Chapter 94

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and Jingxian has not yet told her children about her pregnancy.

Jingxian is not pregnant yet.

But I still have to tell the kids about this.

After discussing with Shang Nanchen, Jing Xian decided to tell the children about this before the Chinese New Year.

"Da Mao, come here, I have something to tell you." Shang Nanchen called people over.

The kids looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.

Shang Nanchen sat next to Jing Xian, and several children also sat on the edge of the kang.

Fusheng asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"

When the time came, Shang Nanchen felt a little embarrassed.

He coughed dryly and said, "You are going to have a brother or sister."

Before Fusheng understood what was going on, he found that Damao and Xiaomao were looking at him and Tiedan.

Tiedan Bifusheng reacted quickly. He looked directly at Jingxian's belly and asked calmly, "Mom, are you pregnant?"

Jing Xian said directly: "Yes."

She said nothing else, just looked at the children calmly.

She thought Tiedan or Fusheng would mind, especially Tiedan, who was a smart kid and precocious.

"Are you really pregnant?" Tiedan's incredulous tone made Jingxian's heart sink even more.

She didn't want to make the children sad.

Call her selfish, she just wants a child of her own.

Only after she became pregnant did she feel that her fate had changed and she was no longer a floating duckweed.

I truly feel a sense of belonging to this family.

"I'm really pregnant, it's been almost a month. The baby will be born in a few months." Jing Xian still chose to be honest and told the children the truth.

After hearing this, Tiedan seemed relieved and said, "That's good, that's good."

Jing Xian felt that this reaction was not right. She looked at the other children and they seemed to have the same expression, and even looked a little happy.

"Do you like this child very much?" Jing Xian glanced at Shang Nanchen and asked the children tentatively.

Tiedan said loudly: "Of course! You don't know how much we hope you have a child. Whether it's a brother or a sister, we would like them all. So that others won't say that you can't have children, so you married my dad."

Jing Xian didn't know about this rumor yet.

No matter who spread the rumor, she wanted to thank that person.

At night, Jing Xian lay on the kang, still feeling unreal.

She whispered to Shang Nanchen: "You didn't ask someone to spread that rumor, did you?"

"What rumors?"

"Is it the rumor that I married you because I couldn't have children?"

Shang Nanchen was speechless: "Go to sleep, don't think about these messy things."

"It's really not you?" Jing Xian came over and asked.

Shang Nanchen held the man in his arms and said in a deep voice: "I don't have the time. This is the first time I've heard this rumor."

"If it's not you, forget it."

Jing Xian was a little disappointed. She wanted to experience the feeling of Shang Nanchen fighting wits and courage for her and his sons, but that was not the case.

The next day, Song Ning and his friends were going back.

Song Zheng came over at noon, and Jing Xian specially prepared a table of food.

Two tables were put together, and adults and children all sat on the kang. The two families gathered together, making it lively and noisy.

Song Zheng got a promotion.

Although Shang Nanchen didn't say anything about it, the people above him kept it in mind.

After experiencing what happened with Liao Yu, Song Ning has become much more mature.

Jing Xian also made a special face cream for her. After using it for a few months, her skin really became a little whiter. Song Ning was also very obedient. She always wrapped herself in a gauze towel when she went out and paid great attention to sun protection.

She sat there with her two big braids standing upright, looking very graceful and adorable.

Xu Ning felt no psychological pressure and looked much more relaxed, as if the shackles on her body were gone.

The two men were chatting while the children were concentrating on eating.

Xu Ning sighed and said:

I won’t be bothered with these things anymore. You don’t know how worried I am. I’m afraid something might happen.”

"If you weren't so nervous, I might have been fooled by that bastard for a while." Song Ning said this sincerely without any sarcasm, and even felt particularly grateful.

She is not someone who is confused.

Xu Ning said jokingly: "I thought you would blame me."

"Why should I blame you? You asked me to go meet him because he has good conditions. I chose him myself, and it has nothing to do with you. He deliberately kept me hanging, which is also because of his bad character." Song Ning knew what Xu Ning was worried about. "If Ms. Han says anything about you, don't bear it. Remember me to ask me to go over."

