The doctor was stunned. "I've delivered so many babies, but this is the first one that looks so energetic." She reached out and gently touched the baby's chubby calf, smiling and said, "This is such a fat baby. He must be well-nourished."
When the baby was just delivered, she just felt the chubby baby and exclaimed "big fat boy" without even checking the gender. She felt a little embarrassed that she made a mistake.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "If it's a fat boy, our brothers will be disappointed."
Dabao and Xiaobao were looking forward to it so much that they asked grandma to prepare several little skirts for them.
The doctor pulled open the curtain and suggested that Jiang Lin try breastfeeding the baby. Since the baby was so active, it would be easy to start breastfeeding.
After she said that, Jiang Lin actually felt her chest swelling, so she undressed to feed the baby, and the little thing immediately came forward and started to eat hard.
The first mouthful of colostrum had no milk at all, but she actually ate it with a smacking sound and made very satisfied noises.
The doctor took a look and said, "Don't eat anything greasy in the first two days. Eat a normal meal and drink some brown sugar millet porridge or something. The baby is just born and won't be hungry."
As soon as she finished speaking, the little thing that had stopped sucking started eating again.
Jiang Lin: "..." Do you understand?
It turns out that she didn't understand. She just sucked it out of habit, instinctively. It shows that she is quite greedy.
The doctor observed the patient and said he could be sent to the room.
Cheng Rushan watched Jiang Lin feeding her daughter, and finally found his voice, "I'd also like to trouble the doctor to issue a certificate stating that my milk supply is insufficient."
The doctor was stunned. This man really loves his wife. He wants to buy milk powder even though he has milk. At that time, milk powder is quite expensive and not easy to buy. Generally, breastfeeding is the only choice.
Cheng Rushan covered Jiang Lin with a thin blanket and pushed her and the child out.
I don’t know if the little thing was tired from sucking, but it actually fell asleep with it in its mouth.
The nurse helped to push the door open, and the moment it opened, several heads came in at once.
They automatically muted themselves and communicated silently with Cheng Rushan through eye contact, then looked at Jiang Lin and then at the sleeping baby.
Seeing Xiaobao's red eyes, Jiang Lin asked in surprise, "Xiaobao, what's wrong?"
Xiao Bao pouted, "Mom, did my little sister Baosheng get left behind by the train?"
The nurse smiled and said, "This is your sister. The doctor just saw that she was fat and thought she was a fat boy."
younger sister?
Xiaobao's eyes were immediately lit up, he jumped up with his hands raised, and wanted to shout with excitement, but he covered his mouth quickly for fear of waking up his sister.
La la la la, I have a younger sister too!!!
He jumped around while holding Dabao, which annoyed Dabao so much that he wanted to stick him to the wall.
"It's my sister, there's no baby girl!" Xiaobao was very happy. He leaned over to see if there was really no baby girl. "Vincent, what did you see just now?"
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "Just now the nurse was holding it and shaking it a bit, so we couldn't see it clearly." She lifted the small cloth sheet and showed Dabao and Xiaobao their belly buttons. She tied a knot and a small piece was left, "It must be this."
Dabao: “It seems so.”
Xiaobao: "Haha, stupid, how could this little thing grow on my belly button? It scared me." He tried to grab Wensheng, but Wensheng didn't react.
Dabao was worried: "Grandma, why is my sister's belly button different from ours?"
Dabao only breathed a sigh of relief after Yan Runzhi told him that he would fall.
Seeing Wensheng standing there blankly, looking lost in thought, Jiang Lin waved at him, "Wensheng, come and see the baby."
Yan Runzhi pulled his hand forward to take a look.
Wensheng's head was rumbling, and he felt an uncontrollable ecstasy that was about to burst out and couldn't be contained.
"Wensheng, when your mother gives birth to the baby, you must not do anything stupid again. You must be obedient and help your mother take good care of the baby."
"Vensheng, do you want your mother to give you a little brother or a little sister?"
"Vinsheng, everything will be fine after mom gives birth to the baby."
Well, it’s complete…the baby is born.
He slowly leaned over and stared at the little thing, soft and tender, still sucking her own mouth even when she fell asleep. He knelt on the ground, holding the bed rails with both hands, staring at her intently, wanting to kiss her, but not daring to touch her.
Jiang Lin wiped his tears with a handkerchief, "Wensheng, it's your sister, are you happy?"
Wensheng nodded and smiled, "I'm happy, really happy. Dad is fine, Mom is fine, and my sister is fine too."
Everything is fine, that's great.
Dabao and Xiaobao quickly helped him up, "Hurry up and let mom and Baosheng lie down on the bed."
