She had been doing a few simple sit-ups for several minutes.
Cheng Tianfang lay on the sofa, looked at her three-layered belly, and began to cry softly.
The eldest brother's words whispered in my ears again.
——Life is yours to live, and you decide what your life will be like.
Cheng Tianfang wiped away her tears, sat up straight, took a few deep breaths, and started doing sit-ups again.
After a while, she couldn't bear it anymore and rested for a few minutes.
At noon that day, she was too tired to eat. She thought that skipping two meals in a row would hurt her stomach, so she had to cook some gruel.
At this time, the phone in the living room rang!
She thought it was Xue Heng and rushed over to answer it.
Unexpectedly, a colleague called and said that she was going back to her hometown during the Lantern Festival and hoped that she could switch shifts with her in the next few days. He said that she had to work intensively and then be on vacation for more than a week. She hoped that Cheng Tianfang could help.
Cheng Tianfang thought that she was alone at home, so she immediately agreed.
My colleague thanked her and invited her to eat Western fast food when she came back during the Lantern Festival.
In recent years, the trend of eating foreign fast food has emerged in the imperial capital. There are not many fast food restaurants, but the business of each one is very prosperous, and children and young people like to eat it.
Cheng Tianfang is also a fan of foreign fast food and always thinks about eating it.
Xue Heng is not short of money, and he is not picky about food anyway. His wife likes to eat, so he takes her to eat often.
When her colleagues saw that she was willing to help, they were so happy that they casually made an appointment to treat her to a snack.
Cheng Tianfang was slightly stunned. He was about to agree, but in his mind he remembered his three-layered belly and what his parents-in-law had said to persuade him.
My father-in-law saw that she and Xue Heng often went to eat foreign fast food, so he advised them to eat as much as possible.
He explained that Western fast food contains a lot of meat, and most of it is fried food. Such food contains high calories, which makes you prone to obesity after eating and has many side effects on the human body.
The old man didn't stop him, he just laughed and said that it's good to eat it once in a while, but he doesn't agree with it if he eats it for a long time.
My mother-in-law said: "You should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. We usually go to the market and buy fresh things. We cook them ourselves when we go home, so that we eat healthy and fresh. Those foreign foods are piled together, and they are
If you pickle it and do it in advance, you can't guarantee the freshness. It's better to cook something yourself."
They are both doctors, and the advice they give is naturally the most authoritative. But she goes in one ear and out the other, and indulges herself to the point where she develops a three-layered belly in just a few months.
Cheng Tianfang smiled and whispered: "We'll wait until you come back. I haven't had a good appetite recently, so it's hard for me to eat foreign fast food."
The colleague said "Ouch!" and Kuhaha explained: "I went to eat some fried chicken wings the day before yesterday, and when I came back, three pimples appeared on my face! Oh my God! It hurts me to death! My husband even laughed at me for being ugly.
Laji, it’s so annoying!”
Cheng Tianfang touched her face and saw that she had gained a lot of weight. She was so frightened that she quickly retracted her hand.
"Um... let's have a good chat when you come back. I'm making lunch!"
My colleague said hello and hung up the phone.
Cheng Tianfang walked back to the kitchen, smelling the soft and waxy aroma of millet porridge, and felt that her appetite seemed to have recovered.
It seems that her lifestyle really needs to be changed.
In the next few days, she did not go to her parents-in-law's place to eat. She stayed at home cleaning and exercising, and only ate light vegetables and millet porridge for three meals.
When the sun shines at noon, she moves all the quilts and mattresses at home to the balcony to bask in the sun, and she also does exercises on the balcony to bask in the sun.
My mother-in-law opened the balcony door and came out to dry the quilt.
Cheng Tianfang hurriedly greeted her.
Seeing her exercising, her mother-in-law said with a smile: "The sunshine is just right today, so I took some quilts and coats out to bask in the sun. Ah Fang, it's good to exercise! Young people should exercise more, they look more energetic!"
