Chapter 149
Xu Man swallowed, his eyes looking left and right
“Do you think ” Lu Yuanzheng hugged his arms and said slowly, “where can you escape to?”
Xu asked: “”
“Or, wait for your savior Caster to save you? Huh?”
Lu Yuanzheng hummed out this last word “hmm” in a nasal voice, expressing his displeasure plainly
Xu Man complained in an aggravated manner, “Lu Yuanzheng, you’ve got to stop! The more you talk, the less you speak!”
Lu Yuanzheng directly laughed, “Yo! You call that unreasonable? Then when you slandered me, did you think about what’s not reasonable? I’m still planning to ”
He grabbed Xu Man’s arm and dragged her into the bedroom, “Let you experience what it means to be imprisoned”
Anger to anger, Lu Yuanzheng also did not forget the proportion, the force of the hands are tightened, try not to scratch Xu Man pain
He couldn’t forget that she was still pregnant when she spoke without any consideration for his feelings
Xu Man sat on the edge of the bed, looking up at the edge of the writing desk, leaning on the edge of the writing desk, with a face of deep anger and interrogation like a criminal Lu Yuan Zheng, finally realized with hindsight that he was really angry
This realization made Xu Man involuntarily move back
It was the first time he had seen an angry Lu Yuanzheng, and frankly speaking, he was more fresh than scared
Perhaps subconsciously, she felt that even if Lu Yuanzheng was angry, he wouldn’t really hurt her
Lu Yuanzheng made a short “heh” sound, a face of ridicule, the meaning is very clear: Yo! The meaning is clear: “Yo, you know you’re scared, too!
Xu Wen touched her slightly convex abdomen, suddenly had a bottom, more or less emboldened meaning, pitifully looked at Lu Yuanzheng: “I was not to fool Caster?”
“Why do you want to fool him? What’s so good about him that you need to fool him? What? Do you really intend to fulfill your ‘agreement’ with him?”
The word “pact” sounded like a bit of gnashing of teeth in Xu Man’s ears
“What pact? He’s inviting me to commit treason! Do you think I’ll go? I’m really just casually fooling him Yes, it’s highly likely that we’ll be at loggerheads with him from now on But it would not do us any good if he were to become enraged now, would it?”
“Then you say imprisonment, I’ll put up with it Promise him to divorce me? Hm? Promise? Is that something you can say? Or to another man who has designs on you? Xu Man, I’m not dead yet!”
“Then there’s no need to talk about divorce” Xu Man muttered in a small voice
“What did you say?” Lu Yuanzheng stood up straight and pressed a step closer, it was impossible not to clean her up
“If I tell you that I was just talking off the top of my head, the kind that didn’t cross my mind, would you believe me?”
Lu Yuanzheng’s response was another short heave
Xu asked, “”
It seemed that this time, Lu Yuanzheng was not only really angry but also very angry
But she really was just casually fooling Caster at the time
It really wasn’t in her head
If she had to say why, it was about the influence of Apple Face and the others being poor without bounds
When they weren’t talking about business, they were talking nonsense, and they dared to say anything
As the saying goes, the closer you are to them, the darker you are to them
She really just said it off the top of her head
Apparently, Lu Yuanzheng didn’t think so
Xu Wen had never seen this kind of Lu Yuanzheng before
He seemed to be the kind of person who was ready to go on the rampage at any time, but still had to be patient and restrained
It seemed that the consequences of sneaking into the Kaya were even more serious than before
“Don’t be angry!” Xu Wen moved back to the end of the bed, her two slender legs hanging over the edge of the bed, reaching out to hold the hem of Lu Yuanzheng’s seersucker shirt and shook it, taking the initiative to show her weakness and coax people, “If you’re like this, you’ll scare your daughter!”
Lu Yuanzheng gaze subconsciously to Xu asked flat belly fell, voice unconsciously short two points, tone is still not very good: “She does not scare me don’t know, but her father can still be me, our father and daughter can not say!”
