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Chapter 42 Everyone Gains Something
Zhang Qing poked his head out from under the covers and shook his head.

"I can't get up."

"Then I'll blow out the light."

Tian Hu asked.

Zhang Qing nodded.

"it is good."

Her voice was strained.

Tian Hu blew out the oil lamp, walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), took off his shoes and clothes, and got onto the kang.

He opened his blanket and lay down inside.

The kang (a heated brick bed) that was always occupied by only one person was suddenly occupied by another person today. Neither of the two people on the kang could sleep.

I can't sleep with my eyes closed, so I stare at the ceiling with my eyes open.

Zhang Qingyuan thought that Tian Hu was at least a man, and since he was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), she didn't need to say anything.

He should understand that she truly wants to spend her life with him.

However, Tian Hu didn't seem to understand.

She couldn't help but move, and slowly stretched her hand out from under the covers and into the blanket next to her.

"Comrade Zhang Qing!"

Tian Hu remained tense, able to sense even the slightest movement around him.

Tian Hu was quite shocked when Zhang Qing reached into his blanket.

Zhang Qing sensed the tension in the man's voice, and her tense heart suddenly relaxed.

She turned to face Tian Hu's direction.

"Comrade Tian Hu, do you not want to live with me, or do you not believe that I am truly committed to living with you?"

"No…"

Tian Hu quickly denied it, saying, "It's not that I don't want to live with you."

"Oh, so you've been thinking about it?"

Faced with this honest and simple man, Zhang Qing suddenly felt playful.

Tian Hu pursed his lips, unsure how to answer.

Zhang Qing tried hard to suppress her laughter and made sure she had something to say to him first.

"My initial reason for marrying you was to give my father a place to live so that I could take good care of him."

"But I'm not the kind of person who uses marriage as a pretext to take advantage of you without giving anything in return."

As she spoke, she put both her hands into Tian Hu's bed.

"I want to live a good life with you, take care of my dad together, build a family, and have children..."

Before she could finish saying the word "woman," her hand was grabbed.

The man also turned around.

"No regrets?"

Even at night, Zhang Qing could feel the other person's gaze fixed on him.

She had a premonition.

If she answered, something she had never experienced before would happen...

"Um…"

Zhang Qing gave a soft "Mmm," and said, "No regrets."

Tian Hu yanked off the blanket covering him and crawled into Zhang Qing's bed...

As the Lunar New Year approaches, snowflakes still fall frequently at night.

Around this time of year, a particularly large number of women become pregnant.

After all, in the dead of winter, people spend a lot of time in bed, so getting pregnant becomes a very natural thing.

In the past, Tian Hu's courtyard would be completely quiet at night, but now, in the middle of the night, the oil lamp was lit.

A man wearing a long coat and vest came out of the room to go to the kitchen to get hot water.

His face was beaming with a smile, and a satisfaction I'd never seen before.

…………

Lu Xiao left the day after he said he was going into the mountains for a few days.

He didn't come back that night either.

Nian Yunci and Qiao Guowen were a little puzzled, wondering where their son-in-law had gone.
I didn't hear him say he was going back to the army!

"Niannian, what's this about your son-in-law?"

"Mom, don't worry about him. He's busy with something, but he'll be back when he's done."

Because of Lu Xiao's special profession, Qiao Nian said this, and Nian Yunci assumed that Lu Xiao was busy with official business.

The couple didn't press the matter further.

Lu Xiao left home for three days.

He returned on the morning of the fourth day.

Qiao Nian is still sleeping.

Suddenly noticing someone standing by the kang (a heated brick bed), she opened her eyes in fright.

After recognizing who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you trying to scare someone to death?"

After saying that, she prepared to lie back down. Halfway down, she realized something was wrong—Lu Xiao was back.

Qiao Nian sat up again.

She reached out to pull Lu Xiao's arm.

"How about it?"

As soon as I opened my mouth, I smelled a bloody odor, along with the smell of beef.

Qiao Nian frowned and raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose. "Go wash up first."

"Ah."

Lu Xiao was also about to go wash up.

He had just entered the house, wanting to check on his wife before going inside, when she suddenly frightened him.

"I'm going to wash up, you can go back to sleep."

Lu Xiao spoke softly.

Qiao Nian pouted; she couldn't sleep.

I decided to get up.

It was still dark outside.

This was the earliest she had gotten up during this period.

Qiao Nian came out of the room, and Qiao Guowen, who had heard the commotion, also got up, put on his clothes, and prepared to cook for his son-in-law.

Qiao Nian yawned and went to wash up first.

When Lu Xiao returned after taking a shower, the noodles Qiao Guowen had cooked were ready.

Lu Xiao hadn't eaten properly for several days and was starving.

He thanked Qiao Guowen and then began to eat heartily.

Qiao Nian watched from the side, feeling a pang of sympathy.

She took out two oranges from her spatial storage; these were the ones Lu Xiao had brought back for her when he visited Professor Zhang in the county last time.

Her parents at home were reluctant to eat it, and Lu Xiao didn't touch a single bite either, leaving it all for her to eat alone.

She gave two oranges to her master, her parents each ate one, and she stored the rest in her spatial storage.

When I'm really craving something, I'll eat a slice.

At that moment, she peeled an orange, gave half to her father, and left the rest for Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao sipped his noodle soup.

"Nian Nian eats by herself."

"Leave me alone."

Qiao Nian has always been domineering towards Lu Xiao.

If you make him eat it, then he has to eat it.

If anyone dares to voice their opinion, the spoiled brat will get upset.

Lu Xiao laughed.

His wife feels sorry for him.

After finishing a large bowl of noodles and washing the dishes, he pulled his wife into the room.

The kang (heated brick bed) was warm, and he answered his wife's questions there.

Anyway, it's snowing now, and there's nothing else to do.

Qiao Nian told Qiao Guowen and then went back to her room with Lu Xiao.

Inside the room, Lu Xiao recounted in detail what he had gained over the past few days.

"I followed Tian Weiqiang, Tian Guangmao, and their poaching gang into the deep mountains..."

A poaching gang led by Tian Weiqiang was planning to pull off a big heist before the Chinese New Year. A group of them actually went into the mountains to hunt wild buffalo!
"Bison!"

Qiao Nian couldn't help but lick her lips. "No wonder I smelled beef on you."

She found herself craving meat, and the mere mention of it made her crave it.

Lu Xiao also noticed it.

He smiled and squeezed Qiao Nian's hand, noticing that his wife had indeed lost weight.

The dimples on the back of my hands have become shallower.

"So you're craving meat?"

I bought 20 jin of beef before, and only ate it for two meals.

I didn't dare to take it out to eat much.

Qiao Nian pouted, "Who doesn't crave meat?"

As she spoke, she sat down in Lu Xiao's lap, letting his hand touch her protruding belly, "Your two children are also telling me that they want to eat meat!"

Lu Xiao chuckled, leaned in, and kissed her on the cheek.

"Since my wife and kids are craving meat, it seems like I'm neglecting my duty as their husband and father if I don't do something about it, right?"

"Ok?"

The man seemed to be implying something.

Qiao Nian looked up at him.

The look in his eyes meant he needed to confess quickly and reveal what secrets he was hiding.

Lu Xiao smiled and hugged her, "Sleep with your husband for a while. When you wake up, your husband will go find you some meat to eat."

(End of this chapter)