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The two returned home to find their two children giggling.
He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie exchanged a glance, feeling quite relieved. Grandma Wang was indeed skilled at coaxing children.
They are experienced and can almost guess what the children need from the slightest movement.
Anyway, ever since Grandma Wang came to live with us, the two children have been crying less and laughing more.
Grandma Wang was playing with the child while picking chives, but she wasn't cooking.
This was something He Tiantian had agreed with Grandma Wang beforehand; the cooking would be done when He Tiantian got home from school.
"Grandma Wang, thank you for your hard work," He Tiantian said with a smile, feeling very grateful.
"Hehe, it's not hard work. When you get old, you just love children," Grandma Wang said. "These two kids are easy to take care of, not troublesome at all."
He Tiantian took the vegetables that Grandma Wang had picked out, washed them, and started cooking.
With Huo Yingjie's help, the hot meal was ready in just half an hour.
He Tiantian only started eating after she breastfed her child.
After lunch, He Tiantian took her child for a nap.
Huo Yingjie went to wash the diapers.
When Grandma Wang saw Huo Yingjie washing diapers, she quickly stepped forward and said, "You're a man, how can you wash diapers! Let me do this."
Huo Yingjie smiled and said, "Grandma Wang, you just need to help us look after the children. Don't do anything else. Tian Tian and I are young, we can handle these tasks."
"But..." Grandma Wang's views were a bit old-fashioned. She felt that this was a woman's job, but He Tiantian was also very tired taking care of two children, cooking, and going to school. She couldn't ask He Tiantian to do these things.
However, seeing Huo Yingjie doing these things, she felt it was inappropriate.
“Grandma Wang, this is a new society now, and this is my child. Even if it’s dirty, it’s what I should do as a father,” Huo Yingjie said, not caring about such trivial matters.
They are all his children, and he doesn't discriminate against them.
Grandma Wang was very pleased to hear this, and thought to herself, "No wonder the old lady and the old master have always privately praised Huo Yingjie as the most outstanding. Just based on this affection for the child, Yingjun can't compare to Yingjie."
I remember once when Huo Yingjun was holding his son, he was covered in feces. Huo Yingjun didn't eat all day and never changed or washed the diapers.
Huo Yingjie's actions, far from being effeminate, actually demonstrate a mother's deep love.
“Okay, this is your love as a father, so I won’t interfere.” Grandma Wang said with a smile. Only by taking care of a child herself can one understand the hardships of childcare.
At the same time, having children allows young people to truly mature and take on more responsibility and commitment.
Huo Yingjie only went back to take a nap after he had finished cleaning these things.
In the afternoon, after Huo Yingjie woke up, he rode his bicycle to the black market in the surrounding suburbs and bought some eggs and more vegetables. He originally wanted to buy two old hens, but he was too late and couldn't buy them.
There are more people in the market now than before.
In rural areas, people often sell their own produce, which they grow or raise themselves, as a form of extra income.
This used to be considered speculation, but this year nobody cares, so more people are bringing their belongings out to buy and sell. This has greatly enriched people's material lives, especially for those in the city who receive government-supplied food.
Because you needed coupons to buy anything, and without coupons, you couldn't buy anything at the supply and marketing cooperative even if you had money. Unlike in the countryside, where you could buy anything with money, the prices were a bit higher at the supply and marketing cooperative, but the goods were fresher and better.
In the evening, after putting her child to sleep, He Tiantian took out her textbooks from her schoolbag and began to preview her lessons.
This is He Tiantian's habit: since she's going to school, she should prepare and review beforehand. If she doesn't understand something, she just asks the all-knowing top student, and she can always get the correct and better answer.
Under the lamplight, He Tiantian was studying diligently.
Huo Yingjie, wearing only his underwear, walked back and forth in front of He Tiantian several times, trying to get her attention.
However, He Tiantian's attention was fixed on her book, her eyes glued to the textbook, and she was muttering to herself.
Huo Yingjie, looking rather melancholy, plopped down on the bed, sprawled out on the floor, and stared at the ceiling.
Sigh, they are young people, how can they waste their springtime!
"Sweetie, I'm a little thirsty," Huo Yingjie whispered, trying to distract He Tiantian and get her attention.
"There's water on the table, pour it yourself." He Tiantian didn't look up and continued reading.
Pouring it yourself?
Hmph, I'm not drinking anymore!
"Sweetie, my back is a little itchy, can you scratch it for me?" Huo Yingjie was unwilling to give up, thinking that this would at least get his attention.
He Tiantian looked up this time, pointed to the backrest by the bed, and said, "There's a back scratcher on there, scratch it yourself."
After saying that, he went back to reading.
He can scratch his back without needing a back scratcher!
Sweetie doesn't care about him anymore, and Huo Yingjie is being a bit dramatic.
"Then I'm going to sleep." Huo Yingjie turned over, his back to He Tiantian.
"You go to sleep first, I'll read for a little while longer." He Tiantian didn't look up and continued reading.
Huo Yingjie got angry.
After He Tiantian had finally previewed the first lesson of several courses, she stood up, stretched, washed up again, fed her child, and then turned off the lights to go to sleep.
He Tiantian lay in bed, feeling somewhat uneasy, as if things were a little different from before.
It was only then that He Tiantian realized that Huo Yingjie was not holding her or sleeping in front of her as usual.
He Tiantian leaned closer, pressing her face against Huo Yingjie's back.
In the past, Huo Yingjie would have turned around, hugged He Tiantian, and let her sleep with her head on his arm.
But today, Huo Yingjie remained motionless, his body somewhat stiff.
He Tiantian was certain that Huo Yingjie wasn't asleep; if he was ignoring her now, it meant he was angry.
Why is a grown man getting angry so late at night?
He Tiantian felt confused and thought about what she had done wrong.
Suddenly, she remembered that when she was studying, Huo Yingjie kept trying to make conversation, but she didn't pay much attention to him. It must be because of this.
Sigh, after soothing the two little kids, now I have to soothe the older one.
He Tiantian doesn't have many tricks for charming men, but they're just enough to deal with Huo Yingjie.
"Brother Yingjie, my eyes hurt..." He Tiantian said sweetly.
Huo Yingjie remained silent.
"Brother Yingjie, my ears are itchy..."
Huo Yingjie has softened his stance a bit.
"Brother Yingjie, my stomach hurts..."
Huo Yingjie turned around, glared at He Tiantian, and said, "Alright, stop complaining about this and that, you little liar."
"Hehe!" He Tiantian chuckled. "I was reading a book just now and neglected you. Don't be angry, okay? I won't do it again."
"Alright, I forgive you today," Huo Yingjie said. "You only need to know that knowledge; why work so hard and exhaust yourself?"
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