Chapter 9

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Li Jin was very shocked.
He had earlier teased Mu Wen that by drinking soup he could produce milk. That sentence was still ringing in his ears.
Has he unknowingly molested Qin Mu Wen?
Li Jin was kind and humble to everyone, if you ask for his help, as long as he could, he will help you. But, at the same time, it was very difficult for anyone to create a place in his heart.
In his past life, when Li Jin was studying in the medical college because of his excellent appearance and outstanding grades many girls liked him. But, he refused them all.
There was a particularly persistent girl. Even though Li Jin told her, ‘I will not fall in love’, she persisted for a whole eight years in college chasing him. But was still unable to warm Li Jin’s heart, in the end, she finally gave up.
Later, after Li Jin started working in the hospital a male doctor chased him.

“Li Jin. The fact that the college flower couldn’t chase you is well known, are you gay? Do you want to try and date me?”
Li Jin got speechless.
Li Jin always had his principles and values. He didn’t easily make friends or acknowledge them. He never wanted to do things that would make people misunderstand him.
Friends could joke with each other, but they couldn’t hurt others.
Li Jin had just known this teenager, the contact between them was more of the doctor and patient relationship.
But as a doctor, how could he molest his patient!
Li Zhuzi looked at the calm complexion of Li Jin’s and said, “You shouldn’t worry about your sister-in-law’s opinion. Take these things as a thank you gift for fixing my legs. There is no need to talk about money between brothers.”
Before Li Jin could react, Li Zhuzi stuffed things in his hands.
Li Zhuzi’s wife was feeling extremely unhappy while sending away the rice.
They have a large family and giving away rice meant that the porridge was going to be thinner at home.
Was giving away rice to Li Jin worth it?

She blasted. She didn’t want to send her family’s ration to others.
Li Zhuzi quickly tried to explain Li Jin.
Li Jin signed, he couldn’t be polite at the moment.
He took all the things Li Zhuzi gave him and thanked him.
When he returned, the baby was already crying because of being hungry. The teenager was unable to coax him.
Li Jin hurriedly heated little goat’s milk with some water and fed the mixture to the baby slowly.
In the midsummer evening setting, a teenager was sitting on a wooden bed with a small baby in his arms portraying beautiful scenery while the husband was slowly feeding milk to the baby.
The family was looking quiet but yet very happy.
There were no pacifiers or bottles for babies. Li Jin could only use a spoon to feed the baby.
After taking a sip, the baby vomited out the milk.
Qin Mu Wen became worried while looking at Li Jin.
The look in those eyes was extremely anxious. He was extremely afraid of Li Jin’s getting angry and hitting the child.
Qin Mu Wen knew Li Jin looked down on ‘gers’. But now, not only him but this child was also a ger.
Qin Mu Wen was truly very worried about the safety of the child.
When Li Jin saw the baby vomiting the goat’s milk, he frowned.
He slowly put down the baby and searched for a soft fabric from the items he had brought from Li Daniu.
After picking a soft fabric, he tied it gently around the collar of the baby, to protect the baby’s cloth from getting dirty.

Li Jin was feeling very hungry after feeding the baby. He had only eaten a slice of pancake in a whole day.
He chose to first take care of the father and son pair then cook something for himself later.
This was his responsibility and obligation as a man of the house.
He decided to cook some noodles given by Li Zhuzi.
Li Jin took the bag of noodles and said to Qin Mu Wen, “This bag contains some noodles and some buns. You shouldn’t go to the fields these days, otherwise, your body will be damaged. And it will be difficult to carry a child in the future.”
Li Jin went to the kitchen, and boiled a bowl of kneaded noodles, and made a poached egg for the teenager.
He found a small yellow crystal in the bag that Li Zhuzi had given him.
After tasting a small piece of it he found it was a sugar crystal.

Li Jin put that crystal in the teenager’s bowl.
He put the bowl on the small cabinet beside the bed and called Mu Wen who was dozing while holding the baby.
“He is asleep, you should put him down. And come drink some soup first.”
The baby started crying as soon as Mu Wen put him down. It was like he thought that his fathers were not caring about him.
Before Li Jin took the child to appease him, Qin Mu Wen hurriedly picked up the child and said, “Let me hold him for a while. You should eat your noodles first otherwise it won’t taste good after becoming cold.”
Li Jin thought about it and nodded his head.
Qin Mu Wen was studying Li Jin’s expression for a while, and he found that Li Jin had only shown a frown when the child got dirty during the milk-feeding.
Otherwise, Li Jin’s face had always been expressionless. His behavior had shown no change. It was as if he didn’t like the ‘ger’ identity of the child.
On the contrary, it was looking like Li Jin was caring about him because of the birth of the baby.
Li Jin was taking care of him with very much consideration.

