Chapter 268

Old Pei had prepared a sumptuous breakfast, but the household food expenses didn't need to be paid by Xia. She had originally planned to give money for meals every month, but Old Pei didn't allow her to pay, so she could only give up.

Relatively speaking, she could save a little expense, but at ordinary times when others came over to eat, Xia also didn't have the right to question. After all, the food was Old Pei’s.

At the dining table, Old Pei said to Pei Jianguo and Guo Momo: “Don’t worry about the house, since your dad has promised it, he will definitely handle it well.”

Xia knew that this sentence was definitely meant for her to hear, telling her that Pei Jianguo and Guo Momo would not live here for too long.

Hearing their conversation, Xia didn't say much, but quietly served food for the two children.

After breakfast, Pei Jianguo went to work, and Guo Momo stayed at home.

Xia was making milk powder in the room. She didn't need to hold it to feed them anymore. The three little ones were holding milk bottles and drinking by themselves.

Guo Momo knocked on the door and came in. “Auntie, my mom doesn't want to accept me, and doesn't let me and Jianguo into the house. We really had no other way, so we could only come to grandfather for help. We originally thought that we could rent a house to live in. Dad was willing to help us find a house, which relieved our urgent need. We’ll have to bother you these days. I'm really sorry."

"Since eldest brother has said so, he will definitely solve the housing issue for you. Just live here at ease these days. If you need anything, just tell your grandfather and don't be polite." Xia could only say that. She just hoped that this Guo Momo would be sensible, and not be like Wang Yue.

So far, the person seemed alright.

"Well." Guo Momo actually felt that although this young aunt spoke gently and behaved well on the surface, she was quite aloof towards her and Jianguo.

Jianguo had told her a few times that her mother-in-law made things too ugly at the beginning, so it was understandable that she was cold.

If it was someone petty, they probably wouldn't even be willing to let them live here.

On the surface, they came to rely on their grandfather, but when the family property was divided, this house had already been given to the third son, and it had nothing to do with others. She was quite clear about this in her heart. There were high school textbooks on the table. Guo Momo was naturally familiar with them, but was surprised. “Are the textbooks auntie’s?”

Xia's background was not a secret, but didn't people say that she hadn't gone to school?

Xia didn't deny it. “I usually study some things when I'm free.”

“Then auntie is really amazing. I couldn't understand when the teacher taught me back when I was in school...”

Guo Momo chatted for a while, then rushed to wash milk bottles for the triplets and helped look after the children. She also went to the backyard to help Old Pei water the vegetables. She was really a busy and hardworking person.

Time passed by in such harmony.

Pei Yong stayed at home for two days and left. No matter in any era, relationships make things easy to handle.

Pei Jianguo’s house was settled in about a week.

It was two rooms in the staff building, ordinary without anything fancy. There wasn’t even a kitchen. Cooking could only be done by putting a coal stove and stove top at the door, like other neighboring families did.

On the day they moved out, Guo Momo asked Old Pei if she could exchange some cloth tickets. That was when she found out that Wang Yue had directly changed the lock on the house. Over the past few days, Pei Jianguo didn’t even have a change of clothes.

No wonder Guo Momo was always washing clothes at night while Pei Jianguo wore his clothes during the day and washed them at night for this whole week. Fortunately, the weather was good enough that they wouldn’t dry overnight.

Guo Momo only had two sets of clothes made from cloth that Pei Jianguo had previously bought for her. Her old clothes were too shabby. It would have been surprising if her natal family didn’t beat her. Let alone preparing a dowry and such things for her.

This was also something Wang Yue didn't expect. She knew her own son but underestimated Guo Momo’s perseverance, and forcibly pushed Pei Jianguo towards Guo Momo.

The sultry summer passed, and Liu Ling came back with her child too.

An Zhiren and An ZhiXian specially came to pick her up along with the child, as a family reunion from the past.

An ZhiAng was also there. The siblings met after a long time. When they met, they learned that Xia had just given birth to triplets and got pregnant again. He almost gritted his teeth out of anger.

As expected, An ZhiAng was selected for the special forces team. It was said that on the first day he joined the team, he took down all the team members. Fortunately, Pei Jing had not been negligent during this period of time, otherwise if he lost as the instructor, it would have been a major loss of face.

During dinner, they also learned a piece of news that Liu Ling finally got pregnant with her second child this year when Wen Qing turned 6 years old. She had just confirmed it not long ago.

With this, some were happy while others were worried.

Originally, when there was only one grandson in the family, An Jingzhi and Zhou Nan were looking forward to Liu Ling getting pregnant with a second child as soon as possible. Now that she was finally pregnant, they felt that the timing was too tight. With two daughters-in-law and a daughter pregnant one after the other around the same time, and Xia having no mother-in-law to take care here, she would probably be overwhelmed with everything when the time came.

But the worries in her heart could not be seen by others, otherwise they might think she was unhappy that there were more children being added to the family.

In the past, the few sons in the family were envied by everyone, but now, she really wanted to give this blessing away.

She thought this way in her heart, but still had to do what needed to be done.

Luckily she could still cope with things for now. She would wait until next year to start worrying about those matters.

In March of the following year, Zheng Suchun gave birth to a daughter.

Xia's expected date of delivery was nearing, so she went to the hospital two days in advance.

It was still the hospital near Peace Road , mainly because An ZhiXian was here which was more convenient.

After the incident of switching babies last year, the hospital changed the dean and went through major reforms internally. Now each department was much more rigorous than before.

Liu Ling was still pregnant and working, so Zhou Nan had to take care of this one and that one.

Xia could understand her hardship, so she asked Zhang sister-in-law to come and take care of things. Old Pei could go next door to eat there. Besides, he was in good health and could cook by himself even if his skills were limited.

Luckily it was only one day before Pei Jing came back.

The two of them squeezed together in one bed in the silent night.

Xia, who was sleeping, suddenly felt her stomach twitch. She opened her eyes in confusion, touched her stomach, and found no movement. Only then did she close her eyes to continue sleeping. Suddenly, the child in her belly seemed to tumble. Half of her belly sank down.

Pei Jing seemed to have a sense for it and opened his eyes at that time.

With experience already, neither of them panicked. Pei Jing quickly got up and opened the door to the delivery room.

“Nurse, my wife is about to give birth...”

The pregnant women in this delivery room were people that the dean had specifically instructed to be taken special care of. No one dared to be negligent in the slightest.

After all, her last delivery was sensational enough. Even though it had been a year, that incident was still circulating in the hospital.