Outside, Xu Yuting's voice rang out: "Wang Yuanliang, is the food ready? I'm hungry."

She hasn't had a very good appetite these past two days and hasn't eaten much. Only today did her appetite seem a little better.

Wang Yuanliang quickly responded, "Okay, okay, it will be done soon."

The dishes were served. Today they had all been cooked with seafood. Wang Yuanliang felt quite embarrassed and explained that he had originally wanted to cook some meat, but Xu Yuting couldn't stand the smell of meat now, so he could only prepare an all-seafood feast.

Lin Tao said, "It's okay, seafood is delicious too, Cheng Xi and I are not picky. Yuting, you are two people now, eat more."

Wang Yuanliang: "That's right, you should eat more, but don't let my son go hungry."

Xu Yuting glared at him: "You know it's a son before it's even born? What if it's a daughter? Wouldn't you like it?"

Wang Yuanliang quickly begged for mercy: "My daughter likes it too. As long as it's our child, I like it regardless of whether it's a boy or a girl."

Lin Tao found it funny to see the couple bickering, and couldn't help but glance at Li Chengxi beside her. She saw that he was also looking at her, but why did she feel that his eyes looked a little strange?

"A Tao, in fact, this matter is still in your fault. If you hadn't persuaded me, I might have..." Xu Yuting didn't finish her words and smiled, "I won't say anything else. I want to toast you a glass."

But before he started drinking, Wang Yuanliang snatched the cup away from him: "You can't drink now."

Xu Yuting was stunned for a moment before she realized that she couldn't drink alcohol now that she was pregnant: "Then I'll use water instead of wine. Thank you, Ah Tao and Captain Li."

The four of them had a pleasant meal together and then sat in the yard chatting for a while before Lin Tao and Li Chengxi went back.

By the evening, Lin Tao finally understood why she felt that Li Chengxi's eyes were strange before.

It seemed like he couldn't get enough today. He took advantage of her several times in a row, tormenting her so much that her legs felt sore.

Afterwards, Li Chengxi cleaned her up, hugged her and asked, "A Tao, when are we going to have a baby?"

Lin Tao: “…”

It seems that he is torturing himself like this because of this incident?

Lin Tao blushed and let Li Chengxi hold her in his arms. She had just finished a hearty sex, and her voice was still a little naive, with a soft tone.

"It's not my decision on this matter..."

Li Chengxi also understands this truth

, but he couldn't help it when he saw Wang Yuanliang's boastful look during the day. He kissed Lin Tao's forehead and said, "Then I will work hard."

Lin Tao was about to ask, "How can you work so hard since you didn't give birth to the child?" But then she changed her mind and realized what Li Chengxi meant by "work hard."

Fortunately, Li Chengxi is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to control himself.

He was afraid that she was tired, so he didn't do anything else after saying this. He just held her in his arms, and they both fell asleep together.

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However, Li Chengxi was strong and didn't feel anything. After doing it non-stop for several nights, Lin Tao felt that she couldn't bear it anymore.

It happened that Teacher Yao had asked for leave today, so the math class was changed to a Chinese class. It was the first time that Lin Tao had three classes in a row, and after standing for so long, she felt a little uncomfortable in her waist.

When she returned to the office, Lin Tao rubbed her waist when no one was around.

Xu Yuting, who had just finished class, saw him and asked, "Does your waist hurt? Have you been standing for too long? I have some plaster. I'll bring it to you tomorrow to apply it."

Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Tao said, "Forget about the plaster. Just talk to your Captain Wang and ask him to stop showing off his child in front of Li Chengxi."

Xu Yuting understood it immediately, and looked at Lin Tao with an ambiguous look, teasing: "Captain Li tormented you tonight, didn't he?"

She said that every time she saw Lin Tao these days, she felt that something was different about her. It turned out that she was much more moisturized, and her eyes were like water when she looked at people.

"Okay, I'll deal with him when I get back." Xu Yuting said.

In fact, Lin Tao regretted it as soon as she finished saying it. After all, it was a private matter between her and Li Chengxi, and she felt embarrassed to tell others about it.

Seeing that Xu Yuting was really going to tell Wang Yuanliang, he pulled her aside and told her not to talk about that.

