Zheng Yang helped his wife out of the hospital, and Jiang Ruyu wanted to buy some fruit to eat at home.

It was already April, and the two of them walked to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative. They also had a large farm in the suburbs of Beijing, and this was the season for eating loquats and cherries.

Jiang Ruyu thought they looked interesting, so she bought two jin of each.

Loquats cost eight cents a pound, while cherries are more expensive, costing twelve cents.

Seeing that there was beef again, Zheng Yang picked out a pound of leg meat and bought it. Thinking that there weren't many eggs at home, Jiang Ruyu took the egg coupons and bought twenty eggs.

They bought some newly harvested loofah, lettuce, and bok choy, and then went home.

Back home, the old lady sat at the front door, basking in the sun and listening to people chat, also waiting for her granddaughter to return.

Jiang Ruyu and her granddaughter returned. When Grandma Jiang saw her granddaughter nod, she knew it was confirmed. She stood up with her cane, and Zheng Yang ran over to help her up, then bent down to pick up the small stool.

"You two keep chatting. The old lady has gone home. She's getting old, and her back started hurting after sitting for a while."

"Go back, Grandma. Look how considerate and caring your grandson-in-law is."

"That's right, our Yangzi is just like my own grandson."

As they entered the courtyard, people outside were still talking: "I heard that this old lady eats all the food the Zheng family provides."

"That's right, we don't have anything like that here. Jiang Jianguo lives in this courtyard, why don't we eat at his house?"

"It's no wonder. The old lady raised Ruyu and her two siblings, but didn't help the eldest son's family much. Now that she's old, she has to rely on the second son's family."

"But they can't go with their married granddaughter, can they? Would the Zheng family really agree to that?"

"What's the big deal? Do you think Yangzi is unhappy? Ruyu is capable; she can control Yangzi. Zheng Dali is an honest man. Doesn't Ruyu call the shots at home?"

"You're all talking nonsense. You don't know, do you? Ruyu got promoted a few days ago and is now a warehouse team leader. Her job benefits have increased. How much can an old lady eat by herself?"

Originally, the old lady didn't want to eat at the Zheng family's house, thinking it was inappropriate and impolite. Jiang Jianguo also said he would take his mother to his own home for a meal. It was Yangzi who invited her so many times before she finally went. They're very nice people; there's nothing like what you're saying." Li Xiufen couldn't help but say a few words after hearing their inappropriate talk.

"Wow, Ruyu is a team leader now, she's really made something of herself."

"That's right. Look at the three siblings. Jiang Lin has been promoted, and although Jiang Hui went to the countryside, he's become a teacher. Ru Yu and Yang Zi are both successful. It'll be easy to bring them back to the city in the future, won't it?"

"Sigh, that person is really successful. Even though their parents passed away early, it didn't stop them from making progress."

As soon as the old lady entered the room, she asked, "How is it? What did the doctor say?"

"Grandma, don't worry, you're pregnant, two months along, everything's fine." Jiang Ruyu helped her grandmother sit down.

Grandma Jiang smiled and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Good, good news, I'm going to hold my great-grandson."

When Zheng Dali and Zheng Xiaoyue came home from get off work and learned that Jiang Ruyu was two months pregnant, they were overjoyed. Zheng Dali immediately took out the red envelope he had prepared the night before.

"Here, Ruyu, this is from Dad. Take it. Buy whatever you want to eat. Our family is not short of money. Just focus on taking good care of your health."

Jiang Ruyu also wrote letters to her two younger brothers, telling them that she was about to become an uncle.

Jiang Lin left for four or five months without any news. At first, Jiang Ruyu was really worried for a while, but then she remembered that she had put the tracking chip in him. After checking, she found out that the child had gone abroad.

The system didn't provide a location name, so she looked at the world map posted in the main room for a long time and only knew that he was no longer in the country, which meant he had gone out on a mission.

Looking at the bright green dots on the map, which meant things were going well, she had nothing to worry about.

Jiang Ruyu's life is much more comfortable now. She no longer has to stand behind the counter at work, and she doesn't have to do heavy work in the warehouse. She only needs to handle the handover when the goods arrive, and then check and put them into the warehouse, which is very easy.

Back home, Zheng Yang cooks when he's home, and when he's not, his sister-in-law Xiao Yue cooks, and she's not even allowed to help with lighting the fire or washing the vegetables.

Zheng Xiaoyue wanted to wash her sister-in-law's clothes, but Jiang Ruyu refused no matter what.

“Xiaoyue, we’re sisters-in-law, but we grew up together. You know who I am, and I know you. You don’t need to be so diligent. I won’t pick on you. This is your home, so don’t be afraid.”

These words brought tears to Zheng Xiaoyue's eyes. She was indeed afraid that her sister-in-law would find her sister-in-law an eyesore as soon as she entered the family, which was why she wanted to take on everything herself.

“We grew up in similar circumstances, so I understand you. Let’s just treat each other like sisters. Your brother also cares about you.”

Everyone had noticed Xiaoyue's changes. Jiang Ruyu didn't say anything, and Zheng Dali and Zheng Yang didn't know how to respond either.

"Sister-in-law, I understand. I was being petty. I won't do it again."

"You..."

The two sisters-in-law chatted intimately for a long time, and then Xiaoyue gradually relaxed and acted as before, no longer rushing to do everything. When her brother was at home, she even dared to ask him to do chores.

When Jiang Ruyu was four months pregnant, she felt fetal movement, but she didn't feel it herself. On that same day, Jiang Ruyu signed in as usual.

System notification: "New life detected in the host's body. A newborn gift pack will be issued."

When Jiang Ruyu opened it, she found that besides clothes, everything else was milk powder, baby bottles, and commonly used infant medicines—it was all there, with everything imaginable.

For the first time, Jiang Ruyu sincerely thanked the system, even though the system did not respond.

Pregnancy is a very difficult thing, and Jiang Ruyu had a severe reaction, vomiting everything she ate, and it wasn't until she was more than four months pregnant that she felt a little better.

When Jiang Ruyu was five months pregnant, she went to her maternal grandfather's house with Zheng Yang. Her second cousin told the family about her pregnancy. Every month, whether Hu Xi or Hu Bei went back, they would bring Jiang Ruyu twenty or thirty eggs, or mushrooms and wild vegetables picked from the mountains, or pheasants and rabbits hunted.

Grandpa missed her, but he was getting old and his legs were getting worse.

Jiang Ruyu prepared medicated plasters for her grandfather, tobacco leaves bought by Zheng Yang (her grandfather prefers to smoke cigarettes), steamed egg custard that he can eat even with bad teeth, and a pot of malted milk powder.

They took the bus to the intersection. Zheng Yang carried the things he was carrying, and the two of them walked slowly, resting every now and then, afraid that Jiang Ruyu would get tired. The half-hour journey took almost an hour to complete.

The village was harvesting rice at the moment, and Jiang Ruyu didn't want to trouble anyone, so she went to her maternal grandfather's house through a less crowded area. Her grandfather was over seventy years old and had difficulty walking. Her eldest uncle had long since stopped him from doing any work. Right now, he was sitting under the hawthorn tree at the door talking to an older man in the village.

"Boss, someone's coming over there. Who's that? Are your eyesight failing?" The old man who was sitting with Hu Jun, bragging, pointed at Jiang Ruyu and her husband who had come from the south.

Hu Jun turned his head to look, but his eyesight was failing and he couldn't see people clearly.

Jiang Ruyu approached him and then recognized him: "Oh, isn't this my eldest granddaughter?"