Liang Shengdi's attitude towards this child seemed to be different again.
She told Lin Wenxuan that if he wanted the child to survive, it would be better for him to stay away from her.
She inexplicably felt that she probably had no luck with children. Look at Yulan and Zhang Xiaonu, they are so lively and energetic, but the other two... forget it, I won't say more.
In short, she will definitely not breastfeed this child.
Lin Wenxuan nodded silently.
"Yes, don't feed it. You're a skeleton every time you feed your baby... Just feed him rice soup or porridge when the time comes. Some families who don't have milk feed their babies this way, and their babies still grow strong."
This year is a good year. Although there are always troops in military uniforms coming and going in the town and county, no one looks panicked because they know that they will not go into the village to steal farmers' food or smash their property. They are the people's soldiers who are helping the people to suppress bandits.
The days returned to the beginning.
Poor but leisurely.
Although the grain harvest is not a bumper one and the rice production in Yuezhou has been declining in the past two years, as long as there are no excessive natural disasters, their farmers are still farming and are not exploited too much, they can at least fill their families' stomachs.
Liang Shengdi instructed Lin Wenxuan to make a recliner for her. Every day, she would lie on the chair, touching her belly, and bask in the sun. She stayed basking in the sun until the founding of New China.
On National Day, loudspeakers in the village and town blared all day long. Groups of people passed by the village entrance beating drums and gongs, and all the young people ran out to join in the fun.
Everyone is saying that the new China has been established and there will be no more wars. The migrant workers are the masters of this country, and there will no longer be the mountains to exploit them...
Lin Wenxuan touched Liang Shengdi's belly and happily talked about the excitement outside.
"What's this kid's name? Dachun just said his wife's brother had a son the day before yesterday, and he named him Jianguo today. So what's our kid's name? Guoqing?"
Liang Shengdi squinted her eyes, feeling the warm autumn sun, and said lazily,
"It's still a month away from birth. Will it still be called National Day then?"
"So what? It's National Day all year long!" Lin Wenxuan continued, grinning as he squatted beside the recliner. "I heard the flag of New China is red, so if it's a boy, we'll name him Guoqing, and if it's a girl, we'll name her Guohong. This child was born in a good era, and he's definitely going to be blessed!"
Zhang Xiaonu had just returned from outside with her granddaughter. Overhearing the couple's conversation, she pointed at Liang Shengdi's belly and asked, "Yulan, is your mother pregnant with a brother or a sister?"
Xiao Yulan answered tactfully, "It's my younger brother."
Zhang Xiaonu went into the house to cook contentedly.
This conversation happened almost every day, and Liang Shengdi rolled her eyes, as if saying this would definitely mean it would be a boy. But she didn't poke her mother-in-law in the face, because at least she could have three meals a day.
On the day Lin Guoqing was born, Zhang Xiaonv cooked an egg for Liang Shengdi for the first time, saying that it would help her strengthen her for childbirth and provide some nutrition to her breast milk.
Unfortunately, Liang Shengdi ate the eggs and refused to admit it, saying that the child didn't want milk anymore and should drink rice soup instead.
Lin Wenxuan was also helping his wife speak.
This time, even Zhang Xiaonu didn't hold back. It was all based on experience gained through blood. Furthermore, since the child was indeed her eldest grandson, she just wanted to grin with joy.
After giving birth to four children, Liang Shengdi finally had a good confinement period. Although there was still not much meat to eat, the porridge was thick, the quilt was warm, and the walls were draft-proof.
She didn't have to feed the baby. The rice soup was kept warm in the stove all day long. Zhang Xiaonv helped feed the baby during the day, and Lin Wenxuan got up to feed the baby at night.
When going out to do farm work, she would put the child in the basket, cover him with a quilt and carry him out. Liang Shengdi only had to take care of herself and sleep.
Nowadays, there are not many fathers who do everything themselves, especially mothers who have arms and legs but still lie at home, just opening their mouths for food and stretching out their hands for clothes. Liang Shengdi has become a well-known lazy woman.
Occasionally, when the villagers were chatting, Zhang Xiaonv would start to talk and couldn't help but say that she was worried about leaving the child to Liang Shengdi's mother, after all, "two children had died in her care before."
When Lin Wenxuan heard this, he would tell her not to gossip to outsiders, but Zhang Xiaonv still couldn't help it, especially when she saw her eldest grandson Guoqing growing up day by day, she would think of the two mentioned above.
Life was too hard at the beginning. Hard times make people have no time to feel sorry for other people and things, but once things start to settle down, they can't help but miss them.
Especially since Liang Shengdi is not working now.
"What is your wife thinking? Is she planning to be lazy to death?" This year, the family planted another crop of water chestnuts. In the middle of winter, Miss Zhang squatted in the field and turned over the water chestnuts under the frozen soil. She couldn't help but want to curse.
"Even Yulan knows to help cook and boil water at home. What does she want to do as an adult, lying around at home all day? Our family is not a landlord, do we need to find someone to serve her?"
The weather was too cold, so Lin Wenxuan did not carry his son out, but left him at home and asked Yulan and Liang Shengdi to take care of him. At this moment, he was digging up the frozen soil with a hoe, with steam still coming out of his mouth.
"Who said she's not working? Isn't she at home looking after the kids right now?"
"Look after the child???" Zhang Xiaonv was almost stunned by her son's ability to lie with his eyes open. "Isn't it Yulan who feeds the child rice porridge? Isn't it Yulan who changes the child's diaper? Even the diaper is washed by Yulan!
You said she was looking after the child? She really was staring at him with her eyes wide open! "
Lin Wenxuan reluctantly put down his hoe and took a breath. "Then what do you say we should do? Shengdi told me before that she wouldn't take care of the child. She...she's scared too."
Zhang Xiaonv knew what Lin Wenxuan meant by being scared. "I know... That's why I didn't let her breastfeed anymore! Aren't we taking care of the child? She can come and work! There's so much work to do in the fields..."
"Mom, she only gave birth two months ago."
"Other people's wives go back to work in the fields after their confinement. How can she be more precious?"
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The precious Liang Shengdi wasn't actually idle at home. She had asked Lin Wenxuan to get her a bunch of bamboo strips and was weaving baskets. It was really boring to just lie there all day.
But after just a few days, she quit after finishing a bamboo strip.
Lin Wenxuan asked her why she quit, didn’t she say she was bored?
Liang Shengdi curled her lips.
"Will I get the money from the sale?"
Lin Wenxuan: ...
This is really not possible. Not only will Zhang Xiaonv definitely disagree, he also feels that the money should not be left in Liang Shengdi's hands.
It's not that he is wary of his wife, but mainly because Liang Shengdi is really incapable of managing the household. She won't care about how they will live in the future, and any money she has will definitely be spent on food.
So whether it is the house or the money, it is better to leave it in Zhang Xiaonv's hands for the time being.
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