Chapter 101 100. Lei Li is pregnant! (Two chapters combined into one, to make up for yesterday's)
Lei Li has it.
More than a month.
This was just diagnosed by Doctor Cao from the county town.
Zhou Yi was stunned. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He stared at Lei Li's clearly flat and firm abdomen, still feeling dazed as if he was dreaming.
That’s it?
Really?
Lei Li and his child?
The baby who will be born in eight months, tiny and soft, and will call daddy and 'daddy'?
Oh my god…
Zhou Yi was even a little overwhelmed and couldn't help asking, "Doctor Cao, Lei Li, is my husband really pregnant? Is it possible that I took the pulse wrong?"
"He doesn't have any morning sickness or morning sickness symptoms, and he's been eating a lot these past two days. Is it possible... that he has indigestion? Will it be fine if he just digests it?"
Doctor Cao glared at him and said unhappily, "You're a doctor, and I'm a doctor? I've been taking pulses for over forty years, and I can't tell the difference between a happy pulse and a food stagnation pulse?"
"sorry."
Zhou Yi apologized very sincerely, "I'm not doubting your medical skills, I just didn't expect it to happen so soon, without any symptoms at all..."
Although Lei Li had always been joking about having a child, and Zhou Yi had seen Zhu Zhuer and other brothers get pregnant, he always felt like he was watching a TV drama.
——Although it’s surprising, it’s understandable.
Now that it was happening to me, it felt… a little weird.
There is no morning sickness or nausea, no loss of appetite, no mood swings or temper tantrums, so how can I be pregnant?
Or Lei Li has a child.
Zhou Yi stole a glance at Lei Li's handsome face, his broad shoulders and long legs, and recalled his calmness and skill in slaughtering pigs and snakes.
He couldn't imagine what Lei Li looked like with a big round belly, nor could he imagine Lei Li humming a little tune and patiently coaxing the child to sleep.
this……
So much fatherly radiance.
Lei Li has nothing to do with such a gentle word as husband, let alone father. He does not have any characteristics like "Dad".
"What's wrong?"
Seeing him staring at her, Lei Li raised an eyebrow and said with a mischievous smile, "Are you so happy you're going to be a father? This is your third time, and you're still so inexperienced?"
"Third time?"
Doctor Cao looked shocked. He felt Lei Li's pulse, looked at his face, and muttered something strange, which made Zhou Yi nervous.
"What's wrong, Doctor Cao?"
Zhou Yi stared closely at Doctor Cao's expression. Seeing him carefully taking his pulse again, his sparse eyebrows wrinkled and he became even more frightened.
As the saying goes, I'm not afraid of Western doctors smiling, but I'm afraid of Chinese medicine doctors looking down on me. If they look up medical books in the middle of a diagnosis, it's either a new disease or a difficult disease to treat.
"What's the problem?"
Zhou Yi's heart was in his throat, and he said quickly, "If anything really happens, we, we will protect you. Your Excellency is the most important. No matter how much money it costs, it's fine."
Doctor Cao glared at him again, spitting three times, and said, "Don't say such unlucky things. What's the point of protecting the elder and the younger? Your husband and baby are doing fine."
Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then why did you say it was strange after taking my pulse for so long? Doctor Cao, what's strange about it?"
Lei Li was also curious.
He felt that there was nothing wrong with his body, no pain or itching, but he had eaten too much in the past two days and felt a little bloated.
He passed by Doctor Cao's pharmacy and thought of coming in to get some hawthorn slices for digestion. Unexpectedly, Doctor Cao noticed that his complexion was different at a glance, took his pulse, and lo and behold, it was a positive pulse!
"The pulse is a little strange."
Doctor Cao was puzzled. "Brother Li, are you pregnant for the third time? My pulse doesn't sound right. This should be your first pregnancy."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lei Li silently looked away, and Zhou Yi immediately explained to Doctor Cao awkwardly.
Lei Li said that the first two times he became a father were both "godfathers".
The first time was when Zhu Zhuer gave birth to a child. Lei Li adopted little Zhu Shuo as his godson, and Zhou Yi was of course also his godfather.
