In the period before and after liberation, most of the old peasants facing the loess with their backs to the sky were relatively poor, the children of poor families were still wearing open crotch pants when they were in their teens, and the boys were bare-bottomed, and there was nothing to be ashamed of, and the girls had to cover up more, and from the age of six or seven they began to sew more pieces of cloth on the pants to cover them. Body, the people in the north call it a piece of cloth, or a fart curtain, and at this time call it a 'piece', and the piece is for little girls, but whenever a family gives birth to a female doll, we can call it a 'girl piece' when we are young.

Dissatisfied, and somewhat contemptuous.

It can be imagined how disappointed and dissatisfied Grandma Zhang, who is extremely patriarchal and desperate for holding her grandson!

Zhang Xuelan didn't hide her feelings at all, her face was elongated, and she didn't even go in to look at the little girl.

Pan Yang has long known that the first child is a girl, she doesn't have any patriarchal concepts, the little doll was born, she only knows that she is happy, after all, the little bag is wrapped in her lobby sister!

Pan Yang was brought up by her cousin when she was a child, the two sisters have a close relationship, and there is no difference between her cousin and her sisters, her cousin worked early, Pan Yang was in middle school at that time, and many of the things she usually wore were bought by her cousin.

Because of this, Pan Yang is very close to her uncle's family, in comparison, she has a bad relationship with the second uncle, uncle and her aunt, the relationship between people is corresponding, they are lukewarm to Pan Yang, and she naturally doesn't care so much about them.

Pan Shiyao had already gone in to dress Xiuying, Pan Yang glanced at Zhang Xuelan and asked, "Why don't you go in and have a look?" ”

Zhang Xuelan said angrily, "If you want to go in by yourself, I won't go!" ”

Knowing Zhang Xuelan's virtue, Pan Yang didn't care about her, went into the room, took her eldest sister from Pan Shiyao's hand and hugged herself, staring at her eldest sister's red and wrinkled little face, like a little old man, Pan Yang couldn't help but say, "It's a little ugly." ”

Hearing this, Xiuying almost didn't cry, the moment she knew that she gave birth to a girl, Xiuying's heart sank to the bottom, it's not that she doesn't like this child, but in this overall patriarchal environment, without a son in her mother-in-law's waist, she can't stand straight, Xiuying originally noticed that her mother-in-law didn't like her, this is good, and she won't be treated to her!

At the moment, even her father-in-law is disgusted, Xiuying pouted, she couldn't hold back in the end, and sobbed.

Seeing her like this, Pan Shiyao hurriedly wiped her face, and persuaded her, "Oh, the girl is the girl, it's not that you can't ask for it anymore, what are you crying about." ”

Although Pan Shiyao also hopes that the first child will be a son, he is different from Zhang Xuelan's patriarchy, for him, this is his first child, even if it is a girl, he likes it, the little one, he doesn't dare to hug it, for fear of breaking the little thing

Pan Yang also said, "What Shiyao said is that his granddaughter is as good!" ”

Xiuying didn't know if the two men standing in front of her were telling the truth, but whether it was true or not, what a woman who had just given birth needed most was comfort and care, and she felt much better when she heard them say this, and at the same time, Xiuying was grateful to her father-in-law in her heart, because she knew in her heart that her father-in-law was the head of the family, and if her father-in-law didn't say a word, then she really didn't know what to do in the future.

After giving birth, it was time to pack up and go home, Pan Yang held the small things, Pan Shiyao carried Xiuying into the donkey cart, covered her with the quilt, took out the hat prepared in advance from his pocket, and asked Xiuying to wear it.

As for Zhang Xuelan, she was in a panic, everyone else was gone, what was she left to do, she could only reluctantly carry her things to keep up.

After returning home, she couldn't hold back anymore, complained to Pan Yang in the kitchen, and even said, "Do you say that this girl will be inherited?" Look at Xiuying's mother, she can't give birth to a son, only Xiuying and her sister, Xiuying's sister also gave birth to a girl for the first time, and when Xiuying arrives, do you think Xiuying will be like her mother and can't give birth to a son?! ”

As soon as she thought of this, Zhang Xuelan began to be afraid, thinking that she was a person who gave birth to four sons, how could she have such a daughter-in-law with an uncompetitive stomach? !