Song Ning is ready to fight: "I will definitely have a tough battle to fight when I go back this year."

After saying that, Song Ning took a big bite of the braised pork.

Jing Xian: “…”

After eating and taking a short rest, Song Zheng and his friends set off.

Jing Xian instructed Shang Nanchen to let Song Ning and the others take all the things to the car, and the two men loaded all the things in a short while.

We will not meet again until after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

Song Ning leaned against the car window and said reluctantly, "Sister-in-law, when I come over in the first month of the lunar year, I will definitely bring some meat."

"I'll make you braised pork." Jing Xian couldn't move.

Song Zheng said unhappily, "Is your family short of food?"

"If you eat the meals cooked by your sister-in-law every day, I don't believe you can still eat the pig food at home." Song Ning's posture of talking to Song Zheng was too skillful.

Song Zheng: “…”

Xu Ning said hurriedly, "Okay, let's go! We can get home before dark and have dinner."

"Let's go!"

Song Ning waved his hand, and Xu Ning also said, "Come in quickly! Don't stand outside, it's so cold!"

Jingxian and the others returned to the house only after the car left.

The children couldn't sit still in the house, so they ran out.

Only Jing Xian and Shang Nanchen were left at home.

Jing Xian and Shang Nanchen were chatting: "Didn't you go to see your dad the year before last?"

"No."

Shang Nanchen doesn't want to mention this person now.

"By the way, the new secretary for this reorganization was appointed directly from above." Shang Nanchen was more informed than Jing Xian. "It is estimated that Commander Wei will definitely retire this year. I just don't know who the new commander will be."

Jing Xian asked in surprise: "Why not just bring it up from you guys?"

"It's not clear yet. A group of people will be transferred to civilian jobs after the new year." Shang Nanchen pointed to Ma Shufen's house next door and said, "Zhang Ying has also submitted an application report. If it is a professional, we don't know where he will be assigned to."

"I didn't expect that Mrs. Ma's family next door would be the first to leave." Jing Xian sighed.

Downsizing of the force has been ongoing.

After the Chinese New Year, Jing Xian discovered that many yards in her family compound were empty.

On the day Ma Shufen and her family left, Jing Xian hadn't received the news yet. When she came back from get off work, there was no one next door.

Jing Xian stood at the door and seemed to still hear Mrs. Ma's laughter.

In the spring, the ground thawed.

It also means the beginning of spring ploughing.

Jing Xian, with her big belly, started watching the breeding process. After the seeds were planted, she would walk around the fields several times every day, and slowly walked through all the fields.

Shang Nanchen was worried that she would get tired from walking too much, but Jing Xian knew that these fields were now seeds.

After this batch of grain arrives, if the output is the same as before, it can be promoted nationwide.

Seeds that have been baptized by supernatural powers are like high-quality seeds that have been selected after layers of screening. They are cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and highly productive.

Not as good as the seeds at the end of the world, but definitely much better than all the seeds we have now.

When these seeds are sent to other places, it will be okay even without Jingxian's supernatural powers.

Therefore, Jing Xian paid special attention to it.

Shang Nanchen was worried about her wandering around the fields alone, so he always asked Damao, Tiedan and the other four to follow her. If anything happened, there would be someone to report it.

letter.

Jing Xian would not joke about her own body, so naturally she had a few kids following her wherever she went.

The children dug wild vegetables.

When they got home, Jingxian made steamed buns for them.

The persimmons, cucumbers, eggplants and other vegetables at home were planted again. Because they were seeds from last year, Jingxian didn't have to waste her special powers, and they all grew well.

Last year, Mrs. Wu next door asked Jingxian for seeds and also planted them in her own field.

Other people's vegetables have already bloomed and borne fruit early.

"The seeds from Jingxian's family are really good."

Many people are jealous.

I plan to ask Jingxian for some seeds next year.

As more and more people started talking about it, Jing Xian subconsciously left more seeds.

She secretly grew a lot of cucumbers and persimmons, and planted them as seeds when the children were not at home.

When someone came to ask for seeds, she would say, "We have persimmon seeds, but it might be a little late to plant them now. It's not too late to plant cucumbers now. If you want some, take them back and plant them next year."

