Tong Bo looked at Tong Wenyao pacing around and said, "Yao'er, sit down and wait. Don't worry." Xin'er ran over and took her hand, whispering, "Sister, don't be afraid."

Xin'er held her hand, and for a moment, she felt warmth in her hand. Tong Wenyao reached out and touched Xin'er's head and said, "It's okay, I'm not afraid."

It was already evening, and the sky was already dyed with colorful clouds. With the sonorous cry of a baby in the room, the colorful clouds on the mountainside also became more colorful. The last remaining light shone on this mountain village, and the pale yellow afterglow between the sky and the earth was still shining brightly.

The midwife came out holding the child and said, "It's born, a baby boy." Tong Wenyao finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How is my mother now?"

After taking the big red envelope from Tong Wenyao, he weighed it in his hand and immediately said with a smile: "She was tired when she gave birth and has fallen asleep now. You can give her something to drink later. As for the child, you need to wait until he passes meconium before feeding him."

Tong Wen Yao nodded with gratitude on her face, "Thank you, midwife." Second Aunt said from the side, "You must be tired, go down and have some hot soup." After that, she also handed over a red envelope, which made the midwife speak repeatedly and said good things.

At this time, after the second aunt went in, she asked someone to change the room for the woman in labor. The smell of blood in this room was too strong, and it would be better to move to the prepared room. Because she had just given birth, Cui's mother found two people and a stretcher, so Qian's mother didn't have to walk. Moreover, the room was next door, not far away.

Even though they were not far away, Cui's mother wrapped Qian's mother tightly before asking someone to carry the stretcher to the next door. Tong Wen Yao was instantly touched. She was not so careful usually, and it was thanks to her second aunt's careful care.

The baby was taken down to the wet nurse and after she had a bowel movement she was fed.

Tong Wenyao followed the stretcher into the room and saw the fatigue between her mother's brows. She said, "Mom, you are suffering from blood deficiency now. I will give you acupuncture to stop the bleeding. This way, you won't continue to bleed."

After taking the pulse, Tong Wen Yao took a silver needle and inserted it into the acupuncture point behind the waist. Then she slowly rotated the silver needle until it made a sound, and then pulled it out.

"Mom, you should have a good rest." Mother Qian hummed twice while lying on the bed. She was really tired. The birth of her child was not much faster than her previous two, but the child was born at full term, which was also a lot of suffering for her.

After Tong Wen Yao took back the silver needle, she tiptoed out of the room. She finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, her mother had just given birth and needed some medicinal herbs to replenish her body. She went to the prescription and took out some herbs, some of which were for clearing uterine blood stasis, and some were for replenishing qi and blood.

There are two sets of medicine. Drink the medicine to clear uterine blood stasis first, and then drink the medicine to replenish qi and blood.

Cui's mother instructed Lanhua to wrap the red eggs she had prepared earlier. She then called Tong Wenyao and Xin'er and said, "When a new baby is born, each family will receive a red egg and a small bag of peanuts. This is the custom here. You should follow this when the time comes."

Cui's mother continued, "A red egg means the birth of a new child. Go ahead."

Xing'er took the basket, and Dongzi followed behind her and took the peanuts. After Tong Wenyao came out of her house, she planned to take Xin'er to give red eggs to every household along the way.

The first house they arrived at was Wu Jia's. Qiuxia was sitting under the osmanthus tree in the yard. Her mother-in-law was washing clothes nearby. She was embroidering with her head down. Tong Wenyao called out across the bamboo fence, "Sister Caixia, I'm here to give you some red eggs."

When her mother-in-law Cuiying heard this, she immediately stood up and said, "Congratulations! Was the number of eggs an odd or even number?" Xin'er said in a crisp voice, "One egg and a bag of peanuts."

After hearing this, Cuiying looked at Caixia and said, "Go to the kitchen and get two eggs to exchange with them, so that you can share in their family's joy. I like both grandchildren as long as you can give birth to the baby safely." After hearing this, Caixia's eyes reddened and she said in a hoarse voice, "Mom!" When Cuiying heard her like this, she was probably worried that she was going to cry again, so she quickly asked her to go and get them so that she could share in the Tong family's joy.

After a while, Caixia brought out two eggs from the kitchen and said, "Congratulations on the birth of my baby boy. He will be both talented and virtuous in the future, and will be as talented as Zijian." She had written down these words when her husband took her to see a play. At that time, a scholar came to congratulate a couple after they had given birth to a child and said these words. She was eager to get pregnant at that time, so she wrote down these words.

Tong Wen Yao didn't expect Caixia to be able to speak idioms. You know, very few people in Wujia Village can read, and there hasn't been a student in the past ten years.

Who doesn't like to hear auspicious words? She quickly responded: "Thank you, Sister Caixia, and I wish the baby in Sister Caixia's belly will be born safely! He will definitely bring honor to the family in the future." When Caixia heard the words "bring honor to the family", she couldn't contain the joy on her face and quickly exclaimed.

Tong Wen Yao handed her a red egg, and then took it together. Xin'er gave her a small bag of peanuts.

Tong Wenyao and Xin'er then went from house to house delivering red eggs. By the time they returned home, the original basket of red eggs had become two baskets full. Some families even received some brown sugar. If they didn't have any eggs, they would give them duck eggs, as they had ducks at home. Now they had a truly abundant supply of eggs!

Second Aunt hadn't expected so many eggs, and for a moment she didn't know what to do. Tong Wenyao finally spoke up, "Leave enough eggs for Mother. The rest can be used to make preserved eggs."

Lanhua was a little surprised when she heard this and asked, "Preserved eggs? How do you make them?"

Tong Wenyao had made it with her grandmother in the countryside, so she knew how to make it. She didn't have a very deep impression of it, but she still remembered the basic steps.

"Lanhua, go to the warehouse and get some lime and salt." Lanhua didn't know what to do, so after hearing the Third Miss's instructions, she immediately went back to the backyard to get them. Tong Wenyao remembered that they also needed wood ash, so she said, "Xing'er, go to the backyard and ask Dongzi to burn some wood ash. I'll need it later."

"Yes, Miss." Xin'er asked curiously, "Sister, how can I help you?"

Seeing Xin'er so enthusiastic, she smiled and said, "You are indispensable. Go to the warehouse and get some broken tea leaves." Xin'er skipped to the backyard. Tong Wen Yao brought a wooden barrel. After they brought the necessary materials, Tong Wen Yao first made tea with hot water. Then she took the wooden barrel, put quicklime, salt and brewed tea juice into it, and after adding water, stirred it with a wooden stick to make the quicklime react fully and stir it into a sticky mucus.

Now we just need to wait for the wood in the barrel to cool down before we can make preserved eggs.

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