Chapter 228

Xia Ruoan finally made it through the confinement period and couldn't wait to throw herself into a busy and fulfilling life.

She carefully tended to her small vegetable garden, allowing all kinds of vegetables to thrive.

On the other hand, she and her husband Leng Zexi take good care of their three lovely babies.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye the children are already ten months old. The little ones at this stage simply cannot sit still for a moment, and if you are not paying attention, they will run away without a trace.

Other families only have to worry about one child, but they have to take care of three at the same time, which is extremely difficult!

When I was pregnant, I thought giving birth to three babies at once would save a lot of trouble. Now looking back, it’s really a headache.

If one of them got sick, the other two would usually suffer as well, and the things prepared for each child had to be exactly the same, otherwise the little ones would immediately start fighting.

Not to mention that sometimes if a child cries, the crying is like a trio of sounds that go on and on, making your head buzz.

That day, Xia Ruoan was busy arranging vegetables in the vegetable garden when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a small figure slowly crawling out of the house.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the naughty Ningning had run out at some point, covered in mud, like a little mud monkey.

Xia Ruoan said angrily and amusedly: "Ningning, why did you run out by yourself? Where's Dad? Look at how dirty you are."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Ruo'an pointed at the tomato seedlings he had just planted and said helplessly, "Oh, my little ancestor, you crushed all the tomato seedlings I worked so hard to plant!"

It turned out that Ningning had climbed all the way over those tomato seedlings.

At this moment, Leng Zexi's anxious voice suddenly came from the room: "Ningning, Ningning, where are you? Come out quickly!"

When Ningning heard her father's voice, she waved her hands excitedly and made "ahhh" sounds in response.

"Little naughty boy!" Xia Ruoan reached out his hand, gently patted the little guy's chubby butt, and said with a doting look on his face.

Ningning, on the other hand, seemed to understand what she said. She grinned and giggled, dancing her little hands and feet happily, then dived into Xia Ruoan's warm embrace.

"Okay, baby, let's go into the house quickly, otherwise your dad won't be able to find you and will be very worried!" Xia Ruoan said as he hugged the little guy in his arms and walked towards the house.

Just then, Leng Zexi walked out of the house wearing a blue apron.

"An An, have you seen Ning Ning?" Leng Zexi asked anxiously.

"I'm holding this little guy right now. He just ran out by himself." Xia Ruoan replied with a smile.

Leng Zexi looked at Ning Ning, who was smiling happily in Xia Ruo'an's arms, with an expression of disgust and helplessness on his face: "This little brat."

"I just put him in the living room to play by himself, and I went to the kitchen to cook. When I turned around, he was gone."

"What's more, he actually ran to the vegetable garden and crushed all the tomato seedlings that I had just planted!" Xia Ruoan pouted and complained to Leng Zexi.

Leng Zexi looked in the direction of Xia Ruoan's finger, and saw that the originally neatly arranged row of tomato seedlings were lying on the ground, and some were even broken into two.

He couldn't help but frown and felt a headache. "This guy is really troublesome. I'll help you rearrange these seedlings later to see if there is still hope of saving them. Now, I'll take him to change into clean clothes."

As he said that, Leng Zexi reached out to take Ningning.

However, Xia Ruo'an did not hand Ningning over to him. Instead, he shook his head and said, "No, I'd better just take him to take a bath. Look at him, he's covered in mud and dirty."

"You go cook first, I'll help look after the children. Suisui and Niannian are probably about to wake up." Xia Ruoan said gently.

"Okay, no problem! I'll quickly stir-fry two more dishes and we can have dinner." Leng Zexi said as he gently pinched Ningning's chubby little face and deliberately teased the little guy: "Dad will come and deal with you when he has time later."

However, the young Ningning did not seem to be afraid of Leng Zexi's threat. Instead, she opened her little mouth and showed an innocent smile, which made people laugh.

Seeing this, Xia Ruo'an protected Ningning with heartache and scolded: "Don't pinch his face all the time, it will easily make him drool. Besides, he is only ten months old and doesn't understand anything at all. Don't always bully him."

When Leng Zexi heard his wife say this, although he was a little reluctant, he still let go of her hand.

However, his deep eyes stared at Ningning with a smile, "Okay, I won't bully this little brat anymore. I'll bully you at night."

