"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Lin Chaoyang immediately asked with concern.
"Stomach hurts." Tao Yushu held his stomach with a painful expression.
Lin Chaoyang's expression was tense. His stomach ached at this time, so he must be giving birth!
He immediately made arrangements to send Tao Yushu to the hospital, and then thought of a group of guests at home, so he said to Zhang Guangnian: "Old Zhang, please apologize to everyone for me. Take care of the guests for me and take them there."
Let’s have a meal at a restaurant outside, and I’ll reimburse you later.”
"It's already this time, what else can we eat?"
Zhang Guangnian said, went back to the house to say hello, called everyone, and helped Lin Chaoyang take Tao Yushu to the hospital.
After a brief examination, the doctor confirmed that the conditions for delivery were met, asked Lin Chaoyang to sign the consent form, and pushed Tao Yushu into the delivery room.
A group of old, middle-aged and young people were waiting outside the delivery room. Only then did Lin Chaoyang think of informing his family.
Lin Chaoyang's family members could not leave, so Gu Hua and Li Guowen volunteered to notify the Tao family and the Lin family respectively to prepare necessities after the birth.
The time stretched out bit by bit while waiting. Lin Chaoyang was waiting at the door of the delivery room, and would run over to listen for any movement from time to time, but there was no movement at all.
By noon, Lin Chaoyang was very anxious.
Everyone originally came to have a meal today, but they didn't even get to eat. He apologized to a few people in embarrassment, and suggested that everyone go back to rest first, and he would treat everyone to a meal another day.
Yao Xueyin was over seventy years old and had a strong body. He laughed and said to Lin Chaoyang: "You can eat at any time, but the happy event of having a baby cannot happen at any time. Anyway, we have nothing to do when we go back to the guest house.
Just stay here with you for a while."
Everyone could see that Lin Chaoyang was extremely nervous as he became a father for the first time. Everyone comforted him with a few words of comfort, and Lin Chaoyang gradually relaxed.
Not long after, Lin Erchun and his wife appeared in the hospital with anxious faces, followed by Tao's father, Tao's mother, and Tao Yumo.
Tao Yucheng was at work and had two children at home, so his sister-in-law Zhao Li stayed at home.
After briefly understanding the situation, Lin Chaoyang asked Father Tao to invite everyone outside for a meal, while he sat at the door of the delivery room and continued to wait.
When it got dark, he couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and all he could think of were those scenes in movies and TV shows about "keeping the child alive or the child alive".
Seeing that he was upset, Tao's mother comforted him: "This is Yushu's first time giving birth, so it will definitely take a little longer. When I gave birth to Yucheng, it took almost seven or eight hours."
Zhang Guiqin also comforted him with a few words before Lin Chaoyang relaxed again.
Seeing that it was already getting late, Lin Chaoyang asked a few guests to go back first.
But after such a long wait, these old men seemed to have made up their minds and wanted to see the child born.
Gay men sometimes have an inexplicable stubbornness, and as time goes by, this waiting is slowly condensed into a sense of ritual of joint participation in the event.
What kind of guesthouse should we go back to, what kind of food should we eat? Isn't it more interesting than watching a little guy come into this world?
Under the blessing of this inexplicable stubbornness, everyone has been waiting at the door of the delivery room.
At around six o'clock in the evening, Tao Yucheng came to the hospital with his wife and children. In addition to the Tao and Lin families, plus the guests waiting aside, there were nearly twenty family members of Tao Yushu's baby waiting at the door of the delivery room.
Another family came in the afternoon. Seeing their spectacular scene, they couldn't help but feel a sense of shame for their small population.
At around 7 p.m., the door to the delivery room, which had been closed for almost eight hours, was finally opened.
A nurse in plain clothes came out holding the baby, "Mother Tao Yushu's family!"
Lin Chaoyang jumped up and rushed to the nurse, and others rushed over.
"The father of the child?"
Lin Chaoyang was so excited that he couldn't open his mouth, so he just nodded fiercely.
"He's a boy, weighing eight pounds and two ounces, and 53 centimeters long."
