"What's so 'small'?" Ye Qingyan changed her posture and crossed her legs.
His sitting posture was extremely unrestrained.
"A marriage between children should naturally start from a young age." Ye Qingyan looked confident: "We need to win over Brother Ji's heart from a young age, otherwise it will be even more difficult when he grows up."
Zhen Tian's expression was indescribable.
You know that your brother Ji has already decided on your son? Hey.
"Looking at it this way, you're quite farsighted," Yuan Yuan laughed at her.
"Of course."
"Is your brother-in-law willing?" Yang Tao asked, getting to the point.
"Him? He's unimportant. He has no status in the family." Ye Qingyan grinned. "He goes to work and doesn't take care of the kids, so I don't care whether he wants to or not."
"You'd better be tough."
They all knew how timid Ye Qingyan was when facing Huo Qingming.
This is what is meant by "one thing subdues another".
Girls' gatherings are simple: eating, drinking, playing, and having fun.
Now that they have children, they can no longer play board games and have endless battles like they used to when they had parties.
They canceled the board games and just ordered takeout, then chatted and laughed while watching their playful children.
They set the television on as background noise.
Yang Tao took out her phone and asked Zhen Tian, "When did you start serializing a new comic online?"
Zhen Tian glanced at Yang Tao's phone screen and said with a smile, "What new comic? It's been out for months."
"Several months?" Yang Tao checked the dates and it was indeed true.
"I haven't been paying much attention lately, I've been too busy with work." Even with the pandemic, I still have to work. Otherwise, how will I pay my mortgage and car loan?
"Can you draw all three of your current serialized books?"
"My daily life story is temporarily on hiatus."
“That’s true, Brother Ji isn’t here either, what are you going to draw?” Yang Tao nodded.
"The second book is almost finished, and we're preparing for its publication. Right now, I'm drawing a new serialized comic." Zhen Tian pointed to Yang Tao's phone: "But this one is set against the backdrop of the pandemic, with various stories unfolding. Now that the pandemic is almost over, this comic will also be finished soon."
"I have quite a lot of drafts saved up, but I don't update them that often. I'm busy taking care of my kids now, so I don't have much time."
"I really envy you for being able to work and earn money from home." Yang Tao thought of herself, braving wind and rain, going wherever there was danger, and earning less than a fraction of what others earn.
"Weren't you doing this for love?" Ye Qingyan glanced at her lazily. "What, regretting it?"
"No." Yang Tao shook her head: "I still love it, but I'm just too poor. I'm going bald every month trying to pay the mortgage."
"Zhen Hong isn't rich. If you let him buy a house in the future, what are you struggling for?"
“Zhen Hong’s money is his money. I’m not with him for money.” Yang Tao counted on her fingers: “I used to think that graduating would be great, that I would be free and not have to go to class or do homework.”
"I still want to go back to school now. I don't have to worry about making money. I can eat my fill with a thousand or eight hundred yuan a month."
"Don't be so sentimental at such a young age." Ye Qingyan rolled her eyes: "If you don't have enough money, just say so, I'll give you some."
"That won't do!"
"I'll lend it to you. It's better to owe me than to the bank, right?"
"Well... that's fine too."
"What are your plans with Lu Lin?" Ye Qingyan pressed Yuan Yuan for answers.
What are your plans?
"Are you getting married or something?"
"Why get married? I'm still so young," Yuan Yuan said casually.
"Is it because Lu Lin hasn't made any move?!" Ye Qingyan said angrily, "It's not because of age, Zhen Tian and I are already married."
"Stop talking nonsense and mind your own business."
The door was rang.
"I'll go get it." Yuan Yuan got up to get the takeout.
"What's wrong with your brother?" Ye Qingyan teased Zhen Tian.
"Never mind them, I won't get involved in their affairs." Zhen Tian picked up a grape, wiped it with a tissue, and popped it into her mouth.
"Hey, why aren't you peeling it anymore?" Ye Qingyan was indeed drawn to this: "Don't you only eat it if someone else peels it for you?"
“Things change!” Zhenzhen Tian pinched another grape and stuffed it into her mouth. “Now I have a little one at home, so who’s going to take care of me? When I was pregnant, I really craved grapes, and I still can’t break that habit. I have to take care of myself.”
"My goodness, this is incredible! Our Tian Tian has really made something of herself!" Ye Qingyan clapped her hands.
The large bag of food that Yuanyuan brought back smelled delicious.
The two children came running after smelling the aroma.
"What's that smell? It smells so good..." Huo Ying clung to the table, craning her little head upwards.
"You can't eat it." Ye Qingyan pushed her little head away.
"Eat just a little bit."
"You can't eat it."
Just a little bit.
"No." Ye Qingyan kept pressing down on her little head: "Huo Xiao, take your sister away."
"Let's go play with your dolls." Huo Xiao took his sister away.
"Brother, I want to eat."
"You can't eat it yet, you can eat it when you grow up."
"I'm so hungry..."
Huo Xiao had no choice, so Ye Qingyan resigned herself to getting up to make milk for the two children. They were almost two years old and couldn't just drink milk; she often steamed them little animal-shaped steamed buns with molten lava filling. One for each child.
The hot food heated up quickly, and soon the two children were sitting at the table, enjoying their meal immensely.
Yuan Yuan watched the two children eat and couldn't stop admiring them: "They're so well-behaved, why do you always complain?"
"I'll let you rest for two days, sweetie."
“I think it’s a good idea.” Yuan Yuan’s eyes lit up, but then she thought about it and decided against it: “No, I’m afraid those old men at the base will scare the two kids.”
"It's alright, it's alright, take them with you." Ye Qingyan seemed to have found a way: "Then let Taozi rest for two days, and then let Tiantian rest for two days, so I can rest."
“I advise you to be kind. I can barely support myself, so I’d better give up. Don’t make the child suffer.” Yang Tao gestured for him to stop.
"It's settled then. You can take it with you today." Ye Qingyan said with great interest.
"Really? Should you talk to Brother Huo?" Zhen Tian thought Brother Huo probably wouldn't want to lend the child out.
"I'll talk to him in a bit." Ye Qingyan was getting more and more excited, and she couldn't wait for Huo Qingming to come back before she ran to call him to discuss it.
Unexpectedly, Huo Qingming agreed.
Yang Tao and Zhen Tian exchanged a glance and smiled.
My brother-in-law must have been really holding back.
Yang Tao chuckled to herself.
When Zhen Tian returned home that evening, the house was quiet.
"Have they all gone out?" She stood at the door changing her shoes, tossing her handbag on the cabinet by the door.
"Mom and Dad?"
She called out several times, but no one responded.
Zhen Tian blinked and muttered a couple of times, but didn't notice the figure in the kitchen.
She changed her shoes and went upstairs.
After a long day of running around outside, all she wanted was a nice bath.
After she disappeared, Ji Yuzhi, who was still waiting for her to notice, came out of the kitchen and stared at the stairs in a daze.
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