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Yuyu: Awwwn.... DW is so sweet for doing that but...!
I feel like this book is stepping on all the landmines for me today. All the complementary foods LSN gave her children were okay, but giving complementary foods before 6 months is not ideal at all. Please do not copy. The first 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding are crucial for every newborn.
When the children were a little over two or three months old, Li Suniang would sometimes make some rice oil soup for them to drink. It's not that her milk is not enough, but that this is how the children here are basically raised.
Some children even have no milk to drink when they are born, but they grow up drinking rice oil soup, and they are still healthy.
There is no scientific way to raise children here. The only thing is that the children are well-fed, don't make trouble, and grow up healthy. Not to mention the children in the village, although they are all very naughty, they all look very healthy. They are tanned by the sun, and sometimes they look like mud children. Although they can't eat meat all year round, they still have a little strength and can help during the busy farming season.
Speaking of this rice oil soup, not to mention the children, even Li Suniang loves to drink it. In the mouth, it is smooth, fat, and has a faint rice fragrance.
This rice is also the new grain, but here an acre of good fertile land can't produce much rice. Moreover, there is no special machine for grinding the husks here. They collect it by themselves and then turn the husks into rice manually.
Although the rice does not look very white, it is more nutritious.
When they were a little older, Li Suniang asked Lao Du to grind the rice into powder and then added goat milk to make milk cakes with milk flavor for the two little ones to eat. Not to mention that the two little ones are quite easy to raise. They are not picky about food. They eat whatever you give them. When they eat happily, they will gurgle with you.
Later, Li Suniang gradually added various complementary foods to the two little ones. After all, the children are older, and their appetites have increased a lot. Since the little food they brought with them when they started to talk was not enough, they could only be used as a foil in the future.
As for how Li Suniang thought of making milk cakes, it was because she saw her grandmother making them for her younger brother in her previous life. After her younger brother was born, her mother had little milk, and her younger brother was not used to the milk powder she bought at home, and it was easy to get internal heat. It is better to buy the best milk powder for her younger brother.
He can't eat milk powder and has little milk. What should they do? Her grandmother thought of making milk cakes. She heard from her grandmother that she had eaten it when she was born.
The milk cakes were really delicious, especially the rice crust at the bottom, which was so fragrant and crispy. Every time her grandmother made it, she would wait for the rice crust. She was not afraid that her grandmother would laugh at her. She was so old, but she was still greedy for this. She really loved it at that time. It was so much better than rice.
After eating the milk cake, her brother stopped making noises at night, and both adults and children could sleep well. She didn’t know if it was because of the milk cake, but her brother's poop was not as soft and mushy as when he drank milk before, but a whole, smooth, and regular one, and he would poop at about the same time every day.
As for her mother, as long as the child is not very noisy, she doesn’t care what you feed him. Anyway, as a grandmother, she will not harm her grandson.
But her brother’s health was really good. He has rarely gotten sick since he was a child. When he was in kindergarten, other children were absent from school now and then, but his attendance rate was quite high.
In this life, Li Suniang also hopes that her three children can have a strong body, so that she, as a mother, will have fewer worries.
As the children eat more and more complementary foods, they drink less milk, so Li Suniang wondered if it was time to wean them.
So at night, after the couple finished a harmonious exercise, when they both lay on the bed, she discussed with Du Wei, "Husband, you see that the two children rarely drink milk all day long, I think we should stop them."
"...Why don't we let them drink for a few days? I heard from my father that I also stopped drinking milk after I was one year old, so you can let them drink until they are one year old, do you think it's okay?" Du Wei thought about it and said.
To be honest, Du Wei was also reluctant to always lend out his own territory, but there was no way because the two were his own children!
"Okay! Then we will stop when they are one year old." Li Suniang thought that it was not long before they were one year old, so she nodded and agreed.
At this moment, the two babies lying in the crib did not know that their granary was about to be confiscated, and they were sleeping so sweetly!
