Ever since the capable Grandma Jiang came, not only has Lu Lin's burden been lightened a lot, but even Jiang Chunzao has become like a useless little salted fish. Apart from the necessary walks every day, he just eats and drinks and lives a comfortable life.
It is said that one's own mother is the best. Before Grandma Jiang came, although Captain Lu did his best to take care of his young wife every day, Lu Lin, a grown man, was okay at leading soldiers in the army, but when it came to doing housework at home, he could chop wood, boil water, and sweep the yard. But when it came to cooking and making soup, the clumsy Captain Lu either burned the porridge or cooked a dish that tasted bad.
Jiang Chunzao and the children were embarrassed to say that the food cooked by Captain Lu was bad. After all, Lu Lin worked like a workhorse at home all day long. It would be too conscienceless to say such things in front of others.
Every time, the mother and her two children had to eat with sad faces. Lu Lin was not a fool. He watched his wife and children eat, took a bite of the dish he cooked, and fell into deep thought while looking at the food on the table.
A few days later, Grandma Jiang came to the military region from her hometown. Since her arrival, she has been cooking delicious dishes for her daughter and grandchildren in various ways, such as braised lion's head, braised spare ribs, shredded pork with fish flavor, pickled fish, and chicken stewed with mushrooms. Jiang Chunzao and the children ate until they were in tears.
Wow, it’s so delicious, it’s simply the most delicious thing in the world.
As the family's food intake increased sharply, Jiang Chunzao and her two children also gained weight. The faces of the mother and her two children became rounder and fairer. Even grandmother Jiang, who took care of her children, had to admit that her daughter and grandchildren needed to lose weight.
One day, when Captain Lu came back from the army, he saw his young wife strolling in the yard with her babies, her big belly. Grandma Jiang was supervising them strictly. As long as the daughters and grandchildren were a little lazy, she would swing the feather duster in her hand.
The spoiled Jiang Chunzao could only put on a bitter face and walked around the yard with the cubs like an old hen with her chicks. Now that Lu Lin finally came back, she immediately rushed over and complained to Captain Lu:
"You're finally back. I've walked around a lot today when you weren't home."
The two children of Stone Jasmine also clung to Captain Lu's thighs as if asking for help. Seeing the pitiful look of the three mothers, Captain Lu's mouth curled up. He knew that in the past few days, Mrs. Jiang had been asking her and the children to walk more at home to lose weight. However, the sun was about to set, and Captain Lu said to Mrs. Jiang:
"Mom, it's getting dark."
Grandma Jiang, who was holding the feather duster, of course knew what her son-in-law meant. In the past few days, whenever Lu Lin got off work, the mother and the three of them would rush over to ask for help as if they had suffered a great hardship. Lu Lin was also a protective child, and he would plead for them every time. Grandma Jiang angrily threw the feather duster in her hand:
"You are my biological father and husband, and I am my stepmother, so what? Just protect me!"
Grandma Jiang gave up and went back to the kitchen to cook with a snort. Jiang Chunzao and the kids covered their mouths and laughed secretly. Seeing the three of them like this, Lu Lin felt helpless and doting, so he just smiled.
However, after Jiang Chunzao laughed for a while, she realized that she had made her mother angry, so she ran to the kitchen and came to Grandma Jiang with her big belly. She rubbed her big head against Grandma Jiang's side and acted coquettishly, which made Grandma Jiang's heart soften. She sighed, looked at her daughter, and said bitterly:
"Damn, it's not that I'm cruel and want you and your grandchildren to lose weight. It's just that your belly is getting bigger and bigger. In our hometown, no pregnant wife has as much leisure as you. Even if the pregnant wife in our hometown doesn't work in the fields, she still has to boil water and cook. It's okay if you don't work. I also hope that you can have a good life. But for a pregnant wife, a big belly is not good for giving birth. These days, I can't sleep because of worrying about your belly."
Grandma Jiang repeated what she had always said and gave the girl an example. When she was in her hometown, there was a young wife in the village who was pregnant. Her belly was too big and she had difficulty giving birth. She suffered a lot before she gave birth to the baby.
After listening to Grandma Jiang's words, Jiang Chunzao finally kept the matter in mind. When it was time for a walk the next day, Jiang Chunzao took the cubs for a stroll around the house obediently, which made Grandma Jiang very pleased.
