Chapter 221 220. So Bored, I Want to Kiss [Make up for yesterday, two chapters in one]
February Equinox.
Six pounds and six ounces.
The little brother of the Lei family was born.
Unlike his brother Lei Shengjiang who was red and wrinkled when he was born, this little boy was fair and smooth, with a red mole between his eyebrows, and was as pretty as a snowball.
The midwife carefully held the little boy in her arms, beaming broadly as she repeatedly exclaimed, "Congratulations! Congratulations! It's a gorgeous little boy!"
"I've been delivering babies for so many years, and I've delivered at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, but this is the first time I've seen such a fair and beautiful baby! She looks just like you, Madam!"
"Our brother is naturally handsome!"
The introverted Lei Dashan couldn't help smiling. He carefully picked up the pretty little boy in the cradle. When he saw the little guy's moving little mouth and cute little nose, his heart melted.
When the midwife took the purse handed to her by the maid of the Lei family and saw the five taels of silver inside, her eyes widened into slits and she poured out baskets of good words.
Lei Dashan was delighted to hear this, and he opened his mouth and gave the midwife another two taels of rice, which made the midwife very happy.
nature.
Dr. Niu was also given the same amount of silver as a gift.
"Ginger wants to see his brother too?"
Lei Dashan lowered the little brother so that Xiao Shengjiang could see the pink and tender little brother in the cradle.
"younger brother……"
The little ginger blinked his eyes, stretched out his finger, and carefully touched the boy's face. It was soft and tender, which was amazing.
It was as if fireworks suddenly exploded in the little ginger's heart, and he couldn't help but smile with his eyes curved.
Lei Jingsheng looked at his pretty sleeping brother, then at little Shengjiang, and smiled sullenly, "Little brother and Brother Shengjiang look alike. They both look like Brother Li, with fair skin and big eyes."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true."
Lei Jingsheng pointed at Xiao Shengjiang's nose and mouth, then at the little brother, "Look, your noses and mouths are so similar. Xiao Zhouzhou's eyes are too short to see clearly, but your eyebrows are also the same as Shengjiang's."
"Hehe~"
The little ginger covered his mouth and laughed, his big eyes full of joy and pride.
His younger brother looks just like him!
On the other side, Zhou Yi took care of Lei Li's condition as soon as possible. Seeing that he looked tired but in good spirits, he carefully wrapped him in a clean quilt, gently carried him to the couple's bedroom.
He had already prepared some easily digestible rice soup, which he had kept warm in the pot, neither too hot nor too cold. Now he held it in his hand and fed it to Lei Li spoonful by spoonful.
Although Lei Li felt that eating like this was too slow and was a little disgusted, under Zhou Yi's insistence, he still honestly let Zhou Yi feed him slowly.
Liu Ye'er watched the maid tidy up the dirty bed and bedding, clean the delivery room, and ventilate and remove the odor.
After cleaning up, Liu Ye'er personally led people to carry a few baskets of red eggs and went to the village to deliver the red eggs to every household, informing each family of the good news of the addition of a new baby.
In the past in Sanlihe Village, boys were not worth much. Even when marrying off, the dowry was less than that for girls, so the birth of a boy was not such a joyous occasion.
And now, thanks to the Lei family, the status of boys and girls has risen significantly.
Boys and girls who can make money are more popular with their families than men. Even families who originally wanted to marry them off early are reluctant to give away their golden eggs and want them to stay in their parents' home for a few more years.
Not to mention that this is the brother of the Lei family.
When they asked what the boy's name was, oh - Lei Zhouzhou, the villagers understood even more and started to talk nonsense, praising Lei Li and the boy in every word.
As for Zhou Yi——
It seems like I have suddenly become a foil.
Qing'er had previously flirted with a blind man, but she didn't hang herself on a crooked tree. Seeing that trying to curry favor with Zhou Yi didn't work, and Lei Li was holding a grudge, she looked for her partner early and married a merchant in the county town.
And now, no one is eyeing to become Zhou Yi's concubine.
Lei Li is the head of the Lei family. It is useless to please Zhou Yi. The right thing to do is to please Lei Li.
Same thing.
