Chapter 94
Xu Xiaoling was carrying something in her hands, her neck hunched, and shivering from the cold. She drank a cup of hot water as soon as she entered the door, and took off her coat after she felt warmer.
"Mom, why are you home alone? Where are the others?"
Su Ying came out of the kitchen: "Your grandfather went to see his old comrades, your father took Chenchen out to play, and was not home all day. He only came back for dinner. Gangzi and the others came back, and your brother made an appointment to go out with them. Sui Sui is sleeping upstairs, so you should keep your voice down."
Xu Xiaoling: "It's already past ten o'clock, are you still sleeping?"
Su Ying had no problem with her daughter-in-law sleeping until this time in the morning, and casually said, "She must be tired from taking the train the past two days. There's nothing to do at home, so let her sleep if she wants. It's hard for her to take care of the children alone in the army, and it's rare for her to come home and rest."
She considered herself to be a very open-minded mother-in-law. She had seen many mothers-in-law in the compound interfering in the relationship between their sons and daughters-in-law, making the house a mess and causing unrest. She was already in her sixties and had long since let it go. She did not interfere in the affairs of young people and just let them be.
As for her previous dissatisfaction with Jiang Suihan, it was also because of the bad background of the Jiang family and she was worried that it would implicate Xu Zhao. Now that her daughter-in-law has given birth to Chenchen for the Xu family, she is overjoyed and has no intention of making things difficult for her daughter-in-law. She is not someone who has nothing to do.
Xu Xiaoling curled her lips: "Why didn't I meet a mother-in-law as good as you?"
Su Ying said angrily: "You wanted to get married, who can you blame? What are you doing at home? Where are Jianming and Xiaozheng?
Xu Xiaoling opened the bag and said, "We made mutton dumplings at home last night, and there are still some left. I think they taste good. You can try some tonight. Jianming and Xiaozheng are going to my mother-in-law's house, and I don't want to go over there."
The mutton was given by someone else. She chopped it up and used it to make dumplings. She made the stuffing and she and her husband worked together to make the dumplings. Last night, the family of three had a delicious meal of mutton dumplings.
Su Ying took a look and saw more than a dozen dumplings in the bag: "There are so many food at home, why don't you save some for Jianming and Xiaozheng? You are a daughter-in-law, if you don't visit your mother-in-law during the New Year, the neighbors will gossip about you."
My daughter is already thirty years old, but she is still so ignorant. It’s worrying.
Xu Xiaoling said nonchalantly, "Let them say what they want. I don't live there. They can say whatever they want. Every time I go to my uncle's house, I suffer. I have to do all the dishes and cooking by myself, while others sit in the living room leisurely drinking tea and chatting. My mother-in-law doesn't let Jianming help me, saying that they can't eat my cooking all year round, so I have to work hard for a while."
"Mom, don't you think this is just a joke for me? Two daughters-in-law, one sitting there drinking tea and eating melon seeds, and I'm the only one who has to endure this humiliation? I won't go this year, let's see who will cook today?"
Anyway, she calls herself unlucky for having such a mother-in-law who can't stand to see any good in her daughter-in-law. It is indeed like what her mother said, she can't blame anyone else. After all, she chose the man and she got married, so she can only blame herself.
She used to give too much face to her mother-in-law, and she really thought that Xu Xiaoling had no temper and anyone could step on her head.
Su Ying poked her second daughter's head and said, "You have such a bad temper. I don't want to scold you. Go upstairs and see if Sui Sui is awake. It's so late. If you don't eat breakfast, you will get hungry and your stomach will be hurt."
Xu Xiaoling didn't want to move: "No, she will come down naturally when she is hungry. You are just worrying about nothing, Mom."
Seeing that she couldn't get her daughter to go, Su Ying was about to say that she would go by herself, but then she saw Jiang Huihan coming down.
"Are you awake? Breakfast is warming in the pot. I'll bring it to you."
Jiang Suihan felt a little embarrassed. She looked at her watch when she woke up. It was ten o'clock. She never expected that she could sleep so well. It was really embarrassing that her daughter-in-law got up so late.
"No need, mom. I can do it myself."
Su Ying saw Jiang Huihan yawning from time to time while eating breakfast: "I see that you don't look very well, how about seeing a doctor?"
Jiang Suihan didn't like the soy milk in the capital, as she thought it tasted weird. She drank half a cup of water to moisten her throat and ate a bun slowly in her hand.
When she heard her mother-in-law talking about seeing a doctor, she quickly said, "Maybe she is tired these days. Just take more rest. No need to see a doctor. Going to the hospital is too troublesome."
Su Ying said hurriedly, "It's not a problem. Your grandma Zhou is a doctor. Her house is only two buildings away from ours. It's very close. We can get there in two steps. Xiaoling, go to your grandma Zhou's house to see if she is at home. If she is, ask her if she has time to come over."
Xu Xiaoling said "oh", put on her coat and went out.
Jiang Suihan just watched her mother-in-law and second sister-in-law arrange things in a few words. She swallowed the words of rejection on her lips and sat quietly to continue eating her breakfast.
After a while, an old lady with gray hair and a bun, who looked to be in her early seventies, walked in.
Su Ying stood up to greet her: "Aunt Zhou, I'm sorry to bother you in such a cold weather."
Grandma Zhou waved her hand and said, "They are just neighbors. What's the big deal? Is this your daughter-in-law? She is really pretty and a perfect match for your Xu Zhao."
Jiang Suihan walked forward and called out to the person with a smile, her attitude very respectful.
Grandma Zhou sat down and asked Jiang Huihan to stretch out her hand. It was the first time for Jiang Huihan to see a Chinese medicine doctor taking a pulse. She was curious and kept staring at him.
