"Brother Yuan, are Dongzi and Xiaoqin getting married soon?"
In the evening, the young couple lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) chatting about gossip.
Lu Yuan smiled faintly, "Judging from how eager Grandma Xu is to make them get married on the spot, she's probably going to urge them to get married."
"Yes, judging from how happy Grandma Xu was tonight, she probably wants to marry this granddaughter-in-law as soon as possible."
She added with a sigh, "Xiaoqin has just turned eighteen. If this were in later generations, she would still be in high school, but in this day and age she can get married."
Lu Yuan propped himself up halfway and looked at the person next to him with amusement, "Wife, have you forgotten that you were eighteen when you married me, and only turned twenty after the New Year?"
Wen Muxue froze, realizing she had completely forgotten about this. She often felt like she was nearing thirty, just like in her previous life. And now, as a mother of three, she didn't feel like she was only 20.
"Oh dear, it seems I got married too early, umm..."
Lu Yuan covered her mouth with his hand, and only released her after a long while.
"Not too early, just right."
As he spoke, his large hands began to become restless.
"Honey, is the baby asleep?"
As long as the three children are fed and haven't soiled themselves, they won't cry or fuss; they usually lie there quietly.
The couple looked up at their three children and found that they all had their eyes closed. Then they began to act without restraint.
This made things difficult for Sanbao, who was pretending to sleep; his chubby little face turned almost as red as a monkey's bottom.
Why can't these three brothers sleep in separate rooms from their parents even though they're all grown up?
Thinking back, he had always slept alone since he could remember, with only servants attending to him at night. He had never seen anything like this before.
However, if he sleeps in a separate room, he can't go into the space to read or meditate. Well, he can still bear with it.
He has discovered that doing anything in the space is twice as effective with half the effort, especially after drinking the spiritual spring water, which makes meditation in the space even more effective.
He could only sneak into the space at night when his parents went in, if he wasn't asleep.
Sanbao's little brain was thinking on and off, making quite a lot of noise, and it kept going for a long time. In the end, he could only helplessly cover his damn clever little ears with his little hands.
The next day, it was almost noon.
"Brother Yuan, have you noticed that Sanbao's face looks a bit grumpy today?"
Wen Moxue looked at Sanbao, whose brows were almost furrowed together, and asked her husband.
"Is there?"
Lu Yuan didn't pay much attention.
“Yes, even if he doesn’t smile much, he doesn’t always have a sour face,” Wen Muxue said.
Lu Yuan glanced at his third son, then looked at the two happy-go-lucky kids beside him, and they really did seem quite different.
"Are you grumpy when you wake up?"
“I never used to be grumpy when I woke up. I usually wake up earlier than today. I don’t know what happened this morning. My two older children were already awake, but my youngest was still sleeping soundly and didn’t get up until almost noon.”
Lu Yuan looked as if he had just realized something, "Then it must be from sleeping too much."
Sanbao looked up and saw people openly discussing his parents in front of him, and he was speechless.
Does he sleep a lot?
They were making a racket until midnight last night, keeping him awake. Who would have thought that a baby who is not even ten months old would have insomnia?
At this moment, he truly envied the eldest and second eldest sons. They knew nothing and spent their days eating, sleeping, pooping, and farting, without having to think about or worry about anything.
Wen Muxue thought about it and figured that Sanbao was probably just sleeping too much, so she stopped worrying about it. After feeding Sanbao a bowl of vegetable and lean meat porridge, she went to do her own thing.
"Honey, I have to go out this afternoon to bring back a few more truckloads of the remaining feed ingredients."
"Are you going to the county? If you are, take the things your uncle gave Xiao Fan with you."
“Yes, I will bring the things to him.”
Speaking of the things Xiao Shengming brought this time, he brought quite a lot for their family, especially for the three children: new cotton-padded jackets, new cotton-padded shoes, as well as milk powder, malted milk powder, and various canned goods. It must have cost him a lot of money.
"Take some food, meat and fruit with Xiao Fan as well. Uncle brought a lot of things for us and Mom and Dad this time, and it cost him a lot of money."
"I know, we've given them plenty of benefits, so don't always feel like you're taking advantage of them."
Wen Moxue smiled and said, "Okay, I understand. Go ahead and drive carefully."
Lu Yuan first went to the brigade headquarters to call the Zhong brothers in Hangzhou and told them that he could prepare New Year's goods for them, including apples, wild rabbits, and pheasants.
The other party was overjoyed and immediately ordered 5,000 catties of apples, 2,000 rabbits, and 2,000 chickens.
Lu Yuan readily agreed, then drove to the county town to find Monkey Three and Big Pancake Brother. He didn't know how long he would be busy with so many rabbits and chickens by himself, so he needed to find help to kill the chickens and slaughter the rabbits.
Both of them readily agreed, and Lu Yuan then sent them 2,000 rabbits and 2,000 pheasants. He also promised to send them another batch in a few days.
After finishing all that, Lu Yuan went to the office to find Xiao Fan.
The gatekeeper was familiar with him and his car and let them through directly. After parking the car, Lu Yuan went to the gatehouse to greet the gatekeeper, gave him an apple, and exchanged a few more pleasantries before carrying his bags to find Xiao Fan.
The security guard, holding a bright red apple, watched Lu Yuan's retreating figure and exclaimed, "What a good comrade!"
Xiao Fan's office was next to the county magistrate's office on the third floor. As soon as Lu Yuan reached the corner of the stairs on the third floor, he saw a tall and handsome man being stopped and talked to by a girl.
If it were anyone else, Lu Yuan would have pretended not to see them and walked past, but since this handsome man was Xiao Fan, he immediately felt like watching the show.
"Xiao Fan, I have two movie tickets here. Shall we go see a movie together after get off work?"
Oh, look, a woman is trying to woo him. This guy is lucky.
"Sorry, I'm busy," Xiao Fan said coldly.
After saying that, he was about to walk away when the woman stopped him again.
"Xiao Fan, I've heard that you have nothing to do after get off work. Are you just saying this on purpose because you don't want to go to the movies with me?"
Xiao Fan: "Good to know, move aside."
"You, sob sob sob..."
The woman was so angry she cried, but she still wouldn't give up.
"Why don't you want to go to the movies with me? What's wrong with me that you dislike me so much?"
Xiao Fan had clearly lost his patience. "Annoying, move aside."
"Waaaah, you still haven't told me what's wrong with it, I won't let you."
"Then tell me what you like about me, and I'll change."
"puff--"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing. He hadn't expected that this guy would grasp the meaning of a popular saying from later generations so early on.
"Hey, you don't need to worry about me. I'll just laugh and you can say whatever you want. If it's funny, I'll keep laughing. You can't control me anyway."
"Waaaaah—"
The woman was both ashamed and angry, and she stomped her foot and ran away.
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