Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming had just fallen asleep for a short while when the baby started crying loudly, prompting both to quickly get up to check.
"It’s okay, just a wet diaper, honey, you keep sleeping."
Xiaoxiao changed the baby’s diaper and, after everything was taken care of, she humd a song and lulled the baby back to sleep.
Having put the baby down, Xiaoxiao crawled back into bed and imdiately fell asleep, but it wasn’t long before the baby started crying loudly again.
Groggy, Xiaoxiao got up to check, and this ti the baby hadn’t peed or pooped—probably hungry.
"Wife, I’ll go," Yang Ming quickly got out of bed to warm up the rice soup while Xiaoxiao gently rocked the baby, singing songs and soothing him.
The couple was busy for a while before they finally got the baby to sleep.
However, it wasn’t long before the baby woke up again, and this ti, he refused to sleep, playing instead. The two of them had no choice but to stay up with him, and by the ti they finally got the baby to sleep, daylight had co.
Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming could say they barely slept at all that night, looking at each other with an expression that parenting was not as easy as it seed. A newborn in its first month is both small and difficult to take care of, but since they had decided to keep the baby, they had to devote all their effort and care.
"Honey, it’s not good for the baby to always drink rice soup, it doesn’t have the nutrition of milk. What do you think about buying a milk cow or a sheep?"
"Sure, I’ll go to town and check it out later, if they don’t have it there, I’ll go to the county."
"Yeah, and pick up so pots on your way, for the baby to use."
They had originally planned to return and check on the fish pond before heading to Lin County, but they hadn’t anticipated this change of plans. Now they had to take care of the baby’s needs first, get everything ready for him, and then they could go to Lin County.
Neither of them felt like sleeping any longer, so they got up and started their chores. The diapers needed to be boiled in hot water, and they had to wash the baby’s clothes and diapers, as well as keep the rice soup warm in case the baby woke up hungry. Suddenly having a baby, Xiaoxiao found that ti was completely insufficient and there were an extraordinary number of things to do.
Early in the morning, the second sister-in-law ca over and saw that Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming had already hung out quite a few diapers to dry in the courtyard. She said, "You two are doing quite a good job at parenting."
"Hehe, second sister-in-law, you’re here."
"The baby kept you busy last night, didn’t he? I heard the crying."
"It’s alright, maybe the baby is just not used to the new environnt yet, he’ll be better in a few days," Xiaoxiao replied as she boiled the rice porridge.
The second daughter-in-law suddenly leaned in and whispered, "Third sister-in-law, your husband is pretty good, helping you wash the diapers and all."
Xiaoxiao smiled with pursed lips, acknowledging that Yang Ming was indeed doing very well in this respect.
"Third sister-in-law, I ca to tell you not to worry about the baby’s little quilts and clothes. We will take care of it today, find a few helpers, and make sure to get everything ready by the end of the day."
"Mm, thank you, second sister-in-law, I really can’t get away at the mont." Xiaoxiao had indeed been planning to ask them to take care of this, and she truly appreciated her sister-in-law’s help.
"Thank for what? You’ve got a child now; you’re going to be tired. Just make sure not to overdo it. Who knows, you might get pregnant on your own soon."
"..." This comnt made Xiaoxiao a bit embarrassed, "Mm, I’ll be careful."
She was no longer worried about the dangers of having a child at a young age; as long as she could get pregnant, that would be enough. She had run out of dicine in Lin County, which was why she had stopped taking it, but now she needed to start again after getting back ho.
After eating, Yang Ming went to town to buy a milk cow for the baby. Xiaoxiao specifically reminded him, "Husband, buy so more of my dicine too, please."
"Wife." Every day, watching his wife take the dicine made Yang Ming’s heart ache.
"I don’t want to give up."
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