Chapter 4 wedge two reality

In the delivery room, Dr. Yang was yelling: "Jiang Xianer, it's time for a baby, your wife is going to have a baby!" Jiang Zongzhou is well-known in the local area. He comes from a family of Chinese medicine and martial arts, and he is also a doctor.The "Jishi Hall" handed down by the Jiang family is not far from the town health center, and he is very familiar with the doctors in the health center.He is not tall and thin, with bulging tendons hidden under the Chinese-style jacket, dark face, short hair, protruding forehead, and a pair of small eyes that focus the light.He stood at the door of the half-open delivery room and asked with a smile, "What's going on with Sister Yang?"

Sister Yang scolded him: "Look at your soup mouth! Shit stirs ass and shit, what's the matter 'Sister Yang gave birth to something', it's your wife who gave birth to it!" "That's right, it's my mouth that's making soup. Sister Yang, what's going to happen to my daughter-in-law?—Damn it, it's making soup again. Sister Yang, you are my sister, not my wife." He smiled, biting the words clearly this time. , "Sister Yang, what happened to my daughter-in-law Yao Mingzhi? Is she a kid?" Sister Yang smiled and said, "That's right, the one with the teapot spout, 3750 grams, weighs seven and a half catties."

Jiang Zongzhou said complacently: "How am I doing? It has been known for a long time that this time is a boy. My pulse is more accurate than B-ultrasound. It is good to have a boy. Our old Jiang's family's 'Ji Shi Tang' and Tai Chi Kungfu are descendants." gone." Another shout came from inside: "Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, your daughter-in-law has also given birth!" The white-collar Yan Hao from Beijing had been sitting on a bench and concentrating on reading a book. Now he hurried over and leaned over to the door and asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a flower, a white and fat girl. What a coincidence, it's seven and a half catties, the same weight as the boy from the Jiang family." Yan Hao said happily: "Okay! Jiang Lan and I just want a daughter. My daughter is kind-hearted and will love my parents when she grows up." The cries of two little guys came from the delivery room.Jiang Zongzhou let out a long breath, and the tension in his heart was loosened.Although he did not experience the labor pains of the mother, he has been with the mother for two days and three nights.At the moment, his clothes are disheveled, his hair is disheveled, and his eyes are full of red silk.Yan Hao was well-dressed and refreshed, with a book under his arm.He just flew back from Beijing an hour ago, unlike Jiang Zongzhou who has stayed up for several nights.Jiang Zongzhou took out two cigarettes, offered one to the other party, and lit another cigarette for the other party. The two took a deep breath and let out a long breath.

Jiang Zongzhou said: "Do you know? Your daughter-in-law, Jiang Lan, is my distant uncle and sister, and I'm your uncle. She and my Yao Mingzhi are still elementary school classmates." "Yo, is that? Excuse me, I didn't know we were related." "I see you have been reading, can you read at this hour?" Yan Hao said with a smile: "Let's worry about it, can you relieve the pain for the pregnant woman? I have always been like this, and I don't do things that don't work." "You can think about it." Jiang Zongzhou smiled and nodded his nose with a cigarette. "You have broken the old rules. How can a girl go to her mother's house to give birth? According to the old saying..." He originally wanted to say "I want to disturb my mother's house", but Swallowing this unlucky sentence to his stomach, he changed his words and said, "According to the old rules, you have to wait for the full moon before you can go back to your mother's house. As the saying goes, it's called Nosaupoer."

Yan Hao smiled, "It's the 21st century, who still cares about these old rules." He explained, "My mother is not in good health. Although she loves her grandchildren, she has more than enough energy. I have to trouble my mother-in-law. At first, my mother-in-law I don’t like it, I said, just treat me as an inverse. The child will be born with the child’s mother’s surname regardless of gender. The old lady was happy and said, as long as you are an introvert, my daughter’s confinement in her mother’s house is not bad. Rules. So, she took care of everything." "What are you going to do after the full moon? Take the child back to Beijing or stay here?"

