Chapter 356 The icing on the cake
The eldest cub cried so hard that he couldn't breathe, and the second cub started crying too.
Zhao Xiping asked all the unnecessary people in the room to leave. He went to comfort his eldest son first, but he didn't say any words of comfort. He hugged his son and patted him gently.
Sui Liang picked up his niece, his eyes falling on Sui Yu from time to time.
Sui Yu smiled at him and said, "Giving birth to a child is much easier than carrying it in the belly."
Sui Liang couldn't tell whether it was true or false. He clearly felt how much pain the arrival of a new life brought to her mother.
The two cries in the room gradually subsided. The little boy wiped away his tears and choked out, "Dad, go take care of my mom, you don't have to take care of me."
"Okay." Zhao Xiping picked up the steamed buns with fish soup from the table and fed them to Sui Yu. "It's already past noon, you should eat more."
Sui Yu was indeed very hungry. She stopped talking and focused on eating.
After eating a big bowl of fish soup with steamed buns, Sui Yu still felt not full, but she did not add more rice to avoid making her stomach feel uncomfortable.
"You guys go and have dinner." Sui Yu said.
"I'm not hungry, mother, I want to stay with you." As he said this, the little cub was about to cry again.
"Good baby." Sui Yu propped herself up, stretched out her hand, and the little cub came closer, letting her touch his face, tears rolling down silently again.
Sui Yu also started to cry. She blinked and said, "Haven't you seen your sister yet?"
Sui Liang handed the child over and placed it in her arms, saying, "It looks exactly like the cub when he was little."
The little boy lowered his head with tears in his eyes. He wiped his tears. This was his sister from the same mother.
"Giving birth to you must have been very painful too. I don't remember exactly how it hurt. When your sister grows up, I'll forget the pain today too." Sui Yu held the little boy's hand and said with a smile, "Little boy, don't feel guilty. The pain I went through when I gave birth to you and your sister was my own choice. No matter how hard it was or how painful it was, I wouldn't blame you or your sister. This wasn't something you caused. You had no choice, but I did. When I gave birth to you, I wanted a child that belonged to me and your father. I wanted to give birth to your sister because I thought my eldest son was caring and intelligent. I was greedy and wanted to have another good child like you."
"Mom, don't comfort me, I'm not scared." The kid sobbed, "I just feel sorry for you."
"My choice was right. I'm lucky to have you." Sui Yu smiled with tears in her eyes. "Go have dinner with your uncle. I'd be heartbroken if you were starving."
The cub nodded.
"Go ahead." Sui Yu and Sui Liang waved their hands, "I have your brother-in-law to take care of me, don't worry."
Sui Liang took his nephew away.
The door closed, Sui Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and she lay down, her face full of fatigue.
"You go to sleep, I'll take care of Erzai." Zhao Xiping took away the thick pillow and let her lie down.
Sui Yu closed his eyes and lost consciousness in an instant.
Xiaozai and Sui Liang came over again after dinner and saw that Sui Yu had fallen asleep. The uncle and nephew were sitting in the yard watching over him.
Zhao Xiping: ...
"No one brought me food?" he asked.
"You go over and eat, I'll go in and watch." Sui Liang was eager to try.
Zhao Xiping: "I'd better stay hungry."
The boy left, and a short while later, he returned with a bowl of hot water and four pancakes. At noon, the kitchen was busy boiling water, so they cooked a simple meal. The soup and pancakes were all gone, leaving only the leftover pancakes from the morning still in the steamer.
Zhao Xiping didn't complain. He took the bowl and sat outside the door, eating with big mouthfuls. If he choked, he would drink some water to smooth it out.
The yard was so quiet that the only sounds were those of chewing and swallowing.
Suddenly, the sound of a baby crying was heard in the room, and the three distracted people came back to their senses instantly. Zhao Xiping threw the unfinished biscuit into the bowl of water and put the bowl on the ground. He turned around and walked into the room, bolting the door.