After Jiang Lin was settled, Fang Chengguang and He Liang also came to see and congratulate them.
He Liang: "Captain Cheng, I'm so envious. You have two sons and a daughter, and you've made a fortune."
Cheng Rushan couldn't suppress a smile in his eyes. He pressed the pillow for Jiang Lin and wiped her face with a towel. "Go get some sleep."
Wensheng sat aside and stared at Jiang Lin. Dabao and Xiaobao looked at Jiang Lin, then at the little sister, then at others, and finally at each other.
Xiaobao: "Bao looks like me."
Dabao: "You look like me."
Everyone looked at her. Who could she resemble? Her eyes were swollen, her nose was wrinkled, and she was soft and small.
Xiaobao: "Look, her nose is quite high, just like her father's."
Dabao: "Her little mouth is red, just like her mother's."
Yan Runzhi said happily, "You stay here to look after the baby, I'll go back and make millet porridge." Jiang Lin would definitely be hungry if she woke up in the middle of the night. She asked He Liang to take her home, and asked Fang Chengguang to go back and rest, because it was late at night and they still had to train tomorrow.
Cheng Rushan: "You all go back and rest, I'll stay here with you."
The three brothers refused and insisted on staying, so we had no choice but to let them do as they pleased.
Vincent, Dabao and Xiaobao were so excited that they huddled together on the edge of the bed until after ten o'clock. They couldn't bear it any longer and climbed onto the bed next to them to sleep together, not afraid of the heat at all.
Jiang Lin woke up in the middle of the night from a fever, sweating all over, as if she had been fished out of water. The doctor also said that women who had just given birth would have puerperal sweat, so there was no need to worry, just wipe it with a towel dipped in hot water. Cheng Rushan went to the boiler room to fetch hot water and helped her wash.
Jiang Lin: "I really want to take a shower."
Cheng Rushan: "I'll help you wipe it. Mom brought you some clothes. You can change into them later." He didn't support Jiang Lin taking a bath either. After all, she had just given birth. The old people said that if the bone sutures were open, it would be easy for wind evil to enter. If the bone sutures were closed, the wind evil would stay inside, and you would feel pain in winter and summer. He felt that he couldn't take that risk.
After he helped Jiang Lin wipe her face, he wiped her hair and wrapped it with cotton cloth to absorb the sweat.
He did not forget to look at his daughter in the small bed beside him. He saw her lying on her side with her two little fists to her mouth, sucking her fingers.
The more soundly you sleep, the more soundly you suck.
Jiang Lin also heard it, "Brother Shan, do you think she is hungry?"
Cheng Rushan: "I guess he's greedy." He will cry if he's hungry.
He Liang came over to bring millet porridge, and also went to see the babies happily, wanting to take Wensheng, Dabao and Xiaobao back home. It turned out that the three of them were sleeping soundly and crowded together, and refused to wake up at all.
Cheng Rushan asked him to go back first.
Jiang Lin drank the brown sugar millet porridge, which was neither too hot nor too cold, and she felt very comfortable. After drinking it, she felt full of energy, excited and energetic, and didn't want to sleep at all.
"Brother Shan, I want to go out for a walk." After finally unloading the cargo, I felt relaxed. My waist wasn't sore, my legs weren't painful, my shoulders weren't cramping, and my stomach wasn't feeling heavy. I felt like I could fly if I just lifted my feet. I really wanted to go out and have some fun.
Cheng Rushan held her and said, "Just walk around the house. It's windy outside." Taking a stroll is good. The doctor said it will help expel lochia.
Jiang Lin got off the bed and began to walk around in circles in the ward, her steps were light and her figure was slim. Oh, it couldn't be better.
She touched her belly and found it a little loose. She knew she needed to start exercising soon to get her belly slimmed down, otherwise it would look too ugly.
She whispered to Cheng Rushan: "Brother Shan, can you help me check if there are any stretch marks?"
No matter how good your skin is, there will always be some spots left.
Cheng Rushan knelt on one knee, carefully checked for her, and stood up, "No."
Jiang Lin didn't believe it: "Really?"
Cheng Rushan: "Really not. Very beautiful."
Jiang Lin walked around for a few times, then went back to bed and lay down. She couldn't sleep and wanted to eat spicy hotpot! The kind that was both spicy and numbing!
When she was pregnant, she was greedy and often wanted to eat spicy food or something else, but for the health of the baby, she resisted the urge to eat spicy food. Especially later, because of hormones, everything in her mouth felt tasteless, so she was particularly greedy and wanted to eat something spicy.
At this moment, I suddenly want to eat spicy hot pot.
