Chapter 52

On the first day in their new home, the two of them ate simply, a bowl of scallion noodles each.

They planned to invite their good neighbors and the warriors who helped with the move to their home for a good meal next Sunday. Jian Lu started reciting the menu while eating noodles.

"Prepare some seafood feasts, and see if you can buy some pork, pork tenderloin~"

Speaking of pork, Cheng Zheng saw his wife squinting her eyes, like a greedy cat, savoring the taste of the pork.

"I'll ask someone to see if there is any."

"Okay." Jian Lu had high hopes for Team Leader Cheng and kept flattering him, "Keep trying to find one. My baby and I are counting on this, Dad."

"Is it you who is greedy or the child?" Cheng Zheng found that his wife was acting like a little woman at this moment. She spoke softly and with a hint of coquettishness, which made him want to carry a pig right away.

"All right!"

The child is in your belly, so of course he can say whatever he wants. If your mother says he is hungry, then he is definitely hungry!

"Don't get too tired. If you really can't, go to the cafeteria and get a few more dishes." Cheng Zheng was still worried.

"It's not that scary. Besides, Sisters Xiuhui and Yuhe will come to help." Jian Lu was ready to prepare a sumptuous meal in her new home.

There was still a week before the dinner was to take place, and these past few days, when she went to work at the supply and marketing cooperative, she would go to the food station to see if there was any fresh seafood.

Gradually, there were more and more ingredients in the house, including conch, clams, razor clams, sea urchins, octopus, and even four pounds of pork, a chicken, and three pineapples that Comrade Cheng Zheng brought back from outside with the help of many connections.

Jian Lu looked at the woven bag that Comrade Cheng Zheng brought back and her jaw almost dropped in surprise.

"Brother Cheng, how did you get so many things?" Jian Lu exclaimed in amazement. It was really amazing to be able to exchange pork and chicken at this time.

Cheng Zheng was also happy when he heard the joy in his wife's words. "I was lucky. I asked people to inquire about several communes. One commune near the mountain killed a wild boar and distributed wild boar meat. I exchanged cloth coupons and sugar coupons for four pounds of pork and a chicken. These things were given to me by someone. They said they were delicious fruits, but they had many thorns and bumps."

When Jian Lu heard the man describe the pineapple as having many thorns and bumps, she wanted to laugh. The outer shell of the pineapple was indeed rough and prickly, with many thorns, and the dense black spots on the flesh inside really looked like bumps. In this era, someone should have discovered that pineapples are delicious, but many people don't know how to conveniently deal with the black spots on pineapples.

Holding a kitchen knife, Jian Lu peeled the pineapple, removing the yellow-black skin, revealing the yellow flesh of the pineapple.

"There are indeed too many bumps on this banana. Can I eat it?" Cheng Zheng had never eaten this before and was very skeptical whether the black spots on it meant that it was bad. After all, black spots on bananas mean that they are moldy.

"Of course it's edible!" Jian Lu used a small knife and cut diagonally along the vein of the pineapple seeds. After cutting on both sides, she scraped out the entire flesh including the pineapple seeds. After repeating this several times, the clean and flawless pineapple gradually emerged.

The flesh of the fruit has lines that seem to rotate clockwise and spiral upward, exuding a rich sweet aroma.

"You are really skillful." Cheng Zheng didn't expect his wife to have this skill.

"You have a task, too. Cut six bamboo sticks. Make sure they have pointy ends."

Cheng Zheng did as he was told and handed the pointed bamboo stick to his wife after a while.

I saw my daughter-in-law cut a long piece of pineapple, picked up a bamboo stick and inserted it into the long piece of pineapple. After demonstrating it, she gave the task to me.

"Please insert the remaining five."

Jian Lu walked towards the kitchen in a hurry. Cheng Zheng saw her restless with her big belly, holding a bamboo stick in one hand and a piece of pineapple in the other, and just said, "Walk slower."

After a while, Jian Lu came out holding a glass jar, which was mostly filled with boiled water and sprinkled with salt.

"Put it in upside down."

