Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 203 Pregnant
Following the cleaned-up road, Bai Yang quickly caught up with the main group and returned to the village with everyone.

When someone asked about He Ningzhu, he explained, "She's just an ordinary college classmate. I'm not even sure where she's from. Anyway, she came to Shenzhen last month. As an outsider, life is bound to be tough, so when I suddenly saw a familiar face, I got a little too excited."

That makes perfect sense; anyone would probably react the same way.

No one teased Bai Yang about his ex-girlfriend anymore, since that girl couldn't compare to Dr. Xi. Besides, survival in the apocalypse was tough, and it wasn't unusual for a young girl to strike up a conversation with a handsome male classmate.

No one took this little incident to heart. After returning to the village, everyone went home, and after lunch, they carefully checked their respective fields.

Before the heavy snow, Yunxi Village also set up two greenhouses on land where no one was farming. However, since there were only two, each household only received one plot, and Professor Leng guided everyone on what to plant.

How much is one-tenth of a acre? Very little.

Households with women in charge were left to the women to manage, while the men, besides shoveling and clearing the snow, checked the fields for any unusual plants that had grown due to the snowfall.

Plants that can sprout from the soil at such low temperatures are definitely not ordinary. Although it is not yet clear what harm they may cause, they are certainly not suitable for growing in fields, so they must be removed immediately upon discovery.

Some of them grow not far from the wall of pothos. They basically don't need to be cleaned up. As soon as they sprout, the pothos vines will pull them up and throw them onto the cement road outside the wall. The movements are smooth and powerful.

Look, these are the pothos plants protecting them.

Despite their pride, no one dared to lean against the wall; they all kept their heads down and went about their business, behaving in a very obedient manner.

With nothing to do in the afternoon, Bai Yang watched his sister make fruit tea and thought he would put it in a thermos and send it to Xiao Shuang after it was ready.

In addition, he also wanted to ask his sister whether they should tell Xiaoshuang about He Ningzhu's matter.

Although he believed he was innocent and that nothing had happened between them, sometimes misunderstandings start from some inexplicable rumors.

Regardless of Xiaoshuang's personality, he was just afraid she would misunderstand.

"He Ningzhu?"

Bai Li was cutting peaches into small pieces with a knife when she heard Bai Yang's words and paused. She remembered that when she passed a service station on her way back, she had heard some girls mention Bai Yang. At that time, she had even glanced at the girl who was grouped up with her brother. Now, she had forgotten what the girl looked like.

I only vaguely remember that she seemed to be a pretty young girl.

His words are so fake that it's hard to like him.

At the time, she was thinking that when she met Bai Yang, she would ask him if he was really dating a girl like that at school.

But then I got busy and forgot about it.

She asked Bai Yang, "Are you sure there's absolutely nothing going on between you and this girl?"

"Definitely not!"

Bai Yang was wronged to death. He stretched out his right hand with five fingers spread, "In the four years of university, plus the half year of graduate school, I didn't speak to her more than this many times."

"You mean you were in the same class as her for both undergraduate and graduate studies?"

"We were in the same class during undergraduate studies, but not during graduate studies. A total of five students from our class were admitted to our university's graduate program: me, Dong Ziming, her, and two other boys. But only Ziming and I were in the same class; she and the other two boys were assigned to other classes."

Girls who study physics are definitely not stupid, and Bai Li believed that He Ningzhu was the same.

Not stupid, but might be love-struck.

Bai Li glanced at her younger brother's handsome face with red lips and white teeth, and clicked her tongue in disdain. This kid has the potential to be a troublemaker.

Every day, Jiang Minglang keeps him busy with running, training, or patrol duty. Before he got together with Xi Shuang, his second uncle couldn't stand him being idle and would drag him home to do chores. Only recently has he stopped bothering him, allowing him time to spend with his girlfriend.

And so, her face remained fair and tender, never getting tanned no matter how much sun she was exposed to, and never drying out no matter how much the wind blew on it.

So it's no wonder that He Ningzhu would fall for him.

Bai Li put the sliced ​​peaches into the measuring cup and said to Bai Yang, "It's nothing, just tell Xiao Shuang the truth. As for He Ningzhu, you don't need to avoid her if you run into her again, just greet her normally. I guess she didn't really want to bother you, otherwise she wouldn't have just said a few words to you this morning."

