Chapter 132 The Best Couple (1)
All the people who broke into the ward were women, about ten of them in total, and all of them had unfriendly looks.
The leader is Old Lady Wen.
It was obvious that they were here to cause trouble for Liu Yinghong, who was in bed number 2.
However, Song Zhi stared at one of the young women with a surprised look, "You, you..."
Taotao also recognized it.
——The woman’s name is Wen Shumeng and her husband’s name is Yuan Weiguo.
Yuan Weiguo and Song Zhi are both students of Professor Huang.
When Taotao first came to Kyoto, she was a new bride in the Research Institute along with Wang Lianzhi and Wen Shumeng. In order to make everyone more familiar with each other, Sister Huang has organized many holiday canteen gatherings.
It was just because Song Zhi and Tao Tao later bought a house in the retirement home and did not live in the family quarters of the research institute, so although they had contact with Wang Lianzhi, Wen Shumeng and others, the contact was not close.
Taotao and Song Zhi were quite surprised to see Wen Shumeng here.
On second thought, Liu Yinghong’s husband’s surname is also Wen, so maybe he is a relative of Wen Shumeng!
Sure enough, when Wen Shumeng saw Taotao and Song Zhi, she was stunned at first, then showed an embarrassed expression, and quickly came over quietly, "Hello, Senior Brother Song... Taotao, are you hospitalized here?"
Taotao nodded.
Wen Shumeng glanced at the baby, Xiao Feibai, who was lying in the small swaddling clothes beside Taotao, and asked eagerly, "The baby was born so soon? Is it a boy or a girl?"
"It's a boy." Taotao said.
Wen Shumeng showed an envious look, "You are really good, you gave birth to a boy as your first child!"
——When Taotao first came to Kyoto, Wen Shumeng was pregnant with a baby, and it was a daughter. When the child was less than six months old, she became pregnant again, and the second child was a boy.
At that time, Wen Shumeng felt very proud because her second child was a boy. She enthusiastically pulled Taotao and Wang Lianzhi aside and told them the secret to having a boy in a vivid way: the woman must be on top! Women should drink lime water before having sex! I usually take a small bath with baking soda or something.
Taotao ignored it altogether.
However, Wang Lianzhi took it seriously and actually insisted on taking a bath with baking soda... As a result, she didn't get pregnant and even developed a serious gynecological disease! Not only did I have to spend money on medical treatment and suffer the consequences of taking medicine, but it also took a long time to cure the disease, and I still haven't been able to conceive until now.
Now, Taotao is even more disgusted by this sentence.
What's wrong with the girl?
Boys are also born from girls!
On the other side, the Wen family had already started attacking Liu Yinghong.
Old Mrs. Wen didn't say anything.
She crossed her arms, tilted her head and looked up, not even looking at Liu Yinghong.
The other two middle-aged women stepped forward, pointed at Liu Yinghong's nose and started to curse:
"You are such an ungrateful person! You have been married to our family for five years, and we have provided you with good food and drink. But you gave birth to three girls for my brother, and even you and your mother's whole family have been eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in our house... You still have the nerve to stay in the hospital for so long! Do you think hospitalization is free? Look, there is also this... milk powder! You can't earn a penny, and you still have the nerve to buy milk powder! You are so shameless!"
"Liu Yinghong, you are a country woman who married to Kyoto. Does my brother despise you for having a rural household registration? You have no job and can't earn a penny, but you eat and wear my brother's clothes every day... Now that my brother is not around, you treat my mother like this? You still dare to attack my mother, don't you? Liu Yinghong, your conscience has been eaten by a dog!"
"You gave birth to three girls in a row. What did our Wen family say to you? But you should also be grateful, right? You received money from us every month. Why should we give you money? Isn't it just for the children to have food to eat? But you put the money in your pocket, but where is the milk for my children?"
"Liu Yinghong, if you feel that you can't stay in our Wen family anymore, then get out! Just divorce my brother! What are you still doing staying in our house? Go away! Take these three debt collectors with you... Get out now!"
