Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

At around five o'clock, Zhao Yuanzhen got up again and fed the two cubs with milk powder.

I took another nap and woke up at 8 o'clock.

I got up and washed up. Staying up late is painful.

I went to see the two cubs and continued feeding them milk powder.

Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan had already had breakfast and rested for a night, and they looked much better.

"Mom, please give the child a name."

Li Zhijuan looked at Zhao Yuanzhen who was holding her baby and feeding him milk powder, and suddenly spoke.

"I start? Or you two should discuss it among yourselves."

"Mom, please get up. You sound good when you get up."

Li Zhijuan still wants her mother-in-law to get up.

"Then let me think about it."

This generation of the Zhang family has the character "Zi" in its name, such as Zijin.

Then let’s call you Ziyou.

"Zhang Ziyou, how about this?"

"Okay, this sounds good, let's call it this. Then the nickname will be Youyou."

"Well, good, our little Youyou has a name, little cutie."

Zhao Yuanzhen teased the child.

He took out two ceramic jars of milk powder, and then took out the milk bottles of Ziyou and Qian Xiaohui's son.

"Go call Bai Wei over."

"Yes, ma'am."

After a while, Bai Wei came.

"Bai Wei, Bai Zhi, this water cup has a glass scale. Each time you pour water, one scale is one spoonful of this milk powder. The water should be warm, not too hot to drink. You can drink one scale each time, about once every two hours."

Zhao Yuanzhen teaches Bai Zhi, and Bai Wei feeds her with milk powder.

"Yes, ma'am."

"After the little lady finishes drinking milk, she should be wrapped up like this, with her back pressed, until she burps, then she can be put down."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Well, good, now go look at the little master, and I'll show you again."

Put the kid down and cover him with a quilt.

I took another batch of milk powder and bottle to Qian Xiaohui's yard.

"Mom, you are here."

"Well, how do you feel?"

"It's all pretty good."

"That's good, lie down and rest."

I picked up the baby and started to prepare milk powder, feed him, and burp him.

"Have you learned it?"

"Madam, I have learned it."

"Okay, then this is how you feed the young ladies before they start producing milk."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Bai Zhi, go back and take care of the Second Young Madam."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Mom, you name the baby. Xin Bai and I don't know what to name the baby, so we decided that you should do it."

My mother-in-law is a lady from a wealthy family, well-read, and she always gives her children nice names.

"let me see."

Zijin, Ziyou, this is a boy,

"Just call me Zhang Zipei."

Green pendant.

"It sounds nice. Thank you for naming the boy Pei."

"You can choose your own nickname."

"Then let's call him Erbao."

Qian Xiaohui thinks her second baby is pretty good.

"Okay, then call me Erbao."

Zhao Yuanzhen thought it was fine, it was just a nickname anyway.

After a while, Qian's father and mother, who knew that their daughter had given birth to a child, came to see their daughter and grandson.

Fortunately, this was my daughter’s second child, and the delivery went smoothly without any pain.

My mental state is very good now.

Zhao Yuanzhen chatted with her for a while, then went to see Li Zhijuan and went to bed.

Old people can’t stand staying up late.

Both of my daughters-in-law have given birth to children, so as a mother-in-law, I have to express my gratitude to them. After thinking for a long time, I still don’t know what gift to give.

It is better to decide based on reality.

Be more economical and give each person 1 taels of silver as private money.

"Xiaohui/Zhijuan, you two have worked hard to give birth to the baby. Thank you for adding a new member to the Zhang family. This is the compensation money your mother is giving you. You have worked hard to be pregnant and give birth to the baby. Use it to buy something you like."

Then he gave each of them a silver note of 10,000 taels.

"Thank you, mother. You are so kind."

"This is what you two deserve. Don't be polite. Don't worry if your milk doesn't come in for the time being. We have milk powder. What you two need to do most now is to take good care of your body. This confinement period should be at least 40 days. You two should pay more attention to rest."

"Yes, I understand, mother."

The two of them were filled with gratitude, what kind of fairy mother-in-law was this.

For other women who have confinement after childbirth, it’s considered good if they can last for 10 days.

I don’t have to do anything, someone takes care of me every day, and I don’t have to stay in bed for 40 days. My mother-in-law is really nice.

Although the baby was born last night, theoretically it is one day. Today is the second day, and tomorrow is the third day. According to traditional customs, the baby should be washed with wine.

In ancient times, the third-day bathing ritual was a very important one, and required a living woman to perform it.

A fully alive person means that her husband is still alive, she has sons and daughters, her parents are still alive, and her parents have sons and daughters.

Zhao Yuanzhen herself does not meet the requirements, so she has to go look for one.

Generally, the village would look for Zhang Qingyang’s wife to hold the third day of the new year celebration. She was a healthy person with a good personality and temper.

Zhao Yuanzhen also planned to look for her.

The third day of drinking ceremony is basically attended by family members.

She first went to Zhang Qingyang's house, made a deal with his wife, and then went to the old house.

"Mom, Xiaohui and Zhijuan are giving birth. You, Dad, and Big Brother and Sister-in-law should come over tomorrow to drink the third day of the new year."

"Give birth? Yesterday?"

"Yes, last night."

"Okay, I'll go over and see if the birth went well?"

"Xiaohui is doing well, Zhijuan had a difficult birth, but although it took some effort, both mother and daughter are safe."

