In late the next month, Aiqiao's due date was getting closer.
She started in the middle of the night, Ji Huai hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed her to the hospital.
The amniotic water broke.
She was pushed inside to give birth, while Ji Huai waited outside, staring longingly at the closed door and walking around.
It was almost early in the morning when crying came from inside. The nurse took the child out. He walked over quickly, but before he saw it, his whole body became stiff.
The pace is a bit heavy.
"Mother and child are safe. Mom won't come out for a while." The nurse held the child and said to him with a smile.
Ji Huai looked at the bright red baby, who closed his eyes and moved his little lips gently.
Looking at that little face, his heart felt as if a piece of it had collapsed. An unspeakable emotion was rising. His eyes were a little hot, and his throat felt like a layer of cotton was stuffed.
I couldn't make a sound and I was so upset.
This is his child, with his blood flowing through her body and holding his heart in every move.
In his last life, he raised three children for his two younger brothers, but it was difficult for others to touch his skin. In the end, no one paid attention to him, and they didn't seem to remember the good things he did to them.
Blood relationship is a very wonderful thing. Because of this connection, he thinks this little baby looks good no matter how he looks at it.
When Ai Qiao woke up, the first thing she saw was Ji Huai sitting by the bed. He was staring at the baby and said with suppressed excitement, "He opened his eyes."
Hearing this, she turned her head slightly and looked at the child sleeping next to her. When she was born, the nurse held it for her to see, but she fell asleep from exhaustion without even looking at it.
It's a small ball, so you have to touch it gently.
"I bought a cup and a small spoon, but I can't feed him water yet. I also bought some things. Take a look and see what's missing. I'll buy them later." He asked Aiqiao again, "Do you have any?" Don’t you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
Ai Qiao shook her head and gently held her son in her arms, "It's okay."
Ji Huai said again, "Are you hungry? I bought porridge."
"Not hungry."
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In the next few days, the two new parents stared at this little guy, watching his movements curiously.
Ai Qiao found that Ji Huai seemed to have changed a bit.
After becoming a father, I feel a little calmer. I have to take care of my children and her, and sometimes I am irritable, but my patience has improved a lot.
After staying for a week, I was discharged from the hospital.
The two of them were in a foreign land, and no one could teach them anything. Ai Qiao only knew that they should not blow in the wind, as it would cause the disease if they contracted confinement syndrome. She put on thick cotton trousers, a hat, and wrapped the baby thickly. , afraid that he would catch cold.
Ji Huai packed up his things and took a taxi back after leaving the hospital.
When she was hospitalized, Ji Huai vacated the original house and found a new place. The rent was a little expensive, 110 yuan a month. It had one bedroom, one bathroom, and no living room, but it was clean and comfortable. Living in a community is safer.
He had come back yesterday to clean, closed the windows, leaving only a small gap, laid a quilt on the bed, and bought a new quilt.
Ai Qiao took the baby to bed and lay down. Ji Huai covered her with a quilt and became more and more skilled in taking care of her.
"Smile, smile, smile." She looked down at the little baby, stretched out her hand to hold his little hand, and tapped his little finger with her other hand. The other person's mouth was open and his eyes were blurred.
Her heart melted.
Before he could say more than a few words, the baby who was smiling one second turned bitter and cried at the top of his lungs the next.
"Wow woo woo..."
Moody, with a pretty strong voice.
"Are you hungry? Feed him some milk powder." Ji Huai put aside the things he brought back from the hospital, took out his clothes and threw them in the toilet.
"Yes." She nodded, hugged her son and shook him gently, patting his back with her hands, clumsily imitating the way other people took care of children in her memory.
As a first-time mother, I still don’t know many things.
Ji Huai boiled water, made some milk powder, handed the bottle to her, and then said, "I'm going to buy food. What do you want to eat?"
"Anything is fine." She lowered her head, teasing the baby to drink milk, not caring much about herself.
For her, life is a bit tough, but as long as the family is together, it doesn't matter what she eats.
"Then I'll go."
"Um."
Ji Huai took the money and a thermos flask and carried them out the door.
He bought two portions of light stir-fries and packed a portion of mushroom and chicken soup to bring back to her. It was originally a heart-warming gesture, but he insisted on adding, "Eat more, otherwise my son will have to drink milk powder."
She doesn't have enough milk.
Ai Qiao was drinking soup. When she heard what he said, she took back the chicken that was given to him and said, "Then don't eat it. Give it all to me, otherwise your son won't get to eat it."
Ji Huai didn't stop her. When he heard his son crying on the bed, he got up and hugged him.
