Ice making

　　There was a commotion outside before anyone could go out to check, a figure rushed in. It was Tang Chunrong who had rushed over from the school, Someone had brought him a message, so he asked for leave directly. He wanted to rush into the house to check on his brother, but Zhang Xiu, who happened to be coming out, quickly stopped him.

　　”What’s wrong with my brother? Why is he going to give birth today? Didn’t they say it would take a few days?” Tang Chunrong was very anxious, with sweat all over his head.

　　”A-Rong is here, it is normal to give birth a few days earlier, don’t worry, your brother is fine now.” Zhang Xiu raised his head and wanted to ask someone to take A Rong away.

        He wanted to call Li Feng, but he saw that Li Feng was making tea but spilled the boiling water outside without knowing it. He stared blankly in the direction of the house, Zhang Xiu patted his forehead and called another person: “Dashan, you accompany A Rong.”

　　Li Feng quickly came over,  Zhang Xiu was startled, how could this man be so fast? Then he heard Li Feng’s anxious voice asking, “How is Ming Ge’er? What do you need me to do?”

　　”Okay, go ahead and continue to boil water, boil more water.” Zhang Xiu ordered without any politeness. Then he saw him rushing out of the main room in the blink of an eye, which made him stare with his eyes wide open.

　　Old He smiled bitterly and pointed to the teapot. “Look at this kid, you said he was steady, my good tea was hard to come by, but he ruined it. I’d better do it myself.”

　　”Haha, then I’m in for a treat today.” The village head also respected Dr He whom Li Feng had brought back. Something indescribable about him that made people feel that he was more than just a doctor. When he accompanied him to drink tea and listen to him talk about things outside, he felt that his horizons had been broadened.

　　Li Feng kept boiling the water he was asked to, when the water was ready, he scooped it out put it in a bucket beside and waited for someone to call for water. Then he continued to boil the next pot, when he boiled the tenth pot of water, there was movement outside. Li Feng couldn’t wait to be called, threw down the bucket, and ran out of the kitchen, it turned out that Wang Ying had come.

　　Looking at Li Feng, who looked a little silly and had tired eyes, completely different from his usual image, Wang Ying knew that the man was nervous, and said bluntly: “I’ll go in and take a look, this is his second child, so it won’t be as long as the first one.” 

     After that, without caring what the man thought, he greeted the people in the main room and went into the delivery room.

　　Tang Chunming didn’t know what he felt anymore, he just wanted to end this painful torture that made him want to die as soon as possible. His whole body felt like being torn apart.

     He didn’t want to behave like a woman and scream, he stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth and gritted his teeth to endure the waves of torture. Damn it, when he returns to Earth, he will definitely pay the highest respect to all women.

　　”It’s almost there, just hold on a little longer. Listen to my instructions and don’t waste your energy.” The physician encouraged him.

　　”Ming’er, it’s almost there, the head can be seen, if it hurts so much, just scream, don’t hold it in.” Shen Fulang took a towel and wiped Tang Chunming’s sweat while comforting him. The room was almost like a steamer, and Ming’er looked like he had been fished out of the water.

　　”Ah!! I don’t want to have any more children… damn it!” Finally, a terrible scream was heard in the room.

　　”Okay, we won’t have any more children in the future, Ming’er. Two children are enough for us. We won’t have any more in the future!” Li Feng heard it and rushed to the door and shouted inside.

　　”ah!…”

　  He doesn’t know if it was Li Feng’s shouting that worked, but with one last push, it seemed as if something that had been in his body for a long time finally flowed out. He suddenly felt relaxed, and then a feeling of fatigue rose from the inside out.

　　”It’s born, a big fat boy!” the physician exclaimed in surprise and patted the baby’s butt. The baby’s crying sound immediately rang out in the delivery room.

