Time flies and it is late spring in April.
Cherry blossoms are flying, dancing and spinning, and loved ones are together day and night.
Little Yuanbao Mei Xiaoyuan has gradually started to be weaned and is trying to feed her some complementary food;
Lin Youxi happened to have the flu these days, so in order to avoid affecting the baby, she lived in isolation, so Xia Yuan started to help feed little Xixi and Mei Zhixi again.
But at this time, Xiao Xixi was already more than half a year old and had begun to recognize people;
As she gradually became sensible, she not only stuck to her father Mei Fang, but was always inseparable from her biological mother Lin Youxi. Lin Youxi would pamper her and accompany her whenever she was free.
Therefore, when she was suddenly asked to change to a mother's taste at this time, Xiao Xixi was quite resistant at first.
Xia Yuan coaxed Xiao Xixi to hug her, but Xiao Xixi buried her head in Mei Fang's shoulder and refused to pay any attention to anyone, which made Xia Yuan feel a little sad.
"Why doesn't Xiao Xixi kiss me? I fed her for a while when I was a kid!"
Mei Fang patted Xiao Xixi's back to coax her, and whispered:
"At seven months, you can almost stop breastfeeding. If you really can't, that's okay... You can eat complementary food and drink milk with Xiao Yuanbao."
"But Xiaoxixi looks so small, she needs to eat more milk to stay healthy!"
"Well... then let her drink milk first and see if it works. Then let her drink it from the bottle?"
"That's possible... Let's give it a try."
So Xia Yuan and Mei Fang made some milk to let Xiao Xixi taste it, and asked her sister Xiao Yuanbao to give her a teaching demonstration.
Faced with an unfamiliar bottle, Xiao Yuanbao, who is used to biting the pacifier, quickly got the hang of it and sucked it with gusto;
However, Xiao Xixi's eyes were filled with surprise and helplessness.
When Mei Fang held Xiao Xixi in her arms and fed her, Xiao Xixi pursed her lips to express her resistance and kept turning her head away to avoid her.
Even if her favorite father fed her, she would not eat from the bottle no matter how he coaxed her.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yuanbao had finished his share of milk, and then he sucked his fingers and looked at Xiao Xixi beside him curiously, as if he wanted to eat more.
"It seems not possible."
"This child... is really attached to her mother..."
Xia Yuan was worried that Xiao Xixi would be hungry all the time, so he scratched his head and thought, "We have to think of a way to get her to eat... Otherwise, Ah Fang, can you show her how to do it? She listens to you."
"Ah? Me!"
…
Xia Yuan's plan seemed to have the opposite effect. Little Xixi even shed tears when watching her father enjoying the baby cafeteria.
“This won’t work!”
Mei Fang felt sorry for her little daughter's grievance, so she held her in her arms and coaxed her again and again;
Xia Yuan was holding her sister Xiao Yuanbao who had jumped into her arms, and was patting her back, trying to coax her to sleep. At this time, Xiao Yuanbao was still exploring the cafeteria area, but her mother didn't seem to intend to give her love.
"How about, when Xiaoxixi gets hungry, she will slowly accept me or the bottle?"
"Then... let's wait two hours and try it?"
After 2 hours.
Little Yuanbao was eating his new rice porridge next to him. Mei Fang first fed him mouthfuls of rice porridge, and then he picked up the spoon and tried to scoop it out himself, making it all over his face.
At this time, facing Yuan's mother's canteen and bottle attack, Xiao Xixi still pursed her lips stubbornly, but her eyes were red and her pouting look was heartbreaking.
"What should I do... Ah Fang... She still refuses to eat. If this continues, Xiao Xixi will be hungry?"
At this moment, Xia Yuan and Xiao Xixi were so anxious that they were about to cry. Mei Fang felt very distressed. Only Xiao Yuanbao kept looking at his mother and sister and smiling happily.
"The child may be anxious because she hasn't seen her mother. It would be better to take her to see her mother."
"But Youxi is still sick. Xiaoxixi can't go up there. It's easy to get infected."
"Just make a video call. I'll go upstairs and talk to Youxi."
"Well... OK then."
So Mei Fang put on a mask, went up the stairs and knocked on Lin Youxi's room.
"What's wrong? Xiao Xixi still refuses to eat?"
"Well... Yuanyuan and I feel that she may only feel at ease after seeing you."
