Lin Shumei successfully gave birth to a fair and clean little girl. When she was born, her body was red, but she didn't have a single wrinkle on her skin.
Chen Chunhua said that such a child will definitely be white in the future!
Xu Xuejun has been staring at the child without blinking since he was born, and he dared not sleep at night. Although his father-in-law and mother-in-law spent a lot of money to book a single room, the legends of stealing children in the middle of the night still made him uneasy.
He didn't even trust the professional confinement nanny sent by the confinement center. At night, he would move a chair and sit at the door of the ward. Even the nurse who came to check on him would be scared by him.
All the parents and elders came to the hospital in turn and wanted to stay to take care of Shumei. However, everyone was sent away by the young couple on the grounds that "there is a confinement nanny, and we will go to the confinement center the day after tomorrow."
Including Liang Shengdi.
"Do you dislike grandma?" Old Mrs. Liang sat unhappily beside the bed, looking at the baby in Lin Shumei's arms, wanting to reach out but not daring to.
Lin Shumei assured her grandmother for the Nth time, "I really didn't~"
Why do we make money? Isn't it to improve our quality of life? What is the most basic quality of life? Isn't it leisure and comfort?
"Can you come to the confinement center to see me when the time comes? If that doesn't work, I can rent you a room there too?"
"Do you want money?"
"Of course! They use it to make money in business."
"Forget it, your mother said that the confinement center is very expensive." Liang Shengdi curled her lips, "It's better to save this money for your daughter."
Xu Xuejun only told his family after the child was born that they had already booked a confinement center.
Then his mother was unhappy too. One reason was that she felt that they acted without authorization, and the other was that it was a waste of money.
"How much money have you made? And you dare to spend it like this!" Standing in the hospital corridor, Youqing's wife kept complaining, "How much did you spend on your wedding at the end of the year before last! Buying a wedding house and a car! Isn't the Lin family wealthy? Why don't you let them pay for it themselves!"
"Then why don't you let your son come over?" Xu Youqing glared at her angrily. "You've had three children and spent three months in confinement. Did your mother-in-law's family contribute money or help?"
His wife was speechless for a moment. "Well, that's not it. My mom has to take care of my brother and sister-in-law! Everyone was poor back then..."
"Now that everyone is not poor anymore, you can ask them to make up for it a little bit!"
"Xu Youqing! Do you have any conscience?! I gave birth to three children for your Xu family! For so many years! Even if I didn't do anything for them, I've worked hard! And you treat me like this!"
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Xu Xuejun had prepared a lot of words to make his mother accept the matter of the confinement center, but in the end, he didn't have to say a word because all his energy was sucked away by his father.
Thank you, Dad.
I quietly retreated back to the ward and saw my mother-in-law had already poked her head out. "I just heard your mother yelling something."
"No, no, she's calling my grandma's house! My grandparents are old and their hearing isn't very good, so they need to speak louder." Xu Xuejun smiled and pushed his mother-in-law back to the ward.
"Mom, it's almost noon. What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it."
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Lin Shumei had a normal birth and was able to be discharged from the hospital on the third day after giving birth. The confinement center sent a special car to pick her up. She was wrapped tightly and stuffed into the car. Xu Xuejun sat in the passenger seat, and Aunt Li, the confinement nanny, who was holding the child, sat next to her.
Other adults have to drive there themselves.
Aunt Li looked about the same age as Shen Chunhua, but was actually only in her early forties. She was very meticulous in her work. She was holding the child in her arms, and worried that Lin Shumei might be cold, so she pulled her coat closer to her.
"Auntie, when can I wash my hair?" Lin Shumei asked quietly while the adults were away. "I feel like I've been sweating a lot these past two days, and my hair is almost tangled!"
Xu Xuejun turned his head and looked at her. "My grandma said that during the confinement period, I can't wash my hair or take a bath for a month, right? I can't be exposed to the wind or eat cold food."
Lin Shumei: ...Then you might as well kill her.
Aunt Li smiled gently and explained, "That was back when conditions were poor. You would catch a cold if you showered or washed your hair at home. The bathrooms in our center have large, hot bulbs, so it's okay to dry yourself quickly after showering."
"Then can I wash it as soon as I get there?!" Lin Shumei asked in surprise.
"That's not it."
Lin Shumei: ...
"It'll still take some time..." Aunt Li thought for a moment, "Mrs. Xu, your delivery was pretty good. There were no tears or episiotomies. After the nurse over there examines you, you should be able to take a bath in a few days."
As for the head...it's better to wait another week, after all, there are too many acupuncture points on the head."
Lin Shumei wanted to cry, "I really sweat every day... If I'm not allowed to wash, I'll become a mud doll..."
"It's normal to have sweats right after giving birth. It means you're still weak, so you shouldn't wash."
Lin Shumei: ...
Although she couldn't wash her hair and take a bath right away, Lin Shumei's confinement life was still very comfortable after entering the confinement center.
Apart from feeding the baby, she doesn't have to do anything else.
She is only responsible for eating three meals a day and three snacks a day, cooperating with the nurses in postpartum care, and accompanying her grandmothers, parents, parents-in-law, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law, sisters and brothers-in-law who come to visit her, and watching the baby together. That's enough.
Fearing that she would be bored, Xu Xuejun brought a lot of books and DVDs for her to read.
But these things cannot be seen by the older generation, because they will tell her that if she overuses her eyes during the confinement period, she will go blind.
Except for Lin Shuying, because she also relied on these to get through the boring confinement period. Although grandma and mother always criticized her.
In this regard, Lin Shumei was very curious about what the previous generation did when they had nothing during the confinement period.
"So how did you guys get through your confinement period before? It was so hard!"
"...You're just idle. We didn't have as much free time as you back then!" Chen Chunhua said unhappily, "When your eldest sister was born, it was the easiest time for me. I just had to hold her and feed her.
When the next few of you come out... then we'll not only have to take care of the new students, but also the older ones. I don't know how busy it will be!"
Lin Shumei opened her mouth and asked in her soul, "...Don't they say you can't get tired during the confinement period? You'll get postpartum illness."
Chen Chunhua almost laughed out loud, "What did I say? I told you you're ignorant, and you're still not convinced! When even eating is a problem, what's the point of saying tired or not? What's the point of talking about postpartum sickness? You have to be alive before you can get sick!"
Liang Shengdi remained silent on this topic, because if she had done some work, Chunhua wouldn't have to work so hard.
But all these are in the past, and the next generation and the next generation will have it, so why bother looking through the old almanac!
"You're in better conditions now, so you should definitely take care of your health! It's only a few days, just endure it and it will be over!"
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