As soon as the drill horn sounded, Zhang Liang opened the lunch box. The fragrant aroma wafted into his nose, and he saw the braised pork trotters with rich red sauce. The soft and glutinous skin that was shining with oil seemed to be waving at him.

Noticing the many ferocious looks around him and the sound of saliva swallowing, he immediately closed the lid.

Run towards the dormitory.

It was not until I started eating that I realized that the braised pork trotters were not the best dish, the best dish was the roasted chicken with chestnuts.

He never knew chestnuts could be so soft, sticky and sweet, and when paired with the juice, it was so delicious that one couldn't stop eating it.

Fortunately, he closed the door as soon as he entered the room, otherwise someone would have rushed in.

Even so, a few people who heard the news came and stole a few chopsticks.

Xu Niannian went back and had a delicious meal with the two little ones.

When Zhang Liang's stomach was full, he quickly washed the lunch box and walked towards Lu's house in the night.

Xu Niannian had just boiled water in the kitchen when she heard a knock on the door. The knock was neither too fast nor too slow, as if the speaker was waiting patiently.

It didn't sound like Sister Li. She gathered her clothes together and put her loose hair in front of her.

I asked through the door, still somewhat cautiously:

"Who is it?"

Zhang Liang looked at the sky and felt that he had not used his brain today. It was indeed dark, and there was no one at his sister-in-law's house. She would definitely be scared.

He suddenly felt a little ashamed:

"It's me, Zhang Liang, sister-in-law."

Xu Niannian heard a familiar voice, opened the door, and saw the lunch box handed over by Zhang Liang:

"No need to be so anxious to return the lunch box."

Zhang Liang glanced at Xu Niannian with her hair down, and she seemed to be more gentle and beautiful than usual, so he quickly looked away:

"It's okay. I'm afraid I might forget it at any time. I'll go back first. Sister-in-law, please lock the door."

"good."

In the dark, a figure followed Zhang Liang and quietly walked away.

The next day, when Sister Li came to visit Xu Niannian, she saw her holding the cloth in a daze:

"What's going on? Do you want to make a cotton-padded jacket?"

"I want to make two thick quilts for my mother-in-law, but the weather there is too cold and I don't know how to make them right now."

The two quilts that I made for my grandfather in the village were cut by the village tailor and then sewed by myself.

"It's a small matter. You see, I'll show you how to do it once and you'll be able to do it."

Then he picked up the tape measure and started measuring:

"Speaking of which, you are really good to your mother-in-law. They didn't help you take care of the children, but you still care about them. This cotton and this fabric are both excellent."

Here they only use new cotton and new cloth when a new bride gets married.

Normally, everyone has to make up for the past three years.

She wasn't saying this to gossip. Both kids knew that they were Big Brother Lu Tuan's. After all, it wasn't very nice to let a newlywed daughter-in-law come to see them.

"They are nice to me, and it's not intentional. Everything will be fine after I get through these two years."

When getting married, the quilts and other things in the house are all prepared by the man.

Sister Li thought she was saying that everything would be easy once the child grew up.

"That's right. Wait two years and they'll be able to take your kids out to play. Life will be a lot easier. It's what they call, you wait and you'll see."

"Hahaha, sister-in-law is right."

It was quite a bit of work to make two thick quilts, and it took the two of them two days to finish.

It's only because I have some free time now, otherwise I wouldn't dare to keep Sister Li away for so long.

Sister Li also took into consideration that Xu Niannian was pregnant, so she often came to their house to bring them food. She could still do this when it was time to help.

Wang Hongmei didn't know where she got a basket of chestnuts from:

"They're newly picked this year, you can dry them before eating them."

Xu Niannian took a look and saw that people had already peeled off the thorny shell on the outside.

After dumping the chestnuts in the yard, he brought her a small bag of mulberry biscuits from the kitchen:

"Last time, my two boys picked mulberries from the mountain. I made them into cookies. You can try them."

Wang Hongmei has cut her hair short now. She looks very neat and her clothes are clean, which is very different from before.

Even when Xu Niannian gave her food, she was no longer as timid as before.

She took it generously:

"Okay, thank you sister, are you going out?"

She looked beautifully dressed, with a big package next to her:

"Yes, I'm going to the city to send a package to my mother-in-law and buy two books."

I asked Zhang Liang to help me with the plastic. If I don’t know how to do anything and mess up the greenhouse, it will be troublesome.

When Wang Hongmei heard about buying books, her eyes lit up:

"Then can you wait for me for a moment? I'll go buy two books too."

"OK."

Wang Hongmei ran back home, entrusted her son to Mrs. Li, took the money, and ran over.

In fact, seeing her like this, Xu Niannian also wanted to ask her how things were going with her man recently, but she thought it was too gossipy, so she kept her mouth shut.

Wang Hongmei covered her mouth when she saw her like this:

"Are you wondering how things are going between me and Lao Shen?"

This time it was Xu Niannian's turn to feel embarrassed.

"It's okay, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I learned this from you. Since I know he doesn't love me, I can just use him as a tool. My son has a father anyway, and I can enjoy free literacy here. Without Wang Xiuying, our relationship has improved a lot."

"Now pay me half of your allowance every month, and I'll just take it one day at a time."

I used to expect the other person to love me, but later I realized that some things are not something I can decide whether to love or not, and only what I have in my hands is real.

Xu Niannian listened to her words and felt a sense of sadness, but life was indeed much better than before.

Anyway, life is comfortable and it's good enough as long as it's better than before.

This time when Xu Niannian got on the car, he remembered to take a soft cushion, at least he wouldn’t hurt his stomach.

Her belly is already visible, and her waist is more prominent because her arms are thin.

Wang, the deputy regiment commander's family member who had failed to help Xu Niannian several times, said:

"Your belly looks so big. It's been three or four months, right? I remember you were only three months pregnant?"

It sounds like she's getting married because she's pregnant.

This reputation is not good, I still need to explain it, but before I can say anything, Wang Hongmei next to me laughed:

"Your sister-in-law's words are really interesting. You can tell from the looks of it that she just came from the countryside. Let me give you some scientific knowledge. The date of pregnancy is calculated from the day of the last menstrual period. She is young and healthy, and she got pregnant right after getting married. Isn't it only three or four months now?"

Wang Xiuping was almost choked to death and her face turned red. She hated it most when people called her unsophisticated.