As the old saying goes, never be happy until the last moment.

Qiao Lu spent the first four months of her pregnancy uneventfully. Just when she thought that everything would go smoothly and steadily in the next few months, she unexpectedly started a crazy vomiting process.

The seven or eight pounds of weight he had gained with great difficulty was gone in one fell swoop, and he became so thin that Xu Haizhou no longer dared to say that he was an "expert in raising pigs."

Sometimes it is so serious that I vomit and cry at the same time.

"I will never have children again! Tsk——"

"Ouch - it hurts, ouch -"

"Husband! Tsk——

She kept vomiting, and the noise was so loud that it seemed as if she was going to vomit out all her internal organs. Xu Haizhou quickly handed his wife tissues and water and patted her on the back.

Qiao An was frightened and stood beside Qiao Lu at a loss, crying anxiously in her baby voice: "Mom... wuwu... I don't want a sister anymore, I want mommy, mommy, please don't vomit--"

Mom has lost weight! Mom looks so miserable!

Wuwu——How can Anan make mom feel better? Anan has no idea!

Qiao Lu mustered up all her strength and raised her hand, touching her son's tearful face with emotion: "Wu——An An, my baby...嘗——"

After vomiting, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, which made the child's father very embarrassed.

Look at the food in the trash can that I just vomited out... Forget it, I'll quickly go to the kitchen to research a new recipe for my wife.

"mother."

"Um?"

After crying, the mother and son wiped their tears from each other. Xu Haizhou cooked silently in the kitchen, always paying attention to the situation in the living room, not daring to slack off for a second.

The little boy sobbed, wiping his own tears and his mother's tears: "When An An was in your stomach, did you also vomit?"

That self-blaming tone, oh my, it's so heartbreaking to hear.

Qiao Lu held her son in her arms and comforted the sensitive little guy: "It's okay. He vomits occasionally. An An is very well behaved. It's easy for me to worry about him in my belly."

Qiao Lu didn't lie. When Qiao An was in her belly, it was indeed not that torturous, and morning sickness was only occasional.

The saddest thing is that it is not easy for the children to eat enough, which causes them to become thin and small, like monkeys.

What a pity, the little guy in my belly doesn’t seem to be a worry-free person, torturing his mother day and night!

Qiao An was so distressed that tears welled up in her eyes. She gently stroked her mother's belly with her little hands and spoke to the little guy inside, earnestly saying:

"Sister, be good. Mom is in pain, don't let her feel any pain. She is our mother, we must love her and take care of her..."

That’s why they say there are many things in the world that cannot be explained by science. Ever since Qiao An touched Qiao Lu’s belly and gently asked the little guy in her belly to stop bothering her mother, it actually stopped bothering her!

Even though it's only quiet at night and the daytime is still a hassle, it's better than endless torment.

Alas, what else can I do? I have to bear it.

The Spring Festival came late this year, and the Xu family arrived in Li'an two days before the Spring Festival.

When they arrived, Qiao Lu had already brought her parents to the city three days in advance to help Haizhou prepare New Year's goods and clean the house.

Niu Qiaoli was angry with her for this, saying that it was New Year's Day, why did the old man and old lady not spend it at their son's house but at their daughter's? Didn't they dislike them for being poor and living in a mud house in the countryside? As soon as someone called them, they left their sons and granddaughters and ran to the city."

As soon as they heard this, Mr. and Mrs. Qiao, who had been feeling a little guilty, suddenly felt as disgusted as if they had been fed a fly.

Later, after being comforted by Qiao Lu and her husband, she made up her mind to stay in Li'an to help the couple prepare for the Spring Festival.

"What's wrong with my son? What's wrong with my daughter? What do you mean by dislike? If I really disliked her, I would have moved to the city with my daughter a few years ago. Why wait until now? Lulu is pregnant, and my parents-in-law are far away and can't take care of her. If I don't feel sorry for my daughter, who else can I expect to feel sorry for her? If you have any opinions, just have them. I can't control it!"

Lu Xiuhua showed her toughness for once and directly blocked Niu Qiaoli, leaving her at a loss for words.

But Niu Qiaoli was never one to suffer a loss, so in a fit of anger she took her husband and daughter back to her parents' home.

"It's okay, it's okay! You go to your daughter's house, and I'll take Guobin back to my parents' house! It's not like the New Year has passed without you guys, so what?"

