Lu Shu took her daughter home with Su Yan. Su Yan prepared new toiletries for her and poured hot water for washing her face and feet into the basin and bucket.
As for Su Yan herself, she waited until her son was asleep before taking a bath in her space. No matter how cold the weather was, Su Yan insisted on taking a bath every day. Perhaps in her previous life, she was from the south and was used to taking a bath every day. If she didn't take a bath one day, she would always feel uncomfortable.
After the mother and daughter finished washing up, Su Yan also changed the sheets and bedding in the next room.
"Sister-in-law, can we have a conversation?"
"What's wrong, Shushu?"
"Sister-in-law, I'm actually pregnant again. I'm a little worried that this time it's another girl. So, since I have a holiday, I'm going back to my parents' house to take a walk and get some fresh air."
"Do your parents-in-law want a grandson?"
Lu Shu nodded. "They all hope that I will give birth to a son this time, but I don't know if it will be another daughter."
She said that Lu Shu was such a hardworking person, why would she come to her parents' home to play during the holidays? It turned out that she was pregnant again!
Women in this era are really miserable. If they can't give birth to a son, they will have no status at all in their husband's family. Don't say that some parents-in-law do not favor boys over girls, it's just that some people are hypocritical and don't say it.
If a woman gives birth to three or four daughters in a row, not only will her parents-in-law be unhappy, but her husband may also be unhappy, and blame the woman for not being able to give birth to a son.
Su Yan was not quite sure about the situation at Lu Shu's home, but she knew that they had not separated and that her parents-in-law were helping to take care of the child.
Lu Shu married the second son of the Qin family. Her husband's job was still his mother's. His father's job was given to the eldest son, and the old couple stayed at home to take care of their grandchildren.
"Shushu, please sit down first and help me look after Yiming. I'll go make him a bottle of milk powder."
Su Yan got up and made a bottle of milk for Lu Yiming, and also made a cup for Xiao Shuangshuang.
"Shushu, this is for Shuangshuang." Su Yan handed the prepared milk powder to Lu Shu.
"No need, sister-in-law. Shuangshuang has stopped drinking milk a long time ago."
"Mom, I want to drink milk powder."
Lu Shu was a little at a loss. She had just said that her daughter had stopped drinking milk a long time ago, but when her daughter saw her eldest brother's son drinking milk powder, she also wanted to drink it.
Su Yan smiled and said, "Drink it, it will help you grow fat."
Lu Shu held the cup and fed Xiao Shuangshuang milk powder. Unexpectedly, the child who had never drunk milk powder before did not mind the fishy smell of the milk powder at all and said it tasted good.
"Shushu, what did Xiao Shuangshuang drink when you went to work?"
"We live near a sugar factory. My mother-in-law would bring the baby over to me for breastfeeding. When the baby grew older, we would feed him with rice porridge."
"Rice cereal?"
"Roast the rice, grind it into powder, and mix it with boiling water. My husband and I earn about the same salary, 40 yuan for him and 36 for me. We're still married, so we have to pay half of our salary. We're short on supplies, and we need proof to buy milk powder, which is also troublesome to get a doctor's certificate. Sister-in-law, where did you buy the milk powder Yiming drinks? I think it's imported milk powder, right?"
"Well, these were bought by your brother. Shuangshuang likes to drink them, so I'll give her two bags."
"No need, she's already eating at this age."
"Lu Shu, your Shuangshuang is so thin and looks a bit malnourished. If you can't buy milk powder, you can let her drink more soy milk in the morning. It's good for the child's development."
If you don’t have milk, it’s also good to drink some soy milk. Children who are malnourished are prone to illness and short growth.
"Soy milk?"
"You can grind soybeans into powder and cook as much as you want in the morning. But the soy milk must be cooked thoroughly. If it is not cooked thoroughly, it can easily cause poisoning."
"Okay, I understand."
"Don't think too much about the baby. Your father-in-law doesn't have no grandchildren. Just focus on your pregnancy!"
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
The next morning after breakfast, Lu Shu was about to take her child home. Su Yan thought that she would give birth to her second child in July next year, so she gave her son all the undershirts that he could no longer wear.
Anyway, she doesn't plan to have a second child in the next few years, and the clothes inside will turn yellow after being kept for a long time, so it's better to give them away.
When she gives birth to her second child, it might be a girl. There is no need for her to wear her son's clothes, except for sweaters of course. Children's sweaters are all colorful anyway.
Knowing that Xiao Shuangshuang liked to drink milk powder, she gave her two bags of milk powder and a large bag of soybean powder and asked her to go back and make soy milk for the child.
Guo Su took three or four pounds of food and gave her two pounds of ordinary wool, asking her to go back and knit two decent sweaters for Xiao Shuangshuang.
The child kept calling her "Auntie," which made her feel soft-hearted and distressed. She was obviously half a year older than her son and was as thin as a little monkey, which showed that the person taking care of her didn't care much about her.
After seeing Lu Shu off, Su Yan took Lu Yiming back to the space. There were so many pigs in the space that she couldn't help but feed them.
If you surround them on the mountain and don't feed them, they will even eat all the leaves on the trees.
[Boss Su, are you planning to sell all these pigs?]
What are you selling? Don't you see there are no pigs to slaughter for Chinese New Year this year? Buying meat for Chinese New Year is still a problem this year.
Last time I asked someone to exchange meat coupons for me, they won’t exchange the meat coupons with others during the Chinese New Year.
It’s a pity that the two cows in the space cannot be killed, otherwise we would have killed cows for the Chinese New Year this year.
[Oh no, Boss Su, that cow is about to give birth.]
Only then did Su Yan realize that the cow was lying on the ground mooing, with a pool of blood behind her butt. Oh no, it was really about to give birth.
[Lu Yiming, I'm going to put you back on the bed. Don't crawl around! If you hit your head, you'll become a fool.]
[Am I that stupid? Don't worry, take me back to bed and I'll lie down and sleep for a while.]
Su Yan carried Lu Yiming back to the bedroom, put him in the middle of the big bed, and immediately ran back to the mountain. When she got there, she found that the calf had been born and the cow was licking the dirt on the calf's body.
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