According to local customs, when a married girl has a baby, her parents can only come and see her on three, seven, or twelve days, and not too early.
Su Weizhong received the news too late, and the team was very busy, so he could only make arrangements for the production team and arrive in seven days.
When I came here, I saw that my uncle’s new home was quite decent.
There are three very decent houses, with a large yard in front and back, and the windows are clean and bright inside and outside, making it comfortable to look at.
Looking at Su Anying who is in confinement, she is in good spirits and her little grandson is so fat and cute.
Su Weizhong's anxious heart was completely relieved at this moment.
How can a father not feel sorry for his daughter? Su Weizhong is a grown man who doesn't talk about it, but when he sees that his daughter is doing well, he feels relieved.
Su Weizhong was even more happy to see his uncle back now. He dragged Xu Shiyan to chat and asked how they were doing after moving to Donggang.
My father-in-law is here, so Xu Shiyan must accompany him well.
I handed the meat in my hand to my mother, and then sat down to chat with my father-in-law.
Su Weizhong felt even better when he heard that his uncle had moved to Donggang and was enjoying his life quite well.
Weng and son-in-law became more and more enthusiastic as they chatted, and their voices gradually became louder and louder.
"Master, please speak in a lower voice. The child is asleep and he will be woken up again."
Han walked over and reached out to poke Su Weizhong.
Only then did Su Weizhong remember his grandson, "Look, I was just enjoying myself, and accidentally my voice got louder.
Shiyan, let’s go, let’s go chat in the yard, you just want to show me the front and back yards of your house.”
As Su Weizhong said this, he dragged Xu Shiyan out. Weng and his son-in-law walked from the front yard to the backyard. When they saw a small hill behind them, Su Weizhong was even more happy.
"You have several acres of land, right? It's great. It's a big place and it's comfortable to live in."
The nature of farmers is to feel close to the land when they see it. With such a big yard, even if you don’t do anything, your heart will feel bright when you look at it.
"Well, the place is not small, and most of them are idle.
I'm thinking about building a few more houses in a few years and planting fruit trees on both sides of the hillside.
There are only a few people in the family, and they can’t even grow vegetables to eat. It’s better to get some fruit trees so that the children can have something to eat in the future.”
Xu Shiyan had already planned it. Such a large place cannot be left empty. It is proper to use it rationally.
But it’s not possible right now, the policy hasn’t been finalized yet, and he can’t be the one who stands out.
When the documents come down from his superiors in 1979, he can go about it without having to worry too much.
"Planting fruit trees? Then you have to be careful. Don't plant too many. If you plant too many, your tail will be cut off."
Sure enough, when Su Weizhong heard this, he advised Xu Shiyan with a little worry.
This was what happened in the past few years. We were not allowed to raise too many poultry and livestock, and we could only plant a few fruit trees, not too many.
"Dad, don't worry, I know what's going on and I won't risk too much." Xu Shiyan smiled.
He knew very well that if he didn't see him, wouldn't he be fussing this spring? It was a new arrival, so it was better to keep a low profile.
The father-in-law and son-in-law chatted while walking around. Inside the house, Zhou Guilan asked Su Anying to chat with her mother, and she hurried to the kitchen to cook.
The in-laws came over to see the joy, and they had to be well entertained. Xu Shiyan happened to buy some meat and bones, so Zhou Guilan hurriedly prepared lunch.
At this time of spring, every household actually doesn’t have much food.
The cabbage stored in winter has been eaten long ago, and even if there is any left, it will be rotten.
Not to mention the radishes, they were already so bran that they were inedible.
There are still some potatoes left, and they have begun to sprout. Peel them and dig out the sprout nests, just in time to stew them in the same pot with the toads.
I dug out the dried beans from the cabinet last fall, soaked some of them, and stewed them with the big bones to make it a dish.
The sprouted green onions in the vegetable garden are growing quite well, so I took a few home and fried them with eggs.
It's just three dishes. It's ridiculous.
Fortunately, I found some fungus, soaked some and stir-fried some with bacon, finally making four dishes.
Zhou Guilan worked quickly, and Han sent his third and fourth sons over to help, and a meal was quickly cooked and served to the table.
"Yingzi, this is a toad I made for you alone. There is gastrodia elata in it. This is good. You can eat more."
Zhou Guilan first brought her daughter-in-law's food and delivered it to Su Anying.
Gastrodia elata can dispel wind and remove dampness. It is said that it is good for women who are in confinement to eat some gastrodia elata to avoid sitting down due to accidental wind exposure.
Ordinarily, Gastrodia elata is still in the ground and has not been unearthed at this time, so it is not easy to encounter it.
This was just a few days ago. When Xu Shiyan was working in the mountains, he saw the old straw of Gastrodia elata and dug out a lot of it from underneath.
Gastrodia elata before it emerges has the best quality, but after it emerges, it is empty.
Xu Shiyan dug up the gastrodia elata without intending to sell it. He brought it home and buried it directly in the soil, thinking that he would put it in when making chicken soup in a few days for Su Anying to eat.
There happened to be toads today, so Zhou Guilan took a few out of the soil.
Clean it and cut it into pieces, put a dozen spores on it, stew it in a small casserole, and let Su Anying eat it with the soup and meat.
In fact, there is not much good food to eat during confinement in these days. Most of them are millet porridge and boiled eggs. There are no vegetables, and there is no oil or water.
If the conditions are good, you can stew some chicken soup or pig's trotters soup. If the conditions are not good, the millet porridge will be enough to fill you up, and you won't be able to eat many eggs.
Zhou Guilan serves her daughter-in-law attentively and can cook for her in various ways.
In addition, when we were in the hospital, the doctor also said that the mother could be allowed to eat some vegetables, as long as they were not too salty.
So Su Anying ate pretty well, and the food was somewhat salty.
Compared with the postpartum meal for pregnant women, what everyone eats is much more normal.
Soy sauce was added to the toad stewed potatoes, and the resulting vegetable soup was bright red and oily.
The potatoes absorb the umami flavor of the toad and are soft and waxy, with a better texture than the toad.
Dried beans love oil and are just stewed in big bone soup. They are much more delicious than the usual stews.
Even though there were only four dishes, everyone in the Su family was very satisfied with the meal.
In the afternoon, Xu Shiyan did not go to his private plot, and only turned over the vegetable garden at home.
Su Weizhong was restless. He took a shovel and dug up the vegetable patch with his uncle.
On the east and west slopes of the garden, there are many shepherd's purses and cucumbers growing.
There was no rain and drought in the past few days, so the wild vegetables were stuck to the ground.
After the rain last night, the wild vegetables and grass in the fields absorbed the water and immediately became energetic.
After lunch, Zhou Guilan left Han to accompany Su Anying. She carried a basket and a small shovel and dug shepherd's purse in the garden.
Not to mention, the hillsides on both sides were dug out and a whole basket was packed. So I went back to pick and wash them, boil them in boiling water, chop the stuffing, and make dumplings.
There is also a saying that women make dumplings within seven days of giving birth, which is called pinching the bones.
If no one comes from the Su family, Zhou Guilan plans to make a bowl of dumplings for Su Anying to eat.
Now that someone from the Su family is here, let's pack more. It happened that the strip of pork belly Xu Shiyan bought was minced and put in it.
The most tender shepherd's purse in spring, and the meat, the oil bursts out when you bite into it. This dumpling is so fresh that you can't wait to swallow it with your tongue.