When Wu Fei gave birth, she chose a natural delivery instead of a caesarean section. Originally, she only needed to be observed in the hospital for a day or two before being discharged. However, Su Mingzhe was a little uneasy and asked Wu Fei to stay in the hospital for two more days. He was already close to the hospital.
I immediately took paternity leave when the due date was due, and he has been accompanying me in the hospital during this period.
There is no legally paid maternity leave in the United States, but the specific implementation mainly depends on how each company does it. Generally speaking, most companies in Silicon Valley will implement a paid maternity leave system, and the salary is paid by the insurance company.
It was rare for Zhao Meilan not to play cards these days. She prepared Wu Fei's three meals a day, and then Su Mingzhe came back to pick them up. During this period, Wu Fei's parents also came to the United States. They had no idea of favoring boys over girls.
I think girls are nice, caring little cotton-padded jackets, how nice.
Wu Fei's parents are both college students. In the past world, college students in the 1970s and 1980s could almost do well as long as they were a little smarter. Although Wu Fei's family is not rich, they do have some assets and not much else.
It is said that just the few houses compensated for demolition are worth a lot of money.
In the past few years, Wu Fei's parents have come over once or twice a year to visit their daughter. For this reason, they also deliberately picked up books and learned English. Although they are not very proficient, it is still no problem to use it for daily communication. Their arrival
It also liberated Su Mingzhe from having to travel back and forth three times a day, and could stay at the hospital with peace of mind to take care of him.
The important task of delivering meals was taken over by Wu Fei's parents. The old couple had heard Wu Fei mention that her mother-in-law Zhao Meilan was somewhat patriarchal, but after spending the past two days together, they felt that their daughter seemed to be exaggerating.
No, if according to what her daughter said, she had given birth to a girl now, then it is impossible that Zhao Meilan would not react at all, at least she would not be as conscientious as she is now.
The reason why they rushed over in a hurry was that Zhao Meilan would take care of them instead of taking care of them. In the end, the truth was not as Wu Fei said. On the contrary, although the performance of the mother-in-law was not perfect, saying that she worked hard and did not complain was not enough.
It’s too much, Wu’s father even said to his wife in private.
"It seems that Feifei still spends too little time with his biological mother, which is inevitably biased."
Mother Wu nodded in agreement. She felt that she should find an opportunity to have a good talk with her daughter. Although they had not met Zhao Meilan many times, judging from this performance alone, the other party was undoubtedly a qualified person.
Mother-in-law, you need to teach your daughter how to get along with her mother-in-law.
In fact, this is not to blame Wu Fei’s parents for seeing the wrong person. The main reason is that Zhao Meilan’s behavior these days is too confusing. Zhao Meilan may not realize that she subconsciously feels guilty for losing so much money. She thinks she
Okay, actually it's not good, it's just that the guilt has been buried deeper, and coupled with the usual chatting with fellow mahjong players when playing cards, it has been more or less affected.
After giving birth to her baby, Wu Fei enjoyed treatment like an 'emperor'. She had professional escorts at the hospital, and a group of people surrounded her when she returned home.
Su Mingzhe also specially found a confinement nanny in a regular agency. Since there are many Chinese who go to the United States to give birth, there are more and more confinement nanny agencies on the market in recent years. However, most confinement nanny are illegal workers. Su Mingzhe
If you earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, you won't go to a "black job". You would rather pay a little more to hire a professional.
Originally, when Wu Fei didn't go home, Wu Fei's parents thought that his biological mother was okay. However, as Wu Fei began to return home for confinement, Zhao Meilan's attitude changed subtly. Although she had done everything she needed to do,
That attitude seemed less sincere and did not have the kind of happiness that truly came from the heart.
Faced with this situation, Wu Fei's parents didn't say anything. They just quietly took over some of the work that originally belonged to Zhao Meilan and asked her to play cards when she had time. Zhao Meilan shied away at first, but after a while, she just let it go.
She hadn't played a single game of cards during this period, and her hands were really itchy. If she hadn't been looking at her father-in-law and mother-in-law, she would probably have taken the time to touch a few.
The two parties reached an "agreement" that Su Daqiang and his wife would take care of Wu Fei in the morning, Wu Fei's parents would take care of him in the afternoon, and everyone would take care of him together in the evening.
A month passed by in the blink of an eye. Wu officially gave birth, but she did not go to work immediately. She took a total of 12 weeks of maternity leave this time. Excluding the month before giving birth, she still had one month of leave left.
, mainly because she hasn’t figured out yet whether she should follow Su Mingzhe’s advice and choose to be a stay-at-home mother.
There are more and more users of the APP that will burn after reading, especially among young people. Its valuation is rising like a balloon. The data performance is extremely eye-catching. The fastest growing company in Silicon Valley this year is not after reading.
Even if it is burned, it belongs to none.
Among them, Su Mingzhe took a lot of credit for the technical aspect, and his income naturally increased. Now and then, Wu Fei originally refused to resign because she wanted to leave a way out, but now she feels that there is no need to stay anymore, and she has taken ten thousand steps back.
To put it bluntly, even if Li Jie's business fails and the company goes bankrupt, Su Mingzhe will not lack job opportunities afterwards. Even if the salary is not as good as now, it will still be much better than the previous job.
Anyway, there is still one month until Wu Fei's maternity leave ends. She still has enough time to think about it, and there is no need to make a decision so quickly.
Zhao Meilan is neither blind nor deaf, and she has seen all the sincere care from her father-in-law and mother-in-law. The key is that these two people like their granddaughter Xiaomi so much that they are even happier than giving birth to a boy.
It would have been difficult for Zhao Meilan to understand their thoughts before she came to the United States. However, during this period of time, under the instruction of Li Jie, her group of "money friends" brainwashed her repeatedly and instilled the idea of equality between men and women. In the long run, she would inevitably suffer
With some influence, she can also understand some of the other party's thoughts.
'Am I really wrong?'
Comparing her feelings with her own, Zhao Meilan couldn't help but ask herself, could it be that the 'education' she received since childhood (actually it was poison, she thought it was education) was really wrong?
A drop of water cannot penetrate the stone in a day. The code of conduct that Zhao Meilan has adhered to for so many years is not so easy to shake. Whenever she doubts herself, her parents' words will echo in her mind. However, she is shaken after all.
For the first time in my life, I began to doubt whether it was wrong to favor sons over daughters.
When Zhao Meilan saw her father-in-law and mother-in-law caring so much for Wu Fei, she couldn't help but think of her daughter.
'Was it wrong for me to treat Mingyu like that?'
Then he remembered that Su Mingyu had lost contact with her family since the quarrel, and she could only hear part of her daughter's situation from her eldest son.