Chapter 76
Today is the little one's full moon day.
In Meng Wanqiu and Pei Xingzhi's room, the whole family slept on the kang, which was very wide, so there was no need to worry about not having enough space to sleep.
The little girl slept between the couple. When she was hungry at night, she would hum twice, and Pei Xingzhi would get up to make milk for her.
The little guy finished drinking the milk with his eyes closed, and fell asleep again with the pacifier in his mouth.
The little hands were placed loosely on both sides of the head. The little person was full of the fragrance of milk, and his little body was like a stove, emitting heat continuously.
Meng Wanqiu was too hot and kept moving to the side. The little guy had to stay close to his mother at night, so he also moved to the side.
It was the height of June's heat, and the family was covered with a thin blanket. The little girl also had her own small square quilt, about one meter in size.
The night was a bit stuffy. After the little guy finished feeding, his forehead was wet with sweat. His thick black short hair stuck to his forehead, and the air he exhaled from his little nose was hot.
Meng Wanqiu next to me ran out of the quilt. She had been in confinement for the whole June, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
I take a bath once a week, and the rest of the time I just wipe my body with a wet towel. Yesterday, when I was released from confinement, I finally had a thorough bath.
The moonlight shone through the window frame, illuminating Pei Xingzhi's handsome profile and casting a shadow on the other side, making his appearance more delicate and three-dimensional.
The clothes were a white shirt and black loose trousers. Meng Wanqiu originally wanted to make him shorts, but Pei Xingzhi refused to wear shorts, so she had to make long trousers.
He poured some water from the kettle, wet the handkerchief, and after wringing it out a little, Pei Xingzhi returned to the kang. He wiped the little guy's sweaty forehead, otherwise the sweat would dry and make the delicate little guy sticky and start making a fuss again.
After wiping the small one, I wiped the big one.
The cool feeling touched Meng Wanqiu's heart. She opened her eyelids sleepily and glanced at Pei Xingzhi. She curled up the corners of her mouth and kissed the back of his hand, muttering something.
Pei Xingzhi didn't hear clearly, but that didn't stop him from responding. He leaned over and placed a kiss between Meng Wanqiu's eyebrows, then said softly, "I'm here, go to sleep."
After covering the two babies with the quilt again, Pei Xingzhi lay down on his side with his head supported, holding a palm-leaf fan in his other hand and fanning them again and again, with tenderness and love in his eyes that could not be concealed.
Early in the morning, Pei Xingzhi felt something soft touching his face, and he smelled the sweet scent of milk at the tip of his nose.
When I opened my eyes, I was met with a pair of extremely pure black gemstone eyes, crystal clear, with distinct black and white. The double eyelids were very deep, and the eyelashes were very long and curly, as if they were a smaller version of Meng Wanqiu's eyes.
Pei Xingzhi raised the corner of his lips, took the little fleshy hand off his face, and kissed it on his lips. The owner of the little fleshy hand immediately laughed crisply, revealing his tender pink gums, and his black gemstone eyes were filled with innocent joy.
"Are you up so early?" Pei Xingzhi didn't get up. He just leaned sideways and talked to his daughter, his big hands wrapped around her small hands, his voice so soft that it seemed like water could drip out of it.
The little girl didn't understand anything. When she saw her father talking to her, she could only laugh foolishly and wave her other little hand, looking very happy.
Pei Xingzhi also smiled and looked up at Meng Wanqiu. She was wrapped in a quilt with her back to the father and daughter, sleeping soundly without moving, not affected at all.
He took out the watch next to his pillow and looked at it. It was already seven o'clock. He had stayed up a while last night and woke up a little late this morning. After checking the time, Pei Xingzhi carefully put the watch back.
This watch was a birthday gift from Meng Wanqiu, bought with her own salary. Pei Xingzhi treasured it very much and would take it off and put it away before going to bed at night.
However, since he is not going to work today, Pei Xingzhi does not plan to wear the watch because he has to hold the little one. The watch surface is very hard and he is worried that it will bump into the little one.
Seeing Meng Wanqiu still asleep, Pei Xingzhi picked up the little one and got up together. The little one was in a good mood at the moment, but if she got upset soon, she would start making a fuss and disturb her mother.
After changing the little guy's diaper, Pei Xingzhi went to make some milk, held the little guy in his arms and fed him, patting his back while waiting for him to burp.
She found a jumpsuit embroidered with little tigers in the closet. The clothes were made by Meng Wanqiu last year.
Little Pei Jingxi is a tiger cub, and her temper is just like that of a tiger cub. If she feels a little uncomfortable, she will make a fuss and won't calm down until someone makes her feel better.
