The elderly couple's weariness vanished as they looked at the child Ding Qiunan brought out, and they couldn't stop smiling.
My dear grandson!
The eldest grandson of the Ding family!
Although the elderly couple also liked Wenhui and Wenxuan, their traditional values were deeply ingrained, and seeing their eldest grandson brought them a different feeling.
Ding Jianguo was so excited that he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.
He wouldn't even take the baby when asked to hold him, for fear that he might hurt the child with his rough hands.
Wenhui and Wenxuan stood to the side watching the newborn baby. Their cousin couldn't quite understand what was so interesting about this wrinkled little infant.
After the nurse wheeled Chen Na out of the delivery room, they returned to the ward together.
After settling the mother and son in, Li Chu took the two children and Ding's parents back home.
They couldn't be of much help here. Ding's mother didn't want to leave at first, but it took a lot of persuasion to convince her to agree. Ding Qiunan stayed here to help take care of things for the night.
On July 23rd, Li Chu personally helped Wenhui and Wenxuan complete all the enrollment procedures for them, step by step, after sending them to school.
What awaits them is more than five months of military training.
Wang Yueyue, who came along with them, was already sobbing uncontrollably.
Since she was born, she has never been separated from Wenhui and Wenxuan for such a long time.
Once in the car, Ding Qiunan hugged Wang Yueyue and kept comforting her, but her own tears began to flow uncontrollably.
Li Chu, who was about to drive, smiled wryly.
Well, he'll have to appease both of these beautiful women, one big and one small.
And it's actually very simple to appease them.
Sure enough, a hot pot meal turned their sadness into appetite, and they devoured the food. Now, their mood has improved!
After dinner, we took Wang Yueyue back to her home. Her older brother and sister weren't home, so she didn't go to stay there.
Back home, Ding Qiunan looked at the empty house and thought of Wenhui and Wenxuan again.
"Li Chu, it's just the two of us left at home."
"Who said that? Aren't those dogs there too?"
"How annoying!" Ding Qiunan raised her hand and slapped her husband. "What am I talking to you about? You're talking nonsense."
Li Chu picked her up and said, "How about we try our best and have another one to play with?"
"Come on, you haven't gotten pregnant after all these years, I don't believe you can get pregnant now. Besides, if I were to actually get pregnant now, my boss would probably fire you! We might even have to be transferred to civilian jobs."
That's true. The one-child policy has been in place for several years. For ordinary people, it may not have much binding force yet, but it is quite strict for public officials.
He carried her into the living room and sat her on the sofa. Ding Qiunan struggled for a moment, then left his embrace and sat on another sofa, saying, "Xiao'e came over last night and told me that her father has already finalized the deal for the steel mill's canteen."
"So fast?"
Li Chu was genuinely surprised. He had suggested to Lou's father that they contract the steel mill's canteen, but it was just a suggestion. He never expected that it would be approved from the bottom up.
This is truly a case of feeling one's way across a river by touching the stones; it seems even the higher-ups are getting anxious.
Last year's meeting decided to reform and open up, but a year has passed and all that talk has been in vain. Now, finally, a pioneer has emerged, probably using Lou Dad as a testing ground.
If Lou Ba does a good job here, it will lay a solid foundation for further opening up in the next step; if he doesn't do a good job, it will still be a valuable experience.
But for Lou's father, it seems that no matter what he does, he will offend a large number of people.
Li Chu suddenly felt a little worried. He was the one who came up with the idea, and now he had essentially put Lou's father in the eye of the storm.
Seeing her husband sitting there with a frown and no word, Ding Qiunan walked over and sat down next to him, taking his arm and asking, "What's wrong? Why do you look so serious?"
"Sigh," Li Chu sighed, "I think I messed things up."
"What did you fail to do?"
"As for Lou Xiao'e's father's matter, forget it. Let's go to her house tonight and I'll have a good talk with Uncle Lou."
"Is it serious, darling?" Ding Qiunan asked with some concern.
Li Chu shook his head slightly: "It's hard to say right now, but since Uncle Lou has already gone this far, there's no turning back. He has to do a good job of contracting the canteen so that no one can say anything, otherwise..."
He dared not even think about the consequences. To say he would live or die might be an exaggeration, but he knew he would never have a good life again.
How hasty! He secretly blamed himself, wondering why he always forgot the saying "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down."
Li Chu took off his slippers, lay down on the sofa, rested his head on his wife's lap, and closed his eyes, pondering in his mind.
Sword Comes
Ding Qiunan knew what her husband was thinking, so she didn't ask any further questions. She simply reached out and gently stroked his cheek.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he opened his eyes and found that his wife was sleeping right there.
He gently got up, stood on the ground, then picked up Ding Qiunan and laid her down on the sofa to sleep.
Stepping out of the living room, I checked my watch; it was almost four o'clock. After thinking for a while, I finally figured out how to talk to Lou Xiao'e's father tonight.
I can't give advice to others so casually in the future. Like this time, I might have ruined someone's whole family.
When I got to the kitchen, the dough I'd made in the morning was ready. Today I was going to make steamed buns for these dogs, and the meat filling was already piled up.
Knead the dough, cut the dough, roll out the dumpling wrappers, and wrap the dumplings.
It was already past five o'clock when the steamer was put on the pot.
They use large steamer baskets to steam buns and mantou, each basket can hold more than forty buns. Today they steamed six baskets in total, enough for them to eat for two days.
Ding Qiunan woke up at this time and came to the kitchen to see that her husband had already steamed the buns. She hurriedly washed the rice and prepared to cook some porridge.
Their dinner tonight was also steamed buns, and then each of them drank a bowl of porridge.
After finishing their meal and feeding the dog, the two strolled together to the courtyard house where the Lou family lived.
Like that courtyard house over there, the entire courtyard has been completely ruined by private additions. The Lou family is in the middle courtyard, and they have also built two rooms, one as a kitchen and the other as a storage room.
If you build this house without permission, you can't just ignore it. If you dare not, someone will definitely take over the space in front of your door. Then you'll see how upset you are.
When they arrived, the Lou family had just finished dinner. There was a standing fan in the house, so it wasn't too hot inside.
"Uncle Lou, I came here today because I heard that the approval for contracting the canteen has been granted from above?"
"Yes, it's done. The higher-ups have agreed to contract out the canteen. It went surprisingly smoothly."
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