"Are you stupid? Those firecrackers are right in our yard and you can't run away. What can you pick up by groping around in the dark? Hurry up and wash your hands and eat."

While washing his hands, Fang Chang raised his leg and lightly kicked Zheng Guangming on the butt.

"Hehe, I've never seen so many firecrackers in my life!"

Zheng Guangming smiled and handed Fang Chang a towel.

"If you behave yourself, study hard and get 90 points on every test, I will give you so many firecrackers every New Year. If you can get 100 points every time, the firecrackers will be doubled."

After wiping his hands, Fang Chang placed the towel on the washbasin rack and said.

"Really?"

Zheng Guangming had just put his hands into the washbasin to wash his hands when his eyes lit up when he heard this.

"What's true or false? Wash your hands quickly."

"Brother Fang, don't pay attention to him. He has been naughty for the past six months."

Zheng Juan said while holding the bowl and chopsticks.

Fang Chang hurriedly took the bowl and chopsticks:

"It's normal for boys to be a little naughty. If Guangming was always so quiet like a grown-up girl, I would be worried."

Fang Chang said with a smile as he walked into the house.

"But you can't spoil him too much."

Zheng Juan turned around to get the dumplings and spoke as she walked.

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say. Guangming, did you hear me? It's your sister who won't let me spoil you."

Fang Chang said to Zhang Guangming while blinking.

Zheng Guangming almost couldn't help laughing when he saw his brother-in-law's expression.

"Got it. I listen to my sister the most. Sister, you take a rest. I'll serve the dumplings."

Zheng Guangming said this and ran to serve the dumplings.

"Let the light serve, you just sit and wait to eat. Let me tell you, today I will make you a different kind of garlic paste, I guarantee you will want to eat more after you eat it."

Fang Chang said as he peeled garlic.

"It's all just shavings of garlic and soy sauce! What's the difference?"

Zheng Juan sat down next to Fang Chang, picked up a clove of soaked garlic from the water, and spoke while peeling it.

"Just watch it!"

Fang Chang said as he took a handful of the softened garlic in his hand, and the skin fell off. He peeled more than a dozen small cloves of farmhouse garlic repeatedly, then stood up and went to the kitchen to take out a few cucumber shreds, green pepper shreds, and a few pieces of coriander from the unmixed cold dishes. He returned to the room and put them in the garlic jar, then picked up the garlic pestle and pounded the garlic.

"Will it taste better if we add cucumber to pepper and coriander?"

Zheng Juan asked doubtfully.

Fang Chang smiled and took his hand away:

"If you don't believe me, smell it. It's very fragrant."

Zheng Juan got closer and smelled it, her eyes lit up:

"Really, this taste is really different. You can tell it's delicious just by smelling it."

"It will taste better if you put the soy sauce I brought back and add some sesame oil."

As Fang Chang spoke, he scooped the mashed garlic from the garlic jar with a spoon and put it into a bowl, then began to make the garlic sauce with seafood soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili oil.

"Xiao Fang will know how to eat today."

Mother Zheng said with a smile.

"I didn't marry Zheng Juan to let her live a hard life with me. Our family not only needs to have enough food but also good food."

As Director Fang spoke, he scooped a spoonful of garlic sauce into the bowls of several people.

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Fang Chang said this and ran to the kitchen. When he came back, he had five transparent glass bottles of orange-flavored juice and a five-jin bucket of beer in his hands.

"Today is Chinese New Year. Wife, you and Guangming can drink this juice, and Auntie, we can drink this beer. This is not intoxicating."

Fang Chang opened two bottles of juice and handed them to Zheng Juan and Zheng Guangming, then took two enamel teacups and poured a bottle of beer for Zheng's mother and himself.

Fang Chang picked up the enamel teacup:

"Happy New Year! I wish our family peace and happiness in 1969, and I wish my daughter and son good health."

"Oh, Brother Fang, the baby hasn't been born yet!"

In front of her mother, Zheng Juan said shyly.

"I wish you happiness even if you haven't been born yet. Let's drink to it!"

Fang Chang smiled and clinked glasses with a few people.

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

The four of them shouted in unison.

After eating and drinking, Fang Chang helped the tipsy Zheng's mother back to the side room and went back to the house, got into bed, hugged Zheng Juan and told her a story.

Zheng Juan was very excited and happy that night. This year was the happiest and most joyful year she had ever had. She lay in bed hugging Fang Chang and kept asking him to tell her stories.

Fang Chang patiently told Zheng Juan one story after another.

It was almost dawn outside and the two of them had to go to bed.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, after Zheng Juan and Zhou Rong came back from shopping, they seemed closer than before, just like real sisters.

Since then, Fang Chang would spend the night at Zhou Rong's house once a week.

Zhou Rong would spend half a day of rest every week at Fang Chang's house, chatting and laughing with Zheng Juan, and they got along very well.

Time passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye it was Tuesday, the fifth day of April, May 20, 1969;

In the delivery room of the obstetrics and gynecology department of the municipal hospital, Director Fang paced back and forth in the corridor with an anxious look on his face, looking towards the door of the delivery room from time to time.

Mother Zheng and Zheng Guangming sat on chairs and stared at the door of the delivery room.

Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Rong stood against the wall.

Zhou Rong was also a little nervous when her good friend gave birth, and her eyes kept looking towards the door of the delivery room.

"Brother Fang, could you please stop turning around? You're making me dizzy."

Zhou Bingkun looked at Fang Chang and said.

"Bullshit, you'll know when your Qiao Chunyan gives birth to a child."

Fang Chang glared at Zhou Bingkun and said.

In fact, Fang Chang has been taking care of Zheng Juan's health personally, so there will be no problem with her giving birth.

However, as the atmosphere became tense due to his wife giving birth, Fang Chang couldn't help but feel nervous.

Wow~wow~wow~

Wow~wow~wow~

At this moment, the cries of two babies were heard in the delivery room.

"gave birth!"

Fang Chang rushed to the door of the delivery room. The door opened and a middle-aged female midwife took off her mask and looked at Fang Chang with a smile on her face:

"Congratulations, Doctor Fang! You gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. The girl is the older sister, weighing 7.6 jin (15.3 catties), and the boy is the younger brother, weighing 7.5 jin (15.3 catties)."

"Oh! Thank you, Sister Liu! Don't leave after get off work tonight. I'll treat you. I'll go in and see my wife first."

Fang Chang said something to Sister Liu and rushed into the delivery room.

"Wife! How are you?"

Fang Chang squatted beside the bed, grabbed Zheng Juan's wrist, and asked questions with concern while taking her pulse.

Zheng Juan shook her head with a happy smile on her face:

"Brother Fang, I'm fine. Go check on our daughter and son first and let them see you as their father."

"Let them wait for a while. Wife, please don't say anything. I will feel your pulse."

Fang Chang glanced at the brother and sister lying on the other bed.

Mother Zhou followed closely and first looked at Zheng Juan and then went to see her eldest granddaughter and grandson.

Zhou Rong walked to the other side of the bed and took a towel to wipe the sweat off Zheng Juan's forehead:

"How are you?"

Zheng Juan shook her head slightly:

"I'm fine, just sit there."

Fang Chang let go of Zheng Juan's wrist:

"It's okay, I'm just a little dehydrated. I'll just drink some hot water to replenish my water. Wife, I'll go check on our daughter and son first."

"Go!"

Zheng Juan nodded with a happy smile on her face.

Fang Chang walked to the other bed and was stunned when he saw the two little guys lying on the bed.

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