Xu asked, “”
Oh, it turns out that the most angry thing is that she said the divorce line
“Who else can her father be if not you?” Xu Man backtracked and looked surprised, then watered down and complained, “Lu Yuanzheng, do you want to abandon us mother and daughter? Or do you think the baby in my belly isn’t yours?”
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Because he was too stunned, Lu Yuanzheng only had a dumbfounded look on his face
Liang Long reacted, not even knowing what else he could do to react
Eventually shaking his head, he couldn’t say whether he was angry or helpless, “Xu Man do you still have words you don’t dare to say now?”
Xu Man nodded, immediately bowing his head along the pole and admitting his mistake: “There is! I don’t dare to talk nonsense anymore Especially words like ‘divorce’ that hurt my feelings!”
“You still know about hurt feelings!” Lu Yuanzheng squinted at her
“I deeply realized my mistake as soon as the words left my mouth!” Xu Wen clasped her thumb and tail finger in her palm and raised the remaining three fingers above her temples, “I swear there won’t be a next time!”
Lu Yuanzheng looked at her fixedly without saying a word
Knowing that he wasn’t as angry as he was just now, Xu Wen loosened the hem of his clothes, retracted her legs, and sat on her knees at the end of the bed, reaching out to pull on his arms that were crossed over his chest, and said in a delicate voice, “Husband! You just forgive me this time, don’t be angry, okay? People say that a pregnancy is foolish for three years, you can’t be bothered with a fool”
I don’t know whether it was the word “husband” that poked Lu Yuanzheng in the heart, or her self-mocking “fool” that amused him
Anyway, Lu Yuanzheng let her pull his arm out and shook it
“Xu Wen!”
“In!”
“You should be glad you’re pregnant now! Otherwise you’ll see how I’ll clean you up today!” Lu Yuanzheng gritted his teeth
At the very least, he had to make her understand that the word “divorce” wasn’t something she could just say
It wasn’t that he didn’t know that she was talking nonsense to lie to Caster, it was one thing to know, but it was another thing to feel uncomfortable in his heart
“I’m sorry! I was wrong!”
The words were sincere
What else could Lu Yuanzheng do?
In the end, he could only warn that it would not happen again
Thinking about it and being a bit unwilling, he pinched Xu Man’s chin and kissed him fiercely
The kiss is a bit far-fetched, more like a nibble
The teeth touched Xu Man’s lips and tongue hurt, causing her to frown and try to hide
However, her chin was still in Lu Yuanzheng’s hands, so she couldn’t hide
At the end of the kiss, Xu Wen’s lips were too red, obviously a little swollen, and her eyes were glistening with tears
Lu Yuanzheng loosened his grip on her, turned his head sideways, and let out a low curse, the swelling and pain in a certain place made him not know whether he was punishing her or himself for a moment
Xu Man tearfully beamed and accused him, “Lu Yuanzheng, this is domestic violence!”
Lu Yuanzheng sniffed and looked down at her, licking his lips with his tongue as he roguishly said, “Then you sue me!”
Xu Wen: “”
The next day was Saturday, and Xu Man organized the girls who had just come to the island to go to Pengcheng together
The girls were new to the island, and some of them didn’t bring enough daily necessities
Some of the things Rainbow Island could provide, or Sister Li’s kiosk could buy them, but there were some that couldn’t be bought
Sister-in-law Li also tagged along
She always goes to the center island to buy goods, and there is nothing new, so she wants to go to Pengcheng to see if she can make up some fresh goods to give the soldiers a change
As usual, Lu Yuanzheng went with the Rainbow
Of course, he is not the only one with the ship today
If not for Shi Lei’s order to control the number of people going out, it is estimated that half of the battalion will have to take leave today
Now also came out more than thirty, far more than the number of girls
Sister Li’s elbow turned, leaning on the railing with a somewhat wan look Xu asked, “Sister-in-law, did you have a fight with Camp Lu?”
“No!” Xu Man yawned and shook her head, thinking, there’s nothing to quarrel with a dog man about
Sister-in-law Li raised an eyebrow, glancing in the direction of Lu Yuanzheng, then looking at Xu Man, still feeling that the two of them were a bit off, “Really didn’t quarrel?”
