The happiest person when Jiang Hui and Han Ling returned to work was their sister-in-law, Fang Meili, who no longer had to worry about losing her job.

After applying to both sides, Jiang Jianguo officially retired and received a big red flower and an enamel basin as a reward for retiring employees of the steel plant.

Fang Meili also began her office work career, and she no longer had to wash vegetables.

Her job was taken over by Han Ling, who didn't mind the job, as it was better than doing manual labor in the countryside under the sun and wind.

As soon as Jiang Jianguo retired, Zheng Dali became envious and immediately applied to his superiors to have his work given to Jiang Hui. Of course, Jiang Hui also gave him four hundred yuan, which was equivalent to a one-time compensation to Zheng Dali's retirement pension. Zheng Dali was overjoyed to retire.

He gets up early every day. After breakfast, Jiang Ruyu no longer has to take the children to work. Zheng Dali cleans his tricycle thoroughly, lays thick cotton quilts inside, and blocks the sides with bamboo mats. He often takes his two granddaughters for a stroll in the alley.

Sometimes he would ride his bike with Grandma Jiang to Houhai Park, where they could chat with people and show off their twin granddaughters. Their retirement life couldn't be more comfortable.

Jiang Ruyu didn't have enough breast milk, so she only fed her eldest child at first because the child was a bit thin at birth. When the child was six months old, her milk supply decreased, and Tiantian often didn't get enough to drink before the milk ran out.

Jiang Ruyu made a tough decision and weaned her, feeding her only formula. She was six months old when she asked the doctor, who said she could feed her some egg custard, rice porridge, and finely chopped noodles.

So Jiang Ruyu started thinking of ways to give the child extra food, such as steaming the fish that had been delivered, mashing it up, and feeding it to the child with rice cereal.

Grandma taught me to make dough dumplings that were finely chopped without any lumps. She only added a little salt and sesame oil, and the kids ate them with great relish.

After the two children started eating solid food, they not only didn't lose weight, but actually gained a little weight, and the family accepted the weaning process.

While working, Jiang Ruyu tried to get milk powder. She inquired everywhere about where to get milk powder coupons and then used her resources to exchange them with others. In addition, she could also sign up for milk powder from time to time, so she didn't have to worry about the food for her two children.

As the children grow up, the two daughters have shown their own personalities. The older one is relatively stable and doesn't like to cry, but if you can't guess what she wants, she will get angry and start babbling at you.

The second child is relatively more delicate. When things don't go their way, they'll whine and whimper, unlike other children who cry incessantly. They just like to act cute.

Zheng Yang would unconsciously favor his younger daughter a little more, because Huanhuan was more expressive and would always express any discomfort she felt.

Sweetie prefers to play by herself. She can play with a toy, or a colorful book or doll by herself for half a day, which means she doesn't attract as much attention from adults.

Jiang Ruyu observed for a long time before discovering the two girls' personalities. For example, when Zheng Yang came home from get off work, she would instinctively hug Huanhuan first, and when she saw him, she would stretch out her arms and make noises. Tian Tian would just watch her father hug her younger sister without saying a word.

If Jiang Ruyu goes up and hugs her at this time, she will happily make two "ah ah" sounds, and then her younger sister will make sounds to attract her attention, wanting her mother to hug her too.

This is actually just children vying for attention. Sometimes adults don't realize that they tend to favor the child who can express themselves better. This is the phenomenon of "the squeaky wheel gets the grease."

After discovering this, Jiang Ruyu told Zheng Yang. At first, Zheng Yang didn't believe her, thinking she was overthinking it. But when he found out that it was true, he hugged Tian Tian with heartache.

"I will definitely pay attention in the future; I really didn't realize it."

Jiang Ruyu patted Tian Tian's head tenderly: "This child is a bit like Jiang Hui. She doesn't like to express herself, but she's been sensible since she was little. We should pay more attention to children like this so that she doesn't feel that we are biased from a young age."

"Yes, I'll talk to Dad about it too."

Only when you raise a child do you realize the kindness of your parents. Unfortunately, Jiang Ruyu's own parents are gone.

Life went on as usual. Zheng Xiaoyue and Jiang Tao corresponded frequently. Jiang Tao would often send local specialties and receipts that he didn't need, since he was in the military and military receipts were valid everywhere.

Zheng Xiaoyue also learned from her sister-in-law to make some food that could be stored, such as dried meat and meat products. She also made her own cloth shoes and would occasionally make him clothes. The relationship between the two grew stronger and stronger.

I've already said I'll try to get a holiday during the Chinese New Year and come back to get married.

Their peaceful life was disrupted by an urgent telegram from the East China Sea Fleet.

"Jiang Ruyu, who is Jiang Ruyu?" the postman called from the doorway.

Jiang Ruyu was cooking when she came out, her hands full of noodles: "I am, comrade, do you have any mail for me?"

"Give me the stamp, there's a telegram, it's an urgent telegram." The postman took out a telegram.

Jiang Ruyu went back to get the stamp, had the document handed to her by the postman stamped, took her telegram, and went back to her room.

Zheng Yang hadn't returned from his long-distance trip yet, and she couldn't think of anyone else who could have sent this telegram except Jiang Lin. The brief message on the telegram made her legs go weak.

"Jiang Lin is injured, come quickly."

Jiang Ruyu almost fell over, and her father-in-law Zheng Dali, who was standing nearby, quickly pulled her up: "What's wrong? Whose telegram is this?"

Jiang Ruyu's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would jump out of her chest. She forced herself to sit down in the chair and said, "It's nothing. Jiang Lin was injured and asked me to go check on him. It's nothing serious."

Zheng Dali looked at his daughter-in-law's pale face without saying a word. If it weren't serious, the army wouldn't have sent a telegram, and his daughter-in-law wouldn't be so frightened.

"Pack your things and go now. If you go now, you'll arrive the day after tomorrow."

Jiang Ruyu was very grateful to her father-in-law for considering her needs, and she really had to go: "Dad, I'm so sorry, I'm here..."

"Don't say that. We're family. I'll take good care of the child."

Jiang Ruyu nodded and went into the house with red eyes. She first opened the system to check on Jiang Lin's condition. That year, she gave Jiang Lin a one-time absolute defense bead. Logically, he should be fine. She had a locator on him that she had placed and could also see his health status. She could only feel at ease after checking.

Open the system, open the map, find Jiang Lin's location, it shows that he is in the naval hospital. It should have been a green dot, but now it is light green, which means that he is indeed injured, and quite seriously.

But at least he's alright and alive, that's good.

After calming herself down, Jiang Ruyu went to her parents' house to find Jiang Hui. Jiang Hui and Han Ling were cooking: "Sister, did you cook? If not, are you eating here?"

Jiang Ruyu shook her head, glanced at her grandmother's room, and said in a low voice, "Jiang Lin is injured. I need to go see him. You stay home and keep Grandma calm. She's old and can't handle any shocks."

Jiang Hui dropped the vegetables in his hand to the ground: "Are you injured? How badly?"

"I don't know yet. It should be nothing serious, but family members will need to take care of her. I'll go check on her first and then send you a telegram."