"I came by bus, what other way could I have come?" Chu Wanfang said to Shen Qiaoyue, "I took a train for two days and two nights to get back, and I came to visit you as soon as I got off the train."
Chu Wanfang's biggest worry was still her youngest daughter.
I rushed back as soon as I got off the train.
Shen Qiaoyue said softly, "Mom, you've worked so hard. I'll give you a massage. We're cooking now, so we'll eat soon. Or I can boil some water for you so you can take a bath first."
"Okay, I'll take a shower first, and then I can have a proper rest after dinner." Chu Wanfang was indeed tired; she had bought a hard seat on the train, and her back was aching terribly.
"Grandma, time for a bath, big baby wants one too." Da Nian stood in front of Chu Wanfang, pleading with his grandmother.
Chu Wanfang hugged Danian and kissed him on the face repeatedly, saying, "Okay, Grandma will wash Danian after she's done washing."
“The baby wants one too,” Xiao Nian said, raising her hand to Chu Wanfang.
"Okay, I'll wash them all," Chu Wanfang agreed with a smile.
"Think about it... baby..." When Xiangxiang saw that her great-grandmother was going to give her older brother and sister a bath, she wanted to say that she wanted to get a bath too, but she was a stranger to this great-grandmother and didn't dare to say it.
"Let's wash our Xiangxiang baby too." When Chu Wanfang used to take care of her child, she liked to call him "Big Baby" and "Little Baby."
Chu Wanfang pinched Da Nian's cheek.
"Has Da Nian been malnourished lately? He looks much thinner than before." After looking at Da Nian, Chu Wanfang noticed that Xiao Nian was just as thin.
"Mom, there's no meat to eat now, the children definitely won't gain weight." Shen An'an hasn't eaten meat in a long time, and all the eggs in the house were given to Jiang Jinyao for her postpartum confinement.
This month's allotted quota has been used up.
The children also eat eggs every three days, and we also have formula at home, which is why they can't wean off formula even though they are almost four years old.
At least milk powder has some nutritional value; we give the kids two bottles of milk a week.
However, this still doesn't achieve a balanced diet.
It's normal for a child to become thin and small if they don't eat meat even once a week.
"These three children are really pitiful," Chu Wanfang thought, then asked, "Don't you raise three pigs at home? Can we slaughter one? Perfect timing, Yaoyao needs nutrition after giving birth, doesn't she?"
"Auntie, I have food to eat, no need to slaughter a pig." As soon as Jiang Jinyao came in, she happily walked towards Chu Wanfang and said, "Auntie, you're finally back! It's so good, I've missed you so much!"
Jiang Jinyao hugged Chu Wanfang affectionately, while An Lude followed behind, holding the child.
“I miss Yao Yao too. I’ve been thinking about you all every day these past few days.” Chu Wanfang hugged Jiang Jinyao and gently patted her back, saying, “Are you out of confinement yet? Why did you come out? You might catch a cold.”
“I’ve been out of confinement for several days now, and I’m wearing thick clothes, so I’ll be fine,” Jiang Jinyao said, releasing Chu Wanfang.
"What's the baby's name? Let me hold him/her." Chu Wanfang, who had originally planned to boil water for a bath, didn't have time to bathe now.
Anlude handed the child over to Chu Wanfang.
“Auntie, his nickname is Xingxing, but we haven’t decided on his formal name yet,” Jiang Jinyao added.
“Little Star is a very nice name.” Chu Wanfang looked at Little Star. “She’s chubby and fair-skinned, and quite pretty.”
The sleeping little star looked at a stranger and smiled happily, sticking out his little tongue.
"Grandma, I want to hug my cousin too, I want to hug my cousin." Danian saw his grandma holding his cousin and wanted to hug him too, so he tugged at Chu Wanfang's pants and said.
"Alright, alright, I'll show you. You said you can't hug him." Chu Wanfang sat down and made Danian look over.
"Grandma, can I touch my cousin?" Da Nian asked, staring at his grandma with wide eyes.
Chu Wanfang nodded and moved closer, saying, "Of course you can, but you can't poke my eyes or touch my face."
Da Nian carefully reached out and touched Xiao Xingxing's face; it was warm.
"Hehe!" Da Nian jumped up happily, and said to Xiao Nian and Xiang Xiang in surprise, "It's warm, soft, and fluffy."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Nian also wanted to touch it.
"Grandma, I want one too." Xiao Nian came over, touched it, and said, "Hehe, it really is."
"I want to touch it." Seeing her older siblings touch it, she wanted to touch it too.
Chu Wanfang let Xiangxiang touch her, and Xiangxiang leaned in and kissed her.
"Hehe, kiss, kiss!" Xiangxiang said to Chu Wanfang with a grin.
Jiang Jinyao was happy to see that all the children liked her child.
Chu Wanfang was instantly at a loss for words, wondering where the child had come up with such a description.
"You like your younger brother, right?" Chu Wanfang asked Xiangxiang.
She smiled, squinted her eyes, and nodded.
"If you like it, that's good. You must protect your younger brother well in the future, okay?" Chu Wanfang said again.
"Mom, what protection? The children don't understand this yet. It's fine for them to take care of each other, but to say something like 'protect one child at a time' is inappropriate. It's giving them the idea that one child has to give up everything." Shen Qiaoyue retorted to Chu Wanfang while picking vegetables.
Hearing her daughter say that, Chu Wanfang was also unhappy. She looked at Shen Qiaoyue and said, "Alright, I'm back and we can't even have a few words? We've already had a disagreement. Isn't it normal for the older sister to take care of the younger one? You were also raised by your older sister."
“Mom, we are examples of this. My sister has been giving all she wants, but what has she gotten in return?” Shen Qiaoyue didn’t want such words to come out to her children.
Thinking of the debt she owed her daughter, Chu Wanfang chose to remain silent.
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