Lu Changzheng did not dare to act rashly in front of Lu Wanjun, but as soon as they left, he whispered in Liu Meiyun's ear: "My dear wife, don't be afraid. I will tell the team later that I can catch the morning or evening boat to see you after daily training. This way, we can still be together."
"Why are you running? You should train well during this time, separate the two rooms of the main hall, and make the kang properly. Don't keep thinking about running outside for nothing. I have Aunt Wu and my sister-in-law here, so your presence is superfluous."
Liu Meiyun even suspected that this man was the reincarnation of a catfish spirit in his previous life. He is even clingier than Liu Bowen!
"You're about to give birth, and I haven't seen you for a long time, but you don't care at all?" Lu Changzheng felt very aggrieved. He was thinking that his wife was pregnant, and he was not by her side, so she must be feeling empty.
This woman turned out to be so ruthless.
"What time do you finish training every day?" Liu Meiyu rolled her eyes at the man and warned him, "Just be quiet during this time and don't make trouble. You'll have trouble when the baby is born. When the time comes, you'll have to wash diapers and so on. I won't do it!"
"Then I definitely won't let you wash diapers. The water is so cold, but I'm thick-skinned and I'm not afraid." Lu Changzheng patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I won't slack off when I'm working."
Men are quite conscious when it comes to work, so Liu Meiyu doesn't worry too much about it.
It's just that Mother Wu and sister-in-law at home will definitely rush to help them share the burden, but Liu Meiyu feels that Lu Changzheng can't be allowed to have an easy time as a father.
Lu Wanjun specifically chose the day when Lu Changzheng was on vacation, and the whole family moved to the city.
It was a sunny day. Liu Meiyun was carrying a huge belly, and Lu Wanjun was supporting her carefully. Mother Wu carried the package in one hand and held Liu Bowen in the other. Lu Changzheng carried a quilt and two bags of luggage on his shoulders and followed behind them as a porter.
When passing by the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Lanlan was sitting at the door with her aunt eating sunflower seeds. She happened to catch a glimpse of Liu Meiyu being carefully protected. She was upset and complained to her aunt: "It's just giving birth to a child. Why are you making such a big fuss about it? As if you're afraid that others won't know!"
Zhao Chunmei spat the melon seed shells on the ground. She got angry when she heard Zhao Lanlan's weird tone. "Can you stop staring at me? I'm pregnant with three babies. If I'm not careful, the adults will get into trouble. I've told you so many times that it's useless to envy others. The most important thing is to live a good life. Your uncle has told you so many times, and you're still nitpicking. What's the matter? You still want to stare at Captain Lu? If you dare to have that idea, I will send you back tomorrow. Don't recognize this aunt anymore. I can't afford to lose face!"
Zhao Lanlan, who was criticized by Zhao Chunmei, felt very aggrieved. "Oh, the people my uncle introduced to me are all from the countryside, and they don't even have the qualifications to follow the army. I can't give up my job and go to the countryside to guard an empty house!"
Zhao Lanlan felt that her uncle looked down on her. All the men he introduced to her were young soldiers who had only served in the army for a few years. She was not happy about the fact that she could not stay in the army even after getting married.
"Then what kind of person do you want to find? How many people on the island are qualified to accompany the army like the battalion commander? The better ones don't like you, and you are too old to be with them. You might as well go home and ask your parents to arrange a marriage for you. There is no way for me and your uncle to get along!"
Zhao Chunmei now dislikes her niece more and more. This girl has only been on the island for two years, and she has not learned any good things, but has developed more and more bad habits.
Your own conditions are just like that, yet you always look down on others.
If it weren't for the fact that her eldest brother's family had helped to support her sister-in-law's miscarriage caused by her in the early years of famine, and the family could rely on such a daughter-in-law, Zhao Chunmei would not have wanted to interfere with her marriage with Zhao Lanlan.
"Aunt!" Zhao Lanlan pulled Zhao Chunmei's sleeve and said coquettishly, "I don't care. I don't want to marry into the countryside. You got me this job with great difficulty. If I marry into the countryside, I'll lose everything!"
"The people your uncle introduced to you are all from nearby villages. What's more, he only recruits capable people. Even if you don't have enough qualifications now, who knows, they may be able to help you qualify to join the army in a few years!" Zhao Chunmei and her husband had told Zhao Lanlan this countless times, but Zhao Lanlan just wouldn't listen.
