Having a child is a long process.
It may take half a day or even a day from contractions to successful delivery.
After Lu Changge brought in the hot water, he was driven out by the midwife.
Also kicked out was little Tuanzi, who was said to be too young to watch.
The father and son who were chased out walked back and forth in front of the door with their hands in their pockets.
Hearing his daughter-in-law's cries of pain coming from the house, Lu Changge felt tormented.
Half an hour later, the little dumpling was hungry.
"Daddy, I'm hungry." Little Tuanzi reached out and tugged at daddy's clothes, looking up and said.
"Are you hungry? Go ask Er Teng to make you a bowl of noodles."
"Okay!" Little Dumpling responded and ran to the kitchen.
Er Teng was watching the fire in the kitchen, where millet porridge was cooking in a clay pot.
"Er Er, I'm hungry! I want to eat noodles!" The little dumpling ran into the kitchen and shouted loudly.
[Are you hungry? Okay! Little Master, wait a moment.]
As Er Teng spoke, he stretched out another cane and took out another clay pot from the cupboard.
Clean the pottery pot, add water and two spoons of chicken soup.
After boiling, add two beef balls cut in half and a few slices of pork.
After the meat is cooked, add the vermicelli made from rice milk that Li Xiaomin brought this morning.
Then a few slices of greens.
After cooking, take out the firewood under the pottery pot and put it in the stove to continue heating water.
Little Tuanzi dragged a small stool over and sat next to Erteng.
There was no table in the kitchen, so Er Teng scooped out the flour and held the bowl for the little master to eat.
"Er Er, does it hurt like this when your period comes?" asked the little dumpling after eating a noodle.
[I don't know about that. I didn't see you when you were born, little master.]
"Oh..." Little Dumpling lowered his head and slurped a noodle. He then asked, "Where is Er Er going? Is he cooking noodles here too?"
Oh my god, you are cooking noodles here!
[…No, I'm in the mountains.] Nido was a little speechless, but still answered.
"Oh, then..."
Little Dumpling wanted to ask more, but was interrupted by Er Teng.
[Stop! Don't ask me why I'm in the mountains, ask something else!]
"Oh...then when will my brother come?" asked the little dumpling.
Er Teng: “…”
It's not my brother, how does it know?
[Don't talk while eating.]
"Oh." The little dumpling said "oh" and buried his head in eating noodles.
After eating for a while, the little dumpling realized that he was not eating rice, but noodles.
So, you can talk.
"Er Er, when your younger brother comes, he will be the little master, so should we call him the big master?" The little dumpling, who was originally concentrating on eating noodles, raised his head and asked again.
Big master?
So, you little guy are trying to seize your father's power and usurp his position?
Although he is young, he is very courageous.
[no.]
"What is that called?" Little Dumpling asked curiously.
[Ask your father.]
"Oh..." The little dumpling lowered his head and continued eating noodles.
“Two, two…”
[Stop! What do you want to ask?]
"Ah? The noodles are all gone, and you want more!" The little girl tapped the empty bowl with her chopsticks.
Er Teng: “…”
Miscalculated.
After eating, the little girl ran back to the door and waited with her father.
Another hour later, Lu Changge finally heard the cry of a baby coming from the house.
Soon the door was opened and the midwife came out holding the baby. She smiled and said, "Congratulations, Lu Liaohu, your husband gave birth to a boy."
"Well, carry him in."
It's so cold outside, we can't let the child get frozen.
After the midwife came out, Lu Changge gave her three hundred coins.
After everyone left, Lu Changge let Er Teng and the others come out and continue working.
Before Lu Changge entered the house, he took off his coat and changed his shoes.
As soon as I walked in, I smelled blood.
Su Qingyun was lying on the bed at this time, and had fallen asleep due to exhaustion.
The second baby was placed next to him.
Lu Changge called Er Teng and asked him to bring a basin of hot water.
When the hot water arrived, Lu Changge soaked his hands directly in it.
After warming his hands, Lu Changge began to help his wife clean up.
