The world of film and television begins from childhood

Xue Sumei was just a chatterbox, still muttering: "The quality of these electrical appliances is really getting worse and worse. When we had electrical appliances in our era, any one of them could be used for many years, and they were cheap. Nowadays, the more expensive the appliances are, the easier they break down. They are not reliable at all."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Mom, you can't say that. We also installed the same thing over there, and it's still working fine, right? This is just a matter of probability. Anyway, someone will come to fix it, and it doesn't cost any money."

"It doesn't matter whether it's money or not, it just makes me upset."

At this time, Su Qing came out holding her son. Her son was already a few months old, but because she had not remarried Duan Xifeng and she could not take care of the child alone, she had been living in her aunt Xue Sumei's house.

"Zhou Chen, Auntie is used to using hot water, and now it suddenly breaks down and she has no hot water to use. She feels uncomfortable. Am I right, Auntie?"

Xue Sumei rolled her eyes and said, "Why not use it if you have it available?"

"Sister Qing."

Zhou Chen greeted Su Qing. Although they hadn't seen each other for many years, the sense of familiarity was still there after meeting, and the greeting was smooth.

"I'll give you a hug."

Walking up to Su Qing and looking at the baby in Su Qing's arms, that pink and tender appearance, Zhou Chen couldn't help but think of his own child, so he spoke.

Su Qing naturally would not refuse, and carefully handed her son to Zhou Chen. When she saw Zhou Chen holding him skillfully, her face was immediately filled with surprise.

"Hey, Zhou Chen, how come you've become so skilled in hugging me after just a few days?"

Zhou Chen had held a baby before, but she was clumsy. Not like now, she was even more skilled than her mother.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Practice makes perfect."

As he spoke, he gently rocked the baby. The baby, who was humming a little at first, soon stopped humming and started giggling at Zhou Chen.

Su Qing had been watching from the side, and was even more surprised to see Zhou Chen easily making his son laugh.

"Sure, Zhou Chen."

Xue Sumei snorted, "What can I do? It's okay. What's the point of holding someone else's child? If you have the ability, hold your own child."

Zhou Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, what you said is true. I also want to hold my own child, but this is not up to me alone. Wait until Taozi comes back and you can talk to Taozi."

Xue Sumei immediately said, "I want to talk to her. You are already so old. If you don't want children, it will be even more difficult in the future. You should also try your best. While I can still take care of the children, give birth to two more and I will help you take care of them."

Su Qing smiled and said, "Aunt, you really have too many requests, but I agree with this idea. It's more fun to have more children."

"Yeah, more children means more fun."

Zhou Chen held the child and walked around the room.

Xue Sumei and Su Qing were cooking in the kitchen. Su Qing was really surprised to see Zhou Chen taking care of the child.

"Aunt, have you noticed that Zhou Chen seems a little different?"

"What's the difference? It's still the same."

“I just feel a little different.”

"When Taozi comes back later, I will definitely have a good talk with her. If she doesn't give me a grandson, don't even think about coming to our house for dinner."

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 389 Goodbye Yang Tao

The water heater maintenance personnel arrived more than an hour later. After checking, they found that there was a problem with the connector switch. After replacing it with a new one, it returned to normal.

Zhou Chen was holding Duan Xu. Duan Xu was Su Qing's son. Although she had divorced Duan Xifeng, her son's surname still followed Duan Xifeng.

However, Zhou Chen secretly complained about this name at the beginning. Why call him Duan Xu? Wouldn’t it be better to call him Duan Yu?

After helping in the kitchen, Su Qing returned to the living room and took her son from Zhou Chen. She was even more surprised when she saw her son's happy expression.

Her son was usually quite noisy and somewhat recognizable, but Zhou Chen held him for such a long time and he just hummed a few times. This was not like her son's style.

After Zhou Chen put the child down, he took out his mobile phone and started searching the Internet.

In this world, his assets are very limited, and money is still essential if he wants to live a comfortable life, so making money is his top priority now.

As a businessman who has achieved big-name status in several industries, making money is naturally not a big problem for Zhou Chen as long as he has a certain amount of capital.

It just so happened that he still had a lot of money left in this world. Although it wasn't much, it would definitely be enough as start-up capital.

If one wants to make money quickly, financial investment projects such as stocks are naturally one of the fastest options. Zhou Chen is no stranger to finance and is studying it carefully with his mobile phone.

