My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 472: Pampering one's daughter arouses jealousy

Zhang Lei silently repeated to himself: Qianjin, Qianjin.

Finally, the delivery room door opened, and a nurse came out carrying the baby. Zhang Lei quickly stepped forward and said, "I'm the baby's father."

The nurse looked at him and smiled, saying, "Congratulations, mother and daughter are safe and sound. It's a baby girl."

Zhang Lei carefully took the child, and looking at the little girl crying loudly in his arms, he couldn't help but gently kiss her.

"Zhang Chengwan," he murmured to himself, hoping that his daughter would grow up to be gentle and virtuous, just like her mother, Ye Shuqin, who was beautiful and generous.

People around couldn't help but gather around to look when they saw Zhang Lei holding his daughter. The child quickly passed from hand to hand, and everyone adored her.

Zhang Lei walked to Ye Shuqin's bedside and said with a smile, "Wife, it's a daughter."

Seeing his happy expression, Ye Shuqin smiled and said, "That's wonderful! Our family finally has a daughter. Your dream has finally come true."

Zhang Lei nodded vigorously and couldn't help but kiss her on the cheek: "Wife, you've worked hard."

Not long after, Zhang Lei led his group home. Once home, he did nothing but stay by his daughter's side, grinning foolishly from time to time. Everyone who saw him like this couldn't help but shake their heads.

Ye Shuqin looked at him and said, "Give me the child."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lei immediately glared at him: "What are you doing?"

Ye Shuqin slapped him lightly, annoyed: "The baby's hungry, what are you doing? Can you breastfeed?"

Zhang Lei smiled awkwardly: "Okay, okay, let my daughter eat her fill."

Ye Shuqin opened her arms to feed her daughter, but seeing Zhang Lei staring intently, she felt a little embarrassed: "Honey, turn around. How can our daughter eat properly if you keep staring like that?"

Zhang Lei laughed and said, "It's okay, she can eat hers, I'll watch mine, it's fine. You hurry up and let her eat, I'll continue hugging her after she's full."

Ye Shuqin laughed in exasperation: "Fine, fine, you can spoil your daughter all you want."

Zhang Lei said matter-of-factly, "That's right, if I don't spoil my daughter, who will?"

Seeing that his daughter had eaten her fill, he immediately took the child from Ye Shuqin and held her himself to comfort her.

At this moment, Lou Xiao'e walked in and, seeing the scene, couldn't help but tease, "My life is really bitter. How come I only gave birth to two stinky boys and didn't have the fortune to have a daughter?"

When Zhang Lei looked up, he knew she was jealous, so he quickly coaxed her, "Sons and daughters are the same, they are all Zhang Lei's offspring."

Lou Xiao'e looked at him speechlessly: "They're all the same? Then let go of my hand."

Zhang Lei immediately became anxious: "No way, she's my daughter."

Lou Xiao'e stomped her foot in anger: "Is this what you mean by boys and girls being the same?"

The three nannies standing to the side covered their mouths and chuckled. Ye Shuqin couldn't bear to watch any longer and said, "Husband, put the baby down. She's still so small, it's not comfortable for her to be held like this all the time."

Zhang Lei looked at the postpartum nanny, who nodded. He thought for a moment and had no choice but to agree. He put his daughter in the crib he had specially made and then instructed the three postpartum nannies, "The three of you take turns watching over her. My daughter must never leave your sight. Please manage your time accordingly."

The three of them quickly nodded in agreement.

Lou Xiao'e stepped forward, grabbed Zhang Lei's hand, and tried to pull him away.

Zhang Lei quickly called out, "Stop, stop, stop! Where are you going?"

Lou Xiao'e looked at him and said, "Where are you going? Don't you like daughters? I'll have another one for you."

Zhang Lei quickly stopped her: "Don't rush, don't rush, it's broad daylight, what are you trying to do?"

Seeing that Lou Xiao'e was truly angry, he quickly pulled her aside and sat her down, saying, "Don't be angry. Is it really necessary to get upset with the child?"

Lou Xiao'e glared at him: "When did I get angry with the child? I'm angry with you."

Zhang Lei looked puzzled: "With me? What happened to me?"

Lou Xiao'e said angrily, "Didn't you say we'd go to Hong Kong in two years? It's been so long, and there's still no news."

Zhang Lei laughed: "Oh, so that's what it is. Don't worry, we'll set off once my daughter is three months old."

Lou Xiao'e's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Zhang Lei nodded. "Otherwise, why would I have kept my family so low-key all these years?"

Lou Xiao'e instantly understood: "You mean, when we leave, no one will notice?"

"right."

Lou Xiao'e was still puzzled: "But even if we leave, if they want to look for us, they'll have to go to Hong Kong, so it won't affect us much, right?"

Zhang Lei gently tapped her head: "Silly girl, it may not affect us, but it will affect others. Think about Ding Qiunan, Yu Li, and Yang Maixiang, won't their families be implicated because of our departure?"

Lou Xiao'e thought for a moment and nodded.

"No wonder you divided all the houses in your family among them."

Zhang Lei laughed and said, "Of course we have to give them away, otherwise these houses will be divided up sooner or later. Besides, they are all your good sisters' family, so giving them to them is not giving them to outsiders."

Lou Xiao'e asked, "So how will we get there?"

"Go in batches."

"In batches? How do you do that?"

"Everyone should gather at Ye Family Village first, and then leave from there. It's a remote place, and Shuqin's father, my father-in-law, is the village chief. He can help arrange these things."

Lou Xiao'e was momentarily dazed as she listened to Zhang Lei's meticulous and thoughtful arrangements.

Zhang Lei looked at her and smiled, "Are you reluctant to leave again?"

Lou Xiao'e nodded: "If I weren't worried about something going wrong, I really wouldn't want to leave. I've lived here for so many years."

"Don't worry," Zhang Lei said gently. "I'll bring you back someday, and then it will be a triumphant return home. The outside world is wonderful; you and the children should go out and see it."

Lou Xiao'e felt a pang of longing: "Is it really that good outside?"

Zhang Lei said softly, "Everything has its good and bad sides. Our country is developing now, and there may be some twists and turns, but in the end it will become stronger and stronger."

Lou Xiao'e hugged his arm tightly and said with a smile, "We'll go with you to see the prosperous era you described."

Zhang Lei patted her hand: "Okay."

Soon it was evening, and Zhang Lei, Ye Shuqin, and their youngest daughter were lying in bed.

Ye Shuqin looked at him and laughed, "Husband, can you stop staring at our daughter all the time? If you keep doing this, she'll become the enemy of the whole family."

Zhang Lei didn't care: "So what? It's all your fault."

Ye Shuqin asked in surprise, "Is it our fault?"

"Of course." Zhang Lei nodded. "Who told you to only give me sons and only one daughter? Thirty-three brats, and I only have this one precious daughter. If I don't love her, who will I love? Boys should be raised frugally, and girls should be raised lavishly. My daughter will be pampered like a princess."

Ye Shuqin knew she couldn't persuade him, so she had no choice but to give up: "Alright, alright, do whatever you want. We're all outsiders anyway."

Seeing his wife's jealousy, Zhang Lei quickly comforted her, "Look at you, even jealous of your own daughter. If our daughter knew she had a mother like you, would she still like you?"

Ye Shuqin was amused by him: "Okay, okay, you're the most right."

She looked at her sleeping daughter and whispered, "You are so lucky to have so many brothers, so many mothers, and a father who cherishes you like a treasure."

Zhang Lei looked at Ye Shuqin and said earnestly, "Wife, don't worry, I will definitely make our daughter the happiest little princess in the world."