Schooling here is much better than at the brigade.
We can’t let our children fall behind at the starting line.
Now Da Bao and Xiao Bao even have to attend calligraphy lessons on weekends.
Sister-in-law and Third Brother are so outstanding.
Sister-in-law is a city kid and has taught Da Bao and Xiao Bao very well.
Although I’ve only been in the Capital City for a few months, I clearly understand that to give the children a better future, we must stay in the big city.
"Sister-in-law, you have experience, can you talk to me about it?"
Experience with childbirth?
Yun Xiaoxiao instinctively looked at Zhao Tianlei, remembering that she had once talked about losing her memory.
"When she was pregnant with Da Bao and the others, your sister-in-law didn’t have severe morning sickness, just some changes in taste, but it’s important to keep warm, you can’t catch a cold, because a pregnant woman can’t take many medicines, and it could affect the child," Zhao Tianlei knew what his wife’s glance meant and took over the conversation.
Pregnant women can’t take medicine?
Yun Xiaoxiao also smiled and briefly mentioned some precautions for pregnant women, information she had inadvertently found online and from what some relatives and sisters-in-law had mentioned.
"During pregnancy, frequent urination is common, and in the early stage, you can eat whatever you crave, but you must avoid hawthorn and certain seafood. You can drink milk, but in the later stages of pregnancy, you definitely can’t overeat, as it can lead to a large fetus and harm the mother, even causing severe bleeding."
Zhang Lanhua truly didn’t know these things.
But listening to the sister-in-law, who had been through it before, the couple took her advice very seriously.
"I felt like I had no appetite and was planning to buy some hawthorn to eat," Zhang Lanhua was a bit frightened now.
Normally, you shouldn’t tell outsiders before three months have passed.
But her husband couldn’t help himself and blurted it out.
Luckily, fortunately, they had come.
Otherwise, if something went wrong, it would be too late for regrets.
"In the Capital City, you can subscribe to milk delivery. Drinking a glass every day is good for both the baby and you."
Cao Dali took note of that. He knew there was milk available, but a glass cost 50 cents, which wasn’t much.
But for his wife and child, he must subscribe.
"If there are no eggs, you can also make fish soup. They say eating more fish can make the child smarter, though I’m not sure if it’s true."
Having been unable to join the conversation, Zhao Tianhe finally spoke up.
"Right, when sister-in-law was pregnant with Da Bao and Xiao Bao, Third Brother caught a lot of fish for her, so both Da Bao and Xiao Bao turned out very smart."
Could it possibly be genetics?
That’s a tough question to answer.
Zhang Lanhua hoped that her child would go to college and no matter the cost, as parents, they would support their education.
"Also, if you notice even a little bleeding, you must go to the hospital immediately for a check-up and get a shot to protect the pregnancy," Yun Xiaoxiao wracked her brains to think of some precautions for pregnant women.
After they sent the couple off, they busied themselves with washing their faces and feet.
"Among you several brothers, you married first, and now Da Li also has a child, leaving only Xiao He and Fang Chaoyang, right?"
Fang Chaoyang’s family was too poor and his health was not good, so no matchmakers came to make marriage proposals for him.
And Xiao He’s family’s weaknesses lay in Little Aunt’s frail health, keeping her from heavy work.
He had a partner, but it fell through.
"If Xiao He earns money, he could buy an apartment in the Capital City, or even possibly marry a city girl?"
In the Capital City, many people live in a room of fifty or sixty square meters for the whole family.
If they owned an apartment, it would be a tremendous blessing for them; even just by virtue of having the apartment, Zhao Tianhe could truly marry a local girl.