Chapter 134

Hearing the noise next door, Yueyue said, "Why is Brother Hongxing getting beaten again?"

Lin Tao smiled helplessly. She knew Chen Shuifen couldn't bear it for long, and sure enough, she hit Zheng Hongxing. But Chen Shuifen was overthinking. Although she scolded Zheng Hongxing sometimes, she was equally good to both children and never favored one over the other.

Besides, Zheng Hongxing is not a heartless person, and everyone can see it.

One day, after entering spring, when Chen Shuifen was packing her winter clothes, she took out a gold ring from her cotton jacket pocket. It seemed that Mrs. Zheng had put it there before she died. She probably felt guilty about it, so she gave it to Chen Shuifen before she died.

Chen Shuifen got the ring, but didn't wear it and put it away.

Lin Tao's due date this time is in early May. The weather is just right, neither too cold nor too hot. Aunt Fang arrived at the end of April. Although Lin Tao gave birth to Yueyue late, it's hard to say about the second child. What if this one is an impatient one?

Take out all the clothes that Yueyue wore when she was a child, wash them, and dry them in the sun while the sun is strong.

Yueyue was so happy when she saw Aunt Fang coming, she hugged her and called her aunt.

Lin Tao started her maternity leave these days. She has been attending classes since she became pregnant until the days before her due date. If it weren't for her growing belly and feeling uncomfortable standing for a long time, I'm afraid she would have insisted on staying at her post. It was only when the principal came to her in person and told her that the school gave her a leave so that she could have a good time and give birth that Lin Tao came back.

Aunt Fang happened to be here, and she could stay at home to keep her company.

The sun is pretty good today, but not too scorching. It's quite comfortable sitting in the yard with the sea breeze blowing.

Since a canning factory was opened on the island, it is no longer as difficult to eat fruit as before. Sometimes the canning factory will sell some fruits that have not been canned in time, and they will buy some.

"When I came here, I just received a letter from Manman, saying that she was pregnant too." Aunt Fang said as she peeled an apple for Lin Tao.

Lin Tao laughed: "Really? Manman got pregnant so quickly."

Aunt Fang: "Well, it should be two months now. I was conceived in March, so I have to wait until December for the birth. But Hainan is fine. I heard from Manman and Mingcheng that the winter there is not cold at all. It is comfortable all year round."

"Then you will be busy again, Aunt Fang." Lin Tao joked, "I heard from Mingcheng that his father is not in good health. His mother probably can't go there to take care of the children. Aunt Fang, will you go to look after Manman's children?"

In fact, even if Zhang Sufen was free, Li Mingcheng would probably not let her take care of their children. The less they saw each other, the fewer conflicts there would be.

"I am happy to babysit you guys even if I am busy." Aunt Fang said, "Well, Manman also told me in the letter that Mingcheng's mother will not come. I hope she doesn't come, so that my own daughter can take care of herself, and I will feel relieved. If she goes, I am afraid that Manman will suffer some grievances."

Lin Tao nodded: "Have you told Uncle Shen? What did Uncle Shen say?"

Aunt Fang said, "When your uncle Shen saw the letter, he told me to go. The child is important, and it's okay for him to be alone at home. Aren't Meimei and the others still here?"

In the evening, Lin Tao told Li Chengxi about this: "They got married during the Chinese New Year, and Manman got pregnant in March. It was so fast, so amazing."

It was just a casual remark, but who knew that when Li Chengxi heard it, the meaning changed.

He turned over, put his hands under his head and looked at Lin Tao under the kerosene lamp, his voice hoarse: "What you mean is that I'm not good enough?"

If Lin Tao wasn't pregnant and about to give birth at this time, he really wanted to let her experience with her own eyes how powerful he was.

Lin Tao was speechless and choked: "...I didn't mean that, I just said it casually."

After she finished speaking, she felt funny again. Looking at Li Chengxi's strong outline under the dim light, she thought to herself, last time Chen Shuifen told her that men would not be interested in that thing after they reach middle age, but why did she feel that Li Chengxi was not like what Chen Shuifen said...

The two have been together for almost ten years. If she hadn't been pregnant, they would have done it no more often than when they first got married. This man never seems to get tired and his body is as strong as iron.

Lin Tao gave birth to her baby exactly on her due date, which was Labor Day on May 1st.

