After Chapter 411, will we still have children?
Ma Zhilan agreed without much consideration, and neither mother nor son seemed to have any attachment to each other.

But for Jiang Xingye, this was a very ironic thing.

When he became a father for the first time, he signed a letter of severance with his biological mother. "When Jiang Xingye was nine years old, Ma Zhilan remarried and did not fulfill any responsibility of raising Jiang Xingye. When Jiang Xingye was twelve years old, Ma Zhilan caused irreversible and serious physical and mental harm to Jiang Xingye for her remarried husband.

In order to pay for her stepson Li Ninghua's medical treatment, Ma Zhilan is demanding that Jiang Xingye pay a lump sum of three thousand yuan as alimony to cover his medical expenses. She also promises that from now on, she will have no further involvement with Jiang Xingye in her life, health, or death, and will no longer require him to assume any support responsibilities.

Ma Zhilan pointed to the three thousand yuan and said, "This... I didn't ask Xiao Ye to give me three thousand yuan!"

Xu Qinghuan said, "Li Ninghua's treatment fee is three thousand yuan. I guarantee I will cure him. Consider this three thousand yuan as the cost of severing ties between you and Aye. If you have no objections, then sign here."

Ma Zhilan asked, "You guarantee you'll be cured?"

"I promise!"

Three copies were made. Ma Zhilan signed them, as did the three leaders of the brigade headquarters and Grandpa Jiang. Finally, Jiang Xingye signed his name.

Ma Zhilan immediately wanted to bring Li Ninghua over for treatment, but Jiang Xingye was furious. "My wife just gave birth, she's not even a month postpartum yet! Are you even human? Will he die if he waits a month or two?"

Ma Zhilan was worried that things might get complicated if she waited too long. "Since you've signed and put your fingerprint on it, you can't go back on your word. It's just having a child, everyone has had one. Is she the only one who's so precious? No way, since she's already signed, she has to get my son treated as soon as possible."

Jiang Xingye was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged. Xu Qinghuan came out of the house and said, "Bring the person here tomorrow morning, and we'll treat them tomorrow. Now get out of here!"

Ma Zhilan turned around and went out the door.

Jiang Xingye quickly helped her up, saying, "Why did you get up? Go back inside and lie down."

As he spoke, he helped Xu Qinghuan into the house, muttering, "Why are you in such a hurry to treat him? You're still in your postpartum period. Can't you wait for me to get rid of her? It's just that it's a bit noisy for you."

Xu Qinghuan stroked his face, "You're just trying to get rid of her, you're still entangled with her. We can't win against someone like her, why waste our time? I'm perfectly healthy, you don't need to worry."

Grandpa Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and said to Jian Jingchuan, "I'm sorry you had to see this!"

Jian Jingchuan has a high military rank, but Old Master Jiang is an old revolutionary. He just left the army early. If he had stayed in the army, he would have been a figure comparable to the Qin and Huo families.

"Grandpa is joking. We're family, so there's no need for formalities. You know what I've been through in my life. If we're talking about jokes, I'm the one who should be laughing at."

The old man waved his hand generously, "Ah, it's not uncommon for a man to have an unvirtuous wife and unfilial children. These are all normal things. Don't take them too seriously. It's all in the past, and things will only get better from now on."

They both laughed.

Later that evening, Tian Jinhua and others arrived. Zhou Guizhi, along with her daughter-in-law and children, prepared a table full of dishes. Jian Jingchuan accompanied the old man for a few drinks, and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Xu Qinghuan finished the big rooster soup I stewed yesterday in several meals. She had crucian carp soup for dinner, which is good for promoting lactation.

Zhou Guizhi wanted to come and keep Xu Qinghuan company for the night, and asked Jiang Xingye to sleep in the back room, but Jiang Xingye refused directly, "No, you don't need to watch over them at night, I will take care of them."

Xu Qinghuan wasn't used to sleeping with outsiders either. "Auntie, Aye is capable. The child is so young, all he needs to do is eat and poop. Let him take care of him. Eldest sister is right. Being a father isn't that easy!"

Zhou Guizhi had no choice but to give up, saying, "Then I'll sleep in the back room. Call me if you need anything."

Unable to refuse her kind offer, Xu Qinghuan had no choice but to comply.