Pan Yang was really shocked by Zhang Xuelan's theory, and was speechless for a while, and only after half a sound did she persuade her, "Giving birth to a boy and a girl is not to blame Xiuying, it was Shiyao's decision, you are thinking about what you don't do, I have to tell you first, don't always pull this face in front of Shiyao, Shengdu is born, this is Shiyao's daughter, you are always like this, he will also be unhappy with you." ”

Zhang Xuelan snorted and didn't squeak.

Pan Yang said, "Okay, let's make a few poached eggs for Xiuying to eat first, she just gave birth to a weak body, let's make up for her." ”

Zhang Xuelan leaned sideways, not angry, "If you want to do it, I won't do it for her, I'm busy, just because of her, I haven't even had time to feed the pig!" ”

Pan Yang had no choice but to take her, so he had to say, "Okay, okay, if you don't pull it down, I'll do it, I'll do it!" ”

After speaking, Pan Yang went to the cellar to get eggs, there are many chickens, ducks and geese at home, and the eggs are usually not eaten at all, and there is no shortage of money to sell eggs at home, all of them have been saved, Zhang Xuelan pickled some salted eggs, and the rest Zhang Xuelan originally planned to wait for Xiuying to give birth to a child and eat it in confinement, but now it is good, it is estimated that her intestines will be repentant

Pan Yang is not clear about the customs of other places, anyway, in this place of Panjia Village, whenever any woman in the family gives birth to a child, the food that must be eaten during the confinement period is sugar water poached eggs, and the steamed dumplings must be soaked in it.

Poached egg dumplings are generally eaten in the morning, chicken soup or pork rib soup and other soup are eaten at noon, and noodles are used in the chicken soup and pork rib soup left over from noon in the evening.

Among the three meals, breakfast is the most important. In addition, there is a custom on their side that the number of eggs eaten by the mother represents the importance that the in-laws value you.

If your in-laws love you, you will beat twelve eggs for breakfast, in this era of scarcity of materials, twelve eggs are definitely a good family condition to be able to eat, if your in-laws are still real to you, generally six to eight eggs.

Of course, the above are the treatment of the daughter-in-law who gave birth to a son, if the daughter-in-law who gave birth to a daughter-in-law, it is not easy to say, if you are still benevolent and righteous, I will give you three or four eggs to eat, if you encounter a particularly patriarchal family, one will not give you to eat, and it will be like this, obediently follow the mother-in-law's family to eat steamed buns and drink porridge.

Pan Yang estimated the amount of Xiuying's food, beat her ten poached eggs, and took out the steamed dumplings that had just been fried at home not long ago from the vegetable cupboard, as well as sugar.

As soon as Pan Yang cooked the poached eggs, Pan Hengchun hurried back, he still heard from other people's mouths that his granddaughter-in-law had a stomachache and went to the commune hospital to give birth.

"Uncle, did your Xiuying give birth to a boy or a girl?"

Boy or girl? He doesn't know yet!

As soon as he entered the door, Pan Hengchun didn't enter Xiuying's house first, but went to the kitchen to ask Pan Yangdao, and asked urgently, "Zhaoke, is it a girl or a boy?" ”

Pan Yang saw Pan Hengchun looking at him expectantly, smiled, and said, "Girl." ”

Pan Hengchun sighed, and then said slowly, "Girl"

Although the old man didn't react as much as Zhang Xuelan, the disappointment on his face was still hard to hide, and he whispered halfway, "Girl, girl, alas"

Life is born, what else can happen? Is it possible to stuff the little doll back?!

Anyway, the old Pan family has ushered in a new little life, except that it was difficult to accept at first, but after a few days, the old Pan family except Zhang Xuelan seemed to have figured it out, especially Pan Shisong, he was the happiest, for the first two days, others disliked the little doll for being ugly, he thought it was cute, and after a few days, after the little doll grew, it became more and more white and tender, plus Xiuying had enough milk, and raised the little doll to be meaty, Pan Shisong looked happy, and he had to go to the west countless times every day, hugging the little doll, I can't help but kiss her all the time

Pan Shisong's posture of hurting the female doll, Pan Yang couldn't help but be jealous, so he asked Pan Shisong, "I like my niece so much." ”

Pan Shisong hugged his eldest niece, nodded and said, "My mother always mutters that it's good to be a boy, I don't like boys, you look at Xiaoxuan, how annoying he is, how can there be a girl, Ada, you see how good she looks, her face is as tender as tofu, I am reluctant to touch her face."

