The nurse helped Zhenzhen to pack up, and Xi Junjie pushed Zhenzhen out of the delivery room. When they saw Zhenzhen, the family members immediately surrounded her and asked about her condition.
Because of the natural birth and the golden blood essence to relieve the pain, Zhenzhen no longer felt too uncomfortable, but just felt a little weak. Looking at the concerned faces of her family, Zhenzhen shook her head: "I feel much better, I want to eat something light."
Ling Xiulan immediately said, "It's all ready at home. Your Aunt Yang has made seven or eight kinds of meat and vegetables. I estimate she will be here soon."
Wang Sufen took a child from the nurse and said with a smile, "Let's go back to the delivery room first and let Zhenzhen lie down."
Ling Xiulan quickly stepped forward and took the other child over. A group of people surrounded Zhenzhen and the two children and returned to the ward.
The ward has a layout of one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. The inner room has a hospital bed and a bed for accompanying the patient. There is an extra-large baby bed between the two beds. The outer room is the living room with a sofa, a coffee table, a TV and a dining table.
It was the first time for Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen to visit the VIP ward. They were amazed at the furnishings inside: "This is better than most people's homes. There's even a TV."
Xi Junjie picked up Zhenzhen and gently put her on the bed. The moment his waist touched the quilt, Zhenzhen felt relieved. She stretched her arms and moved them a little. Zhenzhen held out her hand: "Mom, hold the child for me to see."
The hospital bed was very large, and the two children lay side by side in Zhenzhen's arms. Zhenzhen carefully looked at the twins, who looked almost identical in appearance. The twins were very energetic when they were born, and their little hands and feet moved. The child next to Zhenzhen seemed to smell the mother's scent on Zhenzhen, and tried to move his little head towards her, and made a sucking gesture with his rosy little mouth.
"Oh, do you want to drink milk?" Ling Xiulan smiled in surprise. Upon hearing this, the two fathers immediately avoided and went to the living room to wait. Xi Changbo also found a box of chess under the TV cabinet. The two of them immediately set it up with great interest, ready to take the opportunity to play a game.
Zhenzhen unbuttoned her clothes and held the child closest to her in her arms. Children are born with the ability to suckle. He sniffed with his nose, quickly found the target, and accurately took the baby into his mouth.
Zhenzhen had no milk right after giving birth, but in her previous life she had visited a senior sister who had just given birth and heard some parenting knowledge from her, such as that the baby must be breastfed within half an hour after giving birth to promote milk secretion.
The boy was strong. Although he had no milk, he still sucked hard with his eyes closed. His little hands were clenched into fists and waved up and down. It was obvious that he was trying hard. He sucked for fifteen minutes each time, but got nothing. He was so tired that he fell asleep. Ling Xiulan gently took the child away, and Zhenzhen hugged her sister again. Although the sister was weak, she had her brother to help her. After a while of sucking, Zhenzhen heard her swallowing.
"She's getting milk." Zhenzhen touched her daughter's soft back lovingly, a smile of surprise on her face.
Wang Sufen came forward and carefully observed the corner of the little girl's mouth. Sure enough, she saw a little white milk and smiled immediately: "This little girl takes after her mother. She is so lucky. When I gave birth to Mingnan and Mingbei, I didn't have much milk. When Zhenzhen was born, she ate what she couldn't eat. Zhenzhen's grandmother even said that she brought her own rice bowl with her."
The whole family laughed when they heard this. The little girl ate both sides, her belly was bloated, and she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Aunt Yang and Aunt Li carried a bunch of incubators into the ward. Ling Xiulan called Xi Changbo over, moved a small table from the room to the side of the bed, and put all the food on it: "You're weak after giving birth, so just eat in bed. Tell me what you want to eat and I'll serve it to you."
Xi Junjie rocked the bed, stuffed a pillow behind Zhenzhen's waist, helped her adjust to a comfortable position, and carefully wiped her hands and face with a hot towel. Then he set up the small table that came with the bed and brought up the millet porridge that Ling Xiulan had prepared.
