1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 286 What triggered this?

Qiu Shaofeng was about to take the foot-washing water back to the house when he saw his second sister-in-law standing at his door, about to knock: "Second sister-in-law, what's this?"

It's so late, everyone should get ready to rest.

Zhang Shanmei didn't expect her brother-in-law to come back so quickly, and said with a slightly embarrassed smile, "I just couldn't sleep, so I wanted to ask if you had any apricots left?"

Qiu Shaofeng was about to reply when the door was opened: "Second sister-in-law, it's all gone. There wasn't much of it to begin with, and I've been having morning sickness lately, so I've been craving flavorful things to calm my nausea. We finished it a few days ago."

Upon hearing that it was gone, Zhang Shanmei's face immediately fell: "If it's gone, then so be it."

After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the room where she lived.

Qiu Shaofeng's expression wasn't too good. His second sister-in-law was really interesting. She had only asked for it once before, and now she seemed to have gotten addicted to it.

Xia Qiu saw that he was still standing there in a daze: "Come in quickly."

Hearing his wife's words, he quickly went inside.

After putting down the foot bath water, he said, "If your second sister-in-law comes asking for things again in the future, just refuse her directly. You can't spoil her."

Xia Qiu laughed when she heard her husband's words: "Okay, I'll listen to you, but if we really do that, my second sister-in-law will definitely start making sarcastic remarks about us again."

"What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, Shao Chengyi is getting married in a few days, and the day for the family to separate will be soon. At that time, the two families will live their own lives, and who will care what she does?"

Xia Qiu thought about it and agreed: "Yeah."

Zhang Shanmei, who had returned to her room next door, saw Qiu Shaohu already lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) and inexplicably became angry: "You've worked all day, your feet are practically stinking. Hurry up and get some water to wash them. Aren't you afraid of suffocating your son with the stench?"

Qiu Shaohu glanced at her: "What's gotten into you that you're taking it out on me?"

Zhang Shanmei recalled that ever since Xia Qiu became pregnant, Qiu Shaofeng had been fetching the water for her to wash her feet every night.

As a fellow daughter-in-law of the Qiu family, she herself had never received that treatment, whether during her pregnancy with her son or now with her second child whom she was about to give birth to. Just thinking about it made her resentful. Perhaps because she was too angry, she suddenly felt her pants were wet, and at that moment, she felt a downward pressure in her stomach. She couldn't help but look at her belly.

Having already given birth once, she naturally knew what was going on. In her anxiety, she raised her voice: "Qiu Shaohu, I'm going into labor."

Qiu Shaohu was initially quite angry when he heard his wife raise her voice, but upon hearing what she said next, he suddenly sat up abruptly on the bed: "Is she going into labor?"

Zhang Shanmei couldn't care less about anything else at the moment: "Yes, my water broke."

Qiu Shaohu panicked and shouted into the yard, "Mom, Mom, Great-Grandma, my wife is about to give birth!"

The courtyard suddenly became lively.

Grandma Qiu had already gone to bed, but she quickly put on her clothes and got off the kang (a heated brick bed).

Even Xia Qiu, who had just washed her feet and was about to turn off the lights, was discharged from the hospital.

When Qiu's mother saw her come out, she said, "Shaofeng, take your wife back to the house."

He had just finished speaking when he seemed to realize it was inappropriate: "Let's forget it and take your wife to the farm's guesthouse for the night."

Xia Qiu was about to refuse when she heard Qiu's mother say, "Listen to me."

After saying that, he looked at his son and said, "Take Xia Qiu there quickly. Her pregnancy is not stable yet, and she can't take a fright."

Shao Feng and Shao Hu's rooms are right next to each other. She was afraid that the noise of her niece-in-law giving birth would frighten her daughter-in-law, so she had to spend the money. After all, the yard was only so big, and even if they moved to another room, they could still hear it.

Xia Qiu never expected her mother-in-law to be so considerate of her: "Mom, thank you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qiu Shaofeng packed his things and came out of the house: "Mom, I'll take Xia Qiu over now."

(End of this chapter)