A Lei is fourteen years old this year. Last winter, Hu Shanwei and A Lei slept in the same bed together to protect her eyes. One winter night, she woke up with a feeling of discomfort, a dull pain in her lower abdomen, and her pajamas were wet. She thought she had wet her pants, so she reached out and touched them...
A Lei screamed and woke Hu Shanwei up.
Arei turned pale with fear, looking at the blood on the quilt in panic, "I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
Hu Shanwei was surprised and delighted. Time passed so quickly. Her A Lei had grown into a big girl so quickly. She quickly comforted A Lei, "It's okay. It's something every woman has to go through when she grows up. Don't eat raw or cold food or drink cold water these days."
Arei couldn't accept it, "How many more days? I can't stand it now."
Hu Shanwei called the maid on night duty to bring hot water, and handed a stack of Chen Mama that he had not used to A Lei, telling her how to change it, and said, "There will be a few days every month from now on."
A Lei fell on his back on the bed as if struck by lightning, "When will it be gone?"
Hu Shanwei said: "When a woman gets old, I have it every month now."
A Lei felt that this hatred would never end. "Besides getting old, is there no other way?"
Hu Shanwei thought for a moment and said, "When a woman is pregnant or breastfeeding, it will temporarily stop."
After hearing this, A Lei felt as if he had been sentenced to life imprisonment. He sat up straight and said, "I... I object!"
The objection is invalid.
From then on, A Lei had to use the annoying but inseparable Chen Mama for a few days every month. And this was just the beginning of the change. Her breasts began to swell and ache, as if someone was blowing air under her skin, and they swelled up like lotus pods in a pond in summer.
Hu Shanwei ordered someone to take measurements for her and sew a bra waistband. The front piece was a piece of cloth that fit closely to her chest and was three-dimensionally cut and sewn. The back had two straps that crossed several times behind her back and were tightened and knotted at the ribs. This way, when she walked, her breasts would not look awkward, as if there were two restless little birds fluttering and about to burst out of her chest.
Arei was so wrapped up that he lost his temper. "It's uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable than wearing my brother-in-law's armor. Will it ever stop? How big will it grow?"
Hu Shanwei coughed and said, "It's hard to say. It depends on the individual's physique. Some can grow into fried eggs, lotus pods, fists, steamed buns, cantaloupes, papayas, and even small watermelons."
After hearing this, A Lei sighed, "No wonder the elder sister from the Mu family next door always says that girls don't have many years of happiness, and asks us younger sisters to cherish our time in the boudoir, play happily, and not pretend to be sad just to write new poems, because there will be plenty of time to be sad in the future. It turns out that these are all from the heart of sister Mu."
Miss Mu is the eldest daughter of Mu Sheng. She just turned fourteen last year and married Zhu Gaosui, the thirty-year-old Prince of Zhao who had divorced his original wife. She became pregnant less than two months after the marriage. Mu, who was already the Princess of Zhao, had no say in this political marriage. The budding flower withered and bore fruit before it could even bloom.
Hu Shan hugged A Lei and said, "Don't worry, your physical discomfort is determined by God, I can't change it. However, as for other things, such as marriage, you are free to marry or not, or choose who to marry. With your brother-in-law and I protecting you, you don't have to care about the world's eyes."
Hu Shanwei still cannot forget the pain she suffered when she was forced to remarry as a teenager. It was such a desperate and helpless period, as if she was fighting against the whole world alone. Even her loving father became a stranger, constantly looking for matchmakers to find her a husband, as if the store was eager to sell off old goods, and it was a great fortune if someone bought them. This kind of pain of being degraded and objectified made her feel as humble as dust, and anyone could step on her and despise her just because she refused to get married.
Her kindness, intelligence, and wealth created by hand-copying books for the store were all wiped out by not getting married. Not getting married is like a serious crime like murder and arson, which is unforgivable.
Now that she has become strong, her Arei doesn't have to suffer so much and can choose his own life.
In his sister's warm embrace and with her solemn promise, Arei's discomfort from the physical changes suddenly disappeared. Compared with other noble girls and Princess Zhao, who still had childish cheeks, Arei felt that he was already lucky.
