Bringing Good Luck to your Husband in the ’70s

Su Yue’s vomiting was particularly severe. She felt uncomfortable when she smelled the smell of food and oil smoke. She could barely drink some tasteless porridge at every meal.

 

Su Yue lost a lot of weight in just a few days, and her face was very pale, as if she could be blown away by the wind. But Han Aiguo was so worried that he tried every means to make delicious food for her, but she couldn’t eat them at all.

 

Su Yue joked to herself that she now has the charm of a sick and weak Xizi.

 

Ma Cuiyun came downstairs to visit with wool, and was shocked when she saw Su Yue like this, “Sister, are you sick?”

 

Su Yue poured her a glass of water and then said: “I’m not sick, but I can’t eat anything now. I feel very sick.”

 

After all, Ma Cuiyun has given birth to two children. Experience, as soon as I heard her say this, I looked at her belly and asked with a smile: “Is there any movement?”

 

Although the custom here is that the pregnancy is not stable in the first three months. Don’t tell others about this, but there’s no need to hide it from those close to you. Su Yue nodded, “I just found out, it’s only been more than a month.”

 

“That’s a good thing.” But looking at Su Yue’s pale face, she couldn’t help but worry, “You started to react just over a month ago. I don’t know how long you will suffer. Some women vomit from the beginning to the end. I hope You’re not like that.”

 

Su Yue sighed helplessly, “I didn’t know the reaction to pregnancy would be so big, but now I’ve seen it.”

 

“Women, will suffer when they are pregnant with a child.” Ma Cuiyun couldn’t help but talk about her pregnancy, “I didn’t have any reaction when I was pregnant with my eldest daughter. Everything I ate tasted delicious, but at that time, I was still in the countryside, and my mother-in-law was the head of the house. I couldn’t even eat an egg without being scolded by her for being greedy. Later, when I was pregnant with my second child, we separated and finally could make my own decisions. But I was unlucky. When I was having Taozi, I had a big reaction and couldn’t eat anything. As a result, It didn’t taste good, but it made me angry.”

 

Su Yue laughed at her.

 

Speaking of this, Ma Cuiyun suddenly patted her thigh and said: “I had a big reaction at that time and couldn’t eat anything, but I like to eat sour things, especially pickled sour radishes, I can eat several at once. Sister, I just pickled a jar of sour radish years ago. Just wait, I’ll get you some to try.”

 

Ma Cuiyun returned after saying that. After a few minutes, she came back home with a large bowl of sour radish in her hand, “I accidentally pickled this radish and it’s very sour. My husband and two children don’t like eating it because it’s sour, but you can try it.”

 

Su Yue felt sour just by smelling this smell, but strangely, she didn’t feel nauseated and vomiting like other foods. She couldn’t help but become interested, picked one up with chopsticks, put it into her mouth and chewed it, but she found it was not sour at all, but very delicious, crunchy and refreshing, and her taste buds were opened all at once.

 

“Sister Ma, this is delicious, not sour at all.” With het eyes brightened, she picked up another one and put it in her mouth to chew slowly.

 

“Isn’t it sour?” Ma Cuiyun laughed when she saw her like this, “It’s not sour. I feel very sour when I eat it now. It’s because you like sour food when you’re pregnant. You don’t feel sour. It’s exactly the same as when I was pregnant with my second child. I’ll bring you my jar of sour radish later. From now on, you can eat it with porridge or rice. At least you can eat. You have to eat when you’re pregnant.”

 

It was rare for Su Yue to be able to eat without vomiting, so she didn’t want to be polite to her, so she said, “Then I won’t be polite to you, Sister Ma. When I’m okay, I’ll give you back a jar of pickles.”

 

Ma Cuiyun waved her hand nonchalantly, “Why should you give back? It’s just this little radish, it’s not worth much.”

 

Su Yue looked at Ma Cuiyun’s skillful knitting posture and immediately thought of the fabric she bought. She felt that there was a ready-made master and she had to ask for advice. I don’t even know how big or what style to make, so I simply don’t know where to start.

 

Su Yue quickly asked: “Sister Ma, can you make clothes? I just bought some fabric and wanted to make some clothes for the child, but I’m not very good at it. Can you teach me when you have time.”

 

Ma Cuiyun promised, “Making clothes is easy, just take out the fabric and I will teach you.”

