Peasant woman

Chapter 61

Xiaoguang and Xiaoxia's residence was quickly built, and the two moved out, and they would still go to the fields to help every day. Xu Cao's [-]-acre field was also rented to them for two acres. Money, still not hungry.

The days passed quickly, and it was already July in a blink of an eye, and Xu Cao's belly was more than five months old.

The weather was a bit hot, and Fugui hurried back after finishing the work in the field. Although there were two girls, Hongxiu and Honglian, at home, Fugui was still worried. After finishing his work every day, he went home early to accompany Xu Cao up.When he was not busy, he seldom went out, and always accompanied his wife, unless Xu Cao said he wanted to eat some game, so he hurried into the mountains to hunt game.

When people saw Fugui on the road, they all greeted him.Ask about Xu Cao's situation.

Since the villagers knew that Xu Cao was pregnant, they became more stable and shut up.After all, Fugui's grandmother left a deep impression on everyone. Everyone knew that the old lady liked Xu Cao and loved Fugui. Even some people who had any thoughts about Fugui's family put out their petty thoughts.

After returning home, Fugui saw Xu Cao was working in the kitchen, Hongxiu and Honglian were standing beside him, he hurriedly strode in, "Daughter-in-law, why do you want to work in the kitchen? Go out and rest."

Xu Cao smiled and said, "It's okay, that girl Hongxiu cooks lightly. I want to eat meat buns, so I make them myself."

Fugui felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, "It's all right if you tell this girl Hongxiu how to do it, and you have to do it yourself."

Hongxiu on the side smiled and said: "Yes, I told Madam, Madam said that slaves can't make the taste you like, Master, no, Hong Lian and I will stand by and learn."

Xu Cao smiled and stopped talking, but her hands didn't stop for a minute.

Xu Cao’s Roujiamo is stuffed with pork belly, green vegetables, sun-dried and fried radishes and pickled vegetables, each with an egg inside.Fugui likes this taste.

After the Roujiamo was ready, Xu Cao went out, leaving the kitchen for Hongxiu Honglian.

For dinner, in addition to meat buns, Honglian also stewed fish soup, made a preserved egg mixed with tofu, and fried two side dishes.

Xu Cao and Fugui are both peasants, and they were not used to the restrained life of a big family, so they let Hongxiu and Honglian sit at the same table for dinner.

After dinner, Fugui walked around the village with Xu Cao for half an hour.

Proper diet and moderate exercise every day, Xu Cao knows all about this, and my grandmother emphasized this to her when she left, telling her that even in the last two months, except for dinner, even if she is hungry at other times, she should not be violent. Overeating, to control eating, eat light.

Moreover, Xu Cao found that her belly was much bigger than other women in the village who were more than five months pregnant. She reckoned that her belly might be twins.

After a few days, I went to the town to see the doctor, and there were indeed two in my stomach.After Xu Cao found out, she paid more attention to diet. At this time, it was no different from her previous life. In her previous life, if normal delivery was not possible, the child could be taken out by caesarean section at any time.But it's not good at this time, the chances of having only one baby in the womb and dystocia are not small, and it is even more likely that there are two more, so she naturally pays more attention.

Not only pay attention to diet, go out for a walk for half an hour every morning and evening, and do some housework on weekdays, I just hope that the delivery will go smoothly.

The days passed by, and it was November in a blink of an eye. While Fu Gui and Li Shi were waiting anxiously, Xu Cao finally felt a pain in his stomach in the early morning of a certain day.

Xu Cao didn't panic, and asked Fu Gui to call the midwife, and called Li Shi over. Shen Shi, Niu Shi, and Xiaoguang Xiaoxia also hurried over when they heard about it. Only Chen Shi and Old Yang didn't allow her to go there. , for fear of embarrassing Xu Cao.

Although Hongxiu and Honglian were girls, they didn't know anything about production, so they panicked and almost lost their minds.

Xu Cao knew a little about some things about childbirth, and the pain was tolerable at this time. She asked Shen Shi and Niu Shi to help her walk slowly in the room, and asked Hong Xiu to cook a large bowl of noodles, put more Give her two poached eggs.

