In the ward.
Feng Qiaolan was helped by Ji Huai to sit on the innermost hospital bed. She had just been tossing around a lot and she was very tired. She touched her belly and frowned tightly.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable? I'm going to ask the doctor to come over and take a look." He was about to get up as he spoke.
"No need." She held his hand and took a few deep breaths, not wanting to trouble the doctor. "It doesn't hurt. It shouldn't be anything serious. Let's wait and see."
Ji Huai sat aside and observed her expression, nervously.
Feng Qiaolan kept touching her belly gently to comfort the child in her belly. After a while, her brows slowly relaxed, and it seemed that she had recovered.
"Drink some water." Ji Huai handed the water glass to her mouth.
She took a few sips and looked at the two empty hospital beds aside, "No one seems to be living in this ward, is it just us?"
"I don't know, I guess someone will come. After all, there are no beds in the general ward." Ji Huai put the water cup aside.
"How good is it to live in a big ward? A small ward is expensive, and you don't know when the baby will be born. One more day will cost you more money." Feng Qiaolan looked down at her stomach and spoke in a depressed tone.
The cost of a small ward is several times that of a large ward. There are two large wards in the hospital that are temporarily unavailable. If you want to stay, you can only stay in the small ward.
She wanted to give birth as soon as possible so that she could go back early.
"Live quietly and relax when there are fewer people." Ji Huai helped her take off her shoes, put her legs on the bed, and pulled away the quilt, "Get some sleep, and I'll take you out for a walk in the afternoon. I heard that There is some help.”
With his help, Feng Qiaolan slowly lay back and fell asleep. She became interested after hearing what he said, "Should we go out for a walk?"
The town is where she goes most often. She has only been to the city a few times. It takes a whole day to go back and forth. Feng Dafeng only comes here when he has something to do and won't take her with him at all.
Ji Huai covered her with a quilt, sat on the side and asked, "Do you want to go? Let's go to eat by the way."
Feng Qiaolan: "... think."
She was overthinking it. There were not many streets in the city, and there were only a few busiest ones, but she didn't even finish shopping.
Ji Huai: "It's still early, let's get some sleep." He stood up, took the red iron kettle on the table, and walked out.
Feng Qiaolan didn't get much rest today. The road was bumpy and she almost couldn't stay in the hospital. She was tired after all this trouble and fell asleep not long after lying down.
Seeing that she was asleep, Ji Huai got up, took the red iron kettle on the table and walked out to get water.
In the evening, the sun sets in the west, and the clouds on the horizon are dyed into a gorgeous sunset.
Feng Qiaolan's stomach didn't move, and she wasn't interested in staying in the ward. She was going to go out for a walk with Ji Huai. The weather had warmed up, so she still wore a coat, and the two of them were walking outside the hospital gate.
She walked slowly and a little cautiously. Ji Huai deliberately slowed down and reached behind to pull her.
Feng Qiaolan was a little embarrassed and moved her hands away.
"It's not like we're in a village. There are many people on the road, so I have to keep an eye out." Ji Huai leaned back and stood side by side with her, then put his arm around her shoulders and brought her to him.
Feng Qiaolan didn't try to show off. She was a little shy and felt a little uncomfortable at first. Later, she found that no one was paying attention to them and everyone hurried home.
There are a lot of cyclists on the road, people coming and going, and their clothes are a little different from the people in the town. There are more fashionable people, and some people wear small western skirts and dye their hair curly.
She looked down at her belly, then looked down again, and found that she couldn't see her feet. She raised her hand again, looked up at Ji Huai and asked, "Am I fat?"
Ji Huai also looked at her little fleshy face and said, "Yeah."
Hearing this, Feng Qiaolan's face suddenly fell, "Have I gained a lot of weight? I eat a lot of meat, and my mother feeds me eggs every day and drinks malted milk. It's so nourishing."
She is at the age where she loves beauty, and because she is pregnant with a child, she can only wear looser clothes. The slightest change can make her depressed for a long time.
"I was too thin before, only bones. Isn't this great?" Ji Huai comforted her.
"Really?" She was still slightly doubtful.
"Yeah." Ji Huai looked calm, but seemed more convincing, and said, "It looks good now, and it will look even better if it grows more flesh."