Children are like this. Sometimes they are little angels, making you want to give them everything. Sometimes they are little devils, making you so angry that you wish you had never given birth to them.
Meng Wanqiu sometimes feels annoyed and often leaves the children to be taken care of by Pei Xingzhi, the father.
Pei Xingzhi is a good father and is very patient with Xixi. No matter how Xixi makes trouble, he always coaxes her with great patience.
This also caused Xixi to be very attached to Pei Xingzhi. During the day, as long as Pei Xingzhi was around, she would stick to her father and let him hold her. However, when she went to sleep at night, she still had to be next to her mother.
To say that Xixi has a bad temper is only in terms of her personality. She is usually easy to take care of. Her daily routine is the same as that of an adult. She basically doesn't cry or make a fuss at night and sleeps until dawn without disturbing the couple's rest.
After changing clothes, Pei Xingzhi took the little guy for a walk in the yard.
The sun rose and it was still cool in the early morning. There were dewdrops on the leaves of vegetables in the vegetable garden. Cucumbers were planted around the edge of the vegetable garden.
Now there are little bright yellow flowers growing, hiding among the lush green leaves. They look fresh and natural, soothing the eyes, and the air is filled with a refreshing scent.
Xiao Hui also got up, lay down on his front legs in the open space, stood up on his hind legs, stretched his body lazily, and circled around Pei Xingzhi's feet.
Its kennel is located next to the utility room on the left wing, next to the vegetable patch. The couple built their own small wooden hut, covered with a small mat made of old clothes and scraps of fabric. It's simple yet cozy.
Holding the little one in his arms while walking in the yard, Pei Xingzhi introduced the things in the yard to her, with a tenderness in his clear and cold voice.
Even if the little one doesn't understand anything yet, it doesn't matter. This is just a father introducing the world to his child who has just come into the world for the first time.
After swaying for a while, the little guy fell asleep again. After all, he was a child, only one month old, and he spent most of the day sleeping.
After putting the little guy back in the bedroom, Pei Xingzhi took Xiao Hui out. Today was the little guy's full moon. Although there was no wedding banquet, everyone who hadn't come before would come to see the little guy at home today, especially the little guy's uncle Meng Mingxia, as well as colleagues and friends from the factory. They needed to prepare in advance.
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"Captain, aren't you going?" Su Xuan asked Leng Han, who was concentrating on his work, while chewing an apple.
Today is Pei Jingxi's full moon day. Su Xuan has a good relationship with Meng Wanqiu because of his treatment. Of course, he has to go and see the little guy on his full moon day.
Meng Wanqiu also invited Leng Han out of courtesy. Su Xuan had originally planned to go to Meng Wanqiu's house with the captain to celebrate the baby's full moon, but the captain refused to go.
"I still have work to do. Just take the gift for me. I won't go." Leng Han sat behind the desk, staring at the documents in front of him, with no expression on his face.
Su Xuan's eyes fell on the gift on the coffee table - a small wooden horse.
The little wooden horse is exquisite and cute, and the whole body is polished very smoothly. There is also a word "Xi" engraved on the chest of the pony, which can be said to be very thoughtful.
"Okay then, I'll tell Doctor Meng when the time comes." Su Xuan scratched his head, picked up the little wooden horse, put it on his shoulder, and left.
I always feel that something is strange when the captain meets Dr. Meng.
After Su Xuan left, Leng Han stared at the table in front of him, his eyes unfocused, a little dazed and empty.
There was silence for a long time before a sigh was heard in the room.
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At noon, the sun climbed overhead and the temperature gradually rose. The azure sky was as bright as the sea, and a few thin white clouds, as if melted by the sun, floated gently in the wind.
The yard at home was very lively, and everyone who knew the couple came.
Everyone was busy, and the neighbors in Xinghua Lane also came to help. After being neighbors for a year, they had mostly figured out each other's personalities.
Now that they know that Mr. Pei and Accountant Meng are holding a full-month banquet for their child, everyone is happy to lend a hand.
Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng from next door, Sister Gao and Brother Zhu from the unit and their son Zhu Junze, Su Lili and Bai Fengyao, and Jiang Peiran and his wife were all here too.
Meng Mingxia is still on the way.
This is the first time I meet Jiang Peiran’s wife, Meng Wanqiu. Her name is Ji Ying. Her facial features are not very delicate, but her appearance becomes more and more attractive the more you look at her.
Ji Ying speaks very little and is at the opposite end of the spectrum from Jiang Peiran. She had been living separately from Jiang Peiran for a long time and had only recently been transferred to a school in town as a teacher, ending her separation from Jiang Peiran.
