In fact, he wanted it too. How could he not want it? He had been holding it in for months. Sleeping in the same bed with Lin Tao, he could touch Lin Tao's soft body as soon as he turned over, and his nose was filled with Lin Tao's unique fragrance.

Every minute and every second is torture.

Many nights, Li Chengxi felt like his body was about to explode. But when he thought of the baby in Lin Tao's belly, he held it in or solved it himself.

No matter how much he thought about it, he had to consider the baby in Lin Tao's belly, so he was able to control himself.

When Lin Tao heard what Li Chengxi said, she paused while unbuttoning her clothes, and then she realized what Li Chengxi meant.

Did he misunderstand that I wanted to follow him... ?

Lin Tao blushed, glared at him, and said angrily, "What are you imagining? The child kicked me just now, and I wanted to see more clearly, so I unbuttoned my clothes. Captain Li, can you be more serious? Don't think about that."

After saying that, she looked at her belly.

When Li Chengxi heard Lin Tao say that the baby kicked her just now, he looked over curiously. He heard Wang Yuanliang say that his "son" had fetal movement when he was more than three months old, but his and A Tao's child was already four months old and still didn't move.

But the bulging belly was calm, without any movement at all.

Li Chengxi: “…”

Lin Tao: “…”

What a kid! He really doesn't give his mother face. He was kicking her when she was talking just now, but why did he stop moving when Li Chengxi looked over after she finished speaking?

Looking at Li Chengxi again, after waiting for a few minutes and seeing that there was still no movement in his stomach, he glanced at Lin Tao, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Lin Tao was both angry and amused. Did this man think that she wanted to do that with him and felt embarrassed after he told her, so he deliberately made up an excuse?

But it really looks like that...

Lin Tao was about to say something else when the lazy child finally kicked her again.

"Ouch..." The kick was quite powerful. Lin Tao was caught off guard and couldn't help but scream.

"Are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Li Chengxi asked nervously, glancing at Lin Tao's belly. There was a small bulge on her belly that was moving, and he didn't know whether it was the baby's foot or hand.

This was the first time that Li Chengqi saw fetal movement, so he was naturally very excited. Looking at the small bulge on his belly, he wanted to touch it but was afraid of breaking it, so he was very hesitant.

Seeing this, Lin Tao smiled and said, "What do you think? I told you that the child kicked me. Just reach out and touch it. It's okay."

After hearing Lin Tao's words, Li Chengxi reached out his hand and gently touched the small bulge.

With a light touch, the little fellow who had been acting so arrogantly in Lin Tao's belly calmed down.

The couple looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Afterwards, Li Chengxi stared at Lin Tao's belly for a long time, wanting to see if the baby would move again, but the baby was probably asleep and didn't move again.

But just that one moment was enough to excite Li Chengxi.

The shape of Lin Tao's belly is similar to Xu Yuting's, both are round and high. Chen Shuifen checked her belly a few days ago and said that she was definitely pregnant with a boy.

Lin Tao smiled after hearing this but did not comment.

But deep down, I didn't really believe what Chen Shuifen said. If one could tell whether the baby was a boy or a girl just by looking at it, there wouldn't be so many babies who were found out to be girls after they were born and were strangled to death.

This happened in Taohua Village before, when Lin Tao was only five or six years old.

There was a family in the village who particularly favored boys over girls. The daughter-in-law had already given birth to a daughter, and the second child was also a daughter. I heard that the child was strangled to death right after she was born.

At that time, this matter was widely spread in the village. Some people even said that strangling the daughters was a good idea. Having too many daughters was useless. They would belong to other families when they grew up. Instead of wasting food to raise them, it would be better to strangle them to death at the beginning.

At that time, Mrs. Lin was standing nearby. After hearing what the man said, she nodded and said yes.

Therefore, Lin Tao was very afraid of Grandma Lin when she was a child. Whenever Grandma Lin said that she should be strangled to death at the beginning, she would have nightmares at night.

However, Lin Tao believed that evil would be punished, because the family was unable to give birth to a son until later in life. Instead, they gave birth to three or four children in a row, all of them were daughters.

In addition, the team leader knew about the incident of strangling his daughter to death, so the commune sent people to find them and said that if they dared to do such a conscienceless thing again, they would be arrested and put in jail.

