Downstairs, Shen Yizhou took Bi Fuman and Shen Yilin to watch the New Year's Eve. Bi Laosan sat with them for a while and then went back to the room.
Xia Qingyuan was drowsily asleep when she was awakened by the sudden sound of firecrackers.
She rubbed her eyes and turned her head to look out the window.
I saw the sound of firecrackers ringing everywhere outside the window, and some people set off fireworks to light up the night sky.
It’s Chinese New Year.
While she was in a trance, she fell into a warm embrace behind her.
Shen Yizhou leaned into her ear and whispered: "Happy New Year."
Xia Qingyuan smiled and shrank into his arms: "Happy New Year."
Shen Yizhou said: "Tonight, Master and Fuman said that this is the first lively new year they have ever had. Let me say thank you."
When the men were watching the New Year's Eve downstairs, Bi Laosan sighed.
Xia Qingyuan smiled with crooked eyebrows: "I also thank you for giving me such a good home and being very kind to Master and the others."
Shen Yizhou pulled her closer into his arms: "I love you, so naturally I will be good to them."
Xia Qingyuan only felt that her heart was filled with sweetness.
She opened the quilt and covered Shen Yizhou in. She raised her head and pecked the corner of his lips: "I love you too."
A satisfied smile overflowed from Shen Yizhou's face: "Then, dear wife, do I have a reward?"
Xia Qingyuan couldn't predict what he was referring to, and said in a daze: "...What reward?"
Shen Yizhou lowered his head and chased her lips: "You."
Xia Qingyuan opened her lips slightly because of surprise, and was invaded by him.
She clenched the front of his clothes with both hands, looking forward to it but also a little nervous.
The two of them haven't been like this for two months.
Shen Yizhou's low laughter came from above: "Fool, you forgot to breathe."
Xia Qingyuan's cheeks turned slightly red: "No."
Shen Yizhou held her hand and held her fingers tightly: "Don't be afraid, I will be gentle."
Hearing this, Xia Qingyuan smiled inappropriately: "You still think it's our first time?"
Shen Yizhou: "..."
His big palm reached under the quilt and reached the hem of her clothes: "In this case, there is no need to go to such trouble."
Xia Qingyuan held his hand: "Then be careful."
Shen Yizhou pecked the corner of her lips: "Just leave it to me."
After saying that, he turned Xia Qingyuan around and let her lie on it.
A soft light overflowed from his eyes, like a slowly flowing river of stars: "This way you won't be afraid of being pressed."
Xia Qingyuan put her hands on his chest and looked away embarrassedly: "Stop saying such nonsense, hurry up."
Shen Yizhou pinched her waist: "Okay."
Xia Qingyuan: "Well..."
*
Originally, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the married daughter returned to her parents' home, but Shen Yizhou also held her down.
He said: "In two days, the test results will come out, and I will go back with you."
His original idea was that Xia Qingyuan stayed in Yuncheng and he went to Xinghua Village to handle the matter.
Xia Qingyuan rejected him: "This matter will definitely cause a stir. If you come forward, I'm afraid they will bite you, so I'd better go back.
It's your side, if work arrangements can't be made, I'll ask Fuman to accompany me back."
Xie Da was hospitalized on the night of New Year's Eve and has not woken up yet.
Xie Da's situation this time was much more serious than last time. Everyone said that they heard the quarrel between him and Xie Ziyi that night, and it was Xie Ziyi who made him angry.
Shen Yizhou said: "It's okay, it's not like I can't transfer the provincial department without it.
Besides, now that I have a holiday, I want to spend time with my wife."
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The two waited until the fourth day of the Lunar New Year when Chu Xingyu sent the inspection report.
Xia Qingyuan opened the yellow leather envelope and took a look. Her pupils shrank, her fingers clenched the paper tightly, and her face looked unhappy.
When Shen Yizhou saw this, he took the report.
Originally, she was still holding on to a sense of luck, but she didn't expect that, as Xia Qingyuan had guessed, Xia Sitong was not Xia Jingchen's biological child.
He reached out and held Xia Qingyuan's hand: "What are you going to do next?"