Cheng Tianfang smiled and said: "I feel refreshed when I exercise! I sleep better at night!"
The mother-in-law said "Yo!" and said: "Your complexion has been much better in the past two days than before. You were very pale a few days ago, either thin or feeling very pale. Your father-in-law also told me, let me
Stew some more tonics for you to eat. Now that spring is here, I plan to buy some nourishing herbs and make a soup for you to drink."
"No need." Cheng Tianfang smiled and said: "I just lack exercise and my diet is not healthy. I will be fine soon after adjusting."
The mother-in-law said: "It's okay. Ah Heng and Ah Huan can drink it anyway. When the time comes, you young ones will drink together. Xiaoyi is about to give birth, so you can't drink this."
Cheng Tianfang hadn't seen Xiao Yi for several days and asked, "Is she at home? Is she doing well these days?"
"It's good." The mother-in-law said with a smile: "You are young and in good health, and you have a big belly when you are pregnant with a child. I am always worried that it will be hard for her, but she always says no. I just went to the market to buy things with Sister Achun. She said
I’m going to make braised chicken wings in the evening, and I’ll send two over to you then.”
When Cheng Tianfang heard that there was meat to eat, he suddenly became energetic. Unexpectedly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of his three-layered belly.
"No...Mom, I've been losing weight these past two days and don't want to eat too much meat."
Mrs. Chen laughed and said: "Why lose weight? You are not fat at all. Wouldn't it be good to raise some winter fat in winter?"
Cheng Tianfang smiled bitterly: "No! If you continue to indulge, you will become fat! I want to exercise now and not eat too much meat. You can eat it yourself, don't use it to tempt me, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it!"
Mrs. Chen had no choice but to nod: "Okay, then you should exercise well. Just tell mom what you want to eat and she will cook it for you."
"Thank you, Mom!" Cheng Tianfang smiled and thanked her.
Mrs. Chen asked: "Have your parents called?"
"None." Cheng Tianfang explained: "In the past, they always called my eldest brother or sister-in-law. Now that they have gone south to accompany them, there is no need to call. However, they have classes after the Lantern Festival, so I guess they should come back before the Lantern Festival."
"It's only been a few days." Mrs. Chen said with a smile, "It's already the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. I haven't seen you for a while, and I miss you so much. The winter vacation is shorter, and they can only go there for a month at most. I heard that Yincheng is there
The weather over there is very hot, even in winter it’s still over 20 degrees. Last night I looked at the weather forecast with Zhilan and saw that it was 29 degrees over there!”
Cheng Tianfang's eyes flashed slightly and asked: "Mom, did Ah Heng call you?"
He refused to pay attention to himself, but his parents had never had any conflicts with him. He would definitely call to report that he was okay or something.
Chen shook his head and replied: "No, I don't know if he is too busy. However, cross-border calls are very expensive and the signal is not very good, so I guess he couldn't make calls. When he was abroad in the past, it was difficult to make calls.
Yes, it is really expensive. However, he writes us a letter every week, occasionally sharing things about his studies, classmates or fellow villagers. Even if there is nothing to write about, he will write a few words to say that he is safe."
Cheng Tianfang sighed secretly, for some reason...he was not here for a while, and his heart felt terribly empty.
She was the one making trouble with him at first, thinking that he would come over to comfort her as usual during the New Year holiday.
She knew that he stayed at her parents' house before the Chinese New Year. When he didn't come back, she became even more arrogant and refused to talk to him.
Unexpectedly, he turned around and walked away, walking so far without leaving any news to her...
Mrs. Chen explained that hot water was still boiling on the kitchen stove and turned around to go back to the house.
Cheng Tianfang stood on the balcony, enjoying the cool wind, feeling both missed and secretly worried.
She misses the man she loves, and worries whether he has been too worn out by such a life. After escaping, does she plan to never return and never return to their little family?