The beloved wife of the reborn scholar

Chapter 375

Xiao San will be more happy then, marrying a daughter-in-law who has no money and no power, and when their family Lu Fu gets married in the future, marry a beautiful and rich daughter-in-law, so that they will be more powerful in fighting for the Lu family's property.

Xiaosan's calculation is pretty good, but he is not a fool.Good diamonds are not needed, but you have to be a broken stone, and a rotten stone that cannot be returned after being thrown away.

Ye Yong didn't care about these visitors, but he had already started to go to work.Sometimes I saw these people often, and after greeting them, I nodded and helped Zhuo Xuan go to the study.

He was still praising Lu Fu and Lu Yu vigorously just now, but the wind changed all of a sudden. They all said that Ye Yong is lucky to marry such a beautiful wife.He also said that Zhuo Xuan's bosom portrait should be a son.After all, in the wealthy family, many people are crazy about their son.

Xiaosan heard that it was a son, and said sourly: "It's not certain, maybe it's a daughter. But a daughter is good, she loves others."

Everyone pretended that they hadn't heard, and chatted with the people next to them.

Compare it with just now.This enthusiasm has also decreased a lot.Lu Yu held the handkerchief secretly, of course, these people are playing with the wind, and when they get the property of the Lu family, let's see if they will be like this.

In fact, Ye Yong really hopes to be a daughter, just like Shen Qingyun's family, beautiful, soft and sweet, but well-behaved.

Ye Yong helped Zhuo Xuan up to the study on the second floor, Zhuo Xuan complained softly, "Don't help me, I can walk alone."

It's fine at home, there are so many people downstairs, how embarrassing to be seen by them.

Is Ye Yong the kind of person who cares about other people's opinions?Of course I don't care.She still supported Zhuo Xuan in her own way.Zhuo Xuan wanted to pull out her hand in embarrassment, but Ye Yong refused.The young couple laughed and went up to the second floor and disappeared from everyone's sight.

After what happened just now, everyone can see clearly that the relationship between the two of them is not what everyone guessed just now.The relationship between the two is good.

But there is also jealousy.Thinking that both of them are still young, who will know what will happen in the future.

"咚咚咚" knocked on the door a few times, Zhuo Xuan and Ye Yong entered after hearing the people inside shouting to come in.

Mr. Lu in the study was very happy to see them coming.I asked how the baby wanted it, checked it, and if it was all right.Hearing that everything was normal, the old man laughed.

Then he talked to Ye Yong about some work matters, and asked him to handle things in a smooth manner, and don't make any mistakes.Zhuo Xuan didn't know the situation, but Ye Yong knew, and looked at the old man with a half-smile, but didn't speak anyway.

Mr. Lu is also very troubled by this matter.At the beginning, a person who had a good relationship with Grandma Lu came to her and said that she wanted her to help with something.It is said that a granddaughter of her family was fired by Ye Yong.

The captives in Ye Yong's unit are treated well, and her uncle is a member of the board of directors, and the people below see that, for her uncle's sake, they will not give her face if they say anything.

After being fired by Ye Yong, the benefits of the small unit were not good, and she herself despised it.But in large units, all of them graduated from prestigious universities.She is so arrogant that she won't take her seriously at all. She has done something wrong and said it in front of everyone.This is also a regular thing.She wanted to go back to Ye Yong's unit, but with Ye Yong as a great god sitting in charge, her uncle didn't speak at all.

No, only Ye Yong is a descendant of the Lu family, so he came to ask for guidance from the Lu family.Grandma Lu's head became hot, and she agreed without even thinking about it.After agreeing, I realized that Ye Yong was not something he could talk to.It's hard to convince him.

I also know that I have done a lot of stupid things during this period, so I asked Mr. Lu to intercede.After all, Mr. Lu has always been in favor of Ye Yong.Ye Yong acted as if he didn't know anything, and he would answer whatever the old man said.As long as he doesn't find out what it is, he won't say it.

In the end, the old man found out that his grandson had grown up and was out of his control.That's all, this matter is someone else's business, and he doesn't want to take care of it anymore.

The bored Zhuo Xuan was stroking the little baby and saying hello to him.

"Xuanxuan is pregnant with a boy. The boy is good. I can take over the family business in the future." The old man said self-consciously.Judging by the tone, it seems that being a girl is a sin.

