Zhang Guilan had heard everything about the Shen family in her village a long time ago.
If Li Xiaoqin hadn't given birth this time, she wouldn't have wanted to come at all, for fear that others would talk about the Li family behind their backs.
She even complained to Li Xiaoqin: "If you had listened to your father and married someone else, it would be better than the Shen family, right?"
"Ah, after choosing so many, we finally picked a family like this. It really brings shame to us in the village."
Zhang Guilan couldn't help but curl her lips when she thought of this.
It would be better not to get married like this.
When other families get married, they get extra support from the whole family.
This is what they found at home. I wish it would stink like dog shit everywhere around here.
After listening to her mother's complaints, Li Xiaoqin showed no expression on her face, but she felt very uncomfortable in her heart.
Although a woman’s parents’ home is her foundation in her husband’s home, her husband’s home is also her face in her parents’ home.
Seeing the current state of the Shen family, Li Xiaoqin feels ashamed in front of her own mother.
"That was all caused by the people in Qiushu's elder and second brothers' rooms. It has nothing to do with him!" Li Xiaoqin couldn't help but defend herself.
Zhang Guilan poked Li Xiaoqin's forehead with her hand, feeling very disappointed. "Are you stupid? The things they have done have ruined the Shen family's reputation."
"Do you think that if Qiu Shu didn't do it, it has nothing to do with him? Is his last name Shen? Is the last name of the child you just gave birth to Shen?"
"Once people hear your last name is Shen, won't they lump you all together?"
Zhang Guilan looked at Li Xiaoqin as if she were a fool: "I used to think you were quite cunning, but how come you are getting worse and worse after having a child?"
Li Xiaoqin closed her eyes in annoyance and whispered to his mother angrily, "Do you think I don't know what you said?"
"But what's the point of saying this now? Can I divorce Chen Qiushu or what?"
"You came to see me, can't you say something cheerful? I just had a baby and am in the confinement period!"
She felt that her mother did not come to see her, but came just to cause trouble for her.
After Li Xiaoqin said this, Zhang Guilan seemed to have just remembered. She pulled the small basket next to her over and said as if offering a treasure: "Look at what you said. Didn't I come here because I was worried about you? I brought you some eggs."
"I know the Shen family is extremely poor right now, and I guess you can't afford to eat good food either."
"These eggs were saved from the mouths of the whole family. Don't be so stupid as to give them to other members of the Shen family..."
"Okay, okay, I get it, please stop talking." Seeing that her mother was about to nag again, Li Xiaoqin interrupted her in a bad mood.
Li Xiaoqin was very happy that her mother could bring these eggs.
The Shen family now only has daily rations, and there is nothing to nourish the body that a woman who has just given birth should prepare.
Until now, she has not produced milk.
These two days, the child is still confused after eating the stewed food.
Zhang Guilan talked to Li Xiaoqin for a while. She originally wanted to stay for lunch before going back.
In the end, Li Xiaoqin refused to give in no matter what.
Li Xiaoqin knew her mother's appetite best.
If she were allowed to stay, she would have to eat as much as others would eat in two meals.
I only gave her a few eggs, which were not enough for her to eat.
Zhang Guilan rebuked Li Xiaoqin unwillingly: "You really turned your back on others after getting married. I raised you for nothing."
Li Xiaoqin remained unmoved: "There is still so much work to do at home, why don't you go to work this afternoon? Go back quickly, or my father will scold you again!"
Only after she drove her mother away did Li Xiaoqin feel relieved.
At this time, the child started crying again.
Li Xiaqin frowned again.
After the first few days of novelty of being a mother, the rest is just a headache.
Because there was no milk, the child could not feel full even with the rice porridge and would cry every once in a while.
Before she could pick up the child, Li Xiang rushed in from outside.
Li Xiang picked up the child skillfully and asked Li Xiaoqin to lift up her clothes: "Quick, quick, while he's hungry, let him suck a few times, this will help produce milk."
Li Xiaoqin asked back with some doubt: "I have tried it many times, does it work?"
Every time the child bit her there, she felt so painful that she felt like she was being bitten off.
Children don’t have teeth, so I wonder how they can be so strong?
Li Xiang didn't dare to say anything bad, so she could only try to comfort Li Xiaoqin: "It's useful, how can it not be useful!"
"Your nipple is blocked now. Just let the baby suck it to clear it up."
After saying that, he held the child and pushed him straight to Li Xiaoqin's chest.
Next, Li Xiaoqin gritted her teeth and endured the bite, but after struggling for a long time, it still didn't work.
Li Xiang couldn't hide the disappointment on her face: "Ah, it still doesn't work. You should eat something good to replenish your body."
After saying this, he looked at the eggs that Zhang Guilan had brought to the kang with some embarrassment. The meaning was self-evident.
Li Xiaoqin held her forehead and said, "Cook two for me!"
Li Xiang smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
The most important thing now is to let Li Xiaoqin produce milk so that the baby will have something to eat.
But at that time the child had nothing to eat and kept crying.
Li Xiaoqin: "Hurry up and take him to the room to feed him. He's crying so hard that my head hurts."
Li Xiang quickly got down and took the child away.
I don’t know if it’s because she just gave birth to a child or what, but Li Xiaoqin is not happy with everything and always feels irritated but can’t vent it.
In recent days, because the child always cried at night, Chen Qiushu had moved in with his bedding and slept in the same room with Old Man Shen.
Now only Li Xiang and Li Xiaoqin are left in the small east room at night.
In fact, it wasn’t just Li Xiaoqin who was in a bad mood these days, Li Xiang was also very worried.
The child was very thin when he was born, not much bigger than a kitten.
She was very worried that the child would not grow up.
Especially since there was nothing we needed at home, we had to rely on the little millet we had and make some rice porridge every day to get by.
But it’s not enough for such a young child to just eat this.
The Shen family was just overjoyed at having a new baby, but then they were worried about how to feed the baby.
Shen Qiushu couldn't help but complain to Li Xiaoqin: "Other people have milk after giving birth, why don't you have anything?"
If she, as a mother, could have milk, wouldn't the little food rations be saved?
Li Xiaoqin was already upset, and after hearing what he said, she became even angrier: "Do you think I want to have no milk? It's because my family is so poor, how could I eat anything good when I was pregnant?"
"I almost starved to death in the first three months. How can I get milk for you?"
"How dare you say that to me? If you weren't useless, would I be so skinny?"
"Look at what a pregnant woman looks like? Look at me again. Am I a little fatter?"
Seeing that Li Xiaoqin was getting more and more excited, Shen Qiushu quickly raised his hands and begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, it's all my fault, okay? I won't talk to you anymore, it won't make sense to you, a good man doesn't fight with a woman, I'm leaving, okay?"
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