Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 1389: Extra Eighteen: The Chubby Girl

From the rupture of the amniotic sac to the birth of the child, it took less than two hours, yet Mo Yan suffered more pain than some women who endured longer labors, to the extent that the moment she realized she had given birth to a daughter, she could no longer bear it and fainted.

When she awoke again, it was already dark outside, and the light emanating from the lantern on the bedside table shone on her face, still showing traces of fatigue and paleness.

"Yanyan, you’re awake?" Xiao Ruiyuan, who had been by her bedside, saw Mo Yan waking up and showed a hint of joy on his face, "How do you feel, any discomforts?"

Mo Yan slowly shook her head, struggling to sit up, only to find her body weak and without strength. A certain part of her lower body felt as if it had been torn open again, the pain causing her to furrow her brows and emit a hissing gasp.

Xiao Ruiyuan became anxious and quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Don’t move, let your husband help you up." As he spoke, he gently lifted the quilt and cradled Mo Yan in his arms, propping her up against the headboard. He then placed several pillows behind her back and covered her with the quilt again.

Mo Yan looked around the room and asked with an anxious expression, "Where’s the child? Where has the child gone?"

Xiao Ruiyuan held his wife’s hand and soothed her softly, "The child is sleeping in the next room, when she wakes up, your husband will have the wet nurse bring her over for you to see."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan felt relieved, but still a bit uneasy she asked, "Is the child alright? Before I passed out, I heard her crying very loudly!"

Thinking of his chubby daughter who was sleeping in the next room, Xiao Ruiyuan’s lips curled into a loving smile, "The child weighs six taels, she is very healthy. Yanyan, you’ve worked hard." After speaking, he tenderly kissed his wife’s forehead, his words filled with gratitude.

"Six taels?" Mo Yan gasped, such a large chubby baby, could she really have given birth to her?

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Xiao Ruiyuan, who had been terrified before, now chuckled at his wife’s astonished appearance and touched her head as he told her another piece of good news, "Not long after you gave birth, your mother also had a little brother, just two hours after our daughter."

"A brother?" Mo Yan heard this and immediately snapped back to reality from the shock of having given birth to an eight-taels-six baby girl, "Is mother alright? And the little brother?"

Xiao Ruiyuan said, "Your mother is fine, it seems she didn’t suffer much. The young uncle is two taels lighter than our daughter, but he is also very healthy, you don’t need to worry."

Mo Yan completely let go of her worries, and, struck by a sudden thought, she chuckled, "Our daughter is clearly older and heavier than the little uncle, but because of the generational difference, she will have to call him ’uncle’ in the future, just the thought of it is amusing."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ruiyuan imagined the future scene of his chubby daughter calling a boy of the same age ’uncle’, and a smirk appeared on his lips, "I just fear that the nephew and uncle growing up together will end up calling each other by their names and cause a laugh."

Mo Yan considered this and felt it was highly likely. She also thought it would be nice for her chubby daughter to grow up with a same-age uncle, that perhaps their affection for each other would be strong. Then, struck by a whimsical idea, she said, "Why don’t we discuss it with my parents, and see if we can raise the chubby daughter and the brother together?"

Xiao Ruiyuan thought it was a good idea, but not very practical, "Your mother has had a child late in life and probably wants to raise the young uncle herself. If you are willing to part with our chubby daughter, you could send her to the Scholar Mansion."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan quickly shook her head, "Forget it then, I can’t bear to part with our chubby daughter."

As the couple was talking, a loud cry suddenly came from the next room. Mo Yan’s eyes lit up, and she urged her husband hastily, "Go bring our chubby daughter over, I don’t even know what she looks like."

Xiao Ruiyuan, without saying another word, stood up and opened the door to leave. In a short while, he returned with a child wrapped up snugly in his arms, a wet nurse and a maid following behind him.

"Let me have a look quickly." Mo Yan sat up straight, eagerly reaching out to take her.

Xiao Ruiyuan, however, stepped aside, placing the child next to Mo Yan, "The child is too heavy, you’re in confinement now, it’s best not to hold her."

Knowing this was for her own good, Mo Yan didn’t insist, but simply withdrew her hand and gently touched her chubby daughter’s tender cheeks, her eyes filled with affection.