Pan Yang looked at it with a sigh on the side, she finally figured it out, there are so many cousins, her lobby sister only treats her and her brother well, can it be good, her father hurts her lobby sister when she is a child, unless her cousin is a white-eyed wolf, how can she not turn around and love her and protect her?

Pan Shisong is already a fourteen or fifteen-year-old half-year-old now, sometimes he goes to see his eldest niece in the west head, and just happens to meet Xiuying feeding the little doll, Pan Shisong is so ashamed that he turns his head and leaves, and he only goes in until Xiuying feeds him and calls him. Pan Shisong looked so shy that he was happy to laugh straight away.

As the old saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and Xiuying didn't feel that her brother-in-law saw her breastfeeding, in Xiuying's heart, except for her man Pan Shiyao, the only ones who could keep her mother and daughter in her heart were her father-in-law and her little brother-in-law.

When she mentioned this, Xiuying felt guilty and asked herself, she was not good to her father-in-law, but now, her father-in-law treated her like this, not to mention boiling poached eggs for her every day, and boiling it was ten, ten eggs, when her sister Xiuchun gave birth to her nephew for the second child, her mother was not willing to boil ten eggs for her sister

There are also steamed dumplings, which are also eaten by her.

Not to mention the cost of fried steamed buns, but also the special consumption of soybean oil, usually people eat a meal, but she can eat it all, unless she has eaten enough one day and wants to change her mouth

Although Xiuying slept in bed most of the time, the room was not soundproof, and she could still hear her mother-in-law Zhang Xuelan's loud voice, arguing with her father-in-law, scolding her father-in-law for not wasting money enough to give her such a good food. Her father-in-law is good, he doesn't say anything every time, and lets her mother-in-law scold, and after scolding, he still does whatever he should do for her

People's hearts are long, and from this moment on, Xiuying secretly swore in her heart that if she treats her father-in-law and bears in the future, she will be a dog. Mother-raised!

Xiuying gave birth to the fourth day of the first month, and it will be almost fifteen in a blink of an eye, and it is time for Xiuying's mother's family to come to give gifts.

The custom here is that after giving birth to a boy for 12 days and giving birth to a girl for 9 days, the mother's family will come to give gifts, as for what to give, it varies according to the changes of the times.

On the afternoon of Xiuying's birth, Pan Shiyao rode a bicycle to Yangjia Village to report the good news to Xiuying's family.

Since people come to give gifts, the old Pan family must take care of their in-laws' family for a decent meal, at this time, no matter how unhappy Zhang Xuelan is, she has to take care of the big scene, at noon she is too busy to work alone, so she called her concubine Meng Guangmei to come over to help, as for Zhu Xiuzhi, since Pan Shiyao did not add a gift to the second room of marriage, even if the people in the big house and the second room have broken off contact, Zhang Xuelan will definitely not call the second room at this time, not to mention the loss of face in vain, and it will cause a stomach.

Zhang Xuelan and Meng Guangmei washed vegetables and cooked rice, and Pan Shiyun sat at the mouth of the hearth to add fire, watching her mother carry the old hen and kill the fish

Although the family is busy, but the grocery store is inseparable from people, Pan Hengchun went to see the grocery store as usual, and handed over the matter of greeting his in-laws to Pan Yang, Xiuying, her mother and her sister are fine, and after the two of them entered the door and said hello a few times, they went into the west room to see Xiuying and the child.

Xiuying Ada, her brother-in-law, and the two men were inconvenient to enter, so Pan Yang beckoned them to sit in the hall, handed them cigarettes one by one, and asked Pan Shiyao to make tea, and Pan Zhaofang accompanied his in-laws to talk about the scene.

The big house and the third room always have contacts after all, and now that the family is doing things, it is impossible for Pan Zhaofang not to appear. ’

The men outside were talking about the scene, Xiuying Niang and her sister Xiuchun teased the children for a while, Xiuying and her mother couldn't help but look around, the old house was too dilapidated, there was a bed in the house, there was not even a decent piece of furniture, the window hole was small, it was noon now, the house was still dark, it looked dark and damp

Xiuying and her mother couldn't help it after all, and asked in a low voice, "I heard you say that when you and Shiyao got married, you used two newly built stone tile houses in the courtyard, why did you come back this time and live in the old house again?" Is your mother-in-law not allowed to live in the new house? ”