Zhuo Xuan wanted to say that they didn't check it at all, and didn't know if it was a boy or a girl.

"Girl, Xuanxuan is pregnant with a girl." Ye Yong said firmly.Be it a boy or a girl, as long as he likes it.As for you, you better take care of your grandson, he has had a lot of fun during this time.

However, these things have nothing to do with him at all. He is not going to say that he is waiting for something to happen.

Seeing Ye Yong's displeased look, old man Lu could only reply dryly: "The girl is also good, wait until the next child is here, and give birth to a son."

Zhuo Xuan's eyes widened. Do you mean that if you don't have a boy, you will let me have a baby forever?

"Grandma said, one child is enough." Ye Yong looked at Zhuo Xuan and smiled slightly.

The old man carefully looked at Ye Yong's face, trying to see from his face whether the words were true.But it failed, Ye Yong has always had that face.Except for a little change towards Zhuo Xuan and grandma and grandpa, the other faces are the same, so I can't control him at all.

Once again, he realized that Ye Yong was out of his control.He has nothing to do with himself, so he can do whatever he wants.

He waved his hand to let the two of them go out, and he seemed to be quiet for a while.

Ye Yong and the two didn't stay any longer, they left the study room.

After Ye Yong left, Grandma Lu went into the study. "Have you told Xiaoyong? It's old man Luo's business."

The old man rubbed his brows, and said very tiredly: "From now on, you'd better not meddle in matters concerning Xiaoyong, he is not like Lu Fu."

What's the difference, aren't they all his grandsons?Can't you talk about this thing?

Mr. Lu also hated it in his heart. It was all a good thing that Lu Huaxin drove out. If there was no such thing as before, it would be great.

Ye Yong is out of his control, even if it makes him happy or sad.

The happy thing is that Ye Yong has the arrogance and ability to fight against him. The sad thing, this person who is uneasy about playing cards, if he handed over the Lu family to him, what will happen to the Lu family, I have no idea. Maybe it will be carried forward, or maybe it will be torn apart by Ye Yong.This is the last thing I want to see.

The old man was restless, and Grandma Lu didn't dare to say a few more words, so she had to leave the study.

I wanted to talk to Ye Yong on the phone, but I wasn't sure enough to convince him.I can only put this aside for the time being.

Zhuo Xuan and the others went back, and grandma took a good look at Zhuo Xuan, seeing that she had returned with a full beard, which made her heave a sigh of relief.This made Zhuo Xuan feel funny.The Lu family is not a wolf den, so nothing will happen.

During the Chinese New Year, all the little friends came back and asked Ye Yong to go out to play. Now that Ye Yong has a wife and children, of course he wants to accompany them when he is free.

After the friends went out to play for a day or two, they came to the villa together to play mahjong with the couple.I heard that the couple received a lot of red envelopes this year.They came for red envelopes.

Zhuo Xuan proudly took out all the red and white, and wanted to play mahjong with them.Earn milk powder money for the baby.

After learning that Zhuo Xuan was pregnant, Jiang Wan said that she wanted to be the child's godmother, not an aunt.The godmother is more kind.Wen Qixuan wanted to be a godfather, but was rejected.I want to be the baby's godfather, ha ha.Let's get Jiang Wan done first.

Hearing that there is going to be a game of cards, Jiang Wan's interest is also quite high, he wants to win toy money for the little baby.

Just do what you say, and there is a ready-made mahjong room at home.Soon two tables were filled.Zhuo Xuan is the kind of person who plays mahjong on a rampage, playing cards is not counted as cards.He wanted Ye Yong to be his military adviser, but they were dragged to another table.

Well, even if he loses, there is Ye Yong, if he can't fight, it's just a tie.

With the idea of ​​being free, Zhuo Xuan has no worries at all, and she is gearing up to show off her skills.

At Zhuo Xuan's table are Jiang Wan, Wen Qixuan and Zhu Shijie.It should be because Zhuo Xuan has just learned how to draw and play cards very slowly.

First, he wished Shijie and Wen Qixuan two wins, and in the third round, Zhuo Xuan bit his finger and said uncertainly, "Am I crazy?"

Behind her was Ye Yong, Ye Yong turned his head to help her take a look, and sure enough, he was stupid.Putting aside his own side, he smiled at the other three: "Tianhu, all of them."

