Chapter 312 Announcement

Zhang Shuzhen hurriedly ate some rice to fill her stomach, and then hurried to the kitchen, cleaned the pig's trotters, blanched them, put them in a casserole, and put them on the stove to stew slowly.

After that, they used the small aluminum pot with two ears that Sheng Xiping and the others brought up the mountain to cook a pot of millet porridge on the Westinghouse stove.

The millet porridge was simmered slowly over low heat until all the rice oil came out. Then it was taken out and boiled a few more eggs.

After everything was done, Zhang Shuzhen carried the meal into the west room.

"Daughter, get up and eat something. You just gave birth and your stomach is empty. Eat something to avoid hunger."

Zhou Qinglan was just in a daze because she was exhausted after giving birth, but she didn't sleep deeply. She woke up as soon as her mother-in-law called her.

"Don't move. Mom will help you up."

Zhang Shuzhen quickly got on the kang, helped Zhou Qinglan sit up halfway, and stuffed two pillows behind her to lean on.

Then he peeled the eggs, put them into millet porridge, and delivered them to Zhou Qinglan.

"There is brown sugar in the porridge, so the color is dark. It's okay. You need to drink some brown sugar to replenish your blood at this time."

Zhang Shuzhen was afraid that Zhou Qinglan would not drink the brown porridge, so she quickly explained.

"First, let's eat millet porridge and eggs for this meal. Next time, mom will make you eggs with brown sugar water.

There is still pig's trotters stewed in the kitchen. It will be almost ready later. I put peanuts, red dates and a few Passepartout in it. Drinking that stuff will make you produce milk the fastest. "

After passing the rice to her daughter-in-law, Zhang Shuzhen quickly unwrapped her grandson and checked whether he had peed or defecated.

"Mom, you don't have to go to all that trouble to make food for me. I can just eat whatever the family eats. Millet porridge and eggs will be fine."

Zhou Qinglan heard from her mother and relatives that eating millet porridge and eggs is the best way for women to nourish their bodies during confinement.

When conditions were poor in the past, it would be good to drink some millet porridge and eat some eggs three days before giving birth.

Afterwards, I ate pancakes and eaten pickles with my family members. It was the same way.

Zhou Qinglan gave birth to a baby for the first time, and she didn’t understand anything.

She felt that the living conditions of the Sheng family were quite good, with meat available for almost every meal, and others who were in confinement may not be able to eat so well.

There are a lot of things going on at home, and Sheng Xiping is not at home, so he is pointing at her mother-in-law to do the work inside and outside.

Zhou Qinglan was thinking about eating with everyone, so there was no need to trouble her mother-in-law to make a small stove.

"How can that be done? In the past, when conditions were not good, I always ate millet and eggs.

Our family doesn't say that we have everything we need. Anyway, I have prepared everything you need to eat during the confinement period. Don't worry, there will definitely be no shortage of food for you during this confinement period.

I will cook it for you in a different way, so you can eat it with peace of mind. It is serious to take good care of your body. "

Zhang Shuzhen put a soft urine mattress on her little grandson, then rewrapped the large mattress and quilt, and then wrapped the quilt outside.

While working, I talked to my daughter-in-law.

Zhang Shuzhen started preparing long in advance for her daughter-in-law's confinement.

Not only did she raise chickens at home to lay eggs, but she also bought a hundred eggs from the Great Alkali Farm, specially reserved for Zhou Qinglan to eat during the confinement period.

In addition to the pig's trotters, various meats, white noodles, and dried noodles she had saved this winter, she prepared everything she could think of and gave it all to her daughter-in-law.

"Mom, you are so thoughtful, thank you." Zhou Qinglan was eating in her mouth, feeling extremely moved.

Ever since she became pregnant, she had often heard the aunts and ladies in the forest farm talking about their confinement period.

Most of the women in the forest farm came from their hometowns in Shandong.

She is far away from her parents' home, her mother-in-law is not around, and her husband is away from home all day long, so there is no one to help.

At that time, it was impossible for them to sit for a full month after giving birth, and they usually went to work in the fields within three days.

