Lucky husband

When Mrs. Li and the others were called over, Bai Chen had already gone to the kitchen to boil water like a wandering spirit.

To be honest, Mrs. Li and Jiang Zhiyun were not very satisfied with Bai Chen's performance. A woman's childbirth is a journey through the gates of hell. How could Bai Chen be so calm? Was he not worried about Miss Chun at all?

When the two of them rushed to the delivery room and found that Li Mingchun was stroking his belly calmly, the two of them couldn't help but wonder if the couple were joking around in the middle of the night, why didn't they look like they were about to give birth?

Old Madam Li was senior, she cleared her throat and asked, "Girl Chun, what's the matter with you, it's not that you're going to give birth, why don't you all look like you're going to give birth? Especially Bai Chen."

Li Mingchun stroked his belly happily, and couldn't help laughing: "Grandma, I'm really going to give birth."

"I just woke up with a stomachache. I pushed Brother Baichen up and told him I was going to give birth. He didn't react at all like a fool. He just stared at me blankly."

"Fortunately, I only hurt for a short while. I remembered what you said before giving birth, so I asked him to help me over, and then I called you. Did he look too calm? "

"Actually, he was too nervous. Maybe he walked with the same hands and feet. I don't know if you can see his expression clearly... Ouch!"

After Li Mingchun said a few words with a smile, she suddenly frowned. The labor pain that had just disappeared began again. She stopped talking and grabbed the bed sheet under her body to divert her attention.

Seeing her granddaughter whimpering in pain, Mrs. Li didn't care about thinking about what was going on with Bai Chen, so she hurried up to teach her: "Don't use too much force, it's best not to scream, breathe steadily, and save your strength for a while to survive." When using..."

At this time, Li Qiusheng came in from the outside, and Jiang Zhiyun left the delivery room when she saw this, and went to work in the kitchen. Giving birth was a labor-intensive task. She went to cook a few poached eggs for Miss Chun, and let her eat the cushion later. Stomach pad.

When they arrived at the stove, Jiang Zhiyun looked at Bai Chen who seemed to be a little pale under the reflection of the fire, thinking about what Li Mingchun said, she smiled and shook her head: "Bai Chen, boil some water in a small pot, I'll get it Cook a few eggs for Miss Chun."

"I see, Third Aunt." Bai Chen stood up blankly, picked up the small pot on the other stove and washed it briefly, then added a ladle of water, so that he could see him slightly when he was doing things. trembling hands.

Seeing that the water was boiling, Jiang Zhiyun didn't know where the eggs in the second room of Li's house were kept, so she simply turned back to the next door and took five eggs from the coops of the ten or so hens kept by Mrs. Li. In the kitchen of the second room, a bowl of poached eggs in sugar water was quickly made.

It was midnight at this time, and after three times of labor pains, Li Mingchun was really hungry, and her eyes were shining when she saw the sugar-watered eggs that Jiang Zhiyun brought over.

After eating warm eggs and sugar water, Li Mingchun felt that all her strength had returned, and her body didn't seem to be in such pain anymore.

So, Li Mingchun ate all five eggs in one go, and she even wanted to eat two more, but she felt that her stomach was already full, so she licked her lips in embarrassment, and reluctantly put down the bowl .

Seeing that she was in good spirits, Mrs. Li put away the bowl and said to Jiang Zhiyun: "It seems that Miss Chun will give birth for a while, the third child, you go and kill a chicken with me, and it will be served after Miss Chun is born." Feed her."

"Yeah." Jiang Zhiyun nodded and agreed, she would be very hungry right after giving birth, so now she will stew the chicken and eat it later when Girl Chun is born, so that she can breastfeed quickly.

In the past, when women were poor, women were pregnant and gave birth to children. If they gave birth to a son, they could eat a hen after giving birth and confinement. If they gave birth to a daughter, let alone a hen. no.

Now that the conditions at home are better, Granny Li doesn’t want her younger generations to eat the bitterness she has eaten, so she bought old hens from the villagers a long time ago. The dozen or so old hens she keeps are for Limingchun to give birth. Yes, there are five or six hens in the second room. Mrs. Li has made plans to eat one on the day of giving birth, and half a day after confinement. Fifteen hens are enough for a month!

On the other side, after waiting for the water in the pot to boil, Bai Chen, who had been foolish all this time, finally came to his senses. Looking at the bubbling water, he rushed out of the kitchen and ran to the delivery room. Chicken, immediately said that he would come to help, saving him from sitting alone and thinking wildly.

At this time, other people from Li's courtyard and the second room heard the movement and came over one after another, wanting to see if they could be of any help.

Men, unmarried daughters, and elder brothers are not allowed to enter the delivery room. After seeing Bai Xiuhe coming, Mrs. Li handed over the job of watching the stew to Bai Xiuhe, and then she dragged Jiang Zhiyun into the delivery room to see what Li Mingchun was doing. The situation is gone.

At this time, Li Mingchun's labor pains became more and more frequent and painful. She endured the pain, her face turned white and red, sweat trickled down her temples, and the circle of her collar was wet.

This state of her is something every woman in childbirth has to go through. Mrs. Li, Jiang Zhiyun and Li Qiusheng all told her to take it easy and relax.

Enduring it, Li Mingchun began to feel that the pain was not as painful as it was at first, and then she heard Li Qiusheng say things like "you can give birth", "strength", "you can see your head", "the head is coming out".

After an indeterminate amount of time, Li Mingchun felt as if his body was not his own, and then there was a sudden lightness in his lower abdomen, and the people around him cheered, "It's born!"

"She's a pretty little girl."

"It really looks like the couple."

