Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 509: Rookie Dad

Wen Shi, "..."

He finally realized that with a grandson, his mother now started to find him, her son, disagreeable.

As long as mom is happy, it’s all good.

He has a wife who cares for him. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

His plan was great, but in reality, Yi Chichi, who came out of the delivery room, was already exhausted, and didn’t have the energy to care for him at all.

Too tired, childbirth really is both painful and tiring.

Luckily, her placenta was delivered smoothly, sparing her the painful experience of manual placenta removal, otherwise it would have been even more unbearable.

"I’ll take a nap first, you guys watch the baby."

After returning to the ward and saying this, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Wen Shi tucked her in and placed the baby beside her, then sat on a stool, holding her hand, and said, "Mom, you go home first, I’ll stay up tonight, bring breakfast tomorrow morning."

Wen’s mother refused, "No, you go home."

"Why?"

"You don’t know anything, when the baby needs to eat and poop, can you change diapers and wash the baby’s butt?"

He carries the baby as if holding a ticking time bomb, stiff all over, really going hands-on with changing diapers, he might mess it up.

"I can learn."

His attitude was resolute, with a look that he wouldn’t go home even in death.

Wen’s mother was stumped, yet worried about leaving him alone at the hospital, so she compromised, "Tonight we’ll watch together, I’ll teach you how to take care of the baby and your wife first."

"Alright."

So the mother and son stayed together.

Zhang Xin also wanted to stay, but she was persuaded to go home, as she had work and they didn’t want to trouble her.

Yi Chichi wasn’t aware of this, she was woken up by the baby’s cries.

"Why is the baby crying?!"

Wen’s mother, who was soothing the baby, instinctively replied, "Hungry."

She then urged Wen Shi, "Have you made the formula yet?"

Her father-in-law and mother-in-law calculated her due date, worried about a shortage of food supplies post-delivery, and sent milk powder and bottles.

Wen Shi had packed them with the maternity bag.

Now, he was preparing the formula for the baby, but hadn’t mastered the amount, so he made a bit too much.

But at this moment, there wasn’t time to worry about these things, the baby, well-nourished, cried with incredible lung capacity, making his ears buzz, Wen Sheng quickly rushed over, and stuffed the teat into the baby’s mouth.

The crying stopped abruptly.

The hair on his body, which had stood on end, settled back down, and he let out a long sigh of relief, finally having the mind to care for Yi Chichi.

"Wife, you’re finally awake, are you hungry? Want some water? Or do you need to go to the bathroom?"

"Not hungry, a bit thirsty; besides that..."

Glancing at her engorged breasts, she looked at the baby using all his strength to suckle on the teat with some concern, "Now we’re giving the baby formula, what about my milk?"

Wen’s mother looked over in astonishment, "You have milk?"

"I do."

Yi Chichi nodded, though she wasn’t skilled in curing sickness and saving lives, she was good at taking care of her body.

Ever since confirming her pregnancy, she consciously began conditioning her body, and now she’s very healthy, her milk supply ample.

No need to stimulate milk production, she can feed directly.

She even felt her supply was overflowing.

Upon hearing this, Wen’s mother was delighted, formula is good, but it’s meant for when the daughter-in-law lacks milk to feed the baby, now that there is milk, breastfeeding is naturally better.

"Wen Shi, go fetch some water for Chichi to freshen up."

"Okay."

Wen Shi was now utterly obedient, whatever Wen’s mother said, he did.

Ten minutes later, Yi Chichi, feeling refreshed and in clean clothes, had a nursing infant in her arms.

With black, dense hair.

Lil’ chubby face, with cheeks so plump they squeezed out, touching it felt great, tender and smooth.

The skin was really red, yet the little face wasn’t wrinkled at all, not much vernix either, just a bit on the crown, the face and body were clean.

The more Yi Chichi looked, the more she liked, "My baby’s so good-looking."

"Just like you!"

Wen Shi immediately chimed in, "Nice eyes."

"Opened them?"

"Half an hour after you fell asleep, he opened his eyes."