As soon as these words came out, Xia Ruoan's cheeks instantly flushed, as tempting as a ripe apple.

After she glared at Leng Zexi coquettishly, she hurried into the house and ignored this outspoken guy.

Leng Zexi looked at his wife's departing back and couldn't help laughing.

The two have been together for almost two years, but An An's personality is still as easygoing as before.

After a while, when Leng Zexi saw Xia Ruoan and the children had gone upstairs, he turned back to the kitchen and continued to prepare meals.

Just then, the door suddenly opened, and it turned out that my good friend Ouyang came.

"Hey, come here quickly, just in time for dinner!" Leng Zexi greeted Ouyang enthusiastically and motioned for him to take a seat quickly.

"Well, come and see the kids. I heard that you had a fever before, so I came to see how you are doing." Ouyang said as he put his coat aside swiftly. Then he turned his gaze to Leng Zexi and asked with concern.

Leng Zexi smiled and responded: "Brother has come here just now. He gave the children medicine and they were sweating. Now their fever has subsided a lot."

As he spoke, Leng Zexi did not forget to bring out the dishes he had just prepared from the kitchen, and continued speaking while looking in the direction of Ouyang.

Hearing this news, Ouyang finally breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly in agreement, "That's good! By the way, in two months these little guys will be one year old."

"When that time comes, will you have to go back to work? Who will take care of the child? Do you need me to help you take care of Ningning?"

Ouyang directly raised the questions in his mind without any intention of beating around the bush or concealing anything.

Leng Zexi couldn't help laughing when he heard that. He looked at Ouyang with a hint of sarcasm and said, "You only mentioned Ningning? Ruoan has long complained that you are partial and only know how to love Ningning."

Facing Leng Zexi's teasing, Ouyang's face flashed with a barely perceptible sense of guilt, "If you trust me, it would be totally fine to let me take care of all three children."

After saying that, Ouyang looked at Leng Zexi with expectant eyes.

Leng Zexi thought for a moment and then replied, "Actually, we originally planned to send the children to my parents and ask them to help take care of them for a while."

"After all, Ruoan is about to prepare for her doctorate exams, so she really can't spare much energy to take care of the child."

"Of course, if you are really willing to help take care of Ningning, that would be great." When he said this, gratitude appeared in Leng Zexi's eyes.

When Ningning was just born, she was the smallest and weakest baby in the family.

Who could have expected that after a period of careful nurturing, this little guy would grow up to be as strong as his two older brothers!

However, what is worrying is that Ningning is now the most mischievous one in the family.

"But I have to make it clear to you in advance. Ningning is a restless kid. If you plan to help take care of him, you have to be fully prepared in advance!"

Leng Zexi warned the other party with a serious face.

"What did Ningning do to make you so angry?" Ouyang asked with an interested smile.

Leng Zexi shook his head helplessly and began to recount what had just happened: "I just put him in the living room to play, but in the blink of an eye, this guy actually sneaked to the backyard by himself."

"When I found him, he was covered in dirt, just like a little clay doll!"

"What's even worse is that he accidentally knocked down a large area of tomato seedlings that Ruoan had worked so hard to grow..." At this point, Leng Zexi couldn't help but sigh in anger and amusement.

After listening to Leng Zexi's description, Ouyang couldn't help but burst into laughter: "From this point of view, Ningning might be as good at planting as An'an in the future!"

Leng Zexi did not object to Ouyang's teasing.

After all, in his mind, what skills his children want to learn or what careers they want to pursue when they grow up depends entirely on their own interests and hobbies.

If Ningning is really interested in planting and is willing to inherit Ruoan's planting philosophy, then that would naturally be a good thing.

At this moment, Xia Ruoan came down from upstairs holding Ningning. When she saw Ouyang coming, she immediately smiled brightly and greeted him enthusiastically, "Brother, you are here!"

"Well, give Ningning to me." Ouyang looked at Ningning in her arms and stretched out her hand.

Ningning was also familiar with Ouyang and happily reached out for a hug.

"Uncle." Ningning shouted happily.

"Ningning, you're so good." Ouyang said happily after hearing that.

Leng Zexi and Xia Ruoan looked at each other, both with helplessness in their eyes. Only Ouyang thought that Ningning was well-behaved, and his two brothers were not as naughty as him.