Chapter 117: A Daughter in Old Age
Xie Yuduo had said long ago that his daughter was blessed with advancement in her life from the womb, and it really came true.
Since his daughter was born, he had chosen the right place to make money, devised a brilliant strategy, and followed the good fortune at every step. His business grew bigger and bigger. The Xie family on Kangle Street became famous, and Mr. Xie's reputation for doting on his wife and daughter became increasingly well-known.
After all, the matter of doting on his wife was a private affair, not to be told to outsiders. But when it came to his beloved daughter, he was a little more unscrupulous.
Years later, whenever someone asked him about this, Xie Yuduo would always say with a sincere face, "Nothing special, it's just that I had a daughter in my old age, so I have to cherish her more."
When these words were first said, the eldest daughter of the Xie family was just one month old.
After her daughter was born, Chen Qi was taken care of meticulously by Xie Yuduo. She looked even better after the confinement period. When she heard him say this, she kicked him through the quilt.
"Sir, you are only twenty-seven years old!"
The couple had been married for three years, and Xie Yuduo had just celebrated his 27th birthday in April.
Mr. Xie, who was kicked again, sat next to Shen Qi, looking at his delicate daughter in his arms, his tone was very righteous.
"Isn't twenty-seven old? If we had her when we were seventeen, she'd be running around the yard right now."
Shen Qi looked disgusted.
"Bah! When you were seventeen, I was only eleven or twelve, busy fishing on the riverbank. Who would want to give birth to a child for you?"
Xie Yuduo sighed.
"I blame myself for giving birth to her too early. I'm so much older than you. If you and I were the same age, we wouldn't have so many concerns. Even if you gave birth to her at 17, three or four years earlier, she would be chasing us around and calling us mom and dad."
Chen Qi was almost laughing because of him.
"I was only eighteen when I married you. Even if I got pregnant on our wedding night, I wouldn't have had her until I was nineteen."
He did the math in his head.
"If you were sixteen, I would have come to propose marriage. It would have been perfect. We could have a daughter by seventeen. Then this year she would be..."
Chen Qi really couldn't stand his nonsense anymore.
"When I was sixteen, Second Master was busy doing business somewhere. You haven't even been to Baihe Town, so I'm afraid you don't even know which way my door faces."
Hearing this, Xie Yuduo narrowed his eyes.
"How do you know I haven't been there? The door to your shop in front faces south, and the door to the back yard faces west, right? There's also a bakery on the street behind your house, and everyone on the street says the bakery there is excellent..."
Shen Qi interrupted him with a smile.
"You've been there countless times in the past two or three years, so you'll know. You're a stubborn person."
Seeing that Chen Qi was about to raise her leg to kick again, Xie Yuduo grabbed her with a smile.
"Madam, you still want to kick? That's how you kicked when you gave birth. You kicked the water and almost scared me to death. I made up my mind a long time ago. When my daughter grows up and asks me how she was born, I will tell her that it was my mother who kicked her out."
Hearing this, Shen Qi kicked him even though her legs were pulled.
The little pink ball in the red quilt had no idea that her parents were pulling her. She was squinting her eyes and yawning. Her little face was as white as jade, and she was such a beauty.
Xie Yuduo lowered his head and kissed his daughter's pink jade-like face.
"Grow up quickly, Xiao Ming. Daddy is counting on you to support me."
Before the baby was born, Xie Yuduo thought for a long time, decided on two names, wrote them on a piece of paper and showed them to Chen Qi.
Xie Huaiming, Xie Huailang.
Shen's mother was also there at the time. She only recognized a small part of the words "son-in-law".
"The two halves of these two...are the character for moon, right?"
Xie Yuduo was very happy that someone could discover his little thoughts.
"Mom is right. It's the Yue in our Yue'er. Both characters represent bright moonlight. One for a girl and one for a boy, so it's just right."
At that time, Chen Qi smiled and gave him a blank look - this flatterer always uses these little tricks to please people.
Sure enough, the name of the eldest daughter of the Xie family is Xie Huaiming.
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As spring fades away, the weather becomes warmer day by day.
Although there were a lot of wet nurses, nannies and maids at home to take care of her daughter, Chen Qi loved her daughter so much that she always wanted to do everything herself. She rarely let others take care of her and even slept with her daughter at night.
That evening, Chen Qi had just finished feeding her daughter and had not yet closed her clothes when Xie Yuduo came back from the study.
When Chen Qi saw her husband coming back, she placed her daughter in his arms and asked the maids to help her wash up.
When she came back, Xie Yuduo was sitting cross-legged on the kang, watching his two-month-old daughter in his arms become more and more lovely day by day. He looked left and right, his heart filled with joy.
"This child truly has my heart in every way. When you were pregnant, I was hoping for a daughter, and it turned out to be a daughter. It shows that God has blessed me and has fulfilled my wishes in every way."
Chen Qi sat opposite the father and daughter. The maid was wiping her freshly washed hair, smiling silently.
She always knew that her husband was eloquent, and if she had given birth to a son, he would definitely have a different story to tell.
The little pink ball in the red quilt had just been fed. It blinked its bright black eyes like apricot kernels and opened its little mouth to yawn. Its mother knew that it was sleepy.
"Don't hold her all the time. Put her in her crib and let her sleep on her own. My mother said last month before she left that if a little girl gets used to being held, she won't want to sleep in her crib on her own anymore."
Xie Yuduo had just been busy in the study room in front all day, and now he finally had the time to hug her for a while, so he was reluctant to let go.
"Then hold her in your arms all the time while she sleeps. I won't let such a good child of ours suffer in the slightest."
Xie Yuduo looked at the face of the little person in his arms, and then looked at Chen Qi in front of him.
"Our little Ming'er looks so much like you. Look at his small nose, small mouth, and fair skin. He and you look like they were carved from the same mold."
Her skin is whiter than snow, her eyes are always smiling, and her hair is black, shiny and smooth, just like Chen Qi.
Chen Qi was full of tenderness. Looking at her daughter in Xie Yuduo's arms, she couldn't help but move over and give her a kiss.
"I think her features are somewhat similar to yours, with a certain heroic air that is rare among girls."
"It still looks more like you. On the day the baby was one month old, Mom said he looked just like you when you were a child."
Chen Qi smiled and forgot to ask her father-in-law if he looked like him when he was a child.
Last month, when the Xie family held their daughter's full moon banquet, a red carpet was laid out in front of Kangle Street and firecrackers were set off. Merchants in Guangling City who had business dealings with the Xie family, as well as relatives and friends such as the He family and the Wen family, all sent gifts.
There were so many visitors and luxury cars that the street was blocked.
Everyone in the neighborhood knew that the Xie family on Kangle Street had a new daughter.
The couple's closest relatives also traveled all the way from Pingshan County. Only the Xie family's father and Xie Yuming and his wife came, while the Shen family came with their entire family to congratulate them, even bringing Xiao Baoer with them to meet his aunt's new sister.
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