The Lei family is now headed by a young man. This little brother might be the next Lei Li or the next master of the Lei family. We have to build a good relationship with him since childhood.
Liu Ye'er naturally didn't know what other people in the village thought. She was very happy to be praised along the way. When she returned home and saw the fair and soft little boy, she was even more happy and happy.
—
With the addition of a cute little brother, the Lei family is no longer the same as before.
Liu Yeer no longer liked to go out and visit friends. She stayed at home all day with little brother Lei Zhouzhou, making clothes and shoes for him. Lei Dashan also didn't like to go out to the fields anymore. He just liked to watch this lively little brother.
Little Jiang didn't like to play with his friends after school. He ran straight home to see his cute little brother. Looking at his little nose and little mouth, he thought that everything about him was pretty.
When doing homework with brother Xiaobao, she likes to talk about her pretty younger brother. When going out to play with her friends, she talks about little brother Lei Zhouzhou every other sentence, and keeps praising her younger brother for being so cute and pretty.
Erniu's missing front tooth has grown out, and he can speak without leaking words. He feels like a good brother, so he is eager to go see Xiaoshengjiang's younger brother.
"no."
Little Jiang shook his head and said seriously, "My father said that little brother Zhou Zhou is very fragile now and can't see outsiders. He will get sick easily."
What Zhou Yi said was that the baby is still fragile and is prone to infection and illness if it sees too many outsiders and comes into contact with too many bacteria. It would be okay if Erniu came to take a look at the little guy but didn't touch or bump him.
But Little Ginger dotes on his younger brother very much and doesn't want him to get sick at all.
Lei Li has been having a rather miserable month.
During the one-month confinement period, you cannot be exposed to the wind or go out, and you cannot eat anything you want. You cannot eat anything too meaty, greasy, sweet, or spicy. You can only eat chicken soup, fish soup, or pork rib porridge with vegetables. Your mouth will taste bland.
The only person she saw all day long was Zhou Yi. When she saw Zhou Yi coming in and out, eating whatever he wanted, Lei Li felt annoyed and unbalanced. She demanded that Zhou Yi not go out to accompany her during her confinement period.
But Zhou Yi is not the kind of person who likes to go out.
He could sit in his room and read and write quietly all day long.
Accompanying Lei Li in his postpartum rehabilitation was even easier. I helped him walk around the house, massaged his legs and feet, watched him eat his meals, and read him some travelogues and biographies. A day passed like this.
Lei Li, however, felt a little depressed when he saw Zhou Yi enjoying it so much.
Although they were already an old couple, they still couldn't understand why Zhou Yi could sit still. He would feel uncomfortable all over after staying in the house for a few days and would want to go out and walk dozens of miles or climb some mountains.
According to the old custom in Sanlihe Village, women cannot bathe or wash their hair, go out, or open windows during the confinement period. This is also what the elderly people in the village say.
Liu Ye'er had experienced the same thing when she gave birth to Lei Li, but she only knew the fact but not the reason.
It was Zhou Yi who told us later that this was to prevent the couple who had just given birth from catching a cold. The conditions in the village were poor, and patients could easily die or develop chronic diseases, so they had to be confined in the house.
In fact, as long as you keep warm and clean, you can take a bath and wash your hair during the confinement period.
Zhou Yi lit two stoves in the room, and the high-quality silver charcoal made the whole room warm. He didn't feel thin even wearing two pieces of clothing.
The windows were also replaced with screens, half open and half closed.
The weather in February is relatively mild and warm, and the spring breeze will not make you feel cold.
There is a large bathtub in the room.
Every time Lei Li wanted to wash his hair or take a bath, Zhou Yi would bring in warm water in a bucket, move the fire closer, take off Lei Li's clothes and let him soak in the bathtub, then he would move a small stool to sit on and wash his hair.
Finished washing my hair.
Zhou Yi carefully wiped away the water droplets with a dry, absorbent cotton cloth, then wrapped his hair with another dry towel. Meanwhile, Lei Li had also finished her bath.
The lazy husband simply opened his arms and let the hardworking husband wrap him in a towel and carry him to the bed in the inner room.
