From the delivery room to the ward, Jiang He lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling, her eyes fixed.
"Are you okay?"
Xu Qing squatted beside her and looked at her carefully. Jiang He's hair was wet with sweat and looked a little messy. He wanted to help her smooth it out, but he didn't dare to touch it.
Jiang He didn't move. After a while, she seemed to react. She shook her head slightly and said softly, "I'm okay."
After a while, she breathed a sigh of relief and her eyes finally moved. "I feel like a load has been unloaded."
"Your metaphor …" Xu Qing looked away from her face and looked along the quilt. The big belly had disappeared.
It seemed to be right.
Zhou Suzhi stayed aside. She wanted to see the baby in the nurse's arms and Jiang He, but Xu Qing was squatting there. It was not good to go there, and it was not good to go to the baby. She stood in the middle of the room and scratched her ears and cheeks.
"Don't eat for six to eight hours. Lie down and rest …"
Finally, the nurse put the two babies next to Jiang He and left. The eyes of the adults were focused on the baby.
"They are so ugly."
Jiang He pursed his lips. It took so much effort to give birth to two babies, but one was ugly and wrinkled.
"It's good that they have grown up. They are born like this. Look at their little faces, they will definitely be beautiful in the future … Eh? Which is the sister? "Zhou Suzhi looked at the two babies and was a little confused.
Looking at the baby and caring about his daughter-in-law, Jiang He soon recovered. It seemed that it was easier to give birth to twins than to give birth to a single child. The old couple was relieved and left the ward to the two of them.
Xu Qing habitually peeled an orange and wanted to give it to Jiang He, but he remembered the nurse's instructions. He turned his hand and put the orange in his mouth. Jiang He, who had already opened his mouth, was instantly angry and suspected that this guy did it on purpose.
"Hey, don't be angry. The wound will open in a while. You can't eat now."
When Xu Qing saw that Jiang He had recovered so quickly, he felt more at ease. A heroine was indeed a heroine. She was different from the modern aborigines.
He even suspected that after dinner tomorrow, Jiang He would jump out of bed energetically and beat him up.
Jiang He closed his eyes and stopped looking at him. After resting for a while, he didn't hear any movement. When he opened his eyes again, Xu Qing was already on the other side, bending over and looking at the two dolls.
"I'm a father now." Xu Qing noticed Jiang He's movements and raised his head.
"What's the big deal? I'm a mother now."
"… No, shouldn't you be cuddling with me right now?"
Xu Qing felt that this was not the right way to open it. According to his expectations, the two of them should be saying things like "You've worked hard", "I'm not tired", "I love you", "This is our child", "…" Then they should be saying things like, "You've worked hard", "I'm not tired", "I love you", "This is our child" …
But now, he felt that Jiang He was holding back his strength and waiting to beat him up as soon as he recovered.
"Finally, they're born."
Jiang He tilted his head and looked at the two cubs again.
Eh, so ugly.
The two babies came out one after the other. The daughter came out first. Jiang He felt that it was unfair. They had been in the belly together for so long.
"Why don't we wait for them to grow up and have a fight? Whoever wins will be the boss," Xu Qing said.
"Well, that's a good idea."
"… I'm just saying."
Xu Qing held Jiang He's little hand and touched it. At this time, the little hand was a little weak. It was soft and tender. It was much more fun than before.
After a while, he saw that Jiang He was a little tired. He stuffed Jiang He's hand under the quilt, tucked the corner of the quilt, and tiptoed out of the ward. He asked Zhou Suzhi to come in and rest so that when Jiang He woke up, he wouldn't be able to find her.
He ran downstairs and drove to the bookstore to buy a few books.
Previously, he had been waiting for the lottery and didn't pay much attention to the names. Now that he knew that the birth certificate was needed, he had to think of a name quickly. He was careless and suffered because he didn't have any experience.
When Jiang He woke up, she saw Xu Qing holding a thick dictionary and reading The Book of Songs.
"You're awake?"
"Yes."
Jiang He replied and lay on the bed, quietly watching him flip through the books.
The ward was quiet. There was only the occasional sound of pages turning. She could hear her own breathing.
She felt very peaceful.
Jiang He suddenly smiled and recalled the scenes of the past. This guy brought her to learn about television and computers, taught her how to play games to earn money from steamed buns, and even taught her how to read and learn.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them even had children.
She couldn't help but sigh at the wonders of fate.
"Do you have any good ideas about their names?" Xu Qing's brain was a mess. He rubbed his eyes and asked.
"Well …" Jiang He tilted his head and looked at the two human cubs. He looked up and thought for a while. "The boy's name is Xu Zhuang, and the girl's name is Xu Rou."
"…"
"What's with your expression? Doesn't it sound good? "
"I'll go out for a while."
