Li Zhengguo went to the health clinic directly after work. Seeing his granddaughter, he smiled so widely his teeth showed. "She's like Lu Shi."
Before her father entered the ward, Li Weili had already woken up. Hearing her father's words, Li Weili felt very proud.
"My daughter is smart, she knows how to pick good genes, unlike me..."
Li Zhengguo pointed at his daughter playfully. "Are you looking down on your grandpa?"
Li Weili glanced at her grandmother and chuckled, "I mean I should have been the elder sister before my older brothers. My daughter knows to be first, to get good genes, right?"
Li Mu eyed her granddaughter and urged her son-in-law to leave.
"Lu Shi, you go back and eat first. After eating, come back with your mother to keep watch tonight. I'll go back to eat and won't come back. I'll come back tomorrow morning."
Han Lu Shi hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
After Han Lu Shi left, Li Mu addressed her granddaughter. "From now on, don't mention your appearance again. You didn't inherit your mother's looks, and your parents are very satisfied. They think you're safest this way."
"Lu Shi has never cared that you always talk about your appearance. It's hurtful, and you're not ugly."
Li Weili stuck out her tongue. "Got it."
...
Han Lu Shi returned to the siheyuan, first washed up and changed his clothes before going to the kitchen to eat.
Ouyang Meihua and her husband, as well as Li Min and her husband, were all there. The four of them congratulated Han Lu Shi on the birth of his daughter.
Han Lu Shi smiled and thanked them.
This was the first time the Li family had seen a genuine, heartfelt smile on his face.
They usually only saw polite and respectful faint smiles.
A slight worry in Ouyang Meihua and Li Min's hearts disappeared. This nephew-in-law truly didn't care whether it was a boy or a girl.
Han Lu Shi ate his meal in a hurry, then left with the chicken soup and millet porridge.
Tian Jing grabbed a coat and went to the health clinic with Ouyang Meihua. Li Min followed behind them and got into the car.
In the car, she asked what she didn't understand. "Sister-in-law, didn't Lu Shi bring food for Mother before?"
Tian Jing pretended to concentrate on driving, not wanting to deal with her sister-in-law.
Ouyang Meihua, in the passenger seat, turned her head. "Lu Shi brought food for the mother. If you didn't bring food for Xiaofu, that's one thing. But when you bring food for Xiaofu, why didn't you think of Mother?"
"Besides, that was lunch in the summer, and this is dinner in the winter. We're picking Mother up to eat hot food. Mother will rest at home directly after eating. Are they the same?"
Li Min felt they were pretty much the same, but the glint in her sister-in-law's eyes was definitely a precursor to a physical beating. She didn't dare to speak the truth and could only shake her head. "They're not the same."
The three of them arrived at the ward. Li Weili had already drunk a bowl of porridge and was gnawing on a chicken leg, with a good appetite.
Li Min and Ouyang Meihua praised the little baby Xuanxuan after seeing her.
Li Weili grinned. Even though they praised her daughter while subtly criticizing her, she didn't mind.
Han Lu Shi picked up a tissue to wipe her mouth. "What do you want to eat tomorrow? Didn't you say you were a bit tired of chicken?"
Li Weili shook her head. "Even if I'm tired of it, I still have to eat it. Xuanxuan couldn't get any milk just now and cried from distress."
"Feed her formula."
"No, the nurse said breast milk contains many beneficial components that babies need, with immunity being the most important. Babies who are breastfed generally don't get sick before six months."
Han Lu Shi nodded. "Alright, alright, I'll listen to you. Don't rush, eat slowly."
Tian Jing took the granddaughter from her mother-in-law's arms and asked her sister-in-law to take her mother-in-law back.
Li Mu asked her granddaughter what she wanted to eat in the morning.
Li Weili licked her lips. "I want to eat pickled cabbage buns."
"No," Li Mu refused. "During confinement, you should eat lighter meals, and avoid sour foods. Otherwise, your teeth will ache when you eat something sour in the future."
Li Weili was very disappointed. "Then please arrange it, Grandma."
"Then Grandma will steam you some meat buns, okay?"
Li Weili nodded with a beaming smile.
After the three of them left, the ward became quiet. Tian Jing put the granddaughter in her arms into her daughter's quilt.
