My village can't be like this

Chapter 349 The Zhang family has an heir

Thanks to the help of carpenter Lin, the wine steamer for steaming wine is already in the process of being made.

But this wine steamer still lacks one thing, and that is the heavenly pot placed on top of the steamer.

On this day, the pot needs to be filled with cold water for cooling, so it cannot be made with wooden materials, so it has to be purchased separately on the street.

Now that the size of the wine pot has been determined, Zhang An saw that it was still early, so he drove to the town and went to the old street to buy a large 304 stainless steel sky pot in advance.

When I came back, my old mother Wang Fang had already returned from Damingzi's house and was preparing dinner in the kitchen.

"Xiao An, Second Grandma Huang asked me to bring you some of your favorite sorghum cakes. It's still warm now, so eat it while it's hot."

Zhang An ate too many glutinous rice cakes one year when he was a child. Since then, he has been so tired of them that he doesn't like eating them anymore.

But he has always preferred sorghum glutinous rice cake mixed with sorghum.

"Hey, what is the custom of the woman's family? Why do they still make sorghum glutinous rice cake?"

Generally, flower rice cakes made for engagements are made with white glutinous rice. I have never heard of the custom of using sorghum rice cakes.

"No, this is what their family calls for everyone to eat."

"I'm just telling you, which family has such a strange custom that they still use sorghum to make rice cakes."

Zhang An twisted a bunch of sorghum glutinous rice cake and ate it. It was soft and glutinous, and it was also mixed with the sweetness of sorghum.

"Did you just buy this cauldron?"

Looking at the stainless steel cauldron in the car, Wang Fang asked his son.

"Hmm, I asked the carpenter uncle to make a sake steamer. I bought this to use as a pot that day."

Zhang An didn't hide it. After all, the wine steamer was ready and a batch had to be brewed outside.

"Wine pot? Do you want to roast wine at home?"

"Hmm, last year's blood rice harvest was pretty good. Our family couldn't finish it, and it would be a pity to sell it, so I want to use it to bake wine."

Those traders who harvested millet also harvested blood rice, but the price was about the same as that of ordinary millet. Zhang An felt that it was too much of a loss to sell it.

And this is just Zhang An's excuse. After the second half of this year, food prices will definitely rise.

Zhang An didn't even plan to sell ordinary millet, let alone the more nutritious blood rice.

Wang Fang didn't say anything when his son said he wanted to bake wine himself.

Because in the current family, Zhang An is the biggest pillar.

No matter what ideas or plans he has, parents will only help and provide suggestions.

In the evening, Zhang Jianguo also came back with his sheep.

When Zhang An came back from Carpenter Lin's house in the afternoon, he didn't see his father at home, so he thought he had gone to do something.

Only then did I realize that he had started to go up the mountain to herd sheep again.

"Hey, Dad, which ewe gave birth to these two lambs?"

When the sheep came in, Zhang An quickly discovered two gray lambs.

In a group of black goats, these two things were so conspicuous that Zhang An couldn't help but notice them.

"They were not born by our ewes. Their bellies are still big. They were brought back by tiger cubs from the mountains."

Speaking of these two little sunshines, Zhang Jianguo also looked puzzled.

Today he drove his family's sheep to graze in the sand forest, and the little tigers followed them up the mountain as before.

But not long after entering the mountain, this little tiger bitch burrowed into the forest.

Zhang Jianguo wanted to watch the sheep, and he also knew that Xiaohu was used to burrowing into the mountains on weekdays.

When it returned to the mountains, it felt like returning home, so Zhang Jianguo didn't care about it.

But after half the payment, when Zhang Jianguo was not paying attention, Xiaohu came back with a little lamb in his mouth and placed it in front of Zhang Jianguo.

That's not a big deal, after putting this one down, he went back into the mountains.

However, the second time I went there was shorter, and when I came back, I still had a little lamb in my mouth.

The two lambs were probably just born. Apart from being afraid of the big dogs at home, they didn't recognize the black goat next to them at all.

He caught a ewe from the nearby flock that still had milk and began to eat and drink milk. It was obvious that the two children were very hungry and it took them a long time to feel full.

This means that the ewe of Zhang An's family is relatively docile. If it is replaced by another sheep, it is not his own child. How can he feed it casually.

Zhang Jianguo looked at the two lambs helplessly. It would be nothing if they were wild. It would be a good thing to have two lambs for nothing.

But Zhang Jianguo was worried. People from a nearby village came up to the mountain to herd sheep, and the tiger took advantage of it and brought back two lambs.

If it really belongs to someone, then you have to apologize to them, otherwise it will be a big disaster.

So Zhang Jianguo kept watch on the mountain to see if anyone would come looking for Lao Zi.

As a result, he waited until the afternoon, but no one came. Finally, Zhang Jianguo drove his sheep home.