In fact, Mr. and Mrs. Lu Xiuhua originally planned to help their daughter's family prepare New Year's goods, take care of their daughter for a few days, and then return to their hometown on New Year's Eve.

Seeing Niu Qiaoli's rude and unreasonable attitude, there was no point in going back and just staying in the city to have fun.

My daughter and son-in-law have a booming business, especially during the Spring Festival.

I heard that they opened two stores and hired two workers, but they were still very busy every day. They even wanted to hire one or two more people, so they had no choice but to bring Qiao's father and mother to the city to at least get through the busiest period before leaving.

Lu Xiuhua looked at her daughter with a worried look on her face: "Can you find the person? Do you want me to look for him for you?"

Qiao Lu nodded hurriedly: "We can find it, we can find it. How can we not find it with so many people in the city? It's mainly because Haizhou has high requirements, so it took a while to find it."

She was quite afraid to ask Lu Xiuhua to help them find employees for the store, as all their contacts were in the countryside, and the employees they would find would definitely be from the countryside.

It’s not that I discriminate against rural people, but I’m mainly afraid of encountering a weirdo like Niu Qiaoli or a fool like Niu Erxiong, who would bring me trouble!

"Oh, so that's fine. Anyway, if you two need anything from us, just let us know." As he said this, he stroked his daughter's hand lovingly, as if sighing and helpless.

"Lulu...you've grown up. This is the second time we've had a baby, and mom hasn't really taken care of you..."

I only see him a few times throughout the year. Now I see him and his child is more than four months old. Time flies.

"After you got married, your mother hasn't helped you much, nor taken care of you. Don't think that she doesn't care about you." The atmosphere was a bit sad, and Lu Xiuhua's mood suddenly dropped.

"No, I never think too much. Besides, I know you are in the countryside helping your sister-in-law take care of the kids. I wouldn't look for you if I had nothing else to do. I just looked for you because I'm busy lately."

Besides, Lu Xiuhua stayed in the countryside during Qiao Yan's pregnancy and never came to the city to take care of her second sister.

If he only takes care of the second sister and not her, that would be worth "thinking about".

"It's okay. I know you love me. Don't think too much. I don't think too much either. We are all fine. Just live our lives well. It's nothing."

"Yes, it has to be good, as long as everyone is good, that's all, mom doesn't have any other requirements."

During the Spring Festival, Qiao's father and mother came early and lived in another small room. Later, Xu Haizhou's parents came, so they cleaned up Qiao Ann's children's room and let the old couple live in it.

Both Xu's father and mother are particular about people. They pay more attention to hygiene than Qiao Lu does. When Qiao Lu returned to the north last year, she noticed the cleanliness of the house, so she gave Qiao Ann's room to them and didn't think it would be messy.

Facts have proved that the old couple are indeed decent people.

As for Xu Haizhou's eldest brother and his wife and their family, they were originally planned to sleep on the sofa in the living room. However, this would make it inconvenient to place a table and chairs in the living room during the New Year holidays, and it would not look good when outsiders came to the house.

The most important thing is that the sofa is not big and cannot accommodate a family of three, so Xu Haizhou arranged for them to stay in a guesthouse.

No matter how many days they stay, the room fee is only two or three yuan a day, which is a piece of cake for Xu Haizhou now.

Although this year's Spring Festival is not in the Xu family's "old nest", it is not deserted.

The Xu family alone has five people! Add to that the three people from Xu Haizhou's family, and the baby in the belly, which also counts as one, making it four people.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Qiao Yan also came with her husband and children to visit, and it was even more lively!

The house was lively and the atmosphere was good. Qiao Lu's mood also improved. The baby in her belly seemed to have calmed down and no longer tortured his mother.

On New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year, we stay at home to chat and have family reunion dinners. On the second day of the New Year, we start to visit markets and temple fairs.

This time I took Qiao An to actually worship the Buddha and the Goddess of Childbirth.

The little guy made a wish: "I must, must, must give me a sister! I really want a sister!"

Then there was eating and drinking, endless eating and playing... time quickly passed until the day when the Xu family left.

Qiao Lu was still a little reluctant.

The ones who were more reluctant than her were Xu's father and mother.

Everyone walked to the train station to say goodbye, and the old couple held Qiao An tightly and refused to let go.