Lei Li belatedly touched her belly and found that it had grown bigger due to the pregnancy with little boy Zhou Zhou. It had not recovered yet and was just a layer of soft flesh.
There is also flesh on the legs and hands.
During the confinement period, I was confined to the room and could hardly move. I was not allowed to do my favorite exercise, and even kissing was not allowed to be too much. They said that if I kissed too much, he would start to mess around again.
Well, he wanted to sleep with Zhou Yi, but didn’t Zhou Yi refuse to let him touch him?
How can he sleep without even letting him take off his pants and looking at his body without letting him touch it?!
Zhou Yi also served him with delicious food and drink. Not to mention bathing, washing his hair and dressing him, even if he just raised his hand, Zhou Yi knew what he wanted and would get it for him at the first time.
Lei Li wanted to see his little brother, so Zhou Yi wrapped the baby in a swaddle and brought him to him, not letting him go out and get cold.
When little ginger came to find his daddy, he didn't rush over like a firecracker and pounce on his daddy like he did before, but he ran over and stopped steadily in front of his daddy.
When she was about to leave, she hugged her daddy softly and smiled sweetly.
"I'll come see Daddy again tomorrow~"
"Should I go to my father first or my brother first?"
"Look for Daddy first."
Little Ginger blinked his big eyes and said in a childish voice, "Then I'll go play with my brother."
"Sly."
Lei Li smiled and rubbed the little ginger's head. "Wait until Daddy is out of confinement, come play football with us gingers, okay?"
"Yeah!"
Little Ginger cheered and raised his hands, "Grandpa made another bamboo cuju. When Daddy gets better, we'll play three... ten games!"
"Grandpa made a new Cuju ball?"
"Yeah! The previous one was almost broken, so Grandpa made two new ones..."
Little Ginger has a lot of Cuju.
There are Cuju made of leather and rice bran, and there are also Cuju made of layers of bamboo or rattan.
Little Jiang loved playing Cuju with his friends. Zhou Yi even used lime powder to mark out a Cuju field for the children in the open space, which was similar to the divisions of a football field.
Cuju is played frequently and on muddy and sandy grounds, so it wears out quickly and needs to be replaced frequently.
In addition to Cuju, Xiao Shengjiang also played the game of throwing hydrangeas with his friends. Unlike the game in Xiling Prefecture, where the ball was thrown from a building to choose a suitable husband, the way to play was to throw the hydrangea high up and let it pass through a small hole in the high board.
The higher the board, the smaller the hole. Whoever throws the hydrangea through it will get a higher score.
But Xiao Shengjiang is still young. This hydrangea high board is a children's version, and Cuju is also a children's version. It is much smaller and lighter than the ones that adults usually kick.
In fact, Xiao Shengjiang secretly kept a Cuju, hoping that when his younger brother grew up, he could play football with his younger brother, his father, and sister Jingsheng.
—
Lei Li finally finished her confinement.
That day he wanted to walk around the village a few times and then go for a walk in the mountains, but Zhou Yi didn't let him, saying that although she was out of confinement she still had to keep warm and not overwork.
I can't beat Zhou Yi.
Lei Li could only reluctantly give up this plan of running away and instead stick to his handsome little brother.
The baby is getting prettier day by day.
The day Lei Li came out of confinement was also the baby's full moon. The baby was very cute and handsome.
The little face is white and tender, the little mouth is cute and red, the eyelashes are long and curled, and it is soft and obedient even when sleeping, making people want to kiss it hard.
Although the baby is so cute, the Lei family doesn’t plan to show him off.
Babies have low immunity and are prone to bacterial infections and illnesses if they come into contact with too many people. They may also catch a cold, so the Lei family did not hold a big celebration for little brother Lei Zhouzhou's full moon banquet. They just invited relatives and friends to a banquet so that the little brother could show his face in front of the elders.
Little brother Lei Zhouzhou can be said to be everyone's darling, as if he has snatched away all the limelight from the little ginger, and it seems that everyone revolves around the little baby.
The little boy had a wet nurse since he was born, and there was also Nanny Fang and two little maids who looked after him all the time and never left his side for a moment.
The little brother needs to be fed almost every hour to hour and a half. In addition to the wet nurse getting up at night to feed him, Zhou Yi, Liu Ye'er and Lei Dashan also take turns to visit him.
