Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 250 Undercurrent
The waiting time always feels extremely long.

Xu Deyong and his grandmother looked eagerly at the delivery room.

Finally, the delivery room door opened from the inside and the doctor came out.

Xu Nanshi couldn't help but asked immediately: "Comrade doctor, are the adults and children okay? Is it a boy or a girl?"

The doctor said: "Mother and daughter are safe. Congratulations on getting a daughter."

Xu Nanshi felt relieved when she heard "Mother and daughter are safe", but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a flash of disappointment in her eyes.

Xu Deyong took three steps at a time and came to Xu Huizhen's side. He held her hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, wife."

"Yeah." Xu Huizhen responded weakly.

"Mom." Xiao Li'er called out in a sweet voice.

Seeing that Xu Huizhen wanted to speak, Xu Deyong said: "Stop talking, let's rest first."

It is also called Yiyijinliang, which means that the child will become a "person on the scale". If he weighs six pounds and six liang, Ping'er will definitely be successful in the future.

However, Xu Nan still held a simple ceremony and did it by herself without inviting anyone to express her good wishes.

People like Xu Huizhen are already relatively well-off. If they don't have the conditions, they can hire a midwife to give birth at home for just a few cents. Even if they are better, they can hire an obstetrician and gynecologist to deliver the baby at home for only a dollar.

At noon, I had "wash three noodles", which is braised noodles.

The family later returned to the room, and the newborn Ping'er lay on one side and was wrapped up.

"Oh." Xiao Lier responded with a vague understanding.

Then she brushed Ping'er's body twice with a green onion prepared in advance. Onion and Cong are homophones, which is called: "One dozen smart, two dozen smart." Then grandma threw the green onion on the roof. It means that you will be extremely smart when you grow up.

Then he rolled an egg on Ping'er's little face and muttered: "Roll the egg on your face, and you will be safe in life."

In the old days, "washing three times" was very important, and the process and ceremony were also quite cumbersome.

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Xu Deyong helplessly shrugged at Xu Huizhen on the bed, and Xu Huizhen gave him a gentle roll of the eyes.

However, the baby was born in the hospital and had already had his first bath in the hospital, so this set could have been omitted.

Back home, according to the custom of Laosijiucheng, this is the third day after the birth of a newborn, and "three baths" must be performed. In the Falun Hall of Yonghe Temple, there is also a cultural relic called the "Fish and Dragon Transformation Basin". It is said that this was the bathtub used by Emperor Qianlong when he held the third bathing ceremony.

As for my uncle Xu Huishu, he just called me to report that he was safe. It was not easy to come and bring the whole family with him. He just had to wait until the full moon came.

One day later, after a doctor's examination, Xu Huizhen was discharged from the hospital, spending less than six yuan in total.

Xu Nanshi smiled and said: "You were like this when you were a child, and you will become beautiful after a while."

The only preparation in advance is to offer the statues of the thirteen empresses, place a pair of red candles specially used for sacrifice, and press yellow paper money, gold foil ingots, etc. underneath.

Finally, he took the paper money, ingots and other tributes to the courtyard and burned them together, saying: "Kang Gong and Kang's mother's real surname is Li, adults and children will be left to you; give more boys and less girls."

Xiao Li'er looked at it and whispered: "Sister, Chou Chou."

After that, there is a set of procedures such as "adding a basin" and "bathing", such as using a mirror to take a look at the baby's buttocks and saying: "Use a precious mirror to take a look at the baby's buttocks. During the day, it will be dark when you poop."

Xu Nan made a simple altar table. After lighting the incense, she washed Ping'er, who naturally cried.

Xiao Lier watched with great interest. When Xu Nanshi finished her work, she still sat on the small bench with unfinished thoughts and said cutely: "Tainai, come again."

Xu Nanshi chuckled and said, "It's done. I won't come anymore. We'll come back later when mommy gives birth to a younger brother."

Xiao Li'er blinked and walked to Xu Huizhen's bedside and said, "Mom, baby, brother."

Xu Huizhen couldn't help but smile and said: "You little silly girl."

Xiao Lier pouted and wanted to climb onto the bed to see her sister.

Xu Deyong went in and said, "Huizhen, what do you want to eat? I'll buy it later."

Xu Huizhen shook her head and said: "There is nothing in particular that you want to eat. You haven't had much rest in the past few days. You should go and rest."

