Chapter 188 Staying in Bengbu

The next morning.

Zhang Xiuping was fully armed, wrapped herself tightly, and returned to the two-story building on the street.

Then Deng Shirong began to kill chickens and cook ginger wine. The chickens were bought in advance when he was in his hometown. He would buy a chicken every few days and throw it into the space. Now there are more than 20 chickens stored in his system space, all of which are beautiful chickens that were born and raised in the countryside.

Of course, in order to cover up, Deng Shirong still went out and said that he bought it in a nearby rural area.

The method of making ginger wine is very simple. First, heat oil in a pan, put the chopped chicken pieces in and stir-fry until the chicken changes color, then add enough ginger and continue to stir-fry. After the aroma comes out, pour in rice wine that covers the chicken pieces, then cook for about half an hour and it is ready to be served.

The ginger wine made in this way became a favorite of many rural women in Bobai in later generations. Not only did they eat it during confinement, but they would also cook a pot of ginger wine to drink whenever they were craving for it.

As for the neighbor women, if you normally invite them to eat or something, they will definitely refuse. But if you cook ginger wine and invite them to eat, nine out of ten times they will not refuse.

This shows how high the status of ginger wine is in the hearts of Bobai women.

In this era, because the lives of rural people were generally difficult, it was considered good for a mother to drink ginger wine once or twice during the confinement period. But in later generations, every Bobai woman drank ginger wine for a month during the confinement period, basically without interruption.

Deng Shirong couldn't tell what the specific benefits of drinking ginger wine were during confinement, but anyway, his ancestors had been drinking it this way for generations, so there must be a reason for it. He just needed to cook the ginger wine and give it to his daughter-in-law.

Some mothers cannot drink such strong alcohol. In that case, when adding rice wine, they will add some water and cook it together, so that the taste of the alcohol will become lighter.

After cooking the ginger wine and stir-frying a few dishes, the family began to eat.

Deng Shirong served his eldest daughter-in-law a large bowl of ginger wine, and then picked up another large bowl and said, "Mother-in-law, there is a lot of ginger wine in this pot. Sister Ping will definitely not be able to finish it. I'll serve you a bowl to taste it."

Mother Zhang waved her hands and said, "No, no, it's a waste to give me this ginger wine. Save it for Xiuping. If you can't finish it today, save it for tomorrow."

Deng Shirong quickly filled a bowl and placed it in front of his mother-in-law, smiling and saying, "Don't be polite, mother-in-law. It's all eaten, so there's no need to waste it. As for the ginger wine that Ping-mei drinks, I cook it fresh for her every day. You don't have to save it for tomorrow."

Seeing that the ginger wine had been served in front of her, Zhang's mother stopped being pretentious and looked at her daughter with emotion, "Xiuping, you are so lucky. When I gave birth to you and your siblings, it was already great to have one or two chickens to cook ginger wine for you during your confinement. Now you not only have it every day, but you also eat fresh ginger wine every day. If the girls and wives in the village knew about this, I wonder how envious they would be!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled brightly, and the happiness in her eyes was so sweet that even a blind person could see it.

Deng Shirong said: "Times have changed. Our times were much harder than they are now. When my wife gave birth to Yuntai and his siblings, they didn't have much to eat. For women, giving birth is the most draining of vitality, so during this crucial month of confinement, you must eat well to replenish the lost vitality.

We didn’t have this condition before, but now our family has enough money for food and drink. For Pingmei, it is essential to have fresh ginger wine every day during her confinement.”

Hearing this, the mother and daughter of the Zhang family were extremely happy.

After dinner, the family talked about naming their child while chatting.

Deng Yuntai held his daughter in his arms, teasing her while saying, "Dad, how about you give this little one a name?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "This is your first child, so you two should name her!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and continued, "Dad, this is also your first granddaughter, so it's appropriate for you to name her."

Zhang's mother also agreed, "Yes, in-laws, your children have such good names, why don't you help pick a name for this granddaughter as well?"

Deng Shirong pondered and said, "Then I will give him a nickname. The child was born on the beginning of winter, so the nickname will be Dong'er. What do you think?"

In order to ensure the healthy growth of their children, rural people of this era often use animal names when giving boys nicknames, and the most common ones are those containing the word "dog", such as Ergou Sangou Sigou, Gou Ergou Sangou Si, and so on.

Girls' nicknames are basically all XXmei, where XX means the ranking. For example, the nickname of Deng Yuntai's daughter should be "Damei". In the future, the daughters born to Deng Yuntai or other brothers will be called "Secondmei", "Thirdmei", "Fourthmei" and so on.

Giving someone a nickname like Dong'er is really rare in rural areas.

Zhang Xiuping was the first to agree: "Dong'er, this nickname is a good one."

Deng Yuntai also said with a smile: "Well, this nickname is indeed nice. Girl, you will be called Dong'er from now on!"

Deng Yunzhen said in a sour tone: "Xiao Dong'er, your grandfather is really partial. I, your eldest aunt, don't even have a nickname. When I was little, everyone called me the eldest sister."

Deng Shirong couldn't help but laugh when he heard that: "Look at what you said, there are not many people in the village who are qualified to call you elder sister. When you were still breastfeeding, 70% of the people in the village called you Auntie Zhen, and another 20% of the people had to call you Auntie."

Deng Yunzhen sighed, "Sister-in-law, look how miserable I am. I haven't even gotten married yet, but I've been an old lady for more than ten years!"

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Deng Shirong said calmly: "What aunt? Those who call you great-grandaunt are all getting married!"

Deng Yunzhen: “…”

Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but chuckle when she saw this, and said, "Ah Zhen, what's so tragic about this? It's good to have a high seniority!"

Deng Yunzhen said dimly, "What's good about that? You've already called me old. It's like our little Dong'er, who immediately transformed herself into an old lady when she returned to the village."

Zhang Xiuping heard that she lived in Bengbu. This generation is indeed a bit absurd! After joking, everyone returned to the topic and started to name Xiao Dong'er.

This time, Deng Shirong did not get involved and just let Deng Yuntai and his wife think about it themselves.

As for Zhang's mother, the grandmother, she naturally would not interfere with her granddaughter's naming rights. The same goes for Deng Yunzhen, the aunt.

Then, Deng Yuntai and his wife racked their brains and came up with several names for Deng Shirong to choose from.

After some comparison, Deng Shirong finally chose the name Deng Changju. Chrysanthemum has tenacious vitality and represents the spirit of steadfastness and perseverance, which is quite good.

(End of this chapter)