After giving birth, Yang Niannian rested for more than 20 days. Her body was no longer as heavy as before, and she was able to get out of bed and walk around more appropriately.
She had originally planned to go for a walk on the street after the full moon, but Lu Shishen controlled her and made her stay in the courtyard for nearly two months before letting her go out.
The reason was that it was cold in winter and going out into the cold wind right after the confinement period would cause illness in the future. I don’t know where he heard this nonsense from.
As a result of this delay, it was almost the end of the year when she was able to go out for a walk.
The villa on Chengqian Road had just been completed. Yang Niannian went to take a look and was very satisfied with the result of the Chinese-style decoration.
The child is still young and the house has just been renovated, so it would definitely not be appropriate for the child to live in it. She plans to move to the new house next year when the child is one year old, which will be a perfect time for double happiness.
However, she will not live there for the time being, and her things have to be moved there first. As more and more people live in the courtyard house, she feels that she will only feel at ease if she moves her things to the basement of the villa.
The door of the basement is made of steel, thick and heavy. It is not easy for a thief to get in without a key.
So, while Lu Shishen came back to visit his relatives, Yang Niannian asked Qian Hongzhi and her sister to take the child back to the room to sleep. The two of them moved the things into the car under the cover of night and drove to the villa without anyone noticing.
Qian Hongzhi thought that Yang Niannian had recovered and the young couple wanted to be intimate, so the two sisters took the child back to their room and never came out.
Yang Niannian felt bad for Lu Shishen when she saw him moving things back and forth by himself, so she rolled up her sleeves and tried to lend a hand.
"Let me help you? How long will it take you to move in by yourself?"
Lu Shishen pulled her sleeves back up, "Don't get cold, it will cause arm pain in the future. These things are colder when you hold them in your arms, so don't touch them."
Yang Niannian was already feeling cold, so when she heard him say that, she put her hands back into her sleeves and whispered a warning.
"Then put the things down firmly so they don't get damaged when you drive. If they get bumped or dented, their value will be greatly reduced."
Lu Shishen nodded, "Okay, if you're sleepy, go to sleep first."
How could Yang Niannian sleep? She was very energetic, wrapped in her military coat, checking the warehouse to see how many things were left to move, and then checking to see if the car was full.
When Lu Shishen delivers things to the villa, she will go with him.
The two of them were busy until late at night. Looking at the shelves in the basement filled with antiques, Yang Niannian's eyes narrowed into slits and she smiled.
"Lu Shishen, with these things, we won't have to worry about it for generations to come. Life will get better and better. This will be our home for our family of five."
There was also a light in Lu Shishen's eyes. With Yang Niannian and the child, he also had a sense of belonging.
By the time the two of them had moved all the things, it was already past two in the morning. When Lu Shishen was putting things away, he found a photo album. He casually flipped it open and saw that it was filled with stamps.
He raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are you doing with all this?"
Yang Niannian smiled mysteriously.
"These will surely be of great commemorative value to future generations."
Lu Shishen didn’t know what value these stamps had, but since she liked them, he just collected them.
Thinking of this, I put the photo album on the shelf.
Yang Niannian muttered to herself, "There are still a lot of newspapers piled up in the utility room. I'll move them in next time when I have time. With these newspapers, I can remember what happened on which day even after decades. This is the best notebook."
Lu Shishen likes to read newspapers, and Yang Niannian also developed this habit and subscribed to a daily newspaper. Every time she finished reading, she did not throw the newspaper away, but kept it and put it in the utility room.
"Okay." Lu Shishen nodded in agreement. After checking that everything was put away, he took Yang Niannian out and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back and rest first."
Yang Niannian smiled and let him lead the way. As she walked, she planned her future life. The more she thought about it, the sweeter she felt.
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.
Li Fengyi took Lu Ruoling and the children back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.
The three children were still young, so Yang Niannian did not go to the army to celebrate the New Year, nor did she return to Haicheng. Instead, she stayed up in the courtyard with Jiang Yang and Jiang Yueyue to celebrate the New Year.
Who would have thought that on the night of New Year's Eve, Du Weili came running from Haicheng and said that it was boring to celebrate the New Year in his hometown, as all the relatives sitting together were urging him to get married, and it would be better to be at ease here.
Yang Niannian was worried that Qian Hongzhi and her sister had gone home and there was no one to help hold the baby, so Du Weili's arrival was just what she wanted.
"If you come, wait until after the Little New Year before leaving. You haven't had dinner yet, right? I've made some dumplings. You hold the baby and I'll cook for you."
Du Weili took the child from Yang Niannian's arms, looked at the child in his arms, and guessed that the child's big eyes were very similar to Yang Niannian's.
"They say a daughter takes after her father, but this guy looks so much like Nian Nian, is he Mu Yang or Si Yang?"
Jiang Yueyue laughed, "Neither, she is Ai Yang."
Du Weili didn't believe it and insisted on tearing off the diaper to take a look, but was stopped by Jiang Yang.
Disdainfully.
"You are an old man, don't you know the difference between men and women?"
Du Weili curled his lips and said, "This is still a little baby, and you're telling me there's a difference between boys and girls?"
Without waiting for Jiang Yang to reply, he sighed again, "You can't believe everything our ancestors said, that a daughter looks like her father. Look at this kid, how does he look like Lu Shishen?"
As he was talking, he saw the child in his arms laughing at him and babbling to him, which made Du Weili laugh.
Jiang Yang was a little jealous. When he hugged Ai Yang, Ai Yang didn't chat with him.
Thinking of this, I asked.
"You just came here empty-handed?"
Du Weili glanced at him and said, "What else? It's New Year's Eve, and I want to buy a gift, but there's nowhere to buy it, right?"
Jiang Yang followed his words and said, "It's Chinese New Year, why don't you give your children New Year's money?"
When Jiang Yueyue heard about New Year's money, her eyes lit up.
Du Weili said, "Look at how you two brothers and sisters are obsessed with money. You are exactly like Nian Nian."
Although he said this with disdain, he still put Ai Yang on the bed, then took out a stack of money from his pocket. Just as he was about to count it, Jiang Yang snatched it all away.
"Yueyue, divide this money into four parts."
Jiang Yueyue was delighted, "Thank you, Brother Du."
Du Weili picked up the child resignedly and sat on the small stool. "Well, I went bankrupt on my first day in Beijing. This stack of money is more than 1,100 yuan."
Yang Niannian came in from outside carrying dumplings, "Why did you go bankrupt?"
Jiang Yueyue said with a smile.
"Sister, Brother Du gave us New Year's money."
She took more than two hundred yuan and stuffed the remaining nine hundred yuan into Yang Niannian's pocket.
As soon as Yang Niannian saw Du Weili's expression, she knew that the money was not given voluntarily, but she didn't point it out. She put the dumplings on the small square table and took the child from his arms.
“Let’s eat dumplings!”
Du Weili was not polite, he picked up the chopsticks and started eating, complaining as he ate, "This is the most expensive dumpling I have ever eaten, I will remember it for the rest of my life."
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