The girls who came later were all raised and survived. Their lives were not good, but at least they were alive. The youngest is now in her teens, and the older ones have been engaged. I heard that the man is not bad, his family is not rich, but he is kind.

When the eldest daughter, Lin Dani, got married, Lin Tao went to see her secretly.

As for why she had to do it secretly, it was because she was still considered a doomed person by the people of Taohua Village at the time. It was not suitable for her to join in such a bustle, as others would think that she would bring bad luck to other families.

But Lin Dani didn't think so. She even stuffed a candy into Lin Tao's hand.

Lin Tao always remembered the taste of that candy, it was very sweet and made her happy for several days after eating it.

There are too many people who favor boys over girls these days, and Lin Tao can't control them even if she wants to. The only thing she can guarantee is that she is definitely not that kind of person.

Whether it is a son or a daughter, they are her favorites and she loves them all.

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When the weekend comes, Xu Yuting, Chen Shuifen, Zhong Jing and others get together at Lin Tao's house.

Lin Tao fried a large bag of pumpkin seeds and took them out to eat together. The pumpkin seeds were fried until they were fragrant and crispy, and tasted better than the fried pumpkin seeds bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Look, Yuting, you're going to give birth in two months. I made two sets of new clothes for the baby. You can take them home, wash them, and then dry them in the sun when the sun is strong." Lin Tao said.

In fact, people in the countryside usually let their newborns wear old clothes that have been worn by other children. Firstly, children grow up quickly and new clothes will soon outgrow them, which is a waste, so this way they can save some money; secondly, new clothes are a bit hard when they are first worn and can easily rub against the delicate skin of children.

However, Lin Tao thought that Xu Yuting would not want other people's old clothes. She happened to have some cloth at home, so she took advantage of her free time to help make two sets for Xu Yuting.

It doesn't take much effort to make a piece of clothing that big, and not much fabric is used.

She made it with the cotton fabric she used to make her own lining. It is soft and breathable, and will not rub the child's skin when worn by a child.

Xu Yuting took the clothes and looked at them. There were two particularly small pieces. Although they were very ordinary styles, they looked very cute.

She quickly thanked Lin Tao: "A Tao, thank you so much."

"What is there to thank me for? When did you become so polite? Didn't you give me a bottle of oil two days ago?" Lin Tao smiled.

Two days ago, when Li Chengxi came back at night, he brought back a bottle of oil, saying that it was given by Wang Yuanliang. However, it was not cooking oil, but oil for rubbing the belly.

Xu Yuting laughed, "I was just being polite. Is being polite bad? How is it? Did you apply the olive oil? My aunt sent it to me. She said that if you apply it, you won't get stretch marks easily. Otherwise, it will be ugly if you get stretch marks all over your belly."

Lin Tao nodded: "I applied it. I found that after applying it, my skin became more moisturized than before. The effect is similar to vanishing cream."

Chen Shuifen listened to what Xu Yuting and Lin Tao said and was amazed.

Chen Shuifen: "Olive oil? Stretch marks? Do you need to apply oil on your belly when you are pregnant? Teacher Xu, who told you this? We have never heard of this before. Isn't it a waste to use oil to apply on the belly instead of cooking?"

Xu Yuting and Lin Tao couldn't help laughing after hearing what Chen Shuifen said. Even Zhong Jing, who was busy sewing shoe soles and hadn't said a word, laughed.

Xu Yuting said: "This is different from cooking oil. It is used to prevent stretch marks. Stretch marks are caused by the rapid expansion of the belly during pregnancy, which stretches the originally tight skin of the body. The skin is damaged and stretch marks are easy to grow. They are particularly ugly."

"Stretch marks?" Chen Shuifen repeated, lifting her clothes to take a look at her belly. "I don't have any, Teacher Zhong, is that true?"

After all, besides herself, Zhong Jing is the only person here who has given birth to a child.

Zhong Jing nodded: "Yes, I do have stretch marks. I didn't know about them when I was pregnant because I was busy teaching. It was only when I gave birth that the doctor told me about them."

As for why Chen Shuifen didn't have stretch marks, firstly, everyone's skin condition is different, and secondly, she didn't get enough nutrition during pregnancy and her belly was not big. Both of these situations might have prevented her from developing stretch marks.