It can't be seen or touched, but Zhao Lanlan is not stupid. If she wants to find it, she must find one that can stay on the island directly!
"Aunt, don't tell me these things. I don't care. Anyway, I can't stay on the island and continue to work, so I won't get married! Sister Bai Ting has said that women should have their own careers and get married to have confidence. Now women can hold up half the sky, like you. Do you think my uncle dares to quarrel with you at home? It's you who has the final say. If you and my uncle don't introduce me, I will go to Sister Bai Ting. She said she helped me keep an eye out last time!"
After all, they are aunt and niece. Zhao Lanlan argued with Zhao Chunmei and brainwashed her. She also said a few nice words to coax her. Zhao Chunmei, who was fickle by nature, just complained that her eldest niece was too ambitious. Now her son began to hesitate, "Teacher Bai really promised to help you keep an eye out?"
"Of course," Zhao Lanlan raised her chin, "Sister Bai Ting has better vision than you!"
Zhao Chunmei, who was doing a thankless job, glared at Zhao Lanlan and said unhappily, "If you have any problems in the future, go find someone else, don't look for me and your uncle!"
"Aunt~"
The house that Lu Wanjun found for us was just a few steps away from the city hospital.
It was a small courtyard in a deep alley, quiet and empty. Liu Meiyu fell in love with it at first sight.
"This is the yard of my old comrade's home. They all live in the countryside." Lu Wanjun arranged Liu Meiyu to the most comfortable and spacious room, which she had cleaned up in advance.
"You live in this room. Aunt Wu, Bowen and I live next door."
The two rooms are very close to each other, so if there is any big movement, it can be discovered immediately.
"Well, aunt, I will follow your arrangements." Liu Meiyu had no objection to Lu Wanjun's arrangements.
Neither did Lu Changzheng.
After putting down his luggage, he walked around the yard. The iron lock on the gate was very strong and the wall was high enough. It was impossible for an ordinary person to climb over it. However, he was not an ordinary person.
A few people tidied up the yard, Lu Changzheng lit the fire and Wu Ma cooked.
After dinner, Lu Wanjun took Liu Meiyu to the nearby city hospital for another check-up.
This time, Director Zheng was in charge of it personally.
"The three children are very healthy, and the adults are in good condition too. It can be seen that you have taken good care of them and provided them with adequate nutrition." Director Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
Among pregnant women these days, it is rare to find one who can keep up with nutrition like Liu Meiyun, especially when she is carrying triplets.
"Don't be overly nervous. The risk of a cesarean section for your triplets is much smaller than a natural birth. It's just that the acceptance of this surgery is not strong in our country. Wanjun is also a doctor. If you don't believe it, you can ask her. Many pregnant women with difficult labor still have to rely on cesarean sections to save their lives." Director Zheng has performed many clinical surgeries in the past few years, and many examples make people feel helpless.
For some babies with abnormal fetal positions, they suggested cesarean section, but the babies refused to agree and insisted to wait until the birth became difficult and half their lives were lost before they were willing to have the operation. That was still considered good. They encountered an even more outrageous case where a girl was delivered by cesarean section, but the mother-in-law refused to acknowledge it and insisted that if the daughter-in-law had found a midwife to give birth naturally, she would have given birth to a boy. Then she threw the baby at the door of their hospital.
"Of course, if you have a single baby in a normal position with no risk of dystocia, we would definitely recommend a natural birth. But a natural birth for multiple babies is very dangerous for both adults and children."
"Director Zheng, we will listen to you. As long as my wife and children are safe, that's enough." When Lu Changzheng heard that both the adults and the children were in danger, he became anxious and beads of sweat the size of beans kept coming down his forehead.
"Oh, I told you to wait outside, but now you're afraid of this and that when you come in." Liu Meiyu was originally quite relaxed after hearing what Director Zheng said, but the man next to her was so nervous that she had to try hard to comfort him.
"It's normal for me to be a little nervous about having surgery on your stomach." Lu Changzheng has been often rejected by Liu Meiyu recently, but he feels very aggrieved.
