The sun sets in the west, and the noisy yard becomes quiet.

The two children who would normally have gone home by now are still here.

Goudan pulls Xiaomao, who is curled up in a corner and refuses to go home. Although he is reluctant to go back to this place, he knows that this is someone else's home and they cannot stay here. The young Xiaomao doesn't understand. He likes the evening breeze and wants to stay here.

Xiaomao was only three years old when their mother left, and he has no memory of her leaving. Since Xiaomao began to understand things, it has been his brother, the empty house, and the days of hunger and fear that have taken care of him. He likes this place and wants to stay. Here he can have enough food and there is his mother.

"Brother..."

Facing Adi's pleading eyes, Goudan shook his head and said, "Does Xiaomao not listen to you?"

"Brother, no, it's not." As soon as the brother's face changed, Xiaomao started crying.

An'an, not knowing what was going on, came over and stood there watching. Qi Wanfeng heard the crying and came over. An'an saw Amu coming over and called "Amu". Qi Wanfeng touched the child's head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Goudan was a little flustered. He reached out to pull up Xiaomao who was squatting there. He lowered his head with a red face and murmured, "Wanfeng, Xiaomao and I are going home. We'll come back tomorrow."

"Brother, I won't." Xiaomao refused to leave. He wanted to stay here.

"We'll come back tomorrow." Goudan's tone was firm.

At that moment, Qi Wanfeng seemed to understand something. He reached out to pull Xiaomao and held him in his arms. He wiped the tears from his face and coaxed him softly, "Okay, stop crying."

"Waaaaaa... Mom, Mom, Xiaomao, don't leave..." The child who had been holding back his tears suddenly burst into tears, and stretched out his hands to hug Wanfeng's neck, refusing to leave.

Goudan stood there with his head down, tears falling one by one, leaving wet marks on the ground.

"Be good, don't cry, don't cry." Qi Wanfeng's throat was choked with sobs after hearing the cry, and his eyes were red. Cao Xiangnan, who was packing things in the kitchen, heard the crying and came out. Seeing that everyone was crying, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "What happened to you?"

"Dad." An An trotted a few steps and ran to his dad, stretching out his hands for a hug. Cao Xiangnan bent down and picked up An An, asking, "What happened?" He was still a little confused.

"Xiangnan, can Goudan and Xiaomao stay with us in the future? Let's raise them, okay?" Qi Wanfeng's tears fell in big drops. He remembered that if his old dad hadn't taken him in that year, he might have died on the road of begging.

He was not from Caojia Village. He followed his mother during the famine and war that year and walked a long way to a place he did not recognize. His mother fell ill and passed away, leaving him alone. He knew what it felt like to be a child without a mother. When Xiao Mao called him mother, he could not help but shed tears.

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is fine, but don't cry first. If you have anything to say, just talk it over." Except for the time when he saw his mother crying during the separation, Cao Xiangnan's impression of his mother was never that of a person who shed tears easily. Why did he cry after just a few words to him? He hurriedly reached out to wipe his tears and said, "Isn't it just raising Goudan and Xiao Mao? Ah, I promised it, I promised it."

"Mom." An An held his mouth tightly. Seeing his mother crying, he was about to cry too.

"Wanfeng, if you cry again, our An'an will cry too." If the older one cries, the younger one will cry too. Cao Xiangnan felt that he was about to cry, so he pouted his lips as well, as if he was going to cry if you cry again.

Two aggrieved faces, one big and one small.

"Puff..." Qi Wanfeng burst into laughter at the look of his husband. He found that his husband was looking at him and laughing, and he embarrassedly wiped his tears with his hands. The child in his arms stopped crying and was grinning at him.

Cao Xiangnan put the child down, and then took Xiaomao down as well. He found that Goudan had been crying with his head down, so he reached out and touched his head.

"Okay, stop crying." Seeing that no one was shedding tears, Cao Xiangnan smiled. He had long wanted to keep the two children and raise them. It was a miracle that the two children survived when they were so young. "I had this idea too, and I was just about to ask Goudan if he was willing."

"Goudan, are you willing to take your brother to stay at your uncle's house? I promise you that if there is a stutterer in your family in the future, you and Xiaomao will have one to eat. Do you think it's okay?"

"I, I, can I really do that?" Goudan stretched out his hand and wiped away his tears fiercely, asking in disbelief.

"Of course it's true." Cao Xiangnan nodded.

Even if he wanted to raise two children, he had to make sure that the two children were willing, right? He couldn't just keep them at his house. How wonderful it is to have two children for nothing. Now the family doesn't lack food, and they can raise land. Once they enter their home, they are their children.

