Chapter 959: Life Determined by Four Sides

After Bi Qiaoan returned, he entered the space immediately.

An An Nuan Nuan was sitting on the sofa reading a book. The chicken soup in the kitchen was ready. The soup was bright in color and the meat was soft and tender. It was truly top quality.

She turned the heat to the lowest setting, took off her heavy coat, changed into light pajamas, sat on the sofa, and read with An An Nuan Nuan.

Two hours later, Shen Yanming came back. When he found no one at home, he asked his wife to pull him into the space. He served the soup and went out again.

He went to the hospital and came back. Now he was pulled into the space by his wife, so he could rest for a while.

Bi Qiaoan asked: "Why are there so many pregnant women in the hospital? Is it just today, or has it always been like this?"

"There have been a lot of people during this period. Think about it, no one goes out in the winter, and there are no entertainment activities. What can people do? Of course, they do something that makes themselves happy. Then the fertility rate will naturally go up, won't it?" said Shen Yanming.

Bi Qiaoan glared at him in shame and anger, and whispered, "Not proper."

Chen Yanming chuckled: "What I said could not be more serious. It's the truth."

Bi Qiaoan ignored him and only asked: "How are we going to raise the baby after it's born? I'm afraid it will be difficult considering the conditions at the base."

Shen Yanming rubbed her long hair and said, "The base has a policy that provides certain material subsidies for newborns. How about we give birth to one too?"

Bi Qiaoan: "...No more. Isn't having An'an and Nuan'nuan enough?"

Shen Yanming smiled but said nothing.

The couple chatted for a while before going to rest. It was not until the next afternoon that they went to the hospital to see Li Wanwan with milk powder and other things.

The milk powder was unpacked, so the Li family subconsciously thought that Shen Yanming had replaced it in the guard team. Of course, Shen Yanming did go there and exchanged some to mix with what he had stockpiled.

Zhang Heping was so happy that he lost his mind and kept pulling Shen Yanming and saying, "I have a daughter!"

Chen Yanming couldn't bear to see his stupidity, so he smiled and pulled him away. But Zhang Heping refused to give in and pressed further: "How about we have a childhood marriage? Look at my daughter, she's so pretty!"

Chen Yanming looked at the wrinkled monkey on the hospital bed, his mouth twitching, "These are not the time for us to do that now. My An An can choose whoever he likes in the future. I, as a father, don't care."

"Aren't you afraid that he will fall in love with someone with bad character?" Zhang Heping asked.

"I believe in my son's judgment. Isn't that right, baby?" Shen Yanming said, and poked An An's little face.

An An nodded enthusiastically, pointed at Bi Qiao An and said, "I want to find a wife like my mother."

Bi Qiao An was so happy that he kissed An An on the face, making An An so embarrassed that she hid behind her father.

Shen Yanming asked Zhang Heping: "When will you be discharged from the hospital?"

"Tomorrow morning. There are many pregnant women in the base and the beds are tight. If we hadn't informed you in advance, Wanwan wouldn't have been able to move in." Zhang Heping said in a low voice.

Shen Yanming nodded: "It can also be considered as your employee benefits, right?"

"Well, kind of." Zhang Heping said with a smile.

"Has Lao Ji been here?"

"He came last night. He probably found that no one was home, so he asked the neighbors. He and Yiren had to go to work today, so they didn't come."

"Yeah. I heard that there are a lot of people helping out, and Li's mother said she wanted to thank them. Do you need anything?" Shen Yanming signaled with his eyes that he was going to the warehouse to get something.

Zhang Heping thought about it and found that there were many things he needed, including baby clothes, diapers, sanitary napkins, and various nutritional products.

Although my brother-in-law has them, there is no need to ask him for them. So I whispered my request.

Shen Yanming responded in a low voice and kept it in mind.

"I'll bring it to you in two days," he said.

"Okay, no rush." Zhang Heping replied.

Li Wanwan didn't hear anything, but seeing them whispering, she could guess what Zhang Heping was talking about. But she didn't stop them.

Li Wanwan felt that after getting married, she would have two families, and she couldn't always hang out with her brother, otherwise her sister-in-law would dislike her after a while.

After the two sides discussed it, Shen Yanming took his family away. After that, he found time to go out to the escort team, took out the things in the remote place in the mountains and stuffed them into the backpack, and shot a rabbit and a pheasant by the way, and carried them back to the escort team.

The rabbit was given to Zeng Yiming and the pheasant was given to Zhang Heping.

After returning, he told Bi Qiaoan, "The matter between Yiming and Xiaoye is settled."

"Ah, so fast?" Bi Qiaoan was surprised.

Shen Yanming chuckled: "Aunt is still complaining that it's too slow. She wishes they could get married today and have a baby tomorrow."

"But they did get together pretty quickly. It's said that they decided to spend their lives together after meeting four times," Shen Yanming added.

"Oh? Tell me, which four sides?"

"We went on a blind date together, that was the first time. We were forced to go on a date by Ding's father and mother, and great-grandfather and great-grandmother, that was the second time. I gave him two rabbits and he took them to find Ding Xunye, that was the third time. Later, we were forced by both parents to go out with the escort team to hunt and collect firewood, that was the fourth time. Just like that, it was settled."

"Well, that's pretty fast progress. But it seems like neither of you is very active. We have so many opportunities to spend time together, how come we've only met four times?"

"Haha, isn't this all forced by life? Even in winter, we still have to work. Who dares to be completely idle? It's good enough to have progressed to this point."

“When do they register?”

"Just these two days. Aunt said she'll treat us to a meal on New Year's Day, and it'll be like a wedding banquet."

"That requires preparation in advance." Bi Qiaoan said with a smile.

Time turned to the end of the year. On this day, the family of four took food to Zeng's house for dinner.

Zeng's mother had prepared everything in advance and was waiting for everyone to come over for dinner.

Ding Xunye didn't have any red clothes, so she tied a red rope on her head.

She didn't wear any makeup, but a girl of eighteen or nineteen would look pretty no matter what. Her little face was rosy like an apple, very cute.

Bi Qiaoan smiled and joked a few words, then handed the bag to Zeng's mother. Zeng's mother didn't hide anything from others and opened it to read it.

There were more than ten kilograms of peeled corn kernels and various beans, as well as about two kilograms of dried persimmons. None of them were rare, but they were also considered good stuff.

Zeng's mother was so happy that her face was full of smiles and she kept thanking the couple. She then began to praise Xiao Ye for being cute and sensible, and she completely met the standards of a daughter-in-law in her mind.

Ding Xunye was even more embarrassed. But Ding's parents were very satisfied. This was good. There would definitely be fewer conflicts with her parents-in-law in the future.

"I'm hoping they can have a baby soon. This base is great, they even give food subsidies for having a baby. I can still take care of them while I'm still young."

Bi Qiaoan smiled and nodded. The group talked for a while and then started eating.

The meal was simple, just shredded potatoes, mushroom soup, radish and cabbage stew, and stir-fried rabbit cubes. But everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

After the meal, the couple said a few auspicious words and went back.