Ordinary clear day

Chapter 69 Confinement
Tong's third production, the process was smooth.Zhang Bao hugged his youngest son happily, and after listening to Granny Wen's congratulations, he immediately rewarded him with a double red envelope.He hugged him for a long time before he reluctantly handed over the child to Zhou Zhou's Lin's family, and then hurried into the house to see his wife.

The old doctor Chen rushed back immediately when she got the news the next day. After hearing about the delivery, she couldn't stop sighing.After checking Tong's pulse and seeing the baby, he happily announced to Zhang Baoquan's family that both mother and child are safe, but a little weak, and they need to be taken care of during confinement.

Shu Ning lay in front of her mother's bed and looked at her little brother, his little hands and feet, and his soft and tender skin that could be broken by blows and bullets. She thought it was so cute no matter how she looked.

This is her younger brother, her close relative.Recalling the siblings born after her parents remarried in her previous life, Shu Ning couldn't help feeling a little sad.For some reason, not only did her stepmother dislike her touching her little brother, but even her mother forbade her to hug her younger sister, saying that she was afraid that she would drop the child.Although she has siblings, she is no different from an only child.Speaking of which, since she has traveled to this world, the house left by her grandparents will probably be owned by her younger brother according to her stepmother's wishes?It doesn't matter whether you keep it for yourself or sell it, it's pretty good.

Her mind wandered a little far for a while, until Mrs. Tong asked someone to change the diaper for the child, and then she woke up and teased her little brother again.

Tong looked at her daughter lovingly teasing her younger son, and heard her yelling "Oh, the baby is smiling at me", "He is grabbing my hand", "Look at him kicking his legs", Then I will smile heartily.

Not long after, the door curtain was lifted, and Zhang Bao came back from his errand, and without saying a word, he hugged his son and kissed him.Shu Ning said dissatisfiedly: "Ama, you should wash your face before kissing the baby, your face is dirty to death."

Zhang Bao said indifferently, "Why is my face dirty?"

Shu Ning retorted: "It's so windy outside, there must be a lot of dust on your face, newborn babies are the most delicate, what if they get sick from dirty things?"

Zhang Bao helplessly called out "Suyun, fetch water", then put his son back beside his wife, turned around and went out to wash his face, changed his coat, and then came back in and said, "Is this all right?"

Shuning curled her lips and went to tease the little brother by herself.Tong Shi secretly smiled.

Zhang Bao asked her, "How are you doing today? Are you feeling well? Is the child fussy?"

Tong replied: "I'm fine, and the child is good. When I saw him so quiet in the stomach, I thought it was a girl, but I didn't expect it to be a son." She smiled contentedly, and Zhang Bao said: "Son It's the best, even if you go back to Beijing, you can still straighten your back, right? You don't lose to others at all."

Tong smiled and asked, "You came back from outside the city again? I heard that farming is the responsibility of the general judge. Why do you ask a fellow judge to take care of it now?"

Zhang Baodao: "It's not like the Central Plains here. Many things are not so clearly distinguished. For example, General Baiyin Lida of Guangzhou, in addition to being in charge of military affairs, he also occasionally decides cases. That Su Tong judge is very good at criminal names and laws. I know nothing about farming, but I have some experience in farming, but I have never settled a case. We discussed it in front of the magistrate, and the criminal name, public security, and corvee are all under his control, and I will be in charge of farming. For water conservancy and taxation, the magistrate is in charge of the overall situation. Isn’t everything doing well now?”

Seeing what he said, Mrs. Tong thought of something: "Su Tongpan is the brother of Mr. Su's clan, right? Speaking of which, I really didn't expect to meet Mr. Su's clan in such a far away place. It's really amazing."

Zhang Bao smiled: "Isn't that right? When we first met, Mr. Su thought he had identified the wrong person. He and Su Tongping hadn't seen each other for nearly ten years, and the two families also cut off news. When Mr. Su left his hometown, he thought it was the wrong person. It is impossible to see each other again for the rest of my life, who knows that we will meet in Guangzhou? That's good, at least it's easier for us to get along, and it's not easy to have quarrels and disputes."

Tong Shi nodded.She turned her head and saw that her daughter had stopped teasing her younger son and was only listening to them talking, so she said, "It's getting late, you go back to the house, anyway, you can see your brother every day."

Shu Ning nodded, and asked again: "Have you ever thought about what to name my younger brother? According to me, he was born in Guangdong, and it would be good to call him 'Yuening' or 'Guangning', otherwise he would be called 'Guangning'." 'Heinin' also makes it."

Tong turned her head to look at her husband, and Zhang Bao said: "It's true, but you Mafa said at the beginning that if this son is a boy, he will name it himself. I'll write a letter and ask for approval. Now Your brother is still young, don't worry."

Shu Ning thought about it, and went out.Tong asked Zhang Baodao: "Who do you plan to send back to Beijing to report? Wang Ruibao and his wife?"

"Could it be that there are others? They are the most useless right now! When I think of your mother and son almost having an accident, I can't help being afraid." The more Zhang Bao thought about it, the more angry he became. Thinking of currying favor with the master to climb up the ladder, otherwise he would intrigue with others, scramble for power and profit, never willing to do things down-to-earth, and would only shrink behind others when encountering difficulties. I have seen this kind of people a lot! If I keep them, I don’t know What will happen again? It's a pity that their old lady is Er Niang's companion, I don't want to touch them, otherwise I will be thrown out and killed! Now I have sent them back to Beijing to report the news, and I have not asked them to come back, lest I Look angry!"