All the cards fell down, and they were all the same. Could this be too lucky.

Everyone was busy counting money for Zhuo Xuan, and each of them gave it to the public.Zhuo Xuan smiled and put it away, this is several times more than what she lost just now.

The card game is still going on, and occasionally Zhuo Xuan will play tricks.

When eating at noon, Zhuo Xuan had already won a lot of money in her pocket, but she didn't know how much.Then Ye Yong also showed her a lot of money, "Win." The two of them added up, enough to buy a lot of milk powder for the baby.

Jiang Wan was dejected, and said to win diaper money for the baby, but the money hadn't been won yet, and she lost her pocket money until only ten yuan was left.Why is she so lucky?

The purse was bleeding profusely. Everyone looked at Wen Qixuan who had suggested the idea. They didn't come to win money, but to give money to the couple.

After lunch, the enthusiastic Zhuo Xuan asked if they were still coming.

Ye Yong hung up her nose in disapproval. "You should go to bed, you can't play any more."

This is another big wave of dog food, which was forcefully fed into the mouth.Dog food is not good.

Well, it's time to go to bed, she yawned delicately, Zhuo Xuan talked to them a few words, and then went back to her room to take a nap.

Jiang Wan also wants to take a nap, but last night was almost there, and she didn't go to bed until five o'clock, so she would be very sleepy.I found a guest room and left them to catch up on sleep.

Ye Yong took his friends to his study.There are two study rooms in the villa, one for grandpa and one for Ye Yong.In front of the desk, Ye Yong played with the piggy bank of HollyKitty cat that Zhuo Xuan bought, and asked him to put one dollar a day as her pocket money.

"Let's talk, is there any new progress?" Kitty bought the coins inside and rang a few times, Ye Yong said unintentionally.

"There is really progress. I heard that his eyes are almost red. Should we do something?" Zhu Shijie said excitedly.He just looked down on Lu Fu like that.

Ye Yong took out a coin from the drawer, and said coldly: "No need, we have nothing to do with him, we just pretend we don't know anything." Doesn't he like his good son?Then let him see what his son has done.

If you don’t know, you don’t know. Anyway, they didn’t let him gamble, and it has nothing to do with us.

Ye Yong shook the coins in the piggy bank, a lot of money has been put in, and it will be full after a while, but Xuanxuan should be very happy.Talked to them about some more things, Zhu Shijie and the others have started to manage their foreskin company now, and they have been on the track a lot. From a company with less than ten people before, it has now grown to more than 30 people. It seems that the development is very rapid. , After discussing it, we will stabilize it this year, don't develop too fast, the foundation is weak, and accidents are easy to happen.Everyone has the same idea and no opinion.

After talking about the serious business, everyone discussed Zhuo Xuan's baby.To be honest, they never thought that one of them would get married and have children so quickly. They all thought that like Shen Qingyun, they would not get married until 26 at the earliest, or they would not think about these things until they were 30 years old.

After waiting for a few months, someone called me uncle, and everyone thought it was incredible.

"When Xiaoyong's son grows up, he can take our children to fight." It's fun to think about a little radish leading a few smaller radishes to do evil everywhere.

Ye Yong glared at him unhappily: "Why is it a son, not a daughter?" He really wanted a daughter, and Zhuo Xuan would be even better.

Daughter, everyone immediately thought of the little girl from Shen Qingyun's family, she is really beautiful.It's not bad to be a daughter.

Especially Wen Qixuan, he also thinks sons are better than daughters, and I heard that daughters are a caring little padded jacket.It's even better to be like Wanwan.Wen Qixuan thought to himself.

"What are you talking about? Grandma told you to go down and eat some fruit." After a knock on the door, Zhuo Xuan poked her head out and said.

The first one to come out was Ye Yong, who took her hand and threw a group of friends into the study.

"Did you sleep well just now? Why did you wake up so early? Do you want me to lie down with you for a while..." Lu Fu's face was completely different from what he said just now, he put away his cold look and became gentle and gentle of.

When the friends heard Ye Yong speak like this, the words "wife slave|" flashed in their hearts.

The old people like the excitement at home. After the little friends went downstairs, they talked around grandma and grandpa one by one, and occasionally exchanged a few words. It was much more lively than before, and grandma and grandpa were also very happy.

