readytorunbook Chapter 466: Are you born in the Year of the Rat? How can you be so fertile?
Chapter 466: Are you born in the Year of the Rat? How can you be so fertile?
February 78, 2 was New Year’s Eve.
This is an extremely festive New Year for the Zhou family.
Every time they went to the city and saw the children exhausted from work and family life, Zhou's father and mother would do their best to help share the burden.
But after finishing the work, they often felt tired and had back pain.
Father Zhou wanted to live a few more years, and he didn't want Mother Zhou to be tired, so unless there was something important, they would stay in Zhoujiawan and try not to go into the city.
But this year his grandson, granddaughter, grandson-in-law and granddaughter-in-law were all admitted to university. It is such a happy thing and must be celebrated!
On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhou's father and mother took a truck into the city. Because Zhou Qingping and Zhou Qing'an returned with their wives and children this year, it was inconvenient for them to stay at Zhou Rong's house, so they had to clean up the house at the meat processing factory.
All the children and grandchildren gathered together, and several tables were needed to accommodate them. No house was that big. Zhou's father discussed with Zhou Rong and wanted to set up a few tables in a restaurant. He would pay for it to celebrate the children's admission to university.
Zhou Rong: "Dad, Zhou Gui and I both have jobs, so it's not appropriate for us to have a big wedding banquet. If you really want to celebrate, you can only have a New Year's dinner."
Father Zhou: "It doesn't matter what the name is. I just want everyone to get together and have some fun. I haven't had such a happy event for many years. If the ancestral tablets hadn't been put away, I would really like to go and burn some incense."
Zhou Rong understood his father's feelings. When people get old, they hope that their children and grandchildren will have a bright future. Once their children do something to bring honor to the family, they want the whole world to know about it so that they can share their joy...
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhou's father set up six tables in the restaurant, and Zhou Rong, Zhou Jiahua and others brought their children and grandchildren to the banquet.
Elders such as Jiang Linhai, Tian Huizhen, Qin Yanhua, Shen Chunheng, Xiao Songbai and Xu Yuefang were also invited.
During the holidays, Zhou Rong and his family would send money to Zhou's mother. She also had a pension, and there were not many expenses in Zhoujiawan, so she had saved a lot of money over the years.
Zhou's mother prepared a red envelope of 66 yuan for all the children who were admitted to university, hoping that they would study hard in university and make more contributions to the country after graduation.
Zhou Qinghao: "Grandma, I applied for the automobile major. When I learn more skills, I will build you a small car and take you to play everywhere!"
Mother Zhou: "Really? Then grandma is waiting!"
Zhou Qingxuan: "Grandma, my school can't make anything, it's all clerical work. When I graduate, I'll get a better job, save more money, and I'll take you around the country."
Mother Zhou said happily: "Okay, you are all grandma's good grandchildren!"
Before the meal started, Zhou Rong gathered everyone to take a group photo.
This is the time when the Zhou family has had the most people taking photos together so far. If the restaurant wasn’t so spacious, there wouldn’t be enough space for everyone to stand.
The restaurant manager who helped take photos kept praising the Zhou family for being so large, saying that with a family like this, they would never be afraid of having no one to rely on no matter what they did.
Jiang Linhai and Xiao Songbai also felt that the Zhou family had sufficient backup forces and an immeasurable future...
After the banquet, Zhou Jiaguang invited his father and mother to his home to celebrate the New Year, saying that it was too lonely living in the meat processing factory and it would be more lively at his home.
After Zhou's father put away his luggage, he was just about to praise Zhou Jiaguang for his filial piety when he heard Xiao Jingjing whispering to Zhou's mother the good news that she was pregnant again.
Zhou's father was so angry that he twisted Zhou Jiaguang's arm hard.
Zhou Jiaguang shuddered in pain and asked in confusion: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Father Zhou: "You were born in the Year of the Rat? How can you be so fertile?!"
Zhou Jiaguang: "...Dad, it was an accident, it was all an accident. I originally wanted to stop having children after giving birth to Beibei. We usually took contraceptive measures. Who knew Jingjing got pregnant again? This is really not my fault. I don’t know what went wrong... "
In recent years, the country has been controlling the population and encouraging people to have fewer children. Some units even use having fewer children as one of the criteria for evaluating their advanced status.
Condoms are currently sold in stores, placed in paper bags, without lubricant. After use, they are washed and dried, sprinkled with talcum powder, and stored in a small box so that they can be used next time.
Before use, just inflate and check.
Zhou Jiaguang couldn't understand why Xiao Jingjing got pregnant since he had used condoms according to the instructions.
Father Zhou glared at Zhou Jiaguang and said unhappily, "Let me make it clear first. Your mother and I will go back after the Chinese New Year. Don't expect us to stay here for long and work like slaves for you."
Zhou Jiaguang: "Dad, what you said is true. I brought you and mom here just to have a reunion dinner with you. I didn't have any other thoughts.
After the Chinese New Year, Qingze and Beibei will be sent to kindergarten. Xiaojie will be 8 years old soon and can help take care of her younger siblings. There is nothing to do at home, so you don’t need to live here for a long time. When Jingjing gives birth, you two elders can help take care of her during the confinement period. "
Zhou's mother heard the conversation between the two and was worried that Xiao Jingjing would be unhappy, so she came over and pulled Zhou's father: "Qi Guang, you and Jingjing have always been filial children. Your father and I are very happy to have children like you.
If the family is too busy, we stay and help out, which is what we should do as parents."
Xiao Jingjing: "Mom, thank you for thinking about us everywhere. I am still young and don't have to go to work. I can handle the housework. I hope you can help me for a while after the baby is born."
Mother Zhou: "Sure. Your father and I will go to the city in August. If there is anything happening at home, please inform us in time."
Xiao Jingjing: "Okay."
Seeing that his father was still unhappy, Zhou's mother closed the bedroom door and whispered, "I heard a sentence when I was chatting with someone before, and I found it particularly useful.
That person said that a good family is one in which every generation does their best to help the next generation to move to a higher level. Only when every generation does what they are supposed to do can the family live a good life.
You and I don't have much skills. We can only help look after the grandchildren, do some housework, and share the burden of the children so that they can concentrate on doing their work well. If they don't even have this much value, why should they respect us?
Don't even mention the grace of giving birth and raising children. After the children get married, they all have their own worries. All the grace will be exhausted in some trivial matters. Many times, unfilial sons are forced into this by life.
We can't help them with their careers, so doing some housework is all we can do.
What's more, the child Jingjing is carrying is the blood of your Zhou family, so we have an even greater obligation to help them."
Father Zhou: "I didn't say I wouldn't help them, I just think you've worked too hard. With the baby in Jingjing's belly, we have 11 grandchildren. You took care of them during the confinement period for every child they were born. Your hair has turned completely white. It hurts me to see that."
Mother Zhou smiled and said, "As long as you care about me, I am satisfied. When we gave birth to our son, didn't we think about the day when we would take care of our grandchildren?
They are fine, unlike us when we had seven or eight children. If that were the case, your and my life would be miserable.
Fortunately, everyone has moved to the city and has a good job. After the confinement period, the baby can be sent to a nursing class. Otherwise, if there were dozens of grandchildren in front of us, our heads would have exploded. If one or two were lost, we probably wouldn’t even be able to find it. "
Father Zhou: “…”