"Yes, yes, please go and get the ox cart." Li Mao nodded repeatedly. Although he was a mature and steady man on weekdays, he couldn't help but panic at this moment.
Fortunately, the people at the educated youth site had made a plan for this matter in advance and had also informed the village's ox carts in advance.
Zhan Tianqi and Li Xiao went to call for an ox cart.
Liu Hua and Yang Lili followed Li Mao into the house to pack up, and Xu Manman went back to the house to cook.
This was not her first experience of this kind of thing. When her mother gave birth to her younger sister in her previous life, and when her mother gave birth to her younger brother in this life, she was right there with them, and she had also received physical education.
Normal childbirth, from labor pains to delivery, may take several hours if it’s fast, or even a day and a night if it’s slow, so the mother must eat and drink enough to replenish her physical strength.
When the ox cart came over, Li Mao held Wan Fang, who was wrapped in a quilt, and Liu Hua carried the luggage at the back. Since not too many people could go at once, this time it was Liu Hua and Li Xiao who accompanied them.
Xu Manman went up the mountain and handed over the packed lunch box and the thermos of brown sugar water.
"There are boiled eggs and meat buns inside, and the thermos contains boiled brown sugar water. Let Sister Fang eat as much as she can." Liu Hua nodded, took it, and followed the ox cart.
Although the person has left, those who remain are still worried.
Although some of them are married, they have no experience in childbirth, and the current medical conditions are not completely reassuring.
But I can't come back so soon after giving birth. I have to stay in the hospital for at least four or five days.
Xu Manman mainly stayed at the educated youth site and was responsible for cooking. When Li Mao was packing up, she also brought food and eggs and meat that had been prepared in advance.
The task of taking care of the mother mainly falls on Yang Lili and Liu Hua. They take turns every day. Xu Manman prepares the day's meals in advance, and the person on duty brings them over that morning. They also ask for leave in advance from the village chief.
The next literacy class rotation will be a bit harder. There are only 5 people still at the educated youth site every day. Xu Manman doesn't have to go to the hospital, so she just goes to the advanced class by herself.
Liu Daming also sighed that it was the first time in many years that he saw educated youth working together so hard. When one person gave birth to a child, the entire educated youth site was busy, which was a rare sight.
Because there were so many people and they couldn't eat complicated meals, Xu Manman simply prepared steamed buns, steamed buns and dumplings.
After everyone left that day, Xu Manman and Chen Ming made dozens of buns and hundreds of dumplings, enough for them to eat for the next few days.
If you heat it up in advance and add some pickles, it will be a good meal.
Meals for a new mother require some thought. They must be prepared every morning and should contain less oil and salt.
To be on the safe side, Xu Manman also checked the system in advance for various confinement packages.
Xu Manman got up to cook before dawn and cut the chicken she had prepared yesterday into half. Since they cooked it fresh every day, they couldn't eat that much in one meal, so Xu Manman didn't plan to put a whole chicken in at once.
I thawed the chicken and added goji berries and red dates to stew in the stove. The main course was brown sugar steamed cake. I also steamed sweet potatoes and buns.
When Yang Lili and Zhan Tianqi were about to leave, Xu Manman handed them the food wrapped in an old cotton coat.
"There's a casserole in here, be careful not to spill it. The steamed cakes and sweet potatoes are for Sister Fang, and the buns are for you.
I also packed a few raw eggs for brown sugar egg soup in the afternoon and evening."
"Ah? Give Sister Fang sweet potatoes?" Yang Lili didn't understand. Aren't pregnant women supposed to eat good food?
Xu Manman explained it to her clearly, "The thing in the casserole is goji berry and red date chicken soup, and the steamed cake is brown sugar steamed cake.
It's not that I don't let Fangjie eat fine grains, but it's good for the body to add some coarse grains. There are some things to pay attention to when pregnant women eat.
Also, the buns are heavy on the oil and salt, so try to avoid Sister Fang when eating them."
Yang Lili nodded in agreement. Xu Manman was a professional when it came to cooking, so it was right to listen to her.
Zhan Tianqi took her to the commune on his bicycle.
There are now three bicycles in the educated youth site, one belonging to Li Xiao's family, one belonging to Zhan Tianqi's family, and one belonging to Zhou Ming's family.
Yesterday, Li Xiao and Liu Hua rode their bicycles following the ox cart.
Before noon, Liu Hua and Li Xiao came back.
"Manman! Manman! It's born!"
The voice came in before the person entered the yard.
All the other people at the educated youth point were blown out at once.
"When was it born?"
"Will it be a fat boy or a little girl?"
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Liu Hua said with a smile, "She was sent there yesterday and entered the delivery room at noon. She waited another hour or two before the baby was born. It was a big fat boy. His nose and eyes are exactly like his father's. Li Zhiqing was so happy."
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