The nurse came to check on her and saw that she was not sleeping and was walking around here. She was embarrassed for a moment, and then she heard her say that she wanted to eat spicy hot pot. Cheng Rushan was surprised. She was so embarrassed that she asked her to do it. She was embarrassed again.
Nurse: "Please be careful. You still need to breastfeed. Don't eat spicy or salty food."
Jiang Lin: I was just thinking about it, to satisfy my craving, not really wanting to eat it, but in the end my craving was ruthlessly killed.
Cheng Rushan, who was helping his wife to satisfy her desire to eat, smiled and said, "It's okay, we can give the baby milk powder."
Jiang Lin: "Let's just drink breast milk." At this time, milk powder is not as nutritious as breast milk.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m talking about food, but the baby suddenly opened his eyes and started to open his little mouth as if crying for food, “Ahhhh…”
Nurse: "Look, she wants to eat. Try feeding her milk. If she doesn't have milk, give her some water or formula."
At that time, milk powder was also rationed. You had to apply for it after you had a child, one can per month, and of course you had to pay extra for it.
After the nurse left, Jiang Lin continued to feed the baby and actually she had milk.
The baby was dancing with joy and eating very hard.
Jiang Lin's maternal instinct rose spontaneously, and then burst out, "Brother Shan, look at her, she's frowning."
Cheng Rushan kissed Jiang Lin and touched his daughter's head, but was pulled away by the baby's little hand, as if she was annoyed by him.
The baby was feeding so hard that he was sweating. After feeding for a while, he was so tired that he fell asleep.
Her little mouth was reluctant to let go, her little hands wanted to protect her, and her little feet were trying hard to stick to Jiang Lin and were reluctant to leave.
Cheng Rushan carried her over and put her back on the crib. He didn't dare to hold her in his arms because she was too delicate and small. He was afraid that holding her in his arms would hurt her, so he could only hold her in his palms.
Jiang Lin asked him to sleep for a while, so Cheng Rushan went to get two benches. He asked Jiang Lin to sleep on the bed while he slept on the benches.
It's hot in the summer, and she would feel even hotter if two people squeezed in the bed.
Jiang Lin lay on her side, looking at him with a smile, "Cheng Rushan."
Cheng Rushan rested his head on his arm and looked at her with extremely gentle eyes, "Hmm?"
"I like you more and more." Every time I thought that this was the most I loved you, but later I found that I could like you even more.
Cheng Rushan smiled, raised his upper body and leaned over to kiss her, "Go to sleep, don't seduce me anymore."
Because they were tired, they all slept soundly.
At some point, everyone was awakened by the loud crying, as if saying "Get up, get up".
Wensheng somersaulted to the ground, and Dabao and Xiaobao quickly got up. The three of them stood together and looked at the little thing on the bed in horror. What a loud voice!
The little baby was lying on his back in the crib, waving his little hands and feet and playing happily, his eyes were facing the window, although he couldn't see anything clearly, his eyeballs were rolling around happily, and his little mouth was sucking as if he was eating something delicious.
She looked extremely well-behaved, as if she was not the one crying just now.
Cheng Rushan got up, put the stool away, and touched Jiang Lin's body, and found that it was indeed wet.
Jiang Lin hugged his neck and flirted with him, "Smell me and see if I stink."
Cheng Rushan gave her a deep kiss, "You smell like milk now, don't seduce me."
He smiled, got up and fetched water to wash her.
Vincent and Dabao and Xiaobao are already surrounding the crib, interacting with the baby.
Xiaobao: "Baosheng, call me brother."
Dabao: "She is so young, how can she cry?"
Vincent: "But she is looking at us."
The baby was not looking at anyone, but just moving towards the light and sound, but they felt that she was looking at them.
Xiaobao: "Can I hug her?"
Dabao: "No, the doctor said to let her lie down. Her bones are very soft, we can't hold her, or they will break."
Xiaobao: "Then let's feed her something. She's so hungry that she keeps sucking her lips."
Vince: "I'll go buy her some milk powder."
After Jiang Lin finished washing, she walked around twice and then lay down on the bed. Cheng Rushan poured her some warm water to drink.
Jiang Lin: "Let's go home soon, you still have to go to work."
Cheng Rushan: “I’m not afraid.”
Dabao had already filled a bottle with warm water for the baby to drink. They asked Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan, "Can you give water to your sister?"
Jiang Lin: "The doctor said it's okay, just drink less."
They took action excitedly and put the pacifier to the baby's mouth. She moved her lips to wrap it around it, sucked on it, and immediately spit it out with a look of disgust on her face.
Xiaobao: "Is your posture wrong? Let me do it."
The baby refused to open his mouth.
