"Didn't I just say that the Xiang family is very good to me? Why do you still ask like this?" Xiaoduo was puzzled.
Xiao Huadao said, "We grew up together. I know better than anyone what you look like when you lie."
"Besides, you look so haggard now, how can you look like a confinement person? Ordinary people who come out after confinement are not fat and fat, unless they are like my mother and others who have no conditions to support confinement."
Xiaoduo lowered his eyes, pursed his lips slightly, and said nothing.
"Don't just take care of everything by yourself. If you have anything to worry about, just tell us." Xiaohua said again.
Xiao Duo raised her eyes and smiled at Xiao Hua, "You are overthinking, I am really good. I am a first-time mother and I am not completely used to it yet, so sometimes the child cries for no reason and I feel a little at a loss. Others Yes, it’s really good. Katsuo is killing chickens to make soup for me again today.”
Xiaohua sighed. Since Xiaoduo didn't say anything, there was nothing she could do, but her intuition made Xiaohua feel that Xiaoduo must be hiding something from her.
Don't rush, take your time, the days are still long.
Suddenly, a woman's greeting came from the yard outside. It was the voice of Sheng's wife.
"My mother-in-law, how can I bother you with this kind of thing? You go sit in the house quickly, drink tea, and talk to Duo'er. Just leave the kitchen to me." Sheng Nan's mother said loudly.
Sun said, "It's okay. I understand my Duo'er's appetite. You can do yours."
Miss Sheng saw Feng'er again and said, "Ah, Feng'er is here too. This guy is really rare."
Mrs. Sun smiled and then cracked the eggs into the pot.
Miss Sheng glanced at the boiling brown sugar and sesame water in the pot, and counted the eggs that Sun had knocked in.
When she hit the third egg and saw Mrs. Sun reaching for the fourth one, Mr. Sheng quickly stopped Mrs. Sun and said, "Mom, what are you doing by cracking so many eggs?"
Mrs. Sun was surprised and said, "I'll give it to Duo'er to eat."
"Oh my mother-in-law, there's no need to knock so many. Three pills are enough. I can't eat any more. She has a small appetite."
Sun frowned and said, "My mother-in-law, what's your name? Duo'er used to have a small appetite when she was a girl. It was because she loved beauty and was afraid of gaining weight. When she was pregnant, she had a small appetite and she was still overjoyed and seriously injured. Now that the child is born, Feeding the child day and night is the most damaging to her body, and she also has the largest appetite. When she needs food the most, three poached eggs are nothing, at least six."
After saying that, Mrs. Sun was a little angry, took away Sheng's wife's arm that was blocking her, grabbed three eggs again and beat them into the pot.
Miss Sheng looked at the six poached eggs rolling in the pot, feeling so distressed that the corners of her mouth twitched.
"Don't feel bad, our old Yang family doesn't have anything else, and there is still no shortage of eggs. I have saved a hundred eggs, and I will ask Daddy Duo'er to deliver them later," Mrs. Sun said again, with a very unhappy look on her face.
Hearing that the Yang family had saved a hundred eggs, the corners of Sheng's mother's mouth stopped twitching immediately.
"My mother-in-law, you really misunderstood. I am not reluctant to give it to Duo'er. She is my daughter-in-law and gave birth to my granddaughter. I hope that both mother and daughter can be raised well."
Mrs. Sun was busy cooking poached eggs and ignored Mr. and Mrs. Sheng.
Seeing this, Mr. Sheng's mother-in-law smiled apologetically and continued, "I am the mother-in-law after all. I have not lived with them before. Naturally, I don't know the taste of my wife as well as you, a mother-in-law. Fortunately, you told me this. Then what happens next?" I will serve Duo'er during her confinement, and I know in my heart that I will never let Duo'er go hungry."
The words of Mr. Sheng's wife were quite pleasing to the ears. Mrs. Sun's expression softened a little, and she smiled at Mr. Sheng.
