When Ji Hao came back from buying steamed buns, he didn't forget to buy one for himself.
He didn't know whether Yang Yue was hungry or not. He was hungry, so he didn't eat it when he saw her after buying it. He ate one himself first.
Before Ji's mother came, Yang Yue endured the pain and complained. He said "Oh" and said, "My mother is here, but I heard that your mother is here too. She will go back to cook for you. Someone has to deliver the food." ?”
"I think she did it on purpose." Yang Yue said in a sarcastic tone, "I wish I could hide."
"How did you talk?" Ji Hao was unhappy.
"I… "
Yang Yuegang was about to quarrel with him, but Yang's mother reconciled, "Okay, okay, Xiaoyue is about to give birth to a baby, why are you arguing at this time? Let's give in to each other. Xiaohao, you go back and urge her too. Maybe it will happen in a while. I gave birth and I didn’t prepare anything, so I had to bring the things I had prepared.”
"Mom, I'll go back and get it right away. You stay with Xiaoyue first." Ji Hao was eager to leave quickly, so he slipped away after saying that.
Yang Yue held her stomach and gasped, gritted her teeth and cursed, "Look at him, I've been so unlucky for eight lifetimes! I can't do anything."
"You kept analyzing, isn't he better than his eldest brother? I think the eldest brother who married him is better than him. At least he is interested in you. Do you think he is interested in you?" Mother Yang originally said I also tried to persuade her, but my daughter was too determined and there was nothing I could do.
"Are you talking about Ji Huai?" Yang Yue said with a face, "What's the use of liking him? He can't be used as food, so I don't want to suffer hardship with him. He is just the same as having no father and no mother. In the end, he married a countryman. , I heard that I am going to take the college entrance examination. The hard life is going on for a long time, and I feel that I will not be able to achieve much in the future. Even if I am so frustrated, I don’t want to suffer like him. When I get over it, there will be many opportunities to punish the old woman."
"I said you kid..."
Before Mother Yang finished speaking, someone walked in at the door, and she temporarily stopped talking.
"Go and ask." Feng Qiaolan stood at the door of the ward and nodded to Ji Huai.
He took her for a check-up this morning, but the results haven't come out yet. He still has to go have a look and ask the doctor if he wants to do other tests.
Ji Huai watched her go in, took the list and walked towards the end of the corridor.
Before Feng Qiaolan walked into the ward, she found that someone had already moved in. She was stunned, and then said hello with a smile.
"Are you going to give birth too?" Mother Yang took the initiative to find a topic to ask.
"Yeah." Feng Qiaolan slowly sat down on the bed and touched her belly, feeling a little helpless, "But I didn't make any movement. I don't know how long we have to wait."
"I've been in pain all night." Yang Yue gasped, and the pain seemed to have eased. She slowly stood up, looking impatiently at her stomach.
When will it be born
Feng Qiaolan saw her sweating profusely in pain, and couldn't help but think of the woman last night. The worry in her heart rose again, and her eyebrows tightened again.
"Your family didn't come either?" Yang Yue looked at her and asked again.
"Yes, he went to see a doctor." Seeing how uncomfortable she was, Feng Qiaolan looked at Yang's mother again and enthusiastically handed her the dates on the table, "Here you can eat, it's very sweet."
"Thank you, girl." Mother Yang naturally wanted to say something nice next, "Is this your first child? You see your skin is fair and rosy, you look good, and the child you gave birth to is not bad."
Feng Qiaolan was a little shy and slowly sat on the bed.
Yang Yue looked at her up and down, "How long have you been hospitalized? There's been no news today?"
"He came yesterday." Feng Qiaolan lowered her head and looked at her belly again, shaking her head, "There was no movement, and she just kicked me occasionally. On the contrary, she became much better behaved than before."
Yang Yue: "Your family is also from the city?"
Feng Qiaolan denied, "No, I'm over there in Nanyang Town."
Yang Yue understood, and then said frankly, "I thought there was no one in this ward just now. You haven't moved yet. I don't know how long you will stay here."
Country people and city people dress differently. At first, she looked at Feng Qiaolan with level eyes. After all, he was admitted to a three-person ward at the beginning. Once she heard that he was from the country, her attitude immediately changed.
Not only her, but Yang Mu didn't show it, but there would be some changes.
