Wen Leyu drained the entire crock of rich soup, let out a satisfied burp, and only then smiled sheepishly at her mother-in-law, Fu Guiru.
"Mother, I've been rather greedy lately. I'm eating even more than Li Ye."
Fu Guiru smiled gently. "Being able to eat is not a bad thing. It's perfectly normal for you to be greedy and sleepy right now. Are you tired? If you are, go get some sleep."
Wen Leyu hurriedly said, "Not tired, not tired. I slept in until after nine this morning! Hehe~"
Fu Guiru sighed. "Sleep while you still can! In a few days, even if you want to sleep in, it won't be easy. Two children will be enough to keep you busy.
"But no matter how troublesome children are, they'll only be troublesome for a few years. Once they stop making a fuss, you might not even be used to it."
As Fu Guiru chatted sentimentally with Wen Leyu, she looked toward her three children.
Her eldest and second had only made a fuss for five or six years. Third child, Fu Yiruo, had been sensible from childhood, so obedient and sweet that she made people's hearts ache. Thus, when Fu Guiru thought of her three children's childhood mischief now, it was all a treasury of happy memories.
Knock, knock, knock~
A woman's voice came from outside. "Is anyone home? Is Comrade Li home?"
"Yes, yes!"
Li Ye answered as he left the dining room and headed toward the front courtyard, where he ran into Aunt Wang from the neighborhood committee at the second gate.
Aunt Wang pointed at the young man beside her and said with a smile, "Comrade Li, this is Cadre Liu, who was just transferred to our neighborhood committee. He's here today to collect family-planning statistics for