The nurse's eyes widened as she looked at the child and then at the two of their faces.
After repeated confirmation, she said, "Don't try to bluff me. This baby's nose and eyes look so much like yours. How could it not be yours? Stop making excuses to shirk responsibility."
He Qiusheng scratched his head and said, "Comrade, we are really here to remove the appendix. How about this, I call the doctor and let her talk to you?"
The doctor happened to be passing by during his rounds and after explaining to her, the young nurse realized it was a misunderstanding and quickly apologized with a blushing face.
"I'm so sorry, comrade. I saw her wrapped in a sheet and placed on the ground at the door. She looked so pitiful, so I was so aggressive. I didn't investigate thoroughly..."
"It's okay, you mean well, but how did this child get here? I didn't hear anyone knocking on the door just now."
She patted the baby in her arms lovingly. "Ah, someone probably abandoned it. They just didn't want a baby girl. They're kind enough to leave the baby at the door of this ward, seeing that your family is well off."
Zhao Meiya couldn't stand this kind of people and said disdainfully, "What a shameful thing! You big hospitals have children getting lost too. I thought this only happened in the village."
Of course, her sympathy was limited to words, as she had seen all sorts of things in the village over the years.
Most people in the several villages under the commune are reluctant to go to the health center in town and give birth at home.
Some families who cannot afford to raise a child but still want to have as many children as they want will push the baby, a girl, into a water tank or throw her onto the mountain.
Either they hide the truth from the pregnant woman and say the baby will die at birth, or they simply don’t act at all and scold her for not being able to give birth to another one quickly.
The nurse shook her head. "I'm also confused. We've had cases of children being abandoned in the hospital before, but they were usually unwanted because they were sick or disabled. I've checked this girl, and she's perfectly healthy. How could anyone not want her?"
Families who can afford to give birth in a large municipal hospital almost all have some wealth, and will continue to support their daughters even if they are not satisfied with them.
How can you just throw away an extra pair of chopsticks?
"You commit sins, but you are not afraid of retribution."
In her opinion, the arrival of all children, regardless of gender, is a blessing. Losing a child means throwing away the blessing given by God, and the days to come will become poorer and poorer.
Facts have proved that her idea was correct. Most families who did this became poorer and poorer.
Several generations have been muddling through their lives, and in the end they are so poor that no one wants to marry into their family, and their family is still destined to be extinct.
Some people die of pain because their sons refuse to treat them when they are seriously ill, and some people live in misery because no one is willing to take care of them when they are old.
Good deeds and evil deeds will eventually be rewarded. Whoever sees this will not spit and say that it is what they deserve.
Wang Taozhi nodded and said, "That's right, the child is growing strong, which shows that he was well taken care of in the womb.
When her mother was pregnant with her, she must have been very careful, eating a lot of good things and going through a lot of hardships, but in the end, the child was lost. How could she bear it?"
I saw the baby in the cradle waving his arms, his eyes closed, and making whimpering sounds.
Something in Pan Shuyu's heart was touched, and she stretched out her hands and said, "Let me see the child."
The nurse moved closer, and He Qiu Sheng also lowered his head and played with the baby's little hands with her.
"Don't say it, if you look closely, this child really does look a bit like you. He's prettier than Xiaohua was when she was just born."
Pan Shuyu pursed her lips, unconsciously worried about her future. "Comrade, what are you going to do with this child?"
"We'll go look for her family. If we can't find them, we'll have to send her out of the hospital. Most childless families won't want to adopt a girl. If that's all that matters, we'll just send her to the city's orphanage."
"Is there an orphanage in the city?"
Wang Taozhi said, "Of course there isn't. During the famine, there was no place for people to live, so the street office requisitioned several houses and turned them into welfare homes for orphans without parents.
I went to check it out. Many of the kids were crammed into one room without even clothes to wear. It was hard for them to even get a potato to eat. They looked really pitiful.
The conditions now should be better than before. At least we can have enough to eat, and forget about everything else. Once we grow up, we have to go out and work to support ourselves. Compared to them, the children in the village are all doing well."
As a senior childcare worker, she is occasionally arranged by the factory to help out at the welfare home.
We should carry forward the spirit of caring for the young and the poor, and helping each other, so we have a better understanding of the situation.
Pan Shuyu held the child in her arms, subconsciously resisting. "This child has been delivered to our door, and it must be predestined for us, Qiu Sheng. Why don't we raise her first and then talk to her parents later?"
He Qiu Sheng had no objection. To him, both daughters and sons were troublesome.
If his mother hadn't urged him, he wouldn't even want to have a child. He would just have to take care of himself and his wife, and he would have been so comfortable.
It doesn't matter if you drive one sheep or release two sheep. A daughter is more caring than a son.
If they can really raise her, Xiaohua will work outside and their daughter will take care of the housework at home, and the two of them can just wait to enjoy their lives.
But it was useless for him to agree, because he was not the one who made the decisions at home.
He Qiusheng glanced at Zhao Meiya and asked tentatively, "Mom, look..."
"No, you think raising a child is so easy. You can take him home just by talking to him. Can you afford it?"
He Qiusheng was deeply hurt. "I'll go find a job in the commune right away. If that doesn't work out, tell Xiaohua to save some money."
"No, you can still get food in the village. If you really go to work, you will probably starve to death."
Zhao Meiya shook her head. "Don't bring He Xiaohua up to this. Even if he spends several times more, it still won't be as much as you two prodigals. You're really something. You'd rather mistreat your own son than yourself."
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