Strangely enough, the child who had been wailing loudly stopped crying as soon as she lay beside Mo Yan.

Newborns usually have wrinkly skin like little old men, but Mo Yan’s plump daughter’s skin was ruddy and not wrinkled at all, especially her round and plump little face which had very pretty features. It was foreseeable that she would grow up to be a beautiful girl.

At this moment, the chubby daughter was opening her big, limpid eyes and smacking her tender little mouth as if looking for food. Her delicate nose twitched, seemingly catching the scent of her mother. This adorable image almost melted Mo Yan’s heart.

Mo Yan watched her chubby daughter without blinking until the girl, once again overwhelmed by hunger, began to cry loudly. She looked at her husband, uncertain, and asked, "Why is she crying again? Is our chubby daughter uncomfortable somewhere?"

Xiao Ruiyuan, a new father, didn’t know what to do either. He picked up the child who was crying heartbreakingly and looked at the nursemaid they had carefully chosen.

Stepping forward, the nursemaid respectfully replied, "To Lord Hou, Lady, the girl has only been fed once since birth. She must be crying from hunger."

Mo Yan’s heart relaxed, and she quickly said, "Then take her down to feed her quickly. If she keeps crying, her voice will be ruined."

"Yes, Lady!" The nursemaid complied, took the child from Xiao Ruiyuan’s hands, held her, and withdrew.

Mo Yan watched her chubby daughter leave and listened attentively to the noises from the next room until the girl stopped crying before she sighed in relief and quickly began to unfasten her clothes.

Xiao Ruiyuan’s throat tightened as he watched, struggling with his agitation, and asked, "Yanyan, what are you doing?"

Mo Yan, unfastening her clothes without lifting her head, replied, "I’m letting down my milk. I want to nurse our daughter myself."

While breast milk was the most nutritious, Mo Yan knew hers would be even better than the nursemaid’s. She had initially found a nursemaid hoping she would help take care of the child, but Mo Yan had never intended for her daughter to be fed by someone else.

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Ever since the chubby girl had her first taste of her mother’s milk, she refused to drink from the nursemaid and would only recognize her mother’s scent. She needed to be close to her mother to sleep soundly through the night; otherwise, her cries could disturb the entire General Mansion, preventing anyone from sleeping well.

Apart from that, the chubby girl was easy to care for. She would make soft humming noises when hungry or wet, and would only cry loudly if she wasn’t fed or changed in time. There wasn’t an easier child to look after.

However, Mo Yan was somewhat struggling. She woke up three times every night to nurse, which made it very difficult for her to get a good night’s sleep and also affected Xiao Ruiyuan, who shared the bed with her.

According to tradition, Mo Yan shouldn’t share a bed with her husband during her postnatal period. Despite Mo Yan’s persuasion several times, Xiao Ruiyuan refused to sleep in separate rooms and wouldn’t let the maid stay up at night either. If Mo Yan was responsible for nursing, he took on the task of changing diapers, and was always the first to wake up at the chubby daughter’s humming to check if she had wet herself again.

In the first few days, he inevitably fumbled and struggled with diaper changes but became more proficient as time went on. He didn’t mind dealing with the soiled diapers at all, which once again amazed the servants of the house.

The chubby girl was already plump by nature, and with the loving care from her parents, she was quite hefty by the time of her full moon celebration. She had grown an inch and a half in length and gained five more pounds in weight, looking even chubbier than before, and comparable to a three-month-old child.

On the day of the full moon celebration, Mo Qingze and his wife Cui Qingrou brought their son, who also turned a month old on the same day, over for a visit. The nephew and cousin had their first formal meeting.

The chubby girl’s third-day bath and full moon celebrations coincided with her cousin’s, and after some discussions between the two families, one was set for the morning feast and the other for the afternoon feast. As the younger one, both of the chubby daughter’s celebrations were arranged for the afternoon.

The two children were placed side by side, and the chubby girl was three sizes larger than her cousin. Mo Yan was full of concern, worrying that her chubby daughter might not slim down as she grew older, with her weight increasing proportionally with her age. She constantly thought about whether she should put her chubby daughter on a diet...