Chapter 166
Lu Yuanzheng reclosed the clothes he had ripped open for Xu Man, lay down beside her, and hugged her from behind
The two of them, each with their own thoughts, were silent at the same time
After a long time, Lu Yuanzheng spoke first: “Ask”
“Uh-huh”
“I’m sorry”
“Hmm?” Xu Wen wanted to look back at Lu Yuanzheng, but he held her neck, unable to move
Lu Yuanzheng buried his face in her shoulder, his voice a bit muffled: “I heard from Dongsheng He said that in the late stages of pregnancy, you often don’t sleep in the middle of the night and sit on the swing in the yard ”
Xu Wen still couldn’t hold back from interrupting him, “How did Dongsheng know?” She obviously went out in the middle of the night
“He got up in the middle of the night to pee and saw a few times He also told me that your legs and feet swelled up to the point where you couldn’t fit into your shoes”
Xu Wen didn’t say anything
Being pregnant was really a very hard thing to do
The later you get, the more you realize that the early pregnancy reactions are really nothing
The comforting words that others would say, “It’ll be fine,” were often just the first half of the sentence
At the beginning of pregnancy, people will say, “It’ll be fine when you get over the vomiting”
It’s true that the average pregnant woman stops throwing up by about four months
Of course, some pregnant women continue to vomit until they give birth
However, there is a second part to this statement, which is that it gets worse after the sixth or seventh month
In the second half of the pregnancy, the comforting phrase is “It’ll be fine when you give birth”
The second half of the sentence is, “The monthly labor is more tiring than the pregnancy”
You’re on call 24 hours a day, cooped up in a two-room cabin, not allowed to go anywhere
At this point, people say, “It’ll be fine after the month”
The second part of the sentence should be, “It’s not as good as during the month”
Although there was no freedom during the month, the baby slept for most of the 24 hours of the day
But after the month, the baby spends more and more time awake, and needs more and more time with her
And there are all kinds of accidents
For example, intestinal cramps
The next thing you know, it’s “Just sit down later!” “I’ll walk later!” “I’ll be fine when I go to school!” “Just wait till you grow up!” “Just wait till you get married!” “Just wait to have kids!”
But from the day you become a mom-to-be, until the end of your life, there will always be a second half to that statement
When you can sit, you always want to go outside, and it’s tiring to hold you
When you can walk, you will be wobbling around, fearing that the baby will get hurt
When you go to school, you worry about your grades; when you grow up, you worry about finding a husband; when you find a husband, you worry about having a baby; and when you have a baby, you still have to bring it up
When the children have started their own families, I thought I would be relieved, but I still have to worry about how their small families are doing
Xu Wen, who has been a human being for two lifetimes, will inevitably have these worries
Lu Yuanzheng’s words ticked off all the grievances she had hidden during her pregnancy, and her nose soured Behind her, Lu Yuanzheng was still talking
“I’m sorry for not being by your side when you needed me”
“I’m sorry for making you suffer so much”
“I’m sorry but ask, I love you! Especially, especially love! I don’t know how to make up for the time I was absent, and I’ll try to be better to you in the future So, can you continue to love me too?”
Xu, who was being moved to tears, asked, “??”
“Huh?” Xu Man huffed, “When did I say I don’t love you?”
Lu Yuanzheng was silent for a while, and spoke very reluctantly, “You said that a man’s sex and love are separate But a woman’s sex and love are together If you let a man touch you, it must be because of love, and if you don’t let him touch you, it must be because you don’t love her”
She won’t even let him touch it today
Xu asked, “”
Why on earth did she say such misleading words in the first place? So much so that it caused such a big misunderstanding?
No wonder Lu Yuanzheng was so lost just now
Xu Wen thought that he had been holding it in for too long, not realizing that he thought she didn’t love him anymore
It was a bit of a crying shame for a while
Xu Wen shook her head and told Lu Yuanzheng about the concerns in her heart
Lu Yuanzheng let out a sigh of relief
It was good that it wasn’t because of a problem with feelings
He loosened his grip on Xu Man and let her come face to face with himself
“Trust me?”
