Bringing Good Luck to your Husband in the ’70s

Counting Han Aimin, there are five children in the family, the two older one got the schoolbag, and the other three younger ones were greedy for it.
Although they couldn’t use the schoolbag, they just thought it was a good thing, and naturally they wouldn’t be happy if they didn’t have it.
Fabrics are precious these days. The clothes everyone wears are tattered, mended, and sewn. In families with many children, the eldest brother gets new clothes and then they are passed on to the younger ones. In short, the preciousness of fabrics is hard to imagine. Imagine that now there is a complete, strong and beautiful piece of cloth made into a brand new school bag. Not only the children are envious, but even Han’s second daughter-in-law and Han’s third daughter-in-law are envious.

　　If it weren’t for the fear of being scolded by the old lady, Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law would have wanted to take Hehua’s schoolbag and make a new dress for Xiaolei. Hehua also knew what her mother was thinking. She was so scared that she would put her schoolbag on her body every morning when she woke up, and she would sleep with it on her body at night, for fear that her mother would take it away.

　　Han Lao’s third daughter-in-law felt that Su Yue was too careless in doing things. With so many children in the house, only the fourth child and Hehua were given the bag, and not the other children. Their third room only had one child, Maomao. Isn’t this partiality? Is this what an aunt should  do?

　　So when Su Yue was teaching Han Aimin and Hehua, she saw Han’s third daughter-in-law walking over to take a look, pretending to be novel, touching the schoolbag that Han Aimin and Hehua put on the table, and praised: “Eldest sister-in-law is so generous with children. She is willing to make schoolbags for the children. Sister-in-law, please make one for my Maomao. Maomao is so envious of his uncle and eldest sister. He dreams of having a schoolbag.”

　　Su Yue laughed and said: “It’s okay if you want a schoolbag, but you have to listen to the class as honestly as Aimin and Hehua, you can let Maomao follow me in the class.”

　　Han’s third daughter-in-law Naturally, she knew in her heart that her little boy couldn’t sit still, and asking him to go to class would be like killing him. But he really wanted his schoolbag, so he said: “Okay, I will let Maomao follow you to learn knowledge soon. Sister-in-law, you give it to him first. Make a schoolbag so that he can carry it to school.”

　　Su Yue laughed in her heart, thinking that she was a fool and asking her to make a schoolbag first, then she wouldn’t be able to care if Maomao didn’t study.

　　”I have to see if Maomao can learn first. You let him study with me for three days. If he can persist, I will give him a schoolbag.”

　　Han’s third wife smile froze on her face, thinking about it in her mind, and felt that it was not impossible to force Maomao to study for three days. As long as he persisted for three days and got a schoolbag, she would let him go. This deal would not be a loss.

　　So she ran to hug Maomao and said to him: “From now on, you study hard with your aunt, and then let your aunt make your schoolbag.”

　　Maomao shouted immediately after hearing this, “Mom, I won’t go, studying is so boring, I want to go out and play! Mom, didn’t you say that people who study are fools?”

　　Han’s third daughter-in-law froze when he said that. She was so embarrassed that she was so angry that she forced him to sit on the stool and say, “What nonsense! When did mother say this? It’s good to study. You are not allowed to play. Just sit there and study.”

　　Maomao didn’t like studying in the first place, and now his mother is pressuring him not to let him go out to play. His temper suddenly rose. He kicked his hands and feet and yelled: “I won’t do it, I won’t do it! I don’t want to study here. Studying is for fools!”

　　Boy Mao was very energetic when he was making a fuss. Han Laosan’s third daughter-in-law did not hold him down, but she was inadvertently kicked by Mao Mao on her stomach with both feet. She screamed in one moment, and the next second she held her stomach and wailed, “Ouch! Come on, mother, my stomach hurts so much…”

　　Su Yue was startled by her. Seeing that she was holding her stomach and her face was wrinkled together, as if she was in pain, she immediately walked over to help her. “What’s up with her? What’s wrong with your stomach? “

　　Han’s third daughter-in-law gasped hissingly, “My stomach hurts, it hurts so much…”

　　She was wearing thick winter clothes. Su Yue couldn’t see anything when she looked at her stomach. Even if she thought about it, Even if a child kicked, nothing will happen to her, but she reacted like this. Could it be that Su Yue immediately thought of pregnancy. If she was pregnant and was kicked in the stomach, it would be serious.

Su Yue hurriedly said : “Aimin, hurry up and go find the barefoot doctor from the brigade to take a look. “

　　Han Aimin didn’t know what was going on, but seeing his sister-in-law giving such orders, he understood that something had happened. He hurriedly ran out the door and disappeared.