"Compared to the time we used to have, three poached eggs are already considered a very good treatment, but now it is different from the past. Nowadays, people like us have better conditions. Duo'er will naturally have to eat better during the period of confinement, and women will have to eat better during the period of confinement. The most important thing is to raise a child well. If you raise it well, it will be good for a lifetime. If you raise it poorly, it will leave the root of the disease for a lifetime. I would rather be frugal than lose the thirty days of confinement. It is better than a man and a woman, don’t you think?"
Sheng Nan’s wife nodded repeatedly, “My mother-in-law, you are right, I think so too.”
Mrs. Sun and Mr. Sheng entered Xiaoduo's room together carrying poached eggs. When they saw Xiaoduo was there, Mr. Sheng and his wife naturally exchanged greetings with each other.
Xiao Hua said to Sheng's mother-in-law, "My mother-in-law, my Duo'er has a shy temperament. As a new mother, she is a novice in many things. I will have to worry about you, my mother-in-law."
Miss Sheng smiled and said repeatedly, "Auntie, you're welcome. Taking care of Duo'er and my granddaughter is my responsibility. It's not too late for me to be happy."
Mrs. Sun brought the food to Xiaoduo and asked her to eat it. Xiaohua took the child and held it aside.
Xiaoduo took the bowl, and a sweet aroma hit her nose, making her stomach growl after being hungry all night.
"Bring me a playing bowl, and I'll give Feng'er a little tug." Xiaoduo said.
Xiao Hua said, "You can just eat by yourself. Feng'er came here after breakfast."
Mrs. Sun also said, "You should take care of yourself first. You haven't eaten anything all night, so eat quickly."
Xiaoduo was still looking around, wanting to call Feng'er over for a bite, but Shengnan's mother said, "Duo'er, just listen to your mother and your sister-in-law. Shengnan killed an old hen, and I'll stew the chicken later. I’ll entertain your mother-in-law’s family at noon, and leave the big chicken legs for Feng’er.”
Hearing this, Xiaoduo smiled at Mr. Sheng, then picked up the bowl and ate in small bites.
Later, the eating movement became louder and louder. In the end, she had eaten every last bit of the bowl of poached eggs with brown sugar and sesame seeds, and drank not even a drop of soup or water.
Sun and Xiaohua exchanged glances, and the eyes of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were filled with distress.
Xiaohua thought of how she ate poached eggs until she felt like vomiting when she gave birth to Fuwa a while ago.
What's wrong with Duo'er? Logically speaking, although the conditions of the Xiang family are not good, Duo'er's dowry is generous. Why is a bowl of poached eggs so rare for Duo'er?
Xiaohua was suspicious and planned to ask Bing Bing later.
After eating the poached eggs, Mrs. Sun took the dishes and chopsticks to wash, but Miss Sheng snatched them away.
"You are guests, just talk to Duo'er, and I will do all the work."
After Sheng Nan and his wife left, Xiaohua asked Xiaoduo, "Duo'er, if I remember correctly, half a month before you gave birth, your parents sent you fifty eggs. Are you almost finished with the eggs?"
Xiaoduo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then shook his head, "I haven't finished eating, but there aren't many left. The eggs I'm eating now are from my mother-in-law."
"What does this mean?" Xiaohua was confused.
Xiaoduo looked troubled.
"Duo'er, what are you hiding from us?" Mrs. Sun also asked.
Xiaoduo frowned and said in a low voice, "At that time, I had a big belly and rarely got out of bed. My bones all over my body ached after walking a few steps. At that time, Sheng Nan discussed with me and asked her to come and take care of me. I had a fever. Cooking or something.”
"But one day her mother told me that most of the fifty eggs were spoiled, and one day she made scrambled eggs for me to eat. The eggs were really fishy and smelly, and I almost vomited."
"I told my mother-in-law, if the eggs are broken, just throw them away. So, mother, you have finished eating the eggs you brought over a long time ago. All the eggs you eat these days are from my mother-in-law's house. I asked Katsuo to go to the village to buy them. I collected about ten of them here and there, and I finished them long ago.”
Ugly women farming: Mountain man doting on his wife