"I made an agreement with my mother-in-law. She will go to Beijing with us to help raise the child. Bring the child to three or four years old, and then bring the child back to Jiangying to live in Jiangying for a few years, and then go to Beijing when he is at school age." "Yes, this arrangement is the best. The child has to stay with his parents first, so as not to have trouble with his parents; and then raise him in the countryside for a while, so that the child will grow up strong. Look at the children in the city today, who doesn't look like bean sprouts?" What?" Jiang Zongzhou said again, "According to your arrangement, your daughter and my boy can still play together for three years."

"That's right. You will take care of me when the time comes." "It's easy to say, it should be. What book did you read just now? I saw you were so fascinated." Yan Hao asked him to read the cover of the book. The title of the book was "The Third Kind of Orangutan". "The third kind of orangutan? I only know that there are chimpanzees and giants." Chimpanzees." "That's not what it means. Gorillas are slightly distant from humans, and they are not mentioned in this book. Of all the animals on earth, the closest relatives to humans are two kinds of orangutans: chimpanzees and bonobos, and their genetic similarity with humans More than 98.4%. On the evolutionary tree, they diverged from humans only three million years ago. So the title of the book means: Humans are just the third chimpanzee."

"Humans are chimpanzees?" "Isn't your self-esteem a blow? This is what this book actually means. There is no sharp boundary between humans and animals. For example, chimpanzees are like humans in many ways. They also have love, shame, use tools, They will help each other, have preliminary religious feelings, and start wars among the same kind - and the 'male orangutan' is still in charge of fighting! Coincidentally, a famous saying: war makes women go away." He stuffed the book to the other party, " I just finished reading it, I will give it to you, and read it in your spare time. This book is worth reading. The author is Gerald Diamond, a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is white, but he criticizes the historical crimes of white people without any shame .In my opinion, we Chinese still lack this kind of self-examination.”

The delivery room is tidied up, and the father can go in.This town health center is relatively simple, there is no special baby room, and two cribs are placed next to the mother.The two mothers were exhausted and their hair was wet, but they didn't want to sleep at the moment, staring at their babies happily.The two little guys were very good to their father, and they stopped crying now.The two fathers clumsily picked up the baby, staring ecstatically at the ugly, crumpled face above the swaddling. Jiang Zongzhou suddenly said: "Oh, Mingzhi, are you hungry? I'll call my mother right away. She guessed that you are going to give birth tonight, so she hasn't slept and has been waiting." He put the baby back on the bed and walked to the door He used his mobile phone to make a call at home, "Mom, Mingzhi has already given birth, you can cook, I'll go back and get it right away. Oh yes, let's cook for two, Jiang Lan, who lives in the same room, has also given birth."

