Chapter Fifty-Six: Xiao Shizi's Nurse
Sure enough, at the end of the third month, Nianyun's fetal image gradually stabilized, the vomiting stopped, his appetite was great, and his body began to plump.
Nianyun's discomfort decreased, and he began to pick up the trivial matters of the inner mansion again.
After dealing with the dispute over the distribution of clothes among the prince's concubines, and the farmer who sent the vegetables was not fresh enough, he took a breath and returned to Yiqiu Palace, where he saw a doctor coming out of the medicine box on his back.
Nian Yun frowned: "What's the matter, who is sick?" ”
Yuzhu came out of the main hall and replied: "It's Mother Zhang, who is next to Ning Gongzi, who is sick, and she has just been diagnosed, and she said that she has a cough......
"Cough?" Nian Yun was shocked: "Cough is too sick, right?" ”
Yuzhu bowed his head, which was considered a default.
Nianyun didn't care about Ning'er because of her physical discomfort during this time, so she was anxious at this time: "But I've shown Ning'er, I'm not sick, right?" ”
Yuzhu hurriedly said: "I've seen it, Ning Gongzi is very healthy, and he has never been sick." ”
Nian Yun was still not at ease, "What about the others, have they all seen it?" ”
Yuzhu said: "I have seen a few people who are close, and the other nurse also has a cough, and she called her family to take her back and raise her." ”
If the illness is severe, wouldn't it be fatal to just take it home? Nianyun frowned: "Can you give money?" ”
Yuzhu knew what she meant, and hurriedly replied: "Give it!" I know that our wife is the most compassionate, not only can each person receive ten yuan to go back, but also arrange for the doctor to go to see the illness every three days, and the medicine she takes is also provided by our inner government......"
Nianyun nodded: "Very good, I'll go and see Ning'er." ”
Before the words fell, the little bun had already rushed out of the hall: "Auntie! ”
It was a bird-like gesture that flew out, but when it ran to a place far away from Nianyun, it suddenly stopped and stared at Nianyun's stomach in a daze.
Nian Yun took a few steps forward to touch his little head, but unexpectedly, the little bun actually hid behind Yuzhu.
"What's wrong?" Nian Yun was greatly surprised: "I haven't come to see you for this time, so I don't recognize A-Niang?" ”
"It's not!" Xiao Baozi came out from behind Yuzhu aggrievedly, "It's Grandpa who said it, saying that A-Niang has a little brother in her belly, and I am not allowed to touch A-Niang's ...... again."
Nianyun laughed, and went over to take his chubby little hand: "Your grandpa coaxed you!" There is nothing to do, as long as you are careful, don't bump into it recklessly, naturally it will be fine, my brother likes you to come and see him! ”
Xiao Baozi became happy at this time, and stretched out his little hand a little nervously, and slowly put it on Nianyun's stomach. Nianyun's fetus is only four months old, and he is not very pregnant, and he has not touched the reason.
Little Baozi stood on tiptoe to listen to the movement in his stomach, but his body was too short to reach his belly, so he had to pout and ask, "Auntie, how did you eat your little brother into your stomach?" ”
Several maids laughed together, and Nianyun also laughed, explaining: "It wasn't A-Niang who ate it, it was Guanyin Niangniang who put her little brother in." ”
Why did the 100,000 little buns obviously not be eliminated, and continued to teach people tirelessly: "How did Guanyin Niangniang put it in?" ”
Nianyun picked him up, "Ah Niang doesn't know, when he woke up, Guanyin Niangniang let him in." However, I don't know if it's a little brother or a little sister. ”
Xiao Baozi tilted his head and thought about it, and said loudly in a milky voice: "It's the little brother!" ”
Tong Yan Wuji, Fennel believed in these again, and his face was full of joy for a while, he took the little bun from Nian Yun's hand, and asked, "Then let's talk about Ning Gongzi, why is it a little brother?" ”
Xiao Baozi blurted out without thinking: "Mother Zhang said that the little brother is a little doll as good-looking as Ning'er!" ”
How old is this, but I know how good I look. Nian Yun smiled and asked again: "Then the little sister is not good-looking?" ”
Xiao Baozi tilted his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly asked, "What is the little sister?" ”
Dare to love this little bun can't figure out the difference between men and women at all. Fennel explained with a smile: "Little sister, when you grow up, you will become like A-Niang." ”
Xiao Baozi was confused: "Can't Ning'er be like A-Niang when she grows up?" ”
Nianyun said with a smile: "We Ning'er grew up, just like your grandfather." ”
Xiao Baozi touched his little face, didn't seem to be satisfied, and muttered: "Ning'er wants to be like A-Niang...... Zhang's mother also said that A-Niang was beautiful......"
Speaking of Zhang's mother, but no one was seen for two days, Xiao Baozi looked around: "I want Zhang's mother!" ”
Fennel hurriedly took out a gadget to coax him and distract him. Since the nurse has been mentioned, Chonglou took advantage of the situation and replied: "Madam, the inner government is only afraid of increasing some manpower, and now that Hui Niang is about to give birth, at least three or four nurses need to be prepared, although the month is not big on Madame's side, it must be prepared, there must be five or six, Ning Gongzi is only afraid to make up for two......
