Chapter 86
Meng's mother was also a little embarrassed, but the schoolbag was crying loudly from hunger, so she had no choice but to pick up the schoolbag from the bed and put it in Han Shuo's arms.
"Xiao Shuo, you'll be right there in a bit..."
Meng Yuxiu was stunned.
Han Shuo heard the loudspeaker getting closer and closer, and was so startled that he forgot about his postpartum belly and buttocks, and almost jumped off the hospital bed.
"Mom!" He hurriedly reached out to push himself and the child away, then blurted out in a panic, "Mom, I don't have any milk!!"
Meng's mother smiled and said, "Xiao Shuo, Mom knows. You're young and shy, but I've been through this before, so I understand."
Seeing the serious expressions on Meng's mother's and the doctor's faces, Han Shuo began to believe it. After all, if men could get pregnant and give birth, then producing milk seemed to be quite possible.
He was just a little confused, and while he didn't doubt that other beings in the world could produce milk, he was convinced that he absolutely had no milk, because his flat chest was the best proof.
So, in front of everyone in the ward, he patted his chest frankly and said, "Mom, why would I lie to you? I really didn't! You can ask Meng Yuxiu if you don't believe me."
Meng Yuxiu, who was standing to the side, thought about it carefully for a moment, and then shook his head decisively, "Mom, he really didn't."
However, Meng's mother and the doctor were not surprised by Han Shuo's reaction. The male doctor said to Han Shuo, "Just suck it in and it will come."
Han Shuo: "..."
Meng's mother then handed the schoolbag to Han Shuo, saying, "Xiao Shuo, just let the schoolbag absorb the moisture and it will come out."
Han Shuo looked down at the child wrapped in the small blanket, at his mouth and throat as he wailed. A chill ran down Han Shuo's spine.
It was true that it came from his own belly, but the thought of this little thing picking at his nipples...
To be honest, he didn't feel like he was that familiar with the backpack.
The thought of having a part of his body sucked by another creature was so unsettling that even though he was a grown man who could go out shirtless, he was now bursting with shame!
"No!" Han Shuo waved his hands repeatedly, unable to bear watching. "Quickly, take it away, take it away..."
Mencius' mother said with difficulty, "Xiao Shuo..."
"I really don't have any, Mom! If I did, my breasts would be huge by now!" Han Shuo felt bad hearing the schoolbag crying, so he could only say, "Okay then."
To convince the others, he pointed at Meng Yuxiu and said, "You come here!"
Meng Yuxiu was taken aback. "What?"
Han Shuo waved to him, "They won't believe me if I say I don't have it, come and try it!"
"..." In front of his mother and the doctor in the room, Meng Yuxiu's face turned red when he heard Han Shuo's words.
He said somewhat awkwardly, "Me?"
"..." Han Shuo was speechless. "Otherwise what?"
Doctor: That's fine too. The baby might not be able to be sucked out the first time. Let the husband do it.
After listening to the doctor's words, Meng Yuxiu, his ears red, slowly sat down on the bed.
He and Han Shuo often did this kind of thing, but this was the first time they treated it like a mission. Moreover, this mission was not private; it wasn't something only he and Han Shuo knew about.
The thought that both his mother and the doctor knew exactly what he was going to do next made Meng Yuxiu feel like his ears were on fire. He felt incredibly embarrassed to even glance at Han Shuo.
He lowered his eyes, gently scratched his burning ears, and then awkwardly said to his mother, "Mom, could you please leave for a moment?"
Mencius' mother realized what was happening and quickly said to the male doctor, "Alright, alright, let's go outside then."
As she spoke, she picked up her schoolbag, led Han Ting and the doctor out of the ward, and then closed the door.
Only the young couple remained in the ward.
Han Shuo gestured with his chin toward Meng Yuxiu and said, "I don't have much strength, so take off my clothes. Just suck a couple of times, and then tell them whether I have any milk or not."
"Hmm." Meng Yuxiu reached out and lifted Han Shuo's sweater and thermal underwear, then pulled the clothes all the way up.
He was still a little awkward. Even though the door was closed, he still felt guilty, like he had done something wrong.
Han Shuo was still muttering to himself, "Sigh, I'm fed up. I've already told them that my chest is flat and I definitely don't have any milk, but they still don't believe me."
Meng Yuxiu stared at him for a few seconds, then decided to tell Han Shuo the truth: "Actually, you do have a little bit of breasts."
Han Shuo immediately frowned and clicked his tongue: "Those are my pectoral muscles, are you kidding me? Don't you have them yourself?"
Meng Yuxiu: "But you didn't have much chest muscle before."
