Chapter 161 Trainee Dad
Qu Yanbai, who was standing next to him, was already in tears. "My child, wuwuwu, Manman, my wife, you have worked so hard."
It was just a tough guy crying like that. What he felt more distressed about now was his own Manman.
Fortunately, they were well prepared and nothing went wrong. But Manman felt too tired. She had no strength left in her body and her eyelids were drooping. Although she wanted to see the child more, she couldn't hold on and fell asleep.
Qin Muxue placed the two children in Qu Yanbai's arms and said, "I leave them to you. You will be the nanny from now on."
The two soft little guys were placed in his arms. Qu Yanbai was at a loss for a moment, "Hey, Qin Muxue, are you leaving like this?"
"I'm going to prepare some food for Manman so she can eat when she wakes up."
Grandma Qu had fallen asleep, but when she heard the noise, she immediately rushed over.
She first asked about Manman's condition, and Mu Sheng told her, "Manman is fine, but she is a little weak after giving birth."
"That's good, God bless you." Looking at the two babies in Qu Yanbai's arms, Grandma Qu's heart melted, "My great-grandchildren are so cute. Yanbai, they look exactly like you when you were a child. Have you given them names yet?"
"Not yet. Manman just fell asleep. I haven't had time yet."
"Wait until she wakes up, then discuss it. Now you have a son and a daughter. Manman has to endure the most. You must be extra nice to her. Giving birth is a life-threatening thing for a woman."
Manman's small body gave birth to two babies weighing more than five kilograms. The two children are still very healthy. Grandma Qu felt sorry for her. Seeing Qu Yanbai's flustered behavior, she said, "The baby is crying, it must be hungry. This one must have diarrhea. How come you, as a father, don't have any experience at all?"
Grandma Qu looked at Qu Yanbai with disdain, wiped her sister's butt and changed her diaper.
Qu Yanbai was also a father for the first time, so he was definitely not good at this kind of thing. "Grandma, I'll learn from you."
"Then you should study hard. You will definitely be the one to do all these things in the future. Manman has already endured the pain of childbirth. Housework and childcare will definitely be left to you."
"Don't worry, grandma, I will study hard."
In fact, Qu Yanbai had read a lot of parenting books before, but now he found that what he read in the books was completely different from what he encountered in reality.
In reality, he was holding two children and was already in a panic. The two children were crying at the same time and he had no idea what to do first.
Fortunately, Grandma Qu is experienced and her movements are skillful. "I have taken care of several generations of children. This is nothing to me."
Qin Muxue's space was stocked with a lot of milk powder, so they had no shortage of milk powder and diapers. Looking at Manman who was still sleeping soundly, Grandma Qu couldn't bear to wake her up. She opened the milk powder can and asked Qu Yanbai to make the milk powder according to the instructions.
"The bottle must be sterilized first, then add 45% water, and then add milk powder." After mixing the milk powder, Qu Yanbai immediately put the milk powder into his brother's mouth, and his brother calmed down.
Newborn babies eat relatively little. The older brother was full after drinking only 15 ml and had just fallen asleep, but the younger sister was hungry again, and the crying sounds started again.
Two hours later, Qu Yanbai finally had some quiet time and breathed a sigh of relief. Manman woke up again, and he immediately went up to her and fed her some warm water.
Manman felt like she had no strength left in her body and she felt like she was about to fall apart. Giving birth is really a very hard thing and she probably never wants to go through it again.
Giving birth took up too much energy, and now she felt her stomach was empty and she was even a little hungry.
It just so happened that Qin Muxue had just cooked millet porridge. The millet porridge was boiled by Qin Muxue using spiritual spring water, which was beneficial to Manman's physical recovery. She also boiled eggs, steamed a few steamed buns, and made some side dishes, which would be just in time for Manman to eat when she woke up.
Manman drank two bowls of millet porridge with some side dishes in one breath and ate an egg. She was full.
"Xiaoxue, you are so thoughtful."
Not only that, Qin Muxue also brought a lot of clothes for the babies. "Some of these are made by everyone, and some are what I stockpiled before. They have all been washed and dried, and should be enough for two children." There are many brand-name clothes among them.
"Qu Yanbai has already brought over the milk powder and diapers. I'm sure they'll be enough for you. I'll have the cook make a special confinement meal for you. Just be patient for the next two months and don't eat spicy or cold foods."
Listening to Qin Muxue chattering beside her, while Qu Yanbai and Grandma Qu were holding a child each and coaxing them, Manman suddenly felt an indescribable warmth.
Two children related to her by blood appeared in the world, and she also had a warm home.
