Seeing that her husband was still pretending to be confused, Xu Hongmei was stunned for a moment and then became anxious.

"What time is it? You are still playing dumb here. There is no one around here, so I want to talk to you about serious matters."

Xu Wangting stared, but still stood up, pushed the door of the office and took a look. He looked around and saw no one, so he closed the door and returned to his wife.

He lowered his voice and said, "My ancestor, don't you see where this place is? Can't you wait until I get home from get off work?"

"You have your own office and no one can hear you, so what are you afraid of?" Xu Hongmei didn't care. Her father was the leader of the School of Planning, and coming here was like being at home, so she didn't care about those things.

Xu Wangting asked, "Ji Ling gave birth to a girl?"

Without waiting for his wife to reply, he continued, "Why is your luck so bad? Such a good hand of cards, what a pity. But they are young, so just have another one."

"How can they have a second child now that family planning is in place?"

"What's wrong with family planning? Does the Zhu family still care whether she has a job?" Xu Wangting looked at his wife with disdain. "What kind of family is the Zhu family? Are they short of money? What they lack is grandchildren. Let alone having another child, even if they have ten, they can't pay the fine?"

Xu Hongmei was stunned by her husband's question. After thinking about it carefully, she said, "That's exactly what you said."

Xu Wangting walked back and sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. He looked leisurely, as if he was drinking the best tea in the world, but the white and transparent teacup was filled with only boiled water.

"I'm worried about Qiuping too. He has just been assigned to the unit. He called me a few days ago and said he wasn't used to it and was too tired." If Ji Ling is treated coldly in the Zhu family again, her son will not have a good time in the unit.

As a mother, there is nothing she doesn’t understand about her own son.

Having been spoiled since childhood, he can't endure any hardship.

"He studied maintenance, how can this job not be tiring? I see he feels tired even when eating, why don't you take him home and take care of him?" Xu Wangting looked at his wife.

Xu Hongmei said unhappily, "I am just worried that my son won't be able to hold on. He finally found someone to arrange a job for him, and his girlfriend's family is also from the capital. If he behaves well, they can get married early. Why should I worry about it?"

Xu Wangting said, "Ji Ling has given birth. I think you should go with her this time to see her and visit Qiu Ping. He has a job now and his marriage is about to be settled."

Xu Hongmei told her mother-in-law about the conversation between her and Ji Ling, "If your mother doesn't even go, why should I go?"

"Just go see your son and visit Xiaoling on the way." Xu Wangting didn't think it was hard to say. "Okay, it's settled."

So much money was spent on arranging a job for my son. Now that the job is arranged, the most important thing is to arrange the marriage. In this way, even if something happens to Ji Ling, it will not affect my son's lifelong event.

Xu Hongmei had her own concerns, "I can go there, but what if Qiuping's girlfriend also goes to Zhu's house and we run into her?"

Xu Wangting was stunned for a moment, "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

"This is not a matter of coincidence. After you said that, I also thought about it. If our family doesn't go, Qiuping's girlfriend's family will definitely think that our family is not close to Ji Ling, and they will have some thoughts in their hearts. But if I go, if we meet, we can tell at a glance whether we are close or not."

When I think about it this way, neither option works.

Xu Wangting took a deep breath, "Then you go first and keep an eye on the Zhu family. If you don't want to go to Qiuping's girlfriend's house, then you go. Sit there for a while and then come out."

Xu Hongmei thought about it and felt that this was the only thing she could do.

I felt uncomfortable when I thought about how I was flattered wherever I went at home and respected by parents of students at school, but now I had to act like a thief for the sake of my son.

Seeing that his wife was silent, Xu Wangting guessed what she was thinking, so he said, "Now you have to lower your face even if you can't. It's your fault that the son you gave birth to is not good enough."

When he and his wife heard that his son had a girlfriend in the capital, they were naturally happy.

As a result, when it came time to arrange work, the son realized he could no longer hide the truth, so he told the truth.

It turned out that his son's job at school might be assigned to his family. In order to stay in the capital, he used the Zhu family's banner to show off outside. The school began to take Mr. Zhu seriously, and the girl who usually looked down on his son also accepted him and even took the initiative to arrange a job for him.

After Xu Wangting found out, he scolded his son, but it was of no avail. He could only borrow money from everywhere to help his son settle the matter. However, something happened to the Ji family, and he offended his sister by borrowing money, and his parents also complained.

Both husband and wife were thinking about these things in their hearts and felt very uncomfortable, but they found it difficult to speak out.

In the capital, the day after Ji Ling gave birth, people started coming to the Zhu family. They were students of Zhu's father. There were always people at the house, but fortunately they were all downstairs, so Ji Ling was not disturbed in her bedroom upstairs.

Miao Man and the others came on the fifth day after she gave birth. They thought that there were fewer people in the Zhu family now, but when they arrived, they saw that the house was full of people.

Zhu Yaowu and others were at home. When they saw them coming, they asked them to go upstairs directly.

It was very quiet upstairs and there were no outsiders.

Miao Man and the others relaxed only when they saw Ji Ling. The baby was already five days old and looked very good. Miao Man and the other two surrounded the baby and did not dare to breathe, for fear of scaring the baby.

Ji Ling laughed at the side, "Wait until the baby is one month old before you hold him. He is very soft now, and I am afraid to hold him myself."

The three of them withdrew their gazes and looked at Ji Ling with envy.

Although Ji Ling was in confinement after giving birth, she was in good spirits, her hair was neat, and she looked refreshed.

Ji Ling whispered, "I took a bath secretly, and my mother-in-law and the others didn't know."

"Can I take a shower during confinement?" the three of them whispered.

"It's okay." Ji Ling smiled. How could she say that in a few decades, after they saw how postpartum care centers took care of mothers, they would not find it surprising to take a bath during the confinement period.

"Then when the new semester starts, can you go?" Li Jia asked.

"Yes, I can go. My mother-in-law and grandmother will help me take care of the children. I can stay at home after school."

"That's good, now we can be together again." Tang Meng also breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Ling smiled and said, "So now you envy me for having a baby, then you should hurry up and find a partner to have one, and it won't affect my schooling."

The three of them blushed and said there was no rush.

Finally, Ji Ling invited the three of them to have lunch with her before they left.

Wang Sanmei came in the afternoon. She was thinking of waiting until there were fewer people around before coming back. At that time, the Zhu family had just sent off the last group of guests.

Wang Sanmei was familiar with this place. When she saw Zhu Yaowu, she asked, "Are Uncle Ji and the others here?"

Counting the days, they should have arrived yesterday.

(End of this chapter)