After the dumplings were served, the last dish was also fried, and Jianshu carried it out.

"Mingzi, come and try this bacon I made before the New Year. What does it taste like?" He placed the dish in front of Ding Ming and took the chopsticks handed to him by Gu Mingjing.

"Delicious! Sister-in-law, you have no idea how popular the bacon and sausages you sent before the New Year were. Everyone in the family loves them. The New Year hasn't even ended and all the bacon and sausages are gone." Ding Ming praised generously and gave a thumbs up.

Jian Shu narrowed his eyes and smiled. "If you like it, eat more. There's more at home. Take some back when you go back. Don't be polite to my sister-in-law."

"Oh, no need, sister-in-law. You and Brother Gu should stay and eat." In the past, Ding Ming would have agreed without hesitation. But now that his brother and sister-in-law were here, it would definitely be inconvenient to buy some meat. He couldn't compete with them for food.

Gu Mingjing handed Jianshu a piece of bacon, glanced at him and said sarcastically, "When have you ever come home without eating and taking things? Now you know how to be polite. Just take it if your sister-in-law asks you to. I'm not that useless. There's no shortage of meat at home."

As brothers for many years, how could he not guess what he was thinking?

"Yes, Mingzi, don't worry, there is meat at home." Jianshu then understood his concerns and hurried to comfort him.

Even if she didn't have the space, she could still spend money on expensive meat. It would just be a bit of a waste. But health is most important. Otherwise, why would she need so much money? Eating only vegetables and carrots every day can easily lead to nutritional imbalances. Especially for someone like Gu Mingjing, who works so hard, he needs to eat better.

Seeing that what the two said did not sound like lies, Ding Ming simply agreed, "Okay, then I won't be polite with you. Sister-in-law, I like to eat sausages, so please give me more sausages." Given their relationship, there was really no need to be polite.

"Okay, I'll give you more sausages." Jianshu agreed to this small matter very straightforwardly.

"Okay, come on, let's have a drink!" Gu Mingjing raised his glass.

"Let's do one!" Ding Ming followed closely behind.

Jianshu didn't drink any alcohol, so Gu Mingjing made her a cup of malted milk, which she picked up.

At the dinner table, Gu Mingjing and Ding Ming were drinking and chatting about what had happened during their separation. Among them, Ding Ming talked about his newborn daughter the most.

The child can yawn, the child can lift his head, the child can turn over, and he looks so cute... He is simply a crazy child-showing-off.

Hearing the undisguised joy in his words, Jian Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she thought a little girl was great, it was undeniable that people these days still wanted sons more. Although she didn't know how the Ding family would feel about Pan Ning giving birth to a daughter, as long as Ding Ming liked her, there was nothing to worry about.

The expressions of others were not that important compared to the child's father. Ding Ming was not that useless man. As long as he had no objection, he would definitely protect his wife and daughter.

Although I had asked about it indirectly in my mind before, I could only feel relieved after seeing it with my own eyes.

"Mingzi, how is Ningning now? Is she okay?" Jianshu asked.

Ding Ming smiled and nodded, "I'm fine. I gained a little weight after giving birth, but everything else is the same as before."

"It's better to gain some weight. Ningning was too thin before. There were only bones on her arms, no meat at all." These days, being able to gain weight is a blessing.

From this we can also see that Pan Ning had a good time during her pregnancy.

"I think so too, but Ningning is a little unhappy. She said that her old clothes don't fit her anymore after she gained weight." At this point, Ding Ming couldn't help but complain, "Sister-in-law, you don't know, now that Xiaobao is born, I can only stand back."

"Haha, Ningning, this is not her first time being a mother. It's inevitable that she will pay more attention to the child. After all, the child is still young. Don't you have to think about him all the time? It will be fine when the child grows up." As a good sister, Jianshu could only help to excuse herself in this way.

But I was thinking about writing to Pan Ning in a couple of days to tell her about this matter. It's right to value the child, but you can't ignore the child's father because he is the one who will spend the rest of her life with her.

Ding Ming's bitterness faded after being persuaded like this. He nodded and said, "That's right. Xiaobao is still so young, so he needs to be more careful. He accidentally caught a cold before, and he cried every day because he felt uncomfortable."

"Is everything okay now? If the child is sick, you have to go to the hospital. Don't believe in any folk remedies. Most of them are scams." Jianshu became a little anxious when he heard that the child was sick.

Children who are only a few months old are very fragile. If parents are careless, the consequences can be disastrous.

"It's okay now. We went to the hospital as soon as we got sick. We took medicine and recovered in a few days."

"That's good. The child is still young and can't speak. He can only whimper when he is uncomfortable. You adults have to pay more attention to him in your daily life." Jianshu continued to remind.

"Oh, I see." Ding Ming nodded in response.

"By the way, you and Ningning both have to go to work, but where's the child? Who's taking care of him?"

"Xiaobao's grandmother helps take care of him. She sends him there before going to work every day. Ningning goes back to feed him once at noon, and relies on milk powder at other times. We pick him up in the evening when we get off work." Ding Ming's mother hasn't retired yet and doesn't have time to help take care of her grandson. Doesn't that mean she can only trouble her mother-in-law?

However, Ding Ming was also sensible. He gave his mother-in-law ten yuan every month, and also gave her meat, eggs, and fish on a regular basis, and gifts during festivals. Pan's eldest sister-in-law had no objection to her married sister-in-law sending the child back home.

Although Jianshu feels that this is a bit troublesome, he also understands that this is the best way. Isn't this how dual-income families all get by these days?

Ding Ming and his wife are better off, at least they have their mother-in-law to help take care of the children. Those who don't have elderly people to help take care of their children can only send their children to a nursery. There are too many children in the nursery, and the care they take is definitely not as meticulous as that of the children's own grandmother.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to wait until the child is older." By then, the child will be able to eat, and I won't have to go back to feed him every day.

"Yes, children grow up fast. When they were just born, they were so small, and their faces were not even as big as my palm. Now they have grown a lot, and they are chubby, like a bun. Just looking at them makes me want to bite them." Ding Ming couldn't help licking his lips when he said this.

Seeing this, Gu Mingjing bluntly exposed it: "I don't think you want to bite it just by looking at it, but you have already bitten it, right?"

"Uh..." Facing the two people's gaze, Ding Ming touched his nose awkwardly, "I couldn't help it, just that one time." And he paid a heavy price for it.

Seeing her daughter suffering from being bitten, Ningning didn't let him go to bed for half a month.

"You deserve it!" After listening to his complaints, Gu Mingjing rolled his eyes and did not sympathize with him at all.

At this moment, even Jianshu didn't want to comfort him.

You deserve it!