Chen Shuifen was taught a lesson, and murmured, "Mom, giving birth to a child will cause that thing to grow, and you need to apply oil to it. This is the first time I've heard of it, it's really strange."

"Actually, if Yuting hadn't told me, I wouldn't know these things." Lin Tao said.

They talked about other things for a while, and Xu Yuting couldn't help yawning. In fact, in the second trimester, Xu Yuting was no longer as sleepy as when she was pregnant, just like Lin Tao. Moreover, she came after taking a nap at noon today. I don't know why, but now she is sleepy again.

Lin Tao sat closest to her and noticed that Xu Yuting's eyes were a little blue. She asked, "Yuting, you don't look well. Is it because your child has been making too much noise recently and you can't sleep well?"

I learned from Li Chengxi that the baby in Xu Yuting's belly was moving violently.

Unlike Lin Tao's baby, which was like a lazy little worm, it just moved once last night, which made her and Li Chengxi very happy.

After hearing what Lin Tao said, Xu Yuting looked a little sullen and complained, "It wasn't the kids who bothered me. I didn't sleep well because of Wang Yuanliang. He bothered me all night..."

When Lin Tao saw Xu Yuting's cheeks blush, she knew what she meant.

Somewhat shocked, he said, "But aren't you pregnant now? Captain Wang is still...?" Aren't you afraid of harming the child?

"I also thought it was impossible at first, but my aunt wrote to me and told me that it was okay, so I dared to do it." Xu Yuting's voice became lower and lower. Although those present were all good friends, she felt embarrassed to talk about this in broad daylight.

"A Tao, you don't know? I saw you always wrote to Aunt Fang, so I thought she had told you everything, and I didn't have the nerve to mention it to you."

Although Lin Tao wrote to Aunt Fang, they had never talked about these things in the letters, so she didn't know that it was possible to do that while pregnant.

Looking at Chen Shuifen and Zhong Jing again, they both looked at Lin Tao with a smile and also said yes.

Chen Shuifen: "I'm really impressed. Captain Li is really patient. If Teacher Lin didn't know about it, could he have kept it to himself for ten months?"

Zhong Jing smiled and said gently, "But it's best to do it in the second trimester, which is between four and six months, because the fetus is most stable at this time, so it's okay if you're careful. If the fetus is unstable in the early stages of pregnancy, it's easy to have a miscarriage, and in the late stages of pregnancy, there's a fear of premature birth, so it's best to control it."

Lin Tao thought of the noises coming from Li Chengxi's quilt in the middle of the night a few days ago, and her face turned red. How could he bear it? He had no choice. He was obviously tormented by the thought, but he was afraid that it would be bad for her and the child, so he just endured it.

However, Lin Tao could not possibly say these words, and the others did not continue the topic.

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In the evening, Li Chengxi came back and had dinner with Lin Tao.

After taking a walk in the yard to digest their food, the two returned to the bedroom. Li Chengxi put his hand on Lin Tao's belly and said, "See if the child is still moving today."

Lin Tao laughed for a moment: "If I move, I will tell you. I will feel uncomfortable if you put me on my stomach."

Li Chengxi quickly took his hand away. Lin Tao's belly was much bigger now than before she was pregnant. Li Chengxi felt sorry for her tiredness when he saw her.

In this regard, Lin Tao said that it was nothing now. Xu Yuting had been pregnant for more than four months earlier than her and had suffered more than her. Xu Yuting said that she had been feeling severe chest tightness when sleeping recently. After her belly became bigger, she could not sleep lying flat, and sleeping on her side was also uncomfortable.

Xu Yuting sighed and said: Having a child is both a happy and a painful thing.

However, Li Chengxi was destined to be disappointed today, because after being so powerful yesterday, the 'little lazy bug' started to be lazy again for a few days, and did not move at all until the lights were turned off.

Even though Li Chengxi read the article to his stomach for a long time, the "lazy bug" didn't give him any face.

Li Chengxi had no choice but to put down the book and sleep with Lin Tao in his arms.

In the darkness, Lin Tao thought of the words she had heard during the day, and the torment Li Chengxi had endured over the past few months. She leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Chengxi, do you want it?"

Li Chengxi: “?”

Li Chengxi turned his head to look at Lin Tao beside him. His eyesight was very good, and even though the lights were off, he could still vaguely see Lin Tao.

