Chapter 54

A few days later, Aunt Wang went to H City again carrying a lot of bags.

This time, only Cheng Zheng went to pick her up, while Jian Lu was waiting at home.

My mother-in-law should arrive in H City at noon. Then Cheng Zheng will take his mother to the state-owned hotel for a meal and then take a boat back to the island in the afternoon.

Jian Lu cooked a pot of crucian carp porridge at home. The fish meat was stewed until it was soft, and the white porridge had a fresh and fragrant flavor.

The porridge was cooked and placed on the table to cool down, waiting for the two of them to come back and eat.

"Lulu!" At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Jian Lu heard a familiar voice. Her mother-in-law stood at the gate and raised her voice.

When she came to her son's house again, Aunt Wang was surprised and happy, firstly for her soon-to-be-born grandchildren, and secondly for this small single-family house.

The small building stands deep in the family yard. Although it is a long way to go inside, it looks good. There are also a few trees planted next to it. When I walked into the yard, I saw that the vegetables are almost ripe!

The hanging loofahs and eggplants are in pretty good shape. Although they are not as big as those in the fields, they are still plenty in my own yard.

"It's almost ready to be eaten!" Aunt Wang walked over to take a look and looked at the loofah. It was growing well.

"Yes, I'm waiting for you to come over and start." Cheng Zheng's hands were still busy, carrying the bag brought by his mother, "Mom, come in, Lulu is waiting for you at home."

"Hey!" Aunt Wang walked in with small steps. Before she arrived, her voice came first, "Lulu, let mommy see it!"

I haven't seen my pregnant daughter-in-law for more than half a year, and her changes are obvious. She has become plumper and has gained more flesh on her face. However, her arms are still thinner than other pregnant women. She has also gained some flesh on her legs, but it is not obvious.

"Mom, come and have a rest." Jian Lu found that her mother-in-law had not changed much, except that the smile on her face became brighter.

"Lulu, why haven't you grown much? Are you not eating well?" Aunt Wang was worried about her daughter-in-law. "Shitou, how do you take care of your daughter-in-law?"

Cheng Zheng put the bag aside, turned around to pour water for his mother, and defended himself, "Mom, it's already hard for Lulu to grow a little bit by eating."

"Yes, Mom, I just had a poor appetite in the first three months, but I ate a lot later. I have gained a lot of weight. Don't worry, the doctor said that the baby and I are healthy."

"That's fine. We can rest assured knowing what the doctor said."

Aunt Wang sat facing her daughter-in-law. She looked at her belly and said, "Your belly is still big. It looks like you have been well nourished. I just don't know if you will be able to give birth when the time comes. Lulu, mom is an experienced person. You should walk around more often. Then the birth will go smoothly."

"Yes, we walk. We go for a walk every day after dinner." Cheng Zheng put the enamel cup on the table. "Mom, drink some water."

"By the way, have you prepared the baby's things? I brought a lot this time." Aunt Wang couldn't wait to open the bag she brought. There was everything in it, as if she had just moved in. "These are the clothes I made for the baby in the past few months. This cloth was prepared by your second brother and sister-in-law. It feels very comfortable. In addition, the things for delivery should also be checked."

Aunt Wang had given birth to three children. She had also seen and helped with births in her hometown, so she was experienced and kept talking nonstop, which made Cheng Zheng feel tired for his mother.

"Mom, can you take a break first? You've been on the train for so long, aren't you tired?"

"That's right, Mom. I cooked some crucian carp porridge. You can eat after a rest."

Aunt Wang waved her hands, full of energy, "Why are you tired? This is nothing. The porridge is good. I brought some pickled vegetables, just right for drinking."

Speaking of eating, Auntie Wang immediately thought of the loofah and eggplant outside. She would have to wait a little longer for the eggplant, as some of the loofahs looked quite big. "Let's stir-fry the loofah tonight. I think the vegetables you grow are pretty good."

"Okay." Jian Lu was preparing to eat for the first time in a few days, but then she remembered that her mother-in-law was coming, so she decided to wait for everyone to arrive. "Mom, are our vegetables okay? They are growing well, and the yard doesn't look so barren anymore."

"Yes! But you are pregnant, don't worry, let Shitou take care of everything."

Cheng Zheng was called out and immediately stated his position, "Mom, I am aware of it."

