Chapter 160 Coaxing the Child

Lin Yuru put a small table on the bed and let Xia Juanjuan eat in the room.

Li Zhan put some of each dish in the bowl, walked into the back room, and said with a smile: "I will eat with you in the room."

Xia Juanjuan knew that she was afraid that she would be lonely, and she felt warm in her heart, so she did not refuse.

After dinner, Yan Haotian and Bai Zihan stayed here.

Li Zhan came back, so naturally Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan slept in the east room of the main house with their three kids. Lin Yuru wanted to sleep with her long-lost son, and planned to ask him about his life all night, but she was also worried that the three kids would wake up in the middle of the night and make trouble, so she had to come over to help comfort them, so she slept in the west room of the main house with Yan Haotian.

Lin Yuru was afraid that Yan Haotian was not used to sleeping in the same bed with others, so she asked Xia Shuangshan to prepare a floor for her and planned to sleep there herself.

Yan Haotian naturally refused, saying that he was a soldier and was used to sleeping in the open air, and sometimes even slept on the wet ground. So he rushed to sleep on the floor and gave his bed to Lin Yuru.

Xia Shuangshan couldn't help but complain to Lin Yuru in a low voice: "Why can't you wait until dawn to say it? Why do you have to say it at night? You finally found your son, and you still let him sleep on the floor..."

Without waiting for Lin Yuru to answer, Yan Haotian smiled and said, "Dad, don't talk about Mom. I have to go back to the army early tomorrow morning, and the only chance I can talk to Mom is at night. It's really no problem for me to sleep on the floor!"

Xia Shuangshan said this and then didn’t say anything else, but he couldn’t help but feel a little envious of Lin Yuru.

He hasn't even had a few words with his son since he came back...

In the end, Xia Shuangshan took Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei to sleep upstairs, while Bai Zihan slept alone in another room upstairs.

Li Zhan heated up some water and helped Xia Juanjuan wash up before he smiled and said, "This yard is quite spacious. Where did you rent it?"

Xia Juanjuan was a little nervous for a moment, then she smiled and said, "When I went to the county town with Director Zheng to help with purchasing goods, I accidentally met the owner of this house, Grandma Luo. She went to Beijing at the end of last year, and the house became vacant. I wanted to come to the county town to wait for the birth of a child, so I asked someone and rented it at a lower price."

Li Zhan listened but didn't ask further questions. He smiled and said, "Well, you can stay here for a while and go back to the village in a few days."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Yeah."

I couldn't help but ask, "When are you going back?"

Li Zhan looked up at her, then said guiltily, "I have to go back early tomorrow morning."

He and Bai Zihan came here midway this time, originally planning to send Xia Juanjuan to the hospital to wait for delivery, then return to the army, and then ask for leave to come back in about ten days when the baby is about to be born.

Unexpectedly, I caught it just in time, but I didn't have much time off, so I still have to go back and report it before asking for leave.

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but look a little dim.

But due to the nature of Li Zhan's job, she knew she couldn't ask for more.

Li Zhan came up to the bed and hugged her from behind. He kissed her on the head and said apologetically, "Juanjuan, I will ask for leave after I go back. I will try to come back soon and stay for a few more days to accompany you and the kids. There will be a rice and flour feast and a full-moon wine party later. I promised Secretary Zhao before that I would treat the whole village to the feast."

Xia Juanjuan thought about it and realized that this was what the two comrades who were entrusted by Li Zhan to send her back told Secretary Zhao when she returned from the army in the spring. In a blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

"You remember this clearly... Let's combine the rice and flour feast and the full moon wine into one. Where in the village is there extra rice and flour and money for us to give as gifts? Don't make it seem like we want to receive double gifts. Besides, even if you ask for leave again, you can't ask for 20 days or a month, right? Just hold one while you are at home."

Li Zhan smiled and said, "I'll listen to you, my wife."

As he was speaking, the three little kids who had been sleeping woke up one by one, clenched their fists and started crying.

Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan quickly picked them up and rocked them to comfort them.

Lin Yuru also came over and took a baby from Lizhan's arms, while checking the diaper. This time the baby had peed, so she changed the diaper for a new one. She did not throw away the old one, but put it in the dirty clothes basket outside to be washed and recycled.

In those days, there were no such things as disposable diapers for sale in stores. Diapers for children were made from strips of old clothes, and they had to be washed before being reused.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't just take out the diapers stored in the space and use them now, so she followed Lin Yuru's instructions and used cloth strips instead.

However, this was for a newborn baby after all, so she did not use old cloth, but new cloth taken out from the space.

After a while, when she took out diapers and used them, she said she asked someone to buy them from Beijing.

After their diapers were changed, the three little kids cried for a while before finally quieting down.

Xia Juanjuan carefully put the children back to bed to sleep, and nervously adjusted their sleeping positions.

