Chapter 52
Zhou Qi went to the city with Zhou Ma in a daze, and then returned home in a daze sitting on the back of her electric bike. He had the impression that they went straight to the hospital for a B-ultrasound and came back. He still didn't know what disease he had.
After a long cold journey, the mother and son returned home. Dad Zhou was still in the store, and Zhou Pan was not at home either.
Mother Zhou took Zhou Qi to the small bungalow, let him lie on the small bed, and lifted his shirt. His belly, which was nearly five months pregnant, had already taken shape, but unfortunately everyone ignored it. She carefully touched his belly with her wrinkled hands, and it was quiet, without any movement.
Mother Zhou thought that if she just went to get some medicine now and took a few doses, the child would be gone and her son would remain the same as before.
Zhou Ma's hands had been doing farm work for a long time, and calluses of varying thickness covered the entire palms. Zhou Qi was hurt by her sudden heavy hand touching the tender flesh on her belly, and timidly said, "Mom, what's wrong?"
When Zhou's mother heard this rare timid voice, she felt angry and cried. She opened her mouth and said, "You are not sick, you are just pregnant."
"Pregnant?" Zhou Qi's eyes widened. "Mom, I'm a boy, how can I be pregnant?"
Zhou Qi touched his swollen belly in disbelief. The little guy inside seemed to feel his father's touch. He moved his little feet and a small bulge appeared on his belly instantly. His eyes widened, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his voice trembled: "Mom, he moved, moved!"
"Mom, I'm scared." Zhou Qi was about to cry, "Can we abort him? It's so scary!"
Mother Zhou took his hand, touched his soft hair, and said with a wry smile: "You think I haven't thought about it, but can you have an abortion in your condition?"
Zhou Qi was stunned and said, "Mom, you knew about this a long time ago, so you let me wear my sister's clothes..."
"I wasn't sure at the time," Zhou's mother took out the hospital's list, "This is what he looks like. It's been more than four months."
Zhou Qi didn't want to watch it at all. He pushed Zhou Ma's hand away, struggled to get up from the bed, and said, "Let's go find grandpa. He must have a way."
Zhou Ma grabbed him and said sternly, "Xiao Qi, calm down!"
Zhou Qi sat on the bed in a daze, at a loss. He seemed to want to touch his belly, but he didn't dare to do it. He looked like he was in a trance.
"As a mother, how could I not know that you are a boy? It's just that this happened too suddenly, and I have never seen it before. Do you think I don't want to abort you?" Zhou's mother was about to cry again, "Giving birth is dangerous for women. If you are not careful, you will walk through the gates of hell, not to mention that you are a boy."
She wiped away the tears from her eyes, gathered her emotions and said, "Change into clean clothes, and we'll go find your grandparents. They may not be able to help."
Zhou's mother went out to wait outside, and Zhou found a set of loose long clothes. When changing clothes, the little bean turned over in the stomach again, and Zhou was so frightened that he dared not move.
My grandparents live nearby, and it only takes 20 minutes to get there. The two old people have grown flowers and weeds in the yard and outside the yard, as well as many Chinese medicinal herbs. The old couple is in good health and is chatting in the yard. They only have one daughter, Zhou Ma, and they come to see her basically once a week. When my grandfather saw Zhou Ma coming over, he smiled and said, "Didn't you come here a few days ago? Your mother and I are doing well. Why do you come so often?"
When grandma heard the voice, she also stopped what she was doing and asked, "Where's Panpan? Isn't he coming with you?"
Mother Zhou forced a smile and said, "Mom and Dad, I came here to talk about something."
The old couple immediately noticed that something was wrong with the two men, so they welcomed them into the house and asked about their well-being.
Zhou was in a daze. Zhou's mother was about to cry again. She said bluntly, "Dad, Zhou is pregnant."
Grandpa's face changed, and his beard trembled violently: "What?"
Aunt Zhou couldn't hold on to the rattan chair in the living room and sat down and said, "It's the pregnancy."
"I also saw him when I was a teenager. He was a foreign man." Grandpa fell into memory, "He gave birth to a child, personally."
Zhou Ma seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw: "Is Xiaoqi's situation the same as his?"
"Let's take a look first." The old man looked at Zhou Qi carefully and asked similar questions as Zhou Ma.
Zhou Qi paused and said, "Grandpa, can you find a way to abort it?"
The old man frowned and said earnestly, "Your situation is already very rare. I'm afraid that having an abortion will harm your body." He added, "You must go to a regular hospital for an abortion. Chinese medicine won't work."
Mother Zhou murmured, "Xiaoqi, let's just give birth to the baby. It's very dangerous to induce labor this month."
Zhou Qi's already thin body trembled: "Mom, I don't want to give birth. I don't even know who the father of the child is!"
Grandma sighed and said, "You can't have an abortion. The pregnancy is too advanced. Even a weak woman could lose her life if she has an abortion. You look even weaker than others."
Zhou Qi shook her head desperately and said, "I don't want to go to the hospital, and I don't want to give birth."
