The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

After hearing what Darong said, Zhong Yunxing walked to the bed and sat down with a smile.

"Silly girl, you're sulking over such a small thing. Won't you get so angry that you die in the future?"

After all, Zhong Yunxing is several years older than Darong and has been working longer hours, so he is more open-minded about work matters than Darong.

"Remember, first learn not to get angry, then learn to piss people off. She didn't do anything to you, so just treat her as a piece of shit and don't take it to heart. When you meet next time, just do as you will..."

As Darong listened to Zhong Yunxing's sermon, she felt even more annoyed.

In fact, many times, what we lack is not someone who can talk about big principles.

Although Darong did not refute, Zhong Yunxing could already sense that she seemed to dislike his nagging.

"Wife, wife, that's enough, don't be angry..."

After Zhong Yunxing coaxed her for a few words in a stiff manner, seeing that Darong still ignored him, he could only leave the west room in disappointment.

"Why are you going so late at night?"

After Darong lay down for a while, she heard Mother Zhong calling out to Zhong Yunxing from the outer room.

"I forgot something at work, so I'm going out for a while." Zhong Yunxing shouted from the yard and pushed the car out.

Yunxing didn't come back until nine o'clock in the evening, and as soon as he came back, he went straight into the west room.

"Da Rong, get up, look at this."

Darong was already half asleep in bed. When Zhong Yunxing entered the room, he leaned over to her ear and shook her awake in a mysterious voice.

"What?" Darong rubbed her eyes and stood up from the bed.

"Shh, here you go."

Zhong Yunxing made a gesture to keep quiet, took out a peach from his arms and stuffed it into Darong's hand.

It was difficult to buy peaches in that era and at that season. Zhong Yunxing knew that Darong was in a bad mood, so he ran around all the fruit stores in the southern suburbs town late at night and finally found this piece of fresh fruit.

"Oh, where did you buy it?" Darong asked in a low voice with surprise.

"I just went to the street. All the fruit shops had nothing but apples and pears. This was the only fresh one. I bought it for you to try. Don't be unhappy."

After getting married, Darong and Zhong Yunxing still lived in Zhong Yunxing's house, and Zhong Yunxing's salary was still given to Zhong's mother, so only Darong's own income was used to support the couple's expenses.

Zhong Yunxing basically spent all his monthly pocket money on buying this one peach.

"This must be a lot of money, right?" Darong couldn't help feeling a little distressed as she held the peaches.

"Just eat it if you like. Just keep your voice down so they don't hear me. I only have enough money to buy this one."

Darong snuggled into Zhong Yunxing's arms with eyes full of happiness. This was the first time she felt the feeling of being pampered by someone other than Darong's father.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back." Darong shouted through the window as soon as she entered the yard.

After getting married, Darong has been living with her mother-in-law. Now she is slowly beginning to understand the benefits of her parents' home.

Ever since Darong got married, her mother no longer lets her work in the kitchen every time she goes home. Darong's mother has also been a young daughter-in-law and knows how hard it is to live with the mother-in-law.

"Rong, make some cabbage and tofu tonight. Do you want to boil the tofu or fry it?" Darong's mother picked up a cabbage from the yard and asked Darong casually.

"Let's eat fried food. Yunxing likes fried food." Darong and Xiaoying were sitting on the sofa watching TV and answered without thinking.

After Darong's mother prepared the meal, the family sat around a small table and ate dinner happily.

"Rong, pick some food for Yunxing and ask him to eat more." Rong's mother pushed the food towards Zhong Yunxing.

Although Darong and Zhong Yunxing are already married, he is the new son-in-law after all, and Darong's mother is always worried that he will feel embarrassed and not have enough food to eat.

"You should also eat more."

In the end, Darong's father loved his daughter more, so he picked up a piece of tofu with chopsticks and put it in Darong's bowl.

Darong just took a bite of tofu and then spit it out with a frown.

"What's wrong?" Darong's father looked at Darong and asked worriedly.

"It's okay, Dad. The tofu is too greasy today. I don't want to eat it."

Darong really didn't like greasy food on weekdays, so she didn't think much about it. It was just that Darong's mother looked at her and curled up the corners of her mouth calmly.

After dinner, Darong stood up to clear the table but was stopped by Darong's mother.

"Rong, don't worry about it. Let them clean up and you come in." Mother Rong lifted the curtain and went into the inner room.

Although Darong didn't know what was going on, she still put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands and followed him into the inner room.

"Rong, did you have your period this month?" Darong's mother asked Darong happily while looking at her.

"Not yet." When Darong heard her mother ask this, she finally reacted and lowered her head shyly.

"Is the day coming?"

"It should be about one or two days... sometimes it's not accurate."

"Since you're married, you should be more careful. Mom hasn't told you formally before, but if a woman doesn't have her period, then she's probably pregnant. You have to pay attention to her coming in and out, do you understand?"

Darong's mother actually knows that most children nowadays know these principles, but as a mother she still has to remind them again.

"Okay, I see. I'll keep an eye on it myself."

Darong's face turned red. Although she was her mother, she still felt shy when talking about these private topics.

In the days that followed, Darong's period really didn't come.

People at that time did not need to go for prenatal checkups on time like they do now. Apart from a check-up to confirm the pregnancy, they would only go to the hospital when they were about to give birth.

Before Darong had the chance to experience the joy brought by the new life, she fell into an extremely severe pregnancy reaction.

"Get up and eat something. You haven't eaten for a whole day. Your body can't handle this."

Zhong Yunxing looked at Da Rong, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, and said worriedly.

"If I eat less, I will vomit less. It's really too uncomfortable." Darong shook her head, unable to control the tears in the corners of her eyes.

Darong suffered from severe morning sickness in the early stages of her pregnancy. She lost a lot of weight visibly and couldn't even get up, let alone go to work.

During that period, Darong had to take leave to recuperate at home, which lasted for more than half a month.

"Furong, you have to get up and eat more. Even if you vomit after eating, at least you can absorb some of it. Otherwise, neither you nor the child can bear it."

Mother Zhong brought a bowl of noodle soup and sat down in front of Darong's bed.

Darong looked at Mother Zhong in front of her, pursed her lips, and forced herself to sit up from the bed.

"Oh, that's right. Just eat more and you'll get through it slowly."

Mother Zhong quickly supported Darong, put a pillow in place for her, and let her lean on the bed frame.