Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 148
Chapter 150
After standing under the shade of the tree for a while, his head was covered with sweat. Sun Erhu drove the ox cart over. Jin Xi helped Sun into the ox cart, jumped on it herself, and sat side by side with her into the village.

At Mrs. Sun's house, the table was moved to the right hand side of the entrance door of the main room, and placed next to the wall. There was a large teapot on the table, with several tea bowls upside down.Mrs. Sun and Jinrou were sitting on the bamboo chairs on both sides of the table. Mrs. Sun squinted her eyes at Jinrou, while Jinrou was busy with her needlework. Mrs. Sun pointed out a few words from time to time. It was nothing more than stitches. Ah, wiring knots or something, Jinrou listened very carefully, and did it very seriously. On the old maple tree outside the yard, Cicada was neighing desperately. The sun shone on the yard, and the flowers were white dazzling.

Granny Sun stopped talking about Jinrou, got up and went to the backyard to bring a basin of cool spring water, and sprinkled it on the ground at the entrance of the main room, adding a touch of coolness to the occasional south wind.

"Earlier, your sister came back with a letter saying that it will arrive today, and your mother went to pick it up early. Why is there no one? No, she has a big belly, so it won't be too hot?" Mrs. Sun squinted her eyes. Looking at the white sun rays outside, he murmured.

"Gapo, don't worry, I'll go to the entrance of the village to find my mother!" Jin Rou said, put the half-filled soles of her shoes into the dustpan beside her, got up and walked outside, just stepped out of the door of the main room , and saw Sun Erhu's ox cart slowly parked at the gate of the yard.

"Garrah, mother and sister are back!" Jinrou turned her head and said urgently to Mrs. Sun, then turned to welcome her happily.

"Mother, sister, Uncle Erhu, you are back!"

"Hey, Rou'er, we're back!"

"Hurry up and sit in the room, I've already chilled a pot of tea, so quench your thirst!" Jin Ju said.

"Big sister, I haven't seen you in two months, how did Rou'er grow up all of a sudden? Look at this little adult, you can!" Sun Erhu laughed, followed behind Jin Xi and Sun Shi, striding forward with things in both hands In the main room, Mrs. Sun stood up from the bamboo chair and greeted her, saying repeatedly: "Are you too hot? Hurry up, sit down and drink tea to cool off!"

Mrs. Sun was talking, and Jin Rou had already poured three bowls of warm tea quickly.

Jin Xi picked it up and took a few sips, feeling much more comfortable. Sun Erhu drank the whole bowl and said, "I'll go to the back and wash my face with spring water!" After finishing speaking, she turned and left the main room.

Mrs. Sun pulled Jin Xi over to sit down: "Poor thing, how nice is it to stay in the town in this hot weather? It's too hot to run back, isn't it? Look at this blushing!" Jin Xi shook the fan to blow the wind, Jin Xi glanced at the fan, and couldn't help laughing.

Standing up from the salute at the side, after a while, he took out a few brand new big cattail fans, and a small and exquisite goose feather fan. Excellent fine hemp thread is threaded through it, with a slender round mahogany handle underneath. There is a hole under the handle, and a small bell is pendant with five-color silk thread as an embellishment.

Jin Xi distributed the big cattail fan to Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun, and gave the light and beautiful goose feather fan to Jin Rou.

"Is your Dagagong there?" Sun asked.

"Yes, I prepared them together." Jin Xi said, Sun nodded and smiled reassuringly.

"Sister, is this fan specially for me?" Jin Rou couldn't take her eyes off the moment Jin Xi took out the goose feather fan, and now, she was even more pleasantly surprised.

"I bought this goose feather fan from Wanghai County. I heard that ladies from rich families use this fan in summer. The wind is soft and gentle, not hurting anyone, and light. It's the most suitable for you!" Jin Jin Xi said.

"Then, sister, do you have one yourself?" Jin Rou was not overwhelmed by the surprise, and asked again. In her consciousness, if her elder sister treats her well, she should also treat her elder sister well. Good things must be shared, not monopolized. .

"I have one too, it's white, this one is just for you!" Jin Xi said.

Only then did Jin Rou feel at ease, playing with the red goose feather fan, very happy.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun smiled heartily.

"Ga Po, your fan is cracked like this, now that you have this new cattail fan, don't use this one any more, and burn it as firewood later." Jin Xi said, looking at Old Madam Sun's hand again. The fan here looks very old at first glance, the fan surface is damaged and cracked, it is almost comparable to the fan in Jigong's hand.

