Tingting and Jianjun went back to their own home first. Jianjun went to heat up the kang (heated brick bed) in both rooms to make the rooms warmer.
Tingting started feeding the babies, first giving them the prepared formula from her space. Watching the two little ones pouting, she found them incredibly cute.
Fu Bao and Qiu Qiu are both quiet and don't cry or make a fuss, which saves Jianjun and Tingting a lot of trouble.
"Once this house gets warmer, we'll go pick up our three little devils. I miss them so much; it's been more than ten days since I last saw them."
"Dad, Mom, we're back. Jianjun's mother saw Tingting and Jianjun return from the village and quickly brought the child over to see if it was a boy or a girl."
"Dad, Mom, brothers, and sisters-in-law, I gave birth to twins this time, a boy and a girl. Look at these two children."
"Twins, you're so lucky! You have twins, and twins of a boy and a girl. You've got all the good things in the world," said Sister-in-law Qin.
"Absolutely! Jianjun and Tingting are so lucky. No other family in the village is so fortunate. We're the first in the village to have such good fortune," Old Man Qin said with a hearty laugh, clearly overjoyed.
"I have to go to every household in the village tomorrow to tell them this. This is a great thing and an honor."
"Dad, Mom, it's just having a baby, it's not that big of a deal."
"Ting, twins, a boy and a girl, are rare in this town. You have two sets all at once, which means you are a lucky person. This blessing is well-deserved."
Tingting was genuinely happy to hear everyone praising her child. She realized that it's better to praise your child than yourself; that praise truly touches your heart.
Everyone thought it was a joyous occasion, but they didn't plan to hold a banquet. Given the current situation, they couldn't be so extravagant, so they decided to have a meal together after Tingting finished her postpartum confinement.
Although it was cold, the women in the village stood in the village passageway, chatting. After all, it hadn't snowed yet, and they were just gossiping.
"Hey, have you heard? Jianjun and his wife have had twins, a boy and a girl. That's amazing! Look at them!"
"You said you all thought it was just one person at the beginning, right?"
"It seems they went to the hospital. During the examination, the girl's head was covered, so we didn't know. It wasn't until she was about to give birth that they discovered there was another girl."
"You have no idea how happy Jianjun and his wife are. They have four boys, and when they get a girl, she'll be named Fubao. Look at the names of their four sons, they're so ordinary."
"This is called liking what you lack. But having twins, especially a boy and a girl, is really amazing. I didn't realize the Guo family had this kind of lineage."
"Another old lady immediately said, 'This must be from Zhang Tingting's family. I don't think the Guo family has any connections. He's just benefiting from his wife's connections.'"
"However, with so many children, how can Jianjun support them with just a few work points?"
"Hey, let me tell you, even a blind sparrow won't starve. Those three sons of that person were raised to adulthood, weren't they? I saw Jianjun going up the mountain every day last year."
"That's right. It's not like those three years anymore. As long as you're not too lazy, you can still manage to get by, even if the food isn't great."
"Have you heard? In the village across from us, they say that the mother-in-law tormented her daughter-in-law, making sure she had enough to eat. She gave birth to her seventh child, a girl, and the baby died right after birth."
"Oh, I'm afraid this old woman threw it away. How despicable."
"What if we can't? What does it have to do with us? Let's go back and cook. My son will be back soon, I need to hurry and cook for him."
"Tch, you talk like you don't have a son, just showing off. I'm going to cook now, you guys chat."
The village's information center closed for the day, but news spread like wildfire in the village. The news of twins, both male and female, had reached other villages; after all, it was quite a rare occurrence.
The mother-in-law in the next village, who's rumored to be tormenting her daughter-in-law, is also wondering if the child is hers. But it can't be such a coincidence, can it? She'll have to ask the child what kind of blanket she was wrapped in when she came back, and try to get some information out of her.
If it were their own property, they'd have to ask for some money; they can't just give it to them for nothing and let them have such a good reputation.
Tingting had also heard about what happened in the next village. News spread incredibly fast in that village, like thunder.
Tingting was secretly relieved. Luckily, she had changed the blankets before coming back. If the old lady had found out that she had found the child, who knows what might have happened. If the child had ended up in her house, he would have suffered.
The old lady started asking around the village the next day. She had relatives there, so she went to Old Li's house in the village to ask about the situation.
The child was wrapped in a small gray blanket when he came back. Why did everyone know? Because people are always chatting at the intersection when they have nothing to do. As soon as you pass by the intersection, the news spreads everywhere. Even if there's nothing else, they'll still talk about you.
The old lady couldn't tell what was wrong, so she had no choice but to go back. But she still had some doubts in her heart, though she decided to wait and see. She would just keep an eye on things.
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