Vince: "She thinks the water is not tasty."
Xiaobao: "I have candy."
Dabao: "The doctor said she can only drink milk and water, nothing else."
Xiaobao stuffed the candy into Dabao's mouth, and stuffed a piece for himself and Wensheng, "Baosheng, brother will eat it for you. You can eat candy when you grow up."
The baby opened his mouth and started crying, but there were no tears.
At this time, Yan Runzhi followed Fang Chengguang to deliver the meal. She handed the meal to Cheng Rushan, looked at the baby, and said with a smile, "Oh, you are unhappy, you want to drink milk? Wait until your mother is full."
She moved the child's hand with her finger, and the baby immediately grabbed her finger.
Yan Runzhi said to Cheng Rushan, "Dongsheng, go and apply to buy milk powder. If you mix it with milk powder, you don't have to get up every night to feed it."
Cheng Rushan said he would go later.
Jiang Lin drank a bowl of brown sugar millet porridge, ate a small bowl of egg noodles, and then took her daughter to feed.
The little fellow ate with smacking sounds, a smile on his face, his little red feet were raised up, and he looked very content.
After she finished eating, the nurse came to take her to take a bath. Yan Runzhi took the three brothers to watch and learn by the way. They also learned how to apply medicine to the belly button for care.
Xiaobao: "I will be responsible for bathing my sister from now on."
Dabao: "Grandma will wash it, you can apply the medicine."
Vincent: "Then I'll help fetch water."
Xiaobao: "I want to wash your feet." He thought the little girl's feet were very cute, small, red and tender, and couldn't help but kiss her feet. As a result, he was kicked on the nose by the little feet, very hard.
Xiaobao: "Wow, she's so strong!"
Suddenly, I smelled a strange smell, and Xiaobao asked, "What's that smell?"
Yan Runzhi: "Go get the quilt quickly." She had prepared everything and brought quite a lot with her.
Wash it again, sprinkle some baby powder on it and change the clothes, and the baby will be clean and refreshed again.
The nurse taught them some nursing matters. Wensheng, Dabao and Xiaobao listened most attentively. They even remembered clearly how to burp the baby, be careful about jaundice in children, keep the light out of her eyes, and how to prevent diaper rash and eczema.
It was too hot in the summer, so they put diapers on the baby and didn't let her wear clothes to prevent her from getting prickly heat.
After they pushed the baby back to the ward, Jiang Lin discussed going home.
She lives here, and the whole family is busy. Cheng Rushan can't go to work with peace of mind, so it's better for him to go home.
Anyway, they are not far from the hospital and have a car, so it would be convenient for them to come over if anything happens.
Seeing that she insisted, Yan Runzhi said it was okay for her to go home. It would be convenient to cook at home, and Jiang Lin would also be more casual and comfortable.
They took the bus home. The door lintel was already hung with red cloth and a new couplet with the words "A happy family" was posted. It was written by Cheng Yunzhi. This was an old custom. When a child is born, red cloth is hung at the door and a couplet with the words "A happy family" is posted to tell others that a baby has just been born and that only close relatives are not allowed to visit.
The roses and sweet potato flowers at the door are in full bloom. The red flowers and green leaves set off the black door and the red couplets, making it particularly festive.
The house was also swept and tidied up, clean and tidy.
Seeing them come back, Cheng Yunzhi was very happy. He walked up to Jiang Lin and thanked her for her hard work. He gave her a thick red envelope and some for the baby.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Thank you, Dad."
Xiaobao also shouted on behalf of his sister: "Thank you, Grandpa. Where's mine?"
Cheng Yunzhi laughed and said, "I knew you, the smart one, were waiting for it." He gave one to Dabao, Xiaobao and Wensheng respectively.
Xiaobao was so happy that he was about to put the things in his pocket, but Dabao snatched them away and stuffed them into his sister's arms.
Xiaobao was stunned. It wasn't even warm enough yet.
The little sister has already held on tightly, as if saying, "Once in my hands, they are mine and no one can take them back."
Xiaobao laughed again, "Here you go, here you go. All of it is yours."
Yan Runzhi asked Jiang Lin to get on the kang and rest quickly. "You have to be careful during the confinement period. If you are not careful, you may not feel any pain now, but you will suffer when you are older."
Jiang Lin followed Yan Runzhi's advice and climbed onto the kang swiftly. He avoided the window as Yan Runzhi requested and even covered his forehead with a handkerchief.
Yan Runzhi had already asked Cheng Rushan to close the back window, and there must be no draft. "It's better to keep the doors and windows open normally, but don't open the back window. Don't try to keep cool. It won't hurt no matter how hot it is. It will hurt if you get caught in the wind."
