Chapter 166 Giving Birth to a Daughter

Tao Chenyang looked at Jiang Huan with bright eyes and said, "Thank you, Grandpa."

Tao Chenyang doesn't lack love at all, but she still appreciates people being kind to her.

That evening, Jiang Huan gently pulled Tao Ying into his arms.

Tao Ying told Jiang Huan about the plan to locate the head office in Shanghai.

Jiang Huan's eyes reddened with excitement. "Wife, are you planning to move the whole family here?"

“Of course, I can’t always leave you there alone.” Tao Ying nestled in Jiang Huan’s arms.

"Do the children agree? Do they agree to move?" Jiang Huan was still a little worried.

"Of course I agree," Tao Ying replied with a smile.

After the New Year, Jiang Huan went back home alone, and Tao Ying didn't return to Shanghai until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After returning to Shanghai, Tao Ying began to set up the head office.

Before they knew it, it was time for Tao Ying to give birth.

Madam Jiang had already arranged a room for Tao Ying at the military hospital; it was a private ward.

They even helped train two nannies in advance.

All the maternity bags have been prepared.

When Tao Ying was due to give birth, Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan arrived early.

"These must be Baomin and Baoshan?" Old Madam Jiang asked with a smile when she saw Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan.

I've discovered that Tao Ying is really good at raising children; these two kids are just as good as my own Jiang Yizhou and Jiang Yifan.

"Hello, Grandma." The two greeted Madam Jiang politely, behaving neither servilely nor arrogantly.

“Okay.” Old Madam Jiang replied happily.

Jiang Jiang and Sun Cuiping were also waiting on the side.

"Mom, my sister cried when she found out you weren't letting her come," Wang Baomin said to Tao Ying with a smile.

"Xixi is so young, what's the point of her driving?" Tao Ying didn't insist that everyone accompany her.

“Even Yangyang wants to come here,” Wang Baoshan said with a smile.

“I’ve already found a school for her; she’ll be attending sixth grade here,” Tao Ying replied.

"She'll be overjoyed." Wang Baoshan could already picture Tao Chenyang's expression.

Of all the children in the family, Yangyang is the one who relies on his mother the most.

In Yangyang's heart, his mother always comes before his older sister.

As they were talking, Tao Ying started the activity.

Tao Ying started the process, and Jiang Jiang hurriedly went to call Jiang Huan.

Tao Ying started bleeding first, and did not give birth as quickly as Wang Chunni.

When Jiang Huan arrived, the birth canal was only dilated to the tip of a finger.

"Logically speaking, Yingying has given birth so many times, she should be able to deliver soon. Why is it taking so long? Could it be that the baby is breech?" Old Madam Jiang asked with a face full of worry.

Madam Jiang raised three sons and one daughter in her lifetime, but two of them died young.

So when it came to the raw ginger, it was very easy, taking less than two hours in total.

Upon hearing these words from Old Madam Jiang, Jiang Jiang and Jiang Huan exchanged a glance, then turned away with a guilty look on their faces.

Tao Ying was in excruciating pain, but she managed to hold back her cries after hearing what Old Madam Jiang said.

The pain was so intense that the veins in my neck were bulging, and my forehead was covered in sweat.

The nurse did not hear what Madam Jiang said.

They came over to examine Tao Ying's birth canal and also heard Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan calling Tao Ying "Mom".

I thought the two of them were Jiang Huan's children, and Tao Ying was their stepmother.

I thought to myself that this family had a pretty good relationship.

It took more than twelve hours for Tao Ying to fully dilate her cervix before she slowly walked into the delivery room.

Two hours later, at 11 a.m., Tao Ying was almost exhausted when she gave birth to a big, healthy baby girl weighing seven pounds. Her vagina was torn.

"Mother and daughter are safe." After suctioning the phlegm from the baby girl, the nurse wrapped her up and carried her out.

"What?" Old Madam Jiang thought she had misheard and looked at the nurse with disbelief.

"Mom, why don't you hurry up and hug your eldest granddaughter?" Sun Cuiping urged Old Madam Jiang.

"Nurse, how is my husband?" Jiang Huan's mind was completely focused on Tao Ying at this moment, and he didn't even glance at the chubby girl.

Old Madam Jiang, trembling, went over and took the child.

"The mother is getting stitches and needs to be observed for another two hours," the nurse said before leaving.

"Mom, you take the baby back to the ward first. I'll wait for Tao Ying here." Jiang Huan's eyes reddened when she heard that stitches were still needed, and she stared at the delivery room with worry.

Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan were also waiting here.

In his eyes and in his heart, there was only Tao Ying.

"Mom, let me hold Baozhu." Seeing that Grandma Jiang's arms were trembling a little, Sun Cuiping gently took the child from her.

The elderly couple almost got into a fight over what to name the baby in Tao Ying's belly.

The two of them were only thinking about names for a girl, and never considered what would happen if they had a boy.

