Chapter 674: Giving birth is passing a life-and-death barrier

The Li Jianguo family drove a tractor to the county to see the pregnant Gu Xiaoxia, and this matter was soon spread throughout the village by the team's gossip distribution center via Lu Sister-in-law.

At the store, Ma Jinbao wasn't herding sheep today; he had handed the sheep to his son. He sat on a bench, took a sip of wine, put down the cup, wiped his mouth, and said:

"Hey, usually it's the younger generation seeing the older generation, but at the Li family, it's turned around; the whole family, old and young, are going to see the small ones—that is, because they are state cadres! Being an official is just good; later, I'll also let my grandson be an official!"

No one responded to him.

Some people might have the same thoughts as him, but they wouldn't easily say it. No one could guarantee whether it would be spread to the Li family's ears after saying it.

Ma Jinbao made a living by raising sheep and did nothing else; he was like an old rascal and wouldn't care about others' thoughts at all.

But others were different. Li Long basically controlled the economic lifeline of the people in the team for the past two years; if he truly got angry and said a word, and those jobs weren't given to certain people, or he didn't collect things from certain people, then where would this year's money come from?

Cowards!

Ma Jinbao looked at these idlers at the store, a sense of contempt revealed in his eyes; a bunch of people were all older than Li Long, yet were easily controlled by a young man; truly shameful!

This period was considered the slack farming season; diligent people would still go to the field to hoe weeds, while ordinary ones could basically relax for two days.

If one said the big elm tree at the entrance of the village was a place for some women to chat, then this store was the center of gossip for idle men.

A few years later, the team opened several more shops, which were also called stores at first, then changed to small shops, and later changed to small stores.

Some people saw business opportunities, directly sold things in their own courtyards, set up barbecue stalls and mahjong tables, and then became prosperous.

Right now, the store hadn't changed much; rural people responded relatively slowly to changes from the outside world, basically waiting until the situation was settled before making changes; right now, it was considered a trend that hadn't stabilized yet, and the store was just selling things.

At most, they added some sunflower seeds roasted at home; sometimes these weren't even for sale, just roasted and put on a plate on the counter for everyone to eat for free, which was also a way to attract customers.

After all, only when there were people would there be people buying things.

Seeing no one responding to his words, Ma Jinbao snorted, poured himself another cup of wine, and just as he was about to drink, seeing Tao Dayong pulling a donkey cart back, he shouted:

"Tao Dayong, come over and have a cup!"

In the past, Tao Dayong was also a resident member of the drinking personnel at the store.

It was only since the end of last year that he had changed somewhat.

Since planting the melon seeds, the whole Tao family had been trembling with fear, afraid that they wouldn't sprout.

Before planting, they specifically went to ask Li Jianguo, soaked the seeds, and the land was also specifically picked.

If they didn't sprout, then a year would be wasted.

Tao Dayong was betting on this.

What surprised him was that the germination rate reached eighty percent, and the seedlings, not to say they were all uniform, at least made those who were waiting to see a joke close their mouths.

Quite a few people in the team laughed at Tao Dayong for half a year, saying he spent money to buy shriveled seeds and was a sucker.

Tao Dayong didn't go out much all winter, just not wanting to let people talk.

It was torment.

His wife Ma Chunhong didn't complain less about him—although Tao Dayong had become strong since the end of last year, before these seeds sprouted, his whole family had no bottom.

So a week after planting, when the melon seedlings slowly grew out, looking at the tender green patch, Tao Dayong was indescribably happy.

Next, he was more diligent than anyone in tidying up the weeds in the melon field.

Daqiang bought a tractor, so Tao Jian She discussed with him and gave the family's donkey cart to Dayong.

Tao Daqiang had no opinion; after all, he was his own big brother, so he still had to take care of him.

After the donkey cart was given to Tao Dayong, his enthusiasm for going to the field to work became even higher, and he made sure there wasn't a single weed in the melon field.

Planting melons for the first time, he didn't understand the technology, so he often went to look at Li Jianguo's field; when people opened ridges, he opened them too, when people pruned, he pruned too, when people applied fertilizer, he applied it too, and when people watered, he watered too.