"Wanjun, your nephew and niece-in-law are such a perfect match!" Director Zheng saw the young couple arguing, and the corners of her mouth rose uncontrollably.
"It's just the temper of a child." Lu Wanjun also laughed when she saw it.
Her eldest nephew has been unrestrained and wild for so many years, and finally someone can control him.
After the inspection, Lu Changzheng returned to the army.
Liu Meiyu just waved her hand, wanting to send the person away quickly.
As for Lu Changzheng, he kept talking as he walked. Sometimes he asked Liu Meiyu to eat her fill, and sometimes he reminded her to remember to rub her sore legs. In short, he had endless things to say about his concerns.
"I know, I know. You should leave quickly. If you are any later you will miss the boat!" Liu Meiyu stood at the gate of the yard, yawning.
"Well, you are sleepy. I'd better send you back to the room first and make sure you fall asleep before I leave." When it was time to leave, Lu Changzheng realized that he was not that carefree.
"Whatever you want." Lu Meiyun was too lazy to waste time with him, so she lay down on the kang yawning and soon fell asleep.
Lu Changzheng was left alone and was extremely reluctant to leave. He kissed his wife gently on the face and belly before hurrying back to the dock.
"Sister, are you awake?"
When Liu Meiyu woke up and opened her eyes, Liu Bowen was lying beside her bed, working diligently in a math exercise book she had given him, which contained all kinds of addition and subtraction methods within 100.
Ever since Liu Meiyu discovered that this kid had an extremely fast brain reaction when solving math problems, far ahead of other kids, she went to the supply store to buy a stack of stationery and bound it into a small book, filling it with the problems. The kid could write when he had free time, and if he didn't want to, then forget it, and she wouldn't force him.
Looking back now, the kid has almost finished half of his math book, which is as thick as his little finger.
"Sister, Aunt Wu has stewed chicken for us today!" When Liu Bowen saw his sister wake up, he put away the notebook and came up to her eagerly.
Liu Meiyun was so adorable with his wide-eyed look that she couldn't help but pinch his chubby little face and asked, "Where did you get the chicken?"
"My aunt caught it this morning." The boy replied with a smile.
Liu Meiyun raised her eyebrows. During the time she was waiting for delivery, Lu Wanjun really got her a lot of good things. Today it was chicken, yesterday it was apples, as well as fresh vegetables and various snacks.
As for where Lu Wanjun got it from, she didn't say, and Liu Meiyun didn't ask any questions.
"Meiyun, wake up. I'll pour you some hot water to wash your face. You'll have chicken soup later." Lu Wanjun knocked on the door and came in with a gentle smile.
Liu Meiyun slowly put on her coat and said with a smile, "Aunt, I have enough nutrition now. If I continue to eat like this, I don't think I will be able to lose weight after giving birth to these three children."
"It's not abundant at all. It takes several days to have a good meal of meat and fish. You're not eating for one person now, but for three people." Lu Wanjun felt that she had not taken good care of Liu Meiyu. If it was her sister-in-law at that time, when she lived in the old house in Beijing, she would have eaten much more nutritious food than now.
"Don't worry, I know my limits. It's not good for pregnant women to take too much tonic, so I'll control the amount of food you eat. After you've given birth and are out of confinement, if you want to get back in shape, I'll have Sister Wu make you something that won't make you gain weight. Even if we take a step back and say that if you can't lose weight, if Changzheng dares to say anything against you, I can break his legs without your help!"
Lu Wanjun acted like she was willing to sacrifice her own family for the greater good, leaving Liu Meiyun speechless.
Everyone in the Lu family wanted to treat her well with all their heart, so Liu Meiyun just had to eat and drink well and wait for the birth of the baby.
Fortunately, the day of the surgery was getting closer, and Lu Wanjun and Wu's mother had already prepared everything needed for the delivery, including the baby's clothes, diapers, milk powder, and everything that Meiyun needed. Everything was ready, just waiting for the little guy to come out.
That day, Liu Meiyu drank too much chicken soup and lay on the kang without falling asleep.
There was a thud in the yard. Although the movement was very light, it was so quiet at night that she still heard it.
He frowned and stared at the door. Sure enough, within two minutes, the man pushed the door open and walked in quietly.