In the morning, Yueyue said that she would go fishing with Zheng Hongxing and Wang Qingming. Today is May 1st, Labor Day, so it's a good time to work.

Lin Tao prepared a small bucket for Yueyue, asking her to pay more attention and Zheng Hongxing to watch over her younger brothers and sisters. Zheng Hongxing carried a large bucket and waved his hand: "Auntie Lin, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of them."

Wang Qingming glanced at Zheng Hongxing. Every time he went out, Zheng Hongxing was busy with his own things and liked to fight with others. It was enough for him to take care of himself.

As for Yueyue, Wang Qingming took the bucket from Yueyue and said, "I'll help you get it."

Yueyue shook her head: "Brother Qingming, it's okay, I can get it myself."

The three children skipped away together. To be more precise, it was Yueyue and Zheng Hongxing who were skipping. Wang Qingming followed behind them, like an old cadre. He was not very old, having just turned six this year, but seemed more sensible than Zheng Hongxing.

Lin Tao found it funny. No wonder Xu Yuting always said that Wang Qingming was nothing like them.

"It's okay to let these kids go to the beach, right?" Aunt Fang said with some concern.

Lin Tao said, "It's okay. I think there are a lot of kids fishing today. My dad is also fishing nearby. He's watching. Nothing will happen."

Ever since Aunt Fang came, she has kept the household in order and Lin Changhai no longer has to worry about anything. He was bored at home, so he went fishing early, saying that he wanted to catch a big fish and make soup for Lin Tao to drink to replenish her body.

"I'll go and prepare the chicken later and make soup with the mushrooms. You're pregnant now and can't always eat stir-fried dishes. It's better for you to drink more soup to nourish your body. And last time your dad said there were too many rabbits at home and he wanted to kill one for the meat, but I scolded him. There's an old saying at home that you can't eat rabbit meat when you're pregnant, otherwise the baby will be born with a cleft lip." Aunt Fang said.

Lin Tao didn't believe that if a woman ate rabbit meat during pregnancy her child would be born with a cleft lip, but Aunt Fang meant well, so Lin Tao agreed and said she would not eat rabbit meat.

"Then you sit for a while, I'll go make the soup." Aunt Fang just finished speaking.

Lin Tao suddenly felt a pain in her stomach. The pain this time was different from the pain she felt when she gave birth to Yueyue last time. Last time when she was holding Yueyue, she was accidentally bumped by Zheng Hongxing, which caused her severe pain at that time. This time, she could feel the pain, but it was not so fast and not so intense.

Lin Tao said to Aunt Fang, "Aunt Fang, my stomach is starting to hurt. I think the labor is starting."

Aunt Fang started to panic when she heard this, and quickly supported her and went to the hospital.

Lin Tao said, "It's okay, Aunt Fang. I'm not in as much pain this time as last time. I can still bear it. Don't be so nervous. Get the things you need first, and then we'll go to the clinic."

Aunt Fang was really anxious, mainly because Lin Tao was in so much pain when she gave birth for the first time, and her amniotic fluid broke, which scared Aunt Fang. She was not so scared when she gave birth herself, but this time Lin Tao was giving birth again, she was afraid for the first time. When Aunt Fang heard Lin Tao say that she was in pain, she was a little confused.

After hearing this, I finally realized that, yes, this is Lin Tao's second child, not the one she had when Yueyue was born, so it's okay.

Aunt Fang breathed a sigh of relief, asked Lin Tao to sit for a while, went into the house to get the things she had prepared a few days ago, then came out, supported Lin Tao and walked towards the bathroom.

This time the situation was not as tense or as panicky as last time. When Lin Tao arrived at the clinic, she was just in a lot of pain, but it was nothing serious.

However, this time the birth took much longer than the last time when Yueyue was born.

The movement started at 10am, and now it was past 4pm, and there was no movement. Li Chengxi and Lin Changhai both came, waiting anxiously outside the corridor. Aunt Fang was afraid that Lin Tao had run out of energy inside, so she had gone back to stew chicken soup when Li Chengxi and the others arrived.

Giving birth is a physical activity. You have been in pain for so long. If you don’t have the strength to give birth, it will be easy for something to go wrong. So you must eat something in the middle to conserve your energy.

