"I heard that Qi Hongmei sleeps in the same room as her son."
Sun Xiuhua felt embarrassed after she finished speaking, even though her son Tiezhu and Shazhu were so young.
They're all sleeping separately now, especially Da Dong.
Qi Hongmei only has one son, whom she has spoiled since he was a child, but Ye Zhaozhao thinks Qi Hongmei's actions are disgusting.
The two were chatting when a young woman came to their door.
"Hello, ladies. I'm new here. I'd like to ask if there's a clinic around here?"
The woman looked distressed, and Sun Xiuhua, no longer bothering with conversation, quickly got up and asked her what was wrong.
"Are you feeling unwell? We don't have a clinic here, you'll have to go to the military hospital."
But the military hospital is quite a distance away, the woman said with a helpless expression.
Then she explained her situation; it turned out she had just given birth.
I don't know what's wrong, but I haven't been able to produce milk. My breasts are also swollen, which is uncomfortable for me and my baby can't get enough to eat.
The child cried all night because of hunger, and she was very worried.
I was planning to go to the clinic today, but seeing the woman's condition, Ye Zhaozhao thought she probably had postpartum milk stasis and said.
Can I take a look at it for you?
"Can."
The woman was truly at her wit's end; her forehead was aching and she was sweating.
Sun Xiuhua then told the woman that Ye Zhaozhao was a doctor and that she had previously worked at a military hospital.
Knowing that Ye Zhaozhao was a doctor, the woman felt more at ease, and the three of them went into the house.
Ye Zhaozhao examined the woman and confirmed that she did indeed have a blocked milk duct.
Ye Zhaozhao used massage to clear the blockage, and after being massaged by Ye Zhaozhao, the woman found that the pain was not so bad.
Ye Zhaozhao then explained some breastfeeding methods to her. After the woman learned that Ye Zhaozhao was a doctor, she asked her for some ways to increase milk production.
Ye Zhaozhao told her to drink more soup, fish soup, pork rib soup, chicken soup, anything was fine. The woman noted that she wanted to give Ye Zhaozhao money, but Ye Zhaozhao waved her hand and refused.
"Sister-in-law, I feel bad if you don't take the money."
"It's alright, you should go back and check on the children."
The woman said she lived on the first floor of the family building and asked Sun Xiuhua and Ye Zhaozhao to visit her whenever they had time.
Then she left, and the children woke up.
Seeing the honey-glazed pastries, the children gathered around them, and Ye Zhaozhao let them eat them.
She went home to cook dinner, and after dinner, Ye Zhaozhao started writing her story.
She had read many children's stories with Tuantuan and Yuanyuan before, so she felt quite comfortable writing them now. She planned to write a few and submit them to try it out.
Gu Yunduan knew she had important business to attend to, so he refrained from bothering her. The next day, Ye Zhaozhao went to the county post office and submitted several children's stories she had written to a publishing house.
In the days that followed, Ye Zhaozhao stayed at home. With her around, even Tiezhu and Shazhu felt happy.
Because they can come over to our house for meals from time to time.
Sun Xiuhua felt a little embarrassed seeing them running to Ye Zhaozhao's house all day long. She grabbed Tiezhu and Shazhu by the ears.
"You two disappeared in the time it takes me to serve a dish. Go home and eat."
"Sister-in-law Sun, let them eat here. It's all the same."
"But we can't eat at your house every day."
Sun Xiuhua knew her son's appetite well; he was now almost as big as Zhou Dawu.
How much food would it take to feed them if they weren't my own offspring?
Sun Xiuhua herself was disgusted with them, but Tiezhu and Shazhu just wouldn't go back.
"Mom, we're going to Kyoto for school soon. Once we go, we won't be able to eat Aunt Ye's cooking as often, so we have to eat more now."
"So that's what you two little brats were thinking."
Sun Xiuhua was amused and exasperated, but she couldn't do anything about it. Neither of them wanted things to turn out this way, but Aunt Ye's cooking was just too delicious.
Although Sun Xiuhua is a good cook, she is far inferior to Ye Zhaozhao.
Sun Xiuhua wasn't in a hurry to take the two people home, so she sat down and chatted with Ye Zhaozhao.
"Zhao Zhao, I heard that the daughter-in-law Qi Hongmei found works at the county grain station."
In those days, working at a grain depot was a great honor, because those who worked there were never short of grain. Ye Zhaozhao found this strange.
"With such great conditions, how come you'd see Da Dong?"
It's not that Ye Zhaozhao looks down on Da Dong, it's just that Da Dong perfectly inherited Qi Hongmei's traits.
Qi Hongmei's only redeeming quality was her black hair; her face was covered in pockmarks.
She was already dark-skinned, and after training for a while, she became even darker. Speaking of this, Sun Xiuhua told Ye Zhaozhao that it was because the matchmaker hadn't told the truth.
The man saw that Qi Hongmei's husband was a platoon leader, and that after they got married, the woman could also live in the family compound, so he didn't think much of it.
Ye Zhaozhao couldn't help but wonder, what if the girl regretted marrying him after finding out the truth? Wouldn't that be marriage fraud?
"Zhaozhao, you're too naive. Do you really think a girl with such good qualities would be willing to marry Da Dong?"
"Sister-in-law Sun, what do you mean?"
Sun Xiuhua knew the matchmaker very well; he was only after the small benefits offered by both families.
She should put in a good word for both families; it's not like she hasn't met them before.
Before the wedding, the matchmaker made it sound like the best thing ever, but after the wedding, it turned out to be a complete mess.
But the wedding is already over, what can be done?
If there were no ghosts involved, the woman's family wouldn't be pressuring Da Dong to get the marriage certificate before the wedding banquet.
Ye Zhaozhao hadn't expected it to be like this, Sun Xiuhua continued.
Xiaoling and her daughter went back, and Qi Hongmei gave them 500 yuan to resolve the matter.
However, considering that I found a daughter-in-law who works at a grain depot, I feel that it's not a bad deal.
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