Chapter 53

Political Commissar Wei was living well in his family's building, but after a few months he heard about the application for living in a single-family building. At first, he was very reluctant to apply because he heard that there was no running water in the building and he had to go two miles away to get water. In addition, moving was also troublesome, so he simply discussed with his wife and decided not to apply.

As a result, when this person heard that Cheng Zheng's family upstairs had signed up quickly and was the first to sign up, he was very enthusiastic. After thinking about it over and over again for several days, Political Commissar Wei also signed up.

No matter how great the difficulties are, they cannot stop him from being neighbors with Cheng Zheng. They are too far away, how can they compare!

After moving in, Political Commissar Wei discovered the advantages of this two-story building: the building was spacious, the house was bright, and it even had an independent toilet. Water was also conveniently available, with water pipes in the kitchen and yard.

The balcony on the second floor faces the sea, but the location is a little off. I heard that Captain Cheng's house has a better location, facing the sea at a glance.

Life went on like this. Apart from feeling a little sad that his family had not yet given birth to a child, Political Commissar Wei was quite satisfied with everything else.

As a result, Captain Cheng's home gradually became different.

Something was growing in that yard, with vines climbing up to the sky and it was said that flowers had bloomed. He and his wife went to pay a visit once. Seeing the capable and dignified Captain Cheng working so hard with a hoe in his hand, he couldn't tell how he felt.

Isn't this a waste of talent?

Turning around, Political Commissar Wei also started.

"Growing vegetables? How can we have the time to grow vegetables?" Zhou Yan usually works in a military hospital and is busy with work. She has no interest in growing vegetables at all.

Political Commissar Wei leaned on the hoe and looked up at his wife. "Don't worry about it. Leave it all to me!"

"Just mess around. Aren't you tired from being in the army? Do you want to farm after you come home?" Zhou Yan went back to the house, poured a cup of water, and gulped it down. "Are you stimulated by something again?"

One knows one's own man. Zhou Yan remembered something and suddenly understood, "You saw that Captain Cheng's family was growing vegetables."

Political Commissar Wei smiled cheerfully, "We can't fall behind. The great leader is guiding us, so we have to make positive progress. Don't you understand?"

"Does being a great leader mean you should always think about competing with others?"

"Whether it's a comparison or not, growing vegetables always has its benefits. It will be more convenient to eat vegetables in the future, right?"

Political Commissar Wei became the second person to grow vegetables in the family courtyard. He worked diligently and conscientiously every day, applying fertilizer and watering the plants. Political Commissar Wei, who started a little later than his neighbors, wished he could pull the tender seedlings and make them grow taller.

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Jian Lu, who was patiently waiting for the due date with her big belly, was looking forward to the vegetables maturing. When she heard that Political Commissar Wei was also growing vegetables, it was like she had finally found a soulmate!

We Chinese still have a tradition of growing vegetables. She is not the only one who has the vegetable-growing gene. Others don't grow vegetables, but there are still some who know the products. Great minds think alike.

That day, Jian Lu and Cheng Zheng took a stroll in the family yard after dinner. They walked to Political Commissar Wei's house and stopped by to visit.

"Political Commissar Wei, Sister-in-law Zhou Yan, are you busy?"

"Hey, sister Jian Lu, come in and sit down." Zhou Yan saw Jian Lu coming in with a big belly, and hurriedly took the chair at the door and said, "Hurry up and sit down, don't tire yourself out."

When they met, they couldn't help asking when the baby would be born and whether the pregnancy was uncomfortable. Zhou Yan and Political Commissar Wei had been married for more than half a year. They were both not young anymore and were anxious to have children, but they just didn't have any.

Zhou Yan and Political Commissar Wei both looked at Jian Lu's belly with envy.

"I'm waiting to have the baby so I can relax. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to go anywhere."

"That's right. It will be fine after the baby is born."

"Do you also grow vegetables at home?" Jian Lu's eyes wandered to the seeds planted by Political Commissar Wei, "Political Commissar Wei, what are these?"

Political Commissar Wei raised his head and answered proudly, "Radish."

"We started planting late, so we couldn't grow many vegetables, but this radish is okay."

"That's great." Jian Lu looked at the other side of the yard and asked, "What are they growing here?"

“It’s also radish.”

Only then, Cheng Zheng was also surprised, "Both sides have radishes?"

"Although they are both radishes, they are different. This one is white radish, and that one is carrot."

