He Yulian watched Gu Xiaoxia leave, her face filled with genuine envy.
She and Gu Xiaoxia had exchanged addresses, planning to visit when they had time, write letters, and share their experiences as mothers.
In those days, although Ma County and Stone City were only fifteen kilometers apart, people could not simply make the trip whenever they liked-Li Long excepted, of course.
People with jobs had to attend to their work. They only had one day off a week, and women usually spent that day washing and tidying everything that needed attention at home. They were very busy.
She should have been discharged too, but after her in-laws upset her, her milk had dried up and her mood had suffered. On top of that, her baby had developed jaundice, so she could only stay a while longer.
What she envied now was that Gu Xiaoxia was not only healthy enough to leave the hospital, but her babies were healthy too, and her husband had even come to collect her in a car.
The car was enclosed on all sides. Sitting inside, she would not be exposed to drafts or suffer for it later.
When He Yulian thought about her own eventual trip home, forget a car-there would not even be a tractor. She would have to ride back on a bicycle. She truly felt there was no comparing one person's lot with another's.
Although Gu Xiaoxia was from the County Seat and her husband was from the countryside, the life they led was simply beyond comparison.
Li Long had no idea Qin Liben's wife would think so much about it. He was busy just then.
There were plenty of procedures involved in arranging discharge after childbirth. Although it was different from his previous life and not quite so hectic, he