"It can be used even if it's cracked. This fan has been with me for many years, and I don't want to lose it!" Mrs. Sun said, protecting the fan like a treasure, for fear that Jin Xi would really bring it to the fire.

Seeing Mrs. Sun like this, Jin Xi pursed her lips and smiled softly.

Mrs. Sun patted Jinxi on the shoulder, looked at Mrs. Sun, and said softly: "At that time, the family was poor, and this cattail fan was brought back from the town by your uncle, and your grandmother was afraid that it would be broken, so I just bought it Take a piece of cloth around the fan and make a circle around it with needle and thread. I still remember that in the summer, when it was dark, you, my mother-in-law, and I were still working in the field. Let’s go. My mother-in-law and I haven’t finished work until dark, so your aunt hugs your uncle and sits at the door, holding this cattail fan to blow him away mosquitoes. Qinglaobu’s mosquito net is suffocating and has several holes. Gapo sleeps very little at night, so she sits by the bed with this fan, blowing wind to your aunt and uncle, and I get up to drink water at night, and this is what I see most!"

After Mrs. Sun finished speaking, her eyes fell softly on the cattail fan in Mrs. Sun's hand, and Mrs. Sun touched the broken cattail fan in her hand with emotion, and sighed: "In the blink of an eye, many years have passed. Now, Yuxia is getting married, and Yubao has grown up, how fast the days go by!"

Mrs. Sun gently supported Mrs. Sun's shoulders, smiled slightly, and said, "Isn't life going on like this? They are important to grow up. What's more, mother, look at the two in front of you. They can't be bothered in the blink of an eye." It's all grown up!"

Jin Xi silently looked at the broken cattail fan in Mrs. Sun's hand. That cattail fan was no longer a simple cattail fan. It was the warmth of a family cuddling together in the difficult and poor times in memories.Only by remembering bitterness can one think of sweetness. Jin Xi believes that no matter how rich the Sun family becomes in the future, those years of poverty and cuddling together will always be engraved deep in the memory of Mrs. Sun and the others forever.

"Mother, no matter how old Rou'er grows up, even if she grows up to 99 years old, mother will always be mother." Jinrou said seriously, and the childish words instantly dissipated the slight melancholy and loss in the room, and Sun Erhu also came from behind. After washing his face, he rushed over, and the big guys sat together to drink tea and rest.

After resting for a while, Mrs. Sun got up to go to the kitchen to prepare lunch, just stood up, and suddenly sat down again, leaning back on the chair, her face twisted slightly.

"Yuzhen, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Sun asked worriedly, "Did it get hot earlier?"

Both Jin Rou and Sun Erhu looked worriedly at Sun who was sitting there with a distorted face, not knowing what was wrong.

"No, it's okay. I'm afraid my legs will cramp again after sitting for a long time. Don't be afraid." Mrs. Sun struggled, half of her body was obviously stiff.

Jinxi hurriedly asked Jinrou to go to the room to bring a bottle of toilet oil, and sat on a small chair, raising Sun's leg to rest on her lap, when Jinxi rolled up Sun's trousers to her knees When she saw Sun's feet, Jin Xi was startled.

Sun's ankles were so swollen, how did she squeeze in these shoes!

Jin Xi pursed her lips, rubbed the mint dew oil on her hands, and gently pushed and kneaded Sun's calf along the direction of the leg bones and meridians, with proper strength.

Jinrou watched Jinxi's movements from the side, and brought another small stool to do the same.

"Mother, are you better?" Jin Xi asked after pushing for a while.

Sun let out a sigh of relief, her face returned to normal, she looked at Jin Xi and Jin Rou calmly and lovingly, and said, "It's much better, I don't smoke anymore."

Jin Xi smiled slightly, helped Sun put down her trousers, held her feet, and helped her do a few movements of stretching and stretching her legs.

"What's going on? During these days, your leg often hurts like this, and you often can't sleep well at night. Yuzhen, why don't you ask a doctor to come and take a look at it? If you keep looking at it like this, you will be punished." How skinny do you look like!" Mrs. Sun said worriedly: "Although some women have swollen legs when they are pregnant, but your legs are too swollen..." Mrs. Sun couldn't continue. , turned around and wiped away tears.

After all, Sun Erhu was an unmarried man, and he was a layman to these people, standing aside helpless but unable to intervene.

"Mother, I just wanted to ask you about this matter. What's wrong with your health these days? You can't hide it from us. You must tell me what's wrong. Let's think about it together. Fazi, don't let us worry without knowing what to do." Jin Xi said, grabbing Sun's hand, and then asked: "Gapo said you can't sleep well at night, is that true?"

