After exchanging a few words with Zhou's mother, Xu Manman didn't rush over to see the child. She congratulated Zhou Ming who was standing beside the bed, then went to check on Liu Li's condition. She also took her pulse and confirmed that the delivery went well, and that she had just fallen asleep due to exhaustion. Only then did she feel relieved.
Chen Ming gently hit Zhou Ming's shoulder and said, "Congratulations, you're a father now."
Zhou Ming pursed his lips and smiled in a restrained manner, "Hold on tight too."
Speaking of this, Chen Ming doesn't want to chat with him. He is still a bachelor and there is still no sign of his child.
After checking on Liu Li's condition, the two went to see the child. The child was too young and there were two elders watching on the side, so Xu Manman didn't feel comfortable touching the child. However, all newborns would be examined, and Aunt Zhou was a doctor herself, so the child must be in good condition.
Secondly, they moved gently. With so many people, there would inevitably be noise. Both the mother and the child needed rest. Besides, the whole family was here, and as outsiders, they could not keep disturbing them. Seeing that the time was almost up, they offered to leave.
Zhou Ming delivered it personally.
Chen Ming said, "We don't have classes tomorrow, so come over then. Don't send me off, there are people over there who can't leave."
Zhou Ming still insisted on seeing them off to the door, and only turned around after the two men rode away on their bicycles.
The next day, Xu Manman got up early and steamed a lot of brown sugar rice cakes in the kitchen. She ate some for her own breakfast, saved some for the next day, cut a piece for Jin Zichu, and wrapped up the rest and sent it to Liu Li.
This thing is made of brown sugar and glutinous rice flour. Xu Manman also put red dates in it. It tastes sweet, crispy and soft, and is very good for pregnant women.
Yesterday was a special case. Liu Li was resting when I went there. When I arrived today, the ward was much more lively.
Everyone from the Zhou and Wang families in Beijing had arrived, and they saw a group of people surrounding the stroller and playing with the child. Zhou Ming and his mother were taking care of Liu Li by the bed while she was eating.
Seeing the brother and sister come in, Liu Li, who was wearing a woolen hat, smiled and said, "You two are here. I only heard Zhou Ming say you were here yesterday after I woke up." He still looked a little tired, but his complexion was much better than yesterday.
They were all acquaintances, so they didn't need anyone to greet them. After they had greeted each other for a while, Xu Manman sat down on the chair Zhou Ming had given her and handed over the brown sugar rice cake she had brought. "I made this with brown sugar, sticky rice flour, and red dates. It's still warm. You can use it to fill your stomach when you have nothing to do."
After Liu Li took it, she began to talk about what happened yesterday. "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. I kept counting the days and thought I had no classes yesterday afternoon, so I came to see what was going on."
"My mother said you brought so many things." Zheng Xiaohui went back and saw the basket of eggs. There were at least two hundred eggs, and the two hens were both laying hens.
"We thought that whether you're pregnant or not, we could nourish your body. Tell me when you're done eating and we'll bring you more."
"That's enough, that's enough. I might not be able to finish it after I finish my confinement." The food prepared at home is not enough.
"You can never have too much of these things. Besides, you are still breastfeeding, so she needs nutrition at this time." Although she is a grown-up girl, Xu Manman spoke of these things very naturally.
"Have you seen my son? See who he looks like? They all say he looks like Zhou Ming." She couldn't tell at all.
Most of the people in the ward were from her husband's family, and her mother-in-law was sitting nearby. Liu Li didn't say the rest of this sentence.
Xu Manman wondered how such young children could look alike. When they were just born, they looked like little monkeys, so they all looked the same.
But he still tried hard to recall in his mind, "The nose and mouth are like Zhou Ming, and the eyes should be like yours, double eyelids, you should be a big-eyed handsome guy in the future."
Zhou's mother echoed, "Yeah, Manman noticed it too. I was saying that our Dabao's nose and mouth are exactly like his father's when he was a child."
Xu Manman nodded, "Yes, how could he not look like his own son?"
She was thinking, her brother Xu Jianguo had just been born at that time, and everyone said that he looked exactly like her when she was a child. She still couldn't see how she looked like Xu Jianguo. Could it be that the elders' eyesight was too sharp?
Because there were many people in the house, and Zhou's relatives, subordinates and colleagues came to visit from time to time, although Liu Li was in much better physical condition, she was still in confinement after all and needed sufficient rest. At around 11 o'clock, after making an appointment with Liu Li to visit her at home next week, she said goodbye and left.
When he came out, he happened to meet his father's colleague from last week. Zhou Ming, who had originally come to see him off, had to take the guest back first.
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