Chapter 61 The new residents are a bit odd; who did Chen Ruifeng marry? ...
Looking at the basket of red bayberries in varying shades in front of her, Qin Xiangxiang felt the nausea that had just risen in her body subside. This familiar feeling wasn't new to her.
She'd been feeling unwell lately; her period was late. Qin Xiangxiang had given birth once before, so barring any unforeseen circumstances, she was likely pregnant.
Unexpected, yet perfectly logical.
That bastard man especially liked to drag her into that kind of thing. Sometimes they took contraceptive measures, but sometimes when they were in the heat of the moment, they didn't care about anything else. Qin Xiangxiang, who dreamed of having a daughter, often couldn't help but hope that this time would be different. What if she got pregnant with a daughter?
If I'm pregnant with a daughter, I can buy her pretty little leather shoes, make her a dress by hand, take mother-daughter photos together, and collect pretty seashells on the mudflats...
What if it's a daughter?
Qin Xiangxiang is beautiful, and her husband Li Jianzhi is handsome. Whether their daughter looks like her or Li Jianzhi, she should be a beautiful daughter.
It's really killing me. Even knowing what will happen in the future, I still couldn't resist falling into the trap of trying to have a daughter. Qin Xiangxiang, you are really stubborn.
Maybe this time will be different. She arrived on the island a year earlier than in her dream and got pregnant earlier as well. Li Jianzhi, this man, is also quite different from the one in her dream. Their relationship is... pretty good right now, and they don't argue as often as they did in her dream.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Li Jianzhi, you have to come with me to the hospital for a checkup."
"You might be going to be a father."
Upon hearing this, Li Jianzhi was stunned. He couldn't come to his senses, as if he had been struck in the chest by a giant bell, and his breathing seemed to stop.
The bayberries in front of him emitted a slightly sour fruity fragrance in the breeze, and Li Jianzhi felt his nose get a little itchy.
He quickly put his wife off his shoulder, staring at her flat stomach, feeling incredulous.
Aside from his eldest son, Little Fatty, whom he acquired by chance, this was the first time in all his years that Li Jianzhi had experienced the feeling of his wife being pregnant and him becoming a father.
The feeling of lightness and lightness throughout the body is truly indescribable.
He's going to be a dad!
"Think about it, don't pick the bayberries, I'll pick them." Li Jianzhi felt he should have died earlier. How could he have let his wife pick bayberries in such a dangerous way? His good wife should be like the Princess and the Pea, sleeping on a bed of more than ten layers of soft down comforters, so that even a tiny pea would keep her awake.
Qin Xiangxiang looked at his nervous appearance and wanted to laugh a little. "I'm pregnant, not crippled. It was fine if I didn't take it off just now."
"In short, you can't do that anymore. You stand properly next to me and don't climb trees. You hold the basket, I'll pick the bayberries, and you'll eat them."
Qin Xiangxiang really couldn't stand his pretentious manner. Fortunately, she was indeed pretentious herself. She had already experienced what it was like to pick bayberries after picking a few, and she had no interest in picking bayberries all day long, as that would be too tiring.
This kind of physical labor is not suitable for her to be a lazy bum.
She was never a hardworking or diligent girl.
“Then you and your son can pick them. I’ll watch from the side. Pick as many as you can, as we need to make wine to send to Mom and Dad.”
Upon hearing her words, Li Jianzhi became as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He quickly grabbed his son to pick bayberries. He was tall and had an advantage in picking bayberries. He took the bamboo hook from Li Yaowei. It was a kind of bamboo pole with a hook knife that could be used to lower the bayberry branches. Li Jianzhi grabbed the branch and pulled it down. The whole bayberry tree tilted down, making it easier for an adult to stand under the tree and pick the bayberries.
As for the taller bayberry trees, once the fruit turned red, Liu Xiaoyun and her cousin would simply cut down the branches, cutting down a whole clump of bayberry trees to make it easier to pick the bayberries from the ground.
Liu Xiaoyun said, "Pick the pretty ones, don't pick the ugly ones."
"Little Fatty, don't pick them when they're so small."
Because fruit storage technology was not advanced in those days, people only picked the good fruit and there was no need to pick the inferior fruit, since it would not be stored for long anyway and would rot in two days. Since it was going to rot anyway, it was better to let the fruit rot on the ground and pick it back as a waste of time.
"Li Yaowei, I might be going to be a father." Li Jianzhi approached Li Yaowei, subtly showing off.
Lai Yiu-wai: "?" What are you saying? Dude, we've been dads for a while now, I even have one more kid than you.
Li Jianzhi: "I'm going to be a dad, you know? I'm going to be a dad."
It's a real shame we didn't meet on the ship. Before he transmigrated, he had a bunch of fellow soldiers, all in their thirties or forties, now older officers who still hadn't found wives. If he posted his marriage certificate on social media, he'd get hundreds or even thousands of likes in an hour.
Lai Yiu-wai: "Your son and my son are old enough to run errands."
"I'm going to be a dad." Li Jianzhi stared at Li Yaowei. He couldn't brag about it on social media anymore, so this was the only man he could share it with. "I think my wife might be pregnant again."
Lai Yiu-wai really couldn't stand his smugness. Every family has a few kids, right? "So what if she's pregnant? It's normal for women to get pregnant."
Li Jianzhi: "You're really not a good man."
Lai Yiu-wai: "???"
"I'm going to be a dad! Do you know how happy I am?"
Lai Yiu-wai unbuttoned his collar, feeling a bit scared of him. This tall, imposing man was chasing after him, constantly saying, "I'm going to be a father," yet his face remained expressionless. It was terrifying.
