During the meal, Jiang Guofu told Jiang Shaochen about Shen Mingzhi's earlier suggestion.
"Then I'll organize a group of people tomorrow to find the lowest-priced building materials in the city and get the contract signed first," Jiang Shaozhen said to Jiang Guofu, his mouth full of rice.
"Zhizhi, is this the procedure?" Jiang Guofu asked Shen Mingzhi humbly.
“Yes, Shao Chen is smart; he understands right away,” Shen Mingzhi nodded.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shaozhen's eyes lit up with a smile, and he placed a piece of fish on her plate, saying, "Wife, have some vegetables."
"He's eating." As Shen Mingzhi spoke, she placed a piece of braised pork on his plate.
Jiang Qing and Jiang Guofu saw this and smiled at each other.
After dinner, Shen Mingzhi and Jiang Shaochen took their two children out for a walk.
Shen Mingzhi held a palm-leaf fan in one hand and pushed a simple iron stroller with the other. Zhouzhou sat in the stroller, his eyes wide open, looking extremely well-behaved.
Niannian sat on Jiang Shaochen's shoulders, her almond-shaped eyes wide open, looking around.
The summer night was still quite cool. Shen Mingzhi fanned herself and said to Jiang Shaozhen, "Mom and Dad have become noticeably thinner these past few days. They've been helping us take care of the kids during the day, so tonight I'll take care of the kids with you."
The baby wasn't full-term yet and just slept, so he was quite easy to take care of.
However, as the baby got older, Niannian became very fussy, and taking care of two children at night was quite exhausting.
“Okay,” Jiang Shaozhen replied, but immediately added seriously, “I have something to tell you.”
"What bad thing did you do?" Shen Mingzhi glanced at him.
“It’s not that I did anything wrong. Song Wanyin came to the construction site to find me today. Her father threatened me with someone else because of the project, demanding that I divorce you, but I refused without hesitation.” Jiang Shaozhen had been thinking for a long time today about whether or not to tell Shen Mingzhi about this.
This was the first time he had ever liked someone, and when faced with these matters concerning romantic relationships, he wasn't sure what to do to avoid upsetting her.
After much thought, I still believe that honesty is the most important thing.
"She hasn't given up yet?" Shen Mingzhi actually admired Song Wanyin quite a bit. On the day of the banquet, he said such awful things, yet she still had hope for him.
Jiang Shao Chen's tone was tinged with annoyance, "My attitude is already very clear, who knows what she's thinking."
Shen Mingzhi looked at him while fanning herself, "First love is hard to forget."
"That's her business. Just because a woman likes me doesn't mean I have to reciprocate her feelings. Besides, you're the one in my heart," Jiang Shaozhen said without any hesitation.
Shen Mingzhi was a little embarrassed, "What are you saying in front of a child?"
“They’re so young, they can’t understand what we’re saying at all,” Jiang Shaozhen said, moving closer to her. “It’s getting late, let’s go home.”
"OK."
The two of them circled back.
Jiang Shaozhen told his parents that they would take care of the child that night, and Jiang Qing agreed. It wasn't that she didn't want to take care of the child, but Niannian was too noisy at night. She hadn't slept much for two nights in a row, and she and Jiang Guofu took turns taking care of the child.
After feeding the children, Shen Mingzhi placed them in the middle of the bed and prepared to go to sleep.
Jiang Shaozhen slept on the outside of the bed. He couldn't do anything with Shen Mingzhi today, so he fell asleep soon after lying down.
He didn't know how long he had slept when he was suddenly woken up by Niannian's whimpering and crying.
Shen Mingzhi slept better than him. Hearing the noise, she just mumbled and nudged Jiang Shaochen with her leg, "The child is awake..."
Jiang Shaozhen got up and hugged Niannian to comfort her.
After two hours of coaxing, he was so sleepy he was almost fainting before Niannian finally fell asleep.
He had only just put her down, and had barely closed his eyes, when Niannian started crying again.
I could only get up and continue to hold and rock him.
One yawn after another, Jiang Shaochen had no chance to sleep at all.
When morning came, he heard Jiang Qing's voice outside, got dressed, and left the room with dark circles under his eyes.
"Mom...can you take care of her for a while? I haven't slept all night." He really didn't expect that Niannian, who was so cute, was like a porcelain doll. When she wasn't sleeping, she was so lovable when she played around with him.
But it's so tiring when it's time to sleep at night.
He spent almost the entire night sitting on the bed, holding and comforting Niannian. Every time she whimpered, he would feed her, change her diapers, and so on. By the time he finished, it was already dawn.
He looked extremely haggard.
Seeing how tired he looked, Jiang Qing couldn't help but smile. "Taking care of a child must be tough, right?"
"Well, Zhouzhou is quite well-behaved, but Niannian cries almost as soon as she's out of my sight. I don't even know how many times she threw a tantrum last night," Jiang Shaozhen said helplessly.
"How is Zhizhi sleeping?" Jiang Qing asked, and then followed him into the house.
“She’s exhausted too, and she’s resting now,” Jiang Shaozhen said. Although the two of them had agreed last night that he would take care of her for the first half of the night and she would take care of her for the second half.
However, he felt it was too tiring and didn't call Shen Mingzhi in the middle of the night.
She already went through a lot during childbirth, and he was just taking care of the child, so he didn't want her to be exhausted as well.
“Then bring the child out. Niannian is more fussy, while Zhouzhou is quiet,” Jiang Qing said with a smile.
Jiang Shao Chen returned to his room, carried Niannian out, and handed her over to Jiang Qing.
"I'm going to sleep for two hours," he told Jiang Qing before returning to his room.
If I don't sleep, I won't be able to stay awake at the construction site today.
At 7:30, Shen Mingzhi woke up and realized that she hadn't woken up at all last night. She unconsciously looked at Jiang Shaochen beside her.
Jiang Shaochen usually gets up at 6:30, but today it's almost 8 o'clock and he's still sleeping.
He looked extremely tired.
Zhouzhou has woken up, her round eyes wide open, quietly gazing at the mosquito net hanging above the bed.
Shen Mingzhi got up quietly, picked up Zhouzhou, and left the room.
Jiang Qing was sitting in the courtyard. When she saw her come out, she smiled and said, "Come on, here are some big meat buns I just bought. Come and eat them."
"I haven't washed up yet." Shen Mingzhi put Zhouzhou in the stroller.
"Then hurry up!" Jiang Qing said, then called out, "Sister Wang, Zhouzhou is awake. Could you please get the warmed milk?"
After Shen Mingzhi finished washing up, Jiang Shaozhen also came out of the house. He first went to the main room to wash his face with cold water before going to the courtyard, sitting down next to her, picking up a steamed bun, and taking a bite.
"You worked hard last night," Shen Mingzhi said softly.
We agreed to take turns last night, but she didn't hear a sound in the middle of the night and slept like a log.
"If my mom asks, just say you took her in the middle of the night," Jiang Shaozhen instructed her, taking a sip of his porridge.
"Isn't this a lie?" Shen Mingzhi muttered softly.
“I’m her son. No matter what, a mother will always side with her son. If you don’t say that, she’ll have a problem with you. Giving birth was like going through hell, so it’s only right that I help take care of the baby,” Jiang Shaozhen said with a smile.
Shen Mingzhi looked at the man who was drinking porridge with his head down, and for a moment, she felt a mix of emotions.
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