Jian Lu: “…”

Is this a radish meeting?

But no matter what, Jian Lu admired people who shared the same interests as her. Since they were both vegetable growers in the same family, there was no need to know each other before they met.

After some friendly interaction about planting vegetables, and Cheng Zheng and Political Commissar Wei discussing turning the soil, applying fertilizer and watering the crops, the couple got up and left.

Watching Cheng Zheng and Jian Lu leaving, Political Commissar Wei became more motivated and continued planting!

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Cheng Zheng continued to travel back and forth between the army and his family compound, and in the process, he cleaned up the second bedroom on the second floor for his mother. At the end of the month, with only about a month left before Jian Lu's due date, Aunt Wang prepared to come over to accompany her.

Jian Lu has been having less and less things to do lately, so she just stays at home to take care of her pregnancy. Since she can't do anything, she just starts reading. Last time, she accompanied Cai Xiujuan to the Xinhua Bookstore in the county town to buy books. She was bored so she just studied it and took some notes.

After all, I was a college student who had received compulsory education in the 21st century, so my ability to summarize and record knowledge was not a problem. So I wrote down on paper what was said in the book and some of the steps and difficult problems of pearl cultivation that I had learned on the Internet. I was worried that Cai Xiujuan would not understand, so I simply drew some diagrams.

For example, the bottom culture method of pearl cultivation is to paint seven or eight clams on the bottom of the fish pond.

The last time Cai Xiujuan came to see her, she was surprised and happy when she saw those pages. She was so excited that she couldn't help it. The drawings were easy to understand, much better than words. Even she, who could barely read, could basically understand them.

Of course, this mainly depends on Jian Lu's sketches.

Later, as she was bored during her pregnancy, she simply sorted out these pages and made them into a small booklet, which she called the Basic Manual of Pearl Cultivation. It was about the size of a notebook and a half, with a total of twenty pages stacked together and the edges sewn together with needle and thread, which made it look presentable.

The cover was a piece of white paper. Jian Lu drew a vertical rectangular frame on it and wrote in black inside: Basic Manual on Pearl Cultivation.

I put the manual away and will give it to Cai Xiujuan when she comes back next time. I heard her say that she is raising river clams very well. Given her future abilities, it is only a matter of time before she makes a start. This manual will definitely be useful to her.

“Lulu!”

Just after finishing the manual, Jian Lu heard Cheng Hehua's voice outside the house.

Jian Lu looked up and shouted back, "Hehua, the door is not closed, come in quickly."

Cheng Hehua still lives in the original family building and comes to see her from time to time. Today she came with some wild vegetable cakes.

As soon as Cheng Hehua entered Jian Lu's yard, she was amazed. Eggplants and loofahs had already grown, and they were small at this moment, hanging on the branches.

"Lulu, you've taken good care of the yard. Have you planted eggplants and loofahs?"

Cheng Hehua has not worked on the farm since she joined the army. She used to farm in the production team and earn work points. She never expected that Jian Lu would go back to her old job.

"Yes, you can pick some and try them when the time comes."

"That's what it means to be ripe, isn't it?"

Cheng Hehua has been learning idioms recently. The family literacy class is still going on, and they are teaching idioms recently. Cheng Hehua seems to be possessed. She tries hard to think of one or two idioms whenever she has nothing to do. Captain Li can hardly stand it anymore.

"It will be time for the fruit to fall off the tree soon! Lotus, you have learned the idiom well, you can use it easily."

Cheng Hehua smiled shyly, her mind spinning wildly again, "Thank you, Lulu, I'm so unworthy of this."

Jian Lu smiled slightly and found Comrade Cheng Hehua so funny. He used the idiom in a strange way, but his studious spirit deserves praise!

"You are doing very well in the blindness elimination class and have made great progress."

"My husband and I are learning to read together." Cheng Hehua talked nonstop about her learning process, and she wanted to show Jian Lu everything.

As she talked, her lips were almost worn out. Jian Lu asked her to drink more water, but after drinking the water, Cheng Hehua felt a little nauseous.

"Hey, it's already so hot and uncomfortable." Cheng Hehua's stomach just churned and she felt like vomiting. "It's just that the heat has made my appetite poor recently."

This look made Jian Lu feel inexplicably familiar.

"Hehua, how long has it been since you last had your period?" Jian Lu said what Feng Xiuhui had asked her, "Could you be pregnant?"