　　Su Yue went to tell Hehua again: “He Hua, hurry up and find you. Go to third uncle and ask him to come back quickly.”

　　”Oh, I’ll go right away! ” “Hehua also hurriedly ran to call someone.

　　Maomao also knew that he was in trouble. He was so frightened that he threw up his head and cried loudly. He cried so loudly that his cry disturbed Mrs. Han who was in the kitchen. She was wearing an apron. She ran out of the kitchen with flour still on her hands, “What’s wrong? Is this what it is?”

Su Yue: “Mom, Maomao just kicked the third sister-in-law in the stomach. The third sister-in-law complained that she had a stomachache. I wonder if she is pregnant.”

Mrs. Han was startled and looked at the pale third daughter-in-law of Han, “Third daughter-in-law, are you pregnant?” “

　　Han Lao’s third daughter-in-law was stunned when she heard this, and said painfully: “Mom, I don’t know.”

　　Old Mrs. Han asked angrily: “How long has it been since your period? “

　　Han’s third daughter-in-law thought about it carefully while enduring the pain in her stomach. This thought scared herself, “Mom, It haven’t been here for two months! Am I really pregnant? “

　　When Old Mrs. Han heard this, she wanted to give her a shovel. How could this person be so confused? She didn’t even know she hadn’t had her menstrual period in two months! Is there such an unreasonable person? But now the third wife’s pain is so painful for her. It was not easy to scold her, so she and Su Yue hurriedly helped her into the room.

　　Han Laosan heard the news and ran back in a hurry. He saw his wife trembling in pain. He looked anxious all of a sudden, “What’s wrong? “

Mrs. Han was so angry that she slapped him in the face, “Your wife is most likely pregnant! She, the mother, doesn’t know, and you, the father, don’t know either. It’s really unlucky for the child to end up in your family! If something happens, I won’t let you off! “

　　When he heard that his wife might be pregnant, Han Laosan was at a loss. He turned his head and saw Mao standing outside the door, choking and crying.

　　Remembering that Hehua told him that Maomao kicked his mother and made her like this, he became angry all of a sudden. He picked him up, hit him on the buttocks and hit him hard, “You bastard who kicks people around, I will beat you to death today!”

　　Maomao cried loudly after being beaten.

　　Old Mrs. Han said angrily: “Okay, now is not time to teach the child a lesson! Go and see if Old Man Zhang is here.”

　　Old Man Zhang is the barefoot doctor of the brigade.

　　Hearing this, Han Laosan let Maomao go and ran outside to meet the barefoot doctor. As a result, as soon as he ran to the gate, he saw old man Zhang coming. He immediately ran into the house with his horse, “Uncle Zhang, please see my wife , she is pregnant. She was kicked by the boy at home just now.”

　　Old man Zhang hurried over in a hurry, and before he could take a breath, he rushed to the bedside to check the pulse of Han Lao’s third daughter-in-law. After doing so, his face became serious, and he said: “She is pregnant, but it seems that the child is unstable. “

　　Everyone turned pale when they heard this, and Mrs. Han hurriedly asked: “Well, Lao Zhang, hurry up and take care of the child. Nothing should happen to the child.”

　　But Lao Zhang shook his head, “I really can’t do this, so hurry up and send her to the commune hospital.” He is not that talented. He just learned a few skills from an old doctor when he was young. He can usually cure a small cold or fever, but he can’t cure this.

　　When everyone heard what he said, they felt anxious again. Fortunately, Han Aimin went to borrow the mule cart at this time. Su Yue quickly said: “Mom, let’s send the her to the hospital quickly.”

　　Mrs. Han quickly gave instructions. Han Laosan and Han Laoer slowly carried Han Laosan’s wife out.

　　Su Yue pulled off the quilt and padding on the bed, ran to the door and spread the padding on the bare mule cart, then asked them to put Han Lao’s third daughter-in-law on it and cover her with the quilt. Let them take the person to the hospital quickly.

　　Mrs. Han was worried and went with her, leaving Su Yue and Han Aiguo at home to take care of several children.

　　Only then did Su Yue tell Han Aiguo the specific situation just now.

　　Han Aiguo glanced at Maomao, who was sobbing and choking in the corner. As soon as Maomao caught his gaze, he was so frightened that he started crying again.

　　Han Aiguo withdrew his gaze again.

　　At this time, everyone in the village heard that something happened to the Han family, and some well-meaning women came to the Han family to find out what was going on in the name of concern.

