Shen Yanming was overjoyed to hear this. He couldn't resist kissing Bi Qiaoan.
When An'an and Nuan'nuan saw this, they started to make a fuss. Old Shen glared at them, but the two little ones only got more excited.
Around noon, the couple arrived at Li Zhaozhao's house with large bags and small packages.
When they arrived, they found that Li Wanwan and Zhang Heping were already there, leaving only Ji Kangyong and Qin Yiren.
Li Wanwan was heavily pregnant and about to give birth. Zhang Heping helped her sit in the corner, not daring to move.
Li's mother was cooking outside, worried that the smell of cooking oil would bother her eldest grandson. Although cooking was tiring, she couldn't hide the smile on her face.
Seeing this, Bi Qiaoan quickly stepped forward to help. But Li's mother pushed her into the house, saying, "No need, no need, I'll be done soon. You young people, come in and sit down and have a chat."
Helpless, Bi Qiaoan could only go back inside. She sat in another corner with Shen Yanming, An'an, and Nuannuan.
The family of four had just come in from outside, and they were still a bit chilly. They needed to let the chill dissipate before approaching the pregnant woman and the woman who had just given birth.
I originally wanted to stay in the hallway for a while, but my parents wouldn't let me, so I had no choice but to sit in a corner.
"Old Li, are you happy now?" Shen Yanming joked.
Li Zhaozhao had just changed his baby's diaper and said happily, "Of course, I'm a father now too."
Xu Yajing leaned back on the bed and glared at him when she heard this: "What, you're not happy if it's a girl?"
Li Zhaozhao, with a strong survival instinct, quickly said, "How could that be? I love my daughter just the same, and I'll definitely spoil her like a little princess!"
Xu Yajing smiled and said, "You're smart to know what's good for you!"
Shen Yanming then asked Zhang Heping, "What kind of child do you want to have?"
Zhang Heping chuckled twice: "I'm not thinking about having any more children right now, but I've already confirmed it's a little princess."
"Oh, your profession has its advantages."
"That's right!" Zhang Heping said proudly, "Wanwan is amazing, she's carrying the little princess I wanted."
Shen Yanming nodded: "Congratulations. When is your due date?"
"Around the time of the Lunar New Year. By then, my sister-in-law can manage the work by herself. Then my mother can come and help me."
Shen Yanming smiled and said, "That's pretty good."
At this moment, Ji Kangyong arrived with Qin Yiren. The two of them, like Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, squatted in a corner as soon as they entered.
Ji Kangyong put the bag down in front of him and said, "I'm poor, this is all I could scrape together, please forgive me!"
Li Zhaozhao smiled nonchalantly: "It's alright, I have everything I need."
Ji Kangyong didn't stand on ceremony and grabbed Qin Yiren's hand, putting it in his pocket. Qin Yiren tried to pull away a few times but couldn't, so she could only lower her head shyly and smile.
Seeing how good their relationship was, Bi Qiaoan felt relieved.
After sitting for a while, the group felt warm and then gathered around Xu Yajing to look at the child.
The baby was fair-skinned and chubby, and in terms of facial features, he looked exactly like Li Zhaozhao. Now that he had woken up, he opened his big eyes and looked at everyone.
"So cute!" Bi Qiaoan exclaimed.
Xu Yajing also thought her son was adorable. Ever since she lost her last child, she had been under a lot of psychological pressure. She was afraid she couldn't have children, afraid she couldn't have a boy, and afraid that the boy she gave birth to would be unhealthy.
In short, she had all sorts of thoughts until she safely gave birth to the child, at which point she finally felt relieved.
This baby seemed to be her salvation, bringing her back into the sunlight.
Qin Yiren also found the baby adorable and couldn't help but reach out to pinch his little face. But as soon as she reached out, Bi Qiaoan grabbed her hand: "You think he's cute too, don't you?"
Qin Yiren, not understanding why, smiled and nodded.
"Then you and your husband will have to work harder," Bi Qiaoan joked with a smile.
Qin Yiren's cheeks flushed red. Following Bi Qiaoan's lead, she sat back in the corner, looking at her husband, Lao Ji, with an innocent expression.
Ji Kangyong sighed inwardly, thinking to himself, "What a silly wife of mine."
Smiling, I took her hand and whispered in her ear, "You can't pinch a baby's face, it'll make them drool." Besides, children have low immunity, and their parents might even think she's unclean. There's no need to be disliked.
Qin Yiren suddenly realized what was going on, smiled gratefully at Bi Qiaoan, and then sat quietly.
The group chatted merrily for a while, and Xu Yajing couldn't resist touching the bundle on the bed.
When the two sets of little clothes appeared before her eyes, she was stunned. At first, she thought they were worn by An'an and Nuannuan, but upon closer inspection, she found that the packaging was intact and there were still tags on them. She was so happy that she almost lost her bearings.
What pleased her even more was that there was a red cloth bag tucked inside her clothes, and inside the red cloth bag were a pair of glittering silver bracelets.
Xu Yajing immediately picked up the bracelet and examined it against the sunlight.
"This is so shiny! Thank you, Qiao An!" She had just been regretting that she didn't get a bracelet for her baby's one-month celebration.
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "You're welcome, it's nothing."
Li Zhaozhao nodded gratefully to Shen Yanming, and the couple tacitly refrained from asking where the bracelet came from.
Qin Yiren felt that her gift was somewhat inadequate, and cold sweat seeped from her grip on Ji Kangyong's hand.
Ji Kangyong smiled nonchalantly: "It's nothing."
Qin Yiren glared at him, thinking that since she was going to lose face anyway, she might as well just go for it.
Xu Yajing, oblivious to the commotion, directed Li Zhaozhao to pick up the bag from the ground and open it.
Li Zhaozhao, being good-natured, indulged him, nodded to Ji Kangyong, and then took the bag.
Upon opening it, I found it contained food: steamed sponge cakes, twisted dough sticks, and donuts. They were neatly wrapped in parchment paper and placed individually in bags, looking quite clean.
"My wife made this by hand," Ji Kangyong said proudly.
Xu Yajing smiled and said, "Then we must try it." With that, she opened the oil paper package, pinched a donut, and started eating.
"Hmm, not bad, not too sweet or greasy, just right."
Qin Yiren breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the other party was not dissatisfied. She nodded and said, "I'm glad you like it."
After finishing one donut, Li's mother called out, "Dinner's ready!"
A group of people sat around a round table, enjoying the dishes that Li's mother had carefully prepared, and seemed quite happy.
After dinner, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan carried An'an and Nuannuan home. Qin Yiren and Ji Kangyong also left.
On the way, Qin Yiren said to Ji Kangyong, "I didn't realize it before, but later, every time I met Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, I felt inferior. You tell me, where do they get so many good things from? I'm not saying this because I want to know their secrets, but I just feel like they're from a different world than us."
Ji Kangyong smiled nonchalantly: "It's alright, our family is the same."
Qin Yiren: "......" Are you kidding me?
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