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Chapter 583 Good News from the Delivery Room

The day of Xiaonian happens to be the last solar term among the twenty-four solar terms - Dahan.

Like Lesser Cold, Greater Cold is a solar term that indicates the degree of coldness of the weather. Greater Cold means that the weather is extremely cold.

After dark, the northwest wind started to blow, and as the cold air invaded, the temperature became increasingly cold.

In such a cold winter, being able to eat a pot or some meat would be an endless enjoyment.

Both the Wang family and the Tang family ate the "wild rabbit" that Tang Zhitong "hunted", and they were all very satisfied after eating it.

Meanwhile, the Tong family was eating pot.

According to the local customs, the pot must first be filled with mutton or beef, and the meat must be hand-cut thin slices.

The Tong family was lucky today. They bought a piece of mutton from someone else. However, no one in the family had the skills to cut it into thin slices, so they could only cut it into strips and eat it.

After boiling the mutton, Tong Wang asked his wife to add some prawns and cabbage leaves.

The prawns are for my granddaughter Nan Nan to eat, and the cabbage leaves are used to absorb oil. The cabbage leaves dipped in mutton are also a rare delicacy.

"After dinner, let's perm the hair on the pig's head." Tong Wang ate very happily and when he was about to finish, he scooped out a bowl of soup to smooth his intestines.

"Okay, Ama. What do you use to blanch them?" Tong Xiangsong asked while picking shrimps for his beloved daughter.

"Use hot chopsticks to slowly scald them." Tong Wang had never done this kind of work before. He had seen servants at home scalding things with hot chopsticks before, but this job was a test of eyesight. Since he was not well-read, he had to ask his son to do it.

"Okay!" Tong Xiangsong nodded and agreed.

"Mafa, I want it scalded too!" Nan Nan pinched a piece of shrimp meat that was bigger than her palm, dipped it in sesame sauce, took a bite, and said first.

"Okay, Mafa's little baby will help share the family's worries." Tong Wang smiled so hard after hearing his granddaughter say that. Although it is unlikely that he can let his granddaughter participate from beginning to end, it is still okay to hold her hand and play with the fire chopsticks to let her have some fun.

"This mutton is good. If you see it again, you can buy some more." Tong Wang praised his granddaughter and then his son. This time the mutton was bought by his son from outside.

"Okay, I've told that person that he'll deliver the goods directly to his door in the future." Tong Xiangsong was very happy to hear his father's approval.

As for the source of mutton, just like Tang Zhitong, it was bought from rural markets and resold in the city to make a profit.

"Well, just deliver it to our door. It's winter so we don't have to go out by ourselves." Tong Wang went to the Bell and Drum Tower at noon today. When he arrived, the fish, shrimp and meat were already lying quietly in the yard, and Tang Zhitong was nowhere to be seen.

"If you ask me, we should find a few more dealers like this and have them deliver goods to us every now and then. Not only do we not have to go out, but there are more varieties and the prices are cheap." Tong Xiangsong felt a little proud after accomplishing this task.

"This is unstable and the quantity is not large. If there is a strict inspection, we won't be able to buy it." Although Tong Wang was reluctant to go out in the winter, he considered the long-term.

Although the things Tang Zhitong has are a bit more expensive, the quality is impeccable and the quantity is large!

Although Tang Zhitong seemed very embarrassed and kept making excuses saying that there was no stock, Tong Wang was only willing to believe him 30%.

Which store that is out of stock can get so many and such good things within two days?
As news continued to come from other places, for the sake of his family's livelihood, Tong Wanggai became more careful and did not want to give up on Tang Zhitong.

"Father, how about finding a recipe to make some stewed offal?" Speaking of pig's head, Tong Xiangsong thought of offal. Although stewed offal is not for rich people, he still likes the taste.

"Okay. Ask around and don't be afraid to spend money to avoid making a weird smell and wasting the whole pot." Tong Wang nodded in agreement. He also liked braised pork. It was he who took his son to eat braised pork for the first time.

The Tong family is peaceful and harmonious, but Wu Haiyang is suffering.

The reason was simple: Lu Lixian was about to give birth and had been pushed into the delivery room.

Although Lu Lixian kept telling her husband that she was fine before being pushed in, Wu Haiyang was still worried.

The delivery room has a wooden door and poor sound insulation, and Lu Lixian's heart-wrenching cries could be heard from inside from time to time.

Wu Haiyang wanted to help, but there was nothing he could do. He had already done what he could before.

Wu Haiyang paced back and forth outside the delivery room, unable to sit still.