"Ah?" Cheng Hehua had never thought about this before.

She and Li Nianhe had been married for two years but had never had a child. They were separated for a while, and even after she joined the army, there was still no news of a child.

"Really?" Cheng Hehua immediately covered her belly with both hands and patted it gently, "Are you really pregnant?"

"It's quite similar to me then. You should go to the hospital for a checkup." Jian Lu was not feeling well, otherwise she would have accompanied her. "By the way, call your Captain Li."

"I...I, okay! I'll go!"

Cheng Hehua was so excited that she didn't know what to do. She stood up and was about to run out, but Jian Lu reminded her.

"Go slower. You should be more careful if you are really pregnant."

"Got it!" Cheng Hehua answered and slowed down her pace.

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In the evening, when Cheng Zheng came back, Jian Lu told him about this. Cheng Zheng's hand paused, but he burst into laughter the next moment.

"Li Nianhe is going to be a father too? That's great."

"I don't know yet." Jian Lu lay on the bed, with a pillow under her waist, gently waving a palm-leaf fan, "But I think it looks exactly like when I was just pregnant, so it's probably true. Hey, take the one with big blue flowers, Mom likes that color."

"Doctor Jian's diagnosis is correct." Cheng Zheng was looking for sheets and quilts in the house. His mother would be coming over at the end of the month, so he had to go to the second floor to make the bed and tidy up the second bedroom. "You know my mother better than I do."

"That's right. You men are just careless and don't pay attention to those things at all." Jian Lu was a little proud, and her face was full of pride. "When mom comes, ask her if I'm right."

"Forget it, I won't ask. If I do, I will definitely be blamed." Captain Cheng, who was very self-aware, took the sheets and quilts to make the bed, and also gave the second bedroom a quick clean.

When he returned to the room, his wife was already drowsy and almost asleep. Cheng Zheng tiptoed back to the bed and changed his wife's position. With one hand, he helped her half-raise her body, and with the other hand, he put the pillow down. He then pulled out the pillow from around her waist and helped her lie down slowly. During the whole process, Jian Lu did not open her eyes, but just frowned and cooperated with Cheng Zheng's movements in a daze.

"Go to sleep." Cheng Zheng turned on the light, lay down beside his wife, looked at her peaceful sleeping face, and kissed her on the cheek.

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The next day, Jian Lu heard the good news that Cheng Hehua was really pregnant.

After two years of marriage, the couple finally got pregnant. They wanted to use a loudspeaker to tell the whole world, and even brought a pound of chicken cake to the leader's house. After all, it was the leader's wife who reminded them of this.

"Sister-in-law, I'm grateful for your words this time, otherwise Hehua and I wouldn't have noticed it." Li Nianhe put the cake on the table and smiled with a mouthful of white teeth on his tan face.

This was the first time for both of them to encounter such a thing. They had no experience, and they had not been able to get pregnant before, so they were a little bit desperate.

"Congratulations, your dream finally came true!" Jian Lu congratulated the two with a smile.

Cheng Zheng looked at his battalion commander and saw that his expression was bright. "That's great! When you become a father, the burden on you will be different."

Cheng Hehua smiled, her wish came true, her smile was dazzling. While Li Nianhe and Cheng Zheng were talking outside, she complained to Jian Lu, "Lulu, you don't know how much I suffered before. My mother-in-law was fooled and went back home, but she still complained about my inability to conceive. It's just that we are far away, otherwise she would nag me to death. She even asked someone last month to tell me that if I can't conceive again, she will come to see me!"

"That's great, you're pregnant now."

"Yeah." Cheng Hehua really didn't expect it. "I just came to your house to talk, and I found out after drinking a sip of water! If I had known, I should have come earlier!"

Jian Lu didn't know how she came up with this idea, she just laughed along, after all it was a happy occasion. She also shared her experience with Cheng Hehua, as she was in the late stage of pregnancy after all, and had just gone through the previous process.

The house was filled with joy as two pairs of new parents were exchanging experiences. Outside, Political Commissar Wei came to Cheng Zheng's house to see how the vegetables were growing.

As soon as I walked into the room, I heard Li Nianhe say something to Cheng Zheng.

"Our Hehua said, if I had known earlier, I should have come to your house earlier. We just talked for a while and drank some water, but I didn't expect that I would find out that I was pregnant."

Political Commissar Wei leaned out from the iron gate and asked, "Li Nianhe, is your wife pregnant?"

