"... It's a girl. Mother and daughter are safe!"
The nurse walked out of the delivery room holding a swaddling baby and said to the man guarding outside.
At the turn of the millennium, people's ideas seem to have changed, but in their small county, there are still a large number of families that favor sons over daughters.
It was very strange today. Two or three women came in one after another, and all of them gave birth to daughters.
The husbands of the first two women who gave birth, one had a dark face throughout the whole process and took over the baby girl with disgust, while the other just dragged an old lady away and ignored the women in the delivery room.
With this bad precedent, the nurse did not dare to say "congratulations" while holding the third baby girl, for fear that the mother's family would become angry and spread their grievances on her.
The little baby being held by the nurse seemed to feel the nurse's emotions and suddenly burst into tears.
He Tiantian really wanted to cry, ah, how could she be a girl again once she was pregnant
In her previous life, He Tiantian was abandoned by her parents who favored sons over daughters because she was a girl.
They didn't just throw He Tiantian on the street. The couple were both public officials, and they still had some conscience and bottom line left.
But they wanted to have another son, so they simply sent the newborn He Tiantian back to their hometown.
Parents favor boys over girls, and grandparents are no less willing to give in. They simply don't want to raise a loser.
It happened that He Tiantian's aunt He Shengnan was forced to divorce by her husband's family because she could not have a child. He Tiantian's grandma simply adopted He Tiantian to He Shengnan.
Because she was my aunt, the elders and relatives in my hometown did not deliberately hide it.
Therefore, He Tiantian knew that she had been abandoned by her parents since she was a child. The woman who raised her was not her mother, but her biological aunt!
The experience of being abandoned made He Tiantian very insecure and developed a low self-esteem and sensitive character.
The aunt is a "celebrity" in the town, and she has become a "little vixen" in the words of the three aunts and six wives.
The gossips from people around him made He Tiantian become more and more introverted.
She lowered her head, held her breasts in her mouth, and did not dare to take the initiative to talk to others. She wore a fat school uniform all day long, with thick bangs, and bulky black-rimmed glasses. She was timid and timid, and her academic performance was below average... She seems to be the most bullied girl in every class.
In fact, He Tiantian did suffer from cold violence.
Ever since elementary school, no one wanted to play with He Tiantian.
He Tiantian wanted to take the initiative to talk to others, but the children seemed not to hear her voice and deliberately ignored her.
He Tiantian's extended hand was ignored.
That kind of embarrassment and shame made He Tiantian become more and more inferior.
Until high school, He Tiantian was alone, without even a friend to go to the toilet with or come home from school with!
Every time he was bullied or laughed at, He Tiantian would miss his biological parents especially.
But they don't want her.
"If I were a boy, would my parents like me?"
"If there really is time travel and rebirth, then let me be a boy."
He Tiantian, who has been poisoned by the patriarchal mentality since she was a child, feels that "girls are the original sin." She simply does not believe that there are more parents who will not treat their own flesh and blood differently because of gender.
She could only humbly fantasize about being reincarnated as a boy that everyone likes in the next life.
As a result, she was really reincarnated, but she was still a girl.
"Honey, you gave birth to a daughter. Listen to how loud our daughter's voice is. Hey, she looks like me!"
Stanley Ho didn't know that He Tiantian was feeling sad and angry, happily holding the swaddling clothes and waiting at the door of the delivery room. When his wife, who had just had a cesarean section, was pushed out of the delivery room, he held up the swaddling clothes and showed it to his wife like a treasure.
"I know it's a daughter! Humph, I gave birth to a child myself. Don't I know whether it's a boy or a girl?"
Tian Zhenzhen's anesthesia hadn't worn off yet, and his mind was a little confused, so he laughed and scolded her husband.
"Hey, aren't I happy?"
Stanley Ho looked at his own daughter. The little one was not as red and wrinkled as many newborn children, but was white and pure.
Oh, that little face is so white that it almost glows.
"She is indeed my daughter, she looks just like me!"
The more Ho Hongtu watched, the happier he became. Holding the baby in one hand and holding the stroller in the other, he escorted his wife back to the ward.
He Tiantian only focused on crying and didn't hear Ho Hongtu's whisper.
Back in the ward, He Tiantian was tired from crying and hungry. She was chewing her lips as hard as she could.
Stanley Ho became a father for the first time, so he was naturally inexperienced, and he kept praising his daughter for her beautiful mouth.
The old lady who was accompanying the bed couldn't stand it any longer and quickly reminded her: "The child must be hungry. Let your wife feed him!"
"Ah? Is she hungry like this?" Stanley Ho reacted at this moment. However, he did not rush to hand the child to his wife. Instead, he thanked the old lady with a naive smile: "Oh, aunt, thank you so much. !”
"Old people like you have more experience. As the old saying goes, 'having an old man in the family is like having a treasure'. You, in your family, will definitely be the treasure of the house!"
Stanley Ho is young, only in his twenties. He is not very handsome, but he is very comfortable to look at.
He has a Chinese-character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a wide grin that reveals a bit of innocence, and what he says makes the elderly very happy.
The old lady was immediately amused and laughed, "Auntie? Young man, I am almost seventy years old, and my grandson is about the same age as you. You can still call me grandma!"
Although she said so, the old lady was still very happy.
After all, for a woman, even when she is eighty years old, she still wants others to say she is young.
"Almost seventy years old? It doesn't look like that. You look like you are fifty at most!"
While Ho Hongtu tried his best to flatter the old lady, he sent the child to his wife, and he did not forget to whisper to his wife: "Really, come and see, does this aunt look like a seventy-year-old person? "
Tian Zhenzhen lay down for a while, his brain became clearer, and he followed Ho Hongtu's words very cooperatively, pretending to be surprised and said: "Seventy? It doesn't really look like it, aunt, I see you are younger than my mother. "
"Let me tell you, aunt, you take good care of yourself. Your children and grandchildren must also be very filial!"
"Husband, you are right. If you live a comfortable life, people will live younger and younger. Auntie, I really envy you. You must be a blessed and long-lived person!"
The young couple's words to each other soon coaxed the old lady into smiling.
The old lady simply left her grandson and daughter-in-law behind and ran to Tian Zhenzhen's hospital bed, patiently instructing her on how to breastfeed and burp the child. She also taught Ho Hongtu step by step how to change and wash diapers.
"Xiao He, let me tell you, these urine rings, first put a layer of soap on them, and then scald them with boiling water. All feces, urine, etc. can be washed clean, and they will be as good as new!"
The old lady shared her experience with Stanley Ho in a low voice.
"Hey, Aunt Xu, you know better. When my daughter poops, I will try it."
After a short exchange, Stanley Ho already knew the old lady’s name, age, job before retirement, etc.
In addition, the old lady has several children and grandchildren. Her husband just died of illness two years ago. Several sons are coming to pick her up, but she does not leave, but lives alone in the old house. In these circumstances, Stanley Ho also I figured it out in the shortest possible time.
As for Tian Zhenzhen, she and her husband sang together, and their cooperation was perfect.
By the time Tian Zhenzhen had lived in the house for seven days and was about to leave the hospital with the baby in her arms, the couple had already obtained the old lady’s contact information and home address, and promised: “Auntie, when we have time, we will visit you at your home. you!"