Chapter 369: One sneeze means someone is thinking of you, two sneezes mean someone is cursing you!

Anyone with children knows that when a baby is still drinking milk, their poop is mostly runny and not that smelly.

But once they start eating solid food, the poop becomes both stinky and diverse.

The elderly have seen it all, so they aren't as repulsed.

But the young people, oh.

Lu Xiu Bai held his breath, dumped a shovel of wood ash onto the poop, and then wiped his daughter's bottom with a twisted expression.

Good heavens.

"Daddy, stinky."

Lian Lian pinched her nose; it was clear she was disgusted by her own poop too.

"Yes, yes, yes, my little ancestor, what did you eat? It's even stinkier than when your dad had diarrhea from eating soybeans as a kid."

After wiping his daughter's bottom, Lu Xiu Bai hurriedly scooped her up and fled to a distance.

He would shovel that pile of poop up tomorrow and throw it into the bucket for fertilizer.

"Eat meat, want to eat meat."

Lian Lian thought about it, assuming her father was asking what she wanted to eat tomorrow, so she clamored to eat meat.

"Want to eat, meat!"

That's how children are; if one starts it, the others will join in the commotion.

And so, Xiao Mantou and Xiao Nuomi also began to act cute and coquettish, demanding to eat meat as well.

It would have been fine if they hadn't tasted meat puree, but once they did, there was no stopping them.

It was so delicious; how could there be food better than milk!

"Fine, fine, fine, I'll let you eat meat."

Shen Man couldn't stand the little ones acting cute and figured a little bit wouldn't be a problem.

Their own meals weren't overly salty or spicy, and the adults didn't have heavy palates. If the little ones really wanted to eat, excluding things that absolutely couldn't be fed, they could gradually start adding solid foods.

Besides, the children already had fourteen baby teeth fully grown.

There were a few more that hadn't fully emerged, but in a few months, they would be there too.

Generally, a two-year-old child has a total of sixteen to twenty baby teeth.

Simple chewing was no problem at all. After finishing their milk or dinner every day, she and her sister-in-law would guide the little ones to rinse their mouths to help them with oral care.

Parents with children must pay attention to their child's oral hygiene and supervise and guide them in rinsing and brushing their teeth.

Otherwise, if the children's teeth grow in crooked, don't develop fully, or if the enamel becomes pitch black or yellow, it will all be a disaster when they change to permanent teeth!

A good set of teeth—bright, white, and straight—is one of the decisive calling cards for whether children will smile confidently, have an outgoing personality, and get opportunities when they grow up!

Parents who have the means must take their children to a dental hospital when they are fifteen or sixteen to check their teeth, see if they have wisdom teeth, and determine if they need correction or orthodontics!

Before they are adults, there is still room for change.

Once the child is an adult and everything is fixed, if they wait until the child earns their own money and has their own savings to start caring, the child will have already missed many opportunities and many possibilities...

"Yao Yao has already returned to work at the Capital Hospital. She said in her telegram that she is safe and sound, and told us not to worry."

Pei Yan Ting brought over a basin of well water and, while washing her daughter's hands and face, mentioned the telegram she had received.

"That's good. This girl, seeing her this time, I feel she has become much more steady. Next year, we should keep an eye out for a partner for her.

Actually, in my opinion, it doesn't matter if he is an active-duty officer or retired or transferred; as long as the family is harmonious and the person has good character, they can all be included in the reference range."

Pei Lao Ye Zi was very clear in his heart; having the eldest granddaughter by his side was already good enough, there was no need to tie the younger granddaughter to his side as well.

"The range has indeed expanded, but there is still time. We will look slowly; we can't just listen to one side of the story, we must inquire from multiple sources..."

Pei Yan Ting still took her sister's affairs very much to heart.

If the future brother-in-law wasn't a good person, her little temper wouldn't let the other party off easily.

She would drag her husband along and storm over to their door!

"Sister-in-law is right. For a girl, getting married is like being reborn a second time; one must look carefully and absolutely must not step into a fire pit..."

Shen Man also agreed wholeheartedly. She felt a connection with Pei Yao and hoped she could find a good man who knew how to care for her to marry.

Because transportation and communication were inconvenient in this era, many times matchmakers would hide the man's hidden illnesses, or the fact that he was a widower remarrying and had children left behind...

If it wasn't introduced by a reliable person and inquired about from multiple sources, it was really easy to be dragged into a fire pit!

"Yes, if we put our heads together, we will definitely be able to find a suitable one..."

Lu Lao Ye Zi also took it to heart. The two families were already in-laws, and since Pei Yao was like a sister to his granddaughter-in-law and got along well with his own granddaughter, he loved the house and its crow, so naturally, he had to be concerned...

Everyone's attention shifted from the little ones adding solid food and whether their poop was smelly to Pei Yao's lifelong event.

The Capital—

First People's Hospital.

At seven in the evening, Pei Yao finally got off work.

She had gone out on vacation for half a month and brought back some dried seaweed, a local specialty from the Sea Island, to share with her colleagues, which received rave reviews.

Compared to her immature self two years ago, who didn't know how to deal with colleagues and was taken advantage of for nothing, she now understood the ways of the world.

Grandfather was right; if you handle human relationships well, you can avoid a lot of trouble.

Occasionally doing someone a favor or covering a shift could earn their gratitude and provide help at critical moments.

Of course, one had to master the degree of it.

You couldn't let people push their luck; instead, you had to make them know when to stop while being very grateful for her help.

Although she was flustered when she first started practicing, after a long time, she became adept...

"Achoo!"

One sneeze means someone is thinking of you, two sneezes mean someone is cursing you!

Who was thinking of her?

Ah, she knew, it must be Grandfather and her sister thinking of her!

"Doctor Pei, are you free this weekend?

My nephew, the young man I told you about who works at the meat processing plant, he is still single now, and he asked me to keep an eye out for a partner for him..."

"Director Xu, did you forget? I have to be on duty this weekend, I don't have time."

Pei Yao politely declined with a good temper. Director Xu's nephew was already thirty-five this year, had a receding hairline, and looked like he was a generation apart from her!

Besides, was working at a meat processing plant really such a job worth showing off?

She was a full-department attending surgeon now; she wasn't bad either, okay?

Director Xu narrowed her eyes; she had indeed forgotten that.

So she thought about it and changed her wording:

"Then the weekend after next?"

"I have to cover shifts the weekend after next, I don't have time. Section Chief Xu, thank you for your kind intentions, but I've been standing for seven or eight hours today, my head is so dizzy, I want to go back to the dormitory to rest first, let's stop chatting for now."

Pei Yao politely declined again; if the other party still couldn't understand her refusal, she would have to make it clear for the third time.

Section Chief Xu's expression tightened, his tone serious and blunt:

"Hey, you're not young anymore, don't be too picky. If you end up unable to get married, it'll be too late to regret it."

"Section Chief Xu, I'm only in my early twenties, unlike your nephew with the receding hairline, he's in his thirties, right?

To put it bluntly, I don't fancy him. We're a generation apart just standing together; even if the lights were off, I couldn't bring myself to do it."

Pei Yao shrugged; since the other party wouldn't step down gracefully, she opened fire.

At the end of the corridor was the stairwell.

A soft chuckle rang out abruptly—

"Pfft."