Ye Shuning took the hot milk handed over by the nanny and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Wang."
Yang Jinping looked at her daughter-in-law's bulging belly and said, "Xiao Ning, you're already eight months pregnant, right?"
Ye Shuning nodded. "It's been eight months. It's not convenient for me to be in the northwest, so I only had one prenatal checkup. I want to go to the hospital for another one tomorrow."
Yang Jinping said, "Of course. I'll call and make an appointment with Dr. Xiang from the hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department. Dr. Xiang is the best obstetrician and gynecologist in the People's Hospital, so I feel safe with her."
You should take good care of your baby at home. When it's time to give birth, we'll go to the hospital. I've already made arrangements. We'll go to Kyoto People's Hospital. They have the best obstetricians there."
Ye Shuning nodded, "Mom, I'm sorry to have worried you."
Li Shaozhong carried his luggage and placed it against the wall in the living room. He sat on the sofa and poured himself a cup of hot tea. "Mom, Xiao Ning and I will definitely be able to spend the New Year at home again this year."
Yang Jinping said, "So it's a good idea that you guys come now. It will make Xiao Ning feel comfortable staying indoors during her confinement period. It will be more comfortable than in the summer."
Ye Shuning said, "My due date is right around the Spring Festival. I think I'll be in confinement during the Spring Festival, which is unfortunate."
Yang Jinping waved her hand and said, "What's the big deal? The New Year is not as important as your childbirth. Besides, it's just this year. I've already tidied up your rooms, and the quilts have all been freshly dried. Shaozhong, quickly help Xiaoning back to the room, take a shower and rest. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."
Li Shaozhong was also worried that his wife was tired, so he quickly stood up and said, "Mom, I'll help Xiao Ning up first."
Li Shaozhong helped Ye Shuning upstairs, and Li Shaoting helped carry the luggage to their room.
Ye Shuning insisted on taking a hot bath and changing her clothes before she lay down on the bed and enjoyed Li Shaozhong's hair blow-drying service.
Ye Shuning had long hair at that time, which was inconvenient to wash. She had wanted to cut it shorter, but Li Shaozhong had not allowed her to do so. He loved his wife's long hair very much. Her dark and shiny hair was as smooth as black satin, and he could not let go of it.
Ye Shuning rested her head on her husband's legs and hummed comfortably, "It's better to go home and feel at ease."
When his hair was almost dry, Li Shaozhong touched his wife's silky long hair and said with a smile, "I feel relieved now that you're back. I was always worried that something might happen to you in Liyang County. After all, it's remote, transportation is inconvenient, and medical conditions are relatively backward.
Coming home, I find the medical care here is great, and it's close to the hospital. Most importantly, my family is around, so they can take care of me if anything happens. Back home, I was really worried that something might happen and I wouldn't be able to take care of them.
After all, this was our first time having a child, and we had no experience at all. I was a little nervous. Now that we're home, at least we have Mom and Wang's wife, two people who have given birth before and have more experience. You don't know how worried I was all the way here, afraid something might happen to you. Fortunately, we got home safely."
Ye Shuning didn't expect her husband to be under so much pressure. "Now that we're home, you should relax for a while." As she said this, Ye Shuning began to feel sleepy.
Li Shaozhong touched his wife's hair, which was completely dry, and said, "Wife, you should get some sleep now. I'll call you for dinner. Just sleep peacefully."
Ye Shuning nodded, "I'll sleep for a while, you can call me when the time comes."
Li Shaozhong covered Ye Shuning with a quilt and she soon fell asleep. It seemed that she was really tired.
Li Shaozhong also went to the bathroom to take a hot shower and change his clothes before going downstairs.
Seeing her youngest son coming downstairs, Yang Jinping asked, "Has Xiao Ning rested?"
Li Shaozhong nodded. "She's asleep now. Xiaoning loves to sleep during this pregnancy. She spends more than half of the day sleeping. But the doctor said this is normal."
At this time, Yang Jinping was making a small piece of clothing. Li Shaozhong's eyes lit up when he saw the small piece of clothing in his mother's hand. "Mom, are you making this for my son?"
Li Shaoting sat aside, drinking tea, and after listening to his brother, he said, "Shaozhong, don't keep calling me son, son. It's easy to put pressure on Xiaoning. Our family doesn't value young girls."
Li Shaozhong said, "I don't mean to have a son. I just said it casually. It doesn't matter whether Xiao Ning has a son or a daughter. I like them both."
Yang Jinping said, "Yes, it's the same whether it's a boy or a girl. We already have a boy, Jingyu, so a girl wouldn't be bad either. Besides, we have a daughter this time, so we can just have a boy next time."
Li Shaozhong also said, "We definitely won't have just one child. Xiao Ning likes children, and so does my father-in-law. We definitely need to have two more."
Yang Jinping was so happy when she heard her son say that, her face beamed with joy. "Yes, we should have two more children. More children means more blessings. If you can't take care of them when the time comes, Mom will help you."
Li Shaozhong said, "Xiao Ning and I have already discussed it. If Nangang's nanny, Mrs. Liu, is willing to come over, we'll have her help take care of the child, and find another nanny to accompany her. If she doesn't come, we'll find two nannies. The two of us will have a lot of things to do in the future, so it's impossible for us to take care of the child ourselves."
Li Shaoting asked, "Have you made all the arrangements at your base?"
Li Shaozhong nodded and said, "Everything has been arranged. The base will be handed over to Guyucheng. Now we have Sun Huairen and his wife, as well as several other workers. With them, the base will be no problem.
Juncao cultivation has been successfully completed. The next step is to promote this technology. We don't even need to advertise it now; others have already discovered its benefits. The provincial government has even sent several technicians to learn the technique. Everything is moving in a positive direction.
Mushroom cultivation using Juncao has been very successful, and the goji berries and cotton we later experimented with are also performing very well. We planted three mu of cotton seeds that Xiao Ning had asked someone to get us, and the yield is very impressive. We've already saved all the seeds this year, and we plan to expand our planting next year. By then, we can market this cotton crop."
Li Shaoting had heard his younger brother talk about growing cotton before, and he found out that it was a high-yield and excellent variety.
Li Shaoting asked, "How does the yield of your cotton compare to the cotton grown in our area?"
Li Shaozhong said proudly, "The yield is definitely higher than here. And this variety is even more optimized than the previous ones. If we grow this cotton variety here, the yield will definitely be higher than at the base. You know, the land at the base is very poor."
Li Shaoting said, "If it's really as you said, then your contribution is really not small. This mushroom grass is already amazing. If you can grow high-yield cotton, then you will have made a great contribution.
Your trip to the Northwest was truly worthwhile, as you achieved such great results."
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