Xibao was eager, not waiting for his mom to finish speaking, he tugged his grandfather Lu towards the fron of the bed. He pointed at his slumbering sister bundled up in swaddling clothes, excitedly saying to Grandfather Lu, "Grandpa, look, a sister, chubby sister, a baby, the baby is Big Baby!"
"Okay okay okay, Grandpa is coming to see your sister!" Feng Qingxue has already gotten off of the kang bed at this point, and Lu’s father had sat down on the edge of the kang to examine his little granddaughter.
The little granddaughter, the very first girl in the Lu family!
Both Lu’s eyebrows and eyes were filled with happiness. he naturally lowered his voice, asking "Xibao, are you happy to become a brother?"
"Happy!" Xibao nodded, "Sister, my sister!"
While saying this, he took out some milk candies from his pocket and generously places them next to Fubao, "Sister, eat this!"
Father Lu’s heart softened, not resisting the urge to sit his grandson on his lap, "Xibao is really good. Your sister will be really happy seeing the candies you are giving her. But, she is still too young to eat candies, how about when she grows up as big as Xibao, you give her your candies then?"
Hearing the exchange between grandfather and grandson, both Wang Zhengguo and Wang Fengqiao laughed, praising Xibao heartily.
Who wouldn’t be charmed by such a cute child?
In a low voice, Feng Qingxue asked Wang Fengqiao how they had been able to locate them. Back when the telegram was sent, she was still at the military hospital and hadn’t left her current address, to which Wang Fengqiao replied, "We located your military unit, and under their guidance, were able to find you here. Luckily you left an address when you moved out, otherwise, we would be clueless!"
Feng Qingxue nodded, also silently relieved.
When it was time to prepare lunch, Wang Fengqiao headed to the kitchen without a word. Guo Yan was busy making pork knuckle soup for Feng Qingxue, and told her when she entered, "You have travelled long and far, you should get some rest and chat with Xiaoxue. I will handle the cooking."
"How can that be? You have already been very troubled these few days. Now that we are here, you can take a break."
As Wang Fengqiao said this, she took out what they have brought: 50 kilos of white flour, corn flour, dried sweet potato flour and dried sweet potatoes each, a bag of dried vegetables, a basket of eggs, and four old mother hens they carried upside down by their legs.
"The journey was long and the car ride inconvenient, hence we only brought along these few chickens. It was really quite tiring to lug these chickens the whole way here!" Wang Fengqiao said, blushing in a bit of embarrassment, "Luckily we packed them tightly in a sack for the car ride, and had also brought along food for them, so they weren’t starved. Today, we will kill one to cook for Xiaoxue."
Observing this scene, Guo Yan mumbled, "You guys really spoil Xiaoxue." Who would be willing to bring this much stuff from such a long distance away? And who would spare the expense?
Wang Fengqiao covered her mouth and smiled, "She is my only niece and she doesn’t have parents. They’re two sisters who rely on each other, as their aunt and uncle we have to spoil them a bit more. The previous time Xiaoxue gave birth to Xibao at home, it was more convenient in terms of food and shelter. This time around with the birth of Fubao in the Capital, we were so worried given that no one from her family was with her. They should’ve telegraphed us when she was about to give birth instead of after she had already given birth. After lunch, I really need to give her a good scolding."
Despite saying that, every word and phrase conveyed the depth of her affection and she didn’t end up scolding her at all.
With family members taking care of them, Guo Yan left after lunch. It just so happened that Wang Xinsheng was at home and upon hearing the reason for her return, he immediately jumped up, "Did you say that Xibao’s grandpa and uncle have come?"