"Oh dear, how can it be so ugly?"

Despite her excitement about becoming a mother for the first time, Zhou Qinglan couldn't help but say that the child was ugly when she saw him, who was all red and wrinkled and looked like a little old man.

"Look at you, how can you complain about your own child's looks?"

"This child is so handsome! Just wait a couple of days, his complexion will return to normal, and he'll grow even more beautiful—he'll be incredibly good-looking."

Xu Xiuxiang and the others were both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.

Zhou Qinglan didn't understand, so she just trusted whoever had experience. "Mom, I'm tired, I'm going to sleep for a while."

Exhausted, Zhou Qinglan didn't even bother looking after the child. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Zhang Shuzhen didn't say anything else, but carefully tucked the blanket around her daughter-in-law to make sure there was no draft. Then she beckoned to Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi, and the three of them quietly came out of the west room.

"Sister-in-law, thank you so much."

Oh dear, I was so confused just now, I couldn't remember anything. Thank goodness you guys came to help, otherwise I would have been completely lost.

"Hey, haven't you eaten yet? Perfect timing, I just made some dumplings at home, come on over and have some."

Zhang Shuzhen thanked the two women and then invited them to eat in the east room.

At this point, how could Xu Xiuxiang and the others possibly stay for a meal?

"Sister-in-law, we've known each other for so many years, we're like family, so please don't treat us like strangers."

"I see everything's alright on your end, let's go back first, and we'll come back when the baby's three days old."

Zhang Shuzhen tried to persuade them to stay, but to no avail. Xu Xiuxiang and the others got dressed and left.

Zhang Shuzhen could only send her son and daughter out to see them off, while she hurried to the storeroom.

They took the pig's trotters, pheasants, and other things that had been placed in the wooden bucket beforehand home to rest, intending to cook something for Zhou Qinglan.

"Mom, you haven't eaten yet, have something to eat first."

Sheng Yunfei heated the dumplings in the pot again, brought them back out, and urged her mother to eat.

Zhang Shuzhen was so busy taking care of Zhou Qinglan that she didn't have time to eat.

"Oh dear, I was so busy I forgot I was hungry." It's so true, when people get busy, they forget everything.

"Have you all eaten?" Zhang Shuzhen remembered that she seemed to have told the children to eat first, but she didn't pay attention to whether they had actually eaten or not.

"Mom, we've eaten, don't worry," Sheng Yunfei quickly replied.

"We ate as soon as we got back from Aunt Wang's house."

The west room was in a noisy mess, and Sheng Yunfei and the others couldn't help with anything, so they quickly ate their meal.

Zhang Shuzhen was relieved and then lowered her head to eat her dumplings.

The cabbage dumplings were so delicious and juicy, but Zhang Shuzhen couldn't tell the difference at all.

She was preoccupied with her daughter-in-law and her newborn grandson, so she had no time to savor the taste of the dumplings.

I'm not hungry yet, so I should hurry up and prepare some food for my daughter-in-law. Otherwise, how will she have breast milk to feed the baby?