"good."
The little guy nodded obediently.
He squinted for a moment, then opened his big eyes and said, "Mom, you have to sing 'Brother'."
Ran Jinnian: "..."
She could only sing: "Little swallow, wearing a flowery dress, every spring..."
The little guy grabbed Ran Jinnian's hand again and patted it on his bottom.
Ran Jinnian: "......"
She could only sing and pat the little one at the same time. Soon, after singing less than three songs, the little one fell asleep.
Ran Jinnian took a thin blanket and draped it over the little guy's belly.
She lay down next to the little one and fanned him, and soon she fell asleep herself.
An hour later.
Ran Jinnian woke up first. She glanced at the little one beside her, who had already thrown the blanket into the corner.
Ran Jinnian picked up the quilt and draped it over him, then got up, picked up the shoe soles, and sat at the door to continue sewing the soles.
These shoes were made for Lu Jinyuan, who has been frequently on missions since he fully recovered.
He goes to some unknown place, and he always wears his shoes out very quickly.
So Ran Jin made him several pairs.
"Jin Nian, Jin Nian."
A sound came from the courtyard gate.
Ran Jinnian looked up and saw Bai Qian waving from outside the courtyard.
She immediately put down the shoe sole in her hand, having closed the courtyard gate while taking a nap: "Qianqian, you're back from your visit so soon."
Ran Jinnian opened the courtyard gate and saw a familiar figure carrying a child into the neighboring courtyard.
Yan Qingxue went back to her family home? Didn't she go to her husband's family home after giving birth?
Why did you suddenly go back to the family compound?
Bai Qian turned around and said, "I was with Yan Qingxue just now. Come on, let's go into the courtyard and talk."
As she entered the courtyard carrying large and small bags, her first question was, "Where's An'an?"
"He's still taking a nap. You're carrying so much stuff, you must not be back in your dorm yet."
Ran Jinnian got her a stool and, seeing that her face was covered in sweat, poured her a glass of sugar water.
"Yes, I came here as soon as I arrived at the military region."
Bai Qian took the sugar water and drank it all in one go, only then did she feel much better.
She took out two bags: "These are clothes and shoes for An'an, and these are for you and Haili."
"You brought us things from so far away." Ran Jinnian took the bag and put it aside.
"Then you have to cook something delicious tonight."
"OK."
After Ran Jinnian finished speaking, she continued to ask, "Your family visit leave is more than half a month, and you've only been back for less than ten days."
"Don't even mention it. As soon as I get home, my family arranges blind dates for me every day. I'm so annoyed by it, I don't like this kind of thing at all."
"So you just ran away?"
Ran Jinnian gave her two more sheets of paper.
Bai Qian wiped her face: "Yes, if I don't run away soon, I'll be getting engaged and married right away."
"Oh, you're getting engaged right after meeting?"
Ran Jinnian was somewhat surprised.
Bai Qian is so lively and cheerful, her family shouldn't be the old-fashioned type. Besides, what era are we living in now? Arranged marriages don't exist anymore.
"No," Bai Qian said, distressed.
Ran Jinnian was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
“The other person and my family have been friends for generations. I played with him for a few years when we were young. Later, they got into trouble and were sent to the countryside.” Bai Qian didn’t go into details, but Ran Jinnian understood.
The upheavals of that era cannot be explained in just a few words.
“He was only cleared of his name a few years ago and has started to get close to my family again. My grandfather and my father think highly of him and are thinking about getting him married.”
"Tell me, isn't this an arranged marriage?"
"This is a new era, how can people still act like this!"
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