An An is very happy every day, and she has forgotten about her brother Feng Zheng. Now she is leaning in Qian Min's arms, eating candy and listening to Grandma Qian telling her stories.
Qian Min wiped the saliva from An An's mouth while telling him the story of the Monkey King.
An An had heard this story many times, but in order to cooperate with Grandma Qian, she still nodded seriously. When she heard something surprising, her eyes widened and she also showed a surprised expression, which made Qian Min especially happy.
Zhong Tianming was not at home, so after Zhong Yuan and Song Xiuyan brought An An back, they hid in the kitchen together to cook.
Zhong Yuan was peeling potatoes while looking at the living room. Seeing Qian Min holding An An all the time, gently and patiently, he couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "I didn't expect my mother to like children so much. She never teased the children in the yard before."
Song Xiuyan laughed softly: "It is thanks to An An that I was able to get married smoothly. If we have a daughter in the future, let your mother and others take care of her. They will definitely like her."
Zhong Yuan blushed and gave Song Xiuyan a coquettish look: "Who wants to have a daughter with you?"
Song Xiuyan was in a good mood and couldn't help laughing out loud. An An's little ears were pointed. She immediately climbed down from Qian Min's legs and ran to the kitchen. Her big eyes were full of curiosity: "Has Uncle Song eaten yet?"
Zhong Yuan threw the half-peeled potato to Song Xiuyan, wiped his hands on his apron, and picked up An An: "An An, are you hungry? But your uncle Song is too slow to cook, and it will take a while before we can eat. How about we go have some cookies first, okay?"
An An nodded. She preferred eating cookies to eating. "Okay, let's go eat them now. Eat two and bring two home for my brother."
Zhong Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll bring some back for my brothers later, and some chocolates too."
As he spoke, he carried An An to the living room.
Song Xiuyan was left alone in the kitchen to concentrate on cooking.
When An An heard about chocolate, her eyes lit up, but she shook her head very rationally: "No, mom said I can't eat chocolate. If I eat too much chocolate, my teeth will become black. Then I won't be pretty anymore, and I won't be a little beauty anymore."
Qian Min smiled and shook her head, saying to Zhong Yuan: "How come this little girl is so talkative? Where did she know so much? She even knows that it's not pretty."
After An An ate the biscuits, Qian Min looked at them lovingly while cleaning up the biscuit crumbs that An An dropped, and listened to the clinking sounds of cutting vegetables coming from the kitchen.
Qian Min was silent for a while, then looked up at Zhong Yuan and said, "We will go back to Beijing for the New Year this year."
Zhong Yuan was still a little confused: "Why? Why did you suddenly return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year? Didn't you go back before?"
Qian Minbai glanced at his daughter and said calmly, "This is what your father and I have decided. We will go back to celebrate the New Year. It has been many years since we celebrated the New Year with your grandparents. It is time to go back this year. Ask Xiao Song if he has any vacation time and whether he wants to go home for the New Year."
Zhong Yuan still didn't understand: "We are going home for the New Year, why do we have to ask Song Xiuyan if he wants to go home for the New Year?"
Qian Min was speechless. This girl looked very smart, but now she seemed to be stupid. It was unclear whether she was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
While eating, Zhong Yuan actually forgot about this matter, mainly because An An kept praising Song Xiuyan for his delicious fried potato shreds and millet porridge.
"Uncle Song's shredded potatoes are delicious, even better than what my aunt made. An An likes it very much. This porridge is delicious, it's sweet, is there sugar in it?"
Song Xiuyan couldn't help laughing: "Did you eat candy in your little mouth? You said it so nicely, are you telling the truth, or are you just trying to make your uncle happy?"
An An raised her hands and looked at Song Xiuyan seriously: "What An An said is true, more real than pearls, so delicious."
Song Xiuyan was so happy to be praised that he simply fed An An some shredded potatoes: "In the future, whenever uncle is free, I will invite you to eat some shredded potatoes, okay?"
An An blinked and looked at Song Xiuyan: "Uncle, are you going to marry Auntie? Are you going to have a baby in the future?"
Zhong Yuan blushed and quickly reached out to cover An An's greasy mouth: "Hurry up and eat, how do you know so much?"
An An struggled hard, her big eyes curved and full of smiles.
The meal was very lively because An An was there. After the meal, the little girl played for the whole afternoon and her eyes started to droop. She hugged Zhong Yuan's arm and whined about wanting to go home.
Qian Min smiled and said, "Little girl, go home when you are full. Can't you stay at Grandma Qian's house?"
An An leaned on Zhong Yuan's shoulder and shook her head: "No, I want to go home and sleep, and hug my mom."
Qian Min didn't stay either. It was already dark outside and getting colder. She told Zhong Yuan to wrap An An tightly to protect her from the cold wind, and to go home early after sending the child to school.
Zhong Yuan agreed and sent An An home with Song Xiuyan.
After going downstairs, Song Xiuyan carried An An and walked side by side with Zhong Yuan.
Zhong Yuan then remembered what his mother said before dinner: "My mom said that she would go back to Beijing for the New Year this year, and asked if you have any vacation time. My parents and I have a lot of unused vacation time, so we should be able to take some. I don't know what my mom meant by asking me to ask you."
Song Xiuyan stopped while holding An An, turned around and looked at Zhong Yuan with some surprise: "Did your aunt really say that?"
Zhong Yuan nodded: "Yes, I don't know what it means either."
Song Xiuyan was already getting excited, and the smile in his eyes gradually deepened. If he wasn't holding An An, he would have wanted to hug Zhong Yuan and spin around for a few circles, but this silly girl hadn't gotten the idea yet.
He endured it again and again, but still didn't say anything. He continued to walk forward with An An in his arms, but his steps became more and more brisk: "What do you want to eat tomorrow?"
When they arrived at Sheng An Ning's house, Sheng An Ning stopped them and asked them to go in and sit for a while. Song Xiuyan had a meeting in the evening, so he left in a hurry without even entering the house.
Zhong Yuan was still confused, so he went into the house and sat for a while, then told Sheng An Ning about his doubts: "What do you think my mother means? We went home for the New Year, and asked Song Xiuyan if he would come home for the New Year."
Sheng An Ning smiled and looked at Zhong Yuan: "Do you have some vague guesses in your mind, but you just don't dare to believe it?"
Zhong Yuan blushed but didn't deny it: "But my mother didn't explain it in detail."
Sheng An Ning held her hand and said, "Your mother has already agreed. She will definitely let you go back for the New Year. The two elders will sit together to discuss your marriage. We can't keep doing this, right?"
"Think about it, Aunt Zhong and the others were so opposed to this before. They must have been too embarrassed to agree so directly. The rest is up to you to figure out. This is already the biggest concession Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong have made."
Zhong Yuan couldn't believe it: "My parents agreed so easily?"
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