How much money do country people earn in a month? She earns more than 20 yuan a month in the factory, and she still has a salary after retirement. She is not in the same class at all.
At first, I felt that my son-in-law was not here, and I felt a little unbalanced. Now I feel that marrying in the city is better than marrying in the country.
"Well, there are no beds in the big ward, so we can only stay here." Feng Qiaolan spoke softly. She also thought it was expensive and didn't know how much it would cost.
"This place is more comfortable than the big ward." Yang Yue held her belly and sat up a little more, asking Mother Yang to pour her a glass of water.
Mother Yang went to pour water, washed the green dates and took a bite. "Not to mention, it's really sweet. Did you grow it yourself?"
Don’t all rural people like to grow these? Because I have no money, I can only support myself in the village.
Yang Yue lost her appetite and continued to pant against the quilt. The pain in her stomach was excruciating.
"We bought it over there last night." Feng Qiaolan explained and pointed to the window, which is opposite the street they were walking on. The old lady was selling it very cheaply, big and sweet, and she really bought it. Worth it.
Mother Yang was slightly embarrassed, took another bite, and changed the subject, "It's very crispy and delicious, thank you."
Although she has various ambivalences and a sense of superiority, she can correct them in time and will not show it too much and cause trouble for herself.
Feng Qiaolan cleared the table and put the prunes on the corner to be wrapped. She dropped the prunes to the ground. When she picked them up, Yang Yuezheng looked over.
"Do you want to eat prunes?" Feng Qiaolan was embarrassed to hide and looked at her again.
Dried plums are delicious. She ate a few this morning.
Yang Yue looked at it and found that she wanted to eat. She felt a discomfort in her stomach. She lay on the bed and said nothing. From time to time, she heard a muffled sound.
"Hey." Mother Yang looked at it, helpless and could only act anxiously.
Feng Qiaolan looked at her with fear in her heart. She sat obediently on her bed, her nerves tense.
Yang Yue could not endure the pain, so she started crying again, and even scolded Ji's family in a negative way:
"very painful."
"When I give birth to this baby, I won't let that dead old woman go."
"It's better to just die and die together."
"Mom, it hurts me so much. It's best if I have a son. If I don't give birth to a son, I won't live."
…
Mother Yang also advised her: "Be patient, I will give birth soon, it must be a son. This baby's belly is pointed, it must be. Mom has already found someone to figure it out."
Feng Qiaolan listened and also looked at her belly.
She had never thought about whether to give birth to a boy or a girl, and Ji Huai had never discussed the gender with her. However, Feng's mother wanted her to give birth to a boy.
When Yang Yue closed her eyes and covered her face, there was a sound at the door. Ji Huai walked in with a notebook and several report sheets. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the pregnant woman sleeping on the other wall. He didn't see her face clearly, and walked towards the end. Go inside.
"How is it?" Feng Qiaolan asked in a low voice.
The room was filled with the sound of Yang Yue crying and complaining. Ji Huai pulled up a chair and sat down, holding the report sheet and talking to her.
Feng Qiaolan also heard it half-understood. Anyway, she would go for any examination the doctor asked her to do, and she would do whatever the doctor asked her to do, just to avoid suffering during the birth.
"It hurts so much." Yang Yue cried louder and louder, urging her mother to find a doctor.
Yang's mother hurried away, and the doctor came. He felt that she was crying too hard, and reminded her tactfully, "You still have to save your strength, otherwise you will have no strength during the birth and you will suffer."
Nowadays, most of the births are vaginal births, there are fewer doctors who can perform the surgery, and the risks are higher than vaginal births, so vaginal births are insurance.
Feng Qiaolan looked at her like that and her face gradually turned pale. She asked Ji Huai without fear, "Do I have to be in pain for so long? When did it start to hurt?"
"Don't think blindly." Ji Huai became irritated by the other party's crying, and got up with her again, "Let's go for a walk downstairs."
Feng Qiaolan was helped by him and sat up from the bed. Ji Huai took the shoes and put them on for her, then led her up and said, "Let's go."
"good."
When the two of them went out, Yang's mother looked at Yang Yue and shook her head again, "Ji Hao went back and really didn't come back. Look at the couple just now. If Ji Hao is half as responsible as that man, I don't think you can Feel better."
