Lin Yihui spends little time at home, so Lin's mother doesn't take care of the children for them. Instead, she lets Lin Yihui take care of the children while she takes care of Cao Jianyu.
Every day, after preparing the meals for Cao Jianyu, I would deliver them to him. I would also deliver soup once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Now that the weather is too hot, I also need to take care of Cao Jianyu by wiping his body. Although he can't take a bath, wiping his body with hot water is definitely an option.
As for taking care of the child's bodily functions, such as urinating, defecating, and bathing, Lin Yihui personally does it to foster a father-daughter bond. Many people dislike their children, whether sons or daughters, because they lack affection for them. Therefore, children are dispensable in their eyes.
Lin Yihui was notified that he had to leave, so he might have to leave at any time. The Lin family was worried that he would not be able to attend the baby's one-month celebration, so they decided to hold the celebration for the baby when the baby was nine days old.
At this time, everything was kept simple. The Lin family didn't mention holding a full-month celebration for the child. They just said that they would have a meal together with their relatives. It would be fine if there were fewer people.
The Lin family decided to prepare five tables for the banquet: two for Lin family relatives, two for Cao family relatives, and one extra table in case there wasn't enough room for everyone.
Although Lin Yiwan was also in the watermelon-growing team, there was no need to invite too many people to this family event, so she only invited Wen Xi, Shen Jiaojiao, and Jiang Yue to the full moon celebration.
When Cao Jianyu was discharged from the hospital and returned home, Wenxi gave them a piece of soft cotton cloth so they could make clothes for the baby. Now, when they went to the baby's one-month celebration, the three of them contributed a bag of brown sugar.
When Cao Jianyu first returned, Wenxi and the others came to visit the baby. A few days later, seeing him again, they couldn't help but marvel at how children can change every day. This time, he looked completely different from when he first returned. No wonder many TV dramas don't recognize children after they've been switched.
Because children change so much.
"Sister-in-law Lin, have you named your baby yet?" Wenxi asked curiously.
Cao Jianyu smiled gently, "He's been born. His name is Lin Wangshu. It was his father who gave him the name."
“Wangshu? Wangshu is another name for stars, it’s a really nice name.” Wenxi said with a smile, she didn’t expect Lin Yihui to care so much about his daughter and give her such a beautiful name.
Cao Jianyu's eyes lit up when she heard this. She hadn't expected Wang Shu to mean that. She didn't know it at first, but now that she heard Wen Xi's explanation, she realized that Lin Yihui had come up with such a beautiful name for the child.
Now, when I hear this name again, it sounds better and better.
Wenxi and the others didn't dare to hold such a small baby. They just stood by the bed for a few glances and then left, not wanting to disturb Cao Jianyu and the baby's rest.
After having lunch at the Lin family's house and receiving some red eggs, I went back home. I don't know how they dyed the eggs red, but they looked very festive.
Those who purchased watermelons from the Fengshou Brigade last year came to place their orders early this year, especially those units that received their watermelons later in the year. They all wanted to be among the first to eat watermelons this year, so they placed their orders very early.
Finally, the day arrived when the watermelons were ripe and ready to be harvested. Almost the entire village came to watch the excitement. Seeing the big, round, and green watermelons piled up in bamboo baskets, everyone couldn't help but swallow hard, eager to taste the first batch of watermelons.
However, they knew that the watermelons had already been reserved by other companies, and even if everyone wanted to eat them, those companies would have to be supplied first. They estimated that they would not be able to eat watermelons until the double harvest season!
The watermelon had an incredibly strong aroma; even those not in the watermelon field could smell it. Watching baskets of watermelons being loaded onto the tractor, everyone felt a deep sense of reluctance.
But no one said much, because everyone knew that the money earned from selling watermelons would be distributed to everyone at the end of the year, and the more the team earned, the more money everyone would receive.
Since Wenxi had asked Captain Qian to arrange for ten girls to come and learn how to grow watermelons, she naturally had to teach them from beginning to end. After all, she wouldn't be coming to the Harvest Brigade anymore, so keeping the technology to herself would be useless.
Furthermore, even if she continues to grow watermelons in the future, she will not grow watermelons in the Fengshou Brigade, so there is no such thing as teaching an apprentice to starve the master.
So Wenxi also taught them how to tell if a watermelon is ripe. If they couldn't tell from the appearance or the sound, they should tell by the timeline.
I've kept track of the time it takes for the watermelon to flower, bear fruit, and ripen. Then, I let the watermelon grow a couple more days before harvesting it.
Pick one and cut it open to check its ripeness. If it's not ripe enough, let the others grow for a couple more days. Once they're ripe enough, they're ready to be picked.
Moreover, watermelons shouldn't be picked when they're fully ripe, otherwise they'll easily rot. They're usually ready to be picked when they're seven or eight tenths ripe.
In the past, watermelons grown by Qin Mi's family were harvested when they were six-tenths ripe, because transportation took time. However, watermelons from Wenxi's area do not need to be transported to other places over long distances, so they can be harvested when they are seven or eight-tenths ripe. Once everyone has the watermelons, they can eat them directly.
Once the watermelons were transported away, the villagers who had been watching also left. They needed to go to work, otherwise they would get fewer work points and less grain at the end of the year.
Yang Mengying got pregnant with her second child shortly after giving birth, and now she's in her late pregnancy. It's said that second pregnancies happen faster, and Wenxi was worried that something might happen to her if she was alone at home, so she asked Gu Huai'an to come to the watermelon field occasionally to avoid any complaints from the villagers. After that, she sent Gu Huai'an back home.
Sure enough, before Cao Jianyu had even finished her postpartum confinement, Xu Mengying gave birth. This time, she finally got her wish and gave birth to a son, giving her a feeling of triumph.
If she weren't still in postpartum confinement, she would have taken her son out and slapped those people in the face for saying that her figure couldn't give birth to a son. Does being able to have a son have anything to do with body shape?
While Yang Mengying was still in the hospital, she couldn't wait to ask Gu Huai'an to tell the family the good news, because she felt that she had given birth to a precious grandson for the Gu family, and that the Gu family would definitely give her a big reward.
Of course, Yang Mengying was right. Later, Grandma Gu did send good things over here as if they were free.
Although Feng Xintong did not announce the good news to the Gu family when she gave birth, the Gu family was also good at keeping track of the days. They did not intend to come and take care of her during her postpartum period, so they postponed their trip to the county town to find Gu Ningzhi and Feng Xintong for quite some time.
Since his family was coming to visit, Gu Ningzhi naturally had to ask for leave. He went out early to buy meat and vegetables before going to the bus station to pick them up.
Only Gu's father, mother, and two sisters-in-law came; no one else came.
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