During Huang Duoer's meal breaks, she couldn't help but glance over to see her mother-in-law feeding the baby. Her milk hadn't come in properly yet, and she couldn't even feed one baby, let alone three.
Her mother-in-law was holding a bottle in each hand, and there was another child waiting with blank stares. She was feeling sorry for the one who was left alone when she saw the baby lying flat on his back, with the pacifier popping out so quickly that the baby choked.
In a hurry, she immediately fell off the bed and picked up the baby, "Oh, oh, baby, good boy, mommy is here."
Li Qingmei was also startled. She didn't dare to feed with both hands at the same time. She quickly picked up the other baby and said, "Well, we didn't use bottles at that time. At most, we fed with a spoon. I thought it would be fine, but I didn't expect the baby to choke."
She was also anxious, afraid that the child might be choked again, and she felt a little scared now.
"It's okay, Mom. We're all just crossing the river by feeling the stones. Dashan, go pick up the eldest brother too. Can't you see he's crying?"
When training a new account, it is difficult enough to train one, and when three are delegated in batches, the difficulty can be imagined.
When one hummed, the other two didn't wait and started howling as well, one after another!
Even though Li Qingmei boasted of being an experienced person, she was exhausted from being distracted all night.
When Li Qingtong came to deliver food at dawn, his eldest sister and eldest nephew, as well as the new mother and the new baby, were all in low spirits.
"Oh! The newborn baby looks like a mouse~" Li Qingtong regretted it after saying that, because there was still her eldest nephew's wife.
The woman in the next bed hadn't given birth yet, and she felt both envious and melancholy when she heard this. "That's how babies are, they change every day. They'll be fully grown in a few days, and they'll be beautiful then."
Li Qingmei also said so, and even said that Li Qingtong was like a cat when he was young, not as good as these three. In fact, she was deliberately exaggerating. After all, he was born of triplets, so he was smaller than a human.
"Yuling went to school. Mom made rice porridge for her. She got up early to steam buns. You guys have corn and hazelnut porridge, while my nephew's wife has millet porridge..." He lost interest after just one look at the little mice. He turned around and started preparing for everyone to eat.
Huang Duoer's chest was swollen at the moment, but there were men in the ward, so she was too shy to speak up. She had to take the bowl of rice and eat it in small sips.
"Sister, mother asked me to go back and tell you the news. Do you think I should bring anything back when I come back?"
"I'm not bringing anything. I've transferred everything here in advance. Go back and tell your eldest brother-in-law to stay put and come back on the day of your third day's bath. Tell your brothers and sisters-in-law not to rush to see me until I'm done with the confinement. The doctor said that since there are so many babies and they were born prematurely, it's not recommended to travel back to the village now. You'll just have to stay in the alley for the confinement..."
Li Qingtong nodded in agreement. Seeing that they had finished eating, she put away the pots and bowls, asked Qiu Dashan for the bicycle key, and set off.
"Bronze, I boiled some red eggs. Go back to your brother's house and get a few. I don't have enough eggs, so ask your sisters-in-law to count the eggs they have saved and bring them in a basket when you come back..." The old lady padded the small basket with wheat straw and covered it with a sheet. She put everything in place before handing it to her youngest son.
The eldest daughter instructed to keep everything simple, but the old lady had other thoughts. She gave her youngest son some instructions before letting him go.
When Qiu Yuling came back at noon, she brought back several big crucian carp.
"Where did you get it? Look at me, I must have bought it. It just so happens that this millet porridge, no matter how nourishing it is, can't produce milk as well as meat soup. I was just thinking that the old hens at home don't lay eggs in winter. If you're willing to sell them, I can ask your fourth uncle to buy some to make soup."
"Have you already told them?" Saying this to one's family is like passing on a message in vain. When one's nephew's wife gives birth to a baby, which uncle would ask for money? There are also aunts and a bunch of cousins at home.
"Well, I told him to bring the eggs when he comes. I just asked about the chickens. If he wants to keep them all, I won't force him." The old lady knew the consequences of asking, but that was the etiquette.
As long as you're not starving, you have to show some appreciation.
"Grandma, keep the eggs, but don't worry about the chickens. I've already paid the deposit and have agreed with the people over there that all the chickens and fish they received in the past two days will be supplied to us. I guarantee that there will be no interruption in the supply.
Although the chickens of my uncles and ours don't lay as many eggs as they did in the hot weather, they still lay one or two eggs from time to time, which is enough to provide nourishment for the children in each family during the winter."
She thought her grandmother already knew her abilities, so she didn't tell her in advance. Her grandmother was planning to clear out the backyards of her uncles' houses.
"It's okay. They know whether to stay or not. I will give them some compensation when the time comes. These are not big things. If relatives only care about their own little schemes, they will become estranged long ago."
That's fine. Before the New Year, she would prepare some good meat and ask her fourth uncle to take it back and share it with everyone. That way, everyone could have a happy New Year and make up for it.
"Grandma, you haven't seen these three little kids yet, have you? They're so small and ugly, with heads as big as my eldest brother's fists, and they cry so loudly. I'll bring them back tomorrow, and they'll have to sleep in your room. By then, they'll make your head hurt from all the noise."
You can't be exposed to the wind during confinement. It must be inconvenient for three generations of people, old, middle-aged and young, to live on the big kang in this room.
Qiu Yuling meant to enclose a space for her sister-in-law and the baby, and draw a curtain around it. When there were outsiders, the curtain would be lowered, and when it was time for fresh air, it would be opened.
Grandma thought this was a really good idea. She even thought about moving herself and Qiu Yuling to the third room upstairs, letting Qiu's mother and her daughter-in-law live in this room, and they could still use the kitchen for cooking in the future.
With Qiu Yuling's arrangement, the house can be used for cooking, living, and hiding without any problems, and the fire is always on and the room is warm.
Qiu Yuling took down the curtains from the three upper rooms, lifted a bed sheet, and stepped on a high stool. The nails she bought when she came back from the market came in handy.
After a few bangs and clangs, he fixed the nails on the wall and the beams, sewed a few buttonholes on the bed sheet, passed the rope through, and hung it up. It fit perfectly with some room to spare.
"It's okay to have that little bit exposed on top. Who can grow a roof as high as a house?"
The old lady took a look and shook her head. "Take it down first, then pull a piece of bed sheet over and use some red willow leaves to make a loop, so it can be made into a mosquito net. Even the slightest breeze can cause illness in women during confinement."
Qiu Yuling immediately understood what the old lady meant. Her new brain was not as good as her old brain.
Qiu Yuling took the bed sheets and curtains, and the old lady stepped on the sewing machine. In a few minutes, the pattern was ready and it was ready to be put on the red willow hoop.
It was almost time, and Qiu Dashan came back to get some food. Seeing this, he said that he would go out to get some red willows in a while, so Qiu Yuling gave up the idea of buying some wire.
The woman in the next bed looked at Li Qingmei and the others busying around with envy. When only Huang Duoer was left, she moved to the empty bed to look at the babies. "Big sister, you are so lucky. You have given birth to three times as many babies as others, and yet your mother-in-law and husband are still so capable."
Unlike her, she has been in the hospital for two days, but her in-laws haven't even sent in a toe.
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