Jiang Lin agreed and promised to abide by it.
Xiaobao: "Grandma, is my sister afraid of the heat? Can we let her live in the south room with us?"
Yan Runzhi: "My sister is not afraid of heat. Don't move her around, just let her stay in the main room."
If Jiang Lin was sleeping, she would take the child to the west room, and she and Cheng Yunzhi would watch over him, so that Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan would not be disturbed from resting. She no longer said anything about asking Cheng Rushan to move to the south room, because he would not listen anyway.
It’s hot in the summer and there are mosquitoes, so mosquito nets are hung over the kang.
Yan Runzhi instructed Wensheng Dabao to change the mosquito net to a large one that could cover the entire bed. She also gave her younger sister a separate mosquito net with a support frame, which she could use during her lunch break to keep out flies and insects.
Cheng Yunzhi had already prepared the meal according to her request, and asked Cheng Rushan and others to eat and then go to work.
Cheng Rushan kissed Jiang Lin and his daughter and went to the front to work.
At this time, Wu Shuxian and other neighbors came over to congratulate them. They were all acquaintances and saw each other almost every day. They did not come in to see the children so as not to disturb Jiang Lin's rest. Instead, they talked with Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi under the grape trellis in the yard, congratulated them, and then left.
Dabao and Xiaobao saw that all adults had this courtesy, so they discussed it and decided that they should inform their classmates and let them congratulate them as well.
It seems that the more congratulations I give her, the better my sister will be.
The two of them acted decisively, took a bag of candy and went out, and when they came back, each of them had a gift in his hand, including a flowered handkerchief, a dime, a pencil, a notebook, a hair flower, etc. They made a small basket, put all the gifts in it and showed it to Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "My brothers are so thoughtful."
She discussed with Yan Runzhi and asked her grandfather to give her a name.
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "Grandpa has already thought of several and let you choose."
When elders name girls, they generally don’t think too deeply about it like they do about boys. Instead, they consider the girls themselves and hope that they will be healthy, beautiful, happy and well.
Cheng Yao, Cheng Yan, Cheng Sheng, Cheng Kang... Cheng Yunzhi wrote a piece of paper and asked them to vote.
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "There's no rush. It's still early for school. Let's give them a nickname first."
Usually when you are pregnant, your family will think of a name for you, but they have always called you "little sister" or "baosheng" and never said they wanted to give you a name.
Xiaobao got anxious when he heard this, "Mom, isn't your name Baosheng?"
Jiang Lin: "You really call him Baosheng. Don't you think he looks like a boy?" she teased them.
Dabao: "Then call me Baomei. Dear sister."
Xiaobao: "Call her Baosheng." In fact, he no longer remembers why he named his sister Baosheng, and he no longer thinks that the little Baosheng was born to him, but he has always been thinking about this name and feels that this is the authentic one.
Seeing how persistent he was, Yan Runzhi said, "Baosheng sounds nice, it's also good to call him Baosheng." Although he and Dongsheng and Wensheng look like brothers, there are no such things to pay attention to when giving a child a nickname, just call him what makes him happy.
Yan Runzhi would satisfy all her children's wishes as long as they did not involve matters of principle, and she would not bear to make Dabao and Xiaobao unhappy.
Seeing that Xiaobao liked it so much, Jiang Lin had no choice but to do the same.
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "It's right to call her Baomei. We can call her Baobao's sister from now on."
Dabao and Xiaobao were lying there teasing their sister, "Baosheng, Baomei, Baozhongbao! Xiaofubao! It's all you, haha."
They laughed, and the little Baosheng turned her head to look at them. After playing for a while, she was too tired to open her eyes. Although she tried hard to keep her eyelids open, she could not resist the sleepiness. Her eyelids fluttered closed and she fell asleep in seconds.
Xiaobao: "Oh, look, Baosheng can blow bubbles even when he falls asleep."
He thought all this was so magical that he would study it for a long time.
They stared at her for a long time, not wanting to go out and play, and waited for their sister to wake up before reading her stories. They thought that their sister had listened to them in the belly, so wouldn't she need to listen even more now?
The three of them took turns reading, and they didn't feel tired. They could also comfort the children. They were so happy.
And as long as they were reading, Baosheng would dance and be happy to hear their voices.
In the end, those who were listening fell asleep, those who were reciting fell asleep, and even Jiang Lin couldn't bear it and fell asleep.
The days are long in summer and it is still bright outside when you wake up after a nap, but everyone feels lazy.
Baosheng woke up first, screaming "Oh! Oh!", waving his hands and dancing, and turning his head to reach towards Jiang Lin.
