Chapter 134: The Thought of a Strong Fight

Xia Juanjuan was stunned.

The package actually contained candy? It was sesame soft candy from Beijing and the famous White Rabbit candy from Shanghai! I bought such a big bag. Not to mention the money, I also needed a lot of food coupons!

Was this all arranged by Li Zhan?

However, she and Lizhan have been married for several months, why is it necessary to give out wedding candies now?

What the hell is Lizhan trying to do?

Secretary Zhao was also stunned. He looked at Xia Juanjuan, then at Xiao He and Xiao Li, and asked hesitantly, "Wedding candy?"

Xiao He smiled and said, "That's what happened. When Captain Li and his sister-in-law got married, didn't they have a wedding ceremony? Originally they were going to have a make-up wedding in the village, but then the troops started to make a fuss, so they took his sister-in-law over and held a make-up wedding in the army. Captain Li said he felt bad for not letting the villagers have a seat at the banquet, so he asked us to buy some wedding candies and distribute them to every household."

Secretary Zhao smiled and said, "Oh, so that's what happened. When Li Zhan's wife got married, Liu Lan's wedding was not authentic and too shabby! Don't worry, I will definitely deliver the wedding candy to every household!"

Xiao Li continued, "Thank you, Secretary Zhao. Our head of the group said that this time, the wedding with my sister-in-law will not be held in the village. But when the baby is born, we will definitely invite everyone in the village to a full-moon banquet!"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, then her eyes became hot and her heart was moved.

Unexpectedly, Lizhan, who looks like a rough man with unshaven beard, is so thoughtful.

After she and Li Zhan broke the secret, she also considered that if she got pregnant, people in the village might gossip about her, so she told Zhou Qiuhe secretly. Li Jie also knew about it.

But the reaction in the village when she said this and when Li Zhan said it was completely different.

If she says it, some people will believe it, but there will naturally be some sharp-tongued people who will not believe it and will even make up a story that she stole the man and deliberately set off the smoke bomb. The rumors will still be spread.

Once Li Zhan says it out loud, it becomes much more credible.

After all, there is no man in this world who would take the initiative to acknowledge the pregnancy of his wife if she got pregnant by someone else, right?

Li Zhan has now arranged for someone from the army to mention the fact that she is pregnant. Isn't that equivalent to him personally coming forward to clarify the matter?

Secretary Zhao's eyes widened after hearing this. He subconsciously glanced at Xia Juanjuan, then looked at Xiao Li, and asked in surprise: "Comrade, you said... the birth of a child? A full-month celebration? Li Zhan is not..."

Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, and was also a little surprised why Secretary Zhao was so surprised, and said, "No... Captain Li's family is pregnant. In another eight months, the baby will be born. Then we will hold a full-month banquet. Is there any...problem?"

Secretary Zhao blinked his eyes and looked at Xia Juanjuan again. Seeing that Xia Juanjuan's face had turned red with embarrassment, he finally reacted and said in surprise: "Really? Oh, this is a great event! I said that Lizhan is a good person, and God will never let him die... Good! Good! Then I can look forward to drinking the full moon wine for his child!"

Then he said, "Comrades, it's almost time for dinner. You should eat in the village before leaving."

Xia Juanjuan was grateful for their thoughtful care in sending her back, and said, "Yes, Xiao He, Xiao Li, please send me back. Let's have a quick meal at my house before leaving."

The two of them refused firmly: "Secretary Zhao, sister-in-law, our troops have discipline and cannot take even a needle or a thread from the masses. Otherwise, we will be punished when we go back. Besides, we bought train tickets for the evening. If we don't leave quickly, we will miss the train."

Xia Juanjuan wanted to bring them some bacon or something, but was rejected. She tried to bring some cooked food like big meat buns and steamed buns in the space, but she had just got home and it was not convenient to take them out, so she had to give up in the end.

After seeing the two off, Xia Juanjuan returned home.

Lin Yuru hurriedly prepared lunch. Xia Juanjuan washed her hands and came to help, asking, "Where's my dad?"

Lin Yuru smiled as she kneaded the dough, "I'm going to water the vegetable garden. You've planted a lot of varieties. The chives have grown, and I've harvested a bunch of them. I'm making white dumplings with chive and egg filling."

Before leaving, Xia Juanjuan gave Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan ten yuan to spend, and told them not to save it, and to eat the white flour, bacon and eggs at home. There would be no cornmeal on their dining table, and when she came back, she would check the consumption of food and bacon at home.

Now after hearing what Lin Yuru said, it looked like she really didn't save any, so she smiled and nodded, saying, "Let's see if it grows any longer, and wrap it again in two days. Now that you mention it, I feel like eating it."

When Lin Yuru heard this, she laughed and said, "Oh, why do we have to wait two days? I'll go check it out later and cut the chives and wrap them up this afternoon!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's fine. I haven't eaten the dumplings you made for a long time."

As she spoke, she took down a piece of cured wild boar from the eaves, grabbed a handful of dried bamboo shoots that had been baked in the winter, soaked them in warm water to soften them, cut them into small pieces, and stir-fried a dish of wild boar and dried bamboo shoots.

I also beat three or four eggs and fried them with chopped green onions to make a yellow and fragrant scrambled egg.

There was also a mushroom pheasant soup.

The pheasants were caught by Xia Shuangshan in the mountains the day before yesterday. Lin Yuru estimated that Xia Juanjuan would be back in the next two days, so she didn't kill them. She raised them with some wild vegetables, grains, seeds and the like. Now is the perfect time to kill them.

