Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 276 Your sister is pregnant!

After she finished speaking, she wanted to get up and go back to the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

Lin Chaoyang said, "Don't go back. Stay here tonight."

"Why do you live here?"

"You're pregnant, riding a motorcycle is so dangerous!"

Tao Yushu said with a smile: "Why didn't you say it was dangerous when I rode before? How could I not go home? I walk home every day after get off work?"

"The past was the past, and the present is the present. You definitely can't walk home, so I'll take you home."

"You'll take me there? Take me there first, and then you'll go to work?" Tao Yushu asked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

The Overseas Chinese Apartment is on the West Third Ring Road, the editorial office of "Yenching Literature" is on Chang'an Avenue, and Yenching University is outside the Northwest Fourth Ring Road. It takes nearly 20 kilometers to run this circle, and 40 kilometers to and from get off work. Lin Chaoyang's idea is purely whimsical.

"Then don't go to work and stay at home to take care of the baby." Lin Chaoyang made another mistake.

Nowadays, pregnancy and childbirth are not as delicate as in the past. Many female comrades work at the unit until they are about to give birth and then take a break. Some even work until their amniotic fluid breaks and they go straight to the hospital.

Tao Yushu felt that her husband was so happy that he had gone crazy and had started talking nonsense, so she firmly denied his idea.

"Then I won't go to work and will pick you up every day."

Tao Yushu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'm not incapable of taking care of myself. I'm just pregnant. Besides, it's not confirmed yet."

She now regretted telling Lin Chaoyang about this. It would have been better for her to go to the hospital for a check-up first and then tell him.

Lin Chaoyang thought for a moment and said, "Then let's move to a house that's closer to your workplace."

Tao Yushu felt that he could no longer suppress Lin Chaoyang's various messy thoughts, but fortunately his last suggestion was reliable.

"That's going to have to wait until we're sure she's really pregnant."

Although she felt amused and helpless about Lin Chaoyang's various unrealistic ideas, Tao Yushu was more happy in her heart. These seemingly unreasonable ideas just proved how much her husband valued this possible little life.

Lin Chaoyang said he wanted to stay here at night, and Tao Yushu didn't object. After all, there was everything in Mianhua Hutong and it was very convenient to live there.

He spent the whole afternoon asking Tao Yushu about her well-being, and his attitude was even more gentle and careful than when they were newly married, which made Tao Yushu feel very happy.

After finally waiting until the lights were turned off and they went to bed, Tao Yushu felt her husband's big hand touching her abdomen again.

"Hey, is it a boy or a girl?"

"It could be a boy or a girl? Which one do you prefer?"

"Girls are better. They are the sweetest little cotton-padded jackets for their parents."

"What's wrong with the boy?"

"I didn't say boys are bad, I said girls are better."

"Aren't boys and girls all our children?"

"Yes, yes, it's the same for boys and girls."

The couple whispered to each other and remained silent all night.

The next morning, Tao Yushu opened her eyes and saw Lin Chaoyang with a pair of panda eyes looking at her, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing, just look at you."

Tao Yushu looked at his eyes, which were bloodshot, and asked, "You didn't sleep all night, did you?"

"I slept for a while, got a little excited, and got up early."

"I've never seen you so impatient."

Tao Yushu said he disliked it, but he was happy in his heart.

The couple got up, washed, had breakfast, and prepared to go to the hospital.

Tao Yushu habitually got on her red Yamaha 125, and then was pulled down by Lin Chaoyang.

"Why ride a motorcycle? You're going to be a mother now."

Tao Yushu thought Lin Chaoyang was too excited yesterday, but she didn't expect that he really wouldn't let her ride a motorcycle. She said helplessly, "Then what should I ride?"

Lin Chaoyang patted the back seat of his Phoenix 28 and said, "I'll give you a ride."

Tao Yushu sat on the back seat of the motorcycle, holding Lin Chaoyang's waist with both hands, and asked with some regret: "So I can't ride a motorcycle anymore?"