As for the child's name, there was a long debate, but in the end, it was unanimously decided that the child's nickname would be Baozhu.

"Can I hold my granddaughter?" Grandpa Jiang asked Sun Cuiping with some anticipation as he leaned on his cane.

"What are you holding? Do you even know how to hold a child? Have you ever held a child before? If you throw my granddaughter on the ground again..." Before Sun Cuiping could speak, Old Madam Jiang started yelling at Old Master Jiang.

"Dad, Mom, stop arguing, let's take care of the child first." Sun Cuiping ignored the two of them and carried the child directly to the ward.

Tao Ying's two nannies quickly followed behind Sun Cuiping.

Their job is to take care of Tao Ying and her child.

The Jiang family's nanny followed behind Old Master Jiang and Old Madam Jiang.

"Quickly put my dear granddaughter down." Old Madam Jiang immediately quickened her pace and chased after her.

When Tao Ying came out, the ward was already crowded with people, including Jiang Yu, Jiang Shuo, and all five grandchildren and one great-grandchildren of the Jiang family.

Everyone gathered around Jiang Baozhu's small bed, looking at her as if she were a rare animal.

Several people were talking about who the child resembled.

They were talking in hushed tones, but no sound came out, as if they were having a silent argument.

“I think our Baozhu looks most like me; she’s practically a carbon copy of me when I was little,” Grandpa Jiang said after watching for a while.

"You're kidding me. My Baozhu will be a little princess in the future. How could she possibly have a face like yours?" Before the other shocked people could react, Old Madam Jiang started to criticize.

The other children nodded in agreement, and even Tao Ying nodded repeatedly when she saw Old Master Jiang's drooping eyelids.

That's terrifying. If the child really looks like the old man, I won't be able to like him.

"You can't tell now, but you'll see when you grow up." Grandpa Jiang didn't care about the attitude of the crowd at all.

"Dad, Mom, what's our Baozhu's full name?" Sun Cuiping asked from the side.

Although they cherish Baozhu like the apple of their eye, they hope that Baozhu will be as precious as a pearl, and be liked and cherished by others.

But outsiders would only think that the name is too old-fashioned and too common.

"Yingying, how about naming our Baozhu Jiang Xuan?" Old Madam Jiang looked at Tao Ying.

"Xuan means beautiful jade, hoping that our Baozhu will be as precious as a pearl for a lifetime," Grandpa Jiang added from the side.

“Okay, I think this name is pretty good. What do you think, Jiang Huan?” Tao Ying didn’t have any major requirements.

I'm terrible at naming things, and I don't have much literary talent either.

"Any name is fine. Even just Baozhu is fine." Jiang Huan genuinely didn't care.

Whatever her name is, whoever she resembles, she's still my daughter.

"What do you mean 'anything goes'? You idiot!" Both Old Madam Jiang and Old Master Jiang erupted in anger. Wang Baoshan and Wang Baomin followed closely behind Tao Ying the entire time.

Noticing the Jiang family's attitude towards Tao Ying, many things became clear to me.

As long as Mom is doing well, as long as Mom is happy, that's all that matters.

As for Jiang Baozhu, the two of them didn't actually show the same level of affection as the Jiang family.

The two of them were not as close to their youngest sister as they were to Wang Chuntao, the eldest sister in the family.

Both of them focused their attention on Tao Ying.

"Alright, all of you, go out. Take turns standing guard at the door and make sure no one with bad intentions steals our precious pearl." Jiang Huan felt that the group was making too much noise in the ward.

"Yes, yes, you all get out of here right away." As soon as Madam Jiang heard that there were children being stolen, her alarm bells went off instantly, and she quickly pushed all the men, including Grandpa Jiang, out of the house.

"Let's see who dares!" Old Master Jiang angrily walked out, leaning on his cane.

Looking at the row of brats, Grandpa Jiang couldn't help but feel disgusted. "If you don't have anything else to do, you should go home first."

"That won't do. What if someone comes in and steals the pearl after we leave?" Everyone except Jiang Yiqiao said firmly.

Tao Ying thought to herself, "..." Does she really think Jiang Huan is made of paper?

If Yang Lin can do it, why can't Jiang Huan?

Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan also went out, and the two of them stayed in the corridor.

They didn't participate in the conversation, and seeing the Jiang family's attitude towards Tao Ying, the two of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The two were also worried that the child would be stolen, after all, Wang Chunni had experienced the same thing.

The two of them ignored the group arguing.

Finally, the five grandchildren, along with Jiang Yu, Jiang Shuo, and Grandpa Jiang, were chased away by Madam Jiang.

In the words of Old Madam Jiang, what use are these clubs?

It can't do anything, and it's incredibly noisy. It's so annoying!

It's better to go home and do whatever you want.

So as not to be an eyesore here.

