Li Mai was half asleep when she heard Nan Ling's voice and instantly woke up. She got up, pulled back the curtain by the bed, and looked at Nan Ling with surprise, "Sister Ling, when did you get back?"

Nanling smiled and looked her over before saying, "It's just past noon. I came to see you after lunch. You're quite capable, little girl, giving birth to twins."

Li Mai smiled helplessly, then glanced at the two people, one big and one small, standing next to the crib watching the child in amazement, and raised an eyebrow at Nan Ling.

"That child is Chengcheng, the young master of the Yu family." Nanling sat next to her on the bed and introduced the child to Limai.

When Chengcheng heard Aunt Nan mention her, she turned around and respectfully bowed to Li Mai.

"This is Aunt Nan's god-sister. You can just call her Aunt Li," Nan Ling said to Chengcheng.

Chengcheng smiled at Li Mai, revealing two cute little tiger teeth, and said, "Hello, Aunt Li."

Li Mai nodded and asked him a few questions with a smile.

Chengcheng answered each question respectfully.

The child showed no disdain or contempt for these strangers from a small town; on the contrary, he recognized them as elders and respected them greatly.

After checking on the child, the head of the Yu family went to the outer room to talk with Zhou Quan out of politeness, without daring to look at Li Mai.

This is because Li Mai and Zhou Quan are not particular about etiquette and don't follow many rules. In the big families of the capital, men are not allowed to enter the room of a woman who is in confinement after childbirth, not even to see the baby.

When the baby is one month old, the father will show the baby to relatives and friends, but during the confinement period, the father rarely sees the baby.

Just now, the Yu family head asked Zhou Quan what he thought, and Zhou Quan said that he could come in to see the child.

There was a thin veil over Li Mai's bedside; she would pull it back if she wanted to see anyone.

Hearing their address, Li Mai knew that Sister Ling and the head of the Yu family were probably not married. However, since the head of the Yu family accompanied her back, their relationship must be quite special.

Worried that it would affect Li Mai's rest, Nan Ling said that she would stay for a month or two after returning this time. She then mentioned the three boxes of jade beads she had brought back for her, saying that the items were placed in the next room.

Li Mai thanked Nan Ling and also thanked the head of the Yu family.

The head of the Yu family smiled and said that since those were all scraps, he would keep them for her if they could use them in their jewelry and clothes in the future.

Li Mai thanked her again.

After instructing Li Mai to rest well, Nan Ling and the Yu family head left with Chengcheng.

After returning home, Nanling arranged for Manager Cui of Jinyuge to send a congratulatory gift to the Zhou family, saying that she was a little tired from returning and would not go over to disturb the newlyweds.

Just as the congratulatory gifts were being delivered, Zhou Quan also went to the Zhou residence. He accepted the gifts on behalf of his parents and also had Zhou Lin toast Manager Cui.

Originally, Manager Cui had already finished the wedding banquet and returned home, but after returning home, the owner came back and asked him to come again to deliver the gift. So he had no choice but to come again and drink the wedding banquet on behalf of the owner.

At this time, Li Mai was accompanied by Xu Changhuan and Zhou Xing.

After that incident, Zhou Xing lost a lot of weight and her mental state deteriorated.

Three days after the funeral of the two elders, the family moved away from Xujia Village and moved to Xu Family Bamboo Garden in the town.

They only return to their parents' graves on the seventh day of each lunar month to pay respects.

After Zhou Xing moved in, she fell ill, and it was Dr. Niu who took care of her. She has only gotten a little better in the last few days. She can also go and help out a bit when Zhou Lin gets married.

Seeing that Li Mai's complexion was still not good today, Yun Chang told her and Xu Changhuan to come back and keep Li Mai company.

At this moment, Zhou Xing was holding her little niece and playing with her; how could she possibly look after the child?

“Wheat, I must say, Yanbao is quite delicate, and he looks a lot like Xiaoquan when he was young. It’s a pity that now that he’s grown up, that kid has gone astray and become much rougher.” Zhou Xing smiled as she finished speaking.

Li Mai chuckled and nodded. Zhou Quan's appearance was indeed not as delicate as Luo Ying's, but they looked about seven or eight parts similar.

Xu Changhuan held Yu Bao and looked her over, saying, "In the first few days after they were born, I really couldn't tell the two siblings apart. They looked exactly alike. But after looking at them for more than ten days, I can actually see the differences now."

“Our Yubao is a boy after all. Look at his facial features and bone structure, he seems a little bigger than Yanbao. Also, Yubao’s mouth is more like Xiaomai’s.” Xu Changhuan and Zhou Xing stood together, comparing the two children.

Zhou Xing rarely came over and didn't want to pass on her illness to her two children. She didn't notice anything wrong with them, but she thought they looked exactly alike. After Xu Changhuan pointed it out, she took a closer look and realized that it seemed to make sense.

"Yes, now that you mention it, Yanbao does look a bit more delicate than Yubao." At this moment, the two little ones had their eyes open and were curiously looking at the person holding them.

Laughter came from the courtyard; it seemed that Zhuzhu, Nannan, and Dongdong had returned.

It was Zhou Tao who brought them here.

Zhao can't come over today, and we still need to prepare a reunion dinner for Zhou Lin and his wife tonight. The matchmaker said that the mother-in-law should personally serve the meal to her son and daughter-in-law.

Li Mai and Zhou Xing chatted about the details of today's wedding, such as who was getting married, who was escorting the bride, and the dowry from the Xu family.

Xu Changhuan then said, "It's clear that the Xu family really wants the best for their daughter. The dowry they sent is basically the same as the betrothal gifts your family sent."

"Moreover, I overheard some old women whispering that the Xu family had actually prepared a lot of things for Zhou Lin's wife, but they planned to send them over little by little after the wedding, fearing that bringing back too much at the wedding would make Zhou Lin look bad."

Li Mai nodded. "Yes, the Xu family are all nice. They're very protective of their own and very inward-looking."

Xu Changhuan smiled and glanced at Zhou Tao, who had just entered. "Now that Xiao Lin's matter is finished, it's time to get busy with Xiao Tao's matter, right?"

Li Mai and Zhou Xing exchanged a glance, then smiled and looked at Zhou Tao.

Zhou Tao blushed, "I'm still a child!"

"Hehehe!" The other three laughed together, and Zhou Tao's face turned even redder.

In fact, Lu Qian is now like the son-in-law of the Zhou family. He is present for all matters, big and small, of the Zhou family, and he always fights alongside Zhou Quan.

At the end of January, the Lu family invited Zhou Tao to dinner, and Zhou Quan and Li Mai went along.

That evening, a group of people were taken by carriage to the Zhou residence for dinner. Zhou Quan did not go there again, but stayed at home with Li Mai.

He also slept on the tatami mat at night to take care of the two children and keep Li Mai company.

Today, Zhou Shizhou came to the wedding banquet and told Zhou Quan that Zhou Shu also passed away three days after that day. After a ritual was performed, they were all buried in the Zhou family cemetery.

Originally, Zhou Shizhou didn't want the two to be buried in the ancestral grave, but Zhou Shu's parents knelt down and begged, so he had no choice but to let them in. Well, they're dead, so it's all over now.

Fearing it might affect the Zhou family's fortune, Zhou Shizhou even invited a monk to perform a religious ceremony at the Zhou family ancestral hall.

When Zhou Shizhou talked to Zhou Quan, he was still very tired. He didn't expect that so many things would happen to the Zhou family after he became the clan leader.