The hospital was full of women, but luckily they had made arrangements in advance and were able to get a private room.
Marshal Li and Qi Feng left, looking back every few steps. Not long after they left, Li Baichuan came running back, covered in sweat.
Unlike his grandfather's family, who had a car to pick him up, he rode his bike over there himself.
"Wife, how is it?" Li Baichuan's eyes were full of Su Ti as soon as he arrived.
"No movement? Are you... stupid? Sit down and rest." Su Ti was speechless when she saw him covered in sweat.
He won't listen to me even if I tell him not to come. He's stopped teaching these past few days and is just running around to and from work.
"I'm not tired, you should rest." Li Baichuan put down what he was holding; he had been bringing something back every day for the past few days.
All the men in the family are the same; it seems that besides buying her things, they don't know how to relieve their own anxiety.
“I don’t need anything. Grandma is here, and Xiao Liu will help run errands. You can go to work without worry. I’ll let you know when I start labor.”
Suti repeated the same explanation he had given to his father and grandfather.
"Okay, then wife, you must tell me promptly if anything happens. My director's office is very close to my transportation team."
Li Baichuan didn't want to leave, but he had to keep working even during the Chinese New Year, and it was really difficult for them to ask for leave every few days.
It's only because his employer, the Li family, couldn't say anything that he was fired; otherwise, someone else would have been fired long ago.
After seeing Li Baichuan off, Su Ti couldn't sit still any longer. She wanted to go out for a walk and stretch her legs, as she had a premonition that she would go into labor today.
"My dear, let's just stay inside. There's a commotion outside." Grandma helped Suti up, not wanting her to go outside.
"What's wrong?" Grandma asked, and only then did she realize that it was very noisy outside. Normally, loud noises are not allowed in the hospital.
Moreover, this is a military hospital, and most of the people who come here are family members of military personnel.
"It seems they switched her child at the hospital." My grandmother works at a hospital herself, and she's seen these kinds of things too often.
I saw it when I was buying lunch. It was a big commotion, and that family was really difficult to deal with.
"Swap the baby?" Su Ti was taken aback. He realized that such things were common in hospitals these days, but this was a military hospital.
It's a military hospital in Beijing, which is top-notch in both medical expertise and safety.
"She thinks the doctor switched her grandson with her granddaughter." Seeing her curiosity, the grandmother said a few more words.
Suti understood. There will never be a shortage of people who prefer sons to daughters. Many of the people who come to the military hospital here are soldiers who serve in the military here.
As far as she knew, there were many different types of military personnel stationed around Beijing, including soldiers, military dependents, and many of them were from the countryside.
My parents were all from the countryside, and I can't change that mindset.
"Is no one from the hospital going to intervene?" Suti looked over from the doorway and saw two women sitting on the ground, sobbing.
Judging from their simple clothing, her guess was probably correct.
"The mother was left inside and no one cared. One of the doctors here was even scratched. I overheard something, and it seems they went to the army to call that soldier over."
"I guess they were scared too, so they didn't dare to make a scene anymore and started crying instead."
Grandma could tell what they were thinking just by looking at them like that.
"Then I won't go out for now. I'll go out for a walk when it's quieter." Suti felt unsafe, so she decided to stay inside.
Hospital rooms are in short supply. Except for Suti, who was granted a room by himself, many people there share a room with several others.
Some had given birth, while others were in labor and screaming in pain.
There were also many scolding voices, such as "Which woman doesn't have children? You're just being dramatic." Several women gathered together, each complaining about their daughter-in-law.
Suti felt too oppressed and just wanted to give birth and go home as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, it's just our family in the house, no one will bother us."
Grandma saw that Nannan was frowning and could hear the noise from next door. She was afraid that it would disturb her and affect her mood.
The soundproofing in this room is terrible. Not to mention that Nannan is about to give birth, hearing this makes her feel uncomfortable, and she feels very uneasy too.
It is often said that women should not make things difficult for other women, but often the women who make things the most difficult for other women are the very women themselves.
Those mothers-in-law all felt that it was not easy for a daughter-in-law to become a mother-in-law.
They all wanted to make their daughters-in-law go through the same grievances they suffered at their mothers-in-law's hands.
If a son is kind to his wife, the mother-in-law will be unhappy, thinking that no one cared about her when she was young, so why should they enjoy happiness?
There was constant crying and fussing; there wasn't a single peaceful day at home.
"Grandma, you sit down and rest. I can walk around by myself." Grandma is getting old, and lately I haven't been eating or sleeping well with her.
"Grandma isn't tired. I'll have plenty of time to rest after you give birth." Grandma looked at Suti's belly and prayed in her heart that the two children would behave well.
Just as everyone was anticipating, Suti started bleeding. She thought she would panic, but her heart gradually calmed down.
Her two babies were finally coming. While Xiao Liu and her grandmother excitedly went to inform others, she sat quietly waiting for the doctor to come and examine her.
"Your cervix hasn't dilated yet, but it has softened and should dilate soon. You need to eat more to maintain your strength."
The doctors arrived quickly. Even though the hospital director didn't say it explicitly, they could tell from the people who came in and out that morning that they were not ordinary people.
The hospital even arranged a private room for them, and they figured these people must want to keep a low profile, since their positions must be quite high.
"Okay, do I still need to walk around now?" Su Ti doesn't feel any pain right now, but she's afraid that she won't be able to walk when the pain comes later.
"It won't make a difference if you rest a little longer. You need to get some rest now. If your water breaks, call us immediately and we'll come back to check later."
Several people knew she was carrying twins, and twins are definitely harder to deliver than one. This was her first pregnancy, so it wouldn't be quick.
She doesn't have any stomach pain yet, and there are still two women in the delivery room who haven't finished giving birth, so they didn't let her go there now.
"Okay, thank you for your help." Suti was about to get up and see the person out when several doctors quickly stopped him.
The doctors felt that this person was incomparable; look at his manners! And thinking of that troublemaker, the doctors had an even better impression of Su Ti.
Suti also hoped that the doctors would be more polite when she gave birth, as she slowly began to recall the tragic events of her previous life.
She was screaming and yelling at the time, and the midwife was cursing and swearing. She didn't have much of an impression of giving birth, but she had a deep memory of this incident.
"Xiao Liu, hurry up and inform the old marshal and the others, as well as Bai Chuan's child. It's estimated that he won't be able to give birth anytime soon."
Grandma thought that Baichuan should see Nannan before she went into the delivery room, otherwise she would panic.
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