In this way, although the melon seeds in Tao Dayong's family were second-rate, the melon seedlings grew the best in the whole team.

His wife Ma Chunhong said he didn't treat his son as well as he treated the melon seedlings.

When Ma Jinbao called him, he had just returned from the melon field; this time, he found that the melon seedlings were left too densely, and although he was a bit reluctant, those extra seedlings had to be pulled out; otherwise, they wouldn't grow well.

Listening to Ma Jinbao's words, Tao Dayong waved his hand and said:

"No, going home to eat, still have to work in the afternoon. If I drink until dizzy, I won't be able to go to the field in the afternoon."

"What's the point of going to the field? Busy every day, what can you be busy with? Can you be stronger than Li Long?"

Tao Dayong listened and smiled:

"How can I be as amazing as Without Xiao Long? We old farmers, don't we just have to work hard in the field? Digging for food in the field, it's no harm to work a bit more."

After speaking, he pulled the donkey cart and was about to leave. Ma Jinbao hurriedly shouted at him:

"Li Long's wife is about to give birth, and the whole family is going to see the small ones. You say Li Long is amazing, don't you want to go and suck up to him?"

"Suck up to what? People gave birth to a baby, after the month of confinement, it's time to see them," Tao Dayong wasn't angry either. He knew Ma Jinbao's nature; there was nothing good in this person's mouth.

"Isn't that sucking up? Otherwise, why would you send things to a younger generation?" Ma Jinbao just couldn't stand others being close to the Li Long and Li Jianguo families.

Anyway, he didn't take any advantage, so if others took advantage and went to get close, that was sucking up.

"Then how is that sucking up? People in the team gave birth to a baby, the old and the young sent some eggs or something, isn't that very normal, how is that sucking up?" Tao Dayong felt Ma Jinbao was a bit strange, and he couldn't help but raise his voice, "Besides, even if it is sucking up, so what?

Without Xiao Long made me earn money, made my family's life better, so is it wrong for me to suck up to him? Xiaoxia is a state cadre, people eat commodity grain, people came out from our team, they are this in our team!"

He held up his thumb and said:

"So what if I suck up to him? It's still better than sucking up to you, this drunkard!"

After speaking, Tao Dayong walked away angrily pulling the donkey cart.

After walking a few hundred meters and almost reaching home, Tao Dayong wasn't angry anymore.

He still understood Ma Jinbao; he knew what kind of person this was. Isn't it just that others are living better than him, so he's jealous? Being jealous and having no way, he could only say these sour words.

What's the point?

Better to plant his own land well.

Thinking about those twenty mu of melons. Even if the yield per mu is a bit less, calculate one mu to harvest one hundred and fifty kilograms, even one hundred and twenty kilograms.

One kilogram of melon seeds is three yuan, then one mu of land is three hundred or so, twenty mu of land...

Tao Dayong didn't even dare to think about it.

Not to mention three yuan, even one yuan is much better than planting wheat and corn.

Thinking about the possible harvest, Tao Dayong felt he was full of energy.

We farmers, truly have to dig for food from the field. In the past, planting land didn't earn money, that was because we didn't know how to plant.

Following the Li family, there truly is hope of earning money.

If these melons in the field can truly harvest so much melon seeds this year, and if there are truly three yuan per kilogram, then I'll buy a tractor at the end of the year!

He always felt he was stronger than his younger brother Daqiang.

But Daqiang followed Li Long, and in these two years, his life passed faster than the reeds grew, and it was good.

First bought a bicycle, later got married, now has a baby, bought a tractor, and built a new house.

One thing after another, if Tao Dayong said he wasn't envious, that would be a lie.

In the past, his younger brother was someone who was disliked, but now? He became the object of sucking up by young people in the team.

Tao Dayong also wanted to live a good life, not to say stronger than his younger brother, at least not to be so nervous about spending money.

He hoped this melon matter would be the turning point for him to turn over. He also knew these melon seeds were given to him by the Li family, and he had to remember people's kindness.