Back then, whether on the domestic battlefield or on the battlefield in the northeast, Wu Haiyang had always been calm. But this was his first time as a father, and he was still anxious at the last minute.

If Lu Lixian hadn't asked him to quit smoking, he really wanted to have a cigarette at this moment.

Back then on the battlefield, Wu Haiyang saw many bloody scenes. When there was a shortage of manpower, he also went to the field hospital to help out and lent a hand.

Some of the comrades who were carried down from the battlefield on stretchers or by manpower were shouting, while others remained silent.

If you keep silent, there is a high probability that you cannot be saved...

Listening to Lu Lixian's screams, Wu Haiyang kept comforting himself: It's good to hear movement, it's good to hear movement, movement means she's still alive and can still be saved!

The wind was blowing outside, and Wu Haiyang was walking back and forth anxiously. Because of his military demeanor, his footsteps were quite loud and could be heard far away in the hospital corridor at night.

It seemed like a century had passed. There was no sound from Lu Lixian, but instead the sound of a baby crying could be heard.

The doctor pushed the door open and came out with the good news: "Old Wu, the baby is born. It's a big fat boy. Both mother and child are safe."

"Okay, okay! Can I go in and take a look?" Wu Haiyang finally let go of his worries.

"Well... okay, come in." People are generally not allowed to enter the delivery room, but Lu Lixian is a hospital employee and Wu Haiyang is a family member of an employee. The law is nothing more than human feelings, so the doctor nodded and agreed.

When Wu Haiyang saw the doctor nod, he immediately opened the door and walked in quickly.

"How did you get in? Didn't I tell you not to come in?" Lu Lixian's head was sweaty, because she was tired, but more because of the pain.

Anyone who has had a bone opening knows the pain. Words are powerless and cannot describe it.

"I'm worried about you. You didn't let me see you during the birth, so I should come in to see you after you give birth, right?" Wu Haiyang bent over, wiping the sweat off Lu Lixian with one hand and holding Lu Lixian's hand with the other. Her palms were full of sweat and his eyes were full of heartache.

"There's a smell of blood. What's there to see? She'll be pushed out to the ward soon. It's a normal birth. She'll stay here for two or three days and then go home." Lu Lixian was very tired and her face was a little pale, but she still forced a smile so as not to worry her husband.

"Oh, you two have such a good relationship. Don't either of you want to see the baby first?" The doctor and the nurse cleaned the baby, wrapped him up, and carried him to the bed, jokingly.

"We have you here, so why should we worry?" Wu Haiyang stood up, tilted his head, and looked at the baby in the cradle. He felt a sense of responsibility mixed with joy. He was going to be a father now? "Come, let me see." As a mother, Lu Lixian was much more enthusiastic than her husband. Although she felt weak, she still stretched out her arms and opened her arms to welcome her child.

"Well, let's take a look. He will definitely be a tall, strong and energetic young man in the future." The doctor carefully placed the child next to Lu Lixian.

"This nose and eyebrows look like you." Lu Lixian looked at the child with tenderness in her eyes.

"I really didn't realize that he had such a big head of lumps and his face was red and purple. He looked at his son and told him his first impression.

"All children are like this. They will grow out of it in three to five days." Lu Lixian rolled her eyes at her husband.

"Okay, I know you two are deeply in love, but we'll have to talk about that later. Let's go to the ward first." The doctor interrupted.

Lu Lixian and Wu Haiyang had made arrangements in advance, and the doctor arranged a double room for them.

The hospital has single rooms, but Wu Haiyang’s level is not high enough.

Although it is a double room, there is no arrangement for a second patient to stay there for the time being, so it is almost the same as a single room.

"Xiao Lu, do you still want that placenta?" After settling down in the double room, the doctor stopped and asked before leaving.

"No, please handle it yourself." Lu Lixian replied.

"What is placenta?" Wu Haiyang asked after seeing the doctor off and closing the door.

"It's the placenta." Lu Lixian turned over with difficulty, unbuttoned her clothes, and began to feed the baby.

"Oh, the placenta? This thing needs to be given to the family members?" Wu Haiyang tucked the corner of the quilt for Lu Lixian. Although there was heating in the ward, the glass was single-layered, and it was windy today, so he always felt that there was wind coming in.

"Just eat it. It's a piece of meat after all." Strangely enough, both human babies and children of other mammals have an "automatic milk-seeking" function.

It's like the factory setting, no one taught me, it's just natural.

As to why this happens, no one seems to be able to explain it clearly.

"Family members eat their own food..." Wu Haiyang was stunned. Although the battlefield was cruel, he still found it hard to accept, even if the placenta was just a piece of waste meat that was excreted from the body.

