On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Ruan Qiqi was awakened by the sound of firecrackers, but she didn't want to get up, so she stayed in bed. Since she became pregnant, she rarely cooked and basically ate in the cafeteria.

The military canteen is open all year round and offers a wide variety of food. It is clean, nutritious, and tastes great. It saves a lot of time and effort than cooking for yourself.

"What do you want for lunch?"

Lu Ye came back wearing an apron with an empty bucket in his hand. He had just gone downstairs to dry the sheets. Qiqi loved cleanliness and changed the sheets once every half a month. There was plenty of sunlight downstairs and there were several rows of clotheslines, making it very convenient to dry the sheets.

"I'm not hungry, eat it yourself."

Ruan Qiqi just ate an apple and didn't feel hungry.

"I'll bring the food back and heat it up. You can eat it when you're hungry. Is that ok?"

Lu Ye discussed it in a gentle tone.

"Okay, one meat and one vegetable will do."

Ruan Qiqi agreed.

"I'm going to check now to see if there's any stir-fried pork. If I go too late I won't be able to grab it."

Lu Ye wiped his hands on his apron, picked up the rice bowl and ran out. Ruan Qiqi counted silently in her heart: "Three, two...one!"

A floral apron flew in and hung on the wall with precision.

She raised the corner of her mouth and crawled into bed to continue staying in bed. This kind of happy life where she could sleep until she woke up naturally and have three meals delivered to her mouth, what would it matter if she lived for another five hundred years!

"Happy New Year, sis!"

Lu Ye's voice was heard in the corridor. After a while, he ran back, took out a small packet of firecrackers from the drawer, lit them and threw them in the corridor to welcome Ruan Shuangjiang's arrival.

This is the custom of Ruanjiawan. When guests come to visit in the first month of the lunar year, setting off firecrackers to welcome them is the highest etiquette.

"Happy New Year, brother-in-law, where's Qiqi?"

Ruan Shuangjiang greeted with a smile, holding a basket full of local specialties she brought from the countryside.

"I'm in the house!"

Ruan Qiqi was getting ready to get up.

Lu Ye welcomed Ruan Shuangjiang into the house, made tea, served her melon seeds and candies, and said, "Sister, please eat at home. I will go to the cafeteria to get some food."

"No need, I came here to eat. I'll be leaving after sitting for a while. You and Qiqi can eat these."

Ruan Shuangjiang took out the things in the basket one by one, including bacon, sausage, cured fish, pig blood cake, glutinous rice cake, etc., and piled them on the table into a small mountain.

"Eat some more after you've eaten."

Ruan Qiqi got out of bed, put on her clothes, and cleared the things on the table. Lu Ye took a basket, brought a few more bowls, and went to the cafeteria.

"What are you doing here again?"

As soon as he walked out of the door, Lu Ye ran into Xia Tao. He blurted out "What?" with his eyes full of disdain as always.

"Greetings to Qiqi. It has nothing to do with you."

Xia Tao rolled her eyes and brushed past him, but she saw the firecracker debris at the door and the lingering smell of gunpowder in the air, and her desire to win suddenly emerged.

“Why not set off firecrackers?”

Xia Tao questioned.

She hated being treated differently the most. Why did other guests set off firecrackers while hers was deserted?

“No time!”

Lu Yeyan snorted and walked away briskly.

"Six ounces of rice, three meat dishes and one vegetable dish!"

Xia Tao chased after him and shouted that the food in the compound’s canteen was really good and better than that in some restaurants.

Lu Ye ignored him. He didn't want to cook for this crazy woman.

"If you don't beat me, I'll come every day!"

Xia Tao's sinister threatening voice came from upstairs. Lu Ye raised his head, glared at her fiercely, gritted his teeth and walked away.

Then, the sound of firecrackers crackled from the third floor. Xia Tao went into the house to get the firecrackers herself, and picked the biggest ones. After the firecrackers were all set off, she went back in and shouted, "Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

Ruan Qiqi was already accustomed to her crazy operations and cooperated very well.

Although Ruan Shuangjiang was not used to Xia Tao's madness, she still smiled politely.

Facing her, Xia Tao's eyes flashed with anger. It turned out to be the crazy woman who burned her with fire last night. It was really easy for her to get what she wanted. She would teach this woman a lesson soon.

"She is my eldest sister."

"Sister, she is my classmate Xia Tao."

Ruan Qiqi introduced them.

"Happy New Year, Comrade Xia."

Ruan Shuangjiang greeted her warmly, and her eyes changed. Before, she was looking at a crazy woman, but now she was looking at a worker-peasant-soldier college student. There was a qualitative difference.

"Happy New Year, big sister."

Xia Tao's tone was a little regretful that she couldn't take revenge.

Ruan Qiqi noticed that she spoke with a nasal tone, so she asked, "How come you caught a cold after the New Year?"

Xia Tao glanced at Ruan Shuangjiang angrily, then took out a handkerchief, blew her nose, and said, "I washed my hair with cold water last night and caught a cold."

There was no place to get hot water in the middle of the night, so she could only wash her hair with cold water. When she woke up today, her nose was blocked.

"Why don't you use hot water to wash?" Ruan Shuangjiang asked with concern.

“It’s all gone.”

Xia Tao made up a random excuse, actually she was just too lazy to fight.

"Comrade Xia, don't think I'm nagging you. It's okay to wash your hair a day late. How can you wash your hair with cold water in the middle of winter? It's not good for your body to be cold. You don't feel it now because you're young, but you'll regret it when you get married and have children."

Ruan Shuangjiang kept persuading her that Xia Tao did not take good care of her body.

"I won't get married or have children."

