Chapter 104: Zong Zhenyan. The child came into this world safely. ...
The days passed quickly, and by the beginning of August it was already so hot that people were reluctant to go out.
The restaurant opened by Qiu Xuan and her friends only has three or four tables of customers every day.
The restaurant's main revenue comes from the skewers sold after dusk. They're perfect for summer, especially with a bowl of plum wine.
Zong Anji and Sanshui were busy at the stall, while everyone else had gone home.
A stall was set up at home today. Qiu Xuan hadn't eaten barbecued skewers for a while, and she ate some tonight for the first time.
As she grew older, her body became heavier than before. Her bulging belly showed that she was about to give birth.
"Aunt, would you like some grilled fish?" Huaixue put the grilled fish on a plate and brought it to the table.
This grilled fish is grilled purely over charcoal and sprinkled with some salt, which makes it full of flavor.
"Auntie isn't eating anymore. You guys can eat it." Qiu Xuan took a bite and put down her bamboo chopsticks.
For some reason, her sense of smell is now extremely sensitive. Even though the fish is grilled like this, she still smells a fishy smell.
Including lamb skewers, she also felt that they had a lamb smell.
Unless you add some chili powder on it to mask the taste, Qiu Xuan won't be able to eat it at all.
Zong Xiao stood by the stove grilling skewers, but his eyes never left Qiu Xuan.
Seeing that she ate three skewers and stopped, he frowned slightly.
This can't go on. She's not strong enough and giving birth will be another challenge.
After Zong Xiao finished roasting the ones in his hands, he gave his seat to Siqi.
He took a few skewers of pork and came to Qiu Xuan.
"Why don't you eat anymore?" he asked.
"I can't eat anymore. It's a bit greasy." Qiu Xuan signaled him with her eyes to move the food to the side.
Too close, she smelled that scent again.
Zong Xiao: "I'll make you some noodles. Eat as much as you can."
"Aunt, do you want to eat this? Roasted rabbit!" Huaixue brought over another rabbit leg. She always wanted Qiuxuan to eat something.
Whenever I see something is ready, I always ask Qiu Xuan for it first.
Qiu Xuan actually didn't want to eat it, but when she saw the rabbit leg, she suddenly changed her mind.
She grabbed Zong Xiao's hand, smiled up at him and said, "I want to eat spicy diced rabbit."
"Okay, I'll do it for you."
Seeing that she finally had the dish she wanted to eat, how could Zong Xiao not be willing to cook it?
He hurried to the backyard and caught another fat rabbit. He cleaned it up by himself in the backyard before going to the kitchen.
Spicy diced rabbit is not difficult to make. Just heat oil in a pan and pour in the marinated rabbit meat.
He just hesitated when frying the chili peppers. If he wanted it to taste good, he had to put more chili peppers in it. But could Qiu Xuan's stomach handle it now?
The clan mother also followed him in. Seeing that he was still taking no action, she poured everything on the chopping board into the pot.
"What's the point of wasting time?" The grandmother grabbed the spatula, fried the chili peppers over high heat, and then put the fried rabbit meat in.
"Is it too spicy?" Zong Xiao felt that the taste was a bit pungent.
The grandmother was busy with her own things and didn't even pay him any attention.
"You think Ah-yi wants to eat rabbit meat? She just wants something spicy. That's a good thing, as long as she has an appetite. Don't mind the spiciness, as long as she likes it. Go and steam some rice so Ah-yi can eat it with the rabbit meat."
As someone who has experienced this, the grandmother understands the appetite of pregnant women at this time best.
You are about to give birth, so don't be too restricted if you can. Just eat whatever you want. It is better than not being able to eat at all.
Soon the spicy and fragrant rabbit cubes are ready.
As soon as the food was served on the table, all the people in the yard gathered around.
Yueyang covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said, "Mom, how much chili did you put in? Why does it smell so pungent?"
"No, how about you try it?"
Yueyang waved her hand, she couldn't eat such greasy red dishes.
