After all the commotion, it was almost midnight before the two babies were born.
âTwins, a boy and a girl. These are the first twins Iâve helped deliver,â said the midwife, Yingzi, with excitement.
And both babies were not small at all.
Zhang Jiang looked at the boy and the girl and found them incredibly beautiful.
In reality, newborns are tiny, all red, with their foreheads wrinkled.
His son commented quite frankly, âTheyâre not as cute as Little Huzi.â
Zhang Jiang didnât know whether to laugh or cry.
Yun Men, however, felt that seeing the two babies made all the pain and suffering before worthwhile.
âXiaomen, have a little food,â Zhang Jiang knew his wife was completely drained, so after she saw the babies, he started feeding her.
He didnât dare to tell her that his parents had not visited yet.
His father-in-law and mother-in-law busied themselves around the house.
Even Little Zhuzi managed to help a bit.
Yun Men fell sound asleep after eating the fermented rice and eggs.
âMom, Dad, itâs late. You should go home and get some rest. Iâll take good care of Xiaomen during her confinement,â Zhang Jiang suggested.
It was October now and getting cold, so he decided to stay home to take care of the babies and his wife, not going to work.
Yun Menâs mother persuaded Zhang Jiang, âYou should go to work during the day, Iâll look after Xiaomen and the babies at home, and you two can take care of them at night.â
Anyway, the whole big family was relying on Zhang Jiang. If he didnât work, how could they sustain their family?
Yun Menâs father added, âLet your mother come and take care of Xiaomen. You can go to work during the day. Now that the babyâs here, so weâve got more mouths to feed.â
Zhang Jiang didnât refuse, understanding that his family had grown.
âThen Iâll have to trouble you, mother,â he yielded.
Yun Father and Yun Mother headed home with their flashlight.
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Yun father did not say anything.
âI heard that the sonâs new wife is also pregnant.â
Maybe this was the reason they didnât dare to come to their youngest sonâs house. Taking care of the daughter-in-lawâs postpartum period was ostensibly the mother-in-lawâs responsibility.
âAlright, letâs go to bed!â
As for how the in-laws acted, he didnât want to comment.
Time would tell.
After all, they had severed ties. Was it possible for them to come help now?
Zhang Jiangâs eldest brotherâs new wife, even though she was a widow, was just as tough as the last one.
Would they allow their mother-in-law and father-in-law, who were now living with them, to go take care of their youngest sonâs wife?
Oh well, after these few difficult years, things should get better once the children are older.
Wasnât it like this when they were young?
When Yun Men woke up, she noticed that her in-laws hadnât even come to check on the baby once.
Honestly, it made her a bit angry. But when she saw the three children, she suppressed her anger.
âMom, I will look after you,â Little Zhuzi said earnestly.
Yun Men patted her sonâs head, âOk.â
She really had no idea what her parents-in-law were thinking. They did not visit their two new grandchildren or even say a word to Zhang Jiang on the job site.
This upset Zhang Jiang very much.
But life must go on.
Suddenly, news of a shocking event that could potentially change many lives arrived. It gave countless young people who had been sent to rural areas a glimmer of hopeâa way to leave this barren place
Of course, Yun Hao also heard about this big news.
He gazed at the gloomy sky, his mood just as solemn.