"Political Commissar Wei? Yes, my wife is pregnant!" Li Nianhe said excitedly, his voice eight degrees higher than usual. "I'm going to be a father!"

Political Commissar Wei remembered that this man had been married for a long time and had no children, but now he suddenly had one! He immediately gave him an envious look.

After returning home, Zhou Yan discovered that Old Wei, who had gone to Captain Cheng's house with great vigor and enthusiasm to check on the growth of people and vegetables, had returned in a depressed state.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling bad seeing other people's loofahs and eggplants growing well?"

Political Commissar Wei shook his head and looked at his wife who was drinking water. "Why don't you go talk to Old Cheng's wife and drink some water!"

Zhou Yan frowned, "Why are you looking for someone to drink water for? What are you talking about?"

"Really? Li Nianhe, the battalion commander of Lao Cheng's regiment, his wife is pregnant! She hasn't been pregnant in two years of marriage. I found out yesterday when I went to talk to Lao Cheng's wife and drank some water!"

Zhou Yan, a military doctor, was speechless and said in disgust, "Don't be crazy!"

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Jian Lu witnessed a happy event and was very happy for Cheng Hehua. In addition, she was about to give birth, so she relaxed every day and prepared herself mentally to welcome the birth with a relaxed attitude.

Recently, whenever Cheng Zheng was not at home, Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe would bring the children to Jian Lu's house to chat with them. This was also like helping Cheng Zheng take care of his wife. After all, Jian Lu was pregnant and many things were inconvenient for her.

Both sisters-in-law are knitting sweaters for my parents-in-law in my hometown. They are away from home all year round, so I have to show my appreciation.

Feng Xiuhui held the knitting needles in both hands, her hands moved flexibly, and from time to time she checked the pattern of the knitted wool. "The lotus is pregnant too. I wonder, in a few years, our courtyard will be very lively, with a lot of children."

Now, there are three kids in the room playing with marbles, so the noise is loud, of course, it’s mainly due to Dunzi.

Hengheng is gentle, Wu Xiangchen is silent, and Dunzi has a loud voice.

The three people's voices were probably like this:

Chenchen: --

Heng Heng:——

Dunzi: ————————

"Liang Jingyi, keep your voice down!" Feng Xiuhui was annoyed by her son's noise. Boys of this age were really troublesome.

Wu Xiangchen heard what Aunt Xiuhui said and looked up at his two friends, "Who is Liang Jingyi?"

Heng Heng pointed at the Dunzi whose mouth was sealed, "Him!"

"Ah~Oh!" Wu Xiangchen had no expression and buried his head in studying the marbles.

"Wu Xiangchen!!!!" Dunzi was furious and opened his mouth which had just been sealed. "You don't even know my name? Are we still good friends?!"

Dunzi: I’m very angry!

Wu Xiangchen's clear eyes were full of innocence, and he said calmly, "Everyone has been calling you Dunzi, so it's normal that I don't know."

"Really?" Dunzi recalled and it seemed to be true.

"Besides, you didn't tell me your name." Wu Xiangchen added.

"Really?" Dun Zixu squinted his eyes and recalled, "It seems so. I really haven't told you!"

Wu Xiangchen nodded, touched the marbles and prepared to continue playing, "It's okay, I forgive you."

"Okay, let's continue!" Dunzi walked over and watched Wu Xiangchen playing pinball.

Hengheng listened for a while and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Jian Lu watched the children playing in the room for a while and became even more excited about the baby in her belly.

I hope my baby can be cute and grow up healthily.

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There is still a week before Aunt Wang arrives on the island, so Jian Lu asked Cheng Zheng to start cleaning the house in advance.

In fact, their new house is quite clean. Firstly, it is a new house and looks presentable. Secondly, they both usually like to keep it clean and tidy.

However, the parents were coming soon, so Jian Lu decided to do her homework in advance and clean the already clean house again.

Cheng Zheng was wiping everywhere with a rag. There was a pool of clean water at his feet. The rag, which had been used to wipe the dust, was slightly muddy after being washed.

"When Mom gets here, she'll praise you for how well you manage the household."

Jian Lu leaned back in her chair and said in a soft voice, "No, I can't do anything with my big belly. This is a chance for you to show off. Don't worry, when mom comes, I will definitely praise you in front of her."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I am an adult now, why should I ask my mother for praise?"

