I saw about twenty patients throughout the day, and I was exhausted when I got off work.
After returning to the dormitory, I smelled a fragrant smell, and I identified it as stewed chicken soup.
"It smells so good!" I exclaimed.
"You have been to the outpatient clinic for a day, and I will give you some replenishment." Zhao Menglei said to me with a smile.
"I'm so tired!" I said, feeling warm in my heart, and then lay down on the bed, "I'll take a nap for a while, and you can call me when I'm eating."
"Let me give you a squeeze on your shoulders," she said.
"Yeah." I said, and I immediately felt the warmth of home.
Her intensity was just right, and I felt extremely comfortable, "Meng Lei, let's get married."
"Why did you suddenly think of it today? Have you decided?" she asked.
I nodded, "Yeah. I really want to have a family."
Of course I can't talk about what happened with Zhuang Qing yesterday, nor can I tell her about Director Lin today. However, now I know that for a woman, home seems to be more important to them. Take that
For Director Lin, this happened to her just after she divorced her man. Thinking about it, she was really pitiful.
Zhao Menglei smiled softly, "Okay, let's get married."
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Zhao Menglei and I got married after the new house was decorated.
I did not notify anyone in the department to attend our wedding because she and I had no intention of holding a ceremony at all. I came up with the idea of not holding a ceremony because I felt that she had been married once before and there was no need to make a big deal about it.
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Of course, she has no different opinions.
I told my parents about my marriage on the phone. It was my mother who answered the phone. She knew Zhao Menglei because she went to parent-teacher conferences many times in middle school and knew that there was a beautiful female classmate in our class named
Zhao Menglei. The county town is not big to begin with. After knowing whose child Zhao Menglei was, her mother knew what she looked like.
My mother was extremely excited on the phone, "Okay, okay, just get married."
I didn't tell her that Zhao Menglei had been married.
After a while, my father answered the phone and asked, "Has she been single for so many years?" my father asked me.
"No, her lover passed away." I had no choice but to tell the truth, feeling happy in my heart. I know that I am still a bit rebellious.
My father was silent for a while and then hung up the phone without saying a word. I felt lost.
The first person in the department to know about my marriage was Zhuang Qing, because she suddenly asked to introduce me to a girlfriend recently. "I'm already married, why should I introduce a girlfriend?" I smiled bitterly at her.
She looked at me in surprise, then smiled and said, "Congratulations."
I looked at her, "What about you? How are you? Are you and your boyfriend okay?"
"Very good," she said.
I think it’s really hard for little girls nowadays to understand.
Since the last incident, she has completely returned to the warm yet distant relationship between colleagues in front of me, as if what happened that day had never happened.
There's one thing I didn't expect.
The day after Zhao Menglei and I applied for our marriage certificate, the captain of the criminal police detachment named Qian Zhan came to find me.
"Dr. Feng, congratulations." He invited me to a teahouse outside the hospital. As soon as I sat down, he congratulated me with a smile.
I was surprised, "How did you know?"
"I'm a policeman, of course I know." He smiled lightly.
"You have been investigating me, us?" I suddenly became unhappy.
"Don't get me wrong," he said, "I am handling Zhao Menglei's case, and I still haven't figured out some issues until now. So it's normal to check in on your situation regularly."
"Isn't the case closed? Are you still doubting us? You know very well what happened that day. Zhao Menglei and I were not at the scene at all." I said, with an angry expression clearly showing.
"Yes. I didn't doubt you? Haha! I just heard that you got married, so I came here to congratulate you." He said with a smile.
When he said this, I had nothing to say, but I had no interest in continuing the conversation with him. "Officer Qian, I'm still at work, so I'll leave first."
"Okay." He said with a smile, "Do you have my phone number? If you have anything, you can contact me at any time."
"If there is a chance that I witness a murder, I will contact you immediately." I said, then threw a hundred yuan into the waiter's hand and turned around to leave.
I didn't tell Zhao Menglei about this because I didn't want to make her unhappy. I deleted Qian Zhan's number on the way back to the department.
Married life is happy, and I really feel the warmth of family. When I wake up in the morning, I have hot milk and bread, and she comes home to cook for me at noon. After dinner, we go for a walk together, and occasionally go to the movies.
