Chapter 63

"...There have been a lot of changes in military officers recently. I wonder who will take over Fang Shuigen's job." After stewing the last fish in the pot, Hu Xiu pulled out his daughter-in-law who was sitting by the stove and burning fire, and sat down herself.

"He will definitely be promoted from the company commanders below." Compared to the position of deputy chief of staff of the regiment, Li Ting is more worried about the candidate for the brigade political commissar. After all, it is really important whether you can get along well with your superior.

Hu Xiu just asked casually, not really caring. After getting her daughter-in-law's reply, she chatted about something else: "By the way, I made a delicious meal today. Do you want to send some to Fangfang?"

Gu Fang can't cook, so she usually eats in the cafeteria. Occasionally, she will come back with Li Ting to eat, and she is quite familiar with Hu Xiu.

Li Ting shook her head: "No, Fangfang went to see her head, Captain Wen, and she probably won't be back for the whole summer."

Hu Xiu: "Ah? When did it happen?" Then she thought it was good: "It's good to be reunited. Maybe she'll have a baby when she comes back, so her mother-in-law won't keep nagging her... I think Fangfang is a simple-minded girl. She should cry and make a scene with her husband, tell Wen Rongxuan everything her mother-in-law wrote and said, and ask him to deal with it."

Ruting laughed: "What if Captain Wen can't control his mother?"

Hu Xiu rolled his eyes: "Chasing the Penguin King Sheep, how could the little dirty 2752 bar chair not be able to control it? Foolish filial piety will not work... If this is really the case, we should use courtesy before force. Fangfang has to roll up her sleeves and do it. Sooner or later, the country will be conquered."

Hearing this, Ruting gave her mother-in-law a thumbs up, and then said cunningly: "I have asked Fangfang to take the letter to show Captain Wen." In her opinion, it was nonsense to worry about the other party being embarrassed if she did not show the letter to Wen Rongxuan.

So, Hu Xiu also imitated her daughter-in-law and gave her a thumbs up.

Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were instantly overjoyed.

At this moment, Guoguo, who had been playing in the living room, shouted excitedly: "Dad is back!"

Li Ting smiled: "Huo Xiao is back."

Hu Xiu urged: "You go out first, Captain Hao and his men might be here soon."

Hearing this, Ruting got up and went out.

Unexpectedly, Captain Hao and his family had already arrived.

Hao Xiangming was also a rural soldier, one year older than Huo Xiao, of medium height and with a square face.

I had come here to eat a few times when I was still a deputy battalion commander. I felt at ease here. I introduced the two parties with a smile: "Sister-in-law, this is my wife, Chen Ling."

Then he pointed to the two girls beside him and said, "These are my two daughters, Hao Qingqing and Hao Lili."

Before coming, Chen Ling had already heard about her sister-in-law's various deeds from her husband, and she admired her very much.

In her opinion, since the group leader's position was higher than her husband's, he must be quite old, and his sister-in-law must be older than her.

But when the team leader actually saw the person, he found that not only did his sister-in-law look a few years younger than her husband, but she also looked more like a beautiful young lady.

Chen Ling was really surprised, but she was always outgoing and outgoing, so she laughed immediately: "Hello, sister-in-law. My husband Hao is a simple-minded man. Before he came, he told me all the good things about sister-in-law, but he didn't mention her age. I admired her so much, and I was thinking if I could call her sister more intimately than sister-in-law, but I didn't know that she was so young."

As she spoke, her hands were busy, and she handed over the basket she had brought with her: "This is a specialty from my hometown, sister-in-law, try it and see if you can eat it."

While the other person was observing her, Li Ting was also watching the family inconspicuously. Seeing that the two girls were plump, she thought they should be fine.

Now, after listening to her long string of words, I feel completely relieved.

Very good, a normal person...

Time flies, and it's the end of the year again.

It seemed like it only took the blink of an eye to go from the hot summer to the cold winter.

Ruiting was wearing a thick cotton jacket and a bright red woolen scarf. She supported her waist with one hand and walked slowly out of the classroom with a big belly.

Seeing this, Teacher Wang, who was leaving class at the same time as the other class, quickly tucked his lesson plan under his arm, stepped forward to help the person, and asked with concern: "Why hasn't the principal given you a holiday yet? Are you about to give birth?"

Li Ting smiled and thanked him, then replied: "It should be just these few days. Principal Huang asked me to take a holiday two days ago, but I didn't agree."

Teacher Wang disagreed. She was also a woman who had given birth to three children. She naturally knew how difficult it was for women in the late stages of pregnancy. So she couldn't help but advise her again: "I know you are responsible for your students, but you also have to take care of your body. It's almost time to rest. Everyone can understand."

In fact, she had been sitting down during the recent classes, so she didn't really feel tired. However, she knew what was right and wrong, so she smiled and nodded, "Yes, I know. Today is Thursday, and I have to go to the hospital to give birth in the next two days after class."

This was the first time Teacher Wang had heard of this: "Why not give birth in the health station?" After all, giving birth in the military health station is completely free of charge.

Tingting: "My mother-in-law and Huo Xiao both said that it would be safer to go to the Municipal Maternity and Child Health Hospital." Of course, she thought so too, she cherished her life.

Teacher Wang had seen how much Teacher Lu's husband and mother-in-law doted on her, so she wasn't surprised to hear this.

Just when I was about to make a joke, I caught sight of a tall man running towards me from a distance, and I immediately laughed.

She nudged the person next to her with her elbow, smiled and raised her chin towards the door: "Speak of the devil, your Captain Huo is really on time."

Captain Huo was tall and had long legs. In just a few words, he had already run up to us.

He first looked his wife up and down to make sure she was fine, then nodded to the female teacher who was supporting his wife: "Thank you, Teacher Wang."

