Bai Fumei in the ’70s Chapter 133
Translated by Serena Love
LF: editor~
Chapter 133
Zhao Lanxiang was really scared because of He Songbai. In the middle of the night, a man sneaked into her room. In a flash, she thought about Wu Yong many years ago. When she held her breath, one of her hands slowly moved to the small table cabinet beside the bed, groping for the knife she used to peel fruits.
Suddenly the light came on, and she saw He Songbai. At this moment, she didn't speak, but her tears blew more fiercely.
The clenched fruit knife slipped from her hand.
He Songbai saw a flash of cold light and hugged her quickly. He patted her on the back and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I scared you. I should write to you that I'm coming back early and give you some preparation."
"Don't cry. My heart hurts if you are crying." He wiped her tears and said guiltily, "Grandma said in the letter that you are strong. You ate a lot every day and rarely caused trouble."
"I know you are definitely not willing to trouble them and held back your discomfort. However, you can rest assured, Lanxiang. I can accompany you at home to give birth because I finished my studies in advance."
As he said that, he put his big palm on his wife's stomach, where it bulged round and huge. Her slender and slim waist was gone, and instead, it was replaced by the pregnant woman's bloated belly.
But He Songbai felt she could not be more beautiful than she is now, making him so hot that he couldn't help kissing her belly.
"You have worked hard. When Tang Tang comes out, I will never let you suffer anymore."
"You really finished your school?" Zhao Lanxiang asked uncertainly.
He Songbai nodded.
She kicked him off the bed with one foot, and she said, "I have a cramp in my foot."
He Songbai quickly put down his luggage and crouched down to rub his wife's feet. His skill is not bad because he often rubbed his old grandmother's legs and stiffened muscles in his early years. When Zhao Lanxiang's feet gradually recovered, her muscles and veins had cleared up and gradually became warm.
Subconsciously, Zhao Lanxiang gradually fell asleep.
He Songbai changed his sweaty and smelly clothes, went out to take a bath, and got into the bed when he was clean and refreshed.
The summer was hot, and a pregnant woman's temperature was very high. Not long after, he noticed that the heat had awakened his wife.
He probed her wet clothes, wiped off her sweat, and patted her back, coaxing, "Sleep, sleep. I will fan for you."
He pulled out a fan from the corner, shaking it, and she was refreshed in an instant... Zhao Lanxiang sniffed the man's refreshing smell and comfortably sank to sleep.
This kind of feeling is like in a dream.
The next morning, early in the morning.
Zhao Lanxiang woke up and opened her eyes to see He Songbai's enlarged face.
She squeezed the man's face with her thumb in a daze. He Songbai also woke up the next moment and asked her vaguely, "Hungry? What do you want to eat this morning? I will make it for you."
Zhao Lanxiang glanced at the sun and said, "It's too late. Sister has would already prepared breakfast."
He Songbai grabbed her hand and kissed her finger.
"Has the obstetric checks been done on time?"
"Show me Tang Tang's ultrasound?"
Zhao Lanxiang has specially printed the ultrasound photos in the hope of leaving them to commemorate. She was already prepared for the worst. He Songbai remained in B City, and she has to give birth to the baby alone. She knew that he liked Tang Tang very much and thought of Tang Tang from the far north. She had to send some pictures to him to think about.
He Songbai looked at the dark pictures. He could not really see anything, only a thick shadow. Probably it can be shot at random somewhere at night.
But he couldn't see enough of it. He gave full play to his imagination, pointing at the blurred place of the photo while looking at it, and said excitedly to Zhao Lanxiang, "This must be Tang Tang's head, big and round."
"This is probably a hand or a foot."
"Isn't she a little fat? Or is this photo too dark..." He Songbai murmured dissatisfiedly, which seriously affected his judgment.
...
"She might be laughing."
"Our Tang Tang is really pretty!"
After He Songbai said it, he was sure.
This sentence made Zhao Lanxiang laugh out of nowhere. She put her hand on her stomach and touched it gently. She said warmly, "The facial features are not visible at all. How do you know she looks pretty?"
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He Songbai's face was filled with the pride of a father, "She is a beautiful girl, there is no doubt about it."
Zhao Lanxiang did not refute him. Her cheeks also showed a pink color. Her dimples were deep, and she was very happy.
Granny was also very happy to know that her grandson had returned home. She said, "I don't know if it's good or bad to let you get married so early. It delays Lan Xiang's studies and makes you both run around everywhere."
But she obviously misunderstood, so He Songbai said, "I finished my study in advance. I just need to take a test two months later and get a graduation certificate..."
His old grandmother was a little surprised after hearing it, but she understood after seeing the two sitting side by side. After the hard times have passed, they can't help but have a deep feeling.
She said, "Since you are back, stay with Lanxiang at home, it is not easy for a woman when she is pregnant."
He Songbai thought it would not be easy, but could it be compared to the suffering he had suffered in those years? He felt happy with his wife, no matter how hard it was.
But soon, he tasted the difficulty of serving a pregnant woman.
Zhao Lanxiang's morning sickness was very strong in her early pregnancy, and she could not eat or smell a little fat. She used to love fish, but then she turned to hate it. And now, after five months of pregnancy, her morning sickness swept again.
