The mother in the east room put on her new cotton-padded jacket and walked out. "What's wrong? Tiantian has been back for a long time and even helped me check my cotton-padded jacket. You take a look too, is my cotton-padded jacket very suitable?"
Li Zhengguo understood Tiantian's hint and smiled at his mother. "Very suitable, very spirited."
"Right?" Mother Li beamed. "Tiantian said so too. By the way, where's the pork? Huh? Why are there so many people outside?"
Sister-in-law Niu walked up to the gate of the Li family's courtyard. "Aunt Li, Zhang Fangcao ran to the team office to tell Brother Zhengguo that Tian Jing was taken to the mountain by Lin Er Lai and Fang Qiuhong. She kindly went to tell Brother Zhengguo, didn't she tell you and Li Min?"
Li Min and Chen Suozhu walked out of the kitchen one after another. "Sister-in-law Niu, you believe what Zhang Fangcao says? She's a habitual liar, and has slandered my eldest sister-in-law many times. Haven't you learned your lesson yet?"
"After my eldest sister-in-law returned from your house, she was with my mother in the east room. She just spoke to me at the kitchen door. Such a living person, wouldn't we know if she went out? Big Brother, how can you believe that woman's words?"
Li Zhengguo held Tian Jing's hand. "I don't quite believe it, but I'm worried that you might be tricked into going up the mountain. After all, if she can say that about Tian Jing, she can say it about me. So, I came back first to check."
Tian Jing winked at Sister-in-law Niu. Sister-in-law Niu was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood. "Did Zhang Fangcao mistake someone? Come on, let's go up the mountain and take a look."
Tian Jing smiled.
Sister-in-law Niu immediately turned around. She had guessed Tian Jing's thoughts. What did this mean? It meant there was a show to watch.
Since Tian Jing entered the Kushan mountains and taught her her skills, she had never underestimated Tian Jing. This Zhang Fangcao was as stupid as a pig, provoking Tian Jing everywhere. She didn't know what excitement awaited them on the mountain.
The crowd left with Sister-in-law Niu.
Li Zhengguo gently held Tiantian's hand. "Is there a show?"
"Mmm, but I'm not going. If I go, I'll be bitten by a mad dog."
"Then you stay home obediently, and I'll go distribute the pork."
"Wait."
Tian Jing pulled him into the west room and handed him a small tea mug. "Take this to Li Jianguo and tell him to mix it with water and give it to Huang Sulang to drink."
Li Zhengguo saw a drop of green liquid in the tea mug and couldn't help but frown. "Tiantian, you, didn't I tell you not to expose it?"
"I'm worried that the fetus in Huang Sulang's belly won't be saved. We'll just be accumulating merit."
Tiantian was still too soft-hearted. "I'll dilute it with water directly now. Just this once."
"Mmm," Tian Jing grinned. "I'm targeting Zhang Fangcao on purpose. Sister-in-law Niu guessed that Zhang Fangcao wanted to destroy the child in Huang Sulang's belly, so I'll save it."
"So, after you came out of Sister-in-law Niu's house, you went up the mountain?"
"Yes, don't worry. I came back directly from the treetop, and it only took a dozen minutes."
Li Zhengguo lowered his head and kissed her lips hard, then took the small tea mug to dilute it with water in the kitchen and went out.
Tian Jing took out her yarn and started knitting. She still owed Li Zhengguo a pair of woolen pants.
As she knitted, she felt a dull ache in her stomach. She was stunned for a moment before remembering that it was probably this body's relatives arriving. It had been two months since she had taken over.
She found the sanitary pads she had prepared and went to the back of the house with her sanitary belt.
When she returned, her stomach hurt even more. She wanted to get into bed, but the kang was too cold.
She endured the pain and wanted to go to the kitchen to start a fire, just as Li Zhengguo returned.
"Brother Zheng, you go start the fire."
"What's wrong with you?" Li Zhengguo immediately saw that Tian Jing's complexion was not right.
Tian Jing didn't have the energy to hide it anymore, and this person had experienced the afterlife, so he would understand something.