Teacher Wang let go of her hand and said with a smile, "What's there to thank me for? Since Captain Huo is here, I'll leave first."

Huo Xiao took advantage of the situation and held his wife's waist to relieve her burden before saying, "You are busy."

Seeing this, Teacher Wang gave Tingting an ambiguous look and turned away.

As for Li Ting, she is now very calm.

After all, my husband has been like this for more than a month.

However, she was still somewhat worried: "You always leave early recently, is everything ok?"

Huo Xiao helped the man walk towards the office: "It's okay, your situation is special. The brigade commander and the political commissar understand and sympathize with the difficulties faced by military families."

This is true. After all, the school lacks substitute English teachers, which is why my wife cannot rest even when she is about to get pregnant.

As a husband, he was worried that if he left home ten minutes early to pick someone up, who would say anything? Who would have the right to say anything?

Although she was still a little worried, she also knew that her husband was very stubborn in some aspects, so she did not say anything to comfort him. It would only be a day or two after all.

Just as the couple was about to walk into the office, they saw Gu Fang walking over with two bags in her hands.

She handed one of them to Huo Xiao, then looked at her friend and said, "I have packed everything for you, go back directly."

Ruiting nodded, and when she saw Fangfang was about to leave, she quickly called out, "Aren't you going with me?"

Gu Fang ran away without looking back, leaving only one sentence: "I'm going to the cafeteria to eat, it's not on my way."

You can also come to my house to eat... Li Ting watched the man run away helplessly.

"Did you two have a fight?"

The corners of her mouth twitched: "How is that possible? Fangfang doesn't want to disturb us, but she is indeed in a bad mood recently."

Huo Xiao didn't care much about other people's affairs. Hearing this, he just said "hmm" lightly and didn't ask any more questions.

But Li Ting couldn't control his temper: "Are you familiar with the Third Captain?"

Huo Xiao: "It's OK. I can talk a few words. What's wrong?"

Tingting: "I want you to ask Wen Rongxuan if he knows that his mother sent Fangfang a bag of things a few days ago? The package is full of various secret recipes for having children, at least a dozen kinds. How can people eat such things? Even a good person will get sick if they eat them."

"Hasn't it been just over a year since Old Wen and Teacher Gu got married? Why are you in such a hurry?" This was the first time Huo Xiao had heard of this. He frowned and asked, "Then I'll call Old Wen this afternoon?"

"Hit one. Fangfang looks carefree, but she is thin-skinned and won't say anything when she is wronged..." In fact, Ruting didn't like to gossip about others behind their backs, but thinking of her friend's recent low mood, she still told her husband about some of Fangfang's mother-in-law's weird behaviors and asked him to tell Captain Wen one by one...

After that, the two discussed whether they should live in the small western-style building when they returned to the city to wait for the birth of the baby, and then go to the hospital when their stomach started to flare up.

Anyway, the small Western-style building has been renovated. Although the decoration is very simple due to the environment, it is still a real home.

Of course, the main reason is that hospital resources are tight. Not to mention medicines, even hospital beds are pitifully scarce. I'm afraid it's difficult to get admitted in advance...

"You're back! Go wash your hands and have dinner." The couple supported each other all the way home. As soon as they opened the door, they were greeted by the rich aroma of food and the mother-in-law's familiar smile.

Ruting smiled and nodded, then after her husband helped her untie her shoelaces and change into slippers, she hurried back into the house, holding her belly.

Seeing this, Huo Xiao hurriedly followed.

When I entered the washroom and started to fill the basin with warm water, I kept muttering, "Ancestor, please walk slower. You scared me so much that I broke out in cold sweat on my back."

After he finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and then rolled up his wife's.

When he held her hand and put it into the basin to wash, he coaxed her again: "Let's hold on for a few more days. I will let you go after the baby is born safely."

Ruting didn't believe this. After all, she still had to observe the confinement period, and she would definitely be controlled more strictly during that time.

However, she did not object and nodded in agreement.

Seeing his wife being so obedient, Huo Xiao's brows softened instantly.

He first glanced at the door to make sure there were no children there, then he bent down and kissed her on her rosy lips.

Ruting's ears began to heat up. Even though they were an old married couple, they still felt a little embarrassed unless they were in their own room.

She simply lowered her eyes and watched the man continue washing her hands.

Looking at her hands in the basin that already had some dimples of flesh on them, Tingting sighed. She used to be so slim and pretty. She didn't know how long it would take for her to get back to her original appearance.

Hearing his wife sigh, Huo Xiao immediately became nervous: "What's wrong? Is she giving birth? Is her stomach aching?"

Tingting patted her husband on the shoulder, feeling that if she didn't have another baby, he would probably be unable to hold back. "No, don't be surprised. I just feel that I'm too fat and out of shape now."

Hearing this, Huo Xiao disagreed: "Being fat is a blessing. I think you look better when you are fatter."

This was Huo Xiao's heartfelt words. He always felt that his wife was too thin before, with such a thin waist, he was really afraid that it would break if he used too much force.

Unlike now, my whole body is soft and fluffy, and it is very comfortable to hug.

Whenever he is called, he can't help but give her a kiss and a hug... and then a few bites.

Hearing her husband complain about being fat all the time, even though it was the truth, Tingting didn't feel comforted and she went crazy.

She can say she is fat, but Huo Xiao can’t!!!

As she thought about this, she turned around and shouted towards the kitchen: "Mom! Huo Xiao thinks I'm fat!"

"What the hell?!" Hu Xiu ran over angrily with a spatula in his hand, pointing at his confused son and scolding him: "Your wife worked so hard to give birth to your child, how can you complain that she is fat? How did you become so heartless? How is our Tingting fat? This is called plump! You know shit!"

Huo Xiao was scolded for no reason...?