Chapter 59

"Couplets, window flowers, dumplings..." should be about right.

"Should we buy ready-made dumplings or make them ourselves?"

"What do you think?" Shi Ye actually thought it was all right, even though he didn't know how to wrap it yet.

Jiang Zhinian was afraid that she couldn't make them well and wanted to buy some ready-made ones, but a picture of herself and Shi Ye making dumplings together suddenly appeared in her mind, and she thought it might be meaningful.

This was their first Spring Festival together.

She thought of an idea: "How about...we buy a pack as a backup and then try making it ourselves?"

Anyway, the two of them can't eat much, so there's no need to pack a lot.

Jiang Zhinian recalled a scene she had seen on TV before and said eagerly, "We can also put a coin in the dumpling and see who gets it."

Shi Ye didn't care and nodded in agreement.

Jiang Zhinian thought of what Aunt Zhou had said before, about how they could celebrate the New Year together after the baby was born, and couldn't help but ask, "Shi Ye, do you prefer a daughter or a son?"

"Daughter." Shi Ye answered without thinking.

Although he was the same as her, Jiang Zhinian was still curious and asked, "Why?"

"My daughter looks like you."

He doesn't see any point in being like himself.

Jiang Zhinian pursed her lips, but still asked, "Shi Ye, is it true that our children, regardless of gender, must have gray eyes?"

"Yes, it's a very rare dominant gene."

Generally speaking, black eyeballs are dominant genes, which is why many mixed-race people have black eyeballs.

Jiang Zhinian held Shi Ye's hand, turned around and said hesitantly: "Actually, when I was very young, I really wanted a father and a mother, but at that time, the uncles and aunts who came to the welfare home tended to adopt boys..."

Although she and Pepe are both healthy girls, as long as there are boys in the welfare home and their disabilities are not too serious, they will not be the best choice.

Until later, a couple wanted to adopt a girl. They fell in love with her because she looked like a doll. But later, the director told her that the couple's family was well-off and very kind. Before they came, they said that they were willing to adopt the child even if she was disabled.

At that time, there happened to be a little girl in the welfare home who was in poor health and needed surgery, and the director's mother hoped that she could give this opportunity to that girl.

The girl's name was Miaomiao, another good friend of Jiang Zhinian. Although she really wanted to have her own parents, she finally nodded in agreement.

That was the last time she came so close to having a family, but missed it.

As she grew older, her adoptive parents became more concerned about not being able to raise her well enough, and girls like her were no longer suitable for adoption.

"As I grew up, I realized that I could grow up without a mom and a dad."

Just not that happy.

Shi Ye gently touched the back of her head and held her to his chest with one hand: "You don't have to comfort me. I don't really care whether I have a father or not."

He really doesn't care. Whether it's divorce or death, it really doesn't matter.

But Jiang Zhinian judged others by his own standards and always felt that Shi Ye was just being stubborn, and his sympathy for him became even greater.

She clearly didn't have it herself, but she felt sorry for Shi Ye because he didn't have it either.

"It's okay, Shi Ye. Anyway... you'll be a father soon."

Together, we can make up for our missed childhoods through the compulsory course of parenting.

She took Shi Ye's other hand and touched her belly, deliberately trying to make him happy: "After the baby is born, will it call mom or dad first?"

Shi Ye really likes Jiang Zhinian coaxing him.

"Call me dad first."

Jiang Zhinian was dissatisfied: "Why..."

"Because I'm the one accompanying my baby when he's learning to speak, I have plenty of time to teach him to call daddy."

According to their original plan, he would take a six-month leave of absence from school to accompany the baby who would be six months old.

Jiang Zhinian pretended to be angry: "You are so cunning!"

Shi Ye grabbed her hand, brought it to his lips and kissed it.

The two of them walked hand in hand, chatting all the way home, just like an ordinary couple in this ordinary world.

There is no need to envy the lights of thousands of homes, because you are by my side.

Jiang Zhinian looked up at the moon, then at the people around him, his heart filled with infinite joy.

Nineteen-year-old Jiang Zhinian never thought that one day, her moon would come to her.

…

On Monday, Shi Ye accompanied Jiang Zhinian to the obstetrics department to create a file.

Jiang Zhinian refused at first, saying that it was just to create a file and do some basic checks. There was no need for Shi Ye to take a special leave to accompany him.

But after Shi Ye showed her the photos and videos of their hospital's obstetrics department, she gave in.

It would not be an exaggeration to describe the place as being packed with people, especially at the blood test area, where a group of pregnant women with big bellies were queuing up, and the security guard was standing on a stool and shouting at the top of his lungs.

They left home very early that morning. After walking to the hospital, Shi Ye asked Jiang Zhinian to wear a mask.

"When you come to the hospital, even if it's the obstetrics department, you have to wear a mask to avoid catching a cold or other infectious diseases."

He carefully lifted her hair that was pressed down by the mask string.

Jiang Zhinian hid his face in the mask and looked at Shi Ye with some curiosity.

It was the first time she saw Shi Ye wearing a mask, and he looked like a doctor.

"Doctor Shi, you are so beautiful." His tone was playful, but his eyes were full of love.

Shi Ye couldn't help but gently say "hmm" as a response.

After the two arrived at the obstetrics department, they first measured their height and weight according to the instructions, and then measured their blood pressure.

“The weight doesn’t seem to have changed much.”

"After three months, your weight will increase exponentially."

The two reported to the nurses' station and waited for their number to be called.

"It seems like everyone gets fatter after giving birth." Jiang Zhinian saw pregnant women nearby with big bellies, and they basically couldn't lose weight.

"This is due to traditional concepts about pregnancy diet. In fact, as long as you supplement nutrition scientifically, pregnant women don't need to eat too much to gain weight and their children will still be healthy. In recent years, there has been an increasing international push for pregnant women to control their weight to avoid various high-risk diseases during pregnancy."

"Doctor, how is my weight control?"

At home, she strictly followed the diet plan given by Shi Ye and didn't dare to eat even a single bite of sugar.

Shi Ye heard the little pride in her tone and couldn't help but touch her earlobe and praised her: "Very good, you behaved very well."

"Number 1, Jiang Zhinian, please go to Clinic Room 3."

The number calling machine rang, and Shi Ye took Jiang Zhinian's arm and walked into the outpatient department.

"Hey, Shi Ye, it's you."

"Aunt Su." Su Yuming is the director of obstetrics. She is known as the "Yongning Yidao" and has conceived countless children.