1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 1 Pregnant?

It was autumn in 1979.

At the entrance of Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater, a young woman with pigtails, fair skin, a tall figure, and outstanding temperament was about to go home after get off work when she was stopped by the gatekeeper.

"Comrade Xiaoli, please wait a moment, there is a letter for you."

"Okay, thank you sir."

Liu Xiaoli stopped in her tracks. A short while later, the old man returned with the letter and handed it to her. She looked down and saw that it was indeed her letter.

It was sent from Harbin.

This is a letter home.

Touching the thick family letters.

Since it wasn't convenient to open it now, Liu Xiaoli put the letter into the green canvas bag at her waist, thanked the gatekeeper again, and left.

……

"Teacher Chen, are you off work?"

"Yes, I'm off work now. See you next week, Teacher An."

"See you next week."

At the entrance of the French Department of Jiangcheng University, An Shaokang watched the figure riding past him on a bicycle, a hint of undisguised envy flashing in his eyes.

"Shao Kang, who is that person?" a young female teacher next to him asked.

"Chen Fusheng".

"Oh, he's that Ms. Chen from the Foreign Languages ​​Department, who just married a dancer last month!"

An Shaokang nodded with tears in his eyes. Actually, he had also taken a liking to that actress, but Chen Fusheng suddenly appeared out of nowhere and snatched her away for him.

If he could turn back time, he definitely wouldn't have dragged Chen Fusheng to the welcome party that day.

That way, they might not even have a chance to get to know each other...

But little did An Shaokang know that Chen Fusheng had known Liu Xiaoli in his previous life, and even knew not only Liu Xiaoli, but also her daughter.

Yes, Chen Fusheng is a time traveler; he comes from more than forty years in the future... or perhaps a parallel world.

In his previous life, he was a drifter in Hengdian World Studios, and he drifted there for twenty years.

Of course, the past is no longer important.

What matters is the present, the here and now, this lifetime.

In this life, Chen Fusheng was born in 57 and just celebrated his 23rd birthday last week.

He works as an English teaching assistant at Jiangcheng University. His parents are both professors at Jiangcheng University, and he has an older sister who is already married.

He transmigrated to this world on the day of the freshman welcome party in the first half of the year. He was still a little dazed when his predecessor's friend An Shaokang dragged him to the party. It was indeed that night that he met Liu Xiaoli, who was only 19 years old at the time.

What happened next was quite simple. A beautiful woman is sought after by a gentleman. He and Lao An pursued each other together, and he won her heart. They just got their marriage certificate last month on National Day.

To be honest, their marriage was a bit rushed. Chen Fusheng hadn't even met his father-in-law and mother-in-law yet, but there was nothing he could do. Girls these days are quite conservative, and they really wouldn't let anyone touch them if they weren't married!
Moreover, the crime of hooliganism has not yet been abolished, and Chen Fusheng is also afraid.

So we had to speed up the process. Luckily, it's still 1979, and all we need to do to get married is our work unit's approval. If we had waited another year... no, a few months, we would have needed our family's household registration book.

It's worth mentioning that after Chen Fusheng and Liu Xiaoli got married, they didn't live with his parents. The main reason was that his home was quite far from Liu Xiaoli's workplace, about seven or eight kilometers away. The secondary reason was that the couple wanted some private space.

Therefore, before getting married, Chen Fusheng had already bought a two-bedroom, one-living-room river-view apartment in the Linjiang residential area near the Jiangcheng Opera and Dance Theater as their marital home.

It cost several thousand yuan!

Of course, he didn't have that much savings; even including Liu Xiaoli's, it wasn't enough.

His parents paid the majority of the bill.

They only managed to scrape together a small amount.

Linjiang Residential Area is about five kilometers away from Jiangcheng University. There is a vegetable market in between, and Chen Fusheng would go in to buy some vegetables every now and then after get off work.

Actually, given Chen Fusheng's personality, he could buy a week's worth at once, but since he doesn't have a refrigerator at home yet, buying too much would cause it to rot and become stale, so it's best to buy only enough for one or two days at a time.

Chen Fusheng was quite lucky today. He ran into a father and son who came from the countryside to sell eels at the entrance of the vegetable market. Since they didn't need a ticket, he bought all the eels they were selling. Of course, it wasn't much, just eight eels, weighing a little over five pounds.

But this is good stuff, and he hasn't had any meat for a week, so his mouth is practically tasteless.

After leaving the market, Chen Fusheng didn't linger and rode his bicycle into the Linjiang residential area.

Because they lived nearby, Liu Xiaoli usually got home a little earlier than Chen Fusheng after get off work.

Today is no exception.

When she got back, she went into the kitchen and first washed the rice and cooked it.

Because there is only one stove in the house, after cooking rice, we also need to use the same stove to stir-fry vegetables.

