Su Qingxue thought, if she had no other choice, she would really like to make the birthday cake.

After all, it’s the birthday of two children, and I feel that a birthday without a birthday cake would be incomplete.

But no matter how imperfect it is, in this era, we can only sigh with regret.

On the child’s birthday, we didn’t invite anyone else and just celebrated it among our family.

People in the village don't seem to attach much importance to children's birthdays. They just give them an egg and a bowl of noodles.

Although Su Qingxue couldn't hold a grand wedding for her child due to limited conditions, she couldn't be too perfunctory either. She had to do her best to make it a little better.

So Su Qingxue started preparing early in the morning on her child's birthday.

Before Zhou Huaian went to work, Su Qingxue reminded him to invite his parents and grandfather over after work.

We usually can't get together, but on such an important day, I always call them over to have a meal together and tell them the good news that I am pregnant again.

Su Qingxue thought that the weather was so cold and it was about to snow again, so it was impossible to continue going up the mountain. It would be inappropriate to continue hiding it.

If the baby in my belly is almost two months old in a few days, Zhou Huaian should be able to guess it even if I don’t say it.

He may have ignored it at the beginning when he was busy, but when he was no longer busy and when he focused all his energy on himself, he would soon notice something was wrong. At least he would be very sensitive to whether his wife was having her period.

Since we can no longer hide it, and we're all planning to spend the winter indoors, let's spread the news out and get everyone excited.

Zhou Huaian also attached great importance to his son's first birthday. He went to the black market in advance to customize two wooden boxes. On the surface, it seemed that no nails were used, and in fact, there was indeed no nail.

It is just like a piggy bank in modern society, the kind that can only take money in but not take out. In fact, there is a way to open it. As long as you know the method, you can open it easily. But if you want to restore it to its original state after opening it, you can only find the original carpenter.

The two wooden boxes are about the size of a shoe box. They may not seem big, but if you really want to save money, you can still hold a lot of things.

Su Qingxue didn’t know when Zhou Huaian started preparing this gift, but she had to say that it was really very suitable.

On the first day that Su Qingxue got the wooden box back, she stuffed all the red envelopes that others had given to her child when he was born, including those from the child's grandparents, grandparents, and great-grandfather.

The red envelopes from these people added up to more than 1,000 yuan. In this era, two one-year-old kids are richer than most families.

Those things such as gold bracelets that could not be taken out temporarily were also moved out into two separate boxes, and the two children's things were put out separately, with one box for each of them in the space.

On the children's birthdays, Su Qingxue put a yellow croaker prepared for the children in each box.

She had already anticipated the surprised expressions on the children's faces when she gave them the things when they turned 18 or 20.

Just thinking about it makes me look forward to it.

After Zhou Huaian and others went to work, Su Qingxue started to get busy. She killed the chickens and ducks that had been prepared in advance, and also took out various types of beef, mutton, and wild boar meat.

Those fish should be killed and marinated in advance, which will make it more convenient to cook in the evening.

Fortunately, the weather is cold now, so I can put the dishes aside after they are prepared. I don’t have to worry about them going bad. I can prepare them in advance, so I don’t have to worry about being in a hurry when I cook in the evening.

With so much meat, even if the number of people coming in the evening can fill two tables, there is no need to worry about not having enough dishes.

Su Qingxue felt that if all the dishes she had prepared were not enough, she had just bought several hundred kilograms of soybean paste and green onions two days ago. If that was not enough, she could just eat green onions and soybean paste.

Apart from taking care of the two children, Su Qingxue was busy the rest of the day.

Except for the meat that needs to be fried, such as fried meat, fried fish fillets, fried fan bones, etc.

We also fried some fruits. In addition to the sweet fruits fried with glutinous rice flour, there were also salty fruits fried with sweet potato flour, yam and the like. We fried several kinds of fruits alone. It can be said that everyone's taste was taken into account and everyone was happy with the meal.

After all, it’s the birthday of two children. I would feel sorry for them if it was too simple.

So I can only try my best to make it more abundant.

Su Qingxue spent a lot of time preparing various dishes and frying various fruits. It was not until one or two o'clock in the afternoon, or two or three o'clock, that she felt that everything was almost done.

Then, while there was still a long time before Zhou Huaian got off work and his parents came over for dinner in the afternoon, Su Qingxue thought about trying again to see if she could make that simple cake.

Don’t even think about making a cake that is too delicate, as they are not the right materials for it. But try making a slightly rougher one and see if you can replicate it.

I went to the space specifically to look for books just to find the steps, but I couldn't find them after searching for a long time. In the end, I could only make a bowl of longevity noodles for the two children.

In order to make the two bowls of noodles taste better, I specially stewed beef bones.

Thinking that it is still early, by the time I start to cook the noodles, they will have been stewed very well and the bone soup will be ready.

Although there is no cake, the longevity noodles should be enough.

While the soup was cooking, Su Qingxue also took the time to write a letter.

After all, it was the first birthday of their two grandchildren, so the parents-in-law must have informed them. However, based on Su Qingxue's understanding, the packages from the parents-in-law should either be on the way or have already arrived at the commune, so they could just go and get them themselves.

As their beloved grandson, even if I cannot come to accompany the two children to celebrate their first birthday, I will definitely express my gratitude to them.

Su Qingxue also mentioned what she had prepared for her child's first birthday party, and also mentioned that she was pregnant again, this time with triplets.

He also expressed his hunch, suspecting that it was three girls, and wrote down how surprised he was.

They chatted for a while at the end of the letter.

Although my mother-in-law said in front of me that she wanted a granddaughter, who knows if it is true.

So I just said at the end: I have always wanted to fulfill my mother-in-law’s wish, and now I have a hunch that she will be especially happy, so I feel relieved. After all, she has been so good to me, and I never knew how to express my gratitude. Now that I have finally fulfilled her wish, I am so happy.