When he heard the phone ringing, Zhu Weidong almost ran over. He was always calm and didn't notice this.

After the call was picked up, Zhu Weiyue's voice rang out, "Big brother?"

"It's me." Zhu Weidong tightened his grip on the phone. "Where's your sister-in-law?"

"Brother, my sister-in-law gave birth to a little niece. She's very cute, with soft skin. I even poked her with my hand." Zhu Weiyue's cheerful voice came over, "I called you several times last night, but the person who answered the phone said you were out and would tell you when you came back. Didn't anyone tell you?"

"How is your sister-in-law?" Zhu Weidong didn't have time to care about that now.

"Sister-in-law is fine, but she took a night to give birth. I heard that she had a difficult birth. Mom was not here, but fortunately she is fine. However, she fell asleep due to exhaustion after giving birth to Niuniu. Heping Weiming and I came back to get some things. Grandma and second brother are in the hospital." Zhu Weidong was reassured first, and then he asked, "Brother, when will you be back?"

Zhu Weidong said, "I will ask for leave now."

Only then did he ask, "How is Niuniu?"

"Okay, he only cried once after waking up, and then he kept wanting to sleep. He was very obedient."

Zhu Weidong's mouth corners stretched unconsciously, "Take good care of your sister-in-law, I will go and ask for leave now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Weidong left the barracks and went to Director Wang.

Director Wang also stayed up late last night, so he went to bed early after breakfast when he came back, and it took him a while to get up when he heard the knock on the door.

He opened the door and saw that it was Zhu Weidong. He smiled and asked, "Why is Engineer Zhu here?"

"Director, I need to take a leave. My wife has given birth."

"Oh, congratulations on becoming a father." Director Wang was still wondering why the usually cold Zhu Weidong was smiling so happily. It turned out that he was a father. "I have to go back for this matter. How about this, let the driver take you to the county to take a bus. Is one week's star enough for you?"

It's a critical period on the construction site right now, so a week's vacation is great.

Zhu Weidong hurriedly said that was enough.

Director Wang didn't sleep either, and followed him to the driver's place. Whenever he met someone along the way, Director Wang shared with everyone the joy of Zhu Weidong becoming a father.

Congratulations rang out one after another, and Zhu Weidong smiled and thanked them.

Director Wang asked Zhu Weidong to pack up his things while he went to the driver.

When Zhu Weidong came out with his bag, he saw Director Wang walking towards him with a serious look on his face.

"Xiao Zhu, I'm afraid we can't leave now." Director Wang looked embarrassed. "What can I do? There's news from the construction site ahead that there are new problems on the land. We need you to go over and see if they need to change the route or how to repair it."

Zhu Weidong was stunned for a moment, "Then let's go now."

He did not ask for leave.

Director Wang felt very sorry. "The news just came in. Hu Gang found out over there and just sent a letter back. How about this, you send a letter home first, telling them not to worry. Once the matter here is resolved, you can go back immediately."

Zhu Weidong agreed.

Zhu Weidong, who originally wanted to go home to see his wife and children, had to put down his things and return to the construction site.

Lin Xiang pushed the door open and walked into the accounting office. She walked to Chi Fangping's desk with a smile and said, "Accountant Chi, you are busy so early in the morning. You don't even take a break. Others haven't woken up yet."

"If you can't sleep, come here early and deal with the piled things. I want to take a few days off to go home and visit." Chi Fangping put down the work in her hands, "Sister-in-law, is there something you want to do?"

Lin Xiang sat down and said, "What can I do? It's Engineer Zhu's business. His wife gave birth and Director Wang had approved his leave. But then Hu Gang suddenly sent me a message saying there was another problem at the construction site. Engineer Zhu couldn't get his leave."

Chi Fangping smiled and said, "There was no call when I went there. Someone else must have answered it. I don't know about that."

Lin Xiang nodded. "In order to make it convenient for Engineer Zhu to call home, the phone was placed at his place. Whenever anyone wants to make a call, they go to his office. His place has become a telephone booth."

As she spoke, Lin Xiang laughed, as if this was something very interesting.

Chi Fangping smiled and said, "Zhu Weidong went to the construction site? I haven't congratulated him yet."

"Wait for him to come back. There's still a chance." Lin Xiang suddenly seemed to remember something. "By the way, if you want to take a leave and go back, you can go with Engineer Zhu. He will definitely go back after these few days of work. Both of your families are from the capital."

Chi Fangping smiled and said, "Let's wait and see."

Then, Chi Fangping took out a bottle of facial cleanser from the drawer under her body and handed it to Lin Xiang.

"Sister-in-law, I brought this from the capital. The sun is strong here, so applying something is good for your skin."

Lin Xiang happily held the thing in her hand and said, "How can this be good? I feel embarrassed to always take things from you."

"Sister-in-law, take it and use it. It's not worth much. There's no need for us to be so polite."

Lin Xiang said, "Then I won't be polite with you. You're busy too, finish the things on hand as soon as possible. If there's enough time, you can go back with Engineer Zhu."

"We'll talk about it then." Chi Fangping smiled and sent Lin Xiang away, and the smile on her face faded a little.

He watched Lin Xiang return to the barracks where she lived before closing the door.

She was indeed the one who answered the phone call yesterday, but she pretended to have a male voice and didn't tell anyone else. Why did Lin Xiang suddenly ask about this? Did she overhear it?

Apart from this reason, she couldn't think of why Lin Xiang said that.

If this is true, we have to think of a solution.

In the capital, Zhu Yaowu, who was in the hospital, was a little unhappy when he received a call from his eldest brother saying that he could not come back in the next few days.

But his elder brother hung up the phone without saying anything, leaving him no time to even complain.

After returning to the ward, Zhu Yaowu slowed down his movements and looked up to see Ji Ling had woken up.

He first glanced at grandma and the crib, then walked over and lowered his voice, "Are you hungry? There's warm milk, drink some first."

Ji Ling nodded. She had been busy all night last night, using up all her energy, and slept for the whole morning. She was already starving.

After drinking half a bottle of warm milk in one breath, Ji Ling felt she had the strength to speak.

She asked, "Is there anything else to eat?"

The milk was not enough to satisfy her hunger, and she felt she could eat an entire cow.

"There are buns, but I don't know if they are edible." Zhu Yaowu took out the lunch box, but he didn't dare to give it to Ji Ling. "You still want breast milk, right? Can these be eaten?"

"You can eat." Ji Ling had previously asked her mother-in-law what she could and could not eat after giving birth.

After hearing her say that she could eat it, Zhu Yaowu gave her a bun.

(End of this chapter)