Accompanied by these discussions, there was also a baby crying, and that not particularly powerful cry pulled Li Mingchun's soul back to her body, allowing her to have unlimited strength at once: "Grandma, Third aunt, cousin, I want to see the child."

After finishing speaking, Li Mingchun tried his best to look over to them, and saw Mrs. Li walking over with a red-skinned baby wrapped in a piece of water-red muslin cloth with joy on her face: "She's a lovely girl, she didn't let her mother suffer."

Obviously the child's skin was red and bloodshot, and it was wrinkled, and his facial features hadn't opened yet, but Li Mingchun saw the shadow of himself and Bai Chen on the child's face. She took the child and hugged her in her arms. This kind of blood and family connection made her heart tremble slightly. When she saw her daughter open her mouth, she knew that she was hungry and wanted to drink milk.

After feeding the child, Bai Xiuhe, who had been staring at the old hen soup in the kitchen, brought the meat and the soup into the house in large bowls. Smelling the aroma of the chicken soup, Li Mingchun felt that he was so hungry that he could eat a head. ox!

The child went to bed immediately after eating, and the old lady Li carried her out to the people of the Li family who had been waiting for more than an hour, leaving Li Mingchun to enjoy a whole old hen alone in the room.

This little girl was the first one from the next generation of the Li family. Neither the Li family nor Bai Chen disliked her because she was a girl. Li Mingxia, Li Mingjin, Li Mingcai and Li Mingyue were still very fresh. Staring at the little niece.

Li Mingjin used to dislike Kang'er's unattractive looks when his younger brother Kang'er was just born. Now that he has grown up, he will no longer make the same jokes as before. He also follows the adults to analyze where the little girl looks like her father and where Looks like her mother.

Bai Chen hugged her daughter's little Ruanruan body that seemed to have no weight, her whole body was stiff and she didn't dare to move easily, fearing that she might accidentally hurt her daughter.

Mrs. Li found his silly appearance amused, and after pointing him a few times, Bai Chen's movements became much more natural.

Li Mingjin watched from the side and suddenly asked: "Second brother-in-law, have you and second sister named the little niece?"

The corners of Bai Chen's mouth were almost cracked to the base of his ears, and he couldn't bear to blink his eyes when he stared at Xiao Niuniu: "I thought about it, I discussed the nickname with Ming Chun before, if it's a son, I'll call it Guoguo, if it's a daughter It’s called Niuniu, and as for the name, neither of us has much education, what we want is to ask Mingde to help us think of one after the baby is born.”

At that time, they were thinking of a nickname. The boy's nickname "Guoguo" has a homophonic meaning of "brother". They hope that Guoguo can be a good brother. Girls don't have to bear any pressure, just grow up happily.

As for the big name, Bai Chen felt that his level was limited and he couldn't think of a nice and meaningful name, so he didn't take on this job, and asked his educated uncle Li Mingde for help.

Everyone present uttered the word "Niu Niu" a few times, and they were quite satisfied. Hearing this nickname, they all thought of Niu Niu's white, tender and cute appearance when she grew up a bit.

After everyone looked at Niuniu outside the house, Li Mingchun in the house also ate most of the chicken and drank a lot of soup. After she felt that she couldn't hold anything, she reluctantly put down the bowl and chopsticks.

At this time, the sky had already begun to lighten faintly, and everyone in the Li family, who had been excited and worried all night, relaxed and couldn't help yawning.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li took Niu Niu away from Bai Chen's hands, and sent them to the delivery room where Li Mingchun will confine her for the next month, and let both mother and child rest.

Li Mingchun is now full of food and drink, looking at his daughter who is sleeping soundly, sleepiness and happiness overwhelm all kinds of pain in his body, and he falls asleep with the corners of his mouth curled up.

Except for Bai Chen who was still excited, the others dispersed after Niuniu was sent to the delivery room. They each simply washed their hands and faces, and went back to the room to squint for a while.

He was not allowed to enter the delivery room before, but now that the child has been born, there is no need for any scruples. Bai Chen sneaked into the delivery room softly, looked at his sleeping wife and daughter, and smirked silently with his mouth open.

Bai Xiuhe and Li Chengzhi didn't sleep after returning to the house, because they were going to open a shop in the county later, and worried that they would oversleep, so they suddenly thought of digging out the money they had saved over the years.

After rummaging around in the house, the total amount of cash found was almost 700 taels, which did not include their house, shop and the land they bought later in the county seat. If you count those, The savings and assets of the couple should be at least 400 taels.

After counting the money, you should figure out where you will use the money next. First of all, it will cost money for the wedding banquet of the two sons. If the banquet is held in the village, it will not cost a lot of money.

The second is the dowry for the younger son and the dowry for the daughter. Li Chengzhi decided that the dowry for Mingli is the same as that for Mingde, which is worth about 30 taels of silver. For a family like them, 30 taels of silver is quite high, but the dowry for the daughter Bai Xiuhe wanted to prepare a generous amount, about 40 taels of silver, because the dowry represented the face of the daughter's family and the ability of the husband's family.

Then there is the cost of Mingde's exams and study. I don't know if he will go to Fucheng like Jiang Qiming of Jiang's family if he continues to study in the future. In fact, Li Mingde is studying so well now. There will be no chance to go to Beijing to take the exam, so I am not sure how much it will cost. Li Chengzhi estimates that it will cost at least 200 taels, and this money must not be moved.

What makes the couple more entangled is after the Liming ceremony. They think that after the Liming ceremony, they will have to marry a wife and have children in Zhoucheng. If this is the case, they should buy him a small courtyard in Zhoucheng. Where to stay, I am afraid that it will cost 300 taels to buy a small house in Zhoucheng, and this money cannot be moved.

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