Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue were helping.

Wen Zhiyun was teasing Chen Yuejian in the yard and having a lot of fun playing with her.

About half an hour later.

The food is ready.

Eight dishes and one soup.

There are also a few cold appetizers.

In the hall.

Song Huaying looked at the sumptuous dinner on the table and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Husband, what day is today? Why did you cook so many delicious dishes yourself?"

"There's something happy to celebrate."

"What's the happy event?"

Song Huaying asked like a curious baby.

Chen An looked at Wen Zhiyun beside him, smiled at her and said:

"Yun'er, you go ahead and say it."

As soon as these words were spoken, Song Huaying and Gu Xinyue both turned their eyes to Wen Zhiyun.

The only exception was Chen Yuejian, who was sitting in Song Huaying's arms, trying to stretch out her short little hands to get the big chicken leg in front of her.

Unfortunately, her arms were too short and she couldn't reach it no matter what she did. She was so anxious that her eyebrows were furrowed.

"Sister Wen, what's the happy event?"

Seeing that Wen Zhiyun still didn't say anything, Song Huaying asked impatiently.

Wen Zhiyun stretched out her hand to lift the black hair on her ear, and smiled a little embarrassedly:

"Um...I'm pregnant."

"Pregnant?"

Song Huaying was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and opened her big eyes wide, full of surprise and asked: "Sister Wen, is this true?"

Wen Zhiyun took a sip of the chicken soup, nodded with a slight blush, and said, "Yes, it's true."

Hearing this, Song Huaying was completely delighted.

She looked at Chen Yuejian in her arms, grabbed her two short hands and shook them, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Yuejian, your mother Wen is pregnant now. Do you want a younger brother or a younger sister?"

"Chicken! Chicken legs! I want chicken legs!"

Chen Yuejian looked at her mother anxiously and asked her to help her get the chicken leg.

When the people at the table heard this, they were all amused by her.

"Come, come, let Wen Niang pick up a chicken leg for you to eat."

Wen Zhiyun picked up the big chicken drumstick, put it in Chen Yuejian's bowl with a smile and said, "When Wen Niang's baby is born, Xiao Yuejian, as the elder sister, you must take good care of your brother or sister."

"Okay, take care of my younger...brother and sister."

Chen Yuejian's speech was still not very fluent. After he finished speaking, he reached out and picked up the big chicken leg, put it to his mouth and started chewing it.

Unfortunately, its mouth is too small and it doesn't have many teeth, so it is difficult to chew the big chicken leg, and its face is covered with grease.

Wen Zhiyun smiled and touched her head, her eyes full of love.

This moment.

There was a lot of joy at the table.

Everyone had a smile on their face.

It was just that Gu Xinyue's smile seemed a little forced, as if she was forcing a smile.

Under the dining table, she reached out and touched her flat belly, feeling worried.

Even Wen Zhiyun, who came a year late, is now pregnant.

But her stomach remained still.

She felt very depressed about this.

Chen An keenly noticed her abnormality.

But he didn't say much.

Still eating and talking and laughing.

After dinner.

A family of five took a walk in the yard.

When they felt that they had almost digested it, they started to get busy with their own things.

Wen Zhiyun went back to her room to practice.

Song Huaying took her daughter back to her room and coaxed her to sleep.

Gu Xinyue went into the alchemy room to sort the medicinal materials and prepare for her husband's alchemy work tomorrow.

"Yuer, don't sort it out yet. Come to the bathroom and take a bath with your husband."

Chen An walked into the alchemy room and said to Gu Xinyue who was carefully sorting medicinal materials inside.

Gu Xinyue was very obedient. She said "um" and followed him to the bathroom.

Chen An had already boiled the water in advance.

He came to the bathroom, quickly took off his and Gu Xinyue's clothes, and sat directly in the wooden barrel filled with floral scent.

"Yuer, are you unhappy tonight?"

Chen An asked gently while rubbing Gu Xinyue's back.

In the past, it was Gu Xinyue who rubbed his back.

But today is a special case, he wants to comfort this icy concubine.

Gu Xinyue shook her head and said, "Husband, Yue'er is not unhappy."

"lie."

Chen An hugged Gu Xinyue in his arms, put his face close to her ear and said, "My husband's five senses are comparable to those of a foundation-building master. Just now, while eating dinner, I noticed that Yue'er touched her belly."

Having said this, it would be futile for Gu Xinyue to hide it any further.

She pursed her lips and said in a lost tone:

"My dear, Sister Wen came a year later than me and is now pregnant, but my stomach is still not moving. It seems that my body cannot get pregnant..."

"Don't worry, it will be there."

Chen An kissed Gu Xinyue to comfort her.

He suspected that Gu Xinyue might be infertile, but did not say it out loud.

Maybe there will be a way to treat it in the future. There is no need to tell her now and cause her more trouble.

