The cry of the newborn echoed in the snowy night, and Cui'er's whole body was devoted to giving birth, and now she already felt like she was in prostration.

Lian Qingshan had already changed his clothes and stayed at the head of Cui'er's bed, looking at his wife's forehead covered with sweat, her face was full of exhaustion, and she gently wiped it with a towel.

"Huiya, you're back safely?" Cui'er asked in a soft voice with half-squinted eyes.

"Well, it's back, don't worry. She's keeping watch outside, and when the house is cleaned up, she'll call her in to see you. Lian Qingshan knew that Cui'er was thinking about her in her heart, and said carefully, the newborn child in her ears was still crying, and her voice was very loud.

"Why is this little thing still crying?" Cui'er was so tired and sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, but there was a child's cry in her ears all the time, "Bring him over and let me see, why are you crying so much?" ”

"Miss, look at how good the little master looks!" Mama Gui is an old man who takes care of the children, neatly put the little doll into a candle bag, and carefully handed it over to Lian Qingshan.

Why don't you give it to Cui'er? Seeing that Cui'er is sleepy, if she hands the child to her, she may not be able to hold it steadily! What if you drop your child on the ground?

The little doll was wrapped in a quilt, clenching her little fists and crying so hard. There is no hair on the round little head, and nothing else can be seen on a small face, but I feel that the skin is pink and tender, and the face is round and smooth, like a little Lantern Festival with hawthorn stuffing.

"It's hilarious!" Cui'er couldn't help but reach out and touch the little doll's face, with a loving smile on her face. Although this little thing is not his first child like Soft and Soft, it is also born from his own hard work, although he cries a little and makes a little noise, but it is also very cute.

The little thing in the swaddling clothes. I don't know if I felt the warmth of my mother, but I took Cui'er's finger in my mouth and sucked it with relish. Looking at the little meat ball that didn't cry or make trouble, Cui'er's heart was soft, and she took this little thing into her arms to feed, and her heart was full.

After eating and drinking, the little things slowly quieted down. Cui'er looked at his round little face. Suddenly, I remembered that the Lantern Festival I had just eaten was here, "This little thing was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, is it okay to call it Lantern Festival?" ”

"Good. Whatever you say, it's fine! Even Qingshan looked at his wife who had suffered a lot in order to give birth to a child for herself, and she couldn't wait to pluck all the stars in the sky for her, where could she care about fighting for a small name! So the little thing like a pill in his arms. The nickname was officially decided, and it was called Lantern Festival!

It didn't take a while. Cui'er's bedding in the delivery room was cleaned up, and Cui'er leaned on the kang and watched Huiya walk in with a pair of swollen eyes.

"Huiya, come here!" Cui'er saw Hui Ya and called Hui Ya to her side again and again. Although his body couldn't move, he looked up and down at Huiya.

Seeing that she didn't receive any harm, Cui'er breathed a sigh of relief. "Are you frightened? Just come back, don't be afraid! ”

"Aunt Cui!" Huiya looked at Cui'er's haggard face. Tears fell. Because she was taken away, Cui'er knew about the premature birth that she was worried about, and Huiya heard about it after she entered the house.

When Huiya was waiting outside, she was really shocked and scared, for fear that something would go wrong with Cui'er when the ghost door was closed to give birth. To be honest, Huiya was drugged and patted away, and even when she was grabbed by her throat, she was not so afraid.

Now that she sees Aunt Cui, Huiya only feels as if all the grievances in her heart have poured out, and tears are falling.

"Good boy, you have been wronged." Cui'er couldn't help crying when she saw Huiya like this, she hugged Huiya into her arms and coaxed her, and her heart was crumbled.

"Aunt Cui, it's all Huiya's bad, Huiya's playfulness makes you worry......" Huiya's crying was heavy, knowing that she shouldn't cry like this and keep causing Cui'er to shed tears, but she couldn't help it.

"Good boy, it's good to be back, it's good to be back......" Cui'er's tears continued, but her heart relaxed, Huiya is fine, it's really good.

Seeing that the two of them cried out the worries in their hearts, Mrs. Ye didn't dare to let Cui'er cry anymore, if she cried too much in the confinement, it would hurt her eyes, so she was busy persuading her.

The night was already deep, Cui'er let go of her heart, and after stopping her tears, she couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep, and she didn't wake up until noon the next day.

There are Mrs. Ye and two sisters-in-law Zhang Luo, whether the cook in the house or the nurse, they are actively preparing for her childbirth early. Although Cui'er was born prematurely, she was meticulous and thoughtful in her preparations, from the midwife when she gave birth, to the nurse who breastfed the child and the confinement meal she served.

And Huiya, who realized that she had made a mistake, couldn't wait to stay in Cui'er's house day and night, helping to take care of Xiaobao and the newborn Lantern Festival.

Speaking of children, the day after Cui'er gave birth, Xiaobao and Soft Soft were clamoring for their mothers early in the morning. Cui'er also wanted the children, so she simply let the two children into the east wing.

"Mother!" The two little things, the small bag and the soft one, were held outside to warm up for a while, and then they rushed to the back room excitedly. But I suddenly found my mother lying on the kang with her stomach flattened.

