"Shishi, you and Xunzhou have been married for more than a year, why haven't you responded yet?"
After the New Year this year, Zheng Peilan moved back to the military compound.
She said she was used to living in the military compound, where everyone was familiar and they would chat about family matters with her from time to time.
In the courtyard, she could only stay in the yard every day. During the day, Qiao Yanxin and Xu Li went to the shop to work, and at night they were busy with their own things.
Before Song Shishi got married, she just thought of it as accompanying her daughter and didn't think much of it.
But after Song Shishi got married, she felt more and more uncomfortable, so she simply moved back to the compound.
The courtyard house was directly rented to Qiao Yanxin and Xu Li.
Qiao Yanxin's shop business is booming now, so naturally she needs to stock up on more things.
After Zheng Peilan moved out, she simply rented out the other rooms.
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In the past, she provided door-to-door service to VIP customers.
Nowadays, she personally serves people when they come to the Siheyuan.
Those noble ladies are now unwilling to go to shops to get their hair done, so Qiao Yanxin came up with this idea.
It’s mainly because of what happened to Zhang Guihua last time.
As a woman, when she goes to a customer's home, she will inevitably meet the men in the customer's home, which will be somewhat inconvenient.
Now people are invited to move into the courtyard, which ensures privacy and avoids contact with strange men.
Song Shishi now basically lives in the military family compound. She only kept the main house in the courtyard. She moved all her things into the main house, and left the other houses to Qiao Yanxin to do whatever she wanted.
Today, taking advantage of the public holiday, she went back to the military compound to accompany Zheng Peilan.
Seeing Zheng Peilan talking and looking at her belly from time to time, Song Shishi smiled helplessly.
"Mom, Xunzhou and I are both busy right now and don't have time to take care of the child. We have discussed it, and we can talk about the child later. There is no rush."
"You don't have time, but I do. Just give birth and I'll take care of the baby for you."
Zheng Peilan frowned unhappily.
"Besides, your mother-in-law has also said this. If I stay with her, are you still worried that the child will be wronged after he is born?"
A blush appeared on Song Shishi's face and she lowered her head embarrassedly.
"Mom, we know what's going on with this matter of having a child. When the time comes, he will naturally come to our house."
Zheng Peilan took her hand and said earnestly:
"Shishi, I know you young people have your own ideas, but for this important event in life, you still have to take the necessary steps.
Look at you and Xunzhou, you have such a good relationship. Having a child will make your family more complete.
Look at the Li family in the compound. Their children are running around everywhere. Every time I see them, I hope to hold my own grandchild in my arms soon."
Song Shishi nodded slightly, her eyes sweeping over the portrait of Chairman Mao on the wall inside the room.
Even though Zheng Peilan and Fu Shuxian are so eager to have grandchildren, it is indeed not suitable for her and Meng Xunzhou to have children now.
You can either not have children or be responsible for them if you do.
How can you just sit there and do nothing after giving birth?
But it is obviously useless to tell Zheng Peilan these ideas now.
Song Shishi could only give in and respond, "I know, Mom. Xunzhou and I will seriously consider this matter."
After saying this, she was about to go out with the gift bag.
"Mom, I'm going to my mother-in-law's house. I'm going to be very busy in the next period of time, so I probably won't have time to visit you. I bought some gifts, and I'll send them to my mother-in-law first."
"Go quickly. She always talks about you and praises you for being smart and capable to everyone she meets."
Zheng Peilan and Fu Shuxian are close friends, so naturally they are often together on weekdays.
Song Shishi's face was filled with a bright smile, and she walked towards the Meng family with the gifts.
Standing at the gate of the courtyard, Song Shishi heard Meng Xiaoqi's cheerful laughter coming from the house.
She raised her hand, pushed open the gate, and shouted, "Mom, I'm back!"
Fu Shuxian, who was originally talking to Meng Xiaoqi, immediately stood up from the sofa when she heard the voice.
She turned around and asked Meng Guanru, "Did I hear it right? Is Shishi back?"
"Go check it out, I think you heard it right."
Meng Guanru also stood up, put his arm around Fu Shuxian's shoulder, and walked towards the door.
As soon as Song Shishi walked to the door, it was opened from the inside by Meng Guanru.
"Hey, Shishi, you finally came back to see us."
As soon as Fu Shuxian saw Song Shishi, she walked over happily and hugged Song Shishi.
Meng Xiaoqi stood beside Meng Guanru and called out with a smile, "Sister-in-law."
