That duck was brought from her parents' home; it was essentially part of her dowry. The man ate it without hesitation.

They showed no remorse whatsoever, and the two argued all night.

Normally, Ye Zhaozhao would mediate disputes among residents in the family compound, but she didn't go this time.

The two argued all night.

On this day, the old professor of the research institute retired, after Ye Zhaozhao took over his position.

I got busy, and that busyness lasted for more than a month.

When she returned one day, Sun Xiuhua ran over to tell her that Zhu Cui had given birth, and that it was a son.

She's still in the hospital, and Sun Xiuhua is thinking of going to see her.

Ye Zhaozhao also wanted to go see it, and the two of them agreed to go together.

The next morning, the two of them brought their belongings to the hospital. Zhu Cui had been found the night before.

I gave birth as soon as I got to the hospital. Because it was my second child, it didn't take as long as my first.

Upon seeing Ye Zhaozhao and the others, Zhu Cui quickly asked them to watch the child, while Sun Xiuhua brought over the chicken soup she had prepared.

When offered the drink, Zhu Cui said there was no need to spend so much money.

Han Guifen stayed with them all night and only went home to cook this morning.

During Zhu Cui's pregnancy, she took care of her daughter.

Zhu Cui also planned to have her take care of her during her postpartum period, and she would pay for it together.

Sun Xiuhua said there was no need to be polite with her, and since there was something readily available, she should have some.

After drinking the chicken soup, Zhu Cui obediently drank it while Ye Zhaozhao and Sun Xiuhua watched over the child.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the ward, and a woman walked in, her face full of anger.

The nurse next to her kept explaining to her.

"Comrade, you gave birth to a daughter, it's not our fault as doctors."

The woman was not appeased by the nurse's words; instead, she roared.

"How can you say we don't blame you?"

Sun Xiuhua and Ye Zhaozhao learned after asking around that this woman had also given birth the night before.

However, she had a cesarean section, and the hospital's cesarean section technology is already very advanced.

After giving birth to a daughter via C-section, this woman not only didn't thank the doctor, but also insisted on telling him.

It's all the doctor's fault for cutting her horizontally; only a vertical cut could have delivered her son.

Her family had already made arrangements, and the doctor was so exasperated that he laughed and didn't bother to talk to her anymore.

The woman insisted on staying, which led to the scene that Ye Zhaozhao and the others witnessed.

Ye Zhaozhao and Sun Xiuhua exchanged a glance; this was yet another crazy woman who desperately wanted a son.

Zhu Cui heard it too. She thought to herself that it was good that she was going to be discharged from the hospital that afternoon, otherwise she would have been worried about her son if he stayed with this kind of person.

She had a natural birth, so she can be observed for a while, later on.

Liu Zhenzhu and Tang Yiwei also arrived, one carrying boiled eggs and the other bringing brown sugar.

When Han Guifen arrived, Zhu Cui had already finished eating and said she was late.

Zhu Cui's daughter explained that she was hungry as soon as she got home, and Aunt Han was late because she was there to feed her.

Zhu Cui didn't blame her; she was too grateful to even think about it. After seeing Zhu Cui, Ye Zhaozhao and Sun Xiuhua headed home.

It's the weekend, and Ye Zhaozhao is resting at home.

As Ye Zhaozhao passed by the post office, the postman called out to her.

Because Ye Zhaozhao and Gu Yunduan were very famous in the military region, the postman also knew them.

Upon seeing Gu Yunduan's letter, he asked Ye Zhaozhao to help take it back, which Ye Zhaozhao found strange.

Who would write a letter to Gu Yunduan? Upon closer inspection, the signature on the letter was a woman's name.

Ye Zhaozhao recognized this woman; she was one of the foreigners who had visited their military region before, named Alice.

She showed great interest in Gu Yunduan at the time, and I never expected her to actually write a letter.

Even though Ye Zhaozhao was still angry, she didn't open the letter.

She planned to let Gu Yunduan see for himself. Sun Xiuhua had to admire Ye Zhaozhao; she herself couldn't have tolerated it.

In fact, Ye Zhaozhao knew about Gu Yunduan.

But she just felt uneasy, and by the time Gu Yunduan came back that night, she didn't even have a chance to ask.

Because Gu Yunduan is going on a mission.

Faced with the emergency, Ye Zhaozhao still thought that the important matter was more important and that she would talk about it after she returned.

Gu Yunduan came back, took her things, and left.

The next day, Ye Zhaozhao learned that this mission was not limited to Gu Yunduan and his team from just one military region.

It was a joint operation involving several military regions.

Ye Zhaozhao had a bad feeling that several military regions were acting together; something must have happened.

But she couldn't ask, because she'd heard it was a secret mission.

Gu Yunduan went on a mission, so she had to take care of the child. Zhu Cui had already returned from the hospital.

Now that she's in her postpartum confinement period, Ye Zhaozhao goes to visit her from time to time.

Zhu Cui's son is growing up very well. After not seeing Sun Xiuhua for a few days, Ye Zhaozhao went to her house to check on her. Sun Xiuhua called her outside, looking helpless.

"People from Zhou Dawu's hometown have come again."

Sun Xiuhua was also in a difficult situation, and just at this time, Zhou Dawu went on a mission.

She could only let him stay at home; otherwise, it would be wrong of her if word got out.

"Is that your mother-in-law?"

“This time it’s my father-in-law.”

Then Sun Xiuhua said that her father-in-law had come on business.

The thing is, he wants to divorce his mother-in-law, so he came to his son, Zhou Dawu, to help him.

Ye Zhaozhao was stunned. People their age were already in their seventies or eighties.

Sun Xiuhua thought the same way: "What's the big deal that we have to get a divorce?"

So she made a phone call to her mother-in-law.

"And guess what happened?"

Her father-in-law is really something; he found someone in the village and now wants to divorce her mother-in-law.

Sun Xiuhua thought that no matter how bad her mother-in-law was, divorce was no small matter.

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