She was so tired just now that she hadn't even seen the children's appearance clearly. At this moment, Qu Yanbai held the children in her arms and said, "Manman, look, the children haven't been named yet. You've thought about it so much before, and now you can make a decision."
The daughter closed her eyes and waved her hands. Manman looked at her little face and her heart melted. "Otherwise, the sister will be called Tiantian and the brother will be called Guoguo. That's it for the nicknames. As for the full names, why not let grandma come up with them!"
"I'm old, and the names I've thought of are outdated. You young people should come up with them!"
"Grandma, you used to be a teacher, so you're better at naming things."
"Yes, grandma, you should be the one to choose the name!"
Grandma Qu looked at the child in her arms and smiled, "The sea breeze keeps blowing, and Jiang Yuezhao is still free. The brother will be named Jiang Zhao, and the sister will be named Jiang Yue. How about that?"
“It sounds nice and has a meaning.”
"Manman, you've worked hard giving birth to a child. We are not people with feudal ideas. After all, you will have two children. They can each take your surname. It's up to you to decide."
Manman knew what Grandma Qu meant. These two were the children she had given birth to after risking her life. "Then the brother will be named Qu Jiangzhao and the sister will be named Ding Jiangyue. How about that?"
"I agree." Manman held her two children and looked at the people around her smiling. The pain of childbirth seemed to be erased.
From then on, the two children were mainly taken care of by Qu Yanbai. However, it was still a bit hard to take care of two children alone. Grandma Qu was old, and although she could help take care of them, she could not stay up late.
Finally, Qin Muxue decided to let Shi Yan go to help. "Shi Yan, we will have children in the future, and you will have to take care of them. It would be good for you to be a trainee dad now and get more exercise."
Shi Yan has always been obedient and helps Qu Yanbai take care of the children.
So, Qu Yanbai gave the more naughty brother Guoguo to Shi Yan to take care of, saying that by taking care of the more difficult children now, it would be easier to take care of his own children in the future.
Who knew that Shi Yan didn't say anything, but carried the child out for a walk. The child who was originally crying stopped crying all of a sudden, looked at the colorful senior sisters outside, and stretched out his hand curiously.
Qu Yanbai followed him holding Tiantian in her arms and found that Shi Yan was really good at taking care of children. A crying child would stop crying as long as he coaxed him.
Guoguo pooped. Qu Yanbai originally wanted to wait for Shi Yan to give him some advice, but he had already wiped, washed, and changed the child's diaper very quickly, as smoothly as flowing water.
"You, could it be that you have an illegitimate child outside without telling Qin Muxue? Otherwise, how could you be so skilled?"
He felt that changing diapers was already difficult, but Shi Yan seemed very skilled at it.
Shi Yan just said indifferently: "I watched the video."
He continued to take care of his baby. Guoguo, who usually cried at night, did not cry at all in Shi Yan's arms and was very well-behaved.
On the other hand, my daughter, who has always been well-behaved, often cries these past few nights.
Qu Yanbai was puzzled. He clearly gave her milk when she was hungry, burped her, and changed her diaper when she pooped. What could be wrong?
"You need to do exercises for her to pass gas. A child's stomach and intestines are not fully developed yet, so it's hard for her to digest milk. You need to do exercises for her to pass gas one hour after she finishes feeding."
Shi Yan put Guo Guo on the bed and did exhaust exercises for him. Guo Guo thought he was playing a game with him.
Qu Yanbai looked at this series of operations and opened his mouth in surprise, "You are obviously more suitable to take care of the baby than me!"
"Your baby is pooping again." Shi Yan reminded expressionlessly.
When Qu Yanbai took a look, he found that Tiantian had pooped again. Qu Yanbai could only change her diaper first.
"Your baby may have diarrhea. Normally, it's not this loose."
Qu Yanbai looked at him suspiciously, "How do you know this?" He looked carefully at Tiantian's poop, which was indeed thinner than usual, "What should I do?"
"Give your child some baby probiotics and remember to do some gas-relieving exercises."
Qu Yanbai followed Shi Yan's instructions, and sure enough, after a day, Tiantian felt much better and no longer cried loudly.
Now he had to admit that Shi Yan was more suitable for taking care of children than him, and he seemed like an incompetent nanny.
Manman is still in confinement after giving birth. Qin Muxue has prepared a strict set of nutritionally balanced confinement meals for her. The chef will prepare a different meal for her every day, and there will be no repeats in a week.
Manman didn't have to take care of the child. The two grown men would bring the child to Manman from time to time to let her see him, and then take the child away so that she could rest assured during the confinement period.
Every time Manman sees the baby, she seems reluctant to leave and says, "Why don't you let me take care of the baby myself?"