Washing clothes, washing diapers, cooking for the whole family, etc., they have to do everything.

Many people have problems with sitting down during confinement, and they all develop problems when they get older. They either suffer from back pain or leg pain, and they suffer.

"Look at you kid, what are you talking about? Why are you thanking me for this?

You are the daughter-in-law of our family, and you are giving birth to the grandson of the Lao Sheng family.

Xiping is working in the mountains and can't come back. If I don't take good care of you, who will? Isn’t that what being a mother-in-law should be like? "Zhang Shuzhen was happy when she heard it.

"When I gave birth to Xiping, your grandma and grandma were far away from each other, and the whole family was busy.

Your dad took leave of absence and took care of me at home for five days, and then went back to work in the mountains.

Fortunately, it was summer, so I didn't suffer too much, so I slowly went to work in the fields by myself.

Later, when Xi'an and Xikang were born, it was your grandma who sent your aunt over to serve me during the confinement period.

By the time the fourth, fifth, and sixth children were born, Xiping was already older. He could help with the cooking and cooking, and he gradually got over it. "

Zhang Shuzhen wrapped her little grandson and put him on the kang. The little guy slept well. Grandma changed the diaper and rinsed the bag, but he didn't wake up.

Zhang Shu was so rare that she sat next to her grandson, looking at her little grandson with a smile on her face, while chatting with her daughter-in-law.

"I've suffered the pain of not being able to sit properly during confinement, but I can't let you suffer the same thing.

For this woman, confinement is the most important thing after giving birth to a child. After the confinement is taken care of, there will be no root cause of the disease. Otherwise, you will have pain everywhere in the future, but how can you treat it? "

When Zhang Shuzhen saw her daughter-in-law finishing a bowl of porridge, she took the bowl, filled another half of the bowl, and put an egg in it.

“You can’t eat too much at one time now, eat less, and I’ll cook it for you later.

You two, you're welcome. Just tell me whenever you feel hungry, but don't hold it back.

If the child wakes up later and cries, pick him up and feed him. Don't worry about whether there is milk or not. You have to let him suck, exercise, and he will be fine slowly. "

Zhang Shuzhen waited on her daughter-in-law to finish the meal, then put away the dishes and went out to clean them.

Then he opened the casserole, looked at it, inserted the pig's trotters with chopsticks, and felt it was ready, so he put peanuts, jujubes, and passepartout in it.

When these are all stewed, the pig's trotters will become mushy and blooming. Skim off the oil on them, fill a bowl of soup with the cooked peanuts, and give it to Zhou Qinglan to drink.

The little baby woke up from enough sleep and started crying.

Zhou Qinglan followed her mother-in-law's instructions and picked up the child to feed.

She had just given birth not long ago, and the milk would not come so quickly. The baby sucked hard, but there was nothing. The baby was so angry that she cried at the top of her lungs.

When Zhang Shuzhen saw it, she quickly made some sugar water in a teapot and fed her grandson bit by bit with a small spoon.

The little baby tasted the sugar water and stopped crying.

When Sheng Xiping went to the county to do errands, he bought two bags of milk powder and kept them for the baby to drink before the baby was born.

But Zhang Shuzhen had never seen this milk powder, and she had never heard of anyone who drank milk powder after their baby was born, so she didn't really want to give it to her child.

Furthermore, when a newborn baby starts to eat, the custom in most places is to feed it sugar water.

It is said that if a child drinks sugar water and opens his mouth, he will have a sweet mouth and be able to talk in the future, so Zhang Shuzhen fed the child sugar water.

The baby was too young and it was not good to feed her too much, so Zhang Shuzhen stopped after feeding her a few spoonfuls.

The little thing waited with his mouth open, but after waiting for a long time, there was no sweet water, and he started to cry again in anger.

"Hey, you little bastard, you just scream at the top of your lungs. Then your mother hasn't breastfed yet, so it's useless for you to cry.

Be good, wait a little longer, wait until your mother comes to breastfeed, you can eat whatever you want. "

Zhang Shuzhen picked up her grandson and patted her gently for a while.

