Chapter 103

Nitting each other is just a joke between siblings.

Look, seeing the second brother pull down the corner of his mouth, Li Ting frowned again.

Seeing this, Lu Wei squeezed the target's hand and said proudly: "The little girl still has some conscience."

Ning Yu curled her lips and said, "Tingting, don't worry about my parents. Anyway, Li Wei and I don't plan to go back to hold a wedding banquet."

Hearing this, Li Ting's brows furrowed even more tightly.

She had never paid special attention to the situation at her second sister-in-law's home, but over the years, she had been able to piece together a general idea from bits and pieces of information.

They favor sons over daughters... To be more precise, they are the kind of parents who have a strong desire for control and their children must follow the path they arrange.

Especially for daughters, the right thing to do is to support their husbands and raise children, while also making money for the family.

So after the "rebellious" second sister-in-law became a war correspondent, her relationship with her family became distant.

But... before, I didn't get to the point where I wouldn't go home after getting married.

Li Ting believed in his second brother's character. In the past few years, he had been working hard to gain the approval of his second sister-in-law's parents, so naturally he would not instigate anything.

So, it was Xiaoyu's own decision?

Could it be...something bad happened recently?

After sorting out her thoughts, Ruting asked.

Ning Yu seldom talked about the troubles at home, but since Ting Ting asked, she would not hide it.

She lifted her black hair that had already grown to her shoulders and said calmly, "Before I came to the capital, I went back home once..."

At this point, Ning Yu felt her fingertips being gently pinched as if by the object of her caressing. A smile appeared in her eyes and she continued: "They thought I was too old at 30, and young men with good conditions were unwilling to take me. So they simply 'recycled' me and found a 48-year-old man with a good position... I ran away in the middle of the night." As for the fact that she was locked in the room without food and all her documents were hidden, she did not say anything.

However, even if she didn't say it, Lu Ting probably guessed it. She gasped: "48 years old? If she got married early, her children would be older than her second sister-in-law, right?" In the late 1970s, there were still many people who got married in their teens, not to mention thirty years ago.

Sure enough, Ning Yu curled her lips and said sarcastically, "The eldest son is only one year younger than me, and he already has five grandchildren."

"Hiss... Second sister-in-law, you did the right thing, this is how it should be, we should get married by ourselves. Fortunately, you are all soldiers, and they can't do anything about this... No, no, the longer the night, the more trouble there is, you two should get married as soon as possible." Ting was shocked by the degree of madness of her best friend's parents and urged them repeatedly.

Lu Wei reached out and rubbed his sister's head: "The marriage application has been submitted. Let's go get the marriage certificate first. As for the wedding..." He glanced at his sister's big belly and smiled: "Xiao Yu said we can wait until you are out of confinement."

Li Ting was stunned for a moment: "No need, I still have about a month before giving birth, it won't affect my movements." At least attending the wedding will not be a problem.

Wei was amused. He stretched out his finger and poked his sister's forehead: "Are you silly? Your sister-in-law and I are planning to bring parents, big brother and sister-in-law, big sister and brother-in-law, and little brother Xiaoyueliang to liven things up... Do you understand why we are waiting for you to come out of confinement now?"

After reacting, Li Ting sniffed, took Ning Yu's hand, and was moved to tears: "Second sister-in-law, do you want everyone to see my child?"

As for why it was arranged after the birth, needless to say, it was definitely so that she could attend the wedding in person.

Thinking of this, Ruiting was even more moved.

Ning Yu did intend to do so, but she was not used to expressing her thoughtfulness out loud.

In the end, I could only say embarrassedly: "Your brother and I decided together."

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night.

When her husband and children came back and had dinner, Li Ting told them that her second brother and his wife were planning to get married in two months.

Hu Xiu was surprised: "Xiao Wei and Xiao Yu are here? Why don't they stay for dinner?" These days, she always went to the vegetable garden assigned by the army to tend to it, and had no idea that relatives had come home.

Tingting: "They came for an hour or two and then left, saying they were going to look at the house while my second sister-in-law was on vacation."

This was the first time Hu Xiu had heard of this: "Buying a house? Are you planning to settle down in Beijing?"

Tingting was chewing on a bone stick. After hearing this, he swallowed the food in his mouth and replied, "The place where the two of them work is more than ten kilometers away. They plan to buy a house in the middle. It will be more convenient this way."

Hu Xiu nodded: "It's good. Even if we can't live here in the future, we can rent it out."

Just like their family, they rented out the villa in Tianjing to others and earned fifty yuan a month.

Wow...that’s higher than most people’s salary.

"Hmm...I think so too." After chewing the big bone stick in a few bites, she felt the grease on her hands. Just as she was about to get up and wash her hands, she found that her husband had wet the towel at some point and took her hand to help wipe it.

Although they have been married for many years, their feet are often washed by each other.

But in front of her mother-in-law and children, she still felt a little embarrassed.

Especially Guoguo and Nian Nian were laughing at him: "...ahem...I'll do it myself."

Feeling his wife's hand shrinking back, Huo Xiao chuckled and said, "Don't move." After saying this, he looked at the two kids and raised his eyebrows, "Do you want your dad to help you wipe it?"

Guoguo was not afraid of his father, and immediately frowned and said, "Yes!"

Seeing this, Niannian also echoed: "Yes!"

Ruting was embarrassed and was about to say something when Miaomiao, who was sitting between the brother and sister, suggested with a smile: "Sister will help you wipe it?"

Hearing this, Guoguo immediately shuddered: "No... no need."

Although her elder sister dotes on her very much, she is not without principles. So, with a chill on her neck, little Nian Nian buried her head in her meal.

藺葶...her eldest daughter is a treasure!

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After dinner.

