"However, I've heard that there are quite a few who support the Grand Commandant's ascension to the throne as emperor."
"Grand Commandant?" Mu Run suddenly realized. "Oh, he used to be a Grand Commandant."
"The Grand Commandant was known for his handsome appearance, as if he were a literary genius descended to earth. But in reality, this appearance was not real. The real Grand Commandant had heterochromatic eyes and a face like a god. When he faced off against Emperor Guangwu's army, the enemy soldiers were all intimidated by his appearance. Only Emperor Guangwu could hold off the Grand Commandant and his thousands of troops single-handedly."
"Really?" Mu Run didn't believe it at all and laughed, "There's no such person. It's all just hearsay. But where there's smoke, there's fire. This Grand Commandant must indeed be quite good-looking."
Qin's mother and An's mother each carried a tray into the house.
Mother Qin said, "Miss Mu, I've made lotus root chicken. Why don't you try it and see how it tastes?"
Madam An prepared some side dishes and steamed buns. "Miss Mu, look how low your belly has gone. You don't need to worry about the baby growing bigger now. Eat as much as you like."
"It's gone down?" Mu Run looked at her stomach and it did seem to have dropped a bit. Before, it was always pointing towards her heart, and she couldn't eat or sleep well.
"The baby has engaged in the pelvis, is the baby about to be born?"
“That’s right, she could give birth at any time. Twin pregnancies usually start earlier, so it’s perfectly normal for her to be going downhill now,” Mrs. An said with a smile, then placed the food from the tray on the kang table.
The heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) was warm, and Mu Run basically stayed on the kang to prepare for childbirth, except when she got out of bed. She was very comfortable.
Mu Run opened the lotus root and chicken soup first. The clear chicken broth was filled with snow-white lotus roots, and the aroma was so enticing that it immediately whetted her appetite. "It looks delicious. But I don't remember having any fresh lotus roots in the cellar. Where did they come from?"
“My eldest daughter-in-law brought them from her hometown,” Qin’s mother replied. “She’s from Baihegou, where lotus roots are a tribute item, and ordinary people can’t afford them at all. This year, things are in turmoil in the court, and no one is collecting the tribute items, so that’s why we can eat them.”
"Yes, it looks different from ordinary lotus roots, it's exceptionally white. Thank you so much, Sister-in-law Qin, Mom, please thank her for me."
"You are welcome."
Mu Run took a sip of the soup, finding it fresh and delicious. "It's so good! There's still some left in the pot, everyone should try some."
"Knock knock knock—" There was a knock on the door, and it was very urgent.
Mother An walked outside, saying, "I'll go take a look."
A moment later, Mother An rushed in and said to Mother Qin, "You should go back now, your third son is back."
"San'er is back?" Qin's mother was taken aback, then seemed to realize something and ran outside without saying a word to Mu Run.
Mu Run remembered that Qin Mama's third son had gone to the battlefield, so she quickly called out to An Mama, who was also about to follow, "An Mama, what happened?"
"It's gone! Sigh!" Mrs. An sighed and followed them out.
Mu Run was stunned.
She had never felt war so close to her before. Even when Wang Yaozong was to be conscripted, she felt nothing. Perhaps it was the provision of food that saved Wang Yaozong's life that left her unmoved.
However, Qin's mother was someone she spent every day with, and she had also met Qin's third son, who was a very honest and kind person, a very good bricklayer, and still unmarried.
Wang Yaozong is back. He has already been to the Qin family and seen Qin Laosan. "He was stabbed through the neck with a gun, but he didn't suffer for long."
"Alright, alright, don't talk to your wife about these things. She's pregnant." Mother An pushed Wang Yaozong out.
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