Chapter 123 Howling Ghosts
In the courtyard
While cooking millet porridge, Lu Huailin sang "My Motherland" at the top of his lungs: "A great river flows wide... This is my beautiful motherland."
Gu Yihan sat on the wooden sofa in the living room, her head throbbing as she listened.
If it were sung well, I could consider it prenatal education, but Lu Huailin's singing was like a ghost howling.
If I'm carrying a girl, won't she be born tone-deaf?
Gu Yihan originally thought that Lu Huailin would only sing it once and that would be the end of it, so she could tolerate it.
Who knew? This thing was playing it on repeat, I just couldn't stand it anymore.
Gu Yihan stood up and walked to the kitchen, shouting at Lu Huailin, "Husband, stop singing! You're corrupting the children!"
Lu Huailin was stirring millet porridge with a spoon when he heard Gu Yihan's shout. He let go of the spoon, and it fell into the pot.
He frowned, glancing at Gu Yihan, whose belly wasn't showing yet, and instructed, "My child should listen to this more often, so that he can join the army and serve his country when he grows up."
Gu Yihan: "..."
Is it because they can't communicate?
Having no other option, Gu Yihan changed her approach: "Now that I'm pregnant, I especially enjoy quiet environments."
"My head starts to hurt whenever you sing."
“How about this, after the baby is born and she can hear your voice, you can sing to her every day.”
Lu Huailin ladled the millet porridge into a bowl, feeling comforted after hearing Gu Yihan's words.
In a great mood, he called out, "Alright, you go back inside first, the millet porridge will be ready in a bit."
Wang's family
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, with cotton stuffed in his ears, stood in the courtyard and listened carefully for a while, but there was no sound.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Commander Lu has finally stopped singing. His singing is truly something that not just anyone can appreciate."
Hearing her son's words, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang's mother said irritably, "How can I not be happy that someone's wife is pregnant?"
"What's wrong with singing a few songs? If you're so capable, you can get your wife pregnant too, and I can sing every day."
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang's face darkened: "Mother, the doctor said that Lan Cao and I are both fine. It's just that our destiny hasn't come."
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang's mother felt she had lost face after being rebuked by her own son.
She glared at him, then went straight back to her room and sulked.
Lancao had just finished washing clothes and returned to the living room, where she plopped down on a stool.
Her stomach rumbled; she was so hungry. She didn't know why, but these days she always felt hungry so quickly.
Lancao asked Wang, the deputy battalion commander, weakly, "Honey, is there any food left at home? I'm hungry."
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang hadn't even had a chance to speak.
Then, a crackling sound came from the bedroom.
Immediately, the cries of Deputy Battalion Commander Wang's mother rang out: "God, are you trying to wipe out our Wang family line?"
"That's a reincarnated starving ghost. He's never laid an egg, yet he's always thinking about eating good food."
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang kicked over the stool. He kept urging them to have children, it's not like he didn't want to.
He grabbed Lancao and stormed out of the house, angrily saying, "There's never a moment of peace in this house."
Turning to Lan Cao, he said, "Let's go, we won't eat at home today, let's make Mother cry her heart out."
On the other side
After finishing her meal, Gu Yihan lay on a rocking chair in the yard, basking in the sun.
Lu Huailin had planned to stay home with his wife today, but it turned out she was pregnant.
He was going to the city to buy everything his family needed in the near future.
"Honey, you stay home. I'm going to the city to buy you some nourishing food and use up all the receipts we have at home."
Gu Yihan was feeling sleepy in the sun, and she mumbled, "Okay."
Lu Huailin pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard.
A moment later, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
"Thump, thump, thump."
After being woken up, Gu Yihan stood up in confusion, wondering who had come.
Upon opening the door, she was surprised to see Yu Shanyue. Gu Yihan had a good impression of her and stepped aside, saying, "Come in quickly."
Yu Shanyue smiled and said to Gu Yihan, "I don't know anyone in Kuncheng, so I can only come and bother you when you're resting."
Gu Yihan waved her hand: "I won't bother you. I just like it when you come to chat with me."
Gu Yihan led Yu Shanyue into the living room, had her sit on the sofa, and poured her a cup of tea, placing it in front of her.
"How did you get into the family quarters?" Gu Yihan asked, puzzled.
Yu Shanyue took a sip of tea: "I met Lu Huailin at the entrance of the family quarters. He told the soldier at the entrance and let me in."
Gu Yihan looked at Yu Shanyue's face; she was truly a beauty. She herself enjoyed looking at beautiful women; they were pleasing to the eye.
Yu Shanyue was already used to such gazes.
She glanced at Gu Yihan and chuckled, "I came here today to share my joy with you."
Gu Yihan's eyes lit up: "What joy?"
Yu Shanyue began to tell Gu Yihan about how she beat up Shen Yujie.
Gu Yihan truly admired her; she had actually managed to subdue Shen Yujie.
Yu Shanyue scoffed, "In the end, with his face swollen from the beating I gave him, he still wanted to take Qiao Shuhui home. Do you think I could agree to that?"
Gu Yihan stared at Yu Shanyue with shining eyes and asked anxiously, "How did you do that?"
Yu Shanyue straightened his back and cleared his throat.
She began to recount the story vividly: "I grabbed Shen Yujie by the collar."
"Slap him and ask him, 'Are you coming home with me or not?'"
"I thought he could hold out, but I only slapped him twice and he obediently came home with me."
Seeing Yu Shanyue's regretful expression, Gu Yihan burst out laughing.
It was only then that Gu Yihan realized that Yu Shanyue was indeed quite tall.
Not much shorter than Sister Shen Yu, he grabbed her collar and slapped her across the face, thoroughly enjoying himself.
The two chatted and laughed, and time passed quickly until Yu Shanshan Yue said goodbye.
Gu Yihan was quite reluctant to see her go and told her that she could come often in the future.
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