As the nurse spoke, she was about to hand the child to Lin Chaoyang. He adjusted his posture clumsily, his arms as stiff as two stones.
When that soft little life fell into his arms, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
This is my son?
Lin Chaoyang looked at the little guy's face. It was wrinkled, black and red, and not pretty at all.
Lin Chaoyang felt a little regretful that he didn't follow his mother.
The disgust in his heart lasted only for a moment, and he was enveloped in unprecedented happiness.
Little guy, so cute and cute!
"Eight pounds and two taels, what a big fat boy!" Lin Erchun looked at the child eagerly, with a happy face.
With Lin Chaoyang as the center, the family formed a circle around him and the child, looking at the infant baby with concern as if on a pilgrimage, with kind smiles on everyone's faces.
After everyone in the family took a look around, Lin Chaoyang took the child to several colleagues for a look.
"Chaoyang, congratulations on your great success, Lin'er!"
"Congratulations, Chaoyang! I just won the award and I have a son. It's really a double happiness!"
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"Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone!"
Lin Chaoyang grinned, looking much happier than when he won the award.
Everyone played with the newborn baby for a while. The corridor was full of laughter and laughter. The nurse said angrily: "Don't even stand here. Send the baby to the ward quickly."
Only then did Lin Chaoyang realize that the child's mother hadn't come out yet.
He handed the child to his parents and asked them to take the child back to the ward, while he continued to wait for Tao Yushu at the door of the delivery room.
After more than ten minutes, the nurses finally pushed Tao Yushu out of the delivery room. She had just given birth, her face was pale, and she was lying weakly on the hospital bed covered in sweat.
Lin Chaoyang stepped forward and held her hand distressedly. The couple said a few words, and Tao Yushu was pushed into the ward.
Lin Chaoyang excitedly held his son to her. She only glanced at him and couldn't help but frown in disgust.
"Why is it so ugly?"
"Do you think it would be prettier if it were a girl?"
Tao Yushu seemed to be shocked by her son's ugly appearance and regretted that she was not giving birth to a daughter.
"Children are born like this, they will be fine after they are raised."
Lin Chaoyang placed her son next to her pillow, feeling the breath of the little life next to her, and Tao Yushu's disgusted heart softened.
"Look at him, is he ugly?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"What's ugly? Where is it ugly?"
The woman turned against her faster than turning over a book. Lin Chaoyang immediately changed his words and said: "Not ugly, not ugly."
After discussing his appearance with Tao Yushu, Lin Chaoyang went to see off his colleagues.
He was supposed to be treating guests to dinner today, but he didn't expect that everyone had to wait with him in the hospital for a long time. Lin Chaoyang felt very sorry and kept saying thanks and apologies to several people.
Wei Wei's face was filled with joy, "It's just a meal, it doesn't matter whether you eat it or not. Being able to witness the joy of your couple's wedding makes us happy too."
Everyone nodded in unison, Wei Wei's words expressed everyone's feelings.
Compared with the appetite, witnessing the birth of a little life makes everyone more happy.
Everyone has just won an award, and it is a time of great success. This kind of non-utilitarian joy is completely different from the joy of winning an award. It makes people feel happy from the bottom of their hearts.
After seeing everyone off, Lin Chaoyang returned to the ward, where Tao Yushu had already fallen asleep.
After spending half a day in the delivery room, her energy was already exhausted.
"Dad, Mom, you and your eldest brother should go back early." Lin Chaoyang said to Tao's father and Tao's mother.
"I'll stay here to take care of you tonight." Mother Tao volunteered.
"My mother-in-law, I'm here," Zhang Guiqin said.
Father Tao said: "Let's do this. Let's go back first. Chaoyang and his mother-in-law will take care of Yushu and the children tonight, and we will come over tomorrow morning to replace them."
"That's what dad said."
After seeing off the Tao family, Lin Chaoyang asked Lin Erchun to go back and wait until tomorrow morning. He and Zhang Guiqin stayed in the hospital.
Tao Yushu put in a lot of energy to give birth to the child, sleeping all night long, but the newly born little guy never stopped for a moment.
I cry every once in a while, either because I'm hungry, or because I've peed, or because I'm hungry.