"Don't hold the baby to sleep. If she gets used to being held, you won't be able to put her down. You won't be able to put her down at night."
Li Weili shook her head. "It's Grandma who can't bear to let go."
Tucking in the corner of the quilt, Tian Jing looked up at her daughter. "After you finish the chicken, don't drink the soup. Xuanxuan is still young, and she can't drink much milk. If you supplement too much, you'll get engorged."
Li Weili nodded. "Mm-hmm, I'll stop after this chicken leg."
Han Lu Shi covered the food container and put it away, then took a washbasin to the bathroom to fetch water.
After washing her face and hands, Li Weili lay down and held her daughter. "Mom, didn't you bring a quilt?"
Tian Jing shook her head and put on her coat. "If you sleep in the quilt, it's too cold to get up at night."
Saying that, she looked at Han Lu Shi. "Lu Shi, you should go back. I'll be fine here."
Han Lu Shi shook his head. "If I don't stay here, I won't feel at ease."
Tian Jing stopped bothering him and leaned against the head of the other bed, closing her eyes to rest.
Not long after, little Xuanxuan started to cry.
Tian Jing changed her granddaughter's diaper. Han Lu Shi scalded a small towel to help Li Weili wipe herself.
This time, with little Xuanxuan's efforts, her "food" flowed out abundantly. She slept again after only a few sips.
In the morning, Li Mu and Ouyang Meihua came very early to deliver breakfast, even bringing breakfast for Tian Jing and Han Lu Shi.
Li Mu asked if the baby had slept soundly during the night.
"Not bad," Tian Jing nodded. "She woke up three times."
Li Mu told Tian Jing and Han Lu Shi to go back, and that she and Ouyang Meihua would stay here to accompany them.
Han Lu Shi was reluctant to leave and was sent away by Li Mu.
"You go back and tidy up the east wing's ear room. Lili will live in the ear room after she's discharged. It'll be convenient for me to look after them day and night."
"If you don't mind, you can also live in the east wing's ear room."
Han Lu Shi nodded. "I'll live in the east wing's ear room too. Thank you for your trouble, Grandma."
"It's no trouble," Li Mu waved her hand. "I love looking after babies. You should go back quickly."
Tian Jing returned in Han Lu Shi's car. She slept for the entire morning, with Li Min busy with everything.
When she woke up, Li Min chided her. "Sister-in-law, you've been spoiled by my brother and mother."
"You only looked after Lili and her baby for one night, and then you slept all morning. If it weren't for me, who would eat for the people at the hospital? Who would eat for the people getting off work?"
Tian Jing yawned. "I'm old, I can't stay up all night anymore."
"Nonsense!" Li Min complained indignantly. "My mother is the one who's old, and she's still planning to look after Lili during her confinement. I need to have a good talk with you. Xuanxuan is your granddaughter..."
Tian Jing waved her hand to interrupt her. "Xuanxuan is also Mother's great-granddaughter. Mother likes her, and Mother has been looking forward to taking care of babies for a long time. I can't compete with Mother."
"Besides, Han Lu Shi doesn't want to be separated from Lili and their baby. Should I let their family of three live in the west ear room?"
Li Min paused. "Hmph! It seems like you're always right. I wonder how your three daughters-in-law will fare?"
"Don't worry," Tian Jing said with a dismissive smile. "I don't need to worry about Ziyu. Hao Hao's wife has maternity leave and can return to give birth. With Mother and you helping, I'll be relaxed."
"As for Ran Ran, it's best if he finds a mother-in-law who can help. If not, aren't you and Mother still here?"
"Hmph, I'm also one of the people who spoiled you." Li Min, annoyed, turned and went into the kitchen.
Tian Jing shook her head and smiled. She had indeed been spoiled.
...
Three days later, Li Weili was discharged. Various women came to visit the confinement mother in succession. They all brought wild eggs. After seeing the baby, they all gave red envelopes.
The red envelopes were not small, either five hundred or a thousand.
Tian Jing recorded them all. These were favors she owed.
When Xuanxuan was a month old, the family of three moved to the back courtyard. Han Lu Shi learned a lot from Li Mu and was very skilled at taking care of his wife and daughter at night.
Li Mu and Tian Jing were both very relieved.