Chapter 040

Early in the morning, the curtains seeped into the shimmering light.

The person trapped in his arms moved gently, his consciousness awakened by the desire in his body.

Servant Huai Ming opened his eyes and saw Zhen Zhen’s sleeping face.

He did not move, quietly looking at Zhen Zhen for a while, and then turned his head to look at the time.

This is not yet time to get up, but he can not fall asleep again, and he did not want to lose control to wake up Zhen Zhen, so he endured any, light movement to get up and go out the door.

After going to the bathroom to wash up, he went to the kitchen to pan the rice to cook some millet porridge.

While the porridge was cooking, he cleaned up the house and went out to take care of the vegetable patch.

When the congee was ready, he put the existing steamed buns in a pot with a steamer drawer and warmed them up, just in time to go to the morning training.

The alarm clock was turned off by Mr. Huai Ming.

Zhen Zhen didn’t wake up on her usual biological clock this morning.

After sleeping for half an hour, she struggled to open her eyes and sat up from the bed with her aching body, turning her head to look at the alarm clock and realizing that Shi Huaiming’s morning training was almost over.

Without sitting on the bed, Zhen Zhen endured the soreness and got out of bed, going out to the restroom.

Just after washing up and coming out of the restroom, Shi Huaiming came back from his morning training.

Zhen Zhen looked at him and greeted him, “You’re back.”

Servant Huai Ming walked up to her, looked at her and asked, “How are you? Can you still go to work?”

Although he had exercised great restraint last night, and had only come once, he felt as if Zhen Zhen still couldn’t handle it.

It could be that he had suppressed it for too long before, so it was still more or less out of control.

Of course Jenny knew what he was asking.

She didn’t even think about it and quickly replied, “Of course I can, I can even go down to the ground!”

It’s not like anyone can’t even go to work because of this, so naturally she can.

Servant Huai Ming looked at her and smiled, “You’re so powerful, did I endure this night for nothing?”

Zhen Zhen looks at him and blinks with rounded eyes – what is this saying? Last night, obviously everything that could be done was done, what do you mean he endured all night? Is it possible that he didn’t do it once enough? Did he want to do it all night?

Gosh, just one time is going to make her die, one night that is not ……

Thinking of this, Zhen Zhen’s face flushed red.

She hurriedly added, “I’m not powerful at all, you’d better endure it.”

After saying this, she immediately bypassed Mr. Huai Ming and went back to her room to comb her hair and rub the snow cream.

Servant Huai Ming went into the restroom to quickly freshen up.

Zhen Zhen cleaned up and came out, sitting down with him to eat breakfast.

Hot steamed buns and millet porridge, along with two plates of different savory dishes, was enough to fill the stomach in the morning.

After eating the two went out together, side by side out of the porch, just as He Shuo and Li Shuang came out together.

Four people on the companion, together out of the family home, two people to go to work, two people to go to class.

Ran not yet out of the family yard, suddenly heard the old week’s voice.

Old Zhou followed up and said: “Aigoo, you see this day you live, with me as if not all the way people.”

All day long out of pairs, greasy with others young love like.

Li Shuang followed Lao Zhou’s words and said, “You also let sister-in-law Da Feng out to find something to do is not on the line.”

Old Zhou hummed and laughed a little, “She looks like that, what can she do? Besides, the family can’t do without her, we have four dolls, she must stay at home to bring up the children, take good care of the family ah? The family can’t be in chaos.”

Each family has its own way, Li Shuang is not very nosy people, naturally did not say further.

Walking a few steps out of the family yard, she and Zhen Zhen and they parted ways to go to work in the sub-food store.

Li Shuang is not interested in the things of the old Zhou family, not to say much about them.

She can see that Zhen Zhen is a little different today, smiled and asked Zhen Zhen a sentence: “Are you sore legs ah?”

Zhen Zhen was stunned by her question and quickly covered up, “No …… no ah ……”

Li Shuang still laugh, “with me still pretend ah?”

Seeing Li Shuang say so, Zhen Zhen also stopped pretending.

However, the two did not talk more deeply, said a few words and said no more.

When they arrived at the food store, they went to their respective posts and got busy.

Zhen Zhen was at the counter greeting people who came into the store to buy things.

