Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 599: Chapter 599: Children’s Innocence

“Hmm! Mom, YingEr knows. YingEr can hold Third Brother. He’s so little; YingEr can handle it.”

Di Ying was extremely excited and refused to let go of the child in her arms.

The Third Son in her arms had changed his previous habit of crying loudly and stayed quietly in Di Ying’s embrace without moving, as if he were afraid of being dropped to the ground by YingEr.

Liu Zhi’er, who was beside them, watched Di Ying tremble as she held the child, extremely nervous, and almost wanted to take the child back immediately.

“YingEr from our family is really capable!” Liu Sisi praised her without any stinginess.

Di Ying was even happier after being praised!

“Mom, YingEr wanted to come and see her little brothers and sisters earlier, but Brother wouldn’t let me. He said I would disturb your rest…” Di Ying’s voice got softer as she spoke.

Liu Sisi’s eyes shimmered: “It’s okay for our YingEr to come and see your little brothers and sisters whenever you want. You are their big sister, and you need to take care of them and love each other, supporting each other in the future, understand?”

“Hmm, YingEr understands!”

Although Di Ying couldn’t understand what Liu Sisi meant by her words, it didn’t stop her from remembering what Liu Sisi had said.

Da Mao, who had come in with YingEr, automatically snuggled into Liu Zhi’er’s arms and looked at Liu Sisi with eager eyes, then raised his head to look at his mom and kept his mouth shut.

“Da Mao, do you want to hold your little cousin?” Liu Sisi called out to Da Mao.

Da Mao’s eyes lit up, and he quickly left Liu Zhi’er’s arms to come to Liu Sisi’s side.

Liu Sisi happily reached into the cradle and lifted Niuniu out, handing her over to Da Mao: “Da Mao, can you hold your little sister? Come hold your little cousin… Be careful.”

As the children were still young and didn’t have names yet, Liu Sisi called them Niuniu, waiting until they had names to address them properly.

Da Mao reached out and carefully picked up Niuniu.

Although he was a year younger than YingEr, he seemed to be more skilled at holding the child, even gently rocking Niuniu in his arms.

Liu Zhi’er looked at Liu Sisi: “Da Mao used to help me take care of Er Mao and San Mao…”

This explained why he knew how to hold a child.

Liu Sisi nodded: “It’s hard on him, such a young child, having had to go through so much hardship.”

“It’s okay. I’ll never let him suffer again. Really!”

Liu Zhi’er spoke seriously, with a strong determination in her eyes.

Seeing that it was almost time, Liu Sisi took the child back from YingEr’s hands. She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but it seemed like the child had taken a deep breath. When she looked down closely again, the child was still sleeping with his eyes closed, without any abnormalities.

She shook her head, dispersing the weird feeling.

YingEr clearly hadn’t had enough of holding the child, as she excitedly chattered nonstop around the cradle. Beside her, Da Mao also showed a rare smile, sticking close to Liu Zhi’er and listening to the little sparrow’s continuous chatter.

When Di Yelei came in from outside, he saw this harmonious scene.

“Brother-in-law, you…you are back.”

Liu Zhi’er was the first to notice Di Yelei’s arrival and quickly got up to greet him.

Liu Sisi was listening intently to YingEr’s incessant talk and only looked up when she heard Liu Zhi’er’s greeting. Seeing Di Yelei’s arrival, her eyes immediately lit up!

“Ye Lei, you’re back!”

“I’m back. Second Sister, you’ve worked hard. Da Mao is here too? He’s so sensible lately. He looks even more mature than my YingEr.”

Di Yelei walked around the screen and strode towards the crowd. His steps were somewhat heavy as he praised Da Mao in passing.

“Brother-in-law, you are too kind. You all chat first; I’ll go and check if dinner is ready.”

Liu Zhi’er didn’t say much. He found an excuse to leave the room with Da Mao and closed the door behind them.

Just before the door closed, she couldn’t resist casting her gaze upon him one last time.

At the moment, his back was towards her, his broad shoulders like a mountain, giving an endless sense of security… With the door closing shut, it separated the inside from the outside and cut off her line of sight.

She stood in the doorway for a moment before sighing and turning to lead Da Mao away.

As usual, Di Yelei came to the side of the cradle to check on the children and slowly squatted down.

He recalled what Old He had said, “At that time, when I examined her, I found that Sisi was barely breathing due to excessive blood loss, and her child in her belly had no heartbeat because it was suffocated for too long…”

“What I didn’t expect was that the child, who had no breath when he was born, actually came back to life. Di Yelei, what kind of good fortune did you accumulate in your previous life, to encounter such a one-in-ten-thousand chance…”

Old He was quite envious, clicking his tongue repeatedly.

Liu Sisi asked twice. Di Yelei didn’t move or respond, which made Liu Sisi very curious.

“Ye Lei, Ye Lei, what’s wrong with you?”

“Huh? Oh, what were you saying just now, Sisi? I didn’t hear it clearly.” Di Yelei finally came to his senses.

“I was just saying that YingEr was very capable today, even helping to take care of her younger siblings.”

“Oh? Really? Our YingEr is that capable? What a good big sister.” Di Yelei didn’t skimp on his praise either.

The little YingEr on the side pouted her small mouth and looked at Di Yelei with grievance, but remained silent.

“YingEr, be good. Your father was just lost in thought and didn’t mean to ignore you.” Liu Sisi gently stroked YingEr’s hair to comfort her.

“Bad Daddy, stinky Daddy, hmph!”

YingEr struggled and jumped off the head of the bed, then waved at Liu Sisi: “Mom, YingEr is going home! I’ll come to see my siblings again tomorrow.”

Liu Sisi nodded and waved at her: “Okay, be careful on the road, and don’t catch a cold from staying out late.”

“I know!”

After saying that, YingEr waved her hand and left with a bounce in her step.

Liu Sisi turned her gaze to the still somewhat troubled Di Yelei: “Ye Lei, are you worried about something today? You don’t seem to be in good spirits. Is it related to work?”

“No, it’s about Third Son.”

Di Yelei thought for a moment and repeated Old He’s words: “Old He said that such a lucky thing is truly rare. What merit do I, Di Yelei, have to receive the favor of the heavens, who have blessed us with three children at once… ”

“What’s there to be puzzled about?”

Liu Sisi laughed instead: “This just shows that the three children are destined to be part of our family and share the bond of father and son, mother and daughter with us. Because of this, no one can separate us.”

“You’re right! That’s well said!”

Di Yelei slapped his thigh in excitement: “These three children must be fated to be with you and me, that’s why they came to our side.”

The more he thought about it, the happier he became.