Raising Babies in the 70s

There was a new resident next door, not only Huang Xinying was happy, but her husband Zhang Chengbei was also happy. Zhang Chengbei was usually happy. He had no other hobbies, just a good reputation. He liked to show off and make people envious of themselves.

He married a good wife, had a good life. She was literate, was considerate, and could take care of children. She took care of all the housework, cooked good dishes, and served him comfortably.

How could a man from another family live such a comfortable life as him?

Those who married a beautiful, literate person were squeamish, unwilling to do housework, and unwilling to serve men, and the couple would always quarrel; those who married hard-working girls were mostly illiterate, rustic, and not good-looking.

As far as his married wife was concerned, everything was well accounted for.

Which man didn’t envy him?

So, he had to make a new friend, and secretly reveal how happy he was to make the man envious of himself.

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Qin Rou opened the windows of each room to ventilate. Before moving in, the staff responsible for housekeeping had already cleaned up the dust. There was nothing else to clean.

Qin Rou felt that she didn’t need to clean it again.

Outside the house was a yard of about 70 to 80 square meters. Originally, some flowers, plants, melons and fruits were planted, but it had long since collapsed. There were three tall coconut trees standing by the roadside. Qin Rou looked up and saw that there were two thirty meters long coconut trees.

How did people pick coconuts from such a tall coconut tree? Was it difficult to climb a tree to pick coconuts?

The coconut could not be picked for the time being, so Qin Rou entered the house. The two-storey building was not bad. The hall was in the middle, the kitchen was connected to the bathroom on the left, and there were two rooms on the right.

The first floor was damp and it was easy for reptiles to enter. It was not suitable for people to live in. Qin Rou carefully looked at the door frame and felt that the threshold could be raised with cement to prevent the storm water from pouring into the house. 

Speaking of worms, Qin Rou felt that raising chickens must be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Chickens were raised in the yard to prevent centipedes and the like from sneaking into the house and laying down centipede larvae in their yard.

Snakes and the like must also be guarded against. When Qin Rou was in Guangcheng, she bought some snake repellent powder. She sprinkled it around the yard. She didn’t know how big the mice and cockroaches were in the era so she had prepared herself mentally.

Going to the second floor, there were three rooms on the second floor and a small terrace of ten square meters. Qin Rou liked that terrace very much, but she felt that the terrace needed to be reinforced, so as to avoid typhoons and rainstorms and water accumulation on the terrace.

It was better to build a detachable shed. Qin Rou planned to grow some potted vegetables on the terrace. It was best to cover it with a shed like a greenhouse, with a sunshade.

Qin Rou had countless plans in her mind, full of ambitions. She wanted to grow vegetables!

Not only to grow vegetables, but also to grow them beautifully.

After the water was boiled, Qin Rou took the children to take a bath. The children ran around the room happily, while Qin Rou was paralyzed on the newly made bed and didn’t want to move.

She was so tired, her ambitions had to wait for the next day.

Lu Yan came back at that time. He had just reported in, and he was surrounded by old friends and chatted. Lu Yan was reluctant to chat with people. He had been in the army for so many years and was not willing to waste time with people outside.

He wanted to go home to his wife.

Lu Yan went upstairs, opened the door, and saw Qin Rou sitting beside the bed. She had just washed her hair, and her long black and soft hair fell on her shoulders, making her small face look extra gentle and tender. She was beautiful, and when she turned her head to look at him, he seemed to be immersed in a pool of spring water.

Lu Yan couldn’t help but want to cough. He touched his nose. The sea breeze from outside the window blew in, and it also softened his eyebrows. The atmosphere was just right at that moment. Just as he was about to say something, there came a scream behind him.

The little chubby kid shouted, “Wow, Jingyi, coconuts!”

All the charming atmosphere was gone.

Lu Yan gritted his teeth secretly, just wishing to throw these two unpleasant little guys into the sea.

Qin Rou asked him, “Did you bring coconuts?”

“Well, I brought some coconuts.” 

There were not many other coconuts around. There were many coconut trees by the sea, and one coconut tree could produce 100 coconuts a year.

When Lu Yan came back, he dragged a sack of coconuts back along the way. It was given by a friend who had just picked coconuts.

Knocking open three coconuts and inserting bamboo tubes, the two children happily hugged the coconuts and drank coconut juice, and Lu Yan handed one to Qin Rou.

Qin Rou took the coconut and took a sip. The juice was extraordinarily sweet, neither sour or astringent, and the fragrance was overflowing. She couldn’t hold back and took several sips.

The sweet coconut water was poured into the stomach, which was refreshing and thirst-quenching.

“So sweet!”

It was not that Qin Rou had never drunk coconut water, but she had never had such a fresh and sweet coconut. In the past, she would only buy one or two coconuts when she went out for fun, but the taste of coconuts in the tourist market was entirely dependent on metaphysics and luck.

Some fresh coconut water was very delicious, and some old ones were too sour, which made a person suspect that the coconut water had deteriorated.

“Is it sweet?” Lu Yan had never drunk coconut water before. Hearing what she said, he became curious. He leaned over, bit the straw, and took a light sip.

His movements were extraordinarily natural, and Qin Rou, who was holding the coconut, looked stunned.

Indirect kissing?

She looked at his handsome side face and was startled. From her perspective, his nose became more straight, and Qin Rou could clearly see his towering nasal bones.

“It’s really good.”