parentshiftbook Chapter 1321: Song Xiaohua’s Ramblings [End]
Chapter 1321: Song Xiaohua’s Ramblings [End]
When her dad announced another piece of news at the dinner table, the matter of George Song chasing Grandpa Zhang down two blocks with a hanger, carrying a nuclear bomb, lost any significance.Who could have imagined? Ten years later, her mom was pregnant again.
She’s already fifteen weeks along.
Calculating the time, Song Xiaohua discovered that her mom got pregnant during the trip.
—Half a year ago, her dad’s idea was to leave her and George behind to make up for her mom’s honeymoon trip.
Her dad took her mom on a tour across the vast landscapes of Country S.
Although she always idolized her dad, this time, she had to call him cheesy.
Both are in their early forties.
Yet there he was on Sagarmatha Peak, the highest peak in the world, dressed in a puffer jacket kneeling on one knee, opening a small red velvet box, and placing a platinum ring on her mom’s ring finger.
As for why she knew so clearly?
Of course, it’s because her mom posted the scene photos on her social feed.
Her mom even played the part of a literary young woman.
Uploading the photo, she also updated her personal status.
[At this moment, I am above the world but beneath you.]
At that time, she was squatting in the living room with George, eating some Old Baron Pickled Cabbage instant noodles.
Since grandma took Aunt Min and Grandpa Wang from the compound to Xiangshan Maple, she simply gave the house staff a break.
Seeing her mom flaunt her love, she couldn’t help but leave a comment—
[On an Awkward Journey]: "Ms. Tang Li, firstly, you’re not at the summit, so it can’t be considered above the world; secondly, when posting this photo, you should have considered George and my feelings."
Her mom responded quickly, with a chain of question marks.
...Alright!
Act like she said nothing!
With her mom having that kind of love-struck brain, worrying about her and George’s basic needs was unlikely.
Later, her dad took her mom to the northernmost place of Country S.
Receiving the postcard from her mom, she just knew something was going to happen, and sure enough, it was a big deal.
However, seeing how her dad looked, he seemed to hope for family support.
She exchanged a glance with George at the dinner table and told her mom, with great understanding, that they were already looking forward to the birth of siblings.
Grandma’s performance was supportive too.
As if perceiving her mom’s hesitancy about giving birth again, Grandma held her mom’s hand, saying she was blessed to see grandchildren born in her lifetime.
Since everyone wished for a new family member, her mom laid aside her worries and, at the advanced age of thirty-six, gave birth to a pair of twins.
The process of this pregnancy was extremely tense.
After all, her parents weren’t young anymore.
Fortunately, in the end, both children landed safely.
This time, her dad even asked her to help come up with nicknames.
As a mature high school student, of course, she wouldn’t give her brothers names like George, so she spent all night flipping through dictionaries and eventually named her two brothers Song Dabao and Song Xiaobao.
Also, this year, her uncle returned from Siamese.
Accompanied by Cousin Cheng.
In earlier years, everyone said Cousin Cheng resembled her mom’s child more than she did.
However, the now nineteen-year-old Cousin Cheng seemed even gentler than her mom, wearing a white cotton dress, a low ponytail tied with a light floral headband, standing under the camphor tree and softly smiling, instantly reminded her of the feeling of first love gazing from the second-floor window.
Cousin Cheng was going to study in the Netherlands.
So, her uncle also planned to pursue a master’s degree in the Netherlands.
In her heart, she applauded her uncle’s deep affection.
At eight years old, he set his heart on someone and pursued it diligently for fifteen years—that’s perseverance!
Moreover, her uncle’s affection wasn’t limited to this.
Many years later, her uncle came back from Chiang Mai Prefecture with Cousin Cheng and decided to run for President. Her dad supported it, and accordingly, her uncle didn’t disappoint, becoming the Song Family’s second President.
Yet, her uncle didn’t last long before he proposed to resign.
This news shocked the nation.
Globally speaking, presidents are usually forced out, but there’s rarely any president who simply doesn’t want the job.
Her uncle’s resignation reason was simple.
—Cousin Cheng was pregnant again and needed his care.
Since he couldn’t resign, her uncle started frequently arriving late, leaving early, even skipping work.
Soon, Congress initiated the impeachment proceedings.
Facing the siege of over five hundred councilmen, her uncle chose to lie flat. Leaving Congress, he asked the Councilman when the notice to get out would arrive.
According to eyewitnesses, the Councilman was so furious he nearly choked.
Still, her uncle ultimately completed a full term.
Because of the impeachment incident, her dad called her uncle home and scolded him greatly.
Since then, her uncle began to work properly.
Also because of his loving nature, her uncle became the first ’stupid but affectionate’ king in Country S’s history.
Even though her uncle did quite a lot of practical things.
During her uncle’s term, the most viral news was about him wanting to renovate the Tan Palace for his beloved wife, but the Ministry of Finance refused to allocate funds, leading her uncle to blacklist the Ministry’s account on social media in anger.
Later, a passerby photographed her uncle standing on a ladder with a paint bucket, personally scraping walls at Tan Palace.
After this photo went viral, her uncle got reprimanded by her dad again.
Of course, these are matters twenty years later.
Currently, their family has no shortage of troubles.
Compared to the obedient George Song, Song Dabao and Song Xiaobao are practically little Demon Kings.
As identical twins, the two look almost identical.
This results in the household staff never being able to find the true culprit.
Her mom specially took the brothers to the compound’s barbershop to differentiate them, and hence, one brother got a bowl haircut while the other a super short buzz cut, making it hard for them to pretend to be each other.
Her mom’s good mood didn’t last long.
—Song Dabao and Song Xiaobao went to the barbershop themselves.
She returned home from school on the weekend, looking at the two shaved heads flashing in front of her, somewhat sympathy arose for her mom.
But her mom soon had no time to manage her sons.
The new election season started.
Her mom announced she was going to run.
In this household, Song Dabao and Song Xiaobao clapped their hands strongly in support.
She and George exchanged a glance, picked up their milk, and went to the living room.
However, someone was spoiling her mom.
When her mom’s election campaign cobbled together, her dad became the top advisor, Uncle Feng Qi the image consultant, and Aunt Suisui took charge of external publicity. After some busy months, her mom successfully lost the election.
The incident of her dad entering Tan Palace for the second time, Song Xiaohua always felt was absurd.
Ultimately, it’s the preceding term that was way too lackluster.
Therefore, even when the election went awry, Congress still chose to continue the mistake.
After her dad completed the second decade, Dabao skipped a grade to get into the Air Force Command College. As for Xiaobao, his first choice in the college entrance exam was the finance major at Q University and secretly began dating Aunt Hanhan’s daughter.
As for George, he went to study his mushroom cloud long ago.
And she, many years later, also walked down the path that her father and uncle did.
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This truly concludes!
Perhaps there’s regret, but it doesn’t fall short of regret’s beauty.
At least we didn’t let it turn into an overly tedious, smelly old woman’s foot binding cloth. o(*￣︶￣*)o
Next, I will take a break, and we shall meet again by fate!