Li's mother directly kept Chen Jiqing and Chen Jixiang: "Li Min, go and sort out Jiqing and Jixiang's clothes for Xiao Fu."
"These two children will stay for now. Relying on you to raise them is worse than letting them grow wild."
Li Min was dissatisfied: "During the busy season, wasn't I raising them quite well? Aren't the two children very sensible because I taught them?"
"What a thick skin," Li's mother poked her daughter: "When will you not take them home or to the nursery? The two children are raised by everyone together."
"This time Hua'er is carrying twins, Jiqing and Jixiang will stay here with me, and you go help Xiao Fu."
"Alas! Another person to serve." Li Min grumbled as she went out.
In more than half an hour, she came over with Chen Fu, carrying two bags of luggage.
Chen Fu thanked Li's mother: "Sorry to trouble you, Grandma."
Li's mother said reproachfully: "What are you talking about? We are family, why be so polite?"
"It's you too. Your mother isn't coming, so you're not saying anything? She's unreliable, are we relatives just for show?"
Chen Fu smiled and said: "I didn't know Hua'er would be so drowsy this time."
"Even if my mother wasn't coming today, I would have sent Jiqing and Jixiang over. I really don't have the energy to watch them."
Li's mother worried about her grandson about other things: "Then what are your plans for next year?"
Chen Fu had already made arrangements: "I've spoken to the neighbors, I'll rent it to him for a year next year, and I'll stay home to take care of Hua'er."
Renting it out to someone else for a year?
Li Min disagreed: "My father and I will go up to open a shop."
"Pah!" Li's mother spat at her daughter: "Your cooking, only we would eat it out of respect, can tourists give you face?"
"Don't you want your job at the nursery? If your sister-in-law says she's hiring, the stairs outside the courtyard gate will be broken by applicants. Don't end up with nothing."
After being rebuffed by her mother like this, Li Min also retreated: "Okay, okay, in short, the children are the most important, money can be earned slowly."
Li's mother's expression improved: "Xiao Fu, I've stewed some wild chicken soup. Come over for lunch, and bring some back for Hua'er."
"Your mother is too impetuous and not suitable for this kind of delicate work."
Li's mother was not at all at ease with her daughter taking care of Hua'er, who was pregnant with twins.
Her daughter was clearly very excited, and if anything went wrong, it would be too late to regret it.
Chen Fu nodded, put down the luggage, asked his mother to help sort it out, and went home.
Li Min leaned in front of her mother: "Mom, my heart is still pounding, if it's really twins, then it will be a real honor."
"In Kushan, no, in our area, there are no twins. When others envy Jiqing and Jixiang, my heart sinks, fearing that I will be laughed at in the future."
"Now I'm not afraid anymore, this is the good fortune they brought, right?"
Li's mother tapped her daughter: "You are in your forties, you should be more steady. It's only right for you to think this way. Jiqing and Jixiang together are particularly blessed."
Li Min smiled foolishly: "Hehe, I know I'm not steady enough, I won't cause any trouble for them."
"From today onwards, Suozhu and I will eat three meals here. We won't move in. With more people, Ziyu will feel uncomfortable."
Her daughter's shamelessness, which climbed the ladder, made Li's mother laugh and cry: "Fine! Go tell your eldest sister-in-law, it's up to them whether they come back for meals."
"Also, don't blab about the twins. Wait until the ultrasound is done."
"I know." Li Min nodded: "Xiao Fu also warned me. I'll put Jiqing and Jixiang's clothes in your wardrobe first."
Saying that, she carried the two bags of luggage to the main house.
Li Zhengguo had already finished chopping the filling and was tidying up the cutting board. He said to Li's mother:
"Mom, let's just wrap this much today. Tomorrow, ask Li Min to chop more filling and steam more. When you come back for New Year's, you're not allowed to eat ready-made food."
Li's mother agreed. She was happy that her daughter was back for New Year's. New Year's was all about having many people and a lively atmosphere.
Of course, there were also many things to do. Her body was good, but too many things were tiring.
Ouyang Meihua personally came to tell Li's mother that they would also come for New Year's. They would only eat two meals a day and not breakfast.
Tomorrow she would go back to her maiden home to deliver New Year's gifts, and come back the day after tomorrow to help.
Then she talked to Tian Jing about Hua'er's twin pregnancy, and then about Xiao Bo and Ziyu's marriage.
Tian Jing said she would go to the Yu family after the New Year to discuss the wedding, which made her envious:
"I don't know when Yan Yan will bring a girlfriend back."
Tian Jing comforted her: "When fate comes, it can't be stopped. Don't worry."
Ouyang Meihua sighed: "I can only comfort myself like this. According to what you said, I myself got married late, and my younger brother is still unmarried. I can't force my children."
...
