Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 114 Half the Sky

Li Yancheng's words made the three members of the Jin family silent. Taking this opportunity, he got up and went to the next room to get something out.

"Here, Lihua, I made this for my unborn godson."

Seeing him handing over the things, the three of them were stunned.

"A small quilt? Hey, Dacheng, you made a small quilt for the child. You are really good. You can even make a quilt... eh?"

Xing Lihua took it with great excitement, but stopped talking halfway because she realized that this was not a quilt. Whose quilt would have buttons sewn on the edge?

"Brother Dacheng, what is this? Why doesn't it look like a quilt?" Little Ningning raised her head and asked blankly with her big eyes fluttering.

"This is not a quilt, uh... I call it a sleeping bag, a cotton sleeping bag, and this is how you use it."

That’s right, Li Yancheng used a pound of cotton to make a thin cotton sleeping bag for his good brother’s unborn child.

"The child can stick his head out here, stretch his arms here, stretch his legs here, and then button up this side. When he grows up and starts to roll around, even if he kicks off the top quilt, he won't be cold for a while with this. With his arms and legs outside, the child won't feel uncomfortable."

The sleeping bag he made is different from the ones you buy. By simply buttoning fewer buttons, the arms and legs can be stretched out. This way, the child will feel like he is wearing a very loose cotton-padded jacket when sleeping. Because it is spacious, the child will not feel cramped.

And because the buttons are made of cloth, there is no need to worry about them hurting the child.

"You are really good, how did you figure this out?"

Looking at the cotton sleeping bag in his wife's hand, Jin Zhihai happily raised his hand and patted Li Yancheng's arm.

"Just thinking about it."

"Dacheng, you have such a skillful hand. Did you make this buttonhole yourself?" Xing Lihua's face was full of admiration. Anyway, she couldn't make these things.

"Of course."

"You're better than my mom. Zhihai, look at the stitches on the edge. They're so well sewn. If it were me, my stitches would be either too wide here or too narrow there."

"Brother Dacheng, Brother Dacheng." Jin Wenning jumped over and grabbed Li Yancheng's arm, looking at him with shining eyes.

"Brother Dacheng, please sew this for me. I always kick the quilt when I sleep, and I often wake up from the cold in winter."

"You're already that old, why are you wearing this to sleep?"

"Oh, Brother Dacheng, please sew one for me, please, sew one for me, and I will help you pursue Sister Xiaomin."

"That's fine, it just so happens that if I don't do this for you, you don't have to help me, so we're even. Thank you so much."

"Uh..." Little Ningning then remembered that Brother Dacheng had no interest in the Sister Xiaomin she was talking about, and he even seemed to be avoiding her as much as possible. Her little face immediately turned into an embarrassed expression.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing their sister's embarrassed look, both Jin Zhihai and Xing Lihua laughed.

"Okay."

Li Yancheng smiled and rubbed Ningning's head: "I'll make it for you, and I guarantee you'll be able to wear it when the weather gets cooler."

"Dacheng, she's making trouble and you're following her. You're already so old, why do anything for her? Ningning, don't cause trouble for your brother Dacheng." Jin Zhihai quickly spoke up to stop her.

"It's okay. How can this be considered a joke? Even if she doesn't like the one she made, you can just tear it apart and re-stuff the cotton to make something else. At worst, when Ningning gets married and has kids, you can change her kids into two little ones."

The words "getting married and having children" made little Ningning's face turn red instantly. She shyly twisted Li Yancheng's arm, left two words "hateful", and ran out.

It was rare to see this crazy girl being shy, and the three people in the room laughed at the same time. "Okay, you two should do whatever you need to do, and don't stay here with me."

"Thank you, Dacheng." Xing Lihua raised the cotton sleeping bag in his hand and gestured.

"Why are you being so polite? This is for my godson, not for you."

"You call him your godson every day, how do you know it's a boy?"

"I'm just guessing. If this baby is a boy, then anything will be fine in the next one."

Some Chinese medicine doctors can indeed determine the gender of the fetus in the womb by taking the pulse, but Li Yancheng has not reached that level yet, so he is just guessing.

According to the old saying, if a pregnant woman's belly is pointed, it's a boy, and if it's round, it's a girl.

Xing Lihua's belly is very obviously pointed.

Of course, this method of judgment is definitely unscientific, but since the old saying has been passed down, it means that the probability of this judgment method is still very high, otherwise no one would have said it.

Anyway, in his previous life, when his ex-wife was pregnant, her belly was very obviously pointed, and his old lady and mother-in-law both said it must be a boy, and in the end it turned out to be true.

"I didn't realize that you still favor boys over girls, Dacheng."

"I don't have any son-in-law preference. It's your Zhihai who doesn't have the face to smoke his son-in-law's cigarette."

"Pfft..."

"You are such a bad guy, my dear, let's give birth to a daughter and make him angry to death."

"You must be mistaken. Why should I be angry if you give birth to a daughter?"

"Uh……"

"Let's go outside and have a cigarette."

"You two can just smoke in the room. I'll go back to see Ningning. Why is this girl still shy?"

Xing Lihua waved his hand to hold the table and prepared to stand up. Jin Zhihai quickly stood up and supported him.

His wife has been eating well during the past few months of pregnancy, but she couldn't gain weight. She didn't absorb much, so she still looked thin. The little guy in her belly was obviously not small, and it was a bit difficult for her to do anything now with her big belly.

There is no such thing as early maternity leave for pregnant women nowadays. Except for those who originally did physical work and their leaders could adjust them to a relatively easier position, there are no other benefits. Basically, they have to work until they give birth.

Many people were at work when they felt unwell and were rushed to the hospital.

No one thinks this is abnormal, and no one thinks that others have to take care of them just because they are pregnant.

The person who impressed Li Yancheng the most was a nurse in the surgical department of their hospital. When she was about one month away from giving birth, she was too heavy to do anything, so the hospital transferred her to the registration room where she could have an easier time. However, she kept saying sorry to other nurses in the department and asked them to do more work, and she didn't think it was their due.

The current maternity leave is only about 50 days. This situation will continue until a family can only have one child, at which time the maternity leave will be extended to three months.

"Dacheng, I won't say any polite words. My child has already decided that you are his godfather."

After sending his wife back, Jin Zhihai came over again and threw a cigarette to Li Yancheng as soon as he entered the house.

"What you said is all nonsense. If you dare to deny me, I will tear your house down."

"You guy!"

(End of this chapter)