Six pineapple skewers were placed in a glass jar and soaked in salt water, making the yellow flesh look even more attractive in the water.

"We can make pineapple seafood rice with the remaining two!" Jian Lu was obviously very excited when talking about eating. Two pineapples cut in half can make four pineapple seafood rices, and it would be better to prepare something else. "Brother Cheng, go pick some more coconuts and make some coconut seafood rice."

Cheng Zheng knew nothing about cooking, so he naturally listened to his wife, "How many do you want?"

"Five, please." Jian Lu prepared to drink a coconut juice.

The pineapples were soaked in salt water for two hours. Jian Lu took out all six pieces of pineapples and she and Cheng Zheng each had one.

The pineapples at this time are ripe, with a strong aroma and a slightly sour taste. The sweet and sour taste is balanced, which is more suitable for summer.

"This pineapple is a little ugly, but I didn't expect it to taste so good."

Jian Lu firmly disagrees with Cheng Zheng's evaluation, "It only looks ugly on the outside, but it's actually very beautiful on the inside. Once the bumps are removed, it will look very attractive."

Jian Lu gave two of the remaining four pineapples to Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe's families respectively. None of them had ever eaten this fruit. To be more precise, they ate very little fruit these days, so it was nice to be able to pick some wild fruits to taste. Naturally, they were full of praise for this sweet pineapple.

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On the day of the dinner, Jian Lu cut the remaining two pineapples in half, scooped out the pineapple flesh, removed the black seeds and soaked them in salt water. She then cut the yellow flesh into small pieces. She then diced half of the chicken that Cheng Zheng had brought back last time, poured oil into the mixture and stir-fried it. She then added shrimp, sea urchin meat, onion pieces, pineapple pieces, corn pieces, carrot pieces, and green pea pieces, stir-fried them until cooked, and finally added the steamed rice and blended it in the pot.

The same method can be used to make coconut seafood fried rice.

On the other side, Feng Xiuhui was steaming carp. She cut open the bellies of two carps to remove the internal organs, washed them clean, and used a kitchen knife to make cuts on the fish bodies. She then rubbed salt evenly all over the carp, cut the ginger into shreds, smashed the garlic into two halves, and cut the green onions into diagonal sections. She stuffed all the ingredients into the fish bellies and steamed them until cooked.

Cui Yuhe was busy making braised pork. The tender and smooth pork belly was being roasted in the pot. The soup was brown and bubbling, exuding a fresh and fragrant aroma.

When the smoke rose from the kitchen, the yard outside was also bustling with activity.

Cheng Zheng started plowing the land early this morning. Jian Lu didn't know where he got the fertile soil from, but he was preparing to help her with her vegetable planting plan.

Cheng Zheng was busy turning the soil, hoeing the ground and taking care of the yard when the guests arrived.

They were said to be guests, but in a blink of an eye they became Cheng Zheng's helpers. Several soldiers rushed to help the commander, but two veterans - Liang Haisheng and Xu Lang were completely unconscious.

"Old Cheng, look at you. If you had told me a year ago that you would become what you are today, I would never have believed it!" Xu Lang saw it all, marveled at it, and took a bite of the peach cake.

Liang Haisheng smiled and agreed, "Of course not. This is our heroic Captain Cheng. He has started to dig for food with a hoe. Our sister-in-law is really capable. She has trained people so well."

At this moment, Captain Cheng was wearing a light blue military jacket, a dark military jacket, and a black leather belt around his waist. His sleeves were rolled up three times, revealing his strong arms. He was holding a hoe in his hand and working on the field.

Jian Lu also gave him a task, to find some vegetable seeds. He was very suspicious that his wife was planning to do something big. But that was fine. When his mother learned about this in the letter, she was also very excited. She even listed a series of vegetables she wanted to plant, which made Jian Lu, who received the letter, agree with her from afar.

"Don't give me that. Isn't it convenient to grow vegetables and eat them at home?" Cheng Zheng still had to maintain his dignity in front of his brothers and soldiers. "Do you know what it means to stockpile food and vegetables for war?"

