Although I couldn't figure out whether it was a twin or not, the news of the pregnancy was already very exciting, and Mrs. Li was about to go out as soon as she rolled up her sleeves: "I'm going to kill the chicken and make soup for Zhen Zhen to make up for it."

What Zhen Zhen was most afraid of hearing these days was to make up for it, she quickly grabbed Mrs. Li and asked Mr. Zhang Renze for help: "Sir, please tell my milk, you can't make up like this."

Madam Li looked at Zhen Zhen who was hanging on her arm and didn't dare to move, for fear of falling her, she suddenly sweated profusely: "Why are you still so skinny, you are pregnant with a dragon and phoenix now Where's the tire, you know? You have to be steady! Get up quickly!"

Zhang Renze looked at Mrs. Li speechlessly: "I didn't find out that it was a twin, and now I'm not even sure if it's one or two."

"I know." Mrs. Li waved her hand: "But when I agreed with Zhen Zhen, I will be pregnant with a dragon and a phoenix."

Wang Sufen couldn't listen anymore, and persuaded in a low voice: "Mom, let's not talk about this uncertain thing, what if it's not right? If you can say it accurately, you said that you want a daughter for the rest of your life. Want a granddaughter, will it be realized sooner?"

Mrs. Li glared at her unconvinced: "I'm not sure what I said, then what Zhen Zhen said is accurate, isn't it Zhen Zhen?"

"Yes yes yes! You're right! It's a dragon and a phoenix!" Zhen Zhen wiped her sweat, and hurriedly continued to seek help from her husband: "Sir, stop thinking about this, and quickly talk about the things that pregnant women can't make up for."

Zhang Renze was also really afraid that Mrs. Li would damage Zhen Zhen, so she quickly instructed: "This pregnant woman pays attention to balanced nutrition, just eat normally, more fruits and vegetables, fish and shrimp are also better for children, pine nuts, hazelnuts and walnuts. You can also eat some of this kind of dried fruit, but the slightly poisonous almond and ginkgo cannot be touched. As for the occasional meal of fat chickens and ducks, it’s okay to eat once or twice a month. Time can be exhausting.”

Mrs. Li said it silently twice to remember: "Okay, then cook shrimp, stew fish and stir-fry vegetables." Seeing Zhen Zhen's relieved appearance, Mrs. Li couldn't help but sigh again: "You said that now I don’t even like to eat chicken and duck, but when your mother was pregnant with you, I wanted to make it up for her, but what can I do to make it up?

Thinking of the past days, the expressions of several old people were a little gloomy, Zhen Zhen was afraid that their emotions would be affected, so she couldn't help laughing: "If you really miss the past life, let's have a meal of memory and bitterness at noon and make a big cake. Cook wild vegetables."

Mrs. Li immediately smiled: "I didn't even go get it for you if you wanted to eat it. Now the cornmeal noodles are much finer than in the past, and they are not worse than millet noodles. Besides, we used to eat pure cornmeal noodles. Even if it improves my life, I usually put half of the sweet potato noodles in it, and although I’m hungry, I’m really choked up.”

Zhang Renze sighed: "You guys in the northeast have wild vegetables and sweet potato noodles to eat, I heard Zhen Zhen say that the mountains and plains are still full of mushrooms and so on. It's hard for us to live in the city, and we don't even have a place to pick wild vegetables."

Zhen Zhen couldn't help but covered her forehead: "I don't even mention it, sir, we can play chess, anyway, we'll be bored when we're idle."

"You two go down, I'll go to the kitchen to get some food." Mrs. Li said and walked out. Mr. Zhang's house was close and lived alone. In these half a month, he came to Lao Li's house for ten days for dinner and walked around with each other. Not lonely either. Due to historical reasons, some of these gentlemen of Zhen Zhen are unwilling to forgive their children because of what happened in the past, and some are still unwilling to forgive their children; There are sons and daughters family reunion. For the few people who live alone, Zhen Zhen has long expressed her willingness to give them old age and death, and invite them to live in her own house every once in a while, anyway, the courtyard is also big, and the three old people in the family are also bored all day long, the more the family members are. More is better. However, because they were in good health, they didn't want to trouble Zhen Zhen prematurely. Apart from coming here regularly to drink tea and chat, they still liked to live in their own courtyard.

