Zhang Yuejin was growing impatient outside, seeing his mother emerge, he hurriedly asked, "How’s Jiaojiao? Has she given birth yet? She screams so horribly, she must be in unbearable pain!"
Mother Yuejin felt a sourness in her heart, even sourer than wild hawthorn berries.
His son of over twenty years, who was so caring and considerate towards his wife, what about her? He didn’t treat her nearly as well as he did his wife. Now, does she even exist in his eyes anymore?
"Childbirth can’t be that fast? You wait outside!" Yuejin’s mother turned and headed to the kitchen.
Zhang Yuejin was taken aback, looking at his mother’s retreating figure he said, "Didn’t you say before that giving birth was as quick as taking a dump or farting? Why when it comes to Jiaojiao giving birth, you say it’s still too early? Who takes that long to poop or fart, screaming in pain the whole time?"
Zhang Yuejin’s house was also made of mud bricks and a thatched roof, basically completely non-soundproof.
Feng Qingxue, in her room, heard their mother-son exchange and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
"This child!" Miao Fengqin evidently heard too, turning her head she prodded her daughter, "Just after eating, don’t lie down. It’s a long way before you give birth, get up and move around, it’ll come out faster."
Wang Jiao was reluctant, Miao Fengqin had to forcibly pull her up, leaving her panting for breath.
It couldn’t be helped, Wang Jiao was simply too fat.
Her fetal position was correct, and her baby’s heartbeat very healthy, but her birth canal was slow to open. It wasn’t until after seven in the evening that a baby boy was born, weighing five pounds and two ounces, after a series of pig-slaughtering like screams.
Wang Jiao lay panting heavily on the straw mat, the pain after childbirth was much better than during labor.
Miao Fengqin weighed her grandson and immediately scolded, "Look at you, look at you, you yourself gained forty to fifty pounds, my poor grandson only five pounds, two ounces, a whole two-pound lighter than Xibao, two pounds! What have you been feeding him? He’s so skinny, it’s pitiful. Qingxue didn’t gain a pound, all her nourishment went to Xibao, but you, all your nutrition went to your own body!"
Wang Jiao rolled her eyes, "Why blame me? He was hiding in my stomach, I couldn’t pull him out and force food into his mouth, blame himself for not growing bigger. How did Xibao manage to get so fat then?"
Miao Fengqin was speechless at her retort.
Mother Yuejin held her grandson, her mouth filled with smiles, "In-law, don’t worry, later have Yuejin bring some supplements for Jiaojiao to eat, if her milk is plentiful, the child will gain weight during the first month. I remember, after Xiaoxue came out of her postpartum period, Xibao had gained three pounds."
"I am grateful for your support in taking care of my daughter."
"No problem, no problem." Having a grandson makes everything good, after all, the one who sacrifices the most is her son.
After Feng Qingxue finished clearing up the placenta and bloody water for Wang Jiao, she bid them farewell. Everyone in the Zhang family was cheerful with the addition of a baby boy. Zhang Yuejin, holding his son, was grinning ear to ear. Yuejin’s mother even gave her half a basket of eggs, "You didn’t eat much tonight, have Yuejin take you home, and take the eggs back to replenish yourself and Xibao."
"Mum, we have hens at home, we have eggs for Xibao. Leave these for my cousin to nourish herself during the first month after childbirth. You know my cousin’s appetite, she always eats well." Feng Qingxue noticed Lu Jiang waiting at the door, "My husband Ajiang is here to pick me up, there’s no need for my cousin to send me."
Thinking of Wang Jiao’s appetite, Mother Yuejin was also a bit afraid, "Then I’ll scoop you a bucket of white flour!"
"No need, no need, why be polite among family? We’ve not held back from taking advantage of my cousin in the past!"
Feng Qingxue waved her hand, quickly stepped out the door, "Ajiang, have you been waiting a long time? Who’s watching Xibao?"
Lu Jiang took her medical kit, shone the flashlight onto the path for her, "Xibao’s already asleep, I asked Tianjun to watch him for a while, we’ll call Tianjun back to his room to sleep when we get home, watch your steps, here, let me help you."