Huaixue didn't eat it either. She thought it was spicy just by looking at it.
Only Qiu Xuan picked up the bamboo chopsticks and picked it up. The spicy taste completely covered the flavor of the rabbit meat, but the aroma of the meat could still be tasted when chewing.
Qiu Xuan thought it was delicious and ate four or five pieces of rabbit meat in a row.
Seeing that she liked it, the smile on the grandmother's face never stopped.
She particularly believes in the old saying, sour boy, spicy girl.
Now Qiu Xuan can eat spicy food so well, what does this mean? It means that this baby is a little baby girl.
"Mom, what are you laughing at?" Zong Xiao brought out the noodles and saw his mother staring at Qiu Xuan's belly and laughing.
That look is still quite scary...
The clan mother couldn't say what she was thinking, so she just said, "Mother is happy to see that Ah-yi finally has the dish she wants to eat."
Several people were talking and laughing, and no one noticed that a small figure had crawled to the edge of the table.
Shuyun reached out, picked up a piece of chili from the plate and stuffed it directly into her mouth.
He thought it was delicious, but who could have imagined it was so spicy.
He choked as soon as it entered his mouth.
He let out another "wow" sound, and everyone panicked. They quickly asked him to spit it out and brought him water to rinse his mouth several times.
The little guy felt very aggrieved and just cried in Yueyang's arms.
Yueyang felt both pain and anger. She hadn't watched the child carefully and the child started eating chili peppers.
Come on, it’s too spicy now. It’s so spicy that my whole face is red.
"Shu Yun is still young, this thing is too spicy for him. Ask Yuan Gu to get some goat milk to moisten his stomach."
In order to prevent the baby from having nothing to eat after it was born, Zong Xiao brought back a newly-born ewe last month. Goat milk is good for babies, and little Shuyun grew up eating it.
Look, he is so plump and strong now.
Yueyang pinched Shuyun's nose and said helplessly, "You, you, you little greedy pig."
Soon the hot goat milk was served, and the little guy finally stopped crying after drinking the goat milk.
But her little eyes were red from crying, like two little walnuts.
In mid-August, Zong Xiao took Huaixue and Siqi into the mountains.
With Qiu Xuan's due date drawing near, Zong Xiao thought about heading back up the mountain one last time. This time, he'd catch more fish, so he wouldn't have to go back up the mountain again. After all, fewer people would be eating skewers in September, so the fish should last for a while.
He thought very carefully and took everything into consideration, but he never expected that the seemingly honest and well-behaved child would come out that day.
The three of them went into the mountains before dawn, and it usually took them at least half a day to catch fish.
A few people planned to come back around noon, but who would have thought that Qiu Xuan would have a miscarriage before noon.
Fortunately, there was always someone at home, and the grandmother quickly went to invite a midwife over.
Qiu Xuan took good care of this baby and the fetal position is very good.
But she had never given birth before, and the sudden pain made it impossible for her to breathe.
Tears and sweat soaked the pillowcase. She clenched the thin quilt tightly with her fingertips, trying to relieve the pain but it was impossible.
This pain was different from other pains. She couldn't find a pattern and could only grit her teeth and endure it.
The grandmother was very worried and went to ask the doctor to come back.
But no one can help with childbirth, the mother has to push herself.
What everyone thought was a normal thing is now a cause for concern.
The mother-in-law was afraid of accidents, so she asked Yuan Gu to call Zong Anji back.
He was the only one in the family who knew where the fishing spot was, so his mother urged him to go and find Zong Xiao as soon as possible.
On the other side, Zong Xiao, Huai Xue and Si Qi had already caught a lot of fish.
Because they wanted to keep the fish in barrels, they didn't use harpoons, but instead used fishing nets to catch the fish.
This season is the time when there are the most fish in the water. Several people caught eight or nine in just this morning.
Thinking of getting more, they were not in a hurry to go home.
Unexpectedly, my family came to visit me in the afternoon.
