Chapter 125 The baby was born. "The family members are all waiting outside, they can't go in..."
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In the delivery room of the city hospital, cries of pain from mothers in labor could be heard from time to time.
The family members waiting outside the delivery room grew increasingly nervous, rubbing their hands and pacing back and forth.
Ji Feng did the same. He frowned, took a few steps on the ground, then sat down again. A few seconds later, as if his chair was on fire, he stood up again.
Yu Xiaoyue stood by the table, one hand supporting her waist, the other hand using chopsticks to pick up hot and sour noodles, eating with great relish.
Seeing Ji Feng's expression out of the corner of her eye, she asked, "What are you doing? Did you drop something on the ground?"
Ji Feng awkwardly rubbed his forehead. "I didn't drop anything, I was just too nervous. Are you full? If not, I'll go out and buy you something else to eat."
Yu Xiaoyue's eyes swept over the table laden with hot and sour noodles, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), liangpi (cold skin noodles), spicy naan bread, braised pork buns, and pork rib soup.
There's so much food, even if she has a big appetite, she couldn't finish it all by herself.
Yu Xiaoyue waved to her husband: "Stop wandering around there, come and eat with us."
“I can’t eat. You need strength when you give birth, so eat more,” Ji Feng said.
"This is an order, come here."
"Received." Ji Feng obediently followed his superior's orders, walked over, picked up a crispy roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), and mechanically stuffed it into his mouth.
Ji Feng had just seen other expectant mothers in the corridor, each surrounded by a group of people, men, women, young and old, who looked like families.
Looking at his wife, he saw only the two of them.
Ji Feng hesitated, "Xiaoyue, how about I call our son over? That way, if there's anything we need to do, he can go."
“Why call him? He has to go to work.” Yu Xiaoyue looked awkward. She was already old and didn’t want her grown son to see her in such a disheveled state after giving birth.
That would be so awkward.
But the husband's concerns were valid; he really couldn't manage it all by himself.
"Or, why don't you have Aunt Liu come over earlier? We'll give her the extra money."
Yu Xiaoyue's due date is this week. She started having contractions last night, but it's still not time by noon today.
The doctor only told her to move around more and eat something to maintain her strength.
Ji Feng agreed, finished his roujiamo in a few bites, and then turned around and went out to call the family that Aunt Liu was currently serving.
Aunt Liu is meticulous, quick and efficient, and very straightforward. Before she started taking care of Li Hongmei, she had always worked as a postpartum nanny.
The business relied entirely on word-of-mouth among the homeowners. After meeting Li Hongmei, the two hit it off. She was also getting old, and the work of a nanny was, after all, hard work.
He had planned to stay with Li Hongmei for a long time, but unexpectedly, he was kicked out by that old hag.
Aunt Liu had no choice but to go back to her job as a postpartum nanny. Before Li Hongmei introduced her to Ji Feng, she had already found another job.
Counting the days, there are only three days left.
In the ward, Yu Xiaoyue finished her bowl of hot and sour noodles and all the side dishes. After thinking about it, she still wasn't satisfied, so she picked up the bowl and drank more than half of the soup.
Once the baby is born, she will have to abstain from certain foods, and she doesn't know when she will be able to eat them again.
She put down her bowl, and Ji Feng returned just then.
"So? Did Aunt Liu agree?"
Ji Feng said with a cold face, "Aunt Liu readily agreed, but the family she's with now absolutely refuses to let her go."
Did you tell them we'd pay the difference?
"I said so."
The air in the ward was heavy. Ji Feng was about to call his son when Yu Xiaoyue suddenly started having contractions again in her stomach.
Ji Feng had no choice but to return and carefully support his wife. "You can't get angry right now. These are all minor matters. At worst, I'll ask my comrades to arrange a few more caregivers for you."
"You wouldn't even ask your comrades for help with our son's job, but now that I'm having a baby, you're not afraid of bothering others?"
Yu Xiaoyue hissed, her lips turned white, and she still teased her husband with a smile.
It's not like it's her first time having a child, so what's there to worry about excessively?
Ji Feng bent down and helped her walk slowly around the ward. "When you were giving birth to Xiaoyu alone in your hometown, I was in the army and couldn't take care of you. I didn't know you were suffering so much."
"It's my fault, Ji Feng, for letting you down."
"We've been married for so long, why bring this up all of a sudden?" Yu Xiaoyue's cheeks flushed. "It's all in the past."
"You don't need to support me anymore, I can manage on my own."
Yu Xiaoyue gently touched her belly, "I wonder if the baby in my belly is a boy or a girl."
Ji Feng hoped for a girl who looked like his wife. He had even thought of a name for her: Yu Shan, the "Shan" in "arriving late."
The wind howled outside the window, and suddenly a heavy snow began to fall. In no time, the tree branches were covered with snow.
"Creak—"
Lin Huijun, carrying two large bags of clothes and with slightly damp hair, pushed open the door.
"Xiaoyue, you're about to give birth. You didn't even tell me about such a big thing. If Ji Yu hadn't mentioned it by chance, I wouldn't have known you were already in the hospital."
Behind her followed Ayili, who also carried many bags.
"Exactly, do you still consider us friends?" Ayili feigned anger.
Upon hearing the voices of her two friends, Yu Xiaoyue quickly instructed her husband to take the things.
"How did you two manage to get through this heavy snow outside?"
