Fang Mingyi came back with the food and saw his wife being bullied. He walked over quickly, put the food in his hand on the table, reached out and broke the old lady's finger that was pointing at his wife.
This led to the scene where the old lady begged for mercy in pain.
"Mingyi, let go. I'm hungry. Let's eat." Li Lin saw the old lady sweating in pain, and then asked Fang Mingyi to stop.
Fang Mingyi threw his hands aside and went to wash his hands before opening the insulated lunch box. He looked at his wife and said with a smile, "Wife, this is the chicken soup I asked someone to make last night. Come and try it. It must taste good."
Li Lin looked at the chicken soup that had been skimmed of oil and drank a few big gulps happily.
He smiled and said to Fang Mingyi: "It tastes good, you should drink it too, I can't finish it myself."
Fang Mingyi did not refuse, because he just filled a can of chicken soup, picked out the meat, and gave the remaining chicken soup to the chef, asking him to continue stewing pig's trotter soup for his wife.
He was afraid that his wife would get tired of drinking chicken soup all the time, so he thought of making something different for her at every meal.
The two of them ate with relish, which made the people next door very greedy.
The woman who had just given birth swallowed her saliva, touched her rumbling stomach, looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, I'm hungry too."
"Hungry, hungry, hungry. I'm so hungry that I'll die of starvation after a day. Eat quickly. We'll be discharged from the hospital in the afternoon. How much does it cost to stay here for a day?"
The old lady took out two steamed buns from her pocket, threw one to the woman in labor, and ate one herself while smelling the fragrance.
The woman in labor held the steamed corn bread and ate it in small bites while crying.
But before he finished eating, the child woke up.
The woman in labor hurriedly put down the steamed corn bread, picked up the child, lifted up her clothes and started feeding.
Li Lin frowned as she watched. Fortunately, Fang Mingyi had his back to the woman in labor, otherwise how embarrassing it would be to see her.
"Mom, I don't have any milk." The mother looked at the old lady with sweat on her forehead as she watched the baby unable to produce milk.
Hearing this, the old lady stood up cursing, came to Li Lin and the others, and said with a smile: "Little girl, lend us the milk you feed your baby, and give me some milk powder."
After saying this, he reached out to take it without waiting for the two to agree.
Fortunately, Fang Mingyi stopped him and said directly: "No, your child has nothing to eat, so find a way to go yourself."
"How can you be so cruel? How much can a child eat from you? Why are you so stingy?" When the old lady heard that he would not lend her the money, she started yelling at him.
Seeing the child being woken up, Li Lin hurriedly said, "Auntie, go ask the doctor. The hospital provides subsidies for pregnant women giving birth."
"Is there such a good news? I have to go and have a look." The old lady was delighted to hear the news. She turned around and left without caring about the baby who had not yet had milk to drink and the anxious pregnant woman.
Seeing this, Li Lin sighed and asked Fang Mingyi to pour a little less milk powder on the bed opposite so that the child could eat it first.
The pregnant woman thanked him repeatedly with gratitude, then borrowed some hot water, made up the milk powder, and fed the baby little by little with a small spoon.
After the child had eaten, she looked at Li Lin and asked with a smile, "Sister, you must have given birth to a boy, right? Look how well your man takes care of you."
"In our family, it doesn't matter whether we have a boy or a girl. No one cares about this." Li Lin heard this and said calmly.
"That's different. We women still have to give birth to a boy to rely on. Otherwise, we won't be able to stand up straight in front of our husband's family because we won't have the confidence." The woman in labor looked at Li Lin with envy, then looked at the child in her arms, her eyes turned into sadness
Seeing her like this, Li Lin just shook her head and didn't try to persuade her.