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Ever since Shen Roujiao and Zhou Huaiyue signed their marriage certificate and submitted it to the Heaven and the Underworld, they have lived a harmonious and happy life.

It was not until half a year later that Zhang Qingjun's eldest son was born and the wedding candy was sent to Shen Roujiao. Zhou Huaiyue was very angry. The words "May you have a son soon" on the gift box seemed like a naked provocation.

Zhou Huaiyue, who was always calm and nonchalant, and never got anxious even when his father reminded him to get a physical examination, became anxious.

He could remain calm and sneer at anyone's provocation, except Zhang Qingjun.

Once, Xie Yunli invited everyone to dinner for her birthday. All the people present were acquaintances, including Shen Roujiao and Zhou Huaiyue, as well as Zhang Qingjun and Qin Ye. Qin Ye was pregnant with a big belly, radiating the radiance of motherhood, and enjoying the meticulous care at all times.

Wen Ya joined late and didn't know that Zhou Huaiyue and Zhang Qingjun were not on good terms. She thought that they were both from the same hometown of Yunnan, both married, and had a relationship with Zhang Qingjie, so she deliberately let them sit together so that they could chat more easily.

Then, when Xie Yunli pushed the door open with wine in his hand and saw the stern-faced Zhang Qingjun sitting next to the sullen-faced Zhou Huaiyue, his head began to buzz.

Not only was he buzzing, Zhang Qingjie, who arrived late, was also shocked. What was going on? He looked at Xie Yunli suspiciously, his eyes seemed to say: "Are you sure you are celebrating your birthday and not going through a tribulation?!"

That meal was like walking on thin ice, and I was in a dilemma.

First, Qin Ye gently stroked her bulging belly and asked Zhou Huaiyue with a smile on her face, "You have been married for several years, why don't you have children?"

It was just a question that many people had asked before, and he would just casually answer it as usual: the pharmaceutical factory is busy, that's all. But at this moment, Zhou Huaiyue, who had a sensitive heart, refused to do so. He felt that there was something else behind the other person's words.

"Aren't you guys going to have it too?" Qin Ye was choked by the question and stopped touching her belly, her face looking unhappy.

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Uh, everyone's heart skipped a beat.

They all picked up the teacups in front of them and drank the air in them at the same time.

Three black lines appeared on Shen Roujiao's head. The moment she saw Zhang Qingjun and his wife come in, she knew that this disaster was bound to happen.

Encourage?

Then Zhou Huaiyue would only get even more furious.

Keeping your mouth shut is the best strategy for tonight. Shen Roujiao glanced at Zhang Qingjie and asked him to figure out a solution.

But no one on the other side dared to look up to answer the call, and the air was silent for two seconds.

Suddenly, Zhang Qingjun sneered, "I'm in the army all year round, and I only go home for a few dozen days. I don't have the chance to be together every day. I think our situation is normal."

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I'll go.

One sword to the throat.

The spearhead was directed at Zhou Huaiyue, who stayed by Shen Roujiao's side the whole day. This was not normal!

What's abnormal?

It's not normal to not be able to have children.

Seeing that someone was obviously being mean, Zhou Huaiyue couldn't stand it. His eyes sank and the corners of his mouth pulled down. The moment he was about to speak, Zhang Qingjie suddenly stood up, picked up the teapot in front of him, and added water to Shen Roujiao's teacup first. He gritted his teeth and looked at his brother with a knife-like look, "Busy, young boss, busy with business. Running around the country and never leaving home. Drink water, drink water." He filled the four people's teacups one by one, trying to shut them up by persuading them to drink water.

Zhang Qingjun ignored his brother, but glanced at Wang Li who was sitting opposite him. She was looking at him in a flattering manner, with a hint of "don't bother".

Picking up the teacup, Zhang Qingjun took a sip and said nothing more.

The cold dishes were served. Xie Yunli and Zhang Qingjie livened up the atmosphere with all kinds of gossips, making everyone laugh non-stop. Only Zhou Huaiyue was cold and expressionless.

Well, Jin'er can't get through.

With the idea of ​​finishing the meal early and leaving early, no one dared to open the wine and just drank drinks. Qin also casually said that he didn't want to drink anything sweet and wanted to drink a light orange juice.

"Okay, my sister-in-law likes to drink something sour." Zhang Qingjie turned around and told the waiter to add a bottle of orange juice. Wen Ya continued the topic, "Sour boys and spicy girls, sister-in-law is pregnant with a boy, right?"