The child was probably tired from crying, so his voice gradually became quieter, and he fell asleep after a while.

"When the child is asleep, you should seize the time to sleep for a while. When he wakes up and cries, you still let him suck as before.

It doesn't matter if you cry when you can't get milk. Crying is also a way of making a living for a baby. As long as you don't cry too hard, you'll be fine. "

Seeing that her grandson was asleep, Zhang Shuzhen put the baby on the kang, gave Zhou Qinglan a few words, closed the door and came out of the west room.

"Third brother, please go to the field control room quickly and ask them to contact the mountain.

Inform your elder brother that your sister-in-law has given birth and ask him to take leave to come back and see his wife and children. "

Zhou Qinglan gave birth to a child, and Sheng Xiping didn't know it yet on the mountain. He must find a way to go to the mountain to announce the good news, call Sheng Xiping back, and then Sheng Xiping went to announce the good news to the Zhou family.

This is a rule. No matter how busy the mountain is, Sheng Xiping has to take leave and come back to stay for a few days to spend time with his wife and children.

"Oh, I got it, Mom." Sheng Xikang agreed, immediately got dressed and went out to find someone in the general dispatch room of the field department.

When the other end of the dispatch room heard that Sheng Xiping's daughter-in-law, Teacher Zhou, had given birth, she quickly used a rocker phone to contact the dispatch camp at the mountain operation point.

The dispatch camp received the news and quickly arranged for people to find Sheng Xiping.

At this time, Sheng Xiping was gathering with a group of young men in the cafeteria, listening to the old men talking loudly.

"Sheng Xiping, there's a call from the dispatching office of the field department, saying that your wife gave birth to a big fat boy at five o'clock this afternoon, weighing six pounds and six taels."

The people from the dispatch team went to the dormitory but couldn't find Sheng Xiping. They went to the cafeteria under the guidance of others. After searching around, they saw Sheng Xiping sitting in the corner, listening attentively to Lao Xiao and the others telling dirty jokes.

The man ran over quickly, shouting loudly as he ran.

Sheng Xiping was stunned when he heard what the other party shouted.

When he accompanied Zhou Qinglan back to her parents' home, he heard Wang Chunxiu calculate the due date, which should be January 89.

It's still a few days away, so why did you give birth early?

"Xiping, what are you thinking about? Qinglan gave birth to a fat boy weighing six pounds and six ounces.

You should quickly ask for leave from the director and take the car back tomorrow morning to see your wife. "

On the other end, Gao Haining, who was already a father, seemed to be used to Sheng Xiping's confused state, so he quickly poked him and reminded him to ask for leave immediately.

Sheng Xiping finally came to his senses. Yes, there was no way to be sure that this woman would give birth to a baby. It would be perfectly normal to give birth ten or eight days in advance, or a few days later.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, I have to take the first step. When the child is one month old, I will treat you all to a full moon wine."

Sheng Xiping stood up, fisted at everyone in the cafeteria, turned around and walked out quickly.

Not only did he have to take leave, but he also had to tell his father, Sheng Liancheng, the good news.

"Dad, Qing Lan gave birth to a fat boy weighing six pounds and six taels. He was born this afternoon."

Sheng Xiping ran to the diesel generator room where Sheng Liancheng worked, and panted to tell Sheng Liancheng the good news.

When Sheng Liancheng heard this, he was very happy, "Oh, a fat boy weighing six pounds and six taels is so rare.

When you were born, you only weighed five kilograms and six taels. This little guy is heavier than you and will definitely be more successful than you in the future. "

Sheng Liancheng was so happy that he didn't know what to say, so he walked back and forth in the computer room. Smoking was not allowed in the computer room, otherwise he would definitely light up a cigarette.

"Dad, let me come over and tell you something to make you happy too.

Well, I'm going to ask for leave first, and I'll go straight down the mountain and go home later. "

The man just said that Zhou Qinglan gave birth to a fat boy, but he didn't say how Zhou Qinglan was doing.

Sheng Xiping was worried and didn't even want to wait this night. He wanted to go home quickly.

My daughter-in-law suffered so much when she gave birth to a baby. He couldn't be with her. When he got the news, he had to rush back.

