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The child stays in the house almost every day without going out.Occasionally, on a market day, I took my children to the market and bought a piece of purple-red cloth with a pattern of jasmine flowers.Nan Shu couldn't make small handmade clothes, so she simply paid a fabric master to make the cotton clothes and trousers one size bigger on purpose compared with Zhang Ri's figure.

On the days of staying at home, sometimes, taking advantage of the sunny weather, take out the pillows, quilts, and thick clothes to bask in the sun.Nan Shu rummaged through the suitcase and found Zhang Ri's small clothes. The material was good and new, so Zhang Yue put them on and they were just the right size.Nan Shu simply took out all the small clothes and put them into Zhang Yue's suitcase to bask in the sun.

Children's bodies grow fast, and the clothes made one year may not fit the next year.The clothes of the two brothers Zhangri and Zhangyue happened to be worn by one, and the other followed suit.As for the difference between the clothes of the Sa people and the Ni people, they will not be separated until the two little ones are ten years old.

Nan Shu was bored at home cooking side dishes, teasing the children, and living a normal life.After He Mama from the backyard moved in, she asked Zhang Mama to come over to get food and hot water, and she lived alone in the backyard without going out.Nan Shu asked Dou Mama to help out in the backyard often.He Mama is about to give birth, Zhang Mama is the only one to do the things in the yard, she must be too busy, so many people can help.

Dou Mama came back from helping out in the backyard, and whispered in Nan Shu's ear, Zhang Mama complained about drinking porridge every day, so that He Mama didn't want to eat, and Zhang Mama complained that the yard was too small to dry the rags There are not enough places, and the windows in the distant rooms are not closed tightly. In the middle of the night, the cold wind blows, and He Mama will be careful to get sick.

Nan Shu listened, smiled, rolled up her sleeves and walked into the kitchen, "Is there any sweet potatoes left from yesterday's purchase? Give me some. I'll make sweet potato balls."

Dou Mama took out the remaining sweet potato from the dustpan, peeled the skin, dug out a ball with a spoon, crushed it, and kneaded it into small balls with her hands.

Sweet potato puree is hard to form into a ball when it is broken. It is often just squeezed into a ball, and it takes only a few breaths to put it down before it disperses again.Dou Mama looked over and saw, and said, "Master, Mama, why don't you add some sticky rice flour." Then, she took a clay pot from the kitchen shelf, scooped some white powder with a small spoon, and sprinkled it on the On the sweet potato puree, "Use this, it can stick together."

Nan Shu tried it, and sure enough, the sweet potato paste that was kneaded into a ball stood up firmly after being put down, without falling apart.In this way, I made a plate of sweet potato balls, small purple balls, mixed with white standing rice noodles, which looked round and cute, making people want to take a bite.

Nan Shu chose a few sweet potato balls, picked some sugar and stuffed them into the center of the balls.When the water boils, immediately pour the meatballs into the pot.

The sweet potatoes were already cooked, and now they are mixed with boiling water. After a while, the water began to boil. Nan Shu lowered the fire, covered the pot and simmered for a while.

He took a big soup bowl, filled it up, put it in the basket, told Dou Mama, and they went to the backyard together.

In the backyard, Hemama was lying on a bamboo bench, half-closed her eyes. In the original wide yard, bamboo poles were erected all around, and pieces of cloth of various colors, long or short, were hung on them.

"Nan Mama, why are you here?" Zhang Mama saw Nan Shu and the two first.He Mingmin heard the noise, opened his eyes, and saw that it was Nan Shu, who was leaning on the side of the chair with one hand, trying to support his body.

Nan Shu hurried forward a few steps, put down the basket, and supported He Mingmin, "He Mama just sits. You don't need to get up."

"Where did the wind blow Nanmama here? Maybe she drank porridge every day, which made her feel lighter. She must have been blown here by the wind."

Nan Shu deliberately pretended not to understand, pulled up a bamboo chair and sat down, "The wind is a bit stronger these days, but it's too far-fetched to blow people over and send them over."

"Did Nan Mama bring something here?" He Mingmin said intentionally, glaring at Zhang Mama a few times.

"It's sweet potato balls. I made it myself, He Mama, try it." Nan Shu spooned a bowl and handed it to He Mingmin, "The taste is a bit bland, I didn't use sugar, I only made candy hearts from some of them. He Mama Mama try it."

He Mingmin took it and gave a spoonful of it. The sweet potato was soft and fragrant. Although it was sweet and greasy in the first place, it took advantage of the sweetness.

"Nan Mama's clever idea." He Mingmin scooped up a ball, "I didn't expect that sweet potatoes can be made into balls, and the taste is not bad at all."

"It's almost time for Hemama to give birth, right?"

"Well, just this month."

"Oh, next month is New Year's Eve. If the baby delays and refuses to be born, it will be bloody on New Year's Eve." Dou Mama, who was helping Zhang Mama dry the cloth, said suddenly.