Qin Ye smiled slightly, unable to hide his happiness and joy, "Yes, I just found out. It's exactly what Qingjun and I want, we both like boys."

"Wow, it's a boy, it's a boy, congratulations to brother and sister-in-law." What a happy event! Wang Li, who had been filming on the crew, raised her glass and everyone followed suit to congratulate.

"Your wish has come true, congratulations!" Shen Roujiao held out her cup, which was about to touch the rim of Zhang Qingjun's cup, but was stopped, followed by Zhou Huaiyue's inexplicable sentence: "Girls are the treasures of my heart."

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Heartbroken and having a headache.

It's not necessary to eat this meal, so let's just go.

"It's all good, it's all good, they are all my treasures." Xie Yunli really wanted to slap himself. He shouldn't have asked that question to the soldiers when he saw them that day. Who would have thought that they would be so hostile to him? Zhou Huaiyue was too narrow-minded.

Zhang Qingjun sneered and said, "It would be great if you could give birth to a daughter."

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My goodness, soldiers aren't much more cunning than me.

It's the rhythm of killing people without bloodshed and driving Zhou Huaiyue crazy.

The smile on Xie Yunli's face had frozen into an awkward smile.

Wen Ya finally realized what was going on and tapped Xie Yunli's leg under the table, urging him to come to the rescue.

But at this moment, Xie Yunli was exhausted and didn't want to continue.

At the critical moment, it was Qin Ye who pulled back the arrow that had been shot, "Second child, let's try our best to write a good word."

From her perspective, all she saw was Zhang Qingjun trying to protect his superiority. As for Zhou Huaiyue, it was purely out of jealousy that they had a son that he behaved beyond recognition.

"Yes, yes, yes, eat vegetables, eat vegetables." Oh my God, even drinking water couldn't shut their mouths.

Zhang Qingjie, who is very good at socializing and making friends outside, said that he can't handle the situation at home at all and no one pays attention to him.

Zhou Huaiyue was about to suffer internal injuries at this moment. Zhang Qingjun first mocked him for being abnormal, and then pointed out that he couldn't give birth to a daughter. This was too much to bear, and he couldn't let him go. He turned around and met Shen Roujiao's eyes, "I don't favor boys over girls. Let's have a daughter."

Help!

Xie Yunli, what evil have you done to put these two together at the same table?

"Okay, little cotton-padded jacket is fine." Shen Roujiao tried hard to maintain her fake smile that was about to collapse, and managed to stabilize the situation.

Everyone was thinking that this wave of open and secret struggles would be over. Zhang Qingjun, who was ridiculed for favoring boys over girls, swung his sword unceremoniously, "You also need to be in good health."

With a "bang!" sound, Zhou Huaiyue slammed his chopsticks heavily on the table. The next second, Shen Roujiao, who was standing beside him, held his shoulders and stood up, waving to the birthday boy, "We're done eating, we'll leave first, happy birthday."

Good, good, good!

It’s the right way, the wonderful way, and the amazing way.

If this fire continues to spread, there will definitely be a fight. Who will help us then?

Xie Yunli didn't even want to pretend to be polite and responded from the bottom of his heart, "Okay, thank you, young boss, I'll take you down."

Because she knew Zhou Huaiyue too well, she had to say something to him before he would leave. Shen Roujiao held his arm affectionately and smiled like a little bird, "I'll treat everyone to dinner after I get my daughter."

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From that day on, Zhou Huaiyue worked diligently, worked hard without complaint, and looked forward to the arrival of his daughter with all his heart. However, things did not go as he wished. Until Zhang Qingjun's son was born, Shen Roujiao still did not move at all.

Zhou Huaiyue was so worried that he began to doubt himself. He was always stubborn, so he drove three hours to the next city where no one knew him to get a male examination. When the results came out, he almost died of nervousness.

The doctor pushed up his glasses, stared at the data on the test sheet, and said, "Young man, you are in good health. The 90% survival rate exceeds many people."

"What's the use of surpassing them?" Zhou Huaiyue became even angrier.

He is fine, Shen Roujiao is fine too, why can't he fall in love with her?

"Some things cannot be rushed. Don't put pressure on yourself. Physical and mental pleasure is more conducive to conception." The doctor answered patiently.

"But we all enjoyed it." He was really not pretending.

No need to consider anything, no constraints, just go full throttle every time, okay?