"Got it. I'll start the video on my phone."
"Don't come in... cough cough, you will be infected by me too."
"It's just the flu. I'm wearing a mask—"
"It's not just you. If you carry germs on you, the children won't be able to bear it... cough, cough cough—"
"Hmm... okay then."
Mei Fang said this and walked downstairs. At this moment, Xia Yuan had already made a video call with Lin Youxi.
"Youxi...how are you?"
"I feel much better after taking the medicine and having a good sleep... How is Xiaoxixi?"
"The child keeps talking about you... Let me show you."
As Xia Yuan spoke, she pointed the screen at Xiao Xixi. Xiao Xixi, who had been sitting on the ground in a daze, suddenly couldn't help pouting and crying when she saw her mother. She showed a very uncomfortable expression. This was different from her usual cute crying out of grievance. Lin Youxi felt very distressed when she saw it.
"Tsk tsk tsk... Little Xixi, dear, did you eat well? Remember to eat what your mother Yuan feeds you..."
Little Xixi didn't seem to listen to Lin Youxi's words seriously. After seeing her mother, she just pouted and sobbed. She kept crying and crying. When she was tired of crying, she fell asleep in Xia Yuan's arms.
"Woo... How about, Youxi, why don't you feed him?"
"No... Xiao Xixi will feel even worse if she is sick. Her physique is similar to mine... cough, cough cough..."
Xia Yuan said with some frustration, "She really only recognizes you. I may not be able to be her mother."
Lin Youxi continued, "Yuanyuan, we are a family. Xiao Xixi is not only my daughter, but also your daughter. Conversely, Xiao Yuanbao is the same to me."
"Yeah, I know..."
Xia Yuan shook Xiao Xixi and said, "Well... Well, I'll think of a solution myself. You should take good care of yourself and rest."
"You and Afang will definitely find a way," Lin Youxi gave Xia Yuan a thumbs up before hanging up the phone.
Mei Fang had already come down from upstairs. "If you continue to be hungry, you'll have problems. I'll ask the childcare provider how to deal with this situation—"
"Hmm... Yes, that's it... Don't worry, let me coax you for a while..."
Xia Yuan rubbed his eyes and continued, "I have lived with Xiao Xixi for so long, she should be able to feel that I love her too."
Xiao Xixi, who fell asleep only after crying herself tired, didn't sleep very deeply. And because she was hungry, she kept opening and closing her eyes from time to time.
So Xia Yuan held Xiao Xixi in his arms and coaxed her to sleep while softly singing a lullaby to her.
This went on and on, and Xia Yuan never stopped holding her.
Mei Fang was also there, looking after little Yuanbao who was sleeping soundly in the crib, while accompanying Xia Yuan to coax the child.
He held the baby for about half an hour, until little Xixi fell asleep and woke up again, murmuring, holding Xia Yuan's baby canteen, smacking his lips in a daze.
Then Xia Yuan also seized the opportunity to feed Xiao Xixi.
mumumumu…
Little Xixi was eating her baby in a daze with her eyes half open, while Xia Yuan was constantly coaxing her.
It was not until Xiao Xixi slowly opened her eyes and woke up, and saw Xia Yuan feeding her, that she suddenly stopped babbling.
This made Xia Yuan a little nervous.
But her nervousness was not revealed on her face. She just looked at the little daughter of the family with loving eyes and hummed a gentle song softly.
Xiao Xixi's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the tears that had not yet dried dripped gently from her eyelashes.
Then.
Slowly.
As if she had accepted Xia Yuan again, Xiao Xixi started to smack her lips again.
Seeing that her little daughter finally got the strength to suckle, Xia Yuan was delighted and immediately raised her head and smiled at Mei Fang.
After Xia Yuan fed Xiao Xixi and let her fall asleep, the extremely tired Xia Yuan could no longer suppress the grievance in her heart, and threw herself into Mei Fang's arms and cried.
These are the tears of excitement that come from a mother's love finally being recognized.
Before becoming a real mother, Xia Yuan had always been the baby of her parents and Mei Fang, who never let her suffer any hardship.
The only way for Xia Yuan to find a real mother is to become a real mother.
The hard work and sacrifice on this road, as well as the great sense of accomplishment from gaining recognition from your baby, are extremely precious.
