Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 444 - 428: Each to Their Own

Chapter 444: Chapter 428: Each to Their Own

Seeing that Zhang Min’s numerous bags and parcels had almost filled the remaining space in the Red Flag sedan, and some even required him and grandpa to sit holding them, Shitou couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time, exclaiming that it was too much to handle.

No wonder grandpa had asked him to bring a larger car to pick them up beforehand.

When he received the call, he had been taken aback by grandpa’s request, wondering if it was necessary. Now it seemed he had underestimated a woman’s enthusiasm for shopping, regardless of her age.

"You think this is everything? You are seriously underestimating your grandma’s combat power," Pei Qingyuan said with a hearty laugh as he looked at Shitou.

"This is just the scouting party. The real bulk is yet to come. Whenever your grandma hits the malls recently, she’s like the wind under her feet, bursting with energy and never feeling tired.

It’s not too bad when Luoluo goes with her because she considers the need for a pregnant woman to rest, and thankfully she remembers to stop and take a break now and then. But if it’s someone else, she could go on without eating or drinking for the entire day. Pei Kun has been so worried lately that he hardly dares to come home. When he does, he sneaks in like a thief, fearing being conscripted. This time we came here, he secretly prayed that your grandma would stay a few more days."

The more Pei Qingyuan talked, the happier he got, his smile stretching wide across his face.

"Is it really that bad?" Shitou immediately gloated and laughed along.

"Laugh, laugh, all of you just love to crack jokes. What’s unnecessary about what I bought? With Xiaoyun’s baby, in a few months, the Pei Family will welcome the birth of four children. Do you have any idea how much stuff four kids will need? It’s as if you all think children don’t need to eat or drink or wear clothes, as if you think they can just grow up with the wind," Zhang Min said, glaring at Pei Qingyuan and Shitou in annoyance.

The former chuckled dryly. The latter quickly knew to bow his head and admit his mistake: "Grandma, I was wrong."

"Hmph, don’t think that just because of this, I can easily forgive you for being jealous earlier and mumbling about how I favor my daughter-in-law. Let me tell you, there’s not a single thing in here that’s for you. Everything else is for Xiaoyun, Guaibao, and Xinxin. I still need to go and see them, so you better make the arrangements quickly."

Shitou gave a wry smile: "Grandma, how could I possibly be jealous? With you here, it’s easy to visit the two kids, isn’t it? Just say the word, and I’ll make time."

"Stop your babbling if you’re not jealous," Zhang Min said with annoyance, rolling her eyes at him, but then she perked up and probed, "Can we take them out for a day this weekend?"

"Although they are young, they are attending a proper military school. Giving them too special treatment isn’t good..." Shitou, seeing Zhang Min’s face fall, immediately couldn’t bear it, and finally gritted his teeth, "At most, I can only take them out for two hours."

"Okay, two hours is enough. I’ll set a time and prepare some good dishes for them first," Zhang Min said with a sly and satisfied smile in her eyes.

"Prepare what good dishes? Are you worried they won’t eat well? You should know that their food standards there are even higher than what we have at home," Pei Qingyuan said with amusement, seeing his wife fool even the usually not-easily-deceived grandson.

"What do you know? No matter how good the food is at school, it’s still mass-produced. How can it have the same taste as the food carefully prepared by family?" Zhang Min didn’t even want to bother with Pei Qingyuan anymore, that old man, always arguing with her throughout the decades.

Was Shitou really fooled by Zhang Min? Apart from being soft-hearted towards Lu Yun and Xia Yuan, the only other person he couldn’t resist was Zhang Min. He simply didn’t want to see her disappointed, so he just smiled and said nothing.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Shitou told me yesterday that you would be coming today. Unfortunately, I had an important practical class that I couldn’t reschedule at the last minute, so I couldn’t pick you up—"

Upon entering the house and seeing Pei Qingyuan and Zhang Min, Lu Yun, who had already tried her best to come home early knowing that the elders were visiting, felt guilty and quickly apologized upfront.

"How could this be your fault? Of course, work is more important, and there was no need for you to come all the way to pick us up, especially since we only notified you last night. It’s not your fault at all," Zhang Min said with a smile, shaking her head.

Pei Qingyuan also nodded, "That’s right, don’t blame yourself."

"It’s a good thing you didn’t go. There wouldn’t have been enough room in the car anyway," Shitou added, a smile on his face.

"You have no idea. Grandma practically wanted to move the entire Capital City’s mall here. Grandpa and I were sitting in the car, and we were practically buried under those items, with only our eyeballs peeking out. If you had come too, we would’ve had to either walk back on our own two legs or sit on the roof of the car."

"Ah?"

Lu Yun looked at Zhang Min with her mouth agape before sweetly saying, "Thank you, Grandma."

"No need to thank me, we’re family. Don’t listen to his nonsense, was it really that exaggerated?"

Zhang Min examined Lu Yun from head to toe several times, holding her hand cheerfully, and finally gazed at her belly as if she were looking at a giant panda.

Pei Qingyuan, on the other side, couldn’t help but eagerly stare at Lu Yun’s belly several times, as if he could already see the three chubby, roly-poly grandsons tucked inside.

He knew it wasn’t good to look too much, so he turned around and patted Shitou on the shoulder, praising, "Good lad, you’re really something." Now, after waiting for Lu Yun’s three months, he would have major bragging rights with his old buddies.

"Being something is all thanks to my daughter-in-law, remember not to praise the wrong person when you’re bragging about it," Zhang Min said with a hint of irritation, followed by a laugh, and then took Lu Yun’s hand and led her a little further away to sit down, starting to ask after her well-being in various ways.

"We can’t hold a woman to the same standards," Pei Qingyuan said helplessly to Shitou in a low voice.

Lu Family.

When Xia Yuan received the news that Lu Yun was pregnant, her hand trembled at the mention of triplets, almost dropping the phone. Even later in the evening when Lu Aiguo and Lu Jinsheng were back, and she conveyed the news to the two, she still felt like she was dreaming, "Who would have thought, just one generation apart, Xiaoyun is pregnant with triplets again."

She took a deep breath, her excitement undisguised as she continued, "This really saves trouble, getting to hold three babies at once."

Lu Aiguo was naturally overjoyed at the news, "It’s been a long time since we’ve seen Xiaoyun and Shitou, they’ve been too busy to come back. Why don’t we set a time and go to the island to visit them ourselves?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Yuan was indeed very happy, nodding repeatedly, "But first I need to properly buy some more things she’ll need now and for the kids later to take with us."

"What could they possibly be lacking there?" Lu Aiguo was a bit skeptical, "I think it would be better to prepare some practical things for the kids."

"What do you know? We can’t miss out on cost-effective items, nor on practical ones. Especially those clothes and trousers for the kids that I make by hand. But those, I’m afraid, can only be rushed out after the baby is born," Xia Yuan said, her face full of smiles.

In the midst of her excitement, she started to nag Lu Jinsheng, who was old enough yet stubbornly refusing to pursue a romance, poking him in the ear insistently, "Your sister is about to give us four grandchildren, and what about you? You don’t even have a prospective wife in sight. You better go on a blind date for me tomorrow."

"Mom, let’s keep things separate, please don’t drag me into this," Lu Jinsheng, who had been happily listening, protested, feeling this was an utterly undeserved calamity.