Liu Yinghong remained silent, sitting on the bed like a piece of wood, with her eyes closed, allowing the women to insult her.
While the woman from the Wen family was cursing, Aunt Dong stood by and answered humbly:
"Yes, yes, our Yinghong did something wrong. If you guys give her some suggestions, she will definitely change..."
"Yes, we Yinghong, we are really sorry to you, to the Wen family, and to Jiaming..."
"Our Yinghong will recover immediately and then give birth to another child. I guarantee that the next baby will be a boy!"
"This... How is divorce possible? Yinghong and Jiaming are married couples, they have three children, no... They will have another son in the future, Yinghong is still young, she can still give birth again! Mother-in-law, elder sister, second sister... Don't be angry, calm down..."
The arrogance of the Wen family women forms a sharp contrast with Aunt Dong's humility.
Taotao frowned when she heard this.
——Although Liu Yinghong has never expressed her opinion, this Aunt Dong is too... what?
"Divorce is impossible."
Liu Yinghong finally spoke.
Everyone was stunned.
In the crowd, one of the women of the Buwen family said in a sarcastic tone, "...You are from the countryside, and you married a Kyoto man like my brother. Of course you don't want to get a divorce! If you don't want a divorce, then don't make so many things happen!"
Liu Yinghong, "What have I done wrong?"
The man said, "You beat my mother and you don't want to admit it, right?"
Liu Yinghong looked at Old Lady Wen.
Old Mrs. Wen snorted.
Liu Yinghong: "I didn't hit her."
Sister Wen angrily said, "You still say you didn't beat her? She sent her child to your place to nurse today, and when she came back, her hair was disheveled... there were even shoe prints on her face! It was definitely you! You refused to nurse my and my second child, and you beat my mother!"
Liu Yinghong insisted, "I didn't hit her! I had just given birth, how could I have the energy to hit her? Besides, there were other people in the ward at the time! If you don't believe me, ask them!"
Tao Tao said loudly: "I saw it with my own eyes. The old lady slapped Liu Yinghong in the face! Liu Yinghong's face is still red and swollen!"
The women of the Wen family all looked at Taotao.
Aunt Dong was anxious, "Hey Bai Taotao! This is our family affair, what does it have to do with you! What nonsense are you talking about!"
Then she quickly nodded and bowed to the women of the Wen family and said, "It's okay, it's okay! Mother-in-law is our Yinghong's elder! She hit Yinghong to discipline her... We have no objection, no objection!"
Tao Tao was stunned and asked Aunt Dong, "Are you Liu Yinghong's stepmother?"
Aunt Dong's face flushed red, and she glared at Taotao, "You——"
At this time, the mother-in-law of bed No. 1 patient Zhang spoke up, "It seems that you all don't know who beat your mother, right?"
The women in the Wen family all looked at Grandma Zhang again.
Granny Zhang said, "This is what happened... In the afternoon, your mother came over and slapped Liu Yinghong in the face, and then she went to the bathroom. I happened to be going there too, so I saw it with my own eyes..."
At this time, Mrs. Wen finally spoke, and she yelled in a panic, "Hey, stop talking nonsense!"
Granny Zhang ignored Granny Wen and continued, "...In the afternoon, your mom had diarrhea while standing in the corridor outside! The toilet was only ten steps away! Tsk tsk tsk, your mom usually has a big appetite, and that shit...sprayed all over the floor! The nurse was so angry that she came over and scolded her, saying, "You've already walked to the toilet door, why don't you run in two steps faster and then poop? As a result, your mom...had diarrhea and scolded people at the same time!"
Everyone was stunned.
Granny Zhang continued, "Then why was your mother beaten?"