　　”It’s born! It’s born!” Everyone who had been waiting for a long time shouted with joy. He Lao accidentally spilled the tea out of the cup as Li Feng did. Seeing this, he laughed and said, “It’s finally born, we were also nervous. After everything is cleaned up, Lao Hu and I will go in and take his pulse.”

　　”Yes, take the pulse, but it’s all will be fine after the baby cries.” Doctor Hu also said happily, that both the mother and child were all in good spirits.

　　Only Dashan noticed that Li Feng had been standing stupidly at the door, he stepped forward and patted his shoulder, finally waking Li Feng up from his daze. He saw that he was shaking, so he quickly supported him and asked, “What’s wrong?”

　　”It’s okay,” Li Feng wiped his face, his body was very stiff and he felt fatigued, he couldn’t even take a step. His clothes were thoroughly soaked. “I’m fine, Ming Ge’er has given birth, right?”

　　”Yes, the baby is born, listen, the baby is crying. They’ll take it out and show it to you once he has been cleaned.”

　　”It will be fine once the baby is born…”Li Feng rigidly took a few steps back and sat down on a chair. Then he suddenly remembered, “A-Lin, quickly call A-Lin back and tell him that his mother has given birth to a younger brother.”

     He was afraid that the A-Lin would be frightened when he saw the baby, so when Ming Ge’er was taken to the delivery room, he sent A-Lin together with Da Mao and Er Mao to Wang Mo’s house, asking Wang Mo’s Grandma to take care of them, and promised that he would be brought back to see his younger brother after he was born.

　　”Okay, you sit down first, I’ll go and fetch him.” Dashan patted him, turned around, and walked out, wiping the sweat off his face. Seeing how nervous Li Feng was, he also got nervous and reminisced about the scene when Axiu gave birth to a child.

     Now he has two sons and is already satisfied, it was Axiu who wanted to have another little boy, but after seeing today’s scene, Dashan didn’t want Axiu to suffer again.

　　When A-Lin was brought back, the room had been cleaned up, Li Feng, who was about to enter the room to see Mingger, took A-Lin with him. The first thing he saw was the baby in Wang Ying’s arms, with a red face and closed eyes. The newborn baby was not good-looking, but Li Feng felt a sense of joy in his heart. That was Mingger’s child, he had been with Ming’ger for several months waiting for his birth.

　　Li Feng had recovered by then, he looked up at Ming Ge’er lying on the Kang with gentle eyes. He then said to A-Lin, “A-Lin, this is your brother, you must take good care of him in the future.”

　　”Brother, I am the older brother now, you must listen to me and Mother, as well as Uncle Feng. If you don’t behave, I will spank you.”

     A-Lin educated his younger brother like an adult, not caring whether his younger brother could understand.

　　Grandma Chan laughed first, he also understood the family’s situation and said, “Young man, take care of your younger brother first, when your younger brother grows up, he can protect you.”

　　There was a strong smell of blood in the room, making Li Feng feel stimulated. However, in his eyes, there was only Ming Ge’er lying on the Kang. He walked to the Kang and held his hand. He wanted to say something comforting but was too tongue-tied to know how to start. He was silent for a long time before he said, “The child is fine, he is our child.”

　　Tang Chunming lay listlessly on the Kang, the hair on his forehead wet with sweat. When he was about to sleep, he heard Li Feng’s words. He looked up at him, immediately understood what Li Feng meant, and said, “I’ll listen to you, you’ll be the head of the family from now on.” 

   After he finished speaking, the spirit he had forced himself to muster dissipated, his eyes gradually closed, and he fell into a deep sleep.

　　He was exhausted physically and mentally, and he couldn’t hold on any longer. He was exhausted physically and mentally. He was a grown man and had given birth to a child, the reality was terrible.

      Of course, there was good news, which was that he could move freely after giving birth, and he didn’t have to be restricted by a big belly, before falling asleep, he was still thinking about it. He said he would spank the little b**td after giving birth, so he had to remember this.

