"Four children are enough. You two are too busy with work to take care of them."
Li Jumei supported Song Lan's decision not to have more children. Suddenly, she thought of Zheng Qiuwen (Chen Yue) and couldn't help but say:
"Yueyue has such a hard life. When she was little, your former third aunt made her do bad things, not only making her own daughter marry your third uncle's child, but also taking Yueyue away and abandoning her. I think her heart is mostly black!"
She paused, sighed, and continued, "Now that Yueyue is divorced, even if your grandparents and your third uncle help raise the children, it's not a good thing for the children to be without a father."
Then there's Yueyue herself; she's divorced with several children, so remarriage won't be easy for her.
"Everyone has their own way of walking their path. Mom, you don't need to worry about Yueyue. Besides, with my grandparents and third uncle around, there's no need to worry about Yueyue not finding a good partner in the future."
Song Lan and Zheng Qiuwen were born on the same day, month, and year. It didn't matter to Song Lan who was the older sister or the younger sister, but after discussing it, Grandpa Chen and the other elders decided that Song Lan would be the younger sister.
It's worth mentioning here that, regarding Song Lan's birth time, to avoid arousing Li Jumei's suspicion, Song Sanhe and Chen Changqing privately agreed to use the birth time of Song Sanhe and Li Jumei's biological daughter as the conclusion.
Back then, Zhao Su gave birth first, followed by Li Jumei, with less than an hour in between. This photo shows Song Sanhe waiting outside the delivery room for Li Jumei to give birth.
I heard from the delivery room next door that a woman was being wheeled in and gave birth to twins, but died from severe bleeding despite all efforts to save her.
To everyone's surprise, less than fifteen minutes after Li Jumei gave birth, the baby stopped breathing.
Song Sanhe was heartbroken and squatted in the corridor outside the ward. Unexpectedly, a baby girl appeared out of nowhere and someone put her directly into his arms, saying that she was a gift for him.
In short, based on what he saw and heard on the day Li Jumei gave birth that year, and combined with everything that happened last night, Song Lan became Zheng Qiuwen's (Chen Yue's) twin sister.
To put it simply, Song Lan used the birth time of Song Sanhe and Li Jumei's biological daughter, so she can only be Zheng Qiuwen's cousin.
However, in fact, Song Lan is indeed the younger sister; she was born about fifteen minutes later than Zheng Qiuwen (Chen Yue).
"I still think it's difficult."
Li Jumei shook her head and said, "Putting aside the one Yueyue is pregnant with, she already has five children. Do you think any man would want to marry a woman who is such a burden?"
"Mom, for a large family, that's not a burden."
Song Lan smiled somewhat helplessly: "Besides, Yueyue's child has the surname Chen, so he's a child of our Chen family. If Yueyue is willing to remarry..."
"We could easily leave the children with the Chen family; with their wealth, supporting Yueyue's children would be no problem at all."
At this point, Song Lan changed the subject: "Mom, when my older brother and sister-in-law go to university to register, the universities will definitely require them to live in student dormitories. So, I'll have my dad bring Xiao Ye to live here. What do you think?"
The "Xiao Ye" that Song Lan mentioned is Song Qingbin and Feng Yuanyuan's son, whose real name is Song Muye.
"I have no objection, but I don't know if your father has any objections."
Li Jumei responded.
"What are you saying? What could my dad possibly have to say?!"
Song Lan laughed and said, "Here, not only does Xiao Ye have playmates, but my dad can also eat three meals a day without lifting a finger."
"Eat without paying? Dream on!"
Li Jumei rolled her eyes.
Song Lan burst out laughing.
"You have no manners. Do you think your dad and I are funny?"
Li Jumei feigned displeasure as she looked at Song Lan.
"My dad isn't here, Mom. Don't wrong me. Besides, I wasn't laughing at you or Dad. I just thought what you said was a little funny!"
As she spoke, Song Lan gestured with her thumb and forefinger.
Li Jumei said helplessly, "Sometimes you're even more mischievous than Xiao Si!"
"My little brother is being good!"
The implication is that she is very well-behaved!
Li Jumei glanced at Song Lan and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I don't know what to say about you."
"Then I won't say."
Song Lan teased Sanbao, glanced at the courtyard gate, and then said, "Second sister doesn't want me to go to the department store with her. She insisted on dragging Aunt Liu out instead. I wonder if they've arrived yet."
"Ya Xin just wants you to rest more at home. Besides, your Aunt Liu stays home with me every day to take care of the kids. Today, being able to go out for a walk with Ya Xin is a good way to relax."
Aunt Liu is now earning twenty yuan more per month taking care of Song Lan's children than when she first started taking care of her two babies.
This was a high income for Aunt Liu. In addition, Song Lan, Qin Yanzheng, Li Jumei and other family members were very kind, which made Aunt Liu take better care of the children.
And she thought to herself more than once that as long as Song Lan needed her, she would always help take care of the child, so that when she returned to her home at the machinery factory, her daughter-in-law would find her unpleasant every day and they would have big arguments every three days and small arguments every two days. Sooner or later, she would be driven to death by anger!
Let's get back to the main topic.
"When the weather gets warmer, I'll take you and Dad to visit some famous tourist attractions."
Hearing Song Lan say that, Li Jumei immediately shook her head: "What's there to walk around? Besides, your dad and I have been to many places in Beijing! I don't think it's interesting at all. You'd better think about taking me out for a stroll!"
She would rather stay home and rest than waste that free time.
Song Lan: "I've learned a lot."
"Your mother is just an old woman from the countryside, I don't know much, do you think anyone can come up to me and tell me what to do?"
Li Jumei disagreed.
"No, but it's never a bad thing to know more."
Song Lan responded.
"By the way, your Grandpa Xiao's family lives in the same compound as your grandparents' house. How about we go there again and visit them while we're at it?"
Li Jumei asked Song Lan.
"We should go and take a look."
Song Lan said, "Grandpa Xiao and his family have been back in Beijing for some time now. I've been busy with work and haven't had a chance to visit them."
However, Brother Xiao did call me a few times. During those calls, he said that Grandpa Xiao, Grandma Xiao, and Uncle Xiao were all well.
Not hearing Song Lan mention Xiao Yu's son, Li Jumei couldn't help but ask again, "Where's Chenchen?"
"That's good too!"
With a smile, Song Lan said, "We'll bring Da Bao and Er Bao along when we go to Grandpa Xiao's house another day."
It wasn't that she didn't want to bring her three children, four children, and her little nephew; the problem was that they were all too young, and even if she brought them to the Xiao family, they wouldn't be able to play with Xiao Chen.
"Dabao and Erbao aren't much younger than Chenchen, so they should be able to play together."
Li Jumei said, "Before, Chenchen had never interacted with other children in the village, so he was inevitably a bit introverted. In my opinion, he should interact with other children more often so that he can become more lively."
"Chenchen is very sensible."
Song Lan smiled: "In terms of personality, he is indeed a bit introverted, but we haven't seen each other for quite some time, so perhaps he has changed now."
(End of this chapter)
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