Xu Wen looked at Lu Yuanzheng’s eyes
His eyes were dark and bright, and most of the time, they were just like his person, giving off a particularly determined feeling
At this moment, it was
Xu Man nodded without hesitation
Of course I believe him
Lu Yuanzheng came over the moment she nodded, his thin lips covering hers
The kiss was gentle, permeated with pity and love, not too fast, not too slow, delicately depicting her lips
Xu Man was strangely soothed, gradually relaxing
Lu Yuanzheng, however, was in no hurry to take the next step, his hand also following her waist socket backward, gently caressing back and forth along her spine
Until Xu Wen impatiently began to respond, the tip of his tongue opened her teeth and drove straight in
His hands also gradually moved down from her back, roaming around the danger zone
Xu Wen’s arms unconsciously clutched the corners of his coat, gently chanting shallow e
It wasn’t until the moment Lu Yuanzheng went in that Xu Man came back to his senses from the discomfort
It didn’t hurt as much as the legend said, but, having not done it for a long time, it was more or less uncomfortable for him
Lu Yuanzheng like the first time, give her time to let her slowly adapt
Xu Man didn’t wait to get used to it, Xiao Xiachu turned on the alarm clock mode again
Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man froze at the same time
Lu Yuanzheng let out a long sigh and let out a low curse
Why do people need to be fathers?
In the past, there was Dongsheng, and then there was Xiachu
Xu Man pushed him, “The daughter is crying”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t move, rather his body didn’t move, his long arm stretched out, tugging little Xiachu’s mattress to his heel, looked at it, and sighed in relief
It was just pee
With this position, he took a diaper that had been folded in advance and changed it for Xiachu, and pushed his daughter far to the side so as not to accidentally hurt her
When he looked down again, he saw Xu Man’s eyes closed in shame, biting his lip, both hands gripping the bed sheet in death
Lu Yuanzheng laughed muffledly and moved maliciously, “What’s wrong with you?”
Xu Wen opened her eyes and glared at him, but unfortunately, at this moment, her eyes with spring in them really didn’t have a deterrent effect
Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head once again
Luo Zemin withdrew his application to build a house and resubmitted his application to move into Rainbow Island
Because it is a manufacturer, the Rainbow Island side of the process went particularly fast, less than a month all done
The land was granted by Lu Yuanzheng, which is considered a suburb of Rainbow Island, a distance away from the residential area
Luo Zemin this factory does not exist sewage discharge, so arranged in the rainbow island slightly remote hinterland
It’s not very big, covering an area of about three thousand square feet
On top of that, the island only cared about the dividends, regardless of the construction, it was Luo Zemin himself who organized people to work on the island
Of course, Xu Man was responsible for transporting his workers
In order to stop taking advantage of Rainbow Island, Xu Wen took out ten thousand dollars to buy a passenger boat
Of course, she did not do the money-losing thing, in addition to temporarily give Luo Zemin as a “shuttle boat” back and forth to transport his workers, Xu asked this boat also carries passengers
Usually it’s a weekend trip to Pengcheng, but now it’s a round trip every day
And not only to Pengcheng, along the way will pass by two harbor cities, will stop
The downside is that it used to take only an hour to go directly to Pengcheng, but now with the stops, the whole journey takes two hours
Sister Li also applied for a contract to run a kiosk on Rainbow Island, and also opened a kiosk of the same type on Center Island
Now that Xu asked for a boat, it was much easier to go out and get goods
Busy time always passes especially fast
In the blink of an eye, it was the National Day
This year, Rainbow Island’s National Day was more lively than ever
In addition to the usual sympathy performances, there was also the opening ceremony of the printer production plant
The gongs and drums, lion dances, and rice-planting teams were all there
It didn’t matter if it was in the south or the north, it was a lively event
Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen were both invited by Luo Zemin to attend the ribbon cutting
“Boss Luo! I wish you a prosperous opening! Get rich more often” Xu Man clasped his fists and arched his hands towards Luo Zemin
Lu Yuanzheng followed suit, “Great luck!”
