Luck and Gong Xi

It was the winter of 1980. This winter was extremely cold, with much more snow than previous years.

In the north-northeast of China, there is a small county called Xiaocheng. In the southeast corner of this county, Dad Xing's family lives.

"Mom, are you asleep? Why didn't you turn on the stove?" Father Xing opened the door of the outer room, walked in, patted the snow on his body, and shouted loudly towards the house .

"Father, you're back. Ouch~~ I can't do it anymore, I..."

"Mom, mom." The eldest son Xing Hai broke away from his father's hand and quickly ran into the house.

"What's wrong with you, kid?"

"I might be giving birth...I, my stomach hurts..."

Xing's mother has been pregnant for more than eight months. With a huge belly, she is alone at home, waiting for her husband who is off night shift to come back.

Father Xing just came back from the night shift. He first went to the child's grandmother to pick up the eldest son, then braved the smoky goose feather snow, pedaled vigorously in the headwind, and rushed back.

It stands to reason that his wife should have more than 20 days to give birth, but this morning, for some reason, he felt a little flustered in his heart, always feeling that something was going on that made him feel uneasy.

"Ah? What's going on? Why is it about to give birth?"

"It may be premature, hurry up and send me to the hospital!"

Looking at the child's father who was running around anxiously on the ground, Mother Xing deeply felt that sometimes, men are unreliable.

In the snowstorm, Xing's father tried his best to pull a scooter in front. On the car lay the painful mother Xing, followed by Aunt Liu next door and Brother Ang at the east end of the courtyard.

"Son, you go from here to that courtyard and look for grandparents, can you find them?"

"Well, I can." Xing Hai, who was just four years old, looked like a little man, and nodded tightly.

"Then go to your grandfather's house quickly and tell your grandparents that your mother is about to give birth."

"Understood." Xing Hai shouted loudly, the immature child's voice, transmitted in the howling wind, only flashed past Xing's father's ear, and then was convoluted and disappeared without a trace.

"Boy, six catties and two taels, mother and child are safe." When the nurse came out of the emergency room and told Father Xing the good news, Father Xing squatted on the ground and cried.

Although it is not the first time to have a baby, the baby will be born prematurely, and the amniotic fluid will break on the way.In the wind and snow along the way, he thought he would lose his wife and unborn child. He desperately pulled the car forward, but the car seemed to weigh ten thousand catties, although he moved forward step by step Walking, but he always felt that he was walking too slowly, so slow that he would turn himself into a man with nothing.The anxiety and fear at that time were more tormenting than throwing him into an oil pan and rolling over eighteen people.

"Silly son, why are you still squatting here and crying? Why don't you hurry home and say goodbye to your father. Also, bring me all the things I put on the kang for the children." Looking forward to the birth of the grandson, the old lady has already prepared the child's clothes, urine ring, milk bottle, and quilt.

"Also, go to your elder sister and second sister's house and tell them to come to the hospital immediately."

"Mom, my sister and the others are still at work."

"No, my grandson was born, what kind of job does he go to? Lao Xing's family fills in the entrance. If there is anything more important than this, if you are asked to go, go quickly."

At this time, the nurse took out the wrapped luck.

"Oh! My eldest grandson! My good grandson! Look, look, how handsome! Look, this is the most beautiful child I have ever seen! He, Brother Ang, look Look, Aunt Liu, take a look, don't you?"

"Yes! Yes! Aunt Xing, your doll is really handsome!"

"Yes! Yes!"

The crumpled, reddish-black child in the cotton quilt closed his eyes tightly, not knowing what was going on around him.

It's just that he was tired, so he opened his mouth, ah, and yawned.

"Oh! Look, this small sample, this small sample is so rare." The old lady was very happy.

Looking up, Father Xing also grinned and looked down at the child with a smirk.

"Boss, why are you still giggling here? Hurry up and go back."

"Mmm, um. Mom." Father Xing left reluctantly, and had to look back after walking a few steps, although all he saw was a circle of people.

At the end of the year, the country issued a new policy: one child per couple.Second births are not allowed.

"Our child is really lucky. If he is conceived a few months later, he will be gone." Mama Xing sat on the bed and gently patted the eldest son who had been running wildly outside for a day and fell asleep from exhaustion. Xing Hai's face was full of happiness.

"That's right, how many people are envious of our family now." Father Xing hugged his youngest son, shaking it back and forth on the ground in the house. No matter how hard he looked at him, he couldn't get enough of him.

"Yaoer, give Dad a smile."

The child in his arms opened his mouth and giggled.

"Oh! My good son! My good son! Smile for Dad! Smile for Dad!..." Father Xing caressed the child up and down, and the child laughed more happily every time he was lifted up .

Hahaha, adults laughed even more happily.Father Xing now feels that he is the luckiest person in the world.

"Father, what name do you name your son?"

"My son is called Xing Yun."

"Lucky. It sounds good. But good sounds are good sounds, can dad agree?"

"Whether he agrees or not, I will call him Xing Yun. This child is my decision. He named Hai Hai last time, and it is my turn. My son is called Xing Yun. Lucky! Son, okay? Papa's name, okay?"

"Hey, look, my son laughed, my son laughed, he likes this name. It's called luck, I'm going to register tomorrow."

The heavy snow outside the house is still falling one after another, silently dressing up the world in a pure white color.Inside the room, the fire was burning, reflecting the happy smiling face of the man and the contented smile of the little baby in his arms.

"Our hometown is in the field of hope. Ah~..." Cheerful music flowed from the radio, accompanied by this happy family, they gradually fell asleep.