Mei Fang could understand Xia Yuan's sadness, so she hugged Xia Yuan tightly and sent this exciting message to Lin Youxi, who had been worried about Xiao Xixi and couldn't fall asleep.
At the same time, under Mei Fang's careful care, Lin Youxi's flu quickly recovered.
After that, Xiao Xixi became willing to contact Xia Yuan again.
Of course, he is still as silent as ever.
She is the complete opposite of her lively sister.
Probably because Xia Yuan was always happy when she was pregnant, little Yuanbao always had a smile on his face and smiled all the time, and he especially liked playing various games with his father Mei Fang.
She now has enough hair to wear in a cute pigtail, has big eyes and a chubby face, and has fair and moist skin. She is the cutest person in the family.
"baba... hug... baobao—"
Little Yuanbao, who was almost one year old, giggled and jumped into Mei Fang's arms. Mei Fang gently pulled up little Yuanbao's arm and flew into the air.
"Fly, fly, fly!"
“Haha, haha!”
Little Yuanbao likes to play with her father very much. After Mei Fang finished playing with little Yuanbao, she let her ride on her head and swing back and forth.
"Ride a big horse!"
"Ja, blast, drive!"
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were coaxing little Xixi to learn to stand up, and were startled by Mei Fang's sudden standing up. After being coaxed by their mothers to stand up, they sat down on the ground in fear, pouting their lips as if they were about to cry.
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi stepped forward to comfort the frightened little Xixi, while scolding Mei Fang for making too much noise:
"Afang, please be careful! Little Yuanbao is barely one year old, how come you've made him so crazy?"
"I don't know who she looks like... like her mother?"
Lin Youxi teased Xia Yuan, "I remember her mother also likes riding horses."
Xia Yuan patted Xiao Xixi's butt and kept asking, "Which mother are you talking about? I remember both of her mothers liked riding horses..."
"I don't remember ever doing anything so childish."
"Hey... Aren't there supposed to be no secrets between us? Fang told me everything—"
Lin Youxi suddenly interrupted Xia Yuan while holding up her hair, "Come to think of it, Yuanyuan is almost one year old, are the parents going to come over again in the next two days?"
"They're all flights for next Monday... Wait, you changed the subject—"
Lin Youxi ignored Xia Yuan and turned to look at Mei Fang, "How are the preparations for Xiao Yuanbao's first birthday gift going, Fang?"
At this time, Xiao Yuanbao was grabbing Mei Fang's hair and laughing so hard that he was shaking. Mei Fang was laughing with Xiao Yuanbao while turning back to ask Lin Youxi:
"What, Zhou what?"
"The first birthday ceremony, the one-year-old birthday gift. You told us before that you would prepare it."
"Oh oh—ready, ready."
Mei Fang put Xiao Yuanbao down from her body. Xiao Yuanbao pouted and tugged at his father's leg as if he wanted to play more. Mei Fang stroked Xiao Yuanbao's head and said softly, "I will hold a grand birthday party for Xiao Yuanbao and Xiao Xixi! Let them have a very, very beautiful memory when they look back on their lives!"
The one-year-old birthday party is a custom that the older generation in his hometown did not pay much attention to, but Mei Fang, a new-age father, attaches great importance to this sense of ceremony. He invited parents who had not seen each other for a long time to come to Pengcheng to attend Xiao Yuanbao's one-year-old birthday party.
There is a detailed process for the baby’s first birthday gift, and the first thing to do is to roll out the disaster.
Xiao Yuanbao's grandmother Xiang Xiaoxia was responsible for giving Xiao Yuanbao a bath, and then rolling a peeled hard-boiled egg around Xiao Yuanbao's body.
Xiang Xiaoxia had never given a first birthday gift to her children before, so she prepared everything before coming. Little Yuanbao was tickled by the hard-boiled eggs and laughed, and everyone was amused by the way she avoided the gift.
"Disasters roll away, disasters roll away, good luck to the baby, and he will be healthy."
Grandma Xiang Xiaoxia gave her blessings to Xiao Yuanbao.
Teacher Yu Ling, who has become a grandmother, invited Liang Meijuan, who is also a grandmother, to help Xiao Yuanbao clean his hands and put gold on them. Xiao Yuanbao put on a golden Zhou-Zhua costume, and hung a hundred blessing locks and a gold bracelet, which means being surrounded by a hundred blessings and being free and happy.
