Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Seeing them both arrive, Li Aihua was overjoyed and walked over with a smile, "You've come at the perfect time, I was just telling Juzi that we should go check on Pingying."

Luo Zhiyong smiled at Li Aihua and greeted her, "Auntie's here too."

"Yes." Li Aihua exchanged a few words with Luo Zhiyong, sized up Fang Pingying, then asked softly, "How have you been feeling these past few days? Did you eat all the nourishments I bought for you?"

"I ate some." Fang Pingying remembered that she had bought expensive items like bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin and said to her, "Don't buy those things anymore, it's a waste of money. I'm very healthy, and the doctor said I don't need any extra supplements."

"Being healthy is one thing, but you are still young. Won't you still need nurturing after having the baby? Bird's nest is really good for a woman's skin," said Li Aihua, recalling her own time carrying Fang Pingying. "When I was pregnant with you, I couldn't even eat enough food, let alone care for myself. When you were born, you only weighed five pounds..."

Hearing about the past, Fang Pingying didn't feel much, as she hardly knew anything from when she was a child.

But she knew that Li Aihua truly cared about her, so she interrupted with a smile, "What age are we in now? We can't compare with back then; the nutrition from our current food is sufficient."

After Fang Pingying became pregnant, the Fang Family did not pay much attention to it; initially, their focus naturally went to Fang Xiu.

As for the Luo Family, it wasn't that Zhou Yunmei didn't care; she did, but ultimately, she only cared about the child in Fang Pingying's belly. As for Fang Pingying herself, the adults from both families didn't really interfere much.

Luo Zhiyong was a man, and he didn't understand these matters. Sometimes, seeing Fang Pingying handling everything on her own, he felt somewhat distressed.

Seeing that there was someone experienced who cared about Fang Pingying, and it was her biological mother, Luo Zhiyong was quite happy. He led Fang Pingying to sit next to Li Aihua with a smile, "You have nothing else to do anyway, have a chat with Auntie about childbirth. No one has told you about these matters before."

Fang Pingying knew what Luo Zhiyong was thinking. Indeed, Luo Zhiyong wanted her to be closer to Li Aihua. He had mentioned many times that she should not be stubborn, acknowledging her biological mother would be good, at least she would have two more people who cared about her.

But Fang Pingying still felt somewhat uncomfortable deep down, always feeling there was a barrier in her heart she couldn't get over.

She gave Luo Zhiyong a reproachful look and said, "Didn't you say you needed to call Huang Lin? Go make the call."

Luo Zhiyong chuckled and went inside to make the call.

Li Aihua could tell that recently Fang Pingying's tone had softened somewhat, although she still refused to call her mom, it was a lot better compared to her previously indifferent attitude.

Finally making some progress, Li Aihua couldn't help feeling excited.

Having never talked directly about their mother-daughter issues, Li Aihua brought it up for the first time, "Pingying, I did wrong by you before. I'm truly sorry for abandoning you for my own future, but mom really regrets it now. I'll try my best to make it up to you, I'll do whatever I can for you."

"As for me being your mom, if you're willing to recognize me, that's good, otherwise calling me Auntie is okay too. In any case, I won't make it hard for you. Don't worry too much for now, just take good care of the two little ones in your belly."

"I understand." Fang Pingying suddenly realized that the apology she lacked and needed from Li Aihua was embedded in these words. Now that Li Aihua had sincerely admitted her mistakes, Fang Pingying felt that she had actually forgiven Li Aihua a long time ago.

She had lived two lifetimes. She understood more than ordinary people that sometimes, one must face reality.

When she thought from the other's perspective, if she were asked to make a choice at the age of eighteen, she might have chosen to study abroad too, considering the child wasn't left unattended, and the father was still around, and the man had said that there was a mother at home to look after the child.

She was only going abroad for a few years, and returning would have changed everything, regardless of whether it was for herself, the family, or even for the child, her decision to go abroad was the right one.

Since she had forgiven her, Fang Pingying didn't linger on the matter and smiled at Li Aihua, "In the future, if you're free, just come and sit at my shop, but don't bring anything. I can't finish it all."

Li Aihua realized that Fang Pingying was accepting her, and was so touched that her eyes turned red and her voice choked up.

It took a while before she nodded at Fang Pingying with teary eyes, "Okay, that's fine."

While the two were talking, Li Aihua inquired about Fang Pingying's life with her adoptive parents over the years. Meanwhile, Luo Zhiyong was on the phone with Huang Lin, discussing Luo Zhiming's issue, speaking so loudly that Li Aihua overheard him.

Li Aihua squinted slightly at Luo Zhiyong and asked Fang Pingying softly, "What is Zhiyong discussing with Huang Lin? Is it that your mother-in-law is causing trouble again? You're heavily pregnant, and it's not convenient for you. Let me handle her."

Since Li Aihua had already met Zhou Yunmei, Fang Pingying didn't hide anything and whispered back, "Their family's problems just keep coming one after another. Even if you wanted to step in, you couldn't possibly manage all of them."

"I will go with you to your shop later. I want to see just how formidable your mother-in-law is." Li Aihua felt her previous confrontation with Zhou Yunmei had not been satisfying and wanted to challenge her properly, planning to guard the place regularly, teaching Zhou Yunmei a lesson to vent her daughter's frustrations, "Luckily, I have fewer classes at university now. I'll manage your shop and help look after you when I'm free."

"Don't neglect what's important." Seeing Li Aihua ready to face Zhou Yunmei at any time, Fang Pingying laughed, "Isn't Uncle Zhao still at home? Don't you need to go back and cook for him?"

"No worries, he usually doesn't come home at noon, and I'll go back in the evening." Li Aihua waved her hand, "If I don't come here, there's not much for me to do at home."

"Alright." With that, Fang Pingying let her be. After all, she often stayed at Juzi's shop just to see her.

After Luo Zhiyong finished the call with Huang Lin, who mentioned he'd soon be off from work, he suggested discussing the matter in person as it was too complicated over the phone. He also planned to talk to the owner of the timber factory, as the owner also lived in the city, and it was better to explain the matters face-to-face.

After hanging up, Luo Zhiyong, having nothing else to do, joined them for a chat.

He had overheard their conversation from afar and seeing that Fang Pingying was willing to accept Li Aihua, he was truly happy.

The Fang Family hadn't valued Fang Pingying much, and his family wasn't reliable. Being a soldier, he couldn't even stay with Fang Pingying every day. Now that she had her birth mother to care for her, he felt more at ease thinking about her well-being whether he was assigned tasks elsewhere or involved in other duties.

Seeing this, Fang Pingying let them continue talking and called Juzi to go to the back yard to check on tailors making clothes.

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