First put the second baby into the crib, and then wipe the daughter-in-law's body with hot water.
After wiping the upper body, I changed into a clean top and then cleaned the lower body.
After cleaning up and changing into clean clothes, Lu Changge carried his wife to the middle of the bed.
Remove the old, dirty quilt.
From wiping herself and cleaning herself to changing clothes and then putting the original mattress back on the bed, Su Qingyun fell asleep the whole time and was not woken up.
The delivery started just before lunch, and it was already past three in the afternoon when the baby was born.
Su Qingyun slept for another two hours. When he woke up, he was very hungry.
Before Su Qingyun could open his eyes completely, someone beside him half-helped him up.
"Drink some water first." A familiar voice sounded above my head.
Su Qingyun subconsciously opened his mouth and took a sip.
The water was warm when it entered her mouth. After drinking it, Su Qingyun slowly came to her senses.
"Husband..." Su Qingyun's voice was a little hoarse.
"Are you hungry? Would you like some porridge?" Lu Changge asked in a low voice.
"Yeah." Su Qingyun nodded.
The earthenware pot for cooking rice porridge had been brought into the house, with a few pieces of silver charcoal placed underneath to keep it warm.
The millet porridge was cooked at noon and kept warm over the charcoal fire for the whole afternoon. It is now soft and sticky.
After drinking two bowls, Su Qingyun shook his head to indicate that he was full.
After finishing the porridge and taking a sip of warm water, Su Qingyun asked.
"My husband, what time is it now?"
"It's getting dark."
It gets dark very early in winter. It starts to get dark at 5:30 and is completely dark at 6:00.
"It's so late...where's Tuanzi? Have you eaten?" Su Qingyun asked again.
"We've eaten. Tuanzi and Erteng are in his room. The food is being cooked over a dragon stove and Dateng is watching." Lu Changge said as he put the bowl on the table.
"With me here, you don't have to worry about these things. Just take good care of yourself."
"That's good."
"And...thank you for your hard work." Lu Changge sat back on the bed and leaned over to kiss him on the forehead.
Su Qingyun blushed at her husband's sudden tenderness, and her eyes wandered around, not knowing where to look.
Su Qingyun, who had just given birth, was still a little weak, and lying in the warm quilt, she fell asleep again after a while.
Lu Changge changed the diaper for the second baby, went to check on Tuanzi's room, and then went back to his room to lie down.
Newborn babies don't pay attention to time when they are busy.
They cry and poop whenever they want, and it takes a lot of energy and physical strength to take care of them.
So, get as much sleep as you can while you can.
Lu Changge had taken care of children before, so he had experience.
Even if you are not sleepy now, force yourself to fall into a light sleep.
Sure enough, less than an hour after Lu Changge laid down, Erbao started crying.
The next second after the crying sounded, Lu Changge immediately got up from the bed and picked up the second baby lying in the crib.
I touched the little butt and it wasn't wet.
That means you are hungry.
Pick up the bottle that is set aside and remove the lid.
Sure enough, as soon as the pacifier was inserted, the little mouth began to suck.
"Husband...is the baby crying..." Su Qingyun vaguely heard the baby crying in her sleep and spoke in a half-asleep and half-awake state.
"Not awake yet, go to sleep." Lu Changge said softly.
After hearing her husband's words, Su Qingyun responded in a vague voice and fell asleep soon after.
After feeding the second baby, Lu Changge carried him around the house for a few laps to coax him to sleep.
After the little guy falls asleep, carefully put him in the crib.
Afterwards, Lu Changge lay down and continued to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Lu Changge was awakened by his second baby's crying again. This time, his diaper was wet.
After changing the second baby's diaper, Lu Changge went to Tuanzi's room and called him up to go to the bathroom.
When Lu Changge returned to the house, he happened to see Su Qingyun woke up, frowning and seeming to get up.
"Don't move, I'll do it." Lu Changge walked over, lifted the quilt and picked up the person.
Then he walked into the cubicle.
As for his daughter-in-law's role in what to do and when, Lu Changge knew it all, so he didn't need to say anything.
