Chapter 102

As a pregnant woman, not only was she unable to help with the moving matters, but she was also arranged very clearly.

When she came out from the master bedroom, which she had tidied up first, after taking a nap with the fan on, the living room had already been tidied.

It was also at this time that Ruiting had time to take a look at the interior layout of the house.

The furniture and other items are similar to those in Tianjing, but the area is larger.

Although it still has three bedrooms, Huo Xiao said that the total area has increased by more than ten square meters.

If the room is big enough, maybe you can ask a carpenter to build a partition to give the children a separate space.

Thinking of this, Ruiting took a pen and paper and went to the second bedroom, intending to draw a rough draft first.

"Awake? I've stewed the big bone I brought from Lao Jiang. Would you like to have a bowl?" In the bedroom, Hu Xiu was taking clothes out of the camphorwood box. Seeing her daughter-in-law coming over, she glanced at her face for a few seconds. After making sure that her complexion had become rosy, she asked with a smile.

Li Ting shook her head and reached out to pick up a piece of clothing to help fold it: "It's almost 11 o'clock, let's wait for lunch together. Don't cook at noon, go to the cafeteria and get some."

Hu Xiu: "No need, the neighbors have sent a lot, enough for our family to eat two meals. Oh, and they also sent a lot of vegetables. Everyone is very enthusiastic. I guess Xiaowei's face must have been involved."

Ruting was so happy: "Pfft... Of course there is. Speaking of my brother, where is he? And why aren't the children here?"

Hu Xiu put the folded clothes into the closet: "You know Guoguo is a naughty boy. He has no time to spare. He took Xiaohei and Niannian out. What did he say?...Explore the new world? The brat's talk is getting more and more weird. Miaomiao is worried and followed him."

After putting away the clothes, she turned around and saw her daughter-in-law arranging books, so she found a towel and wiped the cool mat: "Xiao Xiaozi and Xiao Wei went to the camp and said they would be back in the evening."

The smile on Ting Ting's face deepened: "Second brother must have been scared away."

"I thought so too." Hu Xiu laughed.

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The next few days.

As usual, the superior leaders hosted a welcome dinner.

There is also Hu Xiu, Guo Guo, Niannian... Xiao Hei's enthusiastic "diplomacy".

The family quickly integrated into the group.

In at least a week, Ruiting had already heard a lot of gossip from her mother-in-law.

That day, after the children were picked up by Grandpa Jiang Kexian's guards, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started chatting again.

As they talked, the topic turned to the gossip in the family compound.

"...It is said that every family has its own problems. This is true. I think the third battalion commander is a fool. He can't even handle his family affairs. How can we expect him to be good at work?" Hu Xiu complained to her daughter-in-law who was writing and drawing beside her while pedaling the sewing machine.

When she was in Tianjing before, she rarely chatted with her family members, and now that she has come to the new environment, it is almost the same.

It's not that she's aloof, she just has a translation task on hand, plus it's extremely hot during the dog days of summer, and the baby in her stomach is making a lot of noise. She just wants to stay at home with a fan on and not socialize.

Thinking of this, Ting Ting once again thanked her mother-in-law for her thoughtfulness: "...Why are you confused?"

Hu Xiu curled her lips and said, "The Third Battalion Commander's mother came to take care of her after she was born. She looked down on the girl her daughter-in-law gave birth to and started to criticize her. In the hot summer, she even heated up the stale soup for her daughter-in-law to drink."

"Stinky?" Ruting stopped writing, somewhat incredulous.

Hu Xiu nodded: "I heard that there are still stinky ones... Well, speaking of it, although Gu Fang had been married for five or six years before having children, she finally gave birth to twin sons after all the hardships. Otherwise, her mother-in-law...tsk tsk tsk."

Tingting curled her lips and joked, "Those people are not aware enough. It's not easy to find someone as reasonable as my mother-in-law!"

Although she knew her daughter-in-law was joking, Hu Xiu was still happy in her heart: "That's not..."

As a result, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law burst into laughter again.

After laughing, Lu Ting asked a few more detailed questions. Apart from anything else, the fact that the Third Battalion Commander was her husband's subordinate made it difficult for her to ignore it.

However, after listening to her mother-in-law's detailed account, she was even more confused: "How could the Third Battalion Commander not know about this?"

Hu Xiu: "What can he know? He only comes back once a week. When he is at home, the old woman is very nice."

Li Ting frowned: "The Third Battalion Commander's wife didn't say anything?"

Hearing this, Hu Xiu sighed: "I told him, but the Third Battalion Commander didn't believe it. He also said that his mother came all the way to serve him, but she actually despised him and had no conscience... That's why I said he was confused."

At this point, seeing her daughter-in-law frowning, Hu Xiu soothed her again: "Don't get mad about this. The Women's Federation of the Army has already intervened. I told you this mainly because I'm angry about that old woman's gossip. When I went to the kitchen to get the pig leg bone this morning, guess what she said to me?"

In fact, I could roughly guess it, but Li Ting still cooperated and asked: "What did you say?"

"She said that you have a round belly and you look like a girl, you don't deserve to eat good food. She thought everyone is as patriarchal as her. I scolded her back then... If she shamelessly comes to you and says nonsense, don't pay any attention to her. Just come back and tell mom and I will scold her back for you!"

Ruting suddenly realized, and then felt touched and amused: "No wonder you brought this up all of a sudden. Don't worry, I won't get angry about this."

"Haha... I'm glad you're not angry." Hu Xiu felt a little embarrassed. She thought she had been tactful enough, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to see through it at a glance.

Ruting assured again: "Don't worry!"

Guarantees are guarantees.

In the evening, after the couple washed up and returned to the bedroom, Tingting repeated the story to her husband again, and at the end she squinted at him and said, "Did you understand what I meant?"

