Jiang Shushu refused without a second thought, "Dad, not for now. My husband and I can take care of ourselves now. Xiaobei is very good. He has done all the housework. I am not tired at all. I will trouble you again when my belly gets bigger and I am in confinement. You can enjoy a few more months of peace and quiet at home. I will probably have to trouble you to help look after the baby later."
Jiang He and his wife are already old, and Jiang Shushu doesn't want to trouble them, but there is no way. They can't hire a nanny now, so they can only ask them to help take care of the child for a few years.
"Then we'll listen to you and come back in a few months. Your mom and I don't have much to do, so it's our duty to help take care of the children. Besides, children are so cute, and your mom and I like to take care of children." If I can't hold my grandson, it's the same to hold my grandson's or granddaughter's.
"Thank you, Mom and Dad. When my belly gets bigger, I want to find someone to temporarily take over my job. Please help me out in my hometown for the next few months. Please recommend someone to me. They should be honest, quick-witted, and not cause trouble. They should work with me until I'm out of confinement."
"There are many suitable people in the village. Your mother and I will observe them carefully in the next few months and choose the best one when the time comes."
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That day, Qian Xiaoni found Jiang Shushu and said, "Shushu, I want to tell you something. I plan to pay some money for the ingredients, and then set up a small stove in the kitchen to make some soup to nourish my body. Do you want to join us? We can split the soup then." I can't drink the nourishing soup every day and let another pregnant woman just watch. Anyway, it's just a matter of adding more water. If Shushu splits the cost of the ingredients with me, I can save a little, and it's better for everyone.
"This... this is against the rules, it shouldn't be allowed, right? This is a waste of national resources, won't it make things difficult for the manager? I'd better do it at home." I'm just a small employee, no matter how easy my boss is to talk to, I can't take advantage of him just for the sake of convenience.
Qian Xiaoni rolled her eyes at Jiang Shushu and said, "Am I such an ignorant person? How could I possibly make things difficult for the manager just for my own convenience? Han Ri asked, and the manager agreed, so I came to you. Otherwise, how would I dare to make the decision?"
Don't worry, we're not wasting public resources. Don't we have a large steamer in the kitchen? Every day when we steam the buns, we put the soup with boiling water in the steamer for the meat buns. When the buns are cooked, the soup will be ready. It's all just by the way. The large ceramic cup is just enough for two bowls of soup. When the time comes, you can have one bowl and I can have one bowl, which is perfect."
"Haha, so that's how it is. I'm happy to do that. Thank you for your hard work, Han Ri. I'll share more of the money, so I don't have to trouble my husband to make soup for me. By the way, Sister Xiaoni, why did you suddenly think of making soup in the store?"
Qian Xiaoni sighed, "Alas, every family has its own problems. It's like this. My first and second children were born too close together, and I felt unwell the past two days. I went to see a doctor, and he said I was a little weak and needed to make more soup to nourish myself.
But I'm not the only daughter-in-law in the Han family. If I stew meat soup every day, my sister-in-law would probably be dissatisfied. My husband and I thought it was better to have less trouble than more, so we stew and drink it in the store to avoid the quarrels and annoyance. "
"You two both work and have your own incomes, and you're not spending theirs. What's her opinion? Are you just going to put up with it? I think as long as you're in the right, you shouldn't put up with it." People like this shouldn't be tolerated, lest they become arrogant. She has no opinion on someone spending their own money to treat their health problems.
"My brother-in-law is a good person. I don't care about others' feelings. As long as she doesn't go too far, I won't bother with her." Alas, my brother-in-law is really a flower stuck in cow dung. How could such a good brother-in-law be so blind to fall in love with someone who is pretentious, greedy and narrow-minded? Except for her beauty, I really can't find any advantages in this sister-in-law.
"Some things can be given in, and some things cannot be given in. You can give in once, twice, but not three times. People tend to bully the weak and fear the strong. If you give in too much, it becomes a matter of course." If she didn't make her position clear, the sister-in-law would probably think that the Han family should give in to her.
"I understand. If she really goes too far, I won't give my parents-in-law or my brother-in-law any face. I'll settle the score." There's no need to argue about small matters. It's just the same as arguing over them. Let's save the matter for now. I'll deal with it all at once. When the time comes, my parents-in-law and my brother-in-law will probably be too embarrassed to ask for mercy. Even if I scold her, she'll have to apologize.
"That's fine. How should I pay for the ceramic cups and materials? Tell me, should I give it to you every day? Or once a week?" It would be best to pay it every few days, so that everyone can save trouble.
"Give it to you once a week. I'll ask Han Ri to write down the money he needs every day in a notebook and show it to you once a week."
"No problem, thank you for your hard work, Hanri. Thanks to you, Sister Xiaoni, I have soup to drink every day. Haha, I found that the timing of my pregnancy is really good. I have you at the store and my husband at home. I think I will definitely gain weight."
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The days passed one by one. Jiang Shushu drank various steamed soups at noon every day, and drank soup cooked by Yang Xiaobei every few nights (Jiang Shushu said that there was no need to make soup at night, but Yang Xiaobei didn't listen and insisted that she needed to nourish herself more during pregnancy? Because now one person was eating for two people, Yang Xiaobei was afraid that Jiang Shushu would be malnourished). When Jiang Shushu went to the hospital for another check-up, she was weighed on the public scale in the hospital and found that she had gained five kilograms.
Yang Xiaobei looked at Jiang Shushu, whose face changed drastically, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, I gained 5 kilograms in just one month. 5 kilograms. I've been so arrogant lately. You don't have to make soup for me in the evening anymore. I'll just have the soup at noon. If I continue at this rate, I'll be as fat as a ball in a few months."
Yang Xiaobei glanced at Jiang Shushu and comforted her, "You're not fat! You're still so beautiful. You're pregnant, but it's normal."
"I don't look fat now, but if I continue to eat like this for a month or two, I will get fat, and it will be difficult to lose weight after I get fat." Jiang Shushu thought about his chubby appearance. The picture was so beautiful that he dared not even think about it.
"It's okay to be a little fat. Fat people are blessed. No matter what you look like, I like you. In my heart, you are the most beautiful." It's not bad to be fat. You feel soft when you hug you. It's so nice.
"But I don't like it. I'm already 120cm tall. I can only tolerate 130cm at most. Anything over 130cm is absolutely unacceptable. If I'm over 130cm tall, I can't wear pretty skirts or pretty clothes."
"Then can you just drink soup from now on? You can skip other meals or eat less. The nights are so long, you have to eat something, right? You only drank soup before and didn't gain weight, so you definitely won't gain weight if you drink soup at night now. If you're really afraid of getting fat, let's go for a walk together more often at night."
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