The moment he saw Zong Anji, Zong Xiao had a bad feeling in his heart.
As expected, the first thing Zong Anji said when he saw him was to tell him to go home quickly. Qiu Xuan was about to give birth.
"Aunt, isn't the due date yet?" Huaixue's tears fell anxiously.
"I don't know either. My mother suddenly called me back from the restaurant." Zong Anji didn't even go home. He ran to the mountains as soon as he got the news.
He even borrowed a mule for this purpose.
Zong Xiao did not go back with them. He rode his mule back home first.
The distance was obviously not far, but he always felt that it was so slow. Why hadn't he reached home yet?
He quickened his pace again until he saw the familiar courtyard wall.
Qiu Xiu in the house has experienced several rounds of pain.
Every time she felt like she couldn't hold on any longer, the midwife told her it would be almost there.
She held on, and began to exert force again and again as the midwife instructed.
Until Zong Xiao's voice was heard outside the house, and then the man broke into the house.
Qiu Xuan turned her head and looked at him.
Zong Xiao will never forget that look in his life.
The person he loved most looked at him weakly with red eyes, as if she would break in the next moment.
"Don't be afraid, A'ou, I'm back." Zong Xiao knelt in front of the bed and gently stroked the messy hair on her forehead with his hand.
"It hurts." Qiu Xuan's fingertips sank into Zong Xiao's flesh. Every bit of pain she felt at this moment was transmitted to Zong Xiao.
The people in the room wanted to chase Zong Xiao out, but when they saw the two of them like this, no one said a word.
Fortunately, the fetus was in a normal position. After drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, Qiu Xiu finally regained her strength.
The moment Huaixue and her group hurriedly stepped into the courtyard, the cry of a baby echoed throughout the house.
"It's born, it's born." The midwife wiped the baby clean with a cloth and then wrapped the child up.
"It's a pretty little girl." The midwife smiled and brought the child to the two of them.
Qiu Xuan couldn’t tell how pretty the red, wrinkled little baby was.
But Zong Xiao said that she was very beautiful, just like Qiu Xuan.
Qiu Xuan felt that he was lying, but she was powerless to refute him. She was so tired and sleepy that she fell asleep after taking a few glances.
When she woke up again, it was dark outside.
The smell of blood in the room was much lighter, and she was no longer sticky.
Seeing her open her eyes, Zong Xiao's heart finally settled down.
He bent down and kissed her forehead, feeling lucky that he hadn't lost her.
"Where is the child?" Qiu Xuan opened her eyes and didn't see the child in her arms, so she couldn't help asking.
"She just drank goat's milk and went to sleep." Zong Xiao tucked the corner of the quilt for her, got up and went to the small bed next to her to wrap the baby up.
The little cub had just fallen asleep after eating and drinking, and his face was not as red as it was at the beginning.
Qiu Xuan's heart melted when she saw this. She gently held the little cub's hand and looked at him carefully.
"My mother and the midwife have both checked, and it's fine." Zong Xiao placed the child between them and lay down on his side.
"It's good that she's intact." The child was too young. Although Qiu Xuan was a mother, she still didn't dare to hold her.
"Has the name been decided?" She looked at it for a long time before she remembered that the child had not been named yet.
When the baby was in her belly, the couple had already thought about what to name the child.
But at that time we didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl, so the name was never decided.
Now that the baby is born, Qiu Xuan no longer feels like the names she had originally thought of.
Zong Xiao nodded and said with a smile, "I thought of one, but I'm not sure if it's any good."
"Let me listen." Qiu Xuan said.
"Zong Zhenyan." Zong Xiao gave a rare shy smile, "I was thinking of calling you Jia Zhen, but mother said it doesn't sound nice."
"Zhenzhen." Qiu Yu murmured twice in a low voice, "It sounds nice, so let's call her Zhenzhen."
Zhen has good intentions. As new mothers and fathers, they only hope that their daughter can live a happy life.
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