Both Shen and Niu knew that Xu Cao was assertive, so they just helped her walk around the room slowly.Soon, Hongxiu cooked the noodles, and Xu Cao endured the discomfort and ate a large bowl of noodles and two poached eggs.

After the midwife arrived, she ordered Hongxiu Honglian to boil water, and found two unused quilts and put them on the bed.

When Xu Cao quickly had her amniotic fluid broken and her stomach hurt so badly that she couldn't walk, she asked the midwife to help her lie down on the bed.

A large group of people stood outside the house, waiting anxiously.Especially Fugui, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were fixed on the delivery room.

Seeing that there was no sound at all inside, he tremblingly asked Li Shi beside him, "Mother, Cao... Why didn't Cao'er give birth to a baby?" He watched the mothers of other families give birth, but they screamed very loudly. , People from far and wide can hear it, please don't let anything happen to my daughter-in-law.

Li Shi was also quite worried, and was afraid of frightening Fugui, so he said: "Big girl, this is saving energy. If you cry loudly, you will suffer if you don't have the strength when you are born."

Xu Cao was dying of a headache in the delivery room, but she didn't shout out loud. She just followed the midwife's instructions, inhaling when she wanted her to inhale, and exhaling when she was asked to exhale.

After waiting until night, everyone's spirits were tense, and when the baby's cry suddenly came to mind, everyone was suddenly relieved, and Fugui even wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Not long after, there was another cry of a baby, and the midwife's excited voice came from the room, "Both, both adults and children are safe."

Xu Cao saw that the two children were obediently sleeping beside her, and she finally fell into a deep sleep after exhausting all day's effort.When he opened his eyes, he saw Fugui was guarding beside her, and when Xu Cao woke up, Fugui hurriedly stood up, grinning and said: "Daughter-in-law, are you hungry, there is pig's foot soup stewing on the stove, I'll serve it right away." for you."

The pork knuckle soup is quite light, with only a little saltiness, but the taste is still very good.

Seeing her drinking pig's foot soup, Fugui took the empty bowl and said with a smile, "A boy and a girl, the boy is the elder brother, and the girl is the younger sister. Mother is taking care of her now, and Miao Miao is over there too, so don't worry about it." , rest now."

Xu Cao was indeed tired, and it was already the next morning when she woke up again.

Li came to Xu Cao's room with the two children in her arms and asked Xu Cao to watch the children.Seeing the wrinkled child, Xu Cao narrowed her eyes with a smile, feeling very soft in her heart.

The next breastfeeding and confinement were all completed under the care of Mrs. Li.When Xu Cao was out of confinement, he made a full moon wine, and invited relatives and the whole village to drink.

Everyone in the village said that Xu Cao and Fugui were very lucky, and they had both children at one time.

After confinement, Mrs. Li did not transfer to live in Xu Cao's house, and went home to work on her own.

Now Xu Cao felt the hard work of raising the children. Although the two children are very well-behaved and don't cry or make trouble on weekdays, eating, drinking and lascivious are enough to toss. Fortunately, Hongxiu and Honglian are there to help she.

Two babies, brother named Yang Pingan and younger sister named Yang Pingle, I hope they can grow up safely and happily.

Miao Miao loves her two younger brothers and sisters very much, and she looks forward to the peace and happiness in her sleep every day, hoping that they will grow up soon and be able to take them out to play.

Ever since the two children were born, Fugui has become even more family-loving, and rushes home to be with his wife and children in a hurry every day.

It didn't take long for Yang Xiaotong to return the five taels of silver they borrowed from Niu Shi, and Chen Shi was really afraid of Xu Cao, so he didn't dare to make trouble again.Xu Cao's life is very easy.

In a blink of an eye, the two children could crawl, sit up, babble after Xu Cao, walk, run around the yard behind Miao Miao, and call their sister with a smile.

Both children are four years old, and Miao Miao is seven years old.

