The waves of pain had made Zhou Shaojin's senses numb. When the midwife put a piece of cork in her mouth and asked her to exert force, she didn't know where her strength was applied, but cheers rang out in the room: "It's born, it's born. It's a little boy!"
Zhou Shaojin just breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart started to lift again. He asked repeatedly, "Is the child okay?"
"Okay!" the midwife smiled, and then there was a "pop" sound, and the baby started crying loudly.
"Look at this child, he's crying so loudly!" Qiu used a warm handkerchief to wipe Zhou Shaojin's sweaty forehead, unable to hide the smile on her face, "He will definitely be a big fat boy who can eat and sleep well in the future."
Zhou Shaojin's tears began to fall.
After two lifetimes, she finally gave birth to a child safely and smoothly and became a mother.
She half leaned forward, smiled and stretched out her hand to the midwife: "Let me see!"
The midwife smiled and said, "Madam, please wait a moment." Then she cleaned the child skillfully.
Fan Liu and others were also not idle. They began to help Zhou Shaojin wash his body, change his clothes, and wrap his head. After Zhou Shaojin was ready, they brought the baby, who had been washed and tidied, over.
The child was a red ball with his eyes closed. His eyeliner was beautiful and flowing, his nose was straight, his lips were rosy and plump, and his hair was black and shiny. He was very beautiful.
Zhou Shaojin felt like his heart melted.
Mrs. Qiu cried out, "My dear! How can you be so beautiful! I don't know whose daughter you will bring trouble to when you grow up!"
Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but smile and gently touched his son's soft hair, as if he was touching the most precious thing in the world, moving lightly and holding his breath.
There was a commotion outside.
Zhou Shaojin and Qiu looked in the direction of the voice, only to see the curtain lifted and Mrs. Guo walked in in two steps at a time.
"Where's the child?" She asked with a look of joy that could not be concealed, "Let me see it, let me see it!"
Mrs. Qiu carefully picked up the child and placed him in Mrs. Guo's arms.
"This child is so beautiful!" Mrs. Guo smiled so much that her eyebrows curved. "He looks exactly like Silang when he was a child!"
"Really?" Zhou Shaojin looked up at the child.
We don't know who the child looks like yet, but if he looks like Cheng Chi, he will definitely be very handsome.
"He looks just like Silang." Old Madam Guo said confidently, "If you don't believe me, wait until his facial features grow and you'll know."
Zhou Shaojin smiled slightly.
The maid brought in the fermented rice wine.
Mrs. Qiu fed her personally.
Why should she trouble Qiu!
Zhou Shaojin struggled to get up.
Qiu immediately helped her up and said, "What's the matter? In terms of seniority, I am your second sister-in-law. In terms of age, you are younger than Ah Sheng. It is my duty to take care of you."
Mrs. Guo nodded slightly and said to Zhou Shaojin, "You don't have to be so polite to your second sister-in-law. Just remember your second sister-in-law's kindness and help Ah Sheng and the others when they have problems in the future."
Zhou Shaojin kept it in mind.
Mrs. Guo's eyes fell on the child's face with a smile again, and she asked Aunt Lu: "Did Silang send someone to deliver the letter?"
Cheng Chi would not be able to return to Beijing until the end of June after finishing his work. Because Zhou Shaojin gave birth, he was unable to make it back.
Madam Lu laughed and said, "As soon as the young master was born, we sent someone to deliver a letter to Kaifeng Prefecture eight hundred miles away."
Mrs. Guo nodded with satisfaction.
Nanny Lu was busy informing the good news to relatives and friends including Zhou Chujin from Xinglin Hutong, Shuangyu Hutong, Yushu Hutong, Cheng Zheng's in-laws Xu, Cheng Xiao's in-laws Yuan, and Cheng Sheng's in-laws Peng.
In just an hour, Zhou Chujin came over holding Guan Ge and Cheng Sheng came over holding Rui Ge'er.
Soon after, Cheng Zheng and Cheng Xiao came over with their children.
Ah Ren and Guan Ge'er were running around the room.
The room suddenly became lively.
Zhou Shaojin could imagine everyone's expressions through the screen. Although it was a little noisy, it made her feel friendly.
She kissed her son's pink and tender little face and fell asleep contentedly.
The days that followed were somewhat chaotic.
The first time breastfeeding, the first time holding a baby, the first time coaxing a baby to sleep... Although there were maids and old women around to help her, she was still worried about the baby and could not just leave him alone.
After finally sorting things out, Cheng Chi's letter arrived.
He named the child "Yun", but did not say when he would come back.
Zhou Shaojin was secretly worried.
Madam Guo nodded repeatedly and said, "This name is well chosen, the stone contains jade and the mountain shines. Now is the time for our Cheng family to keep a low profile."
Zhou Shaojin also thought that this name was a good one.
This is her and Cheng Chi's first child, and the eldest son. It would be better if he had a kind and tolerant personality and could tolerate his younger siblings.
Old Madam Guo discussed with her about the full moon ceremony: "… Why not invite everyone at home to have a good time, and then when the child is 100 days old, invite relatives and friends at home. By that time, Si Lang will have finished his job."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and nodded, saying, "I'll listen to my mother!"
Mrs. Guo laughed and was very happy.
Now that her youngest son has someone to succeed him, she will also have an explanation when she meets the ancestors of the Cheng family in the underworld.
Mrs. Guo went to prepare Yun'er's full-month gift, so Zhou Shaojin played with his son who was not even a month old yet.
Unfortunately, Yun Ge'er was sleeping most of the time. Occasionally he opened his eyes, took a nap, and then fell asleep again.