Without waiting for the Wen family to ask, Granny Zhang answered her own question: "… because she had diarrhea and her pants were dirty, she probably wanted to find a clean pair of pants to change into, but she didn't borrow from anyone or buy them, she just sneaked into the nurse's duty room and stole the nurse's pants hanging on the wall… As a result, the nurse had just received her salary and had 20 or 30 yuan in her pants pocket!"
"Your mother immediately got angry and touched all the clothes and pants hanging in the nurse's station! I heard that she took away a lot of money... She also covered the clothes and pants with shit! The floor, the table, the door, and the windowsill were all covered with shit! She was touching everything there, and a nurse happened to see her, so she called someone to beat her up!"
Taotao looked at Song Zhi and asked: Is it true?
Song Zhi shook his head: I don’t know. My sister-in-law was here in the afternoon, and she didn’t mention this when she handed over the shift to me.
Mrs. Wen was furious. "Fuck you, I, I, I...this didn't happen at all!"
Granny Zhang said, "I wasn't the only one who saw the shit fight this afternoon! Many family members who stayed by the bedside saw it! If you don't admit it, I can go next door and find a few family members who were there at the time and talk to you about the scene in detail..."
Old Mrs. Wen was furious. "Hey! What on earth does our family's affairs have to do with you?"
Granny Zhang yelled even louder than Granny Wen, "Then don't come here to rest with my daughter-in-law! You're making my daughter-in-law have no milk for my grandson, get out!"
Old Lady Wen: "You——"
Granny Zhang, "I'm telling you, if you don't leave, I'll tell everyone about you...feeding shit to your two grandchildren!"
——In fact, Grandma Wen would not feed shit to her grandson, but she beat him too severely. She had a doll tied to her chest and another doll tied to her back... Grandma Wen herself was dirty all over, and the two dolls' bodies, faces, and heads were all covered in filth.
The scene suddenly became silent.
Taotao covered her mouth.
——Oh my God! Luckily she had already finished her meal!
Sister Wen asked suspiciously, "Mom, is what she said... true?"
Old Lady Wen yelled, “No!”
Aunt Wen also said in confusion: "Mom, but when I went back to hold the child today... I seemed to smell a smell of shit!"
The women of the Wen family began to discuss quietly:
"I was just wondering, when my mother asked me to go home that night, I smelled a smell, and I thought it was the manure pit in the yard being pumped, and the smell drifted into the house!"
"When I got home, people in the yard were pointing at me... I was quite puzzled at the time, but now I think, was it because my mother came back from the hospital with a mess on her head and hair, and was seen by people in our compound?"
"Did the eldest and second sister's children really eat shit? They won't get sick, will they?"
"Can you please stop talking? I beg you to stop talking, I, I want to vomit... It's so disgusting!"
Granny Zhang glared at him, "Then get out! Get out now! Don't disturb my daughter-in-law's rest here! Otherwise, I will tell you every detail of your mother's eating shit!"
At that time, two women from the Wen family ran out of the ward with pale faces and covering their mouths.
Old Lady Wen was so angry that she pointed at Granny Zhang and said, "You, you just wait!"
Granny Zhang put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm waiting. When will you come to eat again?"
Old Mrs. Wen was so angry that she turned around and ran away!
When the others saw this, they all felt bored and lost interest in teaching Liu Yinghong a lesson again. So Elder and Second Aunt Lian Wen also hurriedly left the ward.
Wen Shumeng's face wasn't much better. She exchanged a few words with Taotao and quickly ran out.
The ward, which had been noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.
Song Zhi and Taotao, Liu Yinghong and Aunt Dong, Grandma Zhang and Sister Zhang...you look at me and I look at you.
Sister Zhang couldn't help but say, "I don't know if it's just my psychology, but I seem to... smell that smell, too?"
Taotao felt uneasy, as if something like that was going on, so she said, "Song Zhi, open the window! Let in some fresh air..."
Granny Zhang and Aunt Dong were so frightened that they hurriedly said, "No, no, no! You are all confinement ladies! You can't be exposed to the wind!", "No, no, no..."
