She slept for almost an hour.

It was the voices coming from outside the door that woke her up.

Xia Anyan looked out the window and saw Zhang Junan talking to his sister-in-law next door.

She tidied herself up quickly, went outside, and greeted the people across the street.

"Hello, sister-in-law, I am Xia Anyan, Gu Shen's wife."

Upon hearing Xia Anyan's introduction, the woman's eyes immediately lit up: "Oh my, you're Commander Gu's wife! My husband told me before that Commander Gu got married, but I didn't believe it at first. I didn't expect it to be true."

"Comrade Xia, you are so beautiful. You are the most beautiful one in our entire residential compound."

Xia Anyan felt a little embarrassed by the compliment. She forced a slightly stiff smile and said, "Sister-in-law, you're going too far. I'm not that pretty. Besides, I think every sister-in-law is pretty."

"Everyone says that working women are the most glorious, and which sister-in-law isn't the most glorious military wife? Glorious military wives are the most beautiful, and I've always thought so."

Xia Anyan is so good at talking, of course she made that sister-in-law happy.

It walked straight out of its own yard, carrying two potatoes in its hand.

"Young lady, you came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare any gift for you. Here, take these two potatoes and add them to your dinner tonight."

"I'll prepare it for you later."

Actually, when they arrived in the afternoon, this woman was already peeking around in her own yard, but she didn't come over to help. It was only when Zhang Jun'an finished cooking and tidying up the yard that she started to chat with him.

She had always known who lived here and had heard about Xia Anyan. In fact, no one in their entire family compound had a good impression of Xia Anyan; they even thought she was a menace.

How can a capitalist's daughter be a military wife like them? I don't know what Commander Gu was thinking.

But after meeting Xia Anyan, she changed her mind. Not for any other reason than that Xia Anyan was indeed too beautiful, and she was also good at talking and doing things.

If such a person could live a good life, they wouldn't necessarily be unable to accept him.

Through the introduction, Xia Anyan also learned her identity; she was the wife of another deputy regimental commander, named Sun Xiuzhi.

Sun Xiuzhi said that the family compound where they live now has five or six rows in total, and each row is inhabited by different people. In their row, most of the people living there are regimental commanders or political commissars, or staff officers.

The row in front of them was occupied by division commanders, brigade commanders, and the like, while the rows behind them were occupied by battalion commanders and the like.

There are more than a dozen households in their row, while there are only seven households in the row in front of them, and the courtyards are also different sizes.

On the other side, there is a family dormitory, which is a kind of tenement building. There are also cadre compounds or some comrades who meet the regulations and can bring their families to accompany them.

Sun Xiuzhi talked to Xia Anyan for a long time, and even at the end, she still felt that there was not enough time to talk and wanted to keep chatting with Xia Anyan.

If the old man hadn't come out to call her for dinner, she probably could have continued chatting.

"Oh dear, look at me, I just kept talking and ended up neglecting such an important thing." Sun Xiuzhi slapped her thigh, feeling a little embarrassed.

In this day and age, life isn't very good for anyone. When it's mealtime, people will consciously go home to eat and won't stay at other people's houses.

But she came right at mealtime. If someone were petty, they would think she was deliberately trying to stay at someone's house for a free meal.

"Little sister, you guys keep eating, I'll head back now." Sun Xiuzhi ran out.

Xia Anyan wanted to invite her to stay for dinner, but she couldn't stop her.

Sun Xiuzhi really has a fiery and impulsive personality.

They came like a gust of wind, and they left just as quickly.

However, people like this are actually easier to get along with; at least, she wears her heart on her sleeve.

Unlike some cunning people who keep things to themselves and wait for an opportunity to bite back.

Xia Anyan dislikes people like that.

She actually quite likes people like Sun Xiuzhi.

"Grandpa, what do you think of that person just now?" Xia Anyan took the initiative to strike up a conversation with the old man.

Because she knew that the old man had been staring at Sun Xiuzhi the whole time.

Grandpa Xia thought for a moment and said, "That woman seems simple. I can't see anything wrong with her. If she continues to have this kind of personality, it would be good to keep in touch."

Zhang Junan nodded in agreement: "That's right. Little Gu is quite good at picking people, knowing to choose someone easy to get along with. I just don't know if the other one is just as easy to get along with. Otherwise, our Ayan might have to suffer in the future."

Xia Anyan smiled and didn't take it to heart.

She is no longer the Xia Anyan she used to be, and she is no longer afraid of anyone causing trouble.

At worst, if someone offends her, she can just retaliate.

Gu Shen once said that she could do anything she wanted, and he would always be there for her.

Since that's the case, she'll definitely give it a try.

"Alright, let's eat quickly, it'll get cold soon. Ayan, you love this pork belly the most, it won't taste good when it's cold, so eat quickly." Zhang Junan tapped the table with his hand, indicating that they should eat first and then chat.

Xia Anyan looked at the plate of pork belly on the table, and for the first time, she didn't reach for it; instead, she felt nauseous.

She covered her mouth, quickly got up, and ran towards the door.

The sounds of retching continued, and both Grandpa Xia and Zhang Jun'an were very worried.

"Ayan, are you alright?"

When Zhang Junan saw Xia Anyan looking like this, he quickly stepped forward and gently patted her back, his face full of worry and fear.

Grandpa Xia did the same; he put down his chopsticks and came over to check.

Xia Anyan didn't vomit anything; instead, her face turned pale.

"Jun'an, go ask Comrade Sun if there's a health center around here. Let's take Yanyan there first."

Xia Anyan quickly waved her hand: "No need, Grandpa."

The old man's face immediately darkened: "You're already like this, and you still won't go to the clinic? Are you planning to suffer in silence?"

Seeing Xia Anyan's current condition, Zhang Jun'an frowned even more deeply.

He seemed to have thought of something and looked at the old man: "Dad, don't you think that Ayan looks like...?"

The old man was extremely anxious and glared at him, saying, "What do you mean? Hurry up and tell me, you're driving me crazy with worry."

"If you don't tell me, I'm going to hit you!"

Zhang Junan glanced at the old man, somewhat helplessly, and said, "It looks like she's pregnant."