The brother and sister chatted for a while.

Lu Guo suddenly asked about Lu Hongmei's important life events.

"You are not young anymore, there are suitable ones, but you should look carefully. If you really like her, I will give you wedding makeup when you get married."

Speaking of this, Lu Hongmei became interested and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother, I have two potential partners here. One is a workshop worker in a textile factory like me, but his father is the deputy director of the workshop. I estimate that he will be promoted soon. His family conditions are good."

"I married you, so I can definitely get a room, but I'm a little ugly and short."

"But my family is well off, so my appearance doesn't matter."

"There is another one. This person is my high school classmate. He looks good and is also very smart, but... there are more than ten people in his family, squeezed into a small house of more than ten square meters."

"I did marry you, and not only did I live with your big family, but I also helped you raise your younger siblings and take care of your parents."

"Although I like her a little, I think that liking her is not enough to make a living. I still want to choose the workshop manager's son."

Lu Hongmei paused and asked carefully, "Brother 괗, what do you think?"

As Lu Guo listened to his sister's practical considerations about marriage on the other end of the phone, he thought of Shen Man again.

Shen Man did the same. She compared Gu Qinglin with other men in terms of family background, appearance and ability, and finally concluded that Gu Qinglin was more suitable for her.

Thinking of this, I suddenly wondered if I was really that bad.

On the other end of the phone, Lu Hongmei continued to ask, "Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, please speak up. Do you also think that I made the right choice?"

After all, marriage is for living together.

She had never suffered before, so naturally she didn't want to live a hard life after marriage, and end up having a few more children and raising them in hardship. Her family would live like beggars, and they would be very frugal in everything they did.

Lu Guo was silent for a moment. Of course, he didn't want his sister to marry into a poor family and live a hard life.

But can you be happy if you marry someone you don't love or even hate for some material conditions?

"Hongmei, I hope you are happy. Money is not the most important thing, happiness is."

Lu Hongmei rolled her eyes and said, "Brother 괗, you are several years older than me, why are you still so naive?"

"You can find someone you like when you are looking for a partner, but when it comes to marriage, I will definitely find someone who is well-off and can support me. That is happiness for me."

She didn't understand these things before, but later, when she saw how Sister Manman looked for men, she realized that liking someone was not the most important thing, but that the conditions met her requirements.

She didn't realize that the man Sister Manman later married was someone she liked, but she still married him, definitely because his conditions were better than her brother's.

…

After Shen Man lay in the ward for a while, Gu Qinglin and Yang Fang came in holding the child and carrying a lunch box.

"Manman, look at how adorable these two children are, especially Xiaonian, who looks exactly like you when you were born."

Yang Fang put the child in her arms into Shen Man's arms, taught her how to hold the child, opened the lunch box, and fed the baby to her mouth.

Gu Qinglin held another child and placed it in front of Shen Man so that she could see it clearly.

Shen Man first carefully looked at the little girl in her arms. When she saw her slightly frail body and skinny little body, her heart ached.

"Xiao Nian, Xiao Nian..." She couldn't help but reach out to touch the child's little face.

"Mom, is the child really okay?" Seeing the child like this, Shen Man really had no appetite to eat.

Yang Fang paused in feeding and followed Shen Man's line of sight, her eyes falling on the small body.

"It's okay. Qinglin and I have consulted the doctor. If you take good care of it, it will be back in a few days."

Gu Qinglin sighed, "Manman, you should believe this, Xiaonian is fine."

Shen Man felt better, and her brows relaxed. "It's good that nothing happened. It's good that nothing happened."

"By the way, let me see Xiaobei." She turned to look at the child in Gu Qinglin's arms.

When Yang Fang heard this familiar name, she felt a little uncomfortable that her daughter-in-law and son-in-law gave their grandson such a name.

She always felt that these two people were using her grandson as a substitute for Xiaobei.

Although Xiaobei is a well-behaved child, he is someone else's child after all, and he has already returned to his own home.

It's fine if Manman acts recklessly, but why does Qinglin follow suit?

Which parents in this world would treat their own children as someone else's children and even give them the same name? If this isn't a substitute, what is this?

The more Yang Fang thought about it, the more dissatisfied she felt with her grandson. No, she had to explain this to Manman clearly. Xiaobei was Xiaobei and her son was her son.

How could these two be mixed up together? When her grandchildren grow up and find out about this, how will they look upon their parents and their own origins?

So confused.

Shen Man and Gu Qinglin were so immersed in the joy of watching their two children that they did not notice Yang Fang's emotions.

A few days later, Shen Man was discharged from the hospital.

When she was discharged from the hospital, Yang Fang wrapped her up tightly, leaving only her eyes exposed, for fear that she would be blown by the wind and develop a chronic illness.

She also repeatedly warned Gu Qinglin, "Qinglin, women should not be careless during confinement. You must not let Manman get exposed to the wind, or touch cold water or anything cold."

"There are also requests for meals during the confinement period. When you go back, bring back two chickens. Chicken soup is a must. It would be even better if you can get carp. Carp soup is also suitable for eating during the confinement period. There is also the stewed pig's trotter..."

Shen Man finally returned to her bed, listening to her mother's instructions to Gu Qinglin, enjoying the careful care from the three family members. She was fed with all kinds of delicious food every day, and she was almost getting fat.

As for the two children, Gu Qinglin made two identical cribs and placed them next to their beds.

Shen Man could see what the two children were doing just by turning her head. Shen Mingru was not idle either, and stayed in the house to chat with her to relieve her boredom.

Gu Qinglin and Yang Fang, one was responsible for going to the market to buy chicken, fish and other things for her, and the other was responsible for making delicious food and things to feed her.

At first Yang Fang was worried that if one man had two children, her daughter's milk would not be enough, but later she found that she was overthinking.

Shen Man had plenty of milk, so much so that even after the two children had drunk their fill, some milk would still overflow.

Fortunately, this situation improved within a few days, and the milk supply was still sufficient but did not overflow.