"That means your destiny has not arrived yet. Go back and keep your mood cheerful. What is destined to come will surely come."

The joy lasted until the New Year, but there was still no movement. Zhou Huaiyue couldn't sit still again.

He ran to Changshou Temple angrily, and saw that Taoist Master Qingxu not only did not kneel, but also sat next to him. He began to question, "Master, did you calculate wrong? Didn't you say that I was destined to have one daughter and two sons? Where are they?"

He spread his hands, his eyes revealing deep disappointment. He had tried every possible remedy in medical books, and now metaphysics was the only option left.

Taoist Master Qingxu crossed his legs, counted with his fingers, and pointed at a pile of papers on the desk with a calm expression, "If you agree to one condition of mine, I can help you."

"Are you going to copy scriptures again?" The stack of papers is quite thick.

"It's transcription. Do you agree?"

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It must be said that among the old Taoist priest's disciples, those who can write cannot paint as well as he does, those who can paint cannot write as well as he does, and those who can both write and paint cannot grasp the subject as well as he does. Anyway, he is deeply loved by Taoist priest Qingxu.

The Taoist priest has sorted out all his thoughts, ideas, realizations and insights from his lifetime of practice. Now he just needs someone to transcribe them.

Look, here comes someone.

Zhou Huaiyue frowned and asked thoughtfully, "Is it still one daughter and two sons?"

"Yes." The old Taoist priest nodded.

"What year were you born?" Xuecong understood clearly that Zhou Huaiyue didn't want vague concepts.

"This year." The Taoist priest looked at him confidently.

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Isn’t it? It happened in just these two months.

Zhou Huaiyue immediately jumped up, knelt in front of Taoist Qingxu, and raised his hands, "Deal."

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With the sorted information, Zhou Huaiyue returned to his home in Yundian.

During the Qingming Festival when he was half asleep and half awake that day, he dreamed of a girl with pigtails, about two or three years old, who hugged his thighs and called him daddy affectionately, over and over again, in a clear, tender, soft and innocent voice, just as if it were real.

When he woke up, he was still confused and couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality. In a trance, Zhou Huaiyue sighed, it can't be fulfilled so soon.

A few days passed in a flash.

On the weekend, Shen Roujiao had a rare chance to sleep in and slept until eleven o'clock, which was unprecedented. On the plum tree in the yard, two magpies had been chirping non-stop since dawn.

After preparing lunch, Zhou Huaiyue gently called Shen Roujiao to get up, "Baby, you won't be able to sleep at night if you sleep any longer." He gave her a light kiss on the forehead.

"Hmm~~" She hummed and burrowed into his arms like a little cat, and was held tightly by Zhou Huaiyue's arms, "Are you hungry? I cooked your favorite red date pumpkin porridge."

He felt so sorry for her that he was too busy to stop. He had just finished the second production line of the oral liquid, and was helping the mayor to implement the Yu Lu Su extraction plant. All the projects were completed one by one, and he could finally sleep well and relax.

"Huai Yue." She pouted her lips and pressed against Zhou Huai Yue's Adam's apple, kissing him with pure desire. He couldn't stand it any more, so he lifted Shen Roujiao's chin and stared at her pink lips. His eyes darkened, and he kissed her until she couldn't control herself and let out an alluring moan.

"Baby, call me." The burning desire in his eyes aroused her nerves, "Brother~Brother, Brother~~Um~~~"......

The flames suddenly burned up. The magpies in the yard were not as beautiful as her voice, especially when he pinched her slender waist. When she was close to the climax, she hummed intermittently, which could kill him...

Great.

I asked someone to get up, but he ended up sleeping in, and he slept soundly.

When the two woke up again, two magpies in the yard were combing their fur. Shen Roujiao leaned lazily on Zhou Huaiyue, looking at them and said to him: "Good things are happening when happiness comes to the branches."

The next day, Monday, Shen Tiannan and Zhou Huaiyue went to the city for a meeting. They returned to the pharmaceutical factory in the afternoon but did not see Shen Roujiao. The second brother said that the younger sister was not feeling well and was resting at home. Zhou Huaiyue hurried back to the courtyard.

The door opened and Shen Roujiao was sitting on the sofa. When she saw him come in, she was stunned for a moment, then tilted her head back and said coquettishly, "I feel a little dizzy, can you help me take a look?"

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"Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Zhou Huaiyue first touched her forehead worriedly. Fortunately, she didn't have a fever.