Otherwise, Tao Dayong wouldn't have been able to say those words just now. He could also be considered to have seen clearly that people in the team were relatively realistic; whoever's family lived well, whoever's family had ability, then that family had prestige and status in the team.

Working hard is the right path; instead of having the energy to drink, it's better to go to the field and pull more weeds.

When Li Jianguo drove the tractor to the large courtyard, Li Long and the others hadn't finished breakfast for long.

Gu Xiaoxia wasn't working anymore, Han Fang still had to go to school, the breakfast time hadn't changed, but Gu Xiaoxia's appetite was much larger, and she ate relatively slowly, so Han Fang was basically the fastest one to eat, and after eating, she hurriedly went to school.

Li Long also told Sister Yang to go do her own things after eating, and he and Gu Xiaoxia would tidy up at the end.

With Li Long here, Sister Yang wasn't polite either, simply tidied up the kitchen after eating, and then went to make food to sell, and then pushed her cart to the market.

Li Long, while Gu Xiaoxia was still eating, fed the deer and teased the little black dog.

After Gu Xiaoxia finished eating, he supported her to rest, and then tidied up the dining table.

Hearing the sound of the tractor, Li Long at first thought it was someone coming to buy a harvester again. These days, people came to ask about the situation, some walked over, and some simply drove the tractor over, wanting to pull the harvester away directly.

However, when he opened the main gate and saw it was Big Brother driving the tractor and pulling a carload of family members, Li Long was happy; he hurriedly opened the main gate completely, and then drove the jeep in to make room for the tractor.

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Li Qiang moved fast; looking at the deer and little black dog running in the courtyard, he actually jumped down directly from the tractor bucket and flew over to see these cute little guys.

"Old Dad, Old Mother, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, why are you here?"

Li Long was truly a bit surprised.

"Xiaoxia is about to give birth, so we came to see," Big Sister-in-law Liang Yuemei got off the tractor and said while walking toward Gu Xiaoxia.

Because she was at home, Gu Xiaoxia was wearing home clothes similar to pajamas made by Sister Yang, sewn from round-necked floral cloth, and Li Long had also offered his own suggestions.

Family members came, and Gu Xiaoxia slowly stood up, greeting everyone with a smile.

Li Juan walked over curiously to look at her little aunt; she hadn't seen Gu Xiaoxia for some days, and now looking at her, she felt the change was very big.

Du Chunfang came to Gu Xiaoxia's side behind Liang Yuemei and asked about her situation.

"Why is the stomach so big? Is it pregnant with two?" Du Chunfang had seen a lot, so she asked, "You... this... doesn't look like one."

"It's two," Li Long was talking to Old Dad and Big Brother over there, and after hearing his mother's question, he answered for Gu Xiaoxia, "Still don't know if it's a boy or a girl."

"One boy and one girl is best!" Liang Yuemei said with a smile, then looked at Gu Xiaoxia's stomach, "Of course, if they are born healthy, it's all good!"

Hearing it was two, everyone in the courtyard became happy and surprised, even Li Qiang, who was teasing the deer, ran over to see the rarity, wanting to see the younger brother or sister about to be born.

Li Qing Xia couldn't help but ask Li Qiang:

"Qiangqiang, look, is it a younger brother or a younger sister in the aunt's stomach?"

"Younger brother, right?" Li Qiang subconsciously replied, "Younger brother can play with me... younger sister is also fine."

Well, asking was in vain.

Greeting the family members to sit down, Li Long went to pour water for Old Dad and Old Mother, but Liang Yuemei didn't let him be busy; the kitchen was right there, and they were all family, so there was no need to be so polite.

After chatting for a while, Liang Yuemei asked about the production date, saying she planned to come over to take care of the month of confinement when the time came.

"With Sister Yang here, Big Sister-in-law, you are busy with work in the field, no need to come over," Gu Xiaoxia said.

"Two, can that Sister Yang bring them over?" Liang Yuemei shook her head, "You don't need to worry about this; no matter what, I have to come over and take care of it for a period of time before saying."

She turned to ask Li Long:

"Without Xiao Long, is there a place to live?"

