In the next ward, the man was exhausted mentally and physically from the crying child.
While my daughter-in-law was lying on the hospital bed, she had just woken up and was extremely weak, while my son kept crying.
Men are really two heads apart and don’t know what to do.
"Brother, my wife asked me to ask if your child keeps crying without milk?" Xu Shiyan knocked on the door and asked softly.
The man held the child and opened the door. When he saw that it was the person who had given the blood transfusion yesterday, he quickly let someone in.
"Hey, why are you crying because you're hungry?
My wife suffered a heavy haemorrhage and just woke up this morning. She was lying there so weak that she was in a daze. How could she have milk to feed the baby?
The child is crying because of hunger. The child's grandmother has returned to the team and is looking for someone to help feed her, but she hasn't come back yet."
There is no milk powder these days.
Normally, if a wife has no milk to feed her child, she has to find someone in the same village who has given birth to a child and is breastfeeding to give the child oral milk.
At any rate, after three or four months of playing around, I was able to feed him rice soup, and he was slowly able to grow up.
The man's wife suffered a massive haemorrhage and fell into a coma. She definitely had no milk to feed the baby, so his mother went back to the brigade to find help.
"Brother, my wife said that if you feel at ease, just take the baby over there and she will feed the baby a few mouthfuls of milk."
Xu Shiyan glanced at the thin and small child in the man's arms. He was out of breath from crying and his face was bruised. He couldn't bear to look at it.
"Really? Oh, thank you sister-in-law.
I have made my child so worried that he is so angry that he is crying like this."
When the man heard this, he was very happy and quickly thanked Xu Shiyan.
Xu Shiyan smiled and reached out to take the child.
"Then you wait for now. I'll take it back and let my wife feed it. I'll bring it back to you when it's full."
My daughter-in-law must not let others watch her feeding her baby. Besides, the situation of this mother-in-law cannot be separated from others.
Xu Shiyan didn't care about other people's sons, he just nursed them out of kindness, so there was nothing to worry about.
The man was grateful and watched Xu Shiyan carry the child to the next ward.
The child who was still crying at first became silent after a while.
The man breathed a sigh of relief, and his son was finally no longer hungry. Otherwise, how would he be able to support him if he was so worried?
In the other ward, Su Anying looked at the thin and small baby in her arms and shook her head.
"Look, this poor guy is crying. Fortunately, he can still nurse, and his mouth is tight enough.
Eat, eat, sleep well when you are full, and don’t bother your mother to rest."
The little boy was almost a day old and hadn't had any milk from his mouth. He was already starving. He ate without stuttering for a while. He didn't let go until he was full.
Xu Shiyan took it, patted and burped the baby, and when he saw that the baby stopped crying, he also started laughing.
"Don't mention it, although this child is thin, he is very good-looking, with a small nose and a pretty mouth.
Come on, you should have a good rest, I will send the child back to others."
It's not yours after all, so send it away as soon as you're done feeding it, to save other people's dad from worrying.
Xu Shiyan carried the baby back to the next ward. The baby was full, and this time he neither cried nor fussed and slept with his eyes closed.
The man put the child on the hospital bed, comforted his wife, came out of the ward, and stood in the corridor chatting with Xu Shiyan.
"Brother Xu, I really want to thank you two.
You see, yesterday you gave my wife a blood transfusion, and today my sister-in-law breast-fed my son.
You and your wife are great benefactors to our family, I don’t even know how to thank you."
Last night, the man had found out who Xu Shiyan was, so he just called him Brother Xu.
"My surname is Yang, Yang Junxian, from the first team.
I've heard Brother Xu's name before, but I've never seen him in person, so I didn't expect to meet him here." The other party extended his hand.
"Oh, I know, you are the captain of the first team and the third team, right?
I've heard people mention it, but I've never seen it, so how could I possibly want to meet him here?"
Xu Shiyan once led several apprentices from the first team. I heard people talk about it, saying that the captain of the third team of the first team was young and capable, and his surname was Yang.
Xu Shiyan quickly reached out his hand and shook it.
"Xu Shiyan, I just moved here from the big house last year, and he's from the second brigade."
Xu Shiyan also reported his family status, even if the other party already knew about him, this was still etiquette.
"Although Brother Xu has only moved here for more than a year, he has a good reputation. He has been an advanced individual and a model worker for two consecutive years, which is admirable.
I have always wanted to meet Brother Xu, but there was always an opportunity, so I never thought I would meet him here.
Brother Xu and his wife are both warm-hearted people, and good people are rewarded."
Yang Junxian held Xu Shiyan's hand with both hands, and his gratitude was beyond words.
The two of them are similar in age, and both have wives who have given birth to children in the hospital, so they have a lot to talk about together.
Yang Junxian knew that Xu Shiyan already had a son, so he had to ask for advice on raising children.
As we chatted, we talked about other things, and the more we talked, the more we became more and more speculative.
If Yang Junxian's mother hadn't rushed back, the two of them would still be chatting.
"Junxian, hurry up and give the baby to me. I'll carry him back and find Li Bin's wife to feed him some milk. The baby is so hungry and can't help but cry."
Aunt Yang was anxious and didn't notice the silence in the ward, so she came up and said.
"Mom, no need. Technician Xu's lover just helped feed the baby.
The little one has eaten enough and is sleeping now." Yang Jun explained to his mother with a smile.
"Mom, this is the technician from the second brigade, the one I always talk about.
Brother Xu and his wife are kind-hearted. They couldn't bear to hear our child crying all the time, so they fed the child to us." Yang Junxian introduced Xu Shiyan to his mother.
"Hello Aunt Yang.
Well, my wife will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and my daughter doesn’t eat much.
Auntie, please stop working today. It's very cold outside. I took the baby out and let the wind blow. Then I asked my wife to feed him a few more times.
It doesn't matter if we are discharged from the hospital tomorrow, let Junxian take the baby to my house, my house is close."
Xu Shiyan and Yang Jun seemed to get along well with each other, and they felt sorry for the baby. It was only for a few days anyway, so he could help feed him as much as he could.
"Auntie, let me make a recipe for you. Pork trotters stewed with passepartout. You can put some soybeans or peanuts in it.
Give this to mothers who are giving birth, and they will have milk soon."
Pork trotters stewed with passepartout are good for lactation and are suitable for mothers who have just given birth to a baby.
Stewed pangolin with pig's trotters and Wangbuliuxing are used to treat lack of milk, but the effects are different.
"Really? Oh, thank you so much.
Junxian, you have to thank me properly from now on. This is a blood transfusion and feeding our children, how can you repay me?"
Aunt Yang is also a very reasonable person. When she heard Xu Shiyan's words, she was both happy and grateful, and she didn't know what to say.
"Auntie, you're welcome. We are all from the same commune. We didn't know each other before, but don't we know each other now?"
Xu Shiyan smiled, if others are in trouble, just lend a hand and help.
In this world, there are fewer ungrateful white-eyed wolves, but more good people.
Just because there are a few scum, you can't just tie your hands and dare not do anything.
"Aunt Yang, Brother Yang, we have been chatting for a long time. I have to go back and see my wife. We can talk again when we have time."