Granny Zhang, "Here, I have some cooling oil! I'll give it to you. Put some on your nose. Maybe it will get rid of the bad smell of that dead old woman..."
Tao Tao didn't like the smell of the cooling oil, so she said, "Song Zhi, sprinkle some floral water on your handkerchief and bring it over to cover my nose."
Song Zhi really took out a bottle of toilet water with most of the water left, poured a few drops on the handkerchief, and handed the handkerchief to Taotao.
Taotao covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and took a few deep breaths, finally getting rid of the faint smell...
Sister Zhang pushed away the cooling oil handed over by her mother-in-law and said to Taotao, "Bai Taotao, can you lend me some of your floral water?"
Taotao winked at Song Zhi.
Song Zhi handed over the floral water.
Sister Zhang couldn't find her handkerchief for a moment, so she sprinkled a few drops of floral water on her pillowcase and thanked Song Zhi again.
Aunt Dong also hesitantly asked Song Zhi to borrow some floral water, and imitated Sister Zhang's behavior, spraying the floral water on Liu Yinghong's pillowcase.
I accidentally sprayed a little too much.
In an instant, the ward became fragrant.
But the faint stench before, coupled with the sweet and strong fragrance now filled with industrial blends...
The smell makes it difficult to breathe.
Taotao and Song Zhi looked at the leftover food in their lunch boxes and couldn't eat anymore.
——There was still a little bit of chicken soup left in Taotao’s bowl. It was already cold and looked greasy. She really had no appetite. There was still a little bit of completely cold rice and chicken left in Song Zhi’s bowl.
The two of them looked at each other.
——They have all lived through the poorest and hungriest days, and wasting food is absolutely unacceptable.
But now, forcing myself to eat it is not very realistic.
Song Zhi frowned, "I'll take these meals back tomorrow and heat them up before eating."
Tao Tao, "But tomorrow we have tomorrow's food! My eldest sister-in-law will bring food here early tomorrow morning, and my third sister will bring lunch. Do you want to save it for tomorrow night? Besides, it's so hot now, it might go bad later."
Song Zhi was in a dilemma.
Liu Yinghong in the next bed hesitated and said, "Taotao, um...if you want to throw away the food, can you...can you give it to me?"
Taotao and Song Zhi were stunned.
Aunt Dong's face flushed instantly, "Yinghong! What are you doing? I am a respectable person, how can you beg for food?"
Liu Yinghong's eyes were filled with tears. "I am a respectable person? How can I be a respectable person? I am just a country bumpkin! A country bumpkin who should die if he can't give birth to a son! Why can't I beg for food from others? Do you want me to starve to death?"
Aunt Dong looked at Sister Zhang and Granny Zhang, then at Taotao and Song Zhi, feeling ashamed, and complained again: "Who can you blame? Isn't it all your fault! If you had just given in to your Granny, she might have given you the five dollars each that your elder and second sisters-in-law give you every month! But you..."
"Come on, as long as I don't give birth to a son, I will be a thorn in her eyes! I am the sinner of this family, how can she possibly give me money?" Liu Yinghong cried.
Granny Zhang spoke up, "Xiao Liu, you should take care of your emotions... A confinement lady cannot be wronged or cry. If you cry too much, you will get eye diseases in the future!"
Then he glared at his daughter-in-law, Sister Zhang, and continued to say to Liu Yinghong: "Look, my wife is so stupid. No matter how much I despise her, at least I must take good care of her during this confinement period! I can't let her get cold, hot, hungry, or unhappy..."
When Zhang heard her mother-in-law scold her for being stupid, she was very unhappy at first, but after hearing it for a while, she felt touched.
until--
Granny Zhang continued, "Think about it, if she doesn't have a good confinement period, her health won't be good. If she's not in good health... won't she be a burden to me? I'm already old, and I'm counting on her to take care of me in the future! So, I must take good care of her during her confinement period... As long as this woman has a good confinement period, she will be in good health in the future and be able to do a lot of work!"