After the New Year's day, Zhuo's mother said that she had something to do at home and she had to go back for a few days, and she would be back in a few days, and asked her grandma to take care of Zhuo Xuan.

"Xuanxuan is my granddaughter-in-law. If there is anything to help take care of, this is what I should do." Grandma patted Zhuo's mother's hand and said.

Although grandma said so, but Zhuo Xuan has been here for more than seven months, Zhuo's mother is still not at ease, but something happened there, she must be let back.

The original plan was to come back in three days, but things over there were still not settled, and the time was extended to a week. Zhuo's mother would call Ye Yong every day to ask about Zhuo Xuan's affairs.

This day is the beginning of the school term, Zhuo Xuan and the others still have to go to the school to report. At this time, there are many units coming to the school to apply for the job. Zhuo Xuan and the tutor in the class informed everyone that they need the school to come.

Zhuo Xuan wanted to go alone, but no one in the family agreed, and she didn't even look at how big her belly was. She was about to give birth in two months. Thinking of her going out alone, she must be no one agrees,
"I'm fine anyway, so let me go to school with Xuanxuan. Just pretend I'm going for a walk." Grandma thought for a while and said.

Going to school by myself, followed by an old man, I'm not used to thinking about it, Zhuo Xuan didn't want her grandma to follow her, she looked at Ye Yong with a begging look, can you follow me.

Squeezing her soft little hand, he said: "Grandma, let me go with Xuanxuan, I don't worry." Ye Yong watched Zhuo Xuan closely during this time, and came back early every day after get off work. It was shocking to think of her big belly.Thinking of her being outside alone, I felt uneasy.

Zhuo Xuan also nodded, let Ye Yong accompany her, so she doesn't have to bother her grandma anymore.

Come to think of it, it's not a child anymore.It's really a bit ugly to follow her to school by yourself.After thinking about it, grandma asked Ye Yong to accompany her.

In order for Zhuo Xuan to sleep longer, the two of them went back to the apartment after dinner.They have been living here in the villa since the Chinese New Year.The environment here is quiet and suitable for raising babies.

It's been a long time since I came back to the apartment, Zhuo Xuan couldn't wait to lie down on it when she got home, and Jiang Wan came out after hearing the voice.Enthusiastically pulled Zhuo Xuan and whispered.

During this period of time, Zhuo Xuan put all her thoughts on raising the fetus, and she only wanted to raise a chubby little baby in her heart.As for the others, I will talk about them later.

"Let me tell you, Gao Jining raped that Xueba little fresh meat, but she didn't admit it after eating it. Xueba has come to block her at the door of the classroom every day during this time." Jiang Wan laughed while talking , this is the biggest news of their department.Quite a few classmates watched this incident every day, and they were still betting on when Gao Ji Ning would stop hiding from the bully.

It's been a long time since I heard any gossip, and Zhuo Xuan excitedly wanted to ask about what happened next.

Ye Yong, who was sitting on the side, said coolly: "Prenatal education." He wanted a soft and soft girl, not a woman who was like a man, and he was spoiled by the education.

Zhuo Xuan stuck out her tongue, she was only focused on talking to Jiang Wan, and forgot about the little baby.This is really not something a baby can hear.After rubbing his stomach and apologizing to the little baby, he continued talking with Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan also noticed this time, and stopped talking about messy things.Carefully stroked Zhuo Xuan's belly, told the little baby that she was a godmother, and taught her how to call her by the way.

The two of them were talking about the baby, and they couldn't finish talking, and they looked like they wouldn't sleep tonight, and Zhuo Xuan's spirit was also very good.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Yong threw Jiang Wan out like a chicken, and it was time to sleep.

Jiang Wan made a grimace at the door, it's only nine o'clock, okay, I'm going to bed now, can you sleep so early?But I didn't have the courage to fight Ye Yong, so I had to accept my fate and go back to my room.

When I opened the door, I found an unexpected visitor at home: "What are you doing here, you are not welcome here." Jiang Wan said angrily.

Wen Qixuan untied his tie, and slowly approached him, "I'm not coming, are you going to find that little boy?" He hugged Jiang Wan forcefully, spraying warm breath on her face.

