Chapter Eight: Unexpected Surprise
Watching Mother Zhang leave, Zhang Guoqing returned to the bedroom and locked the door. He opened the thermos, poured hot water, and found a new towel, "Jiao Jiao, I'll help you wipe with a hot towel first. Otherwise, our son won't have anything to eat."
As he spoke, he took off Zhou Jiao's undergarments and quickly wiped her with the steaming towel under the blanket, then hurriedly covered her with the quilt.
"You shouldn't be careless, you can't handle the cold during postpartum. The weather in the Northeast is really cold now, not having air conditioning is really inconvenient. Haha, Jiao Jiao, do we look like we did the year we first met?
Oh, back then you were a freshman, I remember you being so skinny and pale, your eyes looked particularly bright, and you were full of spirit. At that time, I thought if you were my wife, I'd definitely have to make you chubby and fair, with those big eyes, you'd look even better than a New Year's painting doll. Finally, you gained some weight, and now it's all gone back to square one." He reminisced, then tried everything to get close to her, it took two full years for her to accept, watching her so busy during those two years, squeezing time to earn money, made him more heartbroken than an orphan like him.
They finally planned to marry, and he gave a dowry of 50,000, his friends all comforted him, but he didn't really take it to heart. Staying by her side for over five years, until his mother agreed, not to mention the 50,000, spending all he had to have her was enough.
Moreover, he couldn't bear to have her marry without a matchmaker, with her parents' blessing, even if it was a blessing piled up by money, he wanted her to walk proudly among people.
In the face of money, he preferred to work hard in front of clients rather than let her get hurt at all. She was alone and he was an orphan, they were originally meant to comfort each other and give warmth.
Zhou Jiao said softly, acting coy: "Husband, luckily I have you, or else how would I survive?"
"Haha, don't worry, I'm here, don't be afraid, as long as our family is together, we won't be afraid. Take good care of yourself first, and we can think about the future life after the New Year. You shouldn't use your brain now, postpartum is all about eating and drinking."
"Mm-hmm, I'll listen to my husband. In fact, in my past life, aside from you and the child, there was nothing left to linger over in that world. The only regret is that space with the necklace, it has lots of food, and baby's milk powder. If the space was here, our son wouldn't worry about not having milk powder and diapers..."
With a thumping sound, milk powder and diapers appeared on the quilt covering Zhou Jiao, along with a bowl of braised pork.
The couple was dumbfounded. Zhou Jiao babbled, "Husband, I just wanted to eat braised pork, and the baby's milk powder and diapers appeared by themselves. I just thought if only these were still here, and they came out. Wait for me, I'll try taking out the postpartum soup."
Sure enough, the familiar blue and white porcelain bowl with postpartum soup was still warm. It was specially ordered from the Postpartum Care Institute.
The couple laughed foolishly, with the space around, they were confident about their future life. Even if they had money, they might not be able to buy rice and brown sugar, let alone pig's feet, carp, and old hen soup for milk.
Now that Zhang Guoqing was not worried about Zhou Jiao not being able to recuperate her body during postpartum, nor worried about the baby not having milk to drink.
After a moment, Zhang Guoqing solemnly said to Zhou Jiao: "Jiao Jiao, put everything back into the space first. Listen to me before speaking!
Think about it, the aroma of braised pork in this sealed room, isn't it too rare for people these days, just smelling it is enough to know. Also, some things with strong aromas in the space can't be taken out.
Right now we haven't separated from the family, we're all living together, so it's very easy to expose.
In the future, don't use it randomly unless necessary. After the family separation next year, when we have our own space, we'll plan. Tomorrow I'll go find a small stove to put in the small living room for cover, don't move your postpartum meals during the day, make up for it at night. If anyone asks you, just say I found it."
Zhou Jiao saw Zhang Guoqing's serious face and understood the importance, she listened carefully and nodded. Right now, family safety was the most important, they weren't afraid even without the space.
Zhang Guoqing patted Jiao Jiao on the top of her head, sighing, he scared her with his stern words, but without emphasizing, it would be difficult to handle with caution and cause trouble.
"It's okay, I'm here with you, if anyone questions, just shake your head. If anyone asks, just say you don't know, that your mother and I got it all. Now your mother is a good excuse."
Zhou Jiao nodded hurriedly, like a chick pecking rice: "I know, holding a treasure invites trouble. Don't worry, I'll not use it usually, when needed, let you take it out and dig a hole, only sneak a bite when you are home late at night, hehe, a bit ashamed."
"Think about happy things now, look if everything in the space is still there, and see if the gold is there too? Happy now.
Think again, I think I also bought lots of organic rice, and farmhouse pork, bacon, there's plenty more, hmm, I think that fat man's mutton shop, I had him brag about buying 10 sheep from his hometown, and he slaughtered and brought them frozen, you collected them then too.
And think again, oh right, the last time we were at the countryside restaurant, I bought a lot of beef from the slaughter next door, hahaha..."
Zhou Jiao was nodding with admiration now, back then she was reluctant to put them in the space, instead she bought lots of plastic boxes for storage.
"Yes, you even asked Xiao Yang brother to buy 50 black-boned chickens and their eggs at a high price, those are here too. Everything's here, it's just the staple rice that's relatively less, pork is the most, conveniently cut into strips, you should find a way to take it out for your mother to eat tomorrow."
Zhang Guoqing finally felt relieved seeing the look on Zhou Jiao's face, it's important to rest well during postpartum.
In a famine, sweet potatoes and potatoes are better than eating tree roots and bark, and still, you need to gather some wild vegetables and fruits to supplement vitamins. Also, take the opportunity to purchase some soybeans and mung beans, soybeans can supplement protein and make tofu, mung beans are cooling and quench thirst in summer, and can also sprout beans.
Zhang Guoqing watched his son eating milk with his little arms and legs, and Jiao Jiao looked at the child in her arms with gentle eyes, suddenly feeling a sour nose, overwhelmed with emotions. He never felt this deeply even when he wanted a child of his own blood before.
This was his son, the continuation of his life in this world, he wanted to give him all the beautiful things in the world and keep him away from evil and danger.
He began to understand his father a little more now, back then his father loved him, as soon as he heard he was at the Welfare Institute, he rushed over quickly, surely he felt as excited and eager as he does now.