"We don't understand. Tell me, we are from the countryside. We served in the army and have survived until now. We finally don't have to work in the fields to grow vegetables and make a living. Why are you going back to the old days?"

"One should never forget one's roots." Cheng Zheng continued to work.

Liang Haisheng took a look at his brother who was working hard and found that this man was the toughest talker in his body.

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"Brother Cheng, take a break. It's time to eat." Jian Lu was "driven" out of the kitchen by her sisters-in-law, who told her to take a break. The dishes were almost ready, so she greeted the people who were busy in the yard.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down and don't get tired." Liang Haisheng saw Jian Lu coming out with a big belly.

"Political Commissar Liang, it's alright, I just need to move around. You guys go inside, wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

"That's true. I still need to move around so that the birth of the baby can go smoothly." Xu Lang is the one closest to becoming a father among the group of people. When his second son was born last year, Xu Lang, who was becoming a father for the second time, was obviously much calmer.

"I think so too." Jian Lu invited the others to come into the house, and then walked slowly to the yard. Looking at the soil that Cheng Zheng had turned over, she was very satisfied. "Comrade Cheng Zheng, you have done a good job. The soil has been turned over in a very detailed way."

Cheng Zheng felt that his wife's speech sounded a bit like Lu Song, as if she was not inspecting a piece of soil, but the formation training of his own troops.

Especially the way she walked around with her hands behind her back and nodded constantly.

"You're still angry. Mr. Song would avoid you when he sees you like this." Cheng Zheng threw the hoe against the wall, turned on the water pipe in the corner and washed his hands.

The weather was hot and the water pipes were scorching from the sun. The tap water at the front was still warm, and it gradually cooled down after a while. The cool water washed over my arms and palms, finally bringing some comfort.

Jian Lu also went over to wash her hands, and playfully placed her hands on top of Cheng Zheng's hands, watching the water flow over her hands and then fall onto his hands.

"This is the organization's recognition of your work. You must not be complacent and must continue to work harder."

"I got it, Chief. Let's go inside and have dinner." It was still sunny outside. Cheng Zheng looked at his wife standing here for a while. Her little face turned a little red and her eyes squinted in the sun. He put his hand on her head and urged her to go inside quickly.

Inside the house, three children were playing cards, sitting on the floor without their pants on, a few men were busy serving dishes, and a few soldiers were visiting the new home of the regiment commander.

"Let me see who can win." Jian Lu stood behind Dunzi and saw that when it was his turn to play the cards, his whole face was exerting force and his facial features seemed to be squeezed together.

"You've used too much force and your hand has become crooked." Cheng Zhengxu held his wife's waist and commented when Dunzi was about to hit the picture with force. Sure enough, Dunzi didn't hit the picture.

"Oh! What a pity!" Jian Lu regretted.

Dunzi turned his head and looked at Uncle Cheng, "Uncle Cheng, you have influenced me!"

Cheng Zheng rubbed Dunzi's head, "Why blame me? Are you looking for external reasons?"

Liang Haisheng came out with a pot of clam and tofu soup, and said to his son, "Son, yes, it all depends on your Uncle Cheng!"

"Hey, you two, father and son, are still relying on me?" Cheng Zheng said with a smile.

"Of course I am. Let me see if you have anything good hidden. It's easiest to find since we just moved."

"Get lost! You've already cheated me out of my wine, and you're still thinking about me?"

"How do you call it a lie? That was the wine you gave me in order to marry a wife, how can you blame me?" Liang Haisheng retorted to Cheng Zheng and looked at Jian Lu and said, "Sister-in-law, don't you agree?"

Jian Lu looked at Liang Haisheng and smiled, "Political Commissar Liang, don't think about our Captain Cheng's things. If you want to steal something, don't just grab our Captain Cheng alone. Chief of Staff Xu is right next to you."

"Hahahahahahaha." Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Liang Haisheng proudly, "Did you hear that?"

Xu Lang: "..."

"No, how come it has something to do with me?!"