Sui Liang and Xiaozai couldn't push the door open, and they didn't dare to speak loudly, so they could only sulk outside the door.
Zhao Xiping guessed correctly, the second child was hungry. He did not wake up Sui Yu, but skillfully held the child and went over to feed him.
Ten years later, Zhao Xiping picked up the skill of taking care of children again. A newborn baby's stomach could not hold more than two taels of water. After the milk was swallowed, the baby would urinate immediately.
After changing the diaper, the mother and daughter lay down together and fell asleep. Zhao Xiping opened the door and went out with the diaper. He explained, "The second child has peed and pooped, and is hungry. I will take care of her eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping. You two should stay out of the way. She is as soft as cotton now, and you two can't take care of her."
"Have you picked a name yet?" Sui Liang asked, "Will you just call him Erzai?"
"Not yet. I'll listen to your sister."
Sui Yu slept until dark and woke up. When she learned that her brother and son had been waiting outside for a long time, she asked them to come in and talk for a while. However, the house was filled with a strong smell of blood, which was unpleasant. After just a cup of tea, she sent them away.
In the evening, there was chicken soup with meat, as well as tender shepherd's purse grown in the silk tent. Sui Yu finished the food that was delivered to her, and her milk became full in the second half of the night.
After the second cub had eaten his fill and been taken care of, she snuggled up in her cradle and slept.
Zhao Xiping poured in some water and gave Sui Yu a menstrual bag to change into. "Are you not sleepy anymore?"
"I slept well in the afternoon."
"You need more sleep to nourish your spirit and vitality." Zhao Xiping climbed onto the bed from the other side. He lay down and asked, "Does your body hurt from sleeping? Let me massage it for you?"
"OK."
Sui Yu turned sideways, and Zhao Xiping reached out to rub her back. "Sui Liang asked me today if I had chosen a name for our second child. I don't know how to choose one. Think about it."
Sui Yu thought for a moment and said, "To be fair, we will choose a nickname and let her uncle choose the full name."
"Are you touched today? The little brat makes me look like a wooden man." Zhao Xiping smiled.
"Yes." Sui Yu was very happy. "I really gave birth to a precious baby. Especially when he asked me if it was painful when I gave birth to him, I almost cried. I am blessed to have him."
Zhao Xiping was also shocked when he heard this. At that moment, he truly realized that he was not as good as his son. Yes, at the age of 34, he was not as good as the ten-year-old Mingguang, and he was very proud of it.
Sui Yu sighed again, then felt sleepy and fell into a deep sleep with a feeling of satisfaction.
The next morning, the first thing Sui Liang and Xiaozai did when they woke up was to come over to visit. Coincidentally, Erzai had woken up too, and the four of them lay together and studied her with great interest.
"It looks the same as when the cub was just born. Its eyes, nose and mouth are all like yours," said Zhao Xiping.
The second child spit out a bubble of saliva, and the youngest child reached out to pop it. He saw that she was obviously stunned for a moment, and he said in surprise: "She is, she is alive, she is a human!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Sui Liang patted him.
Sui Yu understood what he meant and said, "She responded to sounds even when she was in the belly. Don't underestimate her because she's small. She just can't speak, but she can think. It's not fun now, but when she's one month old, she'll laugh when she hears your voice. Slowly, she'll lift her head at three months, roll over at four months, sit up at six months, and crawl at nine months. That's how you grow up."
The cub was lured by the sound. He seemed to see a baby ten years ago who raised his head and smiled at people when teased by his parents and uncle. He would roll around on the bed, sit up and clap his hands, and climb on his parents to sleep.
"What a pity! I don't remember anything about my childhood." The boy was very disappointed. He gently touched his sister's hand and said, "I can only see the footprints of my growing up on my sister."
The baby sleeping with eyes closed is his sister. Ten years ago, there was also a baby like this sleeping obediently under the watchful eyes of his parents and uncle. At this moment, the boy realized the weight of what the teacher said, "blood is of the same origin". His sister was him ten years ago, and he is his sister ten years later.
