amaotonovel Chapter 266 Freshmen
Chapter 266 Freshmen
Wen Qing decorated the room and put an ad in the newspaper for a nanny. The requirements were that the candidate must be Chinese and able to cook. Three people called to sign up. After the interviews, Wen Qing chose a woman in her thirties named Xiao Mingyi. She came here to study with her husband and did not have a work permit, so she could only occasionally find a job to earn some money to supplement the family income.
Xiao Mingyi quickly arranged her family affairs and came to Wen Qing. Wen Qing told her that she could go home at night now, but she might have to live here after the child was born. Xiao Mingyi nodded in agreement. Her husband was at school most of the time, and she just cooked and cleaned at home, and there was not much to do.
She first helped Wen Qing disinfect the things that the baby would use, and then accompanied Wen Qing to the hospital for a prenatal check-up, figuring out the process of hospitalization for delivery to avoid being in a rush. In addition, Wen Qing was older and had physical problems, so all the housework was left to Xiao Mingyi.
During their contact, Wen Qing gradually learned that Xiao Mingyi and her husband were also educated youth who went to the countryside. They met and got married in the countryside and had two children. Later, when the college entrance examination was resumed, her husband was admitted to university, and she followed him back to the city.
After her husband graduated from university, he was given the opportunity to study abroad on a government scholarship because of his excellent grades, so she followed him abroad. Her two children are now staying at their grandparents' home. One is 12 and the other is 10 years old, and both are in elementary school. Her parents are old and have retired, so she has to send money back to raise the children.
Her husband was sent abroad to study by the government. The school provided some subsidies, and she tried hard to get a scholarship every semester, but the money was only enough for the couple to live on, so she had to do odd jobs from time to time.
The average salary in Davis Town is around 2000 yuan. Wen Qing gives her 2500 yuan a month, and Xiao Mingyi is very satisfied.
Seeing that her English was not very good, Wen Qing started to train her in some daily spoken English and also taught her the spoken English to be used in the hospital so that she could communicate with doctors and nurses during delivery.
Although Yang Jiesheng said he would come before she gave birth, Wen Qing had to make all the necessary arrangements.
Old Mrs. Yang did not return to Hong Kong City. She lived in Boston and Georgia for two or three months each. She came to Davis again in early September. By then, Wen Qing's belly was already very big. She couldn't see her toes when she stood, and it was inconvenient to drive. Xiao Mingyi couldn't drive, so the old lady had to take a taxi after getting off the plane in San Francisco.
Wen Qing was very happy about the arrival of Yang's mother and hurried to arrange a room for her. Yang's mother's legs and feet were not very good, so Wen Qing arranged her in the bedroom on the first floor. Looking at the roses in the Republic of China-era pink and white plum blossom square vase on the table in the room, the bed was covered with pink and white sheets with small floral patterns, and outside the window was a lush osmanthus tree. The rich fragrance of osmanthus filled the room, and Mrs. Yang became even more satisfied with her daughter-in-law.
The three women were either cooking at home or going out for a walk, or occasionally going to the supermarket to buy things. Wen Qing did not give up practicing during her pregnancy. Although she could not meditate, she still entered the space every night and practiced quietly in the small bamboo building for a few hours. She felt that her internal breath also entered the fetus's body and then returned to her own body. This feeling of blood and flesh connection and breath connection allowed her to feel the child's emotions at all times, feeling that it was sometimes sleeping soundly and sometimes lively.
Wen Qing would talk to the child or play music for it when the child was awake, and she could always feel the child's excitement.
The signal of delivery came very suddenly. In the morning, she was folding clothes when she suddenly felt her abdomen tighten and a warm liquid flowed out. Her waist was sore and swollen. She hurriedly told Xiao Mingyi and Yang's mother, "It seems that my water has broken. I may be giving birth. Let's go to the hospital immediately."
Xiao Mingyi immediately called the taxi company and went to pack up their prepared things. More than ten minutes later, a taxi stopped at the door and took them to the hospital.
Wen Qing calculated in her mind that the due date was moved up by four days, but it was normal to give birth a few days earlier or later, so she was not too anxious. She arrived at the hospital and quickly completed the formalities. Wen Qing was already in great pain and felt something falling in her abdomen. When she was pushed into the delivery room, she saw that Yang's mother was sweating profusely with anxiety. Wen Qing still assured her that nothing would happen.
Two hours later, Wen Qing gave birth to a boy. When she was pushed into the ward, Yang's mother held the child and said with a smile, "Ah Wen, I called Jason, but couldn't find him. However, I contacted their Pingjing and Songjiang branches, and they said he had asked for leave and might be on the way."
It was really inconvenient in the days without mobile phones.
The baby weighed 3.4 kilograms when it was born. Mother Yang held the baby wrapped in a blue and white cotton blanket and looked at the baby's wrinkled face. There were some white spots on the pink face. She was a little worried and asked the nurse, who said it was the amniotic membrane and she didn't need to wash it vigorously because it would fall off in two days.
The newborn baby is very sensitive to temperature changes and is always a little irritable when placed in the crib, but he sleeps very soundly in Yang's mother's arms. Yang's mother said with surprise: "Awen, he knows I am his grandmother. You see, he is not afraid of strangers at all."
Wen Qing was lying on the hospital bed. Although she was giving birth very quickly, she still felt very tired. She looked at them with a smile. Xiao Mingyi prepared some milk for Wen Qing and handed it to her, saying, "Xiao Qing, there is no wormwood or grapefruit peel here. Otherwise, you can drink some. It will be good for removing lochia."
This is a custom in Xiao Mingyi's hometown. She doesn't know whether it is scientific or not. She is busy going home to stew pig's trotters, which are for postpartum women to eat to stimulate milk production.
Mother Yang placed the sleeping baby in the crib, carefully covered him with a thin blanket, and sat by to watch. Unconsciously, a smile crept onto her cheeks. She had always been worried about her youngest son, but now that he was married and had children, and his life was getting better and better, she felt relieved.
When Xiao Mingyi came back, she brought Yang Jiesheng with her. Yang Jiesheng had just returned home from San Francisco by taxi. Seeing no one at home, he thought Wen Qing and the others had gone out for a walk. It was only when Xiao Mingyi told him that Wen Qing had given birth that he realized that he had immediately wanted to go to the hospital.
The pig's trotter soup was already prepared and kept in the refrigerator. They just needed to be taken out and heated up. Xiao Mingyi asked him to wait until the soup was ready before going together. Yang Jiesheng had been asking about Wen Qing's delivery process. He felt relieved when he learned that mother and child were safe. He went to take a shower and change clothes. After all, he had been on a flight for more than ten hours and needed to take care of himself.
In the United States, women like Wen Qing who give birth naturally usually only stay in the hospital for one or two days, so they didn't bring a lot of things to the hospital. Fortunately, the hospital was not far from home, so it was convenient to go back and get things.
Yang Jiesheng looked at the sleeping child in the crib and wanted to pick him up. His mother patted his hands and asked, "Have you taken a shower and changed your clothes? Don't pass the germs to the child."
Yang Jiesheng said, "Mom, I took a shower and changed my clothes when I got home."
"Awen is asleep, and the child is fine, too. You can rest assured now. You didn't get enough rest along the way, so why don't you go back and have some rest, and come back in the evening."