"Hui, you should calm the child down first. He's prone to miscarriage if he's in this condition. It doesn't matter if he's born. Your life is more important." The old man leaned on his cane and said solemnly, "Which hospital has aborted a boy now? It's unrealistic to think about it. Doctors don't even dare to operate the knife."
Zhou Qi's mind was like a mess, he couldn't understand anything, he only heard his grandfather and his mother discussing the child, and also talked about the foreign man. It seemed that he was a man who had fled from a neighboring country and was helped by his grandfather's master, but he was young at the time and couldn't remember the details, he only knew that the man had a child, and everything else was no different from a normal person.
Mother Zhou was still hesitating whether to send the child to a big hospital for a thorough checkup. However, Zhou Wei instinctively resisted when he heard the word "hospital". Mother Zhou was also worried that the hospital would not be able to cure the child, and the child would be reported in the news. How would she live in the future? In the end, the old couple said that they could not stimulate the child anymore, and health was the most important thing now. He had an acquaintance in the town, and when he felt better, he could go to him to check the growth of the fetus.
That night, the family settled Zhouqi in his grandparents' house. Zhou's mother went home to pack some daily necessities, and grandma made a pregnancy-protecting medicine for Zhouqi, and stayed with him until he fell asleep.
He had lived a carefree life for the first 18 years of his cycle. He was praised as a child by others since he was young. Suddenly, a disaster struck him, like a bolt from the blue. He just wanted to get rid of this little trouble. When his grandmother gave him medicine, she didn't dare to say it was a medicine for pregnancy, but only a medicine for calming the nerves and inducing sleep.
Finally, Zhou Ma and Zhou Pan came to persuade him to stay and look. Besides, Wangwang was very active in the belly at that time, and he would show his presence from time to time. Zhou Qi was a tough guy and reacted. He went from being scared at the beginning to being used to it. Later, when Wangwang couldn't move, he would ask Zhou Pan: "You said the little thing couldn't move. Did it die in the belly?"
Zhou Pan liked children very much. When he heard his brother's words, he quickly told him to shut up.
Wangwang was born when he was seven months old. Grandpa Zhou and his mother Zhou helped deliver the baby together. At that time, he didn't care about fear and shame. The pain in his stomach overwhelmed everything. He was in pain for several hours and almost fainted. Then Wangwang was born.
The child was very noisy in the belly, but he was very quiet when he was born. He only cried a little at the beginning to let people know that he was still alive. The rest of the time he was well-behaved. Only the period didn't like him, and the rest of the family loved him very much. When the child grew up, he was even more adorable. His black bead-like eyes smiled at the family members. He was so lovable that everyone wanted to go up and tease him.
The family kept calling him "baby" and the child didn't have a proper name. Grandpa and his family secretly came up with many names, but in the end they didn't use any, so they decided to let Qiqi choose one so that the two of them could be closer.
The cycle kept dragging on, and he kept calling out "Da Mao", "Mao Tou" and "Goudan". He was scolded by Zhou Ma several times, and he would smile and reply that the cheap names were easier to raise.
When the child was about three months old, Zhou's father wanted to register the child and forced him to give the child a proper name.
Zhou Qi thought about it carefully. Both his and his sister's names imply hope and expectation for future life, which is full of the hope that the couple of Zhou family will make their children successful. He said casually, "Let's call him Zhou Wang, and his nickname is Wangcai, which is auspicious and festive!" Then he regretted it, "The cat head is also very cute, just like the calico cat I raised when I was a child."
At that time, Zhou's mother thought it was the dog's barking "Wang" and almost beat him up. It's fine if he just barks randomly, but now he has to do this when registering his household registration! Later, when she heard it was "Wang", she felt it was acceptable and agreed, but she didn't allow him to be called Wangcai periodically. Isn't this waiting for her grandson to hate this nickname when he grows up? If he tells others, his classmates will laugh at him.
Dad Zhou thought the name was great for a moment, and happily registered the child’s household registration, thinking that if he had a daughter in the future he could name her “Zhou Dai”, with all his hopes and expectations.
Zhou Qi's family asked for a long leave from school, saying that he was seriously ill and needed to take a half-year leave. But after Zhou Qi gave birth to Wang Wang and returned to school a few days later, he felt like he had an invisible burden on his mind. He felt that he was not a normal person, and his classmates and teachers looked at him strangely. When others asked Zhou Qi what disease he had during the year he took a leave of absence, he overreacted and thought that others saw through him.
In short, Zhou needed something to prove that he was a man, not a freak who had given birth to a child, neither male nor female. He also knew that other people didn't think much about it, it was his own psychological problem, he couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart.
Later, the country organized conscription, and the period passed resolutely. He didn't want to face the children at home and his own miscellaneous thoughts. It turned out that being a soldier was the right choice. The pure manly military camp made him forget the experience of having children, and his physical fitness was outstanding in all aspects, so he naturally unloaded the big stone in his heart.
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