"Okay, stop being hungry and eat!" Cui Yuhe brought out the last plate of steamed fish, said something disparaging to her man, and started eating.

There were about ten people sitting at the octagonal table, and eleven dishes were crowded on the table.

Four servings of pineapple seafood rice and eight servings of coconut seafood rice, two plates of steamed carp, spicy razor clam meat, blanched shrimp, cold chicken, braised pork with potatoes, stir-fried cabbage, steamed sea urchin, shredded potatoes, cold cabbage, stir-fried conch, and clam and tofu soup.

"Captain, there are too many dishes!" The soldiers could never get so many delicious dishes in the cafeteria. They were drooling at the sight.

"You're welcome, eat now!"

Xiao Zhao started to work on the steamed carp in front of him. He picked up the carp meat with one chopstick. The carp was steamed to be tender and soft. The seasoning in the fish's belly exuded a fresh aroma, adding flavor to the soft and tender fish meat. When it was out of the pot, the sauce poured on the fish added some color to the carp meat, which looked tempting.

The freshness of the fish meat is preserved in its original flavor during steaming. It is tender and fragrant without any impurities. Carp meat has few bones and large roots, so it tastes even more refreshing.

Cheng Zheng stretched out his hand, picked up a piece of fish meat with chopsticks and put it in the bowl for his wife, and whispered, "Be careful of the bones."

Then he added more soup into the bowl. His wife knew Jian Lu well. She was a soup lover and liked any kind of soup.

The clam and tofu soup cooked today is delicious. The clams are washed and the sand is removed before boiling. A few dried scallops are added to enhance the flavor, and then smooth tofu is added. Even salt is not needed. The aroma fills the air as soon as the soup is taken out of the pot.

Jian Lu was so focused on eating the whole meal that she even skipped the effort of picking up the dishes. After all, the table was big and it was difficult for her to pick up the dishes from far away with her big belly.

After taking a sip of the clam and tofu soup, she felt it was so delicious. The clam meat was cooked to the point of falling off, soft, tender and sweet, and paired with the soft tofu, she drank half a bowl in a short while.

"This soup is so delicious and fresh." Xu Lang also drank a bowl. He almost sweated from drinking it, but his mouth was filled with pleasure.

"Yeah, it's really delicious."

Feng Xiuhui wanted to add more soup to the three children, but Dunzi Hengheng and Wu Xiangchen were so engrossed in eating pineapple seafood rice that they refused to even raise their heads.

"Is this really delicious?" Feng Xiuhui was looking at the seafood rice cooked by Jian Lu. When she saw Jian Lu put pineapple meat and coconut meat into the rice, she began to deeply doubt this world.

Therefore, she didn't eat the seafood rice halfway through the meal.

"It's delicious!" Dunzi chewed the rice with a few grains of rice on the edge of his mouth, "Mom, you eat it!"

"Does Chenchen like it?" Feng Xiuhui looked at Wu Xiangchen again. Wu Feng was not at home, so the child lived in Feng Xiuhui's house.

"It's delicious, Aunt Xiuhui, it's really delicious!" Wu Xiangchen's eyes lit up when he said this.

After saying that, Wu Xiangchen looked at Jian Lu again. She knew that this was cooked by Aunt Jian Lu. "Aunt Lulu, you are so awesome."

Jian Lu felt a little embarrassed when a little boy praised her so seriously, "Do you like it? I'll make it for you guys next time."

Wu Xiangchen nodded and ate with relish.

Cut the pineapple in half, hollow out the flesh, and then pour the fried seafood rice into the empty pineapple.

The pineapple shell is square, and inside is the colorful and fragrant seafood rice. The white rice is full, mixed with green beans, yellow corn kernels, and red shrimps.

Orange carrot pieces, yellow pineapple pieces or white coconut meat, a mixture of various colors and flavors.

It has a sweet and slightly sour taste, and all kinds of flavors burst out in the mouth without seeming weird, and the combination is just right.

Seeing the three children eating with relish, the adults at the table were also moved.

At first, everyone thought the sweet and sour pineapple flesh inside was too strange and no one was willing to pick up their chopsticks, but children would not lie.