Xu Qing didn't have any hope for her suggestion. If it was called Xu Zhuang …
Doctor: Actually, his blood pressure is just a little high …
Xu Zhuang, Xu Rou: We agree to the organ donation.
She put down the book and went outside to call the old man for help. There was strength in numbers. It was easier to think of a suitable name together than blindly flipping through the books here.
Xu Wenbin agreed indifferently. This made Xu Qing anxious. The old man seemed to be unreliable.
Back in the ward, Jiang He was using her fingers to play with the child's small hand. The palm was small, and one of her fingers seemed very long. Hearing Xu Qing enter the door, Jiang He instantly withdrew her hand and returned to lying down and looking up at the ceiling.
"Why is your child playing so sneakily? Aren't children born to play?"
Xu Qing felt like he had seen a ghost. Jiang He's dog was sneaky as if he was doing something terrible. What's wrong with him?
Jiang He glanced at him and didn't say anything. Just now he thought the child was ugly, and now he was playing with it. Did he not want the face of a heroine?
Seeing Jiang He's awkward look, Xu Qing was confused. He shook his head and sat down to flip through the book.
The first difficult thing after becoming a father is to name the child.
…
The next day, Xu Wenbin brought a piece of paper and handed it to Xu Qing lightly. There were more than a dozen names on it.
Looking at his tired face, Xu Qing was almost moved to tears. "Dad, did you stay up all night to think of this?"
"No, I just casually flipped through the book. This … I've helped others before, so I have experience." Xu Wenbin seemed to say that this was a trivial matter. He waved his hand and said, "Just a few points, avoid rare words, avoid homophonic sounds, avoid a unified structure, like your name, one left and one up and one down. This way, it is not standard and will not be separated."
After a pause, he coughed softly and continued, "See if there is any suitable one. If not, I will help you think about it."
"I will study it with Jiang He. It's okay. We can make it tomorrow."
Xu Qing held the baby, and Zhou Suzhi was still muttering something about the eight characters. However, neither of them believed in that thing. Jiang He didn't believe it even more than they did.
On the second day after giving birth, Jiang He was able to walk. On the third day, he finished the discharge procedures and went home.
Although Jiang He was still a little weak, compared to when she was pregnant with two babies, she felt light all over. She felt like she could fly.
Looking at her spirited eyes and slightly pale lips, Xu Qing hesitated for a moment and then tried to persuade her to lie in bed and wait for her confinement.
"I don't think it's necessary. I'm in good condition now." Jiang He clenched her fists and felt that she had come back to life after giving birth. She no longer had to carry dozens of kilograms of burden.
"But won't it leave a root cause of illness if you don't rest?"
Xu Qing had heard of all kinds of old illnesses left in the confinement period, such as migraines and knee pain. He did not dare to be careless and searched for information everywhere to try to persuade Jiang He.
Now Jiang He was not the same as before. She used to believe whatever he said. Now, sometimes he had to come up with practical evidence to persuade her.
He didn't know whether it was good or bad to teach her to be smart. It would save him trouble to be as stupid as before.
"Some people say that foreign devils don't need to rest after giving birth. Our body structure should not be much different from theirs, but our physique is different. Then many people say that we must take care of it. If we don't take care of it, our body will be deficient. Chinese medicine theory blah blah …"
Xu Qing had a headache. He turned his face and said, "No matter what, you have two big lumps of flesh on your body. You still have to take care of them, right?"
"Come here and see how much my strength has dropped." Jiang He lowered his head and brushed the ends of his hair on the baby's hand to tease them.
"… Forget it."
After giving birth, Xu Qing really didn't want to fight with her, even if he did, he would be beaten up unilaterally.
The two human babies were lying on the bed, their eyes rolling. White Gourd stood outside the door and looked in curiously.
It seemed to see two more members in this family.
Zhou Suzhi ran over more frequently.
"Look at other people who know that they have to take care of their daughter-in-law during the confinement period, they can't wait to run away. Like the Lu family …"
"Mom, I can actually take care of her."
Xu Qing couldn't help but say. Every time Zhou Suzhi came over, Jiang He would lie on the bed and pretend so that she wouldn't nag. He was tired just looking at her, and the two of them couldn't reject her good intentions.
If she told them that Jiang He was a martial arts practitioner and didn't need to go through confinement period, and could now use two sets of swords, Zhou Suzhi would probably be anxious.
"This Qi-nourishing soup …"
"This lactation soup …"
"Mom, this really isn't necessary," Xu Qing said.
Jiang He looked at Xu Qing eagerly. In the end, no matter what soup it was, most of it went into Xu Qing's stomach.
Xu Qing almost felt depressed.
He was still worried that one day he would really be stimulated by the lactation soup. After taking a shower every two days, he would look at himself in the mirror to see if he had grown bigger.
