Chapter 42

Before Xiao Mao understood what was going on, he saw Tiedan and Fusheng eating faster, and he subconsciously followed suit.

Da Mao is a fast eater, but he is older and greedy, so he eats a lot over a long period of time.

Jingxian had eaten enough last night and didn't need any extra food. Her food intake now was not much different from that in the morning.

She was the first to put down her chopsticks.

Next came Fusheng, who couldn't eat any more, and finally the other three children.

Because Da Mao followed his brothers to eat, he ate a lot more than usual. He also drank two bowls of sorghum rice porridge. When he put down his chopsticks, he found that Shang Nanchen was still eating. And his eating speed was not slow at all, he kept eating at the same speed as when he started.

The number of steamed buns was decreasing, and the food on the table was gradually running out.

At the end of the meal, Shang Nanchen wiped the bowl clean with his scoop, put other people's bowls on it, and stepped down with his long legs, holding his chopsticks to wash the dishes in the outer room. Jing Xian took the remaining porridge out, wiped the table with a rag, and put it away.

Big Mao and Little Mao were stunned.

"Isn't this too much of an appetite?" Damao knew that Shang Nanchen was a big eater, but he didn't expect him to eat so much.

I didn't pay special attention to it before, they only cared about whether they were full and were embarrassed to take some food. Today, after paying so much attention, I found that Shang Nanchen was an extraordinary eater.

Fusheng spoke very slowly, giving people the feeling that he was slow when he spoke: "What is this? More than two months ago, he could eat all these things by himself, leaving us with no food to eat."

When Jingxian had money, she would buy meat, stir-fry the oil residue with Chinese cabbage, and make dumplings.

Although fish and shrimp cannot fill the stomach without oil and water, these things are not lacking in the family. A lot of oil is added, and meat is eaten every few days. I can eat braised pork twice a month, which makes me vomit.

With this food in my stomach, I naturally eat a lot less than I did two months ago.

"The four of you stay at home and look after the house. When you go out to play, lock the door and don't run too far. Don't go to the back mountain. There are wolves there." Jing Xian was not just trying to scare the kids. When she and Shang Nanchen came back last night, they heard wolves howling.

"There are still wolves?" Big Hair asked in surprise.

"Not just wolves, there are also wild boars, rabbits, pheasants and so on." Tiedan became familiar with the area within two months, and people who didn't know the situation would think he grew up here.

Jing Xian looked at the curious eyes of the children and said sternly, "You are not allowed to go there. Do you understand? Everything on the mountain belongs to the country. If you go to the back mountain and are seen by others, I will not care about you if I catch you and make you an example."

This sentence is the best.

The four little guys are all wilted.

"Will you leave?"

Shang Nanchen washed the dishes, dried his hands, opened the curtain and called Jingxian.

Jing Xian picked up the Gala oil and rubbed a lot of it on the back of Shang Nanchen's hand. The children were watching, Shang Nanchen felt a little embarrassed and wanted to pull his hand back. Jing Xian narrowed her eyes dangerously, and Shang Nanchen did not move.

She watched Shang Nanchen wipe his hands, then turned around and waved to the four kids, applying the balm on their faces.

"Just like that, wipe your face."

The four guys were very resistant, but when they saw Jing Xian's expression, no one dared to say anything and just wiped their faces obediently.

"Don't say that men don't wipe their faces. When your face gets peeled, you'll be the ones in pain. This stuff is very expensive. You can eat a pound of braised pork with it." Jing Xian felt a pain in her flesh. She thought that she could actually make something of this.

But we have to wait until the weather gets warmer.

"hand."

The four kids stretched out their hands at the same time, and each of them rubbed some Gala oil on the back of their hands.

"After washing your hands, wipe them yourself. Don't let me remind you. Don't forget to wipe them, or you will come back with black hands when you eat. Don't eat with your hands." Jingxian didn't dislike the children, she just didn't want them to look like kids without a mother.

The little guys listened to Jing Xian very much and nodded obediently.

