◎Second update◎
Xu Shengjie took the materials for assembling the radio home. The meal was almost ready. After the family finished dinner, Xu Shengjie was playing with the radio while Liang Baozhen was helping Xiaowei with his homework.
Next year, Xiaowei and Xiaoya will take the high school entrance examination. Whether they can go to high school or directly enter technical secondary school will depend on this.
There is absolutely no problem with Xiaoya. Her grades are among the best in the school. But it is Xiaowei who makes people worry.
"Xiao Wei, study hard with your sister-in-law and your sister." Zhou Yun still hoped that his grandson could continue his studies. At that time, Xu Shengjie encountered a change in his family and did not have the conditions to continue his studies. He joined the army at a young age and sent his allowance and salary back home every month.
Times are different now. Studying is good, and every family hopes that their children can work hard and get into university.
"I understand, grandma." Xu Shengwei frowned and scratched his head. He felt dizzy when he looked at the math problems. It was no wonder that he couldn't help yawning when he was studying...
Liang Baozhen also understood that haste makes waste, so she explained the problem to him and let him figure it out on his own, then turned to watch Xu Shengjie assembling the radio.
The man's bony hands were very nimble, moving between various tiny and precise parts, installing and debugging them expertly... He hunched his back slightly, his face beneath his hair had sharp features and a high nose bone, and he was concentrating on the half-formed radio in his hands. When he noticed an intense gaze from the side, he raised his head to glance, and the beautiful figure of Liang Baozhen was reflected in his dark eyes.
"Is it almost done?" Liang Baozhen walked over with interest. She thought Xu Shengjie was handsome even when he didn't say anything while fiddling with the radio. His slender fingers lightly dialed the keys and it seemed like he was about to finish.
"No, I just realized that a part is missing. I'll go get it from Hong San tomorrow." Xu Shengjie put the unfinished radio aside and took a look at his wife's belly.
Liang Baozhen's belly is not very noticeable yet, and if no one tells you, you can hardly tell that she is pregnant.
"Any reaction?"
"No." Ever since Liang Baozhen felt the fetal movement for the first time the night before, Xu Shengjie also became excited and wanted to touch it all the time.
However, Liang Baozhen was more interested in Xu Shengjie's affairs at this moment. She moved her wooden chair next to him and asked him about his military service. "You were already able to make radios when you were in the army? Oh, and you also made furniture."
"More than that, I know everything." Xu Shengjie recalled the past and told Liang Baozhen slowly.
"When I was stationed in the mountains for training, I was really bored in my spare time, so I just lay there and fed mosquitoes every day. Later, everyone competed in catching hares, pheasants, and even snakes."
"Eh~" Liang Baozhen frowned and said in disgust. She was most afraid of snakes and got goosebumps just thinking about them. "You've never eaten snake meat, have you?"
If Xu Shengjie had eaten a snake, she would never kiss him again!!!
"No." Xu Shengjie didn't like to eat those strange meats. He dared to catch snakes, but he didn't eat them. "But my comrades eat them."
"Alright, alright, stop talking about this. It makes me uncomfortable just listening to it." Liang Baozhen lifted up her long sleeves, showing him the goose bumps on her forearms, and urged him to change the subject.
Xu Shengjie smiled and rubbed her arm, "Why are you so timid?"
"That's all I'm afraid of. I'm not afraid of anything else. And then? You guys assemble the radio?"
"How can that be possible? If you have poker, play some poker, or smoke some cigarettes. Cigarettes are hard currency, and you can find someone to do something with a cigarette."
The training in the army is very intensive. My feet often carry heavy weights and I almost lose consciousness after training. I lie in bed and cannot fall asleep. The nicotine in the cigarette is just the right weapon to numb the nerves. It seems that just one puff will bring me back to life.
"You should smoke less." Liang Baozhen remembered that more and more people were paying attention to the harm of cigarettes. Smoking is more likely to cause lung diseases. She didn't want her man to have lung problems.
"Isn't that one cigarette a day? I've done everything you said." Xu Shengjie even took credit for it, "I haven't smoked one cigarette today."
