"Really?!" Lu Huai reacted with ecstasy. Before he got married, he didn't care whether he had children or not, but now that he married Shen Shuyi, he hoped to have a child of their own.

Because he loves the person and the people in him, he particularly hopes that this is true.

But he felt it was unreal...

"Of course, you still don't believe in my medical skills?" Shen Shuyi squeezed his hand, "But we can still go to the town hospital tomorrow."

Of course Lu Huai believed it. He was so nervous that his Adam's apple rolled. He hugged Shen Shuyi tightly, but he didn't dare to hug her too tightly. He also suppressed the urge to pick her up and spin her around a few times.

He gently placed his hand on Shen Shuyi's flat and smooth belly. Thinking of his recklessness in the past few nights, he was worried and scared again. "Yiyi, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

“No, I just want to eat something sour.” Shen Shuyi smiled at his nervous look.

Lu Huai took his hand back, gently held her in his arms, and put his face against her head. "Don't worry about the housework in the future, and don't go to the fields to earn work points during the spring ploughing. I'll support this family."

"I didn't do any work to begin with, and now that I have a child, you don't let me do anything. That's unacceptable." Shen Shuyi laughed, "You can't just rest after you get pregnant. I heard that walking and exercising more will help you have a baby."

Lu Huai didn't understand this. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, thinking about going to the hospital the next day to ask the doctor how to take good care of his pregnant wife.

The next day, Shen Shuyi and Lu Huai went to the town early in the morning to check on their health.

Lu Huai paced back and forth nervously outside the door, but his eyes were always fixed on the door until the doctor called him in.

"Your girlfriend has been pregnant for a full month. As a woman of good health, you should take good care of her, but you should also pay attention to nutritional supplements."

In this era of tight food and clothing, we must take good care of pregnant women.

Lu Huai asked many more questions about what to pay attention to, and then pulled Shen Shuyi out of the hospital.

Seeing that it was not the way home, Shen Shuyi asked, "Where are we going?"

"Go buy a chicken and make soup at home." Lu Huai was still worried, but his face was full of smiles.

When they got home, they first told grandma the good news. Grandma was so happy that tears welled up in her eyes and she held Shen Shuyi's hand for a long time without saying a word.

After leaving the yard, Yingzi ran over and stood in front of Shen Shuyi, with a look of surprise on her face, "Sister-in-law, you have a baby?"

"So am I going to be an aunt?"

Shen Shuyi touched her head, “That’s right, Yingzi is going to be an aunt.”

"That's great! When the baby is born, I will take him to the mountains to pick wild vegetables!" Yingzi smiled innocently.

Shen Shuyi burst out laughing, "Come here and I'll teach you to read. When the baby grows up, you can teach the baby to read, okay?"

"Okay!" Yingzi went back to the room and took out her calligraphy practice notebook, and added, "Thank you, sister-in-law. My brother said that it was very hard for sister-in-law to be pregnant. Please write a few words for me and I will copy them myself."

She glanced towards the kitchen and saw the man making chicken soup in front of the stove.

Since she is not allowed to do any work, she might as well take care of Yingzi to study and look at the college entrance examination books at the same time. In two years, she will be able to prepare for the exam with ease.

After being excited for the whole day, Lu Huai returned to bed after taking a shower at night and hugged Shen Shuyi in his arms. Only then did he feel his heart settled.

Suddenly he became worried again: "Yiyi, I heard that giving birth to a child is like going through the gates of hell, why don't we just not have one..."

"Pa!" Shen Shuyi slapped his hard arm with his palm, "What nonsense are you talking about? Be careful that the baby will be unhappy if he hears it!"

"I was wrong." Lu Huai held her hand, "Does it hurt? Do you feel like vomiting or something?"

"I dried a lot of plums in the winter. Eat some if you feel unwell."

Shen Shuyi's mouth watered at the thought of something sour, "Fortunately, my appetite is pretty good."

"I'll go to town tomorrow to buy some chickens. I can eat their eggs and stew them. The doctor said I need to supplement my nutrition, and also..."

Shen Shuyi didn't feel annoyed listening to his chattering, it was rare to hear him say so many words at once.

But she still added, "Don't blindly supplement. The baby will be too big to give birth."

"Yiyi, I will listen to you. You know more than me, but you must tell me if you need anything." Lu Huai held her hand tightly. "Spring plowing will start soon. I may be busy and cannot be at home all the time."

Shen Shuyi put her finger on his lips, "Brother Huai, don't worry, I will be fine, and the baby will be fine too."

Lu Huai kissed her forehead, "Yeah."

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The news of Shen Shuyi's pregnancy quickly spread in the village. Some people saw that the Lu family was getting better and better, and now Shen Zhiqing was pregnant, so they were jealous.

In the past, those who couldn't stand Lu Huai's success could only laugh at him for marrying a beautiful female educated youth but not being able to sow seeds, and thinking he was not a man.

Now they already have children, this is just a slap in the face.

The gossipy woman who was washing clothes by the river was slapping the clothes and gossiping in a very loud voice.

"I never thought that Shen Zhiqing, who is so delicate and can't do work, is actually a lucky wife. Not only are the Lu family's lives getting better and better, but Lu Huai has also had offspring."

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have despised her for being a delicate educated youth who couldn't carry anything on her shoulders or lift anything with her hands. How is my daughter not better than Lu Huai's?" Now other people have children, but her grown son is still single.

Others laughed in their hearts, thinking that the lazy son of that family might not be looked down upon by the educated youth. Although Lu Huai came from a poor family, he was a good worker.

"Wasn't Lu Huai injured by the rock blast? The child in Shen Shuyi's belly may not be his." Cheng Wanqin, who was pregnant and was driven to the river by her mother-in-law to wash clothes, muttered in a voice that was neither loud nor soft, but just loud enough for others to hear.

Others agreed in their hearts that this was the case.

But Lu Huai is such a vicious guy, even if Shen Zhiqing has the courage of heaven, he wouldn't dare to cheat on him, right?

It's okay to just listen to Cheng Wanqin's words. Everyone in this village knows that she was beaten by Shen Zhiqing for spreading rumors and causing trouble. What's more, she herself cheated on Liu Dayong and thought everyone was like her.

These gossipy women, when they are bullied at home, like to bully those who are weaker than them when they see them outside.

Now seeing Cheng Wanqin struggling to wash clothes with her big belly, she started shouting at the top of her voice.

"Cheng Zhiqing, your mother-in-law asked you to wash clothes again?"

"You are already pregnant, don't let the baby get lost. Look at Shen Zhiqing, she is enjoying herself at home right after she got pregnant. I heard that Lu Huai washes all her clothes."

"Why doesn't your Dayong help you persuade your mother-in-law?"

These words made Cheng Wanqin's face turn pale and blue, and she felt a slight stomachache.

Liu Dayong became a different person after getting married. No matter how good he was to her before, he was now as bad as she was. Not only did he beat and scold her at every turn, he also humiliated her.

They both married a village man, so why did Shen Shuyi live better than her!

Thinking of this, Cheng Wanqin's hatred for Shen Shuyi increased a little more.

Wang Chuzhe, who was still working in the Red Star Brigade, also learned that Shen Shuyi was pregnant. He froze and felt angry and helpless after realizing it belatedly.

In the past, Shen Shuyi had always chased after him, but he had ignored her. Now that she was married and pregnant with someone else's child, he realized that everything was irreversible.

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