Su Le was wheeled into a single-bed ward, and everyone listened to the nurse's instructions. Chen Yao also hurried over, and Xu Jiaojiao, who had experience, taught Su Le how to avoid some pain.
Li Zichen held Su Le's hand tightly and remained silent, but Su Le smiled and comforted him.
Su Bei and Sunan returned with their two children. Chen Yao held the children in her arms. Upon hearing that the younger brother was taller and heavier than his sister, she couldn't help but scold him, "He's so young, yet he's already stealing his sister's nutrition."
Xia Le picked up his brother and said, "These two siblings look so much alike. I heard that twin boys and girls are usually different, but their eyebrows and eyes are quite similar."
Su Fugui disagreed, saying, "How are they similar? You can tell the younger brother is much fatter." He carefully took his sister from Chen Yao's arms, smiling brightly, "She looks exactly like Lele when she was little. I held Lele like this back then, and she smiled at me. Just because of that smile, I never planned to have another one... Ouch!"
Chen Yao stepped hard on Su Fugui's foot, and Su Fugui finally realized what was going on and shut his mouth. He then continued to tease the child with a smile, and no one took it seriously.
Su Bei and Sunan said quietly, "Dad, if Lele is a boy, do you plan to have another one?"
Chen Yao rolled her eyes at Su Fugui. Su Fugui didn't even look at Su Bei and Sunan, and said, "You guys don't smell as good as girls."
Su Bei and Sunan hummed twice, and also came to Su Fugui's side to look at the two babies, praising them, "They are so beautiful."
Sunoy also came over and said, "Grandpa, Kang."
Su Fugui squatted down and showed his sister to Su Nuoyi. Su Nuoyi smiled and poked his sister's face. Su Fugui quickly picked her up. Xu Sheng squatted down and said to Su Nuoyi: "The little sister's skin is very delicate. You can't touch her face. Do you understand?"
Su Nuoyi nodded in confusion, looking at the sister in Su Fugui's arms with clear eyes, and murmured: "My sister is so beautiful."
Chen Yao and Yao Cuifang went back together to prepare something for Lele. No one in the ward left, one child after another, holding their own. Jiang Liang took Su Fugui's precious granddaughter from Wang Xiang and thought to himself, "This is what Su Le looked like when she was little. She must have been so adorable."
Soon, it was time for the girls to go home from school. Wang Lan and the others said hello to Li Zichen and took their children back home.
Li Zichen nodded. Before Jiang Liang could hug his sister enough, Su Fugui snatched her away. The warmth in Jiang Liang's hand was still there. The little guy looked at the little Su Le and stared at the ground in a daze.
Su Le felt a slight pain and frowned. Xu Jiaojiao comforted him, saying that the nurse would press his stomach again, which would make it more painful, but it would be better tomorrow.
Su Fugui prepared the two bottles of milk. Jiang Liang held his younger brother with a look of disdain and helped feed him, while Su Fugui happily held his little granddaughter and fed her carefully.
When Xu Jiaojiao saw that they had finished feeding, she told them to stand up and pat the baby's back to burp the milk, put their fingers together, and gently pat the baby's back with their hollow palms.
Chen Yao and Yao Cuifang arrived at the ward with food, only to find two grown men burping a child. When the time came, Chen Yao and Yao Cuifang opened their lunch boxes. Yao Cuifang had prepared chicken soup, which made Su Le nausea. His wound still hurt.
Yao Cuifang stood aside, feeling somewhat lost. Chen Yao fed Su Le porridge with a distressed look on her face, saying, "Sister Yao, you just gave birth, so you can't eat a lot. Eat something light and take your time."
Yao Cuifang quickly said, "We in the countryside all take care of our daughters this way. It helps the milk come in quickly and in large quantities."
Chen Yao and Su Fugui both frowned, and Su Le shook her head slightly. Chen Yao didn't argue with her, but she was full of dissatisfaction in her heart.
Li Zichen quickly pulled Yao Cuifang aside and said, "Mom, it doesn't matter whether you have it or not, you can drink milk powder."
Yao Cuifang shook her head and said, "What the hell is milk powder? Can it be as nutritious as breast milk? Back then, when we didn't have enough, we had to drink rice soup."
Chen Yao couldn't hold it in any longer and said, "Sister Yao, rice soup has no nutrition. Milk powder is formulated to be suitable for babies. I will take care of my own daughter myself."
Li Zichen pulled Yao Cuifang, and Yao Cuifang finally responded, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. I'll do whatever you say. I'll just take care of Lele. I have experience."
It would have been better if the latter part of the sentence had not been said. As soon as it was said, Chen Yao and Su Fugui became worried, and Su Fugui tightened his grip on his granddaughter.
Comparing Yao Cuifang and Chen Yao, Xu Jiaojiao still felt that Chen Yao, the mother-in-law, was sensible and open-minded. She accepted milk powder as milk powder and did not force breastfeeding.
That night, after the nurse massaged Su Le's belly, she told her that she could breastfeed and let the baby suck on her milk.
When one of the two children wakes up hungry, the other will usually cry. Su Le was immediately overwhelmed. Yao Cuifang quickly carried her brother to Su Le and said, "Give him some water first, and I'll comfort him."
Su Le had just finished massaging her stomach, and it was in excruciating pain. How could she have the energy to feed two children? Chen Yao and Su Fugui didn't leave, worried that Yao Cuifang might do something wrong.
Chen Yao quickly prepared two bottles of milk powder and gave one to Su Fugui to feed his sister, while she picked up the younger brother next to Su Le and fed him.
Li Zichen clearly sensed Su Fugui and Chen Yao's dissatisfaction, and heartbrokenly fed Su Le some water. He said to Yao Cuifang, "Mom, you go back first. I'll just watch over here."
Yao Cuifang suddenly realized that her old problem had come back again. Holding the old hen soup, she said, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I'm leaving first. I'm sorry, just now..." She couldn't continue, and seeing that the two ignored her, she had to leave.
Chen Yao watched the door close and Yao Cuifang leave. She said to Li Zichen with a cold face, "Our family has never favored boys over girls, nor does it say that older sisters must give in to younger brothers. Don't let your mother instill this kind of thinking in the two children in the future."
Su Fugui also said dissatisfiedly: "Le Le has always been our treasure. If we talk about favoring boys over girls, our family favors girls over boys. This brat has been stealing nutrition from his sister since he was in the belly. He has to give in to his sister from now on."
Li Zichen quickly agreed, wiped Lele's tears with a distressed look, and said, "I know, I know. It's my mother's fault. I will explain it clearly to her later. From now on, no matter whether it's the child or my mother, Lele is the most important. Everything should be based on Lele."
Su Le couldn't turn over and could only lie flat, shaking his head from side to side. One hand tightly grasped Li Zichen's hand, and the other hand grasped the bed sheet, which was in great pain.
The two children would wake up every two or three hours. Li Zichen would immediately make milk for them and feed Su Le some water from time to time.
Su Le had to massage his stomach every two hours, which kept him awake all night, and the three of them were heartbroken. The next day, Su Le started massaging his stomach every six hours, ending it at night.
Chen Yao and Su Fugui stayed up all night. At night, Li Zichen asked them to go back and rest, and he could take care of the matter. Chen Yao and Su Fugui looked at him worriedly, and Su Le also urged them to go back and rest, saying that they were old and it was not good for them to stay up late.
The two of them yawned and went back to sleep. Li Zichen didn't sleep deeply at night. He would wake up as soon as the child cried. He would hold the sister to feed her first, then burp her, and then hold the brother to feed and burp him.
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