After a while, the door opened and a tall, slender woman in a tweed coat walked in.

"Mom, is the water heater fixed?"

The first thing Yang Tao did when he came in was to ask his mother loudly.

"Of course it's fixed, otherwise the flowers would be cold by the time you come back."

Xue Sumei came out of the kitchen in a bad mood and scolded Yang Tao.

Yang Tao looked confused: "No, Mom, I didn't do anything to you, why are you so upset?"

Before she got married, she had no status in the family. Now that she is married, why does it feel the same? Her mother can argue with her whenever she wants. What crime has she committed?

"Stop talking nonsense and come and serve the food."

Yang Tao looked puzzled. After putting down the fruit in her hand, she asked Zhou Chen and Su Qing in the living room, "Husband, sister, what happened to my mother?"

"Aunt wants a grandson." Su Qing said with a smile.

Zhou Chen stood up and walked to Yang Tao, his eyes full of joy. After many years, he finally met the person he married for the first time again.

I couldn't help but reach out and help Yang Tao smooth the bangs that were scattered on her forehead.

Yang Tao was immediately filled with shame and gently stepped back from Zhou Chen: "What are you doing? Mom and sister are at home."

Zhou Chen: "Nothing, I just missed you too much."

"Stop talking, it's so embarrassing."

When Yang Tao saw that her mother and Su Qing were looking at her, she felt even more embarrassed and her face turned red.

Su Qing chuckled and said, "Taozi, I didn't see anything."

Yang Tao took the opportunity to escape from Zhou Chen's clutches and walked quickly towards Su Qing.

"Sister, I bought you some edible fruits. I heard that eating more fruits during breastfeeding is good for the baby and will help you recover faster."

Putting the fruit in her hand on the coffee table in the living room, Yang Tao stretched out her hand and said, "Sister, give me a hug."

Su Qing handed her son to Yang Tao and opened the bag of fruit that Yang Tao bought.

"Taozi, why did you buy such expensive fruits? This is mangosteen, it's very expensive now, and this durian, it must be very expensive in this season, and this..."

"This bag of fruit should cost at least three hundred yuan, right?"

Yang Tao said nonchalantly: "Sister, I bought it for you, just eat it, don't be polite."

"Am I being polite to you? I mean, are you buying fruits out of season like this? Aren't these fruits sprayed with pesticides? Also, even if you have money now, you can't do this."

Su Qing is a relatively traditional woman. Although she had good conditions in the past, she is still relatively frugal. Apart from giving as gifts, she rarely sells fruit like this.

Zhou Chen said: "Sister Qing, money is earned to be spent. If it is gone, you can earn it again."

"Zhou Chen is right. If you lose money, you can earn it again."

Yang Tao used to live a very frugal life, but after being with Zhou Chen, she gradually changed her habits under the influence of Zhou Chen, especially when the bridal shop was doing better and better, she also started to be willing to spend money.

Xue Sumei came out of the kitchen and said to Su Qing, "Qing'er, eat as much as you can. It would be best if you can eat them both out of money."

"Taozi, let Zhou Chen hold Xiaoxu, and you go to the kitchen to help me serve the dishes."

"Mom, I just sat down for a short while and you started telling me what to do. Am I your biological daughter?" Yang Tao complained.

Xue Sumei didn't indulge her: "If you don't go and get it, who will? Hurry up, don't waste time."

Soon, the family sat down and started eating.

Xue Sumei has been cooking for decades and her skills are quite good. She can also make home-cooked meals delicious.

Halfway through the meal, Xue Sumei started talking again.

"Taozi, Xiao Zhou, don't blame me for being nosy. You've been married for a while now, so it's time to put having children on the agenda, right?"

When Taozi heard her mother bring up this topic again, she lowered her head and winked at Zhou Chen, indicating that Zhou Chen should help her out.

Unfortunately, her little move was seen clearly by Xue Sumei, who angrily said, "Why are you looking at Xiao Zhou? I'm talking about you, Taozi."

Yang Tao raised her head helplessly and said, "Mom, it's not like we don't want a child. The bridal shop has only been open for a short time and we need someone to look after it. We can have the baby in two years."

"Wait another two years?"

When Xue Sumei heard this, she slapped the table in anger and yelled, "Why don't you wait until I can't move?"

Yang Tao's neck shrank and she was too scared to speak. She was really afraid of her tough mother.