"Yes, she is very self-aware and is determined not to let me do anything." Jian Lu also helped to explain.

That night, the family of three had fresh vegetables, including the freshest loofah that had just been picked.

I peeled and sliced ​​a palm-long loofah, stir-fried it with white oil, and paired it with the pickled pickled vegetables and dried beans that Aunt Wang brought. I drank it with crucian carp porridge, which was refreshing and heat-relieving.

Jian Lu ate a lot of loofah. Vegetables grown at home are delicious. She looked at Cheng Zheng with a little pride, "See, the vegetables grown at home are more delicious. I think they are better than those sold at the vegetable market."

Cheng Zheng chewed it for a few times and savored it carefully. "Is it? It's delicious, but why do I feel it's almost the same?"

"Lulu, ignore him. He will eat anything you give him. He can't taste anything else." Aunt Wang and her daughter-in-law felt the same way. "How can what you grow yourself be the same as what you buy outside? There is definitely a difference."

"That's right!" Jian Lu glanced at Cheng Zheng and stood on the same front with her mother-in-law.

After dinner, Aunt Wang ignored the objections of her son and daughter-in-law and rushed to the kitchen to wash the dishes and wipe the table. Her attitude and speed were amazing. After cleaning up the kitchen and the living room, she took a good look at her son and daughter-in-law's new home.

"Oh my, wow, this is amazing." Aunt Wang exclaimed as she took a look. This small building is really nice. The kitchen is quite spacious, much larger than the kitchen in the family compound where she lived during the Spring Festival. The toilet is also very clean. The second floor is even better, as you can actually see the sea. Then she took a look at the room that her son had cleaned up for her. It was spacious and bright, really nice.

"This quilt has a nice color and is bright." Aunt Wang touched the quilt and praised it.

Jian Lu narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Mom, I chose it!"

He looked at Cheng Zheng again, as if saying what he had said last time: Mom must like this patterned quilt.

Cheng Zheng naturally remembered it too. Well, this daughter-in-law really understands her mother-in-law well.

He just responded with his eyes, which showed both admiration and affirmation.

"Everything is fine, except that you have to go up and down the stairs. Lulu had better not climb the stairs. You have to be careful."

"We all moved downstairs to sleep, so it's not easy for her to go upstairs."

"That's good."

After dinner, the family of three went for another walk. Aunt Wang also visited her son, daughter-in-law, and neighbors, and visited Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe's homes.

We were all old acquaintances, chatting and having fun, it was quite lively.

After leaving Feng Xiuhui's house, Aunt Wang saw that the yard next door also seemed to be lush and prosperous, with green leaves popping up.

"Lulu, your neighbor also grows vegetables?"

"Yes, I planted radishes." Jian Lu remembered the words, "Radishes have a meeting."

"That's great. You can then eat different kinds of vegetables." Aunt Wang felt a little regretful. What a nice courtyard it was. It was even more spacious than her own private plot. Why didn't other families grow vegetables?

What a pity!

=

On the first night that Aunt Wang stayed at her son's new home, she slept well. Not long after she fell asleep, she had a dream that her daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy. When it was almost dawn, she had another dream again. This time she dreamed that her daughter-in-law gave birth to a fat daughter, which made her wake up happily.

She gave birth to three sons, all of them were naughty boys and had their own troubles. The second son had a concubine, but it was not enough. It would be better if the eldest son had another concubine.

The next day, Aunt Wang was still mumbling while eating breakfast.

"Do you think dreams in the first half of the night are reversed or dreams in the second half of the night are reversed?"

"The first half of the night." Jian Lu thought about it.

Cheng Zheng felt something was wrong. Based on his vague memory, he heard people say it was in the second half of the night when he was a child.

"I can't remember clearly either." Aunt Wang automatically ignored the dream she had in the first half of the night and told about the dream she had this morning. It felt so real that she could even vaguely remember the general appearance of her newborn granddaughter. "She was chubby and had nice hair! She was prettier than any other child in our team."

Cheng Zheng thought his mother was really confused because of her age. "Mom, you are better than anyone else. You can dream about what your child will look like in advance."

"Don't disbelieve me, dreams are useful. Whatever you think will come true. Forget it, never mind. Just treat it as real."

After having breakfast, Cheng Zheng went to the army as usual. Only his mother and daughter-in-law were left at home. Now that his mother was here, he could finally feel at ease.