"Yes, yes, yes, how could there not be?" Li Long said with a smile, "Those two bedrooms on both sides of the main house, Xiaoxia and I are on the west side, when the time comes, Big Sister-in-law, you live on the east side."

"Then when sitting for the month of confinement, you can't enter the confinement room," Liang Yuemei said, "Change to another place."

"Fine, I'll live over there," Li Long pointed to the east wing room casually, "There are plenty of places to live."

The matter was settled simply like this.

The Li family was still immersed in the matter of Gu Xiaoxia being pregnant with twins; this was simply a big surprise.

Next, Li Jianguo and Li Qing Xia were processing fish in the courtyard, and Li Long went to call Gu Bo Yuan.

Since family members had come, it was best to call Gu Bo Yuan over to see his thoughts.

Once Gu Bo Yuan heard Li Jianguo and the others had come, he immediately sent away the customers in the shop, sat in Li Long's jeep, and arrived at the large courtyard.

He hadn't seen Li Jianguo for a period of time, and after greeting Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang, he started chatting with Li Jianguo.

The in-laws attached great importance to their daughter being pregnant, and Gu Bo Yuan was also very happy.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Sister Yang pushed the cart back, and seeing so many people in the courtyard, she was also a bit surprised.

Fortunately, she had seen the Li family members, and after greeting them with a bit of restraint, she went to the kitchen to cook.

Liang Yuemei and she were together, and when cooking, they chatted about Gu Xiaoxia's matter.

Knowing Liang Yuemei was coming over during the month of confinement, Sister Yang also felt relieved.

To tell the truth, she definitely had to take care of her, but knowing Gu Xiaoxia was pregnant with two, Sister Yang was also quite worried.

Now that there was someone to help take care of her, Sister Yang was naturally happy.

Li Long also said his own thoughts: when it was almost time to give birth, he would take Gu Xiaoxia to Shicheng Second Hospital a few days in advance.

Shicheng Second Hospital was the best hospital nearby; later it became the affiliated hospital of Shicheng University, and later it incorporated Maxian Hospital as an affiliated hospital.

The doctors' technology here was definitely stronger than in Maxian.

If it weren't for Wucheng being too far, Li Long would have planned to pull Gu Xiaoxia to Wucheng to give birth.

It was mainly that after giving birth, pulling her back from Wucheng would be too much suffering for Gu Xiaoxia.

The feeling was completely different.

Regarding Li Long's emphasis, Gu Bo Yuan naturally had no opinion; the Li family, Li Qing Xia didn't care, Du Chunfang felt it wasn't necessary, but since her son had made the decision, she couldn't oppose it.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were naturally happy. Being pregnant itself was a life-and-death matter, and this was pregnant with two, so giving birth was naturally very difficult, double the danger.

Being able to go to the hospital naturally meant going to the hospital.

The matter was settled just like that.

Lunch was rice, stewed fish, stir-fried green pepper and eggs, and stir-fried sword beans. The habit of stir-frying sword beans here was to cut them into shreds diagonally, add meat, and stir-fry, which was very fragrant and went well with rice.

The school had activities on the weekend, and when Han Fang returned and found so many people in the courtyard, she was also quite surprised. Sister Yang told her who they were, and she greeted them politely one by one, and then went to play with Li Juan and Li Qiang.

There weren't many times when this courtyard was so lively with so many people, so everyone ate very happily.

The courtyard was big, which had its benefits; after eating, the three children went to see the hedgehogs, Sister Yang and Liang Yuemei tidied up the kitchen, and Du Chunfang talked to Gu Xiaoxia about things to pay attention to later.

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The men were "touring" the courtyard, and Li Long took the opportunity to mention his plan to go to Kuitun to pick up the harvesters.

It wasn't a major matter, and everyone knew the situation, so this was essentially just a notification.

"When the time comes, see how things are. If you can harvest, then harvest. If Gu Xiaoxia needs you here, then don't harvest." Li Jianguo said this to Li Long in front of Gu Bo Yuan. "Family is the most important thing, understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Li Long said with a smile. (End of chapter)