When Meng Xunzhou arrived at the military compound, the food had just been served.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw Song Shishi chatting animatedly with Li Haoyang and Meng Xiaoqi.
"Xunzhou, you're finally back."
Fu Shuxian had just come out of the kitchen with the dishes and when she saw her son coming back, she quickly asked him to come over and sit down.
Meng Xunzhou smiled and greeted everyone. His eyes fell on Song Shishi and he asked gently, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Song Shishi shook her head and said, "Fortunately, Xiaobao and Xiaoqi are with me."
"Everyone wash your hands and get ready to eat."
Zheng Peilan also came out of the kitchen at this time, waving to everyone with a smile.
Song Shishi and Meng Xunzhou responded and went over to help serve the dishes.
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At the dinner table, Li Haoyang sat obediently next to Song Shishi, eating his food with big mouthfuls.
Meng Xiaoqi held a piece of braised pork in her mouth, muttering, "Mom, Aunt Zheng, the food you cooked today is so delicious. I have to eat more today."
Fu Shuxian looked at the children eating happily and a gratified smile appeared on her face.
However, she couldn't help but bring up the issue of having children again.
"Xunzhou, when are you and Shishi going to have a baby? Look, Yinting is about to give birth, so don't delay it too long."
Meng Xunzhou and Song Shishi looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
Meng Xunzhou put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Mom, Shishi has just been admitted to university. It's time for her to study hard. She is also on the rise in her work. I have to go out on missions from time to time. We want to wait until everything is stable before considering having a child."
Fu Shuxian wanted to say something else, but Zheng Peilan touched her gently, signaling her not to force the children anymore.
Don't have good intentions, it would be bad if you end up having a quarrel with the children and becoming estranged from them because of this.
Fu Shuxian had no choice but to swallow her words.
She sighed, "Okay, just keep it in mind."
After dinner, Meng Xunzhou and Song Shishi took the initiative to clean up the dishes and went to the kitchen to help wash the dishes.
Meng Xiaoqi took Li Haoyang and Xiao Shiwu to play games in the yard.
In the kitchen, Song Shishi wanted to wash the dishes, but was pulled aside by Meng Xunzhou.
"Let me do it. Just stay with me."
As he said this, he looked down at Song Shishi's white and tender hands, "I can't bear to see such a beautiful pair of hands suffer."
Song Shishi was amused by his words.
"Then I can't just do nothing, right?"
Meng Xunzhou rolled up his sleeves and raised his eyebrows, "What does that matter?"
Thinking of what Fu Shuxian had just said at the dinner table, Meng Xunzhou guessed that Fu Shuxian must have said the same thing to Song Shishi before he came back.
He didn't want any rift between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so he said, "It seems that Mom is really worried, but don't worry, I will talk to her again later, and I promise that she will not mention this matter again in the future, so don't feel psychologically burdened."
"I'm fine. I'm just worried that the mothers will be unhappy because of our firm attitude."
Song Shishi understood what Zheng Peilan and Fu Shuxian were thinking, so she didn't blame them.
This is human nature, and it is normal for elders to bring it up.
She thought for a moment and then reminded, "When you talk to your mother, be careful with your words and don't make her angry."
"I see." Meng Xunzhou turned around and smiled at her, "My wife is very considerate."
After being praised by Meng Xunzhou, Song Shishi's cheeks couldn't help but blush again.
After washing the dishes, the two returned to the living room and chatted about family matters with Fu Shuxian and Zheng Peilan.
In order to liven up the atmosphere, Meng Xunzhou talked about some interesting things in the army, which made everyone laugh.
At this moment, there was a hurried sound of a car outside.
It interrupted the originally warm conversation in the house.
Meng Xunzhou stood up and walked towards the door.
Li Haoyang subconsciously leaned towards Song Shishi. Song Shishi hugged him in her arms and comforted him softly.
"Oh, it's really cold today."
As soon as Meng Xunzhou opened the door, he saw Su Yaqin walking into the yard in a hurry with a big bag in her hands.
Hearing Su Yaqin's voice, Song Shishi took Li Haoyang's hand, stood up and walked over.
"Sister Qin, have you finished your work? Have you had lunch?"
"Mother."
As soon as Su Yaqin stepped into the house, Li Haoyang hugged her legs.
Su Yaqin handed the thing in her hand to Meng Xunzhou, then rubbed her hands and smiled and replied: "I have eaten it. This is the specialty I brought from Xiangyang County before. I always forgot to give it to you. Thinking that I would come to pick up Xiaobao today, I went back specially to get it."
As she spoke, she walked to the sofa with Song Shishi.
Seeing Zheng Peilan and Fu Shuxian were also there, Su Yaqin called out politely: "Godmother, Aunt Fu, did Xiaobao cause any trouble for you today when he was here?"
"No, Xiaobao is very well behaved." Zheng Peilan and Su Yaqin are relatively familiar with each other. Since Su Yaqin's first visit, almost all the clothes she wears were given by Su Yaqin.
She hasn't bought any clothes in the past few years.
Originally she was embarrassed to accept it, but Su Yaqin said that she and Song Shishi were like sisters, and she also got along well with Zheng Peilan, so she directly recognized Zheng Peilan as her godmother.
This also makes the relationship between the two families closer.
After a few more pleasantries, Su Yaqin introduced the specialties she brought to everyone, then took Song Shishi's hand and got down to business.
"Shishi, I have something to trouble you with this time."
Su Yaqin looked a little hesitant, and Song Shishi guessed that she might have encountered some trouble.
"Sister, is it a trouble or not? If you have something to say, just tell me directly."
"It's like this, I was going to discuss business today.
When I got there I found out that the man was actually an overseas businessman, and what they wanted to discuss with me was a big deal.
However, the entire communication process had to be conducted in a foreign language, and the terms in the contract were also very complicated.
Your brother-in-law and I have never done business with overseas, so I would like to ask you if you know anyone who can introduce me to someone.
Also, next time when I negotiate with the other party about cooperation, could you please help me translate?"
After listening to this, Song Shishi smiled with relief.
“I thought it was something simple.
My uncle started out in overseas business, so he is familiar with this aspect. And he happened to be staying in Beijing recently, so you can ask him to give you some advice.
As for the translation, I will take care of it, so don’t worry.”
With Song Shishi's words, Su Yaqin's face was filled with smiles again.
"Otherwise why do I always say that you are our family's benefactor? At this critical moment, I still have to rely on my sister."
"Sister, we are all sisters. Isn't it normal for us to help each other? Don't say anything about benefactors or not benefactors anymore."
Song Shishi smiled helplessly and patted Su Yaqin's hand.
"Let me tell you, if this order goes through, our clothing factory will have great development. Although we had Mr. Zuo's help last time, the current situation is not good, and it is still difficult to develop domestically."
Song Shishi was naturally happy that Su Yaqin and Li Chengde's clothing factory could have better development.
"Then I'll call my younger uncle right now. He's probably still being scolded at my older uncle's house."
Speaking of this, there was a hint of gloating in Song Shishi's tone.
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