Guo Youxing and Guo Jianping agreed to invite their close relatives and people who came to help today to have dinner at home in the evening, and to tell everyone that the baby's third-day bath and full-month celebrations would not be held.
Then I exchanged some eggs and chickens with everyone.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you do the third month bath or not, after all, you did it for the first two pregnancies.
Now that we have more children, the expenses will be higher in the future, so we can save as much as we can now.
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The next day, early morning.
Guo Jianping woke up at dawn and saw that Deng Qingling and her son were still sleeping. He tiptoed out of the room.
When Guo Jianping went to the kitchen, he saw Liang Xueying washing the pot.
"Mom, it's still early. Why don't you sleep a little longer? I can take care of these things." Guo Jianping said.
"It's getting late. It will be just right once we finish making breakfast and cooking the red eggs." Liang Xueying said without stopping her hands.
Guo Jianping: "Then let's do it together, it will be faster this way."
After saying that, Guo Jianping went to light the fire and wash the eggs.
After the water heated up, Guo Jianping first scooped some hot water into the iron thermos.
After the children wake up, take it to the room so that it is convenient to wash the baby's butt.
Then fill a wooden basin with some hot water, wait until it is warm, and then bring it to Deng Qingling for washing.
After breakfast, Guo Jianping went out with the red eggs.
Guo Jianping went to Deng Qingling's mother's home and told his mother-in-law the good news that his wife had given birth to a daughter yesterday. He also told his mother-in-law that the three-day bath and the full-month bath would not be held.
Liang Haidi said that she would not bring anyone with her on the third day of her baby's bath and would go alone.
Guo Jianping agreed and asked his mother-in-law to stay at his house for a few days.
Liang Haidi did not refuse and said that she would see the situation later.
Afterwards, Guo Jianping drank a glass of water and said he was going to call his brothers and sister and left.
Even if I don't do it, I still have to inform my brothers and sisters that there is a new baby in the family.
When Guo Yu heard that his sister-in-law had given birth, he was very happy. He said that he had no time to go back and asked his sister-in-law to take more care of her.
Then Guo Yu took a leave and went to the department store to buy a lot of things, and sent them all back to the countryside.
Guo Jianjun and his wife were very happy to hear the good news.
They both asked for leave to go buy things and return to the countryside.
Because a long time ago, Li Chunyan and Guo Jianjun had discussed to wait until Deng Qingling gave birth.
When she was in confinement after childbirth, I bought some extra meat and eggs so that she could help with breastfeeding.
After all, milk powder is not that easy to buy. I can usually ask my mother-in-law to buy some eggs and chickens in the village so that my eldest sister-in-law can eat better and have milk to feed the two children.
Guo Jianjun and his wife did not intend to take advantage of this. After all, no matter how close their nephew was, he was not their biological child. It was impossible for the other person to feed their nephew when their own child was not full.
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In the evening, Guo Jianjun and his wife rushed home carrying large and small bags, just as everyone was having dinner in the main hall.
"Mom, Dad, and Big Brother, we're back!" said Guo Jianjun and his wife.
"You're back just in time. Dinner is almost ready. Go wash your hands and get your dishes and chopsticks before eating." Liang Xueying said.
"Yeah." Guo Jianjun and his wife responded, put down their things and went to the kitchen to wash their hands and get the dishes.
After dinner, Guo Jianjun held Xiao Haoran and chatted with everyone, while Li Chunyan went into Deng Qingling's room.
"Sister-in-law."
"Chunyan? When did you come back?" Deng Qingling asked.
Li Chunyan: "I came back just after dinner. Um, sister-in-law, I, I have something I want to ask you for help."
In fact, Li Chunyan was quite embarrassed to speak up, but for the sake of her son's food, she had to speak up shamelessly.
"Just tell me what's going on." Deng Qingling said.
She was being timid, which was unlike her usual way of speaking.
Li Chunyan: "Sister-in-law, can you help me feed Haoran? I can feed him after Ning Wan is full."
On the night the baby was born, Guo Jianping and his wife decided on the baby's name.
After saying this, Li Chunyan looked at Deng Qingling nervously, fearing that she would refuse, and quickly added, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, we won't let you feed her in vain. We will send ten yuan home every month and ask Mom to buy some chickens and eggs in the village to nourish your body."
In fact, ten yuan is not a lot. Five yuan is Liang Xueying's salary for taking care of the children. If she buys a chicken and some eggs every week, five yuan is enough.
I thought she was going to say something, but it turned out to be this.
Deng Qingling said: "You can feed Haoran, but I won't help take care of him at night. I can help feed him during the day. As for the payment, just talk to mom."
Feeding the child was just a matter of convenience, and Deng Qingling didn't want any benefits.
When breastfeeding, you should definitely feed your own child first, and then feed other people's children.
If you accept the bribes but your milk is not enough to feed other people's children, then...
Besides, this is Guo Jianping’s nephew. If I accept the reward just by feeding him a few sips of milk, it would be too inhumane.
Li Chunyan: "It's okay. It's great that my sister-in-law is willing to feed Haoran. Haoran will trouble my sister-in-law from now on."
"Look at what you said. I am Haoran's uncle. It's no trouble to feed him some milk." Deng Qingling said with a smile.
"Well, sister-in-law, I won't disturb your rest. I'll go talk to mom." Li Chunyan said.
"Okay." Deng Qingling nodded in response.
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May 18th, water purification (washing three days).
On the day of Ning Wan's water purification ceremony, no relatives or friends were invited to the banquet, so only Deng Qingling's mother, Aunt Guo Da and Aunt Guo Er came.
The two cousins from my uncle's family didn't come back, they just asked my uncle to help give red envelopes to the two babies.
Guo Jianping just randomly cooked six dishes, hoping for good luck.
When it was time to eat, two tables were set up in the main hall. Guo Jianping brought the food to Deng Qingling before sitting down to eat.
Soon, the food on the two tables was gradually finished amid everyone's laughter and chatter. It was almost a "Clean Plate Campaign" and everyone ate until their stomachs were full and bloated.
After the meal, Li Chunyan and Guo Jianjun cleaned up the dishes and table, while Guo Jianping made tea and chatted with everyone.
Liang Haidi went into the house and had a few more private words with Deng Qingling.
Soon, the sun moved westward.
Afterwards, everyone went back home and looked for their own mother.
The orange-red afterglow dyed the sky brilliantly, embellishing the sky.
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Eating red eggs is a custom of most Cantonese people.
Friends, do you have such customs in your hometown?
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