Chuan Shu Qi Leng: I own a department store

"Me? Make a cake?"

Xu Wanning nodded: "Yes, Mom just made the cake base and is preparing to scrape the cream. This process is fun and stress-relieving. Mom will teach you, you and Mom, in this way, this cake can be considered as a birthday gift made by us for Jinchu, how about it?"

"Okay, okay!" Song Han agreed hurriedly.

Although he is ten years old and always behaves like a little adult, being very obedient and sensible, he is actually still a child at heart.

Not long after the cake was made, the Xu family members arrived one after another.

"Happy birthday, Jinchu."

Xu's mother was the first to take out the birthday presents she had prepared. In addition to Jinchu's birthday present, Songhan, Chu Nian, Chu Lin, and even Gengming and Xu Ning who came to visit, each received a gift, but it was not as valuable as Jinchu's birthday present.

This is also a tacit understanding shared by the Xu family and the Lin family. When a child in the family has a birthday, other children must also receive gifts, but they will be slightly inferior to the birthday gift.

The same thing happened when Songhan celebrated his birthday last month. Although Xu Wanning did not come to the courtyard to cook as she did today, two tables were set up in the Xu family shop. In addition to Songhan receiving a birthday present, the other children also received gifts.

“This is Little Sweetie, right?” Mother Lin looked at the child in the arms of Second Aunt and wanted to reach out and hug the child. However, considering that they were not close enough, she was worried that Second Aunt and Zhang Wenting would mind, so she pressed her hand down hard.

Second aunt noticed Mother Lin's little trick, and simply handed Little Sweetie to Mother Lin: "Mother-in-law, please hold the child. Speaking of which, I still have to thank you. The child was fussy in February before. If the method you gave hadn't worked, our family would have been worried to death."

"No way, our little Tiantian is so well-behaved and cute. She will definitely feel sorry for her and stop making trouble soon, knowing that her parents and grandparents are worried about her. Isn't that right, little Tiantian?"

On the other side, Xu Wanning saw Tao Jingjing being supported by Xu Maoying and couldn't help asking, "Sister Jingjing looks like this, she should be giving birth soon, right?"

"Of course, the due date is just a few days away!" Mao Min said, "When I saw Jingjing a few days ago, I found that she was already in the pelvis. I wanted to take her to the hospital for a check-up, but she insisted that it would take another month to give birth! I calculated her due date and it turned out to be early September, which was more than half a month different from her own estimate!"

Tao Jingjing blushed and whispered, "I always thought that a pregnancy lasts for ten months before giving birth."

I didn’t expect that it is not calculated by month, but also the time of the last menstrual period is included.

Anyway, the terms Mao Min used were too professional for her to understand. She only knew that she would soon meet the baby in her belly.

I don't know whether the child is a boy or a girl.

For Tao Jingjing, it doesn’t matter whether it is a boy or a girl, as long as the child can grow up healthily, that is enough.

Originally, her family was not a family that favored boys over girls. Although she had a younger brother, her parents loved her and Tao Manman. Even when they got married, they tried their best to give the maximum dowry.

Although the house we live in will be left to my younger brother in the future, he is a boy after all. Without a house, which girl would be willing to marry him?

Therefore, neither Tao Jingjing nor Tao Manman thinks that their parents' behavior can be linked to favoring boys over girls.

As for the Xu family, needless to say, in their generation, as the only daughter in the family, Xu Wanning has always been the apple of their eye.

Moreover, my second aunt also had a granddaughter, whom she still loved very much.

My eldest sister-in-law already has a pair of twins, Shi An and Shi Yi, so she has no pressure whether she gives birth to a son or a daughter.

As long as the child is healthy.

"The baby is about to be born. You have to be more careful during this period. If you feel uncomfortable or something is wrong, you must rush to the hospital immediately. Don't delay."

"And Third Brother, I know your job is to travel everywhere, but Third Sister-in-law is about to give birth, and she needs your company the most. You should try to transfer as much as possible and stay in Beijing for more than a month, in case Third Sister-in-law suddenly becomes ill and can't find you."

Although the Xu and Tao families can help, few women can accept giving birth without their husbands.

Xu Maoying said hurriedly, "I know. I have been negotiating for the past few days. If it really doesn't work out, I will use the vacation time I have accumulated this year. At least I will be with Jingjing during the time she is giving birth."

"Also, Dad has borrowed a car from his workplace and has been parking it downstairs of our house. If Jingjing gets started, I can take her to the hospital at any time."

According to my uncle's position, the unit is equipped with a special car, but he usually doesn't like to ride in a car, thinking that it is too detached from the people, so except when necessary, he usually rides a bicycle when going out.

But the situation is different now. My daughter-in-law is about to give birth. Although our home is close to the hospital, it is still several kilometers away.

It would be fine at normal times, but at a moment like this, every second counts, so my uncle rarely used his power and asked the driver to drive the car over.

Chen Ye did not receive this treatment when she gave birth to her child before, because the policy was unclear at that time, and the Xu family had also experienced changes, so at that time, they did not want too many people to pay attention to the Xu family.

For this reason, the aunt was worried that Chen Ye would think too much and expressed her guilt in front of her many times. Even though Chen Ye repeatedly said that she didn't care, the aunt still prepared a gold bracelet for her. Tao Jingjing and eldest brother Xu Maoran both advised her to accept it so that the aunt would not feel bad.

"A Ning, I have something to tell you."

Tao Jingjing grabbed Xu Wanning's hand and pulled her to a stone bench nearby.

Knowing that the two of them were whispering, the others took the initiative to go to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

"Sister Jingjing, do you want to ask me about finding a doctor for Manman?"

Tao Jingjing nodded: "It has been more than a month since you last told me about this. Has the doctor abroad called?"

"We've already made the arrangements. The surgery will be scheduled for late September. I've told Manman that she's been processing the paperwork for a while now. Once all the paperwork is done, she'll be able to go for the surgery."

When talking about this, Xu Wanning felt a little melancholy.

Logically speaking, when Tao Jingjing went to have this surgery, her husband Xu Maoyan should have accompanied her.

But the nature of Xu Maoyan's job was special and his unit did not allow him to take leave, so he could not go.