Lin Yuru kneaded the dough, rolled it into noodles, boiled it in water, and served it in bowls. She scooped a bowl of fresh chicken soup into each bowl along with the meat and soup, and simply sprinkled some salt on it to make fresh and delicious chicken soup noodles.

When Xiaowen was not around, Xiaowu and Beibei helped to light the fire. They were very well behaved.

Lin Yuru couldn't help but sigh: "These three kids are so well-behaved and sensible. These past few days, they were either picking wild vegetables or collecting firewood, and they were also learning to write on their own initiative. Xiaowen went to class, and when he came back, he helped with the housework, and he was a big help."

Xia Juanjuan listened and looked at the two kids who were busy making a fire. They rubbed their little hands and made the little kid's noses red with anger. She nodded and smiled, "Yes, they are both very sensible."

Beibei raised her little cat-like face and asked earnestly, "Mom, what does it mean to be sensible?"

Xiao Wu glanced at her and said, "Stupid! Have you forgotten what your brother said before you went to school? Being sensible means... you get candy!"

Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru both laughed.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Yes! Being sensible means you get candy. I'll give you candy after dinner."

Beibei's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Then...then...can I skip the meal and just eat candy now?"

Xia Juanjuan said with a straight face: "Of course not. If you don't eat well, you are ignorant, and then you won't have any candy."

When Beibei heard this, he clenched his fist and expressed his determination: "Oh! Then Beibei will be sensible and will eat well!"

Xia Juanjuan scooped a basin of water, washed her hands and faces with the two kids, and said with a smile, "Okay, let's eat quickly."

Just then, Xia Shuangshan came back and brought Xiaowen back with him.

Tomorrow is a weekend, and classes will only be held half a day on Friday. Zhou Qiuhe also works half a day, so she came back early. Xia Shuangshan came back from watering the vegetable garden, and they happened to meet at the entrance of the village, so he came back with Xiaowen.

When Xiaowen saw Xia Juanjuan, his face showed obvious joy, but he was too embarrassed to show it, and finally he just called out to her arrogantly.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "You're back just in time. Go wash your hands and have dinner."

The family sat around the table, eating hand-rolled noodles with some stir-fried vegetables and chicken soup.

Xia Juanjuan added a little vinegar to her bowl of noodles, which tasted very refreshing.

She pulled two chicken legs out of the chicken soup and gave one to Xiaowu and Beibei, one to Xiaowen, and the chicken wings to Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan, one each.

Xiaowen refused and insisted on giving the chicken leg to Xia Juanjuan.

Xia Juanjuan knew that this boy had a weird and stubborn personality. Anyway, her family had no shortage of chicken legs to eat, so she just let him give in this time and ate it herself.

Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan also wanted to give in, but were scolded by Xia Juanjuan.

But in the end, Xia Shuangshan's chicken wing was given to Xiaowen.

Xia Shuangshan was obviously very happy when his daughter came back. He said excitedly, "Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, go into the mountains with grandpa to catch pheasants this afternoon. Catch as many as possible so that each of you can have a chicken leg to eat!"

The three little guys had long wanted to go hunting in the mountains with Xia Shuangshan, so they were naturally so happy that they almost jumped up.

Xia Juanjuan also felt itchy to go, but when she thought about the fact that she was pregnant, she held back.

The whole family devoured the food in no time.

Xia Juanjuan still felt hungry, so she asked Lin Yuru shyly, "Mom, do you have any more noodles?"

Lin Yuru was a little surprised, as the lady didn't seem to have such a big appetite before.

But she immediately smiled and said, "Yes! I'll make you another bowl."

Xia Juanjuan stood up and said with a smile, "You eat yours. I'll go by myself."

Lin Yuru quickly finished the noodles in the bowl, stood up and said, "You kid! You've been traveling all night, you take a rest! I've finished eating, I'll go!"

Xia Juanjuan still ran to the kitchen to help.

Lin Yuru asked how Li Zhan was doing in the army, and Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "He's doing fine. He's probably on another mission now."

Lin Yuru sighed and said, "Alas... You have to take care of three little kids and do farm work. Your father and I are exhausted these few days. If your aunt had been at home, she could have helped... You have suffered so much..."

He added: "These three little ones are pretty good. They shouldn't be too bad when they grow up..."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, then she realized that she was talking about her and Liezhan's future retirement. Suddenly she remembered that she seemed to have not told Lin Yuru about her pregnancy.

Just now at Secretary Zhao's place, Lin Yuru didn't dare to go in, and had been waiting outside with the two kids.

Xia Juanjuan was about to tell Lin Yuru when Wu Xiaoyun and Zhou Qiuhe's voices suddenly came from the door: "Juanjuan? Are you home?"

Xia Juanjuan came out and said with a smile, "I'm here."

Wu Xiaoyun smiled and said, "Look, we are busy distributing wedding candies to her, but she is just enjoying her leisure time at home!"

Zhou Qiuhe hit her and said with a smile: "This is the task your father-in-law gave you. You dragged me into it, but you want to blame it on Juanjuan?"

As she spoke, Zhou Qiuhe came over with a smile in her eyes, grabbed Xia Juanjuan's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Juanjuan, Secretary Zhao said that you are already two months pregnant, is it true?"

Xia Juanjuan blushed involuntarily and nodded with a smile.

Lin Yuru was stunned, looking at the three people in confusion, and asked, "Wedding candy? Our daughter is pregnant? What are you talking about? How is this... possible?"