"Chicken rack?" Mother Shen then remembered the oil paper bag that Tian Tian had brought back just now. "Why did you take the chicken rack, kid? You can keep it for yourself. Lingling is fine now. We don't lack food at home. We can eat meat and snacks on a regular basis. You are in school now, and it's time to use your brain to study. You can't eat poorly."
Tian Tian smiled and said, "It's not a valuable thing. There's not much meat on the chicken rack. It's just a specialty of our school. The taste and cooking method are different from here. I bought some and shared them with everyone. It doesn't cost much. Besides, Shen Lingling also sent me so many snacks. I can't eat her food for free. Friends can only stay together for a long time if they interact with each other."
Mother Shen didn't know what to say after hearing this, "Then I'll stay this time, but I won't allow you to stay next time. It costs a lot of money to go to school, and it's not a good idea to save the money to buy you some food and things to use."
After watching her mother put away the things, Tian Tian asked, "Where's Lingling? Isn't she home?"
She didn't see Shen Lingling during the time she was there, and didn't even hear any movement. If Shen Lingling was at home, she would definitely come out after hearing Tian Tian's movement.
"She is at home. She just finished feeding Ni'er. She wants to sleep for a while while the child is sleeping. Otherwise, she won't be able to sleep well if the child cries at night. The child will grab her. She won't do anything when her grandfather and I sleep and watch over her. She insists on her mother. But even if we help watch over her, she can't rest. She has to feed the child. If the child is hungry, she has to get up. How can she sleep soundly?"
Tian Tian listened and nodded in agreement. Although she had never given birth to a child, she knew that being a mother was not easy. The pain she endured during pregnancy was a piece of cake compared to raising and breastfeeding the child later. Not to mention the poor sleep at night, the pain from the swollen breasts was scary to Tian Tian.
Mother Shen couldn't control herself when she spoke, "Before, Shen Lingling thought that after the child was born, she could finally relax a little, but she didn't expect that after the child was born, she didn't even have a full night's sleep, and she could only find time to sleep when the child was sleeping."
"Yes, being a mother is not easy!" said Tian Tian.
Mother Shen originally felt sorry for Shen Lingling, but when she heard Tian Tian’s words, she couldn’t help but laugh and said, “You little kid, you still know that being a mother is not easy?”
Nowadays, people treat those who are not married as children. Even though Tian Tian is not young anymore, it is still the same. Everyone always assumes that one becomes an adult only after marriage. As for people like Tian Tian, they still think she has not grown up yet.
"But this is all normal. The mother has never suffered this kind of suffering. How come others can suffer but she can't? She's not a child from a rich family, so how can she be so delicate?"
"Suffering is not a good thing. If you can avoid it, why let the children suffer?" Tian Tian was puzzled.
She didn’t know why people nowadays always have this idea that everyone can endure hardship, so you have to endure it too and cannot be different from others.
Even though children nowadays are raised roughly, mothers still feel pain in the process of breastfeeding, such as milk engorgement, nipple cracks, and a series of physical sequelae of childbirth. These cannot be avoided by raising children roughly.
On the contrary, at this time when supplies are relatively scarce, pregnant women and postpartum women often cannot get better rest. As those people say, they give birth to their babies in the fields, and then go back to work in the fields as soon as they pull up their pants after giving birth. These things are real, and for the sake of the family, these things have become something to show off.
Look, how hardworking I am. If you can't be like me, you are not a good wife or a good daughter-in-law, and little by little you become a shackle that binds women. It seems that if a woman is a little selfish and thinks a little more about herself, it is like committing a huge crime.
Women also gradually erase their own values and submit to such rules. They do not feel that their sufferings are sufferings, their contributions are contributions, and they feel that all their pains are what they deserve.
But what should we suffer? We have done nothing wrong.
Mother Shen didn't expect Tian Tian to say such a thing, which was very inconsistent with her concept, so when Tian Tian's words came out, Mother Shen was stunned.
After a while, Mother Shen smiled and said, “Isn’t this the case for everyone? And what’s the hardship of having a child? You can’t just not have children, right?”
After hearing this, Tian Tian didn't say anything.
"Since Lingling is still sleeping, I won't wait for her. Auntie, wait until Lingling wakes up and tell her to come and play with me when she has nothing to do!" After Tian Tian said this, she got up and was about to leave.
"Won't you sit for a while?" Mother Shen also came down to see her off.
She was very happy that Tian Tian came back, because this way Shen Lingling had someone to talk to and her mood would be better.
"No, I won't sit down. Lunch is about to be prepared and I have to go back to help my grandma cook!" After saying that, Tian Tian went home.
The afternoon when Tian Tian returned from Shen Lingling's house, Shen Lingling came to Tian Tian's house.
Tian Tian got some melon seeds and peanuts from outside and went into the house to chat with Shen Lingling. Shen Lingling took a sip of hawthorn water and sighed comfortably.
"I thought it would take a few days for you to come over." Tian Tian handed Shen Lingling a frozen pear.
"How is that possible? I really want to leave Niu Niu for a while. You don't know how clingy my Niu Niu is. She needs me for everything. She even refuses to let her grandma change her diaper. I can relax for a while if I come out." Shen Lingling said.
"Then aren't you afraid that Niu Niu will cry when she can't see you?" Tian Tian asked.
"Oh, it's because she can't hear. And Niu Niu is very smart. She cried for a while, and when I didn't go over, she knew I was not at home, so she stopped crying." Shen Lingling said.
If she was at home and heard her child crying, her heart would wrench in it and she couldn't help it for a moment. She wanted to give everything to the child so that she would stop crying.
Going out for a walk can make her feel more relaxed. Otherwise, she would be in that environment every day. Although it was interesting to watch the children, she couldn't stand a life with only children.
She feels that all her joys and sorrows revolve around her child. When the child smiles, she is happy. When the child cries, she becomes anxious.
But she cannot express these emotions to her parents, because her parents just think she is being pretentious. No matter what they say to her, it all revolves around the child, as if she is unimportant and does not exist, and she is just a tool to take care of the child.
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