So after Zhou Qinglan put her son to sleep, she put him in the stroller.
The little guy was sleeping soundly inside, and he didn't wake up no matter what the people in the room said.
Zhang Shuzhen also turned around and glanced at the rickshaw, then smiled, "Yes, I didn't expect him to be so easy to take care of after his confinement period."
For the first few days, they were a bit fussy. Even a couple of barks from our dog wouldn't help; they just cried. I had no choice but to send all our dogs to Aunt Liu's house to be cared for.
Zhang Shuzhen had six children and had seen many other people's children, but it was rare to find one as worry-free as Sheng Xinhua.
I remember when I was raising my child, I don't know why, he cried all the time, as long as he was awake, and he was especially hard to soothe.
Back then, there was no one to take care of the children, and there was a lot of work to do at home. While we were working, the child would start crying loudly on the kang (a heated brick bed).
There was no other way but to carry the child on my back. I worked while carrying the child on my back.
When Sheng Xiping and Sheng Xi'an were little, they grew up on Zhang Shuzhen's back like this.
By the time Sheng Xikang was born, Sheng Xiping had grown up. When Zhang Shuzhen got busy, she would leave the second and third children to the eldest son to take care of.
Sheng Xiping was only six or seven years old. He was carrying the second child in front of him and the third child on his back, swaying and coaxing him.
“In the past, the main problem was poor living conditions. Women who were pregnant and gave birth couldn’t get any nutritious food, and the babies themselves were malnourished and were fussy after birth.”
Over there, Wang Chunxiu, an obstetrician and gynecologist, provided an authoritative answer.
"With the Sheng family's conditions, my grandson was well-off even in his mother's womb. He was born with good health, so he doesn't cry much."
Have you ever thought about how big the fontanelle was when we had children? When the baby cried, you could see the fontanelle making a whooshing sound.
Looking at children today, their fontanelles are small; it's all about getting enough nutrition.
Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that the Sheng family's terms certainly couldn't be unfair to Zhou Qinglan.
She never skimped on food from the start of her pregnancy, and she ate even better during her postpartum period. With enough nutrition, the baby naturally didn't cry.
Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi both secretly remembered Wang Chunxiu's words, and knew they would have to be careful when their daughters-in-law got pregnant.
Eat more good food so that your children will be easier to raise in the future, and you adults will have less to worry about.
What is Chinese New Year?
It's basically about working yourself to the bone all year round, and then doing nothing during the Lunar New Year holiday, spending all your time visiting relatives and friends to build relationships.
Alternatively, one could save money on ordinary days and then bring out all the good food at home during the Lunar New Year to celebrate with relatives and friends in a joyful and lively atmosphere.
During the Lunar New Year, everyone eats well and has enough to eat, so the full moon banquet isn't as empty as it usually is.
Zhang Shuzhen prepared plenty of each dish, intending to add more if needed.
In reality, only the sausage was something that everyone liked to eat, so we cut some more and brought them up. We basically didn't add any of the other dishes.
Of course, how much or how little the guests eat is their business; the Sheng family has prepared enough anyway.
Good wine and food are plentiful, and there's not much to do during the New Year. Everyone gets together to chat about everything under the sun, eating, drinking, talking, and laughing, making it a very lively occasion.
The meal lasted for almost two hours. Those who were drinking in the east room ended up with flushed faces and slurred speech.
Even so, some people still weren't satisfied and kept shouting that they wanted to drink more.
Of course, most people know what's good for them; they just need to drink enough, not to get drunk.
Besides, it was getting late, so those who needed to say goodbye got up unsteadily, said their goodbyes, and went home.
After everyone else left, the few who were still shouting and demanding more drinks also got bored and staggered home.
After the guests left, Zhang Shuzhen and her daughter quickly tidied up. The meal in the east room took a long time, and by the end, there was hardly any food left on the plates.
The west wing was all women, so they ate very little, leaving some food uneaten.
With what's left in the kitchen, we probably won't need to cook for several days.
Sheng Liancheng and Zhou Mingyuan had both drunk quite a bit. While they were clearing the table, the two in-laws leaned against the wall next to each other and chuckled.
After Zhang Shuzhen finished cleaning the table, washing the dishes, and returning the borrowed items, she discovered that her in-laws had fallen asleep on the spot.
Zhang Shuzhen and Wang Chunxiu were quite helpless, so they had no choice but to take out pillows from the kang (heated brick bed) and let the two of them lie down to sleep.
"These old men, I don't know why they're so fond of alcohol."
"You said that stuff is super spicy, what's the point of drinking it? And these people are all staggering around after drinking it, I don't know what they're trying to achieve."
Zhang Shuzhen and Wang Chunxiu went to the west room to coax the child, muttering to themselves as they went.
Just as the inner and outer rooms were tidied up, Sheng Xinhua woke up in the west room.
Wang Chunxiu quickly went to help her daughter take care of the child, while Zhang Shuzhen took the opportunity to throw Sheng Xinhua's diapers, blankets, and other items that he had urinated on that day into a large basin, added hot water, and washed them.
When Wang Chunxiu saw this, she reached out to help, but Zhang Shuzhen chased her away.
“It’s just a little bit of stuff, it can be made in no time. My dear in-law, you can chat with Qinglan for a while, you don’t need to lift a finger to do these things.”
"Your mother-in-law is truly wonderful; she's impeccable in her treatment of you and the children."
Wang Chunxiu returned to the west room and spoke to Zhou Qinglan, who was breastfeeding.
"You'd better treat your mother-in-law better from now on. She's treating you with all her heart and doesn't see you as her daughter-in-law at all."
Don't think you've done something great just because you had a son on your first pregnancy after marrying into the family, and start bossing your mother-in-law around all day.
Help your mother-in-law with these chores around the house. You're lucky to have such a good mother-in-law; cherish it and don't be reckless.
They were all honest and hardworking people, and Wang Chunxiu genuinely cared for her daughter and was making plans for her.
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