Chapter 82: Dr. Huo, do you want to have dinner together? (Page 1/2)
Huo Qingci had actually suspected that Lin Man was pregnant a long time ago. He wanted to take her to the hospital for a physical examination several times, but Lin Man said that there was nothing wrong with her body. Whenever he mentioned her menstruation, Lin Man avoided the question and kept silent.
Huo Qingci had no choice but to wait until Lin Man finally showed signs of early pregnancy.
"Okay, stop crying. We are all mothers. If you cry, your children will like to cry too."
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Well, we should stay happy during pregnancy. If you are happy, the child will also feel your happiness. You don't want our baby daughter to like crying in the future, right?"
Lin Man nodded. "Well, I don't like her crying all the time. I hope our child is cheerful. If she becomes a woman like Lin Shuang and Lin Weiwei, crying in front of others at every turn, I will be very annoyed."
She seldom cries normally, and only sheds tears when she feels extremely helpless and scared.
"Well, our daughter will definitely not become that kind of person. Honey, brush your teeth first. We'll go to the hospital for a checkup first, and then have breakfast."
"Oh well!"
Lin Man followed Huo Qinghuan to the hospital, and Huo Qinghuan followed them since he had nothing to do.
After returning to the hospital, Huo Qingci asked for half an hour off, and then took Lin Man to the obstetrics and gynecology department for a check-up.
The old doctor in the obstetrics and gynecology department first took Lin Man's pulse, and then asked her whether her menstruation was regular and when it came.
Lin Man told her that the last time she came to Yueji was on June 3rd, and they had sex on June 16th.
The doctor laughed and said that they were lucky to have gotten it right on the first try, and that they were young and energetic. Lin Man was so embarrassed that she didn't even dare to raise her head.
Huo Qingci's expression was dull and he showed no joy. In front of outsiders, he always seemed distant and aloof, like a flower on a high mountain that was out of reach.
The obstetrician and gynecologist was named Deng Huiling, about forty-five or forty-six years old. Seeing that the couple remained silent, she continued, "Doctor Huo, I just took your wife's pulse and she is indeed pregnant. The due date is around March 10th of next year.
I'll give her two prescriptions for further examinations. First, do a urine test, then a blood test."
Huo Qingci nodded, "Okay, thank you, Dr. Deng."
Lin Man calculated that the Chinese New Year was on February 9th. Wouldn't March 10th be the last day of the first lunar month? Fortunately, it wasn't the first day of the first lunar month, otherwise the New Year would have been a disaster.
However, the 30th day of the first lunar month is at the end of the year, so the luck is still pretty good.
Huo Qingci took the prescription written by Dr. Deng and went to pay first. Huo Qinghuan followed Lin Man out of the doctor's office and asked cautiously, "Sister-in-law, are you really pregnant?"
Lin Man nodded gently, "Yes, I am indeed pregnant, and you will be promoted to uncle soon."
"Wow, that's great! I'll have friends to play with in the future. Sister-in-law, don't worry about your pregnancy!"
After you give birth to the baby, if my mother hasn't come yet, I will help you take care of him. I will feed him milk powder and change his diapers. When he can walk, I will carry him to the beach to catch seafood.
"Qing Huan, you'll only be ten next year. Are you sure you want to help me take care of the baby?"
Huo Qinghuan patted his chest calmly and said, "Well, I am the uncle of the baby in your belly. A man shouldn't joke around like that."
Lin Man smiled and said, "Okay, I'll have to trouble Qing Huan from now on. When the baby grows up, I will definitely tell her that her uncle helped raise her."
Huo Qinghuan smiled shyly, "Sister-in-law, you must be carrying a nephew in your belly. I had a dream last night that a big black snake in the sea rolled you away."
Lin Man smiled and said, "It could also be my eldest niece."
"Whether the baby is a boy or a girl, I'm their little uncle. Sister-in-law, can you no longer go fishing just because you're pregnant?"
"No, fishing is not hard labor. Why can't I go fishing when I'm pregnant? I'm not pregnant or about to give birth."
In this era, many women who were about to give birth still earned work points in the fields, and some multiparous women had given birth in the fields.
