The next day, when Guo Xuyang and the others arrived at the lakeside villa, they found Elina already able to stroll around holding little Guo Yishun.
"Yangzi, when did you get back?"
"Got back yesterday. It was too late, so I didn't come over to disturb you," Guo Xuyang replied.
"Let me see my son, how's he eating?"
Saying that, he took Guo Yishun.
Guo Yishun was tightly wrapped in a small quilt and still wore a landlord's hat on his head.
"It's so hot in the room, why is he wrapped up so tightly? Be careful he doesn't get heat rash."
"What heat rash in the middle of winter? You're talking nonsense," Wu Shangqing said from the side.
"It's only been a few days? He's gotten so heavy?" Guo Xuyang said, lifting Guo Yishun.
"Your son eats a lot. He just eats and sleeps, sleeps and eats, like a little pig. Look, Elina has lost weight."
Indeed, Elina had returned to her pre-acquaintance figure, but her chest was even more spectacular than before.
There was no way around it, she had to feed the baby every day.
No matter how much she ate, she didn't gain weight; all the nutrients were channeled into those two peaks.
Little Guo Yishun seemed insatiable, needing to be fed seven or eight times a day.
He would eat for an hour, deflating both peaks before finally falling asleep.
Elina could only seize the opportunity while the baby slept to drink some broth.
She ate nutritious food like chicken, fish, meat, eggs, sea cucumber, and abalone, otherwise, it was simply not enough for the baby.
The restaurant, which used to deliver twice a day, now delivered four times a day, and the confinement meals were replaced with nutritional meals.
Even so, the baby would sometimes cry in the middle of the night, which was because he hadn't eaten enough.
In the past few days, Wu Shangqing and Li Minxi had been discussing buying some formula to supplement the baby.
However, Elina insisted on breastfeeding.
She said that formula was not as nutritious as breast milk, and if the baby drank formula, he wouldn't want breast milk anymore.
Unable to persuade her, everyone let her have her way.
Only, the kitchen had more large fish, meat, pig trotters, and the like, to supplement her nutrition on top of the restaurant's deliveries.
"How much does my son weigh now? Have you weighed him?"
"We weighed him yesterday, over fifteen jin," Wu Shangqing said.
"Fifteen jin? That's in just a few days? He's not even a month old yet, is he? I remember he was about seven jin and eight liang at birth?"
"That's right, he doubled his weight yesterday. Fifteen jin and six liang," Li Minxi added.
"He's growing too fast! Feed him a little less when he gets back."
"Would your son agree? If we feed him one less time at night, he'll cry his lungs out, and no one in the courtyard will get any peace," Wu Shangqing said, glaring at him.
"But he's growing too fast! Look at the flesh on his face, it's almost a ball."
"He's not fat, he's just growing too fast in height. These clothes people bought won't fit him anymore. They're all too small."
"It's fine if my son doesn't wear them. Someone else will wear them when they get back," Guo Xuyang said, glancing at Li Minxi's belly.
"What do you mean? You want my son to wear your son's old clothes? No way," Li Minxi said, her eyes widening.
"What old clothes? These haven't been worn at all."
"Even if they haven't been worn, they were bought for Shunzi. My son will get all new clothes when he's born."
"How do you know it's a son? What if it's a daughter?"
"A daughter would be even better. Then we definitely won't be wearing Shunzi's old clothes.
I want to dress my daughter up beautifully.
Speaking of which, when are you planning to go to my place as you said you would when you got back?"
"Well, I just got back. How about we wait a bit longer?"
"Wait? Can I still wait? Wait until people laugh at me when I come back?" Li Minxi said, puffing out her belly.
In just over ten days, Li Minxi's belly had become quite noticeable.
"Why don't you take me to meet your parents tomorrow?"
"Just the two of us? Aren't you afraid of being kicked out by my parents?"
"Then what's your opinion?"
"You'd better find someone who can talk to my dad. If the two of us go back like this, we'll definitely be kicked out."
"How about asking President Jiang to go ahead and help announce our arrival? Then we can go back."
"That's acceptable. Call him now. Ask President Jiang to contact my dad today, and we'll go back tomorrow."
"Alright then. Let me see if President Jiang is available now," Guo Xuyang said.
Jiang Qixin was currently reporting to higher-ups with Xin Dali.
"That's how the situation is," Xin Dali said.
"The German Shepherd you mentioned belongs to Guo Xuyang? And that German Shepherd flew the aircraft back?" an authoritative old man asked.
"Yes."
"And then?"
"Then the German Shepherd was swept away by the airflow. Zhang Li couldn't catch up with the spacecraft."
Jiang Qixin remained silent. He couldn't sell out Guo Xuyang in this matter.
He knew Guo Xuyang had many unfathomable methods.
"What a pity. It would have been great if this German Shepherd was still alive. It could have greatly assisted us in carrying out this project in the future," the old man said.
Just as he was speaking, Jiang Qixin's phone rang. He quickly silenced it.
"Whose phone is it? Answer it."
"Guo Xuyang's. I don't know what it's about," Jiang Qixin said.
Before he finished speaking, the phone rang again.
Jiang Qixin glanced at the old man and answered the call.
"Yangzi, what's up?"
"President Jiang, I remember you're quite familiar with Xiao Xi's father, aren't you?"
"Yes. Tell me, what is it?"
"I want to go to his house to propose tomorrow. Could you help me pave the way?"
"No problem. I'll pick you up tomorrow."
"No need to pick us up. The main thing is that we don't get kicked out when we go tomorrow. Xiao Xi is pregnant now, and I'm afraid we'll be kicked out tomorrow."
"What did you say? Xiao Xi is pregnant? How could it be so fast? This matter is difficult to handle.
How about this, you come by yourself tomorrow, and I'll take you to introduce yourself, and we'll discuss the matter first.
Don't bring Xiao Xi. Wait until her parents agree before you bring Xiao Xi. Otherwise, I'm afraid even I will be kicked out."
"That works too. Please put in some extra effort. I'll treat you to a few drinks then."
"The wedding feast is unavoidable. Let's talk about it after things are settled," Jiang Qixin said, hanging up.
"Boss, it's Guo Xuyang's call. He wants me to be a matchmaker and go to Li Shengyun's house to propose."
"That's a good thing. Isn't Shengyun's daughter quite old? Isn't she still serving in the military?"
"Not that one, boss. It's the second daughter, Li Minxi."
"That girl? She's so quirky. Isn't she involved in film investment?"
"That's the one. She and Guo Xuyang have taken a liking to each other.
Last time, Old Li called me to inquire about Guo Xuyang.
I spoke only good things about him, but from what Old Li implied, he didn't seem too impressed with Guo Xuyang."
"He can't help it. Children grow up and don't listen to their mothers. Isn't that girl quite old too?"
"Yes. Over twenty. I've met her a few times, and she gets along well with Guo Xuyang."