The news of Shen Fenghua's pregnancy spread throughout the steel factory in just one day. When the factory director heard the news, he almost couldn't hold back his tears. He stood up abruptly and excitedly said "good" three times.

"Good, good, good!" He paced back and forth in his seat. "As expected, good people are rewarded. Feng Hua is like this, then... then I..."

The factory manager even wanted to go see Shen Fenghua right now.

Of course, Li Yanran stopped her, saying, "Don't go."

"What?"

“They’re taking care of me,” Li Yanran said, taking out a lab report from her bag with the doctor’s signature on it. “Here, take a look and then grant me a leave of absence.”

The factory manager looked at the lab report, his excitement subsiding. "Threatened miscarriage?"

“Hmm,” Li Yanran nodded, “He was angry, thanks to Li Xiu’e. Anyway, I’ve never seen such an arrogant person. Is he going to apologize to someone? He’s clearly going to cause trouble.”

The factory manager took a deep breath. "I understand," he said, then returned to his seat and waved his hand to grant Shen Fenghua half a month's leave, instructing her, "Let her take good care of herself."

"Um."

"By the way," the factory manager looked at Li Yanran. He knew about the relationship between Li Yanran and Shen Fenghua. The two were like sisters. Before Fenghua was still separated from her family, "Tell her to stay home and take good care of her pregnancy. Don't worry about anything. It's just a deputy director of the publicity department. What's the big deal? If she wants to do this job, I'll keep it for her. If she doesn't want to do it anymore, I'll find her a better one."

With the factory manager's words, Li Yanran instantly felt relieved. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely convey every word to Feng Hua."

"Okay, go ahead."

Li Yanran took the approval slip and walked away, looking quite pleased with herself.

As for Li Xiu'e...

Oh, she's already used eye drops.

The factory manager's words were not unfounded. He had previously mentioned promoting Shen Fenghua, but some people kept bringing up whether Shen Fenghua was married or not, which he couldn't refute.

Now things are great, I'm married and even have kids.

What is he panicking about?

Qing is waiting for her to give birth so he can promote her another level.

Shen Fenghua was sleeping soundly at home, completely unaware that the factory manager had even planned out her future.

Meanwhile, Qi Ye, He Jun, and the able-bodied men of the village were already fully prepared and walking along the winding mountain path.

Their journey went very smoothly. They had only gone halfway when they encountered two silly roe deer, one big and one small. And when I say silly, I mean it, because they saw so many strangers.

Given the animals' usual alertness, they would have already run far away upon seeing the stranger. However, neither the big nor the small creature seemed to have this awareness. Upon seeing the stranger, they forgot all about eating grass and tilted their heads to examine it carefully.

He Jun looked at the silly roe deer and laughed, "Oh, it looks pretty good."

"What?" Qi Ye didn't touch the weapons, but took out a crossbow from behind him. "It's nice to look at? You can't bear to part with it?"

He Jun was even happier and gave Qi Ye a push, "You scoundrel, hurry up and get started."

After saying that, He Jun muttered to Qi Ye in a low voice, "It looks good and tastes good too."

The acquisition of the two roe deer greatly boosted morale, and Qi Ye was also happy, but only slightly. He had come here with a selfish motive. He knew that Shen Fenghua was weak and could not tolerate strong tonics. Even if he wanted to get some highly nourishing things, he was afraid that Shen Fenghua could not handle them now.

Therefore, they could only travel to the countryside to try to get some red dates, goji berries and other things to take back, as well as wild ginseng from the mountains. If the ginseng is young, it can be said to be quite common in the deep mountains.

He had thought everything through before setting off.

Since discovering she was pregnant, Shen Fenghua has been resting at home. This has made things even better. Apart from going out to buy groceries and pick up the children, the old lady rarely goes out. Even when she does go out, she stays at the alley entrance and never goes far.

Qi Ye had been gone for six days, and should have returned by now. Shen Fenghua was getting anxious waiting at home.

"Grandma, why hasn't Qi Ye come back yet?"

"Sigh, whether he comes back or not, it's normal if he comes a day earlier or later," Grandma was also very worried, but she couldn't show it, otherwise, Shen Fenghua would completely panic.

Therefore, Grandma remained calm and said, "I trust my grandson-in-law, so why don't you trust him too?"

Shen Fenghua frowned. "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that I can't help but feel worried."

“The battlefield is much more dangerous than the forest. You can’t even stand him acting with others now. If he goes to the battlefield by himself in the future, you’ll go crazy.”

Shen Fenghua: "..."

She looked at her grandmother, embarrassed, and said, "It's not that exaggerated."

"Isn't that an exaggeration?" Grandma looked at Shen Fenghua, both amused and exasperated. "Don't you know? You've been pacing around the yard since early this morning. To be honest, even the donkeys in our production brigade aren't as capable as you."

Shen Fenghua: "..."

She was almost speechless at her grandmother's analogy. "Grandma~" she said coquettishly, "How can you talk about your own dear granddaughter like that? Really!"

"Okay, okay, Grandma won't say anymore, but could we please stop spinning? My eyes are getting dizzy."

"Okay, okay, I won't share it anymore."

She has been eating and sleeping well these past few days. Although Qi Ye is not at home, her grandmother is with her, and she sleeps soundly with a healthy glow on her face.

The grandfather and grandson were chatting happily, one after the other, creating a lively scene.

As luck would have it, the door was banged on at that very moment.

Without hesitation, Shen Fenghua stood up and opened the door with a smile. During this time, Li Yanran had practically made this place her second home, coming over every now and then.

Therefore, Shen Fenghua got used to opening the door.

But this time she was careless. When she opened the door, she saw Shen's mother and Shen Jianguo.

Shen Fenghua: "..."

She stared blankly at the two people outside the door, hesitated for a moment, and then slammed the door shut without hesitation.

The mother and son outside the door: "..."

Well, I knew Shen Fenghua didn't like the Shen family, but I didn't expect her dislike to have reached this point.

The door nearly slammed into her face. As the footsteps inside faded into the distance, Chen's mother grew anxious and began banging on the door.

"Feng Hua, open the door, open the door..."

Grandma was in the yard, and judging from Shen Fenghua's state, she could guess who it was. The only people who could be so annoying and make her granddaughter lose all face were Li Xiu'e and her good daughter.

She said with a hint of helplessness, "She's here again?"

Shen Fenghua nodded, somewhat annoyed. "Yeah, here we go again. I'm so annoyed."