The three elders were preoccupied with taking care of the three babies and feeding them. Zhai Hua was the only person in the house who did not have a baby in her arms. She was concentrated on feeding herself. The Zhai family who was bustling with activities because of the triplets turned silent in an instant.
The four adults and three babies had their meals in silence. It was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
The auntie who was cleaning and disinfecting the milk bottles felt unbelievable at the silence in the house. It used to be full of baby sounds and cries. She checked out the situation in the living room to be sure that nothing had happened before she returned to the kitchen to continue with the dishes.
“Are you full?” Zhai Yaohui was not sure how much his eldest grandson would have for a meal, but he could tell that his eldest grandson had been growing up well. He was chubby and strong.
While he was feeding his eldest grandson, he realized that he had a good appetite. His stomach seemed to be a bottomless pit and he could take in as much food as he liked.
Zhai Yaohui wondered whether he had any milk previously.
This was only breakfast, yet his grandson would have so much food. Would he feel bloated from taking too much food and skip his lunch?
The auntie assured Zhai Yaohui and told him not to worry. The chief had been thinking too much.
She had worked in the Zhai family for a long time. She knew the appetite of the triplets and the madams and sirs.
She might have prepared a slightly larger portion of food, but they were able to finish the food and would not waste the food.
Da Bao turned his head to the side. He did not feel like eating anymore. Zhai Yaohui could tell that his eldest grandson had a very good appetite.
Look.
After his eldest grandson had his fill, he displayed his outright displeasure at Zhai Yaohui.
Zhai Yaohui patted his bulging tummy and smiled. ‘It is a blessing to have a good appetite.”
The triplets were born one month before the delivery date. However, they looked as if they were full-term babies. It was because they had a good appetite. One needed to eat well in order to grow stronger and taller.
Da Bao tried to tuck in his bulging tummy but to no avail. He turned to get down from Zhai Yaohui’s lap.
His feet touched the ground and he ran a few steps to widen the distance between Zhai Yaohui and him. He stopped, turned, and used his chubby fingers to poke his round cheeks, making a funny face at Zhai Yaohui!
Zhai Yaohui paused momentarily before he broke out into laughter. “Are you saying that where’s there’s life, there’s hope?” During the meal, he would remain silent. He was so well-behaved that he turned softhearted.
Now that he was full, he would make funny faces at him. He had made use of him and no longer needed him anymore.
“The enemy is stronger than him. Da Bao is very clever to use such a strategy. This is not ‘where’s there’s life, there’s hope’. This is to pursue good fortune and avoid disasters. He would not put up a strong front. He would lay low and make the lethal blow in one strike!” Miao Jing kept praising Da Bao.
Her eldest grandson was very clever. He knew that he was not Old Zhai’s opponent, but he was hungry as well.
If he went hungry, he could not win the battle.
Nothing was more important than filling his stomach. He waited until he had his fill and regained his strength before he settled accounts.
Zhai Yaohui twitched the corners of his lips and smiled dryly. He did not agree with her but he did not rebuke her.
Miao Jing was displeased. “What is that snort for? Are you saying that you don’t agree with me?” Miao Jing hugged Da Bao who had run to her side. She seemed like a mother hen that spread her wings to protect her chicks. She stared at Zhai Yaohui fiercely.
“What did you disagree with?” Zhai Sheng, who was back from sending Qiao Nan to school, overheard their conversation.
Miao Jing’s eyes lit up. She looked toward the direction where the sound came from in surprise. “You’re back from sending Nan Nan to school?” That was fast.
Zhai Sheng changed his shoes and washed his hands before he sat down to eat breakfast. “I stepped on it during the journey to school.” Nan Nan said that she was running late today because of the triplets.
As an experienced driver, Zhai Sheng put his skills to use and hit the gas so that Qiao Nan would not be late. Therefore, Zhai Sheng did not take a lot of time to send Qiao Nan to Peking University. Hence, he was able to make it back home in a short time.
Other people might not have known, but Zhai Sheng did not put his driving skills to use for nothing. He had asked for a reward from Qiao Nan.
He would redeem the reward at night.
“You should take your breakfast.” Miao Jing did not care how her son sent Qiao Nan to school. What mattered was that she was not late and was sent safely to school. “Do you have any plans for today?”
The question was directed to Zhai Yaohui and Zhai Sheng.
It was rare that the father and son would be at home together. Now that it was the National Day holiday, they should have some spare time.
“Stay at home with the children.”
“Play with the children.”
Zhai Yaohui answered first followed by Zhai Sheng.
The father and son had the same goal, which was to spend time with the triplets.
“Play with them? Do you think that they are cats or dogs?” Lin Yuankang lectured Zhai Sheng with a stern look as soon as he entered the house and overheard Zhai Sheng’s reply. “Besides, you’re the father of the triplets. Even though you are ordered to go back to the central government because of the National Day holiday, have you forgotten that the triplets will turn one year old before the National Day?”
Speaking of the birthday of the triplets, the Zhai family always felt that the triplets were blessed with good fortune.
Their grandpa and father were very busy with work. They seldom spent time at home, and it would be difficult for the triplets to see them.
However, given Zhai Yaohui’s and Zhai Sheng’s status, they most likely had to go back to the capital during the National Day for the important occasion.
In that case, the triplets would be able to see their grandpa and father during their birthday.
This was one of the reasons why many people praised the triplets for having good fortune when they held the one-month-old birthday celebration for the triplets at the end of October last year.
The triplets had good looks, had chosen a good family like the Zhai family to reincarnate to, and were born at the end of September.