"Grandma, we want to see our little sister." Jiang Yifan really liked Baozhu.

"Let's see when we get home. How can they all be so blind?" Old Madam Jiang became even angrier.

The pearl belongs to me; do they deserve to see it?

"Jiang Jiang, go back and tell your mother-in-law that I have my own daughter now, and who cares about your spoiled brat?" Old Mrs. Jiang felt her status had instantly risen.

"Mom, my precious daughter still has her own mother. A granddaughter is still a granddaughter. You can't treat her differently like this." Jiang Jiang never expected that her mother would say such a thing about her precious daughter.

You know, Mom usually watches Jiao Jiao secretly.

"So what? It's your mother-in-law's fault for not letting me see it." Old Madam Jiang didn't think she was wrong at all.

As if everyone has a granddaughter, she'll just take her precious jewel to their house to show off later.

"Mom, aren't you afraid I'll get angry?" Jiang Jiang looked at Old Madam Jiang in shock.

"So what if you're angry? Are you more important than my precious pearl?" Old Madam Jiang was now completely content with her granddaughter and didn't care about anything else.

“Our mom wasn’t that good to you before. You’re not even as important to her as my wife,” Jiang Huan chimed in, adding insult to injury.

Jiang Jiang looked at Tao Ying, who was sleeping beside her, and was so angry she was like a pufferfish.

Even though I knew they were deliberately trying to annoy me, I still got angry.

"So what? Sister Tao is still my best friend. Neither of you are good enough. In the future, our little Baozhu will definitely only be close to her aunt." Jiang Jiang retorted.

"Even if you're dreaming, my eldest granddaughter will definitely be closest to her grandmother from now on." Jiang Jiang wasn't angry, but she had hit a nerve with Old Madam Jiang.

He glared at Jiang Jiang and argued in a low voice.

Jiang Jiang realized she had stirred up a hornet's nest, so she didn't dare to upset the old lady any further.

What if we really upset the old lady badly?

"Mom, I'll go check on Baomin and Baoshan and arrange a place for the two children to stay," Jiang Jiang said hurriedly.

Old Madam Jiang didn't even glance at Jiang Jiang.

Jiang Jiang touched her nose and left feeling guilty.

Wang Baomin, Wang Baoshan, and Jiang Yizhou were sitting outside the ward.

Jiang Yizhou and Wang Baoshan are about the same age, but Jiang Yizhou attended a military academy.

The three of them were talking, mainly Jiang Yizhou talking to the other two about training.

No man dislikes the military or training.

Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan both looked at Jiang Yizhou with eager eyes.

"What does this mean?" Jiang Jiang asked as she came out.

"Auntie, how is our Baozhu?" Jiang Yizhou immediately stood up.

"What can you do? You can't hug now. You'll have to wait a few months," Jiang Jiang replied with a smile.

"I'm talking to Brother Baomin and Brother Baoshan about school," Jiang Yizhou replied.

"Why don't you take them to see the compound when you have time?" Jiang Jiang had seen a lot of people, so she knew that men envied this.

“Yes, Baomin, Baoshan, when Jiang Yifan comes to relieve me tomorrow, I’ll take you to see the compound,” Jiang Yizhou said.

"No rush, let's wait until my mom is discharged from the hospital." No matter how much Wang Baomin liked her, he couldn't leave at this time.

Although the Jiang family was very capable and had made thorough arrangements, Wang Baomin was still uneasy without seeing it for himself.

"Yes, yes, it was my oversight. Nothing is more important than my precious pearl right now," Jiang Yizhou quickly nodded.

"Do you take turns standing guard?" Jiang Jiang asked, looking at Jiangxi.

“Yes, my grandfather divided it among the four of us,” Jiang Yizhou replied.

"Then you should focus on your work." Jiang Jiang patted Jiang Yizhou on the shoulder.

They then contacted a hospital for Wang Baomin, and Wang Baoshan arranged an empty ward for him before leaving.

Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan, being there, had no chance to see Baozhu at all; they could only sit next to Tao Ying.

He barely had a chance to speak to Tao Ying, because Jiang Huan stayed by her side the whole time, taking meticulous care of her.

Besides the two nannies who take care of her, Baozhu is accompanied by two elderly ladies and Jiang Yizhou, or other members of the Jiang family.

After staying for a while and seeing that everyone was busy and Tao Ying had fallen asleep again, Wang Baomin and Wang Baoshan came out of the ward.

“Brother, ever since I got here, I’ve felt like Mom has been taken away from me.” Wang Baoshan felt a pang of sadness.

"Don't overthink it, Mom just gave birth and is still very weak." Wang Baomin was also feeling uneasy.

Neither I nor Baoshan could get a hand in it; Uncle Jiang's family doted on and took good care of my mother.

I felt like I was superfluous, just like Baoshan.

"Of course I know, but I just don't feel right," Wang Baoshan said, head drooping, looking unhappy.