Zhou Shaojin never got tired of watching him. She would kiss his little face, touch his little hands, play with him, and her mind was entirely on her son. She didn't care about the full moon gift at all.
On the day of the full moon, she only invited relatives to come over for dinner and called in a female teacher to tell stories.
Cheng Jing even took half a day off for this purpose and asked Yuan to let him see Yun Ge.
Yun'er's wet nurse's surname was Ye. Zhou Chujin helped find her. She was a cousin of Guan'er's wet nurse. She was young, had fair and plump skin, and a gentle temperament. Zhou Shaojin was very satisfied with her.
She carefully wrapped the baby in fine cotton cloth and showed it to Cheng Jing.
Cheng Jing was so fond of the child that he wanted to hug him, but he was afraid to hurt the soft little thing. He smiled at Madam Guo and said, "This child is so beautiful, and looks exactly like my fourth brother when he was a child!"
"Yes, it looks very similar!" Cheng Shao smiled and touched the child's little hand.
Cheng Wen also squeezed over and said, "Let me see, let me see!"
Ye raised her arm and showed the child to Cheng Wen.
Cheng Wen smiled and handed a longevity lock inlaid with hundreds of treasures to Yun Ge'er.
Cheng Jing looked at Cheng Wen in a good mood and said with a smile: "Are you preparing this for your child?"
Even wealthy families would not let their children wear such flashy things. Firstly, it is tacky, and secondly, they are afraid that the child will be noticed by someone with ulterior motives and might kidnap and sell the child just for the longevity lock.
Cheng Wen laughed and said, "The gift is small but the thought is great. The gift is small but the thought is great!"
"So this is what 'a small gift is worth a thousand words'?" Cheng Jing said, pointing to the pigeon egg-sized ruby inlaid in the longevity locket. "Next time I give birth to a grandchild, you don't have to give our little grandchild anything too expensive. Just give us this."
Everyone laughed.
Ye took the opportunity to take the child back into the house.
Cheng Jing asked Cheng Wen, "Why didn't you see Nuo Ge'er? He is twenty-one years old this year, right?"
Cheng Wen looked a little uncomfortable when he heard this.
He knew that his son and his wife didn't get along, but as a father-in-law, he couldn't control what happened in his daughter-in-law's house, right
Or, let your son and daughter-in-law go back to Jinling
The thought flashed through his mind and he immediately rejected the idea.
Mrs. Wen herself is confused. It would be good if she were asked to persuade her son and daughter-in-law instead of trying to persuade them to divorce!
At this time, Cheng Wen missed his mistress more and more.
He could easily send his son and daughter-in-law back to Nanjing and bring his concubine over!
The more Cheng Wen thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible. He suddenly became absent-minded and said, "Since his fourth uncle Chi has a son, he will come anyway. It's just that he will be late. Two months ago, he met a few merchants who specialize in Western Regions business and took several thousand taels of silver worth of tea from our shop. This time he came again. Nuo Ge'er was leading a few people to look at the tea, and he rushed over as soon as he left."
This was the first time Cheng Jing had heard of this. He smiled and said, "It seems like your tea shop is doing pretty well!"
"It's just so-so, just so-so." Cheng Wen said, revealing a bit of pride in his expression, "It wasn't that good before, but luckily I bought the teahouse next door without hesitation, and Nuo Ge'er also worked hard and made two deals. Although he didn't make back his investment, he made up for the expenses of the past two years. This child, maybe he will follow in the footsteps of his fourth uncle Chi in the future!"
Everyone was speechless.
Mrs. Qiu quickly winked at her son.
Cheng Rang hesitated for a few breaths before stepping forward and saying, "Uncle, Uncle Wen, the feast is about to begin. I'll take you to the banquet room!"
This changed the subject.
Qiu gave Cheng Rang a thumbs up.
Cheng Rang smiled embarrassedly and followed him into the room.
Cheng Zheng also noticed that Cheng Nuo was not there, so she asked Wu Baozhang, "Is Brother Nuo busy?"
Wu Baozhang smiled and said, "It just so happens that a big deal has been received these two days. If the deal is successful, it will be enough to support him for one or two years. He had no choice but to send those merchants away first."
In fact, when she heard that Cheng Nuo couldn't come, she closed the door and laughed for a long time in the room.
Zhou Shaojin's son was one month old, but his cousin Cheng Nuo did not attend even though he was in the capital.
It was also a slap in the face to Zhou Shaojin.
So not only did she not stop Cheng Nuo from going out, she also told Cheng Nuo to focus on business, and she had her own explanation for Zhou Shaojin...
Cheng Xiao was very unhappy and whispered to her sister Cheng Zheng, "I didn't expect that Uncle Wu would be so disregardful of his relatives when it comes to business. He didn't even look embarrassed when Nuo Ge'er didn't come to attend Yun Ge'er's full-month ceremony."
Cheng Zheng said calmly: "But at least Uncle Wen can support himself now!"
That's true.
Cheng Xiao was too lazy to care about Cheng Wen anymore, and said to Cheng Zheng with a smile: "I'm going to see my aunt, do you want to come with me?"
"Let's go together!" Cheng Zheng said with a smile, and went to the inner room with her sister.
Yun Ge'er had eaten his fill and was lying in Zhou Shaojin's arms, blowing bubbles and playing.
"This child is so naughty!" Cheng Zheng smiled and hugged Yun Ge'er in her arms.
Yun Ge'er suddenly stopped spitting bubbles, and stared at Cheng Zheng with his clear blue eyes, not moving for a long time.
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Hey guys, today's update.
I started smoking again here,...
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