She glanced at her younger brother sideways and said, "The population of Pengcheng will only increase in the future. With your face and our family's reputation and status in Pengcheng, unless you stay in the village and never go out, it's hard to guarantee that no one will keep an eye on you. Today's incident with He Ningzhu can be considered a warning to you. Be more careful when you go out in the future, and don't be tricked without knowing it."

poplar:.
No, after his sister's analysis, why does he feel that the outside world is so dangerous?

Or should we just stay in the village from now on and not go out?

Bai Li scoffed coldly, "You think that's feasible?"

That certainly won't work.

Not to mention that he is at an age where he needs more training in all aspects, Jiang Minglang had long planned to cultivate him into a well-rounded talent like Du Qiyan.

Therefore, Jiang Minglang's next step is to send him out to work as Lao Du's assistant.

Bai Yang himself knew that he definitely couldn't stay idle. His brother-in-law was so cunning; how could he possibly let him stay peacefully in Baiguoyuan and do nothing?

After delivering the fruit tea to Xi Shuang, Bai Yang readily confessed that he had bumped into an ordinary college classmate that morning, and then looked at her intently and asked, "Xiao Shuang, let's get married."

Xi Shuang: ? ? ?
She didn't quite understand. They were talking about running into a college classmate, and suddenly the conversation jumped to marriage.

Is there any connection between these two?

She didn't rush to ask, but first took a sip of her sweet fruit tea before saying, "Are you being pressured to get married by your classmates?"

Although this sounded a bit strange, Xi Shuang couldn't think of any other connection between the two.

or--
"Your classmate got married? And she looks down on you for still being single?"

poplar:.
As one would expect, his girlfriend isn't the type to overthink things. Even if she did, there's always an equation with an equal sign in the equation.

He said helplessly, "It has nothing to do with my classmate. I just want to ask you, when can we get married?"

Xi Shuang knew the answer, and she replied seriously, "My brother said that a relationship should last at least a year."

That's it, they've only been dating for two months. Bai Yang stood up and said, "You're busy, I'm going to go chat with Brother Yu for a while."

After dinner, Bai Li went to the pet room as usual. Bai Xuanfeng was still squatting in her nest, and the two eggs under her were intact, showing no signs of hatching.

Judging by the time, it has been nesting for forty-five days, which is about twenty days longer than the normal incubation period. Judging by this, it still has a long way to go before it hatches.

It's probably because it's too cold that the incubation time is more than twice as long as before.

Bai Li yawned, planning to wash up and go straight to bed.

Two years into the apocalypse, she had long since adapted to the era without electronic products. Every day after dinner, she would go for a walk, then wash up and go to bed.

When it's cold, I don't go out. After eating, I wash up and go to bed. Before, I needed to read a book before bed to help me fall asleep. Now, although I still read a book, it's just a habit. I can't even finish reading a single page before I'm already snuggled under the covers and asleep.

Today, she just picked up the book, and before she even opened it, she started yawning repeatedly. With tears welling up in her eyes, she put the book down and quickly closed her eyes.

When Jiang Minglang returned at 8:30, Bai Li had already been asleep for almost two hours.

He stood by the bed, looking at his wife's peaceful sleeping face, and was surprised. It seemed that his wife had only slept for two and a half hours this afternoon, and it was only a few o'clock now, so why was she sleeping again?
Has my wife been sleeping too much lately?

He looked down and examined Bai Li's face more closely. Her skin was fair and smooth under the light, and her cheeks had a healthy rosy glow. Anyone who didn't know her would never guess from her appearance that she was over thirty years old and that her son was already ten.

Thinking of his son, Jiang Minglang's heart skipped a beat, even though he had already experienced it once.

He remembered that when his wife was pregnant with their son, she was often sleepy in the early stages, sleeping day and night as if she never got enough sleep. At that time, she also didn't have a good appetite and vomited for five whole months. While other pregnant women would gain weight, she actually lost almost ten pounds. She only managed to regain some of it in the last month before giving birth.

I've suffered a lot.

So since then, they have taken measures every time and prevented it very well, and have never been infected again.

But this time.
Remembering something, Jiang Minglang reached into the bedside table drawer, pulled out the box of condoms, and saw that they were indeed expired.

This was at the beginning of the apocalypse. They searched two pharmacies, or rather, they took everything from the pharmacies home.

By the way, everything, does that include a pregnancy test?
Jiang Minglang threw the expired condoms back into the drawer, got up and went downstairs. He searched through the storage room late at night and finally found a box of pregnancy tests.

However, it has expired.

