Chapter 14 There is a baby in the nursery
There are only two rooms filled with low-month-old culture cabinets. Next to these two rooms is the low-month-old embryo monitoring room. The door is closed and is not open to visitors.
The next room you can visit is the "water tank" room filled with development boxes. The loudspeaker in the room is playing the sound of rain.
Unborn fetuses over three months old live in translucent development boxes. Each doll occupies one development box.
Because when there is a baby in the box, it is filled with water, and the fetus floats in the water, so the development box is also commonly known as a water tank, a water tank, a fish tank; some people call it a glass can, a pickle jar...whatever.
During the day when the nursery is working and the lights are on, the walls of the development box remain light-blocking and the surface looks dark.
The development boxes here are fixed on the frame, stacked from the floor to the ceiling, and arranged into walls. There are many empty spaces on the frame, and you can see the exposed interfaces buckled under the protective cover.
For small children, the water tank that lives alone seems very large.
Through the wall of the box, Lan Ze could vaguely see a small white dot swimming in the water. He couldn't see clearly because it was too small.
Bigger dolls can be seen more clearly, and their limbs, gender, and face can all be distinguished.
It's just that all the dolls here have their eyes closed. Many are sleeping. Some are moving their limbs as if they are turning over. Even if they are swimming actively, they seem to be sleepwalking.
The walls of the development box are flexible and can transmit water wave vibrations if tapped lightly.
Lan Ze didn't knock, he didn't want to disturb these sleepwalking people.
He touched the wall of the water tank, looked at each one for a while, and then walked away gently.
There were staff coming and going in the corridor. Most of them were women, both young and old.
Lan Ze said hello to the aunt walking opposite. The aunt pointed out to him casually, "If you want to visit, it will be more fun over there~"
Lan Ze thanked him and obediently turned into one side of the long corridor. Sure enough, the rooms here were different.
The first difference is that the rooms are smaller and more numerous.
Secondly, the shelf is low. There are only two levels of development boxes that are the same size and shape as the previous room. They are all at a height that is easily accessible by human hands. The walls of the development box here are transparent on the outside. Outsiders can see the dolls inside the tank. Small
The doll also opened his eyes and looked outside.
As soon as Lan Ze walked in, they all swam together and turned around to pay attention, which was a bit spectacular.
Uh...it's still a bit of a secondary school.
Lan Ze felt as if he had broken into the classroom of naughty children.
This is not the visiting and interaction time open to family members. The female version of "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" used for early childhood education is being played in the room.
It seems that this is a classroom. Dozens of children are attending class. The development boxes they live in are all in "early education mode" with a completely transparent front.
The huge projection screen on the wall next to the door pretends to be a window. Under the big yolk-shaped moon, flowers are blooming, and from time to time, birds jump up and down, causing the flower branches to tremble.
The river in the distance reflects the moon, making waves.
When the disguised wind blows, the 3D projection pretends to float down a few petals.
One or two pieces fell on Lan Ze's shoulders and then disappeared.
He walked straight to the development box and stared at a little baby.
The little baby was very excited. He opened and closed his mouth not knowing what he wanted to say, but no sound came out anyway.
She kicked her legs and splashed in the water, waving in her hands...
Is this Nezha, holding Hun Tianling in his hands? The little baby is holding its umbilical cord in its hands, spinning around in the water. The other end of the umbilical cord is connected to the base of the water tank.
Lanze tapped her water tank lightly. The little doll kicked back, causing the wall of the water tank on that side to tremble.
This little girl's hair is quite long and floating in the water.
Whether she is a beauty or not, I can’t tell yet.
Lanze knocked again.
The other water tanks below and to the left and right were not peaceful. The transparent walls on the outside of all the water tanks on the entire shelf began to undulate like a shock wave, starting from him.
The dolls were beating and kicking, and they were tossing hard.
Uh... Lanze felt deeply sorry for disturbing their beautiful time of looking at flowers and scenery. In fact, there was nothing he could do.
I had to touch the little hands or feet one by one through the flexible box wall to express my sincere condolences.
The poetry recitation gradually stopped, and the sound of the ocean echoed in the room.
"These children are almost 15 months old." An elder sister came in, walked past him and went to the room.
Lan Ze followed and found that there was a different doll inside.
His umbilical cord looks thicker than other people's, and it also has red and green stripes.
How did humans develop such a thing? Isn’t this mutation span a bit large?
"Why is his umbilical cord different?" Lan Ze couldn't help but asked curiously.
The eldest sister's answer had nothing to do with the mutation: "Every issue, there is always a child who likes to bite things. Biting hands and feet will hurt, and they are not stupid. But biting the umbilical cord does not hurt, but if it bites, the consequences will be tragic."
"So, that's a protective cover?" Lan Ze guessed.
"That's right. It won't live long anyway. It doesn't need to adapt to the current environment. It just needs to be able to adapt to the world when it goes out." The eldest sister walked all the way, waving and smiling exaggeratedly at the little dolls passing by, and looked at them one by one.
"When a child is born, do all his teeth have grown?" Lan Ze asked again.
"It's early." Seeing Lan Ze's confused look, the eldest sister explained, "Most children can grow 4 teeth when they are born. A few children can grow 6. There are children whose teeth grow quickly.
But very few. And only the front incisors can grow well."
"Well, that child just now grew up fast enough." Lan Ze was referring to the child with the colorful umbilical cord.
"Yes." said the eldest sister, "his upper and lower central incisors have already popped out of his gums. Children in the teething stage like to bite things. His teeth are very powerful and he can already bite."
The eldest sister continued to wave seriously to the dolls, and the dolls in the jar danced to her.
"You see, these children have developed the habit of waving. When I come, they all wave."
Lan Ze discovered this and couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Emotional Nezha was waving to him when she was dancing with Hun Tian Ling.
"Only if it behaves well and doesn't kick or bite it will I come over and pet it."
The eldest sister gently pressed her hand on a small hand inside the wall of the development box.
"Otherwise, if you touch someone who makes trouble, your personality will be ruined."
"Thank you for telling me this." Lan Ze is convinced that he specializes in medicine.
"Young man, do you want to volunteer? It's tax deductible." The eldest sister was as seductive as talking to a little baby. "If there is a maternity tax, it can be offset against the maternity tax. If there is no maternity tax, it can be offset against the childcare allowance."
"Are there any volunteers here?" This was really the first time Lan Ze heard about it.
"We have few volunteers here and have high requirements for personal quality, so most people don't know about it. How about it? Are you interested? I don't know the specific tax deduction amount. If you want to do it, you can go downstairs.
Consultation with the director’s office.”
Chapter completed!