Millet porridge is a must-have during the confinement period. The elderly believe that millet porridge is the most nutritious. In addition, there are fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables. Zhenzhen looked at the delicious dishes and her appetite was aroused. She ate half of the dishes, then burped and lay down contentedly.
After eating, Zhenzhen felt sleepy and fell asleep soon after covering herself with the quilt. When she woke up again, she heard the two children crying loudly. Ling Xiulan and Wang Sufen changed the children's diapers and put the clean babies in Zhenzhen's arms again.
After feeding the baby and putting the baby back, Ling Xiulan opened the door and said with a smile, "Get up, everyone come in." A group of people came from outside. Zhenzhen looked back and saw that almost all the relatives from both families had come, filling the room. Ling Xiulan took a look and gave an order, "You have to come in batches, otherwise what if our child is scared?"
The people behind them immediately retreated with a smile, leaving only four or five people in the room. Roubao and Doubao were the first to rush in, and Mingdong, Mingnan, and Mingbei also rushed to the front. The five of them surrounded the children for a long time. Roubao suddenly looked at Zhenzhen with a sly smile: "Aunt, have you named the twins? Do you want me to help you choose one?"
Zhen Zhen looked at him warily: "I don't really trust your ability."
"Tsk!" Roubao looked at her unconvincedly: "After all, I graduated from college, okay?"
Doubao also smiled: "Aunt, I am also a college student, I can help you think about it too."
"How about calling one sauerkraut and the other vermicelli?" Roubao shook his head as if thinking seriously: "These two together taste perfect!"
"No, no, too vulgar." Doubao shook his head: "How about one is called Doujiang and the other is called Youtiao? They look like brother and sister at first glance."
Mingbei thought of his own family's buns, dumplings, and sesame cakes and laughed: "When you gave your nephew those names, you didn't think of this day, did you?"
Zhenzhen grinned and showed him a few white teeth: "Who said that my twins should be named after Roubao and the others?" Seeing Roubao's confused look, Zhenzhen pointed at Xi Junjie: "My twins' surname is Xi."
With a bad feeling, Roubao asked Xi Junjie, "Uncle-in-law, what are the nicknames of the children of the same generation as the twins in your family?"
Xi Junjie thought for a moment and said, "There is no nickname, just the last two characters or one character of the name."
"Are there no dumplings, wontons or anything like that?" Roubao was still a little unwilling to give up.
Xi Junjie smiled and shook his head: "It's a pity that we don't have an aunt as naughty as Zhenzhen."
Seeing Roubao's devastated look, Zhenzhen laughed: "In their family, they gave you a nickname first. It was more difficult for us to give you a full name at the beginning, so we gave you a nickname first and called you casually. I remember that we gave you a full name when you were one month old and registered as a resident."
Roubao wiped his face and continued to get close to Xi Junjie: "I think it's a good idea to give him a nickname. It sounds intimate. If you find it troublesome, I can provide some ideas." Roubao took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Xi Junjie: "I've thought of a piece of paper for you. You can pick two from it."
Xi Junjie took it and looked at it, then he immediately laughed: "You've prepared a full banquet."
Roubao laughed and said, "It's mainly because my aunt likes this style. Look at all the food in my house, they were all created by my aunt."
"Okay, I'll keep this piece of paper." Xi Junjie folded the paper and put it in his bag. Roubao's eyes lit up instantly. When he was feeling proud, Xi Junjie smiled and said, "I was just worrying about what delicious food to cook for your aunt these days. It's much more convenient to have your menu. I can pick a few dishes every day without repeating them for a month."
Seeing Roubao's dejected look, Mingnan and Mingbei burst out laughing. They patted their nephew who was taller than them. Mingbei said earnestly, "It's been so many years, why don't you recognize the reality? Actually, let me think about it, your names are pretty nice, like your sister Tangbao, it sounds sweet when you call her that."
Roubao squinted at him and said, "Then you call Roubao and see if you feel full."