　　Su Yue didn’t want to talk to them about her family’s private affairs, so she wanted to send them away on the grounds that her family members were not feeling well, but obviously this reason could not satisfy their curiosity, so they refused to leave and wanted to continue asking.

　　Seeing this, Han Aiguo glanced around these people with a dull face, “What do you want to ask, ask me.”

　　As soon as he opened his mouth, the women immediately silenced them. Who dares to ask such a cold-faced person like him openly for gossip, everyone made excuses and left in despair.

　　Su Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

　　When it was getting dark, Han Laosan and the others finally came back. Han Laosan’s wife was lying on the mule cart. Her face was not as pale as in the morning, and she no longer complained about pain, but she was a little wilted.

　　Su Yue stepped forward and asked, “How’s it going? Are you okay?”

　　Old Mrs. Han breathed a sigh of relief, “The baby has been saved, but the third daughter-in-law can’t get out of bed for the past two months, so it’s best to stay in bed to protect her pregnancy.”

　　Su Yue: “As long as the child is fine, take good care of yourself during this period.”

　　Mrs. Han asked Han Laosan and the others to carry Han Laosan’s wife to the bed, while she went to catch a chicken from the chicken coop in the yard , “The third daughter-in-law has fetal gas, and the doctor said she needs to be replenished. I’ll stew a chicken for her.”

　　Su Yue took the chicken, “Mom, you’ve been running around all day. I’ll stew it while you go and have a rest.”

　　Old Mrs. Han was afraid that Su Yue would be too busy alone, so she wanted to help. Han Aiguo said, “Mom, go to the room and rest for a while. I’ll help Yue’er cook.”

Seeing this, Old Mrs. Han stopped insisting. She was really exhausted and her feet hurt, so she went into the room to take a rest.

　　Han Aiguo took the chicken from Su Yue’s hand, took a kitchen knife to kill the chicken under the eaves, put it in a big basin, poured boiling water on the chicken, plucked the chicken’s feathers, and waited until the chicken was cleaned before handing it over to her.

　　Having him help with the chicken saved Su Yue a lot of trouble. Su Yue took the chicken into the kitchen to stew, and Han Aiguo helped her light the fire.

　　Taking advantage of the break from stewing chicken, Su Yue made some corn pancakes for dinner for her family. Everyone must be very hungry after running around all day.

　　After the pancakes were cooked, Su Yue asked everyone to come out to eat. After the family finished dinner, the chicken stewed in the kitchen was already emitting a strong fragrance, which made the children salivate.

　　Su Yue poured out a basin of chicken soup and gave it to Han Laosan, “Laosan, this is what mother used to replenish your daughter-in-law’s health. You bring it to her to drink. You have to drink it while it’s hot.”

　　Han Laosan took it gratefully and  After thanking her several times, he brought it into the room and gave it to his wife to drink.

　　Xiaolei was drooling from the corner of his mouth. He hugged Han’s second daughter-in-law’s legs and acted coquettishly, “Mom, I want to drink chicken soup too!”

　　Han’s second daughter-in-law looked at Mrs. Han’s face. She didn’t dare to say anything. She just patted his head and coaxed him, “That’s for your third aunt to replenish her health. You can’t drink it.”

　　Xiao Lei quit, “Why is it that third aunt can drink it as an adult but we can’t? If I want to drink it, I’ll drink it!” “

　　Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law went to see Mrs. Han.

　　Old Mrs. Han had been tired for a day and had a headache from his quarrel. She was too lazy to talk now, so she said to Su Yue: ” Yueyue, go and give half a bowl to each of the children to taste, and give the rest to the third’s  wife will drink it at noon tomorrow.”

　　After the old lady said this, Su Yue went to the kitchen and used bowls to fill most of the bowls for the children at home. A piece of meat was given to each bowl, and there was a soup basin left in the pot. It looks like it’s just enough for Han’s third daughter-in-law to have a drink at noon tomorrow.

　　Xiaolei drank the delicious soup and was finally satisfied, so beautiful that his eyes narrowed.

　　Old Mrs. Han said to Han’s second daughter-in-law: “Let me tell you, that soup is for the third daughter-in-law to replenish her health. Don’t ask Xiao Lei to come over tomorrow to ask for it. “

　　Han’s second daughter-in-law rubbed her hands in embarrassment, “Mom, I have to go to work. How can I take care of the child? And what child is not greedy? When he grows up, It’ll be fine.”

　　”If a child is greedy, he won’t cry and clamor for it.” Old Mrs. Han was very angry. “From now on, if Xiaolei is greedy again, I will make it for him but I  will ask you for the things I made for him. You give me as much as he wants to eat. Doesn’t he want to eat chicken? Give me the chicken you raised, and I will cook it for your son.”

