Yun Qiao smiled and said, "The main reason is that our family is well off. We can definitely afford to have two children, so we don't have to worry about either one being wronged. If your family isn't well off, and having a second child means having to put the first one at risk, then it's best not to have another child."
Zheng Yujing nodded in acknowledgement.
"My parents waited until conditions were right before giving birth to my brother. I never felt that they wronged me."
Only when the high-pressure policy of sending her to the countryside came out, fearing that she would be forced to go to the countryside by the street vendors, did they desperately try any possible means and found a "husband's family" for her through a matchmaker.
To be fair, the husband's family actually had very good conditions. Both the mother-in-law and the husband were government officials, and he was also very capable. He graduated from Tsinghua University and was a researcher in a confidentiality agency.
She's just a little older now, and has two children under her name. Even though they're orphans from her adopted parents' past, adopted children are still children, and after she gets married, she'll have to be a stepmother to them.
So Zheng Yujing was unwilling to do so. She would rather go to the countryside and suffer than marry an old man with children and become a stepmother.
Later, she followed her cousin Qi Chunhui silently and signed up to go to the countryside. Although her parents were very angry, they couldn't bear to ignore her. Later, they wrote letters and sent things, fearing that she would be wronged in the Great Northern Wilderness.
Yun Qiao had also heard Zheng Yujing talk about her family life and knew that her parents loved her very much. She smiled and said, "As long as parents treat their children equally, the relationship between siblings will be very good."
Zheng Yujing praised him, saying, "That's right. My brother and I have a very close relationship. When I'm away from home, I always remember to buy him picture books, and when he's hungry for snacks, he'll save them for me."
Zheng Yujing also gave an example: "For example, the relationship between my cousin Qi Chunhui and her two younger brothers is not good. My aunt is patriarchal and only cares about her two sons. She also extorts money from my cousin to support my younger cousins. My cousin is so angry that she has stopped communicating with our family now."
Yun Qiao said, "This is why it's not the lack of children that's worrying, but the inequality. If parents are partial and their children are always competing with each other, how can they possibly get along harmoniously?"
"You can't do this again in the future." Zheng Jing warned her: "You have to treat everyone equally."
"Of course." Yun Qiao felt that she could be a fair and upright mother.
The two of them lay on the kang and chatted for a while, when Eleven suddenly began to hum and twist his body.
Zheng Jing was a little bewildered: "What is she doing? Is she going to cry?"
"I guess so." After spending three or four days with Eleven, Yun Qiao had figured out the meaning of some of her behaviors and movements.
As expected, just as Yun Qiao finished speaking, Zheng Jing heard a series of puffing sounds.
"Huh?" Zheng Jing was confused for a moment: "What is she doing? Is she farting?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "Yes, it was a fart."
"Is a baby's fart so loud? It sounds like an adult's fart." Zheng Jing looked incredulous.
Yun Qiao nodded: "What else do you think?"
Zheng Jing made a sound of "uh," "I thought babies fart very quietly."
Yun Qiao laughed: "So, do you still think that babies' farts don't stink?"
Zheng Yujing's eyes widened: "Is it smelly?"
"How about you smell it?" Yun Qiao pretended to lift the diaper.
"No, no, no, I don't smell it." Zheng Jingjing covered her nose, shook her head repeatedly, and subconsciously dodged backwards.
"Hahaha." Yun Qiao was amused by her reaction and asked her, "The baby is not what you imagined. Are you feeling disillusioned?"
Zheng Jing nodded: "A little bit."
She thought the baby smelled of milk all over.
It's no wonder Zheng Yujing didn't know. The smallest baby she had ever seen was only two or three months old. She could only see one when it was old enough to be taken out for playing.
At two or three months old, all the body functions of a baby are almost fully developed, so as long as the parents are diligent and keep the baby clean, the baby will have no other odors and will naturally have the fragrance of milk.
Babies who are just a few days old have not yet fully developed their gastrointestinal functions. They need to be burped after feeding; if they don't, they'll immediately experience bloating. They'll also spit up milk after drinking, and the milk they spit out isn't milky and fragrant, but rather sour and fermented. They also have frequent diarrhea, especially breastfed babies, who can poop more than a dozen times a day, even farting.
When Zheng Jing saw the yellow blood stains on the diaper Yun Qiao had changed for Eleven, she felt like the sky was falling.
Oh my God!
Why didn’t anyone tell her that this is what a newborn baby looks like? Wow!!!
Woo woo woo, my sweet and soft goddaughter, why are you different from what I imagined?!
Yun Qiao changed Eleven into a clean diaper and coaxed her to sleep. He turned his head to glance at Zheng Jing, who seemed petrified, and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Completely disillusioned?"
"Yeah." Zheng Yujing nodded, and said with a serious face: "Yun Qiao, I finally understand what it means that love will disappear."
"Because she farted and pooped? Hahahaha..." Yun Qiao couldn't help laughing again.
"Well, I can't accept it." Zheng Jing covered her face and murmured, "My dear daughter, wait until you grow up a little and your godmother will love you again."
"Hahahaha, Jing, you're so cute."
Feng Juan pushed the door open and came in: "What are you laughing at? You look so happy."
"Xiao Shiyi."
Yun Qiao recounted what had just happened, and Feng Juan also laughed: "Auntie, you've never seen such a small child, right? Newborn babies are all like this, and they become more so as they grow older."
After chatting for a while, Feng Juan took out the dirty diaper to wash it. Zheng Yujing said to Yun Qiao, "I need to go to the bathroom. Where is the bathroom here?"
When she first arrived, she noticed that there was no toilet in the yard.
Yun Qiao pointed the way for her: "It's at the very end of the alley. Just keep going straight and you'll see it."
Zheng Jing nodded, stood up and went out to take care of her physiological problems.
Coincidentally, just as she left, Yan Jingwan came over with Zeng Ping.
There is a custom here of giving eggs when a baby is born.
When someone has a baby, friends and relatives will buy a pound of eggs and send them to the baby. When the baby is one month old, the host family will dye the eggs red and give them back to the friends and relatives as a gift.
Zeng Ping came just to bring eggs to Yun Qiao.
Zeng Ping was Yun Qiao's patient. She and Yan Jingwan were both actors in the troupe, but Zeng Ping was a singer. They had returned from the disaster area together, and through Yan Jingwan's introduction, Zeng Ping sought out Yun Qiao, asking him to help her recover.
Zeng Ping suffered from severe dysmenorrhea, requiring a combination of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. She had to go to the clinic every few days for treatment. The two became acquainted over the course of their visit, and because they shared similar interests, they were now close friends.
So when Yun Qiao gave birth, Zeng Ping brought a pound of eggs to see her.
Feng Juan took the eggs and put them into the egg basket in the west room. Yan Jingwan took Zeng Ping into Yun Qiao's room and talked to Yun Qiao.
Zeng Ping was not a talkative person, so most of the time it was Yan Jingwan and Yun Qiao who talked, and she would occasionally agree with them.
After chatting for a while, Zheng Jing came back from the toilet.
When she pushed the door open and saw someone coming in, she was at a loss for a moment.
Seeing this, Yan Jingwan immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Yun Qiao, your friend is here."
Yun Qiao nodded and briefly introduced them: "Sister-in-law, this is my friend Zheng Jingjing. I met her when I was an educated youth. She is my best friend on the farm."
He then introduced Zheng Yujing, "Yujing, this is my sister-in-law...sister-in-law Yan Jingwan. And my sister-in-law's friend, Zeng Pingzhi."
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