In the office, Mo Youyou put away the half-eaten bag of snacks and rubbed her lower back.
"Hmm—" she stretched.
Although she had been sitting for a long time, her large belly caused her back pain and discomfort in her shoulders and neck. She turned her neck to try to relieve the pain.
"Feeling unwell again?" Sister Luo peeked out from the other side.
"Oh well, my belly is so big, it's uncomfortable to sit!" Mo Youyou complained. She now has a very good relationship with Sister Luo.
Since becoming pregnant, Sister Luo has been particularly tolerant and caring towards Mo Youyou, which has eased the tension between the two to some extent.
"Just bear with it a little longer, you'll give birth soon. Take good care of yourself during your postpartum period. Let me tell you, postpartum care is extremely important for women. If you don't take care of yourself properly, it can lead to health problems later on..."
As someone who's been through it all, Sister Luo has a lot to say.
Mo Youyou was tired of hearing it. Ever since she became pregnant, Sister Luo had been sharing her experiences with her in the office every day.
While she believed in science, Mo Youyou didn't believe it entirely; she still believed in science.
Saying things like Sister Luo that you can't wash your hair during postpartum confinement...
Postpartum confinement lasts at least a month, and you can't wash your hair for a month?
Even if you do nothing and don't sweat, your hair will still smell terrible.
When she went to the hospital for a prenatal checkup, Mo Youyou asked the professional obstetrician many questions, including about washing her hair.
The doctor said it's okay to wash!
The key is to be careful when washing; you need to be quick and avoid catching a cold.
"Alright, alright, Sister Luo, I understand!" Mo Youyou interrupted Sister Luo's lecture, but didn't go against her good intentions. She looked up at the office clock and said, "There's only half an hour left before it's time to leave work. Sister Luo, I'll be going now. Thank you for finishing up."
"Alright, you can go now." Sister Luo didn't say another word.
Since becoming pregnant, being late or leaving early has become a regular occurrence for Mo Youyou—in fact, she did the same thing before she got pregnant.
But others would have been unhappy then; now it's just indulgence.
Especially the direct superiors, who turned a blind eye to Mo Youyou's behavior, because she was pregnant and had a brigade commander as her father.
There's no need to take it so seriously!
Back home, Zhang Cuihua was there to take care of him.
Zhang Cuihua was hoping that Mo Youyou could go to work on time and leave work late, so that Mo Youyou would spend less time at home and cause her less trouble.
"Mom, where are the apples I bought yesterday? Could you wash one for me? I'm hungry, I need something to eat!" As soon as she got home, Mo Youyou started giving orders. She threw her bag down and lay down on the sofa.
Zhang Cuihua: "..."
She muttered to herself, cursing Mo Youyou for being troublesome and a troublemaker, but she was actually washing apples diligently.
After washing it, he wiped the water droplets off the apple before giving it to Mo Youyou in the living room.
"Why didn't you cut it?" Mo Youyou glanced at it, frowned, and seemed very dissatisfied. "It's tiring to hold it while eating. Mom, can you cut it up for me, plate it, and put toothpicks in it? It won't be tiring for me to hold it."
"It'll only take a few bites to finish, no need to cut it, right?" Zhang Cuihua said, looking down on Mo Youyou for putting on such an air.
When she was pregnant, it wasn't like this!
They're all women, yet she talks like she's never been pregnant, unable to even lift an apple?
I didn't make Mo Youyou do any work!
"Mom, it's not that I don't want to eat it," Mo Youyou said deliberately, touching her belly, "it's your eldest grandson who said he doesn't want me to hold it and eat it..."
here we go again!
Zhang Cuihua had nothing to say and was too lazy to argue anymore. She turned around and went into the kitchen to cut apples and arrange them on a plate.
Whenever Mo Youyou makes unreasonable demands, and she tries to resolve the issue by reasoning with her, Mo Youyou will bring up the child in her womb.
Everything was the child's idea, not Mo Youyou's.
This one move left Zhang Cuihua with no chance to fight back, and she surrendered obediently.
"Let you be arrogant for a while. Once my grandson is born, I'll have to take care of him wholeheartedly. Who will pay attention to you then?" Zhang Cuihua whispered in the kitchen.
Life has been wonderful lately.
Mo Youyou felt very happy, especially when she was ordering Zhang Cuihua around. She felt extremely pleased and thought that the money her family had spent on Zhang Cuihua in the past was finally worth it.
"Here you are, Youyou, the apples are cut." Zhang Cuihua brought out a plate of apples with two toothpicks stuck in them.
"Thank you, Mom!" Mo Youyou said, though her eyes showed a hint of disdain. "Oh dear, they're all a bit yellow. Are these apples defective? Your grandson—"
“Youyou, Mom bought the most expensive apples! These apples are like this, they turn yellow quickly once cut open, it doesn’t affect your eating…” Zhang Cuihua explained.
So much to do!
Didn't you tell me to cut it? Just grab it and eat it, why all the fuss?
"Mom, you're not angry, are you? Actually, I didn't want you to do these things either, it's mainly because of your eldest grandson—"
Here we go again!
"Youyou, you eat first, Mom still needs to prepare dinner." Zhang Cuihua was annoyed and made an excuse to go into the kitchen.
Liu Dekai returned in the evening.
Zhang Cuihua had prepared three dishes and a soup. Although Mo Youyou had ordered all the dishes, she still put the meat in front of Liu Dekai so that her son could easily pick it up.
Noticing her action, Mo Youyou felt displeased.
There can only be one eldest child in this family, and that is Mo Youyou. Even Liu Dekai has to step aside.
"Mom, why did you put that fish so far away? Are you afraid I'll take too much and your son won't have any to eat?" Mo Youyou asked pitifully.
Because she was pregnant, Liu Dekai had no choice but to stand by her side. Now she could say whatever she wanted without holding back at all.
The doctor said that a pregnant woman's mood is very important, and being too upset is bad for the baby.
Liu Dekai accompanied Mo Youyou to her prenatal checkups and naturally heard the doctor's instructions. He is now trying his best not to argue with Mo Youyou.
Especially for such trivial matters, there's no need to confront them head-on.
"How could that be? Mom just put it down casually, there was no such meaning in it," Liu Dekai smoothed things over, quickly changing the position of the food and placing all the meat in front of Mo Youyou.
"Thank you, honey, you still care about me!" Mo Youyou said deliberately to Zhang Cuihua.
Zhang Cuihua was so angry she felt like she was going to grind her back teeth to powder!
Mo Youyou is drifting further and further away from her ideal of a perfect daughter-in-law. If it weren't for the sake of the child, she would never have been so tolerant.
"Come on, Youyou, eat more fish, it's nutritious!"
Zhang Cuihua remained silent and ate her food quietly.
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One day, Su Yueya was seeing patients in the medical department when several wounded soldiers arrived. She wanted to go out and help, but Xie Ziai and the others stopped her.
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