After hearing what his father said, Zhang An walked to the sheep, grabbed two lambs and looked at them carefully.

What kind of lamb is this? It's obviously a lamb born by a group of wandering sheep in the mountains.

"Dad, don't worry, this sheep is not domesticated, it's a wild sprained lamb."

Not to mention that Zhang An personally delivered a lamb with a sprained leg, but there are quite a few lambs being born in the space now. Zhang An, who has seen too many, will never admit his mistake.

"That's fine. I was scared all the way back, for fear that someone would come up and accuse me of stealing their lambs."

Zhang Jianguo felt relieved when he learned from his son that this was not a lamb raised by someone else.

In fact, even if someone else's baby is lost in the mountains, no one dares to look for it in other villages.

Nothing else, because in this age of strong folk customs, each village is equivalent to a piece of land.

If your things are really lost, no evidence is found on the spot, and you go to someone else's property to make irresponsible remarks afterwards, that is not a personal matter.

Maybe it will cause conflicts between the two local groups, so generally no one will go to other villages to do this.

Even if it really belongs to your own family, it can only be regarded as really lost.

Unless your village is very big and there are many people, making others afraid, this kind of thing might happen.

But Zhang Jianguo has been doing things cleanly all his life and is used to being an innocent person, so he doesn't want to get involved in this thing.

What is yours is yours, and you will never think of anything evil.

Of course, the wild ones on this mountain are different.

Because in the hearts of mountain people, there are always rare treasures in the mountains, and those who can get them.

"Now that the tiger cub is here, our family will keep it."

Since the ewes in the flock don't reject the little stray sheep, let's just raise them.

Zhang An had previously thought that after spring started, he would go into the mountains to catch a few animals and bring them back to raise.

Unexpectedly, Xiaohu was so understanding of human nature that he helped him handle this matter even before the year was over, and it was done very beautifully.

Because Zhang An just took a look and found that the two lambs were a male and a female, but he didn't know whether they were born from the same mother.

Zhang An couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. This Xiaohu was indeed his number one lackey, no, his number one capable general.

"Xiao An, go wake Xiao Ying up for dinner."

By the time Wang Fang finished cooking, Su Ying hadn't woken up yet.

Zhang An couldn't help but frown a little. His wife had been a little lethargic recently.

"Daughter-in-law, are you up for dinner?"

Zhang An walked to the bed and shook Su Ying, who was still sleeping.

"What time is it? Why are you having dinner already?"

Su Ying, who was shaken awake, rubbed her eyes and yawned and asked.

"Look, it's almost six o'clock. It's going to be dark outside soon."

"What? It's six o'clock? Why did I sleep for so long?" When Su Ying heard that it was getting dark, Su Ying, who had been in a daze just now, suddenly woke up.

"How long did I sleep today? I remember it seemed like a long time."

"It's been quite a long time. It's been five or six hours."

Su Ying started sleeping at noon and slept from noon to night. Although she was woken up by Zhang An in the middle of the night, she fell asleep again within a few minutes.

"That's not right. I feel like I just fell asleep, so it's already dark."

Su Ying was a little glad that it was a holiday now. If it was like this after school started, wouldn't it mean that there would be no classes in the afternoon.

"You've been in a bad state of mind recently, and you've been a little too lethargic. I'll check on you after dinner."

Taking a nap is a good habit, but anything is too much, and Su Ying's condition does have some problems during this period.

When Wang Fang downstairs found out, she immediately became nervous.

"Why don't Xiao An show it to Xiao Ying first? It won't be a waste to eat it later."

Wang Fang, who had always cared about her daughter-in-law, was now worried.

"Then let's take a look first. Wife, stretch out your hand."

Although it is not impossible to check the pulse after a meal, many people think it is more accurate before a meal.

It won't take more than a few minutes, so let's take a look at the situation first.

"Try using another hand."

Zhang An took Su Ying's pulse and found nothing wrong.

Su Ying's pulse pattern includes pulses in all three parts: Cun, Guan, and Chi, and they are neither floating nor sinking, neither fast nor slow.

This is obviously the pulse condition of a normal person, and from some aspects, Su Ying is even healthier than normal people.

So Zhang An asked Su Ying to try on another hand, and then checked both hands to check the situation.

"This pulse is very normal. There is nothing wrong with you, but why are you so lethargic?"

The pulse conditions of the two hands were basically the same, which made Zhang An confused.

Although normality is a good thing, Su Ying's very lethargy during this period is abnormal.

"How about we go to the mountains to find my godfather and take a look. Maybe I didn't learn well and didn't see anything."

Zhang An, who couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, could only blame it on this reason.

But generally speaking, there should be no problem, after all, Su Ying's pulse condition is extremely normal.

