Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 586 - 546: Li Family Welcomes a New Member (2)_2
Chai Eying leaned against the headboard, smiling slightly at the father and sons.
Nanny Jiang laughed and said, "Jingjing, even when he wakes up, he won’t play. He’ll have to grow as big as Guoguo before he can play."
Li Jing looked at Guoguo beside him and sighed, "That will take a long, long time."
"Quickly enough, by this time next year he’ll be playing with you. But now that you have a younger brother or sister, you must set an example as the elder brother and stop playing near the pond like this morning. You might lead your younger siblings astray. Remember that?" Li Xingmao took the opportunity to remind Li Jing.
Li Jing was frightened today; he didn’t dare go near anymore.
He shook his head vigorously, "I won’t go near the pond again."
"Aside from the pond, don’t go to any other places that adults have warned are dangerous. Do you understand?" Li Xingmao added.
"Uh-huh." Li Jing obediently replied.
"Big brother, are you done talking? Bring the child outside for me to see." From the outer room, Prince Luling shouted loudly.
Chai Eying nudged Li Xingmao, "Bring the child out for everyone to see."
Li Xingmao glanced outside, "Alright, I’ll bring him right away."
There are now three rooms in the South Courtyard.
One large bedroom is for the couple, with a screen placed in front of the bed. Outside the screen is the living room, furnished with a temporary resting couch, rocking chair, tea table, and a small bookcase with a mini treasure cabinet.
Outside the bedroom is the main hall, and beyond that is a slightly smaller room, originally Guoguo and Jingjing’s bedroom. After Chai Eying became pregnant, the two children were moved to other rooms, and the ear room was left empty.
Now, Prince Luling and the others are waiting in the main hall to see the baby.
Li Xingmao had the baby wrapped up and brought to the main hall.
Princess Consort Luling immediately followed.
"Let me see." Prince Luling took the baby in his arms and laughed heartily, "Good, he looks good. I’ve thought of a name, Li Yu. What do you all think? In Jingjing’s generation, everyone has a name related to the sun, just like ’Yu’ and ’Jing’."
Nanny Jiang came over from the bedroom, laughing, "Third young lady said this name is well chosen; she likes it."
"That’s good, haha." Prince Luling was very pleased and held the baby, refusing to let go.
But then, the baby started crying.
Princess Consort Luling snatched the baby from his arms and glared at Prince Luling in reproach, "Can’t you speak softly? Why are you so loud? You frightened the child into crying."
"I think he clearly just got hungry." Prince Luling looked aggrieved.
"You scared him." Princess Consort Luling didn’t let Prince Luling see the baby again and took him to the bedroom.
Prince Luling looked disappointed, "I haven’t seen his face clearly yet..."
Li Yuzhu came over with a smile, "Dad, seeing him tomorrow won’t be too late. Sister-in-law needs to rest; it’s late. You should rest early too?"
"Rest, rest." If he can’t see the baby, why not go rest?
Prince Luling also told Li Xingmao, "Take care of your wife." He urged everyone else to rest too.
Li Yu En took Guoguo and Jingjing to her room to sleep.
Mu Yuanxiu approached Li Yuzhu, "Are you tired? Do you need to rest for a bit?"
Li Yuzhu smiled and gently pushed him, "You go back up the mountain first, I need to stay with Sister-in-law; I can’t leave at the moment."
She was worried about a serious hemorrhage.
Although everything went smoothly, to be honest, better safe than sorry.
The first 24 hours after childbirth are unpredictable in terms of the mother’s safety.
Mu Yuanxiu refused to leave, "I’ll rest at Uncle Gui’s place, call me if anything happens."
Li Yuzhu smiled and agreed, "Okay."
Princess Consort Luling had just somewhat recovered from her cold, and after toiling for a day and a half, she was exhausted. Li Xingmao also persuaded her to rest.
She didn’t go back to the North Courtyard House, but rested in the small ear room in the South Courtyard.
Li Yuzhu and Nanny Jiang stayed in Chai Eying’s bedroom to watch over her.
Li Xingmao went to the kitchen to prepare supper, as Chai Eying had worked hard for so long and needed to eat something.
At this moment, laughter could be heard from the entrance of the house.
Li Xingmao strode toward the sound.
It turned out to be the Chai Family Eldest Young Master and family; Uncle Gui had informed them that Chai Eying had just given birth.
