The first people to come to their home were the children of Wu Mei's family.
Sun Shengli was not on duty, but because he was the group leader, most of the group would go to his house to pay New Year greetings, so he did not go out.
In view of her relationship with Wu Mei, Zhao Qinglan is also the most familiar with the three children of Wu Mei's family.
After the three children celebrated the New Year, Zhao Qinglan gave each of them two cents as a new year's gift.
Wu Mei taught her three children well, and the eldest, Sun Wen, just waved her hand.
"Aunt Zhao, we are too old to have it."
Even though the elder brother spoke, Sun Wu and Sun Jiajia did not dare to accept it.
Zhao Qinglan looked helpless. "You are still in school. How old are you? If you don't believe me, ask these two aunts. They are my sisters, not older than you. I even gave them New Year's money."
Zhao Qingzhu and Zhao Qingju both nodded in affirmation.
Seeing this, Sun Wen and his sister took the money.
When they were about to leave, Zhao Qinglan packed some more expensive chocolate candies for them.
This thing is a rare thing, she doesn't buy much, she bought it at the Friendship Store.
Naturally, she didn't display such expensive candies outside. She only gave them to Sun Wen and others because of her good relationship with Wu Mei's family.
The three siblings really liked this thing, so they thanked Zhao Qinglan before going out to another house.
When the children came to the house later, Zhao Qinglan would give some five cents and some two cents depending on the situation.
As for the melon seeds and peanuts, we will also warmly entertain the children to eat them.
Everyone thought it would be better to be the Zhao Qinglan family's baby because of the eldest baby and the second baby's showing off.
After this experience, more children like her.
Some children came here on their own, and some were brought by their parents.
Zhao Qinglan generally didn't have much contact with people in the family area. Since she got married to Li Huai, except for Wu Mei and Wei Hong, few people have been to her home.
Now that the house is clean and tidy, and the food is laid out, the most important thing is that Zhao Qinglan is warm and thoughtful, and everyone's impression of her is generally better.
In the past, when Zhu Kexin was still here, Li Huai never took his children out to pay New Year greetings during the Chinese New Year. He basically said he would go to the military camp.
Therefore, the time spent wandering around has been longer this year, but there is nothing they need to do at home.
By the time the father and son returned home, lunch had been prepared.
Perhaps because Li Huai's family background is no longer a secret in the entire family area, they went to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings and received extra warm reception.
I can’t say that everyone is powerful, but it is our nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
There may not be much benefit in being on good terms with Li Huai and his family, but it is definitely not possible to be on bad terms with them.
After eating the still sumptuous lunch and taking a short rest, Li Huai took Zhao Qinglan to the hospital for a check-up.
They drove there, and there were doctors and nurses on duty at the military hospital during the Chinese New Year.
Once there, Li Huai asked Zhao Qinglan to rest while he went to make a call at the obstetrics and gynecology department.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were not many people visiting the military hospital.
As soon as they registered, they could get in.
"Congratulations, you are seven weeks pregnant." The doctor said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qinglan and Li Huai looked at each other, smiled, and held their hands tightly.
When the doctors told them the precautions, they were very serious. Li Huai even borrowed pen and paper and wrote down the notes one by one.
Nowadays, there are not many fathers like him, so doctors are more careful with their instructions.
As soon as he went out, Li Huai, who had been depressed for a long time, became excited.
"Qinglan, I really want to be a father."
"Are you stupid? People who don't know better think that the first and second babies were picked up."
Li Huai was embarrassed to touch his head.
He was naturally happy when he had a baby and a second baby.
Perhaps it was because he and Zhu Kexin had a bad relationship as husband and wife. Although he was happy, his excitement was greatly reduced.
Of course, this doesn't mean that he doesn't love his eldest child and his second child, but it's just a completely different feeling than this time when he was looking forward to the arrival of the child with full expectations from the beginning, and his wish finally came true.
When they returned home, as soon as they entered the door, Mrs. Sun asked anxiously.
"How was the checkup?"
"Mom, it's fine. The doctor said the baby is more than a month old."
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Mrs. Sun was immediately overjoyed.
After it was confirmed that she was pregnant, Ms. Sun couldn't help but start nagging her, telling her many precautions, for fear that they were young and wouldn't understand.
Although Zhao Qinglan only gave birth to Xiaoduo in her previous life, she later served Wang Xiaofei's wife during the confinement period, served Wang Xiaoyan, and even took care of their children, so she had some experience in this regard.
In fact, some of the experiences her mother taught her were wrong.
But Zhao Qinglan also knew that this was her mother's concern, so she just listened and nodded.
Li Huai is now glad that his mother-in-law is closer to them.
Otherwise, if the mother-in-law is still in Qinglan's hometown, her wife is pregnant and she is so far away that she can't be of any help.
When other people's wives give birth to children, their mothers-in-law usually help take care of them.
His mother died young, and his stepmother Yu Huimin was like that. Qinglan must have worked harder than others.
Fortunately, his mother-in-law was with him, otherwise, he would have been a little flustered.
All I can say is that caring leads to chaos.
In the past, Zhu Kexin had no elders to help her from pregnancy to delivery and confinement, so he still helped to raise his two sons.
Their family was full of joy, but the atmosphere in the distant capital was not wonderful.
It's the Chinese New Year, Yu Huimin was arrested, and now his sentence has been set.
On the night of New Year's Eve, Li Zhenhua and his youngest son celebrated the New Year together in a depressed mood, without much joy on their faces.
Soon after Li Weinian, he was going to report to the army.
Because he did not want to go to the army, he was also full of resentment towards his father.
Unexpectedly, he worked so hard to think about the mother and son, but in the end everyone appreciated it. You can imagine how Li Zhenhua felt.
The aunt went home to celebrate the New Year, and the father and son couldn't even prepare a decent New Year's Eve dinner.
In the end, the guard went to the army canteen and came back with a few special dishes.
This happened to the Li family. On New Year's Day, very few people came to pay New Year's greetings.
Some people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but most of those who do not seek advantages and avoid disadvantages are disgusted by the things Yu Huimin did.
Even though he was still in office and had not retired, his favor was so neglected, which was a huge blow to Li Zhenhua.
He has always been most proud of his work.
But now, it seems that even his work has been overshadowed by what his wife has done.
At this moment, Li Zhenhua finally regretted it.
He began to miss his eldest son and grandchildren far away.
Since Yu Huimin was able to do those things, could it be that she also had a "contribution" to the fact that he and his eldest son have drifted apart over the years?
He is not stupid himself, he just didn't think much about doubting before.
He was thinking that if the relationship with his eldest son had not been so tense, and their family was in Beijing, their home would not be so deserted now.
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world.
People always have to pay the price for the choices they have made and the mistakes they have made.