The year when Mu Chun joined the army again, A Lei accepted the physical changes. However, A Lei, who was already a young girl, returned to Kunming and saw her brother-in-law Mu Chun again. The moment she pushed the door open, her sister rushed over like a fly and hugged her brother-in-law tightly.
Arei was only one step behind, and she instinctively ran over like her sister, wanting to hug her brother-in-law like she used to and see how his injuries were recovering.
But when she saw her sister and brother-in-law hugging each other tightly, Arei, who had grown into a girl, stopped: she had grown up, there were differences between boys and girls, and she could no longer throw herself into her brother-in-law's arms and act coquettishly like before.
But... I really want to go over and give my brother-in-law a good hug.
When A Lei was struggling, Mu Chun stretched out her intact left hand and waved at her, "It's been a year since we last met. My A Lei has grown into a big girl. Come here and let your brother-in-law take a good look at her."
Seeing her skinny brother-in-law smiling at her, Arei instantly forgot about the concepts of men and women, and ethics. Her head buzzed, and she was filled with infinite sadness and gratitude. She hugged her sister, brother-in-law and the two of them. At that moment, she felt at ease. This was her home.
Her brother-in-law is the one who really grew up with her. Her sister has been with her for far less time than her brother-in-law. In Arei's heart, her sister is like a mother and her brother-in-law is like a father. They are her closest people. She is never on guard in front of these two people.
As Arei looked at his brother-in-law who had escaped death, he decided to ignore the worldly opinions and be as close to him as usual. He thought to himself that his brother-in-law almost died and was finally rescued. If he was afraid of the world and distanced himself from him, wouldn't he be disappointing his brother-in-law
We are innocent and don't care about the slander from the world.
A Lei figured it out and got along with Mu Chun naturally. He laughed and played with her as usual, and was unrestrained. He also bitterly recounted Hu Shanwei's "crimes" in front of Mu Chun, "... She didn't allow me to read at night, and insisted on sleeping in the same bed with me. Then I realized that my sister had a bad sleeping posture. She slept like a crab, with her legs and hands everywhere, and she slept in a mess. I was almost squeezed down by my sister on such a big bed!"
Mu Chun laughed and said, "I thought you came to see me, but I didn't expect you to be the one to bring trouble to me. You couldn't stand your sister, so you brought trouble to me."
Hu Shanwei glared at A Lei: "How dare you say that to me? When you were a kid, you slept like you were practicing boxing, rolling all over the bed. You punched me in the eye socket and made it black. Your brother-in-law woke up several times in the morning with your stinky feet on his mouth..."
Recalling Are's embarrassing childhood experiences, Mu Chun and Hu Shanwei had endless things to say, and turned their long-awaited reunion into a special "criticism/struggle session" about Are.
Arei gave an awkward and rude fake smile, and covered his sister and brother-in-law's mouths with one hand each, "Stop talking, you are so boring, I wish I could write down the stupid things I did when I was a kid, so I will never forget them."
Mu Chun smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about it anymore. My A Lei has grown up and knows how to be shy."
Arei withdrew her hand. No matter whether she was hugging her brother-in-law or touching his face, she didn't feel anything unusual. Everything happened so naturally, as if he was her blood relative, without any barriers.
To her, her brother-in-law is like her father, just with different names. Just like baozi, in Yunnan, steamed pastries with meat filling are called baozi, while in Nanjing, leavened pastries with meat filling are called rou mantou. The content is the same, but the names are different.
However, the truth could not be hidden. Hu Shanwei's words "They are the saviors of our family of three" gave him away, which was inconsistent with Muchun's answer and successfully attracted the attention of Are, who was in adolescence.
My sister is a smart and cunning person. It's not easy to take action against her. She might be exposed as soon as she opens her mouth. No, no, I have to pick the soft persimmon.
Arei was peeling grapes and picking out the grape seeds. Looking at the "soft persimmon" Muchun who was practicing his left-hand sword, he decided to pinch his brother-in-law first.
"Brother-in-law, take it!" A Lei threw the cleaned grape flesh over. Mu Chun performed the trick of catching something in the air like a dog. He opened his mouth wide, adjusted his steps, and stretched out his tongue like a frog. With a swish, he caught the grape flesh. "It's so sweet."