Mrs. Li went to the kitchen to arrange lunch, and when she returned to the room, she slapped her hands and remembered a big event: "I haven't told everyone about Zhen Zhen's pregnancy."

Wang Sufen watched Mrs. Li walk over to the phone with the phone book, and hurriedly followed her and asked, "Mom, didn't we wait until we were three months pregnant before we talked."

Mrs. Li gave Wang Sufen a white look: "That's because your body and bones are not good, who knows whether your pregnancy is stable or not, our family Zhen Zhen has no such concerns, and it will be ripe for sure."

Wang Sufen thought that her daughter was born by an immortal and was different from ordinary people, so she sat down opposite Mrs. Li with confidence. Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen, two semi-illiterate people, put on reading glasses and began to recognize the oversized characters on the phone book. Wang Sufen put her finger on the word "in-law" and said, "This is the phone call from Granny Zhen Zhen, please talk to her mother-in-law first. Say."

Mrs. Li looked down for a long time, and recognized these two words: "Okay, you can read it to me, and I will dial."

The phone beeped three times, and Ling Xiulan answered the phone: "Hello, I'm Ling Xiulan."

"My dear family!" Mrs. Li shouted with joy, "I'm going to tell you a big happy event, our family Zhen Zhen is pregnant, um, it's just a month after the birth of a dragon and a phoenix!"

Ling Xiulan was a little confused on the phone. It's easy to understand this month of pregnancy. What do you say about the twins? At this time, even if go to the hospital for a B-ultrasound, there are at most two small embryos. Can you see it and say two, the dragon and the phoenix are too ridiculous. However, Mrs. Li's wish Ling Xiulan can still understand. Now that family planning is planned, a family can only give birth once.

However, I am very happy to know that Zhen Zhen is pregnant with Ling Xiulan. In recent years, the two elders of the Ling family have been asking about Zhen Zhen's belly, but Ling Xiulan stopped them by using the excuse that they had a child abroad and no one to take care of them. "Auntie, I understand, I'll go home now, you ask Zhen Zhen what she wants to eat, I'll buy it back."

"We have everything at home, and we are there, you can do your job, don't run back and forth." Mrs. Li said: "You can all eat with us in the evening, Mr. Zhang said to cook more dishes for Zhen Zhen Eat more."

"Okay." Ling Xiulan smiled over the phone, "I'll tell Junjie's dad, right, don't tell Junjie about it beforehand, let the couple speak for themselves."

Mrs. Li agreed, and after hanging up the phone, Mrs. Li called Xi Junjie's grandmother: "My grandmother, our Zhen Zhen is pregnant, it's a dragon and a phoenix! What, who said a dragon and a phoenix? My Zhen Zhen promises Yes, it must be. Do you want to come and see Zhen Zhen? Okay, I will ask the kitchen to cook a few more dishes at noon, so let's celebrate."

"Mu Wen, our Zhen Zhen is pregnant!"

"Excuse me, is Li Mulin here? I'm the motherfucker, he went to patrol the line? Then tell him for me that his niece is pregnant!"

"Is it the street? I'm Li Muwu's mother, please call Liu Xiulan, the daughter-in-law of our third family? What's the matter? My Zhen Zhen is pregnant!"

The people from the sub-district office happily hung up the phone, and instead of going to Li Musen to find Liu Xiulan, they blared a loud speaker: "Great news, great news, our Beicha celebrity and patriot Li Mingzhen is pregnant! What, Liu Xiulan, hurry up and come here. The street office will call your mother-in-law back."

Liu Xiulan was sitting in the yard washing clothes, and she was blinded by the radio: "Why is this old Liu going to be loud, this mouth is really broken."

She stood up and wiped her hands on the apron. She took off the apron and put it on one side of the tent. She turned around and shouted into the room: "Xiaowei, I'll go to the street office to call your milk, you can look at it. The porridge cooked on the stove." Li Xiaowei came out with her son in her arms: "I heard from the loudspeaker that Zhen Zhen is pregnant? Then mom, hurry up and call, don't let my milk wait."