　　Han second daughter-in-law’s face immediately turned bad, and she slapped Xiaolei on the back in a fake way, “You don’t ask grandma for food anymore, do you hear me? How can your mother have so many things for you to eat?, I can’t even feed you children anymore.”

　　Xiao Lei continued to drink his soup without any pain, as if he didn’t hear anything.

　　Mrs. Han was so angry that she didn’t care about her anymore. As soon as the children finished drinking the soup, she told them to go back to their respective rooms to sleep.

　　The children went to bed, and the adults also followed behind to wash up and go to sleep.

　　However, Su Yue was not sleepy yet, so she lit a kerosene lamp and knitted a sweater under the lamp.

　　The weather was getting colder and colder. Han Aiguo only wore a military coat to keep out the cold. There was no decent sweater inside. The sleeves of the only sweater were frayed and there was a big hole in the back. However, he continued to wear it like everyone else. But Su Yue felt distressed and immediately went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few kilograms of wool and needles, planning to knit him one piece.

　　However, Su Yue had always bought sweaters to wear when she was so old. She didn’t know how to knit at all. For this reason, she followed Hehua to ask for advice.

　　Hehua, a child under ten years old, could knit sweaters, which made Su Yue a little embarrassed. She decided to improve her skills and studied hard for two days, and finally she was able to get started. It’s just that the knitting is very difficult. She often misses stitches and destroys them and starts over again. This has resulted in her still not knitting even one waist.

　　Han Aiguo sat next to her and watched her knitting. After a while, he suddenly asked, “What day is it for you?”

　　”Huh?” Su Yue glanced at him unclearly, “What ?”

Han Aiguo asked : ” menstruation.”

　　”Why are you asking me this? You don’t think I’m pregnant, do you?” Su Yue looked at him in surprise, “We have only been married for a few days, are you in a hurry to have a baby?”

　　Han Aiguo shook his head, moved behind her and pulled her whole body into his arms, “I’m not in a hurry to have a child, I just want to remember when your period will come.”

　　Su Yue became more and more suspicious, “What on earth are you doing? ?”

　　Han Aiguo pursed his lips and said after a while: “I will remember the time you have it in the future, so that you will not forget.”

　　Su Yue blinked and suddenly thought of why he asked this. “Are you afraid that I will be careless like the third daughter-in-law and forget the time when I had periods and not even know that I am pregnant?”

　　Han Aiguo said in a low voice, “I will help you remember it in the future.”

　　Su Yue turned around and kissed him on the lips, impressed by this man’s attentiveness.

　　In this era, men rarely even talk to their wives to talk about their concerns. They feel that a grown man chatting with women all day long is not like a man, let alone remembering the time when a woman’s periods come.

　　It’s really good that Han Aiguo takes the initiative to remember her time.

　　Su Yue felt that she shouldn’t reject his affection. If he wanted to pamper her, she would be willing to do so. If she didn’t, she would be a fool, okay?

　　”I have periods on the 20th of every month, but sometimes it comes two or three days earlier or later, but two or three days are normal.”

　　Han Aiguo silently remembered it in his heart.

　　Su Yue was secretly happy in her heart. She felt that this moment was a good time. Since she had already mentioned this topic, she might as well talk about it a little more, including the discomfort a woman has when she has periods, the fact that she couldn’t touch cold water, couldn’t be cold, and couldn’t be angry. She explained all the taboos to him.

　　There are few born good men, and there are even fewer good men who meet their own requirements, but women can subtly explain. As for men, teach him what he doesn’t understand. If you make trouble with him when he does something wrong, then he will do it next time But once he understand, he will gradually start to do things in the direction you want.

　　Instead of waiting for a good man who suits your dreams, it is better to find one on your own.

　　Su Yue couldn’t help but secretly praise her wit.

　　Just as she was enjoying herself, Han Aiguo interrupted her, “I did the wrong side again.”

　　” Oh, I was so busy talking to you that I made a mistake. I have to start over again.” Su Yue saw that everything was wrong. After several injections, she quickly destroyed it and started again.

　　Han Aiguo simply grabbed her hand and said, “Stop knitting. It’s dark at night and it’s not good for your eyes.”

　　Su Yue sighed and looked at him intently: “I think you won’t have any new sweaters to wear this winter.”

　　Han Aiguo laughed and said, “Then I will wear it next year. You still have a whole year to weave. Don’t be in a hurry.”

　　He pulled her into the quilt and stripped her clean under the quilt.

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