Chapter 232 Confinement
Wen Wan asked him, "What's your nickname?"
Lu Dongping said, "Just call him Lu Dongping." When he was a child, everyone called him Pingwazi Pingwazi. Later, when he grew up, he found it unpleasant, and gradually no one called him that anymore. Most people called him by his full name.
"You don't even have a nickname! Then think of one for him, or just call him Kang Kang."
Lu Dongping felt that it was fine to call him that, but it would also be nice to have a nickname to call him for fun when he was a child.
"Then what do you want to call him? Stone, Goudan?"
Wen Wan wanted to hit him, but unfortunately she didn't have much energy or strength at the moment.
"Why do we have to add the word 'dog'? Can't we just call it 'Dandan'?"
Lu Dongping raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Eggs? Sure! They're round and fun."
The couple just casually gave little boy Lu Hongkang such a casual nickname.
After talking for a while, Wen Wan fell asleep.
But the sleep was not restful, my stomach still ached slightly, and my chest felt bloated. In fact, the bloating started long before the birth, and the older generation said it was breast engorgement, and that I just needed to give birth and let the baby suck, and the discomfort would go away after the baby was born.
But when I took a deep breath, there was nothing and it still hurt.
Lu Dongping was probably too nervous today and felt tired at the moment. He was talking to her, but then he stopped talking and stopped resting his hand on her belly.
Lying flat on her back, she felt her waist was uncomfortable. She gently took Lu Dongping's hand away and moved, turning sideways to face the wall. Curled up like this, she felt a little more comfortable. Unfortunately, she had only closed her eyes for a short time when the child started to move again, whimpering.
Wen Wan was in a daze. She reached out and hugged him in her arms, lifting up his clothes.
By the time I woke up from the pain, the child had already started sucking.
Wen Wan wanted to push him away because of the pain, but she was reluctant to do so.
She hugged the child to her chest, pursed her lips and closed her eyes. "Go to sleep. The pain won't go away when you fall asleep."
The method was very effective. The baby woke up twice during the night, but she held him in her arms and soothed him back to sleep with her milk. The milk came in, and he was able to suck it through. The bloating feeling was gone, and his body felt a little lighter, which allowed him to sleep well. She didn't even know how many times the baby urinated during the night. She only knew that when the baby woke up with a stomachache at dawn, his hands were wet.
The diaper was soaked through and even the small blanket holding the baby could not cover it.
It was time for her to wake up. When she moved, Lu Dongping woke up too. He subconsciously touched her stomach and asked her, "Does it still hurt?"
"The child peed."
Lu Dongping sat up suddenly.
There was just a little light outside, but the room was still pitch black. He fumbled to light the oil lamp, then went to pick up the child.
My hands became wet after this hug.
"Little thing, you're so amazing! You're made of water, you can even pee through the quilt without making a sound!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the baby in the cradle started crying loudly.
Wen Wan pursed her lips and said nothing. It was her fault.
I heard the baby humming in a daze and then I started feeding him directly. He didn't even have a chance to cry.
I just didn't remember that a child's humming may not necessarily mean he wants to eat, but may also mean he wants to pee.
The quilt was wet, the diaper was wet, and even the long-sleeved shirt and long-legged pants on my body were wet.
Lu Dongping took a long time to clean up the mess.
Wen Wan leaned sideways, supporting her cheek and looking at him: "You are so amazing, you can do this too. I don't know how to start when I see you."
"Is that amazing? I took care of Chun'e and Donglin when they were little. Chun'e was okay, she was well behaved since she was little. But that brat Lu Donglin was so naughty that I beat him up every day."
As he spoke, he quickly changed the baby's clothes. He was dry and clean, but the little one was still crying with his eyes closed.
Wen Wan stretched out her hand: "Give it to me, I guess I still need to drink milk before I can calm down."
"I'll get him some!"
Wen Wan has already taken the child over: "No need, I was groggy in the middle of the night, and he seemed to have sucked out the milk. It hurts a little, but after he sucked, I felt less bloated, and not as uncomfortable as before." It hurts, just bear with it!
Lu Dongping watched her lift her clothes and clumsily feed the child. He stood by the bed for a long time, scratched his head, and said with a smile: "Okay, feed the child!"
It's now, if I wake up I won't fall asleep again.
The child then ate the milk and fell asleep again.
Wen Wan waited until he fell asleep before throwing off the quilt and getting out of bed: "I want to go to the bathroom."
She had been holding it in for a long time, and she shuddered just thinking about the pain.
After everything was done, Lu Dongping immediately took the basin out and poured it into the pit toilet, rinsed it with water, and went back into the house. He asked Wen Wan, "Would you like to have yesterday's soup or porridge in the morning?"
"If there's soup, drink it. Nothing can stay put these days."
After saying that, he glanced outside and said, "It's still early, it's not even light yet. Aren't you going to sleep? If not, go do something else first. I'll eat later."
Lu Dongping responded and left the house, but did not turn off the oil lamp.
Although it was not yet fully light, the farmers did not sleep in and got up early.
The mother and daughter had a few arguments the day before. Zhang Hongying complained to Lu Mingjiang later in the evening. Her husband persuaded her and she felt upset, but she managed to keep calm in the end.
No matter what, she had never been bullied by anyone during her confinement period, so there was no reason for her daughter-in-law to be bullied during her confinement period. Her son was a stubborn ass, so she couldn't blame anyone else.
Seeing that the door of the new house was open and the lights were on, Lu Dongping came out of the house to fetch water, and she walked into the house.