The other side of the phone hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Is it a kid?" "No, it's a girl." He was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Then you took your pulse earlier..." "Missed, this time it's not right." "But your father also called out to be a kid." "My father also missed, this is called the old horse will also miss." This sentence made everyone in the delivery room laugh, and the other side of the phone quickly changed their tone: "Your daughter is fine, let's kiss as usual." What she said outside the phone must be explaining and comforting the old man, and then turned her head Solemnly confessed, "The old man let it go, no matter if it is a son or a daughter, Mingzhi is not allowed to show a cold face. Our family is not that kind of unreasonable people." "Don't worry, old lady, if I don't like it, how dare I not listen to you and my father." Jiang Zongzhou turned his head and winked at everyone, "My mother said that we can still kiss each other if I have a daughter, and she also said that we are not allowed to give birth to Mingzhi. Look with a cold face." The whole room laughed.Mingzhi said: "You bastard, don't lie to our mother! Give me the phone." Jiang Zongzhou didn't give it to her, and laughed loudly into the phone: "Mom, you don't have to appease my dad! I lied to you, I gave birth to a boy!" There was a sudden joy over there, "You bastard! Good you bastard! Thirty-year-old people are not serious at all, and such a big thing is a joke." She said a few words to the old man, and then to the old man. The phone said, "Your father is so happy, he doesn't follow the script. Guess what he said? He said that our old Jiang family has accumulated blessings and done good deeds in previous lives. He doesn't believe that this generation will cut off the incense." This is Yao Mingzhi's second child, and the eldest is a daughter.Although the family planning policy in the countryside is looser than that in the city, only two children are allowed, so the birth of a boy and a girl this time is related to the roots of Lao Jiang's family, and the grandparents have long been worried about it.What the old lady said made Jiang Zongzhou a little embarrassed, because the volume of the mobile phone was very loud, and he was afraid that the young couple of the Yan family in the same room could hear it.Both Yan's family registered permanent residence in Beijing and are only allowed to have one child. Having a daughter this time means that they have "broken their incense".He hurriedly said in a low voice: "Mom, are you happy and confused? You said that our family is all sensible people. Look at what you are talking about. That is an old idea, and the incense of our family is passed on when you have children. Don't Say these silly things, hurry up and cook, I'll go back right away." "Don't panic, don't panic, your father still has something to say." A few words were muttered on the phone, "Your father said that he has already chosen the baby's name, Jiang Yuanshan, which means that people are inherently kind. This It’s the big name, the nickname is Niu Niu, it’s my name, this year is the Year of the Ox. Ask Mingzhi if he agrees.” "There is nothing to disagree with, it's up to you." The old lady was so excited that she wanted to continue chatting, and said with a smile: "You know? Our Xiaohui is very narrow-minded! Your sixth aunt teased her, saying that if you have younger siblings, your parents won't kiss her anymore. Xiaohui really She paid attention, and kept quiet until before going to bed. I asked her if she kissed her brother, but she kept a blank face and didn't answer." "It doesn't matter, as soon as the siblings meet, they will naturally kiss." Jiang Zongzhou hung up the phone and looked back at the young couple of the Yan family, somewhat embarrassed.Yan Hao looked at his wife on the delivery bed, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't be afraid of me being paranoid, it's okay, Jiang Lan and I really don't care. Who said that daughters don't pass incense? Look, your surname is Jiang, and your sister-in-law's surname is Yao , these two surnames are surrounded by female characters, which means that they are surnames left by the matrilineal line, right? All the oldest surnames in China are surrounded by female characters, such as Ying, Si, Wei, Ji, etc. It’s gone. In fact, even the “surname” of the “surname” is next to the female character! Our Chinese square characters have this advantage, and they can catch up with the ancestors just from the shape of the characters.” Jiang Zongzhou patted Yan Hao on the shoulder happily, "That's a learned word! You are indeed a Beijinger, and your thinking is more enlightened than ours. Oh, I have to go home to get food. It's the food for the two of you, so don't let Made it at home." He took the book, and before leaving the house, he smiled and said to his wife, "I'll be home for a while, Mingzhi, you should discuss it with him and make a baby kiss. The two little things are destined, Born in the same place in the same year, the same month and the same day, even the same weight, what a coincidence. If we can form a family, we will definitely be able to grow old forever." Mingzhi smiled and said, "I'm sure I'd like it, but I'm afraid that the princess of Beijing will look down on our poor little Jiang Xianer." Yan Hao hurriedly said: "Whoever said it, who said it! Uncle, you can leave at ease, we will discuss it right away, and when you come back, uncle will become a father-in-law." Jiang Lan also made fun of her, "Don't discuss it, I've already agreed. Besides, I'm afraid your kid won't be able to stay in Jiangying when he grows up. Today's young people are ambitious and have a wide path under their feet. Your 'Ji Shi Tang' may not Tie him up." "I don't care, I'm afraid his grandfather will be sad. He really wants 'Ji Shi Tang' to be passed down forever. Okay, I'm leaving." Jiang Zongzhou went out with a smile.The sky had just turned bright, and a red cloud appeared in the eastern sky. The mist rose in the fields, and the breath of spring was sprouting around, just like the excitement of the new father.At this moment, the new father stretched his arms vigorously facing the rising sun, took a deep breath, and then ran home briskly.

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