Xiaobao on the bed has his index and middle fingers in his mouth. He clenched his tiny fingers and turned his head towards Yan Yixuan with an aggrieved expression.
Yan Yixuan lends over and picks the baby up. The blanket was not wet so he thought the baby shouldn't be crying because he was cold. The baby just woke up from sleep not too long ago, so he shouldn't be sleepy either. Then there's only one reason, hunger.
Yan Yixuan focused all his attention on feeding him properly, Xiabao calmed down and started to suck his bottle. A real knows when to give in to a situation.
The way he eagerly gulped down the food and refused to let go shows how much he enjoyed the milk. His tiny stomach started to bulge as he greedily sucked on the bottle.
But soon the bottle was taken from his mouth and he was put back in his crib. Xiaobao looked at his empty hands and at the man in confusion as if asking; 'I'm not done yet, why did you take the food away?'
"You shouldn't consume too much liquid at once, your stomach won't be able to handle it." Yan Yixuan saw the confusion in his baby eyes and explained.
Xiaobao was obviously not convinced and kept waving his arms, trying to reach for the bottle.
Yan Yixuan looked at him for a few seconds and poked his bulge belly with interest.
Xiaobao didn't expect his belly to be poked, before he could react, he had already burped loudly and puked on himself.
Two pairs of eyes with different sizes stared at each other, obviously speechless.
"See? You overate."
Yan Yixuan didn't bother to clean Xiaobao right away. A little vomit won't hurt him. He picked up the other baby who had been quiet. Even though he was hungry as well, he still didn't cry. Yan Yixuan didn't know whether this behavior was normal, he'd never been in contact with children this age. Right now, he'll just keep observing.
Suiyun was doubting life while drinking milk at this moment. First of all; he had no idea why Zhou Xiaobao suddenly pulled him on the road and the two of them got crushed by the ambulance. He doesn't know where the person is right down but this new life didn't seem promising. Not with such a noisy brother next to him. He bet that Xiaobao might not be that noisy.
Little did he know…..
After feeding the twins, Yan Yixuan cleaned them up, changed the bedding and tucked them in bed. He was also sleepy so he took a quick shower before going to bed himself. When other people give birth, they don't have to worry about minor issues because people are there to help them. As for him, he already has a lot of stigma on him and was already numb towards human resentment. After all he did for the Yan family over the years, they still refuse to accept him. He was even betrayed by the person he thought loved him the most.
Now was not the time to think about useless memories. Now was not the time to let his thoughts wander to things he doesn't want to remember. Now is not the time to be depressed. There will be another opportunity when he wakes up tomorrow and needs energy to take care of the twins. For now he can sleep peacefully.
The night can be very short once you fall asleep.
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Cock-a-doodle-doo...
The loud cocking of the rooster woke the family of three up. Xiaobao, one of the twins who was having a sweet dream, was woken up by the crowing sound. He was startled at first but then he began to cry. His crying was even louder than the rooster cock.
Yan Yixuan picked him up and held him close and tried to comfort him as tears poured from Xiaobao's big eyes. He gently rocked the crying little thing in his arms while trying to shush the cries.
Siuyun in the other crib stared at the ceiling blandly and began to doubt life again. 'Is it too late to be reborn elsewhere?'
Yan Yixuan yawned as he turned his eyes from the ceiling clock to look at the crying baby in his arms, he sighed; "If you keep crying like this, I might not be able to get anything done this morning and your food will be delayed again."
To Xiaobao it was interpreted as a threat, 'You won't eat if you keep crying!'
Xiaobao looks at his father with teary eyes and stops crying, only letting out small whimpers. Yan Yixuan sighed heavily: "Give up, I don't know how to comfort you anyway. You might as well catch up on your sleep."
Xiaobao: (#_#)
He can only give up. With such a cold father around, he can already see how difficult his future days would be.
Seeing that his son had finally stopped crying, Yan Yixuan put him back in his crib and went out to get himself busy. He first fed Xiaomi some herbs and harvested the milk. He then used the same method to remove the impurities from the milk before filling the baby bottles. Then he went to the kitchen, made breakfast porridge for himself and heated up bath water for the twins. Afterward, he went outside to check if any crops needed harvesting. When Yan Yixuan came back into the house , Xiaobao and Siuyun had fallen back asleep. So he decided to take a bowl of porridge for old lady Wang.
Old lady Wang is an old widow who lives with her ten years old granddaughter. She's a kind hearted old lady who has been a widow for 30 years. She has two children, her son was out of the country and she hadn't heard from for years. Her daughter died of sickness three years ago. Since she was just a concubine, her husband's family wasn't kind towards her. After her death, they threw her 7 years old daughter out to live with her granddaughter.
Yan Yixuan felt sorry for her and had been sending her food and daily necessities along with other caring villagers.
When he arrived, the old and young were in the kitchen making fire. The little girl was the first one to see him. "Uncle Yan is here." She cleaned the dust from her hands and ran to greet him.
Good morning Mina, how are you?" asked Yan Yixuan. Mina was the girl's name.
Mina smiled brightly at him: "Grandma wasn't feeling well yesterday so we didn't come to congratulate you."
"No problem, Grandma's health is more important." Yan Yixuan patted her head gently.
The little girl nodded vigorously and reached out her hands; "Uncle Yan, I'll help you with the bowl"
"Mina is always helpful." Yan Yixuan hands the bowl to her and follows her to the kitchen.
"Yixuan is here. Have a seat, I didn't expect you to come today." As she spoke, old lady Wang got up and pulled a wooden stool for Yan Yixuan, "Come and sit. Yesterday was a very important day to you but I..."
"Mina told me you weren't feeling well yesterday, I understand." He shook his head and continued, "I bought you a bowl of porridge, eat while it's still hot. No one is at home so I won't stay any longer."
Old lady Wang thanked him sincerely, after saying a few more words and farewell, Yan Yixuan went back home.
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