Before I went to the army and my wife was the only one at home, my two sisters-in-law from next door would often come over to chat with me. The three of us would pick vegetables and knit together, and the two of them would look after my wife. Now things are more stable.

"Mom, Lulu, I'm leaving."

"Okay, go quickly and don't delay your work." Aunt Wang drove the man out.

The sun was not very bright in the morning, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law simply moved chairs to the yard to sit in the sun, chat, and knit sweaters.

"Mom, can you take a look at what I've knitted? I plan to knit one for Brother Cheng." Jian Lu has been bored at home lately and had to find something to do, so she simply started learning to knit sweaters from Feng Xiuhui and the others.

Since entering the 1970s, he has mastered more and more skills.

"It's very well knitted." Aunt Wang was also knitting, preparing to give one to her son and daughter-in-law. "The stone is big. In the past, I thought it would be better if my son was taller. Now, every time I make clothes for him, I find that he wastes fabric. Look at him, knitting a sweater for him requires an extra ball of wool."

Jian Lu smiled, "Of course not. I am just practicing with Brother Cheng's weaving now. I will weave it for you and your children when I am more proficient."

"I don't want it. I have two sweaters at home. You can wear them yourselves." Aunt Wang remembered something and asked her daughter-in-law mysteriously, "By the way, have you contacted your parents in the past few months?"

"I asked my third sister to share some of the food that I sent back a while ago with them." Jian Lu also understood that in this society, she still had to put on a show, so she asked her third sister to bring some things home from time to time.

"Do they know you are pregnant?"

"I know. My third sister told them." Speaking of this, Jian Lu still felt a little sad for her original self. Last month, Jian Xin's letter mentioned that when Jian Hualin and his wife learned that Jian Lu was pregnant, they didn't say much, only asking her to try to give birth to a big fat boy.

Now that I'm pregnant, who can decide whether it's a boy or a girl?

"Anyway, my parents don't care much. They just stay with their son every day."

Aunt Wang sneered, and thinking of what happened at Jian Hualin's house, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you know about your father and his son?"

Jian Lu heard something unusual in her mother-in-law's words and pricked up her ears. "What's the matter?"

"Didn't your father adopt the fifth son of the He family as his son? He even changed his last name. At first, he was so happy that I ran into him in the fields. His face was almost broken with smiles. But then the fifth son of the He family didn't want to work in the fields to earn work points. We said, this is not adopting a son to raise, it's not adopting an ancestor to worship. Your father was still happy and agreed."

Jian Lu remembered this matter. She mentioned it last time when her mother-in-law came over. "Did something happen recently? Anyway, I saw that my third sister briefly mentioned it in the letter. She said that the fifth elder of the He family was not very old and was quite smart, but she didn't say anything specific."

Aunt Wang slapped her thigh, thinking that this word was right. "He is such a cunning person! Last month, your mother found that the chicken was missing. You had three chickens, and suddenly one was missing. Your father went door to door to look for it, and even asked the team leader to come out and catch the chicken thief, saying that someone in the team stole your chicken. This chicken is so precious. Your father scolded for several days, but he still couldn't find who stole it."

Jian Lu seemed to have guessed the outcome, "Was it stolen by the fifth son of the He family?"

"That's right!" Aunt Wang said with a dry mouth. She drank a sip of warm water and continued, "He killed a chicken and roasted it for food. He didn't even have time to throw away the chicken bones. He just wrapped them in old cloth and hid them under the bed. Or Wu Laoshuan, who lives next door to yours, couldn't stand your father's suspicion of him and said that your family had been wrongly accused, so he wanted to search the house. As a result, the two families searched opposite each other, and Jian Hualin didn't find anything in Wu Laoshuan's house. Instead, Wu Laoshuan found chicken bones in He's Laowu's house. Now I understand."

"Won't my dad be so angry?"

Although Jian Lu only lived in the Jian family for a short period of time, she knew in her heart that Jian Hualin was a person who was very concerned about his reputation. Not to mention that she had been cursing for several days and finally someone found out that it was her son who ate the chicken. It was too embarrassing.

"I saw that, his face turned red, I don't know what happened afterwards. Anyway, I saw that your father didn't do anything to He's fifth son, but he was the one whose face was black for the next half month."

