"Yes, sister-in-law. You have sweet soup today and salt water tomorrow. Xiaobai and Cancan have to run around every day. We enjoy it every day. If you don't accept it, Changkang and I will not have the nerve to eat and drink for free." Lu Xiu said with a smile.

Gu Can looked at his aunt. This time, he could see something was wrong. Gu Can pointed at her belly.

"Brother." Gu Can suddenly spoke. This must be the hero's father.

"What? Cancan, what did you say?" The Gu family was stunned when the word "brother" came out. Ji Xiaoju, after a slight perception, found that there was indeed an unusual wave of vitality in Lu Xiu's abdomen. She nodded to Gu Liang.

"Brother, aunt, I'm pregnant." Gu Can said.

"Really? Cancan, how did you know?" Lu Xiu and Gu Changkang have been married for more than a year, but they have not been able to conceive. Fortunately, the Gu family did not urge them, otherwise the young wife of the Liu family in the next village, who got married in the same year, would have been driven crazy by the torture.

"Auntie brought her brother to play with us. He is so white and tender, like a little bun, so cute." Gu Can replied naively.

"This child is a dream, but I see that you don't look well these days, Xiuxiu. Let's go to the clinic later. If you are pregnant, it will be a great joy. If not, you can also have a physical check. Nothing is more important than good health." Ji Xiaoju said while holding Lu Xiu's hand.

"This, mother, I." Lu Xiu was looking forward to having a child. Everyone in the surrounding villages knew that marrying into the Gu family meant marrying into a blessed home. No matter how smart and capable she was, she would still feel lost and sad if she didn't get pregnant for a long time.

"Don't worry, and don't wait any longer. Changkang, just take Xiuxiu with you right now. It's not a big deal." Bao Guiying patted Lu Xiu's hand to comfort her.

"Okay, let's go, wife." Gu Changkang has been envious of his nephews and nieces for a long time. He also wants to have such fair and tender little babies who will call him daddy in a baby voice. How cute.

In the evening, the whole family went to my grandfather's house for dinner. He also brought me good news: I'm over a month pregnant. The doctor said it was due to overwork. Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise the baby might have disappeared quietly.

"Good Cancan, thank you from your auntie. If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have noticed. I'm really not a good mother." Lu Xiu was mixed with sadness and joy. She felt at ease only when she hugged Gu Can.

"Alright, alright, what are you doing? Let Cancan go. You're going to be a mother now. This child is smart. He even knew to ask his sister for help." Bao Guiying said. She looked at Gu Can with even more loving eyes.

As the old saying goes, children's souls are pure and can see special things. So no one doubted Gu Can's dream about his brother. Just as Bao Guiying said, the child was seeking Gu Can's help.

"That's right, it's all thanks to our Cancan. I'll bring you some delicious food when I go to the county someday." Gu Changkang looked at Gu Can with a smile on his face. He was going to be a father, and his niece was so adorable. Oh, he was so happy that he was almost incoherent.

After that day, the family strongly requested that Lu Xiu not go out to the fields, so she took over the housework. Gu Yuebai and Gu Can were also sent to their grandfather's house, and Lu Xiu took care of lunch and dinner.

School started in September, and Gu Yuebai was packed up by her parents and taken to the commune primary school. Oh wow, Gu Can said that her days of lying down and doing nothing have finally come.

Gu Can hadn't expected that once her aunt's pregnancy was stable after three months, she'd immediately head up the mountain in the dark to pay her respects to the Three Stone Goddess. Well, the Three Stone Goddess now had more work to do as the Goddess of Childbirth. This had nothing to do with her, a little kid. Finally, she didn't have a big brother who was always studying to keep her busy, so she could sleep in as long as she wanted.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is 1964. Gu Can's idle days are over. Tomorrow he will go to the commune primary school with his parents to register.

"Sister, I want a sister, wuwuwu." Gu Can went to school, and the saddest person was Gu Yueming. The little boy had been closest to Gu Can since he was born, and Gu Can had taken care of him most of the time. This morning, when he woke up and saw that his parents hadn't sent him to Gu Can, he cried so hard that he was out of breath. It was so sad that anyone who heard or saw him cried. Gu Changkang and Lu Xiu had to comfort him for a long time before he calmed down.

Gu Can also began her elementary school career again. There were 35 children in her class. Including her, there were ten children in Sanshi Village: eight boys and three girls. Their village wasn't particularly exceptional, but in those days, it was still rare for girls to attend school.

There were thirty-five children in their class, and only eight of them were girls. Gu Can was the youngest, so she was taken care of by everyone. Gu Can didn't think there was anything wrong with that; studying was as easy for her now as eating and drinking.

So, despite her young age, she always topped her exams. Her classmates took good care of her, and she even became a private tutor, especially for the girls in her village who couldn't go to school. There were about a dozen girls in the village who didn't attend school, the youngest being three years old and the oldest 12.

Every day, eight girls aged seven and over would gather extra grass for the pigs, and then spend an hour in the afternoon studying with Gu Yuetian. Gu Yuetian's instructions were thorough, and the girls found learning easy. The adults at home, seeing it as a bargain, saw no cost and didn't interfere with their work, so they didn't object.

There were two other girls who were very gifted in their studies. They were sisters. They didn't go to school because their parents had passed away. They also had a two-year-old brother. The three siblings had only one grandmother, so their family was very poor.

The older sister, Qin Li, was eleven years old, and the younger sister, Qin Le, was eight. Normally, Gu Can would have urged them to contact the Women's Federation or something to get support for their schooling, because they were both incredibly talented students, especially Qin Li. Gu Can had secretly tested her, and her IQ was over 125. She was a very fast learner.

Qin Le was also a genius in elementary school. Unfortunately, it was 1964, and the situation outside was really bad. Gu Yunmei came back from vacation and said that the situation outside was very bad. She would find a way to be assigned to a commune after graduation next year.

So she could only secretly give them some private lessons. Gu Liang and Ji Xiaoju would often go to the county or city waste recycling station to buy some books. The whole family was actively studying, which also provided the Qin sisters with more knowledge to learn. The sisters also cherished it very much and studied very hard.

In the blink of an eye, it was 1965. After graduation, Gu Yunmei really returned to the commune to work. She also got married. Her husband was a very good man named Xu Anguo. He came from a well-off family. He was the youngest son of the director of a steel plant. He had two older brothers. The eldest brother was a soldier and had made some contributions. He had a good position and was already married. The second brother was also married and worked in the government.

Xu Anguo and Gu Yunmei are classmates. Gu Yunmei is well educated, good-looking, and has a harmonious family. She also has Gu Liang and Ji Xiaoju, a pair of relatively educated brother and sister-in-law. Her father is also the village accountant. In addition, with recent developments, Gu Yunmei's family background as poor and lower-middle peasants has made the Xu family even more satisfied.

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