The story of a cook

Chapter 380 Temporary Change
Lin Yan's due date is still a week away. Lin Yan called me angrily and told me that she could not confine herself at her natal home because Zhihao's wife gave birth in July. Yes, it’s not good for a married girl to confine herself to her mother’s family. In addition, she will have a baby soon, and there will be no one to serve her at that time. If the mother-in-law has to serve her daughter and daughter-in-law, who will serve her?

The mother-in-law was afraid that her daughter-in-law would be angry and told Lin Yan that she could not stay in confinement at her mother's house, and she would have to take care of her daughter-in-law.

The fact that Lin Yan gave birth to confinement in her natal family was completely shattered and she was very angry.

I persuaded Lin Yan on the phone: "It's okay, my wife. It's too late to go back to Beipiao to give birth. Let's go back to the provincial capital after giving birth. My husband will take care of your confinement at home. I promise to take good care of you."

"I'm so pissed off, I agreed to give birth at home, but now I'm not asked to give birth at home." Lin Yan said.

"Wife, don't be angry. Why do you have a husband? It's okay. We'll come back after giving birth in the hospital. I'll take care of you at home." I said.

"So when are you coming?" she asked.

"I'll make a single bed so that you and the child can sleep in a big bed, and I'll sleep in a small bed." I said, "I'll tidy up the house and we'll be there in two days."

"No, you can come over in the first two days after the birth, I'm angry just looking at them now." Lin Yan said: "If you don't let me give birth at home, I won't fart. I'm just saying now that the hospital has been booked here." , The inspections are all done here, my mother is afraid of her daughter-in-law, she is afraid that she will get angry, and dare not offend her, Zhihao is also a dead thing, so what the daughter-in-law says is what."

"We'll be fine when we come back. There's no reason to be angry." I said, and then asked, "Haven't Zhihao and his wife come back yet?"

Lin Yan said: "No, I haven't been back since the New Year's Eve. In BJ, they said they would come back next month and they didn't ask me to stay at home."

I said, "Don't be angry, we'll be back after giving birth."

She said: "Well, I'm not angry anymore, I'm afraid I will anger the child."

After comforting Lin Yan for a few words, I hung up the phone. After hanging up, I was very angry.The one who agreed to stay in confinement at her mother's house is now not allowed. The daughter-in-law said the same thing as the imperial decree, and she shouldn't have given Zhihao money to call her daughter-in-law.

Don't let me confine myself in my mother's house, I can arrange to have a baby in Beipiao.How good it is to be born at home, the mother can take care of Lin Yan, and the sisters can also take care of Lin Yan, and they take care of them very well.It is impossible to go back to Beipiao now, so I can only go back to the provincial capital directly after giving birth in Fuzhong Maternal and Children's Hospital.

Angry is angry, but business has to be done.I went out and bought a single bed and put it in place. It was already very crowded, so the hut made it even more crowded by adding a single bed.No matter what you say, you have to buy a big house, and you must not buy a house. This time, you have to tell Lin Yan that you can no longer take care of your family, and you have to save money to buy a house.The Gu family is almost too concerned.What Zhihao's wife did this time made me very sad, and she didn't do it.

I asked my neighbor's sister-in-law, Li Ge, how to serve the confinement. The sister-in-law said that she would be confinement and would not serve the confinement. It weighed only a few catties, so she didn't dare to wash it, it was all washed by the old lady.But he still told me a lot, saying that the milk powder should be prepared in advance, the milk bottle should be sterilized with boiling water once, four meals a day must be cooked, eggs must be included in every meal, diapers must be washed frequently, sleep less, don’t worry about it. Tell the child to be hungry and so on.I said a lot and I didn't remember much, so I told her to let her guide me on the spot when Lin Yan came back after giving birth.

I told Brother Li that my sister and the others would come over after the child was born, and that the family of three would be asked to stay at his mother's house for a few days, and the house would be vacated for the older sisters to live in.Brother Li readily agreed, saying that he can live anywhere, even for a few days.

What a blessing to have such good neighbors.

After tidying up everything, it took a whole day, and in the evening, I came out of the house and stood outside to smoke. I was angry and didn't want to eat, I just wanted to drink.

The female owner of the massage room diagonally opposite and the fellow who gave me the massage that day probably came back from eating outside. When I saw me standing outside and greeted me, I smiled and nodded at them.

The fellow came over and asked me: "I see you are not happy, what happened?"

I said, "It's nothing, it's normal."

"The other day you said that your daughter-in-law was about to give birth, so it's just a few days?" she asked.

"Just a few days." I said.

"Then why don't you go to your old man's house? Stay at home. Your wife needs you most at this time." She said.

I said, "Tomorrow."

"Go and stay with your daughter-in-law. I've met your daughter-in-law, she's pretty good." She said.

I smile.

"Your wife won't come back until the full moon after giving birth?" she asked.

It really is a pot that cannot be opened without mentioning.

I said, "No, confinement at home, and come back after giving birth in the hospital."

"What? Didn't you say you were confinement at your old man's house? Why are you back?" she asked.

"It's not good for a girl to confine herself in her mother's house." I said.

"Who said that? It's nonsense. I was confinement at my mother's house. People say that confinement at my mother's house is good." She said, and then said: "As long as they pay attention to the middle-aged, they don't ask the girl to sit at my mother's house." Confinement, we in Beipiao don’t have that talk, we can be anywhere, as long as the child is well.”

I said: "One place has one thing to pay attention to."

"When your wife comes back, I will help you take care of the children, and I will take care of the children." She said enthusiastically.

"Thank you, I really have to trouble you then." I said.

"What's the trouble, folks," she said.

Beipiao women are good, warm and kind, and it is right to marry a Beipiao woman as a daughter-in-law.