"What do you mean? My Mama gave birth to a child, and it was Xi Chong! Xi Chong, do you understand?" Zhang Mama replied indignantly.

Dou Maman pursed her lips, her face full of displeasure.

Nan Shu recalled that in the past, those babies born at [-]:[-] on the first day of the lunar calendar were reported by major media such as newspapers, and there was no taboo to avoid bloody blood during the New Year.

"It's a good thing that a child is born. If Hemama needs our help, just tell us. What's more, the time when the child will be born is determined by the sky. When the child is full of days, it will fall naturally. Things just go with the flow and we have our days. We mortals just go with the flow."

He Mingmin smiled gratefully at Nan Shu, lowered his head and slowly drank sweet potato ball sugar water.

Nan Shu scanned the yard, but she didn't see the carriage that He Mingmin came that day. She felt strange. Although the backyard was connected to the street, there was no reason to park the carriage outside.With doubts in her heart, Nan Shu subconsciously looked at the yard twice more, only to realize that the driver was gone.

Nan Shu glanced at He Mingmin, He Mingmin lowered his head and drank the sugar water slowly, as if he didn't notice Nan Shu's movements at all, but Nan Shu clearly saw the panic flashing in He Mingmin's eyes the moment he turned his head.

"Zhang Mama, take a break and drink a bowl of sugar water." Nan Shu spooned a bowl and handed it to Zhang Mama.

Zhang Mama looked at He Mingmin, saw him nodding slightly, then wiped his hands on his clothes, took the bowl Nan Shu handed over, "Nan Mama, you're welcome." He took a small bench and sat next to him .

"The weather is fine now. Hemama needs to move around. It will be easier to give birth in the future." Nan Shu moved her body. The bamboo chair is cold. Tomorrow, I will ask Dou Mama to find some rags to make chair cushions, otherwise, it will be winter At the coldest time, this chair is almost impossible to sit on.

"Thank you Nanmama for the reminder."

"As for this food, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much, the fetal head will be big. During childbirth, mother...husband..." Nan Shu bit her tongue and couldn't think of a good adjective, so she could only vaguely say, "The body is about to... Suffering, and it is not easy to give birth. The child is smaller, looks like five or six pounds, and the delivery is smooth. When raising, pay more attention to nutrition, and it is not difficult to raise. If a fat person weighs seven or eight pounds, He Mama is afraid It's going to be hard."

"Nan Mama was talking about a joke. It's pretty good for a child born in any family to weigh five catties. I don't know how much this child weighs. Mama's child is not a piggy, what Some were born weighing seven or eight catties."

"Zhang Mama!" He Mingmin shouted angrily.

Nan Shu turned sideways, embarrassingly avoiding Zhang Mama's gaze.For a child born in a hospital in the past, five catties is considered light, six or seven catties is normal, and eight catties is overweight.But at this time, at that time, times have changed, the environment has changed, and the weight of the newborn baby may not be the same as before.

"I understand what Nan Mama means. This is Mingmin's first child. Mingmin has nothing else to pray for, but only wants the child to be born smoothly, safely, and become a healthy adult." He Mingmin lowered his head and gently stroked his stomach.

Nan Shu looked at the mother's soft light emanating from He Mingmin's face, and was speechless for a while.

"Homama, don't think too much. The child and father are destined for each other. It's yours, so naturally it's yours. Hemama settle down, do more activities, eat less and eat more, and just wait for the baby to be born. .”

"Nanmama is right."

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winter

Back in the front yard, Dou Mama was full of displeasure, "Master Mama, why did you give the meatballs that you spent most of the day making to the people in the backyard. The two young masters haven't eaten them yet."

"There is still in the pot, enough for the four of us to eat and drink tonight."

"So don't you cook other dishes tonight?"

"Did the hatchling hen come out today?"

"How can it be so fast. Mama, the master, the hen hatches the eggs, and it takes 20 days to grow into a sky. Seeing that this day is getting colder every day, the hatched chicks may not survive the winter."

"Let the man in your family send more hay, and live as much as you can."

A rooster and three hens competed very well. On the third day after they came to Zhang’s house, the three hens took turns laying eggs. After one month, there were thirty eggs, and five or six of them could see the little black eggs in their shells. point.Nan Shu lets the hen that looks the strongest incubate the eggs.It has been squatting in the nest for almost ten days, and there is still no movement.

For the extra eggs, Nan Shu asked Zhang Rizhangyue to eat one every other day. Anyway, the weather is cold now. Putting the eggs in the air is like putting them in a natural refrigerator, so they are not afraid of spoilage.

"Tonight, I will make two boiled eggs for Xiaori and Xiaoyue, and sweet potato balls. That's enough."

"Master, Mama, eat an egg too."

"I'm already at this age. I can't digest what I eat."

"What did the host Mama say? The host Mama is only in her 20s, she is too young. If she wants to find someone, she can at least give birth to two children. Oh, look at my mouth, I'm going to cook, oh, No, boiled eggs, hot sugar water. See how we used to be