"You are still in the confinement period. All you need to do is stay in a good mood, eat, drink and sleep. The men will take care of the children. You see, they are doing a good job."
Manman didn't know why she didn't have breast milk. She felt a little guilty. "I know, but I always feel so guilty towards my children. Besides, I don't have any breast milk. Wouldn't it be bad for them to drink formula?"
"Breast milk is of course the best, but you don't need to worry about not having it. The more you worry, the less you will have it. The most important thing is to keep a good mood. And you know Chinese medicine the best, so you can prescribe a prescription for yourself and try drinking some Chinese medicine."
Manman thought about it carefully, "You are right, I almost forgot, I can get some Chinese medicine prescriptions from the spiritual medicine space, I heard that pig's trotter and soybean soup can also increase milk production, do you want to try it?"
"I remember you hated that kind of soup, didn't you?"
If she remembered correctly, Manman hated pig's trotter soup the most.
"Yes, but for the sake of breast milk, I'm willing to give it a try."
"You don't have to force yourself to drink soup you don't like. Besides, pig's trotter soup is full of purines, which will make you fat. Drinking more water will have the same effect as drinking soup."
Qin Muxue had read a lot of books on this subject before, so she knew how to match the diet scientifically. Pig's trotter soup has the highest purine content, which is not very good for postpartum women.
"Okay, okay, Xiaoxue is thinking about me, I will listen to you."
Thanks to the help of Qin Muxue and Shi Yan these days, she doesn't have to be so anxious. Her daily diet is also well arranged. Apart from reading, watching movies and taking walks, there is nothing else to do. Qin Muxue meant to let her take care of the child after she is out of confinement, and she can concentrate on taking care of her body during the confinement period.
Manman followed Qin Muxue's advice and found a prescription for lactation and body nourishment in the spiritual medicine space. She stewed some tonics, and after drinking them for a week, she really had breast milk.
Now, the children can be fed with a mixture of breast milk and formula, and Manman can have more time for intimate contact with the children.
When the babies were one month old, Qin Muxue brought two golden peanuts and put them on their wrists.
After a month, the two babies have transformed from wrinkled little monkeys into chubby little kids. They can even laugh when teased. They are loved by everyone, and everyone who sees them praises them.
Qu Yanbai discovered a serious problem, "Shi Yan, why is the baby you take care of fatter than the baby I take care of?"
He also discovered a more serious problem. Tiantian, who used to not like to cry, now cries frequently. On the contrary, Guoguo doesn't like to cry so much and sleeps very regularly.
"Also, why doesn't Guoguo cry much, but Tiantian cries every night?"
"A father must also have a stable mentality. If you are in a hurry and anxious, the child will also feel your mood and will naturally feel anxious." Qu Yanbai thought about it carefully. He was indeed always in a hurry. He didn't expect that this would affect the child.
On the other hand, Shi Yan has always been calm and his emotions are very stable.
"You are taking care of my child. If it was your own child, I wonder if you would be so calm."
Shi Yan ignored him and just boiled some hot water in the thermos.
Life in Taoyuan Village has become more and more normal, as if natural disasters have moved away from their place.
Qin Muxue also found it very strange. Since Sheng Xingyuan left, there has been no disaster here. All year round, everything is the same as usual. Except for being separated from modern society, life here is relatively primitive.
But because of the things stored in the space before, the resources of the entire Taoyuan Village are relatively sufficient. Electricity, water, and other necessities are all available. The things Qin Muxue has collected during this period are also enough for the lives of more than 30 people.
Everyone also built a farm and vegetable garden here, and now they have basically achieved self-sufficiency, and the main source of food still comes from Qin Muxue.
Qin Muxue thought the time was right and wanted to open up a piece of land specifically for growing food, so that if one day she was no longer around, everyone could be self-sufficient.
The need to open up new fields means that more manpower is needed. This island is basically a land reclamation project. Regarding land reclamation, some people agree, but some people do not understand. They believe that there are too many unknown dangers in the outside world.
Some people also believe that they have lived here for a while and have not encountered any danger or other people, at most just some wild beasts. However, wild beasts are also very easy to deal with. After all, it is not difficult for most people with superpowers to deal with wild beasts, and they can bring back some game from time to time.
Qin Muxue insisted on reclaiming the land, so everyone had to select a few people to find a piece of land suitable for growing crops.
Due to the weather, we can only go out at night, and only at fixed times. Now the weather outside has stabilized to about 30 degrees, which is a temperature that the human body can withstand. There should be no problem even if we work.
This is also what Qin Muxue found strange. In her previous life, after the extreme heat came, the highest temperature clearly reached over 70 degrees. However, since coming here, the temperature has become more and more stable, and the climate here is more like a tropical rainforest climate.
