Ye Qian was a little scared in her heart, her mother didn't look so fragile when she was bedridden before, she walked to the bed lightly and looked at her father inquiringly.

Ye Chengyuan knew that she was worried, and said softly: "It's okay, your mother is just tired." ”

Meng Shi didn't fall asleep, just a little out of strength, just closed his eyes to recuperate, heard the words and opened his eyes, looked at his son and daughter, and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, just rest for a while, you go and see your brother." ”

Ye Qian was relieved, and walked to the small bed on the side with Ye Li, the newborn brother was asleep beautifully, Ye Qian's fingers stretched out, wanting to touch him, about to touch his face, and retracted again, looking up at his brother, "He is so small, he looks so soft." She was a little afraid to touch him.

When Ye Qian was born, Ye Li was only six years old, and she couldn't remember what she looked like at that time, and it was very rare to see such a young child, he secretly opened the little swaddling clothes and took a look, and was very sure that this was his younger brother, not the "baby daughter" in his father's mouth.

Ye Chengyuan also saw Ye Li's movements, his face darkened, and the baby daughter he was thinking about turned into a stinky boy.

Meng Shi pinched him, she had just given birth, she had no strength at all, and it didn't hurt to pinch it, "Don't dislike our little son." ”

Ye Chengyuan nodded again and again, "Okay, don't dislike it." Having said that, he was still very sorry in his heart, but he didn't know that his youngest son would be even more amazing and talented than him in the future, and when people in later generations mentioned the famous Ji Pinghou, they generally referred to the little young master who had not yet been named in his infancy, not Ye Chengyuan.

Meng Shi advised: "Since you don't dislike it, let's give him a name." Originally, they all thought it was a daughter, but Ye Chengyuan said that he was born to be called Miao Miao, but he gave birth to a son, and now there is no name available.

Ye Chengyuan pondered for a moment, "Let's call Ye Shuo." ”

His name came up too quickly, and Meng deeply suspected that he didn't care. Ye Qian was very happy, and her little finger finally had the courage to touch her brother's face, "Brother, if you have a name, you will be called Brother Shuo'er." Brother Shuo'er, I'm your sister Ye Qian, this is my brother Ye Li, when you can leave, we'll take you to play. ”

After talking for a while, Ye Chengyuan was about to carry Meng Shi back to the main house. Generally, mothers will not give birth in the main house, but prepare a separate delivery room, and the confinement is also in the delivery room. Ye Chengyuan was unwilling, his wife was used to living in the main house, and it was unsatisfactory to live in this wing, and besides, it was winter, and the wings were not as warm as the main house. Meng Shi talked to him for a long time before agreeing to give birth in the wing, and after giving birth, he still had to go back to the main house.

Ye Chengyuan was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he wrapped her tightly in the quilt, covered her head, and hugged her horizontally, the maids hurriedly opened the door curtain, Ye Li followed closely by his side, staring at his father carefully, planning to come forward to help once he was soft.

Ye Chengyuan glanced at him unhappily, although he didn't practice martial arts, he couldn't compare to martial arts, but he didn't have the strength to hold a woman!

Father, mother, and elder brother were all gone, Ye Qian guarded his younger brother by himself, and after a while, Ye Chengyuan came back again, wrapped Ye Shuo tightly in a small bag, and carried him back to the main house, and the maids moved Ye Shuo's small bed over.

Ye Shuo's baptism ceremony was not a big deal, because Ye Chengyuan wanted his wife to do a good job of confinement and didn't want people to disturb her, and when the end of the year was approaching, there were already many affairs in the house, and the Meng family wanted to do the confinement, and the miscellaneous chores and arrangements for the New Year's festival were all done by Ye Qian and his father.

The second and third rooms also sent New Year's gifts, this year is the first year of the Hou Mansion's separation, there is no convention to refer to, Ye Qian prepared a return gift according to the same amount, and showed the gift list to his father, and then returned the gift.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, in the afternoon Ye Chengyuan and Ye Li went to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, Ye Qian himself waited in the courtyard, counting, his father has been back for a whole year, last year was here, she saw her father for the first time, and now a year has passed, she has another brother, a very cute brother.

Waiting for his father and brother to come out, Ye Qian took one in one hand and happily returned to Siyuan Hall.

Because Ye Shuo was still young, for fear of scaring him, the entire Hou Mansion was not allowed to set off firecrackers, and there were a lot of fireworks prepared in Siyuan Hall, all of which were small fireworks that were short and did not make a "bang" sound like fire trees and silver flowers, even so, Ye Qian was very happy.

Ye Li surrounded these fireworks into a big circle, pulled Ye Qian to stand in the middle, and asked the mother-in-law to light this circle of fireworks at the same time, and the silver-white fireworks were ignited at the same time, scorching and shining in the dark night, Ye Qian took her brother's hand and turned it around several times, and shouted happily: "Brother, so beautiful!" ”

Ye Li held her hand, his eyes were full of gentle smiles, although he had a younger brother, his most beloved sister was his sister, and he also knew that he was a little biased, but who let this sister be brought up by him, since she was one year old, he took care of her, taught her, taught her to walk, taught her to eat, and taught her to hold a brush and write, until now, his sister has long become a part of his bones, even when he arrives at the barracks, he is most concerned about her.

