While Yang Ruoqing was sorting out the series of things for the two children before going to bed, Wang Cuilian picked up her sewing and sat under the window quietly doing the work at hand.
The work at hand was two small bellybands, both red.
The round piece is embroidered with a kitten, and the round piece is embroidered with a puppy.
These two little bellybands were specially prepared for the two children, because Wang Cuilian was frightened by the upset stomach a few days ago.
I wonder if it’s because the children don’t wear bellybands as they get older, so the navel area catches cold?
So as Yuanyuan's condition improved in the past two days, she worked overtime to catch up.
The needlework and threading are done swiftly, and cute patterns of cats and puppies are sewn.
From time to time, he raised his head and glanced at the two little grandchildren in the room, and saw that they raised their little faces obediently and allowed Yang Ruoqing to scrub them.
I saw them taking off their clothes and scrambling to climb onto the big bed.
Seeing that they fell asleep before they finished listening to a story, the wrinkles in the corners of Wang Cuilian's eyes were filled with pampering and love, and her eyes were full of happiness and satisfaction.
There is also a feeling of gratitude for rebirth after disaster.
Thinking back to the past few days, everyone in the family was upset, everyone was miserable, and they were not in the mood to do anything...
Now that the children are finally well, the atmosphere in the whole family is different.
Beside the bed, Yang Ruoqing made sure that the two children had fallen into a deep sleep. Yang Ruoqing covered them with quilts, took another look at the two little brothers sleeping side by side, and then put down the curtain.
She quietly came to the table and poured two bowls of tea, one for herself and the other for Wang Cuilian.
"Leave it there, I'll drink it later when I'm thirsty."
Wang Cuilian said with a smile, her hands still flying needles and threads.
Yang Ruoqing poked her head over and saw the little flower dog sitting on her bellyband. One of its ears was raised, as if listening for movement, but the other ear was drooped.
Very funny and hilarious.
"Auntie, why don't you embroider something like a lion or a tiger on your bellyband?" Yang Ruoqing took a sip of tea and asked curiously.
Farmers are used to embroidering tigers on their children's hats and shoes, saying they are so domineering and can do whatever they want.
Wang Cuilian smiled slightly and said while busy without raising her head: "I have thought about it. Those lions and tigers are too big. Children have a light life and will be tired to carry them."
"We'd better get some cats and dogs. They can be pressed down, have strong skin, and are easy to feed."
Wang Cuilian's words deeply touched Yang Ruoqing.
This reminded her of a family in the village who had a grandson last year.
Because the daughter-in-law of that family had not grown up in the family for three or five years, and suddenly a grandson was added to the family, it was as if a new baby had been born in the family.
So he asked the half-immortal to choose a name. The half-immortal said that the child's fate was light and it was best to choose a rough name to suppress it.
But this family didn't take it seriously. They thought that the eldest grandson that their family had been waiting for for so long could be called by a random name?
So the child's grandfather named the child 'Leisheng'.
On the third day after the child was born, he lay down in his mother's arms and slept after eating and drinking.
It turned out that the wife there was too tired from taking care of the child for days, so she accidentally fell into a deep sleep and didn't pay attention to the child eating too much and vomiting.
The vomited stuff blocked the child's mouth and nose. When other people in the family found out, the child's mouth was purple...
My grandparents couldn't bear the blow and almost went insane.
The daughter-in-law was even beaten violently by her son and was driven back to her parents' home before her confinement was over...
Later, the daughter-in-law's family came to Changping Village with gifts and visited Li Zheng, Yang Huazhong, and several other village elders.
He tried to persuade them to be the intermediaries to make peace, and then the family went to pick up their daughter-in-law again.
Now, the wife there is pregnant again.
This time, the family announced in advance that the names in the daughter-in-law's belly, regardless of whether they were boys or girls, would all be called "Gou Sheng", "Gou Dan", "Donkey Dan" and "Cuihua"...
"Well, cats and dogs are quite cute. They must like it." Yang Ruoqing's admiring eyes lingered on the semi-finished embroidery work in the sewing basket and said sincerely.
Wang Cuilian nodded and continued to thread the needle.
Then, she narrowed her eyes, pinched the thread and the eye of the needle, and tried hard to thread the thread into the needle hole.
But after wearing it several times, it was completely empty.
Yang Ruoqing stretched out her hand: "Auntie, let me help you."
Wang Cuilian smiled sheepishly and handed the needle and thread to Yang Ruoqing.
"I don't know what's going on lately. It's getting harder and harder to thread the needle. It doesn't work when I put it closer. I have to put it farther away, but my arms are not that long..."
Yang Ruoqing curled her lips, thinking that her aunt was getting older and was starting to have presbyopia.
Presbyopia has the effect of farsightedness, so you have to lift far away, but that far away is also relative.
In short, as we grow older, our eyesight gradually becomes worse than before.
"Qing'er, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not." Wang Cuilian looked at the filial and gentle Yang Ruoqing in front of her, her heart softened, and she suddenly started talking.
Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows: "Auntie, what else can't we and I say?"
Wang Cuilian smiled softly, moved her body, changed her sitting position, and continued: "I saw your second sister-in-law and eighth sister before, but I didn't think much about it at the time, but I thought about it later."
"I always felt that your second sister-in-law didn't want our children to go to her house..."
"Auntie, your feeling is correct. The second sister-in-law just doesn't want our children to go and play with his Yongxiao family."
Compared to Wang Cuilian's hesitant tone, Yang Ruoqing's tone was calm when talking about this matter, and her expression was calm, without any hint of happiness or anger.
This made Wang Cuilian a little surprised and looked at Yang Ruoqing.
"Qing'er, the more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel." Wang Cuilian said with a frown.
Yang Ruoqing raised the corners of her lips, feeling uncomfortable, which is human nature, especially when her second sister-in-law, Cao Bamei, pinched Xiuxiu quietly, obviously intending to send Xiuxiu into the yard...
"Qing'er, don't you feel uncomfortable about this?" Wang Cuilian looked left and right and saw that Yang Ruoqing seemed to be fine, so she couldn't help but ask.
Yang Ruoqing shook her head gently, "The ones who were turned away are my sons. How can I not feel uncomfortable?"
"Hey," Wang Cuilian sighed and smiled helplessly.
Yang Ruoqing continued: "Although I feel uncomfortable, I will not hold a grudge against my second wife because of such a trivial matter. This is also an unreasonable matter."
"To put it another way, if her Yongxiao or third son gets sick or coughs, then I will definitely try not to let my children play with them for fear of contagion."
"It's just that smart people will be more subtle."
