Chapter 48 Full Moon

Jiang Cuihua was reluctant to give her grandson such an ugly name.

There was only one sleeping room in Liu Yinyin's house, and at night, Jiang Cuihua couldn't stay any longer.

Seeing that she couldn't walk, Liu Yinyin smiled helplessly and said, "Mom, don't worry, the two of us can't take care of a child, right?"

Jiang Cuihua glanced at her and said, "I'm just a little worried. If anything really happens, you can ask Gu Cheng to come to my house to find me."

Liu Yinyin thought it was a relief, but being woken up several times in one night was really uncomfortable.

Gu Yanyan cried when she was hungry and when she peed. In one night, the couple got up seven or eight times.

In fact, Liu Yinyin only feeds her son, puts him to sleep, and changes his diapers, all of which are done by Gu Cheng.

But she would inevitably be woken up, and she would go through the motions of waking up and falling asleep again, until she was exhausted. When Jiang Cuihua came in the morning, she would quickly hand the child to her.

Liu Yinyin pulled up the quilt and fell into a deep sleep.

Don't ask her to get up for feeding. Gu Cheng happened to bring back a bag of milk powder yesterday. If she's hungry, just feed her the milk powder first.

She is really in a bad condition.

Jiang Cuihua saw bloodshot in her son-in-law's eyes and quickly asked him to regain consciousness.

Finally, when the baby was one month old, Liu Yinyin could no longer hold on and hurriedly boiled water for a bath.

The child was taken care of by Jiang Cuihua during the day and by Gu Cheng at night, so Liu Yinyin did not feel tired during the confinement period.

but!

She really couldn't stand not being able to take a shower for so long. If someone hadn't held her back, she would have given up long ago.

It was already early December and there had been several snowfalls in the village. The snow wasn't heavy, but it was extremely cold.

But it doesn’t matter. There is a fireplace in Liu Yinyin’s room. She can move the bathtub into the room to take a bath and it won’t be cold at all.

Liu Yinyin washed with two buckets of water in a row before she felt much better. The first bucket of water was so dirty that it was unbearable to look at.

I didn't take a shower for a whole month. When I felt uncomfortable, I just wiped it with a towel. I washed my hair twice, but my body still felt uncomfortable and sticky.

Liu Yinyin felt terrified just by smelling the scent, and she didn't know how Gu Cheng felt lying next to her every day.

Anyway, she had mentioned to Gu Cheng that he should just go to the Liu family and squeeze in with Liu Mingyuan.

Liu Yinyin sleeps with Jiang Cuihua, which makes it more convenient to take care of the child. Otherwise, she has to go to work during the day and stay up late at night to take care of the child, which is really tiring and stressful.

But Gu Cheng refused, saying that they were his wife and children and he couldn't just sit there and do nothing.

Fortunately, it finally came to an end, and Liu Yinyin let out a sigh of relief.

Gu Yanyan's full-month banquet has been decided to be held tomorrow. Tomorrow Gu Cheng happens to be on rest, so he doesn't have to take another day off.

In addition to setting up the half-month wine, according to the customs and habits of the countryside, every family that has a new baby has to distribute red eggs and brown sugar steamed cakes to relatives and friends, one portion per family.

Of course, the addition of a child here refers to a boy. If a girl is born, this step will generally be skipped.

Just like Yang Guizhi's family, when the baby was one month old, only the two close relatives had a simple meal together, without any red eggs, brown sugar, steamed cake or anything like that.

During lunch that day, Jiang Cuihua discussed with Liu Yinyin, saying, "According to custom, we should give out red eggs and brown sugar steamed cakes at the man's house. We can't break the rules. Go back and talk to Gu Cheng and ask him to bring the gifts back to Shili Village tomorrow."

Liu Yinyin put down the bowl and said, "Mom, I have discussed this with him. We will give out both red eggs and steamed cakes."

A family of three lives here, and it would be inappropriate to say nothing, as everyone in the village is watching us.

It’s not a big deal anyway, and the couple are willing to give it up.

Jiang Cuihua was delighted when she heard this: "It's fine as long as you guys agree on it. If not, just give out less. It's a token of your appreciation, and everyone will understand."

Rules are dead, but people are alive. Some families cannot afford it, so they replace the brown sugar steamed cake with wo wo tou.

Liu Yinyin didn't want to be special, but she also didn't want to be too shabby: "Just like other families in the village, each family will be given two red eggs and a brown sugar steamed cake."

Jiang Cuihua calculated and said with some worry, "That would require more than a hundred eggs."

During her confinement period, Liu Yinyin would cook two eggs and boil brown sugar every morning, plus whatever the family consumed.

Because of the confinement period, Liu Yinyin had no chance to smuggle eggs out of the system.

Therefore, there are not many eggs in the house at present, and including Liu's, there are only about fifty eggs.

Liu Yinyin said, "Mom, please help me borrow some eggs from the villagers. Lend me more. At least two hundred eggs."

It’s not just red eggs that are used, eggs are also used in banquets at home.

Jiang Cuihua was stunned: "Borrow?"

She thought the lady's family would have to spend money to buy it.

"Yes." Liu Yinyin nodded. "There are egg tickets at home. I'll go to the county town to buy some eggs when I have time and return them to you later."

Liu Yinyin was talking complete nonsense. She did save up quite a few egg tickets, but it was impossible for her to buy eggs.

She just wanted to smuggle the eggs out.

Jiang Cuihua smiled and said, "...That's fine too. I'll go to the village this afternoon to take a look."

Every family encounters difficulties sometimes. Whether it is Liu Yinyin's family or the Liu family, they both have a good reputation in the village, so it is not difficult to borrow some eggs.

Brown sugar steamed cake is simple to make. We haven’t finished eating all the brown sugar at home, and we have some corn flour, so it’s enough.

"There is still a lot to do. I will ask your sister-in-law to come and help tomorrow." Jiang Cuihua said.

You need to boil eggs and dye them red to make brown sugar steamed cakes.

We also need to prepare a few banquets.

Liu Yinyin added: "Let's invite everyone at home to have dinner tomorrow."

Jiang Cuihua hesitated: "There are so many people at home."

According to custom, when villagers go to another house for a drink, only one person from each household is required to go.

If all the family members go, who can afford the banquet?

Liu Yinyin said seriously: "You are all close relatives, what's wrong with having a meal together? Besides..."

After a pause, Liu Yinyin gave her a strong dose of medicine: "I don't know if anyone will come from Gu Cheng's place. Mom, you have to support me tomorrow."

Jiang Cuihua was so angry that she patted her thigh and said, "It's okay. We are not afraid if they come. I will ask all your brothers to come tomorrow."

She has three sons, and they always walk out with their backs straight.

For country people, having many sons in the family is a source of confidence.

In the afternoon, Jiang Cuihua went out to borrow eggs.

Liu Yinyin stayed at home to take care of the child. The one-month-old baby was completely different from when he was just born.

Her little face is white and tender, and she looks like a little angel.

It’s not like when a baby is just born, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating. It can stay awake and play for four or five hours a day.

At this moment, Gu Yanyan was lying on the bed after eating, staring at his big round eyes and playing with his fingers.

He would kick his feet from time to time, and he looked very cute.