"That's okay." Shen Gongqi put the brown sugar on the table in the room, walked to the Kang and sat down. He took Fang Nuo's hand and said, "Daughter-in-law, I want to ask Aunt Dahua to take care of you for a month during your confinement. Do you think we can give my aunt some money?"
"Yes, yes, but you have to make an agreement with my aunt first. She treats us as family members, and we should also treat us as family members. If you don't agree with her first, she will definitely not accept the money you give her." Fang Nuo said
"Then when my aunt comes tomorrow, tell her that if she doesn't agree, then I will take care of your confinement at home," Shen Gongqi said.
"Yeah, actually, I can take care of myself," Fang Nuo said.
"That won't work. This month you just lie down on the kang and don't go out of this room. If you have anything to do, just call me.
I've heard people say that if you don't take care of yourself well during confinement, you will suffer for the rest of your life. I just hope you are well," Shen Gongqi said.
"Okay, okay, I'll be obedient. Don't worry too much." Fang Nuo was afraid that this person would worry too much and worry himself to the point of not being able to eat. If he continued like before, he would work desperately.
"Yeah, I can definitely take care of you. Also, Qiangzi told me that the transportation team in the county is recruiting people, and I want to give it a try. This way, when you are out of confinement, our family can go Buy a small courtyard in the county to live in," Shen Gongqi said.
"What will we do with our small courtyard after we go to the county?" Fang Nuo was a little reluctant to let go of the small courtyard they had just organized.
"As soon as I have a rest, we will come back. I will definitely not let this place become deserted. When I am free, I will get some glass slag, raise the wall higher, insert glass slag, and lock the door of the house. , so we don’t have to worry about people outside thinking about it," Shen Gongqi said.
"Then you have to keep your word. I also want to grow vegetables in the yard. The vegetables and grains grown in our yard can feed our family for several months," Fang Nuo said.
"Hmm, we will definitely have to plant less vegetables then. Let's plant most of them with grain. Then we can take care of them every once in a while. I'm afraid the vegetables will die if we don't water them when we're not at home," Shen Gongqi said.
"As for the yards in the city, you should also buy one with a bigger yard. Three houses are enough to live in. If the yard is bigger, we can also grow some vegetables for ourselves," Fang Nuo said.
"Okay, I'll go take a look at it then and I'll definitely choose one you like," Shen Gongqi said.
"Okay, you go and do your work. I want to sleep for a while, otherwise I won't be able to get up when the child wakes up at night." Fang Nuo said, driving him out to work.
"Okay, I'll go clean up the house and bring you some food later. Is there anything you want to eat?" Shen Gongqi asked.
"Go to the backyard and pick some cabbage for me and boil it in the egg soup. You are tired today, so just eat whatever you want," Fang Nuo said.
"Okay, you take a rest first, and I'll call you when I'm ready." After Shen Gongqi finished speaking, he covered her with a quilt, checked that the child was not awake, and then turned around and left the room.
When he saw Yaya and Goudan playing in the yard, he went to clean the kitchen, boil water, wipe all the furniture in the house, and sprinkle water on the floor of the outhouse. .
After finishing this, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.
He went to the vegetable patch in the backyard to pick the vegetables for tonight, and then cooked dinner on the stove in the courtyard.
The Goudans over there saw that it was getting late, so they said goodbye to Yaya and went home.
Yaya, who had no one to accompany her anymore, walked to Shen Gongqi and said, "Dad, Brother Goudan and the others have gone back."
"Really? Are you hungry?" Shen Gongqi asked
"We're hungry, what should we eat tonight, dad?" Yaya asked
"Tonight we are just making noodles and using eggs as soup base. Do you want to eat it?" Shen Gongqi replied.
"Okay, we haven't eaten noodles for several days. It's good to be home," Yaya said happily.
"Then you sit aside for a while. Dad will cook a bowl for mom first, and then he will take you to wash your hands, and we will start eating again, okay?" Shen Gongqi said.
"good"
After Shen Gongqi finished cooking Fang Nuo's food, brought it into the back room and placed it on the Kang table for her, he softly called her to get up and eat the food.
Fang Nuo woke up in a daze, and started eating dinner without washing his face or brushing his teeth.
When Shen Gongqi saw that she had eaten, he went out and took Yaya to wash her hands. Seeing how much play she had on her little face, he wetted a towel and wiped her clean, then cooked the noodles, and the father and daughter started to eat dinner.
After dinner, Shen Gongqi put away the dishes and washed them, boiled water to wash Yaya's feet, took her to wash up, and took her to the back room to sleep.
After Yaya packed up, he went outside to fetch water and took a bath. He dried his hair outside before entering the house.
Fang Nuo in the back room was nursing the baby. When he saw him coming in, he asked, "Have you taken a bath?"
"Well, I like to sweat, and it smells bad if I don't wash it for a few days, so I wash it," Shen Gongqi said.
"I want to wash it too, otherwise I'll always feel like I'm already smelly," Fang Nuo said aggrievedly.
When Shen Gongqi heard this, he hurriedly advised: "Daughter-in-law, let's be patient. You can't touch the water during confinement, otherwise you're afraid of getting confinement disease. After confinement, you can wash whatever you want, okay?"
Fang Nuo knew that he would not agree, but still wanted to fight for it, "I will wash in the house. If you are afraid that I will be cold, please light a charcoal fire for me to keep warm in the house, okay?"
Shen Gongqi was a little shaken, but in the end he overcame his worries. He said: "We will wait until the confinement period before taking a shower. My wife is obedient."
"Okay, please pat the baby's nipple, I'm going to sleep." Fang Nuo couldn't take a bath, so he was a little tempered, so he didn't want to pay attention to him at this time.
Give the child to him, button up his clothes, lie on the bed, close his eyes and pretend to sleep.
Shen Gongqi knew that his wife was angry, but for the sake of her health, he could not agree to her request.
I can only take good care of the children first, and then go to coax my wife.
Fortunately, the baby is easy to take care of. Now it's time to go to bed after eating. After burping him, he fell asleep again after a while.
Seeing that he was sleeping well, Shen Gongqi put him under the quilt and lay down to sleep.
Yaya slept in the innermost corner of the kang, and Fang Nuo slept in the outermost corner. The baby slept between the two adults, so that both of them could get up and take care of them when they woke up at night.
After putting the child to sleep, Shen Gongqi did not lie down, but patted his wife on the back and said: "Daughter-in-law, don't be angry. I am doing this for your own good. If you really want to wash it, wait for me first." Go and ask the barefoot doctor in our village. If he says you can wash it, I will get you water to wash it when you get back, okay?"
"Really?" Fang Nuo turned over and asked
"Well, don't be angry. You are still in confinement. You always get angry if you don't do well." Shen Gongqi nodded and said
"Then you have to ask carefully," Fang Nuo said.
She felt that after she became pregnant, she became more and more likely to get angry over small things, but the anger came and went quickly.
