The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 379 - 368: Consideration from the Husband’s Family

Chapter 379: Chapter 368: Consideration from the Husband’s Family

The child was put beside their bed after the bath, with Aunt Zhang already having gone home to cook.

Jingqiu awoke after sleeping for two or three hours, guarded by Jiang Nanzhou and her aunt, and it was already past one in the afternoon.

All she could hear was the baby crying.

"Give the baby some water first, and then prepare the formula milk later."

"Or maybe change the diaper first."

"Right right, change the diaper first."

Jingqiu woke up to see Aunt Zhang, her aunt, and Jiang Nanzhou, all three of them fumbling and fussing over the baby.

Just as they were about to put the baby on the bed, they realized that Jingqiu had woken up.

Attention shifted back to Jingqiu.

Aunt Zhang said, "Jingqiu, I’ve brought some red date and millet porridge, would you like to have some now?"

Jiang Nanzhou, ignoring the baby, busily helped Jingqiu sit up and propped up her back.

Her aunt changed the diaper and handed the baby to her, "Quick, look at our Xiao Cheng."

It was Jingqiu’s first time seeing the baby, all wrinkled.

His little lips pursed, still on the verge of crying.

"Auntie, the baby doesn’t look like me."

Lanqin laughed and said, "How can you say he doesn’t look like you? He’s just like you were as a baby. However, his nose is like his dad’s, his mouth is too, but his eyebrows and eyes are like yours."

Jiang Nanzhou and Jingqiu were both startled and examined the baby carefully for a long time before they could see the resemblance, indeed like both of them.

At noon, Shen Mu arrived with Old Master Jiang, who was seeing his great-grandson for the first time and was chuckling and playing with the baby beside the crib.

The two aunts were sent home to sleep, for both the aunt and Aunt Zhang hadn’t really slept since yesterday.

They needed to go home and catch up on sleep.

Before leaving, the aunt taught Jiang Nanzhou how to change diapers and feed the baby.

Jiang Nanzhou, though clumsy, got the hang of it and left reassured, riding home on his bike.

Three grown men stayed behind to watch over Jingqiu and the baby.

A vaginal delivery was easier, and Jingqiu didn’t need their care; they just had to make sure the baby was fine.

In the afternoon, the pregnant woman beside them was carried to the delivery room, and the one on the other side was also getting ready to be discharged today.

A vaginal delivery is indeed quick, only requiring a day’s stay in the hospital before going home.

In the afternoon, their room became much quieter, now just the three of them.

Jingqiu had fallen asleep not long after lunch and was woken up by the noise from the bed next door coming back.

"Did we wake you up?" Jiang Nanzhou asked softly.

Jingqiu shook her head, "I’m fine. Did the baby make any fuss?"

Shen Mu, with a smile, said, "We just changed his diaper and fed him milk. It was quite a hassle, we are all not so good at this. We forgot everything Aunt Zhang told us when she left."

Grandpa Jiang laughed and said, "You two big men managed to feed the baby, that’s already quite impressive."

Jingqiu smiled, got out of bed to use the restroom, and came back to play with the baby beside Grandpa Jiang in the crib; the little guy was now full and satisfied.

But just having been born, he didn’t have much energy and fell asleep within minutes.

"Grandpa, it’s getting late; let Ah Mu take you home," Jingqiu suggested.

Grandpa Jiang looked at his watch and said, "It’s dinner time. Nanzhou, you go get some food for Jingqiu first, we can head back after you two have eaten."

"Okay."

Jiang Nanzhou went with Shen Mu to the hospital canteen and got three or four brown sugar eggs for Lu Jingqiu, while the two of them bought some millet porridge and greens for Grandpa Jiang.

That afternoon, no new patients had arrived next to them, but the atmosphere was a bit oppressive because the woman in the next bed had just given birth.

During dinner, the mother of the pregnant woman by the bedside was quietly wiping her tears.

Lu Jingqiu and Jiang Nanzhou saw this and thought something was wrong.

Soon, they realized that no one in the family had prepared dinner for the pregnant woman, and only her husband was there from her in-laws’ side. He left in the evening, leaving behind the mother of the new mom, holding the baby and keeping her company.

Not long after, the new mom started crying too.

Lu Jingqiu roughly understood what was going on and felt an indescribable sadness in her heart for the women of this era.

Around seven or eight o’clock, Jiang Nanzhou took Grandpa home and on his return, he took her hand and whispered, "Grandpa asked me to tell you that our family likes both boys and girls."

Lu Jingqiu was slightly taken aback and smiled, "I know, Grandpa is an open-minded person. What about you? If I give birth to a girl this time, will you mind?"

"No, both are treasures to me."

"That’s more like it. If you change your attitude after I give birth to a girl, I’ll divorce you right away..." Before she could finish her sentence, Jiang Nanzhou covered her mouth, "Impossible, I’m not going to divorce you. You can’t think like that."

Lu Jingqiu glanced at him and thought to herself: Old-fashioned thinking.

It was just past eight when her aunt, uncle, and second cousin all came, bringing stewed crucian carp soup for her.

Her uncle, seeing a newborn for the first time, was too scared to touch him. He hadn’t even gotten the chance to see his grandchild right after his older cousin’s child was born, "This little one can really sleep. He hasn’t budged in half a day."

Curious, the second cousin touched the baby’s little fingers and exclaimed with surprise, "Look, his whole hand isn’t even as big as one of my fingers."

Aunt said, "Newborns just eat and sleep, they’re growing. Wait a month and you’ll see a big change."

Her uncle nodded, half understanding, while second cousin was utterly fascinated.

"Let’s not wake the child. It’s good for him to sleep at this time. Developing a routine, so he sleeps through the night, spares the adults from staying up too late."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Jiang Nanzhou also made a mental note of it.

They were just chatting when the baby in the next bed started crying. The old lady changed the baby’s diaper and then asked her daughter to nurse the child. When the baby couldn’t get any milk, he cried even louder, startling Xiao Cheng, who, with eyes closed, also began to cry.

The woman in the next bed felt bad, "Sorry for disturbing you all. The problem is my milk hasn’t come in yet, and the baby can’t get any. Mom, make some brown sugar water for the baby."

The older woman said, "I’ve fed the baby brown sugar water twice already, it doesn’t satisfy the hunger."

The second cousin, not understanding, said, "Then hurry up and feed the baby some formula. It’s not good to let him go hungry like this."

No sooner had the second cousin spoken than the older woman began to cry again.

This surprised Yang Mingchao, and his aunt slapped him lightly and glared at him, blaming him for not understanding the situation.

Yang Mingchao was confused and had no idea why the older woman was crying.

Jiang Nanzhou kindly offered them a dozen scoops of baby formula, "Here, give this to the baby for now."

The mother and daughter hastily expressed their thanks.

Aunt said, "Nowadays, you can’t let a baby go hungry. The baby drinks so little, just make one scoop for now."

"Thank you, you all are good people. As for my daughter’s in-laws, may they be damned. Once my daughter is discharged, I’m going to confront them," the older woman said as she prepared the formula. Due to the lack of a bottle, she could only spoon-feed the baby little by little.

The new mom looked at them and said, "My in-laws prefer boys. I’ve been married for five years, and my first child was a girl. This time, they thought I was having a boy, so they didn’t let me do any work and treated me very well during the pregnancy. But as soon as the baby was born today and turned out to be a girl, they all showed their displeasure and left."

Hearing this, Aunt sighed, "That’s sinful. Whether it’s a boy or a girl, it’s their own flesh and blood. They just don’t understand."

"Even if they understood, they wouldn’t have abandoned my daughter," the older woman said.