Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

So, the old woman had no choice but to watch Liu Qiuyue go to the hospital to give birth. That was very expensive. A normal birth plus hospitalization would cost at least 300 yuan, which was the average family's annual income.

"Mom, Xia Lian, why are you here?" Liu Qiuyue was quite surprised. Mom was very busy, with several farms and a lot of things to do. Not to mention the second sister, who had a lot of things to do and was pregnant.

"You're about to give birth, how can I not come? Where's your eldest child?"

"My cousin's sister-in-law took me out to play."

Mother was a little worried: "I'll take care of him for a while, or he can stay with your second sister for a few days."

"It's okay. My cousin's wife is very responsible. She takes money to do the job. She does a good job. Just let her take it with her."

Liu Xia Lian touched her elder sister's belly and said, "How do you feel? Giving birth is pretty stressful."

"Don't worry, you will be able to come out by yourself when the time comes. I should still have a few days. Your brother-in-law asked me to come here in advance. The one who will take care of you during the confinement period is an older sister-in-law introduced by our grandma. She is a very nice person."

Liu Xialian found that her elder sister was becoming more and more clear-headed. If you have money, you should be willing to spend it. The eldest sister just hired someone to take care of you. Just hire someone to take care of you during the confinement period. When you become powerful, everyone in the world will treat you well.

Although my mother-in-law is doing okay now, she is still very wary of the person who hurt her. She wanted to take care of the child, but she wouldn't let me. She wanted to take care of me during the confinement period, but she wouldn't let me.

Even the family farm has its own person in charge. Now the old lady is not idle. Liu Qiuyue asked her to raise chickens and gave her a hundred chickens. She raises them herself and sells the eggs she lays at the market. She can earn about 100 to 180 yuan a month, which is ridiculously high.

The elder sister did everything right, but Liu Xialian was still worried, so she specially arranged with the director to sterilize medical equipment and use disposable needles. The medical staff these days had limited skills and did not understand what infection was. When vaccinating children, several people shared one needle.

The director patted his chest and promised that all kinds of medical equipment, disposable injections, etc. were prepared in front of Liu Xialian. Of course, this request also came at an extra cost, costing more than 30 yuan. Wedding candies for the nurses also had to be prepared. Red envelopes were not allowed, but candies and fruits were allowed.

Three days later, early in the morning of June 3rd in the Gregorian calendar, my eldest sister had a stomachache. She was no longer as calm as before and was rushed into the delivery room.

Liu Xia Lian, her mother, Zhang Wang and the confinement nanny were waiting at the door.

Of course I was a little anxious, but the speed was a bit too fast. It only took about fifteen minutes for my eldest sister and the child to be pushed out.

"Liu Qiuyue's family, the baby is born, a boy, weighing 5.6 jin."

Zhang Wang happily went over to report, and his mother went to hold Qiuyue's hand.

My brother-in-law was too lazy to give him a nickname, so he called him Eleven, because five plus six is ​​exactly eleven. I thought about his real name for a long time. He originally wanted to call him Zhang Shun, but then he thought it didn’t make sense, because wasn’t he a hero in the Water Margin? So forget it and change his name to Zhang Yi. But when he looked up the book, he found out that Zhang Yi was a prime minister in history, and the name was a bit too long, so he simply removed the "person" radical and called himself Zhang Yi.

Zhang Wang was quite good at flattering people and said that he wanted the child to be as righteous as his second aunt.

Liu Xia Lian was also an uneducated person, and it was not appropriate for her to interfere with the father's naming, so she named the child Zhang Yi.

I leaned over to take a look. The newborn baby's face had not fully grown yet. It was really ugly, just like a little old man, with a flat nose, wrinkles all over the face, and black patches on his hair.

Daya also came over to take a look, screamed "Oh my God", and was scared away.

Zhang Wang was quite puzzled: "How come you were born so quickly? You came out in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette?"

"Yeah, my second sister and I learned some martial arts, and my health has improved a lot. Maybe this has something to do with it."

"When did you learn martial arts from my second sister?"

"Last year when I was raising geese, there were always some scoundrels who wanted to steal the geese to eat, so I learned a little from my second sister. I didn't expect it to be so effective. Three or five big guys couldn't get close to them."

Zhang Wang felt very disappointed. He knew that he would be the family's slave in the future. If his wife told him to go east, he would never go west.

"Don't chat in the corridor, go back to the room, there's a draft in the corridor." Liu Xia Lian pushed the cart and took her elder sister back to the ward.

The forest hospital was quite simple, with just a cement floor, white walls and steel beds. It wasn't that hot these days, just over 30 degrees outside and 27 or 28 degrees inside. There was a ceiling fan in the room, but I didn't dare turn it on.

Zhang Wang held the baby for a while, and only when the child started crying from hunger did he give the baby to Liu Qiuyue to feed.

Newborns are relatively delicate, so Zhang Wang postponed all visits to after the baby was discharged from the hospital. The baby was discharged after three days of observation during a normal delivery. The baby received a tetanus shot, but other vaccines were not available at that time.

Liu Xia Lian took her mother back to her residence to cook, and stewed a hen for Liu Qiuyue on a gas stove.

There are many opinions on eating chicken after childbirth. Some say roosters are better, while others say hens are better. However, we had just experienced a severe famine, so we were lucky to be able to eat chicken. We were not so picky. This year, Liu Xialian led everyone to become wealthy, so some people chose to eat chicken when it was difficult. If there was chicken, we would just stew some pork soup. If that didn't work, we would just boil a few eggs.

A four-month-old hen weighs only a little over a pound and has not yet started laying eggs. The meat is tender but has no excess fat.

Mother was chatting while cooking, giving Liu Xia Lian some knowledge.

"The big roosters raised in the countryside eat all kinds of poisonous insects, such as scorpions and centipedes. They also have many wives and concubines, so their yang energy is too strong. Eating them is not good for pregnant women. The meat of young hens is tender and not as greasy as that of old hens. It is just the right amount, easy to stew and delicious."

"Mom is right. Stew it for me when I am in confinement."

High-end ingredients are often cooked in the simplest way: chop the hen into pieces, and stew it directly with water without adding any onions or ginger. When it’s almost done, add a few hazel mushrooms and a little bit of salt, and you’re done.

"Why don't you add some ginger? Wouldn't it taste better?"

"If you are inexperienced, you still have to rely on me at critical moments. Ginger causes internal heat, and the newborn has already accumulated a lot of internal heat in the mother's body. Eating ginger will only add fuel to the fire, so ginger cannot be added. Scallions are also irritating, so they cannot be added either."

Liu Xia Lian thought the chicken soup had a bright color, but it felt a bit watery.

When Liu Xia Lian and her mother came over with the chicken soup, they happened to meet her eldest sister and mother-in-law who came over with a bag of boiled eggs.

When Liu Qiuyue saw the eggs, she remembered the time when she was in confinement after giving birth to her first child, when the old woman smashed plates and bowls. But it had been a year since the incident, so it was not good to continue to make a fuss.

"Mother-in-law, why are you here?" Mother went to ask.