Chapter 491: A Casual Praise (Page 1/2)

Lin Man didn't expect that Song Jingjing would take her casual compliment seriously. It seemed that she really liked Huo Qingyan. She must have been so happy that Huo Qingyan just gave her daughter a random name and gave a random explanation.

Seeing her daughter chatting enthusiastically with her sister-in-law, Tang Lihong suddenly interrupted, "Xiao Lin, why didn't your Xinxin come over? I heard from my Jingjing that the girl is very smart and very beautiful.

In the entire military compound, there is no more beautiful baby than your child."

Lin Man was a little confused. Why did Song Jingjing's mother suddenly mention her daughter? Could it be that her sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter, so Aunt Tang wanted to compare her sister-in-law's daughter with her daughter?

"Aunt Tang, you're too kind." Lin Man smiled embarrassedly.

"That's not flattering. Each of your four children is prettier than the other. I wish our Zizi could be half as pretty as Xinxin.

But Xiaolin, you are very beautiful, and you know how to dress up your children..."

Lin Man seemed to understand a little bit what Tang Lihong meant, but she didn't say anything, wanting to see what they were going to say.

Song Jingjing also realized what her mother was trying to do, so she explained to Lin Man, "Sister-in-law, I also think Xinxin is very beautiful, especially when she wears those floral dresses in the summer, she looks like a flower."

"Thank you for the compliment, brother-in-law."

Tang Lihong asked Lin Man, "Xiao Lin, I heard that you helped make all of Xinxin's skirts. So you're really good at making clothes? Xinxin is growing up day by day, and you don't plan to have another child. Do you still want to keep her old clothes?"

Lin Man knew that Song Jingjing and her mother must have a purpose for talking about her daughter. Huo Qingci had a sterilization, and they really would not have any more children.

Apart from keeping Xinxin's old clothes as souvenirs, she could only give them away, and her mother-in-law didn't feel comfortable asking her for them.

Song Jingjing didn’t have the courage to ask her for it before, probably because she thought she was pregnant with a son. Now that she knows it’s a daughter, she wants to ask her for her daughter’s old clothes!

She did prepare a lot of beautiful clothes for her daughter, but the child grew up quickly and most of the clothes could no longer be worn, so it was no big deal to give them away.

Since my sister-in-law asked, I'll give her some and let my mother-in-law come and choose the rest.

"I'll go back and sort out Xinxin's clothes. You and mother-in-law can come and choose when you're free!"

Song Jingjing understood that her sister-in-law didn't want to offend her and her mother-in-law, so she wanted to take out her daughter's old clothes and let her mother-in-law and her choose together.

"Okay, wait ten days or so, and then I'll go there with my mother-in-law."

After seeing her sister-in-law and the child, Lin Man went upstairs to find Huo Qingci. When Tang Lihong saw her leave, she blamed Song Jingjing a little.

"Jingjing, you still have to take care of yourself after you're discharged from the hospital. What if you don't take care of yourself during the winter and get a headache? Your sister-in-law is such a fool. Ask her to send some old clothes and she'll just take them. Why do you have to go and pick them out?"

"My sister-in-law is afraid of offending me and my mother-in-law because we both have daughters. Besides, some of Huo Yixin's clothes are beautiful, while others are very ordinary. If she were to divide them, she'd be worried that we'd say she's biased."

Tang Lihong realized what was happening, so she nodded and praised him, "You are a sister-in-law who does things perfectly. You don't offend anyone, and you don't go out of your way to please your mother-in-law."

Song Jingjing retorted, "Mom, you're wrong. I heard that when she went to see her mother-in-law, she bought new clothes for her sister-in-law, but when she came to see me, she only bought me skincare products and gave Zizi a red envelope.

But what Mom said is right, my sister-in-law is very good at dealing with people and is very good at getting along with people. She respects my mother-in-law and doesn't offend me, and my uncle is very satisfied with her.

After hearing what her daughter said, Tang Lihong smiled and shook her head and said, "So you should learn from your sister-in-law how to make the whole family satisfied with you."

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"Okay, Mom. I will learn from my sister-in-law, satisfy my parents-in-law, and make Qingyan like me more and more."

When Huo Li learned that his son and grandson had named his daughter, he said nothing. Lin Man thought her grandfather would be sulking, but she saw that he had no reaction at all.

Lin Man teased Huo Qingci, "Qingci, is your grandfather a bit biased towards boys?

"He was so enthusiastic about naming our first and second children, and even when we had twins, he was still so enthusiastic about naming them. Why is it that when it comes to my sister-in-law and Huo Qingyan's daughter, he doesn't care anymore?"

"Grandpa's thinking is quite traditional, and it's inevitable that he favors boys over girls. Dad and Qingyan want to name their daughter themselves.

It’s not easy for my grandfather to stop him, not to mention that he’s old and doesn’t want to get involved in some family matters anymore.”

"Whatever, it's nice to just stroll around the military area and have some tea in my subordinates' offices every day."

"It's great. Grandpa is looking forward to Ningning growing up soon. He said he wants to see him get married and have children."

Lin Man also knew that the eldest son had the same status as Huo Qingci in his grandfather's heart. He wanted to see his son get married and start a family, which meant that he wanted to live another ten or twenty years.

Huo Qingci often took his grandfather to take medicinal baths and gave him clean medicinal spring water to drink. As long as there were no accidents, his grandfather should have no problem living to be eighty or ninety years old.

"Qingci, ask grandpa if we can build two small houses in the backyard, one for the sons and one for Xinxin."

"This is the military housing. I don't know if it can be built. Our hospital's family housing will be completed by the end of next year, and we will move in then."

"What about Grandpa?"

"Grandpa plans to return this house and move to the hospital's family quarters. You forgot that the brother of our hospital director was promoted by Grandpa.

Whether it's the hospital or any other place, they all belong to the Air Force. As long as Grandpa wants to move to another place, the leaders won't say anything."

"In that case, then don't build the house."

Huo Qingci also planned so. Although the house they were allocated was dozens of square meters, it only had one bedroom and one living room.

He planned to live on the same floor with his grandfather in the future, so he let his three sons live in his grandfather's house, put a set of sofas and two beds in the living room, and his grandfather would sleep alone in the bedroom.

As for his daughter, of course she will live at home with him and his wife. He plans to build a partition in his living room and make a small bedroom for his daughter.

Although their master bedroom was also large and there was no problem in making a partition to put two beds in it, the problem was that he didn't want to expose the space between him and Lin Man in front of the children.

The bedroom is spacious, so he can customize a larger wardrobe and place a desk, a chest of drawers, a recliner, etc. in the bedroom.

Lin Man was so happy when she thought about moving into her new home at the end of next year. It would be fine if she could live on the same floor with her grandfather, not in the same house.

At least from now on, Huo Qingci won’t have to hide in the room when holding her hand or something.

"Xinxin and Wenwen will be three next year. Xiaohua said she will go back home to get married after working until the end of next year."

"Will she be eighteen by the end of next year?"

"I'm not sure about this, but few rural children go to get a marriage certificate when they get married. They get a certificate from the brigade and then have a few tables of wedding banquets."

"Manman, after Xiaohua leaves, you'll have to work hard on your own."

"An'an and Ningning will go to school. After Xiaohua leaves, I will take care of Xinxin and Wenwen for two more years. They can go to elementary school when they are five years old."