Chapter 25 25. Alternative life continuation

Before Wen Jiajia boarded the old ship "Old Bell", she, like most girls, received a standardized education in society, and had a very traditional understanding: children are the continuation of the lives of husbands and wives. But Wen Jiajia is now pregnant, and the child belongs to Lao Zhong.She suddenly felt that she had embarked on an alternative path on the subject of "continuation of life". At the very least, it does not conform to the general aesthetics of the public. The domestic policy is very strict, so Wen Jiajia's childbearing path frequently encounters scorched earth and various contemptuous eyes.So she chose to come to America, to Seattle.

At first, she had no peace here, and even regretted choosing this place. But now, she has gained spiritual comfort—her inferiority complex was healed when an alternative mother encountered several other alternative families. Chen Yue, that good-tempered, greedy, thrifty and thrifty pregnant woman with curly hair, traveled far and wide in order to have a second child. Xiao Zhou, the white-haired witch with a disgusting and kind face, who speaks harshly and speaks harshly, and her partner is a woman. Such cases of same-sex births are not allowed in China, so they had to come to the United States.

Compared with these two, Wen Jiajia is much calmer, especially after seeing Julie's incompetent mother with her own eyes, she is more confident in teaching her children well. To be a strong woman or to be a good mother? Julie's mother abandoned marriage and children and chose career and second spring. And she, Wen Jiajia, gave up her marriage and career for the sake of living, but she will never give up this piece of meat in her belly. From this point of view, Wen Jiajia thinks she is more traditional than Julie's mother, the difference is only in the process. Xiao Zhou's baby is a cute mixed-race baby, and he is lying in the crib at this time.

Wen Jiajia was lying beside the crib, happily teasing him, taking pictures of every moment by the way.Only then did she understand why many girls longed to find a foreign man, not only for the green card, but also because they could create a mixed-race baby. Facing such a miraculous little life, no woman would dislike it. Xiao Zhou has officially entered the confinement period. Mrs. Huang is busy inside and out. At this time, she came over with a bowl of soup and greeted: "Mrs. Zhou, drink it while it is hot... This is the best Taiwanese rice wine, drink it Go down and replenish and help to lose belly fat!"

Wen Jiajia looked up and saw the woman who was accompanying Xiao Zhou in the delivery room, supporting Xiao Zhou and stumbling over to see the baby. Both of them were wearing the pair of wooden bracelets that Xiao Zhou bought. Xiao Zhou had a hat wrapped around his head, covering his glaring white hair, and cotton slippers under his feet, a standard confinement outfit. The woman and Mrs. Huang helped Xiao Zhou to sit down together. Xiao Zhou looked at the mixed-race child tenderly while drinking. The child was very embarrassed to urinate, Wen Jiajia moved out of the way, Mrs. Huang rushed over to change the child's diaper, the woman took it immediately: "I'll..."

While changing the baby's diaper, she raised her head from time to time and met Xiao Zhou's eyes with gentle eyes. Then, after the child finished putting water under it, it started up again, crying loudly because he was hungry. The woman picked up the baby and sent it to Xiao Zhou's arms to nurse. Under the sun, Xiao Zhou's family of three lived in harmony. Wen Jiajia watched silently from the sidelines, moved in her heart, and finally understood the complicated relationships around Xiao Zhou. It turned out that Xiao Zhou was not a surrogate mother. On the contrary, that handsome foreign guy was... how should I put it, oh, yes, a sperm donor father.

Of course, this is just for them to have a saying when they return to China in the future, so that everyone thinks that Xiao Zhou has a child only when he meets someone who is not good in foreign countries. Although he will also receive some strange looks, it is better than telling others that she loves women. It will not hinder Xiao Zhou from being a good mother. Xiao Zhou said that her girlfriend likes children, but she has congenital heart disease and is not suitable for pregnancy, so she decided to come by herself. Hearing what Xiao Zhou said, Wen Jiajia remembered that she had just read a piece of news on the Internet recently, "Katie Slade, a British woman, suffers from a rare genetic disease, which means that she and her husband David may never be able to conceive. Baby. In order to realize her dream of becoming a mother, Katie borrowed her sister Lucy's eggs. Meanwhile, David's sister is also a surrogate mother."

In other words, this little British baby was born with three mothers, one egg donor, one surrogate, and one who raised him. It can be seen that even if it is not a child conceived by a man and a woman through normal means, there will be happiness. And Xiao Zhou's child is the best gift that Xiao Zhou and his wife received on Christmas. Maybe Rainier's snow-capped mountains are so beautiful that this little thing can't wait to come to this world sixteen days earlier to enjoy what he has. Happiness.Although the process of Xiao Zhou giving birth to a small life is a bit tortuous, as long as she can get happiness from it, everything is worth it.

Xiao Zhou named him Jesus (Jesus), originally to commemorate his birth on Christmas, but this name sounded like "chicken thief" to Wen Jiajia's ears. But in any case, Jesus is the continuation of Xiao Zhou and his girlfriend's life. Although it is different, it brings them happiness. Perhaps, you can call this love, and you never have to care where it happens and with whom.When it comes, it will overwhelm the mountains and seas, and nothing can stop it, and of course you don't need to resist. It was only later that Wen Jiajia learned that Xiao Zhou was the boss of a well-known company in China. She was trapped in the office all day long to deal with documents that could never be finished. It is no wonder that when they first met, Xiao Zhou said "" 20 million selling" words.