"I am willing, we are willing." Goudan responded loudly, crying and laughing as he pulled A-di and told him, "Xiao Mao, we can stay at Uncle Xiangnan's house in the future. We can stay here." Xiao

Mao was still naive and didn't quite understand. Seeing his brother happy, he also grinned.

"Not going back?"

"Yes, not going back, here."

Seeing the two children happy, Cao Xiangnan looked up and found that his Wanfeng was looking at him with tears in his eyes. He reached out to touch his face, wiped off the tears on his face, and said, "Don't shed tears in the future, your tears have fallen into my heart, I will be distressed."

Qi Wanfeng's face instantly turned red, more red than the clouds in the west.

"An An, the brothers will stay in our house in the future, what do you think? In the future, in addition to Dad and Mom who love you, there will also be Brother Goudan and Brother Xiaomao who love you, what do you think?" Leaving two children at home to be raised, Cao Xiangnan also has to take into account the thoughts of his children, otherwise it will be bad if they make trouble.

"In the future, you will have an older brother to play with at home. When the baby in your mother's belly comes out, you will have a younger brother to play with you. What do you think?"

"Okay." It was the child

's crisp answer. An An was very happy that there would be many people to play with him at home in the future. When he was in the compound before, his older brother and younger brother liked to bully him and didn't play with him. Now he has two older brothers to play with. When the baby in his mother's belly comes out, he will have a younger brother to play with.

"Goudan..." Cao Xiangnan called Goudan's name, and he felt that the name was very awkward. He touched his chin and said, "I have to change your names first."

"Goudan." Cao Xiangnan called out, and seeing the child looking at him, he said, "You won't be called Goudan anymore, you'll be called Cao Ruixiang, do you agree? An'an's name is Cao Ruian, you'll be called Cao Ruixiang, and your nickname will be Xiangzi, Xiaomao will be called Cao Ruixing, and your nickname will be Xingxing."

"Ruixiang means auspicious and good, and Ruixing means like the stars in the sky, if you make a wish to them, it will come true. Uncle gave you these names because it means that when you and Xiaomao come to uncle's house, it means good and auspicious things, do you agree?"

Goudan touched his head with his hand when he heard his new name, with a silly smile on his face.

"Wanfeng, what do you think of the names Ruixiang and Ruixing?" Cao Xiangnan saw that Goudan agreed, so he asked his family member Qi Wanfeng for his opinion.

"Well, very good, my husband's names are all good." Qi Wanfeng absolutely admired her husband, and he thought both names were good.

"When the baby in your belly is born, it will be called Cao Ruile, and An'an will be called Cao Ruian. The two together mean peace and happiness." Cao Xiangnan did not forget the baby in Qi Wanfeng's belly, and all the children's names followed An'an's name. He thought it was good, and this was a family. "In the future, Xiangzi will be the eldest brother, Xingxing will be the second brother, An'an will be the third brother, and Xiaolele will be the fourth brother. What do you think?"

"Okay, I will take care of my brothers in the future." In the future, he will be the eldest brother, Goudan, oh no, now he is called Xiangzi, he has a big smile on his face, and his big eyes are shining with joy.

So from this day on, the two children stayed in their home.

Everything in the yard was packed up, and the eleven chicks that were bought were well raised. Qi Wanfeng drove the chickens into the chicken coop and closed the small door. Cao Xiangnan fetched water to bathe the three children. He felt that the bathtub at home was too small and should be replaced with a larger one. It would be even better if he could dig a swimming pool at home.

They would go to bed as soon as it got dark. The bed at home was not big, so they simply slept sideways, which was just enough for the three children to sleep on.

In the past, An An was the only child, and he would fall asleep after a while of coaxing him to sleep. But now two little ones came, and they started to make noises together, laughing from time to time. Fortunately, the children were obedient, and they soon calmed down and fell asleep.

Qi Wanfeng was sewing clothes under the lamp, and he looked at the three sleeping children with a faint smile on his face. Cao Xiangnan came in from taking a bath outside and saw Wanfeng sitting under the lamp sewing clothes. He whispered, "Wanfeng, stop sewing, or you will hurt your eyes." The small oil lamp on the table was dim and the light was not good.

"No, I'll finish sewing this." Qi Wanfeng's hands were sewing one stitch at a time. He was sewing clothes for the children at home. In the past, there was nothing at home. He couldn't even afford a piece of cloth to make clothes for the children. Thinking of this, he sighed again in his heart, "What are you thinking about?" Cao Xiangnan glanced at the few small light bulbs that had fallen asleep. Now there were two more, but fortunately they were all asleep. He sat next to Qi Wanfeng and hugged his waist.

His hand touched his slightly bulging abdomen. He had always wanted to ignore such a fact, but he had to face it.