Chapter 152 Candied Sweet Potato

The Liu family bought about 1,600 kilograms of food.

In less than a year, more than half of it has been consumed.

No matter how thrifty Jiang Cuihua was, she had too many people in her family.

Not counting Huang Xiaoyue, there are ten people in the Liu family, big and small, even if the family only eats two kilograms of food a day.

All in all, it would take more than 700 kilograms of food a year.

Besides, if there is really no harvest this year, there will be no food in the canteen.

By then, the villagers will have to find food on their own.

With 700 kilograms of stored grain, the Liu family probably won’t be able to hold out for long.

Besides, there will be a new baby in the family soon.

But now Jiang Cuihua really has no money to buy food. There are only a few dozen yuan in the family, which was earned by Liu Mingcheng from doing part-time work during the New Year.

Food is expensive outside now, and a few dozen yuan won't buy you much food.

After thinking it over, Liu Yinyin decided to go back and get some food for Jiang Cuihua.

We still have to endure next year.

Seeing that there was nothing to do at her daughter's house, Jiang Cuihua prepared to go back.

Her daughter-in-law is about to give birth, so she has to go home to see her.

"Grandma, we need to play..."

When Gu Yanyan saw Jiang Cuihua getting up to leave, he immediately ran over with his short legs and hugged her thighs with his two little hands.

The boy wanted Jiang Cuihua to take him to Liu's house to play with his cousins.

Liu Yinyin patted his little butt and pretended to be unhappy and said, "You're not at home with your mother?"

Gu Yanyan tilted his head to look at her and said in a baby voice, "Go to sleep... accompany mom!"

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Except for sleeping at night when he would ask his parents to accompany him, the rest of the time, the little guy would rather stay in the village and not go home.

When I wake up every morning, I think about going out to play with my friends. Even at such a young age, I already don’t want to be home.

Jiang Cuihua held her grandson's hand and smiled lovingly: "I'll take him to the village to play."

Liu Yinyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Okay, I'll pick him up for lunch at noon."

Boys can't always stay at home. Gu Yanyan likes to play with children in the village, and Liu Yinyin never restricts him.

I made two sets of summer short-sleeved shirts and shorts for Gu Yanyan.

Liu Yinyin glanced at the time and it was almost eleven o'clock.

I simply washed the clothes in water.

Liu Yinyin just went to make lunch. She just needed to cook noodles and fry two poached eggs.

I'm tired of eating potatoes and radishes every day, and I just happen to have a few pounds of sweet potatoes at home.

Liu Yinyin suddenly felt like making some candied sweet potatoes for Gu Yanyan and some of her nephews and nieces.

In recent months, Liu Yinyin often made some delicious food and sent it to the Liu family for the children to eat.

On the one hand, it is to let my nephews and nieces eat better and supplement their nutrition.

On the other hand, it was also to thank them for often playing with Gu Yanyan.

After all, they are cousins, and the children get along very well.

After making a plate of shredded sweet potatoes, Liu Yinyin tasted one herself and found it tasted good.

Carry the plate to Liu's house.

As soon as Liu Yinyin arrived at the door of the Liu family, she saw Jiang Cuihua running out in a hurry with an anxious look on her face.

"Mom, what happened?" Liu Yinyin asked.

"......Yinyin, please go and help me look after your second sister-in-law. She is about to give birth. I will go and call Granny Cui." As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Cuihua left in a hurry.

Granny Cui is a famous midwife in the village. Eighty percent of the newborns in Liujia Village are delivered by her.

When Liu Yinyin heard that Mrs. Liu was going to give birth, she suddenly panicked.

I quickly ran into the house and saw several children playing in the yard.

Liu Yinyin originally wanted to give them the fried sweet potatoes, but then she remembered that Liu Ersao was giving birth.

She changed her mind instantly. Giving birth requires a lot of physical strength, so she decided to save the shredded sweet potatoes for Liu Ersao to eat.

Mrs. Liu was lying on the bed at the moment. Her water broke just when she went to the toilet.

The baby in her belly was about to come out, but she wasn't in much pain yet, just some slight cramps.

Except for Jiang Cuihua and a few children, everyone else in the family went to work.

"Second sister-in-law, how are you now?" Liu Yinyin asked concernedly.

"It's okay." Mrs. Liu was quite calm. Since it wasn't her first child, she had some experience.

"Sister-in-law, please eat some of these sweet potatoes first. I'll go to the kitchen to boil some water. Call me if you need anything." Liu Yinyin had never given birth to a child at home.

But basic common sense is still known.

This was not Liu Ersao’s first baby, so her cervix dilated very quickly.

Not long after Jiang Cuihua invited Grandma Cui over, the baby in Liu Ersao's belly was eager to come out.

Jiang Cuihua and the midwife were watching in the room.

Liu Yinyin did not go in to help. She looked after the children outside.

Mrs. Liu screamed in pain, and the children were frightened.

The child wasn't born yet, but the other members of the Liu family had already gone to work.

There were many people at home, so Liu Yinyin took Gu Yanyan back home.

After lunch, Liu Yinyin packed up two sets of clothes that Gu Yanyan wore when he was born.

I also packed twenty eggs, five pounds of millet and a bag of brown sugar.

Sent it to the Liu family for Sister-in-law Liu to recuperate.

A few days ago, Jiang Cuihua asked her to buy some pig's trotters or crucian carp to help Liu Ersao produce more milk.

But it’s too late to go to the county town to buy things now, so I can only go tomorrow.

The second child is usually born faster. When I brought Gu Yanyan back to the Liu family, Mrs. Liu had already given birth.

"It's a boy, six taels." Jiang Cuihua said with a smile.

These days, a newborn baby weighs six kilograms, which is not considered light.

Liu Yinyin carried the basket into the house to see the child.

The room had been cleaned up. Mrs. Liu was lying on the bed to rest. The baby wrapped in swaddling clothes beside her had fallen asleep.

The newborn baby's face was red and wrinkled, with some residual amniotic fluid on it.

But don’t worry, this is common with newborn babies and they will slowly absorb it.

Seeing Second Sister-in-law Liu looking at the child lovingly, Liu Yinyin asked her, "Second Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Apart from feeling extremely weak, Mrs. Liu didn't feel unwell anywhere else.

In addition, the baby she gave birth to was a long-awaited boy, so although Liu Ersao was physically tired, she was in good spirits.

Liu Yinyin put the basket on the table beside her and said in a low voice, "I packed two sets of clothes that Gu Yanyan used to wear. If you don't mind, you can give them to my nephew. There are also some food for you to nourish your body.

Earlier, my mother asked me to go to the county town to buy you some pig trotters to help you produce milk. I will go there tomorrow."

Although the two sets of clothes were not new, they were made of good fabric at the time and had only been worn for a few months, so they were no different from new ones.

How could Mrs. Liu possibly give up?

She felt a little embarrassed: "You should keep it for yourself. It will be useful when you have a second child."

She also prepared some clothes for the children, but they were hand-me-down clothes that the children had worn.

It’s definitely not comparable to the clothes Liu Yinyin brought.