Chapter 163 From now on, I will treat these three kids as my own grandchildren

Fu Qingye couldn't help but frown slightly, but she didn't dare to be too tough. During the wheat harvest and autumn harvest, she couldn't do the farm work, so she thought that the people in the cowshed were all there to work, so she asked them to help out. As a result, Secretary Zhao who was passing by heard her and gave her a lecture.

She wanted to return to the city as soon as possible, so she didn't dare to make a big deal out of it.

More importantly, she knew that Li Zhan had returned from vacation these few days. If she made a scene and caused trouble for the village cadres, Li Zhan would definitely misunderstand her!

The educated youth Liu who came with them was so angry that he wanted to explode, but was stopped by Fu Qingye.

Fu Qingye said softly, "No way? Then... forget it. Let's find a way ourselves. Classmate Liu, let's go!"

However, as soon as she turned her head, her face became gloomy.

These people really don't know what's good for them! Humph, just wait and see, they will have a hard time in the future!

This little episode has passed.

When there were no people around, Shen Wanxue walked up to Yang Qiushi and whispered, "Old Yang, you are too impulsive. If she wants to take the fodder, just let her take it. Why do you have to intervene? I always feel that this Fu Zhiqing speaks politely on the surface, but he is not open-minded in his heart. We should still be on guard against him."

Yang Qiushi also felt a little regretful and said, "Alas! I just have a bad temper. The main reason is that those educated youth are too unreasonable. Other educated youth can sometimes help us with some work, but those few are lazy and come here every day to beg for money. They don't even pick up firewood. I don't think they will be frozen to death in winter!"

Yang Qiushi said, then turned back and asked cheerfully, "Let's not talk about these unhappy things. How is Juanjuan? Do you think she looks good? Giving birth to three little kids must have taken a toll on her body."

Shen Wanxue smiled and said, "I think they are fine. She also said that if the three kids start crying, she can't bring them over, but she asked us to sneak over to check at night."

Yang Qiushi was so happy that he couldn't help rubbing his hands. He was happy but also worried. He said with a smile: "Hey! Is it really okay for us to go there? Will we be seen by others and affect Juanjuan and her man?"

Shen Wanxue said: "Juanjuan said that the path is secluded and not many people know about it, so it should be fine."

Yang Qiushi felt a little relieved after hearing this, but he couldn't help but say, "Oh! I still need to prepare some gifts for the three kids! I have no wife, no children, and from now on I will just treat these three kids as my own grandsons!"

Shen Wanxue nodded and said with a smile, "Our two families are really the same, we both have no children. That's fine, I met Juanjuan, I guess God must have had mercy on me and sent me a goddaughter. From now on, I will treat these three little kids as my grandsons!"

At Xia Juanjuan's house, it was around two o'clock in the afternoon when the people who came to the banquet gradually dispersed.

Yan Haotian also left because he had to hurry back to his unit.

Time was too tight, so I couldn’t go back to Xia Village to take a look this time. I can only wait until next time.

Lin Yuru and a few close women in the village stayed behind to help with cleaning up the dishes, washing dishes and pots.

Aunt Wu also brought her daughter-in-law Chen Qi to help. Seeing that Chen Qi was also pregnant, Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's been five months now, right? She'll give birth next spring."

Chen Qi smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

Xia Juanjuan pulled Chen Qi aside and refused to let her help.

She already knew that Chen Qi's grandmother was Grandma Yao, the wet nurse who had taken care of Shen Wanxue in the past. During the time when she was pregnant in the county town, it was all thanks to Chen Qi and Grandma Yao who came to take care of Shen Wanxue.

Aunt Wu said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law asked you to take a rest, so you should take a rest for a while. It's a good opportunity to take advantage of your sister-in-law's good fortune. Next year, you can give me two big fat grandsons, not to mention three!"

Chen Qi was even more embarrassed, and said shyly, "Mom! Let alone triplets, twins are also one in a thousand! How can I be as lucky as my sister-in-law?"

As they were joking, the three little kids started crying again, and Xia Juanjuan hurried over to comfort them.

Li Zhan was outside seeing off guests. He came in after hearing this and asked with a smile, "Did you pee or poop this time? Or are you hungry?"

As he spoke, he clumsily checked the diapers of the three kids.

Xia Juanjuan wanted to take over and said with a smile: "Look at you, you don't even look like you can do any work! Let me do it..."

Lizhan pinched the kid and dodged in the air for a while, and as a result, the kid who was originally crying started to giggle.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Practice makes perfect. I'm rarely at home for a few days, so why don't I behave well? Otherwise, when these three kids grow up, I won't be able to scold them with a stern face and say, 'Your parents raised you with great difficulty', right?"

Xia Juanjuan was so amused that she just let him do what he wanted.

Lizhan took a look and found that they had indeed pooped. He did not mind and fetched some hot water, wiped the three kids clean, washed their butts, and put on new diapers.

When the three kids felt comfortable, they lay on the bed and twisted around hard. Unfortunately, they had not yet learned how to turn over, so using their hands and feet was of no avail.

However, these three little ones are still very well-behaved. They usually cry for a reason, either because they have peed or pooped, or because they are hungry, or because they bump into each other and accidentally hurt themselves.

Anyway, after rocking Xia Juanjuan a few times in my arms, she stopped crying. She is pretty easy to take care of.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "By the way, you can make a small bed for them at home, the kind with railings, so they can sleep in it when they grow up a little bit."

The children are still young and sleep in the same bed with her at night. She is still worried that she might accidentally crush them when she turns over.

