After staying in the hospital for three days, Xu Xinning took her child home.

During my three-day stay, I ate a lot of soups and broths that were beneficial for postpartum women, prepared by the chef.

Feelings develop between people through sincerity in their interactions.

The chef was wounded in the war and returned home, so he got married late. He was about the same age as Xu Yaozu, but his child was only fifteen or sixteen years old and was still in high school.

Because they have few children of their own, they especially love babies. Moreover, although Xu Xinning's two children were smaller than those born to singletons, they had beautiful features. In addition, the swaddling blankets prepared by Xu Xinning were also beautiful, making them look like porcelain dolls. The chef loved them very much and would come over to hold the children whenever he had free time, under the pretext of delivering food.

After they got to know each other, Mu Jingheng and the others were particularly willing to chat with the chef and listen to his stories from the battlefield.

When Xu Xinning was discharged from the hospital, the chef brought several pig trotters to see her off.

The chef said, "Pig's trotter soup helps with lactation, my dear! You must drink more of it. You have two children to feed. I know you have formula, but that stuff is nowhere near as nutritious as breast milk. Only nutritious breast milk can help your children grow strong."

Xu Xinning: "Uncle, thank you so much. Thanks to your soups and broths these past few days, I have enough breast milk for both of my children."

The chef looked very satisfied, his eyes crinkling with laughter. "That's good, that's good. Let's go, let's go. Put your hat on and wrap your clothes up tight. Young man, you can't let your wife catch a cold. She has to be careful during her postpartum period. If she develops postpartum illness, it can be a lifelong problem."

The chef's wife suffered from postpartum illness. Back then, the family was poor, and he didn't know any better, so he didn't take good care of her during her postpartum period. Now she often has headaches and backaches, and no amount of tonics can make up for it.

As Yang Chunqin packed her things, she smiled and said, "Brother, you must be a good husband and a good father. Your wife is so lucky to be with you."

The chef waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's not as good as you say! My wife didn't take good care of herself during her postpartum period, and now she often has headaches and backaches. This is based on my experience!"

Xu Xinning chimed in, "Does your auntie often have headaches and backaches? Uncle, if you trust me, I can take a look at her later."

The chef had heard that Xu Xinning was a very capable doctor, but he had never thought of getting anything out of her when he approached her; it was purely out of affection for soldiers. Hearing Xu Xinning say this now, he seemed a little excited.

The old woman had a bad life. She was someone's child bride when she was young, and she had just married her first husband when he died in an accident.

After her husband died, her in-laws said she was a jinx and tormented her for several years. If he hadn't saved her, she would have almost died.

She ruined her health at her husband's house and it took her several years to recover before she could have a child. However, because of her poor health, he wouldn't let her have any more children after she gave birth to just one.

It would be great if Xu Xinning could take a look.

Ordinary people like them don't usually have the opportunity to have such a skilled doctor examine them!

He's really hit the jackpot!

The chef smiled warmly and nodded repeatedly at Xu Xinning, "Girl! Thank you so much!"

Xu Xinning believes that good people will definitely be rewarded, and the chef uncle is a kind person who deserves her help.

The baby was born in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, so Xu Xinning's postpartum confinement period is destined to last from the end of the year to the beginning of the new year.

This must be the longest postpartum period ever, right?

Life in Xujia Village is better now, and the festive atmosphere of the New Year is returning.

Before Xu Xinning and her group even entered the village, they could see wisps of smoke rising from the chimneys of every household.

I imagine every household is preparing food for the Lunar New Year.

As the car approached home, Xu Xinning saw Xu Mingyang and the second son's father standing at the gate of the courtyard, seemingly pushing and shoving each other.

Clearly, it wasn't just Xu Xinning who saw it; Yang Chunqin and the others saw it too.

Yang Chunqin: "Your great-uncle is regretting his actions now, but what's the use? If they hadn't gone too far, even if your grandparents knew they had switched the babies, they wouldn't be so angry. Your grandfather only has one brother, and he usually spoils him a lot. It's only because they treated Mingyang so badly that your grandfather was heartbroken. Otherwise, given your grandfather's personality, he would probably have tolerated it."

“Now that their family is getting worse and worse, they finally remembered how good Mingyang was. If Mingyang wasn’t so promising, they wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to pester him while your grandparents weren’t looking.”

Xu Xinning: "They've been looking for my uncle several times already?"

Yang Chunqin: "As soon as your uncle came back, they started trying to create chance encounters on the roadside. Your uncle never paid any attention to them and always took a detour. They thought they were being discreet, but actually, people who saw them had already told your grandparents."

Xu Xinning: "Didn't Grandpa and Grandma confront them?"

Yang Chunqin: "Your uncle is a man of his own mind. He knows right from wrong, and your grandparents can't interfere too much. If he forgives them, what can your grandparents do? So it all depends on your uncle. But in my opinion, your uncle won't be so clueless."

Xu Xinning felt the same way. If Xu Mingyang was really so clueless, Xu Xinning might have to reconsider her opinion of him.

After learning that Xu Mingyang had a son, Old Lady Xu had always wanted to come and see him.

Now Xu Yaoyang is basically useless, and the two children Xiang Wanqin gave birth to have also been taken away. Knowing that Xu Yaoyang may never be able to have children again, the old couple have gone to look for Xiang Wanqin many times, but it was clearly written in black and white that they could not take the two children away.

Unable to take the children with them, they often avoided Xiang Wanqin when they went to find the two children. However, they had terrified the children. The childhood trauma they had suffered was no joke. The two children would run away as soon as they saw them, as if they had seen ghosts.

The elderly couple also asked Xu Yaoyang to go find the mother and her two children, hoping he could coax them back.

Xu Yaoyang's personality has become very strange. How could he possibly go to see Xiang Wanqin? Not only would he not go, but every time he sees Xiang Wanqin, he turns around and runs away, as if seeing Xiang Wanqin would tear open his unbearable past.

When Xu Yaoyang passed away, they remembered how good Xu Mingyang was, especially after they learned that Xu Mingyang had a son.

On the day of the baby's one-month celebration, the elderly couple from the second wife stood at the gate of Old Xu's house for a long time, but they were too embarrassed to go in.

If it weren't for Xu Xinning's incident that day, which diverted the attention of Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu, there might have been a quarrel.

Yes, Grandma Xu and Grandpa Xu eventually found out that Xu Xinning was going to give birth. The old couple originally wanted to rush to the hospital, but Xu Chunhua calmed them down, saying that even if Xu Xinning didn't want to ruin the full moon celebration, they would only do their best to make the celebration worthwhile.