Three or Two Things about Rebirth

When I went to work on Monday, Qin Huifang's affairs had already become a hot topic in the city.

Qiu Luming paged Qin Huifang and asked her where she was.

Qin Huifang called back quickly, and Bingbing's crying voice, asking to find her grandma, came from the microphone. It turned out that when Qin's mother learned about this on Saturday night, she suffered from high blood pressure and was admitted to the hospital.

Bingbing was used to sleeping with her grandmother and had been crying all the time. Qin Huifang did not go to work and was hiding at her parents' home. At this time, she was holding her daughter and crying.

Qiu Luming sighed, said hello to Sister Meng and left. When he walked into the corridor, he heard Lao Bai whisper to Sister Meng, "Xiao Qiu must have gone to County Magistrate Qin's house!"

Sister Meng said, "You should say less. Only at this time can you tell who your true friends are. I think Xiao Qiu is quite loyal."

"What a bullshit! It's because Qin Huifang's father is the county magistrate. Why don't you try with a farmer's family and see if she will go!"

As Qiu Luming walked down the stairs, even the office at the border inspection station was hotly discussing Qin Huifang.

She went to the farmer's market and heard the tofu vendor and the steamed bun vendor next to him excitedly saying, "...That child is not from Old Lu's family at all. Yes, I remember it clearly. Lu Jiaming started working as soon as he graduated, and got married as soon as he started working. The old man from the Wan family even gave a gift...You came late and didn't know that every stall in our market gave a gift. Well! Who dares not to?...Oh my god, in a while, we will have to give a gift again!...Don't you understand? Isn't it obvious? If you are cuckolded, you must get a divorce. Ordinary people can't do it, let alone the director's family! You say, after the divorce, you have to find another one? If you find another one, you have to give a gift again. Let's say, do you dare not give a gift to a tax assistant who is getting married? This is the director..."

Qiu Luming hurriedly bought a roast chicken, and when he saw the freshly baked egg cake, he bought two pounds of it. He also bought some jelly and shrimp crackers for Bingbing, and took them to Qin's house.

When Qin Huifang opened the door and saw Qiu Luming, she hugged her and buried her face in her shoulder and cried bitterly, saying incoherently, "Yesterday I went to the hospital... to see my mother. Woo woo woo, Luming, I'm done. Lu Jiaming's mother went to the hospital to make a scene. Many people gathered around to watch. The looks in their eyes made me want to bang my head against the wall... I thought I could be strong, but I can't. I can't take it anymore..."

Qiu Luming patted her back, unable to find a word of comfort.

Bingbing's crying was heard from the bedroom. Qin Huifang immediately let go of Qiu Luming and rushed into the bedroom, "Don't cry, don't cry, mom is here, mom is here! Oh, Dabao, why did you only sleep for a short while, can you continue to sleep..."

The Qin family's house was in a mess. Qin's father was not at home. I don't know if he went to work or to the hospital. Qiu Luming poked his head at the bedroom door and asked, "Have you eaten?"

Qin Huifang shook her head, "I have no appetite."

"I'll make some porridge. If you don't want to eat it, Bingbing has to eat it." Qiu Luming took out an egg cake from a plastic bag and handed it to Bingbing. "Bingbing, don't cry. Godmother, give you an egg cake first, and we'll have porridge later!"

Bingbing, who was over two years old, looked pitiful and was sweating all over. She held the egg cake and brought it to her mouth, but she couldn't control her sobs and couldn't eat it at all. She turned her head and started crying again in grievance. Qin Huifang hugged her daughter and coaxed her with heartache.

The Qin family had a refrigerator and a freezer, which were filled with all kinds of food, mostly meat. Qiu Luming found the frozen shrimps, chopped them up, and cut some minced meat to stir-fry, then put them in the porridge pot to cook. When the fragrance spread, the second door of the Qin family opened, and Qin Huifang's second sister-in-law came in. When she saw Qiu Luming in the kitchen, she immediately said loudly, "Oh, why did I ask you to cook? I'll do it!"

Qiu Luming handed over the kitchen and went to the bedroom to comfort Qin Huifang, telling her that the most important thing was to take good care of the children.

Qin Huifang hurriedly chased her away, "Go to work quickly, don't let me affect your work."

"It doesn't matter. We are very idle in winter."

"You, don't come to me anymore. It will affect your chances of finding a partner."

"When I was a jinx, you didn't hide from me!"

"That's different, go away."

