Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, the Jiang family also has to prepare for the New Year. Jiang Manyue and Miao Xianghua discussed and decided to wait until the fifth day of the New Year before looking for a shop.
Anyway, they have already found a location and are just waiting to see which shop will be rented to them after the Chinese New Year.
Business matters were put on hold for the time being, and the Jiang family began to prepare for the New Year.
Because the Lu family now has only three adults and three children, Jiang Manyue and Li Guifen discussed it and decided that the two families should celebrate the New Year together, so that they don’t have to be busy at home.
So during the days before the New Year, Jiang Manyue and Li Guifen basically stayed at the Jiang family during the day, taking care of the children and doing some work, and chatting with so many people in the family, which was very interesting.
On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Lin's telegram finally arrived, saying that he had sent the telegram before getting on the train today and would be home tomorrow.
Miao Xianghua also wanted his son to pick up Lu Lin, but was rejected by Jiang Manyue.
"Mom, he's already grown up and he doesn't have any luggage. Why does he need someone to pick him up? He can just come back by himself."
Miao Xianghua thought about it and gave up the idea of asking someone to pick him up. He prepared delicious food for him at home.
The next day, towards evening, Lu Lin came directly to the Jiang family with his luggage.
Miao Xianghua was also very excited to see his son-in-law whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He quickly shouted into the house, "Man Yue! Lu Lin is back!"
Jiang Manyue was feeding her child rice porridge in the house. When she heard her mother calling her, she quickly handed the bowl to Lu Junan next to her and asked him to feed the child, and ran out.
Lu Lin was wearing a thick military coat. When he saw Jiang Manyue was not wearing a coat, he ran out directly, hugged her and hurried into the house.
Li Guifen was busy feeding porridge to her child. When she saw Lu Lin, she just greeted him and didn't pay any attention to him at all.
"Look, she forgot her son after having a grandson. When I came back, my mother didn't even look at me."
Lu Lin took off his military coat and complained to Jiang Manyue with a smile.
Jiang Manyue went over and took the bowl from Lu Junan's hand and continued to feed the baby, her attention also focused on the child.
"Has Xiao Si'er been bothering you these days?"
Lu Lin hadn't seen Jiang Manyue for more than half a month, and asked her worriedly how she had been doing in the past half month.
"He's fine. Little Si'er is quite well behaved and doesn't make much noise. I guess he has a quiet nature and doesn't like to get restless."
Lu Lin put his hand on the brazier to warm it, and only after making sure it was warm did he dare to touch Jiang Manyue's belly.
"Maybe the inspection wasn't wrong. This is a quiet little girl, right?"
Jiang Manyue hesitated for a moment, "That shouldn't be the case, right? The doctor told me it was a boy after seeing it clearly."
Lu Lin patted Jiang Manyue's belly and tried to interact with the child. "What if I saw it wrong? Didn't you say that this child is quiet and doesn't like to move?"
Jiang Manyue freed one hand and slapped his hand away. "He's sleeping peacefully, why are you patting him? He might just be that quiet boy who won't do anything with weapons in the future and will go the literary route."
Lu Jun'an squatted aside, thinking seriously for a while, and asked, "Aunt, does choosing the literary route mean you're the type who's very good at studying?"
Jiang Manyue nodded and shook her head. "Maybe he likes painting and reading. I don't know if his grades are particularly good."
Lu Jun'an also touched Jiang Manyue's belly and said, "Brother, you should study harder. Drawing and other things can't make a living."
Lu Lin couldn't help but laugh, "You little brat, you still know that painting can't make a living?"
Lu Jun'an looked proud and said, "Of course, I'm already a third-grade student."
Everyone laughed. After Li Guifen finished feeding the porridge in her hand, she directly stuffed the bowl into Lu Jun'an's hand and said, "Third grader, please help me take the bowl."
Lu Jun'an went there happily. Jiang Manyue was so happy that she was laughing when she suddenly felt the baby in her belly kick her.
"The child kicked me, Lu Lin, come and feel him, he's moving."
Lu Lin quickly put his ear to the sound and listened carefully for a while. Just when he was about to say that there was no movement, he heard a "bang".
"He really kicked it. Why is he so happy? Is he amused by his brother?"
Although this was his second time being a father, Lu Lin still felt very curious about the baby's fetal movements.
The two of them explored for a long time until Xiao Sier was completely unwilling to interact with his parents, and then they reluctantly stopped.
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, according to custom, it was the day when the daughters-in-law of the Jiang family returned to their parents' home. All the daughters-in-law of the Jiang family went home, so Miao Xianghua took Jiang Manyue and Lu Lin to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
After they came back from paying New Year's greetings, several of their daughters-in-law had also returned and sat together to talk about the latest news from their own families.
Fifth sister-in-law Liu Liping hesitated for a long time before telling Jiang Manyue about the girl who lived next door to her mother's family.
Originally, Jiang Jiantao was going to marry the girl from that family, but they couldn't agree on the bride price, so the proposal fell through. Liu Liping's family thought the Jiang family was good, so they married into the family.
"When I went back this time, I heard a quarrel in his family. It was about Gao Yingjuan's marriage."
Jiang Manyue didn't care at first, just listening to it as gossip, "She's not married yet?"
Liu Liping glanced at Lu Lin, who was holding her two sons, and nodded.
"I heard from my mom today that her family introduced her to a new guy, saying he's not bad, but she refuses to marry him. She says she wants to marry a soldier."
Jiang Manyue still didn't care. "Well, they have a military affinity. It's normal for them to think that wearing a military uniform is good. These days, being a soldier is the most popular."
Liu Liping shook her head. "I heard her mention her brother-in-law. She said if she wanted to find a husband, she wanted to find someone like him."
Jiang Manyue was a little confused. "Gao Yingjuan said she wanted to find someone like Lu Lin? How did she know Lu Lin?"
Liu Liping patted her hands. "Did you forget? When your fifth brother and I got married, my brother-in-law went to pick up the bride. Didn't she see it?"
Jiang Manyue reminisced and remembered that when Jiang Jiantao got married, it was indeed Lu Lin who went to pick up the bride. Just like that, he was being noticed by someone?
That person was actually the one who almost became her fifth sister-in-law.
"She probably really likes a brother-in-law like this. I asked Jiantao about it, and he said he saw it too. He even deliberately called him brother-in-law loudly to let Gao Yingjuan know that Lu Lin is a family man."
Liu Liping lowered her voice and said, "Little sister, you have to be careful with a brother-in-law like this. He doesn't miss others, but he is afraid that others will miss him."
Jiang Manyue smiled and said, "Fifth sister-in-law, I know what you mean, but Lu Lin is quite reliable. I believe he would not do anything that would let me down. If he really did something like that, I would take the children and divorce him immediately without wasting a minute."
Since Jiang Manyue said so, Liu Liping didn't say anything more. She changed the topic and talked about the child again.
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