Huo Xiao was lying on his side, with one big hand habitually covering his wife's belly. He immediately responded after hearing what she said, "Don't worry, I like both men and women."

Li Ting was very satisfied and raised her hand to pinch her husband's cheek: "Not bad, our Captain Huo is becoming more and more eager to survive."

Huo Xiao was tickled by the cunning and cheerfulness in his wife's eyes. He stepped forward, hugged her and gave her a fierce kiss. After a while, he buried his head in her shoulder and said with a muffled laugh, "It's Comrade Lu Ting who taught me well."

He thought his wife would give him a hug or kiss as a reward, but she raised her hand and patted him on the shoulder, saying with a slightly disappointed tone, "Oh... let go, it's so hot."

Huo Xiao...

Huo Xiao, who was somewhat doubting about his life, retreated to his previous position, with only one hand left, which he stubbornly placed on his wife's belly.

Unexpectedly, Ruting continued to push him: "Lie down flat, you are so big and standing up, you are blocking all the wind from the fan."

"...Okay." Huo Xiao cooperated and lay down again, but his expression became even blanker.

Is he... already so unattractive?

Thinking of this, Captain Huo, whose mind was full of random thoughts, lifted up his sweatshirt and found that his wife's favorite abdominal muscles were all "alive", and then he regained some confidence.

So he tilted his head and was about to protest to his wife when he realized that she had fallen asleep in such a short while.

But he didn't sleep very well, with a frown on his face.

Huo Xiao stared at her for a while and noticed tiny beads of sweat on the tip of her straight nose, so he took the palm-leaf fan from the bed and slowly waved it.

Another two or three minutes passed, when his wife's eyes and brows relaxed and she fell into a deep sleep, Huo Xiao's heart felt like a marshmallow, soft and sweet.

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Two more days passed.

While your stomach is not too full.

Ruiting and her mother-in-law took the children to visit the famous teachers that the old man had found for them.

Miaomiao is as eager to learn as ever. In addition to the traditional Chinese painting she has learned since childhood, she has also developed an interest in current international situations and domestic policies.

Li Ting didn't know whether she was influenced by Mr. Jiang or not, but after confirming that she was really interested, she didn't stop her and allowed her to study with a retired professor.

As for Guoguo, the little guy is still only interested in fighting, so apart from the martial arts class, he doesn't have any additional courses.

As for the fact that he cried every night and was forced by the lady to study English for an hour and a half, Ruting said it didn't count.

Among the three children, the one that surprised Ting the most was Nian Nian, a particularly heartless kid who had been overprotected by his older sisters and brothers since he was a child.

She was originally acting coquettishly and making a fuss, not wanting to learn anything, and everyone was annoyed and ready to compromise.

However, I didn't expect that when I stopped by the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe to visit my second brother and Huang Yitong, I accidentally heard the sound of violin and I couldn't move my feet.

Neither Ruiting nor Huo Xiao had any artistic talent and had never thought about it in that direction. Even when they discovered that the little girl was very fast at learning songs, they did not associate it with musical instruments. It was really because musical instruments were too rare these days and were almost never seen in real life.

But now, in just one month, Niannian can already play some pretty good music.

Ruting still doesn’t understand music very well, but she can still tell whether the music is smooth or not.

Who would have thought that this little kid who was spoiled by the whole family could actually practice for several hours every day for a whole month.

From the initial stumbling blocks to the current melodious tunes, it really only took me a little over a month.

"Our Nian Nian is really amazing. I heard from Teacher Wei that she has an absolute sense of music and is a natural musician." That day, Rui Wei brought his transferred partner to visit his sister. He stood at the door and listened to a song before walking in with a smile.

Her eight-month-old belly was beginning to feel uncomfortable. She was lying on a rattan chair, listening to music and trying to catch up on her sleep. When she heard a familiar voice, she suddenly opened her eyes and sat up in surprise: "Second brother and sister-in-law? How did you find time to come here? Has the second sister-in-law's transfer report been completed?"

Ning Yu quickly stepped forward and supported her friend who had difficulty walking. She let her go only after she stood up. "It's done. You promised your brother to come back when he turns 30. You have to keep your word."

Hearing this, Ruting invited the two to come in and sit down, then smiled and replied: "Fortunately you kept your word, otherwise my second brother would have cried."

"Yes, fortunately my Xiaoyu is a man of his word." Lu Wei was not embarrassed at all, but rather somewhat proud.

Sitting on the sofa, Ting Ting glared at the shameless guy and said, "Why are you following us? Go get some water and food for my second sister-in-law. Do you think you are a guest in our house?"

Luo Wei's movement to sit down next to the object faltered, then he turned on his heel and poured tea and water for the ancestors in a good-tempered manner.

Seeing this, Li Ting smiled and looked at him like a good friend: "Are you on vacation? Will you still be in Tianjing in the future?"

Ning Yu felt a little embarrassed when she mentioned this, but she still said, "I was transferred directly to Beijing. Your brother... waited for me for three years. It wasn't easy for us to be together..."

Li Ting heard that the second sister-in-law wanted to compensate the second brother more.

That's good...she's happy for them both.

Since entering the house, the smile on Wei's face has never faded. Now that he heard that his partner was sentimental, his peach blossom eyes almost curved into crescents: "What do you think? As soon as your sister-in-law came back, I brought people here just to tell you in person that we are getting married. Are you touched, little girl?"

It was quite touching, but... when she saw her second brother's smug face, she rolled her eyes and asked, "When is the date set? Has the second sister-in-law's family agreed?"

Wei looked at his sister, his mouth corners slowly straightened, and he reasonably suspected that the little girl was deliberately poking his heart...