Qiu Luming guessed that County Chief Qin would be back soon, so she teased Bingbing again, said she would come back another day, and then got up and left. What she hadn't told Qin Huifang was that she ran into Zheng Wei when she left the market. He said that early on Sunday morning, Xu Zhenhua hurried to the police station to handle the household registration transfer, and then took a taxi to Tang County Railway Station.

When he returned to the unit, it was just lunch time. In the cafeteria, Qiu Luming couldn't help but hear some gossip about Qin Huifang again.

A week later, Qiu Luming suddenly received a call from Lu Jiaming at home. He burst into tears on the phone. He did not go to work that week. His parents and sisters kept forcing him to divorce, but he did not want to. His mother cried and scolded him, and his father beat him with a belt, but he was very clear that he did not want to divorce.

He pleaded with Qiu Luming, "Please help me persuade Huifang, she listens to you the most!... I wanted to talk to her, but she didn't answer my call!... I was really irritated by that bastard Yang Dawei that day, so I said such ugly words, and I slapped myself twice when I got home. Old Qiu, tell her that I will never divorce you! Bingbing is not my child, I love her just as much, and I will not divorce you just as much!"

"Why are you doing this?" If you don't want a divorce, why do you indulge yourself in saying such cruel words? "I will definitely tell her what you mean when I see her. As for whether she will listen to me or not, I don't know."

Lu Jiaming thanked him profusely, "Thank you! Thank you, Lao Qiu, she will definitely listen to you!"

As soon as she hung up the phone, He Manshu told Qiu Luming, "Just tell her not to give her too many suggestions. After all, this is such a big deal, she has to make her own decision!"

Qiu Luming nodded, "Got it."

The phone suddenly rang again, and Qiu Luming quickly picked it up. It was Fu Xinyang's excited voice, "Meifen gave birth! She gave birth at noon! It's a boy! Yes! A boy! Weighing 15 pounds! Thank you, thank you!"

Qiu Luming hung up the phone, "Mom, Meifen gave birth to a boy, weighing 7.6 jin."

"Oh, the first child is so big, this child must have suffered!" He Manshu sighed and prepared some things for her. "In the past, little girls couldn't visit a nanny for confinement, but now people don't care about that. I made a small quilt and a few big red quilts. They are all brand new. Give them to Meifen!"

Qiu Luming rushed to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital. She heard the mother's screams of pain and Fu's mother's laughter from a distance. She walked into the ward and saw Fu's mother chatting with an old lady who was accompanying her in delivery with a smile on her face. When she smiled, her cheekbones rose, making her eyes look more triangular.

Han Meifen fell into a deep sleep in the noisy environment, exhausted. Qiu Luming quickly stretched out his hand to signal Fu's mother not to wake her up. She put down the gifts and quilt she brought, and looked down at the child in the crib. The child's hands and feet were tied, and he was sleeping peacefully like his mother, amid the screams of the pregnant woman next to him.

"What a lucky little guy!" Qiu Luming smiled and gently touched his little ear. When he looked up again, he saw that Fu's mother had woken up Han Meifen. She sighed and hurried over, "Meifen, how are you? You must have suffered a lot!"

Han Meifen's eyes welled up with tears, but after just a second, she smiled again, "I'm fine, just tired. It took two whole days to give birth. Luming, please help me check my son's toes. I only checked his hands and forgot to check his feet!"

Fu's mother laughed and said, "I checked and found that there are exactly ten babies, no more, no less! The doctor said that the baby is fine in every way! Hahaha!"

Han Meifen smiled, "Mom, I gave you a grandson!"

"Hey! Good child! You are a great contributor to our Fu family! Mom will be grateful to you for the rest of her life!" Fu's mother walked up to Han Meifen, touched her hand, and said in an exaggerated voice.

After hearing Han Meifen's words "I gave you a grandson", Qiu Luming felt indescribably upset. She looked around and asked Han Meifen, "Where's Fu Xinyang? Are your parents here?"

Before Han Meifen could say anything, Fu's mother rushed to say, "Our Xinyang went home to make porridge for Meifen! The child's grandmother came this morning, and she left after Meifen gave birth.

Qiu Luming really didn't want to look into Fu's mother's cunning eyes, so she asked Han Meifen, "You haven't eaten since you gave birth, have you?"

"I'm not hungry." Han Meifen really didn't seem hungry, her face was full of a happy smile.

Qiu Luming sighed, took out the milk powder he brought with him, borrowed a cup from the nurse, washed it, made a cup of milk powder, let it cool to the right temperature, and handed it to Han Meifen, "Drink some, you still have to feed the baby."

After Han Meifen finished drinking the milk powder, Qiu Luming told her again, "I'm leaving, you continue to sleep and get your body back to health."