The corridor outside the delivery room was full of people, all staring at the glass door, concentrating on hearing any movement inside.
Zhang Guoqing, who always had a smile on his face, had a serious face and pursed his lips tightly. In this scorching summer day in early July, he didn't feel the heat at all, but a chill in his heart.
Summer vacation just started yesterday, and the tense Zhang Guoqing was relieved. He accompanied Zhou Jiao back to the compound, and then he immediately followed Zhang's mother's advice and took his parents and midwife to live in the small courtyard in the alley.
Who would have thought that everything was arranged properly, and he was planning to let Zhou Jiao rest well before the due date, but less than a day later, she unexpectedly had her period.
Zhang Guoqing wondered if it was his fault. He shouldn't have let his wife go back to the compound. Even if he drove slowly, the car would still be bumpy.
The due date in August was pushed back by more than a month. Thinking of Zhou Jiao's bitten lips, Zhang Guoqing was extremely annoyed at his own rashness.
Just at the last moment, he really went crazy!
Mother Zhang squeezed her eldest son's hand with a distressed look and whispered comfortingly, "Twins are often born prematurely, don't worry. Our Jiaojiao is very lucky, she will be fine."
Zhang Guoqing stared at the gate without any reaction, staring blankly in a daze.
"Why is there no sound at all?" Cheng Ruzhu turned around and around, unable to hold back any more sound.
Zhang Guoqing knew the doctor inside had advised his wife not to hold the towel tightly. But who was that? It was Zhou Jiao! He was not used to seeing Zhou Jiao lose her composure in the eyes of outsiders.
Old Mrs. Cheng sat on a chair, her head bowed and her hands clasped together. If you looked closely, you would notice that her lips were constantly moving. But who had the mind to pay attention to details at this moment?
Zhou Jiao had been there since the early hours of the morning, and it had been over ten hours now. As the minutes passed, the people in the room who had been accompanying her until now felt increasingly uneasy.
After Cheng Ruzhu finished speaking, seeing that no one responded, she nudged her sister-in-law Liu Xiu and said, "I'll go call my aunt to send some food over."
Liu Xiu looked at his parents-in-law who were sitting there waiting quietly and said, "I'll do it."
Cheng Ruzhu didn't refuse her. As soon as she left, she couldn't help but lie on the glass door, wishing she could lift the white cloth on the back.
Suddenly the door opened and Cheng Ruzhu almost fell in. When she saw that it was Doctor Lin, she stood up quickly and asked happily, "Doctor Lin, how is it?"
"Auntie Lin, how is Jiaojiao now?" Zhang Guoqing rushed forward quickly.
Doctor Lin quickly stopped him: "She's fine! Don't go in and disturb her."
"Aunt Lin, let me in."
"No! There are already medical staff inside, you won't be able to squeeze in."
Zhang Guoqing gave her a disappointed look. "What kind of expert is this?" she asked. "She doesn't understand the benefits of having her husband accompany her during labor. What a crap era!"
He turned his head and stretched his neck to look inside, but unfortunately the delivery room was next door.
In a panic, Zhang Guoqing shouted, "Jiaojiao, I'm waiting for you outside, please hold on. Wife, I'm waiting for you outside, please hold on. We won't have any more children in the future, Jiaojiao, please hold on..."
Doctor Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pulled his arm, "Alright, don't disturb your wife giving birth."
"...Wife, we are waiting for you to come home safely. Wife, you must hold on..."
"What are you doing? Shut up!"
Seeing the doctor was truly furious, Zhang Guoqing immediately closed his eyes and craned his neck to peer inside, trying to listen closely. Unfortunately, the chaotic sounds of women, pregnant women, and children lingered in the delivery room, and the occasional noises in the corridor kept disturbing his hearing.
"Your wife asked me to come out and tell you something. Are you going to listen or not? If not, I'm leaving."
Zhou Xiaozheng, with a stern face, asked in a deep voice, "Tell me quickly, what did my Jiaojiao say?"
Doctor Lin almost choked out a breath. This father-in-law and son-in-law are so difficult to please! He was about to speak, but was interrupted by me? Judging from this person's tone, it seems as if he is deliberately hiding something.
She pursed her lips and replied unhappily, "She told you all to go back, so go do what you need to do."
Zhang Guoqing rolled his eyes, forced a smile, and bowed his hands in thanks: "Aunt Lin, you have worked hard. Please help me keep an eye on it."
Dr. Lin couldn't bear to look at the half-smile on this face, nodded, immediately turned around and went inside, quickly closing the door.
Zhang Guoqing was turned away. Seeing his father-in-law's sullen face, he sighed in sympathy. At a time like this, no one is as powerful as an obstetrician and gynecologist!
Lin Lishan said quietly, "Why is Uncle Hu not here by chance? It would be great if he were here."
Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at his wife.
"I knew this old man was unreliable!" Zhang Guoqing agreed with his mother-in-law. You said you'd been holding on to this apprentice for months, so why did he disappear at the last minute?
Zhou Xiaozheng was too lazy to complain and ignored them. He walked in front of the Cheng elder couple and said, "Aunt, you can go back first. Since Jiaojiao has passed on the message, there is no problem."
Old Mrs. Cheng looked up at him, then quickly lowered her head and continued to recite her sutra silently.
Seeing that Mr. Cheng also shook his head, Zhou Xiaozheng continued to ask Zhang's father and mother to go back and accompany Ping'an first.
"Don't try to persuade me. Jiaojiao is inside. We don't want to leave. Ping'an has Chen's sister at home. Nothing will happen." Mother Zhang refused without waiting for her husband to speak.
Father Zhang nodded in agreement and said, "It's troublesome to go back and forth. I feel uneasy when I'm not here."
Persuasion was fruitless, and Zhou Xiaozheng continued to sit there with a stern face, looking at the glass door. Seeing his son-in-law leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, he frowned.
Time passed slowly, and everyone ate the food sent by Aunt Cheng without any appetite.
We waited until the sun set, after Zhang Guoqing shouted again, and after Zhou Jiao asked for another bowl of noodles, at eight o'clock in the evening, there was finally movement inside.
The loud voice of the midwife invited by Zhang Guoqing in the delivery room finally worked. It was clearly heard outside, which cheered everyone up. Old Mrs. Cheng and others who were sitting there all rushed to the door.
"It's starting to happen. Good, that's great."
"Our Jiaojiao has suffered."
"Don't talk, listen to what's going on inside."
As the cry of a newborn baby was heard, everyone outside the delivery room was suddenly filled with joy.
Old Master Cheng laughed and said, "This must be the fat boy with a loud voice."
"Don't worry, there are more. The twins."
"Hey, why don't you come out first and announce the good news?"
Zhang Guoqing frowned and glanced at the chattering crowd. He really didn't feel like telling them that a medical staff member had already said it was a boy.
He counted the numbers silently and heard the cheerful conversation of the medical staff. At this moment, Zhang Guoqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
——It won’t be long before his wife will be able to get through it. For a moment, a tear fell from his eyes.
No one knew how he had managed to get through the last few months. Every night, watching Zhou Jiao's belly grow thinner and thinner, especially as the months progressed, he was really worried that the fetus would kick his wife's belly if it moved.
"Wait, that's not right. The position has moved. Let me rub it over here first."
"What's going on? The fetal position was normal just now. Come on, rub this side, squeeze this side."
"Little Five Wife, don't sleep, there's another baby! Wake up, there's another baby in your belly!"
"Yes, very good, rub it hard."
"This is a ginseng slice. Let her suck it."
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