The corner of Luo Zemin’s mouth twitched, “You guys are the ones who have to wish me great fortune! I’m purely working for you two”
Lu Yuanzheng, at least, was representing the government, and was offering the land that was now priceless He’s offering this 70% as a donation to the country’s national defense cause, supporting the military
Xu asked this is the standard black sesame stuffed soup dumplings, smiling to death pit him
First she took up twenty percent of his company’s shares
Now she is also helping Lu Yuanzheng talk away 70% of his earnings
At noon that day, the two were like old friends who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, eating and chatting, their guard was low
Coupled with Xu Wen gave him the feeling has been very calm, but a cavity of patriotic heart, appreciate her, guard down again
She also talked about the Hong Kong businessmen and Pengcheng cooperation, he did not think much about it should be
At that time also particularly grateful to Xu asked, thinking worthy of being a friend, the developer only to take fifteen percent of the principal, to him to fight for thirty percent
Later, a inquire, the developer also did take fifteen percent, but the house development that is a one-time!
Equivalent to only this project to earn fifteen percent, and so on the next building may be able to earn fifty percent
But what about the cooperation with Rainbow Island?
It’s days! Long! Earth! Long! Day! Repeat! One! Day!
He really was the equivalent of working for Rainbow Island
Xu Wen wasn’t vain and said frankly, “I didn’t screw you over either! I only let you sign this part of the stereo printer But you can sign over the whole factory In fact the big part of your current money-making is the ordinary printers Isn’t it?”
It was because of this that Luo Zemin signed the final contract
It was pretty fair all in all
Luo Zemin rolled his eyes, “You’re just saying that I haven’t changed my fate of working for someone!”
Xu Wen giggled at his amusement
“Dad! Mom! There’s a grandpa here to see you guys”
Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng turned around at the same time, it was Dongsheng’s voice
“What grandpa?” Xu asked Dongsheng on the way home
Rainbow Island now allowed outsiders to come ashore
Nowadays, Rainbow Island was divided into multiple areas, like the area from the wooden house to the camping area belonged to the military zone, and ordinary people weren’t allowed to come in
So what kind of grandfather?
If it is even revitalized Dongsheng called uncle
Dongsheng jogged in front of him while leading the way, shaking his head and thinking for a while, “It looks a bit familiar, he seems to have come to our place”
Lu Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows, Dongsheng is still young, although it is said that children start to have memories at the age of three, there are not many things that he can really remember
Since he had an impression it proved that he had been to the island
There were only two groups of people who had come to the island who could still make Dongsheng call him grandpa
The team that came before to research new energy generation and Ma Liang who came last year to draw the design
The research team came too early, it was more than two years ago, Dongsheng should not remember, in all likelihood it was Ma Liang
Lu Yuanzheng said his own speculation
Xu asked, “”
“To come to a visitor properly makes you talk like a suspenseful speculative movie I thought it was someone else!”
But that someone else, Xu Man couldn’t make it up
When he arrived at the door, he realized that Lu Yuanzheng had guessed correctly, and it was indeed Ma Liang
This time it was a different assistant at his side
Lu Yuanzheng was busy inviting them in
Xu Wen poured cold drinks and hot drinks on the coffee table and pushed them to Ma Liang, letting him choose for himself
He sat next to Lu Yuanzheng on the low stool opposite the coffee table
Ma Liang chose hot tea
He liked these when he was older
“Ma Gong, what brings you here?” Lu Yuanzheng spoke first
“I’ve come to give you the good news”
Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man looked at each other and didn’t say anything
Ma Liang had come to announce his good news, it was just that one thing
Sure enough, in the next second, Ma Liang said, “Our new battleship will soon be officially launched into the sea!”
