Chapter 152 Chapter 152 Fang Ying was on September 19th...
Fang Ying gave birth on September 19th.
Early in the morning, she was having breakfast with Ji Yanlang when she suddenly felt a pain in her abdomen. She hissed, and Ji Yanlang immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
"Abdominal pain," Fang Ying frowned, "like the pain of giving birth."
Although this wasn't Ji Yanlang's first time being a father, he was still a little panicked by the suddenness of the incident. "Does it hurt a lot? I'll ask them to call the imperial physician."
Nanny Zeng, who was standing next to her, was much calmer. She stopped Ji Yanlang first, then went forward and carefully touched Fang Ying's belly before saying, "I'm afraid she's really about to give birth. Madam, please finish your meal first and eat your fill." She then sent someone to tell the lady to invite the midwife and the imperial physician.
Fang Ying remembered that she hadn't washed her hair for several days, so she asked someone to get her some hot water so that she could wash her hair after dinner.
Ji Yanlang came to his senses and sent a message outside, asking his attendant to go to the camp to ask for leave.
After all, it was the second child, so everyone in the room was relatively calm. Following the instructions of Nanny Zeng, they began to prepare in an orderly manner.
The midwife arrived before the imperial physician and confirmed that the baby was about to be born. Fang Ying then washed her hair with the help of a maid. During this time, Hong'er woke up and was a little scared when she heard that her mother was going to give birth to a younger brother or sister. Ji Yanlang did not let Fang Ying be distracted and took his daughter out to comfort her.
After Fang Ying finished washing, squeezed the water out of her hair and wrapped it up, the imperial physician arrived.
She had wanted to wait for the imperial physician to check her pulse before calling Hong'er over to comfort her, but Li had just sent someone to fetch Hong'er. Fang Ying asked Ji Yanlang to go fetch the imperial physician first, and she took her daughter in her arms and asked, "Daddy has told you everything, right?"
"Well, Daddy said that we'll know today whether it's a sister or a brother." Hong'er looked at his mother's belly, still a little timid in his eyes, "Mom, does it hurt?"
Fang Ying had actually just gotten over a wave of pain, but hearing her daughter's soft tone, she still smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt now, Hong'er, don't be afraid. Go to grandma's house and have a good meal. When you're full, go to school."
"Will I be able to see my sister and brother after school?" Hong'er asked naively.
Fang Ying smiled and touched the pigtail on her daughter's head. "I can't say for sure. After school, go back to grandma's place. When your sister or brother is born, daddy will come and pick you up."
Hong'er agreed obediently, and Fang Ying let the wet nurse take her out.
Afterwards, Ji Yanlang came in with the imperial physician to check on the baby, and Fang Ying went into the delivery room.
Gao and An came to see her together. Seeing Ji Yanlang in the room, An smiled and teased, "Liu Lang is still caring. He is still with her in the delivery room."
Ji Yanlang was in no mood to joke. He just said, "I can't help her with anything else. I'm just here with her. At least when she's in pain, she can pinch me to vent her anger."
"Oh, when a woman gives birth, who would expect you men to really help?"
After An's reply, she saw that Gao had already started talking to Fang Ying, so she came closer and said a few comforting words such as "the second baby will be easy and there is nothing to be afraid of."
Fang Ying had heard this kind of talk many times and didn't take it seriously. She also wanted to save her energy, so she just said, "Thank you, Third Sister-in-law."
Unexpectedly, this birth went smoothly. Not long after An and Gao left, the birth canal opened. Fang Ying was in pain for another half an hour. As soon as Nanny Zeng persuaded Ji Yanlang to go out, the fetus in her belly couldn't wait to be born.
"Congratulations, madam, it's a little boy." The midwife congratulated loudly.
Nanny Zeng and the maids were busy congratulating Fang Ying and Ji Yanlang, and sent someone to inform the lady.
Although Fang Ying gave birth quickly, it was no easier than when she gave birth to Hong'er. She was exhausted at this moment and paid no attention to the small object that the midwife had specially opened the swaddling clothes to show her. When she saw the child's face, she only said, "Looking at this, Hong'er is indeed fair."
