sbdcsierra Chapter 107 Production
Chapter 107 Production
In the warm spring of March, Qin Huairu, who was waiting at home to give birth, went into labor as scheduled.
Jia Dongjin was already on high alert. He quickly pushed the borrowed cart onto the cart, and Qin Jingru laid out a mattress on it. Jia Zhangshi, carrying the prepared baby-giving supplies, escorted Qin Huairu to the hospital.
Qin Huairu was very helpful; Jia Dongjin had just finished his third cigarette in the corridor when his eldest daughter was born.
"My daughter is wonderful, my daughter is wonderful! I've always wanted a daughter, Huai Ru, you've done a great job. Mom, I'm going home to get some chicken soup, then I'll come back and take your place."
Seeing that Jia Zhangshi had a long face and seemed to want to say that Banggeng needed brothers, Jia Dongjin spoke first, silencing Jia Zhangshi.
He carefully wheeled the mother and daughter out of the delivery room and into the ward.
After opening the prepared package and settling his wife and daughter in, Jia Dongjin hurried back to the courtyard to fetch the chicken soup that Qin Jingru had stewed.
As Jia Dongjin approached the hospital gate, he ran into his neighbor Ma Quansheng, who was covered in sweat. He and a hunchback were pushing Zhang Qin in a cart, rushing to the hospital to give birth.
Both were anxious, so they nodded in understanding and went about their own business. It wasn't until Jia Dongjin returned to the courtyard that he learned the whole story from Qin Jingru.
Premature birth?!
Jia Dongjin's mouth was agape, and he was speechless for a moment.
As soon as Qin Huairu went into labor in the courtyard, the Jia family rushed her to the hospital. Zhang Qin, who lived diagonally opposite, was immediately alarmed. Among the neighbors, Yang Ruihua was experienced. Upon seeing Zhang Qin's condition, she urged Ma Quansheng to take his wife to the hospital.
As fate would have it, the only family with an unused cart near the courtyard was Grandpa Hou in the neighboring courtyard. The Jia family had already moved their cart away, and there was no 120 emergency number at the moment. Ma Quansheng was frantic, while Zhang Qin was screaming in pain inside the house. The situation was chaotic.
People who were at work hadn't gone home yet, and the courtyard was full of elderly, weak, women, and children who couldn't help. In the end, it was Aunt Yang Ruihua from the original third aunt who came in a big way. She helped the Jia family take care of the children and had Qin Jingru ride her bicycle to find a place to stay a little further away, which saved the day.
Fortunately, Zhang Qin was very lucky. Although she was brought to the hospital a little late, she struggled in the delivery room all night and finally gave birth to two sons safely.
Giving birth is very physically demanding. After drinking the chicken soup, Qin Huairu slept soundly through the night. The next morning, the two women who had given birth in the courtyard met in the ward. At noon, the two grandmothers appeared in the ward at almost the same time.
Jia Zhangshi arrived earlier, while Zhang Qin's mother arrived a little later with chicken soup. The two knew each other, and the atmosphere in the ward became somewhat awkward.
Zhang Qin gave birth to two sons, and Zhang's mother has a strong presence.
I don't know what this old lady was thinking. She kept checking on her grandson's chicks, and after checking the eldest, she looked at the second one. Her eyes kept glancing towards the Jia family. This made Jia Zhangshi's face turn green and then white, then white and then green again.
"Mom, let's name the baby."
Speechless, Jia Dongjin could only bring up a new topic to divert Jia Zhangshi's attention.
Madam Jia Zhang looked annoyed and snorted coldly, "It's just a little girl, you can name her yourselves."
Qin Huairu lowered her head and remained silent. Seeing that things weren't going well, Jia Dongjin quickly smiled and said, "Huairu, I've already thought of it. Our daughter is so beautiful, so her formal name will be Jia Xinyi. Xinyi means praise and joy. You can choose her nickname."
A newborn baby looks like a monkey, how can you tell if it's beautiful? The man was considerate, so Qin Huairu didn't argue with her mother-in-law. She had to always protect the man's image, especially in front of outsiders. Besides, Qin Huairu always had a sense of fear towards Jia Zhangshi.
Qin Huairu thought for a moment, then looked at the locust tree outside the window and said, "The locust flowers will be in bloom soon. I've loved locust flowers since I was little, so let's call each other Locust Flower as our nickname."
"Locust flowers!"
Jia Dongjin was struck dumb and couldn't help but shout out.
He specially named his child, but unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, his daughter was still called Huaihua. While marveling at the powerful plot, Jia Dongjin felt a chill run down his spine.
In the original drama, Jia Dongxu died before Huaihua was born, and now it's Jia Dongjin's turn to be in danger!
In an instant, Jia Dongjin made a decision: from now on, he must slack off more and never get involved in dangerous things again. It wasn't that he didn't want to work hard, but that he was forced by the danger to his life!
Even if we take a step back and assume he doesn't want to die young, leaving behind his wife and children to be bullied by others.
"Dongjin, if you don't like it, just pick another one. I'll listen to you." The man's behavior was unusual, and Qin Huairu thought that Jia Dongjin disliked locust flowers because they were unlucky, so she quickly said that she would follow the man's arrangements.
"Huaihua is a good name! Huairu, you carried her for ten months and gave birth to this child with great difficulty. You have the right to give her any name you want."