The second time was when Lei Li recognized Xiaobao from Miao Fulang's family. He also teased Zhou Yi on purpose, which made Zhou Yi angry and he had a cold war with him for a whole afternoon.
——Don’t underestimate this afternoon, it’s already a long time for Zhou Yi.
“…”
Doctor Cao was speechless after hearing this. He paused before saying, "Don't joke around in front of a doctor. A misunderstanding is a small matter, but prescribing the wrong medicine is a big deal."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Zhou Yi nodded humbly, then suddenly remembered something. His ears started to burn, and he felt a little embarrassed. "Doctor Cao, I heard... I heard that you can't have sex during the first three months of pregnancy?"
"It's better not to."
Doctor Cao said, "The fetus is unstable in the first three months, and it's easy to miscarry during intercourse. If you really want to, you can wait until the fetus is stable and then be more careful."
"But be restrained and don't be tempted by temporary pleasure. Wait until the baby is born and your body is well again before having sex."
"I see."
Zhou Yi's ears grew hotter, and he hesitated, "But we didn't know we were pregnant. These past two months... it's been quite frequent. Will it have any effect on the baby?"
More than frequently.
From the Chinese New Year to now, it's like punching in at work, not missing a single day, perfect attendance every month, and performance exceeding targets, which has squeezed out all of Zhou Yi's surplus.
“…”
Doctor Cao, a knowledgeable doctor, was a little choked up, his eyes full of "How can you two be so fertile?", and then he said, "The pulse shows that the fetus is developing healthily, there is no problem, but don't have sex again."
Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly.
Lei Li also responded with an "understood" expression, rarely looking so serious.
Seeing that they had all listened attentively, Doctor Cao gave a few more instructions, "Just eat as usual. Don't overeat for the sake of the baby. Don't eat too much food like hawthorn slices, as it will make the fetus difficult to deliver."
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but say, "Although you can have sex after three months, you two still have to be restrained. Just do it in moderation, a few times in moderation, and don't be too greedy."
"Zhou Yi, you are a husband, so take care of your husband." Don't let him do anything wrong.
"……yes."
Zhou Yi was a little worried.
He also wants to be moderate, but this is not something he can control.
—
Knowing that Lei Li was pregnant, Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er were very happy. They went to the county town from Sanlihe that day and brought an old hen and asked Zhou Yi to make chicken soup for Lei Li.
In the evening, I bought a big crucian carp and a large piece of tofu, stewed crucian carp and tofu soup, and other dishes that Lei Li liked, and cooked a large table.
After Lei Li got pregnant, he was not allowed to get involved in any big or small matters at home.
Lei Li was not allowed to stand if he could sit, and was not allowed to sit if he could lie down. He just had to stretch out his hands for clothes and open his mouth for food. Zhou Yi even fed him water.
Even when sleeping at night, a line is drawn between Chu and Han.
"You sleep inside and I'll sleep outside. If there's anything you need, just ask me to do it."
Zhou Yi fiddled with it while talking.
Lei Li glanced at the two quilts on the bed and the long pillow in the middle, and raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by drawing a line? Now that I'm pregnant, you won't let me touch it?"
"You have to be extra careful during the first three months. I'm afraid I'll press on you and touch your belly when you sleep at night."
"I'm not that fragile."
"You don't have it, but the baby does. Doctor Cao said we need to be extra careful in the first three months."
Zhou Yi said seriously, "Besides, keeping a certain distance between us will help to control your sexual desire. Without physical contact, you will gradually calm down."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "If you really want to, I can read to you."
"What book?"
Lei Li raised an eyebrow and jokingly said, "Read obscene words and erotic books to me so that I can feel it?"
"no."
Zhou Yi's face flushed, and he said, "It's a book of poetry and historical travelogues. Didn't you say that listening to these makes you sleepy? I read them to put you to sleep. Once you fall asleep, you won't want to do it anymore."
Lei Li was amused.
He smiled and said frivolously, "Do you know what I thought when I saw you studying?"
"What?"
"Whoever listens to this, I'll kiss this mouth."
“…”
Zhou Yi's face became even hotter.