Gu Xinyue was still disappointed, and her voice sounded a little depressed as she asked, "Husband, if I really can't get pregnant, will you still want me?"

"Why not?"

"Because I can't give birth to a child for my husband..."

"What I like is Yue Er herself. Whether it is Yue Er who can give birth to a child or Yue Er who cannot give birth to a child, I will always like her."

Gu Xinyue couldn't help crying as she spoke. Tears as big as beans slid down her cheeks, dripping onto the water surface, splashing up some elegant water droplets.

When Song Huaying gave birth to a daughter, she was happy and expectant.

Happy for Song Huaying.

Looking forward to having children in the future.

And now, even Wen Zhiyun is pregnant, but there is still no movement in her belly.

She wanted to be happy for Wen Zhiyun, but she really couldn't be happy and felt very uncomfortable.

Looking at Gu Xinyue who was crying in his arms, Chen An didn't know how to comfort her. He could only try his best to see if he could make her pregnant.

[You try your best to make your wife Gu Xinyue pregnant, spiritual strength +3, affection +1.] x9 ...

In a blink of an eye.

Nearly half a month has passed.

This day.

Chen An sat in the alchemy room to practice, skillfully practicing the Qi Refining Technique, absorbing the spiritual energy contained in the air into his body, and refining it into spiritual power with great care.

About an hour later.

Followed by a heavy sigh.

Chen An slowly opened his eyes and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Breakthrough.

Within half a month, relying on his own efforts, he broke through from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

He is only one step away from becoming a ninth-level Qi Refining expert.

"I have already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, so how far can the ninth level be?"

"My current cultivation speed is at least ten times faster than before."

"Plus, Yun'er is pregnant. When the child is born and learns to walk and talk, I can also obtain various system rewards and improve my cultivation."

“By then, let alone the ninth level of Qi Refining, even breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage would probably be a piece of cake.”

"Set a new goal and build a foundation within two years."

Chen An looked out the window at the sunny sky, feeling indescribably comfortable.

Soon, he collected his thoughts and started to make the elixir.

I spent the entire morning in the room with my lovely wife, trying to improve my experience in alchemy.

This afternoon, he deliberately spent more than an hour practicing and broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

So much so that until now, he has not yet refined a batch of pills.

We have to start working hard.

Otherwise, we won’t be able to deliver the goods to the Bamboo Leaf Gang tomorrow.

In the process of refining the elixir.

Chen An was pleasantly surprised to find that now he could make pills with twice the result with half the effort.

In the same period of time, both quality and quantity have increased by nearly 30%.

He knows.

This is because after the fire spirit root is upgraded, one's control over the pill fire becomes stronger.

In this way, the daily burden of alchemy work can be greatly reduced.

…

The next day, early morning.

Chen An woke up from his little wife's room.

He wiped the saliva from the corners of the mother and daughter's mouths.

Cover yourself with a little quilt.

Left the room quickly.

Go out and deliver pills to the Bamboo Leaf Gang’s logistics department.

Along the way.

Chen An saw many widows asking for shelter.

In the past half month, many residents of Green Willow Lane have been unable to hold on.

My savings are running out and I have no money to pay the rent.

then.

Some people chose to escape at night, but were caught by the Bamboo Leaf Gang and executed on the spot.

Some people chose to be mercenaries, but ended up being tragically killed by the machetes of Black Iron Villa as soon as they entered the battlefield.

As a result, there are many widows with low cultivation left in Green Willow Lane now.

These widows were all low-level female cultivators who were previously kept by late-stage Qi-refining male cultivators in Green Willow Lane.

As long as you are responsible for pleasing these male cultivators every day and giving them offspring, you can get protection and certain cultivation resources.

As these male cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage died one after another, the entire Green Willow Lane is now filled with widows.

Many single male cultivators who were unable to find a wife before are taking advantage of this opportunity to take in widows and find themselves a wife.

Some of the good-looking widows even attracted monks from the Bamboo Leaf Gang to take them in.

Some widows with good looks specifically set their sights on auxiliary professions that have a high status in the cultivation of immortals, such as alchemists, weapon refiners, talisman makers, and formation masters.

She often creates opportunities to hang around in front of them, showing off her unique charm as a wife and seducing them to take her in.

As an alchemist, Chen An was seduced by at least three or four widows every time he went out.

Fortunately, he was determined and did not fall into the trap.

soon.

Chen An came to the logistics department of the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

He didn't stay there to chat more.

After handing in the pills, he left.

On the way home.

Chen An met a young and beautiful widow who lived not far from his home.

The widow was holding a three-year-old boy. When she saw Chen An coming back with a medicine box on his back, she immediately walked up to him, stopped, and asked shyly:

"Master Chen Dan, um... I'd like to ask, do you have any thoughts on taking another concubine?"

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