Pig Killer

Chapter 173

"Fourth sister is just tired, it's okay, I'm fine! You can come in after you clean up." Zhao said loudly, looking at the tired fourth sister tenderly, "Brother-in-law cares about you very much, but he hasn't asked about the child's condition, whether it's a boy or a girl. Let me ask you first if you are OK!"

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you haven't told me yet whether it's a boy or a girl!" Shen Penglai asked anxiously.

"This third brother is even more anxious than the child's father." Zhao shouted towards the door, "Congratulations to my brother-in-law, he's got a boy."

"Son!" Shen Penglai said happily, "It's a son! Brother-in-law, your old iron family has an heir." He clasped his hands together and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations."

"Hehe..." Tiefeng said with a silly smile, "I have a son."

"Congratulations, brother-in-law." Shen Changsheng cupped his hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Congratulations." Shen Hui'e looked at him with bright eyes and said.

"Congratulations, congratulations, you are also uncle and aunt now." Tiefeng said sweetly, looking at the second sister gratefully, "Thanks to the second sister, you let us practice a little, so we are not so flustered."

"Second sister, what are you thinking? No one in their family practices before giving birth." Shen Penglai looked at her with amusement and said.

"Aren't they the only couple at home? What if it starts in the middle of the night? It's pitch black, what will they do if they get panicked?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with calm eyes and said, "Practice more about this in advance. How should we do it? How should we do it? If we know what to do, we won't be panicked." She joked, "It's just that the fourth sister shouted a little louder."

"That's quite a powerful momentum!" Shen Penglai said exaggeratedly.

"I'm worried that if she eats well, it will be difficult to give birth to the child when he grows up, and she will suffer!" Shen Changsheng let out a sigh of relief, and he finally put his mind at ease.

Shen Hui'e came to see Shen Yun'e for prenatal checkups every now and then these days. If there were any problems, she would adjust the baby to the best possible state of delivery in a timely manner, and there would be no malposition of the fetus.

"We ate well before, but there's not much meat to eat in the last three months." Shen Penglai couldn't help but mutter.

"Don't talk about this. As long as the child is safe and healthy, that's enough." Shen Changsheng rolled his eyes at him.

After the woman and the child were ready, Zhao called out, "The father of the child can come in now."

Tie Feng excitedly lifted the curtain upon hearing this, stopped, looked back at Shen Changsheng and said, "Big Brother, Third Brother, aren't you going in?"

Shen Changsheng was stunned when he heard this, then waved his hand and said, "It's not easy for us to go in."

"What about my second sister?" Tiefeng asked, looking at his motionless second sister.

"I'm not going in. I'm dirty. I just came back from the woods." Shen Hui'e pointed at herself and said, "I'll go in later."

"Then I'll go in." Tiefeng lifted the curtain, stepped over the threshold and entered the house.

"What are you doing in the woods?" Shen Changsheng looked at her with concern and said, "What's wrong? We don't have enough firewood at home."

"No, no, Xiaodouzi and his friends are very hardworking, and there is no shortage of firewood at home." Shen Hui'e gently waved her hand and said, "I am teaching the children to catch rabbits. Life is not easy now, and the river has not fertilized yet, so it is impossible to catch fish."

"No wonder there is hay on your head." Shen Changsheng pointed at her head and said, seeing her touching her head, he added, "Next to the ear."

Shen Hui'e touched her ear and pinched off the dry grass branch. "Since the baby was born safely, how do you plan to spend the confinement period?"

"Your eldest sister-in-law and third brother's wife are helping." Shen Changsheng smiled and said, "This bed is big enough for them to sleep on."

"What about your brother-in-law?" Shen Hui'e blinked her clear eyes and looked at them.

"Brother-in-law, please bear with me. You will have to sleep in the shop for more than a month." Shen Changsheng said gently, "Without mother-in-law and our mother, this is the only way to spend the confinement period."

"Then how do you eat?" Shen Hui'e asked again with concern.

"Let's take turns going home to cook!" Shen Changsheng said cheerfully, "It's so close, we can get there in no time. We won't starve."

"Can't you do it yourself?" Shen Hui'e said with twitching mouth.

"We have never held a spatula before, and we don't know how to cook." Shen Penglai looked at her with amusement and said, "Don't worry about it. Just provide enough meat."

"Yeah! Pork and fish, eat more of these to increase milk production." Shen Changsheng echoed, "During the confinement period, the most common foods are corn porridge and eggs, which are easy to cook."

If Shen Hui'e relies on them, she will simply be asking for trouble.

"It's not like you haven't been through confinement before. Even when you're stewing meat, chicken, or fish, you can't put too much salt, onions, ginger, or garlic." Shen Penglai said with disdain. "Only you guys can eat it. I lose my appetite just by looking at it."

"Actually, you can." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her clear and bright eyes.

"No, no, for the sake of milk production, you have to bear it. It will be fine after the confinement period." Shen Changsheng said immediately after hearing this.