"You've really grown wings~" Jian Lu saw the man finished his work and assigned him another task, "Captain Cheng~"

Every time Jian Lu called Cheng "Captain", Cheng Zheng knew that his wife was ready.

"What do you want to eat? But let me tell you in advance that some things are too cold to eat."

"I know, I know." Jian Lu pointed to the pineapple tree outside the yard, "That one, I checked it this morning, it should be ripe! Hurry up and pick one!"

After several months, the pineapple honey fruit finally ripened.

When Cheng Zheng entered the yard carrying a huge oval pineapple, he saw his wife dragging a chair out.

"What chair are you moving? Wait for me."

"It's okay. It doesn't require any effort." Didn't you see that she was being dragged?

Jian Lu put the chair under the loofah rack. The dense green leaves blocked out most of the sunlight. She took out the kitchen knife and started sharpening it to cut the pineapple honey.

However, Cheng Zheng still has to take action.

Cheng Zheng held the kitchen knife, not knowing where to start. He had never seen such a large fruit that needed to be cut with a kitchen knife.

Following his wife's instructions, Cheng Zheng put on gloves and cut off the top of the pineapple, then cut it in half. This thing is big and has a thick skin, so it is indeed more difficult to cut than other fruits.

"Is this really delicious? It's better than eating bananas." The bananas that Cheng Zheng had eaten were relatively simple fruits and the skin could be easily peeled.

"Of course it's delicious!" Jian Lu pointed at the pineapple honey and urged him, "Cut it in half again. We're eating it at home anyway, so do whatever's convenient for you."

Cheng Zheng cut the pineapple in half and used a kitchen knife to cut off the sticky white slime in the middle. "It's true that you should wear gloves, but eating a piece of fruit requires both gloves and knife. It's more troublesome than eating pork."

"What's the matter? I want to eat, but you're not going to make it?"

Cheng Zheng looked back and saw his wife pretending to be angry, puffing up her cheeks, "You eat it, of course I have to do it. Let's see what to do next?"

"Cut off the white part on top, and be careful not to cut the yellow flesh. Give me the rest, it will come out easily!"

Jian Lu took a quarter of a jackfruit piece and broke it down on both sides. The petals of jackfruit blossomed like flowers.

After removing the white silk, the golden pineapple honey will reveal its true face, clean and smooth.

Jian Lu took a light bite and it was refreshing and sweet, and the sweetness seemed to penetrate into her heart.

Breaking open the flesh and taking out the core, Jian Lu held up the flesh of a pineapple honey in her hand and said, "Try it, it's really sweet!"

The taste was almost the same as the pineapple honey I later bought at the fruit store.

Cheng Zheng bent slightly, took the fruit from his wife's hand, and gently brushed Jian Lu's index finger with his lips. He took a bite and was immediately shocked by its sweetness.

“It’s really sweet!”

"Really?!" Jian Lu, who was selling it to others, frowned. In this world, it's happy to eat something you like, but if you can recommend it to others, the happiness will be doubled. "It's really sweet. Peel the other portions too. We'll keep some and send the rest to Sister Xiuhui and Sister Yuhe."

Cheng Zheng's mouth was filled with sweetness, and he squatted down to continue peeling the pineapple honey. However, just when he had peeled half of it, three small guests came, followed by a big guest.

"Hey, what are we eating?" Feng Xiuhui took her three kids out to play, and came to see Jian Lu. She also brought some fried shrimps for the couple to try. When they walked into the yard, they saw Captain Cheng dealing with a strange-looking thing on the ground.

"Aunt Lulu, what is this?" Dunzi couldn't help swallowing his saliva as he looked at the yellow frosty flesh. He felt that there seemed to be a different smell in the air, fragrant and sweet.

"It's jackfruit, the one I told you about last time, it's from the tree outside." Jian Lu pointed at the jackfruit tree outside the yard and gave the fruit she peeled out to a few people to taste. "This is really delicious, you guys try it."

The adult and three children were indeed surprised by the sweet taste.

The three children even joined the pineapple peeling army, sat on the ground, and started to imitate Uncle Cheng's techniques.

"One by one, you sit on the ground every day. It gives me a headache just watching you." Feng Xiuhui cursed with a smile, then brought a stool and sat next to Jian Lu.

I asked her a few questions about how she was feeling recently and I also hoped that she would give birth to the baby soon.

It took half an hour for the four people on the ground to finally peel all the pineapple honeys cleanly. Of course, Dunzi was almost full during this process.