The old lady with gray hair bought a bottle of rapeseed oil from her counter, put down her money and ticket, but did not leave at the counter. She pulled Zhen Zhen to chat for a while, and then suddenly asked Zhen Zhen, “Comrade Xiao Lin, do you have a boyfriend?”

This old lady is trying to introduce her to someone?

Zhen Zhen smiled and replied, “I’ve already been married.”

Hearing this, the old lady instantly looked regretful, “Aigoo, it doesn’t look like it at all.”

Regretfully, she continued to ask, “What does your partner do?”

Zhen Zhen hasn’t made a sound, passing Li Shuang answered for her: “Her object is not an ordinary person, the army’s regiment-level cadres, is in the military academy for further study, graduated from it is even more remarkable.”

The old lady heard this and then ouch, “can really not general it.”

Li Shuang smiled and said these words and then went to work.

The old lady saw that Zhen Zhen has been married, also did not pull Zhen Zhen chat more, take her rapeseed oil away.

I’m going home from work in the middle of the day.

Li Shuang smiled and said to Zhen Zhen, “You can really attract people rare, come to the store but only ten days, to ask you whether you have married that can be lined up, Wen in this work for so long, have not seen a few people to ask.”

Zhen Zhen was surprised, “Is there anyone else?”

Li Shuang still smiled and said, “Yes, there are a few people who came to ask me for help. In the future, when you go to work, you have to put a note on the counter, just write four words: I am married.”

Knowing that Li Shuang was joking, Zhen Zhen also laughed out.

Li Shuang added, “If you hadn’t married Shui Huai Ming, you might have been able to find a better one.”

Zhen Zhen continued, “Third brother is already very good.”

Li Shuang teased her, “Look, look, look, look, this has become the third brother again.”

The two gossiped home, walked to the gate of the family home, Dabai ran over to greet.

Zhen Zhen reached out and touched Dabai, taking the enthusiastic Dabai back home together.

***

Light and shadow flow underfoot.

The end of August, September school opened.

There are quiet days in the yard that have been haunted by the big and little children all summer long.

In the passage of time, life in the yard has not changed much.

The biggest change was Li Shuang’s belly.

By the last two months of her pregnancy, Li Shuang’s stomach seemed to be getting bigger every day.

Because her body was getting heavier and heavier, it was inconvenient to do anything, so every day felt like it went by very slowly.

At the end of October, it was close to her due date.

Li Shuang began to count the days day by day, and after counting them up, she only felt that time went even slower.

Today, after work from the food store, she held out her round belly and Zhen Zhen walking side by side.

Zhen Zhen walked beside her and subconsciously supported her arm, and asked her in a voice: “Do you want to take a leave of absence to stay at home to raise the baby?”

Having had the experience of giving birth, Li Shuang calmly said, “No need, just go directly to the hospital when your stomach hurts and you want to give birth.”

Saying this she raised her hand to her stomach, “I just don’t know what day she’s going to come out.”

Zhen Zhen was also very excited by her words.

This unknown little life, there was no telling what it would be like when it was born.

After chatting with Zhen Zhen about her own stomach for a while, Li Shuang asked Zhen Zhen again, “When are you planning to have it?”

It had been more than two months since she and Servant Huai Ming had moved in together, and the feelings between the two had long since stabilized.

They weren’t too young either, and having a child was a natural thing to do.

And as for this, neither Zhen Zhen nor Servant Huai Ming were in a hurry at the moment.

Zhen Zhen looked at Li Shuang and said, “There’s no plan, let’s just let nature take its course anyway.”

Li Shuang nodded, “When it’s time, it will come naturally.”

After saying that she is still talking about herself, dragging out her voice with an ouch, “I just want to have a daughter.”

Zhen Zhen smiles and picks up her words, “I hope sister-in-law that your heart will be fulfilled.”

But no one can control when a child will be conceived, and no one can control whether it will be a boy or a girl.

Regardless of when it was conceived, and regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, it was all a matter of nature.

The two talked and walked to the family courtyard, still have big white to pick up.

Seeing Big White, Li Shuang smiles a little and says to Zhen Zhen again, “It does recognize you.”

Almost every day when they came back from work, Dabai would go to the entrance of the family courtyard to wait for Zhen Zhen and go home with them.