As for what the problem is, we can only go to Sanqing Temple to find Zhang Yixing and talk about it.

"Then let's go take a look while it's still early. Old man, you can watch it at home."

If he couldn't figure out the reason for this, Wang Fang wouldn't be able to eat today's meal with peace of mind.

So Zhang Jianguo stayed at home to look after the house, while Zhang An, his mother-in-law, his mother-in-law and his daughter-in-law rushed to Sanqing Temple before dark.

"Brothers and sisters, why are you here? What's wrong?"

Zhang and his party looked at Zhang An and the others coming up the mountain and thought something was going on.

"Brother Xing, please let Xiaoying take a look. She is often sleepy during this period and really wants to sleep. Xiaoan didn't see anything after looking at it, so we went up the mountain to find you."

Before Zhang An opened his mouth, Wang Fang explained the reason to Zhang and his party.

"That's it, Xiaoying, sit here and I'll show you."

Zhang and his party heard that Su Ying had a health problem, so they didn't say anything else. They took a look first and then talked about it.

Just like at home, Zhang and his party first checked the pulse of Su Ying's left hand and then her right hand.

"Xiaoying, do you feel any discomfort in your body during this time?"

It took a total of a quarter of an hour for Zhang Yixing to take his hands back and ask Su Ying.

"There's nothing uncomfortable. I feel like my body is always in good shape."

Su Ying thought for a moment and realized that her health had been quite normal recently. In the past, she would often catch colds and coughs.

But since getting married, she obviously feels that her health is much better than before, and she has never had a cold or cough.

"Have you had your period this month?" Zhang Yixing nodded and asked again.

"Not yet. It should have been in the past two days, but it hasn't come yet. I thought it was postponed."

When asked about this by her elders, Su Ying's face turned red with embarrassment.

"Brother and sister, Xiaoying is fine and her symptoms of drowsiness are normal."

After asking a few questions, Zhang Yixin smiled and said to Wang Fang.

"And I want to congratulate you. Your wish to have a grandson has come true."

"What? Brother Xing, what did you say?" Wang Fang couldn't believe it, "I'm going to have a grandson?"

Not only Wang Fang was confused, but Zhang An and Su Ying were also confused.

"Yes, you are going to be a grandma, Xiaoying is pregnant."

Zhang Yi Xing looked at Wang Fang's stunned look and nodded with a smile on his face.

He himself was also very happy, because this child would also call him grandpa in the future.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to have a grandson. Our old Zhang family has a daughter."

After confirming with Zhang and his party again, Wang Fang became excited.

At this moment, she felt that the past few years in her family had been like a dream.

First, the living conditions at home got better and better, and then Zhang An found her a very satisfied daughter-in-law.

Even the grandson she has been urging for this time is now pregnant. Wang Fang feels really unreal now.

"That's not right, godfather. If it's a happy pulse, why can't I diagnose it?"

Zhang An also had this idea at home just now, so he paid great attention to this aspect.

"If a woman sees slippage after her menstruation has stopped, she is pregnant; if she sees slippage when she is about to give birth, she has no menstruation. Do you still remember this sentence?"

"Remember, this is the record about Hua Mai in "Pulse Theory Seeking Truth"."

Zhang An nodded. He remembered all these things in the medical book very clearly.

"But when I checked Xiaoying's pulse just now, I couldn't detect the Hua pulse with either hand?"

Just now when he was at home, Zhang An had already remembered this saying about medical skills.

So when he diagnosed Su Ying's pulse, he always paid special attention to whether Su Ying's pulse had smooth pulses.

But it turned out that he didn't diagnose slippery pulses in either hand, so he mentioned this to Zhang and his party.

"Usually it takes five to six weeks of pregnancy for the slippery pulse to become very obvious. Xiaoying is estimated to be only one month old now. The slippery pulse is very weak. It's normal that you can't diagnose it."

It would take an average veteran Chinese medicine practitioner about forty days to detect the Xin Pulse, let alone a newcomer like Zhang An.

Zhang Yixing was able to make the diagnosis because of his superb medical skills and rich experience.

"If you are worried, you can go to the hospital for a check-up, or you can wait another ten days for a re-examination."

"Hey, there's nothing to worry about. Even if the hospital makes a mistake, you can't make a mistake."

In the past, in many families in the village, Zhang and his party found out that the mother-in-law was pregnant.

Sometimes what the hospital failed to detect was discovered by him.

Therefore, Wang Fang trusts Zhang Yixing's medical skills from the bottom of his heart.

If she was sick, she would rather see Zhang and his party than go to the hospital, even if the medical expenses were aside.

"Xiao An, don't be stunned. Take Xiao Ying to burn incense for the Sanqing Patriarch. This is a great joy."

Zhang An was still stunned when Wang Fang pushed him to the main hall to burn incense.

(End of this chapter)