Chapter 329 Naming the Twins
On the seventh day after the children's birth, their names were finally decided. All the boys in the Xiao family of the younger generation have the character "Cheng" in their names.
Jun'er's name is Xiao Chengjun, and Ming'er's name is Xiao Chengming.
For the two children's names, only the last character needs to be determined.
Finally, it was decided that the eldest son would be named Xiao Chengqi, the second son Xiao Chenglin, and their nicknames would be Dabao and Erbao, respectively.
The Qilin represents auspiciousness, corresponding to the auspicious celestial phenomenon of purple clouds coming from the east when they are born.
"Qi'er, Lin'er, these are your names, do you like them?"
Yun Zhaoxue held her eldest son in her arms, bent down and rubbed his forehead, smiled at him, and her eldest son grinned back.
"Our Qi'er is smiling so happily, does she like this name too?"
"Qi'er, Qi'er..." she repeated several times, and Qi'er grinned even more happily, blowing little bubbles from its mouth.
The eldest son likes to cling to her, and the younger son likes to cling to their father. Every time he is willing to let her hold him or get close to her, it is because he is hungry and wants to drink milk.
Yun Zhaoxue's heart was melting. The baby was so cute! She was the one who gave birth to such an adorable baby.
A few days ago, Zhao Xuan wanted to adopt them as his godsons.
She was not happy about it. Most of the suffering in Da Bao's previous life was caused by Zhao Xuan, mainly because the original owner did not care and gave birth to him but did not raise him.
The eldest son both respected and loved the original owner, while the second son hated her, hating that the original owner had abandoned him and returned to the Great Zhou, leaving him in the enemy country. He had Han blood in his veins and was the son of the Xiao family, yet he had killed countless Xiao family soldiers on the battlefield. On one side was his adoptive father, and on the other side was his biological father.
He was devastated when he learned the truth, so he hated the original owner of the body and the original owner who abandoned him back then.
Da Bao was hungry, and snuggled closer to her, wanting to drink milk.
Their appetites improved, and they grew taller. The eldest son was no longer as thin and small as before, and had caught up with the second child, who was bigger than him at birth.
His face looks rounder than when he was born, unlike when he was born when it was wrinkled and red like a little old man.
Yun Zhaoxue saw her eldest son's little hands pulling at the front of his shirt.
There was no one in the house except for the four of them, so they unbuttoned their clothes to breastfeed their child.
Da Bao would hold the food in his mouth and suck and swallow it forcefully, swallowing quickly and urgently. As they grew bigger, they got hungry faster and ate more, needing to drink every one or two hours.
Meanwhile, Erbao, nestled in his father's arms, turned his bright eyes and noticed that his older brother had already started eating.
His little mouth twitched, and he was about to cry.
Xiao Xuance's gaze fell on his wife, unaware that the little one in his arms was about to cry.
To get the adults' attention, he opened his little mouth and cried out, stretching his little hands desperately toward Yun Zhaoxue.
Yun Zhaoxue looked at him and saw tears rolling down his cheeks. He was trembling with grievance, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Her heart softened, and she quickly freed her other arm: "Quickly, bring the second baby over too."
"Waaaaah..."
Xiao Xuance picked him up, and Erbao held the other side in his mouth, biting down and swallowing quickly, eating even faster than Dabao.
Yun Zhaoxue had a small cut on the left side, and when the child sucked hard, a sharp pain spread throughout her body, causing her to frown.
Seeing this, Xiao Xuance felt sorry for his wife and pried open Erbao's little mouth, pulling it out.
The delicious food that was about to be eaten was gone, and Erbao opened his mouth wide again and cried loudly, "Wah~ Wah~", his cries were so loud that they almost broke through the thatched house and spread throughout the entire Datian Village.
Yun Zhaoxue felt her eardrums hurt from listening; the second son was crying too much. "I'm fine, let him eat."
“He often hurts you. Let the wet nurse feed him. If he doesn’t eat, he’ll go hungry.” Xiao Xuance felt sorry for his wife. The child could be fed by someone else, as long as he didn’t starve.
“He cries if we don’t let him eat. People might think we’re being unfair to him or abusing him.”
"Bring him here. If he keeps crying like this, the eldest will start crying too."
Twins have a telepathic connection; if one cries, the other cries too.
Sure enough, the older brother stopped eating when he heard his younger brother crying and started wailing along with him.
Yun Zhaoxue moved Da Bao to the left and the second child to the right.
Xiao Xuance stared at the second brother, not daring to use force, so he gently held him in his mouth, his dark eyes, which were very similar to Xiao Xuance's, darting around.
He was so hungry and wanted to eat, but when he met his father's warning look, he didn't dare to do it again, afraid that the food he was about to eat would be gone again. His little face turned red with anxiety; he was afraid of his father.