Xu Yuting waved her hands: "How could I not know this? We can just talk about it between the two of us, but I won't tell anyone else."

The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed and the National Day is coming.

The principal convened a meeting of all teachers in the school and proposed that the troops hold a National Day party, and specially gave the school a chance to perform a program.

The organization had wanted to hold a party on the Party Founding Day, but at that time they received news that there was movement on the opposite coast, so the entire military region was on standby, ready to face the war at any time, and a good Party Founding Day ended like this.

This time

This opportunity is rare, and the principal said that everyone must rehearse the program well and strive to impress the leaders at the party.

Principal: "Xiao Zhang, you are a music teacher, do you have any ideas?"

Teacher Zhang was entrusted with an important task, but he was not happy at all. Instead, he was so nervous that he could not speak.

In fact, her identity as a music teacher was not formal. She grew up on an island and had never learned singing or dancing properly. At that time, the school was seriously short of staff and could not find a music teacher, so she was asked to take over.

When she was teaching students to sing, she would occasionally sing a line or two out of tune. Now when the principal asked her about it, she simply couldn't explain why.

The only music teacher in the school was hesitant and didn't know what to prepare, which made him feel like he was failing before he could accomplish anything.

The principal was helpless and asked everyone to speak up and offer suggestions.

Jin Pingping took this opportunity to speak first and said, "Principal, this is what I think. In fact, performances at the party don't necessarily have to be singing and dancing. Poetry recitation is also good. It just so happens that I have participated in a poetry recitation competition before..."

The National Day Gala would surely be lively, with leaders from the entire military region watching from the audience. If she had this opportunity, she would be able to shine.

In fact, Jin Pingping also has her own little plans. She is already 20 years old this year, but she still hasn't found a partner. She doesn't like the ones introduced to her by others, and the ones she likes don't like her. Although she doesn't say it on the surface, she is very anxious in her heart. She is afraid that if she continues to delay like this, she will get older and it will be even more difficult to find a partner.

If I had this opportunity, maybe I could get to know a military officer.

"Well, Teacher Jin, this idea is good. Does anyone else have any ideas?" The principal nodded and glanced at the other teachers.

However, the only things that could be performed, apart from singing and dancing, seemed to be poetry recitation. Jin Pingping criticized poetry recitation again, and the other teachers couldn't think of any new tricks, so they kept silent.

The principal took the initiative to mention: "Teacher Lin, I heard from Director Yang that the children of Xiangcheng are good at singing and dancing. Why don't you prepare a program? Then compare it with Teacher Jin to see which program is better, and use that one. By preparing for both, you won't be in a rush when the time comes."

Just like that, with the principal's suggestion and Xu Yuting's strong support, Lin Tao was forced to agree to organize a choir.

But for the National Day Gala

Lin Tao really had no confidence in acting this role.

Because although she loved singing and dancing, she could only hum a few lines at home before, or when she was a child, she would sing while sitting on the back of the cow when no one was around while she was out herding cattle.

As for teaching students to sing and organizing a choir, she didn't know if she could do it well.

Xu Yuting was very supportive and encouraged her: "A Tao, I believe you can do it. You have a nice voice when you speak. I heard you sing a line or two last time, and I still think it's beautiful. It's not inferior to those people in the records at home. Really. You have to have more confidence and defeat Jin Pingping."

In the last incident, the relationship between Xu Yuting and Jin Pingping was even more tense.

Lin Tao didn't know what to say after being praised by Xu Yuting. She could only smile and said that it was still uncertain whether it would succeed.

She was quite helpless: "I hope I don't get knocked down by then."

Xu Yuting curled her lips: "How is that possible? Don't underestimate yourself."

As soon as they arrived at the office, they heard Jin Pingping talking about her "glorious deeds" with Teacher Yao and others: "I participated in a poetry recitation competition in the city a few years ago and won a prize. The judges all praised my recitation. Hey, Teacher Yao, what poem do you want to hear? How about I recite it to you?"

Teacher Yao was a little embarrassed: "Teacher Jin, although I really want to hear you recite poetry, I have to go to class soon. How about next time?"

