Chapter 104 103. “Am I more important than my child?”
"right!"
Lei Li finally found an adjective to describe Xiang Chong's temperament, which was unique to being a soldier. "He's not just a soldier, he's at least a... centurion?"
As he spoke, he laughed again, "Maybe he's even a general. Chen Xiangrang is polite and friendly to Meng Luo, but extremely respectful to Xiang Chong. He must be of a very high status."
"I don't think so."
Zhou Yi thought about the history books he had read. "Generals either became successful on the battlefield, inherited their father's business, or were promoted. The Mengluo family is a rice merchant, so how could they have produced a general?"
"fool."
Lei Li snorted softly, "They say he's my cousin, right? Meng Luo has barely seen Xiang Chong and isn't even familiar with him. Don't you find that strange?"
"It's a bit strange."
Zhou Yi nodded, wiping the water droplets from his hair while saying, "But the Meng family is very wealthy, and his father has so many concubines. Meng Luo's family probably has a lot of people on their side too, so it's normal to have a cousin that he's not familiar with."
Like in the Dream of the Red Chamber that he had read, the people in Rongguo Mansion were all in a group, including maids, relatives, and guests, and some of their names were similar, especially their titles.
The most famous scene of Xiao Hong is the one about grandma:
Our grandmother asks how the grandmother here is doing. Since our second uncle isn't home, even though it's two days late, please don't worry. Wait until the fifth grandmother is better... If there's anything, please send someone over and deliver it to our grandmother. Someone else will go tomorrow and take it to the aunt over there on the way.
What about Fifth Grandma, Uncle Grandma, Grandma here, and our Grandma? My eyes are blurry just looking at them, let alone I can’t remember them.
Moreover, Mengluo doesn't look very smart, otherwise he wouldn't have boarded Lei Li's pirate ship so easily. It's normal for him not to be familiar with a distant cousin.
"Too."
Lei Li thought about it and decided not to make a fuss. "We're just farmers anyway. If anything goes wrong, it won't happen to us. The worst that can happen is we can just take the money and run away."
Speaking of money, Lei Li felt happy.
After only one year of cooperation with the Meng family, he has already earned tens of thousands of taels of silver. In the past, he could not earn so much even if he went without food and drink for eight lifetimes.
Not only did he build a beautiful brick courtyard in the village, he also bought two properties in the county town, a small house at the port and a large two-story house in the city.
This two-story house has a winding corridor, a small lotus pond, a small bamboo screen, a large courtyard, and a big persimmon tree. It cost Lei Li several thousand taels!
When his parents came to live in the county town, they lived in the east wing, he and Zhou Yi's children lived in the west wing, the servants and grooms they hired lived in the side room, and the horses also had their own stables.
Originally, Lei Li wanted his parents to live in the main house, which was higher than the wing rooms. It was the largest and most exquisite building in the mansion, with good lighting and was the most noble.
But Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er preferred to live in the countryside. If Lei Li hadn't been pregnant, they would have only lived in the county town occasionally, so they turned down the proposal to live in the main house.
But it's better to be safe than sorry.
Lei Li was cautious.
He divided the money he earned into several parts, one for public use, one for his parents to keep, one in a silver shop, and one for himself.
Even Zhou Yi didn't know where he was hiding, let alone being found by others.
Even if something unexpected happens, with this money, their family will not go bankrupt.
It would be better if nothing happened, so that the baby can get married or use it as a dowry in the future... If it is a boy or a girl, it is better to marry him into the family. If he gets bullied by his in-laws after marriage, he will not know about it. It is better to raise him under their eyes.
Zhou Yi didn't know that Lei Li had thought so much in such a short time. He helped him wipe his hair until it was almost dry, and then fanned it dry.
"Still fanning yourself?"
Lei Li touched his hair and said, "It's hot now. It will dry on its own in a while."
"Wet hair can easily lead to illness."
Zhou Yi shook his head.
Nanny Fang said that it is easy to get sick after pregnancy, especially from colds and heat. We can't let Lei Li take advantage of his good health and let him act recklessly like before. Sometimes she wouldn't even wash her hair and would rush him to bed to make a fuss.
"It will dry quickly if I fan it. Do you think the wind is cold? Should I fan it more gently?"
"It's not cold, just right."
Lei Lian sat and let Zhou Yi play with her hair.
Although Zhou Yi was sometimes picky and meticulous, even to the point that Nanny Fang thought he was making a fuss, Lei Li still enjoyed Zhou Yi's care.
Feel……
Treat him like a child?
Lei Li was amused by himself. "Are you treating me like a baby and learning how to take care of a child?"
"No."
Zhou Yi was a little bewildered. "Why do you say that? I've never taken care of a pregnant man, but since you're carrying a baby, I subconsciously feel that you're very fragile. I feel like you've gotten bumped and bruised without me noticing."
"I've heard that some pregnant women have miscarriages after falling, and some who don't pay attention to what they eat can have their fetuses stop beating for no apparent reason."
"If, I mean if, if the baby died because of a little negligence, you would be very sad. I don't want to see that."
"In my eyes, your feelings are more important than whether we have children or not."
Lei Li's heart moved when he heard this. He raised his head slightly to look at Zhou Yi, with a bright smile in his eyes, like a gorgeous firework. "Am I more important than the child?"
