It was late August and the weather was very hot.
Sitting on a bench in the hospital corridor, Shen Anning watched her noble and elegant elder brother walking back and forth, burying his head in Shen Zixi's arms, and she was really dizzy.
Shen Zixi patted her aunt's shoulder and coaxed her while looking at the obstetrics department at the end of the corridor. She was also very anxious. Alas! She felt that her little body and mind had endured too much.
When my sister-in-law gave birth to Xixi, no one had the chance, so this time all the Shen family members who could come came. Most of the people sitting and standing at the door were Shen family members, even though there were clearly four pregnant women giving birth in the delivery room.
"Wow wow wow." The poor sound insulation in the delivery room is actually very beneficial.
As soon as the door of the delivery room opened, before the nurse could carry the baby out, Shen Anning saw that half of her eldest brother had squeezed in.
The nurse held the child in one hand and had to stop Shen Anyan with the other hand, "Hey, hey family member, you can't go in, please cooperate with us and step back quickly."
"Li Cui, are Li Cui's family members here?"
A burly man standing against the wall of the delivery room looked at Chen Anyan and said a little embarrassedly, "Hey, brother, this is my baby. Can you please let go?"
Shen Anyan looked at the child with such passion that the burly man didn't dare to reach out and take the child from the nurse.
"Oh, sorry about that." Shen Anyan watched the child being taken away and pulled the nurse to ask, "Hello, I wanted to ask how Liu Manxue is doing. She's been in there for over an hour."
"Don't rush a woman giving birth. Family members, please wait a little longer. We will take the baby out after it's born. Don't worry."
The nurse hurried in after she finished speaking, leaving her body standing at the door and her heart following Shen Anyan who entered the delivery room.
After waiting for another half an hour, the nurse finally brought out the Shen family's second baby.
"Liu Manxue's family, congratulations! Both mother and child are safe. The mother will be out for about fifteen minutes. You..." The nurse looked at the crowd of people gathered, adults and children, young and old, and sighed in her heart that this woman's family was so kind. "Well, since there are so many of you, you can take the child back to the ward first, and leave the husband here to wait for her."
Shen Zixi was held in the arms, and when she got closer, she saw the child in Lin Junqi's arms, "Erbao, I'm your sister, Erbao, you're so cute." Although it was a bit against her will to say this, because Erbao looked wrinkled, but remembering that her family had said that children should be praised by nice words, and that they would like people who praise them when they hear it, Shen Zixi still reluctantly praised them a few more times.
It was just a coincidence that the little guy in the aunt's arms opened his eyes when he heard his sister's words.
"Oh, the first person the little baby saw was Xixi baby. In the future, the little brother will definitely like his sister the most."
"Really? Second grandma, I'm so happy!" Xixi touched the little guy's hand again. Grandma Shen took her family and took the child to the ward first. Shen Anning took Xixi and accompanied her eldest brother to wait at the door of the delivery room.
The ward was arranged by Shen Yipei. It only had two beds and was a high-end ward with good sunlight. Erbao was lying in his little cradle, sleeping peacefully.
After staying in the hospital for one night, both the adults and the children were fine. After the doctor's examination, he said they could be discharged. Grandma Shen then arranged to take Liu Manxue back home to recuperate after giving birth.
The yard that the Shen family prepared for the eldest brother and his wife is on the back street where Shen Anning's family lives. It is very close, only about three to five minutes' walk away. The yard is not particularly large. There is a small pond in the backyard. Some time ago, Grandpa Shen bought some fish and transplanted a few lotus plants in the pond.
Uncle Shen in the front yard also built a small swing for Xixi. Shen Zixi had mentioned it several times when she came to see the new house before.
Grandpa Shen won an overwhelming victory over Erbao's right to name him with the phrase "I'm your father." Uncle Shen only lost, but Shen Anyan didn't even qualify to participate. He lay in his wife's arms and whimpered for a long time. Liu Manxue couldn't bear to see him begging for mercy, so she comforted him, "It's okay, Grandpa has chosen the name, you can just choose the nickname."
"The nickname Xixi already said, let's call him Erbao. What should I do?"
Liu Manxue was so angry that she gnashed her teeth. This is not going to stop, right? "Then give birth to a few more children. Then it will definitely be your turn!"
Grandpa Shen named the second child Shen Ziyi. Shen Zixi brings hope to everyone in the darkness, and Shen Ziyi is taken from the meaning of having a strong desire to fly. The eldest brother Shen Anyan is now content with having a son and a daughter. As long as the research institute does not require overtime that day, he will definitely come home at a quarter to seven.
The one who suffered the most during the summer confinement period was Liu Manxue.
Fortunately, there are two doctors at home. At noon when the sun is strong, Shen An Ning always fills a basin of warm water to wipe her body, and every ten days or so, she also boils mugwort water to wash her hair. With Shen An Ning around, although Liu Manxue's confinement is still painful, she is much more comfortable than others.
The day she left confinement was also the day her second baby, Shen Ziyi, turned one month old. The courtyard where Liu Manxue and her family lived had a well and plenty of rooms, so they invited several chefs from the Chen family to prepare the full-moon banquet. A total of eight tables were set up for the relatives of the Shen and Liu families.
Inside the house, Mother Liu looked at her well-raised daughter and grandson, her eyes full of smiles. "My daughters have suffered for six years, and now they are finally enjoying happiness. Xixi is cute and well-behaved, and Yiyi is strong..."
Liu Manxue looked at her mother, who was crying as she spoke, and quickly picked up a tissue. "Mom, I didn't suffer at all. During those years in the countryside, An Yan never let me do any heavy work. And An Ning helped us all the time. I ate well and slept well. It's all in the past."
"Yeah, it's all in the past. Does Erbao sleep a lot during the day? Does he bother you at night?"
Liu Manxue looked at her little son in her arms and tapped his nose. "My mother-in-law takes care of him almost exclusively during the day, or Grandma comes over to help. An Yan has to go to the research institute during the day and doesn't have much contact with the child, so at night we take care of the child by ourselves, which allows him and Erbao to develop a bond..."
As Liu Manxue spoke, she suddenly thought of something, her face turned red, and she was a little afraid to look at her mother.
After all, Liu's mother was an experienced person, so there was nothing she couldn't understand. However, she couldn't say too much about this matter. "You, you've been pregnant and in confinement for a long time, but you shouldn't indulge An Yan, you know? Your health is the most important thing. Well, I won't say anything more, just take care of yourself."
Liu Manxue watched her mother leave the house, and angrily picked up Shen Anyan's pillow and hit him a few times. Although Shen Anyan was a scholar, he had always been very strong. Thinking back to when he was sent to the farm, he worked hard during the day and still had to work at night. If it weren't for the medicine sent by her aunt, she was afraid that she would have given birth to five children in six years...
"Hmph, stinky man, you are not allowed to go to bed tonight."
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