The room was well-heated. Lin Huijun put the things she was carrying on the sofa opposite the bed and took off her cotton-padded coat, hanging it on the coat rack.
Only then did he have a chance to speak, "Mianmian drove us here; it hadn't snowed yet when we left."
When Yu Xiaoyue heard that her daughter-in-law had also arrived, she looked a little nervous and reached up to smooth her hair. She looked so disheveled and unkempt; she was hardly someone to be seen with.
Lin Huijun knew what Yu Xiaoyue was worried about as soon as she saw her expression.
"Alright, don't worry. I know you don't want the children to see this, so I've already sent Mianmian back first."
Aili added, "It's just the two of us here with you today. The bag is full of handmade clothes and packages for the children, all of which have been washed."
"Thank you all..."
Chen Mian drove out of the hospital, but instead of going home, she went to the garment factory.
Zhijia was leading Aji on a tour of the factory.
Aji was wearing the same khaki overalls as his mother, and he was holding a small notebook in his hand, writing something down in a serious manner.
Chen Mian walked around the factory before finally finding them.
"Sister Zhi, the old man guarding the gate of the Public Security Bureau said that a family on the next street is in a hurry to sell their house. Do you want to go and take a look?" Chen Mian leaned close to Zhi Jiayi's ear and asked in a low voice.
"Go ahead, let's go now." Zhijiayi looked delighted; she hadn't expected to hear about buying a house so quickly.
"Okay, should Aji come along too?"
“Aji wants to go, wants to go.” Aji didn’t hear what Aunt Chen and his mother said, but he felt that they were going out to play, so he quickly raised his hand, afraid that he would be left behind.
"Then put on your thick coats and come along. It's snowing outside, don't let the children get cold," Chen Mianmian instructed.
The three of them went to see the house together. Zhijia was very satisfied. It was close to the police station, and there was also a primary school and a middle school nearby.
The room has a square layout, facing south, and both bedrooms are quite large. There is also a window in the bathroom.
The decor is a bit dated, but the furniture is all in good condition.
Zhijia wanted to make a decision right away, and the homeowner was also very agreeable. After a slight negotiation, they signed the sales contract.
As they left, Zhijia sat in Chen Mian's pickup truck, looking out at the swirling snowflakes, and remarked, "Having a car is so convenient."
It's a pity I don't have much money left; after buying the house, there won't be much left.
"Mom, I'll buy you a car when I grow up."
Aji knows about cars. His mother bought him a toy car, and when he grows up, he wants to buy his mother a car that adults can drive.
"Okay, I'll buy it for Mom when you grow up." Zhijia hugged her son and kissed him.
Evening, the city hospital was still bustling with people.
Yu Xiaoyue ate two more meals and walked around on the ground for a long time before finally entering the delivery room.
Ji Feng looked uneasy and wanted to go in with his wife, but the nurse stopped him.
"The family members are waiting outside; they can't go in."
Fortunately, her delivery went relatively smoothly, and she was quickly wheeled out with her baby.
"It's a very pretty baby girl," the nurse said with a smile, holding the baby in her arms.
"Good, good, good!" Ji Feng laughed heartily.
Ji Feng finally has a daughter.
It was still quite cold outside, so Yu Xiaoyue stayed in the hospital for a few more days until the weather warmed up a bit before returning home with her child.
Aunt Liu had already come to serve them, and Lin Huijun and Ayili then returned to their respective homes.
When Ji Yu first saw her younger sister, she was stunned and turned to look at Yu Xiaoyue on the hospital bed with suspicion.
"Mom, are you sure you didn't give me the wrong baby? Shanshan is so ugly."
"All newborns look like this; they'll grow into their prettier forms in a few days," Yu Xiaoyue said irritably.
"Oh, she's so tiny, her hands are only a tiny bit big." Ji Yu continued to squat in front of the stroller, looking at her little sister.
The little girl was quite amusing to look at; her face was wrinkled, she had very little hair, but her fingernails were quite long.
He curiously reached out and gently poked his sister's soft cheek.
Seeing his son's silly expression, Ji Feng gently instructed, "Keep your voice down. If you wake him up, you'll have to soothe him yourself."
"Also, this is my daughter, so don't lay a hand on her. If you like her, go back and have one with your wife."
Ji Yu stood up. "I can't bear to see my wife suffer. If anyone is going to give birth, it'll be me."
"All you do is spout nonsense all day long," Ji Feng scolded irritably. "How can a man like you have a child?"
Ji Yu retorted, "You don't need to worry about that."
Ji Feng spat, "I can't be bothered with you."
He's perfectly content with his daughter now, and his son can do whatever he wants.
Seeing her father busy with various tasks, Ji Yu asked in confusion, "Dad, have you stopped going to work recently? I heard from Mom that you've been staying at home for over a month."
"I haven't been feeling well lately, so I took sick leave at the hospital," Ji Feng said.
"You, are you in poor health?"
Ji Yu scoffed, "Are the leaders in the hospital blind? How can someone with poor health have a second child?"
"Go away, stop causing trouble here," Ji Feng pushed his son out of the ward. "You keep this to yourself, but don't spread it around."
After saying that, she picked up the washbasin by the door and went to the laundry room to hand wash her daughter's clothes.
Ji Yu stared blankly at his father's receding figure, lost in thought. He had never received such treatment when he was a child.
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