Chapter 145 Pig's Trotter Soup to Promote Lactation
The sun slowly rose, shining on the burnt rose field. Xu Lei and Jiang Yu had kept watch all night, and Li Miao and her husband had practically slept on the ground to protect the site.
It was still dark, and everyone was yawning, covered in mosquito bites.
It was too late for the police to see anything, so a few of them stayed there, partly to watch the ground and partly to protect the scene.
"You guys go back to sleep."
Xu Lei said, "I'll just keep an eye on it."
Li Miao shook her head, "You guys go back to sleep, my husband and I will stay here."
Everyone present was single. Jiang Yu said in a high-pitched voice, "My husband and I are fine here. We call each other 'husband' all the time, without considering the impact."
He's my husband.
Zhou Xuehua got up from the ground, patted the mud off her bottom, and said, "I need to go to the toilet."
Jiang Yu rolled his eyes. "Go to the toilet by yourself. Do you expect me to help you pee?"
Zhou Xuehua grabbed a pile of mud and threw it at him, and Jiang Yu took off running...
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Back at the Zhou family's place, Zhou Jin returned from Lin Wang's place, dressed in a pink dress, looking exceptionally shy.
The first time she saw Lin Wang wearing his prosthetic leg, he looked incredibly handsome. Everyone said he was disabled, but with the prosthetic leg on, he looked no different from a normal person, especially his charming face, which made her even more smitten.
Zhou Jin was immediately captivated by Lin Wang's good looks.
When she got home, she saw that no one was in the living room, so she slowly went upstairs. Halfway up, she met Zhou Hengzhi coming down.
"So you still know how to come back?"
Zhou Jin smiled and said, "Brother, I've taken care of all the trouble for you. As for the rest, I can do whatever I want with it, okay?"
To be fair, Zhou Hengzhi really had to thank Zhou Jin for Chen Xinya's situation; otherwise, he didn't know when he would have been able to get rid of this trouble.
"Besides you, who else knows about this?"
Just then, Hua Xin came downstairs, "Hengzhi..."
Zhou Hengzhi turned around, his gaze indifferent. They were already married; there was no need to pretend anymore.
"It's none of your business how I talk to her."
"What's wrong? You've only been married a few days and you've already changed your attitude?"
Hua Xin frowned deeply. "Zhou Hengzhi, you've turned on me so ruthlessly..."
Zhou Hengzhi didn't bother with her. He and Hua Xin were only after their money, so they got married and he didn't need to take responsibility for her.
On their wedding night, after Zhou Hengzhi touched her, he discovered that it wasn't her first time, which made him feel even more suffocated.
"Sister-in-law, don't be angry. My brother didn't mean it that way."
"Zhou Jin, you're disgracing the Zhou family by throwing yourself at a man."
"I……"
Hua Xin sneered, "I think Lin Wang is quite good. He's just a little disabled, but his character is much better than some people's."
"oh."
Zhou Hengzhi ignored Hua Xin and went upstairs first. Hua Xin rolled her eyes at his back.
Zhou Jin took a deep breath. "Sister-in-law, I've taken care of everything. You can rest easy now. Chen Xinya is definitely finished. Even if Su Yuanzheng doesn't pursue the matter, Shang Xingchuan will definitely make her spend a few years in jail."
"Shh..."
Zhou Jin nodded. "I won't say, I absolutely won't say."
Chen Xinya is just a minor problem; the real problem is the person Zhou Hengzhi has been keeping in mind all along. If he doesn't get rid of her, Zhou Hengzhi will keep thinking about her.
Hua Xin knew that arranged marriages wouldn't involve much emotion; she was prepared for pre-wedding charades and post-wedding cold words. But she never expected Zhou Hengzhi to change so quickly.
The honeymoon period of this marriage lasted only a few days.
Hua Xin said, "I won't help you. Lin Wang has no choice but to marry you. You will get him."
"Thank you, sister-in-law. I'm counting on you."
"Okay, I'll talk to your parents. As long as our families stick together, we can rely on each other in the future... you understand?"
"I understand!"
That suited her perfectly!
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Xia Yutong was hospitalized for a week before being discharged. Upon learning that she could be discharged, she couldn't wait to leave the hospital.
Luo Caixia supported her, while Su Qinglian held the child.
Putting everything else aside, Su Qinglian is very good at taking care of children. Although she talks a lot and complains a lot, she is still very protective of her family when it comes to doing things.
This reminded Xia Yutong of her previous life, where Su Qinglian had helped raise her child. No wonder the child hated her so much, disliked her whenever he saw her, and didn't want to stand even close to her.
Suddenly it all makes sense. Su Qinglian helped raise the child, so she must have said a lot of bad things about her in front of the child...
Xia Yutong walked very slowly. After a while, Luo Caixia asked her, "What's wrong?"
Su Yuanzheng rushed over from the rose garden, asking, "Didn't you say you'd wait a bit? Why the rush?"
Luo Caixia said, "Now that it's all done, there's nothing to do sitting there..."
Su Yuanzheng bent down slightly, "I'll carry you out, Tongtong."
"No, it's embarrassing. Do you want to be a conspicuous bag?"
As soon as she finished speaking, her feet were lifted off the ground as Su Yuanzheng carried her outside. "I don't care what others think, I'm going to carry you out. Our Tongtong's feet should never touch the ground."
Xia Yutong blushed and instinctively grabbed his neck.
Luo Caixia followed a few steps behind, saying, "Slow down on your expedition, be careful, and watch your step when you go down the stairs."
Su Qinglian glanced back at Luo Caixia, "How could a grown man not know? Why are you still insisting on saying it..."
Although they are mother and daughter, they often argue with each other, as if they can't stand each other, and they like to quarrel over the smallest things.
But after the commotion, everyone goes about their business as usual, eating and doing whatever they want, still a family, inseparable.
Back home, Luo Caixia cooked a pot of crucian carp soup, saying it would help with lactation.
Clean the crucian carp, fry it in a pan until golden brown on both sides, add water and simmer over low heat until the fish soup turns white like milk. Sprinkle with scallions, add two slices of ginger, adjust the seasoning, and it's ready to serve.
Luo Caixia knew that Xia Yutong preferred light flavors, so the soup she made was also relatively light.
But shortly after arriving home, the neighbors came to see the child. Su Qinglian sat by Xia Yutong's bed with the child in her arms, and everyone gathered around to look at the child.
"Oh my, her eyes look like Yutong's, a light blue!"
"No, I think he looks just like my son Yuanzheng, like they were cut from the same mold."
"I also think it looks like Yuanzheng. He was so good-looking when he was born, he'll be even more handsome when he grows up!"
Luo Caixia brought over the crucian carp soup, and an old lady from the village said, "I want to drink pig's feet soup, pig's feet soup helps with lactation!"
"Add some soybeans in, and it'll be soybean and pig's feet soup!"
Luo Caixia was taken aback for a moment, then said, "I'll go buy pig's feet later."
"Do you have milk?"
Xia Yutong had just taken a sip of crucian carp soup when Zhou Erniang asked her, "Let me see how much milk you have, is it enough?"
Then all the middle-aged women and grandmothers in the room looked at her at the same time.
Xia Yutong blushed, "I don't know if it's enough..."
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