Wen Wan is not asleep yet, she is leaning against the head of the bed and watching the child!
Seeing her come in, he greeted her: "Mom!"
After hearing her shout like that, Zhang Hongying lost all her temper when she saw her grandson again.
He responded and sat down on the bed. "After a night of rest, are you feeling better? Don't be shy to tell me what you have to say. I may not be able to read a single word, but I've been through it all, so if there's anything you don't understand, you should tell me."
"How many times did you pee last night? Was it a big deal? Since you've given birth, I should be staying here to look after you at night. But Dongping is such a stubborn ass, I can't do anything about it."
Wen Wan said, "Don't bother. I just don't know how to do it, but Dong Ping does. The child is also very well behaved. When he whimpers, I just feed him and he stops crying immediately. I don't even have to get up."
Zhang Hongying was stunned for a moment: "Feeding?"
"Yes, yes, I sucked it out in the middle of the night."
Zhang Hongying laughed. The old man was right. She was just worrying for nothing. This woman was a child before she gave birth. This child didn't need anyone to teach her. She could figure out everything on her own.
"Look, Dongping even argued with me about breastfeeding. It's not that mother doesn't love you. We are all women, we have all been through this, and who doesn't know the pain? But no matter how much you love the child, you have to feed him well. He is young now and can't eat. What good thing can be as good as mother's milk. Besides, young people sleep a lot. If you add malted milk, he will toss and turn all night and won't be able to sleep. Feeding is so convenient. Just press him in your arms and all the problems are solved. Chuyi of your aunt's family really has no choice. He is unlucky and has such a mother. He can't even get a mouthful of milk. Although he is well raised, think about whether your aunt has been a human being in the past year or two."
Wen Wan said, "What mother said makes sense. Why is he still arguing with you? I'll deal with him later."
After hearing this, no matter whether she was sincere or not, Zhang Hongying felt relieved.
"I still have yesterday's chicken soup. I have to go to the fields now. Dongping won't go to the commune until dawn. Ask him to make you something to eat. I'll be back early and make you lunch at noon. Just lie down on the bed. No matter how particular you are, you can't go outside to relieve yourself. Confinement is a big deal. You can't be exposed to the wind."
Wen Wan agreed, and then she got up and went outside.
Since she was willing to breastfeed, she let go of the thing that had been bothering her all night. As for the rest, she didn't bother to care about whether Lu Dongping was stubborn or not.
As soon as he left the yard, he ran into Gao Xiulan. Knowing that Wenwan had given birth to a boy, Gao Xiulan was extremely happy: "Aunt, how is everything? How is the baby? I wanted to come and see you yesterday, but I was worried about disturbing Wanwan's rest."
Zhang Hongying said with a smile, "Good, everything is fine! My belly didn't look very big then, and the baby was quite solid, a little over five pounds! Just like Dongping when he was little, chubby."
"Oh, this is because I didn't grow any of it, but it went to the child."
The two sisters-in-law walked towards the wheat field, chatting and laughing. Lu Mingjiang followed behind and was in a good mood. They thought it through so quickly. It’s good to think it through. A harmonious family brings prosperity!
Lu Dongping ran twice to fill the water tank, then ran again to fetch water and washed the clothes and diapers. The weather was good, so the clothes would be dry in the afternoon after washing in the morning and there was no delay in using them.
After that, he went to prepare food for Wen Wan.
Pulled noodles into chicken soup.
Wen Wan came into the room with the bowl in her hand and sat up, holding the child on the edge of the bed to help him pee. Obviously, the child was very resistant to being forced to pee even though he didn't want to.
Wen Wan saw him crying and immediately wrapped him in a diaper: "Okay, don't pee anymore, don't pee anymore, don't cry, I won't pee anymore."
As soon as I finished speaking, the hand supporting my butt felt hot.
Not only did she pee, she also pooped on her hand. Although there was a diaper between them, Wen Wan was completely stiff.
Lu Dongping's arrival was just the right time to come.
I put the bowl aside, quickly added water, then took the child, wiped him with a diaper and threw him aside, washed his butt with warm water, and wrapped him up again.
After serving the younger one, she served the older one. Even though her hands were not stained at all and had been washed, Wen Wan still felt a smell of shit on them. When she looked at the layer of yellow oil floating on the chicken soup in the bowl, she couldn't help but imagine it and felt a little nauseous.
"Little thing, it was just a little bit short. You were about to poop but you still cried so loudly. Next time I will definitely not trust him again."
Lu Dongping taught her: "Yes, as long as the child has not defecated, urinated, or is hungry, you should not be afraid of him crying. Don't look at him as a little boy, he is very smart. If you do this two more times, he will never pee obediently in the future and will have to come back to pee on himself. Don't look at him as if he doesn't understand anything now, but in fact he knows everything. He knows that crying is useful, so I will use this trick on you every time in the future. I'll wait for you at the commune and will be back soon. You can eat and then take a nap."
Wen Wan swallowed a mouthful of soup with difficulty and handed the bowl to him: "I can't eat anymore." When she saw the layer of oil, she thought of the poop that Dandan had pooped out.
Lu Dongping frowned: "How much has he eaten? You have to feed him, how can he not eat?"
Wen Wan shook her head: "If you lie still, you won't feel hungry. If you dislike my leftovers, then just leave them there. It's the same if you heat them up for me at noon."
"You're just talking nonsense. How can I dislike you?" Lu Dongping took the bowl and ate the rice in a few mouthfuls. He was in confinement with Wen Wan. Maybe Wen Wan would recover before he did.
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