As soon as the little boy whimpered, someone came to pick him up and check whether he was hot or cold, hungry or thirsty, or if he had peed or pooped and needed a diaper change, without giving the little boy any chance to make a fuss.
When the little boy woke up, the adults in the Lei family all laughed and vied with each other to play with him, using rattles to attract his attention, making faces and telling jokes to amuse him, and even reading storybooks, reciting poems and singing nursery rhymes to him even though he didn't know a single word.
When the little boy was sleeping, the adults would look at him with a smile on their faces, their eyes fixed on him with full of love. If they accidentally made a noise, they would immediately be afraid to breathe, for fear of waking up the cute little baby and disturbing his sleep.
When the sun is shining, the Lei family will take the little brother out to bask in the sun. However, he cannot bask in the sun at all times. He will only bask in the sun for a while in the morning or evening when the sunlight is warm but not strong.
When the little brother grew up a little, a few months old, the baby became even more beautiful, as if carved out of jade. He was also much more energetic and didn't sleep as long. The Lei family liked playing with him even more.
The little boy's feeding gradually changed from being fed by a wet nurse to being fed little by little with a spoon, and Zhou Yi took on this task most of the time.
Babies have small mouths, eat slowly, and are sometimes not very focused. They may suddenly turn their heads to look at other things while eating, which can easily stain their clothes and quilts, as well as the clothes of the adult who is feeding them.
However, Zhou Yi is particularly meticulous and patient. Compared with his father Lei Li's problem, this little problem is nothing.
Every time Lei Li saw Zhou Yi holding the baby, lowering his head and feeding the baby patiently, he felt itchy in his heart by his husbandly look and couldn't help wanting to pull Zhou Yi to bed.
After being rejected by the husband with righteous words, she began to feel a little resentful.
Why do you feed the children and not him?
Is it that the feelings have faded, you no longer like each other, you have become estranged, and you have a "new love" and no longer want the "old love"?
“…”
Zhou Yi was speechless and his ears flushed.
I clearly fed Lei Li at night, but he said during the day that he didn't want his ex-love anymore. Could it be that there are still couples who are physically together but spiritually apart, kissing and rolling in bed every day, but the more they do it, the more they hate each other?
This guy always talks nonsense and rarely says anything serious.
Lei Li's teasing of Zhou Yi has almost become a conditioned reflex. Even if Zhou Yi does nothing, he can still be eager to do so and use eloquent words to tease him.
"Why don't you come and do me if you have nothing to do?"
"What are you doing sitting there? Why don't you come over here and do it with me?"
"So boring, I really want to kiss you. Do you want to kiss me? No? Humph, I have plenty of strength and means."
In short.
A lovely baby and a capable husband.
Lei Li wants both.
But little Sheng Jiang was a little jealous. He wondered why his father was so attached to his younger brother. Neither his grandfather nor his grandmother was that attached. His father often played football with Sheng Jiang, but his father always had something to do and was always taking care of his younger brother.
He remembered
Erniu's father had said before that he didn't like him anymore after he had a younger brother. The little guy thought to himself that his father must still like him...but maybe he liked his younger brother a little more, a little more.
Little ginger is jealous.
But Xiao Shengjiang didn't say anything.
Zhou Yi is meticulous and a bit slow and dull. Lei Li was the first to notice that Xiao Shengjiang was jealous of his younger brother. Besides feeling sorry for Xiao Shengjiang, he also felt a little relieved and amused.
This little guy is jealous of his younger brother, but at the same time he likes his younger brother very much. He used to stick to Xiaobao, but now he sticks to both Xiaobao and his younger brother.
Lei Li called Xiao Shengjiang over and rubbed his head fiercely, messing up his hair. The little guy cried out "ouch" and covered his head, looking at him in confusion with his big black eyes.
The little guy didn't say anything, but his thoughts were written on his face - Daddy, why is he rubbing my head again? Ginger's head is not a puppy's head, it's not that easy to rub!
Lei Li couldn't help but laugh. He chuckled a few times before trying to be serious again. He lowered his voice and gently coaxed, "Is Jiang a little unhappy recently?"