"Boss, please wait a moment." Upon hearing this, Sheng Liancheng hurriedly stopped his son.

"What happened now? Where is the car back to the forest farm? How can you get down at this time?"

During the winter sports, frontline workers are permanently stationed in the mountains, but employees such as inspection staff, acceptance inspectors, safety officers, and on-site personnel do not need to be stationed. They take commuter buses to and from get off work, and some even need to work two shifts.

At the same time, there will also be raw trolleys pulled by internal combustion engines that travel to and from the mountains, forest farms, and Songjiang River lumber yards.

But these buses only run during the day, and it’s already past eight o’clock in the evening. How can there be any buses?

"Dad, I can just walk back, isn't it just thirty or forty miles away?

I went back along the railway and arrived home at four or five o'clock in the middle of the night. "

Sheng Xiping was so anxious that he didn't want to waste even a moment. He just wanted to go home quickly to see his wife and children.

"Nonsense, you are walking back alone at night in this freezing and snowy night. What if you encounter some wild beast along the way?

You came here to work in the mountains, not to hunt. You didn't bring anything with you. What a mistake you made, and you still let this family get through it? "

Sheng Liancheng was very angry and scolded Daer angrily.

"Dad, I'm worried. Even if you let me stay on the mountain, I won't be able to sleep that night." Sheng Xiping scratched his head, he was really anxious.

"No, you can't go down there no matter what I say tonight. If you can't sleep, just stay here with me on duty.

No matter what I say, it won't work. I just can't go back tonight. "Sheng Liancheng glared at his son fiercely.

His biological father has spoken, what can Sheng Xiping say? Besides, Sheng Liancheng was doing it for his own good.

"Okay, I'll ask for leave first and take the car down tomorrow morning." In the end, Sheng Xiping compromised.

Sheng Liancheng waved his hand, "Go and ask for leave, give it a few more days, and go back and spend time with your wife.

When your mother gave birth to you, I took five days off. "Sheng Liancheng sighed as he thought of the past.

"Don't worry on the mountain. I'll go over and take over your shift during my day off and keep an eye on it for you."

When Sheng Liancheng visited the generator room, he was on duty all day and all night, with one day and one night off.

In fact, there is not much work here, just watch the generator and don't stop, it's not tiring.

Sheng Liancheng has been working in the forest farm for so many years, and he has definitely done it step by step from being an ordinary employee to being the captain of the work team and the director of the minor repair shop.

Sheng Liancheng can drive these machines used in forestry operations, whether they are chain saws, tractors, winches, or even internal combustion engines. Not only can he drive them, he can also repair them.

Moreover, Sheng Lian is very familiar with all aspects of forestry production. He used to work for Sheng Xiping, but he was overqualified and was absolutely reliable.

"I know, Dad, I'll go ask for leave first."

Sheng Xiping nodded, came out of the computer room, and went straight to the dispatching camp to find the production director and production dispatcher.

Sheng Xiping wanted to take a week off to spend time with his wife and children.

But the production manager Zhao Limin refused to give him such a long leave and only promised to give him three days.

"Xiping, this is the most critical period of the winter sports, and you are still the captain of the educated youth team.

You said you were asking for seven days of leave at once, so your work team will not be able to cause chaos, right? No, seven days is too long and I really can’t give it. "

"Three days, your wife has given birth anyway, you can't help much if you go back, three days is enough.

Today is the first day of the twelfth lunar month. We will have a holiday on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. At that time, your wife has not yet given birth. "

Zhao Limin had nothing to do. It was a critical period for production during the Winter Games, and the educated youth team was the main force in production this year. He really couldn't give him a long vacation.

"Uncle Zhao, three days is really too little. I will make arrangements for the work team. Besides, my dad can go over and help watch to ensure that production is not delayed.

So, five days, five days? Three days is really too little. I can’t explain this to my husband and mother-in-law. "

Three days is enough for what? It will take at least five days.

When it came to Zhou Mingyuan, Zhao Limin couldn't say anything else, so he nodded in agreement and gave Sheng Xiping five days' holiday.