"Yes, yes, I slept from morning to afternoon today. I just got up a little while ago. How are you? Aren't these two little rascals good?" He Caiwei brought in the food. The two little ones were lying obediently on the bed, fast asleep.
"It's alright, as long as they're full, they won't make a fuss. You just need to rest. I'll have your dad call later to see if Aunt Liu can come back soon. There are many things you don't understand, so we need an experienced old lady to handle things. But my daughter will have to work hard for the next two days." He Yuping looked at the two little ones who were fast asleep and realized for the first time how hard it was to take care of children.
When these two weren't sleeping, they kept Lu Zhiheng up a lot. And when one cried, the other would cry too, giving them both a huge headache.
“Taking care of my mother is not hard work at all. Come and see, I made you some pig's trotter soup tonight, but you can't eat salt yet, so I didn't add any. I also made white rice. The rice I took out from my space is good for your health.” He Caiwei moved a small table in front of her mother and moved the little boy over there.
Grandpa had prepared the little wooden bed a long time ago, but he didn't know there were two, so he only made one. But now the two little ones can sleep in one little wooden bed, there's enough space.
"Why don't you put them both on the little wooden bed? It's more than enough for both of them now." It's too cold. If adults and children share the same blanket, the children will be colder because the adults' bodies will create a vacuum around the blanket.
“It’s alright. It’s easier for me to breastfeed this way. They each have their own blanket. Aunt Liu made all these little blankets and babies before the New Year. It’s still too cold outside. If he cries, I’ll have to get out of my warm bed and carry them back to the bed to breastfeed. It’s more convenient this way.” He Yuping also wanted to put them in the crib, but the thought of how cold it was outside and how she would have to get out of her warm bed to carry the two little ones back to the blankets to breastfeed made her feel like she was going through a lot of trouble.
He Yuping ate the bland pig's trotters, but fortunately, her daughter used water from her space to make them, so they didn't taste so bland that she wanted to vomit.
"Mom, where did Dad go? I haven't seen him since I woke up." Bai Caiwei only then realized that the room was unusually quiet. Apart from her mother and the two little ones, her father was nowhere to be seen.
"He probably went out to make a phone call. I heard he was going to talk to his old boss. I don't know either." He Yuping really didn't know where Lu Zhiheng had gone. Her husband was here just before she went to sleep.
"Okay, I'll wait for my dad to come back before I cook. We're having noodles tonight. Grandpa was worried that my older brother and the others wouldn't like rice and porridge, so he asked me to make noodles and some steamed buns." He Caiwei was thinking of asking where the person was. If they were nearby, she could go and cook dinner now.
"By the way, there's something I need to ask you. Lu Qingfeng likes you, did you know that? Can I know what you think about that? We agreed before that your marriage is your own decision, but we as parents also have to keep an eye on things. Your dad thinks it's best to keep the good stuff in the family, so you don't have to marry outside and keep him eyeing you." He Yuping actually hoped that her daughter could find a husband to stay with her. Her daughter was capable, and she really didn't feel at ease leaving her outside.
"Actually, it's alright. I have pretty good feelings towards him. Let's see how things go for now. I'm thinking of considering this matter again in a few years, which is fine." He Caiwei actually thinks Lu Qingfeng is really alright, especially since his face is the type she likes, but she doesn't really like the arrogant nature of men in this era.
Having spent so much time together, he hadn't noticed any signs of Lu Qingfeng showing such potential, but he could observe her slowly, since she was still young.
Although it's normal for people to get married at fourteen or fifteen in this era, she wanted to wait until she was twenty to talk about these things, which meant she still had seven years to go.
"Alright, just be careful and know your limits. It's the same in Kyoto. Be careful." That was all He Yuping could say. Her daughter was always independent and didn't need her to worry too much. On the contrary, her daughter was more worried about her, her mother.
"I know, Mom. We don't have much left here, do we? Maybe I can leave you some before I leave." He Caiwei knew that Pengcheng was going through a difficult period, with shortages of everything and a growing population loss.
She's studying away from home now, but she always misses home. If it weren't for her dad's car team, where she could always call and reach them, she really wouldn't feel comfortable leaving them all here.
“No need. Although buying things is difficult, we can still find some outside. These people are all so thin. If your dad, your grandpa, and I eat too well and get fat, and someone finds out, you might get yourself burned and killed. No way. The other day, I was just thinking of having you get some things for the New Year because we're all family.” He Yuping didn't want her daughter to take any risks, and besides, the supplies here weren't completely gone.
He Yuping still didn't want to go too far. If everyone around them was skinny and only their family was plump and healthy, people would definitely be suspicious.
“But I can’t bear to see you go hungry here. And these two little ones, we can’t let them go without milk. At most, you can stay home until they’re weaned.” He Caiwei looked at the two quiet little ones and was genuinely worried that they wouldn’t have anything to eat.
"No, when it's time for you to leave, I'll see if you can prepare a little something as a backup." He Yuping firmly refused to let her daughter prepare anything to leave behind. After all, her daughter was used to spending money lavishly, and if she let her leave anything behind, she would definitely fill up your warehouse.
"If you don't have enough to eat, you'll have to call your uncle's house and ask me for some. I'll mail some over to you then. You can't go hungry, you know?" He Caiwei's mother has been very careful these past two years and has never really liked her using things from her spatial storage.
"I know, I know. When you leave, leave two bags behind. Never mind, I'll tell you later. I'll think about what else you should leave behind in the next few days. Anyway, you're still more than ten days away, so I have plenty of time to think about it." He Yuping nodded perfunctorily. She had originally wanted to ask her to leave two bags of milk, but then she thought better of it. If she only left two bags of milk, her daughter would definitely stuff a whole room full of things for her. She would have to think carefully and write a list to fool her later.
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