After a while, Meng Fang came out. Yue Mingli told her about it, and Meng Fang had no objections.
Besides, the name Yue Youyang was also among their backup choices.
Meng Fang was actually quite partial to the character “yang” too. She also hoped her son’s future life would be as brilliant and passionate as the sun.
It was just that, like Yue Mingli, she also felt their son was a bit ugly and had a hard time accepting it. Especially when breastfeeding, facing that ugly little monkey look, she actually felt a bit of resistance in her heart.
But in the end, maternal instinct won over reason.
Unlike Ye Zhiqiu, who had no milk at all, her milk supply was especially abundant. She had already started producing milk before giving birth.
As for whether to breastfeed or use formula, the two of them had discussed it. If there was breast milk, use breast milk; if not, use formula.
But if breastfeeding, at most half a year. After half a year, she would wean the baby and switch him to formula.
After Meng Fang finished feeding little Yangyang, she slept.
Wan Jiayin reminded Yue Mingli of some precautions, then got ready to go home to grab a few more things and bring them some food as well.
Yaya, Huo Jiusi, and Qin Feng didn’t want to leave. They wanted to look at little Yangyang a bit more, so they stayed.
The three children were all very well-behaved. They barely spoke, or whispered into each other’s ears.
“The newborn baby is so tiny.”
Yaya reached out her little hand and placed it next to Yangyang’s hand: “So much smaller than mine.”
Qin Feng and Huo Jiusi watched Yaya and smiled. Qin Feng tilted his head, recalling: “Yaya, you were like this when you were born too. Your hand didn’t seem as big as Yangyang’s.”
“Really?”
Yaya thought about it. She had no memory at all of how big her hands were back then. Anyway, they must have been very small.
“Your hands aren’t big now either.”
Huo Jiusi took Yaya’s little hand and held it in his. It was soft as if boneless.
Yaya’s mind was entirely on Yangyang, and she couldn’t be bothered with Huo Jiusi.
Back then, she also spent most of her time sleeping. Sleeping more was what made babies grow fast.
Yaya reached out and touched Yangyang’s little face. It felt just like the sponge cake she ate.
Thinking of sponge cake, her stomach felt a little hungry.
Huo Jiusi noticed Yaya rubbing her belly, guessed she was hungry, and took out a packaged little milk cake from his pocket and handed it to Yaya.
Yaya’s eyes lit up: “Little Devil, what else did you bring?”
Huo Jiusi pulled out other snacks from his pocket, but without exception, they were all things Yaya loved to eat.
Qin Feng watched from the side and swallowed. He smiled sheepishly: “Jiusi, do you have any more? I’m a little hungry too.”
Huo Jiusi replied flatly: “No more.”
“Little Feng gege, here.”
Yaya handed the little milk cake to Qin Feng and gave another one to Huo Jiusi: “Let’s eat together, the three of us.”
Yaya was protective of her food, but she never ate alone. On the contrary, for the people she liked, she especially loved to share.
She thought eating yummy things together with good friends was the happiest thing.
“Yaya, come here.”
Yue Mingli made a cup of malted milk for the three of them. Seeing that Meng Fang and Yangyang were both asleep, he let the three stay there while he went out to buy them meat buns.
Meng Fang was in a regular ward, the only four-person room, and she had been given the good spot by the window.
By the window there was sunlight, and it was next to the heater.
After Yue Mingli left for a while, a woman entered the ward and started chatting with the people in the next bed.
After only a few words, she walked toward Yangyang.
Yaya immediately stepped forward and spread her arms to block her, not letting her get close: “Who are you? What are you trying to do?”
The woman clearly hadn’t expected Yaya to react like this. She smiled at Yaya: “Little girl, is this your little brother? I think your little brother is quite cute, so I just wanted to take a look.”
“You can see him from farther away too. No need to get this close!”
Yaya said loudly: “You’re so interested in other people’s children. You’re not a child trafficker trying to snatch my little brother, are you!”
“I’m telling you, my second uncle is a police officer. When he comes back, he’ll arrest you!”
The woman’s expression immediately turned ugly: “What’s wrong with you, little girl? I just wanted to look at your little brother. What do you mean I’m a child trafficker?”
“If you’re not a child trafficker, why do you want to look at my little brother? Do you know my little brother? You don’t know anyone in this ward. Why did you come into our ward?”
Yaya turned her head and asked the family members of the other three beds: “Grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunties, do you know her?”
The family members of the other three beds all shook their heads. They really didn’t know this woman. They had all thought she was a relative of one of the other beds.
“Auntie, it’s her!”
While Yaya was blocking the woman, Huo Jiusi whispered something into Qin Feng’s ear. Taking advantage of the woman not paying attention, Qin Feng quietly slipped out and called the nurse and doctor over.
“She’s a child trafficker, trying to steal a baby!”
The nurses and doctors hurried forward. The woman frantically waved her hands in denial: “I’ve been wronged! Don’t listen to these children talking nonsense. I’m not a child trafficker. My daughter-in-law is in the next ward.”
After investigation, it was true that this woman’s daughter-in-law was in the next ward. She had just safely given birth to a baby girl yesterday.
But this woman had also been to other wards, so her behavior was very suspicious.
Yue Mingli guessed the woman’s intention. She wanted to swap babies.
This kind of thing happened often. If a family had a girl and didn’t want her, they would go looking for another family’s boy.
Some people weren’t very guarded. If they didn’t pay attention for a moment, their child could be swapped.
The people Yue Mingli usually dealt with were criminals or slick old hands. With a few words, a mix of bluffing and intimidation, he got the woman to tell the truth.
Because the woman hadn’t succeeded, of course they wouldn’t lock her up. But to prevent her from actually doing this kind of thing in the future, Yue Mingli still called over colleagues from the local police station and gave the woman a serious talking-to.
And when the woman’s daughter-in-law learned that the woman had actually wanted to swap away her daughter, she exploded on the spot. She told her husband outright: either they divorce, or his mother would never be allowed one step near her daughter again.
Fortunately, her husband was reasonable. He was also speechless about his mother’s preference for boys over girls, and immediately expressed his stance firmly to his mother.
Before the woman could even cry and make a scene, she was dragged away for a lecture.
“Yaya, well done!”
Yue Mingli rubbed Yaya’s head and gave her a thumbs-up: “You saved Yangyang again.”
“Second Uncle, Yangyang is my little brother. I have to protect my little brother well!”
Yaya sniffled: “Second Uncle, meat buns. I’m hungry.”
“Eat up!”
Yue Mingli gave Yaya a big meat bun.
When Meng Fang woke up and heard about this, she felt lingering fear, and at the same time was very grateful to Yaya.
Meng Fang’s family was from out of town. By the time they arrived, it was already the third day since Yangyang’s birth, which was the day of the third-day washing ceremony.
Naturally, Yangyang’s third-day washing ceremony wasn’t as grand as Yaya’s had been.