Only then did Jing Xian go out with satisfaction.

A family of six uses Gala oil and balsamic, naturally

It is used quickly.

But this thing is not expensive, and you can get it by saving a little.

The hospital was not too busy as usual.

Get off work at noon.

Jing Xian closed the door and walked out of the hospital. Before she reached the gate, someone called her.

She turned around and saw that it was Lin Qingwen, so she stood there waiting for her to come over.

Lin Qingwen felt much better after drinking the medicine yesterday, so she came to thank Jingxian: "Your medicine is really effective. I felt much better after drinking it last night. I was able to sleep well in the second half of the night."

"Keep drinking it for a month and see how it goes. You need to slowly adjust your condition and take good care of it. Otherwise, you will be the one who suffers when you get old." Jing Xian has seen too many women suffer.

"Well, I will definitely take good care of myself." This time, Lin Qingwen didn't dare to ignore Jing Xian's words.

I used to be sick a lot, but I thought it was nothing.

But after taking the medicine, I can obviously feel much better.

As they were talking, Xu Ning also came out of the hospital. Seeing Jing Xian, she greeted her listlessly, "Are you off work?"

"What's wrong with you?" Jing Xian thought Xu Ning was sick.

Xu Ning shook her head: "It's nothing, just a woman in labor was sent here just now, and she almost couldn't be saved."

"What's going on?" Lin Qingwen and Xu Ning were in the same department. "Did you go to the obstetrics and gynecology department today?"

"Well, there are not enough doctors over there, so they called me over to help." Xu Ning nodded tiredly, obviously not in a good condition.

"Aren't you a surgeon? Why did you go to the obstetrics and gynecology department?" Jing Xian was not an amateur, so she naturally knew that someone like Xu Ning could not go to the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Xu Ning said: "I followed two teachers at that time."

She said it easily, but those in the know know that it is not easy at all.

Even though they are all doctors, they are actually cross-industry professionals.

"Xiao Xu is really a low-key person." Lin Qingwen's eyes were filled with admiration.

Xu Ning smiled bitterly and said, "I have only learned the basics. I can't compare with the teacher."

"What's going on?"

Jing Xian knew that if some things were kept in her stomach, they would rot if they accumulated too much.

Small amounts add up and slowly turn into serious negative emotions that can drive a person crazy.

"Let's talk outside." Xu Ning walked out. Jing Xian and Lin Qingwen looked at each other and followed.

Go to the gate and walk towards the dormitory. This route is smooth.

Xu Ning said, "Today, a woman was sent to the hospital for labor. She was giving birth to her second child at home. The middle-aged woman was in charge of the delivery, but she didn't expect the child to be difficult to deliver. After the baby was finally born, the woman was bleeding heavily. They fed her blood into her mouth. Seeing that she couldn't be saved, they carried her to the health center. How could the doctors in the health center save a patient who was bleeding heavily? They just sent her to the hospital like this. If the woman hadn't been lucky, she might have really died."

It took them a long time to rescue the person.

When Xu Ning thought about the many women and children who died during childbirth, she felt particularly sad.

"It's not uncommon."

When Jing Xian was a child, she followed the old man to see doctors everywhere and saw many women giving birth. Some of them died along with the adults, while others died after the children were born.

"Yes, a lot. A lot."

Xu Ning felt suffocated because she knew this.

"It's much better now than before. In the past, more women died of dystocia. It will be better in the future." Jing Xian knew the medical conditions in later generations. There were very few people who died of dystocia. Although there were some, most of them could be saved.

Unless the husband's family only allows women to give birth naturally and does not allow them to have a caesarean section.

Xu Ning smiled bitterly and said, "How can it be better? Now there are no schools, and we all rely on the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. How can students who graduated from the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University become doctors?"

She was lucky. Her family had been doctors for generations, so she was able to go to college early and learn real skills. Later, she went to the military hospital and learned from good teachers, which was more valuable than what she learned in the classroom.

There was no choice at that time.

If you want to teach, you must learn hard.