Sister Zhang was anxious, "What you mean... is that we have to fatten the pigs first and then slaughter them!"
Taotao couldn't help it and burst into laughter.
Song Zhi also laughed.
Granny Zhang and Sister Zhang looked at each other and smiled.
Liu Yinghong couldn't laugh.
She couldn't help but glance at Taotao and Song Zhi's lunch boxes and subconsciously licked her lips.
——Even the money for her hospitalization and childbirth was borrowed, so how could she have money to eat meat and drink soup? Her dinner today was nothing more than two steamed buns that her mother bought from the hospital cafeteria for two cents. She and her mother ate half at noon and half at night.
Tao Tao also saw Liu Yinghong's eager eyes, and her heart softened. She said, "Liu Yinghong, if you don't mind these, take them and eat them!"
Aunt Dong said anxiously: "No, no, no, we don't want to..."
"Thank you, Bai Taotao!" Liu Yinghong expressed her gratitude sincerely.
Tao Tao instructed Song Zhi, "Get some hot water and pour it into the washbasin. Then put your lunch box into the hot water to soak it... and also pour my half bowl of soup into the tin lunch box and soak it in hot water to warm it up before giving it to her."
Song Zhi did as he was told.
Half an hour later, he brought warm food and chicken soup to Liu Yinghong.
Liu Yinghong wiped her tears and said, "Thank you, thank you!"
After saying that, she picked up the lunch box and started eating rice desperately.
Aunt Dong stood aside, swallowing her saliva, but her eyes were red.
Liu Yinghong ate half of the remaining food in the lunch box and handed it to her mother, "Mom, you should eat something too! Taotao's food tastes great."
“I, I…”
Aunt Dong really wants to have some backbone.
But she was also very hungry, and finally she slowly ate the food her daughter left for her while crying softly.
Liu Yinghong ate up all the chicken soup and chicken that Taotao had left in one go, and then told Aunt Dong, "Mom, go wash all the dishes and chopsticks so we can return them to Taotao."
"Hey, I'll wash it now!" Aunt Dong went out with a pile of lunch boxes.
Liu Yinghong thanked Taotao and Song Zhi solemnly, "Taotao, Taotao's beloved comrade, thank you!"
——She didn’t know Song Zhi’s name yet, so she had to use “Taotao’s lover comrade” instead.
Tao Tao waved her hands and said seriously, "It's nothing. During the few days you're in the hospital, we can spare some food for you, but...what are you going to do in the future?"
Liu Yinghong was obviously at a loss. "Let's wait until my husband comes back from his business trip! He, he will be back soon."
After a pause, she spoke softly, as if speaking to Taotao, or more like to herself to give herself courage, "He is very good to me and the children, but... after all, they are his mother and his sisters... and he is the youngest in the family, so we should respect our elders more."
Taotao shook her head in her heart.
——A good marriage should be like that of her parents, where both parties have their own responsibilities and are equally matched. They are two very independent people, each with their own dreams and pursuits, and they put them into action. When they are together, they are the most loving couple, the most tacit comrades-in-arms, and the parents who can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses.
Now her marriage with Song Zhi has not reached the stage of her parents.
In academics and career, she relied too much on Song Zhi, who was her beacon; but in family and life, Song Zhi had a gloomy childhood and basically lost himself, so in this regard, he relied too much on Taotao, regarded Taotao as his spiritual pillar, and had no personal needs at all.
In the short term, the two are each other's shortcomings and need each other; in the long term, there are still problems.
——She and Song Zhi are engaged in agricultural research and mechanical research respectively, so there is always the possibility that they will temporarily separate for their careers. She could not always rely on the learning method established for her by Song Zhi. Sooner or later, she would have her own academic thoughts. Song Zhi could not always rely on the life yearning she gave him. At least when they were apart, he had to take care of himself.
Therefore, Taotao has always regarded her parents as role models and carefully adjusted and managed her marriage with Song Zhi.