Since Li Suniang stimulated the growth of bean sprouts last time, Du Wei's restaurant has added several dishes made with bean sprouts. This attracted many customers, but soon some people began to figure out how to grow bean sprouts. After all, everyone can see clearly that it is just soybeans!
But Li Suniang is not worried. Even if she wants to figure it out, it will take some time. This thing looks simple, but it is not. If it is not controlled well, it will all become rotten beans.
Since soybean sprouts can be successful, mung bean sprouts should also be able to be fried. In summer, stir-frying a plate of mung bean sprouts is both refreshing and crispy.
Since the two little ones can crawl, Lao Du has been watching them more closely. Otherwise, who knows where they will crawl to if he is not careful? Fortunately, the yard at home is enough for them to crawl, but she is tired as a mother. She has to bathe them two or three times a day. Otherwise, it will be unbearable to look at.
Cheng Ge'er and Ruo Jie'er are now much more fun than when they were just born, and they can understand some short words.
Every night, Li Suniang would have some fun with them. She didn't have time during the day, but she would be free at night.
It is said that having an old man in the family is like having a treasure, isn't it true? During the day, the two children were left to Lao Du to take care of, and she was busy with other things.
At night, she put the two children on the bed and then watched Zihao play with them and explain to them what he learned in school.
Sometimes, the two little ones got impatient and started to make trouble, and often, Zihao would correct them patiently. Of course, in the end, Zihao was basically thrown on the bed by the two little ones, and then his face was washed by the two little ones, which made him often laugh and cry, and he had to wash his face again before going to bed.
But even so, he never said harsh words to his younger brother and sister. Sometimes Li Suniang couldn't stand it and scolded the two little ones, and Zihao even blamed her for being too harsh on his younger brother and sister.
Look, it's like she's a stepmother.
Before Zihao entered the school, Li Suniang once asked him what he planned to do when he grew up. At that time, he envied Du Wei's hunting skills and said that he wanted to be a hunter like Du Wei in the future.
Two days ago, when Li Suniang was watching Zihao playing with the two, she asked again casually. This time, he said that he would take the exam for the top scholar in the future because he heard from the teacher in the school that the person who can pass the exam is very powerful.
He wants to be a powerful person so that he can protect his family in the future.
Li Suniang didn't expect that Zihao's two ideals would span so much, but since the child has such a big ideal, she, as a mother, must support him!
It's like when she was young in her previous life, she had too many ideals and changed them quickly. For example, she wanted to be a teacher, a scientist, a big boss, etc. She changed her ideal almost every once in a while, and in the end, she didn't know what she wanted to do.
Even so, her mother never mocked her. Every time she said she wanted to do something in the future, her mother would encourage her, "Well, that's good. As long as you work hard, my daughter will definitely be able to do it in the future. I, your mother, can wait to enjoy the blessing of my daughter in the future."
'Mom! I'm really sorry that you can't enjoy the blessing of your daughter in this life. Maybe I said too many empty words and even God couldn't stand it, so he threw me here, but don't worry if there is really a next life, I will definitely be your daughter again, and I will work hard to make you enjoy the blessing.'
She didn't know if it was because of her encouragement, or because Zihao wanted to set a good example for his brothers and sisters. Anyway, this child studied very hard.
Seeing how hard Zihao studied, and thinking about herself at that time, Li Suniang felt that she might have lacked that little bit of hard work.
But she was afraid that Zihao would put too much pressure on herself, so she often urged him to combine work and rest. If it were another family, they would probably wish that their children could study hard for two-thirds of the day.
In fact, for the child's learning situation, she absolutely believed that it would be best if he could learn well, and she would not force him if he could not learn well. When she sent her child to school, she did not have the idea of taking the imperial examination in the future. She just hoped that he would not be illiterate when he went out.
