Chapter 47 Name

Women are afraid of both cold and heat during confinement. It is extremely hot in the summer and they feel exhausted after staying in the room for a month.

Winter is not much better. Adults and children can easily catch a cold if they are not careful.

Liu Yinyin said: "I did this because I was worried that the child would catch a cold."

She now felt that having a fireplace was very convenient, otherwise the child would have to be wrapped in a swaddle all the time and would not be able to stretch his arms and legs.

As for how much the fireplace cost, Liu Yinyin did not mention a word.

Mrs. Liu went back after staying for a while. Jiang Cuihua was not at home, so all the household chores fell on her and her second brother's wife, and they were quite busy.

At noon, Jiang Cuihua made chicken soup and fried spinach and eggs, fried loofah and fried cabbage.

The staple food is corn steamed buns and white flour steamed buns.

Of course, the white flour steamed buns are for Liu Yinyin to eat. The girl’s family is well-off, so she naturally needs to eat better to replenish her body during the confinement period.

It’s cold, so a chicken can be stewed in two batches. Jiang Cuihua only stewed half a chicken in the morning, and the remaining half can be stewed again tomorrow.

After lunch, Gu Cheng rode his bicycle to Gu's house to report the good news.

It is freezing cold now, and the villagers are all staying at home to sleep. The news of Liu Yinyin's giving birth spread throughout the village soon.

In the afternoon, other members of the Liu family came over one after another to take a look at the child.

As for other relatives, their children are still too young to stand frequent disturbance.

According to the customs of the countryside, other people can only visit after the full-month banquet.

Li Chunfang did come and brought Liu Yinyin two fresh big crucian carps and twenty eggs.

"Carp soup helps in producing milk, I saved it specially for you." Li Chunfang looked at the baby sleeping soundly with his hands raised on the bed and smiled, "This child is growing up really well, he will definitely look like you in the future."

Liu Yinyin couldn't tell that the child looked like her at all, but the child was indeed adorable, and it was hard to take your eyes off him.

Thinking that such a little baby actually came out of her belly, Liu Yinyin found it quite magical and said with a gentle smile, "It's just that the skin looks a little red."

Li Chunfang groaned and said, "The skin of all newborn babies is like this. The redder the skin is now, the whiter it will become when it grows up. That's why I say the child looks like you."

Liu Yinyin was born with fair skin, and Gu Cheng...although he looks good, he is definitely not fair.

Anyway, he's a boy, so it doesn't matter whether he looks good or not. Liu Yinyin just hopes that the child can grow up to be tall like his father and she will be satisfied.

Li Chunfang was about to leave after delivering the things: "My husband has gone to the village for a meeting, and I have other things to do at home, so I will go back first."

Liu Yinyin said quickly: "Auntie, when the baby is one month old, you and the village chief will come over for dinner."

Li Chunfang smiled and said, "Okay, we will definitely come over then."

Not long after Li Chunfang left, Gu Chengcheng came back on a bicycle with a big bag on his back.

Jiang Cuihua thought it was a gift from the Gu family, and her eyes lit up instantly. But when she saw the post office logo on the package, her eyes dimmed again.

Gu Cheng saw it all, but couldn't say anything, so he could only pretend he didn't see it and went into the house with his things.

"You're back so soon?" Liu Yinyin glanced at him sideways.

She was changing the baby's diaper. Jiang Cuihua had taught her in the morning. It wasn't difficult, but the baby was too small and soft, so Liu Yinyin didn't dare to use force.

"Let me try." Gu Cheng rubbed his hands when he saw this, and when his hands were warm, he took over the work from her and changed the child's diaper carefully, wrapping it quite well.

The man learns faster than she does.

Changing diapers and holding a baby are now very professional.

After changing the diaper, Gu Cheng did not put the child down, but held him in his arms and coaxed him to sleep.

However...

Almost half an hour had passed and the man was still holding the child.

Liu Yinyin reminded him: "He's already asleep, don't hold him anymore."

Gu Cheng looked at her with a gleam in his eyes: "I seem to sleep more comfortably holding him like this."

It was a tiny ball, not even as thick as his arm in his arms. It made a grown man like him feel so soft inside that he was reluctant to let go.

Liu Yinyin said speechlessly: "...But you can't hold him in your arms all the time when you sleep."

Gu Cheng: "It's okay, I'm not tired."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

She really wasn't worried that Gu Cheng would get tired, so she explained to him with a smile: "Mom said that newborns can't develop this habit, otherwise he will need someone to hold him when he sleeps in the future. What will mom and I do when you go to work?"

No matter how much Liu Yinyin loves her son, she wouldn't love him so much that she has to hold him in her arms all the time while sleeping.

Only then did Gu Cheng reluctantly put the child on the bed.

He turned around to pick up the package he had just dropped on the ground, and said to Liu Yinyin: "I exchanged some things with my former comrades-in-arms. They are all food and daily necessities for you and the children."

Liu Yinyin asked curiously, "What is it? Let me see it."

Gu Cheng opened the package and found a lot of things inside, including a cashmere hat, a large bag of wool, a piece of muslin, two cans of canned fruit, two cans of premium biscuits, a can of maltose, and a packet of milk powder.

These are things that are hard to find locally.

The price is definitely not cheap.

Gu Cheng was willing to spend money on both mother and son.

Liu Yinyin was surprised: "There's still milk powder?"

Well, she always thought that there was no milk powder on the market at this time.

Anyway, she had never seen it in the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Yes, but it's hard to buy. But I have connections, so we can feed our children milk powder." Gu Cheng seemed to be thinking about something.

“That’s expensive, isn’t it?” she asked.

"My salary is enough," said Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng's monthly salary of 80 yuan was indeed enough to support a child.

Liu Yinyin blushed and said, "Forget it, let's talk about it later."

It is better for children to drink breast milk, but she cannot breastfeed him forever. She should wean him when he is about one year old.

I'll see if I should buy milk powder then.

These things should have been brought back by Gu Cheng from the county town. As for the Gu family... Gu Cheng didn't say anything, and Liu Yinyin was too lazy to ask.

"Oh, right." Liu Yinyin thought of something and asked him, "We haven't given the child a name yet?"

Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Your name is Gu Yan?"

He also thought about it for a long time, and Yan means pure and flawless like jade.

Gu Cheng did not ask for his child to have a great future, he just hoped that he could be an upright person with noble moral character.

"Gu Yan?" Liu Yinyin repeated it. "It sounds nice. Let's call her Yanyan. Which one is the Yan in the two fires?"

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Okay."

Jiang Cuihua came into the room and heard the couple discussing their grandson's name. She clapped her hands and said, "Yanyan sounds good."

Unlike other children in the village, whose names are Goudan, Shadan, Erlu and so on.

It is said that a bad name is easy to maintain, but that is too harsh.