"You kid." Although Song's mother felt that her daughter was now smooth-talking, she liked what she said.
After Song Zhi entered the ward, he saw a little girl standing next to Chen Yan next door, crying.
"Don't you know to run away when she hits you? Why did I give birth to a blockhead like you?" Chen Yan's chest heaved with anger.
The little girl was still crying, but she explained while crying: "Grandma is holding my arm and I can't run away. Mom, I don't want to go back. I want to stay here with you."
"What can you do here? You're just causing trouble for me! And you still have to go to school! Do your family members know that you ran out by yourself?" Chen Yan felt that her daughter was being unreasonable and said impatiently.
The little girl still had tears on her face. When she heard her mother's question, she shook her head honestly and said timidly, "I can make meals for mom, and I can also go to school by myself."
Chen Yan was angry and annoyed for a moment. She must feel sorry for her daughter, but she was also worried about her child going to school alone. Moreover, the cost of both of them staying in the hospital would definitely be high. Now she was on vacation, and she had to give part of her husband's money to the family. If she only relied on her previous savings, she would end up spending all her money.
Moreover, there will be a lot of expenses after the child is born. This is no joke. We must save as much as we can now.
"Lin Lin, be good and bear with it for a while. Daddy will be back in a couple of days." Chen Yan wiped her daughter's tears and coaxed her in a low voice.
"When will Dad be back?"
"Dad has been out on a long-distance trip these days and will be back in a few days." Chen Yan was not sure of the exact time. For truck drivers like them, the time is always approximate and there is never any definite information.
Lin Lin nodded obediently. It was very hard for her mother to stay in the hospital alone, so she went back obediently.
After taking a few steps, Chen Yan called her back. Lin Lin's dim eyes flashed with light for a moment. Chen Yan took out a dollar and a bill from her pocket. "Take this money. If grandma doesn't leave you any food, go out and buy something to eat."
When Lin Lin heard her mother's words, her eyes dimmed again for a moment, and she suppressed her grievance and nodded.
Song Zhi felt a little reluctant watching from the side. She was going to be a mother too, and it was easy for her to feel pity for children, but she couldn't interfere in other people's affairs.
After the little girl left, Chen Yan said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Song Zhi shook his head.
Chen Yan continued, "She's my own child, how could I not feel bad for her? But now I'm pregnant, and her father is out driving his car. I'm worried about her being alone at home, so I had to ask my mother-in-law to come from the countryside to take care of her. But my mother-in-law has always favored boys over girls, so I had no choice. I thought as long as my daughter had something to eat, that would be enough. But who knew my mother-in-law would come looking for my daughter every other day."
Song Zhi did not comment on this matter. Preferring sons over daughters is a common phenomenon in this era. Chen Yan clearly knew her mother-in-law's character, but still chose to let her take care of her daughter. In fact, she had already thought about this result.
Chen Yan just wanted to find someone to confide her suppressed emotions to. Without waiting for Song Zhi to speak, she continued, "I just hope her father comes back soon."
Seeing her depressed, Song Zhi comforted her: "Everything will be fine."
Not long after, Song's mother came up with the meal. She cooked a light meal in the evening, a serving of stewed pork ribs, a serving of stir-fried vegetables, and some red date and white fungus porridge.
"I wanted to buy some fish, but we went too late and the remaining fish wasn't very good." Mother Song put the food on the small table and complained to Song Zhi.
"It's okay, I don't have to eat fish. It's hard to pick out fish bones!" Song Zhi's original intention was to comfort Song's mother.
Unexpectedly, Song's mother rolled her eyes at her and said, "You are so heartless. I just wanted to make you something different to eat so that you can get more nutrition."
As the two were talking, the door was suddenly pushed open and Gu Huaijin walked in, looking exhausted.
Seeing that his forehead was still covered with sweat, Song Zhi frowned and asked worriedly, "Why are you here at this hour?"
"Let mom have a good rest at night. I'm here."
"You two go to sleep, I can do it alone." Song Zhi waved his hand, feeling that he was making too much of a fuss.
"There's an empty bed here. I can stay here. Xiaojin, you should go home and have some rest. You've worked all day. You can't stay up day and night without sleeping." Song's mother said disapprovingly.
Gu Huaijin put the milk powder and bottle in his hand on the table. These were what Song's mother had asked him to buy.
Song Zhi glanced at the things he placed on the table and said unhappily, "You didn't come here just to buy these, did you?"
It’s not far to drive from the military compound to the county town, but it takes nearly two hours to go back and forth, just to buy some time.
"I..." Gu Huaijin originally said that he wanted to come and see Song Zhi. He was home alone after get off work and the house was empty, but when he said this, Song Zhi couldn't help but laugh at him.
"Okay, Mom cooked a lot of food tonight, come over and eat something before you go back." Song Zhi looked at him and said with a soft heart when he saw that he came without even having time to change into his training clothes.
The serious atmosphere around Gu Huaijin suddenly relaxed a lot. He even helped Song's mother move the stools and distribute the dishes and chopsticks. He only sat down to eat after finishing all the things at hand.
"Go back after dinner, do you hear me?" Song Zhi glanced at him and said viciously.
"Okay." Gu Huaijin was actually very happy seeing her bad attitude.
After eating, wipe the table clean and wash the dishes before leaving.
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