He mumbled, "Then just close your eyes and listen. I'll buy some difficult books tomorrow, or look for Buddhist scriptures. You should be able to fall asleep quickly after listening to them."
"I heard that some people read to their babies during prenatal education."
"Baby?"
Lei Li chewed on the word, and the more he pronounced it, the better it sounded. "Is 'Bao Bao' our child's nickname? It means precious treasure?"
"no."
Zhou Yi shook his head. "Baobao refers to a child, but it can also be used to refer to a very cute person. Some couples call each other 'baby', which has the same meaning as 'baby'. It can also be used to refer to oneself. Some people would say things like 'baby is scared to death'."
"But if you like, you can use it as our baby's nickname."
"That's what we call it."
Lei Li was very satisfied with the name. It was very easy to understand, had a good meaning, and was suitable for both boys and girls.
"It's similar to Xiaobao's name, a baby and a little treasure. If we give birth to a little boy, maybe we can become relatives with Miao Fulang."
Lei Li suddenly joked, "It's just that the age difference between Bao Bao and Xiao Bao is quite large. By the time Bao Bao grows up, Xiao Bao will be married."
"It's not much different."
Zhou Yi calculated that it was Xiaobao's birthday at the end of the year. People here like to say the age in lunar years, but in terms of age, Xiaobao is five years old now and will only be six years old at the end of the year.
His baby was born around September.
"Just six years older."
Zhou Yi said, "If they like each other after they grow up and are ready to get married, they can go to Miao Fulang's house to propose marriage. It would be a good thing for the relationship to be closer, and Miao Fulang would not object."
"Too."
Lei Li teased him with a smile, "You're still eight years older than me. Xiaobao was only twenty-three or twenty-four when he was born, and you're already twenty-eight. Baby, you have better taste than me."
Zhou Yi choked and said weakly, "Didn't we agree not to mention age..."
"How can we not mention it?"
Lei Li sat in his arms, watching Zhou Yi nervously holding onto her waist. She smiled wickedly and said in a low voice, "Don't they say that the elderly are more caring towards others? I see that you are quite caring towards others..."
“…”
Zhou Yi blushed and hesitated, "Caring for someone and loving them don't seem to mean the same thing? Besides, you should go to sleep now, don't sit on my lap and rub against me."
Then he straightened up again, "Doctor Cao said you can't have sex for the first two months."
"I can be gentler."
"no."
"Can't I just slow down a bit?"
"No."
"I'll just rub it for a bit."
"……no."
—
Lei Li became the Lei family's key protected person.
Although Lei Li felt that he was no different from before, he was still as strong as a bull, and he enjoyed everything he ate without any nausea or loss of appetite.
But Zhou Yi treated him like fragile porcelain.
As the head chef of the kitchen, he left after working there for a short time. I would come to see him every now and then and bring him snacks, sweet soup and drinks.
He also asked Lei Li to go out with him.
Well, he walked out of Lei Li’s office and went out of the restaurant to somewhere outside.
After two days, Zhou Yi felt it was really inconvenient, so he simply told Meng Luo that he would quit his position as kitchen manager and planned to concentrate on serving his wife.
"No need to resign."
Meng Luo said, "You are the head steward and you don't have to cook. Just check in occasionally and make sure the kitchen is not messy. Even if it is messy, there is still Uncle Chen."
Meng Luo felt that Zhou Yi was doing a good job. He managed the kitchen in an orderly manner and came up with new dishes from time to time. If he quit, where would he get new food?
Moreover, Lei Li is pregnant. Zhou Yi will definitely rack his brains to come up with some tricks to coax Lei Li to eat. Wouldn't he be able to eat and drink for free?
He looked around the mansion and found that his father's concubine was pregnant and had a poor appetite. One of them had lost a lot of weight after being pregnant for several months, and the little sister she gave birth to was also thin and small.
Mengluo thought for a moment and then said, "If you need any help, Brother Zhou, just tell me. I have plenty of supplements like ginseng, deer antlers, and donkey-hide gelatin. I'll have someone send them to you to replenish Brother Lei."