Mu Chun raises his daughter like raising a father. He is a filial son. After eating the grapes peeled by his daughter, he was worried that she was tired. "I don't care. Just eat it with the skin and seeds."
Arei shook his head and continued peeling the grapes. “When I was little, my brother-in-law peeled them like this, removed the seeds, and put them in my mouth.”
"More than that." Mu Chun was very emotional, "I was worried that you would eat too fast and choke, so I used a small silver knife to cut the grape flesh into pieces for you."
"Brother-in-law is so good to me." A Lei asked, "Brother-in-law, you and my sister have such a good relationship. You even faked your death and retired for my sister, giving up your title. Why don't you have children? My brother-in-law has been so good to me since I was a child. He must be a good father."
"Who said we don't want children?" Mu Chun blurted out, then felt something was wrong and hurried to rescue her. "Your sister was quite old at the time, and the risk of childbirth was too great. I couldn't bear to let your sister take the risk. Besides, if you like children, you don't have to have them yourself. It just so happened that you were born, and your father-in-law was old and in poor health, so your sister and I took you over and raised you as our own daughter. When you were a child, you could cry like thunder, so you were named A Lei..."
When Mu Chun mentioned A Lei's childhood, he couldn't control himself and kept talking like an old father, and couldn't finish for three days and three nights.
As Arei looked at Muchun's lips moving up and down, thoughts that had appeared countless times from his childhood to the present flashed through his mind, buzzing like bees and flying around.
A Lei stood up and put the grape flesh into Mu Chun's mouth. When Mu Chun was eating with his mouth closed and unable to speak, he gently called out, "Dad."
Card!
Mu Chun choked. The slippery grape flesh went into the wrong place and blocked his trachea. The soft persimmon was choked by the grape flesh.
It seemed as if someone was strangling his neck. Mu Chun yelled that he couldn't breathe, and he bent over and started coughing violently. A Lei quickly patted Mu Chun's back to help him breathe.
Pooh!
Mu Chun coughed out the grape flesh and gasped loudly, "You...what did you call me just now?"
"Dad." A Lei brought tea and lied, deciding to give this soft persimmon a try. "Since I got the news that my brother-in-law... Dad was seriously injured, my sister appeared calm on the surface. She arranged things in the palace and came to see Dad, but she was actually panicking inside. My sister and I sleep in the same bed every night, and I often hear her talking in her sleep."
A Lei inherited Mu Chun's ability to make up stories, "'Chun, you can't die, you haven't seen our daughter grow up yet', 'You haven't even heard her call you dad', and so on."
Mu Chun stared at A Lei and was silent for a while. Then he laughed and said, "Nonsense. Your sister is my bedmate and I know her well. She does have a bad sleeping posture, but she talks in her sleep, especially in her sleep so clearly. I have never seen her before. What rumors have you heard recently? You actually want to cheat your brother-in-law. I haven't seen you for a year. You must have become a bad person."
Arei slammed the bowl of grapes on the table. "It's already this time, and you still don't want to admit that I'm your father? When I was young, I was ignorant and outspoken. You were afraid that I would let the secret slip and get into trouble, so you teamed up to lie to me."
A Lei's tears burst out like a floodgate. "Although you lied to me, you still love me. I'm not stupid. I can feel that which brother-in-law would treat his sister-in-law as his lifeblood. Now that I'm older, you shouldn't still treat me like a child. Why can't you trust me? I'm fourteen years old, and I'm not even worthy of knowing my own life experience?"
Arei cried so hard that he hiccupped while crying.
For a father, the most terrifying weapon is his daughter's tears. Each drop is like the fire of a Portuguese cannon, bombarding his sanity. Mu Chun was in a trance and returned to the nights of the first three months after Arei was born. He was simply a devil baby who would howl every night before he would stop.
At that time, Mu Chun was willing to give everything to coax A Lei to sleep. He held her and rocked her gently at night. She hadn't slept a full night in three months.
A fourteen-year-old is still a baby. Mu Chun abandoned his sword and stretched out his intact left hand to wipe her tears. "Don't cry. I don't care about status anymore. If you don't call me dad, then I'm not your dad?"
Mu Chun, the soft persimmon, was finally crushed by A Lei, revealing his soft and sweet true heart.
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