"That's right, I'm going to find that little boy, what can you do?" Jiang Wan said with a stiff neck,

Yesterday, when I was shopping, I happened to meet a classmate. The two chatted a few words, and then classmate Wen saw her. The man became jealous and took her away. Ji, who hadn't come yet, said goodbye to her classmate, and was stuffed into the car people left.

Jiang Wan was naturally very upset. She was right with Wen Qixuan yesterday. After waking up today, she went directly to the apartment without making a phone call.

Wen Qixuan also wanted to understand.After so many years, it's better to be careful and make amends, and walk to the bedroom with Jiang Wan on your shoulders. As for what to do when you go in, everyone understands.

Zhuo Xuan's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she really wants to cut off her beautiful long hair. It's very inconvenient to take a shower at night.Of course Ye Yong didn't agree to let her cut it off, so he took over the job of bathing and washing her hair.

Carefully helped her take a bath, hugged her on the bed, and covered her tightly with the quilt. "Sleep obediently, I'll push you secretly when I come out of the shower."

Zhuo Xuan nodded shyly, telling him to go quickly.The two are already husband and wife, but if Ye Yong helps her take a bath, she can't help being shy.

She didn't know whether she was shy or willing because of the steam just now, her face was flushed.She lovingly kissed him on the cheek before going to the bathroom.After Ye Yong cleaned up, Zhuo Xuan had already fallen asleep.

Turn on the air conditioner, and carefully pinch her legs. As the months get older, Zhuo Xuan gradually begins to suffer from cramps.At first she endured it all by herself, but one night she couldn't bear it any longer, she sat up and alarmed herself, only then did she realize that she had this problem.The next day I went to the hospital and asked the doctor what was going on. The doctor said that this is a normal reaction, and it would be beneficial to help the pregnant woman squeeze her legs at night.

From that night on, Ye Yong had a new job, and would help her massage every night, so that she would not feel so uncomfortable.

It was almost pinched, Ye Yong carefully put her feet in place, looking at the big belly full of veins, there was a little bit of terror.

A small foot popped out of her belly suddenly, Ye Yong smiled and kissed it: "Baby, call me daddy." He was jealous, Jiang Wan taught her to call her godmother just now.

The little foot disappeared from the area, and then a small fist appeared. Ye Yong tapped it with his fingertips. The baby thought he was playing with him, and a small fist appeared on the left.After playing with him for a while, Ye Yong said with a straight face: "Baby, it's time to go to bed."

The little baby was very obedient, after Ye Yong said it, he stopped being naughty, lying on the bed, hugging their mother and child, and then slowly closed his eyes.

After lingeringly getting up, Zhuo Xuan and Ye Yong went to school after having breakfast.As soon as I arrived at the school gate, I attracted many curious eyes.

After completing the formalities, Ye Yong took him into the classroom.Seeing Zhuo Xuan's appearance in the lively classroom, everyone became quiet.

"Xuanxuan, you're actually pregnant, when did it happen?" Xia Yuwei said in a very loud voice, it's all over now, all the book friends looked at him.

Supporting his waist, he sat down at a random place early, and complained, "Can't you keep your voice a little bit lower, everyone is watching."

Xia Yuwei complained in her heart, there is no one who doesn't look at you when you look like this.Concerned about Ye Yong's cold eyes, she dared not say these words. "It's been a few months, and I look like I'm about to give birth," said the woman, keeping her eyes on her stomach.

"It's almost eight months. The doctor said that the expected date of delivery is around May. When the baby is full moon, I will invite you to come here." Talking about the baby.Zhuo Xuan had a lot to say.

Xia Yuwei pretended to be heartbroken, "Then I'm going to bleed a lot, I'm a poor person who hasn't gone to work, can you make up your mind like this?"

"It's poor people like you who cheated, so I'll be in a good mood." Zhuo Xuan said with a smile on her face.

Before the two had spoken a few words, the instructor came over.The most important thing is the graduation thesis, remember to hand it in to her before the above time, don't forget it then, don't blame her for not reminding you.

After finishing the business, "It's not easy for us to be together, so I want to ask you if you are interested in going on a graduation trip together""

The responses below are different. Some students want to go, while others think it is unnecessary.Now they started discussing, those who want to go have to go farther, and some think that it is good to just stroll around the capital, why waste that time.The debate was very lively.