When he glanced at her, Shen Roujiao stretched out her wrist and placed it on Zhou Huaiyue's leg. She said weakly, "I feel exhausted and want to sleep."

As soon as he got on the pulse, Zhou Huaiyue suddenly widened his eyes and asked in disbelief, "Are you pregnant?"

"?" Shen Roujiao stared at him in shock.

Zhou Huaiyue shook his hand nervously and took her pulse again. This time he checked back and forth to confirm. Suddenly he let out a long breath and laughed, "Baby, you're pregnant."

While speaking, his hand was on my pulse.

"Did you touch it?" Shen Roujiao asked back in confusion.

"It's true, Roujiao, you are pregnant." Zhou Huaiyue's voice was a little trembling, and he pressed harder while taking the pulse.

True God!

Shen Roujiao took out a test report from behind her back and couldn't suppress the smile on her face, "Look." She felt unwell in the morning, so her second sister-in-law Jiang Ruanruan accompanied her to the hospital.

Zhou Huaiyue stared at the paper calmly for a minute. After slowly reacting, he smiled and asked, "Have you been to the hospital?"

Shen Roujiao smiled but said nothing. Zhou Huaiyue pulled up her right hand again. While feeling her pulse, she smiled foolishly at the test report and repeatedly confirmed, "I felt it, I felt it."

"Can you really touch it?" She couldn't believe it.

"Give me that hand, I want to see if it's a boy or a girl." He put the test report aside, then took up Shen Roujiao's left hand and took her pulse with both hands.

“Can this be diagnosed?”

Shen Roujiao had never seen Zhou Huaiyue like this. Even when the epidemic broke out, his eyebrows and eyes were as calm as Buddha when he was taking the patient's pulse. He was calm and steady, and his eyes showed the confidence that everything was under control.

But at this moment, he kept pursing his lips nervously, his eyes focused on a certain point, his brows slightly wrinkled, time caressed his hair minute by minute, and the expression on his face slowly became warm. He smiled faintly, but when he opened his mouth, he was so nervous that he coughed.

After calmly clearing his throat, Zhou Huaiyue looked into Shen Roujiao's eyes and said with absolute certainty, "It's a girl."

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Before she could react, Zhou Huaiyue had already hugged her and shed tears, crying: "Thank you, baby. I'm going to be a father."

He cried even harder than on his wedding day, which was even more heartbreaking. His hands were shaking with excitement, and he felt happy, nervous, and cautious.

In the early stages of her pregnancy, Shen Roujiao was sleepy and had severe morning sickness, and her mood swings were volatile. Zhou Huaiyue took care of her every step of the way, from eating to sleeping, to massaging her shoulders and legs, leaving no detail unattended.

By the second half of her pregnancy, she had changed her previous behavior. Under the influence of hormones, her interest increased. She pestered Zhou Huaiyue for this and that, acting more like a little wild cat than usual.

Finally, when it was almost time for her to give birth, Shen Roujiao's legs were severely swollen and she couldn't sleep well every night. Zhou Huaiyue would take walks with her, give her massages, and coax her to sleep at night. Even Shen's own brother said that he had never seen anyone who was so good at serving others.

On the day of delivery, Shen Roujiao was in pain for twelve hours. By the time she actually got on the delivery bed, she was in so much pain that she had no strength left. When the doctor handed Zhou Huaiyue the cesarean section operation form to sign, he begged the doctor to let her suffer less and never give birth again.

She is a beautiful girl, and her nickname is Beet.

Because Shen Roujiao said that ever since she had a daughter, all the food she ate tasted sweet.

When Beet was two years old, she followed Zhou Huaiyue to Changshou Temple to deliver the copied books. When she saw Taoist Master Qingxu, Beet blinked her eyes, smiled like a flower, and called out coquettishly, "Grandpa Whitebeard."

Before leaving, Tiancai took the old Taoist priest to the gate of the Taoist temple to see plum blossoms. Zhou Huaiyue picked a flower and stuck a petal between his daughter's eyebrows, "Mom is a plum blossom, and so is Tiancai."

Taoist Qingxu said nothing, but just stared at the red dot on Beet's forehead in a daze.

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I still remember that winter, Taoist Master Qingxu said to Zhou Huaiyue: "Some people are plum blossoms in the cold winter, and some are lotus flowers in the midsummer. If you want to appreciate plum blossoms, you have to wait until the snow falls, and the same goes for love."

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