Sister-in-law Chai held Chai Tianlang’s hand, running to the South Courtyard, "Li Dalang? Where’s the baby? Where’s Eying?"
"Sister-in-law, you’ve arrived? Eying just went to sleep." Li Xingmao replied with a smile and patted Tian Lang’s head, "Tian Lang, you have a little cousin now."
"Oh, has she gone to sleep? We’re late, didn’t get to be with Eying." Sister-in-law Chai seemed disappointed.
"Is that sister-in-law? I didn’t sleep." Chai Eying said from the bedroom.
Sister-in-law Chai laughed, "I was worried about disturbing you, Tian Lang and I will come in."
Li Xingmao led Sister-in-law Chai into the bedroom.
Li Yuzhu and Nanny Jiang greeted them.
From the ear room, just after resting, Princess Consort Luling also came over.
Sister-in-law Chai wiped her hands with the handkerchief that Nanny Jiang handed her, and then smiled as she picked up the baby, while Chai Tianlang curiously crowded over for a look.
"Sister-in-law Chai, you must have been tired coming all the way here?" Princess Consort Luling smiled and urged Li Xingmao to go to the kitchen to fetch supper.
The women of the house had been busy all day, leaving the supper preparations to Li Xingmao and Mu Yuanxiu, the two men. She wondered if they would manage to prepare a proper supper.
Princess Consort Luling was a bit worried, hoping not to be laughed at by Sister-in-law Chai.
Sister-in-law Chai, being a cheerful person, smiled and said, "It’s okay, not too tiring."
With Chai Family Eldest Young Master here, Mu Yuanxiu couldn’t rest either, and helped Li Xingmao bring supper to the main hall.
Supper consisted of sweet rice wine dumplings, savory red date chicken soup, and millet with brown sugar porridge.
Sister-in-law Chai pointed to the millet with brown sugar porridge, "This is good, let’s give this to Eying."
Princess Consort Luling handed it to Chai Eying.
Nanny Jiang took the baby and urged Sister-in-law Chai to have supper.
While others ate in the outer room, Chai Eying ate in the bedroom, accompanied by Li Xingmao. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
"I cooked the millet porridge, how does it taste?" Li Xingmao asked with anticipation, watching Chai Eying.
Chai Eying was surprised, "Oh, husband cooked it?"
Li Xingmao blinked, "Is it not good? Mu Yuanxiu said it was alright."
Chai Eying laughed, "It’s good, just perfect." She hadn’t expected Li Xingmao to be able to cook, and it amused her.
Li Xingmao watched her eat and said bashfully, "The only ones who can cook at home are Nanny Jiang, my mother, and Third Sister, but they’re all looking after you. We had no choice but to cook ourselves, Mu Yuanxiu and I."
Chai Eying smiled as she handed him the empty bowl, "More, please."
"Okay." Li Xingmao relaxed a bit, it seemed his cooking was passable?
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While Li Xingmao went to get more millet porridge, Sister-in-law Chai stepped inside the screen.
In here were just Chai Eying and Nanny Jiang.
Only the Chai family members.
Sister-in-law Chai immediately asked Chai Eying, in a low voice, about the situation during childbirth.
Chai Eying smiled slightly, "Their family treated me very well."
"What does ’very well’ mean?" Sister-in-law Chai was worried that her younger sister-in-law would be emotional and always speak positively about her in-laws.
Sister-in-law Chai didn’t have parents-in-law, the parents of Chai Eying and her siblings died early, but they had step-parents.
When she gave birth, she didn’t even have a sip of hot soup from the Chai family, not even hot water; her step in-laws didn’t care about her.
Luckily, her husband had fallen out with her step-parents and led her to live separately; otherwise, she wouldn’t have had good days.
So she was also worried that after Chai Eying gave birth, she’d be neglected by her in-laws — that the Li Family might only care about the baby and not the mother who just gave birth.
This situation where a woman is treated one way by her in-laws before pregnancy and another after giving birth was often discussed by women visiting her shop.
Nanny Jiang said, "Mrs. Li holds Third Young Lady in high regard, Miss Yuzhu has been by her side, never leaving, and oh, Li Dalang has also been constantly there with Third Young Lady, only sent outside when the delivery was near by Mrs. Li. Mr. Li was even waiting outside; Sister-in-law, shortly after you arrived, he had just left."
Chai Eying held her sister-in-law’s hand, "Sister-in-law, don’t let your imagination run wild; it’s not good. The Li Family treats me very well."