Liang Baozhen looked at him and thought he was like Liang Baoling who had completed her homework beyond the quota and was asking for praise!
As she spoke, Liang Baozhen leaned over and sniffed the collar of Xu Shengjie's clothes. She moved her delicate nose to carefully listen for any smell of smoke.
Xu Shengjie only felt a sudden fragrance coming from his side, and a few strands of Baozhen's hair touched his neck, and as she smelled the smoke, it made him itchy.
Xu Shengjie's Adam's apple moved, and the woman left the next second.
As if praising an elementary school student, with a brilliant smile, "Well done, you deserve praise today!"
Looking at his wife's bright smile, Xu Shengjie thought that maybe he might as well not smoke tomorrow and just endure it for another day!
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Liang Baozhen woke up from a nap at night and felt hungry. She wanted to eat something very badly.
She twisted her body, instantly waking up Xu Shengjie next to her.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm hungry." Liang Baozhen, who had just woken up, spoke in a hoarse voice and as if she was acting coquettishly. Xu Shengjie's heart softened.
"What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it." He immediately sat up and got dressed.
"No, what time is it? Make a cup of maltose." Liang Baozhen smacked her lips, missing the sweet taste.
At three o'clock in the morning, in the Liang family's living room, Xu Shengjie was opening the iron lid of the malted milk can, scooping two spoonfuls into the enamel cup, and picking up the thermos to fill the cup.
Use a spoon to stir quickly and evenly. The malted milk granules gradually melt in the boiling water, exuding an alluring aroma.
"Be careful with the burns."
Xu Shengjie entered the room carrying the enamel cup. Liang Baozhen was sitting on the bedside. She took a deep sniff and said, "What a nice smell!"
Since she became pregnant, she has become more and more fond of sweet food and is almost obsessed with the taste. If malted milk was ten times more attractive to her before she became pregnant, it was a hundred times more attractive after she became pregnant.
She didn't know what was going on, it just tasted like that.
Put a spoonful into your mouth, the fragrant and sweet malt extract enters your mouth, injecting a touch of warmth into this cool autumn, warming all the way to your stomach.
"Eat slowly, don't burn it." Xu Shengjie saw his wife drinking malted milk with a spoon, eating so happily, and he felt satisfied.
He just bought a can of maltose half a month ago and hasn't finished it yet. Today Liang Baojun sent him two more cans, which will last him a long time.
"You drink some too." Liang Baozhen scooped a spoonful of maltose and fed it to Xu Shengjie's mouth.
"I don't drink, you drink." How could he compete with his wife for food?
"It's so cold at night. Drinking this will make you feel comfortable. Try it."
Seeing that his wife insisted, Xu Shengjie opened his mouth and was fed by his wife.
The two of them took turns taking a sip, and soon finished the whole cup of maltose.
When Xu Shengjie came back after washing the enamel cup, Liang Baozhen had already fallen into a deep sleep. Her dark and shiny hair was disheveled, covering most of her palm-sized face, making her skin look even whiter.
Xu Shengjie tiptoed onto the bed, lifted Baozhen's hair, and lay down carefully, with his right hand reaching over her pillow. Baozhen seemed to have a premonition, and she placed her hands on the man's chest, moved her body to the side, found the most comfortable spot in the crook of his neck, and fell asleep peacefully.
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On Sunday, the family rested. Liang Baozhen followed the advice of Zhou Yun and Cheng Caili, two people who had experienced this, and went out for a walk and went to the Children's Palace with Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya.
The two of them have mastered the swimming skills, which are much better than the dog paddling that many people have learned by struggling in the river. The movements are very standard.
"Sister-in-law, let's go in."
"Goodbye, sister-in-law."
Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya walked in together and happened to meet students from the table tennis class who were leaving class. Each of them was holding a table tennis racket in their hands and looked very professional.
Xu Shengwei stared at them for a long time, and after being reminded by his sister, he continued to go to the swimming class.
There are sofa chairs in the Children's Palace for parents to wait for their children. Liang Baozhen rested for a while and prepared to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to take a look.