After finishing his duty, Lu Changge carried the person back and put him on the bed.
"Are you hungry? Would you like some more porridge?" Lu Changge asked softly.
"Yeah." Su Qingyun nodded.
Lu Changge placed a pillow behind him before serving the porridge.
Su Qingyun was half lying on the bed, watching her husband busy himself for her, and suddenly remembered the time when he had just given birth to Tuanzi.
At that time, her husband was also busy running around for him.
However, because I didn't know my husband well, I thought I had made that decision.
Thinking about it now, it's still funny.
Now, although this man is cold, his heart has been warmed by him.
After drinking the porridge and rinsing her mouth with some warm water, Su Qingyun lay down.
I slept too much during the day and now I can't fall asleep.
Putting the bowl aside, Lu Changge lay back on the bed and chatted with his wife for a while.
"You don't have to talk to me anymore, just go to sleep." After Su Qingyun chatted with her husband for a few sentences, she urged him to go to bed.
Otherwise, the baby will cry later and I won't be able to sleep even if I want to.
"Well, you should go to sleep soon too." Lu Changge responded and closed his eyes. Soon his breathing became steady.
It didn't take long for Lu Changge to fall asleep.
Su Qingyun saw that her husband fell asleep quickly. She felt that he must be exhausted today, and she couldn't help feeling distressed.
Su Qingyun lay flat for a while, then felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, and slowly turned to her side.
When the person moved next to him, Lu Changge didn't even wake up, but he habitually leaned over to lend a hand to help.
This conditioned reflex was also developed by Su Qingyun during her pregnancy.
When you are pregnant, your belly gets bigger day by day, and if you sleep in the same position for a long time, your stomach will feel uncomfortable.
So Su Qingyun would turn over several times every night, and when she couldn't turn over anymore, she needed Lu Changge's help.
Turning sideways to face the man, Su Qingyun stared at her husband for a while and then felt a little sleepy.
But before he fell asleep, the second baby in the crib woke up.
As soon as she heard the baby crying, Su Qingyun saw her husband sit up immediately, without even closing his eyes.
Lu Changge changed the baby's diaper, fed him, and coaxed him to sleep before carefully putting him down.
Then he turned around and prepared to go back to sleep, and he saw his wife looking at him with eyes full of heartache.
Feeling distressed?
Lu Changge was a little confused, but he didn't ask.
"Were you woken up?" Lu Changge lay back and tucked the quilt in for his wife.
"No..." Su Qingyun shook his head.
"It's almost dawn, sleep a little longer." Lu Changge coaxed him in a low voice and tucked the hair away from his face behind his ears.
"Um."
…
The next morning, Lu Changge was still awakened by Erbao's crying.
The usage count of the Infinite Bottle has been refreshed. Lu Changge first changed the diaper of the second baby and then fed him.
The little guy didn't sleep after drinking milk, so Lu Changge put him back in the crib.
Then he carried his wife who had just woken up to the toilet.
After finishing his duty, Lu Changge put his wife back on the bed, and then picked up Erbao and placed him next to her.
Then he took out the changed diapers and the toilet in the small cubicle.
When Lu Changge entered the kitchen, Da Teng was already there.
It can be said that Da Teng stayed in the kitchen all night.
[Master, the hot water is ready, and the rice porridge is also ready to be cooked.] Da Teng said when he saw the master coming in.
"Well, where's Er Teng?" Lu Changge walked over and started preparing breakfast.
[Er Teng is dressing the little master.]
In addition to millet porridge, today's breakfast also includes 20 mutton dumplings, 20 beef dumplings, and the customary boiled eggs.
There was also a small sweet potato that Xiaotuanzi specifically requested for last night.
Put the dumplings, eggs and sweet potatoes into the steamer and ask Da Teng to watch the fire.
He filled a basin with hot water and left.
Lu Changge first helped his wife brush her teeth and wash her face. When he brought the water out, Xiaotuanzi also left the room.
"Daddy! Is my brother awake?" When the little dumpling saw his daddy, his eyes lit up and he ran over.
