The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 624 - 593: Thinner, College Entrance Exam_1

Chapter 624: Chapter 593: Thinner, College Entrance Exam_1

Perhaps feeling cooler, the child’s crying became softer.

Little Rotating Turtle hummed and muttered, seemingly reciting something, but the child gradually stopped crying.

If Little Rotating Turtle could transform into a human, it would help him take care of the child.

In that case, both he and Tiantian could go to university without worrying about the child at home.

But if it transformed, how could he explain the origin of Little Rotating Turtle after its transformation?

Suddenly having an extra person appear out of nowhere wouldn’t be easy to explain to his father.

Hence, Huo Yingjie dismissed the idea.

He Tiantian finished cooking and brought the food to the stone table beneath the tree, discovering that the child had stopped crying and was sleeping sweetly.

She also felt much cooler!

"Oh no, something’s not right. How did it become so cool?" He Tiantian asked in surprise. Although it wasn’t like being in an air-conditioned room, it was already quite refreshing, and the child wouldn’t feel too cool either.

Huo Yingjie pointed to Little Rotating Turtle under the two baby cots and said, "It’s him. He’s naturally cold and comes with built-in air conditioning."

"That’s really great; we won’t have to suffer through this summer," He Tiantian said, "But we can only use this at home, we can’t tell anyone else, not even the parents-in-law. It would be hard to explain!"

"You’re right. We can’t let mom and dad know," Huo Yingjie laughed, "Come on, let’s eat! Eat more, you haven’t had much appetite lately and you’ve lost weight!"

Huo Yingjie had always been mindful of his wife’s hardships, keeping them in his heart, and did whatever he could to help.

He Tiantian pinched her face, then looked down at her impressive chest and the flesh on her belly, feeling speechless!

Is this what he calls thin?

Which eye of Huo Yingjie’s saw that she had lost weight?

"You eat more too," He Tiantian said, "I haven’t lost weight, it’s you who’ve become thinner."

At night, when the child cried, He Tiantian had just woken up to find Huo Yingjie already up changing the baby’s diaper, holding the baby and soothing the baby.

Most of He Tiantian’s job was breastfeeding; Huo Yingjie did almost everything else.

Huo Yingjie was already slim, and now even thinner.

"Getting a bit fatter looks good!" Huo Yingjie said with a smile, his eyes sweeping across He Tiantian’s chest a few times.

"Let’s eat!" He Tiantian blushed with embarrassment, feeling shy under her husband’s gaze.

Since finishing her postpartum confinement, He Tiantian was told by her mother that they should wait two months before having intercourse, so she always avoided Huo Yingjie’s affectionate advances.

Huo Yingjie cherished his wife; although he knew her health had recovered, he did not pressure He Tiantian.

It was only himself who suffered.

"Hehe, I’m serious, I’m not joking," Huo Yingjie said, liking everything about He Tiantian.

To have each other was truly a blessing!

"Then you looking a bit fatter is good too, you should eat more as well," He Tiantian said, passing a chicken drumstick to Huo Yingjie with the hope he would eat more, "You are now the pillar of our home, with heavy burdens. You have to feed us, and you can’t do that if you’re not healthy!"

"You’re not a burden, you’re my family, the closest people to me," Huo Yingjie said, trying to give the drumstick to He Tiantian.

He Tiantian pushed away the bowl, scolding, "Okay, you hurry up and eat! If you don’t eat, I won’t eat either."

Every morning, Huo Yingjie would go to the surrounding countryside to buy old hens to stew soup for her to drink.

Huo Yingjie always worried she wasn’t eating enough, everything revolved around her, which touched and irritated He Tiantian.

"Alright, alright, I’ll eat," Huo Yingjie said smilingly, and ate the drumstick. "Drink more soup! Tomorrow morning I’ll go get some fish, and we’ll have fish soup."

"Although market speculation isn’t as severe as before, you still need to be careful not to get caught," He Tiantian reminded him, guessing in a year or two, rural markets would multiply, and by then one could buy almost anything with money.

"I know, nothing will happen," Huo Yingjie said with a carefree smile, confident that no one could catch him, those people hadn’t been born yet!

Sure enough, the next day, Huo Yingjie got two black carps, bought tofu, and made fish head tofu soup. The remaining fish pieces, too much to eat at once, were salted for preservation.

Not only He Tiantian, but Huo Yingjie’s meals also got better, and since Huo Zhekun and Jiang Lifang moved back to Nan City, their food standard had greatly improved as well.

Jiang Lifang was the happiest, with the family safe and sound, the addition of new members, and smooth work life, she was joyful all day long.

He Tiantian sent letters to Third Grandma Qi, Old Man Qi, Qi Daniu, Qi Xiaoyan, and Niu Lili back in Qijia Village, waiting for their replies.

With just a week before the gaokao, He Tiantian went through Huo Yingjie’s notes again carefully, to avoid forgetting anything.

The task of taking care of the child fell entirely on Huo Yingjie’s shoulders.

Being a top student, he had already mastered the material, needing no more time to study it.

The day before the exams, He Tiantian checked all the tools and identification needed for the exams to ensure there were no mistakes, before going back to sleep.

Waking up in the morning, He Tiantian used a manual breast pump to express the milk and stored it in a bottle, so when the child became hungry, they could warm the milk with hot water and feed the child.

To take care of the child and let He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie focus on their exams, Jiang Lifang took leave from work to stay home with the baby.

The baby, almost two months old, was chubby and rosy, especially adorable.

He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie both arrived at the examination site together.

Huo Yingjie appeared calm, but He Tiantian was very nervous, her mind flooded with memories of the arduous revision and exam process from her previous life.

"Tiantian, you are so hardworking and intelligent, you can definitely do it," Huo Yingjie encouraged her, saying that what was past was past and there was no need to dwell on it anymore.

What matters is now.

He Tiantian looked at her husband, nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay, I know. Let’s work hard together."

He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie went to their respective examination rooms.

Seeing the unfamiliar faces full of hope, He Tiantian felt inspired; after working so hard for so long, it was time to reap the rewards.

No matter what, she had to get into university!

In her previous life, she regretted not attending university because of those ungrateful people. Knowing the truth, He Tiantian had wanted to die from regret.

But in this life, if she didn’t go to school for the sake of her child, it would be a willing sacrifice.

He Tiantian found her seat, and after the invigilator checked everything, the announcement for the start of the exams came over the loudspeaker. All was quiet as the students watched the invigilator distribute the papers, more than just a test, it represented the hopes and dreams of many.

"Once you’ve filled in your name, place of origin, and identity card number, you can start answering the questions," the invigilator reminded, concerned that some might be so focused on the test that they forgot to write their names, rendering even a perfect score useless.