Just as she was standing up, a child suddenly rushed over. The child ran quickly without noticing that there was someone in front of him and was about to bump into Liang Baozhen.
Fortunately, Liang Baozhen reacted quickly, protecting her stomach with one hand and quickly dodged.
"Ouch!" The little boy was startled by Liang Baozhen's evasive action, and then he realized that he almost bumped into someone.
"Auntie, are you okay? I almost bumped into you, I'm sorry." The little boy looked to be about six or seven years old, with regular features. Despite his young age, one could already see his high nose bone, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was wearing beautiful clothes and had a fair and clean face. It was obvious that he was well-raised at home.
"I'm fine." Liang Baozhen was attracted by the child's sweet voice. When she saw him standing straight and apologizing to her, she thought he was very cute.
Since she became a mother, she has shown more kindness towards other children, though only to the cute and well-behaved ones. In the big compound next door in the alley, there are a few particularly naughty and troublesome kids who have snot running down their noses all day long, wear messy clothes and love to roll around in the mud. She cannot be kind to such kids.
"Little boy, where are you going? Why are you here alone?" Liang Baozhen couldn't help but feel curious when she saw him looking around.
"I'm looking for my mom." The little boy pouted, a little aggrieved, "I don't know where my mom has gone."
"Ah?" Liang Baozhen looked around. There were only a few people at the front desk of the Children's Palace. Liang Baozhen pointed at that place and asked, "What does your mother look like? What is she wearing? Is she there?"
"No, no." The little boy shook his head like a rattle. "My mother is wearing a pink plaid blouse today. She is very beautiful, just like my aunt."
This child is so sweet! Liang Baozhen is a soft-hearted person. She was very happy to be praised by a little kid. The main reason was that the child's eyes were shining, showing his sincerity.
"Then I'll find someone to ask for you." Liang Baozhen went to find a staff member from the Children's Palace and found out that the child was in the calligraphy class.
"Comrade, thank you. I'll go look for his mother. They just came in together."
"Okay, I'll help look after the child."
"How did you get separated from your mother?" Liang Baozhen started chatting with the little boy sitting next to her.
"I don't know. I was walking and walking and I didn't see my mother." The little boy was calm and spoke coherently, but he turned around and suddenly shouted, "Mom! I'm here!"
A young woman in a lotus pink plaid blouse trotted over and took the child into her arms.
"Chao Chao, Mommy is so scared! How did you get here?"
"I don't know either. I couldn't find you, so I came downstairs and waited here. Mom would definitely go out from here if she wanted to."
It turned out that Yang Yan brought her seven-year-old son to the Children's Palace for calligraphy class today. When they went to the third floor, Yang Yan met Minister Zheng's daughter-in-law in the family compound and chatted with her for a few words. When she turned around, the child was gone.
She looked around on the third floor and then on the second floor. It was not until the staff at the front desk of the Children's Palace came to inform her that the child was in the waiting area of the lobby on the first floor.
"It's mom's fault for not noticing you." The moment Yang Yan realized her child was missing, she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. A huge fear came over her. She still gets scared when she thinks about it now.
"Mom, it was the beautiful aunt who helped me." Chao Chao was much calmer and pointed at Liang Baozhen.
"Comrade, thank you!" Yang Yan has a delicate appearance, a scholarly air, and speaks softly.
"You're welcome. I'm glad the child is fine." Liang Baozhen could empathize with the mother. If her child was lost, she would be terrified and at a loss. "Your son is very smart and very well behaved. He said he would wait for you here."
The two chatted for a few words, and Yang Yan wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative next door to buy some cakes to thank Liang Baozhen. Liang Baozhen naturally declined, thinking that there was no need to accept something for such an easy task, so she had to pretend that she had something to do and left first.
After going around to the supply and marketing cooperative on the other side to buy some snacks, Liang Baozhen walked back with her things. The weather in early autumn was pleasant, neither too cold nor too hot, just right for enjoying the breeze outside. When she arrived at the Children's Palace, she saw Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya just finishing their swimming lesson. The two were hiding behind the wall watching something.
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