Chapter 521: A New Family (Part II)
The hot air in the delivery room is boiling, basically unventilated, plus there are so many people, and the temperature emitted by the hot water makes it very stuffy.
It is said that the mother can't see the wind, and she has to be stuffy in bed for a month, which is called confinement. In fact, if you really want to calculate, how can those ordinary women have this condition, most of them are born to rest for a day or two, and then they will go to the field to do farm work.
Of course, there are also sayings that it's okay now, joint pain in old age, arthritis or something. In fact, Liu Tao thinks it makes sense, when he was young, he didn't take care of it well, and he was sick when he was old. Not to mention sixty or seventy years old, fifty or sixty years old cancer a whole bunch of cancer.
Peasant women are peasant women, and most peasant women do not live to be forty or fifty years old, so who cares about the problem of sixty or seventy years old? But rich people are different, there are seventy or eighty years old, and there is no problem with paying attention.
"How's the conservatory going?" Liu Tao found the eunuch in the house and asked.
"It's ready to go." The eunuch who was asked was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly replied.
The conservatory is specially prepared by Liu Tao for these mothers, which is wide enough to move, to read, mainly to be heated by geothermal heat, and at the same time ventilation is also OK. is mainly waste fuel, but Liu Tao can afford this fuel fee.
"Well......" Liu Tao nodded, "Take care of the conservatory, and the queen will move over in two days to recuperate." ”
"Yes!" The eunuch hurriedly responded, and then went down to make arrangements.
At this time, the women had cleaned up the filth, simply bathed the child, wrapped it in cloth, and put it on the bed. It's not the first time Cai Yan has given birth, so although he is tired, he is still energetic.
"What a hard queen!" Liu Tao walked in and came to the bedside.
"The concubine is incompetent, and this time she gave birth to a princess." Cai Yan replied apologetically.
"Haha, I said earlier, it's the same for boys and girls. Other people's homes are other people's affairs, and here are according to my rules. What happened to the princess? If you are really talented, you can become the first empress of the Han Dynasty! Liu Tao said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is cautious, how can a woman be the emperor?" When Cai Yan heard this, he suddenly became a little anxious.
"yes...... How can there be a woman who is the emperor's ......" Liu Tao sighed, there is a Wu Zetian in Huaxia who is short-lived. However, in the past thirty years, he has changed back to Li Tang, and in the end, this Wu Zhou is also a joke.
There has been a female emperor in the island country next door, and the main reason is that the emperor's bloodline has faith and divinity among the people, so even if it is a female emperor, they are willing to admit it. Huaxia can't do it, and it's 'the prince will have a kind of Xiangning' at every turn.
There is a sentence in Shi Nai'an's "Journey to the West" "The emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house this year". Because of this sentence, "Journey to the West" once became a banned book.
The imperial examination system has come out, and Liu Tao has not been able to let women participate in the scientific examination, and becoming an official is also a problem of the times in the final analysis. Anyway, the women of the scholar clan and the rich family are in the minority.
In this era, the vast majority of women can show their heads, such as farming, such as business, such as working or something, and they are not bound to their feet, which is much freer than in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
So the feminist movement or something, in the end, only took care of a very small part of women, and offended most of the classes in this society. After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Tao did not deliberately engage in it again.
"What is the name of the child?" Cai Yan looked at Liu Tao's expression, and really thought that he had this idea, so he quickly changed the topic.
"I've looked for my father about this...... No, it was simply him who came to me and kept hinting in front of me that the child was going to be born. Seeing that he was so positive, I couldn't spoil his enthusiasm, so I asked him for advice. Liu Tao first sighed.
Liu Yuan is an old man, and he wants to name his grandson and twists and turns. It is estimated that the first two are also unhappy, and they were all given to Cai Yong, so this time the names of several grandsons (daughters) are probably going to be handled personally.
After a pause, he continued: "The man has a request, that is, to bring the five elements, and add what is missing. The requirements of women are not big, sweet and cute, innocent and lively, gentle and kind. ”
"The emperor is too casual, right?" Cai Yan complained when he heard this, and wanted to say that he was patriarchal, but it was not easy to say it directly. After all, filial piety to her in-laws is also the duty of a daughter-in-law. Saying bad things about her in-laws behind her back can't be done for her with a good upbringing.
"No way, who made him the emperor?" Liu Tao also expressed helplessness, "According to this naming method, it is called Liu Zhi." ”
Zhi Zhi is a grass that exudes fragrance and makes people stop, that is, I hope that Liu Zhi will grow sweet in the future, so that people will stop at a glance. Girls, especially royal women, are actually mostly used to marry courtiers.
I don't want to be virtuous, how good I am learned, how good I look, and how happy I am. Besides, her mother is a talented woman like Cai Yan, how can the daughter she taught not be virtuous?
Liu Zhi ...... It's a good name, too. Cai Yan breathed a sigh of relief, at least it wasn't a flower name or a vulgar name.
There are green buildings in this world, although it is a place where literati and artists gather, but there will also be many oirans who do not sell their bodies. They originally had names, but after they entered the industry, they would take the name of a flower.
It's the name of the flower for the daughter, ordinary people don't care, but more particular people will avoid this.
