Chapter 228 My twin brother is so amazing!

Upon learning that her daughter-in-law was pregnant again, Wu Xueyan, the mother-in-law, was overjoyed. "Good, it's good for the house to be lively. Don't complain about the noise of the children. The older you get, the more lonely you feel. When you're young, you find children annoying, but when you get older, you like to hear the children's voices."

"Children are vibrant and full of life."

My mother-in-law, Wu Xueyan, has been visiting relatives on the island for several months. She said she would go back after experiencing the Canton Fair, but she couldn't help but stay in the textile factory for a while. Now she was about to go back, but she learned that her daughter-in-law is pregnant.

"Thinking about it, I still need to go back to my hometown in Northeast China for a while, and I'll come over after you give birth."

Qin Xiangxiang said nonchalantly, "Mom, you can go back without worry. You can come whenever you want. Returning home in wealth and honor is like wearing fine clothes at night."

Wu Xueyan laughed: "I still have to brag to the villagers... Sigh, I don't even know where to start now, there are too many stories."

"Then let's just say whatever comes to mind."

Wu Xueyan: "Fortunately, Jinling is still here, so let Jinling take care of you."

"I'm the factory manager. What problems could possibly arise in this textile factory? I'm being watched every single day!"

Qin Xiangxiang is pregnant and only dislikes her original sidecar. She can no longer ride in the sidecar and only uses the transport vehicle that travels between the textile factory and the family compound. She wishes she could apply for an old jeep as the factory manager's car.

Once the economy opens up, she, as the factory director, will ride in a Hongqi sedan or a Santana; she absolutely cannot shortchange herself.

After seeing off her mother-in-law Wu Xueyan, Qin Xiangxiang continued to focus on her pregnancy. She actually felt that her life was quite good. Everyone in the factory knew she was pregnant and accommodated her, always telling her, "Factory Director, don't work so hard, go and rest well."

"Your health is the most important thing!"

"..."

When Qin Xiangxiang heard these words, she naturally didn't refute them. Instead, she took it easy and legally to slack off. If she wasn't feeling well, she wouldn't force herself.

Back home, she told Li Jianzhi, "Being pregnant is good. Just like when I wanted to pretend to be lame, everyone is now telling me to rest well and not to overwork myself."

Li Jianzhi chuckled: "That's because you haven't encountered a heartless capitalist..."

Such good days are numbered. Nowadays, employee benefits are good, and women's maternity care is taken very seriously. This is because everyone receives a government salary, there are no unscrupulous capitalists, and employees' maternity allowances and care are real. They will not be warned by their superiors if they are pregnant.

They will not conduct pre-employment physical examinations to check for pregnancy or require a chest CT scan.

Human reproduction is a need etched into our genes. Unscrupulous capitalists physically suppress this need, prioritizing production and efficiency above all else. Pregnancy, which affects work, is completely unnecessary.

The environment for pregnant women will be too harsh in the future.

Moreover, working yourself to the bone to earn so much money just to pay off a 30-year mortgage, plus all sorts of school district housing and tutoring classes... this kind of grueling life is terrifying.

Li Jianzhi: "If everything is about pursuing production efficiency and putting money and profit above all else, it is a terrible society. Everyone will be alienated and struggle to survive in a cage."

"Yes, people need to rest, and to rest properly and adequately! I even think that working eight hours a day is inhumane; a four-hour workday would be more reasonable."

Qin Xiangxiang wasn't particularly averse to labor. Although she loved to slack off, she just found the eight-hour workday rather unbearable. She thought that if everyone worked three or four hours a day, it would be a much more pleasant society.

"If only there were robots in the future, they could replace humans in work, and we could just lie down and rest every day! We could do whatever we wanted. Actually, I quite like learning Suzhou embroidery and kesi (silk tapestry), but if I'm learning these things just to get orders, then it's pretty meaningless."

Qin Xiangxiang: "No amount of money can replace the value of my labor, do you understand?!"

“I understand.” Li Jianzhi cupped his wife’s face in his hands. “No matter what era I meet you in, I will fall in love with you.”

"Life is short, only a few decades, so you should do what you want to do."

When Li Jianzhi was a teenager, his mother planned an elite path for him: study abroad, become an elite, earn millions a year, be his own boss, open a company and go public, live in a luxurious villa, drive luxury cars, and be a superior person... But he himself felt that such a life was meaningless.

He figured it out during his student days: humans don't need many basic survival conditions—sunlight, water, clean food, air... Once you have these basic necessities, you should pursue what you want to do and what you are willing to do.

Are villas very valuable? Are luxury cars very valuable?