"woke up."
"Go brush your teeth and wash your face first, then have breakfast before you can go in to see your brother."
Lu Changge called out to Tuanzi who was about to run to see his brother.
But it was cold outside, and the living room was chilly without a fire.
Finally, their breakfast was taken inside and eaten.
Lu Changge brought in breakfast and placed it on the small table.
Seeing that little Tuanzi was still lying on the bed looking at his brother, he called out, "Tuanzi, come and have breakfast."
"Oh!" Tuanzi responded and ran over quickly.
After helping Tuanzi put on the bib, Lu Changge went to bring a coffee table from the bed.
First help your wife up and put a back cushion behind her.
Then put the coffee table in place and put the daughter-in-law's breakfast on the table.
Su Qingyun's breakfast consisted of a bowl of rice porridge and five mutton dumplings.
Lu Changge had previously bought two books from Li Tugen's system.
There is a book about the precautions that the expectant father should take from pregnancy, birth to confinement.
The book also gives advice on diet.
One of them is that the pregnant father needs to consume a lot of energy food right after giving birth.
Lamb is one of them.
Su Qingyun didn't eat much originally.
But now that I have given birth, I feel relaxed and my appetite has improved.
After eating the porridge and five dumplings, Su Qingyun asked her husband to scoop half a bowl of porridge for her.
"There are still some dumplings. Do you want some?" Lu Changge asked.
"want."
After breakfast, Lu Changge packed up his things and started today's work.
Little Tuanzi stayed in the house, sometimes accompanying his father and sometimes playing with his younger brother.
"Mom, why doesn't my brother open his eyes?" the little dumpling asked curiously.
"My brother can't open his eyes yet, but he will be able to in a few days."
"Oh." The little dumpling nodded.
But in my heart I was thinking, my brother is so stupid.
But as an older brother, he would not despise his younger brother for being stupid.
outside the house
After Lu Changge finished washing the dishes, he started washing diapers, while also not forgetting to sign in for today.
[System, sign in.]
[Ding - Sign-in successfully on the 189th day of fleeing famine, and get the sign-in reward: five catties of rice, a box of mutton rolls, and two bags of 200g milk powder. The reward has been put into the system space. ]
When he heard that the reward included milk powder, Lu Changge raised his eyebrows.
[System, why is there milk powder in the sign-in reward?]
[Ah? Oh, this, the sign-in reward is adjusted according to the host's needs. When the host is in extreme need of a certain food, the probability of its appearance will be very high.]
[Is that so...] Lu Changge nodded, a hint of contemplation flashing across his eyes.
When I was halfway through washing the diapers, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin came over with things in their hands.
As soon as Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin walked in, they saw Uncle Lu sitting in the yard, washing diapers.
Seeing this scene, the two felt a little disillusioned.
"Why are you here?" Seeing the two children standing there motionless, Lu Changge looked up.
"Uncle Lu, I heard that Uncle Lu was born, so Sister Xiaomin and I brought some things over." Li Tugen reacted and spoke quickly.
"I saw that the mall was selling nutritional meals for postpartum women, so I bought three boxes for Uncle Lu." Li Xiaomin also spoke up.
"I bought some milk rice, which should be enough for my brother to eat for half a month."
As he spoke, Li Tugen took the basket of milk rice to the main room and placed it there, and also took it for Li Xiaomin.
"It's a waste of money." Lu Changge nodded and said, "Don't use your points to buy these things in the future. It doesn't count."
"It's okay. If we run out of points, we can just do more tasks to earn them." Li Tugen smiled and said nonchalantly.
Hearing him say this, Lu Changge didn't say anything else.
Seeing that Uncle Lu stopped talking, she lowered her head and continued to wash diapers.
Li Xiaomin on the side pushed Tuwa, signaling him not to forget the other purpose of their visit.
"By the way, Uncle Lu, this is the money I distributed to you two months ago. I'm giving it to you now." Li Tugen said as he took out the purse containing the silver.
"Well, put it on the table." Lu Changge said without raising his head.