Liang Haisheng stretched out his chopsticks towards the pineapple seafood rice in front of his son with an attitude of going to the battlefield.

“Let me try it!”

Cheng Zheng laughed at him, "Why do you have such an expression when eating? If you are a big boss, just be quick."

"Hey!" Liang Haisheng took a piece of seafood rice with chopsticks and put it all into his mouth. He chewed it slowly and savored the taste. As he ate, his eyes suddenly widened. "It's really delicious! Come and try it."

Everyone couldn't help it and saw pairs of chopsticks dipping into the seafood rice, praising the food endlessly.

Cheng Zheng brought back a portion of coconut seafood rice for his wife. The difference between it and pineapple is that the fruit flesh and the shell for the rice are different.

"Go get me a spoon." Jian Lu complained that chopsticks were not convenient enough, so she had to use a spoon to eat fried rice.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zheng got up and went to the kitchen. He took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of the coconut seafood rice into his mouth. The fragrance filled his lips and teeth.

"Why are you still eating my food?" Jian Lu couldn't wait.

"You're reluctant to eat just one bite?" Cheng Zheng put the spoon into the coconut shell and urged her to eat quickly.

"Get another spoon and let's eat together." The amount of seafood rice was not enough for each person, so she prepared to eat it with Cheng Zheng.

"Eat yours first, and then the vegetables."

The guests enjoyed the meal very much, and all eleven dishes and eight servings of seafood rice on the table were eaten up in no time.

Jian Lu hadn't eaten so much in a long time. There was still half of the seafood rice left in the coconut shell in front of her. She really couldn't finish it, so Cheng Zheng took it away.

After dinner, everyone was busy washing dishes and clearing the table, and then went around the house for a while, and didn't leave until the evening.

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Not long after living in the new home, life was in order and Jian Lu began to busy herself in the yard outside.

Last time, Cheng Zheng turned over the land and went to exchange vegetable seedlings with fellow villagers from a nearby commune. However, they insisted on confiscating the things and wanted to give them to Team Leader Cheng, so Cheng Zheng had to buy some snacks for them, put them down and left quickly.

Jian Lu laughed at him, saying that the soldiers had gone to great lengths to avoid taking a single needle or thread from the masses.

Jian Lu had never grown vegetables before. She only learned how to grow green onions from the Internet. Green onions are easy to grow. You can just cut the onion heads and stick them in the soil and they will survive.

This time, she plans to grow some vegetables for daily consumption.

There is a row of green onions outside, which can be used for noodles and soup in the future. It would be nice to think about the days when I can get up early to cook noodles in the kitchen, and go to the yard to pick green onions while the noodles are cooking.

In addition, plant some eggplants and loofahs. Some vegetables cannot be planted in July and have to wait until next year.

A handful of loofah seeds were soaked in water for three or four hours before germination. When Cheng Zheng came back with the seeds replaced, the villagers learned that Captain Cheng was going to grow vegetables in his yard and enthusiastically told him many things to pay attention to.

After the sprouts appeared, Cheng Zheng dug holes in the ground, about 30 centimeters apart. Jian Lu followed him and threw seeds, putting three or four seeds in each hole.

The young couple worked well together and soon planted two rows of loofah seeds.

All the physical work was given to Cheng Zheng, and Jian Lu asked him to cover each hole with a thin layer of soil and sprinkle some water on it to maintain the humidity.

The watering can was also modified by Cheng Zheng. Because Jian Lu now has difficulty bending over, he specially added a wooden handle to the watering can. This way, Jian Lu can water smoothly while standing upright.

After planting the loofah, she watered and fertilized it from time to time to fertilize the soil. After more than a month, Loofah Jian Lu was busy planting eggplants.

The seedlings were still cultivated in advance, planted in the soil, watered to moisten them, and there was sufficient sunlight on the island. After more than a month, the seedlings grew green branches and leaves.

The green seedlings that were originally small in the sand have now grown to the height of a palm.

