Chen Feng left with Chen Ruiqing and his wife, and the house seemed much quieter with one less person there.
Everyone felt uneasy and empty inside, as if something was missing.
Sheng Xitai has lost his energy to go out and play. He stays at home all day, listless.
Xiao Xinhua searches everywhere every day and keeps talking about his brother. Zhang Shuzhen sometimes sits there in a daze and sighs from time to time.
This situation lasted for about ten days before it finally eased up a bit. Sheng Xiping had just breathed a sigh of relief when Xiao Xinhua started causing trouble again.
"What's wrong with this child? Why is he crying all the time?"
That noon, Sheng Xiping came home from get off work and heard Sheng Xinhua crying as soon as he entered the door, so he asked him what was wrong.
"I don't know. The child has been fussy and crying a lot these past few days. I don't know what's wrong with him."
Zhou Qinglan held Sheng Xinhua in her arms, sweating profusely with anxiety.
This child has always been easy to manage since he was little. Once he's eaten and slept well, he'll stop crying and play by himself. But these past two days, I don't know what's wrong with him; he's been fussy and crying a lot.
"Is it hungry? Try feeding it some milk?"
Sheng Xiping found it strange. Usually, his son would rush to hug him when he came home, and the two of them would play games like being lifted up high. But this time, the naughty child just cried and didn't look for him anymore.
"I just fed her, and I don't know why, but I feel like I don't have much milk these past few days."
Zhou Qinglan frowned, looking anxious. She didn't know what was wrong, but she felt like she wasn't producing enough milk.
"Huh? What's going on? Maybe we should go to the clinic?" Sheng Xiping was also a little confused. What was going on?
"Quick, get the child dressed, let's take him to the clinic."
It's not good for the child to cry all the time; it's better to go see a doctor for peace of mind.
And so, the couple quickly dressed the child, wrapped him in a blanket, and carried him to the clinic.
The doctor at the clinic was about to go home for dinner when he saw Sheng Xiping and his wife rushing over with their child. He assumed the child was sick and quickly examined him.
The doctor at the Qianchuan Forestry Farm Clinic was a woman surnamed Qiao, who was under forty years old.
This Dr. Qiao's family is also from Shandong, a lineage of traditional folk healers who have been practicing medicine for generations and are quite skilled.
Dr. Qiao and her husband were betrothed when they were children. Later, her husband went to Northeast China to work as a forestry worker.
When Dr. Qiao was nineteen, her husband went back to Shandong, and the two held a wedding. After that, Dr. Qiao followed her husband to Northeast China.
Dr. Qiao learned some medical skills from his father and grandfather when he was young, and usually treated the forestry workers and their families.
Later, the forest farm recommended her to the bureau, and Dr. Qiao went to a health school for two years. When she returned, she was assigned to work at the forest farm's health clinic.
Well, clinics can't treat serious illnesses; they can only treat minor ailments like headaches, fevers, and colds.
However, this Dr. Qiao is indeed a very skilled doctor; she can even treat some strange and unusual illnesses.
"What's wrong with the child? What symptoms are they?"
Dr. Qiao listened to the child's heart and lungs with a stethoscope, then took out a thermometer to take the child's temperature, and at the same time asked Sheng Xiping and his wife questions.
"I don't know what's wrong, he just keeps crying. These past two days, he's been crying and whining a lot. He wasn't like this before."
Zhou Qinglan couldn't describe the symptoms either, but the key point was that Sheng Xinhua was usually fine and ate normally.
"It seems like he cries a lot whenever I breastfeed him."
Upon hearing this, Dr. Qiao glanced at Zhou Qinglan a few more times, then took the thermometer out from under the child's armpit and checked the temperature; it was normal.
I checked the tongue, throat, chest and back again, and there was nothing abnormal.
"Teacher Zhou, come and sit down, let me take a look at you."
Dr. Qiao beckoned to Zhou Qinglan, gesturing for her to sit at the table, and then had her rest her wrist on the small pillow.
Zhou Qinglan looked puzzled. They came to see a doctor for their child, so why did she get the appointment?
But Dr. Qiao was focused on taking the pulse, and Zhou Qinglan didn't want to interrupt, so she could only wait quietly.
After a short while, Dr. Qiao looked up at Zhou Qinglan and then at Sheng Xiping.
"Teacher Zhou, do you remember when you last had your period?"
Zhou Qinglan paused for a moment, then thought carefully, "It seems to be around December 20th. Oh dear, I haven't had my period this month."
Zhou Qinglan slapped her thigh. Ever since winter vacation started, she hadn't had her period. It was already the end of January, almost ten days late this month.
"Yes, that's right, you're pregnant again."
In your situation, your milk supply will decrease after you get pregnant, and your baby won't be able to get enough milk. If you keep feeding him, how can he not get upset?
"A child this young can't speak, so all he can do is cry."
Dr. Qiao looked at the young couple in front of him, feeling both amused and exasperated. These two silly girls didn't even know they were pregnant again, making Xiao Xinhua cry for days on end.
"Huh? She's pregnant again?" Sheng Xiping was completely dumbfounded. His wife was pregnant again? So fast?
Isn't it said that women don't get pregnant easily while breastfeeding? How come she's pregnant again when her son is only one year old?
"There are people like you who take chances and always think that you won't get pregnant while breastfeeding, so you don't know how to use contraception."
"It's best for a woman to rest for two years after giving birth before getting pregnant again. Who gets pregnant and has a second child so frequently?"
Dr. Qiao glared at Sheng Xiping and said irritably.
Sheng Xiping was scolded but didn't dare to say a word. He could only awkwardly scratch his head and grin foolishly.
Sheng Xiping never expected this. In his previous life, he was only allowed to have one child, and his wife went to the hospital to get an IUD after her postpartum period.
Sheng Xiping remembered hearing that women cannot get pregnant during breastfeeding, so he didn't avoid these things.
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