Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 220

Hearing this news suddenly, Old Lady Yang was frightened to death. She quickly reached out her hand to feel the child's breath. After a while, she was relieved when she confirmed it: "Good child, he is a blessed one! How is Rong Niang?"

"She still needs to clean up for a while." Jiang Suying said to Old Lady Yang before closing the door: "Don't worry too much, Zhenniang, you can go back with me."

She just took the child out to show it to Old Lady Yang when she was cleaning the child's body. Qin's wound was still waiting to be sutured!

The tearing and incision would take a long time to complete, so she didn't want to hand the child to Madam Cui. At this time, the maid came back with Ma Fei San.

In the past, it was because there was not enough time. By the time the Ma Fei San was ready, the baby would have died. Nowadays, the mother should suffer less.

Jiang Xiaomi was asked to clean a small couch next to her, and Jiang Yiyu was asked to help Qin change her clothes that were already soaked with sweat. After putting on clean clothes, Jiang Yiyu carried her to the small couch. The bed that was covered with amniotic fluid and blood was left to the maid to clean up.

Thanks to Ma Fei San, Jiang Suying was able to suture the wound smoothly, but Qin Shi fell asleep a long time ago because she was really too tired.

After the suturing was completed, Qin was moved back to the cleaned kang, and the child was placed next to her by Jiang Suying.

The baby is so well taken care of, he weighs 30.8 kilograms.

He hasn't opened his eyes yet, but he must be hungry. He closed his eyes and moved his mouth to look for food. I don't know if he felt sorry for his mother and didn't have the heart to wake her up, but he didn't cry.

"Hey, Daddy's good son!"

Jiang Yiyu squatted in front of the kang, looking at his wife who was exhausted but sleeping soundly, and then looked at his child who was humming softly and sticking out his tongue and moving his mouth. His heart melted and he suddenly thought, with life like this, what else could he be dissatisfied with?

The father is satisfied, but the son is not.

If the needs are not met, even the most well-behaved baby will start to make a fuss. He will open his toothless mouth and howl with his eyes closed. Qin's eyelids moved, but he did not wake up.

"Are you hungry?" Jiang Yiyu picked up the child and coaxed him with "Oh oh——".

Isn't that nonsense? How can a baby not be hungry if he has never had milk since birth?

Jiang Yiyu was still worried: "There are no cattle or sheep at home now, and no milk!"

Jiang Suying was really convinced. There was such a big cow lying here, but she didn't even think of putting the child on it to suck a few sips. Qin sleeps with Qin's food, and the child drinks his own food. There is no conflict between the two!

"Let Rong Niang feed her herself. It will help her recovery."

Raising a newborn is very hard. Some children eat a lot and need to eat a meal every hour. It’s okay during the day, but the rest time at night is really extremely tiring.

Therefore, in ancient times, families who had the means would hire a wet nurse to take care of their children. Qin had originally thought of finding a wet nurse, but in today's environment, it is difficult to find a wet nurse, even a dairy cow. She had no choice but to come here in person.

When Xiaomai was born, she came by herself. It was not that they could not afford a wet nurse, but Xiaomai was a picky child. She would not drink any milk from the wet nurse except her own. She was also very crybaby and would often get up in the middle of the night to play. Qin Shi was tortured by her until she aged several years and her hair fell out in clumps.

But studies have shown that breastfeeding is beneficial to the child's growth and development, as well as the mother's physical recovery.

But for a child who weighed 9 kilograms at birth, Qin estimated that it would be difficult to feed him without the support of milk powder. It was very likely that the child would suck both sides dry and still not be half full.

Jiang Suying held the child to Qin's chest, and the little guy almost instinctively began to arch his back, finding the right position and sucking hard - it was said that the strength with which he sucked milk was really strong, and the "sucking, sucking" sound was very loud.

But because colostrum was difficult to secrete, the little guy tried for a long time but didn't get two bites. He was suddenly very sad and cried bitterly. Qin seemed to be awakened but also seemed not awake. She instinctively patted the child. Feeling the mother's comfort, the little guy's crying gradually subsided and he started to eat again.

The human-shaped breast pump worked for who knows how long and finally had its first meal in life. The sound of "tun tun tun" as he swallowed in big mouthfuls told his father how hungry he was.

After the child had eaten, he went to sleep next to the dormitory. Jiang Yiyu sorted out his wife's clothes, poked his chubby little face, and left the house last. As soon as he went out, he saw Old Lady Yang coming over with one of his shoes: "You came out just in time, hang the shoe on the top of the door frame."