Xu Nanshi came in and said: "Huizhen is right, a woman is in confinement, you, a man, don't come in and cause trouble, go, go, go, do what you have to do." Xu Deyong grinned and said: "Grandma, now is the new society Sorry, you have so many taboos in this old way of thinking.”

Xu Nanshi said angrily: "You are still young, what do you know? Go ahead."

Xu Deyong shook his head helplessly, yes, even if he is the father of two children, he is nothing to grandma.

……

The next day, May Day, a grand parade was held in the square, attended by workers, farmers, scientists, students, children, literary and artistic workers, members of handicraft production cooperatives, and more than 5,000 industrial and commercial people who had accepted socialist transformation. etc., forming a procession of hundreds of thousands of people, which was quite spectacular in person.

In addition to the leaders of our country, a visiting delegation composed of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Great Soviet Union Voroshilov also participated.

Naturally, Xu Huizhen couldn't go anywhere, but with her grandma taking care of her at home, Xu Deyong felt much more relaxed, and even took some time to watch the excitement.

Xiao Li'er was so happy that she sat on Xu Deyong's neck, holding his hair with her little hands, and looked at him happily. When she came back, she happily told Xu Nanshi and Xu Huizhen.

However, the logic of the little guy's language is not yet clear, and his words are confusing and mixed with "baby talk" that is incomprehensible.

On this day, rectification instructions were also publicly issued, "Let go of criticism and encourage criticism", and resolutely implement the principle of "telling everything you know, and speaking everything; those who speak are not guilty, and those who hear are warned; if they are correct, they will be corrected, and if they are not, they will be encouraged."

The air is gradually starting to get dry!
Two days later, Chen Xueru and Irina came to visit with some things. As the saying goes, "a girl's shoes and a girl's socks", the two women brought little tiger-toe shoes, socks, small clothes and so on.

The two ladies don't like money, so naturally the things they get are not bad.

Xu Nanshi's eyelids jumped as she saw that she had brought too many things. Elena even got two buckets of milk powder.

Although Xu Deyong "is not lacking", since Ping'er was born, the blind box space has been particularly generous. A wave of milk powder and milk replacer powder have been released, but they have not been used yet, but no one dislikes these things.

While the two ladies went in to talk to Xu Huizhen, Xu Nanshi pulled Xu Deyong aside and said uneasily: "Deyong, the things they took are a bit too valuable. They are worth dozens of dollars. We can't accept them all." Come on!"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "It's okay. Let Huizhen return the favor later. If you have to push back with them, you will feel uncomfortable in the end."

Hearing this, Xu Nanshi had no choice but to say: "You young people can handle your own affairs. I'm too lazy to worry about it."

After that, he took the maza and went to wash the mustard seeds.

Inside the room, Chen Xueru and Elena looked at the newborn Ping'er, who looked much better now.

Chen Xueru said with a smile: "I'm right, you are destined to have a daughter."

Xu Huizhen sat half-sitting and leaned against the bedside, and said angrily: "It's all because of your crow's mouth."

Chen Xueru said proudly: "It doesn't matter whether I say it or not, why did I give birth to a son in my lifetime?"

Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes and said, "If you have the ability, come up with another one and give it a try."

Chen Xueru refused to admit defeat and said: "I think life is not easy, but no one has caught my eye yet."

Elena teased Ping'er, raised her head and said, "Vladimir's friend seems to be very interested in you."

Chen Xueru said: "Pull him down, I'm not looking for you Dasu people."

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The three girls chatted for a while, then Chen Xueru and Elena said goodbye and left. Xu Nanshi politely asked them to stay for dinner, but the two said they still had something to do and didn't stay.

After that, He Yumei, Zhao Yali and others from the tavern also came to see it.

The days passed in a busy and peaceful way.

In the middle of the year, an article titled "Changes Are Coming" appeared internally, and the undercurrent began to surge.

At the end of the month, some newspapers began to "make waves, push the wind and waves," and "connect up and down, echoing from all directions." For a time, the whole society experienced a vigorous climax of the "Big Four".

There is a saying that the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish, but those who "want to eat expensive fish" are destined to be beaten on the beach by the wind and waves.

My eldest uncle Xu Hui and his family also came to the city at this time to drink Ping'er's full moon wine.

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(End of this chapter)