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Chapter 1168 A Sign of Giving Birth to Twins

Women who have just given birth should eat soft and nutritious foods, because childbirth is very taxing on a woman's energy.

So when Wang An arrived at the restaurant, he said to the owner:

"Boss, make me a poached egg, just 10 eggs, and a big bowl of steamed egg custard, no oil, and just a little salt, just enough to make it slightly salty. Oh, and also a bowl of white noodles with some diced meat sauce."

Mu Xueqing couldn't eat too much salt in the first day or two after giving birth, and she also couldn't eat oily food for the next ten days or so. Fang Xiu'e told her all of this.

So Wang An decided that he and Huang Li would eat with Mu Xueqing for the next two days, so that she wouldn't get envious when she saw him and Huang Li eating meat.

After Wang An finished speaking, the restaurant owner and his wife were stunned, because they had never been ordered like that before since they opened the restaurant.

The owner and his wife exchanged a glance, and then the owner started cooking according to Wang An's request.

Wang An sat there with his legs crossed, took out a cigarette and lit it. As he puffed out smoke, he began to ponder a very important matter.

The reason this matter is so important is that Wang An wants to give his two children nice-sounding names.

Before he knew it, Wang An had come up with a whole bunch of names, but he abandoned them all.

The main problem is that Wang An only has a junior high school diploma, so he can be described as lacking in talent and knowledge. Therefore, he is really not good at naming things; to be precise, he simply doesn't know how.

Otherwise, Wang An wouldn't have given his dogs and four eagles such simple, easily dismissed names.

Just as Wang An was racking his brains trying to come up with two nice names for his two little babies, the restaurant owner had already prepared all the food Wang An had ordered.

As the proprietress packed food into the lunchbox Wang An had brought, she tentatively asked him:
"Brother, who is this for? Poached eggs and egg custard without salt are hard to eat if you eat too much of them."

Upon hearing this, Wang An smiled broadly and said:

"There's nothing I can do. My wife has given birth, and the doctor said that during this period, my wife needs to eat nutritious food that is low in oil and salt and light. I've been thinking about it for a long time, but there's nothing that my wife can eat."

Upon hearing Wang An's words, the proprietress immediately asked with a face full of curiosity:

"Your wife gave birth? Is it a girl or a boy?"

Wang An tilted his head slightly upward, his face full of smugness and boastfulness, and said:
"A girl and a boy, twins, hahahaha!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang An couldn't help but burst into laughter. He laughed so hard he was doubled over, laughing unrestrainedly, as if he wanted the whole world to know that his wife had given birth to twins.

To be fair, Wang An did have a very proud and confident feeling at that moment, as if no man in the world was as happy as he was.

Upon hearing this, the proprietress immediately spoke to Wang An in a flattering tone:
"Oh my god, you're really something, having both a son and a daughter all at once."

Hearing Wang An's laughter, the boss also came out from the kitchen and said:
"Young man, you're truly blessed! Hahaha, in our entire DJ County, I reckon we might not see a pair of twins (a boy and a girl) even in years, and you've got them all in one go! I'm so envious! Hahaha. Any tips to teach me, brother? I want to have twins next year too! Hahaha!"

Listening to the boss and his wife, Wang An felt incredibly pleased with himself, and he felt a sense of elation. The feeling that no man in the world was as good as him became even clearer.

However, Wang An had one flaw: when he was in a good mood, he would boast. So as soon as his boss finished speaking, Wang An smugly boasted, "I don't have any secrets, but I did have a premonition that I could have twins. I just don't know if it's accurate or what happened."

The boss, without suspecting anything, instinctively asked:

"Are there any omens associated with having twins? What omens are there?"

After the boss asked the question, Wang An immediately stopped smiling and said with a mysterious look:
"Let me tell you, it was a few days before my wife got pregnant that I dreamed of an old man with a white beard. The old man was holding a pen holder with two wooden sticks in it. Then the old man said that he wanted me to draw a lot."

At this point, Wang An deliberately paused, thinking that he would continue making things up—no, he should continue talking—after the boss or the boss's wife asked him about it.

Sure enough, Wang An's expression and deliberately mysterious tone immediately aroused the curiosity of the boss and his wife.

The boss frowned and asked with a serious expression:
Did you draw lots?

The proprietress asked with a face full of curiosity:
What kind of fortune did you draw?

After the boss and his wife finished asking their questions, Wang An deliberately glanced back towards the door, seemingly to prevent anyone from eavesdropping, before continuing mysteriously:
"I didn't know it was a dream at the time. I didn't know what the hell that old man did either. After that, I pulled out both of the sticks, and the old man wanted me to put one back. How could I put it back? It was really interesting."

After a pause, Wang An pretended to be nonchalant and said:
"When I saw the words on the slip of paper, I was completely dumbfounded. Can you guess what it said?"

At this point, Wang An deliberately kept everyone in suspense, his face full of a smug look.

In this day and age, many people are still very superstitious, so Wang An's absurd and boastful story immediately piqued the gossip of the boss and his wife.

The proprietress asked anxiously:

"What does it say up there, bro?"

But Wang An stopped talking and instead changed the subject:
"Hey, I think your pickled vegetables are really good, can you give me a lot more?"

I have to say, the fried pickled red vegetables at this restaurant are really good. It's just that the couple is quite stingy. Every time Wang An comes to buy food, they only give him a few small pieces, even though there are already some in his bowl. When Wang An asks for more, they say there aren't any left. That's the most annoying thing about them.

Wang An suddenly changed the subject, leaving the couple feeling extremely uncomfortable and stuck in a limbo.

So when Wang An asked for pickled vegetables, the owner immediately took out several more pieces from the kitchen and put them in Wang An's cloth bag.

Wang An's face immediately lit up with a smile as he watched the pickled vegetables go into his pocket.

The boss said anxiously:

"What's written on that wooden stick, bro?"

The proprietress, no longer caring about the pickled vegetables, asked anxiously:

"What does it say on the slip of paper, bro?"

(End of this chapter)