In the afternoon, Li Weibo called back and said he would come down the mountain tomorrow and would stay overnight on the mountain.
Tian Jing, worried, warned him many times.
After hanging up the phone, Li Zhengguo smiled and said she was finally acting like a mother.
Tian Jing glared at her husband playfully: "Then what was I like before?"
"Like a friend." Li Zhengguo quickly explained: "If you don't believe me, ask Hao Hao and the others. They all say you interact with them like a friend."
"Hmph!" Tian Jing snorted: "Actually, you mean I've become long-winded."
"No, absolutely not." Li Zhengguo raised his hands in a guarantee. He absolutely couldn't admit that his wife was right.
"I don't care about you." Tian Jing got up and went to the kitchen: "I'll go make steamed buns."
...
Li Min was already making steamed buns with Li's mother. Seeing her sister-in-law arrive, she asked why Li Weibo called.
When she learned that Li Weibo and the two of them wouldn't be coming down the mountain tonight, she urged her sister-in-law to hurry up and arrange the wedding for her nephew.
If they were so attached, something would happen.
Tian Jing told her they were going to the Yu family after the New Year, so she changed the subject to ask how much dowry the Yu family would give?
Li's mother picked up a piece of dough and stuffed it into her mouth: "I've told you, Xiao Bo is marrying. If you can't speak, then shut up."
Li Min pulled the dough out of her mouth and wanted to put it back on the dough board. Looking at the saliva on the dough, she was disgusted with herself and casually threw it into the stove:
"Then how much dowry does sister-in-law plan to give?"
Tian Jing shook her head: "This matter, after we go there, we'll decide after inquiring about the local situation."
"I'm also planning to buy Xiao Bo a wedding house, and I'll have to understand the local situation for decoration and furniture."
"Eh?" Li Min exclaimed: "Isn't the Yu family in the capital?"
"Yes, it is in the capital." Tian Jing nodded: "But Ziyu's father is serving in the Northern Military Region, and her mother followed the army, so where do you think she lives?"
Li Min's question came again: "Does her mother not have a job?"
"I don't know." Tian Jing shook her head: "This is not within my scope of concern."
Seeing that Li Min still wanted to ask, Tian Jing directly cut her off: "As long as I am satisfied with Ziyu, then other problems are not problems."
In the evening, Tian Jing also asked Li Zhengguo how much dowry he planned to give.
After all, she had given a gift of over two hundred thousand for the first meeting, and she truly liked Ziyu.
Li Zhengguo thought for a moment and said: "Fifty thousand, buy the wedding house as you said, let Ziyu decide on the decoration and furniture, and we'll give another thirty thousand."
"No matter how much dowry is given, with Yu Jinghai's personality, he will just add some and give it to Ziyu as a dowry."
"Besides, in the end, it will all be for Xiao Bo's children. Actually, Mom is right, giving a child the surname Yu, our family is taking advantage."
"I'm not talking about money, but Yu Jinghai's network of connections. In the end, it will all be left to Xiao Bo's children."
"Ziyu's agreement to marry early is also for the reason of having a boy to take over as soon as possible. I just hope the first one can be a boy."
In fact, when the Yu family initially asked for a child to have the surname Yu, Tian Jing guessed that they must have wanted a boy:
"Tell Yu Jinghai clearly in advance, we have no opinion on choosing a boy to have the surname Yu."
"As long as the two children have a good relationship, no matter what the child's surname is, they are still the children of both. The Yu family investing in their education is truly Xiao Bo's good fortune."
Li Zhengguo hugged his wife: "Hehe, actually, when Yu Jinghai called me, he said that Xiao Bo had agreed to have the first boy's surname be Yu."
"In front of Mom, I didn't dare to say too clearly. Yu Jinghai also asked me to explain to you that he would raise any girls born before the first boy, and they would all be considered Yu family's daughters."
"He's dreaming!" Tian Jing pushed her husband away: "Did you agree?"
"I wouldn't dare to agree." Li Zhengguo knew that his wife actually liked girls: "I only said we'd talk about it later."
"Hmph!" Tian Jing snorted: "After the New Year when we go to the Yu family, I must make it clear. Any girls born before the first boy will have the surname Li."
"However, no matter which child has the surname Yu and which child has the surname Li, we will not separate them from their mother. They will all be with Ziyu."
"If Ziyu can't take care of them, we'll hire a nanny. We'll pay a high price for the best nanny."
"Look at you, you're getting angry as you talk?" Li Zhengguo comforted his wife:
"You can say you'll hire a nanny, but you can't say who will pay for it so aggressively."
"Just say that from now on, we'll send living expenses for the child every month."
Tian Jing playfully glared at him: "Mayor Li is getting better and better at talking."
Li Zhengguo flipped over: "No, I'm getting more and more capable."