Of course, as a parent, once the child entered the school, he should pay more attention to his development in the school, so Du Wei would sometimes ask the teacher who taught him when he went to pick up Zihao, and the answer he got was that the teacher praised Zihao for being very smart, and at the current level, he would be able to take the examination for Tongsheng in two or three years. The master also said that this child will have a bright future.
When Du Wei returned home and told Li Suniang about the master's evaluation of Zihao, she was very happy and even a little proud. As a parent, you will be happy when your child is praised, but she will not show it too much in front of Zihao.
Since she had Ruo Jie'er, she actually hoped that Zihao and Chengge'er would have a good future so that Ruo Jie'er would have a strong family member and no one would dare to bully Ruo Jie'er after she got married.
In fact, no matter what era, as a woman, if her family is strong, then the woman's life in her husband's family will be smooth, not to mention how comfortable it is.
Maybe because he was too depressed during her pregnancy, after the confinement, Du Wei had sex almost every night, unless Li Suniang's relatives visited, and she had to rest for a few nights.
(Relatives visiting: euphemism for monthly period)
Li Suniang was a little afraid of him. Actually, she was not afraid of having sex with him. After all, she also enjoyed the happiness in it. The most important thing was that she was afraid of getting pregnant again. The two children sleeping in the small bed were still young. If she got pregnant again, she would be very anxious.
She tactfully hinted to Du Wei that he should not work so hard to cultivate the land. After all, the first wave of results had been harvested. The next batch should be harvested a few years later. Don't hurt the foundation.
Du Wei didn't understand at first, but when he understood what she meant, he couldn't help laughing.
He told Li Suniang that it was okay. He was strong and healthy. Even if he cultivated several times a night, it would not hurt the foundation. Moreover, he didn't want any harvest in the future. The only thing he needed was Li Suniang's land. He would be satisfied if he could turn it over from time to time.
Li Suniang felt that this man's words could not be trusted. 'You said you didn't want to harvest, so why did you turn the land so hard! Isn't this just a waste of effort and seeds?'
Later, Du Wei told her that after she gave birth, he went to the old doctor to get a contraceptive medicine. At first, the old doctor thought it was prescribed for Li Suniang, and gave him a cold look. The old doctor felt that he had misjudged the man. He thought he was a good man who loved his wife, but who knew he was a ruthless man.
So he said with a stern face that Li Suniang was still in the confinement period and could not eat those cold things at all. Besides, if a woman took too many cold medicines, it would be very bad for her health in the future.
When he knew that he had misunderstood Du Wei, he immediately changed his face. He felt that it was really amazing for a man to do this for a woman.
In fact, according to Du Wei's meaning, it was to stop having children at once. Anyway, he didn't want to have children in the future. He already had a daughter and a son, and he didn't want his wife to suffer that pain again.
However, the old doctor said that there was no medicine for this, and prescribed him a medicine that only needed to be taken once a month. The old doctor mainly thought that although Du Wei said that he didn't want to have children now if he wanted to in the future, he could have children again as long as he stopped taking medicine.
Li Suniang felt that a woman married a man because she wanted a man who could love her all the time, take care of the family, be responsible, and support her.
As for how much money you have, you must have it if it is destined to be yours. Sometimes, even if you try your best and break your head, you may not get as much as you want.
So when she heard Du Wei say that he had taken the medicine, she was indescribably moved. She hugged Du Wei and said to him gratefully, "My husband, I must have done good things in my last life, so I can become your wife in this life."
Du Wei hugged her back and said, "Wife, I should say that I did good things in my last life, so I can marry you in this life. Not only did you make me feel the warmth of home, but you also gave me twins. Thank you for your hard work, wife. I hope you can be happy all the time in this life."
That night, the two did nothing, and they slept in each other's arms, but their hearts were tightly attached to each other. From then on, they would go through thick and thin together and accompany each other for life.
Life is neither long nor short. It is a blessing to have someone who always accompanies you, loves you, and is willing to help you block all your troubles.
There may be many different things to face in the future. As long as the couple works together, all problems will be solved.