Jiang Changhe was so excited that his eyes moistened. He had made it!
From now on, he could finally walk out with his back straight, no longer the subject of whispers in the village!
Jiang Changhai and Su Wanyu were also very happy for them. The second branch of the family had suffered too much over the years due to not having a son, and they hoped the arrival of this child would change their mindset and enable them to live well.
Jiang Dashan was equally delighted for his son. Having a boy in the family was good news, especially since this little grandson also shared his birthday.
He hadn’t even seen his grandson yet, but he already had a bit of a bias.
All the Jiang family members were delighted, except Sun Lixia wasn’t too happy.
Zhao Xiaojuan had indeed given birth to a boy. Now there was another kid who would compete with her own son for things.
Although she was unhappy, she dared not show it, lest her in-laws discover her mood and scold her.
After the midwife was done, she finally allowed Jiang Changhe to enter the room.
Jiang Changhe tiptoed into the room, as if he were afraid of startling his newly born precious son.
"Mom, let me hold my son," Jiang Changhe said as he reached for the baby in Zhang Guihua’s arms.
Looking at his newborn son’s tender pink skin, he lowered his voice and, with a tremble, said, "Yuanbin, I am your dad, my good son."
Jiang Changhe’s voice was somewhat choked. He had waited so many years for this son, and finally, he had arrived.
The name Yuanbin was one he had picked several months in advance at the youth farm, having asked the youths there to help him choose it.
If it were a boy, he would be called Jiang Yuanbin, and if it had been a girl, she would have been called Pandidi.
Sun Lixia also entered the room with the others and saw Jiang Changhe holding the child and calling him Yuanbin, which really irked her.
She had two sons, one educated and the other a soldier, but he, the second son, had managed to have both in one, showing too much cunning.
Even Jiang Changtao felt a bit uneasy, thinking that the second son, having just had a son, seemed to want to overshadow them, and he too began to worry about his own family’s future.
After watching the child for a while, Jiang Changhai and Su Wanyu saw there was nothing they needed to do, so they decided to head back to town.
"Mom and Dad, if there’s nothing else, we’ll head back first," Jiang Changhai said to Zhang Guihua.
"Okay, you go ahead. Remember to come back for a meal when the baby is a month old," Zhang Guihua said joyously.
Once they left the Jiang household, Su Wanyu, pushing the bicycle, confidently said, "Your daughter has definitely taken Yu Cheng to the riverbank to laze around and cool off."
"Ever since she was little, she has loved the riverbank. It’s cool there, and it has water; she always knows where to find the best spots," Jiang Changhai agreed.
Indeed, as mother knows best, Jiang Mianmian was currently cooling off under a tree by the river with Yu Cheng, a spot she used to frequently laze around at.
Jiang Mianmian and Yu Cheng each held a sweet potato, their feet in the refreshingly cool river water, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
"Brother Yu, this is my secret base, an excellent sanctum that’s shaded from the sun all day long."
A perfect sanctum for cooling off and being lazy, right?
Seeing her proudly content expression, Yu Cheng raised his eyebrows and said noncommittally, "When you go to the Capital City, I’ll take you to my secret base."
"Okay, I promise I’ll keep it a secret. Come on, let’s make a pinky promise," Jiang Mianmian extended her pinky finger, seriously hooking it towards Yu Cheng.
Upon seeing this, Yu Cheng clicked his tongue and said, "That’s really childish."
In fact, Jiang Mianmian was just teasing him, urging, "Hurry up."