"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Bai Jiaojiao pushed the door open and came in. She saw Bai Manzhi crying on the ground, bent down, picked her up, and held her on her arms to comfort her.

"How would I know what happened?" Bai Zhiman glanced at Shen Heng, his meaning clear without a word.

Shen Heng opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

He thought to himself, "These kids are so annoying. They cry whenever they want, and you can't reason with them."

Bai Jiaojiao found it amusing and coaxed Bai Manzhi, "Did Uncle scare Manzhi?"

"Waaaaah..."

Bai Manzhi cried while leaning on Bai Jiaojiao's shoulder. Startled by Shen Heng's words, she found her usually short-tempered aunt to be quite kind.

"Your aunt will beat him up for you."

Bai Jiaojiao gently patted Shen Heng, then grabbed Bai Manzhi's hand and patted Shen Heng's body.

Shen Heng remained unmoved, looking utterly helpless.

Bai Manzhi was finally coaxed, but Bai Jiaojiao mischievously put Bai Manzhi in Shen Heng's arms. Shen Heng subconsciously hugged the little baby and made eye contact with her.

Bai Manzhi pouted, about to cry again, when Shen Heng quickly stuffed a piece of candy into her mouth. Bai Manzhi didn't react in time, but once she tasted the sweetness, she couldn't bear to open her mouth anymore.

With the crisis averted, Shen Heng glared at Bai Jiaojiao, pretending to lose his temper.

But then he saw Bai Jiaojiao squint at him and smile, like a little fox, clever and beautiful.

Damn, my anger vanished instantly.

Shen Heng felt he was a failure, but he was secretly very pleased.

The dishes were served in no time, a table full of food, mostly common fish and shrimp, but the variety was impressive.

Bai Zhiman felt that ever since his youngest daughter got married, the people in his family had become increasingly inept at managing their household affairs.

"Come on, brother-in-law, let's have a drink together."

Bai Shihai poured wine for himself and Shen Heng, and the two of them took a sip each.

Every time Deng Min eats, she has to feed Bai Manlin first. Bai Manzhi can already eat by herself, but she is small and the dishes on the table are placed deep, so someone has to pick up the food for her.

Bai Shiqing glanced at Bai Jiaojiao, who was serving food to Bai Manzhi, and said, "You like children, why don't you and your brother-in-law have one too?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Heng glanced at Bai Jiaojiao, trying to gauge her attitude.

"It depends on fate. If we have one, we'll raise it; if not, there's no rush."

Bai Jiaojiao felt helpless. In her previous life, she was all alone. Now that she was getting older, she was indeed quite envious of other people's children.

But she felt the timing wasn't right, and besides, she didn't have the final say in this matter.

Bai Jiaojiao also sensed that Shen Heng was staring intently at her, and suspected that he was still very eager to have a child.

This is perfectly normal, and Bai Jiaojiao understands it, so she dares not mention to Shen Heng that she doesn't want children for the time being.

Bai Shiqing stopped asking questions after hearing what Bai Jiaojiao said. After all, she was four years older than Bai Jiaojiao and they weren't even married yet, so she had no right to urge them to have children.

The Bai family members are all perceptive and know Bai Shiqing's sore spot, so they never mention such things at home. Today, Bai Shiqing brought it up on her own initiative, and Deng Min was still holding her breath, afraid that Bai Jiaojiao would say the wrong thing.

Shen Heng gritted his teeth, tilted his head back, and downed a glass of wine.

His wife seems to really like children.

The thought of having one or even several more children in his family made Shen Heng frown in advance.

His wife can only be his.

Shen Heng still can't understand why people have children.

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

Because he always had a stern face, Bai Shihai didn't notice his worries. After a hearty meal, both host and guests enjoyed themselves.

Bai Jiaojiao didn't linger after finishing her meal and went home early. The glutinous rice strips she had dried in the afternoon were ready to be fried that evening, and Wang Fushun could pick them up the next morning.