"My first teacher was a gynecologist. Later, because her husband had problems, he was sent to a farm in a remote area. She couldn't leave her husband behind, so she followed him. I changed my teacher, who was a surgeon. It was like relearning from scratch, and it took me a long time to become a formal doctor. This was because I studied medicine since I was a child. How could it be so easy for others?"

She really saw no hope.

"Let alone college, even in primary schools today, how many children are willing to study? When everyone is in school, they can't wait to go home to help with work and earn work points so that they can get more food at the end of the year."

Xu Ning's emotions also infected Lin Qingwen and Jing Xian.

Lin Qingwen herself is a doctor, and she was also very close to death when she gave birth. Other families have several children, but this family only had a son when they were old, Li Yu.

Her mother-in-law was very unhappy with her because of this.

Only Lin Qingwen herself knows how much suffering she has endured.

When they reached the intersection, the three of them separated.

Jing Xian ran into Shang Nanchen at the door of her house. Shang Nanchen saw that she looked unwell and asked with concern: "Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up?"

"No, I'm fine." Jing Xian thought that some things should not be heard by the children, so she lowered her voice and said to Shang Nanchen, "I met Xu Ning when I got off work today. Xu Ning went to the obstetrics and gynecology department to help a woman in labor. The woman was giving birth at home and had heavy bleeding. She almost died. It took a long time to send her to the hospital."

"Didn't the person get rescued?" Shang Nanchen asked.

Jing Xian said: "She was saved. This happens a lot. It happens in almost every production team. There are women who die in childbirth in almost every production team. It may be the sadness of being a doctor, or it may be because it is too dark and there is no hope."

Shang Nanchen's face turned pale, and he pulled Jing Xian into the house.

"If you are afraid, we won't have children in the future." Shang Nanchen said in a deep voice before entering the room.

Jing Xian was surprised: "But I still want to have a child."

She is so lonely.

It seems like no one in this world has anything to do with her.

She was very scared, afraid that this was just a dream, and when she woke up, she would be struggling in the apocalypse again, or still in the cellar, being beaten by the old hag from the Zhou family and that big fool for venting her anger.

She wants to have a family.

A child who is related to her by blood, and a man who loves him deeply.

She can cry, make a fuss, break down, be weak, or do whatever she wants without worrying about anything.

She actually didn't like having two more children, but for Shang Nanchen she chose to accept it. She actually wanted Shang Nanchen to have no children, and just wanted to form a family with him and have a few children.

Perhaps, subconsciously, she had been trying to please him, fearing that he and his children would not accept her.

It's just that she herself didn't realize this problem before.

Until this moment, she realized that she was actually very selfish and not generous at all.

Shang Nanchen turned around and said to her solemnly: "Jing Xian, if you want to have a baby, then we will go to the hospital. You will be fine, and the baby will be fine too."

At this moment, Jing Xian's complaints disappeared.

She felt that Shang Nanchen was worth her efforts, at least at this moment.

"Okay. If there is any, take us to the hospital." Jing Xian took a step forward and rested her head on his chest. The tears in her eyes could no longer be controlled and dripped onto the floor.

He patted her back gently, and only then realized that she was still a little girl.

"Jingxian, don't be afraid, I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you."

Shang Nanchen heard footsteps, turned around and winked at the children who were peeking around, telling them to go back, pretending that he didn't know they had returned.

Fusheng put his hand to his lips, made a gesture to silence him, and secretly called his brothers to go back.

Jing Xian had very good hearing and had heard the footsteps a long time ago, but she didn't look up and pretended not to hear them.

She really needed to vent.

I've been holding it in for so long

The emotions she had been holding back until this moment suddenly collapsed. They poured down like a flood. She tried to hold them back at first, but couldn't control them anymore. She just wanted to cry her heart out, crying for the grievances of a lifetime, the fear and anxiety of the end of the world, and the helplessness and isolation.

Cry for all the compromises I have made in my life.

She just wants to live a happier, smoother and more fulfilled life. Why is it so difficult?

People are not happy just because they smile every day.