Don't underestimate the name, the old people say 'people are like their names', and sometimes the name directly affects a person's personality. Let's just say that the princess of Guantao is a real person, as her name suggests. Her daughter Chen Ajiao may be charming, but her arrogance is stronger.
"Although she looks like she looks like she is now, there is still a bit of a gap between her and Xiangzhi...... Liu Tao picked up her daughter and looked at the hairless monkey-like little guy and laughed.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow......" I don't know if I can understand Liu Tao's meaning, or if I am not used to being held by him, the child cried on the spot, and urinated on the occasion.
Liu Tao didn't understand why there was feces and urine when he hadn't eaten anything, but he was wet and there was no rut. Cai Yan immediately took over the past and urged Liu Tao to go back and change clothes. The latter returned the child and obediently went back.
As soon as the clothes were changed, it seemed that the house was in turmoil again.
"What's the situation?" Liu Tao came out in new clothes to ask.
"Concubine Zhen seems to be about to give birth!" The eunuch who passed by hurriedly replied, who would have thought that not long after Cai Yan gave birth, this Zhen Jiang began to move, so he had to go out quickly and call Wen Po back.
"What about Concubine Ren and Kariel?" Liu Tao had to ask, don't wait, it's the same day again.
"There is no response yet." The eunuch thought for a while and replied that the expected date of delivery of the two would have to wait at least a few more days. It's just that the expected date of delivery is only expected, and it is normal to advance or postpone it, so don't advance it more than a month in advance.
In the future, a month in advance, at least there will be an incubator. In a different world, it would be really fatal to be a month early.
"Send someone to take care of the two of them, and report any situation immediately." Liu Tao commanded, and then walked towards Zhen Jiang. It seems that tonight is destined to be peaceful......
After being busy for a while, Wen Po came over, and the results were checked slightly, indicating that this was a fake delivery, and there was no need to worry. It should have been seen that Cai Yan was in the pot, so there was a reaction.
Liu Tao didn't know much about this, just to be on the safe side, he left two stable mothers for one night. It wasn't until the next day that Zhen Jiang had no labor pains, so he gave the two stable women some rewards and sent them away.
Rao is like this, at the beginning of August, the third daughter also gave birth one after another, adding four new members to the family.
Ren Hongchang is really powerful, with two children and two baby boys, as if he wants to make up for the regret of not being able to give birth to a boy for the first time. According to Liu Yuanqi's meaning, August belongs to gold, and the earth is born gold, so the names of the two are brought to earth.
So the elder brother is called Liu Tan, and the younger brother is called Liu Ji, which is the result of the discussion between Liu Tao and Ren Hongchang. The elder brother is Ren Hongchang, which means that I hope he can be peaceful and broad, and his heart is stable, in the final analysis, he just doesn't want to snatch Liu Cong's throne.
The younger brother is called Liu Ji because Liu Tao remembers that Liu Bowen's name is Liu Ji, and Bowen is his cousin. Choosing this name, one is to have a strong qualification, and the other is to hope to be able to become a virtuous king.
Zhen Jiang and Carier both gave birth to daughters, Zhen Jiang's daughter was born first and named Liu Wei; Kariel's daughter was born a day later and was named Liu Fen.
So far, Liu Tao has seven children under his knees. At the age of four women, each person can have four or five more. That is, theoretically, he might have thirty children in the future.
Being born doesn't mean anything, being able to grow up is the key. The emperor's family is full of right and wrong, and Liu Hong is said to have several children before Liu Bi, but they all died young. I don't know if it's because of bad care, or if someone deliberately wants him to die.
In the end, Liu Wei was sent to the Taoist priest to raise, but he grew up smoothly, but he was timid and fearful, and he looked like he was difficult to achieve. It's hard to say whether he deliberately defended himself like this, anyway, now that the coffin is closed, there is no need to verify anything.
In other words, although I have seven children, the real severe test has only begun now.
Born in the Emperor's House, this is the luck of these children, but also their greatest misfortune.
After giving birth, the girls rest for a day or two, and then move to live in a conservatory, which is warm enough to keep them in bed and cover the quilt. There are sports equipment, a piano, a desk and books, and you can also draw or play chess.
When you are not in confinement, it is used as a recreation room, so it is not wasteful.
With this conservatory, the confinement girls are at least a little relieved, and it is not a way to lie in bed all the time without exercising. But I was worried that I would be sick when I got old, and I had to stay in the greenhouse for a month with the mentality of 'I'd rather believe it'.
As for the problem of breastfeeding, it is said that you can have a few nurses, but as long as it is related to people, then you can do it. Liu Tao also knew that he was suspicious, but for the healthy growth of his children, he directly used goat's milk to feed.
A piece of land is specially raised for more than 10 sheep, which are squeezed and fed hot, healthy and safe.
The girls also agreed with this, Cai Yan had been a school clerk in the palace, not to mention, but Ren Hongchang had been a palace maid, and he vaguely knew some filthiness in the palace.
For the healthy growth of their children, trouble is trouble, and the greatness of maternal love is vividly expressed.
In September, the autumn harvest began. The summer harvest is mainly aimed at the land that was sown with winter wheat last year, and the autumn harvest is the main theme. A large amount of grain began to be harvested, and it was purchased at market prices by the local authorities, and then put into storage.
It's just about the battle for food, in fact, it's just starting now......