Ruiting was supported by her husband and went out for a walk.

By the way, let’s talk about Huo Xiao’s work situation.

In a new environment, there will always be problems of one kind or another that need to be adjusted.

Of course, we don’t just talk about work, we also talk about other things.

For example, the children’s learning progress.

For example, the translation task she is currently working on is about to be completed, and she does not plan to take on another one in the short term.

For example, the political commissar's sister-in-law came to her house during the day and asked her if she was willing to continue working as an English teacher.

As for becoming a teacher, Ruting refused.

At least it’s impossible this year, after all, school will start in a few days.

You can't take maternity leave after just a few days of work, right?

The couple walked around the family compound, occasionally exchanging a few words with the military families who came out to cool off, and half an hour passed quickly.

On the way home, Huo Xiao suggested: "After I send you home, I will go to the brigade commander's house and call my grandfather."

Ruiting held her belly with both hands: "So late? What's wrong?"

Huo Xiao placed his big hand on his wife's lower back to help share the pressure: "Please ask Grandpa to call the leaders of my second brother and his wife."

Hearing this, Li Ting blinked and quickly reacted. She frowned and said, "You mean... Second Sister-in-law's family might use their connections to block their marriage application?"

Huo Xiao: "It's not impossible." Ning Yu's father's position is not low. Although the military and the government are two different systems, who doesn't have friends?

Li Ting nodded repeatedly: "You are right, we may have some mean intentions, but we must always be on guard against others."

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In fact, Huo Xiao and Lu Ting really don't have any mean intentions.

The marriage application of Li Wei and Ning Yu was indeed stuck.

But the situation was suppressed for only two days before it was resolved by a phone call from Commander Jiang Kexian.

After Director Zhu of the Political Department hung up the phone, he was shocked and upset, and regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

He actually admired Comrade Lu Wei very much and did not want to make things difficult for him, so he thought of delaying it for a month or two as a way of repaying the favor he owed him.

How could you have imagined that Li Wei was related to the guy at the top?

Thinking of the closeness that Commander Jiang had just expressed to Li Wei, Director Zhu ignored the cold sweat on his forehead and quickly found the application form...

Sign and stamp!

After making sure that everything was OK, he heaved a sigh of relief and picked up the phone to call the person who had asked him to do the job.

After the call was connected, Director Zhu did not hide anything and told the whole story. At the end, he said incredulously: "... Old classmate, I really don't understand, Ningjia Lianjiang doesn't think highly of me? I'm over 50 years old and still have a lot of opportunities. Even if I stop here in my life, I'm still a top figure. Do I think highly of someone like this? And... Forget it, forget it, I just asked that. You don't need to explain the details to me. Anyway, I've repaid the favor I owe you."

At this point, Director Zhu hung up the phone in a very bad tone.

Director Zhu's old classmate didn't care about Deputy Secretary Ning's thoughts and agreed to help, just because he wanted the other party to owe him a favor.

Of course, he also helped to convey the situation that Director Zhu had recounted.

After Deputy Secretary Ning, who was transferred the message, hung up the phone, he was in a daze.

Then, endless shame and anger spread over my heart.

If Ning Yu had made it clear early on that the actor she liked had a background, why would he have made things so difficult for her over the years?

Thinking about the bad words he and his wife had said to the actor over the years, Deputy Secretary Ning felt even more suffocated.

Now, let alone establishing a relationship, it’s impossible for us to even be friendly with each other.

As he was thinking about this, when he saw his wife coming in with some fruit, Deputy Secretary Ning picked up the pen holder next to him and threw it at her, shouting, "Get out of here, you short-sighted one!"

"Ah! What are you crazy about!!!"

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Regarding Ning Yu's parents' regret, Ruting had no idea.

It should be said that after learning that her second brother and his wife's marriage application was approved and they successfully obtained the marriage certificate, she no longer paid attention to it.

Since mid-September, with the emergence of various pre-pregnancy symptoms, my life has become more and more difficult.

Frankly speaking, I can't sit properly, I can't sleep soundly, and I have to control my appetite. Even if my family members are obedient and try to comfort me, I will still be irritable.

The only thing to be thankful for was that this tense situation did not last long.

On the morning of National Day, there were still two days left before the due date.

With the help of her husband, Tingting washed her hair, took a shower, trimmed her nails, and tidied herself up completely. She then prepared to go to the hospital early to give birth.

Before leaving, she saw that the three children were clinging to her and wanted to follow her, so she smiled and took out a comb from her bag to re-braid their hair, and said comfortingly: "...Mom will be back soon, don't worry too much, stay at home with grandma, okay?"

Niannian didn't quite understand the details of childbirth, but that didn't stop her from understanding the adults' nervousness. She buried her face in her mother's shoulder, hugged her and said stubbornly, "No, I want to follow my mother."

Miaomiao, who has always been sensible, was embarrassed to speak this time: "Mom, we have three days off for the National Day. We will stay with you during these three days. I will take care of my younger brother and sister."

Hearing this, Guoguo nodded repeatedly: "Mom, let us follow."

Ruting did not rush to speak. She tied up her eldest daughter's hair, pulled her youngest daughter close to her, and said, "No! If you are really worried, wait until the day I give birth!"

As soon as she finished speaking, her stomach ached.

At first, Ruiting thought it was just the same as the previous few days, just a normal symptom before pelvic floor, with occasional pain.

But unexpectedly, as soon as she untied one of Niannian's two braids, her amniotic water broke.

So, when Huo Xiao rushed to the car with his wife in his arms with a grim expression, Hu Xiu also followed with the bag she had prepared.

Miaomiao locked the door without saying a word, then pulled her younger brother and sister and quickly climbed into the car.

No matter what, she had to see her mother give birth safely with her own eyes.