Although they had already guessed it, when they actually heard Ma Liang say these words, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen still couldn’t help but have their eyes light up
Lu Yuanzheng had always been introverted in his emotions, and his expression was not particularly obvious
On the contrary, Xu Man was close to clapping his hands like Dongsheng, his eyes shining brightly, full of joy, “Really? That’s great! Can I take a look?”
Ma Liang nodded, “I came just for this I think the one who should be invited the most is you You’re the biggest contributor to the new battleship”
In fact, he could have sent a telegram to the island to invite Xu Man, but only came in person to show his sincerity
“Comrade Ask, you’re really too good!” Ma Liang still couldn’t help but give Xu Man a thumbs up when he saw him
At that time, when he drew the diagram, he had already realized Xu Man’s greatness, but when he really came to the point where each part came from the drawing to reality, he was only more and more surprised by Xu Man’s memory
This credit Xu asked the collar of the heart, busy digressing, reverse praise Ma Liang: “Or you and your team is more powerful! It only took less than a year to build the ship!”
Ma Liang waved his hand, “This is not worth praising Other countries are already so far ahead of us, and it’s not easy for us to catch up with them, so we can’t afford to lose any more time”
Because they knew the significance of the Kaya’s drawings, all the relevant personnel were working overtime in the past year
The first ones to work overtime were of course Ma Liang and the others
The drawings were of the Kaya, so they couldn’t just build a Kaya as is
As the chief designer, Ma Liang, after getting the small Kaya model made to scale, repeatedly studied it and redrew the upgraded version of the design drawings
Ma Liang put down the teacup in his hand, and from his accompanying backpack, he took out an exquisite battleship model and placed it on the coffee table and pushed it to Xu Man
“This was made to scale A gift for you!”
This gift was a bit too expensive, and Xu Man raised his hand to wipe his hand on Lu Yuanzheng’s clothes
Lu Yuanzheng: “”
Even though he knew that Xu Man’s hands weren’t dirty, the meaning of this behavior itself was one of those “not very hurtful, but extremely insulting”
Xu Man noticed Lu Yuanzheng’s gaze and explained, “I was afraid of dirtying the model I wanted to wipe my hands on my own clothes, but I’m wearing a white dress and I’m afraid of getting dirty”
Lu Yuan Zheng: “”
I went to a ribbon cutting for an event today and wore clean clothes too
You might as well not explain
Xu Man didn’t care what he thought, lowered his head and focused on studying the model
Tian Tian has been dealing with Ma Liang and Yang Kai for so long, and is definitely familiar with this ship
Xu Man could tell the difference between this battleship and the Kaya at a glance
It was indeed more powerful, worthy of being an upgraded version
Xu Man loved it, tossing it around and studying it for a while before asking Ma Liang, “What’s the name of this ship?”
Without waiting for Ma Liang to answer, Lu Yuanzheng pointed to the side of the bow, “It’s written!”
“Yangtze River,” Xu Wen blinked, “Why is it called that?”
What does it have to do with the Yangtze River?
“The latter waves of the Yangtze River push the former waves forward” Ma Liang explained
Xu Man: “”
The front wave died on the beach?
Its front wave was of course the Kaya
Good name indeed
The only one who could go on the Changjiang could be Xu Man, and Lu Yuanzheng, as the only chief officer of Rainbow Island, couldn’t leave the island for too long
In that case, Xu Wen was a little less eager to go
She was bound to Little Xiachu, and the two of them had to move together
It was still difficult to buy diapers, and it was really inconvenient for her to go out by herself with Little Xiachu
Ma Liang said to Lu Yuanzheng, “It’s okay, you can go You don’t have to leave the island for too long, at most two or three days That should be within the allowed range”
“It’s not just a matter of time, it’s out of order”
Even as a soldier, he couldn’t visit the ship recklessly
Much less could he leave his post to watch the Yangtze go down for personal reasons
“Out of order” Ma Liang smiled and said, “Because you are in charge of picking up the Yangtze River ship to go home”