(23) Confinement

Who knew that the mother-in-law was stunned: "Believe the nonsense on the Internet?!" That's how my son and your husband brought it here, what's so bad?! But he still put the baby down in a huff and returned to his room, and the door slammed shut.

Li Xiaocan didn't expect that she would make her mother-in-law so angry if she asked like this. But it's also normal to think about it. The mother-in-law covers the sky at home, and she is the eldest of her mother's brothers, and everyone listens to her; After getting married, she was also in charge of her in-law's family. My father-in-law has a cowardly personality, and even when I go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, I have to ask her opinion. And she is naturally short-tempered, and her father-in-law will be scolded by her if she buys vegetables that she doesn't like to eat, or if they are not fresh, expensive, or too much. How can such a person allow others to question and contradict and challenge her authority? Li Xiaocan, Li Xiaocan, you really can't see the situation of this family clearly.

Li Xiaocan sang nursery rhymes to the baby, and suddenly smelled a sour smell, at a glance, the yellow lines of the diapers turned blue, Li Xiaocan put the baby down to change the diaper, just put down the baby, "wow" The baby cried, Li Xiaocan opened the diaper hard, and a pocket of golden poop like peanut butter was stained with a lot of buttocks. The baby feels that his lower body is insecure, and he cries more fiercely. Li Xiaocan was most afraid of hearing the baby crying, it was a heart-to-heart baby crying, so he hurriedly fetched water and put a towel to prepare to wash his fart, but the baby was too small, his neck couldn't support it, his head couldn't support it, and his body was as soft as cotton.

Since coming out of the hospital, Li Xiaocan has been lying on the bed to rest, all of which were cleaned by her mother-in-law, this time her mother-in-law ignored her, and Li Xiaocan had to wash it herself. But how to hold it? How do I wash my baby's shirt so it doesn't get wet? The baby's little hands and feet, kicking everywhere, and crying so much, how to wash it well and quickly?

Li Xiaocan didn't know where to start, and looked helplessly at her mother-in-law's door, but unfortunately the door was tightly closed, and her mother-in-law was still angry. There is no choice but to put the baby on the bed and wipe it with a wet towel dipped in water. After a while, I finally got it right, and the baby finally stopped crying after wrapping the diaper.

Li Xiaocan took a long breath and thought, hmph, I can take care of the baby like you and me. Li Xiaocan didn't expect that because of this question, her mother-in-law's face was like a layer of frost, and she didn't show a smile for a whole day, and after coming out of the room, she kept watching coldly, looking at Li Xiaocan at a loss, watching Li Xiaocan change diapers in a hurry, and letting the baby cry earth-shattering, she just didn't say a word. Probably also taking into account that the atmosphere was too embarrassing, my mother-in-law just said, I am not very comfortable today, and I don't want to talk very much.

As soon as Zhang Gang came back from work in the evening, his mother-in-law immediately greeted him warmly, and gave Zhang Gang a bowl of braised pork with chopsticks, and her voice became gentle: "Son, the braised pork I made, try it." Zhang Gang didn't notice the abnormality between his mother and his daughter-in-law at all, and also gave a chopstick to Li Xiaocan, if it weren't for Zhang's mother being present, Zhang Gang would have directly clamped it to Li Xiaocan's mouth. "It's still my husband who is the best for me." Li Xiaocan chewed the meat and thought proudly.

Zhang Gang praised again and again after eating: "Mom, your stir-fry skills are so good, and the cooking is so delicious, it is even better than the cooking in the hotel outside, I can't cook this taste myself!" The mother-in-law smiled with satisfaction, their mother and son were happy, and you and I chatted enthusiastically.

Li Xiaocan felt that this "don't want to talk" was aimed at me. At the dinner table, they are a family. Li Xiaocan turned his head to look at his baby son who was sleeping on the bed, and felt that he and his son belonged to outsiders.

A table of delicious food, chicken legs, sauerkraut fish, roast duck, hot pot, spicy hot ...... This made Li Xiaocan, who had been eating light and tasteless, salivate, and was about to start eating, "Wow, wow", the baby cried loudly, waking up Li Xiaocan. Li Xiaocan fed the baby, the baby ate a few bites, and suddenly let go, and then cried, two little hands clenched into small fists, little feet kept kicking, crying high-pitched, sharp, one more urgent than the other, crying all over the face. Li Xiaocan checked the diaper again, no, the diaper is clean. I don't know why the baby is crying, Li Xiaocan's attempts to sing, listen to music, talk, and tease with toys don't work, and the baby still cries with his mouth wide open.

The mother-in-law also came over when she heard the sound, and Li Xiaocan hurriedly reported like a subordinate who had done something wrong: "I fed him milk, and the diapers are also clean, I don't know why I am crying." ”

Zhang Gang was woken up, rolled over, and went back to sleep. The mother-in-law picked up the baby, patted and coaxed while walking, "The baby is good, the baby doesn't cry......"

The baby cried for more than 20 minutes without stopping, coaxing and feeding, and finally stopped. Everyone went to sleep again. After a while, the baby began to cry again, and the mother-in-law had to hold the baby back and forth, and then coax.

