“This is my daughter, Yu Ningyao,” Shen Jinzhu answered first.

"Yaoyao, call him Grandpa and Grandma." She pinched her daughter's little cheek.

Yu Ningyao showed no stage fright and greeted them in a generous manner.

"Okay, okay, Happy New Year to you too." Shen Dafu and Lin Yunzheng were full of suspicion.

When did their daughter have another child? How come they didn't know?

"Let's go inside first and talk about it," Shen Jinzhu urged.

She knew her daughter was more precocious than other children.

She didn't want to say in front of so many people that she was adopted.

If this child heard this, he would definitely feel very wronged.

"Alright, alright, let's go inside first." Shen Dafu nodded and gestured for them to walk inside.

As soon as I entered the house, my two sisters-in-law came out with their children.

"Little sister, you're finally back." Sister-in-law Mu Wentang smiled and shook her hand.

"That's right, Yuanbao and the others talk about missing their aunt every day." Second sister-in-law Liu Fuyu also greeted them with a smile.

"Happy New Year, Aunt and Uncle!" The Shen family children greeted them chatteringly.

The Yu Kangjing couple also introduced their children to them.

As expected, everyone was very curious when they saw Yu Ningyao.

When did Shen Jinzhu have a daughter?

They wanted to ask, but seeing that their in-laws hadn't asked yet, they wisely kept quiet.

The house was warm because of the underfloor heating.

Yu Ningyao was wearing a lot of clothes, and soon she was sweating profusely. When Shen Jinzhu saw this, she quickly ordered her maid to take her away to change her clothes.

"Yuanbao, hurry up and take your younger siblings with you. Your aunt has brought you lots of gifts." Shen Jinzhu patted her nephews' heads.

I wanted to find an excuse to get them away as well.

After the children left, only a few adults remained in the house.

Shen Dafu looked at her: "Now you can tell me, right?"

“Yaoyao is a child my husband picked up.” Shen Jinzhu recounted the story of searching for Yu Ningyao’s biological parents.

It was also emphasized that Yu Ningyao has now been adopted as a goddaughter by Princess Ningle, and a grand family reunion banquet will be held in early February after the New Year.

She was afraid that they would ask her to give up raising the child because she had been adopted.

"Heavens have mercy, this child's birth mother is truly inhuman," Lin Yunzheng couldn't help but sigh.

Families like theirs all seek to have many children and enjoy good fortune.

Sons and daughters are raised the same way.

"Luckily, she met you two," Shen Dafu added with emotion.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure everyone in the family keeps quiet. If the younger ones ask, they'll all say you gave birth to them. It's just that they were born with health problems, so we haven't made it public yet."

Hearing him say that, Shen Jinzhu and Yu Kangjing both smiled with delight.

"Father/Father-in-law is the most thoughtful."

The two sisters-in-law quickly nodded, "Don't worry, we won't say anything. We're keeping it from the child too."

After all, children can't keep their mouths shut. If they accidentally let something slip, it would really hurt their little girl's feelings.

"Thank you so much, sister-in-law," Shen Jinzhu said happily.

He looked around but didn't see his two older brothers, and asked in confusion, "Where did my eldest brother and second brother go?"

“There’s a business deal your eldest brother is negotiating. The servant came back and said he seemed to have drunk too much. Your second brother was worried and afraid it would cause trouble, so he went over there,” Shen Dafu explained.

"Oh dear, if you can't drink, you should drink less," Shen Jinzhu said with some concern.

"It's alright, your older brother can hold his liquor well," his sister-in-law, Mu Wentang, comforted him with a smile.

The children, having changed their clothes, ran over chattering excitedly.

"Mother, look what delicious food Aunt brought us!" Shen Yuanbao, the eldest son of the Shen family, excitedly showed off the venison that Shen Jinzhu had brought from the capital.

"You, all you can see is food." Mu Wentang tapped her son's forehead.

Yuanbao was the first grandson of the Shen family, so he was spoiled by the whole family from childhood until he grew up. Compared with the second son, Shen Yuanrui, Yuanrui was more like the older brother.

Despite being only two years apart in age, Yuan Rui is already able to accompany her husband to do the accounting.

Yuanbao, however, only knew how to research which restaurant's food was the best.

"Oh dear, being able to eat is a blessing, and Yuanbao is doing quite well this way." Shen Dafu didn't have particularly high expectations for his eldest grandson.

As long as one of the younger generation can support the family business, the others don't squander it.

Yuanbao has been a bit dim-witted since he was little, and he's not very perceptive when it comes to money.

On the contrary, he was born with a good palate and has a lot of experience in appreciating fine food.

He planned to send him to work as a supervisor in his family's restaurant when he was a little older, to see if the chefs were cheating or shirking their duties.

“That’s right.” Shen Yuanbao chuckled, took out a piece of venison and gave it to his grandfather first, and then to his grandmother.

He divided them out one by one, so everyone could have a taste.

As everyone was enjoying the venison with smiles, a servant ran over to announce, "The eldest master and the second master have returned."

Shen Jinzhu looked closely and saw her second brother, Shen Youxian, helping her drunken eldest brother, Shen Youqian, into the house.

"Little sister?"

Upon seeing her, Shen Youxian was so excited that he almost dropped his older brother.

The servants quickly stepped forward to help him up.

"Second brother, I'm back." Shen Jinzhu was also very excited to see her brother.

After all, the brother and sister hadn't seen each other for three years.

The last time we met was when Ziying turned one year old and had her traditional Chinese first birthday celebration.

"Huh? Little sister?" The drunken Shen Youqian rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he saw Shen Jinzhu.

"It's me." Shen Jinzhu nodded with a smile.

"You finally decided to come back!" Shen Youqian was so excited to see his sister that he choked up.

Perhaps because he had been drinking, he was unable to control his tears at that moment.

"Yes, I'm not only back, I've also brought all your nephews back with me." Shen Jinzhu smiled and asked the children to come over and greet their uncles.

When it was Yu Ningyao's turn, she couldn't help but frown as she finished her greeting.

Why do my eldest and second uncles smell of poison?

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