Gu Yanbai was startled when he saw her appearance. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
I was worried and scared all afternoon, but I'm finally feeling a bit better now.
The waiting time was agonizing; he hadn't felt this nervous and fearful in years.
"no."
“That is…”
Su Nianxue looked up at him with a resentful expression, "She looks exactly like you."
Gu Yanbai breathed a sigh of relief, "You scared the hell out of me, I thought..."
I am her biological father, so it's normal for her to look like me, isn't it?
"It would be a miracle if she looked like someone else!"
"You don't know anything. Is that what I meant?"
"She's a girl, and she looks so much like you. How will she ever get married?" She made the child stand right in front of him, and the two faces were practically identical.
If I had to point out a difference, it would be that one face is bigger and the other is smaller.
"Why does she have to get married? I'll find a son-in-law to live with my daughter in the future." He stretched out a finger and carefully poked the child's little face.
This little guy has such a soft little face, even softer than a dough ball.
Fearing that the calluses on his fingers might scratch the child, he quickly pulled his fingers back.
He found that little face quite pleasing to the eye.
"Easy for you to say. Are live-in sons-in-law so easy to find?"
Besides, are you even talking about the same thing?
"I mean, she'll look like a boy when she grows up, and that won't be pretty." Su Nianxue rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.
"Now that you mention it..." he looked it over carefully, then stubbornly insisted, "I think it looks pretty good, anyway."
"How could someone who looks like you not be good-looking?" Su Nianxue rolled her eyes.
He skillfully held the child while saying, "Alright, alright, you've been fussing around for so long, aren't you tired?"
He just woke up and his first thought was to argue with me.
"We've already given birth, so what if she looks like her? We have to accept it! Can we put her back in?"
"Oh, that's true." She gently touched the child's face. "Has she eaten anything?"
"No, this girl is easy to raise."
She just woke up, so I gave her some water, and she drank it and then fell asleep again.
Gu Yanliu looked at the family of three on the hospital bed and smiled slightly.
The aroma of chicken soup filled the entire ward as the earthenware pot was opened.
She scooped out a bowlful and said, "Here, sister-in-law, have something to eat. This is an old hen that Grandpa stewed for you; it's been stewing for ages."
It also contains red dates and goji berries, you should definitely eat more of it.
"Have you gone back?" she asked, looking at the bowl of chicken soup.
"Yes, Grandpa and the others have been waiting at home."
Seeing that you had already given birth, I quickly went back to tell them the news.
Sister-in-law, you don't know how happy Grandpa, my older brother, and my sister-in-law are.
Grandpa, in particular, said that the girl was born on his birthday, which meant that the two of them were destined to be together.
Grandpa was so happy he was practically floating on air. Gu Yanliu couldn't help but laugh whenever she thought about it.
The old man was not idle at home.
I just estimated the time, prepared a chicken, and started stewing it, waiting for her to come back and get it!
If it weren't for the late hour, he would have definitely gone to the hospital to get checked out.
"Yes, our girl is quite the little rascal."
She's quite good at choosing dates; even her birthday has to be on the same day as her great-grandfather's.
"If the old man doesn't spoil her in the future, who will he spoil?" Gu Yanbai gently pinched the child's little face.
It was so soft and tender that it melted his heart.
After a few rounds of joking around, Gu Yanliu remembered a very important question, "Brother, sister-in-law, what's her name?"
“Ask your brother. I gave birth, he named the child, that’s fair.” Su Nianxue gestured towards him with her lips.
Gu Yanbai showed no sign of urgency, appearing completely unperturbed. "Let Grandpa fetch it when we get back, so he can have some fun."
He was certain that the old man had already come up with several names.
“Okay,” Su Nianxue agreed.
“But,” Gu Yanbai added, “I also need to give my daughter a nickname.”
"Tell me, what's your name?" Su Nianxue didn't even bother to drink her chicken soup, staring intently at him, wanting to see what unique name he could come up with.
Gu Yanliu also looked at him with great interest.
Gu Yanbai cleared his throat, his expression very serious, "Let's call her Xiaxia as her nickname."
"What a wonderful name!"
"If someone is born in summer, they're called Xiaxia (Summer), so if someone is born in winter, they'd be called Dongdong (Winter), right?" Su Nianxue felt that she shouldn't have any expectations of him.
"This name is quite nice; people can tell it's a girl just by hearing it." He looked at the child's little face and couldn't help but kiss her.
“Even if she doesn’t have that name, she’s still a girl, and that can’t be changed.” Su Nianxue rolled her eyes at him.
The young woman in the next bed also woke up, but stared blankly at the ceiling.
The man held the child in his arms, glancing at her every now and then, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
Soon, an elderly woman with gray hair appeared at the door of the ward.
It was that chattering old lady from this afternoon.
However, this time she was somewhat timid, no longer as arrogant as she had been that afternoon. "Xiao Hong, you're awake?"
The new mother merely glanced at her indifferently before looking away.
"I made you some bone broth. I asked the doctor, and he said you can drink it now." Her eyes held a hint of ingratiation.
"Get out." The woman uttered a single word coldly.
"Xiaohong, Mom knows she was wrong. I was just anxious at the time. Besides, I don't know anything about these things. Look, I'm making you some soup to make amends, aren't I?"
The old woman winked at the man, signaling him to put in a good word for her.
The man hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up, "Xiao Hong, look, Mom has already apologized to you. Let's leave it at that."
"It seems you can't understand human language!"
"He Ming, since you care so much about your mother, then you should take her and go back to the village."
The woman's eyes were like knives, fixed intently on the mother and child.
The man moved his lips twice, "Xiao Hong, don't get angry."
You just gave birth and are still in your postpartum period; be careful not to develop health problems later.
"Tell your mother to go back to the countryside. Otherwise, we're getting a divorce," the woman said through gritted teeth.
She had really had enough of this old woman.
It's one thing for her to boss people around at home all day, but now that her life is in danger, she's still worried about the two dollars.
She keeps saying her son works hard to earn money, but doesn't she earn money too?
The old woman saw that she had already humbled herself so much, but she was still relentless and made her lose face in front of outsiders.
She was also a little annoyed; after all, she was an elder.
Even if she did something a little wrong, nothing serious happened.
Why is she being so persistent?
"Wu Xiaohong, don't push your luck. I'm still your mother-in-law."
My son is the real man, the head of the family, and he should be the one to make the decisions.
"You want to kick me out? Dream on!"
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