Chu Tian found it funny. He wondered if Si Ya had also entered the rebellious period of adolescence. Thinking of the rebellious period of adolescence, he unconsciously looked at Xin Xin with her curved eyebrows and said to himself that he should chat with Xin Xin more in the future to avoid...

After dinner, He Xiangyang and Qi Xinghe said goodbye, while Si Ya stayed until dark and had dinner again. She watched TV for a long time before being picked up by Chu Min who had returned from drinking. As soon as she left, Xinxin ran to Old Lady Chu's room on the first floor, sat beside her and started acting coquettishly.

"Grandma, don't you miss me?"

Old Mrs. Chu smiled lovingly. She gently stroked Xinxin's hair and said softly, "Yes, Grandma misses you so much..."

Xinxin hugged Old Lady Chu and said, "Grandma, Xinxin misses you too. When I was in Beijing, I especially wanted to eat the ju pián zi (stir-fried dumplings) made by Grandma..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chu immediately said, "Grandma, can I make it for you tomorrow morning?"

Xinxin's eyes curved, "Okay, Xinxin will help grandma tomorrow morning."

"Grandma, Xinxin still wants to sleep with you tonight..."

Mrs. Chu was happy to hear this, "Okay, okay..."

Seeing that Xinxin made Old Madam Chu happy with just a few words, Aunt Chu and Aunt Chu also laughed. Seeing Xinxin took off her shoes and got on Old Madam Chu's bed, lying with her and telling her interesting stories about her school, they supported each other and walked out of the house.

"Xiaotian..."

Chu Tian was about to lock the door when he heard Aunt Chu's voice. He stopped and looked at the two of them. "Aunt, Aunt, what's wrong?"

The eldest aunt smiled and said, "Nothing, it's just that we've been here for a few months. Yanfang and Xiaoliang got married a few days ago. Your eldest cousin's wife went back after Yanfang got engaged. So, your aunt and I are planning to go back in the next few days. Can you help us find a train back that day?"

Chu Tian frowned upon hearing this and disagreed, "It's already mid-January, and the Chinese New Year is only ten days away. Even if you rush back now, you won't be able to make it. Why not spend the Chinese New Year in Xinjiang first? After all, there's not much farm work to do in your hometown in winter, right?"

"Aunt, little aunt, grandma's mood has improved a lot since you came. Why don't you spend more time with her? Why don't you go back before May, before the summer harvest?"

Although Old Mrs. Chu has not been ill much in recent years, she is old after all, eighty-five or eighty-six years old. Her spirit and appetite are much worse than two years ago. After Aunt Chu and Aunt Chu came, the old lady was very happy every day and could eat half a bowl of rice more.

So at this time, Chu Tian also sincerely wanted to persuade Aunt Chu and Aunt Chu to stay for a while longer.

Aunt Chu was embarrassed, "But, eating and drinking at your house every day, we..."

Chu Tian smiled and waved his hands, "Aunt, how much can you eat and drink? Compared to how good you and Aunt were to me when I was a child, it's simply not worth mentioning."

"Just rest assured and stay here. I am sincere to you, nephew."

Aunt Chu wanted to say something, but Aunt Chu stopped her and said, "Sister, come on, let's spend more time with mother. It's not like there's no one left back home anyway. Are you still worried that your brother-in-law won't have enough to eat?"

Aunt Chu sighed, "Others are starving to death, but he can't even starve. Why should I care about him? Besides, the eldest, second, and third brothers are all here!"

Aunt Chu smiled and said, "That's all..."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chu Tian and said, "Xiaotian, I saw you were about to close the door, right?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Well, it's eleven o'clock, the tenants are back..."

Aunt Chu waved her hand and said, "Then go and close the door. We will go back to the house and rest."

"Why···"

Chu Tian checked the shop door again and found that it was locked. He turned back to the yard and locked the gate. Before going upstairs, he went to Old Lady Chu's room again. Seeing Xinxin sleeping soundly next to Old Lady Chu, he chuckled, turned off the small table lamp on the bedside table, carefully walked out of the room, closed the door, and then went upstairs.

When Chu Tian returned upstairs, Lele and Pingping were both asleep. Only his and Yao Xiujuan's bedroom still had a gentle light on.

Seeing Yao Xiujuan, who had gone to bed early every day for the past month, now half-lying in bed without sleeping, he felt very surprised, "Why aren't you sleeping yet? Aren't you sleepy today?"

Yao Xiujuan stroked her belly and said to Chu Tian gently, "I have something to tell you."

Chu Tian looked at her strangely and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

Yao Xiujuan smiled and did not answer in a hurry. Instead, she waited until Chu Tian took off his clothes, changed into pajamas and lay on the bed. Then she grabbed his hand and placed it on her belly. While Chu Tian was confused, she slowly spoke.

"Brother Tian, ​​I'm pregnant..."

“·····”

Chu Tian was stunned. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He sat up suddenly and asked in disbelief, "Xiujuan, what did you just say? I didn't hear it!"

Yao Xiujuan smiled and repeated, "Brother Tian, ​​I'm pregnant!"

"This morning, I went to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor said it's been three months..."

"The doctor said the due date is around July this year."

"Brother Tian, ​​are you talking about a son or a daughter?"

"However, I think you definitely want a daughter, but I want a son. It would be great to have two, I..."

Listening to Yao Xiujuan's nagging, Chu Tian shook his head violently, hurriedly grabbed Yao Xiujuan's hand, and interrupted her, "Xiujuan, can we not have this child?"

Yao Xiujuan was stunned and asked hesitantly, "Why?"

Chu Tian touched his face and said, "Xiujuan, you see, you are thirty-seven this year, thirty-eight in lunar age. You are an advanced maternal age woman. You know what an advanced maternal age woman is, right? It is not easy to give birth at an older age, so..."

Unfortunately, Yao Xiujuan interrupted Chu Tian before he could finish his words, "Brother Tian, ​​I know you are worried about my health, but I know my own body very well. This child has been in my belly for three months, and I don't feel uncomfortable at all. If Doudou hadn't asked me yesterday why I gained a lot of weight out of curiosity, I wouldn't have noticed anything wrong..."

"So, this child was very well behaved in my belly. Can we keep him? When we get older, we can give Xinxin and the others an extra companion. We can also have someone to keep us company when Xinxin and the others go to school."

“····”

Chu Tian was almost speechless. What did it mean to leave Xinxin and the others with a companion? Xinxin was already seventeen or eighteen. Ten years ago, people of that age would have married and had children. Pingping was fourteen or fifteen, and even Lele was eleven or twelve. What kind of companion was that? Wasn't it just leaving them with a burden?

Not to mention accompanying them, he is busy like a dog every day, why does he need a baby to accompany him?