Under the jujube tree in the yard, the living room inside the house was full of people. Meng Wanqiu was holding the little guy, looking a little dazed. Are they so popular as a couple?
Outside, Pei Xingzhi has always been aloof. Meng Wanqiu is cheerful in front of acquaintances, but is similar to Pei Xingzhi at other times.
Although the couple were aloof, everyone in Xinghua Lane knew what they had done.
Meng Wanqiu usually carries candy with her, and when she sees children in the alley, she always gives some to them. Some children will see Meng Wanqiu from a distance and run over to her, but Meng Wanqiu never says anything.
Once, Mrs. Hu returned to her hometown, and her son Zhuzi happened to have a fever. Her husband, Hu Dajun, stayed up all night to take care of him. As a result, the next day, she fell asleep in the workshop and accidentally hit her thumb with a sledgehammer, leaving the whole finger bruised.
Hu Dajun was reluctant to spend the money, thinking it was a minor injury, so he didn't take it seriously and didn't want to go to the hospital. That night, his wound swelled up, and the pain was so severe that he broke out in a cold sweat. It was Yang Shu, who lived in the same yard as him, who saw him. She was about to take Hu Dajun to the hospital, but on his way out, Meng Wanqiu saw him and gave him some ointment she had made.
The couple has high salaries and lives a little easier than other families in the alley. Whenever someone else has difficulties and needs money urgently, they can borrow money from Meng Wanqiu and his wife, and the couple will lend them the money.
Over time, this favor was formed.
The others were busy, so Meng Wanqiu couldn't help out, so she could only sit there holding her sleeping little one. Su Lili went to help in the kitchen, with Sister Gao and Ji Ying beside her.
Sister Gao sat next to Meng Wanqiu, looking at the little guy in her arms. His mouth moved and his little hands were clenched into fists and placed beside his ears. It was so cute.
"Oh, our Xixi is so cute. Her eyelashes are so long, will they prick her eyes?" Sister Gao tapped the tip of the little guy's nose with her fingertips, and the little guy's eyelashes trembled.
Meng Wanqiu looked at the little girl and smiled, "No, but her eyelashes are indeed very long, longer than mine and her father's."
Sister Gao felt a little itchy when she looked at the little girl, and the thought of having another daughter came to her mind again.
Just at this moment, Zhu Junze ran in from outside, panting, followed by Xiao Hui, and there were also a few children from next door in the yard.
"Hello, Mom, Aunt Xiaowan, and Teacher Ji." Zhu Junze greeted everyone one by one. Ji Ying was a new teacher in his school and lived in the same staff building as them, so Zhu Junze was not unfamiliar with her.
"Aunt Xiaowan, I want to see my sister." Zhu Junze lay on Sister Gao's legs and stretched his neck to look into Meng Wanqiu's arms.
Meng Wanqiu lowered her head a little so that Zhu Junze could see, "My sister is a little pig. She has been sleeping all the time."
Zhu Junze's distinct black and white eyes were full of curiosity. He stretched out his finger and touched his sister's cheek. He poked a small dimple, and her eyes widened. She pursed her lips and revealed a shy smile, "Haha, my sister's face is so soft!"
Meng Wanqiu smiled, "You were like this when you were a kid."
Zhu Junze pinched his face and felt that he was not as soft as his sister. He turned his head and asked his mother: "Mom, was I as soft as my sister when I was a child?"
Sister Gao nodded. "You were the same as when you were a child, but not as white as your sister." As she spoke, she put her hand on Zhu Junze's face, squeezing his mouth to pout, and said unhappily, "If you keep running out like that all day, you'll soon be tanned into coal."
The school has been on summer vacation recently, and Zhu Junze and his classmates have been playing outside all day under the scorching sun, and they are all tanned like coal balls.
Zhu Junze tilted his head and leaned back, struggling to escape from his mother's clutches, "Woo woo, Mom, you're a coward, let go."
"Okay, sister, boys just love to run outside. Dark spots are nothing. They will be covered up after the winter." Meng Wanqiu saved Zhu Junze.
Zhu Junze hid behind Ji Ying.
"Yes, Junze is still young, don't restrict him." Ji Ying also said.
Sister Gao sighed and said helplessly, "I've always wanted to raise him to be a child like Pei Gong, fair-skinned, knowledgeable, gentle and considerate. But in the end, he's become more and more unruly as he grows up."
After hearing this, Meng Wanqiu said angrily, "Come on, why train him to be like Pei Gong? Wouldn't it be better for you two to be like him? Besides, Junze is such a good kid, so obedient and considerate, just like a little warm boy. If the one I hold in my arms in the future is like Junze, I'll be so happy."
