On the 28th day of the third lunar month, Liu Guanghui's family held a full-moon banquet for little Liu Shulan. In fact, the girl had been one month old for a few days, but Liu Guanghui's family chose this day specifically because it was a good day and everyone at home, whether working or studying, had a day off.
After more than 30 days of growth, little Nannan is very different from when she was just born. The vernix caseosa on her forehead and body has fallen off, her little face has become more round, her skin has become much whiter, and her eyes are now open. She has a pair of big round eyes and looks very energetic. Although she still looks like Mingwen, she is also very cute as a little girl. She looks chubby and has chubby little hands, which looks pleasing. It can be seen that every sip of milk is not in vain.
There was no big celebration for Nannan's full moon party, at least we invited Xuemei's family, Liu Xiu's family and He Jing to have a meal and a small gathering. It was rare that the village was not busy these days and we didn't have to go to work every day.
Xinyan and Mingzheng hadn't been home for over a month. They hadn't been back for a single day last month, returning the afternoon after He Wanting gave birth. Mingzheng and Xinyan went to the Liu family's house to drop off the bicycle parts Mingzheng's colleagues had gathered. He then took his own bike and tested it in the Liu family's yard. After finding no problems, he paid and returned to the old house. He stayed at the Liu family's house for just over half an hour before returning to the old house for dinner. The next morning, Mingzheng rode his bike with Xinyan back to the county town; they had to go to work that day.
Xuemei and Hanchen also gave little Nannan a red envelope of one yuan each, while Liu's mother made Nannan a pair of tiger-head shoes and a bib. Nannan could only wear the tiger-head shoes in winter.
After lunch, Mingwen held Nannan in his arms and showed her off to the men. Nannan was a very good-natured baby. According to Wang Shuihua, she was just like Mingwen when he was a child. She would sleep when she was full, and would cry for a few times when she was hungry or had peed, and would stop when the adults came over. She was very quiet and had no temper.
The child was taken away by Mingwen, and He Wanting also walked to Xuemei and the others, moved a chair and sat down.
He Wanting spent the entire confinement period, only washing her hair on the afternoon of the 21st of this month and taking her first proper bath in a month that evening. He Wanting's confinement was excellent, and her complexion and health have recovered well. She now weighs around 116 pounds, a good ten pounds more than before pregnancy, but she looks fine. Aside from a slight belly bulge, her breasts appear much larger due to breastfeeding, but the rest of her figure is relatively well-proportioned.
As soon as He Wanting sat down, she said, "Sister-in-law, now that you're a regular employee, you and brother are going to have children, right?"
Xinyan nodded and said, "Yes, we started preparing to have a baby this month! It all depends on when we get pregnant."
"Sister-in-law, if you relax a little, the baby will come faster! It wasn't this quick when I got pregnant with our daughter!" He Wenting advised.
"I'm just thinking about getting pregnant as soon as possible so that I can feel more comfortable during the confinement period. It would be so annoying if I had to be in confinement during the hot summer!" Xinyan replied.
"Yeah, the first half of this month was fine for me. The weather was neither too cold nor too hot. But I felt uncomfortable in the second half. The temperature rose and I could only wipe my body with hot water in the room. I didn't wash my hair for a whole month. The smell was so strong in the last few days that I wanted to vomit. On the day I left the confinement period, after washing my hair and doing exercises, I felt like I had lost five pounds!" He Wenting complained.
"Is it that exaggerated?" Xuemei asked with a smile.
He Wanting nodded solemnly and said, "Of course, this is true. It must be very uncomfortable to be in confinement in the middle of summer. Shengnan, Xuemei, when are you two going to have children? Or you can do what my sister-in-law did and start now. Then, when the four of us have children that are close in age, we can play together and go to school together!"
When Shengnan heard this, she replied embarrassedly, "Maybe I'm pregnant?"
Xuemei looked at Shengnan beside her in surprise and asked, "Really? Did you go to Sister Wu to see it?"
Shengnan replied, "My period hasn't come yet, even though it's usually over by this time. Also, the loach and eel I ate last night tasted fishy. I haven't told my mom yet, but I plan to go to the health clinic later."
For the past month, Mingwen, needing to provide He Wanting with nutritional supplements, had taken Mingwu, Hanchen, and Zhang Wanlin to the paddy fields to catch loaches and eels whenever he had free time in the evenings. Sometimes they even went fishing in the creek. During school holidays, he took Qingya, her siblings, and Juhua to the creek to catch shrimp. Now, the Liu family had two cans of dried shrimp filled with orange juice.
He Wanting said quickly when she heard it, "That should be almost certain. I remember you said your menstruation is normal. You should take your brother-in-law to the clinic right now. It's just a short distance away. Remember to let us know if there's any good news!"
"Go now?" Shengnan asked back.
Xuemei and Xinyan also nodded. Shengnan then stood up, walked to Mingwen and called Zhang Wanlin away. The two of them walked towards the health room together.
After Shengnan left, He Wanting looked at Xuemei again and asked, "What about you? When are you and Han Chen going to have a child? What do you think of my suggestion?"
Xuemei thought for a moment and said, "I need to think about it again. I've only been married for four months. I originally planned not to have children within six months of marriage!"
"It's not like you can get pregnant immediately if you want to. I think you can get ready now!" Xinyan persuaded.
He Wanting also agreed: "That's right, sister-in-law is right!"
"Okay, I'll go home and ask Han Chen first!" Xuemei replied.
Just as He Wanting opened her mouth and wanted to say something, Wang Shuihua came over with her daughter in her arms and said, "Wanting, Nannan seems hungry. Go back to the room and feed her!"
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