"Aunt Fang, Teacher Lin hasn't given birth yet?" Chen Shuifen got off work and was quite nervous when she heard that Lin Tao had gone into labor today and hadn't given birth yet.

Aunt Fang said, "Not yet. I was afraid she didn't have enough strength, so I sent her some food."

Chen Shuifen said, "I'll go with you."

When we arrived at the clinic, Xu Yuting also came and was waiting. Only one person could enter the delivery room. Li Chengxi took the incubator from Aunt Fang and said, "Aunt Fang, let me go in. I want to see how Ah Tao is doing."

The last time Lin Tao gave birth to Yueyue, he was already tormented enough outside. This time it is his and Lin Tao's second child. A few days ago, Wang Yuanliang looked at the child and joked that there is no need to worry about the second child. He has some experience. But when he came here and heard Lin Tao's voice coming from the delivery room, the worry in his heart never disappeared.

Aunt Fang handed him the incubator and said, "Hey, go take a look."

Li Chengxi brought the incubator into the delivery room. Lin Tao was still lying on the delivery bed with sweat on her forehead. When she saw Li Chengxi, she called out, "Chengxi..."

Li Chengxi walked over, held Lin Tao's hand, opened the insulated box, took out the chicken soup and porridge inside, and fed Lin Tao: "You must be hungry. Eat something to replenish your energy. Aunt Fang made this specially for you."

Then she asked the doctor, "Doctor, how long will it take for the baby to be born?"

The doctor said, "I just tested it and it's only eight fingers dilated. It will take two more fingers to give birth. Teacher Lin, you should eat something now to replenish your energy. When it's ten fingers dilated, you'll have the strength to give birth. Deputy Brigade Commander Li, this is how women give birth, so men should be nice to their wives. Look at Teacher Lin, it's not easy."

In fact, Li Chengxi understood this in his heart without the doctor saying it.

Lin Tao drank some porridge and some chicken soup, and felt strong. Li Chengxi stayed in the delivery room with Lin Tao for a while. In fact, the process of giving birth does not take long. It is mainly the process of dilation of the cervix before giving birth. I heard that some women can feel pain for a whole day and a night.

When the cervix was almost open, the doctor asked Li Chengxi to go out and wait as well.

"It's okay, Tao, we're all waiting for you outside." After Li Chengxi gave Lin Tao instructions, he left the delivery room.

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On the other side, Yueyue looked at the things in her bucket and sighed: "There are so many people coming to the beach today, I didn't pick up anything. I wanted to pick up more for my mom and little brother or sister."

Wang Qingming saw this and poured the octopus and oysters in his bucket into Yueyue's bucket. He then swapped their buckets and helped Yueyue with the heavier bucket: "I'll give you all mine."

Yueyue looked at him: "What are you going to do?"

Wang Qingming said: "It's okay, my parents don't like to eat these."

Yueyue thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll give you a candy."

As she spoke, Yueyue took out a White Rabbit candy from her pocket, peeled off the candy wrapper, and stuffed the milky white candy into Wang Qingming's mouth. Although Wang Qingming was half a year older than Yueyue, when they stood together, they were about the same height.

Wang Qingming glanced at Yueyue's pocket and asked, "Why do you have so many candies in your pocket?"

Yueyue quickly stretched out a finger, put it to her lips, and said, "I bought this secretly from the supply and marketing cooperative with my New Year's gift money. Don't tell my mother."

Wang Qingming said "Oh".

When the two were talking, Zheng Hongxing was really with a group of older kids, and he had more things than anyone else.

At this moment, Fangfang ran over here, saying as she ran: "Yueyue, Teacher Lin went to the clinic to give birth to a little brother and sister for you!"

When Yueyue heard that her mother was going to give birth to a little brother and sister, she immediately followed Fangfang to the bathroom, and Wang Qingming followed closely behind.

After finally running to the clinic, Yueyue was already panting from exhaustion. Aunt Fang saw her and hurried over: "Yueyue, why are you here?"

Yueyue asked: "Aunt, where is my mother?"

"Your mother is in there." Aunt Fang said.

At this moment, the sound of a baby crying came from the delivery room, and then a nurse came out holding a child, smiling and saying, "Congratulations, Teacher Lin has given birth to a son."