Madam Zeng smiled and said, "It will be fine once the young master grows taller."
Ji Yanlang stood outside the window and heard everything clearly. He also said, "It doesn't matter if the boy is a little darker."
But after everything was tidied up and he accompanied his mother to see Fang Ying and his son, Ji Yanlang couldn't help but say at the newborn's wrinkled face and sparse hair, "Our Hong'er was really born beautiful."
"What do you mean?" Li didn't like what she said. "You think my grandson is ugly?"
Ji Yanlang quickly said: "No, no, he just said that he is not as pretty as his sister."
"So what? Hong'er is so good-looking. Do you think you were good-looking when you were born?" Mrs. Li glared at her son and turned back to comfort Fang Ying, "Don't listen to him. Our Shilang will definitely be a handsome young man when he grows up."
The second concubine Lianpeng gave birth to a son in May, so when it comes to the boys in their generation, he is already Shilang.
Ji Yanlang didn't dare to say that Fang Ying said this first, so he could only smile and beg for mercy.
Fang Ying leaned against the pillow and saw that Li was very fond of Shi Lang, so she smiled and said, "Mother, give Shi Lang a nickname, so that he can borrow your blessings."
Mrs. Li turned to look at her son and said, "You haven't chosen one yet, have you?"
"Don't you know me yet?" Ji Yanlang pretended to be stupid. "Just thinking about a name can make me unable to sleep."
Li glanced at him sideways, then turned back to look at Fang Ying: "Ying'er, haven't you made up your mind yet?"
Fang Ying shook her head: "Originally we said we would wait for Liu Lang to come back to get it, but who would have thought he wouldn't be home until August."
Mrs. Li finally agreed: "Let me think about it." She then told Fang Ying to rest well and said, "Hong'er, stay in my courtyard for now. We'll talk about it after the full moon."
Fang Ying knew that her mother-in-law meant well to help her share the burden and let her rest assured during the confinement period, so she had no choice but to agree.
After Ji Yanlang had sent his mother back, he took advantage of Madam Zeng not being in the room and said to him, "I promised Hong'er that I would let you pick up the child after she is born."
"Why don't you get some sleep first? When you wake up, I'll pick her up to see you and Juro."
"You can pick her up later, but you should take the time to go see her first. Otherwise, when she gets out of school and hears that I've given birth and you didn't go, she'll be worried."
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute." Ji Yanlang knew that she loved her daughter even more because she had given birth to a son, so he said softly, "Don't worry, I'm here and I won't let Hong'er suffer any injustice."
Fang Ying finally felt relieved and fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up halfway, before she fully opened her eyes, she heard the little girl whispering to her father, "Why don't you go back to your room to sleep?"
"Mom just gave birth to Juro, she can't go out in the wind."
"Then why don't you give birth to Juro in your room?"
Her father didn't answer immediately, obviously stumped by the question. Fang Ying opened her eyes and came to Ji Yanlang's rescue, "Hong'er..."
She wanted to tell him that Hong'er had come, but when she opened her mouth, her throat felt dry and she couldn't help coughing twice. Ji Yanlang hurriedly asked for some water and asked, "Did I wake you up?"
Fang Ying drank some water to moisten her throat before saying, "No, I woke up." She then asked Hong'er to sit next to her and asked her, "Have you seen your brother?"
"I've seen it, my little brother is sleeping too." Hong'er said, then looked at his mother's belly and asked, "Why is my little brother so small?"
She had just asked this question, and Ji Yanlang helped to add: "She was asking how Shi Lang was so small when your belly was so big before you gave birth."
Fang Ying smiled and held her daughter's hand, and replied, "My belly is big because there is a lot of water. When you and your brother were in my belly, you slept in water."
Hong'er's eyes widened: "Can I sleep in water?"
"Only in mother's belly can do that." Fang Ying continued, "Mother will stay here for a month. Can you sleep in the grandmother's house with your sisters first?"