Jian Lu wanted to laugh after hearing this. As the saying goes, "Every evil man has his own way of dealing with evil men." "My father just wanted a son. Now that he has a son, he is not a worry-free person."

"That's not true. I've never seen anything like this. He cares more about his adopted son than his biological daughter. I don't know what your father is thinking."

Jian Lu didn't understand either. She really wanted to have a son from outside, not caring whether he was her biological son or not.

Judging from the temperament of the fifth son of the He family, Jian Hualin will continue to be troubled in the future.

——

Ever since Aunt Wang came to their house, Cheng Zheng and Jian Lu's meals have been completely taken over by Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang usually doesn't let Cheng Zheng bring back meals from the canteen, because nothing is as delicious as the food she cooks herself.

Aunt Wang felt like a fish in water in the kitchen of her new home. She took advantage of the loofahs and eggplants planted in the yard. The two vegetables gradually matured. Although the quantity was not too large, she still picked some and gave some to her neighbors. They were not very valuable. When Aunt Wang carried a few loofahs and eggplants to Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe's house, they stuffed half a bag of peach cakes and egg cakes into her mouth.

When we arrived at Political Commissar Wei's house, he harvested a few vegetables and brought back half a bag of radishes and carrots. He proudly introduced them, "We grew them ourselves. You can try some too."

Political Commissar Wei has grown vegetables at home, so he shows them off everywhere. This not only helps him build good relationships with his neighbors, but also allows him to show off a bit.

Vegetables were immediately delivered everywhere, and loofah, eggplant, white radish and carrot became popular in the family yard.

When Cheng Zheng returned home in the evening, he saw three dishes on the table for the fifth consecutive day. They were stir-fried loofah, steamed eggplant, and white radish and beef soup. He frowned and could hardly pick up his chopsticks.

"Mom, we've been eating these dishes for five days in a row." It's not that he's picky about food, he just wants to change the dishes and take turns.

"Five days, what's wrong?" Aunt Wang ate happily. The first two were grown in her yard, so she had to eat more. The other two were given by neighbors, and they were not few, so she had to eat them. "They are better than those sold outside."

"Let's at least change something once a week. We have to eat, but we can't eat it every day." Cheng Zheng looked at his wife and winked at her.

Jian Lu held the chopsticks in her hand but was speechless. It was good to grow your own vegetables and eat them yourself, but it didn't mean you could just stare at them and eat them. No matter how delicious the food was, you would get tired of it.

"Ahem, Mom, let's eat some later. I want to save some for my colleagues at the supply and marketing cooperative. Sister Xiujuan is coming over in a few days, so I have to ask her to bring some back to taste."

"Yes!" Cheng Zheng also remembered when he heard this. Let's destroy it quickly! "I'll send some to Li Nianhe as well."

Aunt Wang noticed that her son and daughter-in-law loved giving away things too much. "That's fine. We won't eat the rest for now."

Cheng Zheng and Jian Lu both breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

However, a few days later, when Feng Xiuhui and Cui Yuhe came to visit her, they mentioned that their family also planned to grow vegetables next year.

"Our Lao Liang saw that your yard was still full of vegetables and said that if you want to eat any vegetables, you can just go to your own yard and pick them. It's more convenient."

"Old Xu was the same, saying that Captain Cheng was still blessed, and that he would go and exchange some vegetable seeds later."

"Let's also plant the loofah and eggplant that you grow. They look really good. We'll let you try our own ones when the time comes."

“Don’t!!!”

Cheng Zheng and Jian Lu spoke up at the same time, refusing repeatedly, "If you want to plant something, plant something different, don't plant the same thing as us."

By then, I will have my own loofah and eggplant, plus the ones sent by their other two families. We will be able to eat them forever, and there will be nothing different on the dinner table, right?

Absolutely not!

+++++

There is still about half a month before Jian Lu's due date, and Cheng Zheng, the future father, is visibly nervous. According to Jian Lu, he seems to be in a state of combat all the time, ready to go and fight at any time.

Jian Lu noticed that the man tensed up and his face became serious again.

"Why are you so nervous? We are all ready. We will go to the hospital as soon as the outbreak occurs." Jian Lu poked his arm, trying to calm him down.

The two of them just returned to the room and lay down. It was quiet all around, with only Aunt Wang resting in the bedroom on the second floor.

Cheng Zheng touched his wife's belly and recalled the experience shared by Xu Lang. Cui Yuhe's second pregnancy was at noon, and her first pregnancy was at midnight. Both times were not good.

