Chapter 419
Finally, on a sunny day in April, Ji Wanmei gave birth to a healthy daughter in the hospital.
My daughter weighed 6 pounds and 7 ounces. As soon as she was born, she opened her eyes and looked around. Her eyes were like black jade gems moistened under the moonlight, with a faint amber color. Her skin was not wrinkled like other babies.
Her skin was fair and delicate, and her features perfectly inherited the advantages of Ji Wanmei and Lei Tingjun. They were exquisite and three-dimensional, with a high nose bridge and thick, dark hair just like Ji Wanmei's. At the same time, she looked soft and small, very cute.
Ji Wanmei took her daughter's swaddling clothes from the midwife's arms, and the moment she saw her, she felt her heart melt.
This is her and Lei Tingjun's daughter.
It is the fruit of their love.
She couldn't help but kiss her daughter's soft little face again and again.
Lei Tingjun was getting impatient. He came in from outside the delivery room and rushed to the delivery bed. He touched Ji Wanmei's face with emotion, kissed her, and then kissed their daughter. He choked up and said, "Meimei, thank you. You've worked so hard."
The child was too small, and no matter how gentle Lei Tingjun was, he was afraid that he would be clumsy and accidentally hurt her.
Zhu Shuangyan and Aqiang stood beside him, smiling as they guided him on the correct way to hold the baby.
Ji Xingguo swiftly stepped forward and snatched his granddaughter into his arms, unwilling to let go.
However, once Lei Tingjun learned how to hold a baby, no one could take the privilege of holding a baby from him.
He perfectly embodies the meaning of "too fond of to put down."
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After leaving the hospital, Ji Wanmei went home to recuperate.
Lei Tingjun specially set aside a month's vacation to stay home and help take care of her and the children.
With the nanny already arranged, Ji Wanmei's postpartum recovery period was relatively worry-free.
Every day, just watching Lei Tingjun clumsily learn to change diapers and feed his daughter makes her laugh uncontrollably.
Everyone says Lei Tingjun is a doting husband, but Ji Wanmei would say he's a complete and utter daughter-lover.
Lei Tingjun gave his daughter the nickname Zhuzhu.
Ji Wanmei didn't know where his thoughts came from, but she vaguely guessed something.
From the very beginning, she could see right through his intentions when he named his construction company.
Lei Tingjun also wanted to give his daughter a formal name, Lei Baozhu.
However, Ji Wanmei felt that this name would sound a bit old-fashioned in the future.
So, she took it upon herself to change one character, and his name became Lei Mingzhu.
This is taken from a poem: "A pearl in the palm of one's hand, as bright as the moon, yet in your family it is only full twice."
It sounds like it has a bit of a cultural allusion.
Finally, the child's name was Lei Mingzhu, and her nickname was Zhuzhu.
It's a name that sounds quite cute.
Little Zhuzhu was adorable from the moment she was born. Her little hands were clenched into fists and waved as she was held in her father's arms. Her black, gem-like eyes looked at the adults with great interest. Whoever teased her would giggle and smile at them.
Ji Xingguo, the maternal grandfather, adores his little granddaughter. Every day, he and Lei Tingjun would vie for the chance to hold the child.
She retired earlier than planned so that she could spend more time with her granddaughter.
He used to absolutely refuse to come to Pingdong City and live with them, but now, without Ji Wanmei and the others even having to mention it, Ji Xingguo has moved in on his own, all by himself.
The idea was to help them take care of their children so that the young people could have more time to focus on their careers.
This old guy didn't say that before.
Now that he has a granddaughter, he can come up with any excuse.
Lei Tingjun used to get along quite well with his father-in-law, Ji Xingguo, but recently they've even started to become somewhat hostile towards each other because of their rivalry over how many times they can hold Zhuzhu.
This left Ji Wanmei both amused and exasperated.
When no one was around, Lei Tingjun complained to Ji Wanmei, feeling quite aggrieved, saying, "When the child was little, she was the same every day. If I didn't see her for a while, I felt like she had grown up a bit more. So, every minute and second I spent with her was precious."
If Ji Xingguo heard this, he would definitely refute it loudly.
However, whenever this happens, Ji Wanmei would just smile helplessly from the side.
A month later, Ji Wanmei finished her postpartum confinement and finally recovered enough to hold her baby herself.
After her full moon, little Zhuzhu grew even cuter. She loved to laugh, and the chubby little dumpling had beautiful eyes when she smiled. Her little hands were soft, and whenever Ji Wanmei held her, she would hold onto one of Ji Wanmei's little fingers tightly.
It seems that even at such a young age, she can tell who her closest relatives are, and she is very attached to Ji Wanmei, so no one can compete for her favor.
Ji Wanmei would coax her and talk to her, "Zhuzhu, Mommy's little Zhuzhu, why are you holding Mommy's finger?"
At this time, Zhuzhu couldn't speak yet, she could only smile, giving her a sweet smile, then kicking her little legs and waving her little hands excitedly.
Children grow up very quickly.
When Zhuzhu was three months old, she started making some babbling sounds.
Lei Tingjun would often wait until she finished drinking her milk, burp her, and then carry her around in the yard and living room, gently coaxing her to sleep. But little Zhuzhu seemed to have plenty of energy and didn't want to sleep after drinking her milk, so she would babble and fuss in her father's arms.
Lei Tingjun would point to the fruits, vegetables, flowers, and trees in the garden and teach her to identify them: "This red one is a tomato, and this purple one is an eggplant. Look over there in the garden, that flower covered in thorns is called a rose. Duoduo, you can't touch the rose, or you'll get pricked."
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