Chapter 248 wasted colostrum (1/3)
Mei Xiaoran was speechless after hearing this.
Later generations know that maternal colostrum is the most nutritious and can best improve the child's immunity. Although it is like clean water, it makes people feel that it is not nutritious, but it is really a good thing! However, in this era, everyone does not understand this. After a newborn is born, the first thing everyone does is not to let the child have sex first, but to irrigate the child with plain water. The child must be irrigated for a whole day until the meconium is completely discharged. clean. Some children are even fed boiled water for the first three days of life, so they are so hungry that they can't get a mouthful of milk.
And the most precious colostrum is often squeezed out by the parturient, and it is wasted for nothing.
But Mei Xiaoran couldn't say this. Even if she could tell the scientific argument of future generations now, would anyone present believe it? Even her mother would definitely not believe her. After all, people in this era have certain limitations and everyone's ability to understand is limited. She said it for nothing, and no one would believe her, let alone listen.
Therefore, Mei Xiaoran could only watch her little cousin being forcibly held by his two aunts and pouring boiled water, and her fourth aunt was forced to squeeze out the most precious colostrum and throw it away...
Such a wasteful thing happened in front of her eyes, Mei Xiaoran simply didn't even look at it, even if her little cousin was cute, she didn't want to stay anymore.
At this time, Li Mingyun took a look at the time, and it was less than seven o'clock in the morning. She was thinking about going home to cook, but she was so excited that she planned to take Mei Xiaoran back to her family's house... Ye Zi gave birth to a child. For big things, she must promptly inform her mother whatever she said.
But, she went to her mother's house to inform and only reported the good news. The real process should be Cheng Bin!
According to the local custom, when a boy is born, he will bring oil cakes and rice wine to his grandmother’s house to announce the good news. If a girl is born, he will bring the dough sticks and sugar, which must be wrapped in paper and tied with a red string. What's going on... This is called the Annunciation.
And, sometimes, in order to save trouble, the son-in-law will also bring a post to the father-in-law's house, write the date of ordering the rice noodle table on the post, and invite the old mother-in-law to eat the rice noodle banquet about twelve days after the child was born. This is the custom here, and it is the same in every household.
"Xiaobin, you can remember, hurry up to our mother's house to announce the good news soon, rules
Did you know everything? Ask your sister if you don’t know. "
"Okay, I see, I'll prepare when I finish watching the kids, and I'll go to Beiguan later."
After the confession, Li Mingyun took Mei Xiaoran to Beiguan's family without stopping.
Grandma Li is a busy person. After the busy farming in spring, she set up a small sugar cane stall at her door and wholesaled some sugar cane. Although it was only a petty profit, it also kept her busy. Huh!
When the mother and daughter of Li Mingyun arrived, Grandma Li was laying sugar cane. Seeing their wives came together, she was a little surprised, "Why do you two come here so early?"
"Grandma, my fourth aunt gave birth to a fat boy just now, he weighs eight pounds and six taels."
When Grandma Li heard it, she smiled happily, "Really gave birth? I thought it was just a few days ago. I planned to go to see the leaves, but she was born."
"Mom, how did you prepare the eggs? You are a grandmother, and you have to prepare generous gifts. We are aunts, so surely we can't come home empty-handed."
Li Mingyun refers to eating noodles for twelve days. The custom here is that when the child is twelve days old, the husband’s family will have a banquet of rice and noodles, and the wife’s maiden family will have four colors of eggs, dried noodles, brown sugar, etc. There are also small clothes and quilts for the little babies to come over to see girls and grandchildren, commonly known as rice noodles.
"Now this day, the eggs are bought early and not fresh. I plan to buy them again every two episodes."
Grandma Li also had her own plan. At the end of March, the weather will be hot. No matter how fresh the eggs are, they won't be fresh for ten days. We should wait until the post is posted and the day is set before buying. Anyway, the reform and opening up are now, but unlike the previous years, you have to buy everything secretly, now you buy things with integrity.
"That's okay, but Xiaobin will be here in a while. You will have to get the egg back when he leaves."
The local custom is that after the son-in-law comes to announce the good news, the grandmother must return a gift to the son-in-law accordingly. Usually the eggs are returned, which means that before the rice noodle mat arrives on the twelve days, the girl will have something to eat during the confinement and will not be starving , Lack of milk, thanks to his little grandson.
"Well, the family has prepared some, but only a hundred, is this a bit missing?"
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The reason is that Li Mingye was born suddenly, and Grandma Li didn't prepare too much. She was thinking of buying some more for the next episode.
When Li Mingyun heard that this was not okay, Cheng Bin was coming over soon, her mother was not ready yet, would Cheng Bin go home empty-handed for a while? Based on the amount of leaf appetite, it is estimated that at least twenty or thirty eggs a day, one hundred is not enough for her to eat, and at least two to three hundred eggs must be prepared.
"Mom, wait at home first, and I will take Ranran to buy eggs now!"
Li Mingyun rode the car and took Mei Xiaoran home. The small street where she lived was commonly known as the egg market. People would come to sell eggs at the market... Over time, when people talk about the egg market, everyone knows that it means. The side street.
Although it is not a big event today, there will definitely be people coming to sell eggs, but there are not as many people selling at the event.
Li Mingyun returned with her daughter, and soon found a few egg sellers on the street, and without a word, he bought two hundred eggs and brought them to her family in Beiguan.
Grandma Li just finished counting the eggs with her eldest daughter, when she saw Cheng Bin carrying oil cakes and rice wine over to announce the good news.
At this time, Grandpa Li also knew that the four daughters had just given birth to a son. He usually loved the four daughters the most. He was so happy to see that the four daughters gave birth to a son.
"Xiao Bin, how is Ye Zi now? I heard that the fat boy she just gave birth weighs more than eight catties. This child must be a blessed child."
Although Cheng Bin didn't sleep all night, this time, he was excited and excited, smiling like a flower, "Father, if you see my son, you will definitely like it. The chubby one is intriguing. The child who was just born is like the child of the full moon, and looks refreshing."
Grandma Li was of course very happy to see her son-in-law coming over to announce the good news, but she was also afraid that there was no one to take care of her daughter at home, so she accepted the things and posts and asked Cheng Bin to hurry home with 300 eggs.
When Cheng Bin left, Li Mingyun mentioned to her mother that when Ye Zi gave birth, her mother-in-law was not there to take care of her. Grandma Li was so angry that her face turned black, "This old braid is meant to make Ye Zi be angry with her, Ming Yun, you can help mom stare at her for the past two days. If Lao Zhui hasn’t come back, I’ll take Ye Zi. When I come back to confinement, I see who is ashamed when I see!"
(End of this chapter)