Jiang Xue blinked. She had just done it naturally out of anxiety and nervousness. Now, let's ask her how she did it...
She really couldn't put it into words.
"Well, wasn't I anxious about this, too? When I get anxious..." Jiang Xue paused. Since she couldn't explain it clearly, she decided not to. She said calmly, "It's Ah Yun's fault, and the child's too. I just used a few rejuvenation techniques."
Such a simple but powerful statement was met with disbelief on everyone's face.
Xiaoxi walked in and shouted, "Roast chicken is ready!"
Jiang Xue stopped him, "No, you can't roast it. Stew it in a clay pot. Ayun is weak after giving birth. Not only does she need to eat chicken, she also needs to drink some chicken soup." She said dryly, "She needs to drink some chicken soup...to increase her milk production."
God knows how embarrassed she was when an old girl said the word "milk production".
Fortunately, no one contradicted her. Xiaoxi acted quickly, took out a clay pot, stuffed the whole chicken in it, and stewed it over the fire.
Jiang Xue washed her hands and asked Mu Feng, "How many chickens do we have now?"
There are still five or six pregnant women in the tribe. If there aren't enough chickens, they can only use sheep to nourish them. Also, it's said that to increase lactation, it's best to make soup with crucian carp and pig's trotters.
But now there are fresh crucian carp in the river, and the tribe does have a few wild boar trotters. These two ingredients can be combined, and the flat-chested cow can still be made into a dairy cow.
Mu Feng shook his head: "There should be some left. If not, we can just go and catch more."
Jiang Xue hummed, "It's a little late today. I'll get some fish tomorrow. We need to make some fish soup for Ayun."
Ah Yun looked at Jiang Xue and called out in a trembling voice, "Snow Witch..." Before she could finish her words, tears began to fall. Finally, she said to Mu Zhu, "Mu Zhu, kowtow to Snow Witch. If it weren't for her, your sister and I wouldn't have made it today."
After hearing this, Muzhu hurriedly walked up to the beautiful woman, knelt down and kowtowed to her.
Jiang Xue quickly pulled the man up from the ground: "Ayun, what are you doing? If you do this again, I won't dare to attack you next time."
She was actually just a blind cat that caught a dead mouse.
At first, she had only seen someone on the Internet use this technique to correct the fetal position of a pregnant woman. Unexpectedly, she had never had the chance to experience it during the apocalypse, but now it has come in handy.
Ah Yun looked at her with tears in her eyes and said, "Xue Wu, if it weren't for you, my child and I would definitely be thrown out. If you don't let me move, I will listen to you. But if you won't even let Muzhu kowtow to you, I..." She gritted her teeth and struggled to sit up from the bed, "I will kowtow to you!"
"Hold her down!" Jiang Xue was startled and hurriedly helped her up. "We are all family, why do we have to be so clear about it?"
Ah Yun wanted to say something, but Jiang Xue said, "During the confinement period, you must not cry. If you cry and hurt your eyes, you will suffer."
As the saying goes, postpartum illnesses can be cured during the confinement period. If she really damaged her eyes from crying, then she would have to spend another confinement period.
Ayun nodded vigorously but didn't say anything else.
"Okay, wait until the chicken soup is ready. Drink a bowl first. But I have to warn you, this soup has no flavor, and I won't let them add salt. Whether you can eat it or not, you must bite your teeth and swallow it for your child."
Ah Yun looked at her doubtfully: "Xue Wu, I went out to collect materials three days after giving birth. How come..."
"You were right to listen to me." Jiang Xue said, "Not only you, but everyone in our tribe will have to stay in confinement for at least one month from now on." Jiang Xue paused, remembering that although they had the concept of years, they had no concept of months.
He added: "That's thirty days. From today on, don't do anything else. Just focus on taking good care of Maomao."
After that, Jiang Xue said to Mu Feng, "Chief, what do you think?"
Mu Feng frowned: "Axue, it's the cold season now. Ayun can stay at home and do nothing for 30 days as you said, but what if the child is born in other seasons?"
"Do as I say." Jiang Xue glared at her. "No matter who it is, this is the rule of our tribe. If anyone breaks the rules, don't blame me for being cruel!"
Xiaopang suddenly said quietly, "Stir-fried meat with bamboo sticks?"
Everyone was amused by Xiaopang's words.
Jiang Xue glared at him and said, "I'm going to make you a stir-fried meat with bamboo sticks first."
Xiaopang screamed and ran away quickly: "Xue Wu, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again."
Mu Feng looked at her and nodded: "Since the Snow Witch has spoken, let's do this from now on. No matter who it is, as long as they give birth to a child, they will sit..." He thought for a moment, "confinement."
Jiang Xue looked at the others again: "Does anyone have a different opinion?"
The tribesmen murmured to each other for a while, but then tacitly kept silent.
"Since you're both silent, I'll take it as your agreement." Jiang Xue said to Xiaohua, "Xiaohua, go find a piece of bamboo and I'll carve the date on it for Ayun today."
Xiaohua quickly found a bamboo stick, and Jiang Xue used a stone knife to carve a number on it and placed it next to Ayun's bed. "This thing is for you to keep. I will carve a number for you every day from now on."
Ayun took the bamboo stick and carefully placed it under the animal skin.
"Okay, now that Ayun's matter is over, let's discuss how to repair the hole in the thorn wall."
Seeing that she brought up the topic of the thorn wall, everyone became active again.
Some say it was piled up with earth, while others say it was built into a wall using stones mixed with mud.
Some people even said that it didn't matter if it was left empty, because after spring came, the trenches would be filled with water, and even if the enemy wanted to get in, there would be no way.
They chatted a lot, and Jiang Xue motioned for silence before continuing, "Look, I heard everything you said. The clan leader also mentioned replanting the thorn bushes, and I agree. But everyone has forgotten one thing: in the cold season, it's not certain any tree can survive. So we can consider this method after the snow melts."
"Building a stone wall is indeed a very effective method, but the soil is now frozen by the snow. Our tools are not good enough to dig the soil, so we have to give up this method."
"Another option is to use chevaux de frise. I mean, we can use bamboo to build chevaux de frise. Next year, after the snow melts, we'll build a stone barrier. Not only the front, but also the back. That way, even if a powerful enemy attacks, we'll have a countermeasure. Do you agree?"
After Jiang Xue finished speaking, everyone nodded.
"Since everyone agrees, let's go cut some bamboo to make chevaux de frise tomorrow."
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