Lu Huaijiao was sleeping soundly, but suddenly felt a very uncomfortable sensation, as if she were being stalked by some kind of maggot.
She was so disgusted that she woke up from her dream.
My leg cramped up.
"Gu Changzheng...Gu Changzheng..."
Lu Huaijiao's voice was choked with sobs as she reached out to cover her cramping leg, but because her belly was so big, she couldn't reach it at all.
"It hurts so much..."
"Jiaojiao..."
Gu Changzheng spoke a few words to Gu Tiezhu at the courtyard gate. As soon as he opened the door, he heard Lu Huaijiao's voice coming from inside the room. Without saying a word, he rushed in from outside, forgetting to close the courtyard gate.
"Jiaojiao..."
He pushed open the door and saw Lu Huaijiao curled up on the bed in a strange position. He knew perfectly well that his wife had another leg cramp.
"Honey, don't be nervous, relax, relax..."
Gu Changzheng sat down on the edge of the bed, gently took her slender leg, which was not even as big as his arm, and began to massage her leg with extremely gentle movements.
The doctor said that leg cramps are common for pregnant women, but they mostly occur in the later stages of pregnancy.
Because the fetus urgently needs nutrition in the later stages of pregnancy, insufficient nutrition in the pregnant woman's body can cause cramps.
Lu Huaijiao is currently five months pregnant, which is not considered the late stage of pregnancy. However, because she is carrying multiple babies, the cramps have started earlier than expected.
In such cases, doctors usually don't have any good solutions.
The only option is for her husband, Gu Changzheng, to massage her more often when he has time.
He massaged her for a while before Lu Huaijiao finally caught her breath.
With her eyes brimming with tears, she looked up at the man in front of her with those wet eyes. Her eyes were slightly red, and the tip of her nose was also red, making her look very pitiful.
Before anyone could speak, Gu Changzheng admitted his mistake.
"I'm sorry, Jiaojiao. I shouldn't have left your side so easily. I should have stayed by your side."
Lu Huaijiao pouted.
She doesn't need Gu Changzheng to watch over her all day. Her cramps usually only happen occasionally while she's sleeping, and they don't affect her normal walking around.
If he has to stay by my side all day because of this, then he won't be able to make money.
"I'm fine now."
Lu Huaijiao found herself becoming more sensible and considerate lately, and she was almost moved by her own actions.
"Help me up."
"Are you getting up? Don't you want to sleep a little longer?"
"You slept well."
Already woken up by a feeling of nausea, she then experienced a leg cramp, making it impossible for her to fall back asleep. She figured she might as well get up, eat something, and walk around.
Feeling somewhat heavy, she was helped to sit up by Gu Changzheng.
While gently massaging her aching lower back, she said, "Gu Changzheng, I don't want to have twins or triplets next time I get pregnant."
She saw many women in the village who, even when they were about to give birth, could still work in the fields.
“When I first came here, I even saw someone give birth in the field where people were working!”
She thought to herself, "These people are really amazing!"
Unlike her, who was pregnant with three babies and only five months along, she already needed her man's support to walk.
She can't even do farm work anymore; she finds it difficult to even turn over in bed.
Gu Changzheng found it somewhat amusing.
His wife has a very incorrect understanding of herself! Other women are still working in the fields right before giving birth because they've been used to farm work since they were little.
"Could it be that their mothers-in-law are difficult to get along with? Even when they are about to give birth, they are still forced to do chores?"
Gu Changzheng stated his hypothesis.
Lu Huaijiao originally wanted to refute it, but after thinking about it again, it seemed to make sense.
People now rely on work points for food. If they don't work, they won't get work points, and if they don't get work points, they can't exchange them for food, and then they won't have any to eat.
Even though a woman is pregnant, she still needs to eat. If she doesn't work, where will she get food? That's why many pregnant women work in the fields.
Although this seems cruel, it is actually a very normal situation in rural areas nowadays.
No one else could stay at home so comfortably, without even having to cook...
This person cannot be compared with others. Once she is compared with others, Lu Huaijiao will feel that what she has done to Gu Changzheng seems to be too much.
After all, compared to other people in the village, no one can compare to Gu Changzheng in terms of how well he treats his wife.
The couple walked out while talking. At the gate, Gu Tiezhu stopped a person who was peeking into Gu Changzheng's yard.
"Comrade, what do you want to do?"
Gu Tiezhu has an honest and simple face, but his long-standing reluctance to speak makes his expression look somewhat serious.
He stood there, blocking Lan Yanfang's way, his tall figure preventing her from continuing to peek into the courtyard.
Lan Yanfang reluctantly withdrew her gaze and turned it to Gu Tiezhu in front of her.
Gu Tiezhu was tall and strong, clearly a man of brute strength, the kind who had absolutely no brains. If it weren't for Gu Changzheng, Lan Yanfang might have targeted Gu Tiezhu.
But now that Gu Changzheng, who hadn't eaten meat for months, was in front of her, she naturally wouldn't change her target for seduction.
Moreover, she just caught a glimpse and realized that Gu Changzheng's yard wasn't just for raising chickens and ducks and growing vegetables; it was beautifully decorated, and she even saw flowers.
A country bumpkin who grows flowers at home—that's clearly a very romantic man! If she wins his heart and becomes his woman, she'll definitely be pampered like a princess.
Another point is that Gu Tiezhu got married last month.
The newlyweds were still with Huang Tingxiu.
Having just tasted meat, Gu Tiezhu should have better self-control and not be as easily seduced as Gu Changzheng.
Whether in terms of taste or other qualities, Gu Changzheng is someone Lan Yanfang is very much worth considering.
Lan Yanfang was also very interested.
She glanced at the man in front of her with some displeasure after being stopped by Gu Tiezhu.
"What are you doing? I'm just checking on Fourth Brother Gu's house, what's it to you?"
Gu Tiezhu: ? ? ?
Why does Lan Yanfang call Changzheng so affectionately? Is he perhaps a friend of her sister-in-law? But then Gu Tiezhu thought about it again, and it didn't seem like that.
He had heard from his wife that his sister-in-law used to be a friendless person in the educated youth settlement, except for being cheated by that swindler Li Xiaoya.
Therefore, the female educated youth in front of her is definitely not Lu Huaijiao's friend.
So what was she trying to do, peeking inside like that?
Stealing?
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