There is a sentence in a middle school textbook: "Only the clear breeze of the rivers and mountains, and the bright moon in the mountains, can be heard by the ear and seen by the eye... These are the inexhaustible treasures of the Creator, which you and I can enjoy together."

Things that are truly valuable are often overlooked.

"Having family and friends is what brings happiness."

Li Jianzhi smiled slightly. He also felt that he was very happy at the moment. He had comrades-in-arms, family and friends, wife and children. "Thinking about it, the program they rehearsed was not wrong. I often miss you. Thinking of you and the children gives me great courage, motivation for life and anticipation for every day of the future."

Qin Xiangxiang laughed and covered her ears: "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen. It's like a turtle chanting scriptures. Where do all these sweet words come from?"

"When we went on a blind date, everyone said that soldiers are all honest and upright people, and you also diligently sent me your salary..."

Li Jianzhi's smile faded. "So, do you prefer the person I was before, or the person I am now?"

Qin Xiangxiang kicked him: "Which one do you think I like? Which one am I going to have a baby with?"

"Since you are so likable, I will assign you an extra soldier."

Li Jianzhi smiled and pulled her into his arms, lowering his head to place a kiss on her forehead. "I just love seeing you shy."

"When you meet someone you like, you will be willing to be her slave, wishing you could be at her beck and call all the time and longing for her momentary pity."

Qin Xiangxiang's face turned completely red, and her eyes were watery, even more so than when she watched the show that day. "You rascal, are you too poisoned by this? Your cheesy words come one after another, like a triple wave."

That show ruined you!

The couple were inseparable. Having experienced the information explosion, Li Jianzhi could easily utter sweet words, which Qin Xiangxiang found unbearable. How could someone still be so affectionate?

Li Jianzhi: "You can't even handle that? How innocent."

Li Jianzhi once had a roommate who was assigned to the same dormitory during a study assessment. He would chat with his girlfriend every night, and they were incredibly affectionate, using reduplicated words in their conversations.

His girlfriend speaks with a lisp, and so does he. They both speak with a lot of lisp. Whenever they have the chance, they'll start a voice chat. One second he's speaking seriously, and the next second he's talking to his girlfriend with a lisp.

...

It's impossible not to envy how close they are to each other. Having someone you can banter with is a great blessing in life.

He, Li Jianzhi, used to be too serious (X).

"Think about it, baby, call out to Brother Jianzhi."

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiangxiang immediately lay down on the bed and pretended to be dead, closing her eyes and sleeping peacefully.

After I got pregnant... or rather, after that TV show, I felt like my husband had lost his mind.

They can spout nauseatingly sweet things without batting an eye.

"You've set a bad example as a father. I'm pregnant now, and some people say we should do prenatal education. Look at what you're saying! Is this prenatal education for the baby?"

Li Jianzhi: "We need to keep the mother in a good mood so that the child can grow up surrounded by love."

"She could feel her father's love for her mother even when she was still in the womb."

Qin Xiangxiang covered her face and laughed, "Then say a little more. I'm afraid that if I get pregnant with a boy this time, he'll learn your sweet talk and how many girls he can charm in the future?"

"Then he learned from his father's devotion and became devoted to one girl."

...

Sweet words are just as addictive as sugar-coated bullets. Hearing too many sweet words makes people feel very happy and joyful, as if they are floating on clouds.

Happiness and sweetness enveloped her like a candy wrapper, and inside her was a child growing up in syrup... no, actually two.

Am I pregnant with twins?

The doctor said, "It's two children."

Qin Xiangxiang touched her belly, which was now swollen with two big babies. She sighed, "Now the family is counting on our 'Little Fatty'."

"Li Jianzhi, I'm pregnant with twins! Buy one get one free, I'm giving you an extra bonus, aren't you happy? Commander Li, I've recruited more soldiers for you!"

When Li Jianzhi heard that they were twins, he was somewhat apprehensive. He felt lonely without any children at home, and now that the children could form a football team, he felt a little scared.

However… “Having served in the army for over a decade, I have many years of management experience. Even if you have a whole regiment, I can still manage a whole regiment of men, as long as you dare to have children.”

Qin thought for a moment: "Then I also manage a factory... and somehow I managed it all by accident."

"Li Xiaopang, you chubby soldier are about to welcome two big-headed soldiers again. Don't worry about not having anyone under your command in the future."

Li Xiaopang: "Huh? Does that mean I have to take care of two more people's food, drink, and toilet needs?"

Sui Sui: "My brother is so amazing!"

Li Xiaopang: "..."

These aren't your soldiers; they're a bunch of cheerleaders.