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After the Qingming Festival, the weather in the military area became warmer and the children went to school every day. Jiang Chunzao also tutored the children's homework at home every day. Because Jasmine was not yet of school age, Jiang Chunzao taught her pinyin and arithmetic, and Shitou followed the school's homework. Thanks to his mother's tutoring, Shitou had good grades in school, the teachers liked him, and he was also popular among his classmates.
Jiang Chunzao was happy when he saw his son smiling every day when he came back from school.
As always, Grandma Jiang stayed at home to take care of her daughter and do the housework. Because the policy from above was relaxed this year, families in the military area could raise more chickens.
Grandma Jiang was overjoyed when she heard this. She bought a dozen chicks from the nearby market and took the children outside to dig wild vegetables every day. The wild vegetables were now growing plump and delicious, and she could dig up a whole basket every day.
Jiang Chunzao helped Grandma Jiang pick out the large wild vegetables, washed them and ate them at home. The small ones were dried, chopped up and mixed with bean bran to feed the chickens. The bean bran at home was brought from Grandma Jiang's hometown and was specially prepared for the chickens.
The chickens in the Lu family were well fed and Grandma Jiang cleaned diligently, so the family soon laid more eggs. Grandma Jiang specially prepared a basket to pick up the eggs. There were many people in the family, so the eggs were not few. However, the chickens laid more and more eggs every day, and the family gradually could not eat any more.
Before the market day, Grandma Jiang would take the eggs she had saved to the market to sell. Over time, she had saved a lot of money.
It was market day again, and as usual, Grandma Jiang was going to the market with a basket of eggs. Jiang Chunzao took little Moli by the hand and walked her out. As they reached the door of their home, they heard a quarrel coming from the front.
Mrs. Jiang wondered:
"It's a nice day, who is quarreling?"
Jiang Chunzao listened carefully and said:
"From the sound, it seems to be Captain Fang's home."
After hearing this, Grandma Jiang suddenly realized that it was Grandma Fang's family. Quarrels were not uncommon in this old lady's family. Since Grandma Jiang came to the military region, she had quarreled with Grandma Fang several times, openly or secretly. In fact, when Grandma Jiang was in her hometown, she was not the kind of person who liked to quarrel with others. If Grandma Fang hadn't been so extreme and only wanted to take advantage of others, Grandma Jiang would not have quarreled with her.
Jiang Chunzao's brows furrowed as he listened to the noise getting louder. Fang Man had a quarrel with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhu, at her husband's house, and she got so angry that she went into premature labor when she was more than seven months pregnant. Not only was it a premature birth, but she also had a difficult labor and bled a lot before she gave birth to a boy with great difficulty. It was said that this premature boy was in poor health right after he was born.
No one knew what Fang Man was thinking. She didn't even love her own son. She made a fuss about going back to her parents' home the day after giving birth to him. Old Mrs. Fang loved her daughter very much, so she made a fuss and asked Battalion Commander Fang to take Fang Man home.
Jiang Chunzao was not worried about anything else. She was just worried about Sister Fang who was also about to give birth. What if Fang Man made trouble at home again and made Sister Fang in a bad mood?
You know, it is important for pregnant women to keep a happy mood during pregnancy.
Jiang Chunzao was worried when he heard Fang Man's scream coming from not far away:
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Don't think you are so great just because you are pregnant with my brother's child. This is our Fang family. Get out of here!"
Mrs. Fang was also jumping up and down and cursing:
"Of course you are. How can you be such a daughter-in-law? You kicked your sister-in-law out while she was still in confinement after childbirth. You have a dark heart!"
Mrs. Fang, whose face turned pale with anger, came out of the yard holding her belly. Before she could say anything, Xiao Mingming ran out to protect his mother, throwing himself at Fang Man and waving his little fists:
"Bad guy! Bad guy!
Don’t bully my mom and sister!”
"Get out of here, you little idiot!"
Fang Man kicked Xiao Mingming aside, and Xiao Mingming fell to the ground on his butt, starting to cry.
The family members of the military district all came over here when they heard the noise outside. Jiang Chunzao was so angry when he saw Fang Man was about to go up and pull Mrs. Fang. Just as he was about to go up, he saw Mrs. Fang slapping Fang Man twice without any mercy. Fang Man screamed again and pushed Mrs. Fang to the ground.
