Chapter 277 Mr. Shen Sends a House
The two little ones' first birthday party was held at the military camp, just like the previous one for their full moon celebration.
This prevents others who are trying to curry favor from shamelessly coming to your door.
It was Commander Liang who brought up the idea of having Lezhi and Nanxing celebrate their first birthday.
Having hosted a full-moon celebration once before, Brigade Commander Liang had some experience with this kind of thing.
Since Brigade Commander Liang offered the suggestion, how could she possibly refuse?
February is still winter, and the cold water can chill you to the bone.
Jiang Ning was washing her child's clothes when she suddenly heard the child crying inside the house, so she immediately went over.
Lezhi was sitting in the special little bed that Shen Mo had made for them, crying her heart out.
Nanxing was holding a toy and trying to cheer up her younger sister.
Jiang Ning went over, picked up Lezhi, and comforted her until the little girl stopped crying.
When she came out after soothing the child, she saw that Chen's mother was washing the clothes she had only half-finished.
When Jiang Ning came over, her mother noticed her and saw her reaching for the clothes. She immediately stopped her, saying, "Don't touch this water, it's very cold."
Jiang Ning glanced at it and saw that Mother Shen had almost finished washing.
Jiang Ning heeded the advice and did not offer to help.
After washing the clothes for the first time, they needed to be rinsed again. While washing, Chen's mother said to her daughter-in-law, "Why don't you use some hot water to wash the clothes? This water is freezing cold."
Jiang Ning was just lazy and wanted to finish washing quickly.
Upon hearing what Chen's mother said, Jiang Ning immediately went to fetch water from the stove to wash away the coldness of the water.
Having turned the cold water into lukewarm water, Jiang Ning wanted to reach out and help again.
Mother Shen still wouldn't let her touch it.
"Mom is almost done washing here, so don't touch it. You need to save your hands to save lives, so you can't let them get cold."
Jiang Ning remained very obedient to advice.
Since her mother wouldn't let her help, Jiang Ning couldn't just stand by and do nothing. She wanted to say something nice that would touch people's hearts. "Mom, you're really something. You wrung out the clothes in no time. You used to take care of three children as they grew up, and now you're helping to take care of Lezhi and Nanxing. You've really worked hard."
Mother Shen felt very pleased and worked even faster.
After Shen's mother finished washing and hanging the clothes to dry, Jiang Ning took an IV bottle filled with hot water and covered with cotton cloth and warmed Shen's mother's hands.
This method of warming hands was taught to her by Shen Mo. When he didn't allow her to touch cold water at home, he would give her an IV drip bottle while he did the things that involved cold water.
Jiang Ning isn't the kind of person who likes to just watch others work. Relationships are reciprocal. She knows how good Shen Mo is, and how good his parents are. How could she just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor without doing anything?
But they were always worried that her hands would get hurt even a little bit, so Jiang Ning was forced to become a little 'useless' when it came to housework.
After washing the clothes, Chen's mother ate the noodles her daughter-in-law had made.
The noodles were incredibly delicious.
February 14th was Lezhi and Nanxing's first birthday party, and the guests were the same people who came to the baby's one-month celebration last time.
The gifts given at the last baby's one-month celebration were quite generous, and the gifts given this time are no less impressive.
Jiang Ning and Shen Mo were overjoyed to see Le Zhi and Nan Xing carrying various gifts.
The couple exchanged a glance, both seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.
On the invitation to their child's first birthday party, they originally wanted to add a note saying that gifts were not necessary.
But then I thought, if someone didn't intend to bring a gift in the first place, wouldn't this seem like I was being presumptuous?
They should still add that sentence when they see the valuable gifts in the little ones' arms.
Those who came to Lezhi and Nanxing's first birthday banquet were no ordinary people. After Grandpa He put the gift he had prepared for the child into the child's arms, he suddenly looked at Grandpa Shen sitting to the side with a sly grin.
He walked over and joked, "Old Shen, what gifts did you prepare for your precious great-grandchildren this time? Don't be as stingy as last time and only prepare a hundred yuan, or I'll really laugh my head off."
Old Master Shen: "......"
Then, Mr. Shen took out two folded pieces of paper from his pocket and unfolded them.
The two sheets of paper were opened, and the words "Property Certificate" were clearly visible, with the words "Capital People's Government" written below, and a red stamp on top of those words.
Grandpa Shen gave each child a card.
Grandpa Shen placed the gift in the child's hand with a kind smile on his face. "Zhizhi, Nannan, hold this. It's a gift from your great-grandfather."
Grandpa He saw this and nodded in satisfaction, "You old man have finally stopped being stingy."
Seeing the gifts the old man gave to the children, Jiang Ning and Shen Mo exchanged glances, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Shen Mo immediately said, "Grandpa, this is too precious."
Grandpa Shen said, "I gave it to the child, so what's the point of talking about its value?"
The two children's birthdays passed happily like this. In the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Shen had to go home by themselves and take the old man back to the hospital.
Reluctantly, Grandpa Shen handed the child to Shen Mo. As he stood up, he took out a folded piece of paper and put it into Shen Mo's father's hand.
When Mr. Shen saw the paper, he almost had a shock, but he finally held back and said, "Dad, didn't you give us a savings account before? Where did you get the money to buy so many houses?"
Mr. Shen said, "Two years ago, your Uncle He's son told me that houses could be bought as private property in the past two years. At that time, I asked around and paid the money in advance. I just got the property certificate not long ago."
"The property certificate for the house I gave you is for the house in the compound. The two houses for the two children are two courtyard houses in the East City. I just happened to be here this time. I didn't know what to give them, so I just gave them two houses. As for Ziming, Shenmo and Qianqian, you parents can decide for them. Don't think that Grandpa is being biased."
Shen Ziming and Shen Qianqian, who were standing to the side, didn't care about these things. When they heard this, they said they didn't feel that there was any favoritism.
These two little darlings are the apple of our eye, and they don't have any jealousy or rivalry with them.
Jiang Ning felt that the gift the old man gave was a bit too expensive.
People these days aren't really keen on houses. When they have money, the first thing they buy is home appliances like TVs and refrigerators. Besides, houses are mostly allocated by work units these days. Since they live in free houses, who would want to spend money on buying a house?
Old Master Shen had some foresight regarding this direction.
But this purchase involved buying three courtyard houses.
If this were in the modern world, Jiang Ning would have to say, "That's really rich."
At the current price of traditional courtyard houses, being able to buy one is considered a sign of considerable wealth.
But nowadays, traditional courtyard houses are just large, crowded places, and nobody likes to live there anymore. Everyone has moved to clean and convenient apartment buildings, so buying one doesn't cost much.
It won't cost much to buy now, but once it appreciates in value, it will be priceless.
It is not one to refuse a gift from an elder, so Shen Mo accepted the gift on behalf of the children.
Since Grandpa Shen was admitted to the hospital, everyone has noticed the change in his attitude.
Although Mr. Shen still didn't say anything sentimental about forgiving or not, he went to the hospital much more often after the New Year.
Although she kept quiet, she never went to the hospital empty-handed.
Grandpa Shen is noticeably more cheerful than before and no longer gets angry easily.
He spends all day wandering around the hospital, and eventually ends up at the hospital's daycare center, where he plays with the children.
Upon seeing his great-grandson and great-granddaughter, he couldn't stop smiling.
When Jiang Ning recently examined the old man, some of the diseases that had spread rapidly in his body had clearly eased.
After going through all this, the old man's change in mindset can be seen from his illness.
This is something to be very happy about.
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