Young rich peasants

Sweet potato is also called hairy potato, which is similar to deep potato (deep planting), but people generally treat it differently.

The southern side likes to make it into a dessert. The method is very simple. Peel the sweet potato and boil it with sugar. If you think the sweet potato is too big, you can cut it into small pieces.After cooking, there is not much water left, and the sweet potato itself is a little sticky, which makes the syrup thicker.The syrup evenly covers the surface of the sweet potato, which tastes soft and sweet, with a faint aroma.The difference between this and silk drawing is that there is water when it is made, and the silk cannot be drawn, and the sugar is not too sweet.Very refreshing and smooth.Some people are used to putting a small piece of ginger, and some people like to eat sugar water and will add more water. There is no limit to these, as you like.

The varieties of sweet potatoes in Gaoliang County may be slightly different. Generally, they are available in July and August, and occasionally in June, barely edible ones can be dug up.It's a pity that my dad dug it too early to eat. No matter how greedy the jujube is, I can only wait another month or two until it is really ripe.

In the blink of an eye, time flies. By the middle of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Zaozi’s belly has been full for nine months, and the diet has changed back to the original one. Green vegetables and white porridge.The daily walks can't be continued, it's not that the belly is too big, Zaozi's belly has finally reached the size that an ordinary son should have when he is about to give birth. Let Zaozi get out of bed and walk around.

The main house of the Mei Mansion, Ah Da, was pregnant with a child for nine months and hadn't been born yet.Well-meaning people said that he would be a big fat boy with a lot of money, but those who were jealous of Lei Shounuo insisted on saying unlucky things like stillbirth.But no matter how they discuss it, what everyone is most interested in now is: when was the child born and what does it look like.

Entering the eighth month of the lunar calendar, Jujube is more than nine months pregnant, and the child is still carried steadily, only occasionally feeling uncomfortable.Lei Shounuo couldn't sit still any longer, so he found the most famous doctor in the county, and hired him for a whole month's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and took care of Zaozi.

August [-]th is approaching, and it is also Lei Shounuo's birthday, Zaozi suddenly has a whim, and insists on helping him celebrate his birthday, no one can persuade him.Then everyone started preparing things one day in advance, that is, on August [-]th. Zaozi occasionally felt a slight stomach discomfort, so he stayed in the room obediently all day.That night, everyone who had been busy all day basically fell asleep on the bed, except Zaozi and Lei Shounuo, who couldn't sleep and chatted head to head.

Suddenly, Zaozi choked for breath, and said weakly, "My stomach... hurts."

Lei Shounuo was stunned for a while, jumped off the bed suddenly, lit several candles to illuminate the room, ran back and forth between the bed and the door a few times, panicked, "Zaozi, don't move, ah , don't move, I'll go... I'll call the doctor!"

There was a roar from the door, and everyone in the Mei family woke up, and Ah Wei ran over with the doctor on his shoulders.

Lei Shounuo jumped anxiously, "Are you going to give birth?"

The doctor was intimidated by this hot-tempered family, so he woke up with [-] minutes of energy to check carefully, and said: "It's starting to hurt."

"When will the baby be born? Tonight? Hot water, towels, scissors...I'll prepare it right away!" Lei Shounuo dragged Ah Wei Xiaosong and was about to run out.The doctor hurriedly stopped her, "Don't worry, I probably won't be able to give birth tonight, and the hot water must be kept hot all the time."

When Mei Xiaopai heard that he would not be able to give birth tonight, his face became a little bad, and he pulled Lei Shounuo aside, "Don't bother, stay with Zaozi well, and let Awei and Xiaosong prepare."

"What do you mean you won't be able to give birth tonight? Isn't it painful!" Lei Shounuo's eyes were bloodshot.

"Who says you can give birth if it hurts?" Mei Xiaodi said, "I gave birth to you in pain for two full days, and now I just hope Zaozi doesn't have to suffer like this. Go in and accompany me, don't panic, stay calm ” After a push, Lei Shounuo staggered a few steps because he was so nervous that he couldn’t make up his mind.He looked at his hand, clenched it again, and led Awei Xiaosong into the kitchen.

Lei Shounuo supported the wall for a while before he regained his composure, returned to the bedside and held Zaozi's hand firmly, and said, "Brother Lei is with you."

Zaozi breathed back and forth, and said, "Actually, it doesn't hurt too much."

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The night of August [-]th came, and Mei Mansion was brightly lit.

Just after Xu time, Mei Xiaopai forced himself to calmly set up the tribute table, and bowed solemnly to Yuelang, praying in his heart for the safety of Zaozi, his grandson and his father.

In the room, Zaozi was dripping with cold sweat. The pain lasted for nearly ten hours. He rested for a while and could not sleep well. As time went by, the pain became more frequent and more severe severe.He tightly clasped Lei Shounuo's hand, and his breathing became short of breath.

The doctor slept on the edge of the table for a while in order to preserve his strength, but now he did not dare to relax for a moment, checked it, and immediately called for someone to prepare things.

Lei Shounuo trembled suddenly, but his whole body was stiff.Mei Xiaopai led the people in and out, seeing his son's face turned blue, he hurriedly pushed him out of the main room, "Quickly put incense sticks on Yuelang, and bless Zaozi with a smooth delivery."

