Chapter 190. Discharge from hospital and go home
Originally, Lianshan was still thinking of letting Shuzhen stay in the hospital for a few more days. Not only to avoid the hassle in this freezing cold weather, but also because more observation would be good for her health, right?
But on the third day, Liu Ye’er went into labor, crying and shouting, and after a good seven or eight hours, gave birth to a chubby boy. There were now three mothers and four babies in the room, and oftentimes when one started crying, it would trigger a quartet. By the fourth day, two more mothers with six family members moved in, turning the already not-so-quiet ward into a bustling marketplace.
With things so lively, how could Shuzhen be willing to spend money just to suffer?
Lianshan reluctantly tried negotiating with the hospital authorities to find a single patient room, but to no avail, he had to settle for going home when the weather got relatively warmer.
The bus could only reach the town. The village’s tractor with its open roof not only caught the wind but was also very bumpy. After rejecting both options, the old covered ox cart that Lian Hai used back then was brought out again.
On the day of discharge, Lianshan dressed Shuzhen in cotton-padded clothes and pants, and put over her a long army coat that her big brother-in-law earned when he was honored as an advanced village cadre last year. He put a cotton hat on her head and wrapped a long woolen scarf around her. Afraid she might catch a cold and suffer from postpartum ailments for a lifetime, Lianshan didn’t even leave a gap for her eyes.
Just as Shuzhen was about to pull down the scarf a bit to show her eyes and walk, she suddenly felt her body lighten as she was lifted horizontally again.
This, this won’t do, relative!
There’s a strict watch on the streets for inappropriate behavior. You don’t want us both to be caught for a moral issue; that wouldn’t be fun.
Shuzhen struggled, insisting on walking by herself.