Feng Qiaolan's frown relaxed again, "Is it still long?"
"Eat more." Ji Huai said, holding her hand and walking into the street, turning his head and asking, "What do you want for dinner?"
"Just buy whatever you want. Let's go shopping. There are still meals in the hospital cafeteria. You can go back to the hospital to eat." Feng Qiaolan looked at the small restaurants on the street and shook her head.
She instinctively felt that things here were expensive and she could cope with buying some cakes, otherwise she would spend a lot of money.
"The hospital cafeteria is not much cheaper, and it may not be delicious. Maybe I will give birth tonight or tomorrow, and I will have to eat the food in the hospital cafeteria after that." Ji Huai didn't ask for her opinion again and pulled her in. A noodle shop in front, "Have a bowl of noodles, I saw a lot of customers there last time, it should be more delicious."
Feng Qiaolan was led in by him. She heard that a bowl of noodles cost 10 cents and a large bowl of noodles cost 15 cents. She lowered her voice and said to him, "Just a big bowl, right? I'll only eat a little."
Ji Huai didn't listen and told the landlady that he wanted a bowl of large noodles and a bowl of small noodles.
"It's too expensive." She looked around, a little helpless, and couldn't help but say, "Things in the city are so expensive. They are not so expensive in the town."
"The town is definitely different from the city. The town is far away from the city and more remote." Ji Huai answered her, waited for the noodles to be served, handed her the chopsticks, and then took a lot of it from the big bowl. Noodles, "Eat more."
Feng Qiaolan: "That's enough, that's enough."
The two began to eat noodles.
The taste here is really good, even the meat inside is marinated, tender and smooth, Feng Qiaolan thinks it is delicious.
As she was eating, a few more pieces of meat suddenly appeared in the bowl. When she looked up, Ji Huai was picking it up for her. Just as she was about to stop him, he already smiled and said, "Eat more, so you will have strength when you give birth." "
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
She was really full in the end and ate a big bowl of noodles. Ji Huai probably didn't eat as much as she did.
The two walked around in a circle, preparing to eat slowly and walk back to the hospital.
On the way, I also met an old rural lady carrying green dates. She had been selling them for a day and there were still a lot left in the basket. Ji Huai was bargaining for a pound, and he could buy a pound for just a few cents.
Feng Qiaolan still thought it was expensive. This thing was very heavy. It was so big that several of them weighed a pound.
After all, she couldn't bear to spend money.
Ji Huai: "Buy two catties for you to eat?"
"I won't eat." She said, glaring, glaring, glaring, but still endured it.
In fact, she was not greedy, but after she was pregnant, sometimes she always wanted to eat crisp and crisp fruits like pears and apples for no reason. They were not available in the countryside, so she tolerated it. When she saw the green dates, her greedy mind was turned back. Hook it out.
"Buy something for your child. He may want to eat it." Ji Huai knelt down to choose.
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
"My green dates are very sweet. Why don't you try one? It's delicious." The old lady continued to sell her. "If it weren't for being late, they usually sell at a high price. I have to rush back now. I'll buy more for you. It's cheaper." .”
"Stop taking it, that's enough, I won't eat!" Feng Qiaolan looked at him and saw that he was still choosing. She was so anxious that she kept stretching her neck forward.
No matter how cheap it is, it’s still money!
The old lady weighed it and threw another one up, adding up to two kilograms.
On the way back, Feng Qiaolan looked sideways at him and said softly, "Don't spend money randomly. It's hard for you to make money. There are many wild fruits in the mountains. In a few months, the longans and lychees at the entrance of the village will be ripe and edible."
The point is not to spend any money.
"Okay." Ji Huai agreed readily. When he reached the door of the state-owned store at the corner, he pulled her to go in. "Didn't you say you wanted to eat dried plums? Let's go in and have a look."
Several times before, when he was giving her lessons at night and he was having sex, she suddenly said that she wanted to eat prunes and something sour and sweet. Then she was cute and shook her head, not knowing why she was talking to herself. murmur.
Feng Qiaolan, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, felt excited again, "You promise not to spend money recklessly!"
Ji Huai: "This is not a waste, we still have more than a hundred yuan."
