Chapter 403 Looks Like

When Zhulan arrived, Li was already giving birth. Li had a lot of emotional fluctuations during this pregnancy and she had a hard time getting pregnant. Now the birth was not smooth.

Li Xu and Zhulan both went in. The midwife had been invited to live in Zhou's house long ago. The disinfection was done according to Zhulan's instructions and everything was prepared very well, but the child just didn't want to come out.

Li was in pain all night, and Zhulan endured the whole night with her. It was not until dawn that Li gave birth.

The midwife was also very tired. She held the child and said happily, "Congratulations, madam. It's a strong boy."

Zhulan took the baby from the midwife's arms and weighed it. It was quite heavy, about seven pounds. No wonder Mrs. Li's belly was so big.

Li Xu felt sorry for the young lady and had already gone in to see her.

Zhulan followed in with the child in her arms. Li had already changed her clothes and packed everything up. Li was so tired after giving birth all night that she fell asleep.

Boss Zhou was happy to have another son, but then he felt that three sons were not enough and he didn't want to have any more children.

Zhou Shuren came over after hearing that the baby was born. Seeing Zhulan's pale face, Zhou Shuren frowned and said, "It's getting late. There are people taking care of her here. Eat breakfast and go to bed early."

Zhulan was indeed very sleepy, and said to Li Xu: "Jianhua, take care of the children and Li, mother-in-law, we will go to have breakfast first. Mother-in-law has been busy all night, so you should rest early."

Li Xu was also a little dizzy. Her body was really not good at her age. "Okay."

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren went back to the main courtyard first. Zhou Shuren supported Zhulan and couldn't help but mutter, "We've already hired a doctor and a midwife, and you said you insisted on staying up all night. You don't even know how to take care of your body."

Zhulan curled her lips and said, "I'm sorry to make you feel bad."

Zhou Shuren glared at Zhulan, "I'm glad you know. Look at your eyes, they're all black."

Zhulan looked into Zhou Shuren's eyes. She hadn't gone home all night, and Zhou Shuren hadn't rested all night either. "You go to the government office today, so take a rest if you have time."

Zhou Shuren was indeed tired. He had been on the dike for the past few days and had stayed up all night last night. He really needed to find a place to rest during the day. "I will take good care of myself."

After breakfast, Zhulan went to see Li before returning to her room to rest. When she woke up, she had missed lunch. She called Liuya and found out that it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhulan rubbed her forehead, her head throbbing, "I slept for so long?"

Liu Ya helped the mistress to get up. "At noon, the young lady came to call you for lunch, but I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up."

Zhulan went downstairs to let Liuya comb her hair. "Is the eldest lady awake?"

Liu Ya smiled and said, "I'm awake. The first wife ate two bowls of noodles at noon and is chatting with my wife-in-law now!"

Zhulan was envious, "I've gotten a lot weaker as I get older. I wasn't this tired when I traveled last year."

After saying this, Zhulan was in a very low mood. After just enduring a whole night, her body couldn't take it anymore. How could she get pregnant and give birth in this state?

Liu Ya didn't know why her mistress was in a bad mood, and she didn't dare to say anything more.

After washing up, Zhulan still felt a little dizzy. She drank a bowl of porridge and waited for a while before going to the main room.

Mrs. Li Xu stood up and said, "My in-laws are here. You don't look well. Please sit down and have a rest."

Zhu Lan said embarrassedly: "It's been a while since I stayed up late. I just need to rest for a night."

Li Xu was relieved. She was completely convinced by her mother-in-law. Yesterday, her mother-in-law was no less worried than she, her own mother.

After hearing what her mother said, Li was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. "Mom, I'm fine here. You can go back and have a rest!"

Zhulan didn't insist, "Okay, I'll take a look at the child and then go back to rest."

Mrs. Li grinned. She had given birth to four children, and the youngest was the fattest. This child was also very lucky. "Mom, this child looks like you."

Zhulan was so drowsy in the morning that she didn't look closely at the child's appearance. When she got closer, she realized that Li was not saying this to please her. The child really looked like her. His face shape, eyebrows and eyes were very similar to hers. Among the grandchildren of the Zhou family, the newborn looked the most like her. "They really look alike."

Li didn't notice it at first, but her mother noticed it. She looked carefully and found that he really looked like her mother-in-law. So this boy is the luckiest. Her father-in-law cares about her mother-in-law the most. Since this boy looks like her mother-in-law, her father-in-law will favor him more.

Mrs. Li grinned foolishly, she was really good at giving birth.

Zhulan had a great liking for the boy who looked very much like her. She even thought that if she didn't have children, she wouldn't have any regrets if she had a child who looked very much like her. Her depressed mood improved a lot and she was in much better spirits.

Zhulan returned to the yard and took out the gold lock, gold collar, and gold bracelet that she had prepared long ago. Then she took a pen and thought of a name for the child. She wanted to name the child Zhou Minghui. Zhulan thought for a while and chose the name.

When Zhou Shuren came back and entered the house, he saw Zhulan getting angry at the name she had written. He knew what Zhulan was thinking, but he couldn't afford to take the risk. Zhou Shuren smiled and said, "Is this the name you chose for your child?"

Zhu Lan came back to her senses and nodded with a smile, "The little guy looks a lot like me, so I'll think of the name for the child."

Zhou Shuren raised an eyebrow, "Resembling?"

Zhu Lan nodded, "The eyebrows, eyes, and face shape are very similar."

Zhou Shuren clenched his hands behind his back. He could clearly see the happiness in Zhulan's eyes. Zhulan still hoped to have a child of her own. He and Zhulan, ahem, he had been calculating everything. Zhulan's menstruation was very regular, so contraception was still a good idea.

Zhulan naturally knew it, but she never said it. He could guess what she was thinking. Zhulan was also betting that if she still got pregnant despite taking contraceptives, it would be fate. But for the sake of Zhulan's body, he still didn't want the child, even though it was a pity. Now it was not bad to have a child who looked like Zhulan.

Today we had a new baby, so the dinner was very rich. Zhulan didn’t have much appetite, so she went back to rest early. After a night’s rest, Zhulan finally recovered.

Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Zhao already knew that the boy from the eldest wife looked like her mother-in-law. Mrs. Zhao's eyes lit up as she touched her belly. She thought of a way to go home quickly: give birth to a child who looks like her mother-in-law!

Mrs. Dong envied her eldest sister-in-law's good luck, but regretted that she didn't know when the third wife's child would be born.

In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of the baby's bath. On the day of the third day of the bath, everyone from the Chen family, the He family, etc. who knew about it came. The little guy was very proud. He cried for a while during the third day of the bath and then stopped.

If it weren't spring, Zhulan really didn't want to hold a third day bath.

(End of this chapter)