Sun looked at the concerned and worried faces in front of her, paused, lowered her eyes and said, "In the past half a month, I feel that my body is getting heavier and heavier, and I am always tired and flustered. After doing a little bit of work, the part from the back to the waist seemed to be split. The appetite was still good, and I could eat as much as I could, but lying on the bed at night, I felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and couldn't sleep well. "

Mrs. Sun and Sun Erhu both showed more worried expressions, Jin Rou's eyes were red with worry, Jin Xi pursed her lips, gently supported Sun's dizzy stomach with both hands, and passed the contents of Sun's belly through her palms The fetus was moving, but in her mind, she was quickly recalling the books and magazines on physiology that she had read in her previous life, among which seemed to mention gestational edema.

Gestational edema generally occurs after six months of pregnancy. It is a common symptom in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. It is most obvious around the ankles. In severe cases, it can also affect the upper limbs, face and even the lower abdomen. Jinxi learned from Sun's current situation See, fortunately it only happened to the legs and feet.

Generally, there are three causes of this kind of edema. Jinxi investigates them one by one according to Sun's age, good physique, and natural and healthy eating habits. The cause of Sun's edema should belong to the first one.

In other words, due to the growth of the fetus and the increase of amniotic fluid, her uterus gradually enlarged. Think about it, a person's stomach is originally so big, and the viscera inside have their own positions and functions. Now, there suddenly appears a growing Huge thing, other viscera are not all squeezed and forced?As a result, blood return will be blocked and the body will experience edema symptoms.

In clinical medicine, this kind of symptom is mild and mild, and it will usually be relieved after a night of rest, but it is obvious that Mrs. Sun's belly is much bigger than the average person, and there are still nearly two months before the delivery, and it will continue to stop. For the growth of her body, measures must be taken in time, otherwise, if this situation continues to evolve, the edema will cause irreparable consequences for Mrs. Sun to return the child in her stomach.

"Xi'er, look at your serious face, how is it? Is the third child growing up well in mother's womb?" Sun's gentle laughter sounded above Jin Xi's head. Jin Xi raised her head and saw Sun He was looking at himself with a gentle expression.

Jin Xi suppressed the worries in her heart, smiled at Sun, and said: "Mother, the third child is sleeping soundly inside, just as I put my hand on it, it became dishonest and kicked me, really very."

"Hehe, it's good if the skin is solid." Sun Shi said, lowering his head and stroking his stomach, with an expression of indescribable joy and satisfaction.

"Mother, Granny, there is something I want to discuss with you." Jin Xi withdrew her hand, sat down on her chair, and said.

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Sun asked.

"When I come back this time, I plan to take my mother to a shop in the town." Jin Xi said.

"Ah?" Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun, and Jinrou were all surprised. It's only been six months. It was originally agreed that they would leave a few days before the fifteenth of August after the new house was built.

"What's the matter, Xi'er? Why is it so early?" Sun rubbed his stomach and asked in surprise.

"Mom, this is the first ten days of June. Dad said that our new house will be completed by the end of June. July is a cloudy month and it is not suitable to move to a new house. I am worried that you will come out of the mountains again at the beginning of August, because your stomach is bigger than yours." Most people are big, so I'm worried that your tire will be blown by the bumps on the road." Jin Xi said, "Besides, you have some edema and can't sleep well. Although these are common problems, I won't take you there I don’t feel relieved when I visit the old Chinese doctor in the town, neither does my father, nor do the big guys!”

"Is that so..." Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun were both lost in thought.

"Mom, I looked at your big belly, and I was still thinking, you might be pregnant with more than one, maybe you might be twins! Otherwise, how could it be so big? Who in these ten miles and eight villages It's not as big as your belly!" Jin Xi continued.

Mrs. Sun suddenly laughed, and said to Sun: "Yuzhen, several daughter-in-laws in the village have asked me in private, but I don't believe it. They all say that the matter of having twins depends on heredity. Well, nothing like that happened to our ancestors, but I don't know if there are any ancestors in his old Liang family!"

"Grandma, when I first touched my mother's belly, I felt something different, the bulge didn't look like a baby's movement." Jin Xi said: "Grandma, if you don't believe me, come and feel it." .”