"Stop talking." Yang Yue was half-dead in pain and didn't pay attention at all. She just wanted to cut Ji's family into pieces.
Noon.
Ji Huai and Feng Qiaolan went to the noodle shop where they had eaten yesterday and took a rest in the small courtyard of the hospital. They were afraid that they would bump into each other still wailing, which would really affect their mood.
The two of them were sitting on chairs. Ji Huai held Feng Qiaolan's hand. She leaned gently on his shoulder. Suddenly remembering what happened today, she raised her head and asked him, "Do you want me to have a boy or a girl?"
Ji Huai raised his eyebrows but didn't think much about it, "Boys and girls are fine."
"Really?" She sat up straight, "Have you never thought about giving birth to a boy to continue the family line?"
In their village, every household has to give birth to a boy, at least one, and the more the better, which proves that the family has a lot of labor, and no one dares to provoke disputes. Their family is often scolded for not having a boy.
Hearing this, Ji Huai smiled softly, seeming to find it unreasonable, "Don't girls carry on the family line the same way?"
Feng Qiaolan used her only knowledge to retort: "It's different. When a girl wants to marry, she belongs to someone else's family."
"Huh? Aren't you at home too?" Ji Huai asked her.
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
This is difficult for her. She is married, but without a mother-in-law, her parents are still her parents.
"What does it mean to carry on the family line? Do I want to take your last name?" Ji Huai's dark eyes looked at her, and he raised the corner of his mouth and said nonchalantly, "Then I will take your last name. Feng is also a nice surname."
With the rapid development of society, the emergence of only children, and the large number of women participating in social labor, such old concepts will slowly be overturned.
Especially for the marriage of an only son and an only daughter, both parents have to support each other, and the surname may be drawn by lots. Even for boys who are responsible for carrying on the family line, if they move away from their parents to develop and settle in first-tier cities, it is too normal. It is impossible for them to provide for their parents until they die, and they may not see them for the last time.
Continuing the family line is simply nonsense and deceiving oneself and others.
Feng Qiaolan's eyes widened, extremely surprised that he would say such a thing. How could he have her last name? Never heard of this.
"Both children are the same, how about we draw lots on the last name? Let the children choose by themselves." Ji Huai thought it was okay.
"The child is so young, how can he choose by himself?" Feng Qiaolan didn't even hesitate.
"Put the paper ball in the child's hand, shake it with your hand, and choose whichever one you shake." Ji Huai said in a casual tone.
Feng Qiaolan was shocked again.
In the ward.
Ji's mother went in carrying the food, followed by Ji Hao.
They both came after they had finished eating. As soon as they entered the door, Ji's mother exchanged pleasantries and said that Yang's mother had worked hard and Yang Yue had suffered too, so it would be better just to give birth to this baby.
Yang Yue was still angry in her heart and ignored her at all. She was in so much pain that she didn't want to eat.
Ji Hao just stood aside and did nothing. Ji Hao's mother still felt sorry for her son and wanted him to go back to rest, so she said, "His aunt asked him to help out tomorrow and do odd jobs for a few days. The baby will be born soon, and it will cost a lot." money."
What can Mother Yang say
Upon hearing that Ji's mother wanted to stay, Yang Yue was unwilling to see her and insisted that Ji Hao stay.
Ji's mother looked ugly, "Xiaoyue, you are so ignorant. This ward earns a lot of money a day. If he doesn't go to work, where will the money come from? He also has to prepare for the college entrance examination review. Mom is more experienced than him. What do men know? There is no use keeping him. You have to be considerate and considerate of him."
After she finished speaking, she forced Ji Hao to leave. When Ji Hao heard this, he felt that Ji's mother still cared about him, so Yang Yue knew how to find fault for him and ran away faster than anyone else.
As soon as he left, Yang Yue didn't want to see Ji's mother and said directly, "I just want my mother to accompany me, so you can go."
Before Mother Yang could speak, the arrangements were clearly made.
The grandson hasn't been born yet, so Ji's mother doesn't want to lick her face and thinks it saves effort.
"You pay my mother the hospital money first." Yang Yue said to her.
"Look at Mom, she took out her brain and put it on the table, but forgot to bring it again. Bring it next time." Ji's mother frowned and patted her brain gently.
