In the evening, Pan Lei was both excited and apprehensive. To make matters worse, her child was a restless sleeper, which made it even harder for her to fall asleep. Her husband, exhausted from a long day, was already sound asleep beside her. She tossed and turned until sleepiness finally overtook her, and she fell into a deep slumber.
The next day, she woke up in a daze, her body accustomed to rising early to care for her child. She hurriedly shook her husband awake. "Get up! I have to go to work today, so you need to stay home and watch the child."
Jiang Ming, still groggy, snapped awake at her words.
Pan Lei put porridge on to cook and steamed the buns they had bought the previous evening. She also fished out a few small, pickled red radishes from their pickling jar. After a flurry of activity, all that was left was to wait for the porridge to be ready. Only then did she have a moment to get herself ready.