“I’m pregnant, he wouldn’t dare to argue with me even if I borrowed his three guts” Xu Wen glanced at Lu Yuanzheng and quickly retracted her gaze, not wanting to look at him
The dog man didn’t behave last night!
He hadn’t bullied her because she had said the wrong thing and was at a disadvantage
Apart from not going in to say hello to his daughter, he didn’t fall behind in what he should have done
“You have a cold?” Sister-in-law Li didn’t know what to make of it, and listening to Xu Man’s obviously somewhat muffled voice, she said with concern, “You can’t take medication indiscriminately when you’re pregnant! You need to take it easy Go back and drink more brown sugar and ginger water”
Xu Man nodded and thanked Mrs Li
She couldn’t say that she didn’t catch a cold, and that her voice was muffled because of this dog of a man, Lu Yuanzheng
Lu Yuanzheng stood not too far away from Xu Man and Mrs Li, enough for him to hear the conversation between the two, and touched the tip of his nose sheepishly
He rubbed the tip of his nose sheepishly and then turned his head to look at Xu Man
Xu Wen was glaring at him, and when she saw him looking at her, she mouthed at him: dog man!
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Lu Yuanzheng just stretched out his index and middle fingers together and hooked them towards Xu Man
Or rather, it was a gouging motion
Xu Wen instantly turned red and twisted her head, not wanting to see this dog man again
Arrived at Pengcheng dock
As usual, the cargo was unloaded first
With so many people helping, the goods were unloaded in a few minutes
Lu Yuanzheng instructed his soldiers to protect the safety of the girls and let them move freely
Sister Li didn’t want to be a light bulb and asked for the way to the wholesale market, so she left on her own
Originally, Lu Yuanzheng was uneasy and arranged for two people to follow her, but Sister Li refused
“What are the young men out for? What’s the point of accompanying me, an old lady? Don’t delay people’s marriage I’ll be fine”
Lu Yuanzheng was a step behind Xu Man, and he took the initiative to speak, “Throat still sore?”
Xu Man’s face, which had just gone down in heat, burned up again, and she gave him a blank look in a bad mood, “You try?”
Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips and honestly said, “I’m afraid I don’t have this chance!”
Exasperated, Xu Man strides forward, not wanting to pay attention to him
Xu Man didn’t report to her second brother’s place first this time, but went to the hospital first
She was twelve weeks along and wanted to check in
The doctor checked that the baby was healthy, and Xu Man breathed a sigh of relief
Lu Yuanzheng, who accompanied her, heard the baby’s heartbeat for the first time and felt the magic of life, excited to no end
Although the doctor repeatedly emphasized that the fetus was not fully developed and what they heard was only the fetal heart
Before leaving, the doctor even praised Lu, “Pregnant women like you are not rare In fact, more frequent checkups can prevent many accidents from happening Unfortunately, maternity checkups are not popular in our country Many mothers decide whether their babies are healthy or not based on the previous generation or their own birth experience
Some people have never had a checkup from the time they were pregnant to the time they gave birth As a result, many of the children born have problems”
Xu knew that some of these “problems” were very serious, such as Down’s syndrome babies, or late-pregnancy umbilical cord circumference
I’m not going to talk about Down’s syndrome
If the umbilical cord is not corrected in time, the baby may suffocate and die in the womb
Maternity tests are very common decades from now, and very few people really do them at this point in time
People think it’s a waste of money
These weren’t things that Xu Wen, a time and space outsider, could change, and she thanked the doctor, saying that she would always come to the maternity checkups on time in the future
When she left the hospital, she saw Lu Yuanzheng grinning and giggling
Xu Wen: “”
Just listening to a fetal heartbeat, is that so bad?
If your brothers knew how stupid you are, would they still dare to trust you with their lives?
When I arrived at Xu Wen’s store, it was still early and there were no customers
As usual, Xu Wen reconciled his sisters-in-law’s accounts with his second uncle’s He also told Xu Wen about the pregnancy
By the way, I told Mr and Mrs Xu Wen about the pregnancy
“Really?” Xu Wen stood in front of the table and sized Xu Man up, “Our parents always write to us asking if you’re pregnant, and I told them that you won’t get pregnant until you graduate from college!”