After the couple closed the door, Xu Qinghuan was about to go into the space to take a bath when Jiang Xingye was startled and stopped her. "The doctor, your grandmother, and your aunt all told you that you can't take a bath before you're a month old. You can't take a bath, or you'll get sick."

Xu Qinghuan couldn't wait a moment longer. She had been in the hospital for two days, and her body was covered in medicine residue. The ward was also very dirty. She asked Jiang Xingye to take the child and say, "Let's go into the space together to wash. All four of us should wash, otherwise we'll be filthy." Jiang Xingye resisted, but he didn't dare to openly defy her. He just held her hand and looked at her with deep, dark eyes.

Xu Qinghuan said, "I'm a doctor. Even among the doctors in the hospital, who can be as good as me? Besides, what's going on inside? Don't you know, even if others don't?"

Xu Qinghuan told him that washing with that water would be good for her recovery, and Jiang Xingye obediently carried the two children and followed her into the space.

She didn't go into the bathtub, but instead took a shower downstream.

After washing herself thoroughly, she felt much more relaxed.

Jiang Xingye gave the two children a bath, and then he took a bath himself.

The father first settled his wife and children on the large bed in the bedroom. After he came out, he changed all the sheets and blankets on the kang (a heated brick bed) before bringing the others out.

The two little ones had a nighttime feeding around two or three in the morning and then fell fast asleep. Before dawn, Xu Qinghuan was hungry. Seeing that Jiang Xingye hadn't slept well all night, she didn't disturb him and took out a bowl of pig stomach and rice soup from her space to drink.

Jiang Xingye woke up at the slightest noise. Seeing her eating, he felt guilty and said, "Are you hungry? I'll go make you something to eat."

It was only a little past four o'clock, and before dawn, Xu Qinghuan pushed him down onto the bed. "Sleep a little longer. If you get up now, you'll wake up my dad and aunt. What are you doing up so early?"

But Jiang Xingye couldn't sleep either. He looked into the cradle at the two children, sleeping side by side, looking exactly alike, but he could tell which one was the older sister and which one was the younger brother.

Seeing that he wasn't asleep, Xu Qinghuan started talking to him. "My dad said that the Jian family has a mine to inherit. He also promised his godfather, my grandfather from the Jian family, that he would carry on the Jian family line in the future. My dad asked you, should we have another child, or should we give these two siblings to a Jian family to inherit the family line and the throne?"

Jiang Xingye didn't even consider it. "I won't give them any. I'll make Dad donate the throne. I won't give them a single one."

This is his child. Although he dislikes his son for doting on his daughter, he still can't bear to give the child away, even if it's only in name.

Xu Qinghuan knew this would happen. "Fine, I was just saying I wanted to have another one."

The Jiang family will own mines someday!

Jiang Xingye stared at the two children. "I'm not having any more. Even if I do, I won't give them to you."

As Jian Jingchuan was leaving, Xu Qinghuan said to him, "Dad, why don't you find someone to give birth to an heir for the Jian family? Aye is reluctant, and I also think it's not a good idea; it feels a bit like a cuckoo taking over someone else's nest."

Jian Jingchuan laughed and said, "Okay, I'll look again and see if there's anyone left in the Jian family. If all else fails, we can do what A-Ye said and donate it in the name of the Jian family."

He was rescued by Jian Zhongping, and in order to repay him and to find an impeccable identity for himself, he became Jian Zhongping's son.

Before his death, Jian Zhongping promised to ensure that the Jian family business would be passed down, but he was ultimately not a member of the Jian family.

The Jian family still has relatives overseas; he'll figure out a solution later.

Xu Qinghuan seemed to have something more to say, but Jian Jingchuan waited and didn't hear it. He didn't press her for details, though. If it was inconvenient, he hoped his daughter wouldn't say anything.

Ma Zhilan brought Li Ninghua early in the morning, but this time, Li Ninghua didn't dare to look at her for long.

Xu Qinghuan gave him an acupuncture needle and then let him go.

Li Ninghua didn't believe he was cured until he showed off his prowess on the widow's bed, a session that could last for one or two hours, and then he truly believed he was cured.

That's all for now, my darlings. Enjoy reading!

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