Tong Shi reassured him, and then said: "I'm fine now, you don't have to worry about it. You, on the other hand, run around every day and take care of me when you come back. You should take care of yourself. Now you live in that room, Are you still used to it?"

It turned out that after Tong gave birth, confinement was inconvenient, so Zhang Bao moved to live in the high-ceilinged head room behind the main hall.

Zhang Bao replied, "I'm used to it naturally. It's close to the study room. It's also convenient for me to write official documents at night. You don't have to worry about it."

Tong said again: "I gave birth this time, thanks to the help of the sisters of the Liu family. You should thank them very much."

"The thank you gifts have already been sent, don't worry, I still know these etiquettes." Zhang Bao laughed.

Tong Shi smiled and teased her son with her husband.

Mrs. Tong listened to the old doctor Chen's advice and seriously invited a cook who can make medicinal supplements to come back.She heard from Adi that there was a twelve-year-old lady nearby who specially introduced helpers to middle-aged people, so she sent some money there. Within two days, a woman in her 20s came and said that the twelve-year-old woman had introduced her. Yes, the name is Yin.

Ah Yin is 25 and six years old. He has good facial features, speaks a little Mandarin, has quick hands and feet, and is good at cooking, especially soup.It's just that she is so old, and she still wears the long braid of an unmarried woman, but she is wearing the black clothes that only widows would wear.When Tong Shi saw her for the first time, she was very surprised.

After Ayin followed Ahua to the kitchen, Tong asked Adi about her background.Adi had inquired some news from the twelfth woman, and told her.

It turned out that this girl, Ah Yin, was originally from a fishing village by the sea. She had a childhood sweetheart fiancé since she was a child. Before she was about to get married, the fiancé was fishing in the sea and died in a typhoon. Ah Yin cried for three days and three nights. , then changed into black clothes, and said that she would stay as a widow for the rest of her life, but her family couldn't stop her, so she had to go.She now goes to the city to work as a domestic helper for a few months every year, earning some money to go home and help the family.Because of her outstanding cooking skills, many people are willing to invite her.

After hearing her story, Mrs. Tong sighed a bit, and after tasting the extremely delicious crucian carp soup she made, she immediately decided to keep this person for a long time.Seeing that the master's family was very friendly, Ah Yin agreed, but said that when the family was too busy, he would go back to help.Tong Shi reluctantly agreed.

In the following days, Mrs. Tong can enjoy all kinds of delicacies every day, needless to mention that the egg brown sugar water is a trivial matter, and the soup alone includes Tongcao carp soup, papaya and carp soup, red bean soup, peanut pig's feet soup, red dates Goji berry hen soup, lean meat stewed donkey-hide gelatin, etc. There are more than ten kinds. Chicken, duck and fish are indispensable.Because I was afraid that she would lose her appetite, I made her some barley rice, longan glutinous rice, red bean rice, etc. There was also a snack basket on the small table beside the bed, which contained sesame candies, peanut candies, red dates, and walnuts. Such snacks are to prepare her for being hungry outside of mealtimes.

In addition, Ah Yin also made ginger vinegar and fermented rice for Tong according to the local tradition. Tong could still eat the former, but he was not used to the taste of fermented glutinous rice, so A Yin did not insist.

Tong Shi was pregnant before, but she just drank some chicken soup or something, how could there be so many tricks?As a result, after confinement, the whole person gained a lot of weight. I was embarrassed to see Zhang Bao, but Zhang Bao has been very busy recently, so he has lost some weight. As a result, Mrs. Tong simply dragged him to make up for it. Zhang Bao was embarrassed.He felt ashamed that he was an old man who actually took supplements for pregnant women.So Tong had no choice but to ask Ah Yin to make another tonic soup for him.

The old doctor Chen has already moved back to her hometown, and she comes to check her pulse every few days, and also tells Ah Yin what medicinal materials are best for cooking and what kind of soup is best, Ah Yin is very interested in discussing with him.

After Shu Ning saw these scenes, she was drawn to the memory of the Cantonese food she had eaten and cooked before crossing, and then she looked at Ah Yin with shining eyes.The cooking skills I learned from Chun Xing in the past are just the basics, this is the real chef.

Decided!She wants to learn to cook from this master!Then make all the delicacies I have seen in memory! ! !

Ah Yincai got advice from the old doctor Chen, and happily sent the old man away, but suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head, and couldn't help shivering.

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When the newborn was full moon, although he looked a little thin, he was still healthy. In addition, he was very well-behaved and would not cry all day long. The whole family loved him deeply.

Only then did Zhang Bao write to his parents in Jingzhong to report that he had given birth again, but then he remembered that it was already November, and he had to give something as a New Year gift.It's just that he has just arrived and missed the opportunity to pay the autumn salary. He has nothing to give away for a while, and in addition to the long distance and long distance, there is no need to think about food and the like.After much discussion between Zhang Bao and Tong, he decided to buy a few bolts of foreign satin and a bolt of Duoluo from a newly-acquainted comprador of the Thirteen Lines, plus a gift of filial piety from a businessman—a pair of pre-Ming Chenghua Dynasty A copper-bodied and cloisonné enamel bottle was used as an annual gift for Wang Ruibao, his wife and another servant to send back to Beijing.

Shuning hurriedly sorted out the pictures and letters accumulated over the past few months, specially drew a floor plan of the new house, and wrote a long letter, repeatedly asking the servant to deliver it by hand. In Duanning's hand, he and Zhang Baotong watched them set off for Beijing.

(End of this chapter)