Han Shuo originally thought his chest was flat, but after hearing Meng Yuxiu's words, he felt inexplicably annoyed.
He glared at him and retorted, "Are you going to take it or not?!"
Meng Yuxiu shut up and lowered his head.
As it turned out, whether it was because he was too weak after giving birth or because Meng Yuxiu was too strong, the suction almost made Han Shuo's skull fly off. For a moment, he felt like his chest was cramping.
"Damn it!" Han Shuo cried out in pain, tears streaming down his face. He shoved Meng Yuxiu's head away, clutched his chest, and kicked his feet hard on the bed. "It hurts like hell! Are you a turtle? Why are you hitting me like that?!"
"Does it hurt a lot?" Meng Yuxiu quickly reached out to rub it for him.
"hiss--"
After Han Shuo calmed down a bit, Meng Yuxiu said that he hadn't used any force.
Han Shuo cursed, "I don't believe you! You call that not using enough force?"
"No, really," Meng Yuxiu said innocently. "I just gave you a little nibble, and you cried out in pain."
Han Shuo frowned and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, alright, let's change to another one."
"Um."
Meng Yuxiu changed his perspective.
Within seconds, his eyes widened slightly, and then his Adam's apple bobbed deeply.
"So, is it there?" Han Shuo asked anxiously as he saw him slowly backing away.
Meng Yuxiu silently licked his lips, not daring to look up at Han Shuo. He simply nodded silently again, his voice barely audible.
"have……"
Han Shuo felt a wave of dizziness and collapsed onto his pillow.
Outside the ward, Han Hong and Meng's father returned after finishing their cigarettes and saw Meng's mother holding the child and Doctor Han Ting standing in the corridor.
Meng's father asked in confusion, "Why did you all come out?"
Meng's mother patted the schoolbag and said to Meng's father, "Oh dear, Xiao Shuo said he doesn't have any milk, and Xiao Xiu is helping him..."
The schoolbag was still crying, so Han Hong went over to comfort it.
"Oh dear, our schoolbags are hungry!" he said, flicking his tongue. "Do you want Uncle to carry you?"
Upon hearing this, Han Ting immediately stretched out her hands and stamped her feet, anxiously shouting, "I want to see! I want to see too!"
"Okay, okay." Han Hong picked up his son and showed him his schoolbag inside the blanket. "Quickly, schoolbag, don't cry anymore. Look, your brother has come to see you!"
Han Ting was overjoyed, his eyes crinkling with laughter. He pointed at the schoolbag and exclaimed, "The schoolbag's mouth is wide open!"
Han Hong: "My little brother is crying because he's hungry."
While the people outside were comforting the child, the ward door opened, and Meng Yuxiu came out.
He walked up to Mencius' mother and asked, "Mom, do you have any milk powder?"
Meng's mother was surprised: "Doesn't Xiao Shuo have milk?"
Meng Yuxiu said yes, but Han Shuo didn't really want to feed him.
Although Meng's parents were surprised, they respected their daughter-in-law's idea and did not ask too many questions.
However, in the minds of Meng's parents, as well as Han Hong and the doctor present, they all subconsciously believed that Han Shuo would personally feed the child.
So when preparing baby supplies, Meng's parents never thought of preparing formula. After all, in those days, most families fed their children themselves. And formula, being a luxury item, was even rarer in rural towns and villages.
Mencius' mother: "Oh dear, where are we going to get milk powder?"
Meng's father asked the doctor if the hospital had any milk powder.
Doctor: "Oh dear, I really don't know, I'll have to go ask. But I have to tell you, hospitals may not have formula, mainly because it's expensive and nobody buys it..."
The doctor went to get formula, and before leaving, he told Meng Yuxiu that he recommended breastfeeding.
"Oh, oh, oh." The schoolbag was very hungry, so Meng's mother could only keep patting and coaxing it.
Meng Yuxiu looked down at his son's red and swollen lips from crying, and his heart ached as well.
Han Hong put Han Ting down and said to the outsiders, "I'll go in and take a look."
He entered the ward and then closed the door.
To be honest, he wasn't quite sure why Han Shuo was unwilling to feed the child, but as the eldest brother, he felt he had to ask.
Han Shuo felt bad hearing the child crying outside. He closed his eyes and heard a noise, thinking that Meng Yuxiu had come in.
He opened his eyes, and before he could even see who it was, he anxiously asked, "Did you find the milk powder? Hurry up and feed him... Hey, bro?"
Han Hong sat down on the chair next to him and asked his younger brother, "Why don't you want to breastfeed your schoolbag?"