She just got pregnant, so what's wrong with going to the beach to pick up some small seafood? She was afraid that she would be too tired to pick up after an hour or two.
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Although those small seafoods were not very valuable, she was still very addicted to picking them up every day. She would boil the leftover clams, mussels, and conchs in a pot, pick out the meat, clean it, and dry it in the sun.
She plans to send some back to her parents-in-law after collecting enough. She originally planned to secretly take a boat out for a trip after a while, but now it seems impossible.
I have to wait until the baby is born before I can make other plans. Alas, I can’t go out to sea to fish or dive, so I can only pick up some small seafood on the nearby beaches.
After Huo Qingci accompanied Lin Man to do urine and blood tests, Lin Man urged him to go to work.
"Qingci, you go to work. Qinghuan and I will wait here for the results."
"Okay then. Once you get the test results, come upstairs to our department and let me know."
"Wait until you get back from get off work and take a look. I'll get the results and take Qingci to the supply and marketing cooperative for a walk."
"Okay, buy some meat and I'll cook it for you at noon. Don't buy crabs, they're cold and you can't eat crabs now that you're pregnant."
Lin Man naturally knew that she couldn't eat crabs while she was pregnant. Not to mention crabs, she couldn't help but feel like vomiting whenever she thought of the taste of salted fish.
She had a strong pregnancy reaction, so she definitely couldn't eat seafood during this period. She didn't eat seafood, and she wouldn't stop the brothers Huo Qingci and Huo Qinghuan from eating it.
As soon as Huo Qingci returned to the department, the director of their department asked him to go to the operating room to rescue a patient with myocardial infarction.
He entered the operating room at nine o'clock and came out at half past one. Lin Man prepared dinner but Huo Qingci still hadn't come back, so she guessed that there must be an emergency with the patient in their department.
"Qinghuan, let's eat first. Don't wait for your brother. He might be operating on a patient."
"Sister-in-law, should we save some food for brother?"
"Stay, take a nap at home at noon, I'll bring food to your brother later."
Lin Man was worried that Huo Qingci would be out of food in the cafeteria when he came out of the operating room, so she simply sent the food to him and asked him to lie on the desk for half an hour after lunch.
If he doesn't take a nap at noon, he will definitely not be in good spirits when seeing patients in the afternoon. It is especially easy to feel sleepy in the afternoon in summer.
"Sister-in-law, can I go to Houhai Village to play with my friends?"
"No, I'm worried you'll secretly go with them to the beach. They live by the sea and are much better swimmers than you. If something happens to you, how will I explain it to my parents-in-law?
If you behave, I'll come back and give you money to buy you popsicles. If you want to go crabbing, wait until the tide comes in in two days, and we'll go crabbing with your brother tonight."
"Okay then, I'll take a nap at home."
Although Huo Qinghuan is young and likes to play, he is still obedient. He will not do anything if you insist on not letting him do it.
Lin Man thought that he was very good like this, as he still had the innocence of a child, and was also well-behaved and sensible.
After the two finished their meal, Lin Man filled a lunch box for Huo Qingci, and the other lunch box was also full of dishes.
Because she was pregnant, she made a plate of cold papaya shreds for lunch today. In the morning, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables. She bought two pounds of pork ribs, one pound of lean meat, one pound of tofu, and a fresh yellow croaker. She didn't buy any vegetables because she had some at home.
At noon, she braised the spareribs, pan-fried the yellow croaker, and planned to cook the tofu and lean meat in the evening.
Lin Man didn't eat the yellow croaker, Huo Qinghuan ate half of it, and the remaining half was in Huo Qingci's lunch box.
Lin Man picked up two or three chopsticks of cold-mixed papaya shreds and seven or eight pieces of braised pork ribs for him. Worried that he didn't have enough food today, she went to the kitchen and fried an egg for him and put it in his lunch box.
Huo Qingci came out of the operating room and just changed out of his surgical gown when the assistant nurse Huang Yingying walked up to him and said:
"Doctor Huo, it's already past one o'clock, and I don't know if there's any food left in the cafeteria. Doctor Li said we should go to the state-owned restaurant and have something to eat. Do you want to come with us?"
Huo Qingci's eyes were as cold and indifferent as a spring in autumn. He said two words calmly, "No need!"
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