Tong Qiao turned around and continued walking upstairs, feeling warm in her heart. Lu Jin deeply respected his elders, was filial to his parents, and was kind to her. The main thing was the iron-clad and resolute temperament he occasionally exuded, which fascinated her. From this point of view, this man is not bad, and may be someone worth trusting for life.
Tong Qiao came upstairs just as Xia Daiyun came out of the room, "Mom, did you sleep peacefully?"
Xia Daiyun nodded and asked casually: "Have you received the certificate?"
"not yet."
"Why didn't you get it again?" Xia Daiyun frowned, "Qiao'er, you can't think of it all at once. An An is so old, you..."
"It's not that I disagree." Tong Qiao interrupted Xia Daiyun, "It's just something that delayed it."
"What's more important than getting a certificate?" Xia Daiyun obviously still didn't believe it.
Tong Qiao's eyes averted, her expression a little unnatural, "It's just... something happened."
"Qiao'er." Xia Daiyun took Tong Qiao's hand and said earnestly: "After getting along for more than half a year, your father and I both think Jin Shen is a good person. Although he is married for the second time and has children, he is I really love you, and I am calm and responsible..."
Tong Qiao raised her head and said, "Mom, why don't you believe me? Something really delayed me."
"real?"
"Well, you go ask Lu Jinshen, and I'll go see An An." Tong Qiao did not give Xia Daiyun a chance to speak, and walked into the room.
"This kid." Xia Daiyun muttered, quickly went downstairs, sat down on the sofa, "Jin Shen, Qiao'er said you didn't get the certificate?"
"Ah?" Tong Wenbin took off the cigarette from the corner of his mouth and looked at Lu Jinshen with a puzzled face, "Didn't you get the certificate?"
Lu Jinshen nodded slightly, "Well, something delayed me."
Xia Daiyun was silent for two seconds and said, "Jin Shen, if Qiao'er is ignorant, don't hide it for her. Tell me, I will educate her well."
"Mom, Qiao'er is fine..." Lu Jinshen wanted to explain but didn't know how to speak.
Xia Daiyun and Tong Wenbin both looked at Lu Jinshen. After waiting for a while and seeing nothing, Xia Daiyun asked, "Why is that?"
Lu Jinshen, “…”
Tong Wenbin waited for a while and asked tentatively: "Is it because your mother doesn't like Qiao'er?"
"No, my mother likes Qiao'er very much." Lu Jinshen used to pull the collar buckle. When he reached the collar, he remembered that he was not wearing a military uniform today. Military uniform? Lu Jinshen thought of an excuse and said, "There was an emergency in the army, so I went back. When I got back, the Civil Affairs Bureau was already off work. Qiao'er and I will go apply for a marriage certificate tomorrow morning."
Tong Wenbin and Xia Daiyun breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"It's okay, work is important." Xia Daiyun said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, work is important." Tong Wenbin also said with a smile: "You are hungry, let's eat cold dishes and drink some wine to warm up first, and the food in the kitchen will be ready in a while."
When Xia Daiyun went downstairs, she heard noises from the kitchen. At this moment, Children Wenbin said this, and she knew that Lu Jinshen and Tong Qiao hadn't eaten yet, so she got up and said, "I'm going to get the good wine your father collected."
After a while, the food and wine were put on the table, and Lu Jinshen and Tong Wenbin drank for a while before going downstairs.
By now, the hot dishes were basically on the table. Tong Qiao was so hungry that she started to eat.
Lu Jinshen stood by and brought her vegetables from time to time, reminding her to eat slowly.
Tong Wenbin and Xia Daiyun were very pleased to see the young couple having such a good relationship, and the smiles on their lips never faded.
…
In the bedroom, the child kept crying. Tong Qiao was holding An An and pacing back and forth in the room to coax her. Lu Jinshen didn't even bother to put on his coat and was busy making milk powder for the child.
"Qiao'er, how much water should be put in five spoons of milk powder?"
Tong Qiao was upset by her child's crying, and said in an impatient tone, "Didn't I tell you, mix a spoonful of milk powder with 30 ml of water. Hurry up, An An is very hungry."
How could Lu Jinshen, a grown man, do such meticulous work? He spent a long time making milk powder. Not only were milk powder and water everywhere on the table, but he was also sweating profusely. He finally made the milk powder and put it in An An's mouth. The child took a sip, stirred, dropped the pacifier, and cried louder.
"What's going on? Is it too hot?" Tong Qiao asked Lu Jinshen to squeeze some milk on the back of her hand. It was so hot that she shook her hand away. She frowned and glared at Lu Jinshen, "How can An'an drink when it's so hot? It's even easier to make milk powder. No, just hold the baby and I’ll do it.”
Lu Jinshen took the child and held it in his arms awkwardly. The child's cries made the heart of Lu Jinshen melt. He stood beside Tong Qiao and urged, "Qiao'er, hurry up." Come on, An An is starving."
"Don't rush me, I'm just making milk." Tong Qiao also feels sorry for her daughter, but this is the first time she has spent the night with a child. In the Lu family, Aunt Lin takes care of the children, so making milk powder is something Tong Qiao doesn't do in Lu. Occasionally, I would help with the bathing, but she was not familiar with it, and she had always been careless, and she was not good at this kind of detailed work. She was anxious and Lu Jin was urging her, and she started to rush.
Accidentally, the boiling water scalded my hand.
Tong Qiao screamed, and Lu Jinshen hurriedly came over, "It's burned. Does it hurt?"
Tong Qiao's eyes were red and she shook her head. It was just a little red. It didn't bother her. It didn't hurt, but it was urgent. She didn't know how to coax the child to cry. She was hungry and it would take a long time to make milk powder. "Lu Jinshen , I don’t know how to take care of children, what should I do?”
While Lu Jinshen was swinging the child, he took Tong Qiao's hand and blew gently, "It's okay. If you don't know how, I'll do it."
"But neither can you."
"It doesn't matter, I'll learn. Come on, you hold the baby and I'll take care of it."
"No, I'll do it."
While the two were talking, there was a knock on the door, "Qiao'er, why is the child crying so hard?"
Tong Qiao hurriedly opened the door. When she opened the door, Xia Daiyun was standing at the door wearing a coat, "Mom, An'an is hungry."
Xia Daiyun entered the room and knew what was going on when he saw the mess on the table. While making milk powder, he said, "Why didn't you call me?"
"I don't want to disturb your sleep." Tong Qiao stood beside him aggrievedly.
In a short time, Xia Daiyun had prepared the milk powder. She was nestling in Xia Daiyun's arms and sucking milk without crying or fussing. She was so well-behaved.
After finishing the milk, Xia Daiyun said, "I'll take the baby to sleep, and you can send the milk powder and diapers to my room."
Tong Qiao sent everything over, and when she left, she took Xia Daiyun's hand and said, "Mom, did you raise me like this before?"
"if not?"
"It's so hard to raise children. I will definitely honor you and dad from now on." Tong Qiao said with emotion.
Xia Daiyun smiled, "My Qiao'er has become sensible."
Tong Qiao pouted, "When did I become ignorant?"
"You used to only cause trouble for me and your dad all day long. When I was in school, was there any parent-teacher meeting where I wasn't criticized by the teacher?"
"Mom, why do you still remember these old things?"
"Stop talking, it's very late. Go and sleep. Get up early tomorrow. Don't delay getting the certificate any longer."