Xia Tao explained very seriously. She didn't feel annoyed. On the contrary, she liked Ruan Shuangjiang's nagging because her adoptive mother in her memory also nagged like that and she hadn't heard it for many years.

"You are still young now, so naturally you think it's better to be alone. When you meet a man you like, you will definitely think it's good to get married." Ruan Shuangjiang said with a smile.

"I don't like men."

Xia Tao's tone was full of disgust, especially towards the bastard who had thrown urine on her last night.

Ruan Shuangjiang was stunned for a moment. She felt that Xia Tao was serious, as if she was not joking. She thought a lot of things at once and guessed that Xia Tao might have been hurt by a man and couldn't get over it for a while.

She was tactful enough to stop persuading him and started talking about her hometown and the captain's request.

Ruan Qiqi found Ruan Phuc Lai from the original body's memory. He was much more upright than his father and the only one in the family who had helped the original body's sisters. But unfortunately, when Ruan Phuc Lai came back, the three sisters of the original body had already met with accidents.

However, Nguyen Phuc Lai paid for Nguyen Xiaoxue's funeral, and he also severely condemned his father, but his role was too small to stop the greed of his clan members.

But the original body was still very grateful to Nguyen Phu Lai.

"I'll ask Lu Ye to check. If Ruan Fulai's performance is indeed good, he will definitely have a chance to be promoted."

Ruan Qiqi didn't say anything definite.

Ruan Shuangjiang was also very smart. She didn't mention the matter again. She asked her about her health with concern. When she learned that everything was fine, she felt relieved and said, "I have prepared the baby's clothes, blanket, and diapers. You don't have to worry about it."

"You don't have to prepare too much. My sister-in-law in the building helped me prepare some."

Ruan Qiqi was talking about the sisters-in-law in the building. Because she arranged jobs for them, these people prepared gifts for their children, so her children no longer had to buy clothes from infants to three years old.

"It's okay if you have less of the other things, but you must prepare more diapers. Don't worry about it. I know what I'm doing."

Ruan Shuangjiang took the responsibility of this matter and talked a lot about raising children. Ruan Qiqi and Xia Tao both fell asleep while listening to her. It was too hypnotic.

"I'm back!"

Lu Ye came back with a cold face and a basket full of vegetables.

Stir-fried pork, braised pork, fried duck, braised pork with pork belly, etc. are all main dishes, and there is also a big bowl of rice.

The food was placed on the fire table. It was very comfortable to eat while warming yourself by the fire. Ruan Shuangjiang ate a little and then left as she had to go to work in the afternoon.

"Since we got the order, Director Lin has been talking all the time. When he saw me, he praised me as Zhuge Liang and said he wanted to treat me to a meal."

Ruan Shuangjiang teased Director Lin while putting on her coat.

"He's really impatient. When he goes to the Canton Fair, he'll be so happy that his teeth will fall out!" Ruan Qiqi said sarcastically.

"Haha, he's been asking for it. I'm leaving now. Take your time eating and don't come out!"

Ruan Shuangjiang put on her coat and was about to get the empty basket, but found that the basket was full again, with meat, eggs, malted milk and milk powder, all good things.

"Keep it for yourselves, I have a salary now and I can't spend it all!"

Ruan Shuangjiang wanted to take it out, but Ruan Qiqi stopped her and said, "Lu Ye and I got a raise, and we have more money than we can spend. These are for Nian Nian and Pan Pan. We are sisters, so there is no need to be so polite."

Ruan Shuangjiang was stunned for a moment, her eyes slightly red. She understood what Ruan Qiqi meant.

"Hey...I won't be polite with you."

She smiled, picked up the basket and walked away. After she walked out the door, her tears flowed down and she quickly wiped them away. Life was getting better and better now. She couldn't be pretentious and would never cry again.

Ruan Qiqi had actually noticed the changes in Ruan Shuangjiang a long time ago, and she had no intention of hiding it. After all, she was so different from her original self. Ruan Shuangjiang had raised her original self personally, and she was both her sister and mother, so she could not hide it.

But since she used her original body, she would definitely take care of her original sisters. Moreover, Ruan Shuangjiang and Ruan Xiaoxue were both nice and sensible, so she was willing to help.

Not long after, Xia Tao also left. She rode her bike while sniffing, following Ruan Shuangjiang.

She thought Bai Fengshou was Ruan Shuangjiang's man. She couldn't teach Ruan Shuangjiang a lesson, but she couldn't let Bai Fengshou go. However, her head was a little dizzy and her cold had worsened.

“A-choo!”

Xia Tao sneezed three times in a row. When she finished, Ruan Shuangjiang had disappeared on her horse. She pedaled a few times to chase him, but the gate of a courtyard on the side of the road opened and a person came out. She was about to bump into him.

In a hurry, Xia Tao dodged to the side, but she was dizzy and her reaction was much slower. She fell to the ground gorgeously, with the bicycle still on her.

Xia Tao gasped in pain. It must have been so painful to fall down. It was all because of that man last night!

"sorry!"

Bai Fengshou felt embarrassed and reached out to hold the bicycle.

"Don't touch me!"

Xia Tao's whole body suddenly turned cold, and her eyes became more murderous. Bai Fengshou was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "I'm holding the bicycle!"

He straightened the bicycle and Xia Tao also climbed up. The two looked at each other. The murderous intent in Xia Tao's eyes became stronger and sparks flew in the air.

It’s this bastard again!

Every time I see this bastard, nothing good happens. Last night he threw urine on her and made her catch a cold, and today he made her fall. All the bad luck that has happened to her in the past five years combined is not as much as in the past two days.

Damn it, she and this bastard are mortal enemies!

[Sorry for the late update. I went out for dinner today and came back late. I will make up for it during the day. Good night]