Whether it works or not, let's try it first and see. I'll have Xi Shuang take my pulse again tomorrow.

The next morning, as soon as Bai Li woke up, she heard Jiang Minglang ask in her ear, "Wife, has your period not come this month?"

He remembered that it was around the 20th last month, but this time it's almost the end of the month, and he still hasn't seen her use a sanitary napkin.

Bai Li was stunned for a moment; she hadn't even thought of this if Jiang Minglang hadn't mentioned it.

It's not her fault. The main problem is that in the past two years, when her superpowers were advancing, she would sleep for many days at a time, which eventually led to endocrine disorders and made her inaccurate.

So when Jiang Minglang asked her, she didn't pay attention. She yawned, closed her eyes, and planned to continue sleeping. "It hasn't come yet, but it should be soon. My lower abdomen feels a little heavy."

"Would you like to take a test?"

"what?"

"Could she be pregnant?"

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Bai Li suddenly opened her eyes and turned to look at Jiang Minglang. His large hand touched her lower abdomen, and he said with great annoyance, "It's all my fault. I should have been more careful."

White lychee:
She turned to face him, not quite understanding why he was so certain, since she herself didn't feel anything.

But Jiang Minglang had a reasoned argument: "When you were pregnant with Qiqi, you were very sleepy. In the early stages before you could detect the pregnancy, you also said that your lower abdomen felt heavy, similar to when your period was coming. Think about it, isn't that very similar to your current state?"

Bai Li finally abandoned her nonchalant attitude, and her expression slowly became serious.

She recalled that she had indeed been sleeping a lot this week, which was completely different from menstrual irregularities.

Could it really be true?
Five minutes later, Bai Li came out of the bathroom with a pregnancy test that showed two lines. She handed it to Jiang Minglang with a sigh, saying, "Even though it's expired, it should still be somewhat accurate, right?"

After saying that, she sat down on the edge of the bed, lowered her head and touched her lower abdomen, her expression one of indescribable tenderness.

She wasn't opposed to having a second child; as a child, she envied others who had older or younger brothers and sisters. For a time, she treated Bai Wei like her own brother and was exceptionally kind to him, but later, after discovering he was unreliable, she beat him up and never called him "brother" again.

Then came Bai Hua, whom she had also treated like a younger sister. Bai Hua liked to follow her around, and for several years, the two were inseparable, sharing everything. But later, her aunt interfered, instructing Bai Hua to swindle things from her.

After taking her things, Bai Hua treated her even better out of guilt, but it was still somewhat artificial and not entirely pure anymore. So, the two gradually drifted apart, and their relationship slowly became quite distant.

It wasn't until her second aunt gave birth to Bai Yang that she truly felt like an older sister.

So she had always wanted to have another child, so that Qiqi would have siblings and wouldn't be too lonely.

Her original plan was to have a second child after Qiqi started elementary school. She had already told her grandparents that the elderly couple would come to Suzhou for a few years to help her out.

But plans can't keep up with changes; who could have imagined the end of the world would come?
"Let's not say anything yet. We'll tell everyone after Xi Shuang has taken your pulse and confirmed it."

Bai Li nodded. Looking at Jiang Minglang's furrowed brows, she reached out to smooth them out and said, "Don't worry too much. I've already given birth to one, so I'll definitely have experience with another one. Besides, there's Xiaoshuang and Xiamin. We still have almost a year. Let them study and research properly, and they might be more than capable of helping me deliver the baby."

Especially Xia Min, who studied obstetrics and gynecology. Although she didn't graduate and didn't have much internship experience, she still had a thorough grasp of the basic knowledge. If given more time for practical experience, Bai Li believed that she could definitely become a qualified obstetrician and gynecologist.

However, Jiang Minglang was not as optimistic as Bai Li. Giving birth was like stepping into the gates of hell, and he was not at ease entrusting his wife to two inexperienced medical students.

"Commander Ouyang has five military doctors with him. I'll ask them which one specializes in obstetrics and gynecology, and have Xia Min and Xi Shuang learn from them. Also, we need to set up an ultrasound room and delivery room here. As for the equipment, I'll bring it over from Pengcheng Second Hospital."

In that instant, Jiang Minglang thought of many things. In order for his wife to have a smooth delivery, he even considered building a hospital in Yunxi Village.

In fact, Commander Ouyang was also planning to restart the First People's Hospital, and was currently compiling statistics on how many of the survivors in Pengcheng were medical personnel from before the apocalypse.
good night!