After Manman finished her confinement, she and Qu Yanbai each had a baby, and Shi Yan was no longer a nanny.
The day Shi Yan left Guo Guo, Guo Guo seemed to have sensed something and kept crying, not wanting him to leave. Shi Yan touched Guo Guo's soft little face and said, "Guo Guo, be good and stay with your mother. I will come to see you often."
It was only after Manman coaxed him for a while that Xiao Guoguo stopped crying.
Qin Muxue couldn't help but tease: "Xiao Guoguo, it's not like Uncle Shi Yan won't come to see you. We live together and we can see each other every day."
Now she and Shi Yan were going to survey the terrain outside. Since coming here, they had not gone out very often, so they had to figure out the topography here first.
Qin Muxue brought Shi Yan, Congjie, and Mu Wanwan with her, and the four of them prepared to go out for an investigation.
Speaking of Congjie, he must be regretting staying here. Qin Muxue assigns him dirty and tiring work every day and treats him like a slave. But Congning said that this was a test from Qin Muxue. As long as he passed it, he could stay here for a long time. If he failed, Qin Muxue might still drive him away.
Congjie listens to Ning the most. Since she said so, he can only bear it.
After staying here for a while and getting along with the people here for a long time, Congjie finally understood why Congning wanted to stay here.
The people here treated my sister very friendly, which rekindled her hope in life. She wanted to stay here, so she also wanted Congjie to stay here.
This time he had no complaints about Qin Muxue's request. After taking their equipment and food, they left Taoyuan Village and came to the forest.
It had just rained, and the temperature outside was just right. With the breeze, I could feel a little cool.
Mu Wanwan admired Qin Muxue the most, so she volunteered to follow her this time.
Congjie followed them silently. She had a natural fear of Congning's younger brother. Seeing him following them with a stern face, Mu Wanwan was afraid that he would launch a sneak attack.
Shi Yan said lightly: "Don't worry, he won't do anything bad to us, you don't have to be so scared."
"Yes, Wanwan, you have a good relationship with Congning, and he will not hurt you. This guy is a crazy protective sister."
Cong Jie seemed to have heard the conversation between the two. He was not angry, but took out the food and started eating. This was the steamed bun that his sister left for him before she left, but it was a little too dry.
Mu Wanwan approached silently and handed him a piece of bread, "Try this, I baked it myself. If you only eat steamed buns, your mouth will have no taste."
Faced with the girl's advances, Cong Jie hesitated and did not extend his hand.
"Are you afraid that I will poison you? I'm not interested in that." Seeing that he didn't take it, Mu Wanwan felt that she was asking for trouble, so she started eating by herself.
There was ham added to the bread, which smelled very fragrant. After Congjie smelled the scent, he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
Steamed buns alone really have no taste, and his sister doesn't know how to make any other dry food besides steamed buns, and he doesn't know how to make any other dry food either. The aroma of bread tempts his taste buds.
"Give me one." Cong Jie lowered his head, blushed, and stretched out his hand.
"What did you say?"
"I said give me a taste."
Seeing that he looked awkward, Mu Wanwan threw one to him.
After getting the bread from Jay, I took a bite and my mouth was filled with the aroma of ham. It has been a long time since I had eaten such delicious bread.
"Sister Qin, and brother-in-law, do you want to try it?"
Shi Yan was obviously used to the word brother-in-law. He silently stretched out his hand, and Mu Wanwan stuffed two pieces of bread into his hands.
"Thanks."
He turned around and put the bread into the mouth of Qin Muxue who was still watching, "Xiaoxue, is it delicious?"
"Well, Wanwan's craftsmanship is really good."
Mu Wanwan shook her head. There were not only mosquitoes here, but also dog food.
Shi Yan's eyes were always on Qin Muxue. Even if she was about to fall, he would be quick to rescue her.
After some exploration, they finally found a piece of land not far from Taoyuan Village.
Qin Muxue planned to bring back some soil to test whether this place was suitable for farming. There were still some materials left, so she could fence off this piece of land and use it specifically for farming.
Congjie caught a pheasant and prepared to go back and make braised chicken.
When the four were about to go back, they heard a sound coming from not far away.
They have been here for several months and this is the first time they have heard such a sound.
Shi Yan reacted immediately, "This is the sound of an airplane. There is a plane passing here."
Since there is a plane, it proves that there must be many living humans outside. What they fear most now is that the people on the plane will discover their Utopia Village.
Having too many people is not necessarily a good thing. It is just right that they are like this now. If they are discovered, who knows what unexpected situations may occur.
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