Wen Jiajia didn't believe it at that time, but now she believes it completely. But besides believing it, I can't help being surprised that Xiao Zhou is so busy, yet he still has time to meet his girlfriend and even more time to have children. It can be seen that for a woman to have a baby, she will never run out of time. Compared with Xiao Zhou, who is a strong woman at work, Chen Yue is a strong woman in life. She is able to do more work, and she is warm-hearted. Sometimes she is so enthusiastic that she doesn't care how heavy she is. Just as people in a large room were busy rushing in and out for a little baby, Chen Yue also came in carrying several large bags of diapers and milk powder, her face flushed with excitement: "We are lucky, Christmas discount, These are all 40% off! You can use them for a while when you bring them back to your country.”

Mrs. Huang was taken aback, and hurried over to pick it up: "Oh, my God, put it down quickly! Be careful if you move your fetus." Chen Yue, who has already given birth to her first child, said, "How can I be so delicate? I still crowded the bus half an hour before the birth of my eldest child to help my husband deliver the goods." Several people were amused by her exaggerated tone, and Wen Jiajia also went to help with it, and the three of them piled up a high pile of diapers and milk powder cans by the wall. Mrs. Huang and Chen Yue muttered to these milk powders, such as "This milk powder xxx will not exceed the standard", "American diapers should have passed the inspection", etc. No one expected that Wen Jiajia would be here. The words are amazing. Wen Jiajia suddenly said to Mrs. Huang: "Mrs. Huang, you should take the baby to live in that big room. The sun in Seattle is too hot for you, I can't stand it!" Mrs. Huang looked at Wen Jiajia unexpectedly, and Xiao Zhou and Chen Yue also looked at her in unison, all of them looked flattered. Wen Jiajia is also a little embarrassed, because of everyone's eyes, but also because of her previous arrogance. Why, can't she show mercy and be a good person? Xiao Zhou's life was saved by rushing into the traffic road! Until Chen Yue said sincerely: "Thank you!" Only then did Wen Jiajia laugh. Women's friendship is really strange. Sometimes it can be tense because of a look or a soft hum, but more often it will become intimate because of a smile or a daily word.Wen Jiajia is glad that she came to the United States and made two good friends, Xiao Zhou and Chen Yue.They share weal and woe in the United States, and even if they go back to their own country and go their separate ways in the future, they will never forget each other. Even at that time, men, love and money are gone, and friends who share weal and woe will never leave you. Wen Jiajia is very sure of this. And in this room, there were three pregnant women, one gave birth, and two more, one of them was a little life of a different origin, just lying in Wen Jiajia's belly. Wen Jiajia sincerely hopes that in the future, she will dedicate everything the best in the world to this baby, and let him have the best mother in the world.Perhaps at this point, the thoughts of all mothers in the world are common. Time passed quickly, and soon after a month, Xiao Zhou finished confinement and moved out of the confinement center.When she left, her whole body was smooth and smooth, unlike the Americans here, who are emaciated after giving birth. In the United States, except in private confinement centers run by Chinese, there is no such thing as confinement.Americans don't know what confinement is. They have been educated since childhood that after a woman gives birth in the hospital, she can be discharged from the hospital for a maximum of three days, regardless of whether you have a vaginal delivery or a caesarean section. Wen Jiajia remembered that a friend in China had to stay in bed for a month after undergoing an appendix operation, and compared the fact that American women quickly started long-distance running to restore their figure within the third day after giving birth, and suddenly felt that Chinese women What a bliss. The old people said that confinement disease should be cured by confinement, and any chronic pain such as migraine can also be cured by confinement.But if you get some sickness during the confinement period, it will be fatal, and you have to sit in the confinement again to be cured.It is no wonder that when these American women are old and frail, they suffer from more diseases than Chinese women.Go out and run around just after giving birth, it's no wonder you don't get sick! Not long after Xiao Zhou left, Chen Yue was about to give birth.Mrs. Huang was busy with one job after another, and circled around Chen Yue all day long, and told Chen Yue verbatim what she had instructed in front of Xiao Zhou.Even Wen Jiajia can recite it. But compared with Xiao Zhou, Chen Yue's production is bound to be a little harder.In order not to have a difficult labor, Chen Yue ran wild for almost six of the eight hours a day. She works harder than anyone else, everyone understands, but there is no other way to save money.It costs 2,000 U.S. dollars for a normal delivery, and more than 4,000 U.S. dollars for a caesarean section, which is a full 2,000 U.S. dollars more.It can be seen that any society is a society where the government slaughters people. It was only later that Wen Jiajia realized that the reason why Chen Yue was greedy for cheap was not because of her nature, but because of life. Not everyone who came to the United States to give birth to a child was a rich man, and more of them were from the small middle class.Unless necessary, who would leave their hometown and go to a foreign country to suffer? Fortunately, she still has Lao Zhong. Unlike before, she couldn't even get a three thousand yuan account.Wen Jiajia comforted herself like this.