60's lucky girl

The north wind whistled past, and there was a heavy snow like goose feathers in the sky. The old lady of the Lou family sat in front on the stove, filling the stove with firewood, suddenly, the door was push open, the two brothers Lou Jingbei and Lou jingbo came in from outside bringing in cold winds and flakes of snow. Seeing the old lady sitting in front of the stove, lou jingbo shouted " grandma, my brother and I caught two fish" As soon as he finished speaking, the old lady stood up knocking down the plate, and said with a smile " hurry up and show it two me i haven't seen a fish in a long time" Lou jingbo handed the two fish weighing one catties to the old lady Lou, picked up the kettle to drink water. Old lady lou look at the fish in a hand, could hardly suppress her joy " it just so happens your mother is about to give birth and your elder brother is sick, so I will stew the fish to make soup for them. Lou jingbei hummed " my mother will give us sister this time" Thinking of her grandchildren, old lady lou was also a little worried and sighed " i hope its a girl , looking at you stinky boys who can eat like you poor ghost" Lou jingbei pulled lu jingbo to the front of the stove to warm up, suddenly the two boys caught a whiff of scent, lou jingbo picked a wood to scatter the ashes, brought two baked potatoes out, the two boys hurriedly munch it up regardless of the temperature. When old lady lou turned around, she saw that the two potatoes had been half eaten by her grandson, if it was usual she would have scolded the boys, instead she laughed and scolded " look at you, hurry up and go to the west room to call you second aunt to stew the fish" The two boys hurriedly put the potatoes down and shouted at the top of their voice when out " second aunt, grandma calls you to cook" " what" replied second aunt " boiled tufo fish stew " shouted old lady lu, leaning by the door The second aunt of the lou family chen ermie was old lady lou paternal niece married to her second son, she has been in the lou family since she has been in the lu family since she was thirteen after the death of a parent and married second brother Lu rongyan when she was eighteen. Old lady lou sat on a small stool has she watch chen ermei swiftly kill the fish remove the scales, and cut little lard into the put, then got up satisfied and said " the stew should be cooked for a long time, jingde shouldn't eat meat and fish this time" Chen ermei responded with a crisp sound, while cutting the tofu with nimbly, suddenly, there was a cry of pain from the east room, old lady lou hurriedly walk to the east room anxiously asking " Third wife what is it, is it time" " oh the the water broke, why didn't you hurried out" said old lady lou " jingbei hurriedly find your mother for help ( first aunt )" Chen ermei in the kitchen hurriedly boiled a pot of water and brought all the prepared stuff into the room. Qishan production is a small community consisting of four vliiages. Loujia village being head of production and near to the town, the population was moderate, fortunately lu jingbei le gs were fast and ran to the village production office. Shen xuilan, the first daughter of old lady lou, works at the village production women federation, was about to go out with the others when she saw her son running towards her, she hurriedly spoke to the woman near her " fang yan, go i will meet you", fang yan responded and left. Lou jingbei hurriedly told his mother as they both set off to go back home. Old lady lou third daughter in-law (mei minghua) already gave birth to two sons, so when both shen xuilan and lu jingbo got back, mei minghua was already giving birth. Shen xuilan hurriedly washed her hands and went in. Old lady lou took advantage of the situation to sit on the kang and wiped mei minghua sweat " save your strength to push it out when it time" Mei minghua wanted to cry from pain but she hurriedly bit her lip and press down hard when she heard it. Shen xuilan hurriedly shouted " oh I can see the head, third sister-in-law you can do it again, be strong ". The unbearable pain made mei minghua groan uncomfortably, the sweat on her forehead wet her hair and stuck to her face. Just when mei minghua felt she couldn't continue, something in her stomach move and she felt her body lighter. "wow wow wow" a crisp cry echoed in the mud tiled room. Shen xuilan caught the red skin baby and boust out laughing " mother, third sister-in-law gave birth to a girl". " Really, let me take a look" replied old lady lou coming down the kang bed, shen xuilan hurriedly cleaned up the child and handed her to old lady lou, wrapping the child in a new quilt. Old lady lou opened the quilt to take a look and said " grandma TIÀNXĪN is so pretty " " third sister-in-law has to eat something to replenish energy " said shen xuilan has she hurriedly cleaned up mei minghua, she picked up the bloodied clothes " mother, am cooming back " Mei minghua said to shen xuilan who was going outside " thank you first sister-in-law " " What is the thank you for we a family " replied shen xuilan, old lady lou also replied " okay " while nodding her head, old lady lu then went outside " second daughter in-law, come quickly with the stew". Chen ermei hurriedly came out with the stew to give mei minghua. Old lady lou told chen ermei who was standing on the side to cook with oil, so the family can have a few mouthful of oil to celebrate. The old lady grandchildren who were about to come in were happy , lou jingyan said " grandma are we have meat ", the old lady was about to say no, but when she saw the eyes of the children, she gritted her teeth and said " second daughter in-law cut little out of the dried meat " The children cheered. Lou rongwen came back from work and heard is daughter in-law had given birth hurriedly shook off the snow and went to the east room to see his daughter in-law and daughter. Lou rongwen look at his daughter's face with great satisfaction and his voice became extra gentle. The baby started crying and lou rongwen panicked, mei minghua took her daughter to breastfeed, lou rongwen looks at his daughter impatient face and ask mei minghua if she had eaten, Mei minghua laughed and answered, lu rongwen then said with a smile " tomorrow, I will go set up the household registration for our girl, then bring milk powder and brown sugar. Mei minghua laughed then said " when it was jingbo and jingming you bought goat milk , why don't you look for someone selling goat milk". Before lou rongwen could answer the Old lady lou came in and snorted "boys and girls should be raise differently ", then she told lu rongwen to go out to eat. Before the old lady was reluctant to go all out but after the old man came back and heard he had a granddaughter hurriedly brought out is cherished wine. Lou peishan, old man lu brought an ERGUOTOU from his room , then told his first daughter in-law to bring the wine bowls. Lou rongwen hurriedly went out to join the others, the lu family adult eat on a bigger table while the children on the main room kang . Lou rongwei the lu family first brother hurriedly toast a cup of wine to his third brother, lu rong wen stood up accepted the toast and raised his wine bowl to his father. Old man lou accepted his son toast, lu rongwen then toasted to the remaining adult in the family. The lou family was bustling with warm despite the early winter breeze. TRANSLATION: TIÀNXĪN: sweetheart ERGUOTOU : Chinese liquor, it a type of light aroma Baiju made from sorghum.