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County Magistrate Niu was overjoyed. His daughter-in-law had suffered from frostbite during her early years of hard work and striving to be an advanced worker. Now married, she hadn't conceived for many years. His son and daughter-in-law had a good relationship, and he couldn't bring himself to separate them. He could only help them inquire about various remedies.
When the hot springs are available, I must make my son and daughter-in-law go for a soak, and hopefully they'll even give birth to twins.
The people of Qijia Village also had their own doubts and felt that something was wrong. In the end, some of them thought of the hot springs in the back mountain.
The story became increasingly outrageous, and the hot spring in the stone pit behind the mountain was even rumored to be a fertility hot spring. Even now, without the hot spring, people still come to worship, hoping to conceive a child.
"Mom, why isn't it moving?" He Tiantian touched her mother's slightly protruding belly, a little curious.
The early death of her parents in her previous life was He Tiantian's greatest pain, and what puzzled her even more was the cause of their death.
Now that her parents are alive and well, He Tiantian remembers the events of her past life, but she has not let the memories and hatred of her past life control her life. So now she has a complete family and her beloved childhood sweetheart.
"It's still small, it doesn't have much strength!" Wang Shuping laughed. "I remember when I was pregnant with you, I didn't feel any fetal movement until almost five months. If it weren't for your Aunt Jiang repeatedly assuring me that the baby was fine, I probably would have been living in fear every day."
"Oh!" He Tiantian smiled. "Mom, do you want a son or a daughter?"
"It doesn't matter if it's a daughter or a son," Wang Shuping said. "It's the same feeling I had when I was pregnant with you. As long as you're healthy, we'll be very happy."
He Tiantian loves children so much, especially since she will have another blood relative in the future.
She should cherish her younger brother or sister, so that there will be one more person in the world who loves her in the future.
“Mom, Grandma writes to us often and misses us a lot. This time, we have such good news in our family, I want to write to Grandma right away and tell her, so that she can be happy too.” He Tiantian said with a smile, “Let her be happy too.”
"Oh, your grandmother is all alone abroad, she must be so lonely," Wang Shuping said with a sigh. "It's been over two years since Huo Yingjie left, and we don't know when he'll be back!"
Feeling guilty, He Tiantian said, "I often see my father smoking alone in the yard, probably because he's worried about my grandmother."
“How can I not worry? She is your father’s biological mother!” Wang Shuping said. “Your father is a very sentimental person. When your grandfather passed away, your father almost couldn’t get over it.”
“Sigh, it’s all because of me. If it weren’t for me, you would have already gone to America, where you could be living a very good life,” He Tiantian said. “Dad could also stay with Grandma and take care of her.”
“Hehe, as long as we don’t starve, material life has never been something our family absolutely needs,” Wang Shuping said. “The most important thing is family. You are our daughter, our next generation, and your mother-in-law is our elder, our previous generation. Your father and I are in the middle. We have to be filial to our elders and care for our younger generation, so you don’t need to feel guilty. This is our responsibility and how much we value our family.”
He Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "Mom, if Yingjie doesn't come back to marry me next year, you and Dad will go to America together. If Grandma goes too, I'll go with her. Uncle Qi also hopes Grandma will go to America to retire there."
“Hehe, my godmother will definitely not go,” Wang Shuping said. She was a thoughtful woman and understood the meaning behind the way Grandma Qi looked at Old Man Qi.
He Tiantian and her mother exchanged a glance, then smiled; they both understood.
“Then I’ll stay here with Grandma and take care of her,” He Tiantian said. “When I’m in 1977, I’ll be able to take the college entrance exam, and I won’t have to stay here forever.”
Hearing this, Wang Shuping was happy, as she had always hoped that He Tiantian could study more.
“Yes, otherwise, if things continued like this in China, your father and I would never have let you stay here. Huo Yingjie is a good young man, a prodigy, a promising young talent, but you can’t stay a country girl forever! You clearly have a bright future and great opportunities to receive an education, why give them up? The reason is all because of what you told us before, that the future would change.” Wang Shuping smiled and reached out to pat her daughter’s head.
"Yes, Mom, I'm sure I can get into Nanshi University," He Tiantian said. Over the years, she had gradually completed her high school courses, and she was confident that she could pass the college entrance examination, which was exceptionally easy in 1977.
After all, she was able to pass the exam in such difficult circumstances and in such a short time in her previous life, so she will definitely be able to pass it this year as well.
"Yes, Mom believes in you," Wang Shuping said. "Girls must read more books, but they can't just study blindly. You have to learn to think for yourself. Life experience is a form of learning. You'll understand when you grow up."
"Yes, I will read more books, but I will never be a bookworm," He Tiantian said. "Mom, what major should I study if I get into university?"
In her previous life, He Tiantian randomly chose two majors: one was astronomy at Nanshi University, which was inherited from her grandfather; the other was Nanshi Agricultural University, which was inherited from her parents.
She was admitted to her first choice, the astronomy major at Nanshi University.
Although she listened to many stories from her grandfather when she was a child, she didn't have much professional knowledge. At that time, she was thinking about her deceased relatives and felt that choosing this major was like being with her loved ones.
"What major do you want to apply for?" Wang Shuping asked. "In the past, we might have chosen some better majors to make it easier to be assigned to a job because of our livelihood. But now, as you know, even without your grandmother, your father and I can provide you with a comfortable life. So you can choose according to your own interests and ideas without having to consider living conditions."
Wang Shuping hopes her daughter can choose what she likes when she goes to school.
He Tiantian thought about it. She liked cooking, but there were no schools that specialized in cooking. The New Oriental Culinary School was estimated to be open in 20 or 30 years.
"Mom, I don't know what I like either," He Tiantian said speechlessly, feeling lost about the future for the first time.
Her past life had a great impact on her.
"Hehe, there's no need to rush now, you can take your time to think it over," Wang Shuping laughed. "Do what you want to do!"
"Hmm, I'll think about it slowly," He Tiantian said with a smile. Because she was financially secure, she could take her time to choose what she liked, which was a kind of happiness, wasn't it?
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