Xu Wen wondered, “Why haven’t mom and dad asked me?”
It wasn’t like she hadn’t written home before
“They were too embarrassed to ask you! They’re so feudalistic in their thinking, they think you should get married and have children once you’re married You don’t have any in-laws to push you, Lu Yuanzheng spoils you, and you’re still a student They can’t decide if they should rush you If they don’t! You’ve been married to Lu Yuanzheng for a year or two, so why not? You’re still a college student
No matter what, they always think about this matter, and they are too embarrassed to ask you, so they can only come to ask me”
Xu asked, “”
“Then do I still have to thank you?”
Xu Wen rolled his eyes, “I’ve covered for you for more than just this one, can you thank me?”
“That’s true Then I won’t thank you! Anyway, more debt is not a worry, more lice are not itchy”
Xu Wen: “”
Xu Wen turned his face toward Lu Yuanzheng and complained, “Control your daughter-in-law!”
Lu Yuanzheng sat like a grandfather, his arm resting on the back of the chair, sniffed “ah”, looked at Xu Man and then back to look at Xu Wen, “Second uncle brother, do you think I dare?”
Xu Wen: “”
I don’t dare is reasonable, just, don’t dare, you still face proud? Shame on you?
Xu Wen finished calculating the accounts and threw the ledger to Lu Yuanzheng, “It’s been over a month with a slight surplus on the books, it’s time to give everyone a share of the money You go and call second uncle here”
It doesn’t matter how much or how little the money is, it’s the money in hand that gives people motivation
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
He flipped through the ledger in passing, not quite able to read it, rubbing the tip of his nose and putting down the ledger obediently went to ask the second uncle
Xu Wen yawned, when will this drowsiness of hers get better
Sang Xiaoqing brought her a bowl of watermelon juice, saw Xu moping over this and comforted her: ”You’re already doing well! How good is it to sleep? Not throwing up doesn’t affect what you eat or drink When I was pregnant with Chunsheng, I threw up so much that the bitter bile would come out every day Whenever I ate, I threw up and didn’t eat for fear that the baby in my belly wouldn’t be nourished
The whole day like a fool, know that vomit still have to eat The idea is also simple ”
Recalling that time, Sang Xiaoqing smiled and shook her head, “I thought of eating a mouthful, spit half a mouthful, not still half a mouthful? Accumulation of less into more, a day down is not hungry children”
Xu asked, “”
Sang Xiaoqing pregnant at that time she also in the Xu family, is to have seen Sang Xiaoqing vomit to the tearing of the lungs
At that time, the Xu family is really poor, the best way to improve life is to give Sang Xiaoqing boiled two eggs
Xu asked to save tuition fees so that Zhu Meizhen to buy fruit for Sang Xiaoqing, Sang Xiaoqing embarrassed to ask
Zhu Meizhen bought meat
It’s not that Zhu Meizhen was greedy, it’s just that in the eyes of the people, meat was the best food they could afford
At that time, the heat, meat is not good to store
Zhu Meizhen bought half a catty of meat, cut into slices and marinated in soybean oil and salt to prevent the meat from quickly becoming tasteless
Every meal put a few slices of fried vegetables, to grandmother and Xu cut a slice of a person to relieve their hunger, and the rest of them to Sang Xiaoqing clip bowl
Sang Xiaoqing shook her head and sighed when she remembered those meals, “I didn’t dare to tell my mother that I didn’t want to eat meat at that time In fact, the smell of meat makes me sick At that time, I really wanted to eat some fruit, like watermelon and peaches
Once when I went to the commune with your brother, I saw a watermelon seller on the way there, and my mouth was watering
Your brother bought me a small piece” Sang Xiaoqing opened her hands and compared the size of a palm, “I still think that was the best watermelon I’ve ever eaten in my life In fact, your brother can’t pick, and he bought that piece of melon right where it wasn’t very sweet”
Xu Man didn’t know this, and couldn’t help but spit at Xu Wen, “My brother didn’t bother to buy you a whole one?”