The little girl clutched her mother's clothes helplessly, looked up with teary eyes, and timidly snuggled into her mother's arms, like a frightened kitten seeking shelter.
Yun Zhaoxue supported the eldest brother with one hand and used the other hand to hug him.
He nestled in his mother's arms, gently sucking on her breast, not daring to suckle too hard.
The eldest brother was full in about fifteen minutes.
He drank slowly, not daring to exert himself, and it took him about 45 minutes.
The eldest son urinated shortly after finishing his meal.
They wear diapers, which saves them a lot of trouble and prevents them from urinating on themselves or the bed.
Yun Zhaoxue drew a modern version of a simple diaper, which was then sewn together with red dates and green branches using oilcloth and cotton.
Cotton or filling is tightly wrapped in cotton cloth and sewn into a thick pad, with oilcloth sewn on the outside to act as a waterproof layer.
Xiao Xuance skillfully used hot water to clean the eldest son and then changed his diaper.
The second child had diarrhea right after eating.
After cleaning up his eldest son and putting him in the crib, he cleaned up his second son. Even though there were maids in the house, he did all these chores himself.
Unlike other men, he didn't think that taking care of children was the wife's job and shouldn't be done by men.
Yun Zhaoxue was still in her postpartum period and rarely got out of bed. Meals were brought to her bedside, and she was only responsible for breastfeeding and holding the baby.
The child usually sleeps in a crib.
The Yang family and others had all gone to the fields to harvest rice and were not at home.
Lingnan is frost-free, so the growth of late rice is not restricted by severe cold and it can fully mature in winter. The late rice that was transplanted in autumn is harvested in December.
Xiao Xuance was worried about leaving his wife and children in the care of others, so he stayed home to take care of the children and look after her.
Pei Huaiji and Hua Murong came over almost every day, and they also went to help out when the fields were short-handed.
Hongzao and Lvzhi mostly stayed home to take care of the children and cook some delicious food to nourish Yun Zhaoxue's body.
Hongzao knocked on the door and asked gently, "Princess, lunch is ready. Are you hungry? Would you like me to bring it in now?"
"I'm a little hungry, bring it in."
Red Dates and Green Branch each carried a tray, one containing the food she wanted to eat, and the other containing medicinal cuisine to nourish her body.
"I feel much better now. I don't need to make medicinal cuisine for the next meal; I can just cook a regular meal."
She didn't like the taste of medicinal food; it was a bit bitter.
Drinking the spiritual spring water every day has helped her recover faster than other women who have given birth. It is estimated that she will be fully recovered in a few more days.
Green Branch gently advised, "Princess, the divine physician said that one must not be careless during postpartum confinement. If you don't take good care of yourself during this time, you may develop health problems later. Why don't you let the divine physician take your pulse?"
"Yes, that's fine too."
She took her own pulse and found that she had recovered to about 70-80%, but the result was the same.
They wouldn't feel at ease if the miracle doctor didn't take their pulse.
As they were eating, a series of hurried footsteps sounded in the courtyard. Zhuiying brought back a message: "Young Master, something bad has happened. The people from Xiaoli Village next door have all come over with hoes, demanding an explanation. They say we stole their land and they want it back."
"If you want an explanation, you should go to the city defense battalion; they took the money."
The Xiao family rented ten mu of land from the city defense camp at a price higher than the market price for a one-year term, but they lost money. The villagers from the neighboring village also demanded an explanation, saying that the Xiao family had occupied their land.
"They produced the land title deed and now they want the land back."
"The Fifth Young Master has already informed the city defense camp. They don't care. If it weren't for the Divine Doctor saving a few villagers in Xiao Li Village and temporarily calming them down, they would have tried to seize the grain."
"A-Ce, go and take a look quickly."
Xiao Xuance placed the second baby in the crib and had Lüzhi watch over him.
He went outside and then instructed Zhuiying, "Zhuiying, you stay home and keep watch."
"yes!"
Xiao Xuance used his lightness skill to fly to the field, where the two sides were arguing fiercely.
Men, women, children, and even their hunting dogs from Xiao Li Village were all brought along, looking very aggressive. A large group of people demanded an explanation from the Xiao family's side.
"We exchanged the land for several years, making it fertile, and you got a good deal. Now we want the land back, and we also want 50% of your grain. We won't take it for nothing; we can help with the harvest."
An old man with gray hair, dressed in patched coarse linen clothes, knelt on the ground, his hands trembling as he held up the heavy ears of rice that were almost bending his back. The plump grains were almost about to burst through the husks to reveal the white rice inside.
These plump ears of rice, not just one stalk, but several acres, are a mysterious power bestowed upon this land by the gods. They must take the land back so that they will no longer have to worry about not being able to pay their taxes and their whole family going hungry.