When the child is born safely, one of the father's shoes is placed above the door frame and secured. This represents that the child is safe and sound. It also has the function of comforting the child's soul. Because when a child is born, many new faces may come to the house to congratulate the child, which may disturb the child. The father's shoe can ward off evil spirits and disasters for the child (?).

Jiang Xiaomi was amazed to find that a pair of smelly shoes that had been worn all the time could have such an effect.

Jiang Yiyu actually didn’t quite understand the meaning of this custom, but his mother asked him to do so, so he just did it. After all, this is what they did when they gave birth to Xiaomai, Xiaomian and Xiaomi.

After fixing the shoes, Jiang Yiyu saw that Old Lady Yang was still frowning, and he knew what she was thinking: "Mom, although we should distribute eggs to the neighbors when we have a new baby, we have limited conditions, so why not?"

"Forget it." Old Mrs. Yang nodded. She was just thinking about it, not really wanting to send red eggs. Eggs are such precious things!

Not to mention that her family didn't have any, even if they did, she wouldn't be willing to send them out. Each family would have to send at least two - after all, it had a good meaning, representing that the children would get married when they grew up, in pairs!

Even though two eggs may seem like a small number, a whole village would need more than a hundred eggs, not counting relatives and friends!

Forget it, forget it, she can’t bear to eat such precious things now!

"Your son has been wronged." Old Mrs. Yang sighed.

"Well, how can I be wronged? I didn't starve him."

"Speaking of eating, your sister-in-law has already told me to kill the chickens in the side yard for your wife. My goodness, those chickens are growing so fast! They have grown up in just one month. Can you believe that not a single one was lost in such a cold weather? Now they weigh four or five kilograms. Your sister-in-law said that she would kill one for your wife every other day."

"But, you can make chicken soup, but you have to skim off all the fat. Your wife and your son are fat, so they need to eat better, but not too much. She also said that it's best to eat melon soup and vegetable soup, but where can we get melons and vegetables now? If it weren't for Xiao Mi, we wouldn't even be able to eat bean sprouts."

Due to limited conditions, the standard of Qin's confinement meals has been reduced again and again. During pregnancy and lactation, you are not allowed to eat too many pickled foods. The Jiang family will save any fresh and delicious food for Qin. In addition, the weather is cold, fresh meat will not go bad too quickly. Jiang Xiaomi secretly added a lot of domestic pork to the wild boars hunted in Yunling Mountain. Because Jiang Xiaomi replenished the stock from time to time, there are still two large pieces of pork.

Otherwise, without the food, even if Madam Cui had great abilities, she wouldn't be able to raise Qin to this level.

"My chicken!"

Jiang Xiubai went back home and when he came to the old Jiang's house again, he heard that Qin's mother and son were safe. After congratulating Jiang Yiyu, he pulled Jiang Xiaomi into the side yard.

The weather was too cold, so Jiang Xiubai didn't dare let his precious chickens go out for a walk, so he kept them indoors.

"Shall we make chicken soup tonight?" Jiang Xiaomi almost drooled as she looked at the room full of sturdy white-feathered chickens. She hadn't had chicken soup for a long time.

"This chicken is not suitable for making soup. Although it is big and heavy, the meat is very tender. It is most suitable for making mushroom chicken! It is also suitable for making fried chicken. Let me tell you, all the fried chicken restaurants on the market, including XX Ji, XX Le, and XX Lao, use this kind of white-feathered broiler chicken."

"Are you sure? Then how do you explain the item of young chicken?"

Jiang Xiubai looked down at himself the next time, covered his mouth and coughed lightly: "Young chickens - young chickens are also this kind of chicken! They can be slaughtered in a shorter time, maybe only two weeks, or even shorter! Didn't you see that it is only the size of a palm?"

“Even if modern parents degrade them to dust, they are still delicious!” When passing by those “gay” places, who has not been attracted by the charming aroma?

"Want to eat? If you want to eat, just ask the fat chef to make it. For a chicken this big, make four or five of them! You'll enjoy it!"

Jiang Xiaomi nodded: "Things covered in flour do seem larger in size."

Besides, I'm not full from eating fried chicken, so just trying something new is enough. Three will be enough!

Jiang Xiubai put the hen down from his arms and said, "Give it a few more months, and let it grow old. Then it will be delicious for soup."

"How many months?" Jiang Xiaomi touched her chin. "A few months is too long, right? Will we eat it up before it grows into a mature chicken?"