Mingbei touched his belly and said with a wicked smile: "No, my first reaction is to give me five and a head of garlic."
A group of people burst into laughter. Old Lady Li waved her hand and said, "That's enough. Go out and make trouble. Let's get the next group."
The two children were quite well behaved. They didn't cry or make a fuss even when so many people were watching them. They closed their eyes and fell asleep when they were sleepy. The voices beside them didn't disturb their sleep at all. After the guests left, Ling Xiulan saw that Old Lady Li looked a little tired, and hurriedly advised: "Auntie, let Changbo drive you back. I'll take care of Zhenzhen here."
Wang Sufen said quickly, "You are busy enough at work. Aren't you still running a cosmetics factory? Go and do your own thing. I'm here for Zhenzhen. We have lived in the same courtyard for so many years. You know what kind of people we are. There's no need to talk nonsense."
The beauty salon business is booming, and Ling Xiulan has opened several branches in several major cities, including Bingcheng, Shanghai, and Huadu. Although the beauty salon business is good, the skin care products they use are always from other brands, and they don't have their own independent brand of cosmetics. Therefore, Ling Xiulan has put the creation of her own brand of cosmetics on the agenda, and she has been busy with this recently.
Ling Xiulan has stayed at home for many years. Compared with taking care of children and the house, she really prefers to work hard on her own business, which gives her a sense of psychological satisfaction. Although Ling Xiulan wants to be more busy with the beauty salon, she is a mother-in-law after all. If she lets her in-laws do everything, she is afraid that her daughter-in-law will feel uncomfortable and add flaws to the harmonious relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Wang Sufen has been around the stove and children all her life. She thinks that a happy life is to serve children, which makes her feel needed.
Zhenzhen understood the two mothers' states very well, and could guess Ling Xiulan's concerns, so she also advised: "Mom, we can't do without you to build the factory now. I still have my mom and Junjie here, so you can just be at ease."
"That's right, don't be so mean." Old Lady Li held Ling Xiulan's hand and said, "With Xiao Yang and Xiao Li bringing meals, Zhen Zhen's mother only has to hold the baby and change diapers, so it's not tiring. Besides, the baby has been passing meconium these days, so the diapers can be thrown away directly, and there is no need to wash them. It's not a tiring job. After you are discharged from the hospital, there will be a nanny to help wash the diapers, so don't worry about it."
The two sides were trying to persuade each other, and Xi Junjie, who had just returned from seeing off the guests, heard it and said with a smile: "No need to give in, I'll stay here with Zhenzhen tonight, you all can go back."
Mrs. Li immediately said, "That won't work. How can a grown man like you take care of a child?"
"This is what I should learn. Besides, you have to get up at night. You are old and if you get up every now and then, you may not be able to sleep well all night." Seeing that Wang Sufen was still hesitant, Xi Junjie said, "Wait for mom to bring food tomorrow morning, and I will go back to sleep. We can take turns."
Wang Sufen was persuaded by these words. After all, if she stayed here all the time, she would be exhausted tomorrow. "Okay, I'll come early tomorrow morning." Although Wang Sufen knew that Xi Junjie loved Zhenzhen to the core, he had never done the job of serving others. Therefore, she kept holding him and told him several times about how to take care of a woman who had just given birth and how to take care of a child, until both Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie could recite it by heart. Only then did she follow him.
After closing the door, the room was quiet. Xi Junjie moved the accompanying bed to a new position, close to the hospital bed. After changing into the pajamas he brought, Xi Junjie reached out and hugged Zhenzhen in his arms, sighing with satisfaction: "I have been wanting to hug you today, but there are too many people, and I am embarrassed to reach out."
Zhenzhen smiled and buried her head in Xi Junjie's arms, rubbing her little face against his soft pajamas: "Me too, I really want to have a private conversation with you."
"What do you want to say?" Xi Junjie looked at Zhenzhen with a smile on his face.