Even the burp tastes sweet.

"If you eat too much of this, you'll get a sore throat. Don't eat too much." Jian Lu reminded them and let them take most of it away.

She also had the awareness of being a pregnant woman, so she stopped after eating a few pills and instead became obsessed with feeding Cheng Zheng.

"Save it for you to eat later." Cheng Zheng ate two and was about to refuse.

"I can't eat too much. Can you help me eat it?" Jian Lu took out the fruit core as usual and fed him the pulp.

While she was feeding the baby, she suddenly heard some noise outside the yard. Jian Lu thought it was Sister Yuhe or a neighbor coming to visit, so she looked out.

The person who came was actually Qian Hongzhuo!

Qian Hongzhuo appeared in front of Cheng Zheng's house wearing a neat white military uniform and a white military cap.

"Captain Cheng, are you home?" He looked around again and saw the legendary Cheng Zheng's wife, so he greeted her politely, "You two seem to be in a good mood. You even planted loofahs at home."

Not long after he arrived on the island, he heard people say that Director Cheng didn't even like the dancers in the art troupe and married a girl from the country, but she was very beautiful.

When he saw her today, a hint of surprise flashed across Qian Hongzhuo's eyes.

Cheng Zheng has some interactions with the newly transferred Qian Hongzhuo. Some time ago, Brigade Song asked the two of them to be jointly responsible for the regular training of the troops.

"Captain Qian, please come in and sit for a while."

Since Qian Hongzhuo appeared, Jian Lu straightened her back, forced a smile and responded, staring at the man.

The male villain in the original book is a good-looking supporting actor, who can be considered an excellent standard supporting actor. He comes from a good family, has outstanding personal abilities, and a harmless face. In addition, he is humorous, so his reputation is actually quite high.

But who could have thought that such a person would be turned against the government?

Jian Lu is now worried that Qian Jingjing has been deceived by him, and secondly that he is setting a trap for her man. If he does something treasonous through Cheng Zheng, she will never be able to wash herself clean even if she jumps into the Yellow River.

The two men stood in the middle of the yard, talking to each other from time to time. Jian Lu tilted her ears to listen, very concerned about the situation over there.

It wasn't until she heard Qian Hongzhuo say that he wanted to treat Cheng Zheng to dinner that Jian Lu secretly thought something was wrong.

"Captain Cheng, I have only been on this island for a short time and I don't know many military personnel. We have worked together before, so how about this? On Sunday, when everyone has a rest, invite Political Commissar Liang, Chief of Staff Xu, and Political Commissar Wei to have a meal together at the state-owned hotel. I'll treat you!"

Cheng Zheng knew that this was a newcomer who wanted to get along well with the old people. He wanted to have a meal and drink some wine together to get closer to them.

He was about to agree when he suddenly heard a noise from his daughter-in-law.

"Ouch."

Cheng Zheng was extremely sensitive to such sounds. He was worried that his wife's stomach was not feeling well, so he quickly left Qian Hongzhuo and ran to Jian Lu in two or three steps.

"Lulu, what's wrong?!" Cheng Zheng looked at Jian Lu's wrinkled face and his hand on her pregnant belly, and his expression changed instantly. "Is your stomach uncomfortable? I'll take you to the hospital! If that doesn't work, I'll ask Lao Wei's wife to come over and take a look at you."

"It's not that serious." Seeing that the man was really worried, Jian Lu explained, "I just felt a little uncomfortable just now, but now I seem to be feeling better."

Cheng Zheng was still worried, so he watched over Jian Lu and wanted to ask Zhou Yan to come over and help, but he gave up when Jian Lu firmly refused.

After a while, he suddenly remembered that Qian Hongzhuo was still there, "Captain Qian, forget it, if you want to have dinner, go find them. My wife is like this, I am worried about her being alone at home."

Qian Hongzhuo looked at Cheng Zheng's wife who suddenly had a stomachache, and felt annoyed. It was as if he had not been in the army and couldn't even squeeze out a meal?

However, no matter what he thought in his heart, Qian Hongzhuo still greeted them with a smile, "That's fine, you guys have a good rest, I see your wife is about to give birth, so I won't disturb you and will leave first."

"Okay, walk slowly."

Seeing Qian Hongzhuo walk out of her yard, Jian Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She naturally didn't want Cheng Zheng to have too much contact with this villain. Not only should it be better to have less contact, it would be best to also keep him away.