"Aunt Lulu, do you really want to cut your hair?" Next to Jian Lu lived Feng Xiuhui's family and Cui Yuhe's family on her left and right. The children from both families often came here to play.

I especially love watching the various seedlings grow slowly.

On this day, Jian Lu had just assigned a task to the three children, and she took the scissors and "killed them ruthlessly."

"Aunt Lulu, I can't do it." Hengheng thought the green seedlings were so pretty that he couldn't bear to cut them.

"Cut!" Jian Lu ordered ruthlessly, "If you don't cut them, they won't be able to absorb much nutrition and won't grow well."

Seeing that the children were confused, she took out a coconut and explained.

"Look, if I give you a coconut and each of you three drinks one sip, then each of you can only drink five or six sips. What if I only want to give Hengheng a drink? "

Dunzi: "Break up with Aunt Lulu!"

Aunt Lulu actually only gave the drink to Hengheng, he was so sad!

Jian Lu: “…?”

I'm just giving an example!

"You little brat, are you going to break up with me just because of a coconut? How many delicious foods has Aunt Lulu given you?"

"Hehe. I was just kidding." Dunzi scratched his head. "Aunt Lulu, I will never break up with you!"

Jian Lu pinched Dunzi's little face and looked at Wu Xiangchen, "Chenchen, tell me."

"They should chase me and Dunzi away."

"That's right!" Jian Lu smiled.

Dunzi was even more sad, "Chenchen, they are going too far!"

Chenchen: “…”

"That's the reason. There are several loofah seedlings in the hole now. The nutrients are so limited. Shouldn't we cut some off? This way, the remaining ones can grow well."

Now the children understood.

They started to attack one after another and killed them ruthlessly.

After the thinning was completed, the loofah seedlings grew taller and taller, and the eggplant seedlings bloomed after two months. The small lavender flowers, dotted among the green, were actually quite beautiful.

Jian Lu looked at the thriving growing vegetables with a look of satisfaction on her face.

Half a month ago, Cheng Zheng went out to sea again.

Jian Lu did not go to pick anyone up this time. After all, it was difficult for her to walk with a big belly. Before Cheng Zheng went out to perform his mission, he accompanied her to the supply and marketing cooperative and temporarily resigned from her job as a salesperson. Jian Lu stayed at home obediently for the past half month and moved from the second floor to the first floor.

When Cheng Zheng came back from his mission, Jian Lu was fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and looking out the gate of the courtyard, and finally saw a familiar figure.

She discovered that Cheng Zheng really walked like he was carrying the wind. He was tall and had long legs, and every step he took was big. In addition, due to years of training, even the angles of his legs were the same every time he lifted them and put them down day after day. Therefore, this man had a lot of aura when he walked.

"Brother Cheng!"

Jian Lu waved at him and was about to take a few steps toward him when she heard Cheng Zheng shouting from about ten meters away, "Stand still!"

The man quickened his pace and soon reached his wife.

"How are you these days? Is your child bothering you?"

Cheng Zheng looked his wife up and down, and was relieved to see that her complexion was rosy and her eyes were bright.

"It's all good." Jian Lu pinched his arm and dragged him to the yard. "Come and take a look. I tell you, you will never imagine what our yard has become!"

In fact, Cheng Zheng doesn't care much about the yard. He only cares about his wife. But his wife wants him to care, so okay, then he cares about it.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Cheng Zheng looked at the two rows of loofahs planted in the yard on the left, and the loofah seedlings were growing and climbing gradually.

Eggplants are planted in the yard on the right, and flowers are blooming on the half-human-high eggplant seedlings.

"How is it! This is..."

Jian Lu really wanted to say to Captain Cheng, look, this is the empire I laid down for you... no, this is the empire I planted for you.

But I remembered that this land was turned by Cheng Zheng, the fertile soil was brought back by him, and the seedlings were brought back by him...

She felt a little guilty. Well, it was the two of them who had built this empire together.

Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows, thinking that it looked really good. "It's pretty good, it's blooming. I can wait to eat it."

"Just wait, these natural, pollution-free vegetables produced at home will definitely taste better! They are better than those sold outside!"

