Chapter 23 Dad, are you crying?

"What are you saying? When did I support the Liu family? I just said that we have some business dealings with them and we are relatively familiar with each other."

"Besides, I don't dare to marry into the Governor's Mansion! Won't people say I'm marrying above my station then?" Old Lady Zhang joked with a smile.

Madam Si smiled faintly: "Beiyang City may look stable now, but it is actually in turmoil. Only by uniting can we live well."

"I agree with what you said, but I never thought that the Liu family had hidden so much food." Old Lady Qian sighed.

"Yes, if their food hadn't been moldy, we wouldn't have known about it." Old Lady Zhang pursed her lips.

Madam Qian: "Let me tell you, we wanted to buy food from them before, but they said the harvest was poor this year and they didn't have much food in stock."

"We also wanted to buy some from them and send them to other places, but they insisted that they didn't have any." Old Mrs. Zhang was also very angry.

Old Madam Si didn't say anything either, but just listened quietly to the two of them talking.

"But then again, the Liu family must have suffered heavy losses this time. All the food is gone, which means they must have lost half of their wealth."

Madam Zhang said this and looked at Madam Si.

"A lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Don't worry. The Liu family makes more than just food." Old Madam Si smiled faintly and took a sip of tea.

"You're right." Old Madam Qian said with a smile, "By the way, my son A-Ming's birthday is coming up in a few days. Let's have your son A-Chen and Juan-Juan come and join in the fun."

"Okay! I'll take them there when the time comes." Mrs. Si said with a smile.

Songsong was now so annoyed that she wanted to curse. Not only was there a string of chicks following her, but she was also being watched by a group of children as a mother.

Qian Xuexue knew Song Song's temper, so she didn't dare to approach him. She could only watch from afar: "Juanjuan, did you buy these chicks?"

"No! It was Songsong who hatched it." Juanjuan sat on the stool, swinging her little feet and eating the pastry in her hand. There were some pastry crumbs on her little face.

Si Jinchen took out a handkerchief and wiped the pastry residue off her face.

Zhang Haoyu was stunned: "Songsong can hatch eggs?"

"Yes! Our Songsong is so awesome." Juanjuan puffed out her chest proudly.

"It's quite impressive. This is the first time I've heard of a dog that can hatch chicks." Qian Xueming looked surprised.

Si Jinchen put away the handkerchief: "It's just that Juanjuan has wild ideas, and Songsong has no choice but to cooperate."

"Hahaha! I'll let my family's soybeans try it when I get back." Zhang Haoxuan thought it was quite interesting.

"Is a cat okay?" Qian Xuexue asked curiously. They didn't have a dog but they had a cat.

"I don't know." Si Jinchen really had no way to answer this question.

The children get along very well with each other and they all like Juanjuan.

When Qian Xueming left, he also invited them to his birthday party.

"Brother, what is a birthday?" Juanjuan asked with her head tilted after they left.

"Your birthday is the day you were born." Si Jinchen said this before he remembered that Juanjuan didn't seem to know the day she was born.

Juanjuan frowned and thought hard for a long time, and finally lowered her head in frustration.

"If Juanjuan doesn't know her birthday, does that mean she can't celebrate it?"

"Who said our Juanjuan doesn't have a birthday?" After hearing this, Mrs. Si picked her up.

"Grandma, but Juanjuan has never had a birthday!" Juanjuan hugged her neck and looked at her seriously with his big eyes.

Madam Si pulled Si Jinchen to sit on the sofa together: "Brother has never celebrated his birthday either."

"Ah!" Juanjuan looked at Si Jinchen in surprise.

Madam Si hugged the two children in her arms and said, "When Achen was born, Mom went far away, so he never had a birthday."

Juanjuan slid down from her arms, ran to Si Jinchen and hugged him: "Then Juanjuan doesn't want to celebrate his birthday anymore."

Si Jinchen's originally sad mood was soothed by her, and he reached out and held her in his arms.

Madam Si looked at the two children with great satisfaction: "From now on, your mother's birthday will be considered your birthday, okay? You can celebrate your birthday with your mother."

"Is it okay?" The two children looked at her expectantly.

"Of course you can. Mom will be very happy when she knows this, because her baby and she have the same birthday." Old Lady Si smiled and rubbed their heads.

"Juanjuan has been here for so long, but you haven't gone shopping yet! Tomorrow, grandma will take you shopping, and we can also buy a birthday present for Brother Ming, okay?"

"Wow! Grandma is the best!" Juanjuan happily hugged her neck and kissed her on the cheek.

Old Madam Si couldn't stop smiling and asked the housekeeper to prepare a vehicle for tomorrow's trip.

At night, Juanjuan insisted on sleeping with Si Jinchen, so she simply let the two children sleep in Si Jinchen's room and told them stories.

Seeing the two little ones fell asleep, she sat by the bed for a long time without leaving.

"Mom, why didn't you go to rest?" Si Ming came back and wanted to see the two children, and saw Madam Si sitting beside the bed.

Madam Si turned to look at him: "You're back."

"Yeah." Si Ming walked to the bed, looked at the two children sleeping soundly, and pulled the corners of the quilt for them.

"A Ming, let's celebrate the two children's birthdays with Wanru from now on." Old Madam Si looked at him and said.

Siming was stunned for a moment, looking at the child on the bed, as if he thought of something.

He has always been unwilling to think about the fact that Wanru died, but he also forgot that Achen also lost his mother when he was young.

He had never celebrated his birthday before, and every time it was his birthday, he never returned home.

I guess he must be very sad!

She reached out and touched Si Jinchen's soft hair. This was the baby that Wanru had fought so hard to give birth to, and she seemed to have neglected him a lot.

"Okay, I'm sure Wanru will be very happy too."

Madam Si stood up, patted his shoulder, and walked out of the room.

Siming sat by the bed and looked at them for a long time, remembering that when he was born, she had never even held him in her arms, and she had been drinking all day to drown her sorrows.

It was my mom, my elder sister and the rest of the family who raised him. Thinking about it this way, I, as his father, really owe him a lot.

My eyes unconsciously became moist.

Juanjuan drank a little too much water today and felt a little like urinating, so she opened her eyes and saw Si Ming holding Si Jinchen's hand, with tears rolling down her eyes.

"Dad!" she called softly.

Siming raised his hand and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand: "Juanjuan, why are you awake?"

Juanjuan sat up and carefully walked around Si Jinchen, afraid of stepping on him.

She walked up to Siming and looked at his still red eyes: "Dad, you're crying."

As she said this, she used her little hands to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes.