My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 294 - 16 Little Niangao’s Thoughts_2

If it weren’t for the fact that besides my Sewing profession, my Gardening, Cooking Skill, Jeweler, and Pharmacist professions had all reached Master Level, spending money like water as I have been recently would be quite the challenge.

Most of the big items are stored in the warehouse space and not easy to retrieve, so Lin Xiaoguai went to get the only moderately sized cleaning kit to check over.

The mask, work clothes, and boots are all light yellow, with a simple and neat design suitable for cleaning work. The broom is very big, but it’s more like a pusher than a broom, and according to the instructions, it should be very convenient to use. The disinfection equipment is also a bit special; it’s a square barrel worn on the back, resembling those used for spraying pesticides in the countryside, with a ring on the side that releases disinfectant gas when pulled, refreshing the air and eliminating pungent smells before cleaning. The remaining goggles and water brush are for finishing up—the former for inspection and the latter for cleaning.

This set of equipment might look ordinary at first glance; it’s only when you handle it that you realize the material is quite extraordinary, yet nothing particularly unusual. However, owing to her trust in the exchange store, Lin Xiaoguai felt confident about it.

Besides, she thought the work clothes looked good—the color was pleasing, and the material durable—so she decided to make it the employee uniform.

As for the specific engineering, Lin Xiaoguai planned to have Shen Chi find a construction team after purchasing all the materials since many design plans had to use materials specifically from the exchange store.

Out of her perfectionism, Lin Xiaoguai didn’t want the design plans to be flawed during the implementation process.

Clearly, her current physical condition wasn’t suitable for going out, so she had to restrain herself for now.

Luckily, Shen Chi was all caught up with her, leaving him no time to pay attention to the piece of land they had already purchased.

However, not long after Lin Xiaoguai had shifted her focus away from the design plans, she noticed that her son had been in a strange mood recently.

"Little Niangao?" That day, while having afternoon tea with her son, Lin Xiaoguai picked up a breadstick to eat and noticed Little Niangao quietly staring at her belly with a deep gaze.

"Hmm? Mom, are you feeling unwell?" Shen Yinian asked, somewhat nervously snapping out of his daze and looking up.

"No." Lin Xiaoguai watched him contemplatively and said, "Perhaps, Little Niangao doesn’t want a brother or sister?"

She suddenly realized that while she had been intent on having more children, she had overlooked Little Niangao’s feelings.

At her words, Shen Yinian’s expression froze, and he seemed hesitant but still nodded, "I don’t like them."

It was clear who "they" referred to.

Lin Xiaoguai’s heart skipped a beat, but she kept a calm expression and softly asked, "Can you tell Mom why?" She wondered if the family had recently neglected him, causing her precious child to feel left out.

"They make Mom unable to eat, and..." Shen Yinian pursed his lips, stubbornly speaking with fear, "Huang Liyan in our class, her mom died giving birth to her little brother, and great-grandma said Aunt Li Qin almost died giving birth to my three cousins."

He clung to Lin Xiaoguai’s arm, his eyes reddening as he pleaded, "Mom, please don’t have any more brothers or sisters, okay? I can take care of you when you’re old by myself. I’ll earn lots and lots of money; you just need to enjoy life at home. I don’t want Mom to die, I don’t want Dad to marry another woman, I don’t want a stepmom."

Lin Xiaoguai was stunned. She had thought the child was just jealous, but she didn’t expect him to be thinking like this.

"Little Niangao, what nonsense are you talking about? Who’s marrying another woman?" Shen Chi had just entered the yard when he heard the latter part of the conversation. Startled, he quickly scolded him angrily.

He figured his son must have heard some gossip maligning him somewhere. If Wanwan misunderstood and got mad at him, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but he was afraid she might act on her anger and affect the baby.

"Dad..." Shen Yinian blinked innocently.

Shen Chi was not buying it at all, glaring at him and saying, "Are you even my son? Should you believe whatever outsiders say? To think you’d join others in making stories about your own father!"

As he spoke, he also glanced at Lin Xiaoguai out of the corner of his eye, worried she might actually believe the little rascal’s words.

"You heard wrong, don’t frighten the child," Lin Xiaoguai hurriedly intervened to stop him from scolding his son. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Shen Chi paused in confusion, not quite understanding what was going on.

Lin Xiaoguai then turned to Shen Yinian and said solemnly, "Who told you Mom would die? Mom is going to live a long life, until Little Niangao has his own family and becomes a dad, or even a grandpa, Mom might not even want to die then."

"Huang Liyan’s mom didn’t want to die either, but she still died," Shen Yinian said stubbornly.

"Then shall we make a promise? If Mom safely gives birth to your brother or sister, Little Niangao can’t dislike them, and you have to be a good brother like Brother Ping’an, okay?" Lin Xiaoguai looked into his eyes as she spoke.

Shen Yinian pursed his lips, feeling dissatisfied because he felt like his mom was trying to change the subject; he clearly wanted her not to have any more siblings...

But he’s always been a good child, especially when listening to his mom. Meeting the hopeful look in Lin Xiaoguai’s eyes, he pouted his small head in agreement. Then, somewhat resentfully, he said, "If Mom dies, I will really, really dislike them and will throw them out to be beggars!"

In his young mind, being a beggar seemed the saddest thing.

"Okay, we’ll do as Little Niangao says," Lin Xiaoguai somewhat bemusedly tapped his forehead.

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