The marriage relationship between Liu Yinghong and her husband is one of absolute submission and disadvantage.
Taotao was not optimistic that Liu Yinghong's life would actually get better after her husband came back.
Song Zhi asked Liu Yinghong a question, "What is the relationship between Wen Shumeng and your family?"
Liu Yinghong then remembered that as soon as Wen Shumeng entered the ward, she went to say hello to Taotao?
She said quickly, "Didn't my mother-in-law give birth to seven daughters and one son? Wen Shumeng is my husband's seventh sister... In our family, except for my eldest sister, second sister and my husband who are raised by my parents-in-law, the other five sisters are sent to be raised by relatives. All seven sisters are here today, and there are also a few relatives."
Then she asked, "By the way, you guys know Seventh Sister?"
Tao Tao said, "Wen Shumeng's husband and my husband work in the same unit." Then she introduced Song Zhi to Liu Yinghong and Zhang's mother-in-law in bed No. 1, "This is my husband, his name is Song Zhi, he works in the research institute!"
Liu Yinghong suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard that there's a man in your research institute whose wife is pregnant. He asks married colleagues with kids what they think every day and even takes notes. He even asks questions like whether he can cut his wife's toenails if she's over seven months pregnant and whether to use scissors or a file. Hahahaha..."
Song Zhi was stunned.
Taotao glanced at him and was not surprised to see his handsome face blushing. She immediately smiled and held his hand tightly to comfort him.
"Song Zhi, it's getting late. Go get some hot water so I can wipe myself." Taotao said.
When these words came out, Granny Zhang and Aunt Dong were both shocked and said:
"No, no, no! How can a postpartum woman take a bath? You might as well die!"
"Yeah, which woman didn't get through it this way? Just bear with it! After the confinement period, you can wash yourself however you want, but you absolutely can't do that now!"
Taotao smiled and urged Song Zhi to get some hot water.
Song Zhi obediently went to get some hot water.
Then I started to get busy.
He first took off his shirt, leaving only his vest, then he picked up Taotao and spread his shirt under her body; he then went to get a chair, placed the back of the chair close to the end of the bed, and put one end of the quilt on the back of the chair at the end of the bed and the other end on the headboard, thus covering Taotao completely in the quilt, but there was a small sealed space between the quilt and the bed.
Taotao will hide in this space to wipe her body later, so there is no possibility of catching a cold.
At this time, Song Zhi took out a set of Taotao's clothes and put them on the edge of the bed. He reached into the quilt and helped Da Baitao undress. He wrung out the hot towel and reached into the quilt again and again to wipe Da Baitao's body...
Song Zhi is particularly familiar with how to clean large white peaches - of course this is also thanks to some daily exercise.
After scrubbing her skillfully and gently, he took a dry towel and wiped off all the excess water on Dabaitao's body, then put on her clothes and even socks for her.
Finally, he gently lifted the quilt and took up his shirt that was under her - the shirt was wet, but as long as the shirt was taken away, the sheets would be dry.
One side of the quilt was also a little damp, but it didn't matter. Song Zhi turned the quilt over, and the side of the quilt covering Taotao was still dry.
Taotao sighed comfortably and felt refreshed all over.
At this time, Xiao Feibai woke up, screaming "Ahhhh" with his eyes closed.
Song Zhi quickly hung his shirt on the back of the chair and came over to take care of the child. He strictly followed his sister-in-law's instructions, first picking up the child to check if he had already pooped in the diaper, and then observing the child's little head to determine if he wanted to pee...
really!
Song Zhi skillfully pulled out the spittoon from under Taotao's bed, cleaned up his son's poop and urine, wiped his son's little skin with toilet paper dipped in warm water, and finally washed his son's butt with a towel soaked in water...
Every step was done perfectly!
After taking care of the child, he handed the cleaned and swaddled baby to Taotao. He watched Taotao lying on her side and feeding the baby, then he began to clean up the mess.