Xu Wen opened his mouth and lowered his head without saying anything
Sang Xiaoqing was busy defending him, “How is it that he’s not willing to do so? At that time, the family was not yet separated, and our mother was in charge of all the money, but she did give me money to buy some good food when I went out But at that time, I was so focused on saving money to build a house that I didn’t want to give it up”
Xu Wen shook his head, “In the end, it’s me who’s incapable If our family made as much money as we do now, where would we be able to afford to buy a watermelon?”
“You can’t say that!” Sang Xiaoqing retorted, “People don’t have eyes before and after, who knows what will happen in the future? Did you know that you would marry Lu Yuanzheng? If you did, you wouldn’t have fought with others on the ground
If she hadn’t come to the island with Lu Yuanzheng, would she have known about the reform and opening up? Would she have known about the reform and opening up? Would she have known that the money from the Special Economic Zone was easier than earning labor credits in the production team?
If I had known that, I wouldn’t have built that house We owed so much to the famine, and we still haven’t paid back half of it But what a waste to leave a brand new house there? Just thinking about how much effort you and our father put into preparing the soil makes my heart ache Working day and night, you’ve lost a lot of weight”
This matter spoke to Xu Wen’s heart, he nodded and sighed: “Yes! People don’t have front and back eyes Otherwise really not build that house How nice to come here this year!”
Xu Man thought to himself, “You guys don’t have front and back eyes, but I am able to foresee!
At that moment, Xu Man hadn’t thought of bringing Xu Wen out, or else he would have tried to stop them from building the house
One could only say that foreseeing the future could not calculate what would happen next
She thought about it and comforted them, “If you build it, you build it! At the very least, it’s still living for half a year new isn’t it? Besides, even if we really don’t go back later, the big deal is that we won’t lose much if we sell it”
The Taoyuan Production Team has a lot of people and little land, and a lot of young people like Xu Wen can’t get a home base even though they’re eligible
Just the foundation that he and Xu Qiushi had bulldozed and matted themselves was worth a lot of money
Sang Xiaoqing’s eyes lit up as she sat down next to Xu Wen, “Your idea is quite good In my opinion, let’s sell the house when we get back in the New Year!”
Xu Wen frowned, “Don’t be ridiculous! If we sell it, where are we going to live back home?”
“You’re still planning to go back home? I have a feeling that our parents will be coming over after the New Year The whole family is here, so we’ll only go back for the holidays, so we’ll be able to squeeze in”
“Did our parents say they were coming?” Xu Wen interjected
Xu Wen shook his head, “Don’t listen to your sister-in-law Our parents didn’t say they were coming”
Sang Xiaoqing was unconvinced, “I’m not bullshitting! Our parents haven’t said anything about coming over because they don’t know that Xu Man is pregnant You should write back to them and tell them about this, and see if they want to come We’re here, and our parents are already concerned about us
Ask has no in-laws, and Lu Yuanzheng’s job doesn’t allow him to take care of anyone Who’s going to take care of her during her monthly period? Are you going to let her wash diapers and cook by herself?”
Xu Wen frowned, not retorting this time
He hadn’t considered what Sang Mood had said, Xu Wen had just said that she was pregnant, and Sang Xiaoqing had already been thinking about the monthly cycle how could he have thought about it so thoroughly?
He carefully thought about it, and felt that there was a high probability that it would be as Sang Xiaoqing said
Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen will bring Xu Che and Chunsheng here
Xu Che was in elementary school, and it would be fine in Pengcheng, as well as on Rainbow Island
Xu Wen pressed his tongue against his back teeth and thought for a moment, ”It’s not impossible to sell the house I see that your business is getting better and better It would be good to sell the house back home and come here to expand the storefront If mom and dad come, then our family will be able to see each other often”
Xu Wen nodded his head, “If they really come here, it’s pretty much the same whether they want the house or not But it’s not as simple as you two think Our roots are in the production team! Besides, we are gone, but big sister is still in the commune! What about her?”