Chapter 37

At noon, Qin Muye finished his morning tasks, carrying lunch from the canteen, he hurried back home.

He didn’t know how Jiang Muning was doing, he had been worried all morning.

He first put the lunch on the small dining table, then turned his head and saw that the pot was still steaming.

Qin Muye walked over and saw that the breakfast prepared for Jiang Muning hadn’t been touched.

“Didn’t eat breakfast?” Qin Muye frowned, then strode towards the bedroom.

He pushed open the door and, as expected, saw Jiang Muning still lying in bed.

Seeing this, Qin Muye strode forward.

“Muning?”

His deep voice came, Jiang Muning slowly opened her eyes, she looked at him sleepily: “Why are you back?”

“It’s already past eleven.” Qin Muye frowned. “Get up and eat.”

The heating pads Jiang Heng made were still quite hot, Jiang Muning put one on her waist and one on her stomach.

With both working together, her whole body warmed up.

“I don’t want to eat, I have no appetite.” Jiang Muning shook her head and refused.

Looking at her pale oval face, Qin Muye said in a low voice: “Be good.”

She was already thin, if she didn’t eat, how could her body handle it?

Qin Muye felt sorry for her, this concern was hidden under his cold and serious expression.

Jiang Muning raised her head and looked at him pitifully.

Seeing her like this, Qin Muye didn’t say anything, he just helped her sit up and put a pillow behind her.

“I’ll go get the food.” Qin Muye finished speaking concisely, then walked out.

In a short while, Qin Muye returned with the thermal container.

Looking at the food, Jiang Muning had no appetite. When she had her period, she just wanted to be a useless person and lie down properly.

She was about to close her eyes and pretend not to see when she saw Qin Muye bringing the food to her mouth.

Huh? What’s going on?

“Open your mouth.” Qin Muye said concisely.

Jiang Muning was stunned, she obediently opened her mouth, and she saw Qin Muye feeding her the food.

Before she could understand, Qin Muye brought the soy milk to her mouth.

“Chew.”

Jiang Muning continued to chew the food. She thought Qin Muye was asking her to get up and eat, but she didn’t expect him to feed her.

Before, except when she was very young, her parents would feed her, but she had to do it herself when she grew up.

She never thought she would have this kind of treatment in her life.

Qin Muye didn’t know what Jiang Muning was thinking, he just continued to feed her and pick up food for her.

She was too thin, he didn’t want her to lose any more weight.

Just like that, Jiang Muning, who hadn’t wanted to eat just now, finished a whole bowl of rice.

After finishing her meal, Jiang Muning opened her arms to him: “I need to go to the bathroom to change the pad.”

Qin Muye didn’t make a sound, but he skillfully picked her up and walked towards the bathroom.

Jiang Muning leaned against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat. Her heart was beating in sync with his.

When they got to the bathroom, she saw some leakage on the pad, thinking that the sanitary pad was reusable, she said in a depressed tone: “This sanitary pad is such a hassle, I still prefer using sanitary napkins.”

Qin Muye, who was waiting outside the bathroom, heard this, his eyes showed surprise: Sanitary napkins?

After changing the pad, Qin Muye carried Jiang Muning back to the room.

Since he hadn’t eaten yet, Qin Muye ate with big mouthfuls, finishing his lunch as quickly as possible.

After eating, Jiang Muning was lying down when she heard the sound of footsteps going away.

“Why are you leaving so fast today?” Jiang Muning muttered.

Qin Muye went to the store and asked: “Shopkeeper, do you have sanitary napkins? The ones women use when they have their period.”

Seeing him, the shopkeeper said enthusiastically: “Soldier, we have sanitary napkins. But not many people buy them. Although they’re comfortable to use, they’re too expensive, you need to use a lot each time, it’s still more cost-effective to use sanitary pads.”

Hearing this, Qin Muye curiously asked: “Why do you use so few?”

“You need to change a sanitary napkin every few hours, once you change it, you can’t use it again, so for a period, you need to use at least a few packs. This thing is very expensive, no one in our family compound buys them.”

Hearing this explanation, Qin Muye understood, he replied: “Still sanitary napkins, give me a few packs.”

