The old leader stayed in the courtyard for a day and returned to Haicheng on the second day of the New Year.

Lu Shishen only took two days off as he joined the army on the third day of the Lunar New Year. When he left, there was one less person to take care of the children. Yang Niannian and the others were busy all day long. Fortunately, Qian Hongzhi and her sister came back on time on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Du Weili's waist and legs ached from carrying the child these days. As soon as Qian Hongzhi arrived at the courtyard, he took the car keys and ran away, threatening not to come again until the child could walk.

With three more babies in the family, Yang Niannian is busy all day and doesn't have much time to take care of other things. She spends the whole day with the three children and even has less time to go out for a walk.

Although she raised all three babies to be plump and white, they were too thin when they were born, so it always took more energy to raise them than other children.

In addition, the weather in Beijing is very cold in spring, and she is too lazy to go out. It would be too cumbersome for her three children to go out together, so on weekdays, she would at most take the children for a stroll in the nearby park.

By the end of May, the weather had warmed up and the child had learned to crawl. When I held him in my arms, he kicked his legs with great energy.

Once the child knew how to play, he didn't want to lie down, and he slept less during the day. He needed to be held all day. The Qian Hongzhi sister was too busy to take care of the child, so Yang Niannian asked another older sister to come and help take care of the child.

When the weather was warm, she would often take her children for a walk in their new home. There was nothing much to do there, just a walk around the yard and the house and then come back.

But when I thought that this would be their home for their family of five in the future, I felt very excited and always wanted to bring my children to see it.

It is too troublesome for three children to go out together, so she usually takes turns taking the children out. Today it is her turn to take Erbao out, and Qian Hongzhi and Jiang Yueyue also come out with her.

As usual, she drove them to the villa for a stroll. When she came back, she saw someone selling watermelons on the roadside and stopped the car.

"Stay in the car, I'm going to buy some watermelon."

The watermelons of that era are particularly sweet and delicious. There are many people in her family, so Yang Niannian always buys several each time.

The man selling watermelons was an old man. When he heard that Yang Niannian wanted two watermelons, he enthusiastically helped weigh them and put them in the car, and also praised the two babies for being cute.

Yang Niannian thanked him with a smile, and when she was about to take out money, she was bumped by someone. After she stood up and tried to take out money again, her pockets were empty.

She subconsciously looked at the person who bumped into her. Not only did that person not run away, but he also looked back at her provocatively. She felt a chill on her back and did not dare to chase him.

He turned around and asked Qian Hongzhi, "Sister Qian, my money fell. Do you have any money with you?"

Qian Hongzhi looked embarrassed and said, "I didn't bring any money with me."

When the old man heard this, he smiled and waved his hand.

"If you don't have money with you, just owe me the money first. You can give me the money the next time you buy something."

This was not the first time that Yang Niannian had bought watermelons from here. The old man knew her and was not worried that she would default on her payment.

Yang Niannian was about to say something when Jiang Yueyue took out five yuan in change from her pocket and said, "Sister, I have money."

Yang Niannian reached out to take the money, gave the money for the watermelon to the old man, and without any hesitation, immediately drove back to the courtyard.

She was a little uneasy along the way, always feeling that the person who bumped into her had something wrong in his eyes.

A normal thief who was caught stealing money would not be so calm. He looked at her provocatively, as if waiting for her to chase him.

It's so weird.

After returning to the courtyard, Yang Niannian hurriedly took Erbao into the house. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, so she told Qian Hongzhi and the others.

"Don't take the kids out recently." He also reminded Jiang Yueyue, "Yueyue, come back early after school and don't run around."

After thinking about it, he was still a little worried, so he said to Qian Hongzhi.

"Sister Qian, please help me during this period. Pick up Yueyue every morning and afternoon! When you go out and come back, please pay attention to whether there is anyone following you."

Qian Hongzhi noticed that Yang Niannian looked strange and asked curiously.

"Nian Nian, did something happen?"

Yang Niannian didn’t know if she was too suspicious and was afraid of scaring them, so she just said.

"Shi Shen has a special identity, so it's always good to be more careful."

When Qian Hongzhi heard Yang Niannian say this, she didn't ask any more questions, but just kept her words in mind.

Yang Niannian returned to the house, first returned the money for the watermelon to Jiang Yueyue, and then called Lu Shishen's unit. She rarely called Lu Shishen's unit, so Zhao Fengnian was very surprised when he received the call.

"Sister-in-law, the commander is not here. What do you want? I'll help you convey it."

Yang Niannian, "It's nothing, just wait for him to come back and ask him to call me back."

"Okay." Zhao Fengnian said.

After Yang Niannian hung up the phone, she still felt uneasy. If it were in the past, she might not have been so suspicious, but now that she had three children, she had to be more cautious.

Thinking of this, she called again. When Zhao Fengnian answered the phone, he was a little puzzled. Why did his sister-in-law call again?

Yang Niannian, "Tell Lu Shishen that I was robbed today and my money was taken away."

Zhao Fengnian was startled, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?"

Yang Niannian, "No, just tell him about the situation."

Zhao Fengnian breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay."

After a pause, he added, "Sister-in-law, the commander won't be back until tomorrow."

As for what he was doing, he couldn't say.

Yang Niannian, "Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, she comforted herself again, thinking that maybe she was just being too suspicious. There were so many thieves these days, it wasn't something uncommon.

Thinking this in her mind, before going to bed at night, she still touched the little black head and reminded it to take good care of the house.

At around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the three children didn't know what was going on, but they all had fevers. The fever reached 39 degrees Celsius, and the fever didn't go down even after taking antipyretics.

Normally, all three children are healthy. This is the first time they have had a fever since birth. Unexpectedly, the fever reached 39 degrees and didn’t go away. They had the same fever at the same time.

Yang Niannian was worried that the child would get sick from the fever, so she had to drive the child to the hospital in the middle of the night.

The doctor didn't say what was wrong with the children. He just gave them some antipyretics and asked them to stay in the hospital for observation and go back after their fevers subsided.

Seeing the three children with red faces, lack of energy, and not eating properly, Yang Niannian felt distressed and a little scared, worrying that the high fever was caused by some disease.

It's the middle of the night now and there's no way to do a full-body examination. I can only take antipyretics and wait until daybreak.