This was the case for three nights in a row. Li Xiaocan worriedly proposed to her mother-in-law: "Why don't you find a doctor?" He is usually very well-behaved, but now he is crying so much, I don't know if it is uncomfortable. ”

The mother-in-law refused: "He is so young, he can't take injections, he can't take medicine, and he doesn't have a good doctor at night, so I'll call the fortune teller tomorrow and ask him to help calculate what's going on." ”

Superstition, superstition, and superstition! Li Xiaocan sighed helplessly in his heart. But she understands that this family is in charge of her mother-in-law, and she can't tolerate any doubts and resistance, so she can only be silent.

Li Xiaocan has never been so afraid of the night, as soon as it was six o'clock in the afternoon, he began to be anxious, afraid that the baby would cry at night again.

This night, when Li Xiaocan looked at the crying baby, touched the baby's palms full of cool sweat stains, and thought that her mother-in-law would not let her go to the hospital, she was so anxious that she had no choice but to hold the baby and cry: "My baby hurts, it hurts!" ”

Zhang Gang was in a daze, and when he heard the crying of Li Xiaocan and his son, he woke up suddenly: "What's the matter?!" ”

Li Xiaocan cried: "Go to the hospital, the baby is in too much pain, it's been painful for a few days, go to the doctor to see, it's too guilty!" ”

The mother-in-law is still insisting: "Stir-fry and boil water with dried chicken combs to drink, I'll try it tomorrow." ”

Li Xiaocan couldn't bear it anymore: "Don't experiment anymore!" Look no further! My baby is in so much pain, go to the hospital! This is the first time Li Xiaocan has opposed her mother-in-law, using a clear "don't" with a rejection.

The mother-in-law reluctantly said, "Then go to the hospital, I don't care." But there are not always good doctors on night duty in hospitals. ”

In the end, under Zhang Gang's coordination, the two took a step back, and the mother-in-law agreed to go to the hospital, but she had to wait until early tomorrow morning. In this battle, the two sides fought a draw, and Li Xiaocan won slightly.

Before giving birth to children, Li Xiaocan and Zhang Gang were in charge of their own money, but Li Xiaocan found that Zhang Gang was not very good at spending money, such as buying anything without counteroffering, others said one or two hundred, and he picked more than 200; I don't know how to look at the price of the goods, and I will give hundreds of things that are obviously dozens of dollars, and others will sell him hundreds. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't spend money in normal times, but the current family situation can't tolerate him being generous and careless, diapers cost money, vaccination costs money, physical examination costs money, the baby has to buy the best clothes, and you have to pay off debts, so that the already stretched expenses have to be carefully calculated.

So Li Xiaocan developed a habit - when Zhang Gang buys something, she will ask the price, for fear that Zhang Gang will spend more unnecessary money.

After getting off work, Zhang Gang walked into the house with a courier.

Xiaocan held the baby in one hand while shopping on Taobao: "What did you buy?" ”

"Baby clothes". Zhang Gang opened the package and handed it to Li Xiaocan.

Li Xiaocan took it apart and saw that the quality of the clothes was okay, and asked casually: "How much?" ”

"30 yuan."

Li Xiaocan's eyebrows furrowed: "A pair of shorts, it's 30!" So thin! ”

Zhang Gang explained: "I see that the baby has no clothes to change, and this praise is okay, so I asked the owner to send it the fastest next day." ”

"Yes, yes." This Zhang Gang is quite careful, if his mother-in-law is not around, Li Xiaocan will reward Zhang Gang with a fragrant kiss.

The mother-in-law on the side suddenly said coldly: "When you talk to Zhang Gang in the future, don't say 'yes', you just answer 'yes'." ”

Li Xiaocan didn't turn a corner, it turned out that what her mother-in-law needed was not a daughter-in-law, but a slave who only had the right to know about anything but not the right to decide. But Li Xiaocan still didn't dare to contradict half a sentence, but he felt unhappy in his heart. The consequence of this incident is that every time her mother-in-law is present, Li Xiaocan does not dare to talk to Zhang Gang, and when she speaks, she always says "um" a few times, for fear that her mother-in-law will feel that she is controlling her baby son, and she is afraid that her mother-in-law will feel uncomfortable.

At dinner, Li Xiaocan remembered that diapers were running out and told Zhang Gang: "Don't forget to buy diapers, I have no money on me." Zhang Gang was wrestling with an old tendoned vegetable moss, half of the green cabbage leaves were cocked outside his mouth, and he made a vague "um". Zhang just got home from work and changed into slippers. Li Xiaocan was looking forward to Zhang Gang getting off work and was about to come out of flowers, and asked anxiously: "Did you buy diapers?" ”

"Didn't buy it." Zhang Gang has been too busy with work recently and "forgot".

Li Xiaocan was in a hurry, his tone was not very good when he was in a hurry, and his tone also increased: "Why didn't you buy it?" I'm running out of diapers, and there are only four left, and I won't be able to use them tonight. ”

Zhang Gang was upset about his work, and when he heard Li Xiaocan's question after work, he became angry, and his volume was raised eight times: "Won't you buy it?!" What are you doing at home every day?! ”

Li Xiaocan was aggrieved and angry, and gave him a blank look: "I don't have any money in my hand!" I can't ask you to transfer money! This is not my child alone, let you buy something, you are still angry! ”

Zhang Gang was still straightforward: "You don't have any money, you can ask me." Won't you buy it yourself? I'm dying of busyness. ”

Li Xiaocan is very sad, since giving birth, Zhang Gang has not taken a day off, and he works overtime every day, and he doesn't care about her and her mother at all: "If you don't have the energy, don't get married, both parties have to sacrifice for the family, this is not my home alone." ”