The afterglow of the sky shone down and fell behind the daughter-in-law, as if casting a halo over her, dyeing her jet-black hair golden, outlining her beautiful face, and making her slightly rounded oval face even more charming and lovely.

Cheng Zheng looked at his wife who spoke with sparkling eyes and did not refute, "That would definitely taste better."

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In the late stages of her pregnancy, Jian Lu temporarily quit her job and stayed at home every day. Her favorite thing to do every day was to go to the balcony upstairs to watch the sea.

However, later on, Comrade Cheng Zheng did not allow her to climb the stairs and asked her to stay on the first floor only. For this, Jian Lu widened her eyes to express her dissatisfaction.

Team leader Cheng always kept his word and did what he said, so he could only compromise, "Well, you can't go up and down the stairs when I'm not home, unless I'm home and help you walk."

Seeing that his wife was about to refute him, he immediately added, "I'm worried about you. You're climbing the stairs at home alone. What if something happens... How can I know when I'm in the army?"

"Okay!" Jian Lu also knew that he was doing this for her own good, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "It's settled."

At night, the two of them slept in the bedroom on the first floor. Since Jian Lu moved down from the second floor, the bedroom on the first floor has been decorated properly. The bedroom is smaller than the master bedroom upstairs and can accommodate a slightly narrow double bed, a small wardrobe, and a wooden table against the wall.

Cheng Zheng was not at home for the past half month, and Jian Lu was used to sleeping alone. She was half asleep at this moment, so she put her hand over and placed it on the man's hard abdominal muscles, which felt a little uncomfortable.

He touched upwards and gradually regained consciousness, then he remembered that Cheng Zheng had returned.

Cheng Zheng had always been a light sleeper, so he woke up after being touched twice by his wife. He asked nervously, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

While talking, he kept checking his wife's expression. She seemed fine, so he felt relieved.

Jian Lu answered dazedly, "No, I just want to go to the bathroom."

In the later stages of her pregnancy, she often woke up in the middle of the night, and her lower abdomen felt like it was dropping from time to time. She was really suffering.

"I'll go with you." Cheng Zheng quickly stood up, held his wife's hand, and slowly helped her out of bed.

Jian Lu's movements were actually fine. For safety reasons, she usually walked slowly. When she reached the bathroom door, she sent the man away, "Okay, I'll go in by myself, you go back."

"Now that you're here, I'll help you in and sit down."

There was a commode chair in the restroom that Jian Lu had asked Cheng Zheng to get. Now that her belly was big, it was too tiring for her to squat directly. There was no toilet either, so she could only think of this method.

A wooden chair is hollowed out in the middle, making it convenient and labor-saving to sit on. When Cheng Zheng first heard his wife talk about this, he was very shocked. He seriously suspected that his wife was a genius.

After putting the toilet chair in place, Cheng Zheng looked at Jian Lu, but Jian Lu glared at him, "Okay, we're already here, why don't you leave?"

Even though they were a close couple, she couldn't accept this man guarding the toilet, so she hurriedly said, "Get out now."

Cheng Zheng looked back every few steps, feeling uneasy. Seeing that his wife was really angry, he walked out.

"I'm at the door, call me when you're ready."

"Got it." Jian Lu's voice came from the bathroom, and soon she added, "Stay away."

After they finished, they returned to bed. After being interrupted like this, Jian Lu temporarily lost her sleepiness while lying on the bed.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Outside, the only sounds were the wind hitting the window and the sound of the rain playing music. A hint of coolness drifted in through the window gaps.

"Are you cold?" Cheng Zheng touched his wife's arm.

"It's not cold, it's just right now." Jian Lu had been hot enough, and only felt that the wind was comfortable. Leaning against the man's neck, she asked, "Are you going out to sea soon?"

There is still more than a month before Jian Lu's due date. She doesn't want Cheng Zheng to leave. It would be best if he could be with her when she gives birth.

Cheng Zheng opened his mouth, wanting to say no, and that he would definitely stay with her.