"You're leaving before you even see the baby come out. What a coincidence you're talking about."

Qiao Lu smiled and exchanged glances with Xu Haizhou: "It's okay, Mom and Dad. I will bring Haizhou and the kids back to see you next Spring Festival. If you miss us, just write to us and keep in touch."

I will go back to the north for the Spring Festival next year. My child will be just over half a year old. It is actually okay for him to use a sleeper berth. If it is really not possible, I can upgrade to a soft sleeper. The more comfortable it is, the better. Money is not a problem.

"Oh, this is the only way." After touching Qiao Lu's belly for the last time, the family of five finally set out on their journey home.

"goodbye."

"Have a nice trip."

"See you next year, bye mom and dad!"

…

Jolu is due in August, and if it happens, she should give birth to a Leo baby.

Looking at the "lively" performance of this baby in the belly during pregnancy, I'm afraid he is a "violent little lion" with a completely opposite personality to his brother.

Alas, now I just hope the baby can understand his mother and stop making trouble for her.

After the Spring Festival, we finally made it to spring, but instead of warmth we got a late spring cold snap.

Qiao Lu's belly swelled up quickly at the speed of a balloon. By the middle of the night, her legs were often cramping, and she couldn't bend down to rub them, so she had to rely on Xu Haizhou's help.

Sometimes she would be woken up by the pain while sleeping, and would unconsciously push her man's shoulder. In a half-asleep state, Xu Haizhou would reflexively hug her legs and let him rub them.

Sometimes I am not even fully awake, I just keep rubbing my eyes with my eyes closed, it is really a "conditioned reflex", a memory engraved in my bones, I have no complaints at all, I even ask the next day:

"Did I massage your feet last night?" He was so tired that he had no memory of it at all.

"I pinched it, it felt quite comfortable." Qiao Lu said with a smile.

"Oh, that's good, otherwise you would suffer from insomnia again."

Oh, it's so warm. I was feeling a little sad because of the leg cramp, but it was immediately healed by him.

With such a warm-hearted husband to accompany you and take care of you, it seems that you won’t have many complaints even if you suffer a little bit in giving birth to a child for him.

Later, the weather was so cold that Qiao Lu caught a slight cold.

Because it is not serious, doctors recommend letting the immune system resolve the problem on its own without taking any medication.

Xu Haizhou was also afraid that taking too much medicine would hurt the baby in her belly, so he had to get up every morning in the cold weather to make a pot of nourishing medicinal soup for his wife. No matter whether it could cure the disease or not, it was good to nourish the stomach.

In addition to leg cramps, Qiao Lu's mood changes were also very drastic!

How big is it?

One day, Xu Haizhou finished work early and went home. He rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands, and cooked a large table of sumptuous meals for his wife. However, as soon as Qiao Lu sat down at the table, she vomited.

"No, no, I don't want to eat any of this."

"What should I do? What if I don't eat?"

Qiao Lu thought about it and her saliva started to flow as she thought of the roast duck on an old street near Ziyuan Street.

"Haizhou, I want to eat roast duck. When I lived in the compound, you often bought it for me from the restaurant. I think it was from Sister Long's. I need to add more chili powder."

After working hard to prepare a table full of delicious meat and dishes, his wife ends up wanting to eat someone else’s roast duck?

I had a lot of things to say, but after seeing the expectation in my wife's eyes, they all turned into helpless sighs.

I put on my coat, got up, and rode my bike in the cold weather to buy my wife some roast duck from Sister Long's shop, the kind with lots of chili powder!

But when I got the food back, Qiao Lu had already started eating it. She was sitting at the dining table, eating the food that made her want to vomit just by smelling it an hour ago!

I ate a lot and my stomach was full. I fell on the sofa with my hands on my stomach. "I'm full from Haizhou. I can't eat the roast duck anymore. I'll save it for the next meal."

Then, Xu Haizhou, covered in dust and cold, stood at the door, holding a roast duck and wandering in the cold wind at the aisle.

The neighbor upstairs came down and saw him: "Hey, Mr. Xu, what are you doing standing at the door in such a cold weather? Why don't you go in?"

Shaking the roast duck in his hand, Xu Haizhou said helplessly: "I just bought roast duck for my wife."

"Oh~" Mrs. Li and her husband showed their eyes, "You really love your wife."