Lu Lixian glanced at her husband and said nothing. For a moment, the only sound in the ward was the newborn baby's sucking of milk.

"You look after the child first, I'll go get a kettle of water." Wu Haiyang shook his head with a wry smile, picked up the thermos and went to the water room.

The good thing about working in a hospital is that many daily necessities are available here and you don’t have to bring extra things from home.

When they returned to the ward, the child had finished feeding and fell asleep. Wu Haiyang poured Lv Lixian a cup of boiling water and asked, "Would you like some millet porridge? I'll add some hot water to boil it for you."

"Okay." Lu Lixian nodded in agreement. She was an obstetrician herself and knew that giving birth was a strenuous job. She had prepared millet porridge in advance and was keeping it warm on the radiator.

Upon hearing this, Wu Haiyang took the aluminum lunch box containing millet porridge from the radiator, used an aluminum spoon to divide a portion of the thick millet porridge into the empty lunch box, then poured hot water and stirred it. After testing the temperature, he helped Lu Lixian up.

"Let me do it myself. I'm so clumsy." Seeing that her husband was about to feed herself, Lu Lixian reached out to take the lunch box and stopped him.

Wu Haiyang smiled, bent down and stared at his son, gently rubbing the child's tender face with his fingertips. Although he looked a little ugly, he was his own child.

The feeling of being connected by blood is amazing.

Lu Lixian drank porridge and looked at the father and son with smiles in her eyes. This family was complete.

The two of them tacitly did not mention the matter of the purple river placenta again...

After drinking the millet porridge, Lu Lixian raised her hand to pour the cooled boiled water into the lunch box, carefully tilted the lunch box, used a spoon to pick off the rice grains stuck around, and drank the last piece.

"Do you want to lie down?" Wu Haiyang took the lunch box and asked.

"I just finished eating. Sit for a while. If you're tired, just rest on the bed next to me. Don't worry about me." After eating the millet porridge, Lu Lixian felt a little more energetic. Although she still felt a little uncomfortable, she was reluctant to lie down again.

"You are the boss in our family now, who do you think is in charge of?" Although Wu Haiyang is a bit chauvinistic, it is definitely not a good time to put on airs when scoring.

"I believed your lies." Lu Lixian was obviously pleased. She laughed and retorted, then asked, "What's the child's name? It's almost the end of the month. We have to register the child as soon as possible so that we can get this month's ration."

"What's my name..." Wu Haiyang scratched his head. He had never thought about this question before and was a little troubled for a moment.

Nowadays, most children's names are given by their fathers. Lu Lixian did not rush and gave her husband time to think.

"How about calling him Han Guang, a ray of sunshine in the cold winter, it's a homonym." Wu Haiyang didn't think about it for too long. Listening to the howling cold wind outside, he subconsciously wanted to make the child warmer in the future.

"Okay. When you go back, ask about the procedures to get your household registration done." Lu Lixian responded with a smile.

"Well, it can be done in the compound. I've asked." Wu Haiyang smiled. Although he didn't say that he was worried, he did not slack off in action.

"You go to work tomorrow. I can handle it here by myself. Don't delay your work." Lu Lixian thought that her husband had been very busy recently. Sometimes he got off work at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, and occasionally he would stay out all night and stay at the company.

"It's okay. I've taken three days off after I finish my work over there. I'll come back after you're discharged from the hospital." Due to disciplinary reasons, Wu Haiyang would not mention some things to Lu Lixian.

He has been very busy recently, working on the self-heating hot pot. The formula has been finalized, passed the meeting, and is being produced in small quantities to verify the amount used, the amount of heat generated, and the amount of staple food that can be cooked.

We are currently investigating the food issues at full speed. Most of this work is done by others, and Wu Haiyang is just assisting.

The couple chatted for a few more sentences before Lu Lixian lay down. She yawned and said to Wu Haiyang, "Let's get some sleep while we can. The baby will have to poop and pee, and he'll need to be fed. It's very tiring."

Wu Haiyang did not comment. He did not believe it at first, but that night he truly experienced what it meant to "endure hardship" and what it meant to "work hard".

The smell of boy’s urine is okay, but the smell of feces is really strong!
Although Lu Lixian felt sorry for her husband, she still urged him to wash the diapers quickly.

Newborns urinate and defecate frequently, and there are not enough diapers at home, so they need to be washed and dried as quickly as possible.

Wu Haiyang just yawned, carried the basin, and went outside to wash the diapers.

While washing, I was thinking, I only have a few days of vacation, and Lu Lixian can't get wet during the confinement period, should I hire a nanny?

(End of this chapter)