"I won't eat." She refused again.
"Won't you eat the sour and sweet prunes?" he asked again.
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
She was clearly full just now, but when she thought about the sour taste of prunes, she felt hungry in her stomach, and her face wrinkled.
Pregnant women are inherently more greedy than others, and he is deliberately tempting her.
"There are also dried olives, lemon slices, dried mangoes..." He spoke slowly.
Feng Qiaolan felt it was impossible. She could already smell the fragrance. Although she had never eaten dried olives, the sour and sweet flavors attacked her taste buds.
She awkwardly opened her legs and took Ji Huai's hand to lead him away quickly.
Ji Huai laughed out loud and half-carried her in, "I bought the more expensive ones for you. This one is very cheap."
Feng Qiaolan was still a little nervous when she walked into a state-owned store for the first time. There were many snacks on the shelves. She didn't dare to take a second look for fear that he would buy them for her.
She was dazzled by the colorful wrapping paper. There were a lot of dried fruits on sale inside, many of which she had never eaten before. Just looking at them made her drool.
In the end, she was only willing to buy a small pack of dried plums and dragged Ji Huai out, fearing that he would go back again.
"Slow down." He slowed down slightly and smiled helplessly.
"It's so expensive." She said the same thing and looked at her belly again, "I want to give birth to the baby quickly so that I can spend less money. Staying in the ward for a day will cost a lot more."
Before she finished speaking, she saw Ji Huai's smile gradually fade and he didn't answer.
Feng Qiaolan didn't know what she said wrong. She thought about it for a while and tried to make up for it, "I'm actually in good health and I don't feel uncomfortable at all. When there are beds in the big ward, can we transfer there?"
The remaining money can buy a lot of things, but she thinks it is a waste, so it is not so valuable.
Ji Huai led her aside and sighed silently.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" She looked at him with her round eyes, trying her best to recall every word she said. She didn't know where she was wrong. After thinking for a long time, her voice was weak, "Maybe they won't let me transfer, so can I be discharged from the hospital early?"
She guessed that it might be difficult to transfer, and the hospital might find it troublesome. He might feel embarrassed
Feng Qiaolan suddenly felt that she had so many things on her hands.
Ji Huai still didn't answer, but just pulled her forward. Feng Qiaolan's thoughts were confused and she tugged at the corner of his clothes, "Why aren't you talking?"
"You still have to worry about money when you have a baby. This is my problem. I don't know what to say." After finishing speaking, Ji Huai pursed his lips and looked at her, then sighed deeply, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. God wants it. It’s dark, let’s go back quickly.”
This time it was Feng Qiaolan's turn to be stunned. She seemed to have been struggling with money today and kept rejecting him. Did she make him sad
The next atmosphere was a bit uncomfortable. Feng Qiaolan raised her hand and tugged at the corner of his clothes. When he looked over, she tried to explain, "I don't mean anything else... Don't you think it's expensive? What if your parents are here?" , you will definitely scold me to death."
She couldn't say it wasn't expensive, it was really expensive, and she just spent the money on it.
"My parents are not here." Ji Huai retorted to her, his words were not hurried and he didn't take it seriously at all, "You spent two more times, didn't you get used to it? It's not like you didn't."
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
It was the first time someone said this to her. If it was too expensive, she would spend two more times. What kind of fallacy is this
It's over, according to what he said, she recalled the ten yuan a can of malted milk and expensive chocolate, and suddenly felt that these things were so cheap.
The two walked to the hospital building, and when they went upstairs, they were attracted by a quarrel.
"How come you don't have a hospital bed? What if she gives birth? Didn't you see that my daughter-in-law is about to give birth?" the old lady's sharp voice sounded, constantly blaming the doctors and nurses present.
"Family member, please calm down and listen to me first."
The nurse came forward, but before she could say a word, she was scolded back, "You are just cheating money, and the hospital is cheating money. Why don't we have wards? We don't live in the corridor, we have to live in the ward!"
Ji Huai heard the familiar voice and glanced over there. Ji's mother was supporting Yang Yue. Her belly was bulging, and she was bent over in pain. She was sweating profusely and seemed to be crying.
Ji's mother is arguing with the doctors and nurses.
