Perhaps because it was her first time reading to her younger siblings, and the little ones listened attentively in a "successful attempt," from then on, whenever Chaochao had free time, she would enthusiastically read to the two little ones.

She reads without any method, completely haphazardly, reading whichever book comes to mind.

Of course, most of the time she read the books that Xie Yan taught her to recognize characters.

Moreover, almost all of them are medical books.

Warm sunlight streamed through the window and fell on the kang (a heated brick bed), while the clear sound of children reading aloud echoed throughout the room.

Amidst the sounds of children reading aloud, the two little ones grew like seedlings in spring, becoming more and more adorable, their pink and tender appearance resembling two snowballs.

Those chubby little cheeks make you want to pinch them.

Chaochao's feelings for her younger siblings also changed from a slight dislike at the beginning to an overwhelming fondness for them later on.

She would boast about her younger siblings to everyone she met, and even something as simple as the two little ones stretching out their arms or rolling over was something she was proud of.

The other children are also very childish. Every time they hear Chaochao showing off, they run inside to watch the two little ones perform. Some of them are quite unwilling to watch, and they leave with regret on their faces.

After all, these two adorable little ones are like two sweet candies; who wouldn't love them?

However, naming their two children proved to be a real challenge for Xie Yan and Yu Yuehui.

They spent two whole months researching names for their child, but still had no clue. Every night, the two of them would lie in bed, discussing the names back and forth, but the names they came up with were either too ordinary or lacked meaning, and they just couldn't decide on one.

In the end, it was Chaochao who volunteered to come up with nicknames for her younger siblings.

She tilted her head, her eyes sparkling, and announced at the end: "The brother's name is Yangyang, and the sister's name is Tangtang."

There's an interesting little story behind these names. Originally, Chaochao named her younger brother Tangtang and her younger sister Huahua, because she liked eating candy and was also fond of pretty flowers.

Upon hearing this reason for the name, Xie Yan was speechless and looked utterly helpless.

After Xie Yan's efforts, appealing to both emotion and reason, Chaochao finally agreed to change her younger siblings' names. Of course, it wasn't decided on Tangtang and Yangyang immediately; it went through several rounds of selection before finally settling on Yangyang and Tangtang.

It wasn't until Yangyang and Tangtang were both six months old that Xie Yan and Yu Yuehui, these two somewhat unreliable parents, finally decided on a formal name for their children.

Yangyang's real name is Xie Chaoci, and Tangtang's real name is Xie Chaojin.

Originally, Xie Yan meant that since both children were born after Yu Yuehui had carried them for ten months, they should naturally take the surname Yu.

But Yu Yue refused to agree no matter what.

She knew all too well that in such an environment, once the child took her surname, those busybodies would definitely gossip about Xie Yan behind her back.

They would use their sharp and sarcastic words to label Xie Yan as a "son-in-law".

She didn't want such a wonderful thank-you banquet to suffer these unwarranted slanders and criticisms for no reason.

At her insistence, all three children ended up with the surname Xie.

After seeing that Xie Yan also really liked the two younger children, Yu Yuehui couldn't help but want to have a third child. Several times she even indirectly asked Xie Yan what he thought about having a third child.

What opinions could Xie Yan possibly have?

He was very supportive; after all, it wasn't his own child, so what did he have to be afraid of?

As early as after Yu Yue became pregnant, Xie Yan had already planned to take some time to get a tubal ligation, deciding that two children would be enough.

The two children not only have each other for company, but they are no longer afraid of being alone, which is just right.

Having more children, how much does childbirth affect pregnant women?

But he also knew that his wife would never agree. In this era, people believed that having many children meant having many blessings. Every family had five or six children in their lifetime. The family with the most children in their village had nine children, and they were all boys.

They were already poor, and then they had so many children, and since they were all boys, they became even poorer.

Of those who died during the famine a few years ago, only four remain. The third child survived because he was adopted by someone else.

Even Gu Bin, the young master of the capital, had decided early on to have five children.

Therefore, he secretly went to the hospital alone and underwent a tubal ligation, keeping it a secret from everyone.

When the hospital staff saw Xie Yan coming for a vasectomy, they were very surprised and strongly advised him to reconsider. They even suggested that if he really didn't want children, his wife could get an IUD.

If it needs to be regenerated, the ring can be removed.

Xie Yan remained adamant, and in the end, the doctor couldn't persuade him otherwise and performed the surgery.

To be honest, since the surgery, Xie Yan has felt much more relaxed, as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

When Xie Yan returned to her room after her postpartum confinement period, more than half a year later, she was noticeably more relaxed and unrestrained than before. After all, she no longer had to worry about having another child, and she seemed to have a carefree and unrestrained joy.

Yu Yuehui was unaware that Xie Yan had undergone tubal ligation. When she saw Xie Yan starting to stop using condoms, she assumed he wanted a third child and was overjoyed.

Six months later, Xie Yan noticed that she seemed a bit depressed. When he asked her, he learned that Cherry was pregnant with her third child, but she wasn't, which made her unhappy.

Xie Yan then revealed that she had undergone sterilization.

Yu Yuehui immediately became agitated upon hearing this.

He lowered his voice anxiously and said, "Who told you to do that!"

"Why didn't you tell me about something this big?!"

"Doesn't that make you uncomfortable?!"

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