Something like that. We lived a very warm life, and I believe most families should be like this. Now, she and I no longer pursue romance and just want a normal life.
However, I discovered a problem.
Six months later, she still showed no signs of pregnancy.
It was not convenient for me to ask her, so I had to remind her of this matter from the side. "Meng Lei, when do you think it is appropriate for us to have a child?" I finally brought up this topic during dinner.
"Do you really want a child?" she asked me.
"Actually, I'm not that urgent about having a child, because I can't imagine what it would be like to have a child. However, a family must have a child, right? At least we will have a family relationship when we grow old.
Isn't it fun?" I said to her with a smile.
She nodded. Then nothing happened.
There is one thing that I have always wondered about: according to the time when she married the man before her, their child should be at least five or six years old, but as far as I know, they have never had any children.
I think this situation has the following reasons: he is infertile; she is infertile; the two of them are not emotionally compatible. I hope it is the first or third reason.
In fact, I was very confused. Because when I decided to marry her, I did not consider the children as the main factor. At that time, I thought that the two people had a good relationship. As for the children, it was natural and a matter of course.
But now, when I mentioned this matter, I didn't get any response from her. I was secretly confused.
She and I began to fall into silence.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked, hoping to break the silence.
She smiled at me and said, "Nothing."
I also laughed and said, "Don't worry about it. I'm just talking casually. We just got married. It's okay to have children after a few more years."
"What if I can't give birth?" she asked, her face suddenly turned pale.
"Maybe it's my problem. How about we all go check it out?" I said.
"I mean, what if it's my problem?" she asked me without looking at me. She was eating with her head down.
"Then don't have children." I said. I didn't care very much in my heart. Because I don't have much idea about children now, and I don't think not having children is a big deal. At most, I feel a sense of regret.
"If this happens, we will no longer have family happiness." She still lowered her head and said to me.
I suddenly laughed, "Now that science and technology are advanced, if it doesn't work, you can still do in vitro fertilization. If it doesn't work, just adopt one."
She raised her head suddenly, her eyes filled with tears, "Feng Xiao, you are so kind."
I suddenly understood something, "Meng Lei, have you checked? Are you really infertile?"
She nodded, with a look of sadness on her face, "It's not that I can't have children, it's just because I once suffered from tuberculosis, and the doctor told me that the fallopian tubes were blocked. He, he beat me for this reason before."
The tenderness in my heart suddenly rose, and I stretched out my hand to hold her hand, "Meng Lei, I am different from him. I will be good to you. Don't worry. Besides, having a blocked fallopian tube does not necessarily mean that you will not be able to have children."
I am an obstetrician and gynecologist, and I will find a way to solve this problem. Haha! Fortunately, there is no problem with your ovaries and uterus. If it doesn't work, we will do in vitro fertilization."
"I have consulted before, and the success rate of IVF is less than 30%." She said sadly.
"Thirty percent is still a chance. If it doesn't work, just the two of us will live together for the rest of our lives. Our country's population is already so large, and we can just contribute to family planning." I said to her softly.
"Feng Xiao, you are so kind." She began to cry.
All the tenderness in my heart began to be released, and I immediately stood up from my seat and went to her side, stretching out my arms to hold her tightly in my arms.
She cried loudly in my arms.
It was many years later that I realized that some things were not as simple as I imagined. If a family lacks children, it will become deformed.
A few days after that clinic, after my night shift, the female director named Lin called me. I don’t know where she found my phone number. “Dr. Feng, I want to treat you to a meal.
Rice. Are you free?"
"Director Lin, there is no need to eat. If you have anything, just say it." Thinking of the day she came to see the doctor, I suddenly felt pity for her, so I was as polite as possible on the phone.
"It's okay. I just want to treat you to a meal. Doctor Feng, I regard you as a friend. You have to give me this face, right?" She said in a soft tone. I thought of her as the director and how powerful she was in the ward that day.
, but after all, she listened to my words and did not embarrass Yu Min again. Moreover, the last time she came to the outpatient clinic to see me was a special move, which in itself showed her trust in me. So, I agreed.
I feel that she is not just looking for me to treat me to dinner. The reason is simple: she came to the outpatient clinic to find me to solve the problem because of such a situation. After such a thing, she should have avoided me as much as possible. (To be continued.