Yan Runzhi came over and saw that it was really her instinct to eat. When she was hungry, she would stick her head into her mother's arms. Jiang Lin woke up and wanted to hold her to feed her. Yan Runzhi helped to hold her and let her lie down to feed her. "Don't hold me. If you hold me too much, my waist and arms will hurt."
When Cheng Rushan came back in the evening and had dinner, Dabao and Xiaobao held a meeting to discuss how to sleep at night.
Xiaobao: "Mom, I think you're working too hard. Should Baosheng sleep with us?"
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "How can you take care of your sister when you sleep so deeply at night?"
Xiaobao: "We can take turns. The three of us can take turns sleeping and taking care of my sister at night."
Dabao: “I can do it.”
Vince: "I can, too."
Yan Runzhi: "Okay, you are still young. If you can't take good care of your sister, you won't be able to sleep well either."
Dabao: "Grandma, it's wrong for you to do this. How can you not trust us? We can do it."
Xiaobao: "Yeah, how can you be the only one with your sister at night and not let us be together? I want to be with you too!"
Jiang Lin: "My sister will make noises at night and ask for milk. Do you have any milk?"
As soon as the killer move came out, everyone fell silent.
Xiao Bao wanted to struggle a bit more, "I can help make milk powder for my sister."
Jiang Lin coaxed them: "The milk powder can only be mixed with other ingredients. It can't be given to your sister as a meal. She will lack nutrition and won't grow taller."
Is that so? Xiaobao and Dabao looked at each other.
Jiang Lin: "And if you don't sleep well, you won't grow as tall as your dad."
"Okay, then we will sleep at night and help take care of our sister during the day." The two brothers agreed immediately. It's terrible that they can't grow tall. There is a classmate in their class who is very short. He is the same height as them, but he is half a head shorter than them. It's so pitiful.
And the little girl is basically sleeping all the time. From birth to now, she has been doing nothing but breastfeeding and sleeping. Sometimes she even falls asleep while breastfeeding, so she probably really has no time to play.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the children went to the south room to sleep. Yan Runzhi closed the door, and Jiang Lin moved around in the room.
She had been stuck in the house all day, doing nothing but watching Yan Runzhi do needlework and playing with the children. She couldn't read, and there were no good programs on the radio. Now she wasn't sleepy at all, but rather felt suffocated and wanted to go out for a walk.
But in order not to worry her family and to be responsible for her own future, she endured it.
After strolling for about ten minutes, she lay down on the kang and did some postpartum exercises, which was actually making a zigzag shape with her legs, coordinating with her breathing, tightening her abdomen, etc., to help the uterus recover as much as possible.
Yan Runzhi came over to see the child, "Bao'er's mother, I'll take Baomei away, you go to sleep well. I'll bring her back when she wakes up to feed at night."
Jiang Lin: "Mom, you are very tired, you should have a good sleep."
"Dongsheng has to go to work tomorrow, and it will be too hard for him if he can't sleep at night. I stay at home and don't go out, so I sleep quite a bit during the day." People sleep less as they get older.
She said it was for Cheng Rushan's own good. Jiang Lin thought about it and decided not to insist. Cheng Rushan was also very tired these days.
Seeing that she agreed, Yan Runzhi happily went to hold Baomei. For Yan Runzhi, helping to take care of children, raising them from soft and tender days to adulthood, gave her a special sense of accomplishment, and she felt that time was infinitely stretched, becoming gentle and full of hope. She raised Dongsheng, Dabao and Xiaobao, and now Baomei is also raised by her, and she feels full of strength.
When Cheng Rushan came back from taking a shower, he saw how happy she was, which seemed to have not changed over the years.
Little did they know that Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan agreed, but Baomei disagreed.
She had been sleeping, but when Yan Runzhi hugged her, she suddenly opened her eyes and began to frown and hum.
Yan Runzhi hummed a lullaby to coax her softly, then picked her up and prepared to leave.
"Wow~~" The little Baosheng burst into tears, protesting against being taken away without her consent.
Yan Runzhi coaxed her in the softest voice and carried her out, but her crying got louder and louder.
Jiang Lin: "I just had milk before going to bed, and you're hungry again?"
Yan Runzhi brought it over and asked her to try it.
As soon as she got close to Jiang Lin, she stopped crying and kept burying her little head in Jiang Lin's arms.
Cheng Rushan reached out and lifted her over, and she immediately fell asleep in his arms.
The three of them were silent.
Tell me, are you crying or sleeping? You fall asleep too quickly.
Yan Runzhi smiled and said, "She's really clever, more sensitive than her brother. She must have smelled the scent of mom and dad."