Under the guidance of Zhang Guiqin, Lin Chaoyang practiced various skills in caring for children.
He became familiar with holding a baby, making milk powder, and changing diapers after doing it a few times. The only thing he couldn't get used to was washing diapers.
It's not that he, as an old father, doesn't have enough love, it's just that this little brat is so capable that he has to take a big one every once or two.
He wanted to throw away the diaper with feces in it, but Zhang Guiqin scolded him for being a prodigal. Lin Chaoyang helplessly retched while washing the diaper.
When he thought about this kind of work in the next few years, his heart was extremely broken.
I gave birth to a shitty baby!
After struggling all night, by morning he was completely confused.
When Lin Erchun and Tao Mu arrived, he was finally liberated.
I went home and slept with my head covered, and went to the hospital again in the evening.
After struggling like this for two nights, Tao Yushu was finally discharged from the hospital.
In order to take care of Tao Yushu's confinement, they did not return to the courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong after being discharged from the hospital, but returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartment.
There is collective heating here, and the most important thing is that there are 24-hour hot water and toilets, which can make you spend the confinement period comfortably.
In order to take care of her daughter, Tao's mother also temporarily moved to the overseas Chinese apartment. Together with Zhang Guiqin, her mother-in-law and mother-in-law, Lin Chaoyang's pressure suddenly decreased.
The only thing that made him uncomfortable was that he still had to wash the diaper that was stained with daddy.
That evening, Tao Yumo ran to see his nephew.
The little guy weighed more than eight pounds when he was born. Newly born babies grow very fast. In just three or four days, they gained another two pounds. They look plump and chubby.
Moreover, in the past two days, my skin color has obviously become whiter and tenderer than when I was just born, like the fat baby in the New Year paintings.
Her hands couldn't help but pinch her little nephew's face, hands, and feet, "This little Dongzi is so cute!"
Dongdong is the nickname of Lin Chaoyang's son, which means Meng Dong was born in October.
As she spoke, she shouted to Lin Chaoyang: "Brother-in-law, my nephew's nickname is the same as Zha Haisheng's. Should I change it to another one?"
"Your nephew's name is Dongdong, but you call him Xiaodongzi!" Tao Yushu said angrily.
Lin Chaoyang looked at her like this and said to Tao Yushu, "This girl really likes children!"
"She is only fresh for two days. She is used as a toy. After two days, she gets tired of it."
While the couple was talking, Tao Yumo suddenly smelled a foul smell. When she opened her nephew's diaper, she immediately shouted in horror: "Sister, your son has pooped!"
Tao Yushu said angrily: "I just pulled it, what did you yell?"
While she was talking, she went over to change the child's diaper skillfully, and handed the diaper to Tao Yumo.
"What are you doing for me? How dirty?" Tao Yumo looked disgusted and was about to throw him away.
When Tao Yushu heard this, he immediately became unhappy, "Did I wash enough of your diapers when you were a child? Go and wash them!"
Seeing his sister digging out old accounts, Tao Yumo looked reluctant, "Obviously it was the eldest brother who did the most laundry. How old were you at that time?"
"Go quickly!"
Tao Yumo went to wash the diaper slowly. When he got to the bathroom, he opened the diaper and smelled it before he could wash it. He was so smoked that he retched.
"Ugh~ Brother-in-law, your son's shit stinks too much!"
Lin Chaoyang leaned against the door frame and said to her: "Wash well, who doesn't come here like this? You are his aunt, how can I dislike my nephew so much?"
"You're still his dad!" Tao Yumo said angrily while rubbing his diaper.
After finally washing the diaper, Lin Chaoyang smelled it specifically to make sure there was no smell before letting her hang it up to dry.
“Nice wash!”
Tao Yumo rolled her eyes at him and said, "Do you need to praise me?"
"Come and sit at home more often when you have nothing to do."
"Come and wash your son's diaper, right?"
After teasing each other with Lin Chaoyang, Tao Yumo almost had to wash her hands off her bald skin. After coming out of the bathroom, she asked Tao Yushu:
"Sister, have you thought about my nephew's name?"
Chapter completed!