She has a ball in her pocket, even if she goes, it won't be her turn. Zhuo Xuan is not interested in this at all. What she thinks about now is about her thesis. When she was just pregnant with the baby, she thought of this matter. The general things have been sorted out, and there is only a little bit left.

In the end, there was no reason to discuss the graduation trip, and Zhuo Xuan felt that it was a waste of time, and she might as well have a good sleep at home.

Every day Zhuo Xuan would spare a little time to sort out her thesis. Zhuo's mother stayed at home for a month and returned to the capital.

After the sister-in-law helped manage the shop of Zhuo's mother, Grandma Zhuo came to the shop to make troubles a few times, saying that the old man had no one to support them, that they were not filial, and this time she went back to deal with how to support them.

According to the old man's idea, he wanted to follow Zhuo's father.The reason is very simple. Seeing that Zhuo's mother and Zhuo's father have not gone back in the capital, they wonder if they bought a house in the capital. They think that after following Zhuo's father, they will live in the capital, so that they can often watch his little one. Well, you can enjoy the blessing again.This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Zhuo's mother is of course unwilling. They are still living in other people's houses. Isn't it a joke to take them over?After dawdling for a week, Grandma Zhuo agreed that she would not live with them, but the monthly living expenses would not be two hundred, but two thousand.Promised her to be expensive, Zhuo's mother immediately retorted, don't be in a hurry, be careful of her messing around.

It was the last experience again, Grandma Zhuo didn't dare to be domineering anymore, and she said that she needed five hundred living expenses every month.

Five hundred is not particularly demanding, so Mother Zhuo reluctantly agreed.

This time when Zhuo's mother came back, she still brought her big and small bags.It's full of baby stuff.What small aprons, tiger shoes and tiger hats, all of them are not exquisite, they are all handmade.

"Your grandmother made these with her own hands, saying that every great-grandson of hers has clothes like this." Zhuo's mother put them out one by one, thinking that there was one thing she hadn't brought out: "By the way, this is what your grandmother gave you." I did." Wipe the forehead with one piece.There is a custom there that pregnant women after giving birth should wrap their foreheads with a towel.

"Thank you grandma, I like them all." Zhuo Xuan held a pair of tiger shoes, and the more she looked at them, the more she liked them.

Even grandma couldn't help but boast a few words, the stitches are very dense, and it's just a matter of heart.

As May entered, Zhuo Xuan's due date was getting closer and closer.Ye Yong's heart was also tuned up, and he slept lightly for a while at night, afraid that he would not know when Zhuo Xuan gave birth.

Seeing Ye Yong's face getting more and more haggard.Zhuo Xuan was also worried. One day half a month before the due date, she volunteered that she wanted to live in the hospital, so that everyone would not be in a hurry on the day of delivery.

Zhuo's mother didn't want to agree at first, but seeing Ye Yong's frightened look and loving her son-in-law, she could only agree.

It's good to go to the hospital in advance, some things can be packed slowly, don't worry.It's just that I have to trouble Zhuo's mother, and I have to run between the villa and the hospital frequently.

After Zhuo Xuan entered the hospital, Ye Yong was also relieved a lot, but all the work was also moved to the hospital.If there is anything to do, let Secretary Li be troubled and run a few more times.

He was often fed dog food for two days. Secretary Li touched his face. He looked almost eight years older than the general manager. He was about to have a child. Should he find a girlfriend too? No. Now he is a loner, otherwise his old mother will cry, make trouble, and hang himself.

After having this idea, he decided to go on a blind date when he was free to see if there was a suitable girl.

That night, Zhuo Xuan felt a little pain, but this happened two days ago, she thought it was going to happen, but it turned out to be a big oolong, she thought it was the same as that day, after taking a deep breath , wanting to suppress that pain.After a while, the pain disappeared, and Zhuo Xuan, who was going to continue to sleep, found that the pain started again. After several times in a row, Zhuo Xuan realized that something was wrong. This frequency was like what the doctor said, a sign of impending birth.

"Ziyuan, Ziyuan" Zhuo Xuan whispered.

Ye Yong immediately opened his eyes. "What's the matter. Is it about to give birth?"

Zhuo Xuan nodded, she was about to give birth.

Ye Yong ran out of the ward without even wearing shoes: "Doctor, doctor.""

(End of this chapter)