Seeing that Liu Meiyun was still awake in the moonlight, Lu Changzheng paused for a moment, a little surprised: "Why are you still awake? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm fine," Liu Meiyun lowered her voice and said helplessly, "It's so late, why are you here again?"
During this time, Lu Wanjun and the others thought that Lu Changzheng was training well on the island and taking care of the house, but the man clearly came here every few days. He could not catch the boat out of the island, so he took the army logistics supply vehicle, got off at night, and had to take a bus back for training before dawn every morning.
For fear of alarming his young aunt and the others, the man left the house open and climbed over the wall.
Sometimes Liu Meiyu went to bed early and didn't know when the man came and left. She just didn't know when the man came or left. There would be a piece of foxtail grass picked by the man from the island next to her pillow.
Lu Changzheng called this romance, but Liu Meiyun was romantic for two days and then started to think he was wasting time.
So I couldn't help but choke him: "Didn't I tell you not to come over? You can only sleep for a few hours if you keep going back and forth like this. By then, your body will collapse. Do you want me to remarry with the baby?"
"I'm in good health!" Lu Changzheng, like a thief, poured himself some water from the kettle in Liu Meiyun's room, washed his face and feet, and cleaned himself up before climbing onto the bed quietly. "Do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach again? Are your legs still cramping? Let me give you another massage."
Liu Meiyun couldn't persuade him, and she was too lazy to talk anymore, so she put her legs on the man's knees and asked, "How's the house?"
"It has been partitioned off and the kang has been made. It will be ready for living when you return." Lu Changzheng answered honestly, and did not forget to complain to Liu Meiyun: "It's Xiao Hei. We moved his nest. The kid holds a grudge and kept pooping in our room the past two days."
“…”
It really is a dog brought up by Liu Bowen. It can’t be said to be exactly the same as its owner, but its stubborn temper is unmatched.
"I have to go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow. Please don't rush back and forth these two days. Let me have a good rest, so that I won't fail again at the critical moment."
Liu Meiyun's cesarean section is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, so she has to be admitted to the hospital a day in advance. Lu Changzheng has already arranged his vacation, and he only has to wait until the time comes to prepare milk powder and wash diapers for the child.
"Wife, I can't help but correct you. When have I ever let you down again?"
Lu Changzheng protested, he felt that Liu Meiyun was completely accusing him of something.
Liu Meiyun choked, and after thinking for a while, she decided that she couldn't just wrongly accuse someone, so she changed her words and said, "It was a slip of the tongue. Our Battalion Commander Lu is a man who never lets down his guard. Is that alright?"
How dare Lu Changzheng make any demands on Liu Meiyun now?
After rubbing Liu Meiyu's legs for a while and seeing that she was not sleepy at all, he got up, secretly lit the kerosene lamp, took out a small notebook from his pocket and handed it to her.
"What is this?" Liu Meiyu took it and flipped through it. She saw rows of names on it. She knew what it was without Lu Changzheng's answer.
"You are about to give birth, so we need to name our three daughters. I have been collecting opinions from the people on the island these past two days. Please give me some advice."
Liu Meiyu glanced over and asked, "Big girl, second girl, third girl?"
"Captain Zhu took it."
Liu Meiyun's eyelids twitched wildly, and she saw another column: "Xiaomei, Xiaoli, Xiaoyu?"
Lu Changzheng felt that his wife's tone was not right, so he said quickly, "This was what Political Commissar Zhou thought of."
As she scanned the lines, Liu Meiyu felt a sharp pain in her head.
As we go further back, we see Chunju, Dongmei, Xiaofang, Haiyan...
"What do you think?" Liu Meiyu simply closed the notebook and placed her last hope on the child's father.
Thinking that this person had attended a military academy after all, and was trained by my old man and Lu Wanjun, he should be slightly better than those names listed in the book.
"Lu is pretty, Lu is quiet, Lu is beautiful!" Lu Changzheng blurted out.
“…”
Looking at the confidence on the man's face, Liu Meiyu really didn't know what to say. If she agreed to this straight man's name, wouldn't the child cry in the future?
She yawned and simply dropped the subject: "I'm sleepy and need to go to bed. You should go to bed too."
"Well, go to sleep first and we'll think about it later." Lu Changzheng rolled up the quilt for Liu Meiyu and didn't hear the perfunctory tone in his wife's voice at all.
