"Do I still need to go out?" Zhao Jingyu wanted to stay and keep her company.
When Chen Qiaodi said that Xu Qingning needed to take off her pants, he immediately went to help. He knew that Xu Qingning was wearing pajamas underneath and cotton pants on top.
"I can do it myself." Xu Qingning didn't want his help; it wasn't like she was just taking off a pair of cotton pants.
Yang Yuelan glanced at the two of them, then silently walked out to wait outside.
She had also been a daughter-in-law and knew that Xu Qingning was embarrassed.
“If it’s inconvenient for you, I’ll do it.” Zhao Jingyu stood by the bed and helped her take off her outer cotton pants. Chen Qiaodi looked at him and said, “You need to take them all off.”
Zhao Jingyu hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take off her pants. They were husband and wife, so even if he saw it, it wouldn't matter.
Xu Qingning blushed: "I can do it myself."
She didn't want him to see her naked at this moment.
That's so embarrassing.
"Jingyu, you should go out!" Chen Qiaodi, who had already put on her gloves, said to Zhao Jingyu with a smile, "I'll call you when I need you."
Zhao Jingyu knew that Xu Qingning was shy, so he didn't insist any further.
After the examination, Chen Qiaodi said that she was only three centimeters dilated and did not need to go to the delivery room yet. She said she would go to a meeting first and come back to check on her after the meeting. She also said that she could get out of bed and walk around when she was not in pain.
Upon seeing Chen Qiaodi emerge, Zhao Jingyu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Director Chen, how is my wife?"
"Everything is normal. Congratulations on becoming a father soon." Seeing his nervous expression, Chen Qiaodi gave him another task: "Go out and buy her some candy and snacks to keep her energy up so she'll have strength when she gives birth."
"Okay, I'll go buy it right away." Upon hearing this, Zhao Jingyu immediately went inside to ask Xu Qingning, "The doctor said you can eat something, what would you like to eat?"
Xu Qingning then remembered that they hadn't eaten breakfast, so she asked Zhao Jingyu to take Yang Yuelan to the hospital cafeteria: "You guys go eat first, just bring me a steamed bun."
Yang Yuelan brought seven or eight boiled eggs from home; they were still warm.
She originally just wanted to eat an egg, but she was too nervous to eat.
"Then I'll go buy it and we'll eat together." Zhao Jingyu hurriedly left, leaving Yang Yuelan to keep Xu Qingning company.
The news that Xu Qingning went to the hospital to give birth quickly spread throughout the courtyard, becoming a new hot topic of discussion.
Upon hearing the news that Xu Qingning was hospitalized, Liu Yuzhen said to Xiao Tingshen, "Wenya is also in the next couple of days. Go and bring her back. There's no reason for her to give birth at her parents' home."
Xiao Tingshen has been back for several days and has also visited Tang Wenya at his mother-in-law's house. The two had a big conflict because of the fashion competition and Ge Yanni's matter, and now they are in a cold war and not speaking to each other.
“Yes, hurry up and bring her back.” Xiao Yaodong also meant the same thing. “If she goes into labor in the middle of the night, you’ll have to rush over there. If she comes back to stay, it will be more convenient for you to go to the hospital. You can borrow a car from your workplace to take her there.”
“Okay, I’ll go pick her up today.” After breakfast, Xiao Tingshen went to the No. 3 State-owned Cotton Mill to pick up Tang Wenya.
The fashion competition is over.
The matter concerning Ge Yanni is a misunderstanding.
The most important thing right now is to have a baby.
At Jiang Yumei's urging, Tang Wenya packed up and went back to the tenement with Xiao Tingshen.
Jiang Yumei knew about the conflict between the two, but now was not the time to dwell on it; they should have the baby first.
Xiao Yaodong and Liu Yuzhen went to work. Xiao Tingshen took out the small quilt that Liu Yuzhen had sewn and showed it to Tang Wenya: "My mother sewed it by hand, isn't it pretty?"
The blue floral quilt has very fine stitches and is quite pretty.
It's just too small...
Tang Wenya gasped upon seeing it. She pulled a roll of toilet paper from her bag and handed it to Xiao Tingshen: "Take a look in your bag."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Tingshen was completely confused.
