Chapter 245: Doing Ling Fei's Business (Page 1/2)
Huo Li added, "Xiao Man is teaching. If Si Jie leaves, who will help take care of the two children?"
Huo Qingyan explained, "Grandpa, I didn't ask my cousin to go over right away. I meant that after she marries Lin Jing, she can come over and help me take care of Feifei when she's free.
After all, Feifei is pregnant with two babies at once, and I feel uneasy if I don’t hire someone to look after them.”
Lin Man held Huo Yian and sat back in her seat. She slowly told him her plan.
"Sijie is getting married at the end of the year, and I support her. Once she gets married, we will send An'an and Ningning to daycare next spring. I won't quit my job, and I will take care of the two children myself."
Liao Sijie said a little embarrassedly: "Cousin, I can actually get married a year later."
Lin Man thought, she was already staying out all night, and it was a year before she got married, so she might suddenly get pregnant one day.
"No need. Just get married when you're old enough so your aunt won't worry. Anyway, I don't plan to have a third child in the next few years. Even if it's a little hard, I can still take care of two children. Besides, An'an and Ningning are quite obedient."
Lin Man refused out loud. Everyone in the living room looked at her. Ling Fei joked, "Sister-in-law, don't you want to have a daughter?"
Lin Man did not deny it, but nodded and said: "Well, when Qingci turns 30, I will have another child, a daughter."
Anyway, she has medicine in her space, so it is up to her to decide whether to have a boy or a girl. If she quits her job in a few years, she plans to have twins.
She had never tried having twins, and she wanted to give it a try.
Ling Fei is really lucky. Her ancestors didn't have the gene for twins, but she ended up pregnant with twins. Could it be that she took some Chinese medicine to promote ovulation?
I heard that she took a lot of Chinese herbal medicine for fertility in order to get pregnant this year.
After a while, Huo Qingci fried a dozen kimchi and egg pancakes and brought them to the table. Little An An stared at the kimchi pancakes on the plate and said, "Mom, An An, eat!"
Lin Man picked up a pancake with less pickles and put it into the bowl. Ling Fei stopped her and said, "Sister-in-law, An An is only one year old. He shouldn't be able to eat hot peppers, right?"
Lin Man explained: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, kimchi pancakes are not spicy at all. Besides, An An is already one year old. He should try a little bit of salty, sweet, sour and spicy food, so that he won't be picky about food in the future."
Huo Yining, who was standing by, grabbed some kimchi and started eating it. As he ate, he said, "My mom said it's good for kids to eat some chili peppers so they won't be picky eaters. So I won't be picky eaters."
Huo Li looked at Huo Yining lovingly, "You're not picky about food, but you're a little unhygienic. You eat biscuits directly with your hands, and you're not afraid of getting your outer coat dirty."
Huo Yining grinned and said, "Mom will wash it if it gets dirty."
Lin Man knew that her eldest son would easily drop the kimchi pancake if he used chopsticks, so he just used his hands. Fortunately, she would put a bib on him when eating, so she let him do it.
Huo Yian looked at the kimchi pancake in the bowl and urged, "Mom, An An, eat it."
Seeing that the kimchi pancake had cooled down a bit, Lin Man picked up a bite with chopsticks and fed it to her youngest son. Huo Yian took a bite of the kimchi pancake and said, "Mom, I want more."
Lin Man had no choice but to continue feeding them. Ling Fei's two nephews ate so happily that she also picked up the hot kimchi pancake and ate it in big mouthfuls, saying as she ate:
"This kimchi pancake is more appetizing than the egg pancake, sister-in-law, can we take some kimchi back later? I have a really good appetite since I got pregnant with my two children, and sometimes I feel starving in the middle of the night."
Huo Qingyan agreed with a smile, "You are pregnant with two children. One person eats and three people absorb it. Your appetite will definitely improve."
Lin Man didn't expect Ling Fei to get hungry so easily now. Wouldn't her appetite be better in the later months?
Now she looks petite and delicate, and wonders if she will become fat as a ball in the future. When she was pregnant with Huo Yining, she had a good appetite and gained dozens of pounds in one go.