Lei Shounuo was very grateful to his little dad, he was really dazed just now, looking up at the unusually bright full moon in the sky, he knelt down heavily, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times with full devotion.After doing this, his mood stabilized again, and he hurried back to the room.

It is never easy to give birth to a child. It is said that the severe pain during childbirth is like cutting flesh and tearing bones-this is probably an exaggeration, but for Lei Shounuo who has never given birth, it is enough to make his heart jump.

Zaozi's consciousness at this time was completely confused, but his body was highly tense. He bit the cloth so hard that he couldn't even cry out, only making some distressing hums from time to time.On the contrary, it was Lei Shounuo who yelled and cheered for him. Awei Xiaosong and the housekeeper who were guarding outside the room didn't know what was going on inside, and those who didn't know thought it was their head of the family, Lei Shounuo, who gave birth to the baby. .

Mei Xiaodi is an experienced person, helping the doctor at the side, and gradually he has a bottom line in his heart: It seems that Zaozi's pregnancy is all right!

Sure enough, within an hour, there was a loud cry of a baby in Meifu.

Zaozi and Lei Shounuo, who were soaked all over, were dumbfounded.Mei Xiaopai and the doctor tidied up, and called Xiaosong into the room to help.When the adults and children were all cleaned up, and the child was wrapped in a small quilt and sent to the two fathers, the two fathers hadn't reacted yet.

Zaozi lay on the bed exhausted, and saw the little baby in a daze, "Son?" Lei Shounuo let out a long breath, blinked his eyes, and turned his head slightly stiffly, "Son?"

Mei Xiaodi said happily: "He's a well-behaved little brother, that's great, you and Shou Nuo were born on the same day, and we can celebrate your birthday together in the future... You, a father, don't want to come over and give him a hug, I'm stunned." do what."

Lei Shounuo looked at Zaozi, touched Zaozi's belly, finally pressed his left chest, let out another breath, then immediately turned around and took his son.His technique was still very clumsy, but the child was very obedient, and fell asleep obediently without crying or fussing.The candlelight in the room was not bright enough to see the child's appearance clearly, but the touch of the small face and small fists was enough to make the newly appointed father overjoyed.

Mei Xiaopai supported Zaozi to sit up, so that he could hug the child too.

Zaozi took the swaddling baby from Lei Shounuo's hands, feeling the tender warmth in his arms, unbelievable but full of inflated happiness—his son, his and Lei Ge's flesh and blood.

"Have you decided on a name for the child?" Mei Xiaopai asked.With two people sitting next to each other like this, maybe they can watch the child until dawn.

Lei Shounuo laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and said: "I haven't had time to think about it yet." Every day, he only thought about how to take care of Zaozi and the child's body, and he didn't even bother to think about the name.

Mei Xiaodi said: "Think about the name slowly, find a fortune teller to do the math, and start with a nickname tomorrow. Zaozi needs to rest now..."

According to the habits here, he can't leave the room to prevent the evil wind from blowing, and he has to confine for a month.You can take a bath and wash your hair during the period, but you must be quick and take adequate measures to keep warm, and you must also walk around to help with conditioning.Anyway, I can do what I usually do, but I can't leave the room, and I have to take some supplements to take care of my body.

Although Zaozi was in pain for a day and a night, it was a normal delivery, so she recovered very well and was able to get out of bed and walk around the next day.He helped his son choose the nickname A Yue, because he was born on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month and was blessed by Yue Lang.

With the sunlight coming in through the window, the family finally got a clear look at little Ah Yue.The baby who was born on the second day has not yet grown up, but he can still clearly distinguish the integrity and health of the facial features.The most striking thing among them is the moon-white birthmark extending from the neck to the shoulders—it is neither gold nor silver, neither lotus root nor red, and the child's white skin looks even more soft and soft.The most important thing is that the birthmark is shaped like a phoenix, like a phoenix totem cut out of red paper, but much thinner than the totem.

Housekeeper Lei sighed: "It's really God's ingenious pen. It picked up the color of the ice wheel and covered it. It's a little bit of flame and magnificence, but it adds to the graceful beauty of Jiangnan Xiaojia. Such a child is limitless."

Zaozi was confused by some polite words, he only hoped that his son would live a smooth and stable life in the future, and nothing else was a big deal.

Lei Shounuo stared at his son's birthmark for a long time, and only realized one word: "Good!"

"Speaking is the same as not telling." Zao Zi smiled.

"It's good." Lei Shounuo looked confident, "Our son is definitely better than some honeysuckle!"

This sentence inadvertently made Zaozi let go of his last worry.After he saw that his son was a brother, he worried that this birthmark would not please Lei Shounuo and Mei Xiaodi. After all, gold and silver are the expectations of every family, and it can be regarded as a different kind of superstition.He is not from this world. It doesn't matter to him whether his son has a birthmark or not, what color or color the birthmark is, but people who were born and bred don't necessarily think so, do they?Now it seems that people in their family don't care about this, which is great.

When it was time to eat at noon, the soup brought into the room smelled strongly of ginger, wine and chicken.This is one of the nourishing foods that Zao Zi has heard about for a long time, Ginger Braised Chicken.