Sister Gao: ...
Ji Ying couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Amitabha.
It was the first time she met Meng Wanqiu. She was stunned by her bright and delicate appearance at first sight. Then she saw Pei Xingzhi and couldn't help but sigh at the good looks of the couple.
Meng Wanqiu's personality is just like her exquisite appearance, that of an elegant, quiet and well-educated woman.
Unexpectedly, the other party uttered "Amitabha". The contrast between the language and the foreign trade made Ji Ying laugh.
Ji Ying smiled and the atmosphere eased.
Meng Wanqiu's eyes widened, and she tilted her head to look at the smiling Ji Ying, "Sister Ying, you look so beautiful when you smile."
I said before that Ji Ying is the type that becomes more beautiful the more you look at her, but when she smiles now, she has a different style.
The eyes become crescent-shaped, and there seem to be stars twinkling inside. There are slight fine lines at the end of the eyes, but it does not affect the other person's appearance at all.
"Yes, Xiaoying, you would look so beautiful if you smiled more often." Sister Gao nodded in agreement.
Hearing what the two said, Ji Ying's face instantly flushed, her eyes moist, and she said shyly: "Stop teasing me, I'm already in my thirties and almost forty, why are you saying these things."
At this time, the shy Ji Ying made Meng Wanqiu and Gao Ying (Sister Gao's real name) stare at her in a trance.
Who would have thought that a woman in her thirties could still have the clear and soft girlish feeling.
This is not an exaggeration, nor is it pretending to be young, but a genuine aura that emanates from her.
Meng Wanqiu smacked her lips, exchanged a glance with Sister Gao, and a word flashed across her eyes in tacit understanding.
Jiang Peiran is such a lucky man.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Sister Ying, do you want to hug this little guy?"
Meng Wanqiu did not continue the topic. Judging from Ji Ying's reaction, she knew that she was a thin-skinned person, so she changed the subject directly.
"Me, me? I don't know how to hold a baby?" Ji Ying pointed at herself, sounding a little helpless.
Meng Wanqiu smiled, stood up and put the little guy in her arms, "It's okay, it's very simple, I'll teach you."
After adjusting her posture, Ji Ying's movements were still very stiff, as she was afraid that any movement would make the child uncomfortable.
The little girl was like a little stove. Meng Wanqiu held her for so long that her clothes were a little wet.
I stood up, stretched my muscles and moved around a bit.
Patting Ji Ying's shoulder, he said, "Relax, she's not a porcelain doll."
Meng Wanqiu had heard from Pei Xingzhi before that Jiang Peiran and his wife didn't seem to have any plans to have children, so she didn't ask them about the issue of children.
I heard that some people in the unit were gossiping about the couple because they didn't have children, and Meng Wanqiu was speechless.
Ji Ying lowered her head, feeling the warmth in her arms. The delicate and beautiful child had snow-white skin, cherry-red lips, and a small, upright nose. She couldn't help but relax. "He looks so good, so much like you and your wife."
Pei Xingzhi and Meng Wanqiu are both very good-looking, so it is natural that the child they have will not be bad looking.
"Haha, just think of it as you praising me, Sister Ying." Meng Wanqiu covered her mouth and laughed secretly. She was quite proud of her little baby's appearance. She was sure that she would be a beautiful girl in the future.
Outside the house.
A chessboard was placed on the table under the jujube tree. Bai Fengyao and Uncle Feng were playing chess. Jiang Peiran was watching from the side, but he did not make any comments like he did in the past.
Uncle Feng still felt a little uncomfortable. He glanced at him sideways and saw Jiang Peiran staring straight into the room.
Uncle Feng peeked in and couldn't help but laugh, "I was wondering why you were so quiet today, so you were looking at your wife?"
Jiang Peiran rubbed his nose and smiled embarrassedly, "My wife doesn't like to talk, I'm worried that she will feel bored."
Bai Fengyao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xiaowan is a sensible child and will take care of Xiaoji."
Jiang Peiran nodded, "She just transferred here. I feel more at ease if she makes friends with Sister Gao and Xiao Meng."
Ji Ying originally taught in a high school in the city. Now, for him, she came to this simple town, so of course he had to take good care of her.
At the same time, three people, two men and one woman, all in military uniforms, suddenly walked in through the wide-open door.
They were Meng Mingxia, Song Nan (Song Zhen’s daughter, the one who once said she wanted to be Xixi’s godmother), and Su Xuan who she met by chance at the alley.
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