"That's good, that's good, as long as we are safe. We will definitely go there tomorrow."

"Okay, Mom, I'll go back first."

"Yeah, let's go back."

Sun Zhang sent Zhao Yuanzhen away and told Wu Erping that she would drink the third-day bathing wine the next day. She then went to change her clothes and get ready. She planned to go see her great-grandson and his wife first.

Zhao Yuanzhen went back and went to the kitchen to check the soup and stewed some crucian carp soup.

Crucian carp soup is still very nutritious.

Tell the kitchen to send it to the two young ladies when it’s ready.

I bought a gold lock for each of the two little ones.

The next day, after breakfast, Zhang Qingyang's wife, also known as Xisanpo, came early.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out the prepared copper basin, washed it first, and then put it away.

In Taoism, all things are born from three, so it is held on the third day.

The purpose of the third day bath is to communicate with all things in the world. Many children nowadays suffer from allergies, pimples, red spots, and cannot stand being bitten by mosquitoes and insects.

Get everything ready and put it aside.

First, boil the water with mugwort, willow twigs and locust tree.

The woman who practices Xisanpo puts the moxa water into a copper basin and adds some realgar, which symbolizes immunity to all poisons and protection from allergies.

After diluting the water to the right temperature, the basin was placed on the table, and the family members started throwing things into it.

Copper coins, silver, gold, objects, anything is fine.

As long as it can be thrown in and makes a sound, it's fine. All the money will eventually belong to Grandma Xisan.

This is the Xiangpen Xiangpen. "Xiang" is a synonym for money, generally referring to salary, so it is called "Xiangpen", hoping that the children will not have to worry about food and clothing.

The woman who washed the third child took the things and first fished out the things in the basin. Then she began to stir the water with a pestle, mixing the cold and hot water evenly, and chanting as she stirred.

Wash it for Zhang Ziyu first.

"One stir, two stirs, three stirs, and the sister takes the brother and runs away."

This means that I hope to have a younger brother in the future.

After stirring the water, Baizhi brought Ziyou over and prepared to start the third bath.

The maid took a clean towel, wet it in the water, and picked it up.

"A steady stream of water brings prosperity and wealth."

Then she wrung the towel dry and began to wash the child.

"Wash your hair and become a king."

"Wash your hands, and you will have gold, silver and treasures every year."

"Wash your back for good luck and wealth."

"Wash your feet, and you will live a long and virtuous life."

That's it, finish washing, start combing your hair.

"Comb your hair once, comb your hair twice, and you won't have to worry about getting promoted and making a fortune when you grow up."

"The third-day bathing ceremony is complete. Good luck."

"Dress the baby in flowery clothes, and be clever in knitting and sewing."

She dressed the baby, wrapped him up and handed him to Baizhi.

The third bath is officially completed.

Next, give Zhang Zipei a bath.

The rest are basically the same, just one stir, two stirs, and three stirs, and the brother runs away with his sister.

I hope Zipei will have a younger sister.

After the ceremony, everyone sat in the main room and talked. It was just past 10 o'clock, and dinner would be served around 11 o'clock.

Zhao Yuanzhen put the small golden locks she had prepared on the two little ones and asked someone to take them away.

"Grandma, did I wash like this back then?"

Zhang Zijin looked at it curiously.

"Yeah, that's how you washed yourself back then."

“I don’t even remember.”

"You were young then, you don't remember normal things."

It would be strange for a three-day-old baby to remember this, Zhao Yuanzhen smiled and comforted him.

"Grandma, I want to go to my second aunt's room to see my little sister, is that okay?"

Zhang Zijin still likes this little sister and always wants to go see her.

"Sure, go and see, but don't stay too long. Your sister needs to sleep, and your aunt needs to rest too."

"Okay, I understand, grandma, don't worry."

With that said he ran away.

"Sister-in-law, your shop is really profitable. You gave away gold locks. Look at what you need people for. Find a job for me, and I will do my best."

Wu Erping looked at the glittering golden longevity lock and realized that her sister-in-law had indeed made money.

"Sister-in-law, the shop is full recently and we don't need any help for the time being."

"Give me anything you want, I can do it, really, I will definitely do it well, you are not confident that I can do my job well."

Wu Erping quickly expressed her opinion.

Zhao Yuanzhen was not worried about her work, but she was worried about her as a person. Wu Erping was too prone to trouble and was not conducive to unity.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you go collect mushrooms? I want both dry and wet mushrooms. The wet ones are 5 wen per pound, and the dry ones are 25 wen per pound. I want the cleaner ones. If you collect a lot, more than 100 pounds, I'll give you an extra 1 wen per pound. What do you think?"

I have been collecting mushrooms at home, but few people come to sell them. Maybe many people don’t know about it.

It would be better to find a few people to go to each village to collect, so that we can collect more and faster.

"Really? You're not lying to me."

Receiving the goods is easy, she can do it.

"It's not cheap. Mom is still here. Can I lie to you?"

"Mom, you have to testify for me that I went to pick mushrooms this afternoon."

Wu Erping thought it was easy to make money, as there were plenty of mushrooms on the mountain. She went to each village to call out and mobilize everyone to pick mushrooms. At 5 cents per pound, she wanted to pick them all.

Later, the daughter-in-law and sons went to pick them up.