Afterwards, the three of them dressed and washed the children together. The children who could walk were put out to the yard after they were dressed. As for the babies who were still in swaddling clothes, they could only be put on the bed and the older children who were several years old were left in the house to watch over them.
The children all ate hot millet porridge and drank fragrant egg drop soup, and their numb faces revealed sincere smiles.
Wen Xi smiled with relief and said to Xu Yinhua, "Sister Yinhua, I'll be going now. I'll go see if I can collect any supplies, and I'll come back tonight."
"Liangliang, thank you so much!" Xu Yinhua said excitedly. In the past, kind people from all walks of life donated supplies to the orphanage, but now everyone is too busy taking care of themselves to help.
Unexpectedly, another kind-hearted person has come. She must report this to the dean so that the dean can present Comrade Hao Liangliang with a banner.
Wenxi came out of the orphanage and looked up at the morning sun. She was surprised that the sun was already so strong on a winter morning. It really didn't leave any way for people to survive!
Wen Xi hesitated for a moment, then walked toward the bus stop by the roadside. She had just asked how to get to the Qin family's area. The Qin family's area was quite far from here, requiring two bus transfers and then a rickshaw ride.
Arriving at the iron gate of the Qin family's villa again, Wen Xi was already a little tired. She composed herself and reached out to press the doorbell.
The lives of the wealthy are truly unimaginable. The Qin family had already been enjoying the good life of having an apartment with electric lights and telephones for who knows how long.
Most ordinary families couldn't live such a good life by the late 1990s. The resource gap between cities and rural areas was just too big, so it's no wonder that most people moved to the city.
Life in the city is a hundred times, a thousand times better than in the countryside.
"Liangliang?" Grandma Qin heard the doorbell and ran out to check. To her surprise, she saw Wen Xi. Grandma Qin quickly opened the door. "Liangliang, why did you come back alone? Didn't Qin Mi come back with you?"
Wen Xi smiled awkwardly. She went directly to the orphanage last night, not to Qin Mi's place. She didn't even see Qin Mi, so how could she have come back with Qin Mi?
"Grandma Qin, I have something to take care of when I came back." Wen Xi walked in carrying a wicker trunk.
Grandma Qin nodded with a smile and reached out to take the wicker box from Wenxi's hand, but Wenxi refused, "Liangliang, we clean your room every few days, it's clean now, you can go in and rest."
"Thank you, Grandma Qin," Wen Xi said with a smile.
Arriving at the room on the second floor, Wen Xi pushed open the door. The room was furnished as before. Wen Xi felt a mix of emotions. She wasn't really 'Hao Liangliang', so she had to find an opportunity to divorce Qin Mi so that Qin Mi could pursue his happiness.
Although their marriage was initially a sham, the marriage certificate was genuine, so it was no different from a marriage. They needed to get a divorce first, otherwise Qin Mi would be making a mistake if she were with someone else, which would be a matter of conduct. If others used this to their advantage, Qin Mi would also be in trouble.
At noon, Qin's father and mother returned. They were both very happy to see Wenxi back. With the food Wenxi had stored at home, they could eat as much as they wanted during this time of food shortage, and no longer have to go hungry like before.
Wenxi chatted with Qin's parents on the sofa for a while, then said to Qin's father, "Uncle Qin, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. Can we go to the study to talk?"
Qin's father nodded. "Okay."
"Then I'll go back upstairs to get something." Wen Xi got up and went upstairs, opened her wicker trunk, put a whole trunk full of 'contraceptive pills' inside, and then carried the wicker trunk downstairs to the study.
“Uncle Qin, this time when I came back, I helped out at the orphanage. Many people have children but can’t afford to raise them, so they send their children to the orphanage. The orphanage is there for this purpose, and we can’t just let them die. So now there are more and more children at the orphanage, and the orphanage is running out of food. We can’t afford to raise the children that are sent here. So I was thinking, could we solve this problem at its root?”
"During this time, let's not have children, okay? Let's wait until we get through this difficult period before having children. That way, when we have food, everyone can fill their stomachs, and the children won't starve to death, right?" Wenxi really felt speechless.
Men don't care about conditions or environment at all; all they know is to have children. Once the children are born, they don't care about them or can't raise them. Isn't that a sin?
It's true that nothing can stop their enthusiasm for having children!
Mr. Qin nodded, “What you said is indeed a problem. The hospital has family planning supplies, but no one goes to get them.”
As a father-in-law, Qin's father really couldn't discuss this issue with his daughter-in-law, but the current situation is special, so they have no choice but to discuss it.
Wen Xi placed the rattan box on the desk in front of Qin's father, opened it to show him the medicine bottle inside, and said, "Uncle Qin, I have 10,000 contraceptive pills here. They are effective for two years. That means you won't be able to have children for two years after taking them. After two years, you can have children normally. I'll have to trouble you to arrange for medical staff to go to the countryside to distribute the contraceptive pills to everyone."
Wenxi had her reasons for not giving out all the contraceptive pills. If everyone took them now, the pressure would be immense if everyone had children at the same time two years later. So, she had everyone take them in batches and have children in batches, which would reduce the pressure on society.
She didn't know how long she could stay here, so she would help as much as she could!
Qin's father stood up excitedly, "Liangliang, is this medicine really that effective?"
Wen Xi nodded firmly, "This was made by a very skilled doctor, but I don't know where the doctor is. However, Uncle Qin can send two pills to the Medical Research Institute so that they can develop a contraceptive pill. That way, everyone can have children whenever they want and not have children when they don't want to, instead of having to keep having children until they can't have any anymore, like before."
Women in this era have a really tough life. They give birth to one child after another, and no one cares about their health. Why do so many women die in childbirth during their last pregnancy?
That's because their health is deteriorating, and the intervals between pregnancies are too short. Their bodies haven't recovered before they get pregnant again. If the mother's body isn't healthy, how can she give birth?
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