"My relatives are here, and my stomach hurts. I want to get into bed."
"Wait a moment." Li Zhengguo quickly opened the cabinet, found a salt bag, and said, "I'll start the fire for you and stir-fry some salt for a hot compress."
He casually picked up a cloth bag and then walked out.
Tian Jing's heart was warmed. That small cloth bag had been in the cabinet for a long time. She had always wondered what it was for.
Li Zhengguo was very fast. When the kang was slightly warm, he came in with the cloth bag.
"Quick, get into bed and lie down. I'll apply it for you."
When the salt bag wrapped in old clothes was placed on her stomach, Tian Jing felt warmth from her stomach to her heart. "Thank you, Brother Zheng."
Li Zhengguo lowered his head and kissed her. "Sleep well, I'll add firewood."
"Mmm."
Her stomach no longer hurt, and she felt comfortable. Tian Jing didn't sleep, but leaned against the head of the kang and continued to knit woolen pants.
There were only about ten days left until the New Year, and she still had to knit a sweater for herself.
When Li Zhengguo came in and saw her, he domineeringly took the yarn from her hands. "Put your hands in the quilt."
"I'm in a hurry," Tiantian argued.
Li Zhengguo simply used a kiss to block her stubborn little mouth.
After the kiss ended, he threatened, "Are you going to sleep or not?"
"No, Sister-in-law Niu will definitely come to tell me the latest news."
Li Zhengguo turned and left the west room. Just as Tian Jing thought he was angry, he returned and directly closed the door and got onto the kang.
He forcibly pulled the disobedient person into his arms and gently patted her back. "Close your eyes, don't think about anything."
Step by step, she was forced, but Tian Jing didn't feel disgusted at all. She obediently closed her eyes. "When I wake up, ask Li Min to tell me the progress on the mountain."
"Mmm."
Tian Jing slept until the afternoon. When she woke up, her stomach was still warm.
She reached out and touched it. The salt bag was still hot. It must have been stir-fried again.
Her Brother Zheng was a super warm man.
"Awake?"
She looked up at Li Zhengguo, who was sitting on the edge of the kang. "Brother Zheng."
Li Zhengguo bent down and kissed her forehead. "Does your stomach still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore, it's very comfortable."
"Then get up. You can take care of yourself in the room, and I'll heat up some porridge for you."
A bowl of millet porridge and a pot of brown sugar water were brought in, along with a basin of warm water for washing hands.
Being treated like a child again, Tian Jing extended her hand for Li Zhengguo to wipe. She pointed at the bowl and pot and said with a smile, "After drinking this, I'll get bloated and have to run to the toilet."
"Didn't you say brown sugar water is better?"
"They can be mixed together."
"Brown sugar millet porridge?"
"Yes."
"Isn't this what they eat during confinement?"
"It's the same. But how do you know about confinement?"
Discussing menstrual issues didn't make him blush, but discussing this, Li Zhengguo blushed instead. "Tiantian, have you thought about it?"
"Thought about what?"
"The baby."
Tian Jing picked up the brown sugar water. The temperature from the tea mug was just right. A man like this, she should indulge him a bit, right?
She took a big sip of brown sugar water, then picked up the millet porridge, which was also at the right temperature.
She looked at the man who was nervously waiting for her answer and nodded. "I've thought about it. I want a boy, a girl, a boy."
He excitedly threw the towel in his hand aside, and Li Zhengguo squatted by the kang. "Tiantian?"
Tian Jing stared into his eyes. "Mmm, I want three babies."
As her words fell, Li Zhengguo's eyes instantly turned moist.
She reached out and gently wiped them away for him. "Brother Zheng, I want to be good to you too."
Li Zhengguo raised his hand and held hers. "Tiantian, thank you."
"So silly."
"You're the little silly one. Do you think having a boy or a girl is up to you?"
"Then let's have more. At least two boys."
Li Zhengguo rubbed her cold hands. "Eat quickly. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's our baby, yours and Tiantian's."