Jingxian is very generous and gives everything to anyone who asks for it.

Not only cucumbers and persimmons, she also gave other seeds when people asked for them.

One winter melon vine is enough for a family to eat for the whole winter.

The wheat ears were heavy and turning yellow day by day, and it was almost time for harvest. Then we looked at the corns that were as tall as a person. Although they were still growing, we couldn't see if the kernels were full. Just seeing that one corn had grown so big, with two corns on one stalk, everyone was very excited.

Everyone is looking forward to a bumper harvest this year.

In July, the entire military region was mobilized to begin harvesting wheat.

When the wheat was piled up in the threshing floor and threshed by machines, everyone was counting the wheat bag after bag in their hearts.

From morning till night, for several days in a row.

The wheat has been threshed and it is time to weigh it.

Everyone cheered happily as they saw the wheat, which was more than twice as much as last year, and the grains were full.

In the beginning, when we were farming, one mu of land only produced about 200 kilograms of grain. Now, one mu of land can produce up to 500 kilograms. How can we not be excited?

Jing Xian said calmly, "The success this time is all due to favorable weather. First, we selected high-quality wheat seeds. Second, there is no shortage of water this year, and there is enough fertilizer. There are also scarecrows to prevent birds from eating the wheat. In addition, the children will come to catch insects after school to prevent pests from destroying the crops. The most important thing is that the distance between wheat plants is also measured, not too dense or too sparse. In short, the bumper harvest in the past few years is the result of favorable weather, favorable location and favorable people. I can't guarantee that I can harvest so much next year."

"What if it's like this year?" someone asked.

Jing Xian said: "It should be possible."

She has improved the seeds to be more drought-resistant, so even if there is a real lack of water, the yield will not be reduced too much. According to preliminary estimates, a yield of 400 kilograms per mu can still be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, several leaders breathed a sigh of relief.

End of July.

Jingxian's due date has also arrived.

The autumn harvest was over and there was nothing important to do, so Shang Nanchen took a leave to stay at home with Jing Xian. Jing Xian thought he was surprised, but she felt very happy in her heart.

The afternoon breeze was a bit cool.

Jing Xian was sitting in the yard picking leeks, while several children were picking persimmons, washing them and eating them while sitting on the benches.

Suddenly, she saw a lot of insects emerging from the ground and running in one direction.

Jing Xian saw Shang Nanchen in the room and shouted, "Shang Nanchen, come out!"

"What's the matter?" Shang Nanchen thought Jing Xian was about to give birth, so he ran out in a hurry, "Are you going to give birth? I'll take you to the hospital now."

"No, I suspect there is an earthquake. Look at the bugs on the ground, they are all running in one direction. I also saw several mice running out. This is obviously abnormal. Can you ask everyone to not stay at home and go to the drying field to wait?" Jing Xian was very uneasy when she said this. She didn't know why she was so panicked.

Shang Nanchen nodded: "I'll go take a look."

He rode away on his bicycle.

Ten minutes later, Jingxian

I was sitting in the threshing ground, with four kids around me. I heard the loud speaker and saw many people coming out of their homes, carrying things towards the threshing ground.

After a while, Song Ning and Xu Ning also came over.

"Could there be an earthquake?" someone asked.

"I mean, today is really unusual. Did you see those birds? They are all flying north."

"Hearing what you said, I also noticed that a lot of bugs appeared."

"There were swarms of ants, so you could tell there was something wrong."

Not far away a little girl screamed, "Snakes! Lots of snakes!"

Several snakes crawled across the middle of the road and many people saw them.

"This weather is really weird. Maybe there will be an earthquake."

Jingxian and the others arrived early, leaning against the straw stack, with the children next to her. Her stomach started to hurt at this time. Xu Ning noticed that something was wrong with her, reached out and held her hand, and asked, "Did you start the period?"

Jing Xian shook her head: "No, the child just kicked me."

"If you have an attack, don't hold it in. I will deliver the baby for you! Don't be afraid!" Xu Ning moved directly to Jing Xian's side to prevent Jing Xian from really having an attack.

Song Ning was taking care of several children. Three women and four children gathered together, and people around them were chatting.

