Feng Haidong lived an unremarkable life and passed away peacefully. After his death, he found himself back in 1996.
Now in his prime at the age of thirty, Feng Haidong resolves to try just a ...
January 11, 1997.
The same year, month, day, and time as in the previous life.
The difference is that in this life, Feng Haidong, along with his parents and in-laws, waits for his third cousin at the hospital in the provincial capital.
Standing in the corridor outside the delivery room, Feng Haidong was filled with a myriad of thoughts.
Having been reborn, it seems everything has changed?
But it seems like nothing has changed.
My daughter was born on the same day.
This suddenly gave Feng Haidong some bad thoughts.
If my daughter is born at the same time, does that mean that some people and things will still happen at the same time?
Feng Haidong looked at his parents and in-laws who were also waiting outside the delivery room.
In this year of my past life, besides the birth of my daughter, there was also the sudden death of my mother-in-law, and my father's health problems appeared in the second half of the year.
Now her daughter was born at the same time.
At this moment, Feng Haidong couldn't help but worry: what if his mother-in-law and father-in-law experienced the same misfortunes as in his previous life in the second half of the year?
Thinking of this, Feng Haidong felt a sense of fear.
He suddenly had the feeling that everything before him was nothing but a mirage.
Just as Feng Haidong began to feel lost.
Suddenly the delivery room door opened, and a nurse came out carrying a baby, beaming with smiles, saying, "Congratulations, it's a baby girl."
Grandparents and maternal grandparents quickly gathered around to take a look.
However, the four elderly people soon noticed that the child's father did not come over to look.
Feng Chungu turned to look at her son, who was standing coldly in the corridor, and called out, "Haidong, come here quickly and see your daughter."
At the same time, his mother, father-in-law and mother-in-law also called out to Feng Haidong.
Amidst the shouts of the four elderly men, Feng Haidong snapped back to reality.
He walked step by step toward his infant daughter.
When I walked up to the nurse, I saw her tiny, pink-cheeked daughter in her arms.
Feng Haidong suddenly snapped out of his previous fear and confusion.
"So what if it's all just a mirage? So what if there are bound to be regrets? Life is never perfect. I'm just going to live it again, live it a different way. Why worry about the final outcome? Living a different life and experiencing different things is enough. As long as my wife, children, and family are happy, that's all that matters."
With these thoughts echoing in his mind, Feng Haidong smiled as he looked at his baby daughter in swaddling clothes.
He then smiled and said to his parents and in-laws, "Mom and Dad, I have a daughter! I have a daughter!"
The four elderly people had initially suspected that Feng Haidong was somewhat "sexist" and dissatisfied with having a daughter, because he hadn't come to see his daughter immediately when he stood in the corridor in a daze.
But now, seeing Feng Haidong so overjoyed, especially the way he was shouting and yelling right outside the delivery room...
The four elderly people were immediately relieved, realizing that Feng Haidong was genuinely happy.
Seeing Feng Haidong's excited expression, the nurse smiled and said, "Alright, alright, keep your voices down. You wait here to receive the mother. I need to take the baby to the nursery."
Feng Haidong replied, "Okay, thank you, nurse."
Afterwards, Feng Haidong asked his parents and in-laws to go with the nurses, while he stayed outside the delivery room to wait for his wife.
After waiting for a while, Lu Wanling was wheeled out of the delivery room.
Feng Haidong quickly went to his wife's bedside and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The doctors and nurses who escorted Lu Wanling out were quite impressed to see that her husband, Feng Haidong, hadn't gone to see the child off, but instead stayed at the door waiting for his wife to come out.
Doctors and nurses have seen too much of this; most husbands just watch over the children.
Then Feng Haidong carefully inquired about his wife's condition from the doctor, as well as the details of how to take care of her.
When Feng Haidong heard the doctor say that his wife had a cesarean section, he was quite surprised.
My wife in my previous life did not have a cesarean section.
Feng Haidong immediately realized that things had changed.
He then thought that other things might also change in the same way.
Feng Haidong didn't think about it anymore, but instead accompanied his wife back to the ward.
For the next few days, Feng Haidong stayed at the hospital every day to accompany and take care of his wife, and he didn't even go to see his daughter often.
As for the shop's affairs, most of them were left to my older cousin and brother-in-law.
Feng Haidong only returns to the shop in the afternoon, and then cooks grilled fish, spicy crab, and barbecue in the evening.
Seeing that her husband was always focused on her but didn't pay much attention to their daughter, Lu Wanling couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
Finally, after her daughter was brought back to the ward, Lu Wanling looked at her daughter and asked her husband.
"Don't you like your daughter?"
Feng Haidong looked up at his wife with a puzzled expression: "Why do you think I don't like our daughter?"
Lu Wanling said, "You haven't visited your daughter much lately, and you've been spending most of your time with me. Even when your daughter is brought over to be breastfed, you don't really play with her."
After hearing his wife's words, Feng Haidong was both amused and exasperated.
He got up and walked to his daughter's crib, looking at his daughter who was fast asleep after eating.
"How could I not like my daughter? Of course I love our daughter very much. I'm not a person who favors boys over girls."
Before his wife could speak, Feng Haidong continued, "I haven't paid much attention to our daughter during this time because she has her grandparents on both sides. Of course, I've been focusing on taking care of you so that you can recover well."
Lu Wanling looked at her husband, still somewhat doubtful, and asked, "Really?"
Feng Haidong said, "Of course it's true. I love our daughter so much. Our little cutie is so adorable."
Lu Wanling asked, "Are you really going to name your daughter Feng Shimeng?"
Feng Haidong nodded and said, "Yes, what do you think? If you don't like it, we can change the name. Mengmeng will just be a nickname."
Lu Wanling thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go with Feng Shimeng. It's a nice name."
Feng Haidong said with a smile, "Right? I also think it sounds great. 'Meng' means the sprouting of new plants, and our little Mengmeng is the beginning of a new life for our family."
The daughter's name was given by his wife in a previous life.
Because the family was in a difficult situation at the time, his wife named their daughter this way, just as Feng Haidong said today, hoping that the birth of their daughter would bring a new life to the whole family, like plants sprouting.
However, his wife's hopes from his previous life were not truly fulfilled.
In this life, Feng Haidong feels that the beginning of his rebirth was when his wife told him she was pregnant.
Therefore, he felt that perhaps this was a divine arrangement.
After listening to her husband's explanation, Lu Wanling thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Mengmeng, this name is indeed very good. Everything in our family has become better and better because of Mengmeng. She is the beginning of a new life for our family."
Feng Haidong said, "Yes, that's why our little Mengmeng is the most precious little baby in our family."
A smile appeared on Feng Shimeng's little face as she slept in her swaddling clothes.