The family leaves soon ended, so Jiang Rui and Zhao Nan should be returned to the army.

During this period, Jiang Rui had been transforming her body to prepare for the arrival of the child. She refused Zhao Nan’s night close for fear of interference.

Zhao Nan thought it was because the night when he went home was too aggressive, which frightened her, so he did not dare to have any objections. Every time he endured it and could not bear it, he ran to practice with the soldiers below. The soldiers were so miserable that they did not dare to say anything.

Zhang Dafa and several other company commanders secretly complained to Zheng Bin. So, Zheng Bin went to investigate what happened to Zhao Nan, wondering if he had a quarrel with Jiang Rui and if so, he would talk to his wife.

But how could Zhao Nan be able to say this unspeakable reason? He could not possibly tell Zheng Bin that he frightened his little wife, so she would not let him touch it, right?

Zheng Bin could not ask anything but became more curious. So, he asked Song Chunyan to go to Jiang Rui to investigate.

Compared to Zhao Nan’s silence, Jiang Rui spoke up. But her answer was even more confusing because she and Zhao Nan had no quarrel at all and they were still as good as before every day. They go out together in the morning, return home at night, take a walk together after dinner, and watch TV together at night. There is not even a word of quarrel and the model couple is like this.

It made Zheng Bin start to doubt that if Old Zhao was so restless, wouldn’t he want to sprout a second spring? If this is true, as a comrade-in-arms, does he want to cover for Old Zhao or does he want to wake him up?

Fortunately, he did not let him struggle for too long and things quickly turned around.

One night, Jiang Rui, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly opened her eyes, turned over, and sat on Zhao Nan’s waist which woke him up.

It was already early summer and their pajamas were thin. The warm touch of the skin touching each other through the thin fabric made Zhao Nan’s waking mind start to feel dizzy again.

He held Jiang Rui’s waist, trying to hug her off his body. But as soon as his hands touched her slender waist, it was as if a piece of iron was attracted by a magnet and he could not move anymore.

His body, which had been plain for a long time, reacted quickly. He tried his best to prevent Jiang Rui from noticing and took another breath before asking her, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Rui put her palm on his chest and said enthusiastically: “I’m ready, let’s have a baby!”

Zhao Nan was silent. He felt that he had endured it for too long, so had he hallucinations?

“Why don’t you talk?” Jiang Rui wondered, “Are you sleepy? Or are you too tired? My sister-in-law came to me two days ago and said that you have been training with recruits these days. Although exercise is good for the body, you can’t fight too hard. Those recruits are so young, while you have been a soldier for more than ten years, your energy will not be able to keep up.

Zhao Nan still did not speak, he just turned over and pressed Jiang Rui under him.

Whether it is an illusion or not, he can’t make his wife doubt his ability.

Throughout the summer, Jiang Rui was keen on giving birth to a baby.

Zhao Nan was both sweet and troubled. He always felt that sooner or later, under the temptation of his wife, he would do ridiculous things in broad daylight.

When autumn came, Jiang Rui finally had a little life in his stomach.

She wrote a letter home to tell her family the good news.

This year, the family has also changed a lot. In rural areas, the household contract responsibility system has begun to be comprehensively promoted and the land is contracted to each household. In the past, the whole commune worked together, no matter how much or how little they worked, the days were finally over.

The Du family also sent a letter, which was written by Zhang Xiaohua. The letter said that the family no longer raises rabbits. It is too tiring to dig rabbit grass and only earn a little. In the past two years, some people secretly set up small stalls on the street to do business and her natal brother was doing business. Now, the country has allowed individuals to do business, so she decided to set up a stall with her brother. It’s just that Wang Tonghua felt that it was too embarrassing for her daughter-in-law to do this and the two had quarreled several times.

After Jiang Rui saw it, she was not very surprised, because Zhang Xiaohua has always been a person with ideas.

She wrote a reply letter earnestly, expressing her support for Zhang Xiaohua, and put forward some small suggestions for her. She also wrote another letter to Du Youfu, asking him to help persuade Wang Tonghua.

When other people are pregnant, the first few months of nausea are severe, but Jiang Rui is fine.

On the contrary, Zhao Nan, after learning from Song Chunyan how much trouble a woman has to bear in giving birth, carefully surrounded her all day long. Even if Jiang Rui accidentally knocked her leg, he would be nervous for a long time.

And now there are more things in his itinerary – every day when he comes down from the camp, he will go to the garment factory to pick up Jiang Rui from work. On the way, he must buy some ribs and the like. When he comes back, he will put on an apron, roll up his sleeves, and cook the soup himself.

Outside, he was the iron-faced battalion commander who made the recruits’ legs weak. When he returned home, he became a family cook.

Fortunately, Jiang Rui is not an ordinary person. Otherwise, according to his feeding method, her body will be fattened out before her belly bulges.

Because she was pregnant, Zhao Nan did not go home to visit relatives this year.

On New Year’s Eve, the two sat in front of the TV and watched the Spring Festival Gala together.

Zhao Nan hugged her from behind the waist with one hand and put his palm on her protruding abdomen. Suddenly another child was crying outside the window, he listened for a while and said to Jiang Rui: “I don’t know if our child is a boy or a girl.”

“Boy.” Jiang Rui said.

Zhao Nan was curious: “Why are you so sure?”

Jiang Rui smiled with her fangs, “Would you like to make a bet with me?”

“Okay.” Zhao Nan nodded, following her wishes, “I bet on girl, you bet on boy.”

“Uncle is determined to lose.” Jiang Rui said with a smile. The baby is in her belly, no one knows better than her, she even saw his little chirp.

Zhao Nan lowered his head and rubbed her forehead, “Boys and girls are good.”

Now, the country encourages only one child. As a soldier, he should set an example. Therefore, some people have moved their minds and tried to find a boy. Zhao Nan really thinks that boys and girls are good, but…

“With children, you can’t call me Uncle anymore.” He said to Jiang Rui.

“Why?”

Zhao Nan said helplessly: “You call me Uncle, what should the child call me?”

“Um…” Jiang Rui thought about it seriously, suddenly bending her eyes, and smirking: “Call you uncle, father-in-law? Father-in-law?”

She deliberately tilted her head and called Zhao Nan several times. Before Zhao Nan had any reaction, she collapsed on the sofa laughing.

“Be careful of stomach pain.” Zhao Nan shook his head, helped her up, and leaned on him.

Jiang Rui laughed enough and whispered in his ear: “Then call it when the baby is not around. When I call you Uncle, Uncle obviously likes it very much, doesn’t it?”

The warm breath sprayed on the neck, Zhao Nan’s throat rolled, and he sighed silently.

He always has no way to deal with her.

*****

Translator’s Comment:

Why are there always yellow things in every chapter?

Ohh.. my pure mind! >.<

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