Wang Yueyue stayed at the hospital until she finished the chicken stewed for her by her father-in-law, and then, wrapped up tightly, got into the car and went home.
There wasn't enough room in the car, so Li Chu didn't go with them. Instead, she stayed behind and gave each of the doctors and nurses on duty in the obstetrics and gynecology department that night a red envelope.
Each red envelope contains one yuan, which is quite a lot; it's just for good luck.
The nurses on duty tonight were overjoyed. They never expected such a good thing to happen. One yuan was enough for them to eat in the cafeteria for three days.
By the time Li Chu got home, it was already past 11 p.m.
"Are you asleep already?"
As soon as he stepped through the gate, he saw his wife tiptoeing out of Wenxuan's house in the front yard, where the lights were dim.
"I'm asleep now. Yueyue might not have enough milk, so I'll have to make her some formula tonight."
"Not enough?" He was about to say something when Wenxuan walked over from the connecting corridor, carrying a bag of milk powder.
"Wenxuan, tomorrow morning you can decide for yourself to prescribe some lactation-inducing medicine for Yueyue."
"Huh? Dad, I'm opening it for Yueyue?"
"What? It's been so long. You're not telling me you still don't have a good grasp of this medicine?"
"How could that be?" Li Wenxuan quickly shook his head. "I'm just... just a little nervous."
From the moment he learned that his wife was going to give birth in the afternoon until now, Li Wenxuan has been in a state of tension. Even though his son has already been born, he hasn't held the baby in the past half day.
Li Chu patted Wenxuan on the shoulder: "Son, you have some issues with your mindset. You're too immature."
He pointed to the room: "There are two people living in there now, one is your wife, who will accompany you through the rest of your life, and the other is your son, who is the continuation of your bloodline. These two are the most important people in your life."
You need to show some manly strength and provide them with a safe haven. If you're afraid to even hold your own son and hesitant to prescribe medicine for your wife, how will you take good care of them in the future?
You need to adjust your mindset now. From today onwards, you are not only a son and a husband, but also a father. No one is born knowing how to be a father. You must force yourself to learn, and learn quickly.
When I found out that your mother was pregnant with both you and your sister on the first try, I was completely lost. I had never even held a baby before, let alone two. But I forced myself to learn. From the time you two were born, your mother and I took care of you both personally every night.
Yueyue is already learning how to be a mother, and she's doing it very well. The rest is up to you, the father. Your mother will help you these next couple of nights, but she can't help forever. So, you need to quickly learn how to take care of the baby and your wife.
"I understand, Dad."
"Yes, I believe you will do a great job. Adjust your mindset and don't be too nervous."
"Dad, I'll go in first."
"Okay, I'll go heat up the food. You can come over and have something to eat later. We didn't eat anything tonight. Yueyue and the others will get at least two hours of sleep."
Upon hearing this, Li Wenxuan realized that he was starving and nodded quickly.
The night was alright at first, but around 1 a.m., the child woke up and seemed to cry for a while. Li Chu lay in bed and could occasionally hear some noises from the front yard.
As the father-in-law, he couldn't very well go into his son and daughter-in-law's room, so he could only listen to it.
But the dogs didn't care. They knew there was another person in the house, their little master. They couldn't stay in the courtyard anymore. Li Chu's calls didn't work. They lay down at the entrance of Wenxuan, wanting to go in and take a look.
Hearing their little owner cry, they seemed even more anxious than the people inside, circling around the door incessantly. Finally, Xiao Hei couldn't stand it anymore and scratched at the door for a long time before Wenxuan heard it and opened the door, allowing them to go inside.
Eight dogs lined up in a row, which looked quite impressive, yet each one was incredibly well-behaved, sitting obediently on the floor beside the bed, craning their necks to look at the baby on the bed.
The youngest student, a ninth grader, hummed happily while watching, only to be slapped aside by the Great Sage.
Ding Qiunan sat on the bed, patiently teaching Wenxuan and Yueyue how to wrap the baby in a small blanket, how to hold the baby, how to pat the baby after feeding, and how hot the water should be to make formula.
When she turned her head and saw the dogs by the bed, she was momentarily dazed, as if she had returned to the time when she had just given birth.
Back then, it was Xiao Hei with his children, and they seemed to be lying by the bed watching Wen Hui and Wen Xuan just like that. It all felt like it happened yesterday.
But now those dogs are watching over someone else's child, not that child's child. And what about me? I'm a grandmother now. Time really flies.
She held the baby and let the dogs sniff him, so they could get to know their little owner.
It seemed they had achieved their goal. After smelling the baby, they stopped sitting and lay down by the bed. They would only get up to look at the bed when the baby cried.
"How was the child last night? I heard him crying a lot."
"Hey, it's nothing. She cried for a while around 1 or 2 o'clock. She was mainly hungry at first, and after eating, she passed meconium, so she fussed for a while, but then she was fine. This baby is better behaved than Yueyue was."
Li Chu raised his hand and stroked his wife's hair.
"Don't sleep yet. I'm going out to buy some breakfast. You can sleep after you eat. I'll go to the hospital in the morning to ask for leave for you and Wenxuan."
“Okay, take a few more days off when you ask for leave. Both kids are clumsy, and I worry about them taking care of the children.”
"Enough already! The more you do this, the less they'll learn. Didn't you listen when I told Wenxuan last night?"
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"But I can't let them use my precious grandson as practice, can I?"
"So when do you plan to let them practice?"
"Uh... I don't care, I just can't mess with my grandson." Ding Qiunan was speechless for a moment when her husband asked her, so she simply ignored him.
Li Chu smiled helplessly.
Last night I was so focused on telling my son that he needs to learn to take care of his own children that I forgot the biggest obstacle to his growth was actually right beside me.
However, Ding Qiunan was currently too engrossed in taking care of her grandson to listen to anything he said, so he simply stopped talking and decided to wait a few days until the excitement subsided before bringing it up again.
"Alright, if you want to take care of me, then go ahead. I'm going out to buy breakfast."
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