Hong'er usually likes to visit her sisters. Sometimes, when she has a great time and doesn't want to go back, she will stay overnight. But this time it's for a month, so she thinks she should discuss it with her daughter first.
As expected, Hong Er immediately agreed: "Okay."
"If you miss your mother or want to see your brother, let them bring you back."
Ji Yanlang continued, "And Daddy, Daddy will visit you every day."
Hong Er asked, "Daddy isn't coming back for dinner?"
Ji Yanlang was stunned by the question: "Huh?"
Fang Ying couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hong'er, are you going to have dinner with Mom and Dad before going to Grandma's house to find your sisters?"
"Yes." Hong'er answered as a matter of course.
Ji Yanlang couldn't help but laugh: "No wonder you are so happy to receive it. Okay, have dinner with your mother later, and daddy will take you back."
Fang Ying felt that the delivery room was not ventilated and had a bad smell. When Ji Yanlang brought Hong'er back, she said to him, "Next time Hong'er wants to come back for dinner, you can go to your mother's place to eat together. We can't eat together anyway."
She ate meals specially prepared for new mothers. Last time when she was in confinement, although she and Ji Yanlang sat at the same table, they ate separately.
"You," Ji Yanlang laughed and shook his head, "Mom took Hong'er away because she wanted you to take good care of yourself, but you've made me even more worried. How about I tell Mom tomorrow to bring Hong'er back?"
"I just..."
Ji Yanlang held her shoulders and said, "I know you're worried that everyone will be happy because we have Shi Lang, and Hong Er will feel left out. You also think the delivery room is stuffy and you don't want Hong Er to come more often. But you just gave birth to Shi Lang, isn't your own body the most important thing to worry about?"
Fang Ying was stunned for a moment before she burst out laughing.
Ji Yanlang tidied up her hair and said softly, "From now on, don't worry about anything. I'll take care of everything."
"Yeah." Fang Ying nodded.
"Our Hong'er is grown up now. She has her own ideas about what she wants to do. She misses you and wants to have dinner with you. How can we refuse?"
That’s right, Fang Ying finally said, “Okay, I’ll listen to you. I don’t care anymore.”
Ji Yanlang was finally satisfied. He lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, whispering, "Thank you for your hard work, my lady."
Fang Ying's eyes were slightly hot. She raised her hand to touch his face and whispered, "You've worked hard too. Go back and rest early."
Ji Yanlang agreed, looked at the baby who was sleeping soundly, and then went back to his room to sleep.
The next day was a day off, and Hong'er didn't have to go to school. Just as her father had expected, she insisted on having dinner with her parents. Fang Ying had no choice but to agree.
Fortunately, she didn't have to be like this every day. When Huaiyun and others went to school, Li took Hong'er with her and asked the little girl to play with her to prevent Hong'er from being lonely and missing her parents. Only then did Fang Ying really relax and recuperate.
As for the newborn, except for the day when it was taken out to see people on the third day of its birth, it spent the rest of the time eating and sleeping, and then became whiter day by day, but the lanugo hair was still not dense.
Ji Yanlang poked his son's bald forehead with his finger and asked Fang Ying, "When will he grow hair here?"
"It will grow out slowly. Aren't you going? Aren't you going to give Third Uncle a farewell party?"
Ji Yanlang said reluctantly, "I really don't want to drink with him."
Fang Ying advised, "Just be patient. Finish this drink and send Third Uncle off tomorrow. Then you'll have peace and quiet from now on."
"I'm afraid that even after he goes to Xiazhou, his nature will still be hard to change..." Ji Yanlang said halfway, but felt it was unlucky and swallowed it back, saying, "Forget it, I'll go over now. You go to bed early tonight and I won't come to bother you anymore."
Fang Ying agreed and watched him leave.
No one expected that this farewell banquet would be the last time Ji Yanlang drank with Ji Yanchang - just as Ji Yanlang worried, Ji Yanchang's nature was hard to change, and within a few months of arriving in Xiazhou, he lost his life due to his excessive drinking.
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