Chapter 252: Raising a Child

The mother-in-law left, and no matter how Yang Qing tried to persuade her to stay, she wouldn't stay; with Chen Hong's tears dripping down, the mother-in-law and brother-in-law left.

Chen Hong finished her postpartum month and began taking care of the child herself.

Without the mother-in-law's help, the 1.9-meter-tall Chen Hong was being trained by Rou Dan to be extremely reluctant.

Yang Qing saw that the child had also worn out the old lady's spirit, leaving her listless and her condition much worse than before, so he let Chen Hong move back in.

Chen Hong didn't dare to order the old lady around, but she felt no pity for Yang Qing.

At night, looking after the child became Yang Qing's essential task; the child cried beside her, and she slept soundly.

That day Yang Qing could barely hold on, yawning, he grabbed Chen Hong to stop her from trying to lull the child to sleep.

"Wife, can we discuss this?"

Chen Hong stared with an innocent look and asked curiously.

"What's wrong, husband?"

Yang Qing pointed at the child.

"Wife, during the day, can we avoid lulling the child to sleep? Look, he came into this world to experience life; if you lull him to sleep during the day, at night he lacks energy, and as soon as he opens his eyes, everywhere is darkness."

"Do you think he might believe he hasn't been reincarnated yet and is still in hell?"

Seeing Chen Hong's doubtful gaze, Yang Qing continued.

"Don't doubt me, I have evidence: when this child cries at night, it's miserable, wailing— that's smelling sorrow and hearing tears."

Chen Hong glared.

"What are you trying to do?"

Yang Qing smiled along.

"Nothing, just asking: can we let the child enjoy a bit of the human world?"

"For example, by taking the child around to walk, letting him see more of our home, this big courtyard."

"Haven't you noticed? The child's eyes are rolling around, that's him wanting to see the world."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hong stopped swaying her hand.

"Really?"

Yang Qing nodded firmly.

"Don't believe me, I'll demonstrate for you."

Yang Qing took out a rattle drum and began to tease the child.

Rou Dan was still energetic; upon hearing any movement, he turned his head to locate the source of the sound.

Soon, Yang Qing had the child laughing.

Yang Qing picked him up and began to fiddle with this and touch that in the room; having gained a novel experience, the little rascal became more energetic—now wanting to play with this, now wanting to touch that—having a great time.

Chen Hong opened a new world: raising a child isn't just feeding him, lulling him to sleep, then holding and rocking him awake, feeding milk, lulling again— is that all? Actually, we also need to bring him to know the new world.

(In the past, when children's nutrition was lacking, they were generally weak; drowsiness was one manifestation, and it was common for them to learn to crawl at ten months and start speaking after over a year, unlike today's children, who begin crawling randomly at over a month and may start walking and talking by ten months. In the past, it was extreme for some to not walk until over two years old, and speaking was also not uncommon.)

"Husband, everyone else raises their kids like this."

Yang Qing explained.

"When others are born, they weigh only four or five catties, and the heavier ones are five or six catties."

"The child's innate nutrition wasn't sufficient, so after birth he is drowsy; this is while he's growing his body."

"Look at our child—he's completely not lacking nutrition."

"You need to let him move more and come into contact with new things."

"Before the age of four or five, it's precisely the time for a child's brain to grow; the more he uses his brain, the more it develops."

"So we should let him watch and learn more."

"When you have nothing else to do, you can also read him little stories, sing songs to him, or talk to him more……"

"That way, the training is more comprehensive."

These mothers-in-law couldn't possibly know; this is modern child-rearing knowledge.

Chen Hong, from all this from Yang Qing, gained a lot of new knowledge.

Her husband is a genius, so listening to him should be right, shouldn't it?

"Alright, I'll try my best, but still, I won't worry about nighttime."

Yang Qing raised both hands in approval.

"Fine, fine, fine— at night you don't need to worry about anything; I'll take care of it."

In his heart, however, Yang Qing was overjoyed.

If he's worn out during the day, the child won't be able to be worn out at night.

If we say that now this child, if he were to be worn out ten times in one night, after being worn out during the day, maybe just once at night would suffice.

If this habit is cultivated well, they as a couple can not only save a lot of trouble, but it will also be greatly beneficial for Rou Dan's future growth.

Good habits are the foundation of success for most people.

Having dealt with Rou Dan's matter, Yang Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period, he's been worn out terribly; he hasn't even gotten dark circles.

He also wants to take advantage of the winter's leisure to plan next year's affairs; there are still many designs to do.

The work pressure is not small at all.

Adding household matters, he's somewhat exhausted mentally and physically.

Lei Gensheng, too, is exhausted to the point of inability.

Because Yang Qing's project for next year is too big.

If we say this year is one building, next year might require constructing ten buildings.

This doesn't even count many small houses in remote corners.

The workload is increasing by geometric multiples.

Not to mention there is still a lot of renovation work.

All of this must be designed by them in winter.

(In the past, designs had no computers, were fully hand-drawn, and the building's design workload was very large.

Moreover, because it was just beginning development, there were no templates, everything started from zero.)

The task is heavy—what to do? Grab laborers!

So Yang Qing is often grabbed by Lei Gensheng to help.

In the twelfth lunar month, the New Year atmosphere is already there, but the renovation company is still busy as fire.

Lei Gensheng pulled Yang Qing to a corner.

"Yang Qing, the design work can have the main structure done before the year ends, and the details can be completed before spring."

"But there is a problem—how can it still not be solved now?"

"That is, with such a huge construction volume, relying on Jiedao's wild construction team makes it difficult to complete."

"Unless we ask the urban construction bureau of the city, or the engineering corps personnel to do it."

Yang Qing really hadn't thought about this problem.

He's not a superhero; it's impossible for him to know everything.

"With so many Jiedaos, construction workers should still be sufficient, right?"

Lei Gensheng shook his head.

"Now it's not a matter of enough or not enough; it's that each Jiedao's team is a small group, each with its own ideas, making coordination difficult."

"Based on the current situation, if we don't make changes, next year's task will be difficult to complete."

Yang Qing furrowed his brows, thinking for a moment.

"Can't we scatter these people and reorganize them? Then learn your renovation company's structure to form an efficient construction team."

"It's my oversight; previously building small houses, the scale of this Jiedao's construction team was just right."

"Now we are building a high-rise; that previous crude mode is somewhat unsuitable."

"It would be best to now gather those idle Jiedao construction teams, integrate them, and give them some training."

"This way we won't delay next year's schedule."

Lei Gensheng showed a troubled expression.

"These people all belong to the Jiedao; getting them to listen to us will likely be difficult."

"The Jiedao will not allow us to annex their construction teams."