Shen Hui'e opened her mouth, but swallowed the words back.

It’s useless for her to say anything now, as Shen Yun’e might not listen to her.

"By the way, has Doctor Li come?" Shen Hui'e remembered and asked them.

"Yes, Doctor Li is not at home. He is out seeing patients." Shen Changsheng looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "But I left a message for his family."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Coming, coming, who is it?" Shen Hui'e shouted as she walked quickly towards the door.

"It's me!" Doctor Li raised his voice, "I heard Yun'e started it."

"The baby is born." Shen Hui'e opened the door with a creak and said to Doctor Li who was carrying a medicine box.

"It's born! So soon." Doctor Li looked at her in surprise.

"Just gave birth." Shen Hui'e smiled and said, "Please go in and see if my fourth sister is okay." Then she added, "By the way, the mother has already cleaned up."

"Okay!" Doctor Li nodded slightly when he heard that.

"Fourth sister, brother-in-law, Doctor Li is here. Can he come in?" Shen Hui'e shouted into the house while standing at the door.

"Doctor Li!" Shen Changsheng bowed and said, "Thank you for your help."

"No trouble, no trouble." Doctor Li looked at them gently and said.

"Doctor Li!" Tie Feng, who came out of the main hall, bowed and lifted the curtain, saying, "Please come in!"

Doctor Li walked in. The room had been cleaned up, with only a faint smell of blood.

Doctor Li sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Shen Yun'e who was tired but still in good spirits and asked, "How do you feel?"

"It's okay, I'm just tired." Shen Yun'e looked at him with her dark eyes.

"Giving birth will cause loss of Qi and blood. You must take care of yourself after the month of confinement!" Doctor Li carefully looked at her face and said, "Stretch out your hand so I can see it."

Tiefeng took her hand out of the animal skin, palm facing up, and said, "Doctor Li, please take a look."

Doctor Li rubbed his hands and placed three fingers on her wrist. "You're in good health. Just take good care of yourself during the confinement period." He withdrew his hand and spoke gently.

"Do you have anything else to tell me?" Tiefeng asked Doctor Li.

"The room should be warmer, just like it is now." Doctor Li touched the bed and said with satisfaction, then he instructed, "Keep it clean." Looking at the inner room, he said, "Xiao Yun'e can go out now. The weather is fine. In the middle of the day, open the door, lift the curtain, and ventilate."

"Aren't you allowed to be exposed to wind during confinement? It's easy to get a headache." Tiefeng said to Doctor Li with a puzzled look on his face.

Doctor Li looked up at them and said, "Yun'e and the child should go to the inner room and stay there for a while."

"When can I get out of bed? Don't you say you have to lie down all the time during confinement?" Tiefeng asked curiously.

"In fact, you can get out of bed now." Doctor Li smiled and said, "But your body is weak, so it will take three to five days. Just walk slowly in the house. It's noon, when the Yang energy is at its strongest."

"Oh!" Tiefeng responded hurriedly.

"Doctor Li, please take a look at the child." Shen Hui'e raised her voice as she heard the noise in the room.

"Child?" Tie Feng immediately looked at the tightly wrapped child lying on the bed, "I don't dare to hold him now."

"Let me hold the child." Zhao stood by the bed and leaned forward to hold the child. "Doctor Li, take a look. It's a fat boy with red skin. He will recover in a few days and his skin will be white. He came down with his eyes open, which is rare."

"Yes! Usually, when a baby is just born, its skin is red and wrinkled, like a little old man." Doctor Li looked at the child on the bed with an extremely gentle gaze and said, "Look, its skin is not wrinkled at all, it's very smooth. The little guy is doing well in mother's belly." He placed a finger on the little guy's chubby wrist and said with a smile, "Very healthy little guy." He withdrew his hand, looked up at them and said, "If he cries, you can feed him some warm water. The milk won't come out for a while."

"I know, I know." Zhao said with a smile, "It usually takes three days for the milk to come out!"

"What? Then my son will starve." Tiefeng looked at them anxiously and said.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Doctor Li looked at him anxiously with his dark eyes and said, "The rich families have wet nurses."

"Don't be anxious, brother-in-law. Just a few sips of corn oil will be enough to feed him." Zhao shook her head and chuckled when she heard it.

"You can drink porridge!" Tiefeng looked at her in disbelief.

"Of course, the rice oil made from corn is great! Poor families don't have milk, so babies are raised this way." Zhao looked at him with a smile and said, "My eldest nephew won't starve. He eats very little, like a cat. He can't even finish a spoonful."

"Will he eat?" Tie Feng asked worriedly, "After all, he drinks milk, and milk tastes better than porridge."

"Corn porridge tastes sweet to us. He makes gurgling sounds when he drinks water." Zhao looked at him with amusement and said, "If he cries later, I'll feed him to you."

"You can tell from the looks of it that he just became a father." Zhao said to her brother-in-law Tiefeng with a smile on her face.