"certainly."
Zhou Yi nodded as a matter of course.
Of course, a partner who knows and loves each other is more important than a stranger you haven't met yet.
Moreover, children have the natural bond of blood, but partners are two people who have absolutely no desire to be together, but slowly come together based on their own feelings and open themselves to each other. How wonderful and incredible this is.
At least Zhou Yi had never imagined a scene where he was in love and kissing with another person. He couldn't even figure out how those couples became lovers. Wouldn't they laugh when they said sweet words?
When Zhou Yi thought about him saying "I love you, I will love you forever" to another person, he felt extremely embarrassed and uncomfortable as if bugs were crawling all over his body.
but.
But when he really fell in love, he didn't feel that what he said were love words at all. He was just expressing his feelings and thoughts through words and text in a normal, ordinary and simple way.
It's as normal and natural as eating when he is hungry.
When he was with Lei Li, he wouldn't feel awkward even if neither of them spoke. But once they spoke, it seemed as if he had a million words to say.
Lei Li didn't think what he did was boring at all, didn't think he was crazy for suddenly getting up in the middle of the night and wanting to cook something to eat, and wouldn't make comments just because his cooking was not to his taste.
He would not become annoyed or disgusted just because Zhou Yi asked him to learn disgusting characters and write boring big characters.
Lei Li would just pretend to be petty, telling Zhou Yi that his hands hurt and asking him to rub them, that he wanted to sit on Zhou Yi's lap to rest when he was tired of writing, and that he would coax Zhou Yi to sing for him.
Although Zhou Yi is tone-deaf and always sings out of tune, he always makes Lei Li laugh.
Lei Li has many shortcomings.
These shortcomings are as numerous as fireflies.
For example, he talks nonsense, is overbearing, petty, violent, likes to order people around, is stingy, withholds Zhou Yi's wages, holds grudges, likes to involve others... He is also lustful and wants to torment Zhou Yi every day.
Zhou Yi knows everything.
Sometimes Lei Li would make him laugh and cry, and he would be at a loss what to do when he was teased by him. Lei Li's stubbornness and unwillingness to listen to advice would occasionally make him angry.
but.
But compared to the brilliance of the moon, no matter how many fireflies there are, they are just a tiny fraction of the light.
Compared to the fact that two people can be together, these shortcomings are nothing, because Zhou Yi himself has many shortcomings, and Lei Li is also tolerant and accommodating to him.
"My hair is dry."
Zhou Yi put down the fan and saw Lei Li with his arms open. He knew that he was deliberately being lazy again, so he picked him up and carried him to the bed.
Lei Li hooked one arm around Zhou Yi's neck and glared at him with her slightly tilted eyes. "Where are you going? It's been over four months. Can you give yourself tonight? Hmm?"
The ending tone is slightly upturned.
Her smiling eyes slid from Zhou Yi's face to his slightly open collar, fixed on it with a burning gaze.
"Tomorrow night?"
Zhou Yi touched his face and comforted him, "My hair is not dry yet, the water will drip on you."
“It’s not very wet.”
Lei Li raised his neck.
She put her face against his neck, rubbed it intimately and ambiguously, and pecked his neck, leaving wet kiss marks.
"Husband, I want it."
Ever since Doctor Cao said that he couldn't have sex for the first three months, Lei Li had been holding back until now. He used to love sex, and now that it had finally been four months, of course he found it difficult to control himself.
Zhou Yi hesitated, but when he saw Lei Li's pitiful eyes, he sighed.
"Just once."
"My husband is so nice..."
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The night is long.
But Lei Li didn't sleep well.
He was very dissatisfied with Zhou Yi's behavior last night, extremely dissatisfied. The force he used was not even as strong as when he chewed meat, but Zhou Yi treated him as a fragile object and refused to hit him harder no matter what.
If Lei Li was not used to Zhou Yi not sleeping with him, he would have been so angry that he kicked Zhou Yi out of the room.
It's not good to sulk.
Zhou Yi got up early in the morning and made a lot of sweets that Lei Li liked to apologize to him. Only then did Lei Li calm down.
Xiang Chong was going to inspect the chili garden again today, but not the one in Sanlihe Village, but the one in Silihe Village, which was managed by Chen Xiangrang. Knowing that Lei Li was pregnant, he did not ask Lei Li to go with him.
Lei Li was happy and at ease.
Zhou Yi didn't go either.
He stayed at home with Lei Li. As the weather was getting warmer, they made mostly cold dishes for lunch.
Lei Li now suddenly likes dishes with strong flavors, such as lemon duck, spicy fried snails, sweet and sour spare ribs, squirrel fish, and cold cucumber salad. The richer and more outstanding the flavor, the better he likes it.
Even the sour food that he didn't like before, he suddenly liked it.
"These things are cold or spicy, so don't let your husband eat too much. Even if he likes them, you should control the amount, otherwise it will hurt his body and it's not good for adults or children."
Nanny Fang gave this instruction specifically.
This is Lei Li's first child, and the Lei family and Zhou Yi are very nervous. They want to get everything Lei Li likes, but it is not okay to spoil a pregnant man all the time. Everything should be done in moderation.
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