How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 405 - 407: Postpartum Confinement_1

Xun Dong and his party sat for a while before leaving, and the next day, Hu Xiufang and Liao Fan came to visit.

Hu Xiufang found it unbelievable that Li Qiao had a child, "I couldn’t tell at all that you were pregnant before the new year."

"It was cold back then, so I wore a lot," Li Qiao said. "Now you can tell that I’ve had a baby, right?"

"Can’t tell, still the same as before. If you wouldn’t say, none of us would think of childbirth. How did you recover so well? My sister-in-law’s body changed a lot after having a child; her face also changed, though I can’t pinpoint where. Anyway, she looks different from before," Hu Xiufang said, amazed.

Li Qiao: "My body changed shape too." Her waist had thickened, and her bottom spread.

Hu Xiufang said, "It’s not noticeable, right, do you need to do internships for your graduate studies?"

Li Qiao: "Yes."

"What is your internship about?"

Li Qiao: "Substitute teaching at my school." When she contacted Nan Chuyi, Xue Lingqing had answered the phone and during their small talk, he mentioned that the class she was in charge of had excellent final exam scores, and she, his outstanding graduate, truly deserved the honor.

It was a pity she didn’t receive the certificate of honor.

He also asked if she went home to have a baby.

Probably something Nan Chuyi said.

She admitted it.

Told him she had a son.

Xue Lingqing said many congratulations with great joy before hanging up the phone.

Hu Xiufang was very envious, "We finished four years of undergrad, and you’ve graduated from graduate school. We both studied, but how come you are so impressive?" Qin Jin too, from a little rascal to a major boss. People used to say Qin Jin was living off a woman.

Now everyone is praising Li Qiao for her good judgement.

Li Qiao laughed, "Why compare with me, your life is pretty good too!"

Hu Xiufang also laughed, "Yeah!"

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After Hu Xiufang and Liao Fan left, the next day Feng Kui visited. Knowing that Qin Jin had a son, it was a pity that his family didn’t have a daughter, otherwise it would have been a perfect match.

On the tenth day of her postpartum recovery, Li Qiao felt she had mostly recovered, and she said to Qin Jin, "Jin, why don’t we go back to Beijing?"

"How can that be okay before the postpartum month is up?"

Li Qiao: "Riding in a car isn’t tiring, and Beijing is more convenient for your work. Besides, now that I’ve given birth, even if the school finds out, they won’t persuade me to take a leave of absence."

Qin Jin considered briefly then agreed, "Okay."

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Let’s leave after the full moon celebration, once you’ve recovered better."

Qin Jin chose to listen to Old Mrs. Qin.

Twelve days after the full moon, he finally bought tickets and took his family back to Beijing.

The neighbors heard that Li Qiao had gone home to have a child, and they all couldn’t believe it until they came over to confirm for themselves. The lady next door expressed her envy: "When can I get a big grandson like that?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "Tell your son to work harder."

"It’s my daughter-in-law who doesn’t want to have one because she’s afraid it will affect her job; what’s the use if only one person is eager?" The neighbor sighed, "You college students aren’t worried about work; she’s just a sales assistant, I don’t know what there is to worry about."

Old Mrs. Qin: "You can’t say that; we were worried too. When the belly got too big to hide, we even used a wheelchair, afraid that the school would find out and think it looked bad, and they would advise the student to take a break."

Now that the baby is born, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The neighbor still felt it was different.

Li Qiao wasn’t fussy; she didn’t use makeup but was naturally beautiful.

Unlike someone at home who always dressed fancily and worried about her figure changing after having a baby.

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After the neighbors left, Qin Jin also left.

He went to check on the factory.

Old Mrs. Qin, with sweets in hand, went to the Xue family, and Old Mr. Xue found out that Old Mrs. Qin had already returned to Beijing, "I heard from Chuyi that Qiaoqiao had a big chubby son, where’s the child?"

"At home, do you want to go see?"

"Sure." Old Mr. Xue was very eager, and he called Jiang Wanqiu and Xue Sufen to come along too.