Han Shuo's mind was in turmoil. He sat up, grabbed a handful of hair, and said, "Hey bro, you don't understand. It's not that I'm not going to feed him, it's just... Ugh! I get goosebumps."
Han Hong laughed, "What kind of talk is that? Your own child would get goosebumps?"
"Then... then I'm just not used to it, aren't I?" Han Shuo said dejectedly. "How was I supposed to know that men also have to feed children?"
Han Hong: "What kind of talk is this? Women can breastfeed, but men can't? What are men's penises for then? To be decorations, hahaha."
Han Shuo was speechless. He yelled at his laughing older brother, "So what if I'm happy to be a decoration?! You're not the bottom!"
Seeing his younger brother getting upset, Han Hong quickly patted his back and coaxed him, "Oh dear, the roles of top and bottom are determined at birth, there's nothing I can do about it. Okay, every bottom who becomes a mother has to go through this. Think about it, Tingting didn't drink much milk when he was little, and his face was all yellowish. Do you want Shubao to be weak and sickly from a young age like Tingting?"
Han Shuo rubbed his forehead and remained silent.
Han Hong certainly didn't need to tell him this. Now that he had already given birth to the child, he definitely hoped that the child would be chubby and healthy, not like a cucumber.
He was conflicted and somewhat wavering.
At this point, he began to admire his own adaptability. He had quickly accepted being a bottom before, then quickly accepted pregnancy, and now it seemed like breastfeeding... damn, it wasn't so bad after all.
"The baby formula has arrived." The doctor pushed open the door and came in, followed by his family.
Mencius' father said he would go get a teacup and pour hot water.
The doctor, carrying a bag of milk powder, smiled and said to Han Shuo, "Luckily, we found a bag."
Han Shuo grinned, staring at the pale yellow powder in the small transparent bag, and asked in shock, "Is this milk powder?"
Meng Yuxiu leaned closer and whispered to him, "This is what milk powder looked like in the 1990s."
Han Shuo looked disgusted and asked Meng Yuxiu in a low voice, "Won't it cause health problems? I heard that some formula milk powder used to make babies' heads grow to twice their normal size?"
Meng Yuxiu glanced at the milk powder, still feeling uncertain. "Probably not."
"..."
As Meng's father took the formula and started preparing it, Han Shuo listened to his son's cries and became increasingly uneasy.
"Hey, hey, stop soaking." He finally spoke up to stop them.
Everyone in the ward stared at him.
Meng Yuxiu stared at him in even greater surprise.
Han Shuo clicked his tongue, somewhat annoyed and impatient: "Bring it over and feed it to me!"
Forget it, the baby's already born. He doesn't want the child to develop health problems from this lousy formula and walk unsteadily because of a big head.
"Oh, oh, oh, our schoolbag is going to go to Mommy's to nurse." Meng's mother hurriedly stuffed the child into Han Shuo's arms.
However, Han Shuo was willing to breastfeed, but he couldn't accept having his experienced mother teach him. So, after everyone left the ward to give Han Shuo space to breastfeed, Meng's mother and the doctor passed on their experience to Meng Yuxiu.
Meng Yuxiu blushed and nodded repeatedly.
"Do you understand?" Mencius' mother asked her son, who had his head down.
Meng Yuxiu pursed his lips and said awkwardly, "I understand."
Mencius' mother patted her son on the shoulder and urged him, "Go quickly, your schoolbag is starving."
Meng Yuxiu entered the ward, closed the door, and sat down by Han Shuo's bedside.
Han Shuo, holding the child, frowned and asked, "How do I feed him?"
"Do it like this for now." Meng Yuxiu lifted his clothes and then pushed the child closer to Han Shuo's arms, "so that his face is facing you."
"..." The child in her arms probably sensed that food was coming soon and actually stopped crying.
However, when Han Shuo saw his little mouth moving incessantly, he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.
He quickly turned his face away, thinking, "Never mind, out of sight, out of mind."
His clothes were already pulled up to his neck, so he urged Meng Yuxiu, "Hurry up, hurry up, and then what?"
"Then……"
Then... Han Shuo was caught off guard and suddenly jolted awake.
Because Meng Yuxiu's fingers grabbed his nipple.
"Holy shit! What the hell..." Han Shuo couldn't even get the word out of his throat because the next second his cerebral cortex completely exploded.
He looked down and saw that the child in his arms had buried his entire face in the water.
They were so hungry that they ate with their eyes closed, their cheeks puffing out.
The little one seemed so greedy, wanting to devour everything in one gulp, that there wasn't even a sound of breathing. So excited were the tiny hands and feet waving and kicking inside the blanket.
This scene not only stunned Han Shuo, but also made Meng Yuxiu stare wide-eyed.
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