Xue Sumei didn't care about that. She spoke again, "Taozi, listen to me. You must get pregnant within one year and give birth to the child within two years. If you can't do that, don't recognize me as your mother."

Zhou Chen sat nearby without saying a word, but instead watched the mother and daughter arguing with great interest. He had not experienced such a scene in many years.

In his experiences in several worlds, there were very few scenes where his wife and mother-in-law always quarreled, except for Yang Tao and Xue Sumei. Even Nan Li and Zhao Na in the first world would often quarrel.

Seeing Yang Tao speechless, Su Qing spoke up in time to persuade her, "Aunt, don't be angry. Taozi didn't mean that. Getting pregnant is not something you can achieve in a hurry. Look at me. I got pregnant after being married for so many years. So, aunt, you can't rush this kind of thing."

Xue Sumei glared at Su Qing. When it came to matters of principle, she didn't care who advised her.

"Qing'er, is it a question of urgency or not? Taozi and the others have no plans for this at all."

Then, she looked at Zhou Chen again and asked, "Xiao Zhou, I can't count on Taozi anymore. Mom believes in you. Tell me how long it will take to have a child."

Zhou Chen said: "Yes, I want it tonight."

"Uh?"

After he said this, the three women looked at him in astonishment.

Zhou Chen's face had long been impenetrable, and he said calmly, "Mom, what I mean is that we should start working hard from today, and try to get pregnant this month, and give birth before the end of the year."

"Yes, that's right."

Zhou Chen's words made Xue Sumei laugh heartily, "Xiao Zhou, Mom really didn't misjudge you. You hit the nail on the head."

He laughed happily at Zhou Chen, but his expression turned cold the next moment, and he scolded Yang Tao: "Taozi, did you see that? Xiao Zhou has already made his attitude clear, what about you?"

Yang Tao glared at Zhou Chen. She didn't expect that Zhou Chen would betray her.

"Mom, eat first, eat first."

But Xue Sumei had no interest in eating, and continued to say to Zhou Chen: "Xiao Zhou, do you like boys or girls?"

"I like girls more, but I think it's better to have a pair, a boy and a girl, a boy and a girl."

This is Zhou Chen’s sincere thought. In terms of love, father definitely prefers daughter, but he will definitely not reject son.

Although we are talking about gender equality now, in most cases, a family with sons is definitely better than one with only daughters.

The saying passed down by the ancients, raising children to provide for your old age, is not absolute, but it does make sense.

Zhou Chen did not expect his son to support him in his old age. He simply thought that it would be better to have brothers and sisters, because he already had an older sister who was really good to him and it was really a blessing to have a sister.

Xue Sumei's eyes became brighter, and she said happily: "Xiao Zhou, you really hit the nail on the head. Yes, I regret it now. If I had another child, I wouldn't have to keep staring at Taozi. I'm so annoyed. I get angry just by seeing her."

Yang Tao rolled her eyes and confirmed that the child was not her biological child.

With Yang Tao's quick efforts, the meal was finished quickly, and then Yang Tao pulled Zhou Chen away as if escaping and returned to his home opposite.

"Hubby, my mom said that it's fine if she said anything to me, but why are you instigating me to have two children? Are you going to tire me to death?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "It's just two. Even if we add two more, it's no problem. We can afford it."

Yang Tao rolled her eyes: "Do you think I'm a pig? Or do you want to tire me to death? I'm over 30, not 20. How can I have so many children?"

It’s not that she doesn’t want to have a child, but now that her career has finally achieved her dream with the help of Zhou Chen, she wants to work hard for two more years, so she doesn’t want to have a child so soon.

But she also thought about her current age, felt a little worried, and did not dare to give birth easily.

Zhou Chen comforted her, "Don't worry, it's okay. I know a little bit about medicine. There's nothing wrong with your body. During this period, you can exercise with me in the morning. I'll get you some nutritional supplements to ensure that you can give birth to a healthy baby."

"You know medicine? How come I don't know?"

Yang Tao's face was full of surprise. She had been with Zhou Chen for quite some time, but she really didn't know that Zhou Chen knew medical skills.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I just guessed it myself. I just didn't say it before. Don't worry, you are my wife. Can I really harm you?"

When he came here before, he really didn't know any medical skills. He learned medical skills in the later film and television world. Naturally, he couldn't explain this to Yang Tao.