Li Jin was even ready to appease the baby without caring about his meal.
After seeing that Qin Mu When finally let go of his heart.
He was living in this village for more than a year. He had seen many scenes like a poor family with six kids.
The father of those kids would love the youngest girl the most. He even covered her with a quilt in the night.
And the next day, he would send the girl to the town for some silver as the bride of some dead boy.
After the other villagers knew about it none of them had any objections regarding it. They even thought that it would be nice if they had a girl. They could raise her well and then exchange her for a dozen of silver.
This society was not good for women.
Earlier Qin Mu Wen was worried that Li Jin also wanted to do dirty business with his child.
After giving birth to a ger, Qin Mu Wen was more than worried about the child’s wellbeing.
But now watching him holding the child after quickly eating his meal. He thought Li Jin would never do such a thing to their child.

Li Jin said, “You should also eat while the food is hot. There is a poached egg in the bowl.”
It was important to take care of the body in the post-delivery period. Eating small frequent meals was important.
Li Jin thought Qin Mu Wen would be fed up with only drinking soup, so he added an egg in the bowl.
Qin Mu When slowly held the bowl and took a sip the temperature of the soup was slightly cool, but it had a sweet taste.
He used to like sweet things when he was at home.
But, after his marriage to Li Jin, there was no chance to eat sugar. Sugar had become a luxury for him.
Sugar was made from beetroots and was made in a scant quantity.
In the ancient era, sugar-making machines and technology were not there. People didn’t know to make sugar from sugarcane. Mainly the sugarcane in the north was not sweet.
Sugar was precious at that time.
Li Jin had a full-view of Mu Wen’s delighted expressions.
Li Jin asked, “Like sugar?”
Qin Mu Wen hurriedly put down the bowl, nodded, and then quickly shook his head.
Li Jin didn’t comment on it and continued to hold the baby.
After drinking half of the soup, Mu Wen carefully took a bite off the poached egg.
The inside of the poached egg was very soft, it melted in his mouth instantly.
Li Jin was quite skilled in making a poached egg.
After having the meal, Qin Mu Wen felt very peaceful. The sound of Li Jin washing dishes was very unique and made him feel relaxed.
If Li Jin could always be like this, he would be very grateful.

Qin Mu Wen looked at the baby and murmured, “Am I being too greedy?”
After washing dishes, Li Jin took shower with the cold water left in the kitchen.
He was deliberately tempering his body with hot and cold water to make himself strong.
After taking the bath he waited to dry his body thoroughly before entering the room.
The teenager was asleep when he entered the room. There was a kerosene lamp slightly illuminating the room present on the table.
The boy was sleeping somewhat uncomfortably occupying a very small space on the bed.
Qin Mu Wen had felt Li Jin’s likeness towards the baby, so he left the baby in the middle of the bed.
He occupied the inner side of the bed and slept while sticking to the wall.
When Li Jin looked at the baby, he suddenly remembered to make the rice batter to feed the baby.
Newborn babies tend to wake up in the middle of the night to eat something.
It took a while to cook the rice better. Li Jin decided to first cook the rice and then left it overnight to soften it up.
With the child in the middle, Mu Wen was somewhat comfortable to sleep.
Qin Mu Wen was a light sleeper, but as a doctor, Li Jin was more alert.
Li Jin picked up the baby when the baby woke up in the middle of the night.
Qin Mu Wen also stirred hearing the baby cry. Li Jin hurriedly patted Mu Wen’s head.
Qin Mu Wen fell asleep again.
The next morning, when Mu Wen woke up he saw Li Jin was only wearing an inner-shirt, and the baby was pulling his shirt with his small hands.
Li Jin was holding the baby and feeding him goat milk mixture.
After feeding the baby, Li Jin looked down and saw Qin Mu Wen was awake.
Li Jin got speechless.

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