She remembered that the baby's head shape has not yet been finalized in the first three months after birth. If they always sleep in the same position, such as lying on their backs, they will most likely have three flat backs of the head, so they should be allowed to sleep on their sides or on their backs in turn.

Lizhan was also quite nervous. The kid was so tiny, and his arms seemed not even as thick as his fingers. He was really afraid that he would hurt him if he was not careful.

Only after the three little ones fell asleep sweetly did Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan go back to sleep.

Xia Juanjuan had just given birth, so she definitely couldn't do that, but Li Zhan's hands were not idle either, so he just wanted to satisfy his urge to do it.

Xia Juanjuan blushed and pushed him away, saying, "Why do you think about this all day long? Can't you just talk to me properly?"

Li Zhan leaned over and bit her lip, then said with a smile, "Just talk, I'm listening, it won't delay anything..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

They chatted incoherently and toiled until midnight. Finally, they felt sleepy and were about to fall asleep. The three little ones started crying again.

Lin Yuru was also not fully asleep. She came over to take another look and said with a smile, "I'm afraid he's hungry. The little ones have small stomachs and can't drink much milk at a time, so he needs to be fed several times a day."

Xia Juanjuan was still a little shy about breastfeeding, so she let Lin Yuru go back first, then glared at Lizhan with a blushing face.

Li Zhan felt innocent and quickly whispered, "Wife, it's late at night, are you planning to kick me out?"

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Seeing that he had taken off his sweater and was only wearing a shirt and a thin military uniform, I really didn't want to let him go out and freeze.

She picked up one of the cubs, stepped back a little, lifted up his clothes to feed him, and let Lizhan coax the other two first.

After feeding the three kids in turn, I had to coax them to sleep, and this process lasted until one or two in the morning.

Both of them had a fight in their eyes and quickly lay down to sleep without thinking about anything else.

At three or four in the morning, the kids woke up again. I changed their diapers and coaxed them to sleep. It was already daybreak outside.

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan both had a black circle on their heads and looked at each other with sleepy eyes.

Li Zhan felt more and more guilty and pity.

This is just one night. From now on, he will definitely spend more time outside than at home. Xia Juanjuan is alone, with three babies that need to be fed, and also has to take care of Xiaowen and the other three cubs. Even with the help of Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan, it will be difficult.

Li Zhan gently stroked Xia Juanjuan's hair and said with a smile, "Sleep a little longer. If they start crying again, I'll take care of them."

Xia Juanjuan buried her head in his arms tiredly and closed her eyes to catch her sleep. At the same time, she had not forgotten that Lizhan was leaving, so she said vaguely, "Are you leaving soon? I'll ask mom to make breakfast for you. Don't leave on an empty stomach..."

As he spoke, his voice became softer and softer, and finally he fell asleep from exhaustion.

After a while, Lin Yuru walked in quietly and asked in a low voice, "Are you asleep?"

Lizhan nodded and said with a smile: "Mom, I'll have to trouble you and Dad to help Juanjuan more in the future..."

Lin Yuru said quickly, "Look at what you said. These are my daughter and grandson. If we don't help them, who else should we help? Don't worry! I'll go make breakfast. I heard from Juanjuan that you have to go back to the army early in the morning too? Let's eat first and then leave."

Lizhan grinned and said, "Okay, thank you, Mom."

After a while, the three little guys woke up again, crying loudly.

Xia Juanjuan was woken up, but Li Zhan pressed her shoulders and said softly, "Let me comfort her. You sleep a little longer."

While he is at home, let his wife have a rest for a while.

However, if it was one or two, it would be fine as they could be held together and coaxed. But with three, they would always have to take care of one and lose the other. Lizhan tried his best to coax the two, but the other one was still crying. After coaxing the other two, this one started crying again...

Xia Juanjuan rubbed her eyes and sat up, smiling, "Giving birth to three babies at once, how can one person take care of them? Let me hold one."

After a while, Lin Yuru prepared the meal and asked everyone to get up and eat. She cooked a bowl of white flour porridge and eggs for Xia Juanjuan, added some sweet potatoes, and also fried some golden eggs and a big meat bun, and brought them in for her to eat.

The three little kids were carried outside. Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru held one each. Yan Haotian had never held a nephew and didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so he carefully held one and said with an excited smile, "I'm an uncle! I'm an uncle! Call me uncle now!"

Li Zhan couldn't help but mutter in his heart, if you want to call him, you should call him 'Dad' first, why call him uncle first? You wish!

Bai Zihan had only taken a few bites when he hurried over to hug the kid, imitating Yan Haotian and saying in a loud voice: "Be good, call me uncle! It's Uncle Bai!"

Li Zhan: "..."

His son, is it any use for you two single guys to be so desperate? Really!

He also snatched his son from Lin Yuru's hands, and lovingly placed him in his arms, rocking him back and forth, and admonished, "My dear child, remember clearly that I am your father. From now on, you must call me dad first!"