Xia Qingyuan said in a deep voice: "Ask your second brother's opinion first. If he wants to keep Sitong, we will use this report to negotiate with the Zhang family; if he doesn't want to, we will use this report to sever ties with the Zhang family. All relationships.”
Shen Yizhou nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let Xiao Chu make arrangements and we'll set off tomorrow."
Chu Xingyu didn't squint, looked at his nose and heart, and responded: "Yes."
Shen Yizhou also hugged her: "Don't worry too much, I believe the second brother will figure it out."
What Xia Qingyuan was most worried about was actually not Xia Jingchen, but Wang Ping.
Her mouth opened, but she still didn't say these words: "Well, I hope everything goes well."
*
Because they went back to do business, the two did not bring Lin Dongxiu and Shen Yilin back to Xishui Village.
Bi Laosan said: "You can just go back, I will keep an eye on you here."
The news that the two are returning has added some joy to the Xia family, which has been shrouded in gloom since Xia Jingchen's divorce.
Wang Ping didn't say anything, but she killed a chicken early in the morning, went to the fish farmer's house in the village and bought a big fish, and finally packed up Xia Qingyuan's former room with Gong Lianxin.
Gong Lianxin and Xia Jingyue looked at each other and smiled.
I hope that this time, Xia Qingyuan and Wang Ping can bury the hatchet.
When the two returned home, the house was noisy with neighbors sitting at home chatting.
When an aunt next door saw the two of them coming back, she smiled and said, "I heard your mother say yesterday that you were coming back today, so we'll come over and sit down."
Another mother-in-law also said: "Yes, your mother started preparing meals early this morning."
Xia Qingyuan had been riding in the car for almost two days and was feeling a little uncomfortable. Now she could still stand firm by clinging to Shen Yizhou.
She covered her belly, with a pale face, and forced a smile: "Auntie, happy New Year."
Shen Yizhou's attention was all on Xia Qingyuan. He briefly greeted everyone, giving people a gentle but not enthusiastic feeling.
Xia Youming noticed Xia Qingyuan's expression and hurriedly greeted the guests to have sweets and tea, and then motioned with his eyes to Shen Yizhou to help Xia Qingyuan go into the room to rest.
A large number of villagers who were waiting to chat with Shen Yizhou and his wife were a little stunned when they saw this.
Does this mean that once you become an official, you look down on the fellow villagers?
Xia Jingchen came to the rescue for the two of them and said, "Qingyuan is not feeling well. My brother-in-law will accompany her to have a rest."
Gong Lianxin also said: "Yes, I just saw Qingyuan's face, how white it is."
Wang Ping didn't notice Xia Qingyuan's state just now. She just thought that she didn't like that she invited so many people to her home.
She was dissatisfied, but she did not have an attack. She smiled and entertained the guests: "Tomorrow, I will take the couple to your home to sit down."
In rural areas, if more people come to a house during the Chinese New Year, it means that house is popular.
This Chinese New Year is meant to bring prosperity and drive away bad luck.
Xia Jingchen is the second divorced person in Xinghua Village after Wang Cuifen.
Although everyone knows about the bad things going on in the Zhang family, some people still gossip, which is very unpleasant.
Now she just wants to use the return of Xia Qingyuan and his wife to make the family lively and lively, and to let those who are waiting to see their family's jokes see that they have a son-in-law who is an official.
However, her daughter didn't buy it, which really embarrassed her.
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Xia Qingyuan lay on the bed and took another sip of the water brought by Gong Lianxin, finally feeling better.
Shen Yizhou wiped the water stains on her lips distressedly and said, "Is it better?"
Xia Qingyuan nodded: "Well, I feel more comfortable."
Shen Yizhou was worried that she would get motion sick. From the provincial capital to Diancheng, they took a train. From Diancheng to Xinghua Village, they were sent back by a car arranged there.
Even so, the bumpy and rugged mountain road and her pregnancy made her motion sickness much more severe than usual.
Now that she was lying on the bed, her stomach was no longer so turbulent.
She regained her composure and said to Shen Yizhou: "Please help me call my second brother in."