When he was little, Xiaobao always told Yan Runzhi that his mother smelled sweet and he wanted to stay with her. Later, Jiang Lin was willing to hug him to sleep, which made him so happy that he still says his mother smells sweet. It seems that Baomei has the same idea.
Cheng Rushan said, "Mom, let her sleep here. You can have a good rest at night and take care of her during the day."
Yan Runzhi smiled helplessly and touched the baby's little feet. "This little girl is so smart at this age. She will be amazing when she grows up."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Maybe he is sensitive in some aspects but insensitive in others."
Some people pay special attention to things that concern them, and feel nothing about things that don't concern them.
Seeing that the baby was sleeping soundly, she let Cheng Rushan sleep. It is not easy to take care of a child. Not only does he need to be fed at night, he may cry and refuse to sleep, and he also needs to be cleaned up when he pees. In her previous life, she heard mothers complain that their children were like gods, not sleeping at night but sleeping during the day, and crying non-stop in the evening and midnight, and they had to be held for an hour or so. Therefore, many young parents go to work every day with dark circles under their eyes and yawning after having babies. They don’t get enough sleep every day, and they are so sleepy that they can fall asleep while walking or standing, and feel like they are being drained.
She was also wary of the baby, afraid that it would bother Cheng Rushan, but it was fine that night. She fed once and changed diapers twice, which was similar to her previous nighttime wake-ups. It was just that she was not experienced at first, and her movements were a little unfamiliar when feeding, so Cheng Rushan needed help.
After a few days, Jiang Lin became very skilled. She could turn sideways and lift up her clothes to feed the baby while half asleep. Later, she could even stay awake. As long as she heard the baby humming in her sleep, she would take away the pillow blocking the baby and lift the baby's small blanket to feed the baby directly. After feeding, she would block the pillow again, and she only needed to turn over and squeeze Cheng Rushan.
So the three of them would sleep together, with Jiang Lin and the baby at the head of the kang, with a pillow between them to prevent her from pressing on the baby. When Cheng Rushan got up, he would sleep at the end of the kang with Jiang Lin in his arms, with the baby occupying most of the kang.
During this time, Xu Aimei brought Jiang Min and Jiang Xinglei to visit her daughter and granddaughter, and wanted to stay to take care of them. Jiang Lin and Yan Runzhi didn't need to, so she just went ahead. The warehouse was very busy now, and Xu Aimei had to look after Song Lijuan's child, so she couldn't handle it at all. Fortunately, Qinqin and Xiaomeng helped look after the child after school.
Children grow up fast and look different every day. By the time Jiang Lin came out of confinement, Baosheng had become pink and tender, with a white complexion and rosy cheeks. He was so beautiful that everyone who saw him wanted to get close to him.
Yan Runzhi and Cheng Yunzhi were discussing holding a full-month banquet for their child, and they wanted to have it lively among their own family, so they decided to schedule it for Sunday, September 9, for convenience.
It was mainly Jiang Lin's family, as well as good friends Zeng Hongjie, Lu Hang, Guo Yanqiu and others. It was a large group of people and there was no room at home, so Cheng Rushan contacted the canteen to set up three large tables.
Yan Runzhi wanted to hold Baosheng, but she insisted that Cheng Rushan hold her.
Cheng Rushan held her in one arm and went to dinner, so that relatives and friends could look at her and say words of blessing.
She had just woken up, and her two big black eyes looked as if she recognized people. She was a delicate and pretty child, with arms and legs as thin as lotus roots, and two old silver bracelets on her wrists, making her even more cute.
Zeng Hongjie was so envious, "Linlin, you are so lucky. You have two... three such handsome sons, and such a fun daughter. Hurry and take her away to me."
She wanted to hug her little sister.
However, Baomei held on to the seam of Cheng Rushan's clothes and refused to let go, which made it clear that she didn't want to be held.
Zeng Hongjie looked aggrieved, "Baomei, Baosheng, dear, why don't you let your aunt hold you?"
Xiao Bao laughed and said, "Xiao Jie, Bao is afraid that you will kidnap her. No one else can hold her at night except my parents."
At first, she refused to leave her mother, but later she allowed her grandma and brothers to hold her. Now she lets her family hold her during the day, even Fang Chengguang and He Liang, but at night she must stay with Jiang Lin and Cheng Rushan, and no one else can hold her.
The voices and auras of Zeng Hongjie and others were unfamiliar to her, so naturally she refused to let them hug her now.
Zeng Hongjie: "I know. I will come more often so that Baosheng can get to know me."
Lu Hang and Guo Yanqiu were also jealous. He flirted with Guo Yanqiu: "Doctor Guo, let's get married quickly. If we are late, we will miss the fun."
