It really is a daughter!
Feng Ye was overjoyed: "Let me hug you."
Xiao Chunxiu handed the child to Feng Ye and instructed, "Hold on tight, be careful."
At least she had a son before, and although Feng Ye hadn't held him much, she wasn't completely incapable of doing so.
"Wow, it's quite heavy. Did you weigh it too much?"
"It's been weighed, 7.8 jin."
Aunt Yuying chimed in, laughing, "It is indeed quite heavy. I've delivered so many babies, and very few weigh over seven pounds. This is the first time I've seen one this heavy."
Feng Ye was overjoyed and extremely pleased with himself.
No wonder her belly was so big, she was carrying a big, healthy girl!
Feng Jiaqing and Ye Haishan also came over, looking at the newborn little life with smiles.
Feng Xinan leaned out of Feng Jiaqing's arms, curiously approached her younger sister, stared intently at her, and said in a childish voice, "So ugly!"
Feng Jiaqing smiled and ruffled Feng Xinan's hair. "You were even uglier when you were born. You were skinny and weighed less than six pounds. Your little sister was much prettier than you were back then."
Feng Xinan pouted unconvinced: "I don't believe it. Grandpa is lying. Her face is all wrinkled and she's so ugly. I'm not that ugly."
Feng Jiaqing laughed heartily: "My little sister was just born like this. She'll become beautiful in the next day or two."
Feng Xinan nodded as if she understood, but kept staring at her younger sister.
At this moment, Ye Qingling weakly called out from inside the house, "Aye, bring him in so I can see him."
"They're here."
Feng Ye hurriedly carried his daughter into the house.
Ye Qingling lay on the bed with a cloth wrapped around her head, smiling as she looked at the daughter Feng Ye was holding: "I never expected the little one to be so eager to come out and see her parents."
"How dare you say that? It's not like you've never seen so much money before. Why were you so agitated? You almost scared me to death. Luckily, the baby was born safely, both mother and child are fine. Otherwise, I don't know what I would have done."
Feng Ye said with a mixture of heartache and reproach, and placed her daughter beside her.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chunxiu immediately asked, "What happened? Was A-Ling's premature birth caused by being too excited?"
"Yes, she was so happy when she heard that I made money fishing that she went into labor early."
Feng Ye said with a helpless expression, "If I had known she would do this, I wouldn't have told her."
Xiao Chunxiu slapped her thigh: "I knew it! Why would it suddenly be several days ahead of schedule? Turns out it's because she got so excited about making money."
"Then you must have made a lot of money, Ah Ye, for Ah Ling to be so excited."
Aunt Yuying asked curiously from the side.
Feng Ye smiled and said casually, "It's alright, there are quite a lot, but the key is that she was too happy and couldn't control herself once she got into a mood."
"Women are prone to causing trouble when they're happy."
Aunt Yuying nodded and sighed, "It's a good thing it's the second child; it would have been troublesome if it were the first."
Ye Qingling gave an awkward smile: "I didn't expect to get so excited. My head just went blank and my stomach started to hurt."
"Honestly, you know you're about to give birth, and it's your second child, yet you still can't control your emotions, always making such a fuss..."
Gao Lianxiang also scolded her a few times.
“Mother-in-law, don’t blame A-Ling.”
Xiao Chunxiu quickly smiled and smoothed things over, glaring at Feng Ye, "If you want to blame someone, blame A-Ye for not knowing what's important. He knew A-Ling was about to give birth, yet he still made her excited."
"Yes, yes, it's my fault, it's my fault..."
What else could Feng Ye say? It wasn't his fault, but now it was his fault.
He could only chuckle and nod repeatedly in apology.
"Of course it's your fault..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Xiao Chunxiu suddenly slapped her forehead, as if she had just remembered something. "Oh dear, I was so busy talking that I forgot to get you something to eat, A-Ling. I was just saying I was going to steam some eggs for you..."
As she spoke, she walked out and saw Feng Jiaqing standing by the door holding his grandson. She then ordered, "What are you doing standing here? Hurry up and catch a chicken to kill and make soup for A-Ling to nourish her body."
She started preparing six months ago, hatching two broods of chicks, totaling more than twenty, just waiting for this day to nourish Ye Qingling's body.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Feng Jiaqing responded, handed his grandson to Ye Qingyu, and hurriedly left.
Seeing that there was nothing more for her to do, Aunt Yuying said goodbye and prepared to go home.
Xiao Chunxiu quickly stopped her and told her to wait a moment. Then she walked to Feng Ye's side and whispered, "Quickly give Yu Ying a red envelope."
Feng Ye lowered his voice and asked, "How much should this cost?"
He really didn't understand these customs and traditions.
This red envelope can't be filled randomly; there's a specific amount of money inside.
"It's usually 8.8 yuan or 9.9 yuan, but some generous people will give it for 18.8 yuan. The last two digits can be either 8 or 9. You can decide how much to give, just for good luck."
"How about... I'll wrap it up for 28.8 yuan?"
"Being generous is fine too, it's not like we're short of money anyway."
"Um."
Feng Ye took the key, opened the drawer, took out 28 yuan and 8 mao, wrapped it in red paper, walked up to Aunt Yuying, handed it over with both hands, and said gratefully, "Aunt Yuying, thank you so much, please accept this small token of my appreciation."
"Don't mention it. I'm happy to see the baby born safely and the adults are alright."
Aunt Yuying pretended to decline for a moment before accepting the eggs, saying, "I'll go back now and bring the eggs over again tomorrow."
According to their custom, whenever a child is born, they will send some eggs as a congratulatory gift.
Once the baby reaches one month old, if a full-month celebration is held, then no further gift is required.
After helping to clean up the mess after production, Du Guilan hurried to the workshop to get busy.
It was already dark, but the dried fish drying inside still hadn't been taken in.
If the dried fish is left outside overnight due to dew, it will definitely get damp, meaning the day's drying will be wasted, and the quality may even decline.
Ye Haishan and Gao Lianxiang also went to help, and even Ye Qingyu, who brought Feng Xinan with her, went.
Feng Ye originally wanted to go too, but his mother-in-law stopped him and told him to stay and talk to Ye Qingling.
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