She was really in a hurry to go to class. Not long after she finished speaking, the bell rang and Teacher Yao hurried out of the office.

Xu Yuting glanced at Lin Taochun and couldn't help but smile.

Jin Pingping sat back at her desk awkwardly, but that did not stop her from reciting. She picked up the book and began to recite as if no one was around.

Xu Yuting: “…”

Lin Tao: “…”

When she was going home from school, Xu Yuting couldn't help but talk about the previous incident, her eyes full of teasing: "A Tao, Jin Pingping almost made me laugh to death today. She didn't really think she was good at reciting, did she? The way she was immersed in it was so funny."

Lin Tao pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay Yuting, stop talking about her."

"Okay, I won't say anything about her. Just keep up the good work. I thought she was very good at recitation, but now I know her level. You can definitely beat her." Xu Yuting said.

The two came to a fork in the road, said a few words and then parted ways.

In fact, Lin Tao felt that Jin Pingping

The recitation was pretty good, though the pronunciation was not very clear at times. However, it was still expressive and expressive.

Maybe Xu Yuting had seen more of the world and heard better poetry recitations, so she felt that Jin Pingping's was not up to standard.

Lin Tao stopped thinking about these things. She went back home and made some lunch for herself. Li Chengxi had been busy recently and would not come back to have lunch with her these past two days.

Lin Tao was eating alone, so she just made some random dishes.

After eating, she took a nap. After arriving on the island, she had become accustomed to taking a nap every day. The sleep time was not long, about an hour, but after waking up, she was indeed more energetic than when she did not rest.

After waking up from a nap, Lin Tao started to busy herself with other things.

The chopped peppers that she brought from Xiangcheng were almost gone, but luckily the peppers in the yard had grown well. Lin Tao took advantage of her free time today to pick all the peppers, leaving only a few green peppers, which she could fry next time she cooked.

She washed the peppers one by one and then took them out to dry.

But the sun is out now, but luckily there is wind, and the water on the peppers is blown dry by the wind.

After chopping the peppers, I started preparing dinner.

Perhaps because she was entrusted with an important task today, Lin Tao couldn't help humming while she was working. She was humming a Xiangcheng folk song, mixed with a few simple Miao words that her aunt had taught her when she was young.

When Li Chengxi came back, Lin Tao was making the last dish - chopped pepper fish head.

This morning when Li Chengxi went to the food factory, Lin Tao asked him to buy some fish, saying that she was going to make a fish head with chopped pepper tonight. As a result, Li Chengxi bought a fish weighing several kilograms. After the fish head was cut open, it was as big as the largest bowl in the house.

Such a big fish is definitely too big to be eaten in one meal at home.

Lin Tao only kept the fish head to roast for dinner tonight, and chopped up the rest, marinated it with salt, and made it into salted fish after a while.

After removing the fishy smell from the fish head, Lin Tao first fried it lightly in oil. The most important thing in making chopped pepper fish head is actually the chopped pepper sauce. Add chopped green onions, fermented black bean sauce, and some onions to the chopped pepper, and put it in the pot with the fish head and stew it for a while. The chopped pepper fish head made in this way is delicious and the fish meat is tender.

Li Chengxi walked to the kitchen door, listened to Lin Tao humming a song, and laughed: "What

So happy? "

Lin Tao took the fish out of the pot, nodded and said, "Isn't it National Day in a while? The organization is going to hold a National Day party, and the principal said that our school must prepare a program, so he asked me and another teacher to prepare a program each, and then we can choose one to report when the time comes."

Li Chengxi took the bowl from Lin Tao's hand. This was the biggest bowl in their house. The fish head filled the entire bowl. There was bright red chili on top, which looked spicy.

Li Chengxi: “This is a good thing.”

Lin Tao nodded and said with some distress: "I just don't know if I can do it. I could only hum a few lines before, and I never formally taught others."

"You sing well, you have to have confidence." Li Chengxi encouraged Lin Tao.

Lin Tao felt a little more at ease after receiving Li Chengxi's encouragement. After dinner, the two of them did not go out for a walk to digest their food, because Lin Tao wanted to sing a song for Li Chengxi first, which could be regarded as a preparation for tomorrow's rehearsal.

