After listening to Li Chu's words, Ding Qiunan could only nod, after all, it was for her own good.
"Qiu Nan, can you take care of the child at home alone tomorrow? Do you need your aunt to come and help you?" Li Chu didn't want to discuss that issue anymore; it was too painful to see something but not be able to eat it.
Ding Qiunan shook her head in his arms: "No need, the two children are very obedient now, I can manage on my own."
"If things don't work out, you can call your aunt or your sister."
"Okay, I know. Li Chu, let me tell you, baby yesterday..."
The young couple sat on the sofa chatting until they heard their child crying in the bedroom, at which point they went inside.
Both children were crying loudly. Li Chu and Ding Qiunan each checked one of them to see if they had peed or defecated.
Then Ding Qiunan skillfully began breastfeeding.
After the children had finished eating, Li Chu took one of them, carefully held the child upright in his arms, and protected the child's head with his hands.
Then, gently pat the child's back with your other hand until you hear a burp, then put the child on the bed.
"Qiu Nan, take off this small quilt for the child. It's hot in our house, and the child is sweating a bit."
As he spoke, Li Chu thought of the small sleeping bags used for children in later generations. He planned to draw one later and have his wife make it, making it a little bigger so that the child could use it for a long time.
The two little ones fell asleep quickly after eating their fill.
"Qiu Nan, you rest for a while. I'm going to the study to draw something. See if you can make it from there."
Li Chu went to the study, took out paper and pen, and began to draw the sleeping bag he remembered.
Ding Qiunan didn't rest, but curiously followed him to the study and stood behind him watching.
After finishing the painting, Li Chu had his wife sit on his lap and then told her his thoughts.
Ding Qiunan's beautiful eyes lit up as she listened. This was a wonderful thing! She could put the baby inside, and even if the baby grew up and started to move around, she wouldn't have to worry about him getting cold.
"This is easy to do, how did you come up with this idea?"
"This is called a sleeping bag. It was invented by foreigners and they use it to sleep when they go on wilderness expeditions."
"The one I drew is simple, just right for children, so you don't have to wrap them in a blanket, which can be uncomfortable sometimes."
“Then I’ll alter your old sweater for the child and padded it with cotton.” Ding Qiunan said, looking at the painting in her hand.
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"Sure, you can use anything to modify it. Just tell me what you need, and if you don't have it at home, I'll go buy it."
"Just buy some well-fluffed cotton."
After thinking for a moment, Ding Qiunan said, "Forget it, you can buy some more twill fabric. You've already turned all those old sweaters you don't wear into diapers for the baby."
Li Chu nodded: "Okay, I'll go buy it after we finish eating. You go lie down on the bed, I'll go cook."
After finishing his meal, Li Chu took his tickets, got on his bicycle, and went out.
First, I went to the department store to buy the cloth, and then I went to the cotton company's distribution department to buy a few kilograms of cotton.
When I was almost home, I took out two crucian carp and a piece of tofu from my storage space. I'll make a crucian carp and tofu soup for my wife tonight to nourish her.
It feels so good to have my wife and kids at home. Finally, I don't have to do what I did a few days ago, where all I did at night was organize those documents and I didn't know what else to do.
Even Xiao Hei has become much more lively. A few days ago, all he did was eat and sleep, lying motionless in his nest.
Today, as soon as Ding Qiunan returned, Xiao Hei either followed her around her feet or sat by the bed in the bedroom watching its two little masters.
Once Li Chu had bought what he needed, Ding Qiunan immediately got to work without taking a break.
After dinner, Ding Qiunan wanted to continue making sleeping bags for the child, but Li Chu stopped her.
"Don't rush to work. I'll teach you a few exercises. If you practice them well, it will be good for your health and your figure will recover well."
After watching Li Chu demonstrate the Five Animal Frolics, Ding Qiunan asked, "When did you learn to do this? What is it?"
“It was taught to me by my master. It was created by Hua Tuo, the founder of traditional Chinese medicine. It’s called the Five Animal Frolics. It imitates the movements of five animals and can help exercise the body.”
"Doing this can really improve your health?" Ding Qiunan was skeptical of the strange movements she had just seen.
"Just follow along with me and learn. It's just a few simple movements, nothing difficult."
After saying that, he pulled Ding Qiunan to stand in the open space of the living room and began to teach her.
Today, Li Chu will only teach her the actions of one animal. He will teach her other actions after she has mastered them.
As Li Chu slept that night, he experienced that bittersweet feeling again.
The two little ones seem to cry louder at night than during the day.
After getting up in the morning, Li Chu thought about it for a while and decided that he would not go out for the next few days, nor would he go to the hospital.
I'll stay home and organize the information I've gathered over the past few days, and I can also help Ding Qiunan.
It's also a good opportunity to keep her company, so she won't be anxious at home alone, as postpartum depression can be very troublesome.
After finishing the Five Animal Frolics exercise in the yard, I took Xiao Hei out to buy breakfast, and when we came back, I steamed an egg custard for my wife.
They only woke her up after everything was done. Ding Qiunan was still yawning as she sat there eating breakfast.
"I won't be going to work for the next few days. I'll stay home, organize some documents, and keep you company," Li Chu casually announced his decision.
His words immediately snapped Ding Qiunan out of her daze: "Why have you decided not to go to work again? Is this a problem?"
"There's nothing wrong. I was basically not at the hospital during the week you went back."
Li Chu told Ding Qiunan about what he had been doing recently.
"So it doesn't matter whether I go or not. I can stay home and organize the documents and help you out."
"Hehe," Ding Qiunan gave him a bright smile.
Looking at his wife's smile, Li Chu suddenly felt that his decision was absolutely brilliant.
After arriving at work, Li Chu called Director Liang's office to report his whereabouts.
Although the hospital doesn't usually take care of you, you still need to show respect to your superiors.
For the next period of time, Li Chu seemed to disappear. Apart from going to his shift every Thursday without fail, he spent the rest of his time at home with his wife and children, and also organizing some documents.
As the department handed him the medical records collected from various places, Li Chu was overwhelmed by what he saw.
Leaving aside whether the contents recorded inside are complete or not, Li Chu couldn't understand many of the characters.
There were all sorts of illegible writing styles, and he suspected that even the doctors who wrote these medical records probably wouldn't recognize them.
There was nothing he could do but grit his teeth and slowly look through them, not daring to mess them up, as he would have to return them later.
Based on these medical records and the patients he had come into contact with, Li Chu initially compiled a process of disease progression in a kidney patient and analyzed it from both traditional Chinese and Western medicine perspectives.
Of course, he can guarantee that there will be no problems with traditional Chinese medicine, but as for Western medicine, the ministry will need to organize experts to discuss it later.
This is just the first draft, and it may be revised countless times afterward, but it has already set a general direction.
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