When Liu Meiyu finally gave birth, not only Lu Changzheng and Lu Wanjun were nervous, but even the people in the city hospital were shocked.
After all, it is rare for a woman to give birth to three children at once, especially since Liu Meiyun had a caesarean section.
A pregnant woman who was in the same ward with Liu Meiyun and was about to give birth in the past two days was envious when she saw how Liu Meiyun was being taken care of by her family. She said, "It's great that you have three children at once. Your husband and mother-in-law will worship you like an ancestor."
The woman said this to Liu Meiyu only after Lu Wanjun and Lu Changzheng had gone out.
"It's hard to have a third child too." Liu Meiyu smiled and replied casually.
The woman pretended not to hear anything, staring at Liu Meiyun's belly, and said to herself: "If you have three boys, you can walk around freely in your husband's house in the future, but what if it's three girls..."
The expression on the woman's face quickly changed from envy to sympathy. She pointed at the bed next to Liu Meiyun and said, "If there are three girls, your mother-in-law will definitely be angry with you. She will be twice as good to you now!"
"No." Liu Meiyu said perfunctorily, not wanting to respond to the woman's words.
There were four people living in her ward, all of them were pregnant women about to give birth. The woman in the next bed had already given birth to a girl. Her mother-in-law came over on the day of the birth, but when she saw that it was not a grandson, she never showed up again. Fortunately, the woman's husband was a considerate man and had been taking care of her by the bed for so many days without any complaints.
The woman who was talking to her had already given birth to three children, all said to be boys. This was her fourth child, so she didn't care whether it was a boy or a girl. Instead, she had time to worry about other people.
"Tsk, look at the one next door to me." Seeing that Liu Meiyu didn't believe it, the woman leaned over and whispered, "She was lucky enough to marry from the countryside to the city, and she gave birth to a girl last time. If she gives birth to a girl this time, too, with her temper, do you think her vicious mother-in-law can give her a good life?"
Next to the woman, that is, in the bed opposite Liu Meiyu, there was indeed a very gentle rural daughter-in-law, who didn't talk much, had gentle eyes and brows, and was a more reserved type of person. On the contrary, her mother-in-law was a loud-mouthed woman with a wrinkled face who seldom smiled. She looked very serious and even a little fierce.
However, from what Liu Meiyun had observed in the short time she had been there, the old lady was not harsh towards her daughter-in-law, she just spoke a little harshly. Even the old lady's son had a similar temperament to her daughter-in-law, he would take his daughter to the hospital after work, he seemed like a man who was very diligent in taking care of his family.
To outsiders, it seemed that the old lady was the head of the family of four, and her son and daughter-in-law had no say. However, the family was harmonious. Liu Meiyu never saw the pregnant woman look resentful or dissatisfied. Instead, she always had a smile on her face and called her "Mom" affectionately.
On the contrary, the woman who is speaking in front of me has neither her mother-in-law nor her husband by her bedside. Only when it is time for dinner, her eldest sister will bring her food, but she will leave after just a few words. She seems to be quite unwelcome.
"You, don't take it lightly. If you don't want to be bullied by your husband's family, you have to stand up for yourself. Don't listen to your mother-in-law in everything. I think your mother-in-law is not easy to get along with and she is still so young. You'd better pray that your third child is a boy, otherwise in the future..."
Liu Meiyu frowned and was too lazy to speak.
"Meiyun, we should get ready!" Lu Wanjun returned to the ward and happened to hear the woman trying to sow discord in front of Liu Meiyun. She walked over and ignored the embarrassment on the woman's face. She just smiled and said to Liu Meiyun: "Don't be nervous. Changzheng and I will be there every step of the way. Just sleep peacefully. When you wake up, you can see three beautiful and lovely ladies like you!"
"Well, I'm not nervous." Liu Meiyu smiled.
Everyone in the ward thought that Lu Wanjun was her mother-in-law, and Liu Meiyun didn't explain, as it was almost the same.
The woman who was being ignored nearby just smiled when she heard Lu Wanjun say that she liked girls, but in her heart she couldn't help but despise her for saying one thing and thinking another.
But Liu Meiyun and the others don't have time to care about what others think.
Because she is going to have a baby!
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