In mid-June, Shen Anning completed the study and examinations for all courses in the second year of graduate school. After waiting for more than ten days, several nephews and nieces of the Qin family also had summer vacation.
While packing her things, Mother Shen looked at her daughter holding her grandson and practicing sitting, and couldn't help but say: "You and Jingheng really agreed that we will be in Shanghai for more than a month this time. You and the Cao family's grandparents took the children over to play, and left him alone at home?
I suggest you don't pack so much stuff. Take Peanut out to play in the water. Come back in a week or two. I'll have Sister Liu come over to help you during the day."
Seeing that she couldn't understand what her grandmother was saying, Chen An Ning turned to look at her son and pulled his little ear. "It's okay. My eldest brother and his wife have joined the team to work on a project. It will take at least a month for them to come out. Xixi and Erbao are going there for the summer vacation. And Anyu and Anxuan, they are staying there to help their cousin develop the market for Huayan. Brother Jingheng has to go to work every day. It would be so boring to leave Xiaohuasheng and me at home alone. It's a good opportunity to take the two grandparents with us. We can relax and even go out to sea for some fun, right, son?"
After hearing what her daughter said, Shen's mother stopped trying to persuade her. If Xiaohuasheng was a little older, she would help take care of her grandson and leave Shen Anning in Beijing, but there was no other way because the little guy was too young.
Looking at his wife who had packed two suitcases, Cao Jingheng's temples were throbbing. The more he looked, the more he felt a bad premonition.
"No, honey, there's no need to bring so many things. Are you planning to stay in Shanghai for a few days?"
Thinking about leaving in three days, Shen Anning felt a little guilty and embarrassed, hesitating, "Well, husband, don't be angry if I tell you something. I plan to take my son there for the summer vacation. It just so happens that my parents and uncle are going to repair the graves of my grandparents, and my second brother and sister-in-law can't go. August, okay, I'll try to come back early."
"August, it's only the end of June now. Honey, you're coming back in August. Does that mean you're coming back in early August, mid-August, or the end of August when school starts?" This doesn't make sense. The more Cao Jingheng looked at his wife, the more he felt that she was fooling him.
"Yeah, maybe in the middle of the month..." Looking at the obviously unhappy man, Shen Anning skipped over, took the initiative to sit on the man's lap, kissed the corner of the man's mouth, and inserted her fingers into his hair. "Don't be angry, Xixi and Erbao are going there this time, as well as my parents, grandparents on both sides. This trip is a big one. We're going there for a week or two. We haven't seen all the places, and we haven't eaten all the delicious food. It would be so hard to come back, right?"
"If I hadn't graduated this year, I would have had this opportunity. Once I graduate, I'll definitely have to go to the hospital right away. Then the kids will be older and work will be busy. Maybe we'll have another daughter. Where else will you find such an opportunity? You're busy with work, and you can't take many days off at once. Little Peanut has never seen the beach yet."
Hearing the word "daughter", Cao Jingheng's eyes moved and he automatically blocked out the rest. "Are you serious? Hey, wife, do those skilled Chinese medicine practitioners at the master's place have some secret recipe or medicine that can only make people give birth to daughters? I can take it, wife. I don't feel comfortable with you taking it, but I want to take it."
Shen An Ning was choked by these words and didn't know what to say, "What are you thinking about? Where can we get this medicine? We are not some kind of Unfeeling Valley or the kind with miracle doctors in martial arts novels. It all depends on fate. But, there must be hope, right? We can give it a try, right? Maybe the second child will be a daughter?" Although there is family planning, couples with urban household registration can only have one child, but for the special case of the Cao family, Cao Jingheng is an only child, and there are special policies.
"I'll try to come back early in August. If Peanut isn't making a fuss by then, I'll let your mother-in-law take care of him and I'll come back myself. Is that okay?"
When promised a big deal, it's not just women who become impulsive; men also become irrational.
"Really? You have to promise. Didn't Xixi and the other baby go over there? And grandpa and grandma too. Bring a few more packets of milk powder. He's been weaned for six months now, and Peanut won't want to eat since he won't see you. You can just come back alone."
"If you don't come back, I'll take two days off and go and bring you back."
Shen Anning was so frightened that she dared not move, "Okay."
"Then take Peanut to play with Xixi and Erbao during the day for the next two days. Let him burn off some energy and don't bother us at night."
Shen Anning suddenly felt that it was not necessary to go to Shanghai, but looking at her husband's expectant eyes, the little guy had become more and more attached to her after he could roll over, sit and crawl in the past two months, and liked to sleep between them at night.
"Okay, I'll risk my life to accompany you these few days, but my husband, please save some energy for me, otherwise I might not be able to make it back in August..."
For three consecutive nights, she was tossed and turned... Shen An Ning felt like she was back to the days when she was newly married. After giving birth, she was anxious for a while. In the one or two months after she left the confinement period, she was still a little resistant to getting close to men. Later, she did rehabilitation training whenever she had time. Cao Jingheng's "obsession" with her made their relationship return to the time when they were newly married.
Only Peanut couldn't understand why his mother wanted to sleep next to his father at night and no longer let him sleep in the middle.
But he was still happy to sleep in his mother's arms. He played with his brothers and sisters every day and went to sleep after drinking milk at night. The little guy had no idea that he only stayed in his mother's arms for a dozen minutes before being carried to his little bed.
The road conditions were bad, the car was driving too slowly and it was bumpy. This time, so many people went to Shanghai and took soft sleeper cars. Shen Anning really didn't expect that Peanut, who was taking a train for the first time, would be so excited to a new level.
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