At night, Xia Xiao finally saw the wounds on Gao Jiaxing’s body. There were minor injuries on his arm, thigh, and chest, but there was a noticeable scratch on his back that had almost healed. She said with sympathy, "Why didn’t you mention it?" "They’ve almost healed, it’s nothing. Seawater can be antiseptic," Gao Jiaxing replied. Still, Xia Xiao looked at the fierce scar on Gao Jiaxing’s back and felt deeply pained, "I’ll go get some medicine to apply." Saying this, Xia Xiao stood up to go outside. "There’s no need, it will heal in a few days," said Gao Jiaxing. Xia Xiao glared, "You have to train every day. What if the wound reopens?" Nevertheless, Xia Xiao went to fetch some medicine from Mu Xingzhi, but when she applied it, she mixed it with spring water from her space, and the effect was still quite good. Not to mention Gao Jiaxing’s frequent injuries, even when Feiyang and Feiyue sometimes got bumps and bruises or suffered falls, Xia Xiao used the same method, and the recovery was faster. At night, Gao Jiaxing was restlessly eager, having returned after a half-month away, his heart was still full of longing, and at this moment, with Xia Xiao in his arms and breathing in her scent, Gao Jiaxing’s desires were hard to tame. However, Xia Xiao turned him down, pushing away Gao Jiaxing’s hand and telling him to rest properly to heal. On New Year’s Day, the army finally took a few days off, and Gao Jiaxing took Xia Xiao and their children to the beach to watch the sunrise and collect seashells. However, the sea breeze was strong, and it was cold, making it even colder, so Xia Xiao didn’t dare let the children stay by the seaside too long, and they quickly returned. Several Military Wives looked towards Xu Chunhua, who was different from the others as she had always lived in the countryside even after marrying Lin Jianfeng, so she knew a bit more about pig farming than the rest. The Military Wives glanced at each other hesitantly, and Dong Meihua finally asked, "Who fathered the litters that the sows are carrying? Wild boars or domestic boars?" "Who can know? We’ll find out when we see the piglets," Xu Chunhua responded. However, it was still a happy occasion that the three sows were pregnant, indicating there would be a bunch of piglets soon, and it didn’t really matter if they were fathered by a domestic boar or a wild boar. Pregnant sows typically give birth in just over three months, and in the pigsty, there had initially been one male pig and three female pigs. After more than three months, the three sows gave birth one after another, each having about ten piglets. Of course, out of these twenty-five piglets, twelve were wild boar’s, with the other two sows giving birth to six and seven respectively. Suddenly having nearly twenty-five piglets, everyone was amazed. Although they were delighted, feeding over twenty piglets required a lot of pig grass, and the Military Wives spent their days gathering it. Moreover, Xu Chunhua said that they could have two litters a year, meaning that by the end of this year, there would be fifty. But Liu Yuanchao was delighted, saying, "Let’s just raise them, and if we can’t eat all, we can transport them out. Who knows, the higher-ups might even reward us." Liu Yuanchao then praised Xu Chunhua and all the Military Wives on the spot, as they were now completely self-sufficient. And to ensure that the twenty-five piglets and the four adults all had enough to eat, the Military Wives cooperated daily to gather pig grass, making their days busy and fulfilling. Initially, Xia Xiao feared that the twenty-five piglets would not survive, so she added spring water to their diet. Later, she stopped worrying, and the twenty-five piglets grew quite well. Over the course of the year, Li Xiaoyan, Yi Xiulan, and Chen Juan had successively become pregnant, and by the second half of the year, the children were born. For more chapters visıt 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝕟𝕖𝕥 Li Xiaoyan had a daughter, while Yi Xiulan and Chen Juan each had a son. Xia Xiao and the other Military Wives were primarily engaged in pig and chicken farming, taking care of meals for the military men when present, and otherwise just looking after themselves and their children. By the end of the year, Mu Xingzhi finally got pregnant, and Yu Youwei’s wife, Liang Lizhen, was also expecting her second child, but Dong Meihua was still not showing any signs. Xia Xiao began to suspect that there might be a problem with He Xuegang. But at the beginning of the year, Dong Meihua finally got pregnant. Gao Jiaxing stared at Xia Xiao’s belly and said, "How come the other Military Wives are pregnant, and despite all my efforts, you aren’t?" "You ask me, whom should I ask? It’s not like I can’t have kids," Xia Xiao shot back, giving Gao Jiaxing a glare. Afterward, Gao Jiaxing became even more determined. Now, he did not fuss over his sons, who always competed with him for affection. Seeing other people’s lovely daughters, Gao Jiaxing was exceedingly fond of them. Thus, Gao Jiaxing was particularly hopeful that Xia Xiao would get pregnant and give birth to a daughter. As Mu Xingzhi had a girl and Yu Youwei’s wife Liang Lizhen had a son, around the time Dong Meihua was about to give birth, news of Xia Xiao’s pregnancy also spread. Dong Meihua, after a full day, eventually gave birth to a son in the evening, much to everyone’s great relief. He Xuegang’s anxieties were finally put to rest, and with a son now, he felt a surge of pride, knowing that despite Dong Meihua’s delayed pregnancy, he had worried whether the problem lay with him, at times even losing confidence. Although Dong Meihua was initially joyful to finally have a son, she didn’t expect to receive a letter from Yu Zhen, who had also had a son for He Xuebing, and the child was even older than Dong Meihua’s son by months. Dong Meihua was quite sad, but having a son was ultimately what mattered most; now that she had returned to the production team, she was no longer afraid of Li Shengmei. Unlike previous years, when evaluations were held in the second half of the year, they were changed this year. Gao Jiaxing and his team had to leave the island for a major evaluation, and if he performed well, he might even be promoted. However, Xia Xiao’s child had not yet been born, and Gao Jiaxing hoped to see the birth. But military duties couldn’t wait for anyone, so Gao Jiaxing and his team left the island. Xia Xiao felt a slight disappointment, though she couldn’t be overly sentimental; Gao Jiaxing had already done very well. Thus, before Gao Jiaxing left, Xia Xiao said to him, "Brother Gao, the children and I will wait for your return, hoping you come back crowned with honor."