After all, she is a teacher. Even if she is unsure, it is only in private. She cannot show her fear in front of her classmates.

The students in their class have never participated in any choir. If she loses confidence, there is no need to organize their choir. It will end before it even starts.

So Lin Tao wanted to try singing it once in front of Li Chengxi, just as a rehearsal.

Their yard is the same as Xu Yuting's, with a stone table. However, Xu Yuting's yard has clematis planted next to the stone table, while Lin Tao had sown some grape seeds nearby a while ago.

But now that the seeds have just sprouted, we will probably have to wait until the grape trellis wraps around the beams above the stone table.

Lin Tao usually knows a lot of songs, but for a moment she couldn't decide which one to sing. Her fair little face wrinkled, and her expression was a little confused.

Li Chengxi saw this and gave her some advice: "Actually, the song you sang while cooking just now was quite nice. Why not sing that song?"

When he arrived, Lin Tao was just singing the Miao language part. Although he could not understand it, he found it extremely beautiful.

The mysterious Miao language was sung by Lin Tao in her sweet voice. Li Chengxi couldn't help but recall the scene when he and Lin Tao were in Taohua Village a few months ago.

Lin Tao seemed to remember something, shook her head and said, "I know what song to sing."

"What?" Li Chengqi asked, and then he heard

Lin Tao started to sing.

"There are mountains upon mountains, green mountains, and the peaks are full of dragon spirit. The water is winding and clear, and it flows back and forth in a thousand turns. It's hot, hot, hot, singing and drinking on the hanging building, sweet and sweet, and the dream in the small basket is intoxicating. There is good water in the mountains, and the waterfalls are heroic. There is good water in the mountains, and the sweet springs brew infatuation...①"

Lin Tao's voice is usually crisp and soft, with a hint of tenderness. But when she sings this song, it's different.

Especially when she sang "Waterfall Flying and Magnificent", her voice became more high-pitched. It was as if I had really been to the mysterious Miao village in Xiangcheng, looking at the unique hanging buildings in the Miao village, and the Miao children carrying baskets on their backs, laughing and drinking...

After the song was finished, Lin Tao slowed down and looked at Li Chengxi with confusion and expectation in her eyes.

Li Chengxi was engrossed in listening to it and was about to compliment it when he heard Chen Shuifen's sigh.

"Oh my god, Teacher Lin, you sing so beautifully! Are you singing the songs from Xiangcheng? The one about the hanging building and the small basket... It's so beautiful, really so beautiful, Teacher Lin, I'm not exaggerating, your singing is even better than the one on the radio! If you were in the art troupe, I wouldn't go to see any performances without you!"

It turned out that Chen Shuifen was collecting clothes in the yard when she heard the singing coming from next door. She brought a ladder over, placed it on the wall, climbed up, and listened to the entire song, still intoxicated.

She didn't understand anything else. After listening to this song, she had only one feeling: Teacher Lin's singing was so beautiful!

Lin Tao was still waiting for Li Chengxi's comments, but she was unexpectedly beaten to the punch by Chen Shuifen who suddenly appeared. Lin Tao blushed at Chen Shuifen's compliments, exchanged glances with Li Chengxi, and couldn't help laughing.

Li Chengxi said to Chen Shuifen, "Sister-in-law, you may actually be able to see Ah Tao's performance at this National Day Gala."

Chen Shuifen became interested: "National Day Gala? Teacher Lin is going to perform too? That's great, I must go and watch it!"

Lin Tao tugged at Li Chengxi's sleeve. She was a little disapproving of the fact that Li Chengxi had made such a promise to Chen Shuifen before the result of the match between her and Jin Pingping was known.

"Okay, Teacher Lin, Captain Li, you guys continue singing. I have to go in and wash the dishes and give the two kids a bath." Chen Shuifen said as she got down from the ladder and put it away.

Chen Shuifen

As soon as they left, Lin Tao pouted and ‘taught’ Li Chengxi: “It’s not certain whether it will be Teacher Jin’s recitation group or my choir that will go. If you tell Sister Chen this, wouldn’t it be embarrassing if I don’t go?”