Mrs. Sun walked over early without ordering, stretched out her hand to feel Mrs. Sun's belly, showing a strange and puzzled expression while touching, and then, Mrs. Sun put her ear on Mrs. Sun's belly according to her experience from the people in the mountains. Listening to it, Jin Xi knew that this should be listening to the fetal heartbeat.In modern times, one needs to go through a professional instrument to listen to the fetal heartbeat. I don't know if Mrs. Sun's experience will work, but Jinxi does have [-]% doubts about Mrs. Sun's belly, and it is very likely that they are twins.

Mrs. Sun also looked at her big belly with bright eyes. For a moment, she was surprised and expected, and said: "Yes, I remember that Huai Xi'er and Rou'er were able to work in the fields even when they were on the moon. This baby is very delicate, if it is really two, then it will be nice!"

"Sister, if Xi'er's guess is accurate, you really have to follow us to the town to raise your baby as soon as possible, otherwise, the further you go, the more you can't move your nest." Sun Erhu suggested.

"Well, mother went to the town to raise the baby, and Rou'er stayed with Ga Po!" Jin Ju said, knowing that Jin Xi took Sun to take better care of her, if she went with herself, she would definitely let mother I was distracted with my sister, so she stayed, and Ga Po couldn't be left alone.

Jin Xi couldn't help but glance at Jin Rou again, from the fact that she was able to say such a thing, instead of arguing and going to town with her like before, it can be seen that Jin Rou is really more sensible than before .Jin Xi touched Jin Rou's head and said, "You are really my good sister!"

After a round of calculations, everyone was urging Mrs. Sun to go to the town. Mrs. Sun had no experience in giving birth to twins, so out of consideration for the two babies in her womb, she simply agreed.

Aunt Taozhi heard the news that Sun Erhu and Jinxi had returned, so she quickly made lunch and came to pick up Mrs. Sun's family to eat there.

Biaogu Taozhi, 23, is of medium height, thin, with a pale complexion with a tinge of vegetables.With a long face, hanging eyebrows, big eyes, a straight nose, and small cherry lips, this face is indeed beautiful at first glance, and it fits the name Taozhi.

At the age of 23, in modern times, she dared to walk out of the university campus. She was in a high-spirited age, but the 23-year-old mountain woman Zheng Taozhi experienced widowhood in her youth, remarried to another family, and was finally thrown back by her husband's family because of infertility. In her natal family, these experiences were put on Taozhi, even though her facial features were beautiful and her eyes were big, but her eyes were dull, and because of her low self-esteem, she became more and more silent.

When they came to pick up Mrs. Sun and the others for dinner, they were wearing old gray and blue clothes. Although they were very old, they were cleaned up very cleanly. The bun with the size of a fist is inserted with a wooden hairpin, and a square scarf is wrapped around the head to cover the oily smoke. The square scarf also looks like it has been washed frequently, without too much oily smell.

She is not very talkative, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun asked a question, and Taozhi answered a question. When she smiled, her smile always had a bit of inferiority and bitterness. When she was silent, she stood there like a dead wood. Ashen ashes.

Jin Xi had heard about the experience of this cousin Taozhi from Sun Yuxia, and knew that she was a mountain woman who was teased by fate. very sympathetic.

Father Sun heard about Mrs. Sun going to the town, and he also agreed. Cousin Taozhi served the meals. Her cooking skills are good. Every dish is the refined taste of the people in the mountains, and the dishes are taken care of. They were all very clean, so Jinxi went to Sun Erhu's kitchen to have a look, and found that the cooker was also well cleaned, without any oil stains.Jin Xi nodded secretly, the care of Tao Zhi gave people a very comfortable feeling, and Jin Xi's affection for this cousin Tao Zhi increased a little in her heart.

That night, Jinxi helped Mrs. Sun pack up the clothes for this trip, because Mrs. Sun was going back to the new house to have a baby, so she packed more clothes than before. Jinxi looked at it and found that Mrs. Sun herself There are relatively few clothes, and the main ones are some baby clothes, bellybands, shoes and socks, and a big bag of diapers!
"Mom, when did you prepare so many little things for the third and fourth? My dear, it's really cute. When I think of their little arms and legs wearing them, I can't stop being happy!" Jin Xi held up a small right-breasted gown, said excitedly, and then picked up a pair of small tiger-toed shoes, which she could barely fit into her three fingers. Jin Xi was even happier. At this moment, her expectation Even more than ever before!

"Yuzhen, you just pick up the necessary things and take them with you. If there is something missing later, let Yuzhong and Xi'er come back and get it!" Old lady Sun said to Sun, holding the door frame.

Sun nodded, she thought so too.

The next day, just after dawn, Sun followed Sun Erhu and Jin Xi back to Changqiao Town.

