Zhang Lei was stunned for a moment before striding into the inner room.

"Give birth? Why did she give birth suddenly?" Zhang Lei wondered, "Didn't they say it would take at least another half a month?"

Qin Hanshu and Fan Hongxia saw Zhang Lei coming back and went out of the house.

Fan Hongxia gave a few instructions, but Zhang Lei didn't seem to take it too seriously.

Liu Ercui has given birth to her third child and has always been in good health. Zhang Lei believes that having a child is not a big deal for Liu Ercui.

After Qin Hanshu and Fan Hongxia left, Zhang Lei looked at his daughter for a while before asking again, "You haven't told me yet, why did you give birth early?"

Liu Ercui said casually: "Yue'er stepped on the stool and overturned it. I wanted to run over to catch her, but I fell down and Yue'er also fell off the stool and fell on me."

Zhang Lei frowned deeply, "How could Yue'er step on the stool and overturn it?"

Liu Ercui said: "Maybe he wants to take the White Rabbit candy in the cabinet."

Afraid that Zhang Lei would blame Yue'er, Liu Ercui wanted to speak up to defend Yue'er.

Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, Zhang Lei looked at her suspiciously.

"Why did you put so much sugar in the pot? Did you deliberately not give it to Yue'er?"

Liu Ercui felt puzzled.

"How did I do that on purpose?? Who doesn't do that? Can you just leave that good stuff there for your child to eat? Besides, eating too much candy is not good for children, it can easily cause their teeth to rot!"

The more Liu Ercui spoke, the more she felt wronged. How could a man think of her like this? It was as if she was some kind of vicious stepmother.

Zhang Lei was silent for a while, then said, "Alright, I didn't say anything harsh. Just don't do this in the future. We can afford White Rabbit, so don't restrict the children in the future."

Zhang Lei's tone slowed down, but Liu Ercui still felt uncomfortable.

What kind of words are you talking about? How is it her fault?

Zhang Lei continued, "Last time you said that your living expenses were not enough. Now there is a new addition to the family. I have decided to give all my salary to you. I will only take 10 yuan a month, and the amount I send back home will remain the same."

In this way, I can have an extra ten yuan in living expenses every month, and I will have a lot more money on hand.

Liu Ercui didn't seem very happy.

Because of an accident, she gave birth to a child at home alone, and she didn't feel anything. But when the man came back, the first thing he did was not to care about her, but to care whether Yue'er was treated harshly by her...

Liu Ercui felt that her man was too nice to Yue'er.

He has never been so attentive to his own son.

If Yue'er wasn't so fair and tender, and didn't look like Zhang Lei at all, she would have suspected that Yue'er was the child of Zhang Lei and the woman outside.

***

"Xiao Wang, eat more. You look so skinny." Qin Hanshu greeted Wang Xiaogang warmly.

Wang Xiaogang was eating his meal with big mouthfuls, feeling puzzled.

He always felt that Qin Hanshu looked at him with kindness and sympathy in his eyes, unlike his previous indifference.

Wang Xiaogang didn't know that his love experience had reached Qin Hanshu's ears, and he thought that Qin Hanshu became kind because of her pregnancy.

"How old are you, Xiao Wang?" Qin Hanshu asked.

Wang Xiaogang quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and replied, "Sister-in-law, I am 22 years old. I joined the army when I was 18 and have been with the battalion commander for two years."

Qin Hanshu said: "Then you are two years older than me."

Wang Xiaogang was surprised and asked, "Really?"

Qin Hanshu is relatively stable and mature, and Wang Xiaogang always thought that she is only slightly younger than the battalion commander.

It turns out that the battalion commander is still an old cow eating young grass.

Wang Xiaogang glanced at his leader.

Qin Hanshu said: "You are still young, whether it is your love life or your career, there are unlimited possibilities in the future."

Wang Xiaogang finally understood something.

It seems that the sister-in-law is comforting him about being cheated.

Wang Xiaogang looked at Zhou Weiguang resentfully.

I didn't expect that my battalion commander, a man of iron will, would be such a gossiper.

Zhou Weiguang coughed uncomfortably and said, "Eat some food."

In order to change the subject, Zhou Weiguang took the initiative to bring up what happened upstairs and asked Qin Hanshu, "What happened upstairs?"

Qin Hanshu replied, "A daughter. Sister-in-law Ercui wanted a daughter so much, and she got her wish."

Wang Xiaogang was surprised and said, "Isn't it said that women go through the gates of hell when they give birth? Captain Zhang's sister-in-law is amazing. She went through the gates of hell herself at home."

Wang Xiaogang is a soldier in the city. Both his parents are working and he is well off. There is no one around him who dares to give birth to a child at home like Liu Ercui.

Qin Hanshu said: "It can't be helped. Something unexpected happened."

Zhou Weiguang listened and suddenly said, "You have to go to the hospital in advance to give birth."

What if Qin Hanshu, like Liu Ercui, had an accident at home, and he happened not to be at home, what would he do?

If Qin Hanshu was experiencing today's scene, it would be terrifying to think about it.

"Give birth in the military hospital, not in the clinic," Zhou Weiguang emphasized.

Qin Hanshu nodded: "Okay."

Wang Xiaogang asked curiously, "I heard that they can directly perform surgery to take the baby out. Isn't that as thrilling as going to the battlefield?"

Qin Hanshu said: "A cesarean section requires anesthesia."

Wang Xiaogang said: "The anesthetic will eventually wear off, and the wound will still hurt after you wake up."

Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "That's right. It's not easy anyway."

Wang Xiaogang wanted to say something, but Zhou Weiguang glared at him, "Why is a grown man always discussing childbirth? Do you want to get married and have children?"

Wang Xiaogang quickly shook his head like a rattle, "No! I don't want to date anyone in my life!"

Zhou Weiguang paused and said slowly: "It's not necessary..."

Wang Xiaogang sighed, "Two years, two whole years, I didn't realize he was a man... I just wasted my love... With my IQ, how can I still be qualified to date someone?"

Qin Hanshu said: "It's not your IQ that's the problem. It's that the other party is too cunning and pretends to be too convincing. If it was your battalion commander, he would definitely be fooled!"

Wang Xiaogang looked at Zhou Weiguang expectantly: "Really?"

Before Qin Hanshu could wink at Zhou Weiguang, he blurted out: "How could I be so stupid?"

"..." Wang Xiaogang sniffed, turned his grief into appetite, and ate all the dishes Zhou Weiguang had made.

After Wang Xiaogang left, Qin Han said angrily, "You too, what's wrong with lying to him? Why do you have to stab him in the heart?"

Zhou Weiguang said indifferently: "Don't worry, he is very open-minded, and this matter will be over soon."

Qin Hanshu said nothing more.

"Oh, by the way, we were talking about caesarean sections..." Zhou Weiguang hesitated and said, "Wang Xiaogang is right. It hurts even after the anesthesia wears off... Giving birth is really worrying. After giving birth to the first child, we will follow the example of our second brother and his wife and not have any more!"

Qin Hanshu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's not you who's giving birth, so all your worries are useless."

Zhou Weiguang wiped his hands on his apron, came over and hugged Qin Hanshu, and said sullenly, "I really wish I could give birth. Anyway, I'm not afraid of pain, so anything is fine."

Qin Hanshu hugged him back, "Don't worry, I'm not afraid either."

She has experienced death once, so how could she be afraid of having a child?

In mid-August of the lunar calendar, Qin Hanshu was nine months pregnant, and Zhou Weiguang sent her to the hospital.