Old Mr. Xue got to the door and shouted upstairs, "Third son...."

Xue Sufen: "My uncle went with my aunt to help out at her clinic."

Old Mr. Xue then remembered, "I forgot; thought your uncle was on holiday at home."

Jiang Wanqiu expressed some dissatisfaction, "Li Qiao has had a baby, and Chuyi still hasn’t."

Old Mr. Xue defended, "Why don’t you ask your son? It’s only us left for Chuyi’s family; you should be kinder to her."

"Am I not kind to her? At my age, I’m washing her clothes and cooking every day, and from time to time she criticizes me behind my back," Jiang Wanqiu voiced her dissatisfaction. In her role as a mother-in-law, she too was a failure.

Other people’s mothers-in-law could easily manage their daughters-in-law.

She failed to manage even one.

The eldest son’s family had left.

The youngest son’s family was too formidable.

Dealing with two wicked daughters-in-law, such bad luck!

Only Ruan Xiangjun was fortunate, with a great-grandson already in her arms.

Old Mr. Xue: "You deserve it, if you hadn’t provoked her, she wouldn’t have retaliated."

Jiang Wanqiu: "......"

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A group of people arrived at Li Qiao’s house.

Li Qiao was lying down dressed in light long sleeves and pants, with the baby sleeping beside her, the two of them looking at each other.

Li Qiao sat up from the bed when she heard the noise.

Old Mrs. Qin entered the room first, followed by Old Mr. Xue’s family.

Li Qiao greeted everyone one by one.

Jiang Wanqiu: "You’re wearing so little during your confinement, not even covering yourself with a blanket, can it be okay without sweating? And the baby too, just wearing a red bellyband, isn’t he cold?"

Li Qiao: "Aren’t I sweating?" Everyone else is in short sleeves and barefoot in sandals.

She was still wearing socks.

So hot, her feet were almost on fire.

She added, "Babies hate the heat the most, he’s more comfortable with less clothing."

Old Mr. Xue and Jiang Wanqiu approached the bed to look at the baby. The former said, "He looks so good, white and tender like a little pink dumpling, resembling Qiaoqiao."

Jiang Wanqiu: "He clearly looks like Jin. The eyes and nose, identical, and his mouth corners are like Qiaoqiao’s."

Sufen leaned in to look.

The baby was chubby and quite cute. "I noticed something was off with you long ago, I thought you’d just gained weight." To think it was actually pregnancy, and to meet again with a baby in tow, was just too miraculous.

Jiang Wanqiu: "Is the child breastfed or formula-fed?"

"Formula," said Li Qiao.

"Does he fuss a lot?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "Not much fuss." The two girls they raised before weren’t fussy either, this one is even more quiet. Qin Jin said the child might have an issue because he doesn’t cry at night. Director Xun came over to check the baby and found everything was fine.

His little hands and feet are particularly strong.

"A baby that doesn’t fuss is a blessing for the adults," remarked Old Mr. Xue.

Old Mrs. Qin: "Yes." A child like this, she felt she could handle him all by herself.

Not like the previous two.

They’d cry when hungry, cry when wet, cry when dirty, and sometimes even startle themselves into crying with a fart.

It was the same at night.

Waking up always accompanied by a couple of cries, tormenting people.

Her own child was different, understanding the hardships of adults.

When hungry at night, he’d raise his arm high and grunt twice to attract attention, and upon seeing that someone would take care of him, he’d quietly wait.

She felt this child might have better prospects than Jin and Qiaoqiao because he was patient from a young age.

"Can I hold him for a bit?" Sufen asked.

Li Qiao became nervous, "Maybe you shouldn’t." What if he gets dropped?

Jiang Wanqiu also wanted to hold the baby.

Old Mrs. Qin allowed it, but the child’s arms and legs resisted.

Jiang Wanqiu, worried about dropping the baby, didn’t insist: "The baby is not comfortable with strangers, is he?"

"Probably," said Old Mrs. Qin.

"....."

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