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Chapter 598: 441: Stockpiling Thousands upon Thousands for a Natural Disaster, I'm Lazing Around Raising a Child Part 29_2

Chapter 598: Chapter 441: Stockpiling Thousands upon Thousands for a Natural Disaster, I’m Lazing Around Raising a Child Part 29_2

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The dialogue concluded, and everyone shifted the topic to when they could see the little baby and whether Su Zhiruan was a goddess from heaven.

Su’s mother lost all hope she had just had.

“Mom, why don’t we give it a try?” Su Mingzhu carefully observed her mother’s expression. She wasn’t satisfied; although she had previously spoken harshly to Su Zhiruan and never treated her as a family member, she now felt that she should also be the child’s aunt, and Su Zhiruan surely wouldn’t stand by and do nothing.

Su’s mother didn’t even glance at her again and just mechanically continued with her work before muttering, “From the way we treated her, she never saw us as family.”

Su Mingzhu fell silent.

If there was such a thing as a regret medicine in this world, they would have swallowed it without a second thought to go back and treat Su Zhiruan well.

But sadly, it was already too late.

*

Su Zhiruan returned home.

It was a bit more comfortable than the hospital built at the base, where older women were eager to volunteer as maids to take care of Su Zhiruan and the baby.

Some of them were getting on in years and could sometimes be dismissed as a nuisance even in their own families, let alone in the base where they didn’t expect to live much longer, given they could only do limited work.

But Su Zhiruan never gave up on anyone; she ordered that supplies, including food, must not be scrimped on, allowing these vulnerable groups to live comfortably.

This made the older women extremely grateful; they did what they could to help, cooking meals, caring for children, and mending clothes for the younger people.

Now, learning that Su Zhiruan was about to start her confinement, they immediately volunteered to help, and due to the overwhelming number of volunteers, they even organized a competition to choose three who had the experience and could do the best job to stay.

Su Zhiruan was somewhat helpless, but their presence indeed helped her a lot.

Seeing such enthusiasm from these women, Grandma Wen was not willing to be outdone and made all arrangements meticulously.

“Grandma, and all the aunties, just let me do it,” Wen Qingyu had been frazzled these past few days, following the four elders and learning a lot, but he was frustrated by the lack of opportunities to practice.

Everyone here was eager to work!

Su Zhiruan was holding other materials in her hands, looking at them somewhat helplessly.

“Everyone take a break, let him do it,” Su Zhiruan said, looking at Wen Qingyu.

Upon hearing Su Zhiruan’s words, Wen Qingyu’s face broke into a joyous smile, “Okay.”

Grandma Wen and the three aunties looked at each other.

“Then I’ll make some soup for Ruanruan to drink later.”

“Then I’ll go clean up.”

“Then I’ll go sterilize the clothes.”

The three aunties couldn’t sit still and found work to do, so they scattered, each to their tasks.

Grandma Wen wanted to hold Little Xiangsheng, but she also knew they needed time as a family of three, so she quietly backed out and decided to go make picture books and word cards for the child.

After Su Zhiruan fed the child, Wen Qingyu gently patted his back to prevent Little Xiangsheng from spitting up milk.

Neonates sleep a lot in their first month, nearly twenty hours a day.

“It’s only been ten days, and he’s changed so much,” Wen Qingyu, looking at the sweetly sucking, sleeping Xiangsheng, remarked to Su Zhiruan, “He was so red at birth, looked like a little monkey, and his tiny face was all scrunched up, but now he’s gotten so much fairer.”

“Not only that,” Su Zhiruan rubbed the blanket, watching the father and son, and smiled, “Both of you have changed a lot.”

“Really?” Wen Qingyu rocked the baby in his arms, raising his eyebrow slightly toward her, “In what way?”

Su Zhiruan loosened the blanket and leaned back against the cushion behind her, observing him with interest, “The vibe of a husband is stronger, and you definitely look like a father.”

The transformation was indeed significant, she thought while openly examining his chin, as there was no harm in looking; after all, the father and son were both hers.

Actually, what she wanted to say was that from the moment she met Wen Qingyu, he had changed a lot.

When they first started eating together and hadn’t yet been a couple, he was just twenty, a pure-hearted young man who sometimes wore his emotions on his face. Later, when she decided not to hide away at home anymore and wanted to establish the base, Wen Qingyu had given her great support, playing a significant role in dealing with work and becoming much more composed.

Now, with a child in the picture, his composure vanished in front of her and the child, and he even moved work he couldn’t ignore into their home.