Zhenzhen fiddled with Xi Junjie's buttons with her fingers, looking a little embarrassed: "It's just that when I think about the fact that we are really parents now, it always feels a little unreal."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cry suddenly broke the silence in the room, and then another one started crying. Xi Junjie chuckled and said, "Is it true this time?"
"It's true! It's true!" Zhen Zhen nodded repeatedly: "Hurry up and bring the little guy over. Such a small kid is crying so loudly!"
Xi Junjie carried the children to the bed, Zhenzhen sat up, holding one in each hand, Xi Junjie carefully supported them from below, fearing that he would get tired and hurt Zhenzhen's hands. However, at this time, it was clear that having great strength was a benefit, Zhenzhen didn't feel tired at all while holding two children to feed, it was as easy as holding two apples.
Newborns are in the stage of eating and sleeping, so Xi Junjie took the child back and changed the diaper again before hugging Zhenzhen firmly: "Okay, go to sleep while it's quiet."
Zhenzhen had taken a nap during the day and was not too sleepy at this moment. She looked at the child in the stroller beside her and gently pushed Xi Junjie: "What do you think we should name our twins?"
The two of them had been studying this for a long time and had come up with several names, but none of them suited their tastes.
Xi Junjie also had a headache when thinking about this. He always felt that the child's name would affect his whole life, so he had to give him the best one. But now that the children were born, he couldn't always call them the eldest or the second oldest. Xi Junjie and Zhenzhen discussed, "No, just give them a nickname first, and we'll study it when we get back."
Zhenzhen turned her head to look at the sleeping twins, and her eyes fell on the fruits piled in the corner. She thought of two nicknames: "The brother is called Watermelon, and the sister is called Grape!"
Xi Junjie's eyes widened immediately, but when he saw Zhenzhen's happy face, he immediately swallowed his objections and praised sincerely: "It sounds good, really, much better than meat buns, bean buns, sesame cakes, dumplings, etc."
Zhenzhen thought of her nephew and niece's nicknames and touched her nose guiltily: "Well, life was hard in the past, and these were rare good meals back then. I am blessing them with a better life in the future. You see, Roubao's favorite food now is steamed buns. He eats five or six at a meal. He can eat a lot."
Xi Junjie was amused by Zhenzhen's explanation: "Are you sure this isn't the name you came up with when you were a kid?"
Zhenzhen recalled the beef-filled buns she had at the hydrolysis factory when she was a child. They were full of broth and tasted so delicious when she took a bite.
After swallowing, Zhen Zhen looked at Xi Junjie eagerly: "Tomorrow morning I want to eat beef buns with soup."
Xi Junjie couldn't help laughing, and nodded while saying: "There is a state-owned restaurant nearby. Their buns are especially delicious. I'll buy some for you tomorrow morning." Zhenzhen nodded, and soon entered her dream with anticipation for the meat buns.
The next day, Zhenzhen drank the millet porridge sent by home, ate some green vegetables, and happily nibbled on the juicy beef buns bought by Xi Junjie. Just when her mouth was full of oil, Roubao came again. As soon as she opened the door of the ward, she smelled the fragrant smell of buns. Seeing Zhenzhen sitting on the coffee table and eating a mouthful of porridge and a mouthful of bun, Roubao was amazed: "Aunt, you have such a good appetite. Don't people who have given birth to children have to cover their foreheads with a piece of cloth because they are weak? How can you eat buns so energetically?"
Zhenzhen stuffed the last bite of the gravy-covered bun into her mouth, and picked up another one with relish: "In the end, it's all your fault. Before going to bed last night, I mentioned to your uncle-in-law about naming you. The more I talked about meat buns, the more I craved them. So I got up this morning to eat meat buns."
Roubao was blocked for a moment and stopped looking at the table full of meat buns. Xi Junjie was picking up some food for Zhenzhen. He was afraid that Roubao would be bored sitting there, so he called him, "Go to the house and get some fruit." Roubao went into the inner room and looked around at the little brother and sister who were sleeping soundly. He then took a watermelon out of the house, rinsed it in the sink outside, cut the watermelon with a fruit knife, and bit the sweet and delicious watermelon. Roubao asked vaguely, "Have you decided on the names of the twins?"