Putting the silver on the table, Li Tugen thought for a moment and said,
"Uncle Lu, my sister Xiaomin and I are planning to buy a shop in town. It will be convenient for us to do business there. Do you think it is feasible?"
"You don't have to buy one, you can rent a small one." Lu Changge gave a suggestion.
The drought will end in six months, and after the drought, floods will follow.
And their town happened to be the hardest hit area.
If you buy a shop in town, the money you spend will be wasted.
"Okay, I'll listen to Uncle Lu." Li Xiaomin thought about it and nodded.
Uncle Lu is older than them and has more experience. Since Uncle Lu said the rented one is better, then they just rent it.
After the matter was resolved, the two children chatted with Uncle Lu for a few words and then prepared to leave.
But as soon as he turned around, he was stopped by Lu Changge.
"Wait a minute."
"What's wrong, Uncle Lu?"
"You don't need to send me the share for this month or thereafter. Just divide it equally among yourselves," said Lu Changge.
"Ah?" Li Xiaomin was puzzled.
"That won't work. We've already agreed on it." Li Tugen shook his head and refused without even thinking.
"Yes." Li Xiaomin reacted and nodded in agreement.
"After your uncle Lu finishes his confinement, our family will leave here, so there's no need to send money." Lu Changge explained patiently.
"What?!" Li Tugen was stunned when he heard what Uncle Lu said.
"Why... do you want to leave? Isn't it good to live here?" Li Xiaomin looked at Uncle Lu and said cautiously.
"That's not the reason."
As Lu Changge spoke, he took the washed diapers to the other side to dry them.
"Uncle Lu, do we have to leave?" Li Tugen followed Uncle Lu and asked as if to confirm.
"Um."
"Uncle Lu...can we know the reason?" Li Xiaomin opened her mouth and finally asked.
In fact, the one who could not accept Uncle Lu's family's plan to leave was Li Xiaomin.
Li Xiaomin is not like Li Tugen, she has no elders in her family.
Of course, Li Xiaomin didn't want to acknowledge her eldest uncle and third uncle as her elders.
In the past two years, and especially because Uncle Lu helped her solve the problem of her third uncle wanting to sell her for money, Li Xiaomin has come to regard Uncle Lu as the elder she trusts the most.
Therefore, she could not accept the fact that her only elder would leave here soon.
Lu Changge turned around to look at the little girl, and saw that she was about to cry, feeling helpless.
"The drought has lasted for six months and is expected to continue. My family and I are planning to look for other places."
After listening to this, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin were silent for a long time.
"Uncle Lu, can I bring my younger brother and sister to join you?" Li Xiaomin suddenly asked.
Li Tugen, who was standing by, heard this and looked over.
"Are you sure?" Lu Changge frowned.
"I……"
Lu Changge interrupted her and continued, "The destination is unknown, and you have to prepare your own carriage, dry food, clothes, etc. Are you sure you want to go?"
After hearing what Uncle Lu said, Li Tugen, who was about to say that he wanted to leave with them, was suddenly blocked.
"I have no objection if you want to leave, but the prerequisite is that you must think it through carefully."
Finally, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin left disappointed.
After the person left, the system, which had been silent just now, suddenly spoke.
[Host, why did you suddenly say you wanted to leave?]
"It's not sudden. I have discussed it with my wife beforehand." Lu Changge finished drying the diapers and put the basin away.
The system heard it, searched the records, and finally found that the host had told his wife that he was leaving Lijia Village.
The system fell silent.
[Tong, you are not reluctant to leave your wife, are you?]
[Yes.] The system readily admitted it.
We are leaving anyway, so it doesn't matter whether you admit it or not.
[Hubby~ I can’t bear to leave you!] The soft and cute system suddenly appeared.
[So, I have convinced the host to leave with you! Husband, are you happy? Are you surprised?] The cute system came over and stuck to the system.
System: “…”
[Boss! Wherever you go, I will go. I will always follow you! !] A system with a rough voice suddenly appeared.
System: […Get lost!]
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