Seeing her brothers and sisters who were panting for breath, Miao Miao called out distressedly: "Xiao'an, Xiaole, you two, slow down, don't worry, mother is waiting for us at home, we will pick these wild vegetables back, mother will surely praise you."

The boy with a thick head and thick head turned his head to laugh at Miao Miao, and said in a childlike voice: "Sister, hurry up, we are not tired, we have to go back earlier, I miss my mother."

The white and tender, beautiful little girl also nodded, "I miss my mother too, miss my mother and praise us."

In the past four years, Honglian fell in love with a young man in the village. Xu Cao returned the deed of sale to Honglian, and helped Honglian buy a dowry, so that Honglian married off gracefully. Married to a relative, a young man from the next village.

As for Erya and Sanya, they are also engaged, and they are also from nearby villages. Xu Cao went to see them on purpose. Both young men are good, and their family backgrounds are not bad. The most important thing is that the mothers in the family are kind. Humans are not the kind of people who pick things up. Even if the second and third ya are married, they will not be embarrassed by their mother-in-law. This is why Li Shi and Xu Cao are satisfied.As for Xiao Shan, he had already gone to the school in the town to study. According to his husband, Xiao Shan worked hard, was very sensible, and studied very seriously.

In the past four years, because of potatoes, the village and nearby villages have become much richer.Coupled with the successive victories and battles on the frontier, the barbarians were willing to surrender and finally ended the war between the two countries for so many years.With the end of the war, the food tax was also reduced a lot, and the lives of the people were much easier.

After the children returned, Xu Cao was busy with Hongxiu in the kitchen. Seeing the children, Xu Cao hurriedly came out with a smile, "Xiao An, Xiao Le is back? Did you enjoy going out with your sister?"

Xu Cao said as she handed over several cloth towels one by one, and asked the children to wipe off the sweat on their foreheads and faces.

The two little guys nodded excitedly, and smiled at Xu Cao: "Mom, we went to pick wild vegetables with my eldest sister. Look, these are the wild vegetables we picked."

Xu Cao looked down and saw that the small baskets in the hands of the children were full of asparagus. She smiled and said, "Ah, it's really a wild vegetable. Xiao'an Xiaole is the best. I'll serve it cold later." You eat, okay?"

Hearing the praise, the two little guys grinned.

Xu Cao said with a smile: "My sister taught you how to identify wild vegetables, right? So my sister is also very good. You two should learn more from her in the future, do you know?"

Xiao An Xiao Le nodded, "Mother, we know, the eldest sister taught us how to read, and now I can write our own names."

When Miao Miao heard it, she stood aside with a flushed face, smiling happily.

After dinner, the family sat and chatted under the grape trellis.Over the past few years, several grapes have covered the shelves, almost occupying half of the yard. Now it is midsummer, the season for grapes to ripen.

Xu Cao and Fugui were sitting under the grape trellis and chatting, while several children sat on a small bench and picked grapes to eat.

Hongxiu was busy looking for Honglian to visit.

Looking at the little faces of the children, Xu Cao felt extremely satisfied in her heart. Thinking about the handsome young man who asked her about Hongxiu today, she turned to Fugui and said, "Master, it seems that some younger generation has taken a fancy to our family." Hongxiu, I look at the mountain that looks like the next village, what do you think? If you don’t wait for Hongxiu to come back and talk to her, you should return her the deed of sale and let her get married.”

Fugui thought for a while, then smiled and said: "The young man is not bad, I saw Hongxiu talk to him a few times, I think Hongxiu's appearance is quite satisfactory."

"Okay, then let's make a deal like this, and discuss it with Hongxiu when she comes back."

"Success, listen to my wife."

The children picked the grapes, went to fetch water to wash the grapes, and sat down with Fugui around Xu Cao.

The ears are full of children's laughter.

Looking at the children who were eating happily, Xu Cao looked at the man sitting beside her again, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.

The husband loves her, the child is well-behaved and smart, Xu Cao only feels satisfied with her leisurely and leisurely life every day, and hopes to live like this for the rest of her life.

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