manynovel Chapter 1532 - 1014: Double-Length - (Part 3)
Chapter 1532 - 1014: Double-Length - (Part 3)
"Hehe..." Chuxia giggled shyly, "I also hope Mom and Grandma will stay here, but I feel it’s not very considerate to keep them away from home. Fourth Sister is probably longing for Mom and Grandma to return. Hehe..."
"As long as you don’t mind having Mom and Grandma around, we’ll stay here," Lin Yanqiu smiled, putting her arm around Chuxia’s shoulder, "Yanyan is almost three months old. In a few days, let your sister-in-law bring her over for a visit. As for the fourth household, we’ve been visiting too often, which has created tension between her and her husband’s family. After all, things weren’t good between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law before. For now, let’s give them some space to get along."
"If Mom says so, then let’s do that..." Chuxia said expectantly, "When my sister-in-law comes, I’ll supervise her weight loss together. According to what you and Grandma said, she’s indeed a bit overweight. Even if Eldest Brother doesn’t mind, she should also think about her health."
Yu Tao was also feeling restless at home. Ever since Old Madam Zhou and Lin Yanqiu went to the Capital City, only she and Aunt Wang Lei were left at home day and night. Aunt, who had a child later in life, couldn’t leave her child’s side for a moment and was absent-minded even when talking to Yu Tao.
After her divorce, Zhou Nanping lived in the dormitory. Although her temperament improved significantly, she insisted on not coming home. The situation between Zhou Zhongkang and Mei Xiaofeng remained tense. This pair of children worried Liang Xiaohong sick, leaving her no energy to chat with others.
Zhou Xikang, although not like Zhou Mikang, who had to rush to the front lines, was also much busier than before. Plus, there’s always a chance he might be dispatched at any time. Because of this, Yu Tao felt constantly anxious but had no one to confide in.
As for her own family, there are things that are better left unsaid. Especially after having a daughter, her family felt disappointed in her. Every meeting was filled with annoying complaints, and after learning that her sister-in-law gave birth to twin sons, they kept urging her to have another child quickly.
No matter whether she wanted another child or not, Yanyan was not yet three months old. How could she be in such a rush to have another one? Moreover, looking at her figure, if she got pregnant again now, she feared she might become an unsightly fatty for life.
Therefore, after receiving Lin Yanqiu’s call, she packed up immediately and had her husband take her and her daughter to the Capital City.
"Sister-in-law..." Chuxia greeted Yu Tao while secretly startled. The last time she met Yu Tao, she was already excessively overweight, and now she was at a level Chuxia couldn’t tolerate.
"Sister-in-law, how did you recover your figure so quickly?" Yu Tao looked at Chuxia enviously, "You’ve just left confinement, and your figure is already almost back to how it was before pregnancy. Compared to that, I..." She pinched the flesh on her own body and sighed helplessly, "It’s not that I don’t want to lose weight. It’s strange that no matter how much or little I eat, I just can’t slim down. I was hoping that breastfeeding would help me gradually lose weight, but it’s only gotten worse."
Hearing this, Chuxia was at a loss too. If this was really the case, it might be a matter of constitution, or perhaps, as the baby grows, things might slowly improve?
"Sister-in-law, I was just telling Mom that after you come, the two of us can exercise together. Maybe we could recover faster..." Chuxia said while pulling Yu Tao’s hand to feel her abdomen, "You see me as almost back to normal, but I’m still carrying some weight here. Since you’re here, let’s try it together, shall we?"
"Sure," Yu Tao nodded with a smile, "Aunt has also put on some weight, but trying to get her to exercise with me is impossible since all she sees is the baby, not sparing a moment. I have no patience, so I’ve let myself expand horizontally."
With Yu Tao’s figure, regular exercise probably won’t suffice. Moreover, she’s still breastfeeding, so she can’t do strenuous exercises. Fortunately, she’s had several years of yoga practice and has secretly taken note of prenatal and postnatal yoga routines. Now is a chance to put that into practice, to at least give it a try.
Listening to the promises between the sisters-in-law, Zhou Xikang, who just finished playing with the little ones, said, "Sister-in-law, you wouldn’t believe it, but your sister-in-law has been almost obsessed with losing weight recently.
Whenever I come home from work, she’s talking about dieting, then she eats just a little at dinner, claiming she can’t have more. But in the middle of the night, she gets so hungry that she has to get up for a meal. Isn’t there a saying, ’A horse doesn’t grow fat without night fodder’?"