"After the baby is born, you can ride it however you want."

Tao Yushu thought that was not bad.

I arrived at the hospital, queued up for registration, and then entered the B-ultrasound room.

"Doctor, how is it?" Lin Chaoyang held Tao Yushu's hand and asked with concern.

Tao Yushu also looked at the doctor nervously.

The doctor looked at the small black and white screen of the B-ultrasound machine without saying anything. He asked Tao Yushu, "How many days have you not had your period?"

"Today is exactly one week."

The doctor nodded, "That means you are five weeks pregnant. Congratulations!"

Although they were mentally prepared, when the doctor said this, a huge wave of joy still broke through the couple's hearts like a tsunami, overflowing around them, as if the entire clinic was a sea of ​​joy.

Lin Chaoyang held Tao Yushu's hand tightly. The couple looked at each other, feeling the happiness of the moment.

"Doctor, is it a boy or a girl?"

After being happy, Lin Chaoyang asked a question.

The doctor glanced at Lin Chaoyang with a look that was half disgust and half vigilance.

"Why are you asking this? The baby is not even as big as the tip of a finger. Even a god can't tell."

Lin Chaoyang then realized that Tao Yushu had been pregnant for just over a month.

Tao Yushu punched him in anger and amusement, "Don't make a fool of yourself."

"Hehe!" Lin Chaoyang's smile was silly.

"Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor!"

After the examination, Lin Chaoyang kept thanking the doctor as he walked out.

After leaving the hospital, Tao Yushu said, "You go to work. Our workplace is only three miles away. I can walk there. I'll take the bus home in the evening."

"It's already this late, why are you still working?"

Tao Yushu was confused by Lin Chaoyang's fear of an enemy. "What time? Isn't it just pregnancy?"

She felt that Lin Chaoyang was a little too anxious, so she held his hand and comforted him, "Being pregnant is not a serious illness. I have all my limbs intact and I am in good health. What do you have to worry about?"

"The doctor has already said that I am only five weeks pregnant. The thing in my belly is not even as big as a finger. How can it affect me?" "You, stop imagining nonsense."

After Tao Yushu finished comforting her, Lin Chaoyang hesitantly reminded her, "Then walk slowly and don't move too much. Watch out for people on the road so they don't bump into you."

"I know, I know." Tao Yushu said perfunctorily.

Lin Chaoyang said worriedly: "I'll take you to your workplace."

"Ok."

When they rode their bicycle to the gate of the Yanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture, Lin Chaoyang was worried again and gave Tao Yushu some instructions, and she agreed to all of them.

Only after Lin Chaoyang rode away on his bicycle did she let out a long sigh of relief.

He was such a lazy and rough person before, but when he knew she was pregnant, he seemed to have become a different person, becoming more attentive and fussy.

Tao Yushu was very happy about her pregnancy, but she felt that her feelings for the little life in her belly were far less than those of Lin Chaoyang, the father.

Compared to this, I seem to be an incompetent mother!
Thinking about this, Tao Yushu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

She comforted herself again, it’s okay, they are her biological parents after all.

She lowered her head and touched her flat belly, muttering to herself: Little baby, you are so lucky to have parents like us who love you so much.

When I arrived at the editorial office, my colleagues were all busy with their own things. Tao Yushu was more than an hour late, but no one noticed.

There was no DingTalk or WeChat for get off work these days, and there was no need to clock in or out. It was normal for employees to come to work late and leave early if they had something to do at home.

Tao Yushu greeted everyone as usual when he went to work, and then sat down at his desk.

Zhang Dening came over and asked, "Why are you so late today? How many manuscripts did you arrange yesterday?"

Tao Yushu and his wife have been inviting award-winning writers to dinner for three years, and it has become a bit of a tradition. When Tao Yushu talked about this topic with Zhang Dening the day before yesterday, she was not surprised.

"How can you ask for an article when you're inviting people to dinner?"