In fact, Qin Huairu's guess was correct, but in order to comfort Qin Huairu, Jia Dongjin could only put on a righteous front.
As a man, he had fears about the future, but he wasn't afraid. When a person dies, the bird flies to the sky. Jia Dongjin had lived two lives, so what was there to be afraid of?
Madam Jia pursed her lips. She still held onto her old-fashioned, patriarchal mindset. She couldn't understand why Jia Dongjin liked girls, nor could she comprehend how, fifty years later, women would reign supreme while men would cower in fear.
Nowadays, women usually go home the day after giving birth to save on hospitalization costs. Jia Dongjin values his wife and children's health more, so he naturally wouldn't skimp on that.
Zhang Qinsheng's twins suffered greatly, and the doctor suggested that they stay in the hospital for three days and go home after they were all better. After discussing it, Jia Dongjin and Ma Quansheng decided to have both of them discharged at the same time.
Since the two families were in the same hospital room, they inevitably came into contact with each other. Before long, the two old ladies started arguing again.
Qin Huairu was in good health and had milk right after giving birth to Huaihua. Zhang Qin, however, was a bit lacking. It was her first pregnancy, and her milk just wouldn't come in. Her two sons went hungry for two days, which made Zhang's mother and Ma Quansheng very anxious. Formula milk was a scarce resource, and the hospital couldn't do anything about it, so they could only make do with formula milk substitutes.
Milk substitute powder, also known as infant formula, was a food product used to replace or supplement breast milk or fresh milk for feeding infants and young children when milk and milk powder were in extremely short supply at the time.
Milk substitutes are made from simple ingredients, mainly cheap grains such as soybeans and rice. They lack the vitamins, minerals, and key nutrients such as DHA found in modern milk powder. Although the taste is acceptable, the nutrition is insufficient. While the taste is not bad, it is vastly different from milk. Long-term consumption may lead to malnutrition.
Suddenly, Ma Quansheng's eyes lit up when he saw a can of milk powder that the Jia family had brought.
There was only one can of milk powder, which was a reward given by Li Huaide for emergency use. Not only did Jia Zhangshi disagree, but Jia Dongjin and Qin Huairu were also unwilling. This stuff was simply unavailable; it wasn't a matter of money.
These kinds of disputes between neighbors are the most troublesome. Selling is out of the question, so in the end Qin Huairu could only help with breastfeeding, which temporarily solved the Ma family's problem.
Then came the various necessities for the new mother. Zhang's mother came at the last minute, and Ma Quansheng's family had no elderly members and was severely lacking in experience. The things he brought were incomplete, missing this and that. Going out to buy them was not worthwhile and there was no time to do so. In the end, Ma Quansheng had to step in and borrow them.
Each time Zhang's mother borrowed an item from the Jia family, her arrogance diminished, until finally she had to put on a smiling face towards Jia Zhangshi.
Thus, Jia Zhangshi's mood brightened after she moved back to her original position, and she began to show the locust flowers the affection they deserved.
"It's nothing, my Xiaoqin is lucky, she gave birth to twins, haha!"
When the two families returned to the courtyard house, Zhang's mother's aura intensified once again, and Jia Zhangshi's face turned pale and uncertain again.
Everyone went to the Ma family to see the rare sight, but almost no one paid any attention to the locust flowers. Only Aunt Wang from the backyard and Yang Ruihua from the frontyard came to see them, and the gifts they received were far less generous than those from the Ma family.
He Yushui was at least somewhat conscientious; she stayed the longest, but unfortunately, she was dirt poor and could only scrape together an egg from her home.
It's only natural to be curious about twins. Even though Jia Dongjin was very unhappy, he couldn't say anything. Unable to vent his frustration, he could only do his best to serve Qin Huairu and Huaihua.
He approached Lao Cai and ordered a rocking bed he had seen in his previous life. Lao Cai was delighted with the design and, as usual, gave him a low price.
In terms of food, Jia Dongjin also ran around doing errands, his meticulous care making Jia Zhangshi feel frustrated, but finally relieving Qin Huairu's depression.
After completing her postpartum confinement, Qin Huairu regained her vitality and radiance.
Zhang Qin won in appearances, but lost in substance.
Ma Quansheng is bookish and grows rapidly in technical skills, but he is not good at socializing. His connections are far less extensive than Jia Dongjin's, and even with his father-in-law's support, his influence is limited.
Zhang Qin has to feed two children, which is twice as heavy a burden as Qin Huairu's, but she doesn't eat as well as Qin Huairu.
In terms of service, they were utterly defeated. The three members of the Jia family—Jia Zhangshi, Jia Dongjin, and Qin Jingru—served one person. Zhang's mother was barely acceptable, and even the scholar Ma Quansheng, who tried his best, could not compare to Jia Dongjin.
As a result, the two children caused Zhang Qin a lot of trouble. Zhang Qin was already short-tempered, and her constant anxiety eventually led to disaster, as her breast milk supply began to decrease!
Seeing that his twin sons were about to go hungry, Ma Qianbu, who had been happy for just a few days, squatted on the doorstep with his head in his hands. This time, he didn't even feel like smoking. He was so worried that he felt like he had no will to live.
"Oh dear, this is going to kill me!"