Jian Lu laughed at him, "You're thinking well. You're going to let him pick a time for you to rest at home that's neither too hot nor too cold, right?"

"That's great. I'm just worried that I won't be at home when the time comes." Cheng Zheng hasn't been on any missions recently, but he has to go to the troops every day. Who knows if the movement will take place during the day.

"Don't worry. If the pregnancy really breaks out during the day, I'll ask Mom to find Sister Xiuhui to notify you right away." Jian Lu had made a lot of mental preparations. She just hoped that everything would go smoothly. She couldn't be too nervous, otherwise she would be too scared before she even gave birth.

Cheng Zheng leaned over and gently laid on his wife's belly, putting away his usual seriousness for once, "Let me hear what the child has to say."

It was the first time that Jian Lu found the serious Captain Cheng so childish. She laughed and teased him, "What can you hear? Is he childish?"

Cheng Zheng lay on his pregnant belly for a while, listening very attentively. Jian Lu reached out and poked his cheek, then touched his chin. The man's jawline was quite neat. "Remember to shave your stubble."

As soon as he finished speaking, they both felt the fetus move at the same time. Cheng Zheng raised his head and looked at his wife with a proud expression, as if to say, the child knows how to love his dad, isn't this a consent?

"You kicked me again, didn't you?" Jian Lu patted her belly gently. "Did you really promise your dad to come out when he's home alone?"

"That's not the case. This kick proves that the child heard me and agreed to me." Cheng Zheng could already feel the old father's satisfaction before he even saw the child.

"Huh~ Look at you. If Xiao Zhao and the others saw you, they would not recognize you. Where is our majestic and powerful Captain Cheng?"

Cheng Zheng was happy, his heart and eyes were full of anticipation, waiting for the baby to be born.

He moved from the middle of the bed to the head of the bed, looked at his wife's chattering mouth and laughing at him, and went up to her and kissed her on the lips.

"Are you born in the year of the dog? You bite people!" Jian Lu glared at him and slapped his handsome face, "But I bite people too."

"Hey, you still need to be punished." Cheng Zheng held his wife's oval face with both hands and kissed her several times, "You dare to scold me?"

The room was filled with laughter and noise, as the couple looked forward to the birth of their soon-to-be-born child.

Jian Lu is about to get married and is just waiting for the birth of her baby. However, there has been big news in the family compound recently because of the baby.

That day, Jian Lu was talking to her mother-in-law at home when she heard loud talking outside.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and knew something had happened.

"Lulu, don't move. I'll go out and take a look." How could she let her daughter-in-law go out casually since she was pregnant? From the noise outside, she was afraid that they were quarreling.

Jian Lu suppressed her curiosity and agreed. She watched her mother-in-law walk out and disappear behind the door after a while.

She sat in the living room waiting. She had lost interest in the sweater she was knitting. The voices outside kept drilling into her ears.

"There must be something wrong with you. You are just a hen that can't lay eggs!"

"Bullshit, what's wrong with me? Maybe your son has a problem!"

Her mother-in-law didn't come back for a long time, so Jian Lu couldn't help it. She got up and walked out slowly. As soon as she opened the gate, she found that there was a group of people gathered in front of the single-family house opposite, and there were constant noises coming out.

She walked over holding her belly and gradually figured out what was going on.

"Lulu, why are you here? There are so many people outside and they are arguing. What if they run into you?" Aunt Wang watched the excitement for a while and suddenly found that her daughter-in-law had also come out, so she hurriedly persuaded her to go back.

"Mom, let me see. I'm standing far away. It won't be a problem." Jian Lu has been so bored lately that she's almost going crazy. Now she finds it interesting even if someone is having a quarrel.

In the crowd, Deputy Head Wang's mother and wife, who lived diagonally across from Jian Lu, were arguing. Both of them rolled up their sleeves, put their hands on their hips, and confronted each other, neither willing to give in.

"This Aunt Hu is dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law Shen Cuilian for not having a child after three years of marriage. She says Shen Cuilian is infertile and wants Deputy Headman Wang to divorce Cuilian and remarry." Aunt Wang explained the situation to Jian Lu.

"Ah?" Jian Lu didn't expect it to turn out this way. This old lady actually instigated her son to divorce his wife and remarry!