The bullock cart passed by on the official road outside Jinji Mountain, Jin Xi pointed to the big flag not far below the official road, the bustling and busy house, and said excitedly to Mrs Sun: "Mother, look, stand up there The big courtyard is our new home!"

Mrs. Sun was feeling unwell all the way, but when she heard this, she opened her eyes and regained her spirits, put her hands on her forehead and looked over there, the corners of her eyes and brows lit up, and said with a smile: "I saw it, that's great." , That’s great, is the smaller yard over there the place where you mentioned that you raised poultry?”

"Yeah, that's right!"

"Okay, okay! Xi'er, why don't we get out of the car and take a look, maybe we can meet your father!" Sun said.

Jin Xi also wanted to go over to have a look, but considering Sun's current physical condition, she hesitated, and said: "Mother, the sun is not too fierce at the moment, it will be fierce after a while, let's go to town quickly Let's go, wait until the new house is built and there will be plenty of work to see! Okay?"

Mrs. Sun was very talkative, so she stopped insisting immediately.

"Sister, Xi'er, you wait here. I'll go over there and call my brother-in-law. He probably doesn't know that you are going back to town!" Sun Erhu laughed, jumped off the ox cart, and strode to the house. , Turning back after a while, there is another person behind him, Liang Yuzhong.

Liang Yuzhong was wearing bunt clothes that were convenient for working. The sleeves were rolled up to his arms, revealing his strong and dark arm muscles. Mrs. Sun and Liang Yuzhong quickened their pace, trotting towards this side excitedly.

"Xi'erniang, why did you come out of the mountain?" Liang Yuzhong asked straight away, his eyes turned around on Mrs. Sun, his thick eyebrows frowned, and said, "Why are you thin again? Your eyes are sunken, this youngest What's going on, to torture you like this?"

Sun smiled a little embarrassedly, and Jin Xi whispered something in Liang Yuzhong's ear.

"What?" Liang Yuzhong was shocked, holding Sun's arm with both hands, staring at her stomach in disbelief, Sun was even more embarrassed, opened Liang Yuzhong's hand, and said angrily: "Don't get the mud on my clothes Come on. I have to wait for the old Chinese doctor to confirm this matter, so don't make it public, it will be a joke when the time comes!"

Jin Xi covered her mouth and smiled secretly, Sun Erhu was also grinning cheerfully, the expression on Liang Yuzhong's face was really wonderful, he stared straight at Sun's and Sun's stomachs, and finally scratched the back of his head , smiled silly and said: "It doesn't matter how many, I don't care about it! Xi'er, take your mother back to the town to settle down, it will be vicious in a short while, and ah, once you return to the town Hurry up and ask a doctor to make sure, I will go back to work early for the harvest, don't forget!"

Sun gave him a blank look and was speechless.Sun Erhu smiled and drove the ox cart, and slowly started on the road again.Liang Yuzhong stood behind, and because he was so excited, he was still telling Jinxi how to take care of Mrs. Sun at the top of his voice. Liang Yuzhong's voice was so loud that Da Niu and Chun Zhu who were resting on the yard over there burst into laughter. , Mrs. Sun on the bullock cart here blushed even more and lowered her head, even more shy than a young daughter-in-law who just walked in.

Jin Xi sees the affection between her Sun family and Liang Yuzhong, especially now that this loving couple is actually her parents, the builders of this body, Jin Xi feels a warm feeling in her heart, and there is another An indescribable joy.

She thought of her previous life. As long as she could remember, her parents always had endless quarrels in front of her, or there was a strange cold war under the same roof. Her greatest wish when she was young was to be able to have a family of three in a gentle and peaceful environment. Under the bright lights, we had a happy dinner together, and then happily sat on the sofa watching the bubble show at [-]:[-] p.m., with my father hugging my mother and me in my mother's arms, that was the happiest thing in the world.

However, she never waited for it. What she waited for was a divorce letter from her parents. They divorced, and no one even told her in advance to make her prepare.It was raining that day, and at the gate of the court, my mother got into a taxi and left without looking back. Dad sat on the high steps at the gate of the court, smoking silently, and she stood aside with a small schoolbag on her back, feeling cold in her heart.

Later, she was sent by her father to her aunt's house in the southern countryside. From then on, until her soul came to this world, she never reunited with her parents, even if it was just a peaceful dinner.

"Xi'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you so dazed and silent?" Sun's warm hand gently touched Jinxi's forehead, Jinxi stopped the memories of her previous life, and when she turned her head, she saw Sun's concerned face close at hand very close.

(End of this chapter)