 

After taking out the fabric, Ma Cuiyun immediately went home to get something to make clothes. She first used talcum powder to draw the outline of the clothes on the fabric, and then cut it along the outline with scissors. It was done in a few strokes.

 

“That’s it. All you need to do is sew with a needle and thread. It’s very simple.”

 

Su Yue was so impressed that women at this time are really versatile, they can make clothes, sweaters and shoes. Unlike her, it takes several months to finish a sweater, and she is completely blind when making clothes and shoes.

 

Su Yue watched Ma Cuiyun sew for a while, and then she reluctantly learned how to do it. She took the clothes and sewed them by herself. She couldn’t sew without someone else’s help. She had to do this last step by herself.

 

However, Su Yue realized how difficult it was when she saw Ma Cuiyun sewing quickly and beautifully. When it was her turn, She couldn’t sew in a straight line, instead it was crooked and sparse. What made her even more desperate was that the thread became knotted before she had even had a few stitches, and she had to stop and carefully untie the knotted thread.

 

Ma Cuiyun watched Su Yue sew for a while and couldn’t help but laugh, “Sister, I believe you have never made any clothes before.” her eight-year-old girl’s sewing lookd better than this.

 

Su Yue scratched her head in shame, she really couldn’t do this skill well.

 

Ma Cuiyun wanted to take the clothes from Su Yue’s hand, “Sister, let me sew it for you. I can finish it in a minute.”

 

Su Yue quickly waved her hands and said, “I’ll do it myself. I have to learn how to do it. I still have a lot of clothes to make in the future. I can’t ask others to sew them all for me.”

 

Ma Cuiyun thought about it too. Clothes and quilts all require needlework, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t know needlework. So she patiently told her how to sew, and she taught her everything she could.

 

Su Yue listened carefully, but her hands were not very good at controlling her movements, so the stitches were still crooked and sparse. What made her even more speechless was that sometimes the stitches were knotted while sewing. But I can’t solve it no matter what, I have no choice but to bite off the thread in advance, pull it out and start over again. As a result, half of the clothes were not sewn in one day.

 

Su Yue wanted to slap herself, but she didn’t expect that she could be so stupid.

 

When Han Aiguo came back, he saw Su Yue sitting on the sofa with a bitter look on her face. He walked over and hugged her. He glanced at the fabric in her hand and his eyes flashed. With a hint of a smile, she asked, “Are you sewing the child’s clothes?” Su Yue subconsciously hid the stitches, not wanting Han Aiguo to see the messy stitches. But Han Aiguo has such sharp eyes. He saw the unsightly stitches early on and felt funny in his heart.

 

Even though his wife was good at cooking , she didn’t know anything about these needleworks, and it was difficult for her to make clothes. 　　Looking at the smile in his eyes, Su Yue blushed, pushed him, and tried to regain her respect: “I just want to learn slowly, there are still nine months. When I have learned enough, and then the sewing will look good.”

 

Han Aiguo said “hmm”, took the cut fabric from her hand, and took yhe needle and thread in her hand actually continued to sew along the place where she had previously sewed. he also said: “You have been busy all day. Take a rest and I will sew for you for a while.”

 

Su Yue was just about to say that you, a grown man, are not as good as me, but when she saw Han Aiguo’s skillful movements and neat stitches, she swallowed the words.

 

Oh my god, this man can actually sew clothes! And it was sewn in a decent way, much prettier than what she sewed! Which of the two is the woman?

 

Su Yue was stunned by Han Aiguo’s skill, and asked, stammering and dumbfounded: “How, how can you sew this?”

 

Han Aiguo kept moving his hands and explained: “After so many years in the army, I sewed any tears myself. It’s normal to be able to sew this.”

 

Su Yue couldn’t help but feel solemn respect towards Han Aiguo, he really has all kinds of skills. So awesome.

 

In the end, Han Aiguo sewed this little dress in one night. Su Yue, who was supposed to be sewing, had nothing to do and had to hold the pickled radish in her hand. Chewing, while watching Han Aiguo sewing clothes.

 

Fortunately, no outsiders saw this scene, otherwise they would definitely laugh at Han Aiguo. Who would do this kind of work at home these days? Most of them can’t even enter the kitchen.