"Raising a chicken for a few months doesn't make it an old chicken. It's a medium-sized chicken at best. Old chickens take longer to grow!" Jiang Xiubai squatted down holding a chicken and looked at it over and over again. As he looked at it, he said to Jiang Xiaomi: "Don't eat them all! Jiang Xiaomi, control your greed. Now is not the time to buy whatever we want. You all told me not to use the system in the short term, but you also have to take it easy. Don't push the fat chef to eat up whatever you have at home. These chickens are hens that lay eggs. Chickens lay eggs, and eggs lay chickens. What an endless wealth!"

When Jiang Xiubai was buying, he seemed sleepy, but because he had a plan in mind, he bought mostly pullets, and also some roosters to keep for treading water.

A hen can lay eggs, but that doesn’t mean she can fertilize them herself. Professional matters still need to be done by professional roosters.

"How could I be greedy? You're talking as if I've never eaten chicken before!" Jiang Xiaomi asked again: "How long does it take for it to lay eggs?"

"About 19 days." Jiang Xiubai said, "It usually takes 21-24 weeks for a white-feathered broiler to lay its first egg from hatching. Generally, at 5 weeks of age, the egg production of a white-feathered broiler can reach about 32%, and the relative weight gain reaches the maximum. Physical maturity and sexual maturity are basically synchronized. Chickens also need sexual maturity. How can a chick that is not even one month old lay eggs? However, they usually reach the normal peak of egg production at weeks of age."

"Okay, one egg a day?"

Jiang Xiubai rolled his eyes: "Do you feel a little greedy when you ask this question? One egg a day is already against the will of heaven, okay? Do you still want two eggs a day? The chicken will not survive?"

"Is it not possible?" Jiang Xiaomi looked at him stupidly. "I saw some bloggers introducing this when I was watching videos. They said that if you give chickens hormones, they will lay eggs all day long. Otherwise, how can eggs be so cheap? Let me tell you in secret, the orchard eggs marked in our supermarket only cost a little over two yuan to buy, and if you sell them outside, it's at least five yuan and eighty yuan, or even seven yuan and eighty yuan. But with this price and quality, customers still think our supermarket is conscientious!"

Jiang Xiubai: “…”

It seemed like he had glimpsed some business secrets of an industry he had never been involved in?

He popularized it for her: "White-feathered broiler chickens are mainly raised as broiler chickens. Although all chickens can lay eggs, their egg production is still not as good as those of laying hens. When they are old, they can lay more than 100 eggs a year, while white-feathered broiler chickens can only lay about eggs a year."

"Oh, let's take a rest!"

Jiang Xiubai was speechless: "The laying hen breed works almost all year round. The chickens are almost the same as the screw drivers in the factory. They only take three or two days off a month!"

Jiang Xiaomi said "Hmm?" from a strange angle: "How do you know how many days off a month there are to screw in a factory? Have you ever been there?"

Jiang Xiubai immediately held back tears: "Let me tell you, since I was sixteen, I have spent every winter and summer vacation in the hardware factory, working myself to death for ten yuan an hour!"

"So miserable!" Jiang Xiaomi was puzzled: "What does this have to do with the chicken and the egg?"

"You don't know how hard life is, landlady!"

It still doesn't make it clear what this has to do with the chicken and the egg!

Jiang Xiaomi listened to this lazy man chattering away, the two of them talking about meaningless nonsense, but she felt relaxed all over - they seemed to have unknowingly regarded Jiangjia Village as their home, and when they returned home, they felt completely relaxed.

It’s not like working in a county town or in the mountains, where you have tasks to do every day.

"There's still too little food." Jiang Xiubai sighed, "I don't know when the system will be improved. I think I should buy other poultry!"

As he was speaking, his head felt dizzy, and the voice of the system that had disappeared for several days rang in his head: "Buy! Buy with confidence! No limit on quantity!"

He didn't know if it was Jiang Xiubai's illusion, but he felt that the electronic voice of the system had a little emotion, and it was a happy emotion, as if it had encountered something happy and wanted to reward Jiang Xiubai.

Jiang Xiubai did not hide anything from Jiang Xiaomi. He immediately wrote a note and told Jiang Xiaomi that something was wrong with the system. Jiang Xiaomi shook her head at him, indicating that he should not buy anything.

"Host?" The system was a little surprised. The host who was always idle and looking for loopholes had changed his nature? He was actually unmoved by this great opportunity?