After Lu Jingchuan delivered the gifts, Gong Linglong went outside and brought in the birthday cake that had been prepared earlier. She didn't sing the birthday song, but her clear and ethereal voice was tinged with a deep smile: "Three babies, one gift for each year, one inch of joy, you have grown up to be one year old."
"Now mom and dad are holding your hands, and from now on you will hold mom and dad's hands. In this life, this road, which is neither long nor short, we will walk hand in hand slowly as a family."
"You are so cute, so funny, and so smart."
"You are your parents' most beloved treasures, our most perfect happy creation. I wish you all the good things in the world, a life without illness or worries, a heart filled with warmth and sunshine, and a life of happiness and joy."
Her blessing to her children is the same as Lu Jingchuan's. She does not expect them to strive to reach a certain height, but only hopes that they will be happy in this life.
"Thank you, Mom."
The three children were very touched. They all stood up and gave her a kiss.
Gong Linglong also kissed their fair and cute little faces. After Lu Jingchuan lit the small candles he had prepared earlier, she smiled gently and said, "My three darlings, close your eyes and make a birthday wish."
The triplets sat cross-legged on the bed, put their hands together, closed their eyes and made a silent wish after listening to her instructions.
After they made their wishes, Gong Linglong instructed them, "Come, blow out the candles."
After blowing out the candles, Lu Jingchuan placed the small cake on the table next to him and took a knife to cut the cake. As he cut, he said, "This is the birthday cake Mom made for you tonight. She learned how to make it from the Western chef at the State Guest House. It's a fruit jam cake. Eat it before you go to sleep."
The cake was not big, only about six or seven inches. Lu Jingchuan divided it into five equal parts and carried the three children to the small table to sit and eat.
"Mom, it's delicious."
Lu Chuming fell in love with the cake after just one bite. The layers of jam in the cake were sweet and sour, just to his liking.
Gong Linglong and the others also ate with plates. The jams were homemade by her. There were three layers of jam in the cake, including strawberry jam, raisin jam and rose jam. There was not much sugar in it, and it was a very pure and clean jam.
“It’s really good.”
Lu Jingchuan usually doesn't like sweets and doesn't like various pastries, but he really likes the taste of this birthday cake.
Seeing that they all liked it, Gong Linglong immediately arranged: "Make two more big ones tomorrow morning and bring them to grandpa and grandma for everyone to try together."
The two of them finished eating quickly, but the three children ate more slowly. After they finished eating, Gong Linglong immediately washed their faces and hands, cleaned up, and carried them to bed and covered them with the quilt.
When Lu Jingchuan was not at home, the four of them, mother and children, slept in the space. When he was at home, they did not sleep in the space, but now they also sleep in separate beds from the three children.
After the three children fell asleep, the couple returned to their room and spent the night in love until late.
On the first day of the new year, the whole family slept in. After breakfast, they immediately started steaming cakes. They were busy until after nine o'clock before they finished making two cakes. Then, the family of five packed a trunk full of gifts and hurried to the Lu family to pay New Year's greetings.
They arrived quite late, and all the uncles and relatives of the Lu family had arrived. The whole family was sitting in the living room.
The triplets carried a schoolbag today to hold their New Year's money. As soon as they entered the house, they started to wish everyone a happy new year. Their mouths were as sweet as honey, and they flattered everyone in their baby voices, making all the elders burst into laughter. Then, of course, they took away all the pocket money in their pockets.
"Come, come, have some cake. Linglong made this birthday cake herself this morning."
Zhou Lanqin and her son carried a large tray and cut the two large cakes into equal parts, giving each person a small piece so that everyone could taste this fresh Western-style pastry.
"Wow, it's delicious."
This kind of dessert is most popular among girls. The cousins of the Lu family all liked it as soon as they tried it. The female elders also loved it and praised it after trying it.
After eating the cake, the first birthday drawing began.
The triplets were not ordinary children. Grandpa Lu had long discovered that they were much smarter than other children. He did not prepare toys for ordinary children to draw lots, but instead carefully selected a few special things.
A pistol without bullets, a helicopter model, a wooden sailboat, a stethoscope, an abacus, and an inkstone that looks a bit old.
Six creatures were placed on the carpet in the middle. Grandpa Lu smiled and instructed, "Chu Ming, Chang Xiao, Peng Ze, come here. You are all one year old today. Let's start by drawing lots. Choose the one you like."
The three brothers were all connoisseurs of goods. Lu Changxiao pointed at six items and said with his chest puffed out, "Grandpa, you can't fool us with fakes."
Mr. Lu: "...How can it be fake?"
"That plane is fake, and the boat is fake too." Lu Changxiao looked down on toys, so if he had to choose, he would choose the real one.
"Ha ha..."
Nearly twenty people standing nearby were laughing.
Lu Beizheng, the youngest son of the Lu family, hugged his chest and echoed his nephew: "Old man, if you want to do it, do it for real. Go get a helicopter and then a boat. What's so good about this toy? The old men in our Lu family don't care about toys."
"Little grandpa, you still understand me." Lu Changxiao flattered him again.
"Haha." Lu Beizheng was very happy. He looked at Lu Jingchuan and his wife and praised them, "Jingchuan, Linglong, you taught me well."
Mr. Lu smiled widely, "These three brats are quite discerning. They don't even like toys."
None of the three looked at the toy model, and no one asked him to prepare the real one. Instead, they all walked over to look at the pistol.
After reading it, Lu Changxiao stretched out his hand to the old man: "Grandpa, give me the bullets."
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