Cui Yuhe also muttered quietly, "However, Shen Cuilian is not someone who would just swallow her anger. She said that maybe it's Deputy Head Wang who has the problem."

"The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started swearing at each other outside. Don't they mind the shame of their family?" Feng Xiuhui thought it was too embarrassing. No matter what happened, they had to go home and talk behind closed doors.

This is a tiger!

Jian Lu saw Shen Cuilian spitting saliva, not taking any blame from her mother-in-law. "Is having a baby my own business? How can it be my problem if she doesn't get pregnant? What if there's something wrong with Wang Dayong?"

"Bullshit! How could there be something wrong with my son?" Aunt Hu was even more arrogant than her. She was sure that her daughter-in-law had a problem. "It's you who has a problem. Look at you. Your butt is not big. When Dayong married you, I told you that it would be difficult to have children if your butt was not big. But he insisted on marrying you. Now it's been three years. Who's daughter-in-law can't get pregnant in three years? Even an old hen knows how to lay eggs!"

"You think I can't lay eggs? Let your son lay eggs. Let us see if there is anyone who can lay eggs. A rooster can also lay eggs."

When the onlookers heard this man, they burst into laughter and some began to cheer and encourage him.

"What are you two, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, arguing about here? There are so many people here, aren't you ashamed?"

"If you don't get pregnant, then you don't get pregnant. You can always have a baby."

"I wonder whose problem it is. She hasn't been pregnant for three years. There must be something wrong!"

......

"Come on, come on, there's a quarrel!!!"

Not far away, a group of children came running over, all with happy looks on their faces. Their short stature made it easy for them to squeeze forward, and soon they all occupied an advantageous position.

"Where did you go to have fun again? What did you do?" Feng Xiuhui saw that her son's face was covered in sweat, and he must have been naughty.

Dunzi didn't even turn around, "Mom, I just ran a few laps, don't bother me while I watch people quarrel."

"Hey, you kid."

Yuanyuan's head was motionless as she watched the quarrel very seriously. Next to her were Hengheng and Chenchen, and in front of her was Dongdong who was almost kidnapped by a kidnapper.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were arguing inside were neither willing to give in. Instead, some people suggested going to the hospital for a check-up to see who had the problem.

Shen Cuilian was the first to say yes. "Let's go. I just don't believe it. I'm in good health. Why would you throw dirty water on me?"

"Okay! When they find out there's something wrong with you, go get a divorce from Dayong yourself, and don't delay the birth of our baby!"

When Deputy Head Wang Dayong returned home, he happened to hear about this. He saw that his mother and wife had already started arguing, and there was a large group of people surrounding them. He immediately felt ashamed.

"Mom, what are you arguing about? Do you have to make such a fuss that the whole team will come and see?"

"Cui Lian, why are you talking to my mother like that? How can a daughter-in-law quarrel with her mother-in-law?"

Aunt Hu/Cui Lian: "You know nothing! Let's go to the hospital for a checkup!"

Wang Dayong felt that both of them were sick, so why would they go to the hospital for a check-up? Isn't that embarrassing?

If he goes there himself, the news will spread throughout the entire army tomorrow. Will he still have any shame?

"No, no, you still want to go to the hospital?"

Wang Dayong dragged his mother and wife into the house, one by one, and urged the crowd, "Everyone, go home and make dinner, don't delay."

"Hey, Deputy Captain Wang, if you really can't do it, go get it checked out. Otherwise, your mother and your wife will be in trouble." Seeing the excitement, everyone was eager to find out who had the problem and how it would end.

"No, no, no, there's no need to go to the hospital."

Once the door is closed, family matters are kept inside.

"Hey, are we going in now?"

Everyone was disappointed. How come the excitement was over just when we were halfway through watching the show?

"Who can't have children?"

"I don't think Deputy Captain Wang and Cui Lian have any health problems, do they?"

"How could you see that?"

"screw you!"

Without the excitement, everyone had to go back to their homes. Aunt Wang held Jian Lu's arm and walked into the house. She even talked about this matter during dinner.

Cheng Zheng didn't see it with his own eyes, but he knew most of it after hearing what his mother and wife said.

"Why did something like this happen in Wang Dayong's family?"

Wang Dayong was not a member of Cheng Zheng's group, so naturally it was not his turn to talk to anyone. However, the leader of Wang Dayong's group should have a talk with him. After all, such a big quarrel in the family compound had a bad influence and was not good for military discipline and style.