"Use the small quilt your mother sewed to wrap this roll of toilet paper." Tang Wenya said calmly. She knew that she couldn't rely on her mother-in-law for anything.
Upon comparing the contents, Xiao Tingshen was also embarrassed; the blanket was too small to hold the toilet paper.
Last night, when Liu Yuzhen showed it to him, he praised her for her skillful hands and said he never expected it to be so small...
“My mom didn’t sew a baby swaddle…” Xiao Tingshen tried to salvage the situation for Liu Yuzhen, “Didn’t your mom sew a small quilt for the baby too?”
“My mom did sew it, and she sewed a big quilt.” Tang Wenya simply pulled the quilt out of her bag and showed it to Xiao Tingshen. “Look, this is the difference. The quilt my mom sewed can be used by children until they are eighteen years old.”
"This blanket is way too big; it can even wrap me up in it." Xiao Tingshen said, both amused and exasperated. "This blanket isn't even suitable for wrapping a baby."
"If I had known your mom sewed it so small, I would have asked her to sew another one that fit properly," Tang Wenya said angrily. "What do we do now?"
The big ones are big, and the small ones are small.
Neither is suitable.
“We can’t alter a small quilt to make it bigger, we can only alter a big quilt to make it smaller,” Xiao Tingshen suggested. “I’ll go home with you now and let your mother-in-law alter the quilt.”
"You said it yourself, so don't say I'm staying at my parents' house and not coming back." Tang Wenya didn't want to stay at their house in the first place, and after hearing what Xiao Tingshen said, she immediately stuffed both the big and small quilts into her bag and went back to the State-owned Cotton Mill No. 3 residential compound.
Jiang Yumei hasn't finished get off work yet.
Tang Wenya then called him back from work to alter the quilt.
Jiang Yumei got angry as soon as she saw the quilt Liu Yuzhen had sewn. In front of Xiao Tingshen, she scolded, "Your mother has also given birth. How could she sew such a small quilt? It can't even cover a roll of toilet paper. How can it be used to wrap a baby?"
"Mom, there's no use complaining now. Could you please help me alter the quilt?" Xiao Tingshen was caught in the middle, feeling very troubled. "The quilt you sewed is too big and doesn't fit either."
"It's all my fault, I was too biased towards you all." Hearing Xiao Tingshen say this, Jiang Yumei felt wronged. "I just wanted to use more fabric and more cotton to sew a big quilt for my grandson. I even borrowed someone's cloth coupons..."
"Mom, don't say anything more, just start taking it apart!" Tang Wenya was annoyed. "You're biased towards me, can't you sew us two small quilts?"
“You make it sound so easy for you. I sewed two small quilts for you, but Qingning didn’t get one. What does your dad think?” Jiang Yumei felt that Tang Wenya was not considerate of her. “If this comes up later, your dad will argue with me again.”
Because of all this messy stuff, her relationship with Xu Jianguo is not what it used to be.
Especially after Tang Wenya moved back, Xu Jianguo volunteered for the night shift and didn't come back often during the day, sleeping in the duty room instead.
She didn't want to give anyone more reason to criticize her because of a blanket.
"Mom, Xu Qingning has already gone to the hospital. She doesn't need the quilt you sewed anymore." Tang Wenya found Jiang Yumei's idea ridiculous. "You're not thinking of going to the hospital to see her and win back my dad's heart, are you?"
"When did she go to the hospital?" Jiang Yumei asked hurriedly. "Which hospital?"
“The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital,” Tang Wenya said with a smug tone, “They even went through connections and found an intern.”
Xiao Tingshen looked at Tang Wenya without saying a word.
"It's not that I want to see her, but your dad will definitely go." In front of Xiao Tingshen, Jiang Yumei didn't say anything else, and hurriedly started to take apart the quilt.
As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Wenya sat up on the bed, clutching her stomach, her forehead instantly covered in sweat: "Mom, my stomach hurts..."
"Ting Shen, go to your workplace and borrow a car right now," Jiang Yumei panicked. "We need to get to the hospital immediately."
Xiao Tingshen agreed and ran out. When he got to the workplace, he didn't see the Jeep, so he asked the security guard.
The security guard said that the car had been borrowed by Wang Yaqiang and had not been returned yet.
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