. He couldn't remember the specific day. He only knew that it would be in the summer. Therefore, the second floor where he lives now would definitely not be inhabitable by then.
After watching the rich boss and the others make arrangements and start working, Li Chu gave the rich boss five hundred yuan, including three hundred yuan for prepaid wages and two hundred yuan for buying sand, gravel, bricks and wood.
Then Li Chu and Ding Qiunan left. Oh, and there was Xiao Hei. The two of them wandered around and bought a roast duck to take back for lunch.
The two of them lived their lives leisurely like this, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.
After work that day, Li Chu went to the restaurant to buy two meat dishes. He had not eaten meat for two days and he really couldn't hold on anymore.
When Ding Qiunan got off work, the rice had been steamed and Li Chu was heating the dishes. The girl came over and hugged him from behind, and said with a smile: "I am so happy, I can have ready-made rice when I come back every day."
Li Chu put the vegetables on the plate and handed it to Ding Qiunan: "You will be happy just after eating. It's too simple for you."
The girl nodded: "That's very happy, okay? Sister Wang from the office next door to us said that she had to cook every day when she got off work and wash dishes and clothes after dinner. She was exhausted every day. She said that her man was very lazy.
, I don’t even know how to hold the soy sauce bottle up if it falls over.”
After a pause, he added: "I didn't even dare to tell her that I can eat when I get home every day."
Li Chu found it a bit funny: "Okay, bring the dishes over and get ready to eat."
At the dinner table, while eating, Ding Qiunan suddenly stopped and said, "Li Chu, why haven't I gotten pregnant for so long?"
When Li Chu heard the girl's question, he stopped picking up the food. He himself was a little puzzled. Both of them were in good health. It had been five months since the Chinese New Year, but there was still no movement at all.
He comforted Miss Ding: "You can't rush this kind of thing. Both of us are healthy. Pregnancy will happen sooner or later. Don't be so stressed."
"Will I not be able to have a baby?"
"What are you talking about? It's impossible, it's just that the time has not come yet." Li Chu put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, walked to the girl, hugged her and let her lean into his arms.
Ding Qiunan raised his head and looked at Li Chu: "You said that if I really can't have children, will you abandon me?"
Li Chu held the girl's face with both hands, lowered his head and looked at her seriously: "Comrade Ding Qiunan, I married you because I like you, I love you, and want to live with you forever. Not because I want to have children.
I've just been with you. Can you understand what I'm saying?"
The girl nodded, but was interrupted by Li Chu just as she was about to speak.
"Listen to me and then you can talk. We are both in good health, so don't think too much. We will definitely have children of our own."
The girl looked at Li Chu with a serious face and said timidly: "Li Chu, do you really not want me?"
"No, it doesn't matter if you don't want the child. There's no way I don't want you."
Ding Qiunan sat there and stretched out her hands, hugging his waist tightly: "I'm still a little worried."
Li Chu stretched out his hand and rubbed the girl's head: "Thankfully you are still studying medicine. Even if you really can't get pregnant, it's not necessarily your problem. Maybe it's my problem. If it's really because of me, you
If I can’t get pregnant, should I worry? What if you don’t want me anymore?”
Without waiting for the girl to say anything, he continued: "If you don't want me by then, I will go to your factory and make you cry, make trouble, and hang myself to see if you are afraid."
This sentence made the girl amused. She patted Li Chu and said, "I hate it. I can't be like you."
"Okay, wife, we will definitely have a baby of our own in the future, so stop thinking about it, okay?"
The girl nodded: "Yes, I understand."
Li Chu thought for a while and decided that he had to completely open up the girl's heart once and for all. Otherwise, it would be okay for her to keep thinking. He knelt down and looked at Ding Qiunan and said, "Daughter-in-law, do you believe me?"
"Of course I believe you. You are my man, I don't believe who you believe." Ding Qiunan said matter-of-factly.
"Believe me, just listen to me, relax, and don't think about pregnancy all the time. When you don't think about this problem, the baby may come."
"Don't worry, Li Chu, I don't want to do it anymore. Anyway, you said you won't let me go."
"Yes, I can guarantee this."
Finally, the two began to eat again, and the problem caused by the delay in getting pregnant was over for the time being.