Am I supposed to raise these two children too?
There’s no difference in raising two or four children. However, all of them are boys. Wouldn’t it be great to have a girl?
“Rong’er, these are boys. They are not girls,” she replied honestly.
“Boys?”
Rong’er looked back and forth between the two babies and his mother. He hesitated for a long time before sighing like a little grown-up.
“Alright, younger brothers will do. You can bring home another younger sister for us in the future when you have the time.”
An Jiuyue was surprised.
What is he saying? Does he think the streets are filled with children waiting for me to bring home?
“Rong’er—”
“Mother, look! I’ve found the prettiest clothes in the house! Look, don’t you think these are suitable for our sisters?” She was about to say something but was interrupted by Zheng’er, who had just come downstairs.
An Jiuyue turned around and saw Zheng’er holding two sets of clothes as he walked towards her with a large grin. Zheng’er and Rong’er had worn those clothes when they were younger.
They were floral and did seem like a baby girl’s clothes.
She was speechless!
“Pft!” Wei Na chuckled inside the space.
The boys are so funny! They didn’t know if the babies were boys or girls, but they immediately assumed they were younger sisters. It’s obvious how much they want a younger sister!
“Zheng’er, it’s cold outside. Bring the clothes back upstairs. I’ll carry the two baby boys upstairs to change their clothes later.”
“Baby boys? Why are they all boys?”
Zheng’er frowned when he heard that they were both boys. However, the unhappiness disappeared quickly, and he wore a forced smile on his face.
“Younger brothers will do! Let’s make do with raising them. We’ll bring home another younger sister someday.”
An Jiuyue was extremely shocked.
These two unlucky offspring of my darn ex-husband! Do they exist to set me up?
She replied helplessly, “Alright, I’ll find a younger sister for you one day. Now, let’s go home.”
However, she felt the urge to cry when she thought about how she was going to raise five children in the future.
Life is too hard!
“Jiuyue, you must be hungry. I just grilled some pancakes. Have some.” A woman walked over with a few pancakes and distributed one to everyone.
“Thank you, Aunt. I’ll just have half a pancake with some vegetable porridge.”
An Jiuyue took a pancake, broke it in half, and returned half to her.
The woman did not insist on giving her the other half either. After all, they had many mouths to feed.
Besides, even if they had some food stored in the cave, they couldn’t possibly finish everything now as they still had to eat after the flood subsided.
Hence, they had to save as much food as they could.
“I’ll just have some vegetable porridge.” The man did not accept the pancake and only asked for a bowl of porridge.
Yan Yan followed her brother and did not ask for any pancakes. The others also asked for some vegetable porridge only.
However, Xue Ling did not do the same. She had never seen those wild vegetables before and refused to eat them. She took a piece of pancake and ate it in big bites.
Although the pancakes did not taste good, they were still better than the vegetable porridge.
“Aunt, I thought I saw some pork there. Get me a bowl of pork,” she demanded.
The woman was stunned.