20demayo Chapter 474
Chapter 474
...When Si Nian returned home, Zhou Zedong went straight into the kitchen.
Because from last night until now, she hadn't eaten anything.
When Zhou Yueshen walked into the kitchen to help, his son was already flipping through a cookbook for pregnant women.
Zhou Yueshen: "......."
He walked out, wanting to help change the baby's diaper, only to find the Second Child holding a diaper and gesturing at his son.
Zhou Yueshen: "......"
He walked around in a circle and returned to the room, thinking that Si Nian definitely wanted to change into clean clothes.
But as soon as he entered, he saw his daughter sticking her bottom out, half her body inside the wardrobe rummaging around, asking in a milky voice, "Mommy, is it this one?"
Si Nian smiled and said, "Yes, that's the one."
Zhou Yueshen: "......"
This home felt so unfamiliar.
...
That night, Si Nian suffered from clogged milk ducts.
Little Tuanzi puffed out his cheeks and sucked hard but couldn't get anything out. He was about to fall asleep but opened his eyes again, looking at his mother blankly, not understanding why the milk was gone.
Si Nian felt pain from the sucking and frowned. She had been leaking milk earlier, so her supply was plentiful.
But she hadn't expected to get a clogged duct. Now she felt uncomfortably engorged, and it was even starting to hurt.
The doctor had mentioned this condition, but there were too many instructions at the time, and she couldn't remember clearly.
She could only look for Zhou Yueshen and ask him what to do.
Zhou Yueshen's voice was a bit dry: "It needs to be unclogged. It's okay, I'll help you."
Si Nian was still a bit suspicious. "Can you do it?"
Zhou Yueshen: "?......"
Sure enough, listening to the doctor was the right choice. After a night of hard work from Zhou Yueshen, their son finally got to eat.
Zhou Yueshen also found his sense of presence in this home.
The next day, he and Si Nian named the baby. Because they weren't sure of the gender beforehand, they hadn't chosen a name in advance.
Now, after a family discussion, the name was finalized.
It was Zhou Zeyi.
Choosing one and staying true to the end.
Logically speaking, the nickname should have been Third Brother.
However, because of their sworn brother Little Jiang Jiu, they changed it to Little Four.
Si Nian also loved the child Jiang Jiu very much, so she had no objections.
Second Child, however, was acting smug.
Because he had always been a younger brother to others, he felt it wasn't very impressive.
Although Jiang Jiu was Third Brother, he was the same age as him after all, and he was someone else's child. Although he often considered himself an older brother, he still couldn't show off his authority like a real older brother.
Now that he had his own younger brother, he was thrilled.
Imitating how his older brother used to take care of them, he wiped Little Four's bottom and dressed him every day.
Yaoyao, on the other hand, liked to give her younger brother all sorts of cute little items, like small hair clips, little rubber bands, bows, and such.
They were all her favorite things.
In the blink of an eye, about ten days passed. Because Si Nian was doing her postpartum confinement, she couldn't bathe or wash her hair. Although she loved cleanliness and found it unbearable, she also knew that catching a cold during confinement would be bad for her. For the sake of her future health, being a little dirty wasn't something she couldn't endure.
But while she could accept it herself, she didn't want Zhou Yueshen to have to accept it. It was fine if she was dirty on her own, but it made her uncomfortable to have her man lying next to her, holding a dirty her.
Because she hadn't bathed, coupled with the hot weather and the inability to use a fan, Si Nian felt she reeked of milk and sweat. Her hair, which was thick to begin with, was greasy and knotted.
She had never been so unkempt.
Moreover, because she had too much milk, she would often get clogged ducts, which was incredibly painful.
She would wake up from the pain in the middle of the night, look at her man, and whimper. Upon hearing her voice, Zhou Yueshen would get up to help massage and unclog her ducts, and Si Nian would groan softly before falling back asleep.
After unclogging the milk, he had to change his son's diaper and coax him to sleep.
Only after taking good care of the mother and son would he lie down, getting up early the next morning to prepare formula for his son.
After all, making Si Nian get up so early every day to breastfeed was quite a cruel thing for her.
By the time Si Nian woke up, their son had already eaten and drank his fill and was sleeping sweetly.
Over the past half month, the baby had barely cried.
As soon as he let out a peep, the several males in the family would immediately run over.
They would coax him back to happiness in no time.
As a result, Si Nian didn't feel the hardships of raising a child at all.
In the past, to win over the children, she had racked her brains to make delicious food for them, trying her best to bring them back to a normal life.
Now, it could be considered that she was getting her reward.
The whole family was happy.
The unhappy one was Xiao Bowen. Ever since his mother returned, she would keep an eye on him from time to time and seek him out in private.
It made him very afraid, and he didn't even dare to go play at the Zhou family's house anymore.
Another unhappy one was Jiang Jiu. Someone was trying to matchmake for his father, and he didn't want a stranger to be his mother. Lately, he had been keeping a close eye on his dad, terrified that he would be snatched away.
Watching Zhou Zedong and his brother rush home without stopping the moment class ended, saying they wanted to help their mother take care of their younger brother.
The two children sighed at the same time.
Then, they exchanged a glance.
"Why are you sighing?" Jiang Jiu asked.
"Could it be that you also want to go play at Second Brother's house?"
Xiao Bowen blushed, "I don't want to go at all."
"I want to go," Jiang Jiu said honestly. "I want to go see what the little brother looks like. Second Brother said that from now on, I am Little Four's older brother."
Hearing this, Xiao Bowen disagreed, "You aren't his relative, why are you his older brother?"
His tone was full of sourness.
Zhou Zedong and Zhou Zehan were his older brothers.
So wasn't their younger brother his younger brother too?
Jiang Jiu said, "Because we made a sworn brotherhood like in the Peach Garden."
After speaking, he saw the person running far away without waiting for him to hesitate. After thinking it over, he hurriedly chased after him, "Wait for me, Second Brother, I'll go with you to see the little brother."
Seeing him run off, Xiao Bowen pursed his lips and said, "It's not safe for you to go alone, I'll accompany you!"
After saying that, regardless of whether the other heard it or not, he chased after him.
After Zhou Zedong returned home, he went into the kitchen to cook.
Second Child went over to change his younger brother's diaper.
Jiang Jiu and Xiao Bowen brought their heads close, staring curiously at Zhou Zeyi.
Jiang Jiu: "Wow, he's so chubby."
Xiao Bowen wrinkled his nose: "He's so stinky."
Zhou Zehan immediately said, "My little brother is not stinky! Is your poop fragrant?"
He said that, but he was obviously smoked out so much that he couldn't even keep his eyes open.
Wrinkling his little nose, he changed the diaper while saying to his older brother who had just come out of the kitchen, "Brother, little brother really is a bit stinky today."
Zhou Zedong glanced at him and said, "You used to be even stinkier than him."
"You used to just poop directly in your pants."
Jiang Jiu & Xiao Bowen simultaneously distanced themselves from Zhou Zehan.
Zhou Zehan: "..."
Si Nian sat on the sofa, watching the several children circling around her son, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Thinking of something, she asked, "Little Jiu, Bowen, did you tell your families that you were coming here?"
The two guys who had been staring at Little Tuanzi finally snapped back to reality, their expressions suddenly changing.
Seeing their expressions, Si Nian knew they hadn't.
She smiled and said, "It's alright, I'll just give your families a call to let them know."
After saying that, she stood up.
Just then, she heard Da Huang barking outside the door.