After being busy for more than half a month, there was good news from Qin Hao that he had a daughter.
When the two met, Qin Hao was surprised that Xu Qing seemed to have put on a lot of weight after being a father.
"Can your mother-in-law cook soup?" Xu Qing asked him.
"I don't know … Is my daughter good-looking?" Qin Hao was happy and still immersed in the happiness of being a father.
Compared with Qin Hao's high-spirited and vigorous spirit, Xu Qing had been ravaged and tired.
"Not as good-looking as my daughter. My daughter has a lot of hair."
"Nonsense, your family is almost a month earlier than mine."
"What name did you give her?"
"Qin Xiao!"
…
"Qin Xiao!"
Qin Maocai straightened his back and looked very proud.
And this was in front of Xu Wenbin. If he were to be in front of others, he would be even more arrogant.
"A boy?"
"A girl!"
"It sounds like a boy." Xu Wenbin felt that the name was very masculine.
"Androgynous and heroic. In the future, she will definitely grow up to be as tall and thin as me."
"You can have a rest."
Xu Wenbin tilted his head and waved away the smoke that Qin Maocai spewed with his palm.
"What if she looks like you?"
"Why can't she look like me? A girl is tall and thin. What's wrong with that? "
Now that the two grandfathers were together, they were full of energy.
"What's the name of your family?" Qin Maocai asked.
"Which one are you asking?"
"…"
"Damn it, he definitely did it on purpose!"
Qin Maocai was so angry that smoke came out of his nostrils. He tilted his head and didn't want to ask.
In addition to taking care of Jiang He, Zhou Suzhi was also busy exchanging experiences with her friends every day and learning from them. Those who were not very familiar with her now liked to get close to her, saying that they wanted to get a boy and a girl.
…
In May, the weather was getting hot.
Jiang He recovered very well after giving birth, but Xu Qing had been holding back and didn't move for fear that something would happen. He didn't touch for three months after giving birth.
Jiang He didn't want him to touch even if he wanted to.
Just as Zhou Suzhi said, the baby was wrinkled because he was still young. Now his eyes were black and bright, and they were rolling around, which made people like him.
He used Jiang He's idea of a nickname, Xiaorou, Xiaozhuang …
Xu Qing thought it was quite nice.
He tidied up the flowers on the balcony. In the living room, the two human babies were lying together, playing with their little hands. Xiaorou's hand brushed across her brother's face, and Xiaozhuang started crying.
"Oh, don't cry, don't cry …" Xu Qing quickly washed his hands and wiped them on his body. He ran over, picked up Xiaozhuang, and shook him. When he looked down, Xiaorou, who had just hit her brother until he cried, was kicking her little feet.
She was only two months old, but Xu Qing felt that she did it on purpose.
"Xiaozhuang, don't cry …"
"Why are you crying again?" Jiang He walked in from outside. She was wearing a white dress with a beautiful belt. Her hair was tied up nicely, and she didn't look like a mother who had just given birth to two babies at all.
Gong Ping, who was wearing a dark short skirt, followed behind. She came over to look at the baby with interest.
"Xiaorou hit him." Xu Qing pointed at the culprit, who was still lying there, kicking her legs.
Compared to her little brother, this sister seemed to have ADHD. Xiaozhuang usually just ate and slept, and slept and ate, lying there quietly. Xiaorou, on the other hand, was not quiet at all, and often moved around.
"Auntie, hug …"
Gong Ping hugged Xiaorou. This child was not afraid of strangers, and her black eyes glanced at Jiang He.
When Jiang He came back, Xu Qing was free. He handed the baby over to Jiang He, and he sat in front of the computer, busy with his work.
He was exhausted to be half a full-time husband, and he couldn't imagine being a full-time husband.
"You guys still have a cat after giving birth?" Gong Ping saw White Gourd's figure on the windowsill.
"Why can't we keep a cat after giving birth?"
"Cat …"
Gong Ping's expression was complicated. She didn't know what to say. Wasn't it afraid of scratching the child?
"White Gourd is very smart. It never goes near the two children, for fear that they will cry and be the scapegoat."
Jiang He carried Xiaozhuang and walked two steps to the windowsill. White Gourd jumped down from the windowsill and onto the balcony.
"Look."
"…"
"Actually, cats are like this. They respect the old and love the young," Xu Qing said casually.
At first, they were worried that White Gourd would go near the child. Later, they slowly realized that whenever they took the child out, White Gourd would never go near. Every time it passed, it would walk away. If the door was open, it would occasionally look inside from the door.
If they put the child in the living room, when they were there, White Gourd would disappear. When they went out to the balcony, White Gourd would watch from afar. When they cried, it would also meow outside, as if it had become a parent.
Xu Qing studied it for a long time, and finally felt that this thing should have become a spirit.
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