After entering the house, Qiao Lu took the initiative to clean up the dishes she had just finished eating and put them into the kitchen. Qiao An also finished eating and put the dishes in the sink.

When the mother and son came out, Xu Haizhou was sitting alone at the table eating their leftovers. So pitiful...

"Dad, is the rice cold?" Qiao An walked over, tiptoed, and touched the bowl. It was indeed cold.

"Dad, it's not good to eat cold rice. It will make you sick. Dad, let me heat it up for you."

Xu Haizhou paused for a moment and pinched his cheek amusingly: "You little brat, how can you heat up food?"

"Dad cooks every day and I watch him every day. I can learn it just by watching." Qiao An said innocently and cutely.

Xu Haizhou smiled and shook his head, picking up a piece of cold meat, his heart was indeed warm: "No, Dad will just eat a couple of bites, it won't bother you."

"Hmm..." Qiao An tilted his head and touched the cold air on his father's coat: "Dad, you are so cold, I will go get you some hot water."

Tick-tick-tick-tick, he ran into the kitchen to pour some hot water.

"Thank you, son."

After saying that, Qiao Lu walked behind him without knowing when, brought a chair and sat down next to him, moved closer to him, leaned over, and put her arms around his waist.

The sweet, soft, and milky smell entered his nostrils, smelling very good.

"I saw that your face looked strange just now. Are you angry?" Qiao Lu put her hand close to his face. It was so cold.

It was really tiring to ride a bicycle back and forth in such a cold weather.

"I didn't mean it. I really wanted to eat roast duck just now, but after you left, I suddenly had an appetite. I wanted to go downstairs to call you, but my calves were swollen and I felt so uncomfortable that I didn't go downstairs..."

As he spoke, tears of grievance began to fall from his eyes.

Pregnant women's emotions come so quickly and irrationally.

It was clearly her fault, but in the end she was the one who felt the most wronged.

"If you're really angry, I don't blame you. Anyway, I was really unreasonable..." The more she spoke, the softer her voice became, and her tears fell into his neck, burning him alarmingly.

Xu Haizhou had no choice but to hold the person on his lap and sit him down.

It is a bit heavy, about ten pounds heavier than before I was pregnant, but it’s not that I can’t lift it. After all, it was too light before.

"I'm not angry, just a little confused, but I can understand." He kissed her gently on the face twice to comfort her.

Hearing Xu Haizhou's gentle voice, Qiao Lu felt guilty: "Alas, I've worked hard for you during this period. I don't know why my temper has become so bad. I can't control it."

"It's okay, it's normal. The book I read yesterday said that during pregnancy, the hormone levels in pregnant women increase, which has a great impact on their mood. It is normal for their temper to become worse."

After she became pregnant, Xu Haizhou went to the bookstore and bought a lot of books. Originally, he was supposed to show them to Qiao Lu, the expectant mother, but Xu Haizhou read them more enthusiastically than she did and understood all the details better than she did.

Qiao Lu was simply too lazy to watch it herself. She thought Xu Haizhou would watch it and take care of her.

So confident!

She is really becoming more and more dependent on him now.

"To be honest, it's not your fault that your temper has deteriorated. If you want to blame someone, blame the baby in your belly." Xu Haizhou said again.

Qiao Lu was amused and pushed him away: "He is just a kid, why are you blaming him?"

Xu Haizhou laughed: "That's my fault. It's my fault that you didn't like the food I cooked at first sight."

This made Qiao Lu happy. She felt sweet in her heart and no longer shed tears of grievance.

She hugged his neck and said sweetly, "Mr. Xu, I'll have to trouble you to continue to endure it from now on."

Unexpectedly, Xu Haizhou shook his head and said very seriously: "I never thought this was suffering. If this is suffering for me, then what about you? You wake up in pain every day, you can't eat or sleep well, and you bear all the physical pain of pregnancy. It's okay for me to suffer a little psychologically... If possible, I want to share it with you, even if it's only one tenth..."

Qiao Lu was moved and hugged him, cheek to cheek: "Well, no matter who suffers, we both suffer together. But after this baby is born, I don't want to have children anymore."

Xu Haizhou nodded: "Okay, no more, just this one."

Qiao Lu tilted her head and looked at him: "What if it's a girl, do you still want a boy?"

Xu Haizhou still shook his head: "No, one is enough."

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I'm really fat today!