Every time they waited for Zhen Zhen, it would shake its big tail into a propeller, enthusiastic as hell.

Zhen Zhen, as usual, stroked Dabai’s head and led him to the yard.

Arriving home and grabbing her food stamp lunch box to go to the cafeteria to fight for food, coming out to see Li Shuang, Zhen Zhen is going to pick up the lunch box in her hand, “Sister-in-law, what do you want to eat tell me, I’ll help you to fight for it, I have to fight for food anyway, so I don’t have to make you run away.”

Li Shuang shook her head at her, “No, the more I’m about to give birth, the more I have to walk around.”

Seeing Li Shuang say this, Zhen Zhen also went with her.

Because Li Shuang couldn’t walk easily, the two of them still walked very slowly.

Not long after returning from the cafeteria after getting their meals, Serving Huai Ming He Shuo Lao Zhou and the others returned.

The three men greeted each other outside and went into their own homes.

When He Shuo arrived home, he didn’t let Li Shuang do any more work, letting her sit at ease and set up the food and chopsticks himself.

He Ziran was very diligent, running back and forth after him to help carry things.

After setting up the chopsticks and sitting down, He Ziran spoke first: “Mom, am I going to have a little sister soon?”

Li Shuang, who can’t bend down now, sits in a chair and leans back, and eats with the bowl in her hand, took a sip of rice and replied to He Ziran’s words, “It’s coming soon, but I don’t know if it’s a little sister yet.”

He Ziran says, “I think it’s definitely the little sister.”

He Shuo looks at him and smiles a bit, “Where do you think that from?”

He Ziran: “I dreamed about it.”

Li Shuang thought it was interesting, “You can still dream?”

He Ziran: “Of course I can dream, sometimes I even have dreams that I’m afraid of.”

He Shuo: “That word is called terror.”

Li Shuang He Shuo coaxed He Zi Ran to say a few words, Li Shuang looked at He Shuo again and said, “I can make a deal with you, you weren’t there the last time I gave birth to He Zi Ran, this time, no matter what, you have to be with me.”

He Shuo assured her, “I’ve already said hello to the principal, I’ll definitely accompany you.”

***

Next door, Zhen Zhen was also talking about Li Shuang’s stomach.

She told Squire Huai Ming, “Sister-in-law Li Shuang is due to give birth in the next few days, making me quite nervous as well.”

Shi Huai Ming didn’t know much about child birth, he looked at Zhen Zhen and said, “Don’t be nervous, He Shuo is here.”

At the mention of He Shuo, Zhen Zhen looked at Shui Huai Ming, thought for a while, and then asked him, “If I get pregnant, will you treat me as well as big brother He Shuo treats sister-in-law Li Shuang?”

Servant Huai Ming opened his mouth and said, “No.”

Zhen Zhen pinched her chopsticks and frowned.

Just as she wanted to get angry, Servant Huai Ming added, “I will do better than him.”

Zhen Zhen: “……”

She pursed her lips, a smile spilling out from the corners of her mouth, but still kicked Servant Huai Ming under the table.

Seeing her like this, Squire Huai Ming also laughs very lightly.

After finishing Li Shuang’s last few bites of rice, Zhen Zhen asked again, “How come I’m not pregnant yet, is it because you can’t?”

Servant Huai Ming looked at her, his tone was very calm, “You don’t know if I’m good or not?”

Zhen Zhen was choked by him for a moment and quickly explained, “I’m talking about having a baby, not that.”

Servant Huai Ming continued to be very calm, “How can I give birth to a child without that?”

“……”

Zhen Zhen holds her breath and doesn’t talk to him anymore.

***

Now the morning and evening is relatively cold, after eating Zhen Zhen does not like to go out to sneak around.

She and Squire Huai Ming washed up one after another and went straight to their rooms to sit down and study or read.

Zhen Zhen still insists on studying nowadays, and has already made reading and studying a habit.

She sat down at the table and let Squire Huai Ming teach her the new content first, then she would study on her own for a while.

Self-study until the alarm clock rings the bell, put away her books and go to bed ready to sleep.