"Naming is really hard." Zhenzhen bit a piece of the meat bun resentfully and said unwillingly, "I found that I really have no talent for naming."
"Then give it a nickname first." Roubao said with a sly smile: "Millet porridge and egg or something like that sounds good."
"You're so unprofessional." Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at Roubao. Although she knew she would be laughed at, she still said the nicknames of the twins: "The brother is Watermelon and the sister is Grape."
"Puff..." The watermelon in Roubao's mouth sprayed out. Zhenzhen looked at him with disdain: "Hurry up and clean it up for me, or I'll tell your mom about it."
Roubao pulled out a piece of toilet paper and started to laugh while wiping the table: "Aunt, I have no complaints about my nickname now, really. You said you can give your own child this name, so I have nothing to say."
Zhenzhen bit a piece of the bun depressedly and swore: "Before the full moon, I will definitely come up with names for the twins."
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Zhenzhen had a normal birth and was discharged from the hospital three days after giving birth to twins. When she returned to her comfortable little house, although she still couldn't take a shower, Zhenzhen asked Xi Junjie to wipe her body with a big towel. She immediately felt refreshed. The two families had two nannies each, one for cooking and the other for cleaning. There was no other way. There were too many houses and one person couldn't do it. Now that Zhenzhen has given birth to twins, it's too tiring for two young people to do the work. Even Wang Sufen can only ask her to help hold the baby or something. She has to find someone to wash diapers and clothes.
When Sister Yang, who was cooking at Xi's house, heard that Ling Xiulan was looking for someone, she immediately recommended her sister-in-law: "She is very honest, quick at work, and has taken care of several children. There will be no problem."
Aunt Yang has worked in Ling Xiulan's family for several years and they have always gotten along well. Ling Xiulan didn't have time to look for someone else, so she asked her sister-in-law to come and try the job first.
Aunt Yang's sister-in-law's surname is Zhao. She is in her forties and looks quite clean. When she entered the room, she introduced herself first and then took out a basin of diapers from the room.
Now the weather is good and the sun is bright. Aunt Zhao directly fetched a large basin of water from the wing room, sat on a small stool in the yard and began to scrub. Newborn baby diapers are changed frequently and are difficult to wash. After Aunt Zhao scrubbed them vigorously, the diapers looked like new ones, without any yellowing. Aunt Yang helped her light a small stove in the yard and put a large iron basin on it. After the water boiled, she boiled the washed diapers in it for a few minutes, then took them down and waited for the water to cool down before hanging them up to dry. Wang Sufen looked at the bright lights in the house and nodded with relief: "This little Zhao is doing a great job."
Someone helped wash the child, and Xi Junjie felt relieved. There was no maternity leave at that time, so Xi Junjie had to go back to work after taking a week off. However, with Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen at home, Xi Junjie had nothing to worry about.
Mrs. Li finally realized her dream of having a great-granddaughter. She went to the next door after getting up and washing up in the morning. She couldn't get enough of looking at the chubby twins. Watermelons grow fatter when they are eaten more, while grapes are relatively more delicate. After more than ten days, the two children can be distinguished by the naked eye. Fortunately, Zhenzhen has good milk, so the two children can be fed more than ten times a day.
Finally, the full moon day arrived. The Xi family and the Li family set up more than a dozen tables in the garden to celebrate the twins' 100th day. Roubao followed his parents and brought his brothers and sisters with a bunch of gifts. As soon as he put down the things in his hands, Roubao couldn't wait to ask: "Aunt, have you chosen a name for the child this time?"
The author has something to say: I think it’s not Zhenzhen who’s incompetent in naming, it’s me~~~
I feel like I got conjunctivitis from my daughter. One of my eyes is already completely red. I’m using eye drops now. If it doesn’t get better in a few days, I’ll go to the hospital.
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