Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1165 This Day Last Year

After chatting with Fang Xiue for a while, Wang An returned to the ward.

In those days, hospital wards didn't even have central heating; you had to use a stove. To be honest, using a stove was a really annoying thing.

The main problem is that the fire in the stove can't go out; if the fire goes out, the temperature in the room will drop rapidly.

And you have to be careful about ventilation when you light a stove, otherwise it would be even more damn bad if you got carbon monoxide poisoning.

Under Wang An's tinkering, the fire in the stove burned very brightly, and it was so hot that no one could stay near the stove.

However, Mu Xueqing's expression remained unwell. She couldn't sit still, stand still, or lie down comfortably, clearly enduring physical discomfort.

In order to make Mu Xueqing feel better, and mainly to distract her, Wang An racked his brains and told a lot of jokes.

To be fair, this trick worked quite well; at least Mu Xueqing had a smile on her face.

And just like that, the afternoon passed by.

When Fang Xiu'e got off work that evening, she came to the ward again to give Mu Xueqing a thorough examination and concluded that she would not be able to give birth until the next morning at the earliest.

Furthermore, Fang Xiu'e clearly told Wang An that Mu Xueqing must take more walks from now on, as this would make childbirth smoother.

That evening, Wang An took his lunchbox and wandered around the hospital cafeteria for a while before turning around and running to a restaurant not far from the hospital.

At that time, the main purpose of hospitals was to treat and save lives.

Therefore, the cafeteria's funding may be somewhat insufficient, which results in the cafeteria's food being really not very good.

The staple food was a mixed flour steamed bun, mostly cornmeal with very little wheat flour. The side dish was potato stew with cabbage, but there wasn't a single drop of oil on it.

Of course, besides stewed potatoes and cabbage, there is another dish, which is stewed radish.

However, in Wang An's opinion, this dish should not be called stewed radish, but rather boiled radish, which would be more appropriate.

Therefore, Wang An decisively gave up getting food at the hospital cafeteria.

Actually, there were two stoves outside the hospital ward at that time.

The purpose of these two stoves is to make it convenient for patients' families to heat up their meals. Of course, cooking is also an option.

However, if you want to use this stove, you have to bring firewood from home or collect crop stalks from the fields outside the street.

Otherwise, this stove would be unusable.

Of course, even if it were usable, Wang An wouldn't want to use it. The main reason was that Wang An was in a hurry when he left home and didn't bring any dry food or grains with him. Even if he had, Wang An didn't feel like cooking at the moment.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, Wang An ordered a plate of sweet and sour pork, a plate of braised pork belly, a plate of stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, green peppers, and dried bean curd with green peppers, and then sat down on a stool in the restaurant to wait.

But in Wang An's heart, he kept thinking about what his unborn child would be like when he came into the world. As he thought about it, the corners of Wang An's mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, and his eyes became dreamy.

In his previous life, Wang An had never been a father, but after being reborn, Wang An didn't know why, but he really wanted to take on the responsibility of being a father.

While Wang An was lost in thought, the restaurant owner finished cooking the dishes, and his wife even packed them into the lunchboxes Wang An had brought.

After filling three more lunchboxes with rice, Wang An carried the pile of lunchboxes towards the hospital ward.

At this time, because there were no plastic bags, it was really inconvenient to bring anything with you.

To be fair, although Mu Xueqing wasn't feeling well, she was surprisingly good at eating. She ate most of a full lunchbox of rice, and also ate a fair amount of braised pork and sweet and sour pork. However, Wang An felt that Mu Xueqing was forcing herself to eat, and that she was doing this to conserve the energy she would need for childbirth.

Mu Xueqing had told Wang An that when Liu Ruxin was giving birth to Mu Xueting, she was malnourished and the food at home was not good. So, halfway through the delivery, Liu Ruxin was so exhausted that she collapsed and fainted.

If Mu Hua hadn't given Liu Ruxin the honey in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

It's important to know that fainting halfway through childbirth is extremely dangerous for both the mother and the baby.

The main problem is that fainting at such a time could very likely result in the death of both mother and unborn child.

Watching Mu Xueqing trying so hard to eat, even stuffing another bite into her mouth when she couldn't finish, Wang An felt a sudden, sharp pang in his heart, and his heartache for Mu Xueqing intensified.

Regardless of anything else, the children born to Mu Xueqing must bear the surname Wang, and after Mu Xueqing passes away, she will be buried in the Wang family cemetery. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable to say that Mu Xueqing is bearing children for the Wang family.

Of course, this might be a bit one-sided, since having children is a woman's natural duty, and men don't have that ability.

Regardless of what others think or believe, in Wang An's heart, a woman who is willing to bear children for him is someone he is willing to spend his whole life waiting for!

And so, the restless night finally came to an end.

And the date arrived at November 1, 1981.

This day is a Sunday, which is the 5th day of the 10th month in the lunar calendar.

Of course, most importantly, this day last year was the day Wang An was reborn and returned.

Although Mu Xueqing had been trying to endure the discomfort all night, she was unable to fall asleep peacefully due to physical discomfort.

Because he was worried about Mu Xueqing, Wang An didn't sleep much that night, and kept getting up to walk around the ward with her.

There was no other way. Fang Xiu'e had made it clear when she got off work last night that Mu Xueqing should take more walks. As a man, Wang An naturally had to carry out this task, which was currently the only thing that could help with childbirth.

In the morning, Fang Xiue came to work early and brought Mu Xueqing a jar of herbal medicine.

After examining Mu Xueqing again, Fang Xiu'e said with great certainty:
"After lunch, take your medicine and then go to the delivery room. You should give birth by 2 p.m. at the latest."

And so, another difficult morning passed.

At noon, Wang An briefly heated the medicine in the jar with boiling water and then had Mu Xueqing drink it.

Not long after taking the medicine, Mu Xueqing said to Wang An:

"Xiao An, I can't take it anymore."

Upon hearing this, Wang An ran towards the office, shouting:
"Sister Fang, Sister Fang, come quick!"

Three minutes later, Mu Xueqing was taken into the delivery room.

When Wang An heard the baby's loud cry, he subconsciously glanced at his watch and then looked at the sun outside.

If Wang An remembered correctly, around this time last year, he suddenly returned without any warning.

But why was her child, who was reborn, also born today?

Before Wang An could think any further, another loud baby cry reached his ears.

(End of this chapter)