"Mother...... What's wrong with your belly? What about the little brother? Tilting her head softly and looking at her mother's belly, she blinked her eyes and looked puzzled. In my impression, my mother's stomach was like a ball hidden, and my mother said that it was a little brother.

"Ahh Is this a little brother? As soon as Xiaobao turned his head, he saw a small thing wrapped in strips beside Cui'er, which was an even smaller doll.

"This is Xiaobao and the soft little brother, the little name is Lantern Festival! Xiaobao is the elder brother, and the soft is the elder sister, so you have to take good care of the little brother in the future, okay? Cui'er stretched out her hand and held the youngest Lantern Festival in her arms to prevent Xiaobao and Soft from hurting the newborn child if she didn't have the strength to grasp it well.

"My little brother is so small!" Softly stretched out his hand, gently touched Lantern Xiao's little hand, and then said with a look of surprise, "My brother's hand is much smaller than mine!" ”

"Mother, why doesn't my brother speak?" Xiaobao is open with big bright eyes. Looking back and forth, looking at the younger brother lying in his mother's arms for a while, and looking at the soft sister for a while, he asked with a frown.

"My brother has just been born, he can't speak so quickly, he has to learn slowly!" Cui'er looked at Xiao Bao's face with a slightly disappointed expression, and didn't wait for another explanation. Then I heard Xiaobao ask again.

"That's my mother. Can he walk and play with me? ”

"My brother is still young, and he wants to walk on the ground. It's going to have to be this time next year. Cui'er smiled bitterly, how could a newborn doll walk on the ground?

"Oh......" The disappointment on Xiao Bao's face became more obvious, he looked at the little thing in his mother's arms, and then looked at his sister who was looking at the little thing intently. I just think that although my sister is a little more powerful, it's still good to be able to play with me.

"Mother. I'm out playing! Xiaobao pulled the soft and turned around and ran out, and the girl who was holding the clothes hurriedly followed, leaving Cui'er holding the child in the house.

I don't know if I feel that my brother dislikes me, and I was sleeping soundly during the Lantern Festival. It was a small grin and cried. Don't look at his small body, the crying voice is very loud. It was so loud that Cui'er felt like her ears were buzzing.

"Lantern Festival is good, don't cry, don't cry......" Cui'er looked at Lantern Festival's diaper and was not wet. He took him in his arms and shook his head, but he didn't look like he could do it. After tossing like this for a long time, there was no way, so Cui'er had to untie her clothes to feed this little thing, and blocked his mouth with the most effective trick.

Call...... The world is clean......

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When Cui'er was confined in the East Wing, Lian Qingshan became more and more busy. After the New Year, Cui'er also gave birth to a child, and according to the agreement with General Wude, Lian Qingshan will go to the northwest in a few days.

Because he doesn't have much time to spend with his wife and children, Lian Qingshan has always gone home early these days, accompanied Cui'er to eat, and talked with the children. When they were all asleep, they got up and went to the study to attend to their official duties.

And the two brothers, Ye Qing and Ye Bi, in addition to dealing with the business affairs in Huxi, are also actively expanding the business in the capital, looking at the shops, the land, and the houses, and they are also busy all day long.

In addition to these things, there is another thing that is also quietly going on, which is related to Huiya.

It turned out that Hui Ya was taken captive during the Lantern Festival, and was later rescued by the Zhao family who guarded the city, and the captain who guarded the city recognized Hui Ya as his daughter at once.

This kind of change shocked Lian Qingshan, who thought Huiya was a mountain village girl, and also shocked the people of the Ye family, only Huiya accepted it well. However, because of Cui'er's premature birth, Huiya was afraid of stimulating Cui'er's emotions, so she and Lian Qingshan and them hid this matter, and did not tell Cui'er to know, but only followed Cui'er every day to serve, and did her best.

Although the matter was hidden from Cui'er, it was impossible for the Zhao family, who lost their daughter and found it back, to forget it like this. Taking advantage of the effort to wash the Lantern Festival, the old and young of the Zhao family crowded to the Ye Mansion to recognize the person, and after Huiya confirmed that it was the lost daughter of the Zhao family, she wanted to take the child back.

Huiya was grateful for Cui'er's kindness, and did not agree immediately, and wanted to wait for Cui'er to make a decision after she had finished her confinement and recuperated her body. The Zhao family knew that Huiya was now the Ye family's cousin, and she was a good relative of Dingguogong's great-grandson, so they didn't dare to interfere more, so they sent a lot of clothes and boxes over, and sent a large amount of money to express their gratitude.

Lian Qingshan knew that Cui'er was not good to Huiya for money, so he wanted to be good to Da Niu and Xiaohu not for power. Only the clothes that the Zhao family gave to Huiya were left, and all the money and property were returned, waiting for Cui'er to make a decision after knowing about it.

There is another rumor in Beijing that it is said that during the Lantern Festival, the female relatives of a certain official's family were disturbed by the photographing of flowers, which caused the city defense army to be furious, and carried out a large-scale cleanup of the teeth of the people who patted the flowers, and arrested and sentenced countless people. For a time, everyone involved in human trafficking was in danger, resulting in the loss of girls and children in the next ten years in the capital.

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