Now this room is already Zhen Zhen’s and Servant Huai Ming’s, the bedding has already been changed to a pink, white and soft color, the writing table has more mirror combs and snowflake creams, and in the middle drawer there are a lot of headbands and hair cards.

Serving Huai Ming went to bed first, Zhen Zhen turned off the lamp, then climbed into bed and groped her way under the covers.

Just as she lay down, she was scooped up into his arms and hugged by Squire Huai Ming.

When the two of them first moved in together, although the service Huai Ming has always had control and restraint, but still every day Zhen Zhen tossed to the point of not being able to. There were times when he couldn’t restrain himself, and he could go into the middle of the night.

It was too much to bear, and then Zhen Zhen made an agreement with him, once every three days.

Today is not the date of the agreement, the service Huai Ming naturally do not do anything, just hold Zhen Zhen sleep.

The person in his arms is fragrant and soft, and although there is an urge in his body, his heart is also solid.

The two of them lay down and simply spoke a few words before Servant Huai Ming fell asleep first.

Zhen Zhen would have fallen asleep with him, but today she was thinking about a little thing, so she didn’t sleep normally.

She lay there hesitating for a while, then lifted the covers and quietly got up, going to the drawer of the writing desk to get a book and a flashlight. After taking it and returning to the quilt to lie down, she turned her back to Squire Huai Ming and began to read the book while lying directly on her back.

Under the snowy white light of the flashlight, she slowly turned the pages of the book in her hand.

When she finished reading two pages, Shui Huai Ming suddenly reached over and wrapped his hand around her waist, scooping her into his arms.

Zhen Zhen subconsciously held her breath and didn’t make a sound after being swept into his arms.

A moment later, she saw that Servant Huai Ming did not make a sound either, so she continued to look at it again.

However, this time, after reading two lines, a lazy voice suddenly rang in her ears, “What are you looking at?”

This was a voice that had just woken up from sleep, colored with a nasal tone, lazy and with a bit of an airy voice.

“……”

Jen reacted quickly and hastily tucked the book and flashlight under the covers, pretending nothing had happened.

After the flashlight was tucked into the comforter, she even fumbled with the switch to turn it off.

But Squire Huai Ming didn’t pretend that nothing had happened.

He directly reached out and took the book and flashlight out of Zhen Zhen’s hand, held her in his arms, pushed the switch on the flashlight, took a look at the cover of the book, and then asked in a loud voice, “Who gave you the book?”

Zhen Zhen pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.

Servant Huai Ming casually turned over a page and read slowly in his freshly awakened voice: “The darkness of the night covered all movements, and he boldly placed his hand very close to the beautiful arm that his clothes did not cover. He was so flustered, so disoriented, so bold, that he put his cheek close to this beautiful arm, and imprinted his lips on it ……”鈶�

Hearing him read it out so directly, Zhen Zhen immediately buried her face in the quilt.

Without stopping, Squire Hueming turned over his hand a little more and continued to read, “Everyone had just taken their seats in the garden, when Yulian, without waiting for it to be completely dark, put his mouth close to the ear of Madame de . Madame de Reyna’s ear, and, at the risk of causing her great discredit, said to her, “Madame, at two o’clock at night I am going to your room, and there is something I must tell you ……” 鈶�.

Servant Huai Ming suddenly stopped reading, but put his mouth to Zhen Zhen’s ear and asked her in a very low voice: “What did this Yu Lian say to madam when he came to your room at two o’clock in the middle of the night?”

Zhen Zhen died of shame and directly pulled the quilt over her head, “I don’t know.”

Servant Huai Ming put the book and flashlight aside.

He hugged Zhen Zhen and made her roll over so she could face him.

But Zhen Zhen didn’t even look at him, still covering her head in the quilt, which would be arching into his arms.

Servant Huai Ming cupped her chin and lifted her face, looked into her eyes and said, “Then I’ll tell you?”

Zhen Zhen was just about to say no when her mouth was blocked by him lowering his head.

Moist kisses landed on the collarbone.

Jen turned her head sideways and buried her ruddy face into the pillow, grasping for the last shred of sanity, “I don’t want to know ……”

Squire Huai Ming dropped his kisses downward, breathing heavily, “Then why are you looking at not sleeping?”

Zhen Zhen bit her lip violently.

The last shred of sanity was drowned ……

……

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