"It hurts, it hurts... ah..." Yang Yue almost fell to the ground, and Ji's mother hugged her in a panic. The nurse next to her also stepped forward to help. She was still shouting, "It hurts..."
Ji Huai obviously felt that Feng Qiaolan beside him was stiff and a little scared.
Yang Yue started to cry loudly, and the doctors and nurses helped her aside. Her cries still echoed in the corridor, and Feng Qiaolan shrank her neck.
"Stop looking." Ji Huai raised his hand to cover her eyes, then turned her face and pulled her upstairs.
"She looks in pain. Is it painful to give birth?" Feng Qiaolan turned a little pale and held his hand tightly.
Ji Huai didn't know how to answer this. He hadn't given birth painlessly yet, so he would definitely suffer if he suffered. He coaxed her in a low voice, "It varies from person to person. Some people give birth quickly."
Feng Qiaolan obviously didn't believe it. There were cries again at the other end of the corridor. She was about to cry too. She became scared first. She was in a trance when she returned to the ward. She was sitting on the bed and was a little unconscious, with her hands folded together. , the palms of my hands are sweaty.
Ji Huai looked worried and stepped forward to hold her hand. Seeing that her palms were sweaty, he slowly opened her hand and wiped away the sweat for her.
Feng Qiaolan looked at him, moved the corners of her mouth, and said hoarsely, "What if, what if I..."
Before he finished speaking, Ji Huai spoke calmly and interrupted forcefully, "There is nothing wrong with it. Don't think about it. If you don't want to rest, let's study. There is still the last chapter in history, and there is still a lot to learn about politics. This period of time is spent." Quite a few.”
The pitiful tragic scene had just appeared in her mind, and she was immediately shattered, and her sadness suddenly stopped.
After washing up, Ji Huai went to bed to give her a lecture. He didn't take the textbook at all. He could go through it with her from beginning to end based on his memory.
Feng Qiaolan was quickly diverted by him and listened carefully to the lecture.
During this period, the nurse came over once. Her stomach was not moving at all, but she was sleepy after listening to the lecture.
"You come up and sleep too." When Feng Qiaolan fell asleep, she prepared to give him half the bed and squeezed her back. Ji Huai refused, "It's uncomfortable for both of us to sleep in a squeeze. I won't sleep."
Feng Qiaolan looked at the hospital bed next to her, "Can I sleep there? There's no one there."
Logically speaking, it should be possible, but Ji Huai shook his head, moved the stool over and sat beside her bed, "Forget it, I'll still watch over you, and keep you far away to avoid falling asleep too deeply."
It was a new environment. She was in the hospital again. The bed was softer than at home. Feng Qiaolan couldn't sleep either. She turned sideways and looked at Ji Huai who was sitting beside the bed. There were more cries coming from the corridor. She put her hand forward. Stretched.
He also raised his hand, put her hand in his palm, and covered it with his other hand, "Are you too scared to sleep?"
Feng Qiaolan shook his head.
Before she could speak, the crying in the corridor got louder and kept shouting, which made her feel heartbroken, "It sounded like the voice of the woman just now. It's been hurting for so long. Isn't she still pregnant?"
"Isn't it her?" Ji Huai recognized Yang Yue's voice, but pretended not to know, let go of one hand, and pushed back the hair from her forehead with his fingertips, gently.
"Oh..." Feng Qiaolan didn't take it seriously and gently touched her belly, "I don't feel anything at all. Is it too early for us to come to the hospital?"
"Wait until you feel it. Is it still too late?" Ji Huai said in a relaxed tone and pulled up the quilt covering her.
"right."
…
The two chatted all the time. When Feng Qiaolan was drowsy, she kept crying in the corridor, and she was often afraid of waking her up. In the dead of night, the sound became louder and louder.
Ji Huai held her hand, which relieved her fear and nervousness a lot.
The other end.
Ji Hao also came, and he was half-hugging Yang Yue. Ji's mother stood aside and muttered, "Why hasn't the baby been born yet? How many hours has it been? Doctor, doctor..."
There was no large ward for the time being, and the baby could be born at any time, so the hospital bed could only be temporarily placed in the corridor. The doctor also came several times. Yang Yue cried miserably and kept screaming, but she had not yet opened a few fingers and could not be sent to the delivery room. She had to move back and forth to assist in the delivery.