"No, the doctor said there's no need for supplements. Just eat your normal diet."
Zhou Yi shook his head.
However, Meng Luo also reminded him that although he didn't need to take supplements, it would be better to find one or two nannies who had experience in taking care of pregnant women and mothers.
He has a teammate who comes from a relatively wealthy family. When his wife was pregnant, he hired a nutritionist at home to fully manage the pregnant woman's diet.
After giving birth, he hired a confinement nanny and a baby nurse, so his wife recovered very well after childbirth and returned to her pre-pregnancy state in less than a year.
Although he doesn't have a dedicated nutritionist or confinement nanny available now, he can still hire an experienced nanny. With his cooking skills, he can ensure that Lei Li will be healthy and give birth to a baby smoothly.
"Ask for a nanny?"
When the Lei family heard this proposal, they all agreed, except Lei Li.
At home, three people revolve around him, and in the restaurant, Zhou Yi almost never leaves his side. If one more person is added, he will be bored to death. He is not used to being served by others at all.
"I didn't take good care of Li Ge'er when I gave birth, so I developed some underlying illnesses. Fortunately, Li Ge'er grew well in the womb and was easy to raise, so he grew up safely."
Liu Ye'er appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him, saying, "Now that we have money, we naturally have to find a nanny to take care of Li Ge'er. Zhou Yi and your father are men after all. They don't understand pregnant men, and they don't know if they haven't taken good care of him."
"I only have you as my child, so I don't have much experience. I need a caring and thoughtful nanny to teach me how to take care of a baby."
When it comes to babies, Lei Li was a little hesitant. He had never raised a child and there were indeed many things he didn't understand.
I remembered what my mother said before, about a child who was allergic to peanuts. His family didn't know it could be fatal, so they forced the child to eat peanuts, and the child ended up dying.
Lei Li finally agreed.
The new nanny's surname is Fang. She is in her fifties. She has delivered dozens of babies and taken care of more than a dozen pregnant women and expectant mothers for wealthy families. She did everything perfectly.
She is also a husband in her family. She delivered and took care of all three of his children. His husband is still in good health now. If he were not too old, he would have wanted to have another child.
Nanny Fang had a round face that was always smiling. She was very kind, but also very efficient. When she arrived, she asked about Lei Li's condition, how many months she had been pregnant, what she usually ate, and how her pregnancy was progressing.
"The fetus is fine now, and my husband is in good health. After the first three months, there will be no problem."
Nanny Fang smiled and said, "I've been following my husband for the past few months. If he feels unhappy or uncomfortable, he should tell me. Even if he feels too hot or cold at night, he should tell me. Both adults and children should be careful."
"OK."
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "I will keep an eye on his condition and tell Aunt Fang."
"You are the most suitable master-in-law I have ever met. I am relieved."
Nanny Fang smiled and said, "However, there are some matters concerning the bedroom that need to be explained in detail to Mr. Zhou and my husband, especially when the pregnancy is between four and seven months. The husband's sexual performance will become stronger during pregnancy, so Mr. Zhou will have to work harder."
Zhou Yi's ears suddenly felt hot.
He realized what Nanny Fang was trying to say.
Doctor Cao was a doctor, and he only roughly said one word to exercise restraint in such matters, but Nanny Fang spoke in great detail, from before to after the incident, and emphasized the importance of comforting and being gentle at all times. Zhou Yi blushed when he heard this.
Lei Li was also a little embarrassed. There was a difference between teasing Zhou Yi and teaching an elder, but it was obvious that he was much thicker-skinned than Zhou Yi.
He even questioned, "It's so light, can you really feel it?"
Nanny Fang seemed to have never seen such a bold pregnant man with his first child. She was a little surprised and a little amused. "Pregnant men are more sensitive, so gentle movements are fine. If your husband is too rough, it might hurt the baby."
"Husband, please control yourself and don't make trouble for your husband."
"Just a few times a month is fine. For the sake of the child, be patient. Madam will also teach you some ways to relieve your stress and make some refreshing dishes to calm your husband's heat."
The more Lei Li listened, the more his brows furrowed.