"I think there's something wrong with my brother." Li Yaowei squeezed over to Liu Xiaoyun's side, not daring to get any closer to Li Jianzhi.
Liu Xiaoyun praised, "They say the same rice feeds a hundred different kinds of people, and it's true. Li Jianzhi from your village is a really good man. No wonder he was able to marry a city wife."
Lai Yiu-wai: "???"
After nagging Li Yaowei away, Li Jianzhi had no choice but to go find his son, Xiaopang, and say, "Son, I'm going to be a dad."
Little Fatty: "Can I be a dad too?"
"Silly girl, I'm going to be a dad, and you're going to be a big brother."
Little Fatty: "Wow!"
Qin Xiangxiang, who was standing nearby, had had enough and really wanted to grab a handful of bayberries and throw them at the two idiot father and son to stop embarrassing them in public.
Li Jianzhi patted his son's head, rubbing it vigorously as if he were patting a dog's head, saying, "Your father, a commander without any troops, now has another soldier under his command."
"Congratulations to our chubby soldier for being promoted to chubby company commander in the future."
"After your younger siblings are born, Little Fatty Squad Leader, you'll have a new recruit under your command."
Little Fatty's eyes widened: "Wow!"
"Dad, I'm Little Fatty, the company commander."
"Hmm... You are now appointed as Little Fatty Squad Leader. Little Fatty Squad Leader's task is to take good care of your mother, the chickens in the vegetable garden, and your unborn younger siblings. After your younger siblings are born, the regimental commander and political commissar will agree to your promotion to officer, making you Little Fatty Platoon Leader and Lieutenant Deputy Company Commander."
"When your younger siblings are three or four years old, you'll be the chubby company commander."
Little Fatty: "Wow!"
Although children may not understand, getting promoted and making money should be a good thing.
Qin Xiangxiang coldly said, "But you are no longer the only, precious good soldier, Little Fatty."
Li Jianzhi: "You're going to be the class monitor."
Little Fatty: "Wow!"
...
Qin Xiangxiang felt a toothache and truly admired this man's ability to make empty promises to his child. She wondered if the child would still listen to his father's nonsense when he grew a little older. Why was this brat so obedient to his father?
"Think about it, don't carry such heavy things, you'll tire your hands. I'll take it."
"From now on, don't lift any heavy objects."
On the way back from picking bayberries, Li Yaowei was driving ahead, and Li Jianzhi kept reminding his wife to take good care of her health. "When summer comes, let Xiaopang water the vegetable garden. If you have time, just watch over it. If you don't have time, then don't worry about it."
Qin Xiangxiang: "???!!!"
"I want to eat the tomatoes and cucumbers I grew myself."
"When I went to buy a water tank last time, I heard about a type of earthenware pot. I'm planning to buy a few of these. These rough earthenware pots have holes, and when buried in the soil, water slowly seeps out. In places where water is scarce, people use this method of burying earthenware pots to irrigate..."
Watering vegetable gardens in the summer is too troublesome, so Li Jianzhi came up with this method of burying earthenware pots for watering. The earthenware pots leak water outwards, which can keep the soil moist and reduce evaporation and waste, making it suitable for the growth of crops such as cucumbers and tomatoes.
Cover the earthenware pot with a lid and line it with straw. This will reduce the frequency of watering in the summer, saving water. You may only need to add water to the pot every two or three days.
This job isn't hard work; Qin Xiangxiang can just let her son, Xiaopang, do it while she watches him water the plants.
Qin Xiangxiang: "Li Jianzhi, you're so smart!"
Qin Xiangxiang knew that watering the vegetable garden in summer was a problem. Watering directly would cause the water to evaporate easily, and watering frequently was hard work. Keeping the soil moist was an important thing. Doing what Li Jianzhi said would reduce a lot of watering trouble.
If it rains heavily, you can open the lid of the earthenware jar to collect the water, killing two birds with one stone.
Although cucumbers and loofahs aren't worth much money, it's different when you grow them yourself; she's finally about to succeed.
Qin Xiang touched her lower abdomen, wondering whether it was a boy or a girl this time.
My wish will be completely fulfilled if it's a daughter.
If it's a son... then he'll be the only soldier under Little Fatty's command, and when he grows up, he'll be sent to grow vegetables and raise chickens.
Sigh, she clearly intended to wait two years before returning to Shanghai, but life on the island is not bad now, at least the island is rich in resources and fish. If she wants to go back to Shanghai, she can wait seven or eight years.
The foolish Qin Xiang thought, "Isn't this just like in my dream?" In 1977, when the college entrance examination was reinstated, Li Jianzhi also had to return to Shanghai for further studies.
Back home, Qin Xiangxiang touched her belly, filled with doubt and uncertainty. What if she gave birth to three sons again, just like in her dream?
She clearly wanted to divorce Li Jianzhi from the very beginning, but the divorce didn't happen. The couple is still living a good life, but at least her parents are safe and sound. They are still living well in Shanghai, and things certainly won't be like they are in her dream.
"Think about it, I just went out and heard Sister Gao say that new residents are coming to our building, a newlywed couple is moving in."
Qin Xiangxiang casually asked, "Who is it?"
"You've met the guy before. He's Chen Ruifeng, the one you met when you came here. He's the one you asked me to introduce to someone."
Qin Xiangxiang was stunned: "???"
Chen Ruifeng, the male lead, and his group also arrived on the island ahead of time and stayed upstairs in her house.
Damn, are these male and female leads some kind of inescapable plague? She's even staying in the west wing this time.
"His wife is from Shanghai, just like you."
Qin Xiangxiang: "?!"
Wait a minute, who did Chen Ruifeng marry?
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