"Why did you go to Zhoucheng and come back looking so silly?"
A-Mian felt that Meng Chijian was acting strangely. He had come out to get seafood, but now he was inexplicably fiddling with the silk box.
Do you still have this kind of skirt?
"Just this one. The rest are pretty much the same as the dresses you see in stores. Just add a sheer blouse and you're good to go."
Meng Chijian's Adam's apple bobbed, and after a long while, he said, "If it's this kind, it would be great if there were more in other colors. When she delivered the box, I saw it was made of cloth, so I didn't look at it closely."
Amian said, "These are clothes we can't wear out, so we don't need so many. Doctor Mo is very considerate."
"……Um."
“Hmm, a seafood box…” Ah Mian sniffed the air like a puppy. “It’s this!” She opened a box without hesitation, and it was full of dried seafood: scallops, dried shrimp, kelp, squid…
These things look very expensive. A-Mian glanced at Meng Chijian and asked him in a low voice, "Did you touch the gold nuggets in the chicken coop?"
Didn't we agree to save money?
“I took a gold nugget. It’s alright, the doctor said these things are good, they can prevent goiter. Besides…” Meng Chijian originally thought he should avoid spending money if possible, but when he passed by the seafood shop, he thought of the person in his family who loved seafood the most, so he gritted his teeth and went in.
"Think about it, it's not like you're pregnant every day. What's wrong with eating well? These are all good things, and eating them will make your brain smarter."
Meng Chijian carried the box to the kitchen, saying, "I'll cook you seafood noodles; I'm sure you'll love it."
Ah Mian was indeed drooling as she looked at the box, secretly marveling at how priceless this box of seafood was.
And there were many things she had never eaten before.
Now she was no longer sleepy and continued opening the remaining four chests as if opening a treasure chest.
The next box contains gifts for the baby.
There are small wooden swords made of Sichuan pepper wood, which are actually teething sticks.
Ah Mian placed two roly-poly dolls on the ground and pushed them back and forth, discovering that they really wouldn't fall over no matter what she did.
There are also rattles and cloth tigers, which are common toys for children.
The rest were things that A-Mian had never seen before.
"Huh? These paintings are cut so small, what are they for?" These are paintings on rice paper, with various patterns such as the moon, rabbits, raccoons, butterflies, and circles drawn with a brush. They are only in black and white and are then pasted onto some thin pieces of wood.
She went to ask Meng Chijian, who said, "This was also given by Dr. Mo. He said it's called a 'black and white card.' Babies seem to only be able to see black and white colors before they are six months old. If we are bored, we can show this to the baby. The baby will find it very interesting. It can also help train the baby's eyes."
"I see!"
Amian found it all so amazing and couldn't help but look forward to the baby's birth even more.
Then she found another round plate with several sewn little cloth dolls hanging on it. Although it was the first time she had seen them, A-Mian thought that they were probably hung on the cradle for the baby to see.
Next, there was a very large and thick mat. "This is for when the baby can crawl. Dr. Mo said that crawling on the ground is fine, but I was worried that the ground might be too dirty or too cold sometimes, so I had one custom-made. When we don't need it anymore, we can take it apart and use it as the baby's mattress."
"Uh-huh."
The baby box didn't contain many items, but they were a miscellaneous collection of very useful things, many of which were things that Ah Mian and her husband hadn't thought of before.
Next to it was a box with a large tree branch tied to it, and inside the box were some vegetable seeds and flower seeds.
“These things didn’t cost any money. I told them that my baby was about to be born and I wanted to plant a cherry tree in our backyard on the day of the birth. A brother of mine gave me a cherry sapling. The other seeds were also given to me by them.”
Even the poorest brother must have some vegetable seeds at home.
Those who were better off received flower seeds.
After all, they were all going to the capital to pursue their future, and they probably wouldn't see Meng Chijian again after that.
"These would look beautiful planted in the backyard."
There were two boxes left. One of them contained some porcelain bowls, vases and the like. Fortunately, Meng Chijian's old clothes were placed underneath, so none of them broke along the way.
Needless to say, with a little one coming into the family, there won't be enough bowls to go around.
Half of the earthenware bowl was bought, and the porcelain one was a gift from Dr. Mo.
Amian said, "I don't know what to give her in return, since she sent so many nice things."
She started to worry. Although these things were nothing to Mo Man, A Mian still felt that they were too much and too good.
"Let's ask the baby to recognize her as her godmother, and then we'll take the baby to visit her."
As far as A-Mian knows, Dr. Mo has never gotten married.
Meng Chijian smiled and asked, "What about the promise we made about Wangwang becoming a godmother?"
Ah Mian had previously said that she would recognize Wangwang as her godmother, and if Wangwang didn't find a suitable husband, she would ask Bao Bao to visit Wangwang often in the future...
Amian murmured, "It would be good to have two godmothers."
Sigh, what can she do when she only has one baby? She simply can't divide the babies among herself.
She opened the last box, which contained more than twenty books, which Meng Chijian had also collected from bookstores in Zhoucheng. Most of them were storybooks and travelogues that A-Mian liked to read.
There were also two pieces of pine soot ink that weren't so smelly, and several brushes of different sizes.
"Once you've finished reading the book, you can sell it to the bookstores in our city, which means you didn't spend any money."
A-Mian couldn't accuse him of being extravagant, since she really liked these things.
"Wash your hands, have some noodles, and then go to sleep."
"good."
Amian wasn't very hungry, so she basically ate with Meng Chijian.
Meng Chijian took a large bowl containing fried squid, fried eggs, a handful of pea shoots, firm tofu, and green vegetables, topped with a layer of chili peppers. He wolfed it down, as if he were so hungry he could eat a whole cow.
Ah Mian's bowl contained mostly seafood soup with only a few noodles, but it was loaded with dried shrimp and seaweed. "It's so delicious it'll make your eyebrows fall off! How can there be such a delicacy in the world!"
She couldn't resist and then discovered that fried squid was even better, with its bouncy and crispy texture.
This made Ah Mian's appetite soar, and she went to the kitchen to get another half bowl of noodles.
After the two had eaten and drunk their fill, Meng Chijian put the boxes away one by one, and A Mian's eyelids were almost closing.
She went back to her room to sleep first.
Despite being so exhausted, Meng Chijian still went to the bathroom for a refreshing cold shower (it was hot, and he was too lazy to boil water) before returning to his room, still steaming.
He found a piece of cloth and temporarily hung it on the window. Finally, everything was ready. He hugged A-Mian and kissed her cheek. "Finally home. See you tomorrow."
And so, the two drifted into a deep and sweet dream.
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