"You work hard farming,"
"Dream on! The city garrison wants 50%, and you want 50%? Then we've sown for nothing!"
"The land was rented from the city defense camp. If you want compensation in silver or land, go find them."
The villagers had tried to settle scores before, but the city defense battalion had tricked them out of nothing by incorporating their land into their own territory. When the villagers came to settle scores, those people were ruthless and killed a few villagers, which intimidated them, and they dared not come back.
Thinking about it later, since it was just barren land that couldn't grow any food and had extremely low yields anyway, it wasn't worth risking a few more lives for the sake of barren land, so I gave up on the idea.
Years later, the exiles have cultivated golden rice paddies on their barren land, fields they never dared to dream of.
Several elderly men knelt on the boundary between the two fields. The rice paddies they used to see were sparse, with ears of rice swaying lightly in the breeze, yielding a little over one shi (a unit of dry measure) per mu (a unit of land area), considered a bumper harvest. (In this story, one shi equals 150 jin.)
What they saw now was that the rice stalks were almost broken by the weight of the ears of grain, and the densely packed grains were so heavy that they felt heavy in the hand when rubbed together.
His rough hands trembled violently as he rubbed the two kinds of rice ears back and forth, tears welling up in his cloudy eyes, and he bowed down and kowtowed.
“Godly land, it must be that God knew we were starving and specially bestowed this divine land upon us.”
"The land deed is here. Return the land, or we will harvest the grain ourselves."
"We paid silver to rent the land, ten taels of silver per acre. We're already losing money, so don't push your luck!"
“We have the land title deed; this land originally belonged to us, but it was taken away from us.”
"Give the land back! Give the land back!..."
A middle-aged man raised his arm and shouted in a loud voice, "Fellow villagers! If they won't return the grain, we'll take matters into our own hands and collect it ourselves!"
"Charge!"
They came prepared, taking out burlap sacks and using sickles to cut wheat ears and fill them with the sacks.
"Stop! Stop! All of you, stop this robbery! We can report you to the authorities!"
"Sue us all you want. We have the land deed. It's not certain who will sue whom."
The Xiao family members tried to stop them and started fighting, but there were too many villagers and they couldn't stop them at all.
The two sides started fighting on the edge of the field.
"Stop! Don't steal my grain!" Xiao Xuanwu saw a man harvesting grain with a sack, his eyes turned red with rage, and he rushed over, grabbing the man's waist tightly with both arms and throwing him backward. The man reacted and also grabbed Xiao Xuanwu's waist.
Li Tieniu is eighteen years old this year. He is bigger than him, but he only knows how to use brute force and relies on his weight to press down.
Xiao Xuanwu quickly shifted his weight by twisting his waist and hips, while his fists, which were wrapped around the other man's back, didn't stop there. He slammed his elbows into the man's back, "Bang! Bang!!"
Li Tieniu also punched him hard in the back, making a loud thud.
The two spun around in place, staggering as they hugged each other.
Xiao Xuanwu found an opening and quickly kicked out, hooking Li Tieniu's ankle.
Li Tieniu lost his balance and was thrown to the ground after a dizzying spin.
Xiao Xuanwu quickly pounced on him and subdued him, slamming his fist into his cheek with a loud "bang!"
“You planted our land, and we get half of the grain. We didn’t take all of it, so you should be grateful.” Li Tieniu, who was pinned to the ground, was not to be outdone. He grabbed Xiao Xuanwu’s arms, flipped him over, and was about to punch him back.
Xiao Xuanwu used both feet to flip the man over and pin him to the ground. "We rented the land with silver, we grew the grain, and whether you want land, grain, or silver, you shouldn't be coming to us. You've come to the wrong people. Don't think we're easy to bully. I'll beat you to death!"
He aimed directly at his face and punched him several times, "Bang bang bang!!!"
Li Tieniu didn't bother to resist. He covered his face with his elbow and cried out, "Waaah! Don't hit my face! I haven't even gotten married yet!"
"Ah! Mother, help me..."
"Tie Niu, your mother is here to save you!" Upon seeing this, Tie Niu's mother rushed over to save her son, striking Xiao Xuanwu on the back with her carrying pole.
Xiao Xuance rushed over, intercepted her carrying pole, and with a forceful tug, dragged Tie Niu Niang down to the ground, where she ate dirt. "Ouch!"
The Xiao family had many martial arts practitioners who took down most of the villagers, but because they outnumbered the villagers, they couldn't stop some of them from continuing to harvest the harvest.
Xiao Xuance leaped over, grabbed their collars, and threw them backward.
"Ouch! Who is it? This old man's bones are going to be smashed..."
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