Recalling the moment the baby opened his eyes, Wen Shi was moved to tears, "He opened them and just stared at me, it nearly melted my heart."

"He knows you’re his dad."

Yi Chichi followed along, letting the man enjoy his moment, happy at such times, who cares about scientific theories on newborns being visually impaired.

Being a dad, he has to be silly for a while, to make his newbie dad status worthwhile.

Then, the couple with heads together started lavishly praising their baby in various ways, discussing how those eyelashes are so long, how the little nose is so nice.

Wen’s mother watched their silly antics, showing a gratified smile.

"You two watch the baby, I’m going to nap for a bit."

"Alright, mom, rest assured and sleep, I’m here."

Having learned how to change diapers and such, Wen Shi took over confidently, Wen’s mother, feeling her age, could not hold on any longer, lay on the adjacent hospital bed, pulled the quilt over and fell asleep.

Exhausted, she started snoring within seconds.

Seeing this, Yi Chichi felt guilty, "Mom has worked hard today."

Wen Shi wasn’t much better off, the emotional tension from stress, then relaxing, tending the baby without enough force, afraid of hurting, hurting, or making the baby cry, then relaxing after Yi Chichi woke up, was also draining.

But he didn’t mention it, still comforting his wife, "Mom is happy, that’s why she worked hard, don’t feel bad, it’s just these few days, once discharged, you won’t have to be this tense, can relax more."

At home, not needing to watch over people stealing babies intensely, the hospital wasn’t the place for that, nerves would naturally be more tense, people would be more tired too.

Yi Chichi responded softly and looked outside the window, finding it pitch black, "What time is it now? How long did I sleep?"

Wen Shi took the watch out of his pocket and checked the time, "3:45 AM, you slept for more than eight hours."

Yi Chichi was out of the delivery room a bit after 7 PM, went to bed upon returning to the ward, doctors and nurses came to check her and the baby’s status midway, not able to wake her up.

"You should sleep for a bit, I’ll call you when I’m tired."

Seeing his eyes bloodshot, although there was no sense of fatigue on his face, Yi Chichi still felt for him and told him to take a nap.

However, Wen Shi didn’t want to, giving the reason outright.

"No, I must watch over you and the baby, the hospital is crowded, I’m afraid someone might steal the baby."

Yi Chichi, "..."

Great concern, but really unnecessary.

"This is a military hospital."

She reminded, Wen Shi righteously answered, "So what if it’s a military hospital, human traffickers don’t care which hospital."

He then lowered his voice, "Before Old Lei transferred, in the hospital at his station, such a thing had happened."

"The main responsibility of the hospital is to treat and save lives, regardless of the patient’s identity."

Implying: mixed, better be cautious.

Yi Chichi got a chill all over, holding the baby tightly.

The baby let out a discomforted cry, she quickly loosened up, soothing the baby, seeing him feeding again, she started asking about the follow-up.

"Did someone take off with the child?"

"Carried to the first floor, but intercepted by a shift-changing doctor at the front door."

Yi Chichi was relieved, "Was the trafficker caught?"

"Caught, later investigated, it was a mobile criminal trafficking gang, specialized in targeting newborns in obstetrics and gynecology, only going for boys, not girls."

"And they specifically chose babies from good backgrounds to steal."

Wealthy families’ kids are well-nurtured, human traffickers targeting such children makes sense.

Though risky, it yielded high returns.

Being traffickers, taking risks was not surprising.

"How did they get into obstetrics?"

At the moment, the baby was full and no longer eating, Wen Shi, albeit clumsily but gently, moved the child from her arms to burp him, explaining as he did so, "Old Lei said there were three pregnant women in the human trafficking gang, hospitalized for things like spotting to preserve pregnancy, then while staying in the hospital, they secretly observed and picked a target, working together inside and out to stealthily take the baby when relatives were insufficient in number or too tired."

"The preparation work was quite thorough."

Wen Shi nodded, "Luckily they were caught, otherwise with their method, more children would’ve been trafficked."