"Sir, Madam hasn't woken up yet. She went to bed late this afternoon," Su Chen hurriedly reported as he saw Zhang Shouyi return.
"Hmm." Zhang Shouyi returned to the room and vaguely saw his wife, whose belly was high and protruding, lying properly on the bed.
She carefully walked to the bedside and lifted the bed curtains.
Hearing the noise, Zhang Hongmei opened her eyes and met Zhang Shouyi's gentle, watery eyes.
With a bright smile, she said, "Brother Zhang, you're back? You didn't work overtime today?"
Because she had just woken up, her voice was slightly sexy and husky. This aroused Zhang Shouyi, who lowered his body and gave his wife a kiss.
"Yes. I'm back. I missed you. I'm sorry, I neglected you."
Help me up.
Zhang Hongmei got out of bed and poured two glasses of water. One glass for each of them.
"I'll only notice the difference if you're not busy. Yeah, today's the fifteenth, I should at least come back early."
As Zhang Hongmei spoke, she suddenly had a strong craving for glutinous rice balls.
"Brother Zhang, I want to eat boiled glutinous rice balls and fried glutinous rice balls."
"Okay, let's go to the dining room. They should be ready by now. What kind of filling would you like?"
"White sugar and black sesame, red bean paste, chocolate."
"Hehe, I don't think there will be any chocolate. Su Chen, go tell them to prepare some."
"yes."
The two strolled leisurely towards the dining room. Zhang Shouyi put his arm around Zhang Hongmei's waist, which put his mind at ease.
"Honey, did you have something to do today? Why did you go to bed so late?"
"Hehe, Brother Zhu has taken a liking to Han Mei. I played matchmaker this afternoon. What do you think? Do I have the potential to be a matchmaker?"
"Hehe, my wife is the most beautiful matchmaker."
"I'm talking about ability, okay?"
"Then my wife is the most beautiful and capable matchmaker. But don't worry about her anymore, you need to take good care of your health."
"Okay. I'll be more careful in the future."
The two arrived at the dining room just as Aunt Li came out. "Hongmei, are chocolate-filled glutinous rice balls just chocolate wrapped inside?"
"Yes. But it's best to cut the chocolate into pieces so it doesn't leak when you're frying it."
"Understood. Wait a moment, it'll be ready in ten minutes. Drink the bird's nest soup on the table first." After giving her instructions, Aunt Li hurriedly went into the kitchen.
"Brother Zhang, how is Li Guoliang doing now?"
"He went to another city."
Is he safe now?
"Not yet."
When will Aunt Li and her family be able to reunite?
"It will take a few more years."
“Brother Zhang, why don’t you find someone to help Li Guoliang find a partner? The kind where they get married secretly, and then Aunt Li can take care of their grandson.”
"Okay, my wife said I'll definitely do it."
At this point, family members gradually came into the dining room.
"Grandpa, where did you go today?"
"A few of us went to Zhou Shixiong's place to eat Yuanxiao with him."
"That explains why you haven't been home all day."
"They called me at the last minute."
"How is Zhou Shixiong's health?"
"That's all. But his hair is all white now."
Zhang Hongmei knew that although Gu Chuanming always verbally criticized Zhou Shixiong, he still had feelings for him.
"Su Chen, go check if there's any porridge for tonight? Grandpa ate glutinous rice balls for lunch, which are made of sticky dough and are hard to digest. Porridge will be better for tonight."
"I'll have porridge too!" Grandpa Zhang Xingguo quickly said.
"Dad, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, I don't like eating glutinous rice balls. I'll just eat one later to mark the occasion."
Zhu Zi and Er Ya came in too. Judging from Zhu Zi's expression, it seemed to have gone quite smoothly.
That's good. I'll have to talk to Brother Zhang about Zhuzi's job later.
I'm experiencing pregnancy-induced forgetfulness for the past three years; I'm always forgetting things.
Zhang Hongmei finally got to eat fried and boiled glutinous rice balls, but the quantity was limited. She was very satisfied just to be able to eat them.
However, seeing Liu Jinsong enjoying his meal so much, I was still quite envious.
After dinner, everyone went to the living room. "Sister Er Ya, Brother Zhu, are you two reporting for duty tomorrow morning?"
"Okay, we'll be at school at eight o'clock tonight, the two of us can take the bus."
"Okay, are you coming back on Saturday?"
"I'll be back Friday night. I promised Wang Ying I'd check out the shop on Saturday and Sunday."
"Hehe, it would be good for you to experience it."
"I'll be back Friday night too!"
"Okay, tell Aunt Li what you'd like to eat, and I'll treat you to something nice for dinner."
Gu Chuanming wasn't in a good mood, so he went home to rest early. Zhang Xingguo left with him as well.
"Brother Zhang, what's wrong with Grandpa?"
"It's just what I felt. Grandpa probably feels sorry for Zhou Shixiong now."
That's not actually the case; the two elderly people returned to Gu Chuanming's room.
"Old Gu? Zhou Shixiong spoke up again today?"
"Yes! And it was a bit of a coercion. In front of everyone, he said I stole his bloodline descendant and demanded that I return one to him."
"Hmph! That's a rather underhanded tactic."
"No matter what he says, I will absolutely not agree."
"Old Gu, you should tell Shouyi about this!"
"He should have known long ago."
"Alright, stop worrying about that. The commander of the X Army is acting a bit unruly right now. Send Li Baoguo over there."
"Understood."
The two discussed many more details until after 10 p.m. before finally going to rest.
Zhang Hongmei lay in Zhang Shouyi's arms. "Brother Zhang, let's leave Brother Zhuzi in the capital. I've already promised his family."
"Then let's go directly to the Ministry of Agriculture."
"Won't this cause trouble?"
"What's the problem?"
Zhang Hongmei couldn't say anything either. She couldn't very well say that she was thinking about the illegal things that the wives of those fallen officials did in her previous life, could she?
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, I won't agree to these things again."
"Hehe, with your man backing you up, you can do whatever you want."
"I feel like I'm the bad woman who dragged you down with me. There's an old saying that a virtuous wife brings fewer troubles to her husband, but I'm a bad woman, not virtuous at all. Do you think I'll become like Daji or the like?"
"Hahahaha! Only my wife Zhang Hongmei could do that in this world. If you were Daji, I would be King Zhou!"
"Heh, you can do that?"
"Yes, we can. No matter what, we are husband and wife, a whole."
Zhang Shouyi coaxed Zhang Hongmei to talk more, as she ate sticky food that night and was worried that it would cause her indigestion and stomach discomfort.
“Brother Zhang, you read to the children, it’s prenatal education.”
"Alright, let's talk about Sun Tzu's Art of War."
"No way, I don't want my child to be interested in politics from a young age. It's too tiring!"
"Haha, how can we not train them? In the future, we'll have to hand over this huge business to them so the two of us old folks can go out and have fun."
"Hehe, I don't really believe what you say."
"Don't worry. I will definitely keep my promise."
"Then I'll wait? Don't keep me waiting too long."
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