"No."
Little Ginger shook his head and said with a smile, "Ginger is very happy every day! I go to school with Brother Xiaobao every day. Going to school is so great!"
"Brother Xiaobao has graduated and become a teacher in the school. He now teaches our class and the first grade class. He comes to our class to teach two classes every day."
"I always raise my hand to answer Brother Xiaobao's questions in class. I study very hard, even more seriously than I did in the classes of Master Asi and the other senior teachers!"
"My handwriting is beautiful. Brother Xiaobao always praises me. The calligraphy copybooks from calligraphy class are even posted in the corridor. Of all the kids in the class, I have the most copybooks! I also get the most red flowers!"
The teachers in the village school all have one or several small red flower stamps with small words on them to indicate the class. For example, the stamp for Xiaobao’s writing class says “Little Red Flower for the Best Writing”. The child who performs best in class will have a small red flower stamped on his notebook.
At the end of each month, the children who receive the most and most diverse red flowers will be praised by the school and named "Model Learner of the Month". This is not only an honor, but they will also receive a small prize.
Little Jiang, who behaves very well, gets this small prize almost every month, and then happily gives it to his brother Xiaobao to ask for praise from him.
This little kid who was the best friend of his brother Xiaobao in the world felt a little jealous and sad when he found out that his father, who was the second best friend in the world, seemed to be the second best friend of another baby.
Daddy clearly said that he, Daddy and Jiang are the second best in the world, and he and his brother are the third best!
But now everyone starts calling my younger brother "Little Baby". Baby is his nickname. Ginger is no longer Daddy's favorite baby, but my younger brother "Little Baby".
Ginger feels wronged.
But the well-behaved ginger didn't say anything.
"Oh~"
Lei Li smiled and pinched the little ginger's nose, teasing, "Why does our little ginger like going to school so much? Isn't it Master Xiaobao who likes teaching little ginger?"
"I like them all."
Little Ginger smiled shyly, his little face was rosy and his lips were also very rosy. The little baby who was being held in his father's arms and coaxed to sleep was 80% similar to him, but more delicate and petite.
Like a small strawberry snow meringue and a large cream snow meringue.
"I see many kids in the class like Master Xiaobao."
Lei Li sighed and pretended to be distressed and asked him, "Is Jiang afraid that Xiaobao likes other children more? Isn't Jiang the favorite?"
"Ginger isn't afraid!"
Little Jiang shook his head and said confidently, "Jiang and Brother Xiaobao are the best in the world. Brother Xiaobao likes me the most and won't like any other kid!"
"Brother Xiaobao is going to play football with me later. We've also invited Erniu, Dazhuang, Huwa, Goudan, and Xiaozhi... a lot of people."
"Why don't you ask Dad to play with you?"
“Father…”
Little Ginger paused, shook his head and said, "Dad has to take care of his younger brother. Ginger, you can play with Dad next time."
"You can let grandma look after your brother."
Lei Li smiled and said, "Dad hasn't played football with Sheng Jiang in a while, right? It's also been a while since he read a story to Sheng Jiang. Let Dad put Sheng Jiang to sleep tonight."
"so……"
Little Jiang's eyes lit up for a moment, but then he thought for a moment and shook his head. "My brother is still young, and Daddy is so tired taking care of him. Let Daddy rest early. Jiang is grown up now, and he can fall asleep quickly even without listening to stories."
"Where does ginger grow?"
Lei Li patted his little head and gestured between his thighs, "Ginger is only this tall. He still has a long way to go before he grows up. He's still a baby, so of course he needs Daddy to coax him to sleep. Otherwise, how can our baby Ginger sleep?"
"I can sleep..."
Little Ginger blushed a little, feeling like a grown-up now. He was a little embarrassed to be called a baby by his father. "Ginger, Ginger is not the baby. My brother is the baby. Babies are so small. Ginger is not small anymore."
Ginger has grown to the height of daddy's thigh. He is no longer a baby.
"Ginger is taller than Daddy, but in Daddy and A-Dad's eyes, he's still a baby."
Lei Li said with a smile, "Sheng Jiang is the older baby, Zhou Zhou is the younger baby, so we have two babies in our family."
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