This caused her to spend the entire year trying to lose weight after giving birth. Fortunately, when she was pregnant with their second child, she deliberately controlled her diet and tried to eat less fruits and foods that were particularly high in sugar.
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Lin Man said to Ling Fei, "I made twenty kimchi this time. If you like, you can take some."
Ling Fei nodded in agreement. Xiao Ya said, "Manman, next time you teach me how to make it, I'll make some myself next year. Cabbage is only a penny a pound now anyway."
Huo Qingci said, "Mom, cabbage is cheap, but it takes time to make."
"When I learn how to do it, I'll make it and send you half of it when it's done."
After Xiao Ya finished speaking, she looked at her eldest grandson who was eating kimchi pancakes with big mouthfuls, "Ningning, do you like little ducks?"
Huo Yining looked at Xiao Ya in confusion, "Grandma, I like frogs."
"Oh, so Ningning likes frogs. Then grandma will make two little frog pockets on your cotton-padded jacket.
After grandma finishes making you cotton-padded jackets and coats, can you use the remaining scraps of cloth to make a small bag for Ningning to carry on her back?"
Lin Man asked Xiao Ya, "Mom, why did you think of making a backpack for Ningning?"
"Give him snacks and red envelopes for the New Year."
Lin Man didn't say anything else and continued to feed Xiao An An the kimchi pancake. The little guy took a few bites and stopped eating. Lin Man ate the remaining pancake for her son herself.
Ling Fei ate three kimchi pancakes in one breath and put down her chopsticks only when she couldn't eat any more.
Lin Man saw Ling Fei staring at little An An. Could it be that she thought An An was well-behaved and wanted to hug him?
Ling Fei touched her belly and said, "Sister-in-law, are those little clothes that An An can no longer wear still there?"
Lin Man knew that productivity was very low and fabric supply was tight. She didn't expect Ling Fei to ask her for An An's old clothes. She smiled and nodded, "An An's underwear is all there, but some are a little yellowed."
Ling Fei asked again: "Are those sweaters and coats still there?"
"When we lived on the island, the weather was so hot that these two kids hardly ever wore sweaters or coats. That's why I asked Qingci to find a way to buy some cloth and cotton to make them winter clothes."
"Oh, I see. I thought they had a lot of sweaters and coats."
Huo Qingyan thought that his wife was pregnant with two children, and even if he found some old clothes for each of them, it would definitely not be enough. He still had to find a way to buy some cloth, cotton and wool.
He had gone to the supply and marketing cooperative before but didn't find similar fabric, so he suspected his brother had gone to the black market.
Huo Qingyan looked at Huo Qingci and said, "Brother, where did you buy the cotton and fabrics for An An and Ning Ning? Did you go to the black market?"
Huo Qingci glanced at Huo Qingyan, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I asked someone to buy it for me."
"Brother, please help me buy some too. I need six pounds of cotton, four 2-meter cotton cloths, two 3-meter corduroy cloths, ten pounds of cotton, and six pounds of wool."
Lin Man thought that Ling Fei was pregnant with twins, so she had to prepare double quantities of everything. She had to prepare dozens of yuan more diapers than others, not to mention clothes from head to toe.
If you make all new ones, it will cost a lot of money and tickets, but those ticket units are issued monthly, and not much is issued at a time.
Many people did not have enough for themselves, and it took them half a year to save enough cloth coupons for a piece of clothing.
No wonder Ling Fei came to her today, asking for her son's old clothes. She had no shortage of fabric, cotton, or wool. However, she wouldn't give these to Ling Fei for nothing.
Lin Man picked up Huo Yian and put him in Huo Qingci's arms and went back to the room. She took out ten kilograms of cotton, six pieces of cloth, and four kilograms of wool from the space.
"I didn't actually use any tickets to buy these things, but I spent quite a bit of money on them. Do you still want a refund?"
Ling Fei nodded and said, "Money is not a problem. We will refund you whatever you spent on these."
In the end, Lin Man sold the cloth, cotton and wool to Ling Fei at the black market price, and Ling Fei agreed readily.
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