Chapter 209 Retirement.
As the number of people getting married gradually increases, some people have the courage to ask what to do if they get pregnant unexpectedly?
Shu Lan called representatives from various regions and asked them to hold a meeting to discuss whether the current conditions underground are suitable for encouraging childbirth, and if so, how to improve policies for caring for newborns.
Let them think about these things, she won't worry about them anymore. Look how many gray hairs she has grown from worrying about them, it's so annoying!
"I suggest giving birth. The women in our base are already aging. If we don't hurry up, there will be more risks in childbirth."
"I also suggest encouraging childbirth, as long as food and medical care are adequate. Commander, can Maomao-sama's space produce baby products like milk powder and diapers?"
Shu Lan replied, "No problem. Not to mention babies, we'd be more than enough to support another 200,000 people. Don't just think about the children, think about compensating pregnant women for the damage they incur during childbirth."
"Establish a postpartum care center specifically for pregnant women and recruit experienced individuals and those with healing abilities to work there for a fee."
"So, shouldn't we also start preparing for preschool education? Those children born on Earth are now of school age..."
As Shu Lan listened, her eyelids began to grow heavy. She supported her head with her hands and nearly hit her forehead on the table when she fell asleep. Fortunately, Huo Yu, who was standing next to her, was quick to reach out and support her.
"The meeting is suspended. Commander, you're not feeling well. I'll take you back to rest. You can just read the meeting summary later."
Shu Lan nodded tiredly: "Sorry everyone, I'm going back to sleep first."
"It's okay, Commander, you've worked hard."
Huo Yu sent Shu Lan back to her room and waited for her to lock the door before going back to continue the meeting.
With his previous experience as an assassin, when Shu Maomao is not around, Huo Yu will take the initiative to take the position of protector beside her.
Even though Shu Lan repeatedly emphasized that she was not that weak, he still remained extremely vigilant.
Shu Lan slept for three hours. Shu Maomao, who had come back for dinner, knocked on the door to wake her up. Shu Lan opened the door drowsily: "Baby, is it time for dinner?"
Shu Maomao fixed his gaze on her messy black and white hair, grabbed her hand and used his healing power.
Seeing him frown, Shu Lan immediately came to her senses and touched the top of her head.
Oh, I forgot to bring my hat.
Feeling the warmth coming from her palm, Shu Lan said helplessly, "I'm really not sick."
Shu Maomao couldn't figure it out, his handsome face became very serious: "Then why are your white hairs getting more and more?"
"I asked the doctors at the base, and they said it could be hereditary, or that I might not have enough melanin in my body. I should eat more black beans, black sesame seeds, and other nutrients to supplement it."
Shu Maomao asked, "Which doctor? I'll go ask him. I'll cook for you separately from now on."
Shu Lan was stunned for a moment, her eyes suddenly blurry. "Oh, really. I must have saved the entire universe in my past life to have such a wonderful baby like you."
Shu Maomao took her to find a doctor and said, "Well, I must have saved someone before."
After a visit to the doctor, Shu Lan had a special nourishing meal.
Shu Maomao cooks like a strictly programmed robot, following the recipe step by step, with the ingredients accurate to the gram, and the food he makes is also standardized and delicious.
Shu Lan's happiness returned in another way.
There was a row of vitamin tablets on her desk, and she had to take them one by one every morning under Shu Maomao's supervision.
Even so, her white hair and wrinkles continued to increase, and she became extremely sleepy.
Shu Lan had to admit that her body was not normal. At around the age of forty, she suddenly began to age rapidly.
Just like how her body suddenly became weak after she gave birth to Shu Maomao.
Shu Lan raised the corners of her mouth and smiled at herself in the mirror, where most of her hair was now white, her eyes looking exceptionally calm.
Well, what's the big deal? I already know that if you want to gamble, you have to give chips.
If Shu Lan could exchange half of her lifespan and physique for Shu Maomao, she would think it was a good deal.
The possibilities that she could infer, Shu Maomao could also infer.
He was never a talkative person, and now he was becoming more silent day by day. Apart from frowning and indifference, there was almost no other expression on his face.
Shu Lan couldn't bear to watch it any longer and poked the corner of his mouth: "Smile, or Mommy will ask Aunt Zhong Mei to check if you have facial paralysis."
Shu Maomao straightened the corners of his mouth, pulling out an emotionless fake smile, and then immediately collapsed: "I don't care whether it's day or night, I will be by your side and use Backtracking on you all the time."
"Then you'll end up with a middle-aged mom with dementia whose memory keeps rewinding." Shu Lan consoled him with a smile, "Think positively. I only look old, but I'm actually very healthy. I'm not sick or in pain."
Shu Maomao washed the blueberries and placed them in front of her: "Eat them."
Shu Lan ate her blueberries obediently. "Oh, have you seen the plan to encourage childbirth? They said they're going to use space to produce some new things."
Shu Maomao said, "I've seen it, don't worry about it, don't worry about it, let them come to me directly."
Shu Lan patted his broad shoulders. "Okay, son. I'll leave it to you. Forty is the right age for a commander to retire. Secretary Huo said there's a meeting coming up soon. You should go in my place. I get sleepy when meetings start. I'd rather go chat with your Aunt Qinghe."
Lu Qinghe finally found her true love not long ago and got married, but the man was not the former firefighter named He Sheng.
Lu Qinghe, who was in the honeymoon phase, suggested to Shu Lan, "Commander, falling in love is fun. When He Sheng, that wooden man, was not controlled by his superpowers, he seemed to have set his sights on you. He still has some looks left, and he's a handsome old man. Why don't you consider it?"
Shu Lan said: "No, I have someone I like."
"Okay, I was just joking. Don't take my words to heart, and don't tell my husband. I liked someone else before, and that person was very petty."
Shu Lan said, "The person I like is called Li Yanli, and he's also the biological father of my son Maomao."
Lu Qinghe looked at her blankly and said, "I didn't ask you this time..."
"I just wanted to say that. Aren't we good friends who can talk about anything?"
"Okay!" Lu Qinghe deliberately put on a stern face, but the corners of her mouth couldn't suppress her joy: "As expected, we were just stand-in sisters before, but now we are good friends. Commander, are we the only two in the entire base who know this secret?"
Shu Lan smiled and said, "Three, and Maomao."
"Yes, yes, that child's father is..."
"Dead."
Shu Lan had lied many times before, saying that the child's father was dead, but this time she was telling the truth.
Lu Qinghe said regretfully, "That's right. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been raising a child alone for so many years. I just asked a stupid question. Commander, even though I keep saying that I want to treat love as a game and men as playthings, that's just my excuse for not getting hurt. Deep down, I still envy your kind of pure love, loving only one person until death."
Someone who wanted to see a doctor knocked on Lu Qinghe's door. Shu Lan was a little sleepy, so she said goodbye to her and returned to her room. She sat on the chair, looked up at the top of the wardrobe, and her thoughts gradually drifted away.
After a long time, her eyes began to focus. She stood up and walked to the closet, opened the door, stood on tiptoe, and took out the box that she had put in there and never taken care of again.
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