It's strange to say that if she hugged him, he might have to be coaxed for a while before he would quiet down. As soon as Ji Huai hugged him, he calmed down without even howling twice. He stared at him with his round eyes and spit out his Little tongue.
"Look at the stingy mother." Ji Huai was very interested in this child. He told him while pointing at Ai Qiao who was eating next to him and teasing the baby.
The little guy really glanced and blinked. Ai Qiao just scooped up a mouthful of rice and put it to his mouth. She smiled lovingly at him. The corners of his mouth shrank and he cried.
She put down the spoon and went to comfort him. As soon as she got closer, he cried louder.
"..." Ai Qiao looked at Ji Huai with a resentful look, her beautiful eyes filled with sadness. He smiled again, stood up and said, "After eating, it's my turn. I'm hungry."
After saying this, he took his son to bed and coaxed him.
Aiqiao continued what she was doing, continued to drink chicken soup, and left half of the chicken for him. After eating, she went to make milk, and then walked to the bed.
In a few days.
Ai Qiao was at home alone, and someone knocked on the door. She hugged her son and walked out. Ji Huai asked her not to open the door casually, so she first looked through the peephole to see who it was.
Seeing Fanglan standing outside carrying fruit, she opened the door and said with a smile, "Are you on vacation today?"
"That's right." Fang Lan walked in and leaned over to take a look at the baby in her arms. "I heard that she gave birth to a son, right? It's so cute."
Ai Qiao smiled softer when she heard someone praising her son, "He's just too naughty. He made trouble for several nights in a row and cried every night."
She got a headache when she talked about it, so she walked inside and got a stool for Fanglan.
"So fierce?" Fang Lan held the baby's hand and chuckled, "Are you so capable of crying? Do you want to torment your mother?"
Ai Qiao also laughed.
The two of them were chatting, and Fang Lan looked at her opposite, "I was quite worried about you at first, afraid that you wouldn't be able to take care of the child by yourself, but seeing that you look good, I feel relieved."
"I don't get enough sleep every day, and I have to breastfeed, and he cries especially." Ai Qiao was helpless, but she didn't complain at all. Looking at the little baby in her arms, she was willing to work no matter how hard it was.
Fanglan: "Just two of us, let Ji Huai help you."
"He also has to work and get up early the next day. I don't dare to let the child disturb him." Ai Qiao said and sighed, "But the house is too small, and he is always woken up, so he will help me coax him."
She was embarrassed to say that yesterday the little guy kept crying and she couldn't coax him. In the end, she had no choice but to worry about him crying, so she was really anxious and ended up crying along with him.
Ji Huai watched the older one and the younger one crying together and didn't know which one was better to comfort.
"He is indeed working very hard now. My brother said that it is good to follow him, and he can also learn things. After studying, he can also come out to take over the work." Speaking of this, Fanglan was very happy, "Let him learn some skills, hard work It doesn’t matter for a moment, you’re still young.”
"It's pretty good. Ji Huai learned from others at first, but now he's doing the work himself. He said it's pretty good." Ai Qiao nodded.
Ji Huai came out to take care of the work by herself last month, and her income has increased, which she feels is good.
"That's right. Qiuxiang still asked my brother to take her brother there. That day, my brother said there was no shortage of people. She was angry again and ignored me for half a month." Fanglan said and waved her hand, "I just I'm too lazy to pay attention to her. I heard that she has recently changed men again, changing men all day long. I don't know what she thinks."
Speaking of He Qiuxiang, Fanglan didn't feel very comfortable and complained to Ai Qiao, again because of men's matters.
Ai Qiao didn't say much. She didn't want to seduce men for a day or two. She had been like this before she came here to work. In addition, after the incident last time, she no longer wanted to pay attention to her.
"By the way, we are going back for the Chinese New Year. Do you want to go back?" Fanglan changed the topic and asked.
"Me?" Ai Qiao held her son's hand and looked away, "I don't know, I have to ask Ji Huai."
Since she came out, she has not been back. She had contact with her before, but her father and stepmother would only ask her for money, and they lost contact later.
"I'm telling you something." Fanglan's words became more serious and she looked at her. "Now people in the village committee are saying that you were kept by someone and gave birth to an illegitimate child. It's probably He Qiuxiang and He Qiuxiang." What did her mother say? Her mother is a big mouth and talks nonsense."
After saying that, she advised: "Why don't you take Ji Huai back with you during the Chinese New Year this year? Anyway, the relationship is confirmed, so that no one will gossip."
Ai Qiao looked down at her son and didn't speak for a long time.
She wasn't afraid of gossip, and she didn't have anyone she cared about in her hometown. If she took Ji Huai back, she just wanted to take him to talk to her mother's grave.
Let the other person know and feel at ease.