"Dad, Mom, Xiaoqi."
Song Shishi called out the names one by one before explaining:
"We have been quite busy recently, so we came as soon as we had some free time."
"Where's Xunzhou? Didn't he come back with you?"
Fu Shuxian looked towards the gate of the courtyard, but didn't see Meng Xunzhou, so she asked.
"No, Xunzhou has been very busy lately and has been very busy."
After Song Shishi finished speaking, Meng Guanru took the gift from her and said, "Let's talk inside. Don't stand in the yard."
"Since you're back, why don't you have lunch at home today? Ask your mother to come over later. It will be more lively with more people."
After Fu Shuxian pulled Song Shishi into the house, she said she was going to the kitchen.
"Mom, let me help you."
Song Shishi hurriedly caught up, holding Fu Shuxian's arm, with a smile on her face.
"You have a hard time taking care of the family, how can I let you do it all by yourself? Let me lend a hand, and we can go faster."
Fu Shuxian couldn't resist, so she smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, go call your mother first, it won't be too late to help later."
Meng Xiaoqi also followed in skipping and jumping.
"I'll come too. I'll come too. Although I'm not a great cook, I can still help out."
Song Shishi agreed.
When Song Shishi returned, Zheng Peilan was preparing to pick vegetables.
Hearing her say that Fu Shuxian was going to invite them to dinner, Zheng Peilan looked at Song Shishi and finally nodded in agreement.
They and the Meng family have been friends and neighbors for many years, and now they are in-laws, so naturally they don't care about those polite words.
After Song Shishi brought Zheng Peilan to the Meng family, she went straight into the kitchen.
The kitchen suddenly became lively.
Fu Shuxian was cutting vegetables skillfully at the table, Song Shishi was washing rice carefully, and Meng Xiaoqi was cleaning the freshly picked vegetables.
Meng Xiaoqi would occasionally talk about the funny things that happened in school, which made the two of them laugh.
Zheng Peilan was not idle after she arrived.
Before, Fu Shuxian had been asking her to help with the vegetables in the yard, but she was busy.
Today is a good opportunity to do it, so that Fu Shuxian won’t nag me all the time.
"Shishi, you've been busy with work lately, so you have to take care of yourself and don't get too tired."
Fu Shuxian said with concern while cutting vegetables.
"Mom, don't worry, I know."
Song Shishi replied, "It's just that sometimes I'm busy and I don't eat on time, so Xunzhou always nags me."
"He's right. No matter how busy you are, you have to eat on time."
Fu Shuxian reminded, "By the way, what has Xunzhou been busy with in the army recently?"
"I don't ask much about military matters. Even if I did, I wouldn't remember them."
Sometimes the missions Meng Xunzhou carries out are kept confidential. As a military wife, she is aware of this.
Meng Xiaoqi interrupted and said, "My brother is just working too hard. Sister-in-law, you have to persuade him more and don't exhaust himself."
"I tried to persuade him, but he said it was his duty and he wanted to complete the task perfectly."
Song Shishi smiled helplessly.
As they were talking, Meng Guanru walked into the kitchen and asked, "Do you need my help?"
"You, stop making trouble here and go out and have a rest."
Fu Shuxian smiled and pushed Meng Guanru out.
"Just the two of us are enough."
Meng Guanru smiled, shook his head, turned and walked out.
With the joint efforts of the three, the table was soon filled with food.
Zheng Peilan has almost finished growing the vegetables in the yard.
The whole family sat around the table, laughing and talking happily.
During the meal, Fu Shuxian and Zheng Peilan unconsciously talked about children again.
"Shishi, you and Xunzhou are already grown up, you have to hurry up and take care of the child."
Fu Shuxian looked at Song Shishi and said earnestly.
Zheng Peilan also echoed: "Yes, don't worry, after the baby is born, we two old ladies will help you take care of it. We will definitely not let you worry."
Song Shishi's face flushed slightly. She put down her bowl and chopsticks and said seriously:
"Mom, Xunzhou and I have discussed this, and we are looking forward to having a child, but we are both in a special period right now, so we want to wait until things are more stable before having one.
However, we have always kept it in mind, and when the time is right, we will definitely give you a surprise."
Meng Guanru nodded to show his understanding: "It's a good thing for young people to have their own plans. We won't rush you. Just follow your own pace."
Meng Xiaoqi said with a smile: "Oh, I can't wait to be an aunt, but sister-in-law, you and my brother have to work hard."
Everyone was amused by Meng Xiaoqi's words.
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