Orphaned and working tirelessly for three years, I finally bought my own house only to face the apocalypse. For the second time, I must endure the same catastrophic disaster.
But this time I ...
Sun Wei's words gave the two a glimmer of hope. If they couldn't find the answer online, they could ask Grandma Wu! She had been through it all. Besides, Grandma Wu had lived with her son and daughter-in-law precisely to make it easier to take care of the children later, so she had a wealth of theoretical and practical experience.
Reassured, the couple began to focus on taking care of their child.
No wonder the elderly say that children are the hope for the future; having two more children makes life much more fulfilling for both parents.
But by evening, the two of them regretted it.
During the day, the baby wakes up every two hours to drink milk, which doesn't affect our lives much. But at night, we have to get up to feed the baby as soon as he falls asleep. Feeding is not just a simple task; after feeding, we need to burp him and change his diaper. The whole process takes an hour, and then it takes him a while to fall asleep again.
I just got some sleep here, and now it's time to get up and go through the routine of breastfeeding again.
The next day, the two "new dads and moms" looked haggard, as if their bodies had been completely drained.
“This can’t go on. Let’s take turns keeping watch tonight,” Zhou Pin, who was suffering greatly, said to Xu Lin.
“Okay, I’ll do the first half of the night, and you do the second half,” Xu Lin immediately agreed.
The two had originally planned not to rush to find Zheng Ming, but now, given the situation, they had to put it on the agenda immediately.
Then Xu Lin contacted Grandma Wu to see what precautions should be taken when a child this age goes out.
"What? You're taking the child to find Zheng Ming right now?" Wu's voice came through the communicator.
"W-what's wrong?" Xu Lin was startled by Wu's words.
"Such a young child can't go anywhere!" Grandma Wu said, exasperated.
"It's so small, it's quite convenient to carry around." Xu Lin didn't understand why Grandma Wu was reacting so strongly.
"Leaving aside the fact that the baby will need to eat, drink, and have diaper changes on the way, the baby is only a few days old, and all of the baby's organs are not fully developed. The baby definitely cannot withstand the bumpy ride, and the next cold wave could arrive at any time..."
Grandma Wu rattled off a long string of words, prompting Xu Lin and Zhou Pin to nod in agreement repeatedly.
After hanging up the phone, the two looked at each other with bitter smiles across the child. They didn't need to go anywhere; they could just stay home and take care of the child.
So the two of them spent the whole day taking care of the child.
The baby, only a few days old, still had vernix caseosa on his body, and the two clean-loving people decided to give him a bath. It was a bit cold outside, so they took the baby inside their private space to wash him.
Shuke and Beta were overjoyed to see Zhou Pin bring in his new friend and insisted on letting him put him on the ground so they could play with him. It took Xu Lin a lot of effort to make them realize that this little baby was not a toy.
The temperature inside was just right. The two of them were working up a sweat, while the child, like a kitten, was too scared to touch.
When they get nervous, their hands stiffen, the child becomes uncomfortable and starts crying, and both of them sweat even more.
After a lot of effort, the baby was finally washed, but then Zhou Pin was hungry, so she quickly made formula.
The baby finally calmed down after drinking the milk, though still twitching occasionally.
"It looks quite cute after it's been washed," Xu Lin said from the side.
“Okay, go take a shower, I’ll breastfeed,” Zhou Pin said.
Xu Lin and Zhou Pin took turns showering in the space, and after all that, their stomachs were rumbling.
The two of them were busy taking care of the child, and from the initial chaos, they eventually became adept at it and enjoyed it.
Xu Lin also named her child "Youyou," hoping she would grow up carefree.
Just like her name suggests, Xiao Youyou spends her days eating, drinking, and sleeping without a care in the world.
Li Jingjing and Grandma Wu come to see Xiao Youyou almost every day. Grandma Wu has even started sewing clothes for Xiao Youyou.