Sometimes she just gagged, but sometimes it was heavy, and they suddenly had to find the spittoon in a hurry.
He Songbai looked at his wife's tortured appearance, and his whole hearts were snarled.
Rubbing around repeatedly, he asked guiltily, "When I was not at home, was it the same?"
Zhao Lanxiang changed her clothes disgustedly, and she gagged awkwardly, "No, she was very good before. Maybe she became arrogant when she saw you."
As everyone knows, this is just the beginning. Zhao Lanxiang gradually became weak from her morning sickness and could not eat. Her appetite was extremely light, without sourness or spiciness. The pregnant woman ended up eating alone. Otherwise, if she eats with everyone, she must be vomiting again.
Zhao Lanxiang said distressedly, "I don't know what's going on, but I feel that my stomach is moving very much recently."
Even He Songbai was annoyed by the soft and tangy Tang Tang.
He squatted down to discuss with her stomach fiercely, "Don't toss your mother anymore, okay? Be a little more obedient. Dad will give you candy after you come out?"
Zhao Lanxiang laughed dumbly when she heard his boyish words.
She said, "Wait for a while, and let's go for a check. It's so uncomfortable."
When she said that, she suddenly supported her waist. Her belly was kicked hard by Tang Tang again, and the naughty hands and feet showed herself under her thin dress.
He Songbai's big palm lightly lay on top, staring at his wife's stomach for a long time, then he said sincerely, "This must be a naughty baby."
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Time is tough, but it also slowly advances to the end of summer. It reached its peak in July, and the weather became colder. One night, when he was about to fall asleep, Zhao Lanxiang turned over and could not sleep.
He Songbai asked her, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Lanxiang was a little embarrassed but eagerly said, "I want to eat perilla plum..."
He Songbai turned on the light to see that Zhao Lanxiang's face was already reddened. Only her eyes were bright and watery, so it was hard to ignore.
He sighed and asked her with confidence, "What is perilla?"
Zhao Lanxiang shook her head blankly. She said, "I haven't eaten it before."
She accidentally heard a pregnant woman said, "What is the taste of perilla? It is a kind of sweet and sour plum. After eating it, you can eat a lot of meals."
However, this description was deepened in her impressions. She faced He Songbai's sincere face, and it was difficult to tell him. Her face was reddened. She wondered if he thought the craving was ridiculous and unreasonable trouble.
The wife's answer made He Songbai suddenly distressed, but he could see the desperately suppressed desire in her eyes. He gently stroked her soft hair and said, "Wait, I'll ask Granny."
Because of this baby, she vomited very badly during this time and became so thin. She finally had something she wanted to eat. How could He Songbai ignore her?
Fortunately, his old grandmother has not fallen asleep and was listening to the radio. He Songbai asked her directly, "Lan Xiang wants to eat perilla plum, I want to get her a little to eat. Granny knows what is perilla plum?"
Grandma took off her reading glasses and thought about it for a long time.
She said, "This may be a kind of dish made of green plums, wrapped in perilla leaves. It is sweet and sour, fresh at the first bite. The smell is very unique. Pregnant women might be really helped a little after eating."
"Let me think about it..."
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Grandma Li thought about it for a long time. She took a pen and wrote a rough way. A long time ago, she was also a girl who never touched cold water, and she never entered the kitchen, but it is a kind of snack that is not difficult to do.
He Songbai looked at his old grandmother's writing word by word. He was very enthusiastic and immediately remembered it after reading it.
He could not wait to pick up the green plums and make perilla plums for his wife. He said goodbye to his grandmother and sensibly asked her to go to sleep. But his head was hot. He ran outside in the dark to the plum tree outside the house, risking himself being chased by a guard dog, and picked up a bag of green plums.
He Songbai washed the green plums one by one with a brush and coarse salt and rubbed them. According to the recipe, he smashed and squeezed the perillas step by step and waited until tomorrow to dry them for a day.
After finishing all this, he put away the plums with satisfaction, took out a few cleaned ones, and took them back to coax his wife.
Zhao Lanxiang waited and waited until he came back in the middle of the night. She was lying on her side, almost falling asleep, and gradually heard the footsteps outside the door.
The man kindly handed a few clean green plums to her, "Eat it. It is not perilla plum, only green plum."
Zhao Lanxiang sat up, and although she was craving perilla plums like ten million claws, she still twisted the green plum and ate it.
After the first bite, she didn't feel nauseated at all and ate five plums.
The next morning, when He Songbai got up, Granny came to him again. The old woman said angrily, "Brother Bai, you can't make this perilla plum. You have to pickle it for at least four months before it can be eaten."
He Songbai, who had just put the plums out to dry, listened, and the expression on his face was wrong.
He was silent for a while and said, "It's okay. If I can't make it, I can buy it from someone else."
After breakfast, he went out without a word. He asked people for perilla plums from house to house, and after a few days, his pair of shoes had run out. One day he brought back a jar of black plums from an unknown village from far away.
He lifted the lid and handed it to his wife. He smiled and said, "You try it. Is this the taste you want to eat?"
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