"When will the baby be born?" Ji Hao yawned and rolled his eyelids.
He had been on guard for several hours.
"Mom, hold on, you go to sleep first, it might take a long time." Ji's mother couldn't bear to let her precious son suffer, so she quickly stepped forward to help Yang Yue and let him sleep on the hospital bed.
Yang Yue was in so much pain that she had no strength, so Ji Hao really let go of her hand, said a few words to her, and walked to the hospital bed to sleep. I had just fallen asleep, and the sound of snoring could be heard.
I thought it would happen in the middle of the night, but there was no movement and the pain was relieved a lot.
It was getting brighter and people started to move around in the corridor of the hospital. Yang Yue didn't want to live in the corridor, so she asked Ji's mother to apply for transfer to a three-person ward.
"The money can be several times more. The cost of giving birth to a child will be even greater. Isn't this a waste of money?" Ji's mother became anxious. "This money is also saved for the child."
Do you still want to stay in a three-person ward? How expensive is that
"I don't want to live here!" Yang Yue was already feeling uncomfortable. When she heard that she didn't want to, she became even more angry and looked very ugly. "I don't know when the baby will be born. I want to stay in the ward."
Ji's mother: "Mom also knows that you are in pain. It costs an extra day to stay in the ward. Maybe you will give birth soon."
Ji Hao also woke up and said drowsily, "Mom, don't pay attention to her, she just has a loud voice, and it's not the first time she yells. She's the only one yelling in the whole building."
"Xiao Hao!" Ji's mother quickly stopped her son. Of course she knew that Yang Yue was making a fuss, being pretentious and couldn't bear the pain, and was increasingly antagonizing her, but the other party was pregnant with her grandson, so she could only endure it.
It was too late to stop him, and Ji Hao completely ignited Yang Yue's anger.
"Ji Hao, tell me again if you dare." Yang Yue cried with all her strength, pointing at him, attracting the attention of many people.
It's okay now. Yang Yue will stay in the ward. If she doesn't stay, she won't give birth.
"You're not..."
Before Ji's mother could finish speaking, people even scolded her, "I said I wanted to stay in the ward, but mom can't understand human language? When my parents come, this matter will never be over!"
Yang's father and Ji Nan were still working in the same factory. Ji's mother was now deflated, hesitating and looking at her belly, she bravely called Ji Hao over and said she wanted to go back to withdraw money.
After this, he didn't come back for most of the day. Yang's mother learned the news and rushed to see her daughter. Yang Yue asked the other party to transfer her to a ward.
The money in the ward was not cheap, and Yang Yue was pampered by her family, so she was inevitably willful. She couldn't wait for a moment, so she directly asked Yang's mother to transfer to the ward, and said, "When his mother comes, let his mother give it to her." Get the money, go back and get the fucking money.”
Seeing her daughter's uncomfortable look, Mother Yang didn't think much, took the money and went to handle it, and asked Ji Hao to buy breakfast.
Unexpectedly, Ji Hao didn't have a penny on him, but Yang's mother finally gave him the money and asked him to buy it quickly.
Yang Yue's pain subsided a lot, and it looked like she wouldn't be able to give birth for a while. When she was helped to the room, she saw that no one was there and kept crying and scolding Ji's mother and Ji Hao.
I wish their whole family would die.
"What good will it do you if he dies? Won't you become a widow?" Mother Yang was helpless and powerless, so she could only teach Yang Yue, "You don't keep your mouth shut. You can easily offend others with your words, so you should be careful."
"I would rather be a widow, wait until I give birth to a son, and see how I deal with his mother. Don't let me catch her, I will kill her!" When Yang Yue said it, there was hatred in her eyes, "I was blind back then. , thinking that Ji Hao is easy to control and life will be easier, but who knew that old mother-in-law could be so disgusting? I was in pain all night, did she save the money and bring it into the coffin? "
She did cry on purpose, but Ji's mother really ignored her and wanted to see if she would kill her!
Mother Yang knew that her daughter had a temperament that was too calculating, a little too clever, and in the end she was clever but was misled by her cleverness. Now, what can she say