At the same time, the old man also saw the briefing at the nursing home.
His back had fully recovered four days ago and he can now move around freely, but he still needs to be careful, given his age.
Sitting behind his desk, the old man looked down at the briefing, a slight smile on his face.
This time, Xiao Chu's actions were a lucky accident; it's time to show those conservatives what's what.
Let's take advantage of this momentum and get that person moving now.
...
Late at night on October 1st, Ding Qiunan was fast asleep in her bedroom when she seemed to sense something. She groggily reached out and touched the empty space beside her, which instantly woke her up, and she sat up abruptly.
How come the man next to me disappeared while I was sleeping?
Suddenly, she remembered something, fumbled to put on her pajamas, walked to the window, and pulled back the curtains to look out.
The moonlight was beautiful tonight. By its glow, she saw her man sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, wearing a coat and with a cigarette dangling from his lips.
The dogs beside my legs must have heard the commotion inside. They were all lying down, but now all four of them stood up and looked toward the main house.
Li Chu remained seated like a stone statue, his gaze fixed on the house where his daughter lived.
"Sigh..." Ding Qiunan looked out the window and sighed inwardly.
After returning from Wenhui and Shenyi's engagement ceremony today, my husband's behavior has been off.
Sure enough, he still can't let go of his daughter.
After thinking for a moment, Ding Qiunan lowered the curtains, opened the bedroom door, and went out.
The door to the outer living room wasn't closed, and she walked straight out, while several dogs wagged their tails and ran over.
The departure of the four dogs startled Li Chu, who had been staring blankly at her daughter's room.
He turned around and saw that his wife had already come out.
"Why aren't you sleeping? What are you doing sitting here?" Ding Qiunan asked as she walked up to him.
Li Chu didn't say anything, he just silently shook his head.
Seeing her man's expression, Ding Qiunan stood there, reached out and pulled his head into her arms, letting his cheek press against her stomach.
"Are you reluctant to part with me, darling?" she asked softly again.
"Of course I can't bear to part with her. I still remember clearly that when Wenhui was little, she loved to pull Wenxuan along, each of them sitting on one of my feet, hugging my leg, and letting me swing them on the swing."
Before they knew it, they were both grown up, and Wenhui was even engaged.
As Ding Qiunan listened to her husband's words, she gently stroked his other cheek with one hand.
"Actually, if you think about it, it's still early. Wenhui will not graduate for another six years, and they will get married after graduation."
"Sigh, sometimes I really want to keep the children with me and not let them leave this home."
Hearing his words, Ding Qiunan smiled and said, "You should have been thinking about finding a son-in-law to live with your daughter back then."
His wife's words made him straighten up instantly, and his eyes brightened.
But after thinking about it, he leaned back against her again.
"What a joke! Would the Shen family agree to let Shen Yi come and become their son-in-law? If I dared to make such a request, I reckon Old Master Shen would come knocking on our door with a gun."
"Hahahaha..." After laughing for a while, Ding Qiunan finally spoke.
"Okay, honey, don't think so much. Whether it's a son or a daughter, they will all have their own lives when they grow up. Isn't this the day we parents are all working towards?"
Watching them grow up day by day, seeing them get married and have children in the future, and then us helping them raise their children so they can continue to strive without any worries—isn't this how we've passed down our traditions from generation to generation?
“I understand the reasoning,” Li Chu said in a muffled voice in his wife’s arms. “It’s just that it’s a little hard to accept emotionally. Now I can understand why so many people prefer sons to daughters.”
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These words left Ding Qiunan bewildered; how did things suddenly escalate to this point?
"Perhaps many people are like me, finding it hard to accept that the daughter they raised from childhood has been given away to someone else."
These words made Ding Qiunan smile wryly. It was the first time she had ever heard that the preference for sons over daughters could be explained in such a refreshing and unconventional way.
"But it's fortunate that we have both a son and a daughter. If I had two daughters, I probably would have exploded on the spot."
Gently stroking her husband's cheek, Ding Qiunan's gaze also fell on her daughter's room.
Yes, after a daughter grows up and gets married, even setting aside the issue of carrying on the family line, just the fact that there are no children around during holidays and festivals, leaving the elderly couple all alone, can be incredibly depressing.
At this moment, Li Chu stood up, embraced his wife, and lowered his head to kiss her forehead.
"Come on, honey, let's go inside and sleep. I'm fine, it's just that I felt a little uneasy about the child's engagement today."
After saying that, he half-squatted down and picked up his wife horizontally.
Ding Qiunan naturally reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You can still carry me."
"What are you talking about? How much do you weigh? Even decades from now, I can still carry you."
Li Chu looked down at his wife in his arms, her pretty face that looked like she was in her twenties, and for a moment he was stunned.
"What's wrong?" Ding Qiunan asked when her husband picked her up and didn't move for a long time.
"Everyone says I haven't changed much in the past twenty years, but actually you're the one who hasn't changed the most, right?"
It's no wonder he said that. Perhaps he's seen it so often that he didn't pay attention. Today, when Ding Qiunan and her daughter stood together, they didn't look like mother and daughter at all; they looked more like sisters.
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When she stood next to her mother-in-law, it became even more obvious; they were from completely different generations.
“You’ve changed. You’re much more mature than when I first met you more than 20 years ago.”
Hearing his wife's words, Li Chu smiled and walked into the room.
The four dogs were left in the yard, looking at each other before running back to their dens to sleep.
The round bellies of White Fur and Fur Ball, and their clumsy gait, all indicated that they were pregnant again.
"Put me down, I'm going to lie down in the bathroom." As soon as they entered the living room, Ding Qiunan kicked her legs in her husband's arms.
"I'll carry you over."
"Why are you holding me when I go to the bathroom? Put me down."
...
In the bedroom, Li Chu held his wife tightly in his arms and let out a satisfied sigh.
"Darling, twenty years from now, will you still be holding me like this when we sleep?"
"Of course, is that even a question?"
"You're lying. By then I'll be old and faded, my skin will be loose, and you definitely won't hug me like this anymore."
"Don't overthink it, I'll definitely hold you for the rest of my life."
"Hehe" Regardless of whether her man is lying to her or not, she feels quite happy to hear it now.
Ding Qiunan snuggled into her husband's arms, found a comfortable position, and closed her eyes.
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