“Okay, a pack of sanitary napkins costs seven cents.”

As he spoke, Qin Muye took out his wallet, only to find that he only had five yuan left.

Before he left for the army, he only had twenty yuan left. He had bought snacks later, and he had been getting lunch from the canteen these days, and he had also bought some things for daily life, he had spent it all, and only had this much left.

“How many packs do you want, soldier?”

“Five packs for now.” As he spoke, Qin Muye took out three yuan and five cents and gave it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took out a black plastic bag and put the sanitary napkins in it, she said with a smile: “You must love your wife very much, soldier, this is the first time I’ve seen a man buy sanitary napkins.”

Qin Muye was a little embarrassed, he took the black bag and left.

Back home, Qin Muye returned to the room and gave her the sanitary napkins.

“Use this.” Qin Muye said in a low voice.

Jiang Muning took it in puzzlement, when she saw the sanitary napkins inside, her eyes lit up: “You bought them?”

“Yeah.”

“Thank you, husband!” Jiang Muning exclaimed joyfully.

Hearing the long-lost address, Qin Muye’s heart was filled with sweetness, he tried hard to restrain the corners of his mouth from turning up.

“I’ll go to the kitchen.” Qin Muye finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Jiang Muning looked at the sanitary napkins in her hand, her eyes filled with joy: “This man is really good.”

Qin Muye didn’t leave directly, seeing that he still had time, he decided to make brown sugar water.

Last night, he had only added ginger, maybe the taste wasn’t very good, Jiang Muning didn’t like drinking it very much.

He happened to meet Liu Mei on the way back, after asking for advice, he decided to make some brown sugar water with ginger and dates.

He washed the dates and soaked them in water. Then, he washed the ginger, peeled it, and sliced it.

After soaking for ten minutes, he put the ginger slices and dates in the pot and added water.

After it was almost cooked, he added the brown sugar and stirred it.

He cooked the brown sugar water with ginger and dates, put it in a thermos, brought it to the room, and told her to drink it like water.

After doing all this, Qin Muye went to the army.

Before entering the office, he thought for a moment and knocked on the door of the political commissar’s office.

Seeing him, the political commissar was surprised: “What’s wrong?”

Qin Muye said a little embarrassedly: “Political commissar, I want to borrow twenty yuan, I’ll return it to you when I get paid.”

They were paid on the fifteenth of the month, there were still five days left, Qin Muye was worried that he wouldn’t have enough money.

The political commissar was surprised: “Your salary isn’t low, I haven’t seen you spend much money.”

“I used it to get married, and I gave the rest to her.” Qin Muye explained.

Wang Guifen didn’t like this marriage, so she said that the dowry could be just a formality, but Qin Muye refused.

He didn’t want to wrong her when he married her.

So he took out all his savings and gave her a dowry according to the new three major items, just the black and white TV, washing machine, and refrigerator cost over a thousand yuan, not to mention the other things.

Because of this, in the countryside where the old three major items were still popular, Jiang Muning became the object of envy for many people.

“Yes, your whole family depends on you, it’s not easy.” The political commissar said, he took out twenty yuan and handed it to him. “But Muye, you’re already married, your family doesn’t need to send you so much money.”

He knew that Qin Muye’s mother and elder brother had been living off him.

“I know, thank you, political commissar.” Qin Muye took the money.

He turned and left the office, Qin Muye looked at the photo in his wallet, a touch of tenderness appeared on his stern face.

Seeing the twenty yuan, Qin Muye knew what to do.

She had been lying in bed all day, Jiang Muning felt like her bones were about to fall apart.

So, she decided to take a walk in the family compound to stretch her muscles.

The evening sky, the setting sun dyed the clouds. Jiang Muning walked casually, she felt a sense of ease.

But because of her dysmenorrhea, her face still looked pale and haggard.

As she was walking, Jiang Muning suddenly stopped, her pupils widened, looking at a place not far away.

Not far away, she saw Qin Muye and Gu Manli standing opposite each other. She didn’t know what Gu Manli said, but she saw Qin Muye raise the corners of his lips and smile at Gu Manli.

Seeing this, Jiang Muning couldn’t help but pout, as if her own pig was about to be taken away.