Another point is that Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei now sleep with Lin Yuru. Although the three of them are now brothers and sisters, they are still young. Xiaowu celebrated his fifth birthday in the fall, and Beibei will celebrate his fourth birthday in another month.

After giving birth to three children, she has never slept with them.

Children are sensitive by nature, and she was afraid that they would feel sad and left out, so she thought about taking care of at least one of them, or taking turns to sleep with them.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Okay. I'll go to the mountain and cut some trees tomorrow to do it."

Xia Juanjuan also told Li Zhan that she had invited Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi to come over in the evening.

Li Zhan did not hesitate at all and smiled: "Well, there is still some wild boar left at home? Let's cook a few more dishes tonight. We haven't thanked Aunt Shen for making tiger-head boots for our kids last time. And what about your third child? If Master Yang hadn't diagnosed the pulse early, wouldn't we have been caught off guard?"

Seeing that Lizhan had no resentment towards her at all, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but admire his character.

She knew that Shen Wanxue, Yang Qiushi and others would eventually see the light at the end of the tunnel, so she was not afraid of getting involved with them and was willing to help them.

Besides, after all, she was just a farm wife, and she had nothing to lose even if she was found to be close to that place.

But Lizhan is different. He cannot predict the future, and given his status and situation, if there is even the slightest deviation, it would be a mistake and he would be implicated.

Under such circumstances, he still had no grudge against Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi, and did not prevent his wife from interacting with them.

Xia Juanjuan asked herself, if she were in the same situation as Li Zhan, she would not be able to do the same.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I sent some to them at noon. I just cooked the remaining pig's trotters with soybeans. They will be soft and tasty in the evening. I can stir-fry a few more dishes and it will be almost done."

Li Zhan laughed and said, "My wife is still capable!"

Xia Juanjuan discovered that this man was really good at coaxing people with his words.

But he is not just trying to coax people, every single thing he does is truly pampering people.

Being with him, I feel very secure. I never thought that after traveling through time and space and having an arranged marriage, I would actually meet such a man.

They asked Lin Yuru, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei to look after the three younger ones in the house, and then went out to clean up.

By the evening, everything was cleaned up and Xia Juanjuan started cooking.

The winter bamboo shoots were freshly dug and stir-fried with rabbit meat. Steamed pork with rice flour was also delicious, so I made a dish of that too. There was also scrambled eggs, pig's trotters stewed with soybeans, and a goji berry, wild mushroom and chicken soup.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time for Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi to come over, but Xia Juanjuan was afraid that the meal would be too sumptuous, so they were more reserved and only served these few dishes, with some mixed-grain steamed buns or something.

At night, Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi really came along the path.

As for Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru, Xia Juanjuan had also made arrangements in advance, so the whole family did not make it public.

After closing all the doors, Xia Juanjuan introduced them to each other.

Xiaowen often went to deliver gifts, and Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi both knew him. Xiaowu and Beibei had rarely seen him.

Shen Wanxue also brought gifts for Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei, a talisman for each of them.

However, inside the amulet was a thin gold sheet engraved with auspicious patterns. Xia Juanjuan discovered this after Shen Wanxue left. Knowing that Shen Wanxue really wanted to give it to the three little ones, she did not return it. She put the gold sheet into the space and would give it to them when they grew up. She let them carry the amulet with them.

Shen Wanxue's eyes were always on Li Zhan.

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He really looks like Zhenbang when he was young!

But she wasn't sure!

She had been asking around for years, and all she knew was that after the flood in Lijia Village, the surviving families all fled to this county to escape the famine, but she couldn't find out any more specific places.

When she went to the countryside, she was glad that she came to this area so that she could slowly inquire around.

It's a pity that after so long, I still have no clue.

If you talk about resemblance, there are many people who look alike in the world. How could it be such a coincidence that she could meet him so easily?

The most important thing is that she didn't dare to ask too blatantly.

Given her current situation, even if Lizhan was really her son, she couldn't recognize him. Otherwise, she would be harming him!

When Xia Juanjuan saw Shen Wanxue looking at Li Zhan with tears in her eyes, she just thought that she was thinking of her long-lost son, so she went into the inner room, took out the three kids, and showed them to Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi.

Shen Wanxue came back to her senses and quickly covered up her gaffe. She took one of the cubs and smiled lovingly at him: "This cub is so handsome, just as handsome as his father!"

Yang Qiushi also looked nervous yet happy as he hugged the other one, grinning from ear to ear: "Hey! Call me Grandpa! I'm your Grandpa Yang!"

Everyone sat down to eat. Shen Wanxue couldn't help but asked with a smile, "When was Lizhan born?"

Li Zhan laughed and said, "The first month of 1948."

Shen Wanxue's heart sank and she almost dropped the chopsticks in her hand.

Her son was born in the winter of 1948, one at the beginning of the year and the other at the end of the year, the time doesn't match.

"Yes... is it? It's a good birthday in the first month of the year... it's well deserved." Shen Wanxue's face turned pale. She forced a smile and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Everyone talked about some daily conversation.

Seeing that it was getting late, they were also afraid that Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi would come back late. If they were discovered not to be there, it would be hard to explain, so they dispersed.

Shen Wanxue took out three small longevity locks made of pure gold, which were given to the three little guys.

Xia Juanjuan wanted to refuse, but Shen Wanxue smiled and said, "It's just something for children to ward off evil. As the old saying goes, it doesn't matter whether you wear jade or gold. Did your family wear it when you and Lizhan were little?"