Rebirth in 1970: I work as an educated youth in a forest farm

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 are 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 meals 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.