“That’s a given! The research institute has verified it, and Miss Zhang deserves the most credit.” Wei Xu looked at Zhang Chenjun with a somewhat obsequious smile.
Zhang Chenjun rolled her eyes at Wei Xu. Ever since Wu Chenhao was transferred, Wei Xu seemed like a different person, becoming increasingly clingy and sweet-talking, sometimes making her...
Wei Xu looked at Zhang Chenjun's blushing face, smiled, and said nothing more.
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At the Xiao family home, Xiao's mother looked at her beloved grandson, who was only a few months old, crying incessantly, and felt extremely distressed. "Tell me, how come our whole family can't even get a single spice? Look at the child, bitten by mosquitoes, his face is almost covered in welts. Don't you parents keep an eye on him at night?"
Xiao Fei said unhappily, "I'm so tired from work during the day that I fall asleep as soon as I wake up at night. How can I take care of the child? Besides, my face and body are covered in mosquito bites. I'm not much better off than him."
Xiao's mother was furious. "Is that how you talk? Xiao Bao is your son, your own son. Don't you feel sorry for him? Look, the child's voice is almost hoarse from crying."
Xiao Fei didn't like this kid to begin with, and he became even more impatient when he heard him crying incessantly. "I don't care, let whoever wants to care, care. There's someone else at home who just eats for free, can't you comfort your son a little?"
Chen Jin was shocked that Xiao Fei would say that about her, and a wave of bitterness washed over her. "I do housework and take care of the children every day. How can you say that I'm just a freeloader?"
I didn't go to work to earn money, but that's because I had your child. If I went to work, who would take care of the child?
Besides, I cooked your lunch, and I washed your clean clothes. Anyone else can complain about me, but Xiao Fei, I bore your children, and I lost my job because of you. Why do you have the right to look down on me?
"What do you mean you lost your job because of me? You were fired for poor performance. You've been staying at home ever since, and the Xiao family has been supporting you. Chen Jin, you can't be so heartless. The Xiao family doesn't raise ingrates."
Chen Jin looked at Xiao Fei as if she had never met him before. What had led them to this point? Chen Jin suddenly wanted to leave this house.
But when she looked down at her son in her arms, she wondered how she would manage once she left this home.
Leave your son with the Xiao family? Judging from their cold-hearted attitude, they probably won't take good care of him.
Bring it with you? Then you probably can forget about finding a job.
She has no money, no house, and no job. She has to admit that once she leaves this house, she may not be able to survive.
Seeing Chen Jin's sad and desperate expression, Xiao's mother also felt a little sad. She thought back to how sweet and loving her son and Chen Jin used to be. How did they end up being worse than strangers?
However, the mother was biased towards her son. "Jin, you can sleep more during the day when we're home, and take better care of Xiaobao at night. After all, he's your own flesh and blood. How can you not feel heartbroken to see Xiaobao bitten like this?"
Chen Jin was naturally distressed, but she was also very tired every day, having to take care of the child and do so much work. She wanted to keep an eye on the mosquitoes for the child at night, but as soon as she lay down in bed, she was too sleepy to keep her eyes open.
Mr. Xiao glanced at Chen Jin, who was listless and silent, and then at Mr. Xiao and Xiao Fei, who were still chattering away. It looked to him as if they were bullying the young girl.
Mr. Xiao sighed and said, "I can still get a box of mosquito coils this month. I'll have them light them tonight."
"We've used mosquito coils before, but they're not very effective. The key thing is, I don't know what's wrong with the mosquitoes this year. They're all so fierce. One bite and it hurts for ten days or more."
"Alright, that's enough. These mosquito coils were hard to come by. Everyone's been plagued by mosquitoes this year. Just bear with it."
Xiao's mother knew that the mosquitoes weren't Xiao Fei and Chen Jin's fault, but it broke her heart to see her little grandson suffering. "Why are you still crying? Did you poop or are you hungry?"
Mrs. Xiao reached out and touched the diaper. "It hasn't pooped, so it looks like it's hungry!"
Xiao's mother pulled Xiao's father out of the bedroom. Before leaving, she said to Chen Jin, "Hurry up and feed Xiao Bao. If you let the child keep crying like this, will you ruin his voice? This mother really doesn't know what she's doing."
After the door slammed shut, Chen Jin ignored Xiao Fei's murderous gaze and unbuttoned her clothes to breastfeed Xiao Bao.
Xiao Bao sucked and sucked for a long time but didn't get any food, so he started crying again, even harder than before.
Even through the door, Xiao's mother could hear Xiao Bao crying. "What's wrong? What's wrong? Why is Xiao Bao crying even harder? Did you drop him?"
"Mom, it's alright!" Xiao Fei quickly said, sensing the anxiety in his mother's voice.
Actually, Xiao Fei didn't know what was going on either, but he could see clearly that Chen Jin hadn't done anything; Xiao Bao had just taken a couple of sniffs and then started crying.
Xiao Fei looked at Chen Jin with a puzzled expression. Chen Jin's eyes were red and her voice was aggrieved, "I, I think my milk has dried up."
Xiao Fei didn't understand what Chen Jin meant, so he shouted loudly towards the door, "Mom, Chen Jin's milk has dried up."
Now, Xiao's mother didn't care whether her daughter-in-law was breastfeeding or not. She opened the door and shouted, "Oh my God! She's only been a few months and her milk has dried up! What am I supposed to feed my baby, you heartless wretch? It's not like before, when I could buy you pig's trotters and crucian carp to help you produce more milk. Tell me, tell me, how am I supposed to live in the future!"
Seeing Xiao's mother crying and wailing, Chen Jin felt heartbroken. She was also distressed that her son hadn't eaten, but why did Xiao's mother say such things to her? Her milk had dried up because she was under too much pressure at home every day, didn't get enough rest, and did too much work. Besides, she hadn't said anything about not having a proper postpartum period!
"Mom, what do we do now?"
"What else can we do? Let's go to the market and see if we can buy pig's trotters or crucian carp. If we can't find any big bones, that will do too. I'm just worried that you'll spend a whole day running around and not even be able to buy bone scraps. If Chen Jin doesn't have any breast milk in the future, our little baby will only be able to drink rice water."
My poor little one! These days, who grows up eating rice gruel?
"She could still drink formula, how did she end up drinking rice water?" Mr. Xiao entered the bedroom after hearing Mrs. Xiao's wailing.
Chen Jin straightened her clothes as soon as Xiao's mother came in. Xiao's father didn't expose her when he came in, but Chen Jin felt her cheeks burning because her father-in-law knew about these private matters.
"You make it sound so easy. These days, it's not that easy to buy baby formula. When Xiao Bao was born, Xiao Fei went out to buy some. Newborns are supposed to have a can of formula every month, but Xiao Fei went several times and they were always out of stock. You really can't buy it if you don't have connections."
So many people were waiting to drink it, it was sold out as soon as it hit the shelves!
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