　　Li Feng had been sitting on the edge of the kang without moving. After A Lin saw his mother, he was taken out by Shen Fulang. Later, Tang Chunrong came in to see his brother.

    Old He and Doctor Hu also came in to check his pulse, they all said that he was in good health and would have no problem if he had enough rest during the confinement period. Wang Ying took the baby out and let everyone see him, then took him back and put him next to his stepson. He couldn’t help laughing when he saw the little child smacking his lips.

　　”You stay with them, I’ll go out and see what food they’ve prepared.”

　　”Okay, there’s a hen stewing on the stove, and the goat’s milk is ready.” Li Feng remembered these things and hurriedly got up to go take a look.

　　”You sit down, I’ll go take a look, it’s not time to eat yet.” Wang Ying patted Li Feng’s shoulder, turned and walked out. Now, he was rest assured that his stepson was lucky this time and found a man who would really love him.

　　It was already the next day when Tang Chunming woke up, the first feeling after waking up was hunger, his stomach was empty and he urgently wanted to find something to fill it. But no one cared about him now, he heard a muffled voice trying clumsily to coax the crying child.

　　”Be good, there will be food soon, don’t disturb Ming Ge’er’s sleep, be good…”

　　Tang Chunming looked up and saw Li Feng holding the child stiffly, looking at him worriedly. Just as he met Tang Chunming’s gaze, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he walked quickly toward him with the child in his arms.

   “Ming Ge’er, you’re awake, how do you feel? I’ll call Dr He to come and check on you. Oh, by the way, take a look at our child, he’s crying because he’s hungry. Mother went to warm the goat milk for him to drink.” 

    Li Feng carefully placed the child next to Ming Ge’er, then carefully helped Tang Chunming up, and put a thick cushion behind him to lean on.

　　His whole body still looked like it had been torn apart and put back together, but he was able to gather a little strength. He said to Li Feng, “I’m hungry,” while looking at the child and poking his face with his finger, “Why does it look so ugly?” His tone was full of disgust, it was this little b**td who had tormented him for several months.

　　On the contrary, the child who was crying just now stopped crying after he was laid down next to Tang Chunming, with his eyes closed, he turned his head automatically towards Tang Chunming.

　　Li Feng hurriedly grabbed Mingge’er’s finger, afraid that he would hurt the child if he poked him with too much strength, which made Tang Chunming glare at him.

     At this time, Wang Ying pushed the door open and came in with hot goat milk in his hand. Seeing that Tang Chunming was awake, he said, “You are awake, you must be hungry, the food is heating up on the stove. A-Feng, go and bring it over.”

　　”Okay, I’ll go right away, Ming’ge’er, please wait a moment.” Li Feng agreed and left in a hurry. As soon as Wang Ying saw his expression, he knew that his stepson must have done something to make the man embarrassed.

　　”Do you want to feed him or should I?” Putting down the bowl, Wang Ying said to Tang Chunming.

　　Tang Chunming touched his nose awkwardly and said, “Mom, you should do it.” Looking at such a small and soft thing, he was afraid that he could not control his strength, even Li Feng had stopped him when he poked it lightly.

　　Wang Ying didn’t say anything else, he picked up the child skillfully, sat on the edge of the Kang, supported the child’s head with one hand, and fed him milk little by little with a small spoon in the other hand, he looked like a patient person.

　　Li Feng also came in quickly, followed by A-Lin and Dr. He. A-Lin happily rushed to Tang Chunming and said, “Mom, little brother.”

　　”Well, A-Lin is the older brother now, but A-Lin is still the best behaved. I like A-Lin the most.”

　　The people in the room twitched their lips after hearing this, they didn’t know what to say to this heartless person, but seeing that A-Lin was happy, and the newborn baby couldn’t understand at all and wouldn’t be hurt by his mother’s words, they just let him be.

　　After the child was born, many people in the village came to visit, as for the third-day bathing ceremony, Tang Chunming had not made any preparations for it, nor did he have any idea about it in his mind. However, even people from the Jinji Restaurant came, and Manager Qi even brought the gift of the newborn basin that Teng Yu had asked him.