 

But Su Yue felt quite guilty. He had been training in the military camp for a day, and he had to help her with housework when he came back. Now he had to help her sew clothes. He had no time to spare. He was too tired.

 

Su Yue discussed with him: “Aiguo, our family should try to buy a sewing machine. When we have children in the future, we will have to do a lot of making and modifying clothes, and I am not very good at this, I can’t rely on you all the time. If we bought a sewing machine and I’ll learn from it. The clothes I make won’t be so ugly in the future.”

 

Han Aiguo nodded without thinking, “I’ll go there tomorrow. Ask my comrades to see if anyone has a sewing ticket. If so, borrow it first and then return it to others when we have it later.”

 

After saying this, he added: ” I sent a telegram to our family today and told my mother about your pregnancy. She will definitely be happy.”

 

Su Yue also missed this old lady who was open-minded and easy to get along with, so she said: ” When you have time, go pick up mother and fourth son to come here to spend some time.

 

” I haven’t seen them for a long time. I just don’t know if my mother can have some time. The third daughter-in-law should be giving birth soon, and my mother may have to take care of her during the confinement period. ”

 

As expected, he received a letter from home within a few days. The letter was written by Han Aimin. The letter said that the old lady was very happy to know that Su Yue was pregnant and was already saving eggs.

 

After that he said that the third daughter-in-law was going to give birth in two months. After serving her during the confinement period, she would pack up and come here to serve Su Yue during the confinement period.

 

In addition to this matter, Han Aimin also talked about his situation in the letter. He is now in fifth grade at the brigade’s elementary school, and his grades are among the best in the class. He will be able to get his elementary school diploma in June this year. By September he can go to Zhenshan Commune Middle School for junior high school. He also said that he would take time to teach Hehua what he learned in school every night when he comes back, and Hehua studies very seriously.

 

Su Yue read it she was very happy. When she looked at Han Aimin’s handwriting on the letter, it looked much better than when she left, the fourth child also studied hard at home.

 

A few days later, Han Aiguo came back borrowing a sewing ticket from a comrade. It turned out that this comrade bought it for his wife to get married, but who knew that he was not at home for a long time, and the person he was introduced to fell in love with someone else. The wedding was announced, and he was not in the mood to buy it. So he gave this ticket to Han Aiguo.

 

Su Yue took the sewing ticket to the supply and marketing cooperative, found the salesperson and asked if there was a sewing machine, but the salesperson said that the supply and marketing cooperative had no stock for the time being, but it happened that Two units will be delivered in two days. If she wants it, she can reserve it first and sell one to her then.

 

Upon hearing this, Su Yue hurriedly gave the ticket to the salesperson and asked her to write a note indicating that she wanted to make a reservation first.

 

Su Yue thanked the salesperson and left, but she happened to be seen by Fang Xiaoli coming out of the office. She walked over and asked the salesperson: “That one just now What’s the matter with this woman? ”

 

Fang Xiaoli is the accountant of the supply and marketing cooperative. In addition, her family has power and she has a good relationship with the big leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative. Therefore, she is very respected in the supply and marketing cooperative, and everyone is polite to her. So when the salesperson saw her asking, she answered truthfully: “That girl just wanted to buy a sewing machine, and just ordered one. ”

 

Fang Xiaoli’s eyes flashed and she said, “I remember that two sewing machines will arrive in two days, right? It’s a bit tight. Maybe the leaders of the agencies want to buy it, but when they come to buy it from us, they don’t have it. Won’t this make th unhappy? How can you sell it to a common man with no status and not sell it to Leader, what do you think? ”

 

When Fang Xiaoli said this, she understood immediately and said quickly: “Isn’t that the truth? I had forgotten it. Fortunately, Accountant Fang, you reminded me. I can’t sell her the sewing machine. I’ll refund the ticket to her when the time comes. ”

 

Fang Xiaoli smiled with satisfaction, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and left with a smile.

 

The salesperson said sorry to Su Yue in her heart, but she made up her mind not to sell this sewing machine to her. Even if no one buys it, whe can’t sell it to her. Who told her to offend Accountant Fang so unfortunately? Accountant Fang won’t let me sell it, so she can’t offend Accountant Fang.

 

How did Su Yue know that there would be so many follow-ups?