Nianyun nodded: "It's going to be prepared, you go and arrange it, post a notice out, but I do remember that the inner government has such a set of rules for choosing a nurse, depending on whether she reads the notice to apply, or who recommends it, she must be selected according to the rules." ”
Chonglou agreed, and Nianyun told again: "Ning'er has already been weaned, so there is no need to arrange a nurse, just choose two clever young mothers." ”
The selection of this nurse is extraordinary, after the wife of the big family in Chang'an City gave birth, there are few who are fed personally, and they are all fed by the nurse, and because the old people say that the appearance of the child will gradually be similar to the nurse, so the nurse must be healthy and good-looking, and the frail and ugly must not be wanted.
In addition to feeding, these little boys have been growing up until they enter school, learning to speak and walk, and their words and deeds are initially raised by their nursing mothers.
It can be said that the nurse is the enlightenment mentor before they formally invite the master to study, and has an extremely important influence at the beginning of life, and is one of the closest people to the little son.
The Donggong monthly salary given by Nianyun is very generous, and within three days, hundreds of people have unveiled the list and applied for the job. The maid of the inner house gave each person a piece of bamboo, indicating the age and surname, Nianyun personally selected them one by one, first put some too old or too young, short and ugly and obscene signs and put them home, and then went to two or three out of ten.
A few experienced old mothers took the rest of the people to a few empty rooms, each with a basin of warm water and a white hand towel, and asked them to wash their breasts first, and then brought a stack of crystal clear white porcelain plates, the plates were extremely thin, made in the palace, and they were slightly transparent to the light.
Nian Yunzheng didn't know what they were going to do, but saw the old mother give each nurse a saucer, each squeezed a small plate of milk, attached each person's small bamboo slices to the bottom of the plate, and the little maid took it out with a tray.
It was the best time for the sun at noon, and there was a table in the yard, on which the milk dishes of these nurses were arranged in order, and they were exposed to the sun, and it was impossible to see why.
Nianyun asked Yuzhu softly, "What does this mean?" ”
Yuzhu said: "The selection of nurses in the imperial city has always been cautious, and Mrs. will know later." ”
A few experienced old mothers did not waste time, at this time, they asked questions and examined the women who applied for the examination one by one, and also brought the doctor to check the pulse, and put the few signs that had hidden diseases, acne, and children in the family with congenital deficiencies.
So it went to two or three out of ten.
The milk in the white porcelain dish was dried for about half an hour, and the old mother led Nianyun to inspect them one by one.
At this time, the milk has been half dried, some plates are still white and fragrant thick milk paste, smelling milky, while some plates are showing the dregs of tofu dregs precipitated, and some dregs are yellow and white to earthy in color, emitting an unpleasant stench, and what's more, the dishes look blood-red, not milk at all, but like a dish of blood.
So the advantages and disadvantages were immediately apparent, those who were still white and fragrant could stay, and the rest all went home with signs, and there were only more than 20 people left for a while.
There is a female history on the side of the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the old mothers began to interrogate their family background, who are in the family, and ask how many children they have, whether they are sons or daughters, how old they are, etc., the female history is like flying, and they are recorded one by one on the side.
After asking, a few more were sent out, and the old mothers came back and said, "There are still fifteen left, please make a decision." ”
Nian Yun's female history took the dossier and read them one by one: "Can the family background be innocent?" ”
The old mother replied: "Among them, all those who have children who died early and whose family backgrounds are unreliable have been sent away, and the rest are the daughters-in-law of good families." ”
That Hui Niang has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, so Nian Yun also kept an eye on it, and said: "In this way, take them to Hui Niang's side, and tell her to choose three or four by herself, and the file doesn't have to be brought." ”
If she is all in charge, if something goes wrong in the future, she will not be able to escape the involvement. Let her choose for herself, at least there won't be anything wrong with it.
After Hui Niang's side chose four to go first, Nian Yun picked six who were docile and spoke clearly and concisely to stay by her side, and the remaining five were rewarded with a purse, and they had to be sent back, saying: "It's pitiful to leave your own children, you don't have to keep so many people." ”
There was a woman who was not selected in the middle of the house who took a step forward, knelt in front of her, and kowtowed: "The old mother of the people's daughter is already old, and the husband is not giving birth, and she has also accepted two concubines to serve in the house, and the people's daughter is really helpless, so she left a pair of twins to come out to apply, and asked the county lady to show mercy and leave the people's daughter to serve the county lady......"
Nianyun ordered someone to take her file, this woman's husband's surname is Du, her surname is Liu, she is only twenty-one and twelve, and the conditions are suitable, just because Nianyun thinks that the moon-white clothes she is wearing today are too plain, and she looks too quiet to accompany the child, so she was not chosen.
That's not a big drawback, maybe people just happen to be wearing that now. Nianyun thought for a while and said, "Okay, Du Liu's family will go to Ning'er's side." ”