Chapter 255 I'm Doing It All for Your Own Good
He sighed softly, looking at me with a "don't make things difficult for me" expression.
He said softly to Su Hongying, "Hongying, I will treat you even better from now on. Don't hold a grudge against my mother. Although she made a mistake, she is still my biological mother. She gave birth to me, raised me, and worked hard for me all these years. She also helped me get married and have children. Please, for my sake, don't hold a grudge against an old lady like you anymore, okay?"
Su Hongying smiled and nodded, saying, "Since you've already said it, I'll definitely listen. After all, we're going to be husband and wife for life. So... how about this, Haijun, you can pay for the postpartum nanny. My mom said the nanny she hired will come to the hospital to take care of me after the fifteenth of the lunar month. I can't go home right now, and I almost died along with my baby while I'm in postpartum confinement in the hospital. I can't let this suffering go unpunished, can I?"
She tilted her little head up, pouted, and looked at Zhang Haijun with a pitiful expression.
Zhang Haijun frowned and subconsciously asked, "Why didn't your mother let you go back to your parents' home to recuperate after childbirth?"
Fan Liangyu remained silent.
He began, "What family would send a married daughter back to her parents' home to recuperate after childbirth? According to folk beliefs, returning to one's parents' home after childbirth will affect the feng shui and fortune of the parents' home. She has brothers and sisters in her family; who would dare to take that risk?"
"What kind of feudalistic outdated ideas are these?"
A look of disdain flashed across Zhang Haijun's face as he said, "This is the new China now, who still believes in this? It's too late today, tomorrow... tomorrow at noon I'll call the medicine warehouse and tell your mother that postpartum care is not done in the hospital, it's better to do it at home, with family around, she can sleep soundly and peacefully, Hongying, don't you think?"
Fan Liangyu, "..."
Su Hongying's smile faded little by little as she said, "Brother Haijun, you're right. I know your mother doesn't like me and won't let me go back to the Zhang family for postpartum care. I also want to go back to my parents' home for postpartum care. My mother and my two brothers don't care about that damn feng shui and fortune, right..."
Su Hongying sighed, glanced at Zhang Haijun, and shook her head.
Zhang Haijun grew anxious and asked her, "What is it?"
"Forget it, I'll just go back to my parents' house to recuperate after childbirth. My mom has called me several times already, and my third brother scolds me every time he comes over. He said the house has already been prepared for me, so why should I stay in the hospital? Do you expect the Zhang family to take me back? What a load of rubbish!"
Zhang Haijun, "..."
When Su Laosan talks about the Zhang family, he doesn't utter a single good word. It's a waste that he's been calling them his third brother-in-law for half a year.
"...They even said that I didn't care about my own health and was thinking of giving you a good reputation, covering up the heinous things your Zhang family did to mistreat their daughter-in-law, saying that I... am crazy."
As Su Hongying spoke, her eyes reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes as she looked up at Zhang Haijun, her face saying, "I'm doing this for your own good." "Brother Haijun, do you also think I did something wrong? Should I go back to my parents' home to recuperate after childbirth? If you just tell me to go back to my parents' home, I will definitely listen to you."
Zhang Haijun, "..."
After hearing Su Hongying's words, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He didn't even dare to think about what his two brothers-in-law would think of him if he actually called his mother-in-law.
If this gets out, his reputation, his mother's reputation, the recent chaos at home over that little bit of money, and the scandal of his mother abusing her daughter-in-law and almost causing the death of a baby, the good reputation that the Zhang family has built up over the years will be completely ruined.
Zhang Haijun took a few quick breaths, then took a deep breath to steady himself. He exhaled with a trembling voice, looked down at Su Hongying who was stubbornly holding back her tears, and sighed. He sat down and hugged her with heartache.
He said, "I was wrong. I didn't think that much. I just wanted you to have a comfortable postpartum period and recover your health. I never thought the consequences would be so serious. Hongying, thank you. You've thought so much about me and the entire Zhang family. I actually missed you so much. I'm such a scumbag..."
Fan Liangyu, "..."
She stared intently at Su Hongying, who was facing her, with a look of 'you can do that?' in her eyes.
Su Hongying blinked, and a clear, bright eyebrow was raised slightly at her.
She was nothing like the sickly and delicate woman she had been moments before; she was now a complete madwoman.
Fan Liangyu gave her a thumbs up, feeling that her thinking was still bound by her parents and the people in the village. She couldn't live in the old generation's thinking forever; she had to work harder!
She must not let outdated ideas hinder her progress. She must always remember that she has no one behind her and can only rely on herself!
Fan Liangyu made an excuse to leave, and Zhang Haijun put his arm around Su Hongying and chatted and laughed for a few words.
Su Hongying led the conversation to the topic of the cost of a postpartum nanny.
Although Zhang Haijun was still reluctant to give it up, he also felt that money could be earned back, but reputation was hard to get back once it was gone.
Having figured all this out, he smiled and agreed, asking Su Hongying how much it would cost, promising to bring her over another day.
Su Hongying started counting on her fingers, "Including these two weeks, I'll be in postpartum confinement for two months. The postpartum nanny's salary is 220 yuan, so that's 330 yuan in total. I also need to set aside 1.5 months' worth of food expenses for the postpartum nanny, tentatively 20 yuan a month, let's say 30 yuan for her. She also needs to use the hospital cafeteria to cook postpartum meals for me, which also costs money. In addition, she needs to stay in the hospital to take care of me, which requires a bed, so we'll have to pay extra for that..."
Zhang Haijun was shocked. Seeing that Su Hongying was still counting on her fingers, he quickly interrupted her.
She asked incredulously, "What? A postpartum nanny costs 220 yuan a month? My monthly salary is only a little over 100 yuan. How can it cost so much to take care of someone during their postpartum period?"
Su Hongying glanced at him, then shook her head with a smile.
He said, "No, I was pushed down by your mother, and I had a premature birth, a difficult labor, and massive bleeding. I barely escaped death and survived. My body is naturally very weak. I need to take advantage of my postpartum period to recover quickly, otherwise... I used to be able to grow old with you, but now I might be eighty. You're going to live twenty years less. Do you think it's too expensive for you to spend twenty years of your life with me for two hundred and twenty?"
Zhang Haijun, "..."
Does he dare to think so?
Thinking about how Su Hongying is now, his own mother is the culprit, and he is an accomplice who fueled the flames. He just can't bring himself to get angry at Su Hongying, who now loves to act spoiled and always puts him first.
She could only sigh softly, calculating in her mind how much it would cost her to have a month of confinement.
You don't know until you calculate it, and you'll be shocked.
Leaving aside the 5,000 yuan surgery fee that Su Laosan paid in advance, there are also the hospital fees for these days, the cost of the canteen's nutritional meals, the cost of the postpartum nanny, the postpartum nanny's nutritional supplements, and the cost of the vegetables for the postpartum meals. All things considered, it's at least a thousand yuan.
Zhang Haijun was heartbroken; it was almost a year's salary for him.
He glanced at Su Hongying with some hesitation.
Seeing his surprised and uncertain expression, Su Hongying knew he thought it was too much, but could he just refuse to give it to him if he thought it was too much?
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