"Is everything really okay?" Cheng Zheng sat next to Jian Lu, his heart still hanging in the air.

"Well, it's okay!" Jian Lu reached out and pressed Cheng Zheng's eyebrows. She found that when he was nervous and excited, his eyebrows would be furrowed high, like a little old man. "Don't worry about me, don't frown."

Cheng Zheng pulled down the hand that was playing tricks on his face, put it to his lips and kissed it, "How can I not worry? I'll go with you for a checkup tomorrow."

"Really!" Jian Lu was just pretending to have a stomachache to ruin Qian Hongzhuo's dinner invitation. What if a few people were eating, chatting and drinking at the table and got drunk together? !

She also had to find a way to get Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe to stop their men from going to eat.

The stomachache is fake, so there is no need to go to the hospital.

"No." But this time, Cheng Zheng was very firm, and he was serious and refused to compromise. "Lulu, I'll do whatever you say in other matters, but I can't do this. You must go for a check-up. Don't make me worry about you, okay."

In the end, Cheng Zheng took Jian Lu to the hospital. After a series of examinations, she felt relieved when she heard the doctor's affirmative answer.

After returning home from the hospital, Cheng Zheng washed a few pineapples for his wife and then asked her the question in his mind.

Cheng Zheng discovered that Jian Lu was kind to everyone and never had any grudges against anyone, but her attitude towards Qian Hongzhuo was different.

From the time she first came to him to ask about Qian Hongzhuo, to when Qian Hongzhuo was transferred to the island and she asked him about him again, to yesterday, he clearly noticed that there was something different about Jian Lu when she met Qian Hongzhuo in person for the first time.

He seemed to be perking up, looking around to pay attention to the other person, and even his back, which usually leaned lazily on the chair, straightened up a little.

My daughter-in-law pays too much attention to Qian Hongzhuo.

Cheng Zheng broke open the washed pineapple honey, took out the core and fed it to her, and casually asked, "Lulu, do you have any thoughts about Comrade Qian Hongzhuo?"

"Ah?" Jian Lu was surprised that Cheng Zheng would ask this. She was stunned for a moment and almost forgot to open her mouth to eat the pineapple honey. "Why do you ask this? What can I think of Qian Hongzhuo? Comrade Cheng Zheng, what are you thinking about every day?"

"I'm just asking, why are you so excited?" Cheng Zheng was calm, and continued to take the fruit core, his hands and mouth never stopped, "I just noticed that you were a little different yesterday. When Qian Hongzhuo came, you were like a cat outside, with your fur standing up."

Jian Lu was surprised as she chewed the pineapple pulp. Was her performance so obvious?

She met Qian Hongzhuo face to face for the first time yesterday and was indeed a little alert, but she didn't expect that Cheng Zheng would find out.

Jian Lu glanced at him sideways secretly, muttering to herself, wondering if this man was a policeman or a soldier. Why was he so perceptive?

The key point is, he used it on his own wife! Too much!

"Really?" Jian Lu pretended to be dumbfounded, her hands resting on her face, and said casually, "I'm just a little curious about your comrades, the new soldiers."

"I think you have a lot of opinions about him. I've never seen you treat anyone like this before. It seems like he's already irritated you even though we just met for the first time."

"Of course he pissed me off!" Jian Lu took advantage of the situation and immediately switched to complaining mode, "I suspect he is a scumbag who tried to deceive the feelings of Qian Jingjing, an ignorant girl."

Cheng Zheng didn't expect to hear such an answer. After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "What is a scumbag?"

Jian Lu: “…”

"He is a very bad man! Even though he looks good and tall, he may have problems with his ideology and lifestyle."

Jian Lu did not lie. After all, Qian Jingjing mentioned it in a letter last month, and Hu Zhenghao told her that he saw Qian Hongzhuo being very close to a female educated youth, talking and laughing with her.

Qian Jingjing was half-believing and half-doubting, but due to the many things going on in the art troupe, she had no time to verify it. In the letter, the ignorant girl Qian Jingjing was very depressed.

"How can you say that about someone? Comrade Qian Hongzhuo came from another military region and performed very well in the army. If this kind of talk gets out and other people hear it, wouldn't it affect his reputation?"

Cheng Zheng immediately put on a serious face. Although Qian Hongzhuo had just arrived on the island not long ago, there was really no problem for him to meet him. His wife was now slandering his comrade, so he had to say a few words no matter what.