Although Guo Yanqiu forgave him and Guo's parents were very satisfied with him, Guo Yanqiu refused to agree to get married.
Lu Hang didn't understand. She didn't mean to be cold to him. She treated him better than before. They kissed and touched each other and...it was almost the same. She didn't resist him, but it was more justified for him to want to get married.
Who knew that she would refuse to get married... wuwu...
Guo Yanqiu's eyes were very gentle, "It's a pity that you can't give birth to such a beautiful child like Dabao or Xiaobao."
Lu Hang: "Don't we have you, Doctor Guo?" He winked at Jiang Lin and Zeng Hongjie for help, asking Jiang Lin to help persuade them.
Jiang Lin just smiled. Dr. Guo was so cool. He seemed to be enjoying the feeling of being in love.
Dabao whispered: "I'll give you some advice."
Lu Hang's eyes lit up: "What do you mean?"
Dabao: "Write a love letter. Write as much as you can. One a day."
Lu Hang's face fell suddenly, and he whispered in her ear: "Dabao, if I could write love letters, wouldn't I be a writer? Otherwise...you can write it for me?"
Dabao shrugged and spread his hands, "I don't know either. But... I know you can go to the library to copy it."
Wensheng sang softly: "You are as beautiful as a flower, and time passes like flowing water. I have been looking for you everywhere, and I feel sorry for myself in my secluded room..."
Dabao: "Wensheng is not good enough, it's too classical, we need something modern. Preferably something with a capitalist style, yes... Pushkin! Shakespeare!"
Although he didn't understand the love between men and women, his sensitivity to words made him feel that this was suitable for Lu Hang.
Wensheng had rehearsed Shakespeare musicals with them at the provincial university, so he naturally knew a little bit about it. He smiled and said, "I can help you copy it."
Lu Hang bumped fists with them and said, "Thank you, Dabao Wensheng. If I can get married, I will definitely thank you."
Dabao: "We are all brothers, so we shouldn't talk nonsense."
Guo Yanqiu who was standing next to him heard: "..."
Fang Chengguang and Wensheng sat together, listened and smiled, winked at Dabao and told him not to act naughty.
Xiao Bao whispered to Fang Chengguang: "Xiao Guang, is Bao Sheng okay?"
Fang Chengguang nodded: "Okay, very good."
Xiaobao: "Do you want one?"
Fang Chengguang: "I want to, but I can't do it myself."
"That's easy. Just find a pretty wife. You're so pretty, and if you have a pretty wife, your little sister will definitely be pretty too." After seeing her little sister, Xiaobao has grown up rapidly. When he listens to the adults talking about children, especially Wu Shuxian who has a loud voice and talks a lot, Dabao and Xiaobao have also quietly learned a lot of knowledge.
Wu Shuxian said that the reason why Dabao, Xiaobao and Baomei are so pretty is because Cheng Rushan and Jiang Lin are both pretty, and Xiaobao remembered that.
Fang Chengguang: "How can it be so easy to find a wife?"
Vince: "We have a lot of troupes, do you want one?"
Fang Chengguang: “…”
Wensheng said to Fang Chengguang very seriously: "There is a girl who is asking about you."
Fang Chengguang: "Don't tell her."
Wensheng smiled and said, "You are done. You will be single forever."
Dabao and Xiaobao laughed out loud.
Time passed quickly when friends were together, chatting and laughing, and they left one after another at around five o'clock.
Zeng Hongjie: "Linlin, are you going to school tomorrow?"
Jiang Lin said the same thing as Jiefang, "Of course I will. I am dying of suffocation."
Everyone said goodbye with laughter.
Cheng Rushan took his daughter with Jiang Lin to see her off and take a walk. Jiang Lin was so pent up for more than a month. Although she could leave the house later, Yan Runzhi thought that since she had already endured twenty days, why not endure ten more days. After a month, she said to stay in bed for five or ten more days to be safe. Since the ancestors said that confinement is necessary, there must be a reason. It was rare for her to ask Jiang Lin, so Jiang Lin had to hold it in for a while.
It was so hard to get out of confinement, and in her words, it was like getting some fresh air.
After watching their relatives and friends leave, Jiang Lin started a race with Dabao, Xiaobao and Wensheng to see who could run faster.
Cheng Rushan held his daughter. The little child became excited for some reason and dug Cheng Rushan's thumb hard, making "ah ah ah" sounds from her mouth.
Cheng Rushan knew that his daughter was urging him to hurry up.
He raised his arms, looked down at her, and chuckled, "You little thing, you really ask for a lot."
The little thing's eyes rolled around and a bubble popped out of its mouth.
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