"Why can't you mention it? You are still too young to understand the character of these writers.

These people are just lazy donkeys. If you don't whip them with a whip, they won't move. "

Although Zhang Dening's words are crude, they are all valuable advice from someone who has experienced it.

"If you don't get an assignment, you'll be at a big loss!"

"It's nothing to lose. A few people still have stock there, and yesterday they said they would send it to me later."

Listening to Tao Yushu's words, Zhang Dening glared at her unhappily, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

After chatting for a while, Tao Yushu started her day's work.

It was almost noon when Zhang Dening asked him to go to the cafeteria to eat together.

The Federation of Literary and Art Circles building does not have a separate cafeteria. Everyone eats in the cafeteria of the Cultural Bureau compound. When I walked out of the building, Zhang Dening asked, "Why didn't I see your motorcycle?"

Nowadays, everyone rides bicycles, and Tao Yushu's red motorcycle parked in front of the building every day is always eye-catching, just like her in the courtyard of the Cultural Bureau.

Tao Yushu has a bright and elegant appearance, a tall figure, and outstanding temperament. Both her appearance and temperament are in no way inferior to those movie stars. Since she started working in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles building, she has been noticed by many young men in the institute.

When the news that she was married spread in the courtyard, the young men sighed and regretted that they had never met her and had not married.

"Chaoyang is not allowed to ride anymore."

"why?"

"pregnant."

Zhang Dening screamed, "Are you pregnant?"

"Keep your voice down, why are you so excited about my pregnancy?"

"I'm so happy for you, congratulations!" Zhang Dening said with a smile.

"Thank you." Tao Yushu accepted her blessing with a smile.

"How many months?"

"One month. I just checked it out today."

Zhang Dening asked again: "You are not allowed to ride a motorcycle because you are pregnant?"

"Ah."

"Chaoyang really values ​​you!" Zhang Dening sighed.

I rode my bike all the way from West Chang'an Avenue to Yanda University, and it was almost noon when I arrived at the library.

He was thinking about Tao Yushu and the baby in her belly all the way. This was the first time he was a father in his two lifetimes, and Lin Chaoyang felt extremely complicated.

From the great surprise of finding out about the pregnancy, to the worries about possible accidents during pregnancy, to the random guesses about whether the child can grow up healthily...

His mind was full of thoughts, making it difficult for him to calm down. Fortunately, he didn't have any writing tasks recently. After thinking about it for a while, Lin Chaoyang remembered to write a letter to his parents far away in the Northeast to tell them the good news.

He began the letter by writing:
Dear Comrade Lin Erchun and Comrade Zhang Guiqin:

It is with great excitement that I report a good news to the organization. After my unremitting efforts and of course with the active cooperation of Comrade Tao Yushu, our Lin family is finally about to welcome a new member.

You are going to be grandparents...

After finishing the letter, he planned to go to Langrun Lake Apartment during lunch time to tell the Tao family the good news that Tao Yushu was pregnant.

But then he changed his mind and decided that it would be better to wait for Tao Yushu to tell his family the news in person.

He went to the Law Department to find Tao Yumo and said, "Go to the Overseas Chinese Apartment tonight, pack up your sister's daily necessities and clothes, and send them to Mianhua Hutong."

"Why, are you moving to Mianhua Alley?"

"Ah."

"Why are you moving there for no reason?"

"It's quite a wide range of matters. You'll know in a few days."

In fact, it didn’t take more than a few days.

In the evening, Tao Yumo ran to the Overseas Chinese Apartment to pack up, and arrived at Mianhua Hutong at seven o'clock in the evening.

"I'm so exhausted!"

After entering the yard, Tao Yumo put two large bags of things into the house and complained, "You two have hands and feet, but you still want to torment me. I still have to go to class..."

She didn't complain for long, and immediately stopped complaining after Lin Chaoyang stuffed a two-dollar bill into her pocket.

"Your sister is pregnant!"

(End of this chapter)