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Hi there. Would you please proofread the following text? Any help would be appreciated.
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When Jiang was satisfied that Weifeng's health was good, Jingying left to tell Weifeng's father the news, then went home to look after her own family. Longkai had overheard the conversation about his daughter's possible pregnancy from his workshop and knowing what it'd be like he decided to take advantage of them thinking he was too busy. When Jingying came over and told him what was going on, he realised the excitement had died down enough and left for Weifeng’s.
Laohu noticed the mothers had taken over his wife, so he sat at the dining table where it was safe with his father who spoke quietly, not quite whispering, to him. “Son, this pregnancy is very much a woman’s domain, so let your mothers work things out. Even Weifeng won’t have much say at this time”.
Laohu nodded, he had already decided that he was better off leaving the future grandmothers to it, but. “What if Weifeng doesn’t agree with them? She’s not exactly a pushover”.
Jiang considered Laohu’s very reasonable question. “That’s a tough call, son, but my advice is to take Weifeng’s side if she needs you to unless it’s obvious she’s unreasonable. If it gets too heated, just tell everyone to calm down in a loud voice, nothing more. Weifeng is full of changing emotions at this time, so tread carefully, very carefully. Mostly, it’s about listening and being helpful”.
Laohu nodded, and Jiang thought he looked like a soldier about to go on a dangerous mission.
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When Jiang was satisfied that Weifeng's health was good, Jingying left to tell Weifeng's father the news, then went home to look after her own family. Longkai had overheard the conversation about his daughter's possible pregnancy from his workshop and knowing what it'd be like he decided to take advantage of them thinking he was too busy. When Jingying came over and told him what was going on, he realised the excitement had died down enough and left for Weifeng’s.
Laohu noticed the mothers had taken over his wife, so he sat at the dining table where it was safe with his father who spoke quietly, not quite whispering, to him. “Son, this pregnancy is very much a woman’s domain, so let your mothers work things out. Even Weifeng won’t have much say at this time”.
Laohu nodded, he had already decided that he was better off leaving the future grandmothers to it, but. “What if Weifeng doesn’t agree with them? She’s not exactly a pushover”.
Jiang considered Laohu’s very reasonable question. “That’s a tough call, son, but my advice is to take Weifeng’s side if she needs you to unless it’s obvious she’s unreasonable. If it gets too heated, just tell everyone to calm down in a loud voice, nothing more. Weifeng is full of changing emotions at this time, so tread carefully, very carefully. Mostly, it’s about listening and being helpful”.
Laohu nodded, and Jiang thought he looked like a soldier about to go on a dangerous mission.
His excitement came from the two factors. One was that he would be a grandfather for the first time; the other was that he thought he would get away with the trouble or the mess involved in his daughter's pregnancy.