"I don't know if they can stop quarreling. I think they were arguing really fiercely today."

Aunt Wang is an experienced person who has seen more excitement than her son and daughter-in-law have eaten rice. She said, "It will definitely not stop."

As a result, Auntie Wang did not expect that Auntie Hu and Shen Cuilian quarreled twice again. Although the quarrel was not as serious as the first time, it still caused quite a stir.

Within two days, someone ran into Wang Dayong and his family of three in the military hospital.

“They actually went to check it out!”

"Oh, you have to go to the hospital for a checkup for something like this, aren't you ashamed?"

Jian Lu ate a banana and listened to everyone chatting. She knew that in this era, infertility testing was still not a common thing, and many people felt ashamed and embarrassed.

If Wang Dayong couldn't control his mother and wife at home, he would definitely not be willing to go for a check-up.

Whoever is found to have problems during the test will have a bad reputation.

Feng Xiuhui felt it was a pity, "If anyone has a problem, they certainly can't tell us. We only saw half of the excitement and couldn't see the whole thing."

Jian Lu reminded her, "How can you know? Think about it, if there was something wrong with Shen Cuilian, Aunt Hu would definitely insist on asking Deputy Head Wang to divorce and remarry. If there was something wrong with Deputy Head Wang, Aunt Hu would definitely keep quiet and not make a fuss."

"Yes!" Feng Xiuhui suddenly realized this truth, "Maybe I have to keep her daughter-in-law as a favor."

After figuring it out, Feng Xiuhui paid attention to the Wang family in the next few days. The Wang family, which used to quarrel every now and then, actually calmed down!

One day, when she was queuing up to buy vegetables at the vegetable market, she actually saw Aunt Hu talking softly to Shen Cuilian. Her expression was completely different from the way she stood with her hands on her hips and scolded her daughter-in-law.

Feng Xiuhui couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and then went back home to discuss it with a few people.

"Then there must be something wrong with Deputy Head Wang, and he can't have children!" Cui Yuhe immediately concluded, "That's for sure."

Others also agreed, "There must be something wrong with her daughter-in-law. She must have told the whole family about it. Now she is smiling at Shen Cuilian. Shen Cuilian is also picky and has a bad face towards Aunt Hu, but she is not angry anymore."

"I never thought that Vice Captain Wang, who looks strong and healthy, actually has problems."

Jian Lu was the only one present who knew that having a child could be a problem for either the man or the woman, but people of this generation mostly put the blame on the woman. Now, they were all shocked to suddenly guess that there was something wrong with Wang Dayong that led to his failure to conceive.

The most shocked person in the family compound was Political Commissar Wei.

After three years of marriage, the couple still hadn't conceived a child. After going to the hospital for a check-up, it turned out to be the man's problem. Political Commissar Wei felt very disappointed.

In this situation, except that our marriage time is not that long, why do they feel similar?

After returning home, Political Commissar Wei was distracted. He took one look at his daughter-in-law Zhou Yan and felt that it was not her fault.

Zhou Yan is from the north. She is quite tall and well-proportioned. She is also a doctor, so doctors must be quite healthy.

The more Political Commissar Wei thought about it, the more frightened he became. His face wrinkled and his expression changed again and again. Zhou Yan was keenly aware that something was wrong with the man. She thought of the situation in Wang Dayong's family and then her own family.

A light bulb went off in her head, and she suddenly understood what this person was thinking!

"Wei Guohua!"

Political Commissar Wei was almost frightened by his wife's shout. He was already feeling more guilty the more he thought about it, and now he felt even worse.

"Why."

Look at this man, he must be doubting himself in his heart, thinking that he is infertile! All men in the world think this way! Zhou Yan became angrier and angrier. She had been married to Wei Guohua for less than a year, why did she have to endure such humiliation? Today she was determined to make things clear!

"Just say whatever you want to say. Don't overthink it." Zhou Yan frowned and was filled with anger. She was educated and could not stand such an insult. If Wei Guohua really meant to insult her, she would immediately pack up her things and go back to her parents' home.

When Political Commissar Wei heard his wife say this, he felt even more upset and stammered, "Yan'er, if you can't have a baby because of my problem, will you dislike me?"

Zhou Yan: ???

