Regardless of what kind of person Zhou Qingcao is, it is certain that he is smart.

Sometimes there are conflicts between mother and daughter, let alone mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Fortunately, Zhou Qingcao knew clearly that he could only have a good life by relying on his sister-in-law's family. First of all, he must not offend Old Lady An and must serve her well.

Even towards Fourth Brother An, she was usually gentle and considerate and never treated him badly. If they had a few quarrels occasionally, that was just their own private interest behind closed doors and would not make everyone else unhappy.

Of course, Fourth Brother An was also good to her, otherwise she wouldn't be so satisfied.

A few days after the Chinese New Year, Fourth Brother An came out. In a blink of an eye, the couple hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year. If they said they didn't miss him, they were definitely pretending, but they were also embarrassed to appear too anxious.

After a while, Zhou Qingcao asked, "Little sister, where do your fourth and third brothers live? Are they close to you?"

She knew that Fourth Brother An didn't live here, and she also knew that they were living in An Hongdou's house now.

An Hongdou smiled and teased her, "Third and fourth brothers went out to load goods a few days ago and haven't come back yet. Don't worry, fourth brother will definitely come back quickly when he knows you and mom are here together."

"Why am I in such a hurry? I'm not in such a hurry." Zhou Qingcao blushed and said worriedly, "I made the decision to bring Changyuan here on the spur of the moment. Your fourth brother doesn't know about it yet. I don't know if he will blame me for acting on my own initiative."

"Of course not. Fourth brother wishes his wife and children were around him. He is so happy that there is no reason to blame him." An Hongdou knew that her words were empty talk, but she still went along with what she said.

In the relationship between the two of them, Zhou Qingcao is obviously in a dominant position. It would be strange if Fourth Brother dared to blame her.

An Hongdou believed without hesitation that if she had not agreed to let Fourth Brother An come over, Fourth Brother would still be farming at home like his older brothers.

"Since Fourth Brother is not here, you can bring Changyuan to live here for the next two days. It will be lively if we all live together. You can move over when Fourth Brother comes back." An Hongdou said.

Zhou Qingcao nodded in agreement.

Her man was not around and she had just arrived in a strange place, so she didn't dare to live alone.

At night, Old Lady An slept in a room with An Changyuan, while Zhou Qingcao lived with An Changyue.

An Hongdou asked Chen Xiangzhi, "I didn't hear that Fourth Sister-in-law was coming over at first. Is she coming here for something?"

They were together for most of the day, and she didn't find a chance to greet the old woman alone.

"How would I know? It's not easy for me to ask about such things." If Shen Xiangzhi asked, people would think he didn't welcome people.

After saying that, he picked up An Hongdou and put her on the bed, and he touched and listened to her belly, looking like a fool. "I've been away for a few days, have you been good, girl? Have you eaten better? And have you eaten the bird's nest at home?"

"I've eaten it. Didn't you order me to do that? Changyue was supervising me. He stewed a pot of it every other day and watched me eat it." An Hongdou said unhappily.

"Just eat it. Bird's nest is nourishing and good for you and your child." Shen Xiangzhi was very satisfied.

"I think you are doing this for the sake of your daughter. If you want to be nice to me, why didn't you let me take good care of my body before you got pregnant?" An Hongdou said deliberately.

"You little heartless boy, when have I ever been mean to you?" Chen Xiangzhi explained, "I didn't do that before because I know that the dishes you make are more nutritious, and these are not made by me, but by the child's grandfather. Haven't you had a poor appetite recently? If I don't let Changyue supervise you, and you don't eat, can your body bear it?"

"Anyway, you are right and I can't argue with you." An Hongdou said.

Shen Xiangzhi also coaxed her, “Then I won’t say anything, let you say it all by yourself, okay?”

When both of them were lying on the bed, he asked her again, "I wasn't home these few days, did you miss me?"

"I don't want to. It's useless to think about it anyway." An Hongdou said proudly, "It's all your fault. You must not have taken good protective measures recently. Otherwise, how could you get pregnant after not having had sex for several years?"

Although she said she blamed him, she actually knew that he would not secretly play dirty tricks to get her pregnant since she hadn't agreed.

There must have been a few times...

An Hongdou didn't know either. The person who had told her not to drink alcohol before actually wanted her to drink a little recently.

I refused to let her drink too much, so after just one or two sips, she started to get drunk.

What else can I say? She is more charming and well-behaved when she is drunk.

He was happy and it didn't do any harm to her, and An Hongdou was happy to satisfy him. After all, it was just the same things, just that they played a little more aggressively after drinking a little.

An Hongdou had no memory of what happened after drinking. She only knew that every time she woke up, her muscles ached all over and even her voice became hoarse, which showed how badly he bullied her.

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault. Anyway, you have the final say, whatever you say is what it is." What else can Shen Xiangzhi do but coax her.

Who knows he is a man? He has natural advantages. He can only enjoy the sweetness but cannot share the bitterness of raising offspring. He can only give in to her more and love her more in other things.

The pregnancy was unstable in the first three months, so they didn't dare to do anything too extreme. They could only kiss and touch each other to relieve their longing.

"By the way, did you suggest to your elder and second brothers that they raise pigs?" Shen Xiangzhi remembered that when he was in the countryside, his two elder brothers-in-law asked him about this, and then he knew about it.

"Yes." An Hongdou nodded. "I heard from Professor Wang that the Agricultural Bureau imported a batch of large white pigs from abroad. They grow much faster than our local pigs after eating feed. My eldest brother wanted me to help him come up with a way to make money, so I thought of this."

"You really are good at thinking. Do you have the ability to get a breeding pig?" Shen Xiangzhi looked at her lovingly and reached out to touch her not-so-high nose.

"I don't have any, but Professor Wang does. I'll give him some goodies and ask him to help me find some connections. It shouldn't be a big problem."

"Fool." Shen Xiangzhi said, "Then you try it. If it doesn't work, come to me again. Professor Shen doesn't need you to give me gifts. Just say more nice words to coax me."

He also has connections, and he's thinking of giving a gift to the old man. Wouldn't it be more convenient and quicker to go through him?

Shen Xiangzhi was just evaluated for the rank in the first half of the year. At his age, he is already a young and promising man to have achieved what he has now.

An Hongdou glared at him and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you had a way? I mentioned it to the professor a few days ago. It's not good to not mention it out of the blue."

"You didn't ask me in advance, so how would I know?" Seeing her unreasonable look, Shen Xiangzhi only dared to mutter in a low voice.

An Hongdou had classes the next day, so she got up early. Old Lady An and Zhou Qingcao were busy in the kitchen, so she hurried over and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you sleep a little longer? I'll take care of this. You should take Changyuan to rest."