Liu Xiulan hurriedly ran to the street and slapped the clerk Lao Liu on the ground with a slap: "Why do you go out loud, why are you broadcasting the news about our Zhen Zhen pregnancy, why are you so annoying?"

Old Liu got up from the ground and patted the ash on the ground, and said very unconvinced: "Is that the same? The one who is pregnant is Li Mingzhen. We Beicha has such a celebrity in such a year. Her pregnancy is a big deal, why can't she be pregnant? It's broadcast, I can even be on the news network."

"Just be silly. Look at what I told my mother-in-law, and wait until she comes back to beat you." Liu Xiulan dialed skillfully on the stool beside her: "Hey, mom..."

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Xi Junjie came home from a busy day, seeing that the lights in the main courtyard were off, and Zhen Zhen was not in the room, so he turned and walked across the corridor directly to the next door. As soon as he turned around, he saw Aunt Yang who was serving the dishes. Aunt Yang looked at him beamingly, and tried to say something and held back: "It's all in the front hall. There are many people today, so we eat in the front hall."

Xi Junjie reached out and took the plate from Aunt Yang's hand: "I'll just bring it over, you can do your job." There were indeed a few dishes left to cook in the kitchen, and Aunt Yang was not polite to him and gave the plate to him. Xi Junjie hurried to the kitchen after that.

Carrying Zhen Zhen's favorite braised prawns into the front hall, Xi Junjie was shocked by the lively scene in front of him, not only Xi Changbo and Ling Xiulan were here, but also his grandparents.

Ling Xiulan took the dishes and put them on the table, and pushed Xi Junjie to Zhen Zhen's side: "Quick, you two should talk in private."

Xi Junjie looked at Zhen Zhen, who was blushing, and couldn't figure it out: "What day is it so lively? It's not even our wedding anniversary?"

Zhen Zhen pursed her lips and smiled, holding Xi Junjie's hand, her big eyes flashing with a satisfied smile on her face: "Junjie, I'm pregnant."

"Pregnant?" Xi Junjie was stunned for a moment, then his eyes slid from Zhen Zhen's face to her stomach, and looked at her in surprise: "When did you know? Did you feel uncomfortable?"

"Mr. Zhang came to help me take my pulse today." Zhen Zhen's smiling face turned red, "I feel good, nothing uncomfortable."

"It's good." Xi Junjie grinned happily, looking silly.

Seeing the young couple holding hands and giggling at each other, the others couldn't help but be amused, Ling Xiulan hurriedly greeted the two of them to be seated: "Come and eat quickly, Zhen Zhen can't be hungry."

Zhen Zhen said with a smile: "My milk light fed my mouth this day, I don't feel hungry now."

"Eat as much as you want, and drink this assorted mushroom soup." Ling Xiulan filled Zhen Zhen with soup, and instructed Xi Junjie, "Zhen Zhen likes to eat this braised shrimp, you peel two more for her."

Under the care of her two parents and her husband, Zhen Zhen can basically do anything except open her mouth. However, because I didn't live much during the day, Zhen Zhen was full after eating a few shrimps and a bowl of soup. The family knew that Zhen Zhen was not the kind of child who didn't eat well for the sake of beauty, so no one persuaded him to do so. She took two more bites. But Ling Xiulan was worried that Zhen Zhen would be hungry in the middle of the night, so she specifically asked Xi Junjie: "If Zhen Zhen is hungry in the middle of the night, you have to get up and make her something to eat."

It turned out that Ling Xiulan's worries were unnecessary. When Zhen Zhen returned to the house at night, Xi Junjie wanted to whisper to her, but as soon as she entered the house after taking a shower, she found that Zhen Zhen had also fallen asleep.

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The days of raising a baby have begun. When Zhen Zhen wakes up in the morning, she will walk around the lake twice. In the morning, she will open the window and stand at the desk to write or draw a picture or two. Coming out of the Antiques Register. In the afternoon, I usually take a nap. After I wake up, I eat some fruit and read a book, and then it will be evening. Every day is leisurely and not too boring.

And Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen finally had something to do. They were busy with energy. Apart from asking Mr. Zhang about what food is suitable for Zhen Zhen, the other two ran to the store whenever they were free and bought a lot. The new style of cotton fabric and the new cotton from that year are used to make clothes for the unborn child. Although it is not sure how many Zhen Zhen is pregnant at this time, Mrs. Li insists that it is a dragon and a phoenix, whether it is a small quilt or a baby. The clothes are both pink and blue. Anyway, there is no shortage of fabrics and cotton money at home. Wang Sufen also tossed with Mrs. Li.

In the blink of an eye, Zhen Zhen was three months pregnant, Xi Junjie had already ordered the hospital for a checkup, Ling Xiulan wanted to go check it out, and Mrs. Li had to follow her, and Wang Sufen also thought about it. In the face of two mothers and a grandmother, Xi Junjie couldn't say anything to refuse, and directly took the whole family to the hospital.

It is said that the stomach is not obvious in the third month of pregnancy, but Zhen Zhen's lower abdomen has bulged slightly, and the doctor has ordered a B-ultrasound for examination. The cold probe wandered around her abdomen, and Mrs. Li put on the reading glasses she brought, but the bright spot on the screen still made her dizzy.

Mrs. Li reached out and poked Ling Xiulan, and asked in a low voice, "Which one is the child above?"

Ling Xiulan turned her head and whispered, "I don't understand either."

Mrs. Li sighed in disappointment, and the doctor smiled with a serious expression: "It's two children."

Mrs. Li regained her energy immediately, walked over and looked at the screen seriously: "Doctor, can you show us that it is a dragon and a phoenix?"

The doctor smiled: "Auntie, the sex organs haven't developed yet, and I can't tell you even if I see it, it's against the rules."

Zhen Zhen lay on the bed and smiled: "Nanny, don't embarrass the doctor, you will know when I give birth."

Mrs. Li counted the days and sighed a long time: "But we have to wait for several months." This feeling of loss disappeared when she returned to the examination room, and when she heard the strong beating of the fetal heart With the voice, Mrs. Li was so excited that she burst into tears, choked up while wiping her tears with a handkerchief, and said, "I gave birth to a bunch of children and a bunch of grandchildren, and this is the first time I heard the heartbeat of the baby in my stomach. ."

Originally, Xi Junjie's hands trembled when he heard his child's heartbeat, but he didn't expect Mrs. Li to be more outspoken than his own. After that, the doctor stood up and said, "Both fetal heartbeats are very good, just come for a review next month."

Mrs. Li wiped away her tears and smiled again. She turned around and chatted with Wang Sufen: "I said that Zhen Zhen is pregnant with a dragon and a phoenix, you still don't believe me."

Ling Xiulan and Wang Sufen, who had originally listened to them as jokes, also took a little more seriousness. They were definitely pregnant with two, maybe they were really twins.

Day by day, Zhen Zhen's belly grew bigger like a balloon. In a blink of an eye, in April of the second year, the weather was getting warmer, the flowers in the garden were blooming, and a group of domestic roosters and hens were happily in the grass. On the pecking, they don't know they will turn into a pot of fragrant broth in a few days.

It is said that two babies are prone to premature birth, the family stared at Zhen Zhen's belly with good eyes, and finally relieved when she was at full term. When there was still half a month before the due date, Ling Xiulan urged Zhen Zhen to live in the hospital. Although there was a car at home, it was close to the hospital, but when it was launched, she would feel panicking, so it would be better to go early. going to the hospital to give birth.

For this suggestion, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen agreed with both hands, but Zhen Zhenjue lived comfortably at home and slept sweetly. The key was that she knew about her belly, and she always felt that she was still a few days away.

Although the two adults were in a hurry, they never refuted Zhen Zhen's decision, and they stayed at home for seven days. Said, "Let's go to the hospital today."

In a word, the whole family was sweating, and Mrs. Li's first reaction was: "Has the water broken?"

"No." Zhen Zhen shook her head dumbfoundedly, "I just think I want to have a baby today."

Do you have any ideas for this thing? However, it was almost time to calculate, Ling Xiulan and Wang Sufen quickly put the luggage they had prepared into the trunk, Xi Junjie helped Zhen Zhen into the car, and dragged the family to the hospital quickly.