His eyes darkened a little, and his body couldn't help but react, but he still said with restraint: "A Tao, I'm afraid of hurting you and the child..."

The voice was hoarse and low, with a strong sense of lust.

Then Lin Tao said, "This afternoon, Sister Chen and her family came to our house. Sister Chen and Teacher Zhong both said that it's okay to do it in the second trimester... As long as you're careful, it'll be fine..."

In the second trimester, which is from four to six months, Lin Tao was exactly four months pregnant.

Li Chengxi confirmed with a hoarse voice: "Really?"

Lin Tao pursed her lips, a blush appeared on her face, and she disappeared into the dark night: "Yeah."

If it was just Chen Shuifen's words, Li Chengxi might have considered it, but since Zhong Jing said so, it must be true.

These four months of seeing each other but not being able to touch each other were really not a life for a human being. Li Chengxi endured every day relying on great self-control.

Now that he heard it was possible, he could no longer endure it, and his body also responded.

But when Lin Tao was not pregnant, she could do anything, she was not afraid of bumping into anything in the dark. Now that she is pregnant and her belly is getting bigger, it is better to be careful. Li Chengxi said to Lin Tao: "Wait."

After saying that, he got out of bed and went to light the kerosene lamp.

The originally dark bedroom was suddenly illuminated.

The kerosene lamp was dim, but at least it was bright enough for the two of them to see the person in front of them.

Under the dim yellow light, Lin Tao lay on the bed with a slightly red face. Li Chengxi came to her side and slowly unbuttoned her clothes.

Lin Tao saw tears rolling in Li Chengxi's throat. From her perspective, under the dim light, she thought Li Chengxi was extremely handsome.

In the past four months, she had actually been thinking about it, but she had to endure it for the sake of her child.

now……

Lin Tao half-raised herself and kissed Li Chengxi's lips, then his chin and Adam's apple...

Lin Tao's initiative made Li Chengxi's body feel like an electric bug. Even though nothing had started yet, he was already immersed in the pleasure.

Even though his body was excited, he didn't dare to do anything rash. Lin Tao was not in a convenient position right now, so he let Lin Tao sit on him and moved gently.

In this affair, the two were careful and reached the peak together.

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Lin Hui held two envelopes in her hands, each containing money.

One of the envelopes was addressed to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Shen, while the other was addressed to the Huang family, that is, Mrs. Huang, Shen Jiahao's grandmother.

Lin Hui could accept that Shen Guobin sent money to his mother, but when she thought that one of the money was to be sent to Old Mrs. Huang, and that old Mrs. Huang had caused such a scene on her wedding day, making her a laughing stock, Lin Hui couldn't swallow it.

She said that Shen Guobin's monthly allowance was around 70 or 80 yuan, but she only received 40 yuan.

She had always thought that Shen Guobin was afraid that she would spend all the money lavishly, so he kept half for himself. She never expected that the rest of the money would have to be sent back!

If Shen Guobin hadn't been too busy recently and had no time to send it, I'm afraid she wouldn't know that the Huang family is still sucking their blood!

Huang Shufen has been dead for more than two years. Why does the Huang family still take her money?

But my family has nothing at all!

When Lin Hui received the envelope, she counted and found that there was a full fifty yuan in the envelope addressed to the Huang family.

Lin Hui hardened her heart and only sent out the copy for the Shen family, and kept the copy for the Huang family.

After coming out of the post office, Shen Jiahao looked at the remaining envelope in Lin Hui's hand and reminded her, "Mom, you still have money to send. Are you not going to send it anymore?"

Lin Hui's eyes moved. After her hard work over the past year, Shen Jiayi and Shen Jiahao already treated her as their own mother. Instead of hiding it from them, she might as well tell them directly.

But she will naturally pay attention to the language.

Lin Hui looked at Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi and said, "Jiahao, Jiayi, didn't you always ask for White Rabbit candy and meat? If we send all the money away, we won't have money to buy candy and meat."

Shen Jiayi quickly said, "Then let's not send it. Let's use the money to sell White Rabbit candies!"

Shen Jiahao didn't say anything. Lin Hui looked at him and sighed, "Jiahao, Mom was going to take you to buy comic books after I sent you the money. You still haven't bought a few of the comic books you read last time. It's a pity that Dad only gives Mom that little money every month. It's not enough to buy you."

