After serving her daughter-in-law the meal, Zhang Shuzhen cleared the dishes and went out to wash them.
Then I opened the casserole to take a look, poked the pig's trotters with chopsticks, and when I thought it was about right, I put peanuts, dates and cruciferous vegetables in it.
Once everything is stewed, the pig's trotters will be tender and fall apart. Skim off the oil, ladle out a bowl of soup, along with the cooked peanuts, and send it to Zhou Qinglan for a drink.
Once the baby had slept enough and woke up, he started crying.
Following her mother-in-law's instructions, Zhou Qinglan picked up the baby and fed him.
She had only given birth a short time ago, so her milk wouldn't come in so quickly. The baby sucked and sucked, but there was nothing, which made the baby cry loudly in frustration.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Shuzhen quickly made some sugar water in a teacup and fed it to her grandson little by little with a small spoon.
The little child tasted the sugar water, smacked his lips, and stopped crying.
When Sheng Xiping went to the county on business, he specially bought two bags of milk powder to keep for the baby to drink before the milk came in.
However, Zhang Shuzhen had never seen this milk powder before, nor had she heard of any baby drinking milk powder after birth, so she was not very willing to give it to her child.
Furthermore, when a newborn baby starts eating solid food, the custom in most places is to feed them sugar water.
They said that if a baby drinks sugar water, he will be able to speak sweetly and eloquently in the future, so Zhang Shuzhen fed her child sugar water.
The baby was too young, and feeding too much was not good, so Zhang Shuzhen stopped after feeding a few spoonfuls.
The little thing waited with its mouth open, but after waiting for a long time there was no sweet water, it got angry and started crying again.
"Hey you little brat, all you do is yell. Your mother's milk hasn't come in yet, crying won't do you any good."
"Sweetie, wait a little longer. Once your mom's milk comes in, you can eat as much as you want."
Zhang Shuzhen picked up her grandson and gently patted and coaxed him for a while.
The child probably cried himself out, and his voice gradually quieted down before he fell asleep.
"The child is asleep, so you should also take a nap. When he wakes up and cries, just let him nurse as before."
It's okay if a baby cries because they can't get milk; crying is part of a baby's life. As long as they don't cry too much, it'll be fine.
Seeing that her grandson was asleep, Zhang Shuzhen put the baby on the kang (a heated brick bed), gave Zhou Qinglan a few instructions, closed the door, and came out of the west room.
"Third brother, go to the dispatch office at the farm headquarters right away and have them contact the mountain."
Tell your older brother that your sister-in-law has given birth, and ask him to take leave and come back to see his wife and child.
Zhou Qinglan has given birth, but Sheng Xiping is still on the mountain and doesn't know yet. We definitely need to find a way to send the good news up the mountain, call Sheng Xiping back, and then have him go and tell the Zhou family the good news.
This is the rule: no matter how busy he is on the mountain, Sheng Xiping has to take leave to come back and stay for a few days to spend time with his wife and children.
"Okay, Mom." Sheng Xikang replied, quickly dressed, and went out to the farm's general dispatch office to find someone.
Upon hearing that Sheng Xiping's wife, Teacher Zhou, had given birth, the dispatch center immediately contacted the mountain work site dispatch camp using a crank-operated telephone.
Upon receiving the message, the dispatch camp immediately arranged for someone to go find Sheng Xiping.
Meanwhile, Sheng Xiping was gathered in the cafeteria with a group of young men, listening to the older men rambling on.
"Sheng Xiping, the dispatch office at the farm called to say that your wife gave birth to a big, healthy baby boy at 5 p.m. today, weighing 6.6 pounds."
The dispatch team couldn't find Sheng Xiping in the dormitory. With directions from others, they went to the cafeteria and found Sheng Xiping sitting in a corner, listening intently to Lao Xiao and the others telling dirty jokes.
The man quickly ran over, shouting loudly as he ran.
Sheng Xiping was stunned when he heard what the other party shouted.
When he accompanied Zhou Qinglan back to her parents' home before, Wang Chunxiu calculated her due date, which should be around January 8th or 9th.
It's still several days away, how come she gave birth early?
"Xiping, what are you thinking about? Qinglan gave birth, she gave you a big, healthy boy weighing six pounds and six ounces."
You should quickly ask the farm manager for leave and take the bus back tomorrow morning to see your wife.
On the other end, Gao Haining, who was already a father, seemed to be used to Sheng Xiping's bewildered state, so she quickly nudged him and reminded him to ask for leave as soon as possible.
Sheng Xiping then came to his senses. Yes, there's no set time for a woman to give birth. It's perfectly normal for it to be ten or eight days early or a few days late.
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I have to go now. I'll treat you all to a full-month celebration when my baby turns one month old."
Sheng Xiping stood up, clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone in the cafeteria, and then quickly turned and walked out.
Not only did he have to ask for leave, but he also had to tell his father, Sheng Liancheng, the good news.
"Dad, Qinglan gave birth! She gave birth to a big, healthy boy weighing six pounds and six ounces. She gave birth this afternoon."
Sheng Xiping ran to the diesel generator room where Sheng Liancheng worked, panting as he delivered the good news to Sheng Liancheng.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Liancheng was overjoyed. "Oh my, a big, chubby boy weighing six pounds and six ounces! He's such a rare find!"
You weighed only 5.6 pounds when you were born, this little guy is heavier than you, he'll definitely be more successful than you in the future.”
Sheng Liancheng was so happy he didn't know what to say. He just wandered around the computer room. Smoking wasn't allowed in the computer room, otherwise he would definitely have lit a cigarette.
"Dad, I came to tell you something, so you can be happy too."
"Well, I'll go ask for leave now. I'll head straight down the mountain to go home later."
The person just said that Zhou Qinglan gave birth to a big, healthy boy, but didn't say anything about Zhou Qinglan herself.
Sheng Xiping was worried and didn't want to wait even one night; he wanted to go home as soon as possible.
His wife suffered so much during childbirth, and he couldn't be by her side. When he heard the news, he had to rush back.
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