There's a small shop outside the hospital that specializes in providing food for new mothers, but it's the middle of the night now, and they've already closed for the night.
Bai Wenli could only knock on the door and ask someone to get up and cook him a bowl of sweet egg soup.
Soon after, Ye Fengqin's painful cries were heard again. The nurse asked Bai Wenli to bring in the food and gave Ye Fengqin a few bites.
After some time, Ye Fengqin let out a scream, and then the baby's cries rang out.
The nurse came out carrying the baby and said:
Ye Fengqin gave birth to a daughter.
The Bai family members all gathered around.
With red eyes, Bai Wenli asked, "Where is my wife?"
The nurse smiled as she handed the baby to him before saying, "Mother and daughter are safe."
Bai Wenli's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground, holding his daughter and weeping with joy.
The old doctor said that the delay had damaged Ye Fengqin's health, and she should take good care of herself in the future, and it would be best if she did not have any more children.
After hearing this, Bai Xiaoyue sighed to Yan Ci:
"My eldest cousin still has very deep feelings for his wife."
This is the difference between men and women; Bai Xiaoyue saw Bai Wenli's deep affection.
Yan Ci, however, only saw Bai Wenli's helplessness and despair.
When I was little, my grandma always said that a woman giving birth might be lucky enough to drink chicken soup, or she might not survive to see the King of Hell.
Only now did Bai Xiaoyue truly feel the crisis, and she immediately said to Yan Ci:
“Aci, starting today, I will take a walk every day to exercise and I want to get my body in great shape.”
"We also need to control the baby's diet to prevent them from growing too big, which will make childbirth easier later on."
Yan Ci nodded:
"Okay, honey, I'll exercise with you."
Three days later, my eldest sister-in-law was discharged from the hospital and returned home.
Bai Xiaoyue thought about how dangerous childbirth had been for her, and how it had taken a toll on her health.
He took one of his own old hens and sent it over, and asked Bai Mu to help him catch a few chicks to take home and raise.
Seeing that her eldest sister-in-law looked unwell, Bai Xiaoyue asked with concern:
"Sister-in-law, how are you feeling?"
My sister-in-law was very happy to see her:
"Xiaoyue is much better now. It's a blessing from God that she was able to survive."
Bai Xiaoyue comforted her, "Sister-in-law, you're bound to have good fortune after surviving such a calamity. Your good fortune is yet to come."
The eldest sister-in-law smiled and said, "Yes, yes, thanks to Xiaoyue's auspicious words, I am a blessed person."
Bai Xiaoyue teased the chubby baby, no wonder it caused its mother so much suffering.
From the moment Yan Ci learned that Bai Xiaoyue was pregnant, he stopped letting her cook and do laundry, and instead taught her to do them himself every day. Bai Xiaoyue was also happy to teach him.
You can't discourage a man's enthusiasm; you have to give him opportunities to perform. Once he feels a sense of accomplishment, he'll be more willing to do it.
Not long after, Bai Xiaoyue started experiencing morning sickness, vomiting everything she ate, which worried Yan Ci terribly.
He cooked different dishes for his wife every day, but it was no use; Bai Xiaoyue lost a lot of weight.
That day, Bai Xiaoyue saw that Yan Ci had brought back some tomatoes, so she said she wanted to eat tomato and dumpling soup.
Yan Ci was delighted to hear this and immediately brought back a piece of pork shoulder.
Watch as he finely chops the meat, adds ginger and scallion juice and salt, and then a tiny bit of soy sauce.
Keep stirring until it becomes elastic, then roll it into small balls.
After the water boils, put the tomatoes in the pot and cook for a few minutes, then add the chopped tomatoes and cook for a few more minutes.
Finally, sprinkle with chopped green onions; the red and green colors make it very appetizing.
Bai Xiaoyue took a bite and gave Yan Ci a thumbs up: "Delicious."