Just because you look happy doesn’t mean you are really happy.

She was just an ordinary girl who wanted to marry well and have a warm family, that's all. But she could only choose to be a stepmother to a man who was despised by everyone and had been married for the second time and had children.

If Jing Mingyue knew, she would definitely laugh at her crazily and look down on her.

She gritted her teeth and followed Shang Nanchen to the city of Lu, to this remote troop. She just wanted to live a better life, so that she could meet the Jing family in the future and let them see how well she lived.

She had been holding her breath before, but today she couldn't hold it anymore.

A gust of cold wind blew over, Shang Nanchen held her in his arms and whispered: "I have many shortcomings, and I have not taken your feelings into consideration in many things. If you feel dissatisfied or uncomfortable in any way, just tell me directly. If you don't tell me, it may take me a long time to notice it."

"Jingxian, although this is my second marriage, it's the first time I'm really getting along with someone and becoming a family. I'm stupid and not smart, and I don't know when I made you angry. But believe me, I didn't mean it. I want to grow old with you and be buried together after we die. I also want you to feel happy when you look back on your life when you're old."

His words made Jing Xian cry even harder.

"But this is my first time getting married! And my first time getting along with people." She wouldn't do that either.

Shang Nanchen said: "It's okay, we can take it slow, and one day we will find the most suitable way to get along with each other."

Jing Xian nodded gloomily.

I think there is nothing wrong with marrying an older man who has been married for a second time.

At least the one she found would feel sorry for her, not treat her as an outsider, but would truly want to be good to her.

Jing Xian calmed down and found that her eyes were swollen.

It's a bit embarrassing.

"We still have to cook, otherwise it will be too late." Jing Xian's nose was also blocked, she lowered her head and didn't dare to see anyone.

Shang Nanchen held back his laughter, thinking that Jing Xian now looked like a 19-year-old girl. Before, she had always been mature and steady, giving him the feeling that she was the same age as him.

"Rice is easy to cook. Didn't you steam a few pots of steamed cakes in the closet? I'll bring some over later to heat them up, stir-fry two cabbages, and cook some soup."

Shang Nanchen had already thought about what to eat for lunch, so this would be quicker than usual.

"Let's fry some potato chips. It doesn't take much effort. And put a piece of meat in it. Without oil and water, all the previous efforts will be wasted." Jing Xian is willing to spend money on food.

She died of hunger in her previous life.

At the end of the world, there will be nothing to eat.

Thinking of the instant noodles, expired hot and sour rice noodles, seafood noodles, etc. at the end of the world...

Jing Xian suddenly remembered that hot and sour noodles seemed to be made from sweet potato noodles.

"Shang Nanchen, is this a stone mill?" Jing Xian suddenly raised her head, and Shang Nanchen couldn't help but laughed.

Jing Xian didn't realize what he was laughing at first, but when she did, she immediately reached out to hit him.

"You're still laughing!"

"There is a millstone." Shang Nanchen hurriedly hugged her and whispered, "The children will hear it. Don't worry, I won't laugh anymore. I just couldn't help it."

Jing Xian: “…”

Suddenly I seemed even angrier.

"The stone mill really exists. What do you want to do? Not many people use it at this time." Shang Nanchen coaxed Jing Xian, "What do you want to do? Wait until the weekend when I'm resting, okay?"

Jing Xian thought that it might not be possible during the weekend and estimated that it would have to be next weekend.

She wants to take advantage of the next few days to grow more sweet potatoes.

Otherwise, the sweet potatoes at home are not enough to make sweet potatoes.

Potato starch.

"Next weekend! We have to treat Teacher Wei this week, so we don't have enough time." Jing Xian pulled her scarf down to cover her eyes. "Go cook, the kids must be starving."

After saying that, she walked around Shang Nanchen and went into the house, poured hot water into the washbasin, put her handkerchief in it, and went into the house with it.

She lay down on the kang, put her fingers over her eyes, and secretly activated her special powers to quickly reduce the swelling in her eyes.