She went back and forth pouring water, emptying feces and urine, washing towels and handkerchiefs, and fetching hot water...even the water bottles of Zhang's mother-in-law and Liu Yinghong were taken away to be filled with hot water.
Granny Zhang praised: "Xiao Song is great! He is very caring! Taotao, you are so lucky! By the way, you two are still young and healthy, and Xiao Song is still taking care of you... How many children do you plan to have?"
Tao Tao yawned, "I don't want to have another baby, just this one... Giving birth is so painful!"
Granny Zhang quickly advised, "Oh Taotao, I'm an experienced person! You must listen to my advice and have as many children as possible! Think about it, if you have more children, it's almost the same to raise one or several! It's just that it's a little more troublesome for the baby to eat, drink, defecate and urinate when he is young, but when the children grow up, the older ones can take care of the younger ones...you won't have to work so hard!"
"When you and Xiao Song are older, you will have three or four children... All of them will work and earn a salary to support you! When you are old and sick and in pain, more children will be needed to take care of you in turns, right? If you only have one child, he will have to take care of you two all year round, and also take care of my wife's parents-in-law. How tiring!"
"Well, I am! I was afraid that having too many children would be too tiring and I couldn't afford to raise them, so I only gave birth to a son. My daughter-in-law is also an only daughter! Now look... What if I, the child's father, and my parents-in-law get sick? What will he and his wife do?"
Sister Zhang, "Then just put the four of you in one ward! It will be more lively!"
Granny Zhang was so angry that she bent her fingers and hit her daughter-in-law on the head, "Are you trying to piss me off to death? Do we have to get sick at the same time and have the same disease... to live in the same department?"
Taotao couldn't help but laugh.
She was so sleepy that she couldn't help but yawn again.
When Sister Zhang saw Taotao was obviously very relaxed after wiping her body, she couldn't help but feel jealous and whispered to her mother-in-law, "Mom, I want to wipe my body like Taotao!"
"You wish!" Granny Zhang scolded.
Aunt Dong had offended Granny Zhang and Taotao during the day, so she wanted to show her goodwill to everyone, so she smiled and advised: "It's not impossible, the white peaches have been washed..."
Granny Zhang felt sorry for Liu Yinghong, but she hated Aunt Dong, so she said to her, "Then you should wipe your daughter-in-law's body! Song Zhi has already prepared the hot water for you!"
Aunt Dong was not willing to do that. "Oh, that won't do! Women who are pregnant cannot take a bath or wash their hair. That is a rule passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years. Unless you really want to die, who would..."
"Mom!" Liu Yinghong shouted angrily.
Aunt Dong suddenly came to her senses and realized that she had offended two people at once by saying this without thinking? !
Granny Zhang sneered, "You are reluctant to give your own daughter a bath, but you want to give my stupid daughter-in-law a bath? Humph!"
Aunt Dong felt embarrassed and couldn't help but look at Taotao again.
——Taotao was lying on her side feeding her baby, leaving only her back.
Aunt Dong was hoping that Bai Taotao hadn't heard anything just now.
But is this possible?
Of course Taotao heard it, but she was too lazy to pay attention.
Whether to take a bath during confinement is a personal choice.
However, wiping off the sweat did make me feel much more refreshed. Taotao, who had been sleeping for the whole afternoon, felt a little sleepy again.
By the time Song Zhi finished washing and hanging up the diapers and towels, Xiao Feibai was full and continued to sleep soundly.
Song Zhi quickly fetched some water, brought toothpaste, toothbrush and mouthwash cup, and helped Taotao brush her teeth and wash her face before going to bed. While he was getting some water, he also washed up before returning to the ward.
Taotao was so sleepy that she was waiting for Song Zhi to come back and arrange how he would sleep that day.