Mrs. Fang held her belly with a painful expression on her face, and bright red blood was flowing out from her body. Fang Man and Mrs. Fang were also dumbfounded. The mother and daughter ran away so cleanly, they actually ran away like that.
Jiang Chunzao watched the old woman and her mother run away, but he was not surprised. He hurried over to go with Grandma Jiang to see Sister Fang and Xiao Mingming and her mother. Sister Zhao was walking in front, and when she saw the scene, she hurried over to help.
Because Mrs. Fang had suffered a miscarriage due to the fall, it was too late to send her to the hospital. Jiang Chunzao and the others could only carefully help Mrs. Fang back to the Fang family and hurriedly prepare to deliver the baby at home.
Fortunately, Sister-in-law Zhao had given birth to a baby with her mother-in-law who was a midwife in her hometown, and Sister-in-law Fang had everything she needed at home. The sisters-in-law some boiled water at home, some prepared clean towels, and with everyone working together, they finally helped Sister-in-law Fang give birth to a little girl before dark.
Battalion Commander Fang came back from the army and heard what happened today. He also heard his wife's screams in the yard and was so angry that veins popped out. He immediately threw out all the luggage of Old Lady Fang and Fang Man.
When Old Lady Fang and Fang Man came back from outside and saw the luggage in the yard, they started to make a lot of noise in the yard, trying to make Captain Fang soften his heart. But this time Captain Fang was determined. Old Lady Fang jumped up and wanted to fight her. Fortunately, the tough Old Lady Jiang rushed out from the yard and beat up Old Lady Fang and Fang Man. The two of them had no choice but to flee with their luggage.
Captain Fang looked at the backs of Old Lady Fang and Fang Man, his red eyes showing no emotion at all.
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That day, Lu Lin was busy until very late and came back from the army. When he got home, he saw his young wife lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Battalion Commander Lu washed up, went to bed, rubbed his young wife's hair and said softly:
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Jiang Chunzao sighed with a heavy heart:
"I can't sleep, Lu Lin. What would you do if I really gave birth to a braided baby?"
Battalion Commander Lu: ???
Originally, Lu Lin thought that his wife couldn't sleep because of what happened to Mrs. Fang, but it turned out that it was not because of this, but because of the last time he had his hair in a braid?
What are all these?
The corners of Lu Lin's lips curled up slightly. Just when he was about to ask, he heard his wife talking to herself in a humming voice. It turned out that Jiang Chunzao had been dreaming these days. She dreamed that she gave birth to a little Lu Lin with a braid. This guy looked exactly like Lu Lin and was a naughty boy.
How can this be!
She wants to give birth to a cute, fair and soft baby girl!
After hearing his young wife's worries, Captain Lu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know what to say. What could he say? However, how could this brat still tie a braid? Captain Lu thought about it and was smart enough not to point out the bug in his young wife's dream.
Finally, under the coercion of his young wife, Lu Lin promised that she would give birth to a lovely little girl. Only then did Jiang Chunzao, resting her head on Captain Lu's hand, peacefully fall into a sweet dream.
After the incident with Mrs. Fang, Mrs. Fang and Fang Man's reputation in the military district was completely ruined. The military family members all looked at them with displeasure. Fang Man was also expelled from the school because of her bad reputation. With nowhere else to go, Mrs. Fang and her daughter could only live in Zhu's house, where they had a quarrel with Mrs. Zhu every day.
After entering June, Jiang Chunzao's feet were swollen like fat melons. She had trouble even walking and could only lie in bed. Lu Lin was worried about his wife and specially invited a military doctor to come home to check on her. The military doctor carefully looked at Jiang Chunzao and smiled and said:
"Both the pregnant woman and the fetus are healthy. Swelling during pregnancy is common and not a big deal. By the way, it looks like the pregnant woman's due date is in the next few days. It's best to prepare to go to the hospital."
When the Lu family heard this, they immediately became nervous. Grandma Jiang packed up the small bag she needed and went with Lu Lin to send Jiang Chunzao to the hospital.
