Bi Qiao'an lay weakly in the ice and snow, watching the heavy snow bury her alive. Thinking back to her three years of solitary survival in the apocalypse, her consciousness gradually blurred. ...
Overjoyed, Zeng's mother completely ignored the second half of his sentence. "Oh, son, so you've agreed?"
"Yes, that's right. Mom, did you hear what I said?" Zeng Yiming asked uncertainly.
Mother Zeng nodded quickly: "I heard you clearly, I heard you clearly, our family is going to have a happy event."
"Mom, Mom?" Zeng Yiming grabbed his mother's shoulders and shook her, trying to bring her back to her senses.
But his mother completely ignored him and slapped his hand: "What are you making a fuss about? Are you so happy you've gone crazy or something?"
Zeng Yiming: "..." I feel a bit hopeless.
Ding Xunye couldn't help but burst out laughing as she watched the two interact.
Ding's mother glared at her daughter, then earnestly tried to smooth things over: "Look, look, my daughter is ecstatic too. Oh my, they're a match made in heaven!"
Ding Xunye stared wide-eyed in shock, pointing at her own gaping mouth as if to ask, "Are you talking about me?"
Ding's mother glared at her, ignored her, and started talking to Zeng's mother, saying, "Older sister..."
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When Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan got home, they first put the two children down, took off their coats and tucked them into the quilt, and then washed their faces and hands with hot water and soaked their feet.
The two of them laughed at the same time, recalling Zeng Yiming's awkward appearance.
Bi Qiaoan asked, "Those two, they should be able to get together, right?"
Shen Yanming shook his head: "Who knows? But men all like young and beautiful women, and I think Yiming is no exception."
Bi Qiaoan retorted angrily, "And what about you?"
Shen Yanming suppressed a laugh: "Me too! My wife is so youthful and radiant, I love her to bits!"
Bi Qiaoan rolled her eyes: "Hmph, you know how to talk!"
"Oh right, Xiao Fei's mother..."
"Don't worry about this."
Bi Qiaoan was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand."
"Okay, good girl!"
Bi Qiaoan: "..."
A few days later, the Li family's youngest son turned one month old. The couple got up early in the morning to prepare congratulatory gifts.
When An'an and Nuan Nuan heard that they were going to see their little brother, they got excited and kept asking the couple all sorts of questions.
Bi Qiaoan took a moment to reply with a few words, then grabbed the two dogs and changed their clothes.
The two little ones hid around like fat worms, giggling all the while.
"You have to be good when we get to Uncle Zhao Zhao's place. The baby is so small, he can't stand all this noise."
The two children stopped laughing and fussing and nodded obediently.
Shen Yanming's consciousness circled the space a few times before finally taking out two sets of particularly cute-looking little clothes.
One outfit was blue with cartoon bears embroidered on it, and the other was a red onesie with Angry Birds on the hat.
"Are these two sets okay?" Shen Yanming asked.
Bi Qiaoan nodded: "Sure, they're both quite cute. But do you have any padded jackets? I feel like these two are only suitable for spring and autumn."
“Yes, but the little one is too young to go out now. We’ll send him a cotton-padded coat when he’s a bit older,” Shen Yanming said.
“Okay.” Bi Qiaoan had no objections, then remembered something and asked, “Are there any silver bracelets in the space? Wasn’t it said that bracelets would be given as a gift for the baby’s full moon?”
Shen Yanming looked around and found it, then laughed: "You know, when our two babies turned one month old, we didn't have a banquet or accept any gifts, and I've never seen you so particular. Why are you being so particular today, hmm?"
Bi Qiaoan rolled her eyes and shoved him: "That's not the same. It's easy to talk about things among family, but Li Zhaozhao is always an outsider. Plus, there's Xu Yajing too. If we do something wrong, people will talk about us."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanming's smile vanished instantly.
He grabbed Bi Qiaoan's hand and said, "It's alright. If they dare to talk nonsense, our two families will stop having any dealings with each other."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and shook her head: "It's not that serious. I know you have a grudge, but our two families don't need to fall out. Let's just stay on the sidelines. There's no need to create another enemy for ourselves."
Shen Yanming knew this, but he felt that his wife had been wronged.
If Bi Qiaoan knew what he was thinking, she would definitely say, "What grievance? I didn't care about them at all. I just didn't want any trouble."
Shen Yanming, harboring a ulterior motive, picked out the two most inconspicuous silver bracelets from the pile of jewelry: "Here, what do you think?"
Bi Qiaoan looked at the small, shimmering silver bracelet without any patterns and nodded: "Okay."
Seeing that she had no complaints, Shen Yanming said, "Don't underestimate it. This is a genuine antique. It's just that it's been kept in the space all this time, so it hasn't oxidized."
Bi Qiaoan nodded, indicating that she understood. Then she wrapped it in red cloth and put it together with the two sets of clothes.
At this moment, Nuannuan ran over and hugged Bi Qiaoan's waist, rubbing against her: "Mommy, Mommy!"
"What's wrong?" Bi Qiaoan asked.
Nuannuan pointed to the small red envelope on the sofa and said coquettishly, "I want one too."
Bi Qiaoan: "Didn't we put it on you before, but you said it was uncomfortable, so we took it off?"
Nuannuan blinked her big eyes, as if asking, "Really?"
Shen Yanming spoke up for Nuannuan from the side: "That happened several years ago, my darling probably doesn't remember it anymore."
Nuannuan nodded in agreement.
“Girls are naturally drawn to sparkly things, so there’s nothing wrong with them wearing jewelry,” Shen Yanming said, as he pulled out a whole bunch of children’s bracelets, necklaces, anklets, and the like.
When Nuannuan saw it, her eyes lit up, and she kept saying, "Wow, it's so pretty! Mommy, can I wear this?"
What could Bi Qiaoan say? Didn't she see that the father had already agreed?
However, they said, "You can only wear it after you get back." If you don't mind the cold.
Nuannuan was overjoyed when her mother agreed. She bounced around with a gold bracelet in her hand.
An'an was incredibly envious, but since he was a boy, it seemed he couldn't wear these things.
When Bi Qiaoan saw this, she waved. An'an trotted over and looked at her without saying a word.
"Is there anything you like?" Bi Qiaoan asked.
An An hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said weakly, "No."
Bi Qiaoan didn't want to neglect one aspect for the other and make the child feel unfairly treated. So she smiled, picked out a safety buckle, put it around his neck, and tucked it into his clothes.
“Boys can wear this,” she said with a smile.
An'an couldn't help but grin, revealing a row of tiny teeth, and her eyes curved into crescents.
Bi Qiaoan patted his head and then told Shen Yanming to take everything back.
After taking it back, Comrade Shen raised an eyebrow and asked in a low voice, "Darling, don't you want it?"
Bi Qiaoan glared at him and said, "You stay indoors all day, what are you going to do with it for me to see!"
Shen Yanming: "...Aren't these all things that make you happy to wear them?"
Bi Qiaoan couldn't help but chuckle twice, then reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck, whispering, "I'm happy even without jewelry when I'm with you."