As soon as the two returned home, Ma Xiuzhu came out from the west room to complain, "That little bastard is an ungrateful person. When you were not at home, he came home from school and ran to someone else's house to eat and sleep before he could even warm his butt."

"Niannian is not feeling well, so let him stay there for one night." Lu Shishen helped Yang Niannian into the east room.

Lu Guozhi was a traditional person and thought it was inappropriate for a father-in-law to enter his daughter-in-law's room. He stood at the door and asked, "What's wrong with Nian Nian?"

Lu Shishen helped Yang Niannian lie down on the bed, then replied calmly, "Kidney stones."

When Ma Xiuzhu heard that it was kidney stones, she immediately said, "It's because you don't do enough work. I work in the fields every day and I don't have any disease."

Lu Shishen went out of the house and closed the door, letting Yang Niannian rest inside.

Ma Xiuzhu couldn't see Yang Niannian and stopped nagging.

"Have you eaten?" Lu Shishen asked.

"What are you eating?" Ma Xiuzhu pulled a long face, "Your father and I didn't come here. You guys are fine. If you come here, either you are going to the army or she has kidney stones. You don't even have a child at home."

Lu Guozhi scolded his wife, "Say less."

Then he said to his son, "We had egg noodles for dinner, and now we are not hungry. You can cook something for the two of you."

Lu Shishen nodded and turned to go to the kitchen.

Ma Xiuzhu wanted to follow him, but Lu Guozhi stopped her and said, "Hurry up and go back to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow morning to catch the train."

…

Li Fengyi sent the car back to the army and came here happily. He rushed into the kitchen following the smell and saw Lu Shishen had cooked a pot of noodles. He was almost drooling.

"Serve it yourself." Lu Shishen said.

Li Fengyi was not polite either. He served a big bowl of noodles and started to eat it with a slurp, not even caring about the heat.

"Captain, the noodles you cooked are really delicious."

Lu Shishen had a blank expression on his face. "Eat well, send my parents to the train station tomorrow morning, and talk less."

"Captain, don't worry. I promise I won't say a single word that shouldn't be said."

Li Fengyi bared his big white teeth and responded with a chuckle.

Lu Shishen brought a bowl of noodles back to the room and happened to see Yang Niannian getting out of bed. "Why are you up?"

"I'm going to take a shower. I'm all sweaty and feel so uncomfortable," said Yang Niannian.

"Wash after dinner." Lu Shishen said.

Yang Niannian usually eats regularly, and she is indeed hungry now. "Let's go to the main hall to eat?"

Lu Shishen placed the bowl of noodles on the table in the main room, then went back to the kitchen to get another bowl of noodles. The two of them sat at the dining table in the main room to eat.

Yang Niannian ate two mouthfuls of noodles, and suddenly remembered something, looked up and asked, "Isn't Li Fengyi here?"

"He's in the kitchen." Lu Shishen replied.

Yang Niannian didn't ask any more questions. When she finished her noodles and got some clean clothes, Li Fengyi had already returned to the army.

After taking a shower, she washed her underwear and hung them up out of habit. Just as she was about to wash the dirty clothes, Lu Shishen came to the bathroom door.

"You go into the house and rest first, I'll take a shower with you later."

She was indeed still not feeling well, so Yang Niannian didn't insist and went back to her room to sleep.

Ma Xiuzhu couldn't sleep. When she heard footsteps in the main room, she got out of bed, leaned against the window and looked into the yard. She saw that the light at the bathroom door was on, so she opened the door and walked out.

Lu Guozhi asked, "Why don't you go out to sleep?"

"Go to the toilet." Ma Xiuzhu said.

After leaving the main room, Ma Xiuzhu went straight to the bathroom door. Seeing Lu Shishen squatting inside washing clothes, her face suddenly turned sour.

"You usually do these tasks?"

Without waiting for Lu Shishen to answer, she said with a look of disdain, "These are women's jobs. Don't spoil Yang Niannian, or you will have to do all these jobs in the future. What man would come home from a busy day to do laundry at night? If I dare to ask you to wash clothes today, I will dare to ask you to wash your pants tomorrow. This time when I go back, I will ask Huang Guihua how she educated her daughter."

Lu Shishen frowned. "As a husband and wife, you should take care of your wife more. I am a few years older than Nian Nian, so I should take care of her more. You always complained about your mother-in-law before, but now it's your turn to be a mother-in-law, so you should set a good example."

"How can it be the same?" Ma Xiuzhu retorted subconsciously, "Your grandma is a fool. She can't stand your dad being nice to me. As long as your dad is nice to me, she will instigate him behind my back. I hate her so much that I almost drank pesticides out of anger."

Lu Shishen said nothing and looked at her expressionlessly. Ma Xiuzhu also noticed that her words seemed a bit contradictory and felt a little embarrassed.

"Forget it, forget it. Do whatever you want. I don't care."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house.

Not long after Ma Xiuzhu entered the room, Wang Fengjiao came over and asked, "Captain Lu, is Nian Nian okay?"

"It's kidney stones. I've already taken a painkiller injection, took some medicine and went to sleep." Lu Shishen said.

"Oh, is it a kidney stone? I was wondering why it hurts so much during menstruation." Wang Fengjiao is straightforward and doesn't hold anything back when she speaks. "Captain Lu, when you go back to bed later, rub your palms together to warm them up and put them on her stomach. It can also relieve the pain. You don't have to worry about An An, he's already asleep."

It was late at night, so she didn't stay long. She just said a few words and went back.

When Lu Shishen returned to the room, Yang Niannian had already fallen asleep. She didn't sleep well because she was not feeling well. She slept with her arms and legs spread out like a child who had not grown up.

She had suffered a lot today, her lip color was a little abnormal, and she looked a little weak.

I'm used to seeing her lively appearance, so I'm a little uncomfortable at this moment.

Just like when I was a kid and picked up a small animal on the way home from school, I was always worried that I would accidentally kill it...

After turning off the lights, he remembered Wang Fengjiao's words, rubbed his hands, and placed them on Yang Niannian's belly. Her belly was flat and smooth. Lu Shishen's palms were rough due to years of training and felt a little prickly. As soon as he touched her belly, she slapped him.

"Hmm... there are mosquitoes."

He muttered something, turned over and continued to sleep.

Lu Shishen, "..."

…

The next day, when Yang Niannian got up, her parents-in-law had already left for the train station.

Yang Niannian wanted to go to the city, but Lu Shishen stopped her and said, "You can rest at home for one more day. I have asked someone to find out about the land in the northern suburbs of the city. Sign a ten-year contract with an annual rent of 120 yuan. The rent will be paid annually and there will be no rent increase within 10 years."

"Lu Shishen, you are so nice." Yang Niannian jumped around excitedly like a little rabbit, and almost couldn't help hugging him and kissing him.

Seeing that she had returned to her usual lively and healthy self, Lu Shishen felt relieved. "Remember to take your medicine after dinner. If it's too bitter, eat some candy."

"Tsk, I'm not a child." Yang Niannian didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that Lu Shishen treated her as a child like An An.

Lu Shishen looked at her with complicated eyes.

I just got my period, if it’s not a child, then what is it?