Chapter 498 - 432 Out of Confinement
Rong Wenming and his wife, along with Rong Yan, all turned their gaze towards Qin Ye.
Especially Rong Yan, she hadn’t heard Qin Ye mention this matter yet!
Seeing his wife looking at him, Qin Ye quickly said, "Grandfather mentioned this to me, let one child take the Rong surname and the other the Qin surname—of course, both taking the Rong surname wouldn’t matter either. The Qin Family has a lot of members, and after Qin Yu gets married, his children will also carry the Qin surname, so it doesn’t matter about these two."
Rong Yan...
Rong Wenming and his wife:...
If Old Sir Qin insisted, then Rong Wenming and his wife really had nothing against it.
If indeed one child took the Rong surname . . . The couple would naturally be very pleased.
"Thank you, dear father-in-law," Madam Rong said, brimming with joy.
Her happiness and gratitude were entirely genuine.
Since the task of naming the children had fallen to the Rong Family, Rong Wenming and his wife were very proactive about it.
And Old Sir Qin was equally enthusiastic about naming the little girl.
Rong Yan stayed in the hospital for five days, and by the day she was discharged to go home, the names had been decided.
The boy was named Yi, and the girl, Qin Wei, with the nickname Weiwei.
"Big sister-in-law, your little niece is so adorable," Qin Mei expressed her immense fondness for the two children.
Qin Yu felt the same; he thought his niece and nephew were the cutest children in the world.
Aside from being a bit cry-prone, they were truly adorable.
Rong Yan was now going through her postpartum confinement period . . . Because she was eating well, her complexion looked exceptionally good.
She agreed with Qin Mei’s words, "Indeed, they’re adorable."
In just five days, the little one’s face had already changed from how it looked at birth.
It was really changing day by day.
So fair and tender, just too cute.
Every day, she felt she couldn’t see enough of them...
Qin Mei didn’t stay too long in her sister-in-law’s room, after all, her sister-in-law and the two babies needed their rest!
But she visited every day after school.
Since attending high school, she and her second brother usually had lunch at school.
They would return home for dinner in the evening and then go back to school for evening self-study.
Luckily, the winter break was just a few days away.
If her sister-in-law hadn’t given birth earlier, then the two little ones would probably have been born after the New Year.
However, it was quite interesting now, waiting for the New Year . . . when the little niece and nephew would be almost two months old.
Qin Ye had taken a fairly long leave this time. After he visited his unit briefly... His colleagues, knowing that his wife had given birth to twins and considering that Qin Ye seldom took extended leaves over the years, simply granted him his annual leave.
They told him he could return to work after the Lantern Festival.
Qin Ye was very satisfied with this.
This way, he could be with his wife all through her confinement period.
However, the busiest person at home had to be his mother-in-law, dealing with cooking, cleaning, laundry, and looking after the children... She had to do it all.
So, if he was at home, he could lend a hand and avoid overburdening his mother-in-law.
Old Sir Qin also came by every day, always managing to bring fresh fish and meat. He had also intended to bring vegetables.
But Qin Ye stopped him because they were growing their own in the small vegetable garden.
Indeed, they had planted quite a bit since Rong Yan had dug some black soil out of her space.
Her father had gotten quite a few pots for growing vegetables.
So, the vegetables they grew were indeed enough for their needs.
This year turned out to be quite lively because the family had gained two new members.
Old Sir Qin came over for the New Year as well.
In fact, ever since Qin Ye moved to Beijing, Old Sir Qin had spent each New Year’s Eve dinner here.
Rong Yan was still in confinement, so she naturally didn’t join the table for meals. However, her diet now included much more than just porridge, and her meal was quite rich.
The newborn twins hadn’t been taken out, but when they were placed in the compartment, Old Sir Qin had specially gone to see them and gave each one a red envelope.
Later, Qin Ye brought the babies back from the compartment.
Rong Yan saw that the swaddles were stuffed full of red envelopes and couldn’t help but be surprised.
"Why so many?"
She remembered that the elders from the Qin family and Qin Zhen had already given them money in the afternoon.
"These are from Grandpa, and Mom and Dad’s, these two are from your second brother and little sister, they’re the uncle and aunt now, naturally, they gave their little nephew and niece money; moreover..."
Qin Ye took out another one from his pocket, "This one’s for you from Grandpa."
Rong Yan couldn’t help raising her eyebrows, "Me too?"
In previous years during New Year, Old Sir Qin indeed also gave them, but she had already given birth now, hadn’t she?
There was still money for her.
Qin Ye nodded, "Yeah."
Seeing this, Rong Yan didn’t refuse and just accepted it.
As for the twins’ envelopes, she didn’t take them yet.
The saying goes ’money to press the year’... naturally it’s about pressing down the old year.
It’s auspicious.
Although she wasn’t superstitious, she accepted the auspicious implications.
Anyway, she adjusted the position so it wouldn’t make the children uncomfortable, and if it really didn’t work, she could just place it beside the pillow on the crib.
"Did you give the children theirs?"
Qin Ye, looking at his wife’s smiling eyes, nodded, "Yeah, ten yuan each."
His salary was all handed over, and giving each child ten yuan was quite a lot.
Rong Yan: ...
Alright then!
"By the way, did you give Qin Yu and Qin Mei the money I prepared for them earlier?"
"I did."
"It’s getting late, you should go to sleep early!" You shouldn’t stay up late during the confinement.
Qin Ye was very attentive to his wife’s confinement.
Aside from brushing teeth and using the bathroom, he took care of everything else so Rong Yan didn’t have to worry about a single thing.
"Okay, I’m going to sleep." Right now, Rong Yan’s job was to eat, sleep... and also to feed the kids.
Her breast milk was quite sufficient, enough to feed both children, so she didn’t use formula.
However, she planned to add some formula after about three months since by then the babies’ appetites would increase, and breastfeeding alone definitely wouldn’t be enough.
Qin Ye was also staying up late, but he was staying up with the two children and his wife.
...
For the full-month celebration, Qin Ye simply held a little banquet.
The attendees were from the Qin family.
No one else was invited.
That day, Rong Yan didn’t make an appearance.
Because Madam Rong had forcibly required her to do two months of confinement.
The children, dressed festively on the full moon day, quite stole the heart of the Qin family members, carrying features neatly chosen from their parents’ best.
They asked Qin Ye to take many photos.
Actually, Rong Yan took the best care of herself.
Her lips red, her teeth white, her cheeks tender like an eighteen-year-old girl, she looked even younger.
But after sitting through two months of confinement, she felt like she was about to go to waste.
Finally, during her confinement, she managed to see the sunshine in the courtyard.
"Mom, why don’t we hire someone!"
Just her mom alone... she felt it was quite hard.