"Then, Mom, you keep the money." Shen Jiahao said.

Lin Hui smiled after hearing this, reached out and touched Shen Jiahao's head, and asked: "If your father asks you about this, what will you say?"

Without even thinking, Shen Jiayi replied, "Let's just say mom has already sent it!"

Shen Jiayi was already familiar with this kind of thing. When Shen Jiaping was little, her father would bring back malted milk when he went out to the island, saying it was for Shen Jiaping. However, her stepmother loved her and her brother, so she secretly gave the malted milk to her and her brother, and asked them not to tell their father.

When her father asked her why she drank the maltose so quickly, she said that it was because her younger brother was disobedient and refused to eat and always wanted to drink the maltose.

Dad would scold his brother, and she would laugh secretly beside him.

In fact, at first, she wanted to give her brother a drink when she saw him, who was only a few months old. But her stepmother said that if her mother had not given birth to her brother, she would not have died. It was her brother who killed her. She no longer felt sorry for her brother. What a bad brother!

"Mom, I want to buy some chocolate later. Last time, Ermao and the others ate the chocolate but didn't give it to me." Shen Jiahao said.

Lin Hui took his hand and said, "Okay, whatever you want, I'll buy you. You and Jiayi are my sweethearts. You must be nice to me when you become successful. I won't share Ermao with you. When I buy something for you, don't share with him. His father is not as high-ranking as your father. It's just chocolate, and you're showing off."

Shen Jiahao nodded: "Yes!"

Shen Jiayi followed up by saying, "Well, mom, I know. When I grow up and become a star, I will take you to TV and buy you new clothes and jewelry!"

Her mother always told her these words, and she remembered them all.

Lin Hui laughed after hearing this. He is really her good child.

This time she took her two children on a trip to the island with great difficulty. She originally thought that she didn't have much money left and couldn't buy anything. But now, she finally had some money.

I took the children to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought meat, White Rabbit milk candy, picture books, chocolate, maltose, and a new piece of clothing for myself.

She hasn't bought new clothes for a long time since she arrived on the island.

After spending all the fifty yuan, the three of them took the boat back. Along the way, Shen Jiayi was as sweet as honey, calling her "Mom" in a particularly affectionate manner.

Arriving home, Lin Hui took out the key and opened the door, and saw Shen Jiaping sitting on a small stool, looking down at the ground, no one knew what he was looking at.

When they left, Shen Jiaping was still sleeping. This child was relatively easy to worry about. After growing up, he no longer caused her trouble like when he was a child. Lin Hui disliked him less, but that didn't mean she liked him.

The child, who is just over two years old, doesn't look cute or likable at all.

"Jiahao, Jiayi, go wash your faces first. Mommy will make you some malted milk." Lin Hui instructed the two children with a smile and went to make two cups of malted milk.

Seeing Shen Jiaping looking over, he took out a steamed bun from the oil paper package and handed it to him, saying, "Jiaping, you are too young to drink malted milk. Your brothers and sisters are growing up, you won't snatch this from them, right? Come on, Jiaping, eat more steamed buns."

Shen Jiaping sat on a small stool, tilted his head and stared at Lin Hui with his big eyes for a while, then turned his head and continued to watch the ants move.

Lin Hui snorted and said, "No, don't ask for it."

Anyway, she doesn't rely on Shen Jiaping, all she needs is Shen Jiayi and Shen Jiahao.

The most important thing is that this child seems a little silly. Even if she deliberately bullies him sometimes, he never talks nonsense in front of Shen Guobin.

In the evening, Shen Guobin came back and asked Lin Hui while eating: "Have you sent all the money?"

Lin Hui's expression remained unchanged: "I have sent it. I have sent it all."

While eating the delicious meat, Shen Jiayi helped Lin Hui lie: "My brother and I accompanied mom to send money, and we saw mom sent it."

Shen Guobin said nothing and continued eating.

As for Lin Hui, although the balance in his heart gradually tilted because of Lin Tao's arrival, he had to admit that Lin Hui did her best for his children, even if they were his biological children.

There is gain and loss. Shen Guobin forced himself not to think about what would have happened if he had not married Lin Tao.