After putting on a new dress, Xiao Yuanbao was handed over to his mothers, and Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi began to comb Xiao Yuanbao's hair.
"One comb brings wisdom, two combs bring good luck, three combs bring dexterity, four combs bring good relationships..."
Every hair combing ceremony is a blessing.
"Little Yuanbao, be a healthy, happy baby."
Under the care of Yuan's mother and Xi's mother, little Yuanbao looked at herself in the mirror. She seemed to feel that her outfit today was particularly different, and she pouted in surprise.
After finishing the dressing and hairdressing, it was finally Superman Dad’s turn to appear.
Mei Fang held little Yuanbao high over the door beam with green onions hanging on it. This was no different from riding a horse normally. Little Yuanbao was also very happy and kept trying to grab the thing hanging on the door beam.
After the onion gate, the formal ceremony of grasping the week begins.
Mei Fang held the little Yuanbao and placed him in the middle of the Zhou-year-old ceremony. Some small objects were placed around the little Yuanbao, which were all prepared by the family members.
In ancient times, the "Zhuazhou" ceremony was a very important ritual. This process determined the future growth direction of the baby, so there would generally not be any strange things included in the "Zhuazhou" ceremony.
Except for the one-year-old ceremony of Xiao Yuanbao.
Everyone has chosen their own
Parents often place normal things like musical instruments, abacus, cameras, combs, and paintbrushes, but the painting style of the next generation becomes very strange.
Lin Youxi chose a game controller, which meant that the little girl would inherit her father's business and become a talented gamer; Xia Yuan placed a small ingot, which she couldn't tell what the meaning was, anyway, her family was already very rich.
But the one-year-old ceremony that Mei Fang prepared himself was even more outrageous. He posed an artistic photo of himself.
"What the hell is this, putting up a picture of dad? Haha! Do I have to stay with you for the rest of my life?"
Mei Fang immediately put on a smug expression as if he had won a military parade, "Isn't it? We have everything we need in our family. Little Xixi and Little Yuanbao just need a dad—"
"Ah Fang... you will be disliked when you grow up like this, just like I disliked my dad."
After Xia Yuan said this, Xia Xun beside him also sneezed loudly.
"Xiao Xixi, what do you want to choose?"
Lin Youxi hugged Xiao Xixi and muttered, "Watch your sister carefully while she does the Zhou-Zhua ceremony. Next time you do it, you will have experience..."
"If you ask me, there is no choice. Our little Xixi will definitely choose our dad's photo."
Xiao Xixi obviously still doesn't like crowded places. She was scared by the lively atmosphere at home today. She felt weak, pitiful and helpless inside. She could only watch her sister laughing happily in the middle.
"Alright, alright! Look, little Yuanbao is going to choose!"
"He's got my plan!" Meilijun laughed loudly.
"No, it's my piano!" Xia Xun was confident.
Little Yuanbao looked around and then headed towards the game controller prepared by Lin Youxi.
"No... you don't even look at my photo..."
Mei Fang felt aggrieved.
Ah, wait…
Xiao Yuanbao's gaze moved to the gold ingots and the photo of Mei Fang prepared by Xia Yuan, and he was even ready to reach out to grab them, which made Mei Fang and Xia Yuan immediately excited.
"Choose Yuanbao, choose Yuanbao! You are Little Yuanbao!"
"Choose dad, dad! Dad is the best!"
Xiao Yuanbao suddenly stopped right before reaching out, walked around Jin Yuanbao and Mei Fang's photo albums, and picked up a blue armored space soldier.
What Xiao Yuanbao was holding was a Primaris Space Marine from the Imperial faction in Warhammer 40K. She was dancing with joy while pinching the Space Marine, and the whole family was baffled.
"Ah, what is this? Who put it there..."
"Ahh... Xiaoya—"
“Great! Hahahaha! It seems that Xiao Yuanbao will become my successor in the future. Together we will carry forward the Emperor’s will and spread the Emperor’s will to the entire galaxy and even every corner of the extra-dimensional subspace!”
Mei Ya, a UP host with millions of fans on C Station and one of the top 100 UP hosts of the year, became the MVP player in this Xiaoyuanbao's one-year-old ceremony.
Go to sleep, go to sleep, I don’t have a wife, and I don’t have a little cotton-padded jacket.
(End of this chapter)