After a moment, Grandma Zhou frowned, and Jiang Suihan's heart began to hang in the air. She wondered if there was really something wrong with her body?
Xu Xiaoling had no patience: "Grandma Zhou, what happened to my sister-in-law?"
Grandma Zhou didn't answer, she removed her hand, smiled and said, "You are pregnant."
Jiang Huihan was stunned by the unexpected result.
Chenchen is not even two years old yet. It is not easy enough to raise a child like him, and now there is another one. She is not opposed to having a second child, but wants to wait until Chenchen is older and can go to elementary school, so that she can relax before considering having a second child.
But plans cannot keep up with changes, it happened too suddenly, and there were more shocks than surprises.
Su Ying's eyes sparkled, and she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth: "Really? That's great! Chenchen will have a brother or sister."
After saying that, she stared at Jiang Huihan's stomach and asked with concern: "Are you dizzy? Do you want to vomit? Is there anything you want to eat? Mom will make it for you."
When Su Ying thought about the soft, cute and adorable grandson who would be coming in a few months, her heart felt like it was soaked in a sugar jar, and all the bubbles that came out were sweet.
Xu Xiaoling also didn't expect Jiang Huihan to be pregnant. She said happily, "No wonder you wanted to sleep and kept saying you were sleepy. It turns out you are pregnant. You were too careless. Fortunately, Grandma Zhou is very capable."
Jiang Suihan barely came to her senses and asked how many months the child was.
Grandma Zhou smiled and said, "It's still early. You're less than two months old. You need to pay more attention to your health and get more nutrition. Eat more chicken, duck, fish and meat, and also vegetables and fruits. You had a good confinement last time. You look a little thin, but you have a good physique."
More than a month?
That was the last time Xu Zhao came back from a mission. Thinking of how passionate they were that night, Jiang Huihan blushed unconsciously.
After seeing Grandma Zhou off, Su Ying felt full of strength, with a smile on her face: "Are you tired? Do you want to go back upstairs and sleep for a while? I'll call you after lunch."
Jiang Huihan shook her head. She had just finished breakfast and was a little sleepy, but she didn't want to sleep. Sleeping too much would make her bones soft and she would feel listless. She was also afraid that she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
However, given her current condition, she shouldn't have to worry about not being able to sleep at night.
She didn't need to help with lunch, and Jiang Suihan didn't want to deal with the guests, so she simply went back to her room. There were some books on the top cabinet, all of which were Xu Zhao's. Most of them were military books, and there were also some other types. She saw that there was actually a foreign novel in it, but it was not in a foreign language, but a translated version.
Some people can finish reading a book in one day, but Jiang Suhan can't. She reads very slowly, almost word by word. After an hour, she hadn't even finished one-tenth of the book.
Feeling a little tired, she closed her eyes and fell asleep again in a daze.
She felt someone touching her face, gently.
Jiang Suihan opened her eyes and looked at each other: "You're back?"
There was a thermos in the room. Xu Zhao poured a glass of water and Jiang Suihan took the enamel cup.
"Didn't you say you'd be back in the evening?"
Before Xu Zhao left, he told her that he would meet up with his old friends, would not be back for lunch, and might not be home until the evening.
"Gangzi's brother-in-law had some problems, so he left first and everyone dispersed." Xu Zhao put his hand on Jiang Suihan's belly, and a look of joy naturally appeared on his face. "When I came back, my mother told me that you were pregnant. Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?"
As soon as he got home, his mother excitedly told him that he was going to be a father again, and he was completely confused.
It was a sudden surprise and I was a little scared.
He and Susu had discussed before that there was no rush to have a second child. They planned to wait until Chenchen grew up a little and was able to go to elementary school, and then have another one. This way, Susu wouldn't have to have a hard time.
In fact, after having Chenchen, he didn’t care whether to have a second child or not. He just didn’t expect that the second baby would come so soon, and both mom and dad were caught off guard.
Jiang Huihan pouted and looked at him: "Chenchen is still so young, I can't handle him alone, and now there's another one, my head is about to explode."
After a woman gets married, has children, and raises them, it is easy for her to be trapped in the family by the children, revolving around the children and the trivial matters at home. She has no career, no freedom, and gradually she will lose her self.
Chenchen is very cute, and it’s so happy to have Chenchen around. Jiang Suhan loves Chenchen very much, but even with the filter of a biological mother, she can’t remain calm when a naughty child makes trouble. Sometimes when Chenchen acts mischievously, it’s really maddening.
She held Xu Zhao's hand and said, "I don't want to be a shrew."
Xu Zhao looked at her aggrieved look, and at the same time he felt amused and distressed. He kissed her forehead and said, "I'm sorry. It's my fault."
Thinking of the time when Jiang Huihan gave birth to Chenchen, his eyelids drooped and he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Jiang Suihan pressed on: "It's your fault in the first place. It's all your fault. We agreed to wait a few years to see if we would have a second baby. Now, the plan is ruined. I have to continue the painful process of nurturing the baby, giving birth, and raising the child. You men only say nice things. Men are trustworthy, and sows can climb trees. I shouldn't have believed your lies!"
Blame her for being blinded by beauty.
The ancients were not deceiving me, the beauty trap really works.
Xu Zhao put his arm around her waist and put the enamel cup to her lips: "After talking so much, you must be thirsty, right? Drink some water."
Jiang Suihan's anger had just risen to a level, but it subsided in an instant: "Oh."
Drink the water obediently and forget why you were angry just now.
Xu Zhao suddenly asked: "Do you want to stay in the capital?"
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