 

After returning home, she waited expectantly for a few days. When the time came, she hurried to the supply and marketing cooperative to get a sewing machine. However, the salesperson who had collected her sewing ticket a few days ago threw the ticket back to her with a cold face. She said with a cold face: “Only two came. They are sold out. Come back next time.”

 

Su Yue: “But didn’t you say you could make a reservation? I obviously made a reservation, you took my ticket, and now you say no?”

 

The salesperson snorted, “You can make a reservation, and others can also make a reservation. If they made a reservation before you, of course it’s not your turn. Ah.”

 

Su Yue didn’t believe it at all, “You clearly said two machines will come. If someone booked before me, why didn’t you tell me? Why did you still accept my reservation? I think it’s just that You deliberately didn’t sell it to me.”

 

The salesperson was impatient after what she said, and waved her away, “I’m telling you, don’t make any noise here, this is not a fish market where there is a lot of noise, be smart and leave quickly, or I’ll ask someone to throw you out !”

 

There were many people around to watch the fun, but no one stood up to speak, not even the people from the supply and marketing cooperative The leader was nowhere to be seen.

 

Su Yue said with a sullen face: “Where is your leader? Ask your leader to come out and let him make an evaluation!”

 

The salesperson rolled her eyes disdainfully, the spit  out which almost hit Su Yue’s face, “Who are you? Can Our leader be seen by you whenever you want? You’d better leave quickly and don’t make trouble here, otherwise I will really treat you badly.” As she said that, she actually called a few men and glared at her.

Su Yue was extremely angry, but looking at her attitude, she knew that it would be useless for her to continue arguing. She had made it clear that she wanted to go back on her word, and the leader was unwilling to come forward to solve the problem. She could not find anyone to reason with her. She couldn’t help it no matter how arrogant the people from the supply and marketing cooperative wanted to be.

 

Now she still has a child in her belly. If she really pushed her, she would hurt the child and there would be no regrets.

 

Thinking like this, Su Yue swallowed the breath in her chest, turned around and left with her ticket, but she still couldn’t help but wonder in her heart, it was the salesperson who deliberately refused to sell it to her, or has the sewing machine really been bought by someone else?

 

If it is intentional, why is it like this? Wasn’t it fine a few days ago? 　　However, she had a quarrel with the salesperson. The salesperson knew her and would definitely not sell it to her if she went to buy it again. If she wanted to find out, she would have to find someone else. So, Su Yue went back to find Ma Cuiyun, gave her the sewing ticket, told her about the supply and marketing cooperative, and asked her to take the ticket to ask about it.

 

Ma Cuiyun agreed immediately, and the next day she took the ticket and money, pretending not to know anything, and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a sewing machine. It was the same salesperson who Su Yue had talk about buying a sewing machine. She looked at her a few times and asked her to wait for a while, and then he disappeared.

 

After waiting for a while, the salesperson came back and said coldly: “Our sewing machines are sold out and are temporarily out of stock. You can go.”

 

Ma Cuiyun felt something was wrong and immediately shouted: “Why didn’t you say no just now? Why did you disappear before saying no? Did you deliberately not sell it to me?”　　The salesperson took the picture she got off the counter and said, “If it’s gone, it’s gone. There are only two in total. Where can you guys from the countryside get their turn? If you know what you’re doing, leave quickly! Don’t delay my work, or I’ll find someone to kick you out!”

 

Ma Cuiyun had a bad temper, so she was so angry with the salesperson that she quarreled with her on the spot. But in the end, she still failed to buy the sewing machine and returned to the family home angrily to tell Su Yue the situation.

 

“I think there’s something wrong with that salesperson. She didn’t say she didn’t have it at first. It seemed like she wanted to sell it to me, but she disappeared and changed her attitude when she came back.”

 

Su Yue was also confused, but she couldn’t figure out what was going on. Seeing that neither of them could buy it, she gave up hope and said, “Sister Ma, since it’s not available, forget it, I’ll wait and see if I can buy one next time the supply and marketing cooperative has stock.”

 

Ma Cuiyun had no other choice, so she said, “If you can’t buy it, just sew it with your hands. It’s for children. It’s not troublesome to sew clothes by hand. I think the dress you sewed last time was pretty good-looking. You’ve made great progress.”

 

Su Yue: …I didn’t sew it. Yes, my Han Aiguo sewed it, but I can’t say anything about it.