Someone asked, "Is there really an earthquake? Can we go back now?"

It was getting dark and many people were hungry.

Some people want to go back.

At this moment, the loud speaker sounded: "Comrades, for everyone's safety, please do not go back to bed tonight."

Many people were hungry, and some secretly went home to get something to eat.

Damao also wanted to go back, but Jingxian wouldn't let him.

"If anyone wants to go back, it's me..." Before Jing Xian could finish her words, she was held down by Xu Ning.

Xu Ning said sternly, "What are you going to do? What if you give birth on the way? I'll go, and I'll take Damao with me. We'll be back soon."

Although Jingxian brought some food, it was obviously not enough.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going. You stay here to accompany Jingxian. What if Jingxian gives birth?" Song Ning pulled her back, stood up, called Damao and left.

Song Ning and Damao ran to make the most of their time.

Besides Jingxian, Damao also knows where the food at home is.

As the two of them ran away, a small figure also rushed out, and then Xiao Mao also ran away. Fusheng was usually slow-tempered and sat next to Jingxian. He just stood up and was pulled by Jingxian.

For the first time, she said coldly to the child: "The three of them ran over there, you can't go there anymore."

What if...

Jing Xian didn't dare to think about this possibility.

Every minute and every second that Song Ning and the children spent back home was particularly difficult.

Fortunately, they came back quickly.

In less than twenty minutes, they all came back.

Several children had things in their hands.

Da Mao carried a basket of persimmons and cucumbers, Song Ning carried a bucket of water. Another one carried a basket with Da Mao. Da Mao and Xiao Mao carried a basket together, which was full of food.

You can eat it even if your head is cold.

There are halved vegetables made by Jingxian, and also pickled vegetables.

There was a large pot of pork belly fried with sour pineapple, and several children brought it over.

When Xu Ning saw them, she came over to help carry the things.

Before it got completely dark, Shang Nanchen also came over with food, which was all from the cafeteria.

Jing Xian ate some hot food and drank some hot water, and she felt very sleepy. She fell asleep directly on the wheat straw. Shang Nanchen covered her belly with his coat and lay down next to Jing Xian. Several children surrounded Jing Xian, and Song Ning and Xu Ning lay together.

The others also fell to the ground, hugging the wheat stalks, and lay down on the thick wheat stalks and fell asleep.

That night, everyone stayed out.

Tiedan also brought a radio over, wanting to hear the latest news.

In the second half of the night, everyone fell asleep.

Suddenly I felt

The earth was shaking, and someone shouted in shock: "Earthquake, earthquake!"

This woke everyone up.

They all felt the ground shaking.

It was not daybreak yet, but no one dared to go back. Everyone waited for the daybreak with their eyes wide open.

It's already daylight.

No one dared to go back.

After an unknown amount of time, a voice rang out from the radio in Tiedan's hand: "July 28th..."

When the death toll was heard, everyone observed a moment of silence.

No one dared to go back until they were sure there were no aftershocks.

This time it really scared a lot of people.

Jing Xian was lying on the kang, also feeling a little scared.

In the early morning, before dawn, Jing Xian suddenly felt something was wrong. She opened her eyes and found a warm liquid flowing out. She was too embarrassed to call Shang Nanchen, so she changed her pants and went to the toilet.

After taking only two steps, another stream of water flowed out.

Her pants are wet!

Jing Xian looked down at the liquid in a daze and thought it would be better to go to the toilet.

When she came back and lay down not long after, more liquid remained.

Jingxian could sense something was wrong even after a while.

She pushed Shang Nanchen: "Wake up."

"What's wrong?" Shang Nanchen opened his eyes immediately, "Do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach?"

Jing Xian said calmly: "A lot of water leaked out, I don't think it's normal."

"I'll take you to the hospital."

Shang Nanchen looked serious. He stood up, put on his clothes, washed his face, grabbed the package on the cabinet, put it on his back, and went to the east room.

He woke up Da Mao and told him, "I'll take your mother to the hospital. You guys can get some food at home in the morning."

After saying that, Shang Nanchen came back and helped Jing Xian to walk away. After taking two steps, he asked, "Can you walk?"