"What did you say?" Zhou Yan was confused. She never expected Wei Guohua to say this.

"Hey, didn't I see that Wang Dayong was diagnosed with problems by the hospital? You said he looked stronger than me, but it turned out that it wasn't his wife's problem, it was his problem. I guess he can't escape this."

The more Political Commissar Wei thought about it, the sadder he became. He had been longing for a wife and children and a warm bed, so why was his fate so bad?

"Don't worry, I'll go to the hospital tomorrow to get some. There's a lot of tonic there, which can help you get pregnant."

Zhou Yan was confused and blurted out, "I don't take medicine."

"I'll eat it!" Wei Guohua said resolutely.

Zhou Yan: “…”

——

These two days, when Cheng Zheng came home from get off work and passed by the small building of Political Commissar Wei's house, he found that there was smoke coming out of the chimney of the kitchen, and there was also a bitter smell coming out. The smell was overbearing and unpleasant.

"Old Wei, what are you drinking?"

Political Commissar Wei was drinking medicine from a porcelain bowl. When he heard the question from Regimental Leader Cheng at the door, he was a little embarrassed and said, "Oh, I have a fever recently. I'll take some medicine to treat it."

"Oh, take care of yourself, there's a zipper at the back."

"OK."

After drinking the medicine, Political Commissar Wei looked at Cheng Zheng's back as he walked away with a pouty mouth and muttered, his eyes full of envy, "You're going to be a father soon, I'm so miserable! This medicine tastes so bad!"

After dinner, Cheng Zheng flipped through the calendar and looked at the upcoming due date. He felt uneasy. As the day got closer, he became more and more nervous.

The only thing I hope for is that my wife can start the work when I am at home.

"What are you worried about? Didn't the child say he promised you?" Jian Lu was actually a little nervous, but compared to Cheng Zheng, that was not enough.

"Yes, she kicked him, which was almost like a high five." Cheng Zheng didn't go anywhere after returning home these days. He just wanted to stay with his wife, fearing that she would attack at any moment.

Seeing her son like this, Aunt Wang was amazed. "Your second brother has been a father twice, but he's never been like you. His eyes are almost fixed on Lulu. It seems that among the three of you brothers, you are the most like your father."

"Really?" It was rare for Jian Lu to hear her mother-in-law talk about her father-in-law. Her father-in-law died unexpectedly at a young age. Knowing this, she never mentioned her father-in-law on her own initiative. Instead, her mother-in-law would talk about him sometimes.

So many years have passed that the sadness of those days has long since turned into a faint longing. When people talk about it, they smile.

"Of course not. Shitou's father was also handsome at that time. He was well-known in the surrounding area. We fell in love with each other on the way to the meeting place. Well, we happened to be riding on the same ox cart. He was a thoughtful person and took the initiative to talk to me."

"Oh!" Jian Lu found that her mother-in-law looked a little shy when she talked about going up, "Mom, then you and Dad fell in love at first sight!"

"What's the meaning of affection? I didn't have any feelings for him at that time. It was this guy who found out about our family from somewhere. At that time, our family was renovating our house, and this guy came to help us even though he was not related to us. Who knew that he was so skillful, and my father liked him and thought he would be a good son-in-law."

"Wow, Dad is a man of action. He fell in love with you at first sight and took action immediately."

It was rare for Cheng Zheng to hear his mother talk about these things. His father died unexpectedly at a young age, and the family could not bear the blow of losing a great laborer. Life was even more difficult for the orphan and widow, and it was all up to his mother to support them alone.

"As for your father, apart from other things, he was good to me. No other man was like him. At that time, who in the village didn't envy me? When there was a steamed bun at home, he would eat the skin and I would eat the core. He would drink the porridge and I would eat the rice." Aunt Wang recalled her youth, with regret and sweetness filling her heart.

"Now I see that Shitou is also a man who loves his wife, just like your father."

Jian Lu glanced at Cheng Zheng and patted him on the shoulder, "Captain Cheng, did you hear that? Mom personally confirmed that you are a good man and a good comrade... Ouch."

Cheng Zheng curled his lips when he heard the first sentence, but just as he was about to speak, he heard his wife groan, and his face changed instantly.

"Lulu, what's wrong? Is it..."

Aunt Wang was experienced and saw through the situation at a glance. "Quick, quick, send her to the hospital. She's about to give birth!"