Fearing that Xibao would keep calling out for a little sister, Feng Qingxue swiftly changed the subject, saying, "We haven’t determined the gender yet and haven’t named the child. If you could name the child, it would be a blessing for that child’s three lifetimes."
"What generation should the child belong to?" asked the elder leader.
"The ’Tian’ generation. Xibao’s two elder cousins are named Tianjun and Tianzhi."
The elder leader thought for a moment. "All these names suggest intelligence and beauty, clearly reflecting the elders’ expectations for the younger generation."
"Yes!" This was also what Father Lu had said then.
After a moment of consideration, the elder leader said, "I’ve thought of some names. If it’s a girl, name her Lu Tianhui. If it’s a boy, name him Lu Tianxiu. These names resonate with their elder brothers’."
Overjoyed, Feng Qingxue leapt up, "Thank you elder leader, these are wonderful names!"
Indeed, the future children would outshine Xibao, as their names are uniquely sourced.
In the elder leader’s presence, Feng Qingxue always thought about the future, for the person before her was a great progenitor one would never have a chance to meet in an entire lifetime.
At this moment, Secretary Tang came over and said, "The meal is ready."
Feng Qingxue, who was accustomed to not eating at other people’s houses without bringing her own food, was about to excuse herself. But the elder leader said, "You all stay and have a meal, I have some questions for you."
With the elder leader’s firm words, Feng Qingxue swallowed back her refusal.
She found that even for a state leader, the elder leader’s meal was not extravagant. It was simply four dishes and a soup—braised pork, steamed perch, scrambled eggs with green pepper, spicy stir-fried potato strips, tofu soup, and corn grits brown rice—provided only when there were guests.
Additionally, the cook specially made a bowl of three-delight dumpling soup for Xibao.
"Do you know which dish is the elder leader’s favorite?" Wang Tiesheng asked Feng Qingxue.
Without hesitation, Feng Qingxue said, "Braised pork! Just by seeing the position of it near the elder leader, anyone would know!" She was aware of the elder leader’s dietary restrictions—it was only braised pork that had absolutely no soy sauce. Whether or not everyone in the next generation would know this, she wasn’t sure. But she knew the elder leader’s dietary preferences.
Both the elder leader and Wang Tiesheng started laughing.
Xibao, not satisfied with the dumplings, pointed at the steamed perch, "Fish, fish, I want to eat fish!"
Having cooked this dish for her son before, Feng Qingxue knew that, with the exception of Lu Jiang and Xibao, she had kept it a secret from everyone else. But the boy’s memory when it came to food was exceptionally good. Hearing him call for fish, the elder leader immediately picked up a piece of the fish, blew on it to cool it down, and put it in the little boy’s mouth.
The perch had few bones, and its taste was delicious.
By the end, half of the perch had been devoured by Xibao, alongside the miniature dumplings.
"Full! Full!" Xibao touched his belly contentedly. Then he walked to the living room on his own, climbed onto the tea table and lay down sprawling, probably thinking that the tea table resembled the kang bed in shape?
Luckily, all the tea utensils on the table had been cleared away by Secretary Tang; otherwise, they would certainly have been swept onto the floor by him.
Amidst her embarrassment, Xibao suddenly sat upright. He rubbed his eyes with his chubby little hands and called out, "Mama, I need a pillow!"
"How about you sit on Mama’s lap and Mama holds you while you sleep?"
Feng Qingxue stood up, about to pick up Xibao, when the elder leader spoke, "If he’s sleepy, let him sleep on the bed. It’s cold on the table. You need to eat. It’s inconvenient to hold him. Secretary Tang, take Xibao to my room for a nap, give him a pillow and cover his belly with a towel blanket to prevent him from catching a cold."
In the end, it was Feng Qingxue who took Xibao to sleep. Before his nap, she especially took him outside to pee, so that he didn’t wet the bed, otherwise, it would have been really embarrassing.