But no one can predict missions. Sometimes an emergency mission comes up and we have to set out in the middle of the night. No one can predict it.

Cheng Zheng did not answer immediately. Jian Lu sighed softly, "Ah, being a military wife is really hard."

At this time, I am not sure whether my man can accompany me.

"I'm sorry, Lulu." Cheng Zheng's throat tightened, and he held his wife's hand tightly. He really wanted to accompany his wife to give birth to the child. "I..."

"But I'm not an ordinary person." Jian Lu turned her head to look at him, with a smart light in her eyes. "You are a soldier, you have a mission, I understand. But you also have to remember that it's not easy for me either."

Jian Lu was indeed experiencing the pain of pregnancy for the first time. Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, she gained weight, and her legs were often sore and swollen. It was really painful.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lulu." Cheng Zheng saw the suffering his wife went through and felt heartbroken. Being a mother is really not easy.

She patted her belly and could feel the hardness. "If this little guy doesn't listen to me in the future, I will..."

"What about you?" Cheng Zheng wanted to hear what his wife was going to do.

"I'm just teaching you a lesson!" Jian Lu glanced at him, "Captain Cheng can't even take care of his children. It's embarrassing if people tell others about it."

Cheng Zheng: "..."

Is this the same thing?

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In September, the autumn wind blows, turning the green of the world gradually yellow, but the southernmost island is still full of vitality.

The loofah vines that Jian Lu planted in the yard began to grow wildly. Cheng Zheng, following his wife's orders, set up a frame in the yard and wrapped the loofah vines around it.

There are three wooden stakes on the left and right, and five wooden stakes placed horizontally in the middle. The green vines are winding and growing freely, which adds a lot of color to the frame.

Jian Lu simply moved the chair under the loofah rack and looked up. The originally scorching sun was now mostly blocked by the emerald green vines, with only a few rays of light shining through the loofah leaves.

"There are a lot of mosquitoes here. Isn't it uncomfortable?" Cheng Zheng tested the wooden pile to test its completeness. It was very stable.

"It's not uncomfortable." Jian Lu gently waved the palm-leaf fan and said comfortably, "This is called enjoying life."

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The yard of Jian Lu's house was full of vibrant colors. Small yellow flowers bloomed among the branches and leaves of the loofah, and small purple flowers bloomed among the branches and leaves of the eggplant, which fulfilled Jian Lu's dream of having a garden.

It is not suitable to plant flowers and enjoy a romantic life at this time, but you can plant vegetables and flowers. They are also called flowers! They are also beautiful! You can also appreciate them!

Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe visited Jian Lu's home many times, and the more they looked at her, the more they liked her. They were used to doing work in the team, so growing vegetables was naturally a piece of cake for them. Seeing their own bare yard with only some weeds, they immediately became interested.

"Don't plant." Liang Haisheng was the first to jump out and object, "We finally got out, and we don't need you to work in the fields, so why do you still want to plant the fields?"

Xu Lang followed closely and objected. He understood that after farming, it was his own job to hoe the fields. Just look at Cheng Zheng next door and you will know that when the team leader goes to the fields, he works so hard as if he wants to get full work points.

"Let's not learn this. After we pull the weeds in the yard, it would be a good place to put a bicycle or a table." Xu Lang's family also bought a bicycle, a Feige brand 28-bar bicycle, which is now parked in the yard, looking quite impressive.

As none of the neighbors grow vegetables, Jian Lu's home has become a beautiful and unique landscape, with its unique lush branches and leaves and green shade.

But Jian Lu was puzzled. Where are the Chinese genes for growing vegetables and crops? Neighbors, what happened to you?

However, in a place that Jian Lu couldn't see, in the yard next door to her house, Political Commissar Wei was busy.

When Zhou Yan came home from get off work, she saw her man wielding a hoe and sweating profusely.

"Old Wei, what are you doing?" The soil in the yard was turned over.

"Grow vegetables!" Political Commissar Wei looked at the yard next door to Cheng Zheng's house and said with gritted teeth, "We want flowers to bloom in our yard, too!"