Chapter 21

“We are in no hurry for Lu Anning. She is still a child herself. It will be fine in two years.”

“Um.”

Lu Anning nodded in agreement.

“Suijia won’t urge you, right?”

“Why rush them? They became grandparents ten years ago and now have six grandchildren, including grandsons and granddaughters. They can’t take care of the existing ones, so there’s no point in rushing them.”

“If she urges me, I have to rush her.”

Among the three sisters, Song Zhenru gave birth to the most children, four sons and one daughter, and Sui Jingxing was the youngest.

Shen Meihong has one less child than Zhenru, two sons and two daughters.

Only Lu’s mother has a son and a daughter. She is not so obsessed with children and is willing to have as many as she wants.

If you have more children, it is good if the children are obedient. But if the children are disobedient and the brothers and sisters have bad relationships, it is the parents who are worried.

“That’s what you said.”

“Their youngest granddaughter seems to be only one year old?”

“That’s right. There are two little ones, one is two years old and the other is one year old. They are both brought up by their own parents.”

“Zhenru didn’t help take care of the eldest child’s three children because of work reasons. She also didn’t take care of the younger ones. It was fair to everyone.”

“It’s better this way. If you help one person take care of the child and don’t help the other, if they complain, it will only make the relationship awkward.”

“Lu Anning, it’s okay, just relax. If your mother-in-law doesn’t help you take care of your and Jing Xing’s children, Mom will help you.”

Lu Anning sat on the side, daydreaming. She didn’t want to listen to them chatting about family matters, but her mother and Aunt Shen always managed to bring the topic back to her, forcing her to listen.

She is only eighteen years old now, and just like her mother said, she is still a child herself.

She sincerely felt that having a child was a very distant thing for her and did not even involve the question of who would take care of the child.

If she really gives birth to a child in the future, and there is no one to help take care of it, she will just take care of it herself. She can’t just give birth to a child and not raise it.

Besides, it is better for children to grow up with their parents, which is more conducive to their growth.

“Lu Anning, stop chatting with them. Dad will take you out to play.”

Father Lu also noticed that she was not in a good mood. Since his wife now had someone to accompany her, he and Lu Anning didn’t have to stay at home to accompany her.

“Wait, are there any hats at home?”

Lu Anning shook his head.

“Go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy her a hat first. When the sun comes up, her scalp will hurt.”

“No need to go through so much trouble. I can just ride my bike and take Lu Anning all the way there.”

Going back and forth to the supply and marketing cooperative destroyed the leisure time of the father and daughter.

“Okay, go ahead, but don’t play for too long.”

“Wait, bring the kettle too!”

“Okay!”

Lu Sheng is different from most fathers of this generation.

He disagrees that the so-called father-daughter relationship should be both restrained and distant, and cannot be as close as the relationship between a daughter and her mother.

In his heart, his daughter, like his son, is the fruit of their love and the treasure they hold in their hands. He cherishes her and they can get along like good friends.

He really couldn’t deliberately keep his distance and be indifferent to his daughter.

When Lu’s father pushed the bicycle out, Lu Anning noticed that a cushion had been tied to the back seat at some point, even though the bicycle had been bought just yesterday.

In fact, this was sewn by Lu’s father himself early in the morning.

He had always been thinking about taking Lu Anning out for a ride on his bike, and was afraid that her butt would hurt while riding the bike, so he found two old patched clothes from Sui Jingxing in the closet outside their room, folded them up and sewed them together.

Halfway through, Lu’s mother saw that he was clumsy and wanted to help, but he refused, saying that this was the only way to show his fatherly love to Lu Anning.

“Come up quickly and try whether the cushion is soft or not.”

He patted it but didn’t say directly that he sewed it himself.

“Thanks, Dad.”

“Silly child, why don’t you say thank you to your daddy?”

Father Lu smiled and pulled his hair, then turned his head away and avoided looking at Lu Anning, afraid that she would notice his discomfort.

Lu Anning also knew that his father was touched and happy, so he sat horizontally on the cushion, waiting for him to start.

“Let’s go~”

Lu Sheng’s cheering look didn’t look like a 45-year-old middle-aged man at all. He could hardly contain his joy at this moment.

He has been busy with work all the time. When he finally has a vacation, he wants to take Lu Anning out to play. But eight out of ten times she would refuse because she doesn’t like going out and meeting strangers.

The fact that she agreed so readily this time must mean that she was determined to make a change.

Just like she said, she wanted to try to get in touch with the outside world, stop closing herself off, and try to go out and take a look. At least that’s what Lu’s father thought.

Lu’s father and mother did not find it strange about the subtle changes in Lu Anning in the past few days. Instead, they were very happy.

As long as Lu Anning is fine, they are happy no matter what she is like.

The father and daughter went to the supply and marketing cooperative, where there were only the most ordinary straw hats.

When it was worn on her head, it was a little too big, but fortunately there was a rope so she could tie it under her chin.

“How about buying this first? Next time we go back to Beijing, Dad will go to the department store and buy you a nice hat.”

“Um.”

Seeing that she agreed, Lu’s father readily paid two cents.

When Lu Anning came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, he met someone who surprised him a little.

The other party did not avoid her. Instead, he smiled and waved at her, then walked past her into the supply and marketing cooperative.

This person is called Hu Shanshan, and she is the culprit who sent the original owner away.

He prescribed medicine for the original owner, sent her rice wine and eggs, and deliberately wanted to “kill” her, but he could still greet her as if nothing had happened. Lu Anning couldn’t help but sigh at the strong psychological quality of this person.

In fact, Hu Shanshan was scared inside. After she delivered rice wine and eggs to Lu Anning and learned that she was rushed to the hospital, she immediately asked for leave and went home.

During the days she stayed at home, she had been trying to find out about Lu Anning through various channels.

When Hu Shanshan learned that she had been in a coma for two days, she felt more happy than scared.

In her opinion, she had the chance to be with Sui Jingxing, but Lu Anning came in the middle of nowhere.

As long as Lu Anning died, perhaps she and Sui Jingxing would have hope again.

As a result, on the third day at home, she heard the news that Lu Anning had woken up!

I was so angry that I smashed things all over the house!

What followed was fear, tension, and cold sweats all over the body.

What if others knew that she was the one who put Lu Anning in the hospital?

She kept hiding at home and didn’t dare to go out. Finally, it was her mother Yang Zhi who noticed her strangeness. After questioning her, she found out that she almost made a big mistake and almost killed someone.

After all, she was her only daughter. After Yang Zhi confirmed from Hu Shanshan that Lu Anning was deaf and dumb and there was no possibility of evidence, she made up a story for Hu Shanshan that they and her mother thought was foolproof.

No matter how much she died, she would never admit that she knew that another doctor had prescribed cephalexin to Lu Anning, and that sending her rice wine and eggs was purely accidental, and she simply wanted to be close to Lu Anning.