He even unconsciously adopted the look and tone of someone who normally trains soldiers; his voice was steady and powerful, exuding an air of majesty.

"I..." Jian Lu was severely lectured by Cheng Zheng for the first time, and her tone was rather stiff. She did not lie. Qian Hongzhuo was later incited to treason, and now he was still causing trouble, and in the end, she was still being lectured!

It really makes me angry! If she wasn't worried that her man would be implicated by Qian Hongzhuo in the future, would she be so alert?

"What? You still want to treat me like a soldier under your command and teach me a lesson?" Jian Lu puffed up her cheeks and glared at Cheng Zheng with peach blossom eyes. "Go ahead and scold me. You'd better scold me to death!"

Cheng Zheng looked at his wife's aggrieved expression and suddenly didn't know what to do with her.

Jian Lu was only 21, much younger than me, just like a little girl. Perhaps it was because she had been so mature and well behaved for so long that I almost forgot her age. Now she said those angry words, which seemed like someone of this age.

"Okay, let's see what you are angry about." Cheng Zheng pinched her puffy cheeks, and he couldn't do anything about her. "I shouldn't have spoken to you so seriously just now. It's my fault.

However, I have been in the army for so many years, and I have been with all the soldiers through wind and rain, and have experienced life and death on the battlefield. Even if they are soldiers from other military regions, I feel close to them when I see them. We are the same people, all comrades-in-arms. Don't make such assumptions about other soldiers, or I will feel uncomfortable listening to them."

Jian Lu listened to Cheng Zheng's gentle and calm words, and gradually relaxed her tension. She felt wronged but also guilty. Yes, Cheng Zheng knew nothing at this moment. He only thought that his wife was hurting his comrades.

I can't say that I could predict that Qian Hongzhuo would betray me in the future.

Only a fool would believe that.

"Are you still angry?" Cheng Zheng saw that Jian Lu's cheeks were not as puffy as before. She just lowered her head, and her beautiful eyes rolled around. It was unknown what she was thinking about.

Captain Cheng, who always spoke in a harsh tone, began to reflect on himself for the first time. Was it so hurtful to talk to his soldiers like that?

"Okay, I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have spoken to you so loudly." Cheng Zheng touched his wife's arm, his voice low and deep, a rare apology, "Let's not mention Qian Hongzhuo's matter in the future."

"No!" Jian Lu's ears were filled with the man's low and somewhat guilty voice, which sounded quite nice. But how could she mention Qian Hongzhuo? If she didn't mention him, how could she guard against him?

"I'm not angry. Okay, okay. I know I shouldn't say those things now. You also know that I will definitely not slander the military. You are the most lovely people in my heart. It's just that Qian Hongzhuo..." Jane Lu paused and changed her words, "I just don't like him. Is that okay?"

Cheng Zheng found that his wife was quite stubborn. He had never heard that she disliked someone after just meeting him for the first time. But it didn't matter. It didn't matter if she disliked anyone.

"Okay, you can dislike anyone you want, but let's not say those things, okay?"

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Jian Lu agreed of course. Was she stupid at this moment? If she went around shouting that Qian Hongzhuo was not a good person, who would believe her?

Since it has come to this, she simply played along, "You also know that I don't like him, so you are not allowed to have any contact with him in the future."

Seeing Cheng Zheng opening his mouth to speak, she added, "Of course there's no problem with work matters, I have no control over them, but don't have any contact with each other in private. When you finish work, go home quickly and don't hang around outside. Especially if he wants to treat you to a meal, a drink, or a chat, don't allow it! Our child is going to be born soon, and there are a lot of things to do at home. You have a family, so don't hang out with people without a family."

"Comrade Jian Lu, are you so overbearing?" Cheng Zheng smiled. He never realized that his wife was such a little overbearing person who even wanted to take care of these things. However, it was not offensive.

He felt a little uneasy when he heard it. It turned out that this was what Xu Lang had said about how it felt to be controlled by your wife after marriage. It wasn't bad.

Besides, he and Qian Hongzhuo had no relationship at all.

"Yes, is it not possible?" Jian Lu frowned, looking serious. She had to take the opportunity to scold him. What he said was right, but the man's expression and tone just now were too fierce!

"You are my man, can't I control you?"

"Yes." Cheng Zheng had no power to refute and agreed immediately, but the words sounded quite pleasing to the ear.