Jing Xian didn’t know either.

She looked at Shang Nanchen blankly and said, "Is it possible?"

Before he finished speaking, Shang Nanchen picked her up and walked outside.

There was a cushion on the bicycle, so Shang Nanchen let her sit on it and rode towards the hospital.

After examining Jingxian, the doctor said, "The amniotic fluid broke early. She's about to give birth. You should wait outside."

Shang Nanchen was thrown outside.

Jingxian didn't feel any pain, just a sore waist.

"It's only four fingers dilated. It's still too early." The doctor came over and examined Jing Xian again, then left.

She has a very peaceful state of mind.

People outside are very uneasy.

Shang Nanchen paced back and forth anxiously.

Soon, all the children came over. Xu Ning also came down from the building, and even Song Ning came over.

Xu Ning saw Shang Nanchen, who seemed to be in a hurry outside, and said, "I'll go in and take a look. You don't have to worry."

Jing Xian felt more at ease when she saw Xu Ning.

With Xu Ning around, Jing Xian is in a good mood.

She thought the labor would take a long time, but unexpectedly her stomach started to hurt and she gave birth to the baby in less than half an hour.

As soon as the child came out, Xu Ning smiled and congratulated him, "It's a son, but he's a little small, just over four pounds."

Just as she finished speaking, Jing Xian's stomach started to hurt again. She groaned, attracting the attention of the doctors.

"Oh no, there's another one in my stomach."

A few minutes later, loud cries echoed throughout the delivery room. Xu Ning said excitedly, "Comrade Jingxian, you can do it. You can do it in one breath."

When Jingxian came out of the delivery room, the two children were cleaned up and placed neatly on the hospital bed next to her.

Shang Nanchen sat beside the bed. Seeing Jing Xian wake up, he asked her, "What do you want to eat? I made millet porridge and poached ten eggs. They are all hot. Have some."

Jing Xian was indeed hungry, so she didn't hesitate and started eating.

She looked at the four little guys beside the bed, surrounding the other two kids and discussing in a low voice, and couldn't help but smile.

"Captain Shang, the burden at home will be heavier in the future. You must work hard to earn money to support the family!" Jing Xian just smiled and teased Shang Nanchen, and Shang Nanchen said in a deep voice: "Of course."

Xiao Mao suddenly came over and said, "Mom, I will make a lot of money for you in the future."

Jing Xian smiled and said, "Okay, Mom will wait."

Song Ning came over after a while.

Shang Nanchen asked Song Ning to stay here and rode home.

While crucian carp soup was stewing in the pot, Shang Nanchen took out another package from the cabinet and brought it directly to the hospital.

Jingxian realized something when she saw the diapers and clothes.

“There are not enough clothes for the children, not enough diapers.”

Shang Nanchen said, "It's okay. I asked the lady next door to make it for me. The cloth was brought by Song Ning. It's all cotton."

"When did you find Auntie?" Jing Xian asked in surprise.

"When I go home in the morning to make porridge for you. We have a sewing machine at home, and Auntie knows how to use it, so she can cook very quickly. I discussed with Auntie and asked her to come over to take care of you during your confinement. You don't have to ask her to help with anything, just teach you how to take care of a child, and then cook for you. Give Auntie twenty yuan. Don't worry about the poop, rings, etc. when I come back to wash them."

Shang Nanchen has arranged everything.

When Jingxian was discharged from the hospital, Mrs. Wu had already prepared a meal. The soup in the pot was also very delicious, and it was specially made for Jingxian. Jingxian was worried that she didn't have enough milk, so she drank all kinds of soup every day and ate meat.

Shang Nanchen also let Jing Xian stay in confinement for two months.

Old Mrs. Wu said with a smile, "You are so lucky. In the past, those daughters-in-law were lucky enough to be able to sit through the confinement for a full month. They even had to wash their children's diapers themselves. Who would be willing to help?"

Jing Xian also felt that it was a good thing that she met Shang Nanchen in her life.

She planned to go back to work after she finished her confinement, and was planning to discuss with Mrs. Wu about asking her to help take care of the child on weekdays.

Then I heard someone outside shouting, "Jingxian, your mother is here!"