Yan Ci was very happy to see that she had finished a bowl of food without vomiting, and said with a smile:
"Honey, it's delicious! I'll make it for you again tomorrow."
"Okay." After finishing her meal, Bai Xiaoyue pulled Yan Ci for a walk in the courtyard.
After circling the yard a few times, the couple went back to their room to sleep. Yan Ci helped Bai Xiaoyue sit on the kang (a heated brick bed) before speaking:
"Honey, maybe you shouldn't go to school to be a teacher!"
Look, you're vomiting so badly, you can't attend class!
Bai Xiaoyue frowned: "I finally got accepted, and now I'm not going?"
Yan Ci continued to persuade her, "Your belly isn't even that big yet, and you're already working so hard."
When my belly gets bigger, I won't be able to stand during class, especially not all day long. It's so tiring!
"Just stay home and rest, isn't it good enough that I'm taking care of you?"
Thinking about attending classes while heavily pregnant, Bai Xiaoyue felt like crying.
This is so unlucky. I finally got an easy job, but I can't go because of my pregnancy.
Thinking this, tears started falling down my face.
Yan Ci was greatly surprised upon reading it:
"Wife, why are you crying?"
With red eyes, Bai Xiaoyue said, "I'm not going to be a teacher. I feel sorry for you, as you're the only one supporting us."
Yan Ci quickly wiped away his wife's tears with his hand and said with heartache:
"I don't feel tired. You just need to take good care of yourself. I'll take care of everything."
Yan Ci seemed to remember something and slapped his head:
"Honey, where's that cotton-padded coat I asked you to collect last time? The one that was all tattered and worn out?"
Bai Xiaoyue was confused. They were talking about supporting the family, so how did it suddenly jump to needing a tattered cotton-padded coat?
She still took out the cotton-padded coat for him, and Yan Ci took scissors and cut the coat to shreds, pinching and poking at it here and there.
Bai Xiaoyue stopped crying and squatted down to watch Yan Ci curiously as he prepared to do something.
She saw Yan Ci pull out small gold bars from his tattered cotton-padded jacket, and her almond-shaped eyes widened in shock.
Yan Ci handed twelve small gold bars to Bai Xiaoyue:
"Wife, look, you and the children won't go hungry."
Looking at these gold bars, Bai Xiaoyue felt conflicted:
“Aci, you have all this gold. Why not live a good life anywhere else and instead flee to this place?”
Yan Ci scratched his head:
"In my original memory, my grandfather said before he died that the Yan family used to do business in the city and had some money."
During the war, they sold their property and returned to their hometown to seek refuge, converting all their money into gold.
Later, when a drought struck and people had to flee, everyone carried some gold with them. Unfortunately, they encountered war on their way to escape and were separated from each other.
The grandfather and grandson used some of it over the years, and only this much was left. The grandfather even sewed it into his cotton-padded coat himself.
Besides, the whole village had fled to escape the famine, and it was pointless for one person to stay in the village, so I came to find my great-aunt.
Bai Xiaoyue asked nervously:
"Aci, your family has so much gold, is there anything wrong with its composition?"
Yan Ci reassured his wife, "Wife, don't worry, don't worry. If we flee famine and settle down, we'll be poor peasants."
Bai Xiaoyue patted her chest: "That's good, that's good."
Then she whispered to Yan Ci:
"I have money, so you don't have to work, and our family will have no problem eating."
This era forces us to be diligent!
Yan Ci smiled and said, "Then I'll have my wife support me from now on."
Bai Xiaoyue rolled her eyes at Yan Ci:
"Dream on! You should work hard to earn work points and support your wife and kids. I'm going to start slacking off now."
Yan Ci hugged his wife and said happily, "Okay, I'll take care of you for the rest of my life."
Bai Xiaoyue has money in her hands, so it's impossible for her to exchange the gold bars for cash now.
We should save it until after the reform and opening up, when the price of gold rises, before we sell it.
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