——This ward is not big, with a total of three beds, three bedside tables, and three chairs. There is no room for three camp beds. Grandma Zhang was thin, so she slept in the same bed with her daughter-in-law, with their heads on opposite sides of the bed. Aunt Dong was also thin, but Liu Yinghong was a little fat...or rather, she was not fat, but a little edematous. She and her mother could not fit into one bed, so Aunt Dong could only sit on a chair for the night.
Taotao has a slender figure, but Song Zhi is 1.88 meters tall, and it is impossible for him and Taotao to squeeze into this bed which is less than 1.2 meters tall.
So Taotao had already thought it through: she asked Song Zhi to connect a chair to the end of her bed, and asked him to sit on the chair first, and then lie down at the end of the bed with his legs hanging under the chair...
Song Zhi tried it and felt that this position was okay, much better than the last night when he sat on the floor in front of Taotao's bed with his upper body lying on the foot of her bed...
So, Xiao Feibai slept under Taotao's pillow, Taotao slept in the bed in a normal position, Song Zhi curled up at the end of the bed, and the family of three snuggled up to each other with Taotao as the center. They fell asleep together before the lights in the ward were turned off.
Mother-in-law Zhang, daughter-in-law Liu Yinghong and Aunt Dong looked at each other.
Aunt Dong rubbed her waist and said to Liu Yinghong, "Hong, take care of Sanya by yourself tonight. You have experience anyway! You have already given birth to three children... I'm going to sleep on the bench outside. I sat here all night last night, and my old waist can't take it anymore... Well, I'll take a pillow and go!"
After saying that, she left.
Liu Yinghong felt speechless.
Sister Zhang in the next bed was very envious of Taotao, and she sighed to her mother-in-law, "Mom, Taotao must have fallen asleep so quickly because she was washed... her body must be refreshed and comfortable, right? Oh, I can't sleep! I'm sweaty, mom, I can smell the sweat on my body... Mom, come closer to me and smell it to see if I stink."
As she spoke, Sister Zhang leaned towards her mother-in-law.
Granny Zhang yelled, "Don't come over here! Do you think I don't know how sweaty and smelly you are?"
"Mom, please speak a little more quietly. Taotao and the others are asleep!" Sister Zhang said softly.
Granny Zhang shut up immediately.
She glared at her daughter-in-law fiercely, then went out to wash up with a towel and a mouthwash cup. After she came back... she hesitated for a long time, and finally poured the water in the kettle into the washbasin, and threw a towel in to soak it. After a while, she also picked up the towel, wrung it half dry, and then handed it to her daughter-in-law, and cursed in a low voice: "Hey, if you feel uncomfortable here or there in the future, don't blame me!"
Sister Zhang was so happy that her face was beaming with joy. She took a hot wet towel and wiped it thoroughly...
Granny Zhang handed her a dry towel and said, "Quick! Dry off the water on your body. The worst thing is that the remaining water on your body will get cold. It will be bad if you catch a cold!"
Sister Zhang happily wiped the moisture off her body with a dry towel and said sweet words to her mother-in-law, "Mom, I will wipe your body when you are lying in bed and can't move!"
Granny Zhang paused and cursed, "Then thank you!"
Sister Zhang urged her mother-in-law again, "Mom, hurry up and come up to bed. It's almost time to turn off the lights!"
Granny Zhang washed the towels and hung them up before coming over. She squeezed onto the bed with her daughter-in-law and whispered, "…Is it the scent of Taotao's floral water, or is the sour smell on your body not as strong anymore? How come I feel a lot fresher too?"
"Mom, stop talking and go to sleep. Be careful not to wake up the brat and then you'll have to take care of his eating, drinking, and pooping..."
The lights in the ward suddenly dimmed.
It's lights-out time.
Liu Yinghong heard the steady breathing of Taotao's family on bed No. 3 on the right, and the quiet whispers of Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law on bed No. 1 on the left...
She felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Taotao and her husband have a good relationship, and Song Zhi is completely obedient to Taotao; Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always quarrel when no outsiders are around, but once outsiders come to bully them, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will fight with all their strength and unite to fight.
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