On Saturday, when Shen Anxuan was off, she brought home-cooked food to the hospital to visit her sister early in the morning. She had been busy with final exams recently. She came to accompany her sister until midnight on the day of her sister's delivery. She was so busy at school in the following days that she didn't even have time to go home. She was studying for a bachelor's and master's degree, and this foreign language major was not just theory, but more about actual combat training with her younger brother.
As soon as he climbed the stairs to the corridor on the third floor, Shen Anxuan saw an old lady standing at the door of his sister's ward, and she would occasionally look into the room through the glass on the door.
Not knowing who it was, Shen Anxuan was on guard, but he didn't show it on his face. He walked over and asked politely, "Auntie, are you looking for someone? Do you know the woman in labor in the room?"
When Liu Deng heard someone talking behind her, she was frightened and her heart started pounding. When she turned around and saw a young girl she didn't know, she calmed down a little.
After strolling in this corridor for several days, she felt that she had almost found out everything about this family. She looked at Shen Anxuan carefully and confirmed that she had not seen him in the past few days.
She smiled and said, "Hello, young lady. My daughter-in-law also gave birth in this hospital. Isn't the ward over there tight? Several beds have been added to the ward. There's barely any room to stand in the room. The doctor said this is a double ward and a single ward, so I came over to see what's going on."
When Shen Anxuan heard what his aunt in front of him said, he became even more cautious. It is true that there are cases of people cutting in line when there are many pregnant women, but the hospital will not have too many people cutting in line. If it is really full, the empty single or double wards will be used.
"Really, Auntie? This is indeed a single room. There should be an empty room over there. You are so kind to your daughter-in-law. She is so lucky to have a mother-in-law like you. But even if there is an empty room, you have to hurry up and reserve it. The winter is getting hotter, and the more people are giving birth."
When Mrs. Liu Deng heard what Shen Anxuan said, she had already scolded the little girl in front of her who didn't know the sky was high and the earth was thick in her eyes. Her face was even more embarrassed. "Really? Thank you for reminding me, young lady. Hey, who are you in the ward who gave birth to twins? I'm also on this floor. I often walk out and I haven't seen you. But I often see two elderly couples with two little boys coming here."
"Look at this family, they are so blessed, aren't they? They already have two boys, and now they have twins. Oh, there are four boys in the family, it's so lively." Liu Deng said to herself, not noticing that Shen Anxuan's eyes had become colder and colder.
The double and single wards were located at the innermost part of the corridor for the sake of quietness. Shen Anxuan didn't have to think too much. Just seeing the old woman sneaking around the ward door, she felt that she had bad intentions. She had lived in the Northeast with her sister and brother, and she had experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature in those years. Some people looked kind but were very bad at heart.
"Aunt, your daughter-in-law hasn't had breakfast yet, right? Look at the time. If you don't go and eat, the meal will be sold out." After saying that, Shen Anxuan didn't care what Liu Deng thought. He pushed the person to the side, quickly went in through the door, and quickly closed the door, and pulled the curtain on the glass door tighter.
Shen Anning came out of the bathroom and saw her sister with a bad face. She asked, "What's wrong? Did someone make you unhappy so early in the morning?"
Shen Anxuan handed the things in his hand to his brother-in-law, and naturally held his sister's hand, helping her to sit on the sofa. "Just now, there was an aunt in her fifties at the door. She kept staring at the crack in the glass and saying some ambiguous words. Sister, when can you be discharged from the hospital? Let's go back early. This old woman looks scary."
When Cao Jingheng heard his sister-in-law say this, he recalled the people he would meet in the corridor when fetching water these days and asked, "Is it the one with the hair stuck at the back of the head and the mole on the chin?"
"Yeah, that's her. Brother-in-law, you've seen her too, right? You'd better be careful. She just said that our little peanut and little melon are having twins. Family planning is so strict now. I think this old woman may have no good intentions."
In the past few years of strict family planning, Shen Anning has worked in the hospital and has heard a lot of nonsense. Although he doesn't know what this person is thinking, it's always right to be on guard.
"Okay, I've got this in mind. Mom, Dad, and your aunt and uncle will all be over this weekend. Don't worry, you'll probably be discharged next Monday. Come on, stop missing that person and go see your two little nephews. You only saw them once on the day they were born. They've changed a lot in the past few days."
In recent nights, only Cao Jingheng has been accompanying the patient. The couple is looking after the two children. There is nothing wrong with the ward door locked. There are people in the room all day long. Several grandparents come here at eight or nine o'clock and take Xiaohuasheng and Xiaoguazi back at seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Shen Anning feels that she has lived a very stable life and has not been on guard at all these days.
Before coming to accompany his wife every day, Cao Jingheng would go home and change into his police uniform. After spending a whole day in the police station, he would inevitably smell some tobacco. While his wife was eating, he would go out for a walk and find out more about Liu Deng's situation.
The young nurses were all acquaintances of Shen Anning. When outsiders asked about her situation, the little girls were young and would not reveal any information, so Liu Dengshi's sneaky behavior happened.
At noon, he went home and changed into his police uniform. He walked around the corridor a few times and, as expected, saw Liu Dengshi with her eyes wide open. Cao Jingheng walked over with a kettle in hand. Before he could say anything, he heard Liu Dengshi's voice, so frightened that she could barely speak. "Well, young man, I'm not a police officer. I, I don't mean any other things. I'm just curious about your twins. I really don't have any other thoughts on my mind."
"Auntie, I didn't say anything. Why are you scared? Your son's name is Liu Yaotang, right? I heard your daughter-in-law gave birth to a granddaughter. Auntie, it's a new era now. Men and women are equal. The country says so. Nowadays, there are so many girls going to college, working in government departments, and starting their own businesses. Do you think the country's promotion of gender equality is right?"
Did Liu Deng dare to say it was wrong? The little old lady could only lower her head and peck at rice, saying something in agreement, "Yes, yes, officer, you are right. Our granddaughter is also good, also good."
Watching Cao Jingheng in police uniform walk away, Liu Deng leaned against the wall, her legs almost weak, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she had only secretly inquired about it these days and did not talk to anyone, because her old man and son both worked underground. The country has the indicator for having a second child, and she had clearly checked before giving birth. Who would have thought that the second child would be a girl?
Thinking of her original plan, which was to exchange her granddaughter for a son with this family, Liu Deng broke out in a cold sweat. She originally thought that this family was rich, and she also wanted a daughter. Isn't this a way to kill two birds with one stone?
Only when Cao Jingheng disappeared from the corridor did Liu Deng slowly walk back to the ward where her daughter-in-law was. She cursed the Cao family for being stingy, but was also glad that she had not taken any action yet.
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