Chapter 92: Postpartum Confinement
He suddenly remembered, "By the way, aren't you going back to see your wife? Yes, your wife is pregnant? Is it a boy or a girl? Oh, it's impossible that I'm so lucky that it's a boy." He turned around and saw Gu Chengze with a happy face. A crow flew through his heart and his face fell immediately.
Gu Chengze put away the gentle expression on his face and turned to Qin You and said, "Okay, let's get down to business. What happened recently?"
Qin You calmed down before telling him what had happened recently, but the most important thing was the matter of the King of Wei. The King of Qi couldn't wait and wanted to rush into the capital as soon as possible.
After hearing this, Gu Chengze understood the King of Qi's feelings. The moment they had it almost in their grasp, they wanted to hurry up, but the faster they hurried, the more mistakes they would make. He hoped the general could persuade the King of Qi. However, his heart was also burning with passion. If the siege succeeded, he could take her home and reunite with his family. It was then that he realized that while he had thought his ideal was to achieve great things, what he wanted most now was to be with his family.
No wonder what they missed most in the vanguard camp was a warm home with their wives and children. Before, he just kind of agreed but didn't feel the same way, but now it is his simplest wish.
Li Zheng, lying in bed, held her child, nursing. She hadn't hired a wet nurse. She still felt it was best for the child to breastfeed herself, as she was also good at it. Most importantly, she didn't like the current educational philosophy. Children hadn't spent much time with their mothers since birth, mostly being raised by wet nurses. They believed this would cultivate self-reliance in children. She disagreed, so she decided not to hire a wet nurse.
But this child is also very well-behaved. He just hums when he is hungry or wet, and is very easy to take care of.
Finally, she will be out of confinement tomorrow, but she can't stand this confinement life anymore. She stayed in bed for a month, unable to take a shower or wash her hair. She felt like she was rotten. She didn't dare to look at her hair, which hadn't been washed for a month. Even without looking, she knew it must be tangled. She didn't dare to scratch her body when it itched, for fear that she would not be able to bear it.
Even though she secretly begged Ayue to secretly get her some hot water so that she could wash herself, she refused. He said to her with a serious face: "Madam, no! Mother Yu said that it is best not to wash during the confinement period, otherwise it will be bad for your health. Be patient, you can wash in a few days." What Ayue didn't know was that she was talking about a few days, but she still had to stay in bed for more than ten days.
If she hadn't watched her child grow up day by day and change his appearance day by day, she didn't know how she could have held on.
Finally, she will be out of confinement tomorrow and can finally go into the water. She wants to take a good bath.
"Madam, doesn't the young master have a name?" Seeing that Li Zheng was still immersed in the joy of being discharged from confinement tomorrow, A Yue couldn't help but remind her that the young master didn't have a name yet!
Li Zheng was also stunned when she heard this. Uh, it seems so. The baby will be one month old tomorrow, and still not have a name, that's not a big deal. "Well, let's call him Xiaobao for now. We can choose a full name when his father comes back." Li Zheng didn't want to name him. It's not that she didn't want to, it's just that she wasn't very good at naming, so she should leave it to him.
Li Zheng didn't plan to hold a big celebration for tomorrow's postpartum wine party. She just wanted to invite a few acquaintances to come over and have a get-together.
On the day of leaving confinement, Xiao Zi boiled a large pot of water early in the morning. Xiao Zi also knew that her wife was waiting for her to take a bath.
Li Zheng spent a full hour in the bathroom, changing the water three times. She only came out after Yu's mother urged her to. After Li Zheng finished dressing, she saw that Xiaobao was still asleep, so she told Ayue to stay and watch Xiaobao while she went out to greet the ladies.
Li Zheng went out to welcome the three ladies in. "Hey, Zheng, how come you didn't gain weight after your confinement? Instead, you look even better." She knew it was Madam Cheng who said this. "Oh, I was so comfortable during my confinement that I didn't even look in the mirror. When I looked in the mirror after I left, I was so scared. I thought it was someone else."
Li Zheng was a little confused by this, because the figure looked similar to before.
Seeing her puzzled, Madam Wan smiled and explained, "Well, we didn't invite you to the full moon banquet when you were pregnant. When we saw her, we were shocked and our jaws dropped. She kept saying she didn't want to go out, but we had to drag her out anyway."
When Mrs. Yang heard this, she remembered the day when Mrs. Cheng refused to see guests, and she found it funny.
Li Zheng finally understood the situation after hearing Madam Wan's explanation. "But Sister doesn't look much different now than before!"
Mrs. Cheng was immediately happy when she heard this, "I really like what you said, sister. It's worth it for me to skip two months of meals." Everyone laughed.
"By the way, where is your boy? Is he awake?" Madam Yang had been here before during the third day bathing ceremony. She was very interested then and was even more curious now.
"It's time to wake up, Xiao Zi, go ask A Yue to bring him over."
After a while, A-Yue came over with the child in her arms. Li Zheng stood up and held the child. The three ladies gathered around, looking at them curiously.
"This child is so good-looking." Mrs. Cheng sighed. Her child did not inherit her genes and looked just like his father.
"Yes, when he grows up, I wonder how many girls will look at him with favor." Madam Yang looked at the child's eyebrows and features. Although his eyes were not open, it could be seen that he had a pair of good eyes.
Madam Wan looked at Xiaobao and said, "This child is really well behaved. He doesn't make any noise or fuss. Unlike my child, once he starts to make noise, I can't control him. It's so frustrating."
"Yes, yes, that's what happens in my family. He has clearly eaten and his diaper is dry, but he still cries his heart out and won't fall asleep unless someone holds him." Mrs. Cheng touched the flesh on her face, thinking that it was also his responsibility that she was losing weight so quickly, which made her so worried.
"It's obvious that this child loves his mother."
"Oh, it's not that good. It doesn't matter if the child cries. I can still know what's wrong with him. It makes me more anxious when he doesn't cry or make a fuss. I worry all the time what if something happens to him and I don't notice it? Oh." You can't accept all the compliments from others. You have to talk about your own shortcomings, otherwise you will lose this friend.
"Oh, after hearing what you said, I feel that the one at my home is pretty good." Mrs. Cheng recalled that it seemed that she would cry every time she was not feeling well. Thinking about it this way, her child was pretty good. Otherwise, she would be so careless and it would not be okay.
"Oh, every family has its own problems. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. We haven't been together for a long time. We should have a good chat. We can't just talk about the kids every day."
"Yes, Sister Yang is right. I could still write before, but since I had a child, I have to take care of him every day and I really don't have time to get together with my sisters." Mrs. Wan deeply agreed.
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