Who knew that Bai Jiaojiao had only fried half of the food when Wang Fushun arrived.

"Brother Heng, anyone who wants to be your neighbor will be green with envy!"

Wang Fushun stood in the courtyard and took a deep breath.

Fortunately, Shen Heng's thatched hut was far from any village or shop, nestled against the back mountain, and had no neighbors. Otherwise, the constant sweetness would be unbearable.

Shen Heng pulled Wang Fushun aside: "Why are you here now?"

Wang Fushun pulled out a large paper package, winked at Chen Heng, and grinned mischievously: "Brother Heng, I was just worried you'd be anxious about this."

Shen Heng didn't even look at it, and put the things Wang Fushun brought him into his pocket.

Bai Jiaojiao, unaware of their ulterior motives, rushed over and said, "Xiao Wang, there's another pot, it'll be ready in a bit, please sit down."

"Hey, sister-in-law, you're busy, don't worry about me." Wang Fushun waved his hand and gave Bai Jiaojiao what he thought was his prettiest smile.

Bai Jiaojiao went outside to cool off for a while, then went back into the kitchen to fry glutinous rice strips.

Shen Heng wanted to help her, but Bai Jiaojiao chased him away, fearing he wouldn't be able to handle the situation well.

Wang Fushun left with twenty jin of glutinous rice strips, and Shen Heng went to the kitchen to wash the pots and boil water.

Bai Jiaojiao asked, "Brother Heng, what were you talking about just now?"

"It's nothing."

Shen Heng thought for a moment, then remained silent.

Bai Jiaojiao stared at Shen Heng for a while: "Okay, Brother Heng has a little secret, I won't ask."

Shen Heng: "..."

Shen Heng's silence made Bai Jiaojiao even more curious about what Wang Fushun and Shen Heng were up to.

However, Bai Jiaojiao didn't want to force Shen Heng to tell her if he wasn't going to.

As the weather gets hotter, Bai Jiaojiao wipes herself down before bed. To avoid being disliked by Bai Jiaojiao, Shen Heng also wipes himself down, except he doesn't use soap.

As soon as Shen Heng pulled back the curtains, Bai Jiaojiao knew what he was up to.

With no moonlight filtering in, Bai Jiaojiao could only make Shen Heng's figure appear blurry.

"Heng-ge, what are you doing?"

Seeing that Shen Heng was acting strangely, not rushing over as usual, but instead fiddling around, Bai Jiaojiao asked him curiously.

Chen Heng paused for a moment, then said, "It's nothing."

He felt very guilty and gently kissed Bai Jiaojiao.

"Heng-ge, something's not right with you today." Bai Jiaojiao stared at him with her round eyes in the darkness, and Shen Heng felt like she was going to bore a hole through him.

He simply couldn't lie to Bai Jiaojiao, and with a look of frustration, he lay down next to her and let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Heng-ge, what's wrong?" Bai Jiaojiao was very worried when she saw Shen Heng like this.

Shen Heng didn't say anything, but slipped something into Bai Jiaojiao's hand.

Bai Jiaojiao touched the small oil paper package in her hand. It was square and she could feel that there was a circle inside.

What is this?

Bai Jiaojiao held the small paper package in her hand to the edge of the bed, and then looked at it through the moonlight shining through the gap in the curtains.

"Family planning supplies?!"

Bai Jiaojiao suddenly realized what this was.

She had no experience of human affairs in her previous life, and when Shen Heng gave her this, she didn't think about it in this way.

When she realized what it was, her face flushed red, and her hand holding the small paper packet trembled slightly.

Seeing Bai Jiaojiao so agitated, Shen Heng assumed she was angry.

Nowadays, people get married with the intention of having children. They wish they could get married and have children this year. Families that use this kind of thing are those with enough children at home.

They are a newlywed couple, and Bai Jiaojiao loves children. He used this, and Bai Jiaojiao will definitely be very disappointed.

"Jiaojiao, I'm so sorry for what happened to you."