After preparing everything that should be prepared at home, I came to my mother-in-law's house.

I was very happy to see Lin Yan. She greeted me at the gate with a big belly and a happy expression on her face.

"Don't move around, why don't you lie down in the room." I blamed a little.

She smiled and said, "You can't lie down all the time, exercise is good, you don't know anything."

He touched her big belly, which was round, and inside was a little life that was about to come to this world.At this moment, nothing is important, and she is not angry anymore. As long as Lin Yan gives birth to the child smoothly, the mother and child will be safe.

My mother-in-law was pushing pig manure out the gate, and I went over and said, "Mom, let me do it."

The mother-in-law said, "No need, Mai Tai, the last car is here, you and Lin Yan can go inside."

After the mother-in-law finished speaking, she pushed the pig manure truck out of the gate, and Lin Yan and I entered the house.

There were a few apples on the kang, and I asked Lin Yan, "Do you still eat apples now?"

"I haven't eaten much in the past two days. I want to eat burritos. My mother said that I will make them for me tomorrow." Lin Yan said.

I said, "The day after tomorrow is the due date, let's go to the hospital tomorrow."

"No, my mother and I just came back from the hospital before you came. The doctor said we can go the day after tomorrow. It's useless to go early. You don't need to go to the hospital if you don't have a minor illness. Just go when you have a minor illness." Lin Yan explain.

"It's safer in the hospital, what if you give birth at home?" I said.

"How can it be so fast to have a baby? People say that if you have a minor illness, you will have a stomachache for several hours, and some can last a whole day." She said.

I said, "That's safer in the hospital."

She said: "No need, let's go the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is May [-]st. I hope our child can be born on May [-]st. It would be great to be born on Labor Day. The birthday is easy to remember. People all over the country will celebrate birthdays in the future."

I smiled and said to her: "You are not afraid that our children will suffer."

She smiled and asked me, "Have you brought everything I asked you to bring?"

I said, "I brought them all."

She said: "Actually, you don't have to bring it, my mother has prepared it for me."

Lin Yan asked me to bring two small clothes for the child. The small clothes have already been bought.He also asked me to bring a bag of milk powder, saying that the baby should drink it after birth, because it is impossible for a baby to have breast milk immediately after giving birth.

Lin Yan is ready for other things at her mother-in-law's house, such as blankets, quilts, leggings, diapers, etc., are all ready.I also prepared a stroller for my child at home. Although it is not needed for the newborn, I prepare it first.

"Have you bought eggs at home?" Lin Yan asked me.

"I bought it, and I also bought millet." I said.

"I bought all the millet, did you buy the brown sugar?" she asked.

"I bought it." I said.

"It's all ready."

"It's almost ready."

"Did you drink at home these two days?" The interrogation began.

"No, I was busy at home and didn't drink." I said.

"You still don't drink?" She obviously didn't believe it.

I smiled and betrayed myself in the smile.

My mother-in-law came into the house and said to me: "See, I have served Lin Yan well."

I said, "Very good, much better than what I served."

The mother-in-law said: "You don't have time to take care of her when you go to work. How can I take care of her every day and eat ready-made meals here?"

Lin Yan said: "Old lady, I was the one who cooked for you before. You have just cooked for me for a few days, and I wash the vegetables for you every day."

"I ask you to do some work and ask me for credit. I can eat it every day. No, I don't like apples. I have to eat burritos. I will make burritos tomorrow." Mother-in-law said.

Lin Yan giggled.

I asked my mother-in-law: "Mom, can Lin Yan do it at home now? Why don't we go to the hospital?"

The mother-in-law said: "No, it's not yet the due date. She was born after birth, so we can go the day after tomorrow." Then she said: "Why do you go to the hospital? It's better to stay at home, it's a waste of money."

"It's okay to spend this money, don't waste it, isn't it safe in the hospital? If you need something, you can go to the doctor directly." I said.

"No, just stay at home. I've found the car. Let's go the day after tomorrow." Mother-in-law said: "If you have a minor illness these two days, just call the driver. His house is in the street in front of our house. He will come when you call. It only takes more than 20 minutes to go to the hospital, so I have to catch everything."

Seeing my mother-in-law say this, I feel relieved, thinking that it's okay.

If you really care about it, you will be chaotic.

Lin Yan asked me to look at the things she prepared for the child, including baby bottles, milk powder, water bottles, towels, small clothes, small socks, shower gel, and small hats, etc., in a big bag.The mother-in-law prepared a lot of diapers made of long-wear and long johns, all of which were washed clean and neatly folded.

I said, "Now there are diapers, all use diapers."

The mother-in-law said: "That thing is not good. If you go out for a long time by car, it's okay for the child to wear it. Don't wear diapers for the child at home. It will easily flood the child's buttocks and cause rashes."

I said, "Don't the diapers still have to be washed?"

Mother-in-law said: "It's not troublesome to wash diapers, don't be too lazy, diapers are better than disposable diapers."

I nodded in response.

"You can bathe your baby on the second day after it is born. When taking a bath, be careful not to get the water in the baby's eyes. The baby will feel uncomfortable when the time comes," said the mother-in-law.

I asked, "Why do you bathe the child?"

The mother-in-law gestured and said, "Put the child on one hand and wash the child with the other hand."

I laughed and asked, "Can one hand hold a child?"

The mother-in-law said: "The newborn baby can be as big as it is, not too big, just hold it with one hand." Then said: "Wash it twice, it will be fine, the baby is like a small bean sprout, the more you wash, the more you will be stunned. One day at a time."

Lin Yan said: "Look at what the old lady said, children are like bean sprouts, so they will grow if you add some water?"

Mother-in-law said: "You will know after the baby is born."

Looking forward to the birth of the child, but also a little scared, it seems that I am not ready to be a father yet.

(End of this chapter)