Chapter 44 Fireplace
Jiang Cuihua didn't take her words to heart, she frowned and said, "It's not that easy to get hungry. I think you are just pregnant and have wild thoughts."
Fortunately, the baby will be born soon.
Jiang Cuihua waved her hands and said, "Alright, I'll ask your brother to give me the bamboo shoots later. You don't need to give me eggs or anything. I'm not an outsider, so why should I be so particular about it?"
Liu Yinyin: “…”
It doesn't matter. You can subsidize them later.
So, the two of them were busy peeling the winter bamboo shoots and drying them.
After a few busy days, all the bamboo shoots on the nearby mountains were dug up by the villagers.
Liu Yinyin had a good harvest. She got more than 60 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots from Liu Xiaoman.
Later, Liu Mingcheng also gave her about 120 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots.
Because Jiang Cuihua was at home, Liu Yinyin only secretly sold 50 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots to the system and earned 800 yuan.
The rest were dried into bamboo shoots.
A bag of dried winter bamboo shoots weighs only about 11 or 12 pounds, and a bag of sun-dried mackerel, all of which are stored in the cellar.
That morning, Liu Yinyin packed twelve eggs.
I carried a basket and went to Liu Ergou's house. The family of three came back yesterday.
Liu Yinyin will come over to take a look today.
"Sister Guizhi, are you okay?" Liu Yinyin walked into the room carrying a basket.
It was Liu Ergou who opened the door for her just now, but this time Xin Xiujuan was not there.
In fact, Liu Yinyin didn't know that when she knocked on the door just now, Xin Xiujuan heard the sound and ran into the room and hid.
She was afraid that Liu Yinyin would come to her to ask her to pay back the money.
Xin Xiujuan was almost heartbroken when her daughter-in-law spent twenty yuan to give birth to a little girl.
"Yinyin is here, come and sit down." Yang Guizhi looked a little haggard, and forced a smile, "I'm sorry for you this time, otherwise..."
Yang Guizhi choked up a bit, paused for a moment, and continued, "Otherwise, both of us would have died."
That night she got up to go to the bathroom, and on her way out she was frightened by a mouse, accidentally fell and had a miscarriage.
"You can't cry during confinement. It hurts your eyes." Liu Yinyin comforted her, "It's not much help. I just hope you're all okay."
There was a little baby lying next to Yang Guizhi, and it seemed that the baby was asleep.
"These eggs are for you to nourish your body. How is the child?" Liu Yinyin put the eggs on the table beside her.
I lowered my head and took a closer look at the baby. He was so thin and small, and looked so pitiful.
"Don't mention it." Yang Guizhi said with a frown, "I don't have enough milk, the child doesn't eat enough, and he makes a lot of noise at night."
She had a difficult birth and her body had not recovered to the the beginning, so she did not have much milk. It was better in the hospital, as she had the patient meals to supplement her milk, and her milk was barely enough to feed her daughter.
After returning home yesterday, I ate pickled cabbage dumplings with steamed buns. Maybe because I didn’t eat well, my milk was not enough at night. The child was crying with hunger and made a fuss several times throughout the night.
Such a young baby cannot eat anything other than milk.
Liu Yinyin glanced at the child and said, "I heard that brown sugar stewed eggs can increase lactation. I still have brown sugar at home. I'll give you half a pound of it when I get back."
"That's not necessary." Yang Guizhi didn't feel comfortable accepting Liu Yinyin's things anymore. "My mother will come to see me this afternoon. She will probably bring some brown sugar."
Her parents' home is far away, otherwise she would have come earlier.
Liu Yinyin had nothing else to do, so she sat for a while and then left.
Gu Cheng was resting at home today, so Jiang Cuihua didn't come.
Gu Cheng was not idle at home at the moment. He heard the news from somewhere and invited an old craftsman to come to his house to make a fireplace.
It is still very cold here in winter, and I was afraid that the children would catch a cold, so I built a fireplace in the room in advance.
When the weather gets colder, add a few more firewood to the fireplace and you won't have to worry about the cold.
Making a fireplace also requires skills, so you have to ask someone who knows how to do it.
When Liu Yinyin got home, she saw the old teacher and Gu Cheng smashing the wall with hammers, making a clanging sound.
The stove needs to be vented, so a hole has to be made in the wall.
Seeing that they couldn't finish their work in a short time, Liu Yinyin went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
In order to entertain the old master, Gu Cheng went to the county town early in the morning to buy a piece of pork belly and made a dish of braised pork at noon.
Liu Yinyin prepared four dishes, braised pork, stir-fried dried mackerel, and two vegetarian dishes, braised eggplant with potatoes and stewed cabbage with vermicelli.
These days, in addition to dried fish and bamboo shoots, her family also made sweet potato vermicelli. From about 300 kilograms of sweet potatoes, more than 50 kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli were produced, filling a large bag.
Just after washing the vegetables, Gu Cheng came into the kitchen to help.
During this period, Gu Cheng prepared breakfast at home, while Jiang Cuihua prepared lunch and dinner, with Liu Yinyin helping out.
In fact, she can cook by herself, but they are worried and don't let her cook alone.
Liu Yinyin saw him come in and asked, "Master, are you busy alone?"
Gu Cheng nodded: "I told him that my wife's belly is getting bigger and it's inconvenient for her to cook, so he asked me to come over and help."
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I'm just pregnant, there's no point in being so hypocritical. Be careful that others don't laugh at you."
Anyway, people in the village spread the word that she was a lazy woman, but Liu Yinyin didn't care.
As long as you live a comfortable life, fame doesn't matter.
But if Gu Cheng does this, others will definitely say that he is afraid of his wife.
"Let them just joke about it." Gu Cheng said disapprovingly. Is there anything wrong for a man to feel sorry for his wife and children?
The couple worked together to make lunch.
Gu Cheng’s cooking skills are pretty good and the food is delicious.
Liu Yinyin’s cooking skills are just so-so, but she is willing to use a lot of ingredients, so the dishes she makes are delicious.
The two men worked for a whole day to finish the fireplace.
Making a fireplace is a technical job, and Gu Cheng specially spent ten dollars to invite a master craftsman.
In addition, you have to find a way to buy cement and bricks. Anyway, making this fireplace is both expensive and laborious.
This man is also willing to do so.
However, Liu Yinyin was quite happy in her heart.
The days passed neither fast nor slow, and another half a month had passed.
As her due date draws closer, Liu Yinyin can no longer be left alone, so Gu Cheng and Jiang Cuihua take turns looking after her.
At noon that day, Liu Yinyin slept for a while in her room. When she woke up, she felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach. She looked down and saw...
"Mom, come here and take a look!" Liu Yinyin shouted.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Jiang Cuihua dropped the clothes in her hands and ran into the house in a hurry.
Liu Yinyin didn't care about being shy anymore, she pointed at the red stain on the mattress and said, "Look, Mom, I'm bleeding down there."
The back of her pants seems to be a little wet...
"Mom, you are seeing blood. You are going to give birth." Jiang Cuihua already has several grandchildren, so she is not at all panicked when encountering such things.