A few times a month, what's the difference between that and being a monk? Solving it yourself is not as good as the truth.
Having a baby is hard.
—
Lei Li's life was going smoothly. As expected, due to the changes in various hormones in his body, his desire in that area increased a lot.
But it can't be done.
Zhou Yi lost a lot of weight because of Lei Li's torment. Fortunately, under the guidance and care of Nanny Fang, Lei Li has a rosy complexion and is full of energy every day. He is strong enough to kill a cow.
—
Spring plowing starts at the end of February.
Lei Li has to go back to Sanlihe Village to oversee the spring pepper planting rotation. This is the first step in determining whether the pepper business will be good or bad this year, so of course he cannot be absent.
The Lei family wanted Lei Li to stay in the county town to take care of the baby. Zhou Yi and Chen Xiang wanted to move to the village, but they couldn't persuade him, so they had to move with Lei Li. Naturally, Nanny Fang also went to the countryside with him.
Fortunately.
This year they were well-off, and January and February were the slack season for farming, so Lei Li and his family hired someone to demolish the original Lei family house and rebuild a large mansion with green bricks and red tiles.
Although it was just one entrance, the architectural drawings were drawn by Zhou Yi and Lei Li together, and based on the needs of Lei Dashan and Liu Yeer, a lot of areas were expanded.
For example, there are bedrooms, pig pens and chicken coops, a yard where cow horns can be grown, and even dog sheds, cow sheds, and horse sheds, which are specially built with bricks.
Much more spacious and comfortable than before.
I asked Liu Xiaocao and Niu Ershu to help pick out the furniture. We didn't skimp on the money and bought sturdy and comfortable pieces. The decorations also had some matching patterns.
If Lei Li and Zhou Yi were to buy it, it would probably be no different from a hotel, or even less exquisite than a hotel, because they both have a practical and minimalist style.
——Except Zhou Yi and Lei Li.
Zhou Yi would definitely buy Lei Li a bunch of beautiful but impractical things, such as embroidered sachets containing mosquito repellent spices that could have been made of bamboo.
Lei Dashan can do bamboo weaving for free.
Embroidered sachets, one or two ounces each.
In addition, Lei Li is now a broken baby, and Zhou Yi's fatherly love will definitely burst out, and he will definitely buy a bunch of clothing for the children, such as wooden toys that look similar but are still, and little lion clothes that look similar but are different colors.
——Fortunately, Zhou Yi had no money, otherwise Lei Li’s earnings would not be enough for him to lose. But he still lost everything to Lei Li. Sometimes Lei Li didn’t know how to talk to him.
Back to the present.
When the villagers learned that Lei Li was pregnant, except for those who had previously set their sights on Zhou Yi and wanted to steal his girl away, everyone else was very happy and sent gifts to congratulate the Lei family.
Of course, these gifts were just eggs laid by the vegetables they grew themselves, but the sentiment was great, so the Lei family was very happy and gave back a lot of malt sugar snacks.
After the excitement, it’s time to start working.
Peppers need to be rotated.
Continuous cropping year after year will lead to the accumulation of pathogens in the soil, increasing the risk of soil diseases such as root rot and blight, which in turn affects the growth and yield of peppers.
Continuous cropping will also cause soil nutrient imbalance, excessive consumption or accumulation of certain nutrients, affecting soil fertility and changes in soil acidity and alkalinity, making it unsuitable for pepper growth.
Therefore, the dry land where peppers were grown last year is no longer suitable for planting, and rice-pepper rotation method must be used.
The paddy fields used for growing rice are turned into new dry land, and then peppers are planted. The original dry land is first deeply plowed and then irrigated to become new paddy fields, and then rice is planted.
This is a big project.
Because only a few households in Sanlihe Village have cattle, the village chief and villagers completed it as early as early February after knowing that they would have to rotate crops this year.
If there is no cow, borrow one. If you can't borrow one, use manpower to pull the plow. Plow one acre at a time, and before you know it, it's all done.
Some families were afraid that the plowing was not deep enough, which would affect the production of peppers, so they turned the land two or three times to allow the soil to be fully exposed to the sun and kill as many pathogens as possible.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