When the fireworks fell, Ye Qian took Ye Li's hand and shook it gently, "Brother~" is so good-looking, I like it so much, I want to do it again.

Ye Li chuckled lightly and set out a circle of fireworks with his own hands, this time they were replaced with colorful, red, yellow and green staggered, and they were put together to be very bright.

The two played in the yard for a long time, Ye Li touched her little hand, felt a little cold, and pulled her into the house.

Because Meng Shi has not yet come out of the confinement period, he can't sit for a long time, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is only sitting on the table for a while, and the rest of Ye Chengyuan, Ye Li, and Ye Qian are also quickly finished. Several people hugged Ye Shuo over and kept vigil together in the inner room, but Ye Shuo soon fell asleep, Meng Shi also closed his eyes sleepily, Ye Li glanced at his sister, Ye Qian yawned, "Daddy, I'm sleepy." ”

Ye Chengyuan looked at these two with a smile and waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

Ye Li sent Ye Qian back to her residence, played with her for a long time, and left only when she was really sleepy.

……

It wasn't until Ye Shuo was full moon that relatives and friends came to the door, and Mei Shi also saw Brother Shuo for the first time.

Brother Shuo'er was born very similar to Ye Chengyuan, and he is also a little similar to Ye Chengshu, with big eyes that are black and bright, with a little bit of baby's unique blue. He was lying in red swaddling clothes, happy to see whomever he saw, grinning and smiling.

As soon as Mei saw it, his heart melted.

The child's bones were soft, she didn't dare to hug him, she just sat on the edge of his cradle and called softly: "Brother Shuo'er."

Hearing someone call him, Ye Shuo spit out a bubble and kicked his calf twice hard.

Mei's fingers stretched out, trying to wipe off the water stains on the side of his mouth, but Ye Shuo's little arm also raised up, and when his little hand touched her fingers, he immediately held her.

The little hand was only a little bigger, and the soft little fingers held her fingers tightly, and Mei's heart completely turned into a ball of water. She called twice with great pity, "Brother Shuo, Brother Shuo." ”

Her eyes were wrong, Meng narrowed her eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Shuo'er should be fed, this child, when he is hungry, he cries hard, and he cries so much that he has a headache." She spoke, and asked the nurse to take Brother Shuo'er down.

Mei Shi watched reluctantly, eager to follow the past, but fortunately, she still remembered her upbringing and barely stood still.

After the full moon banquet, Mei took the carriage back to her house, and in the past two months, with the help of Ye Chengshu, she finally learned to take charge of the feed, although she is not shrewd and capable, in the end, she is also proficient.

Although Ye Chengshu is worried at home, he still has some contacts with friends, and he often doesn't come back until dinner. He also went to the full moon banquet this time, Mei sat in a carriage, and he followed on horseback.

"What's the matter, but what happened to the Hou Mansion?" Ye Chengshu saw that Mei still looked a little distracted when he arrived home, and asked with some worry.

"I—I've seen Brother Shuo."

"I saw it too." After all, it was Brother Shuo'er's full moon banquet, Ji Pinghou took his youngest son to the outer courtyard to show everyone, and Ye Chengshu naturally saw it. "That child was born very well, very similar to the eldest brother."

"Master, don't you think he's a bit like you?" Mei's mind was still the soft little finger of Brother Shuo'er holding her hand.

Ye Chengshu smiled, "Our brothers were born a little alike, my eldest brother and I are like the old marquis, and since Brother Shuo'er is like the eldest brother, he is naturally a little like me." ”

"Right, you think he looks like you, too!" Mei swallowed, "Master, you said that we should pass on Brother Shuo'er, how about it?" "If the successor is the son of his own brother, he is the heir, and if the successor is the son of a brother who does not have five suits in the same clan, it is the stepson. The heir is his own blood nephew, which is naturally better than his stepson, and most people choose their heirs.

In the past, there was only one son in the big house, and only one son in the second room, Ye Ji, even if they thought about the step-heir, it was impossible for them to rob the only son of the family, so the Mei family had always wanted to inherit from the same family. But now that Meng has given birth to Ye Shuo again, Dafang has an extra son, and Ye Shuo is still so cute, it happens to be a little similar to Ye Chengshu, and Mei's heart is suddenly moved.

Ye Chengshu's heart jumped, "No, that's the eldest brother's beloved son, you didn't see the way the eldest brother hugged him, when he showed us, he was tightly protected in his arms, and he didn't let others touch it, and the eldest brother was absolutely reluctant to pass him on to us." ”

"But we don't have children, according to common sense, if a brother has more sons, he will pass over, and that's what most people do." Mei still doesn't give up, mainly because Brother Shuo'er is too cute, and she really wants Brother Shuo'er too much.

"Don't Brother Shuo." Ye Chengshu shook his head firmly, "I want my own son." Seeing Mei's disappointed and sad look, he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Did I not work hard enough to shake your confidence?" Rest assured, sooner or later we will have children of our own. After he finished speaking, the whole person pressed down.