Most of them were still wooden houses

  Xiao Qin is right, Shui Xian really misses her son so much that she's almost going crazy. Shui Xian thinks about it, San Jun thinks about it too. Their thoughts, eldest daughter Li Chun naturally knows. Li Chun has heard several times the conversation between Father and Mother discussing having a younger brother for her.

  One time, Ah-ma and Ah-ba had a bold idea while talking. She said: "Sanjun, why don't we go out to work? I heard that some people in the town have gone out to work! We can go out to work and hide to give birth to our son!"

  "Do you think it's that easy? Don't you ever think, we left, my brother has a problem with his head, how can he take care of two kids at home? Besides, there are no walls without gaps, if we go out to hide from the family planning policy, every 3 months they'll want us to come back for a check-up. If you don't go back, won't they suspect something? If it's discovered, our whole house will be torn down, how can our whole family survive?"

  "It's really like that. How can we give birth to a son? Alas, San Jun, if I had known earlier, for the second child, we should have spent money to let Village Chief Wang take me to find an acquaintance to check the fetus, and if it was a daughter, we would have had an abortion."

  "It's no use saying these words, I think the village chief is quite capable, only by letting him help us get a birth permit, so giving birth to a son will be comforting."

  "Zhai Wang won't do things for people for free. We want to have a son, just sending him money might not even work."

  "I knew that. From the way he looked at you, I knew he had designs on you. Fortunately, everyone in the village knows that he never forces himself on women and only makes a move when they're willing."

  "For your son, you want me to throw myself at him? You're a man, aren't you?"

  "Who would want their wife to be touched by another man? You can get close to him without letting him succeed, and have him help us get the birth permit. Isn't that a win-win situation?"

  "You think you're the smartest of the three armies? Who do you think Zhai Wang is? With your three armies, can you manipulate him? Give up on that idea! I don't want it to be like this either, or else when I give birth to a son for you, you'll treat my son as a bastard and I'll still have to put up with your temper!"

  "Alas! Has our family's incense really been cut off in my generation? How can I face our ancestors? Shuixian, as long as you can give birth to a son for me, the son is my descendant, no matter what you do, I won't blame you, I will be grateful to you, Shuixian, really."

  "Alas, since you're so eager for a son, I'll have to flirt with Chief Zhou. But don't worry, before giving birth to a son, I guarantee that Chief Zhou won't get his hands on my body!"

  "You mean, after giving birth to a son, your body..."

  "Are you jealous again? Although our son was born, if he cheats the village chief, his temper is well-known to us, can we still have a peaceful life?"

  "Alright, alright. Let's just agree to it after the child is born! We also know that he won't be good with a woman for long. Sigh, I really don't understand Zhai Wang, what is he thinking!"

  "What can I think? You men are so fickle! If a woman throws herself at you, can you really resist?"

  Lichun began to pay attention to and observe her parents after hearing their conversation this time.

  Xiao Qing came to call Ama to send Zhai Wang, and Li Chun couldn't help but think of the conversation between her father and mother about wanting a son.

  She thought that she and her sister were girls, although their parents loved them, but after all, they valued boys over girls. She didn't go to the town to attend junior high school last year, there were no books to read, poverty was one reason, a bigger reason was that her parents pinned their hopes on her future brother. Lichun thought about these things and sat on the stool in a daze.

  The three armies saw Lichun sitting still and shouted loudly: "Lichun, aren't you going to take a bath and sleep? Your mother is back and will fight with her for the bathroom again!"

  "Yeah, I took a bath."

  Lichun undressed in the bathroom and remembered what her mother said about girls' breasts, so she carefully examined her own.

  Lichun carefully observed her own little rabbit for the first time. She compared it to the one she saw at the well with the married woman, and felt that hers was smaller. However, she thought hers was harder than those women's. She tried placing her palm under it and shaking it slightly, but it didn't bounce.

  Her action startled herself, and her face immediately flushed. She looked at it again, wanting to use a metaphor. But after thinking about it, she could only think of a wine glass-sized cone and pink gemstones.

  Lichun's heart sank, alas, it was all because she had read too few books, and couldn't even find a fresh and surprising metaphor for the perfect work of art that was herself.

  Lichun had just finished her bath and gone to sleep when her mother returned.

  "We're dead drunk like a dead pig, and exhausted Xia Qing and me!" Shui Xian shouted loudly to San Jun as soon as she entered the door.

  "Are you really that drunk? Drunk to the point of not knowing what you're doing with your hands and feet?" San Jun's voice was very soft, he was afraid his daughter hadn't fallen asleep yet.

  "What a bear you are! Besides eating vinegar, what else can you do?" Shuixian tapped Sanjun's forehead. "He can move his hands and feet, but how could Xiaoqing support him all the way by herself? And Xiaoqing isn't an ugly woman, besides, her plumpness... you've seen it, don't you love it?"

  The three armies burst out laughing: "Indeed. Go take a bath and sleep."

  "Go and pour water for your mother, she's exhausted."

  "Okay, I'll go get some water."

  Lichun lay on top, thinking chaotically in her mind, from time to time carefully listening to a few words of her parents' conversation. Lichun thought and thought, and began to fall asleep dazedly.

  Lichun was just about to fall asleep when she heard her mother's voice from next door: "What's the hurry? Your daughter may not be fully asleep yet."

  "How is that possible? They went up before you came back. It's been almost an hour, and there's still no movement from their side. Come on, we'll have a son soon. We'll demonstrate first, get the birth permit after removing the ring, and we must produce a lively and mischievous son."

  "You look great! It's been a long time since you've been so enthusiastic."

  "Knowing I've been doing useless work all along, where's the enthusiasm? Tonight, let's have a good chat with you."

  After a while, Lichun could no longer hear clear voices. The sound she heard was a mixture of sounds.

  Lichun had never heard such a voice before, and it felt very strange to her. Her heart began to tighten. She was afraid of hearing such a voice, but at the same time she urgently wanted to hear this kind of voice deep down inside.

  As the ups and downs of the sound next door, Lichun's chest also began to fluctuate, her imagination suddenly became rich, and a series of pictures appeared in her mind. These pictures made her face hot and her heart beat fast.

  After the sound disappeared, Lichun thought that if she could also live in a cement house like Wangjia Village, it would be great! However, Wangjia Village's cement house is still the only one in the village. The others are all wooden houses, and her own family's wooden house can be described as "ancient".

  That night, Lichun didn't sleep well at all.

  The next morning, when Shuixian called Lichun to get up, the meal was already ready. Lichun found that her mother's face was red and she seemed happier than ever before. When calling her to get up, she kept humming a mountain love song, which was a familiar tune in the village.