That day, Grandma Jiang cooked some delicious chicken soup at home, put it in a lunch box and sent it to the hospital. In the delivery room of the hospital, Jiang Chunzao was lying on the bed with a big belly. When she saw Grandma Jiang coming in with a smile, she was about to get up and drink the fragrant chicken soup, but her stomach hurt, she screamed, and lay down on the bed.
This scared Grandma Jiang so much that she called the nurse immediately. The nurse took one look and said that the baby was about to be born, and then went to call the doctor.
The lights in the delivery room were on. Grandma Jiang was waiting at the door with her two children. Lu Lin rushed over from the army after hearing the news. When he heard his young wife's crying, he paced back and forth in the corridor nervously, unable to sit still for a moment. He did not look as calm and stern as usual.
Jiang Chunzao was groaning in the delivery room, listening to the doctor's words and breathing in and out deeply. When the first rays of morning glow appeared in the sky, a loud baby cry was finally heard from the delivery room.
The nurse came out holding a fat boy and said to everyone with a smile:
"Congratulations, it's a fat boy weighing 15.6 catties."
When Grandma Jiang heard this, she was overjoyed. Shitou and Moli's two children also smiled with their eyes narrowed. Only Lu Lin was so nervous that he couldn't say a word:
"What about me...how about my wife?"
The nurse smiled and said:
"Mom is fine and in good spirits."
She was full of energy! When Jiang Chunzao heard that she had given birth to a fat boy, she immediately burst into tears.
Lu Lin:........
Jiang Chunzao stayed in the hospital for seven days after giving birth before returning home. Because she had given birth to a little boy, Jiang Chunzao was still in a state of depression. However, grandmother Jiang held her newborn grandson in her arms all the way, and was very happy, calling him "baby grandson, baby grandson".
The two babies, Shitou and Jasmine, also stood happily beside their little brother, grinning as they watched the chubby little brother in the cradle.
Jiang Chunzao was lying on the kang. Lu Sheng served his young wife a bowl of chicken soup. The soup was thick with oil and smelled delicious. He felt relieved only after watching his young wife gulp down the soup and the meat.
It was really uncomfortable to be in confinement during the hot summer. Jiang Chunzao couldn't take a bath, so she could only ask Lu Lin to bring water to her and clean her in the house every day. Even for this, Lu Lin was caught and scolded by Jiang's mother.
Jiang Chunzao was feeding her fat son in the house. The newborn baby was full of milk fragrance, with chubby arms and legs. After eating, he slept sweetly with his mouth pouting. Jiang Chunzao saw it and felt soft in her heart. She kissed the fat boy on the chubby face:
"It doesn't matter if he's a stinky boy, he's my own son after all."
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Time flies, and it is midsummer again. The flowers in the Lu family's yard are in bloom. In the blink of an eye, little Bobo, who is almost one year old, has grown from a meat ball when he was just born into a sturdy little boy.
During this year, the Lu family has changed a lot. Shitou and Moli have a little brother now. They have grown up together and become big brothers and sisters who love their little brother. When naming Routuanzi, Jiang Chunzao discussed with Lu Lin that Shitou's full name would be Lu Changyi, Moli's full name would be Lu Changyue, and Routuanzi would be named Lu Changbo after his big brother and sister, and his nickname would be Xiaobobo.
I don't know why, but the older little Bobo grows, the more he looks and behaves like Jiang Chunzao. Jiang Chunzao was worried that she would give birth to a little Lu Lin with a pigtail, but she didn't expect that she would give birth to a little Jiang Chunzao with a domineering temper.
Because of this, Grandma Jiang often made fun of the concubine. Little Bobo was just like her mother, overbearing and unreasonable since childhood. Not only did she have a bad temper, but she also had a bad temper. She acted like a bully every day under the pampering of her brothers and sisters.
Jiang Chunzao's face would turn red every time he saw little Roudun attracting cats and angry chickens in the yard. That night, little Roudun was crying loudly in his little bed because he couldn't sleep with his dear daddy.
Daddy Lu Lin held his fat son tenderly and coaxed him patiently. Jiang Chunzao sat on the bed, looking at her husband's cold and gentle profile, listening to the fat son's crying, and for some reason, she suddenly laughed.
Just then, Lu Lin turned his head to look over, and their eyes met. The love of two lifetimes superimposed on each other, just like the many years to come.
Years pass by, but my love for you remains fresh and unchanging.
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