The ward housed Fang Pingying along with a few other pregnant won.
Seeing Luo Zhiyong, clad in military uniform, helping Fang Pingying inside, everyone turned to look at them. At that ti, soldiers were seen as sowhat extraordinary in the eyes of others.
Fang Pingying, noticing their gazes, flashed a smile at them and headed for the bed furthest inside.
Luo Zhiyong helped her sit down and whispered, "You lie down for a bit, the doctor will arrange for soone to co and give you an IV soon."
Fang Pingying felt okay herself and shook her head with a smile, "I’d rather sit for now; lying down is uncomfortable."
Upon hearing this, Luo Zhiyong frowned deeply as he looked at Fang Pingying, "Please just listen, the doctor already said you should rest in bed more over these next few days. Are you not scared yet, or what’s going on?"
Seeing him look as if he was about to lose his temper, Fang Pingying shot him a glare and imdiately prepared to take off her shoes and get into bed, "Fine, I’ll lie down, I’m lying down now."
Luo Zhiyong glanced at her, bent down to take off her shoes for her, and let her recline on the bed.
After doing so, Luo Zhiyong then instructed Luo Honglan, "Honglan, don’t bother opening the shop these next few days. Just focus on cooking three als a day, prepare them for your sister-in-law, and bring them here. Stay with her during the day, and I’ll co over at night; then you can go back to watch over the shop."
Since the military base is not close to the city, Fang Pingying worries the daily back-and-forth is too tiring for him, so she smiles and says, "It’s okay, you don’t have to co over at night. I’ll be fine here by myself, and I can call the doctor if anything happens."
"What’s with the stubbornness?" Luo Zhiyong looks at her, his expression mixed with slight anger, "Don’t you know why you had this scare with your pregnancy this ti?"
When the topic is brought up, Fang Pingying feels guilty and forces a smile at him, trying to gloss over it, "No one can be certain about these things. The doctor said such things could happen to anyone in early pregnancy."
"I asked the doctor, and the doctor said it’s due to overexertion. You still want to hide it from ?" After Luo Zhiying exposes her, his tone carries an imperious note, making decisions for her without discussion, "After you’re discharged, we’ll either hire soone for the shop or close the shop for a while, until you’ve had the baby next year."
At that, Fang Pingying imdiately starts to protest in a low voice, "We can’t just close the shop."
Luo Zhiyong didn’t actually insist on closing the shop. He then said, "Then let’s hire soone. And from now on, I won’t allow you to be here alone at night. I’ll co to pick you up every day and take you back to the compound. Honestly, if I don’t keep an eye on you for a single day, you just don’t give peace of mind."
"Running back and forth like that, wouldn’t I be even more tired?" Fang Pingying thought for a mont and then discussed with him, "Look, we were talking about buying a house before, right? Why don’t you see if you can ask soone to look around the shop area these next few days? We could finalize the house, and then move there. If you have ti from the military, you could co back here to stay at night."
Thinking of his daily commute and sotis worrying about missing the bus, she added, "Right, and how about buying you a motorcycle too, would that work? Taking the bus every day is also a hassle."
At that ti, a motorcycle was still a luxury. Luo Zhiyong, feeling it wasn’t appropriate for him to have sothing too ostentatious as a soldier, didn’t want to stand out too much.
Besides, he wasn’t willing to spend that much money since a motorcycle wasn’t cheap. He said, "No need for a motorcycle, we can just get a bicycle. I can bike faster myself, and it will only take a little over half an hour."
Fang Pingying also understood what he was thinking and nodded in agreent, "That’s also fine. You can go and look at houses these next few days."
"Alright, I’ll go back tomorrow and ask Huang Lin to help inquire around. There should be houses for sale nearby," Luo Zhiyong said.
"Okay."
At noon, Luo Zhiyong stayed here while Luo Honglan went back to buy groceries and cook.
At first, Luo Zhiyong saw there were many people in the room and did not bring up the matter with Fang Pingying. When it ca to midday, the pregnant won in the sickbeds all went out to eat, and Luo Zhiyong moved a stool over to sit in front of Fang Pingying’s bed. With a very serious expression, he began to go over their accounts, "Comrade Fang Pingying, tell , did you make a mistake with what happened today?"
Fang Pingying knew that she had been negligent this ti, failing to take Luo Zhiyong’s instructions to heart, and admitted with a sowhat guilty nod, "I was a bit wrong this ti."
"Just a bit wrong?" Luo Zhiyong raised an eyebrow.
Seeing that he was unrelenting and insistent, Fang Pingying knew that he cared about her. Although she felt sweet inside, she glared at him and retorted, "Alright, I was wrong, okay? I didn’t do it on purpose. These past few days, the shop has been busier with more custors, and Hong Lan couldn’t handle it alone. I couldn’t just stand by with my arms crossed and watch."
Luo Zhiyong wasn’t actually trying to bla her. She was working so hard for the sake of their family, and he felt sympathy for her.
He sighed, took Fang Pingying’s hand in his, and spoke softly, "No matter how busy you are, you have to take care of yourself. If it really gets too much, call , and I’ll figure sothing out. Otherwise, what use am I as a man?"
Fang Pingying smiled and gripped his hand back, "Can it work if my business interferes with your work?"
"It won’t interfere," Luo Zhiyong said. "I will figure sothing out."
"Alright, figure sothing out for now," Fang Pingying pouted, tossing the problem to him, "It’s almost Chinese New Year, and my shop is very busy. The business isn’t bad either. In any case, I don’t want to close the shop. You figure out what to do."
Luo Zhiyong gave it so thought and said, "I think we should buy a house nearby the shop to live in first, and then hire a temporary worker for the shop. They can help sell goods when it’s crowded in the morning and let the temporary worker go ho in the afternoon. If you offer a little more for the monthly salary, there should be soone willing to take the job."
"The problem is where to find the right person." Recently, Fang Pingying had also posted a hiring notice in the shop, but none of the candidates were satisfactory.
Luo Zhiyong had a suitable person in mind, "Actually, I think you could temporarily ask Sister-in-law Qiulin for help. She had worked with you before, and although the business was good, her students will be going on winter break soon. She had Lele at ho to take care of and didn’t really want to set up a stall elsewhere. Now that she’s not running a stall, she could co over to help in the mornings. In the afternoon, if she wants to go back to the courtyard, she can return; if not, she can stay with Hong Lan in the shop. Isn’t there two beds here? We’ll move to the new house when it’s ti."
After listening, Fang Pingying frowned, "But, you also ntioned Aunt Qiulin has Lele at ho, he needs soone to look after him."
Luo Zhiyong smiled, "Lele was taken back by Mr. Su’s family yesterday, saying they would bring him along to play and then go back together for the New Year."
"That can work." Fang Pingying agreed on the spot, then instructed Luo Zhiyong, "When you go back, talk to Sister-in-law Qiulin about this. Tell her we’re hiring temporary workers, but we provide food and accommodation. I’ll pay a salary of 35 dollars this month. See if she would like to do it. At any rate, she has seen my shop."
Luo Zhiyong took note of the conditions Fang Pingying ntioned, and nodded, "Okay, I’ll speak to her when I go back in a few days." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welco you to vote for and recomnd it on Qidian (qidian). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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