Granny Wu was very quick, and finished examining Qi Mengmeng in just five minutes. She gave her a massage and then said to her, "I brought you some Chinese medicine. You will be fine after taking it for three days."
Qi Mengmeng just endured the pain and took a long breath before she could speak: "Then when can I have milk?"
When Grandma Wu thought that Qi Mengmeng had already given birth for two or three days, she understood why she was so anxious.
"The earliest is tomorrow, and the latest is no more than three days. But it won't be much at the beginning. You have two children, so you still need to supplement with some milk powder at the beginning. Later on, it depends on how your body recovers."
As soon as she entered the door, she saw milk powder on the table.
Qi Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief. That’s good.
Milk powder is really hard to get in this era. When she was discharged from the hospital, Dr. Feng gave her two milk powder tickets, but these were only enough for the child to drink for a few days. She was not very comfortable with her child drinking the milk powder in the space, as they were all adult milk powder.
It would save a lot of trouble if she could feed the baby herself.
Qi Huilan also heard the noise in the outer room and walked in from outside.
"Granny Wu, how about we eat first and then boil the medicine?"
It takes time to decoct the medicine, Qi Mengmeng must be hungry.
Granny Wu packed up the Chinese medicine she had brought and took out a medicine bag.
"I'll boil the medicine first and then eat."
Qi Huilan took Grandma Wu to the kitchen and found the jar for decocting medicine and gave it to Grandma Wu.
Granny Wu boiled the medicine very quickly and repeated what she had just said to Qi Mengmeng.
"Don't eat light food for the next few days. Wait until Mengmeng's milk comes in, then eat better."
If it were someone else's family, she would definitely not say this, but Qi Mengmeng's family has good food, so she has to remind them.
Qi Huilan understood a little and listened to Grandma Wu.
After dinner and taking the medicine, Qi Mengmeng felt something in the evening. She quickly picked up Dabao and wanted to give it a try. However, Dabao had been drinking milk from a bottle these days and couldn't use enough force. Qi Mengmeng was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat.
Qi Huilan came into the room and saw this, so she helped Qi Mengmeng change her position so that Dabao could lie more comfortably. Dabao then started to push hard, but it was too painful.
Qi Mengmeng immediately started to grimace. She thought for a moment that drinking milk powder was actually quite good. Didn't many people of her generation drink milk powder? It would save her from suffering.
Qi Huilan comforted her: "It will be a little painful at first, but it will be fine after a while."
But the reality was different from what Qi Huilan said. It didn't get better after a while. Dabao sucked for a while, then opened his mouth and pressed his little mouth down. It was unknown how much he ate.
Qi Huilan moved him to another position and asked him to eat from the other side, but he only took a few bites and stopped moving.
At this time, Erbao woke up, and Qi Huilan put Erbao in Qi Mengmeng's arms.
"You feed Erbao, I'll make the milk powder first."
The second baby was held in his arms, thinking he would have a meal. However, after using a lot of strength, only a little milk came out, and he immediately started crying.
The eldest child was already unhappy, and when the second child yelled at him, he also started crying.
Qi Huilan stuffed the bottle into Erbao's mouth, put him in Qi Mengmeng's arms, picked up Erbao, and prepared milk powder for him.
Qi Huilan breathed a sigh of relief only after both babies were drinking milk powder.
Qi Mengmeng lowered her head to feed her eldest baby milk powder, wondering whether it was more convenient to feed him with milk or drink milk powder?
Qi Huilan thought she was sad and comforted her, "Mengmeng, when Grandma Wu left, she said that this medicine would only be effective tomorrow at the earliest. You have only taken two meals and you have seen the effect. Tomorrow will definitely be better. Even if your milk is not enough, it doesn't matter. We can buy some milk powder."
"Over the years, we have been able to buy milk powder and our two children will not go hungry."
"You are still in confinement after childbirth. Don't think too much about it. It's not good for your health."
After the baby in Qi Mengmeng's arms finished drinking the milk, Qi Huilan asked Qi Mengmeng to lie down quickly while she went to wash the bottle and changed diapers.
After dinner, Qi Huilan asked Zhao Xiaocao to go back and have a good rest.
Zhao Xiaocao has been in the hospital these days and must be tired. Besides, Master Li is at home, and Zhao Xiaocao can't always live in their house.
However, Zhao Xiaocao said that she would come over to help take care of the children during the day and go back at night.
Qi Huilan and Qi Mengmeng discussed it and agreed. When they cooked at noon, they made some extra food and brought it directly to Master Li.
We can't let Master Li eat in the cafeteria all the time just because Zhao Xiaocao helps take care of the children.
After Qi Huilan finished washing the diapers, Qi Mengmeng lay on the bed, looking at the two children, not feeling sleepy at all.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Take a rest now while both children are asleep. Otherwise, when the second baby wakes up, he will definitely wake you up." Qi Huilan reminded Qi Mengmeng, and then went to see the two children. She felt relieved to see that they were sleeping soundly.
"Mom, you should sleep for a while. You've been tired these days." Qi Mengmeng sat up.
Having twins sounds like a good idea, but raising them is really troublesome. Qi Mengmeng has been feeling this way these days.
With two children, everything is doubled, even the work is doubled.
While other families only had one bag of milk powder, they had two bags. The same went for diapers. Since Qi Mengmeng had a lot of cloth in her space, they smuggled a lot of it out. Qi Huilan and Zhang Meiling also bought a lot, otherwise it would not be enough.
Other people’s diapers are made from old clothes, but Qi Mengmeng’s clothes are relatively new and she can’t bear to throw them away, so the diapers the children use are all made of newly bought soft fabrics.
Qi Huilan patted her waist and said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? When I was in the hospital, I also had to work the night shift."
Besides, she is happy taking care of her own children and it doesn't make her tired at all.
"I'll make you some malted milk. You don't eat much at night." Qi Huilan was worried that Qi Mengmeng was hungry, so she got up and made her a cup of malted milk.
Qi Mengmeng reminded Qi Huilan to make a cup as well, but Qi Huilan wanted to leave it for Qi Mengmeng, but Qi Mengmeng saw through it at a glance.
"Mom, I still have some tickets. You can buy them another day. You still have to take care of me. You can't get sick from exhaustion."
Qi Huilan then made herself a cup of malted milk and drank it.
After drinking the malted milk, Qi Huilan stopped Qi Mengmeng from talking, turned off the lights, and let her lie down and rest.
Qi Huilan was worried that the children would be crushed, so she did not sleep in this room but went to the next room. However, she did not sleep well and would wake up immediately when the children cried.
Apart from letting Qi Mengmeng hold Dabao and drink milk, Qi Huilan didn't let her do anything.
After the two children finished drinking milk, Qi Huilan changed their diapers quickly and patted them twice. Seeing that they did not spit up the milk, she put them next to Qi Mengmeng.
More than once every three hours, as long as the child moves, Qi Huilan will wake up immediately, feed the child milk powder, clean the child, and change the diaper.
Qi Mengmeng was anxious watching from the side. She felt that feeding with formula was not that convenient and she didn’t know when she could feed her child enough.
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