The military wife is pregnant and the tycoon, who has no heir, spoils her rotten.

Chapter 71 Daydream

Xia Zhi felt helpless. She hadn't expected that Lu Beiting, who was such a grown man, would still act like a child.

Seeing the unusual happiness on Lu Beiting's face after they came out, Xia Zhi suddenly felt that it wasn't so bad after all.

"Ahem, have you guys eaten yet, brothers?"

Xia Zhi looked at Li Weibing standing next to her with embarrassment. Li Weibing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her come out. "No, he called me over early this morning and lectured me all morning."

"Then come inside and sit down for a while, and have a chat."

Li Weibing nodded, pulled his coat tighter, and went inside. The morning wind was still quite cold.

After Li Weibing sat down, Lu Beiting picked up a coat and hugged it to his chest with obvious affection.

Li Weibing's lips twitched; there was no need to be so moved.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Over the years, he really hasn't seen Bei Ting's family buy him anything. Oh well, let him keep nagging.

After all, sometimes you don't even have the right to show off.

Thinking of this, Li Weibing's anger from early morning dissipated considerably.

"Beiting, I've come to tell you that Dad has already applied for your marriage certificate and Xiaxia's. All you need to do is go to town, take a picture, and stick it on the certificate."

Li Weibing realized that those rascals in the army and his father really liked Xia Zhi; he could even hear the neighbors praising her when he went to the toilet.

"Yes, I understand, brother."

Lu Beiting sat to the side, tending the fire and cooking rice, while the two chatted idly.

As soon as Xia Zhi entered the door, she saw this heartwarming scene. She had met Lu Beiting's family three times, and each time they had given her a cold shoulder. They were really not as friendly as outsiders.

Perhaps in their eyes, Lu Beiting was merely a tool to bring them glory and wealth.

"By the way, Lu Beiting, I ran into Li Baozhu again in town yesterday. I wonder if you still remember her."

Xia Zhi said as she cut the meat.

Lu Beiting frowned and thought for a while before remembering, "The woman who brought me food last morning?"

Xia Zhi nodded immediately upon hearing this, then picked up a small stool and squatted down next to him. "Yes, it's her. I saw her acting suspiciously, so I followed her. Then she was chatting with a man, and he said he was her distant cousin."

I found it a bit strange. Look at those big bosses in town, their shoes are always covered in dust, and the way they walk is odd; they're always secretly looking around.

Upon hearing this, Lu Beiting and Li Weibing's expressions immediately turned serious.

"Li Baozhu? Isn't that the woman Zhang Xiao next door kept saying brought them back that night? Ru Feng also felt something was off that day."

After saying that, Li Weibing stood up abruptly. "Beiting, Xia, I'll go tell my dad that we won't be eating for now."

Li Weibing hurriedly walked out.

Xia Zhi looked at Lu Beiting, who still had a sullen face, and reached out to pinch his cheek. He was expressionless again. The previous expression was more endearing.

"Why don't you go back to your dorm and stay for a few days?"

Xia Zhi was also a little worried; the fact that the enemy was in the dark while she was in the light could easily make people uneasy.

Lu Beiting held her hand. "It's alright, let's eat first. Are we going up the mountain again today?"

Xia Zhi shook her head, "I'm not going. I'm getting married in two days, and I'm not in the mood to go." Xia Zhi held Lu Beiting's hand, looking at his rough palms, which were covered in the wear and tear of spinning wheels, and couldn't help but reach out and touch them.

Lu Beiting watched as Xia Zhi touched the calluses on his palms, feeling an itch that stirred a similar itch in his heart.

Since Xia Zhi wasn't going up the mountain, Hao Liping got up very early, afraid that if she was late, Xia Zhi would take everything from the mountain.

This time, she also brought Gu Yunshen along, saying, "We'll just go for a morning, it won't interfere with your studies."

Hao Liping pulled Gu Yunshen, whose face was not very good. This man had been looking forward to the resumption of the college entrance examination for a long time and had never dared to relax. He had studied for so many years, what was a little longer?

“We can earn more by picking cabbages for a day than by selling them for a year. Yesterday, Xia Zhi made a thousand yuan just from that small basket and bag of cabbages.”

Gu Yun Shen looked at her in shock. "A thousand? Really? What kind of thing sells for that much?"

"It's ginseng, lingzhi, and some other herbs."

After Hao Liping finished speaking, Gu Yunshen stopped in his tracks.

Hao Liping looked at him impatiently, "What's wrong with you now? Don't you want to make a lot of money? If we pick these up for ten days or half a month, we'll be millionaires!"

Hao Liping became more and more excited as she spoke. A household with ten thousand yuan! She never became one in her previous life, even until her death.

Gu Yun Shen shook off her hand, a flash of disdain crossing his eyes. "Hao Liping, do you know the growing environment of Ganoderma lucidum? And that ginseng is just scraps picked from the mountains. Do you really think it's that easy to find?"

"What do you mean?" Hao Liping looked at him unhappily. If Xia Zhi could find someone, why couldn't she?

Xia Zhi can find a whole basket or a whole bag of things in a day, so finding one or two shouldn't be a problem for her, right?

Gu Yun took two deep breaths, then looked at her, "The better Ganoderma lucidum grows on cliffs, are you brave enough? Also, what if you run into that group of monkeys from last time?"

Hao Liping's face gradually paled. She only saw that Xia Zhi always came back with a full load of things, and even made a lot of money from them. She completely forgot that the deeper into the mountains, the more dangerous it was.

"But why can she?" Hao Liping shed a tear in frustration.

Seeing her cry, Gu Yunshen helplessly stepped forward to wipe away her tears, and hugged her to comfort her, saying, "Xia Zhi has no parents and her life is worthless, so naturally she is not afraid of death. How can we compare to her?"

When Gu Yunshen thought of that thousand yuan, he suddenly felt that he had broken the ice with Hao Liping a little too early. If he had waited any longer, that thousand yuan would have been theirs.

Hao Liping wiped away her tears. "That's true. Nobody cares about her worthless life anyway. If she dies, she dies. So, shall we go back?"

She looked up at Gu Yun Shen, feeling somewhat unwilling. She had been so excited about this matter last night that she couldn't sleep all night, and even dreamed that she was holding a thousand yuan in her hand, while Xia Zhi looked at her with envy.

"Well, since we're already here, let's try our luck."

The two walked up the mountain.

Meanwhile, in the military unit, everyone looked serious, and even Lu Beiting was summoned to Li Jianguo's office.

Xia Zhi escorted Lu Beiting to his destination. Seeing the serious atmosphere inside, she took the initiative to walk outside to avoid suspicion. However, she was stopped by Li Jianguo as soon as she reached the door.

"Xia, you don't need to go out. Come in and close the door. I also have something I want to ask you."

Xia Zhi could only nod, close the door, and stand beside Lu Beiting.

On the map hanging on the wall, a red line marked the area they were guarding. Xia Zhi was shocked when she saw it. It turned out that the line was much longer than she had imagined, and what she knew was only the tip of the iceberg.

(End of this chapter)