Jing Xian didn't want to go to work with swollen eyes.

It is estimated that before she even arrives at the hospital, all kinds of gossip about her swollen eyes will spread throughout the family community. By then, she may become the topic of conversation during this period.

Jingxian is very proud and she would never allow such a thing to happen.

Suddenly, someone opened the door and came in.

Then he climbed onto the kang and lay down beside her secretly.

Jing Xian's lips curled up into a smile: "Fusheng?"

Fusheng's eyes lit up: "Mom, how did you know it was me?"

"Of course it's because I like you the most?"

Jing Xian felt that she still liked children. Even though she had many dissatisfactions in her heart, how could she not feel a sense of accomplishment when she saw this fair, tender, healthy little guy that she had raised.

So what if the child is not your own?

She didn't ask for anything in return, she just wanted to have a clear conscience.

Let’s talk about how people get along with each other.

She is good to the child. As long as the child has a good mind, how could he or she be without conscience in the future?

"Mom, are you feeling unwell?" Fusheng came over carefully and asked Jingxian softly.

Jingxian feels that her efforts in recent months have been worth it.

At least now the kid truly treats her as his mother, cares about her and treats her well.

"Mom cried because she heard something very sad." Jing Xian said softly.

Fusheng frowned, not quite understanding what was said, and sighed, "Mom, don't listen to those unhappy things in the future! When I grow up, I will write funny stories for you, and you will be happy every day in the future."

"Fusheng is amazing, do you want to be a writer in the future?"

Jingxian doesn’t know if there will be anyone who can be a writer in the future. She won’t tell her children such a cruel fact. Anyway, the children are still young. When they grow up, maybe they will see the day when happiness comes.

Fusheng didn't know what a writer was. He just said seriously, "I just want to write funny stories for my mother to make her happy forever."

"Then mom will remember this. When school starts in a few days, Fusheng must study hard and learn to read. When you can write a lot of words, you can write funny stories for mom."

Jingxian encouraged the young man, and he was immediately filled with a sense of mission.

"Mom, don't worry!"

He will definitely be able to do it.

Jing Xian felt it was almost done, so she took off her handcuffs and went downstairs to cut potatoes.

Shang Nanchen looked back at her eyes and found that although they were still a little red, they were no longer swollen, and he was relieved immediately. Jing Xian noticed his gaze and glared at him fiercely when she looked over, but she even smiled in the end.

She felt that after this accident, the distance between her and Shang Nanchen was less and they became closer.

The stir-fried cabbage tasted great and the kids loved it.

There was no potato chips or fried meat left.

The amount of meat was fixed and divided equally among the family members, so that no one got more or less.

In the end, everyone felt particularly happy.

As the pillar of the family, Shang Nanchen ate one more piece of meat than the children. Not only did the children have no objection, they were all full of fighting spirit.

"Mom, when I grow up I will be the pillar of the family. Dad eats too much and I eat very little." Tiedan looked at his father who was still eating and felt a little jealous, so he took the opportunity to compete for his father's favor.

Fusheng was not to be outdone and said, "I eat less and I make more money!"

Da Mao pursed his lips and said after a moment's hesitation: "I've been making money before all three of you. Mom, when I join the army, I'll give you all the allowances I get."

Xiao Mao snorted

: "You talk as if you make more money than I do."

The other three said in unison: "Oh, you are the youngest!"

Xiao Mao turned his head, a little angry.

Jing Xian stroked his head with amusement: "Mom will wait for Xiao Mao to make a lot of money for Mom, okay?"

"That's what I should do." Xiao Mao said awkwardly, with the corners of his mouth secretly rising and then quickly pressed down.

Fusheng leaned close to Xiaomao's ear and whispered, "Mom likes you very much, but she likes me more."

Xiao Mao didn't bother to argue with Fu Sheng about this matter.

Mom just touched his head, but not theirs.

He is his mother's favorite child.

Suddenly, someone outside shouted miserably, "Jing Xian, is Jing Xian here? Come out quickly!"