I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 85: Pregnancy Reversal

There's a saying, what's it again?

What you say comes true; you can't mention it, or it will come.

Yuan Xiu's pregnancy complications began on the night of Lunar New Year's Eve.

For this New Year's Eve dinner, Yuan Xiu prepared a lot of dishes, both meat and vegetables, and laid them out on the table.

She even specially prepared an authentic dipping sauce for Jiangzhou.

The kerosene stove in the kitchen was moved into the living room, and the two sat around it, enjoying their meal, when Yuan Xiu began to react.

The crispy pork, which smelled incredibly delicious when we ate it at noon, rolled around in the red soup, absorbing all the broth. Just before it went into her mouth, Yuan Xiu could only smell an extremely strong lard aroma.

The smell made her feel as if she were soaking in greasy lard.

She instinctively put down her chopsticks and covered her mouth.

Jiang Zhou, who was enjoying his meal, noticed her like this and asked, "What's wrong? Did you bite your lip?"

Yuan Xiu shook her head, picked up the bowl, and tried again with her chopsticks. "No!"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhou got up and poured her a glass of warm water.

Yuan Xiu clutched her chest, suppressing the nausea rising in her stomach. "I feel a little nauseous."

Jiang Zhou, having learned from experience, knew that this was pregnancy nausea, so he quickly took the crispy pork from her bowl, saying, "Then don't eat it, have something else."

After drinking a few sips of warm water and feeling a little better, Yuan Xiu started to cook other vegetables. After trying it a few times, she discovered that she only reacted to meat and not to vegetables.

The crispy pork is filled with meat.

"How can you not eat meat?" Jiang Zhou began to worry. She was pregnant and needed to supplement her diet, but how could she supplement it by eating vegetarian food?

"It's only temporary, it will get better after this period, don't worry."

Yuan Xiu's words only lasted one night. The next day, she felt nauseous at the smell of anything, let alone meat.

She couldn't go into the kitchen anymore, so cooking became Jiang Zhou's job.

No oil can be added when cooking. If there is oil, Yuan Xiu will vomit, vomiting violently until she has emptied her stomach of all acid.

Jiang Zhou could only learn to make her steamed eggs without oil.

Yesterday, Yuan Xiu wanted to eat something spicy, but today she changed her taste. Just thinking about the pickled vegetables soaking in the jar makes her mouth water.

She can eat a whole bowl of white rice with kimchi!

"They say sour foods indicate a boy and spicy foods indicate a girl, but you're switching between spicy and sour, so is it a boy or a girl?"

Knowing she craved sour flavors, her sister-in-law Guiying brought her a bowl of pickled cabbage and told her to make pickled cabbage and vermicelli. "Put some meat in the stew so the pickled cabbage can mask the meat flavor. That's what I ate when I was pregnant with my eldest child and had morning sickness."

Yuan Xiu chewed on a sour plum that Jiang Zhou had bought early that morning, saying, "A son or a daughter is fine."

"A daughter is good, a daughter is a mother's little cotton-padded jacket, but we still need to have a son, so he can protect his little sister in the future."

Yuan Xiu smiled. Whether it was her son or her daughter, she could protect them and would definitely not let anyone bully them.

Yuan Xiu's aversion to oily and greasy food and meat only lasted for three days. After three days, she started craving meat again.

She doesn't eat meat. The meat that her family prepared for the New Year is all saved. Jiang Zhou doesn't dare to cook it, afraid that she can't stand the smell and won't be in the mood to eat meat by herself.

Yuan Xiu could finally make the steamed crispy pork that she had promised on New Year's Eve. There was still a large bowl of fried crispy pork left, so Yuan Xiu steamed it all. She was afraid that if she didn't eat it today, her pregnancy would relapse in a couple of days.

Steamed crispy pork is indeed delicious!

Yuan Xiu ate two large bowls of rice all by herself!

His appetite is starting to rival that of Jiangzhou.

"Take your time. If it's not enough, I'll go to the cafeteria and buy some more steamed buns." Jiang Zhou handed her the water glass.

"No need, that's enough." Yuan Xiu took the water glass, but her expression changed as soon as she put it to her lips.

"How..."

Before Jiang Zhou could even ask his question, Yuan Xiu put down her cup and rushed outside, hugging a tin can of trash and vomiting loudly!

I ate it for nothing!

Jiang Zhou squatted down behind her, patting her back gently. "Still feeling nauseous at the thought of meat?"

Yuan Xiu shook her head painfully, vomiting up the last bit of food in her stomach. She stood up unsteadily, "...No."

Jiang Zhou came into the room and brought her water to rinse her mouth.

Upon seeing the water glass, Yuan Xiu quickly took a large step back!

"Don't bring it over! It smells awful."

Jiang Zhou was completely bewildered. "The water makes you feel unwell?"

Yuan Xiu covered her nose and nodded: "It smells like drool."

Jiang Zhou: "..."

He had previously thought the child was quite good, only causing his mother trouble for three days, but he was being too hasty in saying that.

"I'll go to the cafeteria to get my food."

After throwing up, I have to eat again.

"Don't bother getting any more food, I don't want anything else. Why don't you buy some steamed buns instead? I'll make some hot and sour vermicelli soup."

Jiang Zhou nodded: "Alright, if we can't drink water, at least we can have soup."

After saying that, Jiang Zhou went out.

At this point, the cafeteria didn't have much food left, but there were still some steamed buns, so Jiangzhou bought a big bag of them.

It's cold, so this stuff can be stored. If you can't finish it, you can just steam it and eat it whenever you want.

When she bought the steamed buns, Yuan Xiu's hot and sour soup had just come out of the pot, and she also put in a few slices of canned meat that her mother-in-law had sent to cook together.

"Would you like some more?"

Jiang Zhou nodded and picked up a steamed bun to eat with her.

Yuan Xiu ate a mouthful of hot and sour soup and a bite of steamed bun, enjoying it immensely!

Yuan Xiu's appetite was whetted by this bowl of hot and sour soup, and apart from not being able to drink water, her appetite was surprisingly good.

I always carry cookies, candies, and dried fruits with me at home, and I even take them out to eat a couple when I'm at work.

Jiang Zhou came up with a solution to her problem of not being able to drink water: boiled water has a drooling taste, but soda certainly doesn't.

If you can't drink too much soda, is it okay to soak plums in water?

It really works! The water tastes sweet and sour, and the drooling smell disappears.

Yuan Xiu always kept a pot of sour plum water in her military water bottle. When she finished drinking it, Jiang Zhou would make her another one so she could take it to work.

Since Yuan Xiu became pregnant, taking her to and from get off work has become Jiang Zhou's daily routine.

Yuan Xiu was used to it. If Jiang Zhou was delayed by something and arrived a little late, she would stay at the pharmacy a little longer and wait for him to pick her up.

The couple goes to and from get off work together every day, and they've become a sight to behold in the compound!

"This young couple has such a good relationship! They're always together." The military dependents couldn't help but gossip about it among themselves.

"That's true. Some people used to say that their marriage was arranged, that they were just brought together to live together. If all arranged marriages were like that, anyone would be willing to have one arranged."

"Anyone saying that?"

"Of course there are! Plenty of them. Before Xiao Jiang got married, quite a few people had their eyes on him."

Yuan Xiu, with her sharp ears, heard this and patted Jiang Zhou on the back, asking, "Who's after you?"

She used to not care when she heard these words, but now, hearing them makes her feel a little sour.

Jiang Zhou's back muscles stiffened. "That's not true."

The bicycle was pedaling incredibly fast!

Why do these old ladies chat about these things all the time?