Ling Xiulan had already booked the VIP ward. Although women all knew that they had to go to the hospital to give birth, there were not many people who were willing to go to the single room. don't think it's worth it. However, Ling Xiulan felt that her daughter-in-law had not suffered much since she was a child, and this time she was pregnant with two more, so she could not be wronged to save money, so she reserved a high-end ward early.

After finishing the hospitalization procedures, the hospital felt a little tighter when he touched his stomach. Just as he was about to say let him go back to the ward for observation, Zhen Zhen supported Xi Junjie and said tremblingly, "The water has broken."

This time, there is no need to go back to the ward, just go to the delivery room. Seeing Zhen Zhen being pushed in, Xi Junjie anxiously grabbed the doctor's hand and asked, "Can I go in? A husband should be able to accompany his wife to have children, right?"

The doctor was a little embarrassed and said, "There is no precedent for this. Besides, you can't help if you go in."

"But she won't be afraid when I hold her hand." Xi Junjie's anxious eyes turned red, and he kept begging: "Please, doctor, my wife will be afraid inside."

Because Zhen Zhen lives in a high-end ward and the delivery room is independent, it will not affect other mothers, but there is currently no provision for accompanying delivery in China. Seeing the 1.8-meter young man in front of him weeping in front of him because of his distressed daughter-in-law, and thinking that what was produced inside was Li Mingzhen, who contributed to the return of Chinese cultural relics, the doctor also softened: "I'll go and apply for it with the leader. "

Xi Junjie was speechless, but nodded, Ling Xiulan said quickly, "The doctor will trouble you, in fact, it is the norm to accompany the delivery abroad, it can not only relieve the tension of the mother, but also make the husband feel more responsible. , you should take us as verification."

The doctor nodded, and hurriedly handed it over after a while, and called a nurse to come over: "Take this young man for disinfection and let him accompany the mother in the delivery room."

Xi Junjie breathed a sigh of relief, just as he was about to go in with the nurse, Ling Xiulan grabbed him quickly, and hurriedly took out a few pieces of beautifully packaged chocolate and a water glass from the bag and handed it over: "If you have no strength, Zhen Zhen, just feed him. She has something to eat, the first time she gave birth to a child and some boiled it." Wang Sufen came back to her senses, and handed the heat preservation bucket with ginseng chicken soup to Xi Junjie's hand: "There is chicken soup here, don't Forgot to give Zhen Zhen a drink."

Xi Junjie entered the delivery room with his family's instructions. Mrs. Li and the others sat softly on the chairs in the waiting area outside, feeling uneasy.

The labor pains became more and more intense, it was the first time for Zhen Zhen to feel such pain, just when she felt that the pain was unbearable, a warm current flowed slowly from her eyebrows like her pelvis, Zhen Zhen knew, It was the drop of golden blood that relieved his pain.

As the warm current turned faster and faster, Zhen Zhen felt her stomach sink, she couldn't help holding her breath, and suddenly her stomach moved down quickly, with a rapid spasm, the first child finally slid down. The nurse caught the fallen child, lifted it upside down and patted the soles of her feet, a crisp cry resounded through the delivery room.

"It's a boy!" The midwife happily carried the child aside to clean up.

Zhen Zhen just breathed a sigh of relief, the familiar feeling of tightening came from her lower abdomen again, the birth canal was already opened, it came out much more smoothly than the previous one.

"It's a girl, congratulations on giving birth to a pair of twins!"

Zhen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that she had scratched Xi Junjie's hand because of the tension and pain, and immediately touched the blood stains on his hand with some guilt: "I'm sorry to scratch you, right?"

"I'm sorry for you." Xi Junjie took Zhen Zhen's hand and kissed it gently: "I made you suffer."

Zhen Zhen smiled wearily: "I'm sorry, stupid."

Xi Junjie touched Zhen Zhen's forehead and kissed it: "I'll get a ligation in a few days."

The nurse watched the young couple kiss me and mine seemed to have forgotten the two newborn children, so she could only carry the children out to the waiting family members: "Who are Li Mingzhen's family members?"

Mrs. Li jumped up first: "I am I am."

The two nurses smiled and showed the child in their arms to Mrs. Li: "Congratulations, old lady, for giving birth to a pair of twins."

Mrs. Li patted her thigh and said proudly, "Well, I'll say it must be a dragon and a phoenix!"