Thankfully, Xiaoxi was given a bowl of brown sugar and egg drop soup, which gave her the strength to give birth. She only fainted after giving birth; if she had fainted before, things would have been terrible.
"Then I'll head back now."
"Okay, thank you for your help today. I'm busy right now, but I'll bring you two eggs when I'm done, so you can share in the good fortune."
"Okay, this isn't urgent, I'll be going now."
Aunt Liu was terrified. All she wanted to do was go home and catch her breath; she didn't care if she had eggs or not.
"Where's Xiaoxi? I can't hear her voice. Is she alright?"
Everyone was cheering for the child, but only Xu Zijiang remembered to ask Xiao Xi a question.
"It's nothing, I just fell asleep from exhaustion."
Aunt Liu shook her head, and Xu Zijiang was relieved. Since that was the case, he was also preparing to go back. He was also afraid that Yu Jiu wouldn't be able to take care of the child alone.
"Please pay close attention and be careful. If she bleeds, you need to take her to the hospital immediately. Postpartum hemorrhage can be very dangerous for a woman."
After giving Zhu Zi his instructions, Xu Zi went home. As soon as he got back, Yu Jiu asked him about it.
"Is Xiao Xi alright?"
She listened intently and overheard quite a bit. She knew that Xiao Xi had mentioned a boy, a big, chubby one at that, but she hadn't heard anything about Xiao Xi's condition, which made her a little worried.
"She should be fine. Aunt Liu said she fell asleep from exhaustion. She should be alright after a rest."
At that time, Yu Jiu was also quite exhausted. She fell asleep not long after giving birth and recovered a lot after waking up.
"Then I'm relieved. Women really have it tough; childbirth is like walking through the gates of hell."
Yu Jiu shook his head, and after feeling relieved, a wave of drowsiness washed over him.
"Go to sleep."
"Okay, you go to sleep first, I'm going to take a shower."
Xu Zijiang patted Yu Jiu's hair and tiptoed out. When Yu Jiu returned at noon, Xu Zijiang had already boiled hot water and brought it in to wipe her body, so she could sleep directly now. Xu Zijiang, however, needed to take a shower first before sleeping. When he returned after showering, An'an woke up again from hunger, but she didn't cry. She just stared at the ceiling with her eyes open, her dark eyes rolling around.
"An'an is such a good girl, she didn't cry or fuss when she woke up, Dad,"
Check if it's wet; sure enough, it's wet again.
Xu Zi carefully stepped over Yu Jiu, picked up the child, and touched him. Sure enough, he had to change the diaper again. Fortunately, they had prepared plenty of diapers, enough for the occasion.
Xu Zijiang changed An'an's diaper with a clean one, but she still stared at him with her big eyes open, refusing to sleep. She was probably hungry again.
Xu Zijiang didn't want to wake Yu Jiu, so he first undressed her and held the baby close to her. As soon as An'an smelled the food, she became excited and quickly grabbed her food, refusing to let go, and then drank it in big gulps.
But actually, An'an's movements were very gentle, not rough at all. Yu Jiu was sleeping soundly and was not woken up by her. In the end, Yu Jiu slept peacefully all night.
The next day, Yu Jiu groggily sat up early in the morning. She glanced at Xu Zijiang beside her, then at the little one sleeping soundly, and was once again filled with doubt. Had Xu Zijiang fed the baby formula last night? Or had she gotten up to feed the baby and simply not remembered?
Yu Jiu feels that her memory seems to be failing lately.
"Never mind, it should be fine. Go back to sleep."
Yu Jiu trusted Xu Zijiang; he was very reliable and wouldn't let the child go hungry. So she closed her eyes, lay back down, snuggled in Xu Zijiang's arms, and took another nap. When she woke up again, it was already past nine o'clock.
Around 9 o'clock, An'an can finally snuggle in her mother's arms and eat a full meal peacefully, instead of sneaking around on her mother like a thief stealing food.
"Is An'an eating too much? I just fed her two hours ago."
Xu Zijiang seemed to be deep in thought. An'an wanted to eat, but Yu Jiu didn't have a free hand to eat. Fearing that Yu Jiu would go hungry, Xu Zijiang had no choice but to feed her some porridge first.
"The pork rib congee smells delicious today. Try it. If you get tired of it, I'll make you some sweet congee tomorrow. Would you like some mung bean congee?"
Yu Jiu opened her mouth wide and ate a spoonful of porridge. She thought for a moment.
"Forget it, I'll just have savory porridge. I'm not used to sweet porridge."
"good."
Xu Zi listened to Yu Jiu's every word. He was feeding him when suddenly there was a commotion next door, with screams coming in bursts.
"Captain, Captain!"
"I wonder what happened this time. I'll go check it out."
Upon hearing Aunt Guiyun's scream, Xu Zijiang's eyelids twitched, he put down the bowl, and hurriedly went out again.
Xiao Xi is really bleeding heavily, and they want Xu Zi to drive them to the hospital in a tractor.
Upon hearing that it was such a life-or-death matter, Xu Zijiang quickly drove the tractor over and took Xiao Xi to the hospital. Aunt Guilin and Zhu Zi also went along.
Xu Zi was extremely busy, but thankfully Gouzi's mother came to help, and she sighed with delight.
"The Zhu family is really guilty. Yesterday, the child was having such a difficult delivery, but they didn't rush to take her to the hospital. Now look what's happened, with severe bleeding, going to the hospital will definitely cost even more money."
"And if they can be saved, that's fine. But if they can't, a life is lost, the child is motherless, the son is without a wife and has to remarry. Wouldn't that cost even more money? These people really don't know how to do basic math."
"Xu Zi asked them to go to the hospital yesterday, but they refused. He also told him to keep an eye on Xiao Xi's condition, but unexpectedly, she still had a major hemorrhage."
Yu Jiu felt that Zhu Zi's family didn't really care about Xiao Xi; they only cared about the child.
"Sigh, it's all up to fate."
There was no point in the two of them discussing anything.
The group had been at the hospital for a long time and hadn't returned. Yu Jiu had woken up several times, but Xu Zijiang still hadn't come back in his tractor. He was probably waiting there to see if Xiao Xi was out of danger. They hadn't returned yet, but Zhu Zi's father came over first, carrying his big, fat grandson.
“Hey, Yu Zhiqing, Xiaoxi isn’t home, and we don’t have anything to feed the baby. I just fed the baby some rice porridge, but it’s not enough. The baby is crying from hunger. Could you feed him a meal first? I wouldn’t have asked you for this if I hadn’t really run out of options.”
Zhu Zi's father, his face flushed, came over carrying his wailing child. His face was bluish-purple, clearly from excessive crying.
"Uncle, why didn't you say so sooner? I forgot. I should have asked you earlier. Please give me the child."
When Yu Jiu saw the baby crying loudly from hunger, she realized that the neighbor hadn't even taken the child to the hospital, so they probably wouldn't prepare formula for the baby either. So Yu Jiu took the baby, closed the door, and prepared to feed the child.
However, since her clothes were already up, Yu Jiu thought for a moment and then asked Gouzi's mother to get her a bowl and a spoon.
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