After settling Le Rong in, Zhang Xuemei urged her mother to go home and cook some porridge to bring over, so that Le Rong could eat it when she woke up.
Zhang Xueshan felt a pang of sadness looking at his wife, whose face was pale on the bed. He gently tucked her in and then secretly wiped away his tears.
The new mother next to her, who was breastfeeding her baby, glanced at her husband who was sitting with his legs crossed and said with dissatisfaction, "Look at him, how much he cares for his wife, he even cried. And look at you, all you do is sit with your legs crossed all day, and you complain about even when I ask you to change the baby's diaper."
The husband being talked about glanced at Zhang Xueshan, thinking to himself how shameless it was for a grown man to cry like that; he wouldn't even look at him.
The first thing Le Rong did upon waking was to touch her stomach. She gasped in surprise, "Ah, the baby..."
"It's okay, it's okay, the baby has been born and is fine, don't worry."
Zhang Xuemei was guarding the bedside at this moment, and she immediately noticed the slightest movement from Le Rong.
Hearing her third sister's words, Le Rong felt slightly relieved and struggled to sit up, but this aggravated the wound on her stomach. "Ouch, it hurts..."
Zhang Xuemei quickly reached out and pressed her down, "Lie down and don't move. You just had surgery, and it will hurt when the anesthesia wears off. Rest for a bit. Are you hungry? Mom brought some porridge over, but she went back to see Yuanyuan."
"Third sister, where's the child? I can't see the child." Le Rong looked around but couldn't find her child.
Just then, Zhang Xueshan returned. Seeing that his wife was awake, he immediately ran in and said with a smile, "Xiao Rong, you're awake? Are you hungry? Let me feed you some porridge!"
"Xiaorong is worried about the baby. You just went to see the nurse. What did she say?"
When talking about his son, Zhang Xueshan couldn't stop smiling. He grinned and said, "He's doing great. The nurse said he's started breastfeeding now, but we still need to observe him for two more days. During this time, if Xiaorong has any milk, we'll express it and give it to her, saying that breast milk is good."
"Really? You're not lying to me?" Le Rong was still worried because she hadn't seen her child. Although her husband said the child was fine, she was still anxious.
"Why would I lie to you? Our son weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces at birth, which is bigger than most babies. He has a good physical foundation. He just drank some dirty water, and he'll be fine soon."
Just then, the doctor on rounds arrived. Seeing that Le Rong was awake, he began to examine her. After the examination, he smiled and said:
"Luckily you arrived in time, and the baby is doing quite well. When our doctor opened your abdomen, the baby was soaking in dirty amniotic fluid. If you had arrived half a day later, things might have been very different."
"Doctor, when can my child be discharged from the neonatal ward?"
Upon hearing the doctor's words, Le Rong couldn't wait to ask, her heart filled with lingering fear. If her third sister hadn't dragged her to the hospital today, this child...
"If everything goes well, we can bring him home in the next day or the day after. You should take good care of yourself now so that the baby can be breastfed. Your baby is so big, you don't want to not have enough milk for him."
The doctor joked with a smile that now the whole department knows that the woman in bed three gave birth to a chubby little boy. It's rare to see a baby who's been raised for a month as long as he was born.
"Oh, that's good, thank you doctor."
After the doctor left, Zhang Xuemei carefully sat down on the edge of the bed and comforted him, "You're in your postpartum period now, so you can't cry. Didn't the doctor say the baby is fine? You'll be able to see him tomorrow."
"Third sister, I don't know what to say. You saved my child and me. If you hadn't brought me to the hospital today, I'm afraid this child really would have..."
Le Rong was truly terrified. The thought of her child being completely submerged in dirty water made her heart tremble. She had almost lost her child.
Zhang Xuemei was also glad that she had been more cautious and made the trip. She didn't know if it was a butterfly effect, but Le Rong was supposed to give birth in Tianshui City. In addition, her family's conditions had improved and they were eating more, so the baby was not coming out for a long time. Fortunately, she realized this in time and took Le Rong to the hospital, thus avoiding a tragedy.
"Alright, we're all family, why bring this up? As long as you and your child are safe and sound, that's all that matters."
Zhang Xuemei paused here, frowned slightly, and then continued, "Xiao Rong, I hope you won't blame your mother. She didn't know any better. The older generation always relies on their own experience. She thought that everything was fine when I was born, so she didn't let you go to the hospital..."
When Le Rong heard her third sister mention her mother-in-law, she immediately shook her head. "Third sister, why would I blame Mom? She didn't do it on purpose. Besides, I didn't even think about going to the hospital at the time. Fortunately, the children are all fine, and it's all over now. Let's not talk about it anymore, so Mom won't feel bad if she hears it."
Le Rong understood very well. Although her mother-in-law had advised her not to go to the hospital, she was ultimately responsible for her own decision, and it was her and her husband's decision that was ultimately theirs. She couldn't blame her mother-in-law.
Besides, my family lives far away, and I need my mother-in-law's help to take care of me during this postpartum period, so there's no need to argue with her.
"Okay, here's the arrangement. Since you had a C-section, you'll need to stay in the hospital for a few more days. I'll take Yuanyuan home to take care of her, and then send her back when you get home. What do you think?"
Zhang Xuemei figured that with her mother and younger brother there, she wouldn't be needed much; she just needed to take care of her niece for a few days.
"Alright, Yuanyuan will have to trouble Third Sister for a few days."
That evening, after Liu Taohua brought Yuanyuan to the hospital to see Le Rong, Zhang Xuemei took the child home directly.
As soon as she entered the house, Granny Liu asked impatiently, "How is it? What did you give birth to? Are you and your child alright?"
"It's a big, healthy boy, weighing eight pounds and six ounces. Mother and child are both safe, but the mother has suffered. Mom, Yuanyuan is coming to stay with us for a few days. We can't help her over there right now, so could you tidy up the room and I'll sleep with her tonight?"
When Granny Liu saw the little girl standing behind Zhang Xuemei, she quickly called out towards the room, "Panpan, Linlin, look who's here."
Hearing Grandma's voice, the two children who were playing house in the room immediately ran out. "Grandma, who's here? Oh, it's Yuanyuan! Yuanyuan, do you always want to play with us?"
“Sister, play together,” Linlin echoed.
"Linlin, you're the big sister now, so you need to take good care of your two younger sisters. Your aunt just gave birth to a baby brother and is still in the hospital. Yuanyuan will be staying with us for a few days, so please take good care of her for me, okay?" Zhang Xuemei squatted down and gently stroked her daughter's head as she softly instructed her.
Xu Linlin is already a seven-year-old girl and considers herself a big sister. After hearing the task her mother assigned, she nodded heavily and patted her chest to assure her, "Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Yuanyuan."
Zhang Xuemei was naturally at ease with her eldest daughter. She turned her head and patted Yuanyuan's head again, "Yuanyuan, stay at your aunt's house for a few days. Your aunt will take you home after your mother is discharged from the hospital. Now go play with your sisters!"
"Okay, thank you, Auntie." Yuanyuan smiled at her aunt, and then Panpan pulled her into the room.
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