Yang Yue was so angry that Ji's mother took the opportunity to pretend to say a few nice words, and had "no choice" but to leave. Before leaving, she said that Ji Hao would definitely come over in the evening.
When you come back, you can't stay overnight.
Ji Huai and Feng Qiaolan waited until dark before returning to the ward. Yang Yue closed her eyes from exhaustion. Yang's mother sat listlessly aside after staying up all day.
"I'm going to fetch water." Ji Huai picked up the kettle on the table and went to the water room to fetch water for Feng Qiaolan to wash up.
Feng Qiaolan was arranging clothes beside the bed. There were also small clothes prepared by Feng's mother for her child. She was packing them away.
Ji Huai came back quickly, took out the basin, poured hot water into it, carried it to the cubicle next to him, got clothes and towels for Feng Qiaolan, and told her, "Be careful, call me if you need anything."
"Yeah." Feng Qiaolan nodded.
By the time she finished taking a bath, he had already gone to the water room again and filled another bottle of water.
"Young man, do you still have water? I want to wipe my daughter's sweat." Mother Yang stood up, too lazy to pick it up, and wanted to ask him for some water.
"Wait a minute." Ji Huai poured some more into the basin, leaving a little half for her.
"Thank you." Mother Yang also took the basin and walked over there.
Yang Yue opened her eyes in a daze, turned her head and looked to the side, only to see a tall and straight back. Feng Qiaolan was sitting on the bed, holding the edge of the bed with his hands. He slowly squatted down and helped her take off her shoes.
"Actually, you don't need to soak your feet." Feng Qiaolan was a little shy because there were outsiders around.
"I've been walking a lot in the past two days, let's take a bath." Ji Huai saw that her feet were a little swollen. She had been walking a lot these days, and the bubbles relieved her fatigue.
He put her feet in, "What's the temperature of the water?"
"Just right." Feng Qiaolan put her other foot in, lowered her head and smiled at him with crooked eyebrows. She accidentally saw Yang Yue looking up, a blush suddenly appeared on her face, and she was too embarrassed to speak.
Yang Yue just felt that the other person's voice was familiar, but she didn't remember who it was, and she didn't pay attention just now.
Seeing Yang's mother bring water, the imbalance in her heart rose again. A village girl was treated better than her, which made her very angry and didn't know what evil she had done.
Mother Yang felt uncomfortable when she saw it, so she could only praise, "You two have such a good relationship. You girl, you have a good life."
She also has two sons, and a woman is like water thrown away, and now she still has to take care of them. To her, this is a loss, doing things for other people's families.
But due to face and little affection for his daughter, he could only grit his teeth and endure this frustrating loss.
Feng Qiaolan's face turned even redder.
"Young man, are you from Nanyang Town too? I thought you were from the city. You are so handsome. The children you have will definitely be good-looking." Mother Yang had just poured him some hot water, but she couldn't say anything nice.
"Thank you." Ji Huai tilted his head slightly and didn't say much in reply.
"I'm thirsty." Feng Qiaolan said softly while soaking her feet.
"Wait a minute." Ji Huai turned around and went to the table to get a water glass. The moment she turned around, Yang Yue also looked at him, and that look directly made her freeze, and her pupils suddenly shrank.
The last time she saw Ji Huai was five or six years ago, and she had long forgotten his voice, but she could never forget that face.
He is good-looking, the kind of face that can be remembered at a glance. His facial features are deep and three-dimensional. Now he looks more mature and attractive. He looks even more calm despite Ji Hao's childishness and immaturity.
"It's still a little hot, be careful." Ji Huai gave her the water cup and warned her.
He had just discovered that it was Yang Yue, who had changed a lot. She used to be a young and energetic girl, but now she was a few pounds fatter, and she was almost unrecognizable.
The two had been ambiguous for a while before. The other party's family was from a working-class family and he also went to high school. He did have some feelings for her at that time, so he treated her well, but the other party didn't like him, but Ji Hao.
The other party is a girl who loves to act smart and is very selfish, but her vision and knowledge are not very high, and she is a bit self-righteous.
"Look at that hole." Mother Yang washed the towel and wiped her sweat with a slightly complaining tone.
She had never met Ji Huai, so naturally she didn't know him either.