　　Except for Uncle Liu’s family, no other member of the Zhao family showed up. However, everyone decisively didn’t mention them, especially since the village head had already learned Li Feng’s decision, so he would not mention it.

　　Privately, he went to Shen Fulang to tell him about Li Feng’s plan: “Ah Feng plans to marry Ming Ge’er and have both children have his surname and include them in the Li family’s genealogy.”

　　Shen Fulang obviously expected this, and he didn’t show much surprise when he heard it: “That’s good, you can see, Ming Ge’er gave birth to a boy, and the Zhao family didn’t react at all, so why bother raising a child for the Zhao family? Anyway, A-Lin hasn’t been included in the Zhao family’s genealogy.”

　　Because he was a young ger and was not taken seriously, the matter had been delayed, this was common. Some families would wait until the ger got married before they would remember to add his name.  Shen Fulang considered it a good thing, as it saved him from having to trouble the Zhao family, who might cause trouble.

　　”But, A-Feng will have his children in the future, right? Will he…” The village head was in a complicated mood. His last name was Li, and he hoped that Li Feng would have his children inherit everything from him.

      There was a difference between biological children and non-biological children. Of course, he also knew that including A-Lin and his brother’s name in the Zhao family’s genealogy would be a huddle.

    They were probably waiting to use this matter to embarrass Ming Ge’er, because Ming Ge’er had repeatedly embarrassed them, so he was in a dilemma.

　　Shen Fulang glared at his husband and said, “You’re already worried about the kids, even though they don’t have one yet. Really? Do you think that Feng Xiaozi hasn’t considered these things? Since he has made the decision, it means he really wants to treat these two children as his own.”

   “Even if he has his children in the future, he will raise them in the same way and divide the family property equally. Besides, won’t the couple be able to earn enough to support three children?”

     He still had confidence in Ming Ge’er’s ability to make money, looking at the hundreds of chickens on the back hill and the fish pond they had dug. Who would say that Feng Xiaozi was throwing money into the water in the future?

　　The village head thought about it and it was true, the conflict between the adopted son and the biological son was probably about family property. It would not be a problem if A-Feng worked a little harder and earned more family property. Besides, it would just be for the sons,  A-Lin was a ger who would get married in the future.

　The child didn’t have a full name yet, only a nickname, which was decided by Tang Chunming, it was obvious that not much thought was put into it. Following A-Lin’s lead, he called him A-Sen, and the full name was left to the wise Dr He to decide.

　　After choosing this name, Tang Chunming was laughed at by others, they all said that if he had another one in the past two years he would probably name him A-Mu, Tang Chunming’s mouth twitched when he heard this.

　　He could bear the fact that he couldn’t go out during the confinement period, but not being able to bathe or wash his hair on such a hot day made him feel sick.

    He felt like he was smelling sour, and he hated it, there was no air conditioning or fan, and he felt very hot. If possible, he wanted to disappear and get into the space, which had a constant temperature of 20 degrees all year round was the most comfortable.

　　Tang Chunming was not having a good time, and Li Feng was anxious when he saw it, if it were any other time he would have agreed to Tang Chunming’s request, but now he kept in mind the precautions given by Dr He and those people who had experience.

   He knew that he could not let Mingge’er do whatever he wanted, otherwise, it would leave a root of illness and Mingge’er would be the one who suffered in the end.

　　”The weather is too hot, it’s even more unbearable to be stuck in the house, how about I get some ice and put it in the house? Can ice be used?” Li Feng had to think of a way to make Ming Ge’er live as comfortably as possible.

　　Dr. He now took over teaching the three children to write and read, and his days were not idle. Of course, the temporary study was also moved to his room, he just came out of the small study and rolled his eyes when he heard Li Feng’s words: “You should use less ice, and put it farther away.”