After the replacement of the military officer, the soft stepmother won

Chapter 325 Two Children Locked in the House

Qiu Nian looked at Shen Li in the photo excitedly, and his fingers trembled as he touched Shen Li's delicate and beautiful little face.

She looks so much like my sister when she was young.

It's as if they were carved from the same mold.

But the demeanor was a little different.

Shen Li's expression is bright, confident, enthusiastic and outspoken, with stars twinkling in her eyes, but his sister does not have such bright confidence. Her smile is gentle and kind, like a soft and gentle gardenia blooming, needing protection and compassion.

My sister's life is so miserable.

He also blamed himself for being incompetent and unable to protect his sister...

Two lines of tears rolled down Qiu Nian's eyes. He was afraid that his tears would splash onto the photo, so he wiped away his tears quickly.

"Captain Lu, we all have chips implanted in our bodies." One of the medical researchers frowned and said.

"Once this arrives in China, I believe the experts will be able to find a way to remove the chip for everyone. There is no need to worry." Lu Jingchuan said in a deep voice.

His deep voice was so convincing that everyone gradually calmed down.

At this moment, everyone had only one thought in mind, and that was to return home as soon as possible!

……

Today is the winter solstice.

It has been two months since Lu Jingchuan left.

Shen Li has also reached the late stage of pregnancy, with a high bulge in her abdomen.

Even though Shen Li tried to control her weight, the fetus was still quite large, and her belly looked like it had a thin skin but a large filling.

Today she is making dumplings with Duran.

Duran chopped up the pork filling, put the vermicelli and wood ear tofu cubes together, and mixed them in a large bowl. She had already kneaded the dough, cut it, and pressed it into pieces with a rolling pin to make round dumpling skins.

"Today is the winter solstice. I don't know if Jingchuan can eat hot dumplings outside." Duran said after preparing the stuffing.

Shen Li picked up a piece of dumpling wrapper, wearing a pink apron, and sat at the dining table wrapping dumplings. "Yeah, I don't know when he will be back."

"Don't worry, my son is a lucky man. He will definitely come back." Du Lan said as he made dumplings, comforting Shen Li.

"Yeah." Shen Li nodded.

"Mom, I want to make dumplings too." Duoduo's soft little face came over, and she stretched out her little hands to make dumplings~

"Come, let me teach you." Shen Li chuckled, "Put the dumpling wrapper in the palm of your hand and pinch it like this~"

Shen Li demonstrated the movements.

But Duoduo's little hands were clumsy, and after kneading for a long time, she only managed to make a round ball.

Duoduo felt a little frustrated when she saw the dumplings with small edges made by her mother and grandmother and the round dumpling in her hand.

"Mom, I'm clumsy." Duoduo whispered.

"It's okay. Your buns look nice and cute." Shen Li smiled. She took out two black sesame seeds and dotted them on the round buns. The white buns with the two black sesame seeds looked like they had two eyes. "Look, isn't it cuter now?"

"Really!" Duoduo's originally unhappy mood was swept away. She moved a small stool and sat around the table. The family sat together happily making dumplings.

Lu Minghui was responsible for putting the dumplings that everyone had made into the pot and cooking them. He was also responsible for keeping an eye on the pot and making sure the dumplings were cooked.

Shen Li took out a coin that had been scalded in boiling water and wrapped it in a dumpling in front of her. "Look, this dumpling is the most blessed dumpling. Whoever eats this dumpling will be the most blessed person. In the new year, everything will go smoothly and be happy."

Duoduo quietly took note of the dumpling. She wanted to put a black sesame seed on it as a small mark, but Shen Li stopped her with her hand, "No, that's cheating."

Duoduo blushed and felt a little embarrassed.

An hour later, all the stuffing was wrapped.

Lu Minghui also cooked the dumplings and served them on plates.

Plates of white, tender, steaming dumplings were served on the table.

The whole family gathered together and had a lively meal.

"I wish dad could eat such delicious dumplings too," said Duoduo.

"Yes." Shen Li smiled and comforted, "Your father will definitely come back safely before the New Year."

"Yeah!" Duoduo nodded. She ate the dumpling in her mouth and said vaguely, "I hope Dad will come back soon so that we can have dinner together as a family!"

Duoduo originally memorized the appearance of the dumplings, but when they were put into the pot to cook, all the dumplings looked the same.

Duoduo couldn't tell which dumpling was the one she was going to eat.

In order to eat the blessed dumplings, Duoduo ate a lot of dumplings in one go.

I ate until my belly was full, but I still couldn't eat that one.

At this moment, a clicking sound came from Lu Minghui's mouth.

He opened his mouth, slowly took out a coin from his mouth, and looked at the coin curiously.

"The most blessed dumpling was eaten by Minghui." Shen Li chuckled, "It seems that Minghui in our family is the most blessed person."

Duoduo felt a little regretful because she didn’t get to eat the dumpling, but since her brother ate it, she just thought of it as if she had eaten it too!

"Minghui, happy Winter Solstice." Shen Li raised the cup filled with drink and clinked glasses with Lu Minghui.

"Yeah. Happy Winter Solstice." Lu Minghui clinked glasses with Shen Li, with a smile on his lips.

The whole family is enjoying themselves.

……

That day, when Shen Li was strolling outside, she passed by a house and heard the sharp cry of a child coming from inside. The cry was very miserable, like fear, as if the child was exhausted, and the cry was intermittent.

What's going on here?

Shen Li walked closer and through a small crack in the door, saw two children locked inside.

The older one was about four years old, wearing only a dirty vest and boxer shorts, without even shoes. He was unkempt, with tear marks all over his face.

The younger children were only wearing a pair of small pants that looked like diapers made from sewn together pieces. The "diapers" were heavy, filling a big bag, and were pitch black. You could tell there was a lot of feces and urine in them.

The child looked about ten months old, crawling on the ground and crying loudly.

The little one is crying, and the big one is crying too. What kind of tragedy is this?

Shen Li was also going to be a mother, so she felt a little compassion and walked over, "Little boy, don't cry first, where are your parents?"

"Everyone has gone to work..." The older girl's hair was messy and stuck to her face. Her face was dark, and her snot and tears were mixed together. As she spoke, her snot flowed into her mouth. She choked and cried.

Are you all going to work?

Why is there no one at home to take care of these two children?

Just lock them both in the house like this?