Yang Yue didn't speak anymore. She used to cry out even if she felt a little pain, but now she gritted her teeth and stopped screaming.
Feng Qiaolan soaked her feet and got into bed. Ji Huai took the water away and poured it away, then came back and sat by the bed.
In the ward, the two people's voices could be heard from time to time.
He told her a lot of questions last night, but today someone was around, so he didn't talk about it. The two of them chatted.
During this period, Ji Huai went to wash two green dates for her, and Feng Qiaolan ate them slowly.
Before going to bed, she ate several prunes in a row. She was so greedy that she couldn't hold back, but Ji Huai stopped her, "Don't eat. If you eat too much, you will be thirsty. If you drink too much water, it will be uncomfortable to fall asleep."
"The last one." Feng Qiaolan begged softly.
"No, be obedient." Ji Huai put it away and covered her with a quilt, "If you are really hungry, can I go out and buy you cakes?"
"Forget it, I'm not hungry." She lay down and reached out to hold his hand out of habit, looking sideways at him without speaking.
In Yang Yue's sight, Ji Huai didn't say anything, he just raised his hand and patted the top of her head, saying in a gentle voice, "Go to sleep, don't bother anyone."
If you listen carefully, it's a joke with indulgence.
Feng Qiaolan smiled softly and muttered, "I didn't bother you."
Ji Huai didn't answer anymore and put down his hand to hold her hand.
Yang Yue was forced to recall the days before. It would have been fine if things went well for her, but it happened that she was not going well now, which led her to doubt whether the decision she thought was smart was correct.
If she had married Ji Huai back then, and now she was with her, but she was still torn between the fact that the other person was now a country boy, she could only bite the bullet and endure it.
What's the use? That's not the life she wants. When she gives birth to a boy...
late at night.
Feng Qiaolan was awakened from her deep sleep, and Yang Yue was sent to the delivery room. The crying kept her from falling asleep.
The scream at the end scared her whole body and the child in her belly kicked around. It was Ji Huai who got up and hugged her, patting her back gently to calm her down.
"Is she okay?" Feng Qiaolan couldn't help but worry. Seeing the other party suffer so much, she was also frightened.
"It's okay." Ji Huai wanted to change the topic and let her continue to sleep, but she was no longer sleepy. She didn't know if it was because she was too nervous, but her stomach began to hurt.
It was throbbing and painful, and she started to cry because she was so scared.
"Don't be afraid." Although Ji Huai said this, his hands were actually shaking and he hurried to find a doctor.
The doctor came to check, and maybe he had seen too much, so he said in an understatement, "I just opened one finger, you have to wait, save your strength, don't be like that, crying so hard that you have no strength now, when the time comes Take the pain.”
Feng Qiaolan was always obedient, gritting her teeth and pulling at the sheets.
Ji Huai looked on worriedly and held her hand.
Feng Qiaolan felt that the pain was getting stronger and stronger, and she was sweating profusely from the pain. She gasped and said to Ji Huai, "Why do I feel like the baby is coming out? It hurts so much."
Ji Huai went to the doctor again, but the doctor moved slowly and said at one point that it was still early, "It hurt for two days just now, and now I'm not pregnant."
He ignored it and kept urging the other party to take a look.
The doctor originally took a casual look, but the result was terrible, and he quickly asked the nurse to push him to the delivery room.
Feng Qiaolan cried to Ji Huai before leaving, with fear in her eyes. It's been two days since she was in pain, and she's just starting to feel pain now. Do you want to send her in to have pain on her own
Can Ji Huai come in to accompany her? She felt so miserable.
Ji Huai was also anxious outside, walking back and forth. Mother Yang sat aside and kept mumbling: She must give birth to a boy, it must be a boy.
Feng Qiaolan was in grief and panic. Not long after she got on the delivery bed and before she had adjusted properly, she suddenly felt something slipping out.
She was dazed and prepared to die from the pain, but the doctor told her that she was in labor.
Feng Qiaolan looked at her daughter, a wrinkled and red ball, and felt magical.
She gave birth to a daughter
Outside the delivery room.
The nurse came out with a child in her arms. Mother Yang and Ji Huai rushed to greet her immediately, "Where are Yang Yue's family members?"
"I am, I am." Mother Yang quickly stepped forward
"It's a girl."
“…”