"I'm luckier than my sister. I can see myself growing up day by day. When she grows up, she will forget her childhood just like me." The kid muttered.
Sui Yu patted his son's head and said, "That's impossible. You are you, and she is she. You have different personalities, so your footprints can't possibly overlap."
"Have you chosen a name?" Sui Liang interrupted, he was still thinking about this matter.
"Isn't this your business? Everyone calls you uncle, but you can't give your brother a name but not your sister." Sui Yu spoke up for Erzai.
"Yes, yes. I'm not partial." Sui Liang was delighted. "I've already decided. The brother's name will be Mingguang, and the sister's name will be Mingcan, which means bright and shining."
"Nice name." Sui Yu didn't pick and choose. "The full name is Mingcan, and the nickname is Xiaohua, the icing on the cake."
She wove her rags life into brocade. The birth of her daughter was the icing on the cake for her, and it was also a small flower blooming in the land with her as the fertile soil.
The three onlookers immediately understood.
The boy felt a little jealous, just a little. He asked bitterly, "My sister is the icing on the cake for Mom, but what about me? Am I Mom's ray of light?"
"I gave you your name," Sui Liang reminded him. He explained, "When you were born, your mother and I welcomed the light. We walked out of the darkness. This light was brought by your father. You are his son, so you are the bright light."
Sui Yu and Zhao Xiping were both a little surprised. Does the word "Mingguang" have this meaning?
The boy was satisfied, but he felt a little embarrassed. This was pure nonsense. He knew very well how much his parents and uncle loved him, and there was no need to question it.
"I have to go eat and attend classes at school." The kid was about to slip away. "Mom, you and your sister stay home and rest. I'll come see you after school."
"Go ahead." Sui Yu waved his hand.
After the uncle and nephew left, Zhao Xiping finally had the chance to get out of bed. He put on his clothes and went out to get water to wash his face.
When he came back, Hua Niu came in with him. She brought him breakfast and volunteered to take care of Sui Yu.
With Zhao Xiping around, he didn't let anyone else interfere. While he was still at home, he tried his best to take care of his wife and daughter.
On the third day of the baby's bath, Zhao Xiping did not invite anyone else and just had the fun with his family.
When his daughter was one month old, he sent invitations to his former superiors and subordinates, as well as his current subordinates, one by one, inviting them to come and celebrate his daughter's full moon, as there was a new member in his family.
When she was one month old, Xiaohua was fair and tender. When she was taken out to be seen by others, anyone with eyes could see that the girl looked like Sui Yu.
The boy invited his classmates to come and celebrate his sister's full moon. Before the banquet started, he carefully held his sister and introduced her to his classmates.
"This is my sister. Her full name is Mingcan and her nickname is Xiaohua. Doesn't she look like me?"
"It does look like it, but why is she called Xiaohua? If you go to Mintun, you'll find a lot of girls called Xiaohua." Yang Sanlang said with some disdain. He pointed at the little girl next to Aning and said, "You also have a cousin named Jinhua, who is also a Xiaohua."
"Can't all cousins be flowers?" Ah Shui annoyed him, "Your brother is Erlang, and you are Sanlang, so we are both Lang."
"I'm Dahua." Jinhua smiled.
"My sister's flowers are the icing on the cake," the cub explained. "Do you understand the icing on the cake?"
"I understand. It's your precious child." Zhao Xiaomi came over and heard this. She tapped her nephew on the head with her fingers. "You're amazing, little Zhao. Your biological sister is only a month old, and you've already left your cousin, who you've known for three years, aside. We are the big flowers, and you're the small flowers, so what?"
The boy scratched his head and insisted, "Xiaohua is the icing on the cake, and Jinhua is the golden flower. It's not that I don't like Jinhua, but my mother went through a lot of hardships to give birth to Xiaohua. She is the icing on the cake, and she is our Xiaohua. It has nothing to do with how long we've known each other."
"Love the house and love the dog." Ah Shui continued, "Xiaohua is precious because she was born to his mother."
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