Next, she quickly washed and dried the dirty clothes that Chen Fusheng and she had changed out of the night before, and hung them on the balcony. At the same time, she took in the clothes that had been washed and dried the day before yesterday.

After collecting the laundry, Liu Xiaoli noticed that her husband hadn't returned yet, so she opened the letter that had just arrived that day.

As she watched, her nose tingled, and tears streamed down her face.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Liu Xiaoli quickly wiped away her tears, then put down the letter and walked towards the door, asking as she approached, "Who is it?"

A voice came from outside the door: "Your man! Open the door, there's something good inside."

"What good stuff is it?" Liu Xiaoli asked, opening the door and immediately looking curiously into his hand.

"What is this?" She saw that the thing Chen Fusheng was carrying seemed to be moving, and she took two steps back in fright.

"Don't be afraid, it's an eel."

Chen Fusheng comforted her, then noticed the tear stains on his wife's face and quickly asked with concern, "Wife, why are you crying?"

Liu Xiaoli looked at him with a hint of grievance, then, seeing him open his arms, she threw herself into his embrace and said, "My parents wrote again..."

What did Mom and Dad say in the letter?

"I said I'd take good care of you when you go to Harbin."

"Hiss, would I still dare to go?"

"If you don't go, they'll come to Jiangcheng and break your legs."

"Damn, did you have to be so fierce? Honey, you're just trying to scare me, aren't you?"

Liu Xiaoli raised her head, revealing a cunning look.

She did make some artistic embellishments, but her parents' letter did urge them to go back as soon as possible.

Chen Fusheng lowered his head and kissed her red lips, then said seriously, "I'll go back with you as soon as school is out for break, and my parents will come too."

"Yes!" Liu Xiaoli nodded and said, "In addition, my parents heard that our wedding house cost a lot of money, and they were worried that we would not have enough money, so they wired me a thousand yuan."

"Didn't you say we still have money?"

"I told them, but they didn't believe me."

"Then keep it. Consider it a loan. You can always have more debts than you need."

Liu Xiaoli admired Chen Fusheng's shamelessness.

The young couple cuddled for a while, then separated and went into the kitchen together.

Liu Xiaoli was still a little scared when she saw the eel that looked a bit like a snake after it was poured out. She subconsciously grabbed Chen Fusheng's clothes and said:

How do I do this?

"I'll do it, you just need to eat."

After Chen Fusheng finished speaking, he began to take action.

"Tie on your apron, otherwise it will be hard to wash off the blood."

"My hands are full, could you help me tie them?"

"Then turn around."

After tying the apron on Chen Fusheng, Liu Xiaoli did not leave the kitchen, but stood by and watched him work and listened to his explanations.

"You can't possibly finish all of this, can you?"

In fact, Chen Fusheng could have easily taken care of those five pounds of eels by himself.

But this kind of construction isn't fashionable these days.

So he kept half of it, planning to send it to his parents tomorrow.

"Good ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods."

"Pour less oil, it hurts me to see it being wasted." Liu Xiaoli really wanted to stop Chen Fusheng from pouring oil into the pot.

"This dish needs to be very oily, otherwise it won't taste good."

"You think oil is cheap, huh?" Liu Xiaoli slapped Chen Fusheng on the back in an annoyed tone.

Ten minutes later, Chen Fusheng lifted the pot lid and looked at the pot of eel meat that looked and smelled delicious. He was very satisfied with his masterpiece. Before serving it, he picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks, blew on it, and handed it to his wife.

"My wife will take the first bite."

Perhaps it was the process of preparing the eel that made her feel uneasy, but Liu Xiaoli hesitated to open her mouth. "You eat it, I feel a little nauseous just looking at it."

"Nonsense, this is a good thing, very nutritious."

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli endured the discomfort and still ate the piece of eel meat.

Actually, the taste was alright, and the texture was delicate and smooth, but just as Liu Xiaoli was about to swallow, she felt a surge of stomach acid rise from her throat, and she immediately squatted down next to the trash can and vomited.

Not only did he vomit up the eel meat he had just eaten, but he also dry heaved for a long time.

She only felt a little better after Chen Fusheng poured her a glass of water to rinse her mouth.

"Is it so unpalatable?"

After Liu Xiaoli recovered, Chen Fusheng asked the question with great suspicion. Then he picked up a piece of eel meat from the pot, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and nodded, saying:
"The taste is alright."

Liu Xiaoli said, "I didn't say it tasted bad, but maybe you put too much oil in it. Just thinking about it makes me feel a little nauseous... Ugh~"

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Xiaoli leaned over the trash can and started dry heaving again.

Chen Fusheng quickly patted her back, and at the same time... a bold idea suddenly popped into his head.

After Liu Xiaoli finished gagging for the second time, Chen Fusheng cautiously asked:

"Honey, are you pregnant?"

(End of this chapter)