Chapter 228 Waiting for childbirth
Farmers have less leisure months, and people are even busier in May. The sun in May of the lunar calendar is already scorching, and it is the wheat harvest season in the middle of the year. Even in the hospital, you can smell the southeast wind. The aroma of wheat and the fragrance of wormwood.
In the ward, Wang Susu was half-lying on the bed, holding a bright red and huge peach and nibbling on it bit by bit. Wang Zhenzhen was swinging her little feet on the chair beside the bed, peeling rice dumplings and eating them. The two sisters They were eating and chatting.
Chen Ling was fanning listlessly beside him, with a worried face on his face.
"What's wrong with you, brother-in-law? Are you suffering from heatstroke?"
Wang Zhenzhen finished eating a rice dumpling, and when he saw him like this, he waved his little hand in front of his eyes.
"You just suffered from heat stroke."
Chen Ling pushed her away and then looked at Wang Susu: "It's the end of the month, why haven't you responded yet?"
“I don’t know either.”
Wang Susu pursed her lips in depression.
She had calculated everything, and by the end of the month she would be ten months pregnant. Her belly was also very swollen, and she looked like she was going to give birth at any time, but there was no reaction from her body.
It makes her afraid to use too much force when going to the toilet.
She is like this, and Chen Ling is not much better.
The day is getting closer and closer, and the child is about to be born. He has lost his previous calmness. Nervousness, anticipation, excitement, and all kinds of indescribable emotions are intertwined together, tumbling up and down in his heart. Make him restless.
And in the past two nights, my dreams were all about the baby crawling on me, but when I woke up, I felt empty, with nothing, and the baby was still not born.
Gao Xiulan was carrying a thermos to fetch water. When she came back, she couldn't help but feel happy when she saw Chen Ling like this.
"You, don't hang around here, go out for a walk, or go back and bring the eggs to sell. There is no way to do such a thing, you just stay here. I am in a hurry.”
It’s not that she is a big-hearted mother, but the doctor has said that it is 100% fine for a girl with a body like her to have a baby. The key depends on when she gives birth.
At least let the little guy in Wang Susu's belly have enough time to figure it out.
"Okay, I'll go home and see my dad. Do you really want to go back with me?"
Chen Ling thought about it. He could only become more and more anxious as he stayed here, mainly because his mood was not right, and his wife and family would be affected as well.
It’s not good to make everyone nervous. It’s better to go out for a walk.
"No, I want to stay with my sister."
The little girl shook her head, picked up another rice dumpling, peeled it and ate it.
"Okay, I'll go home and call the doctor if you need anything."
"I know, brother-in-law, please leave quickly. Why have you been more verbose than mother these past two days?"
Chen Ling smiled and gave her a headache.
Then we returned to the small courtyard, hitched the ox cart and returned to the village.
He set off at around ten in the morning and arrived at the village at exactly twelve noon. On the way, the villagers asked him why his wife had not given birth yet, so he had to say that the baby didn't want to come out yet.
Everyone rarely saw him looking so depressed, so they all started to laugh at him, "You are rich today, just wait, you will be annoyed more when your baby grows up."
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Chen Ling smiled and replied a few words, and finally asked them to go home for a drink later.
After returning home, Chen Ling simply drank a few sips of water and then went to feed the pigeons.
The pigeons at home have not been moved to the farm yet. They are few in number and do not take up space, so there is no rush.
Currently, the three pairs of pigeons at home have all successfully paired up and laid eggs separately. After about 20 days of incubation, the little pigeons have broken out of their shells some time ago.
There are two little pigeons in each nest, six in total. Chen Ling feeds the other pigeons and adds water. The three pairs of adult pigeons in the three nests also come out to eat and drink.
After eating, I walked back to the pigeon nest. The naked little pigeons in the nest screamed and stretched their necks, and kept pushing the big pigeons' crops with their mouths and necks.
Seeing this, the big pigeons opened their mouths to hold the little pigeon's mouth, and poured food into the little pigeon's mouth. The little pigeon moved its neck and swallowed.
This is a pigeon feeding.
Speaking of this, it is still a bit magical.
After other birds hatch, they feed them.
But pigeons are fed pigeon milk.
Pigeon milk is pigeon milk and pigeon milk.
Pigeons have milk, but it does not mean that they also have lactations. Their milk is still different from the milk of mammals.
Pigeon milk is secreted by pigeon crops during the brooding period. It is similar in color to soy milk, but if you look closely, it will appear more yellow.
Because it is used to feed young pigeons and resembles milk, it is called pigeon milk or pigeon milk.
When not mating, not laying eggs, not raising chicks.
There is no pigeon milk secreted in their crops.
That is to say, just like humans, they will only secrete milk when they give birth...
But compared with humans and mammals, the difference is that male pigeons also It secretes pigeon milk.
The male and female run the house together, raise the chicks together, and build their own beautiful home.
Chen Ling stood aside and watched for a while, wanting to get closer, but the big pigeons bulged their crops, flapped their wings and screamed "coo coo coo" to prevent him from getting close to the little ones in the nest. Pigeon.
“Look at how stingy you are, forget it, I’ll wait until they come out of the nest and then watch, okay?”
Chen Ling waved her hand and gave them two more scoops of water to relieve the heat. , and then put some water into the lotus pond.
Now in the lotus pond at home, there are only a few red eels and some assorted small fry left in it.
Red eels basically do not swim to the surface of the water except when eating, and they are usually invisible to outsiders.
When Shan Mao came here last time, he specifically told him that the two red eels he bought from him produced eel fry this year, which were cultivated by Han Ninggui and others. The eel fry were all red.
So Professor Han now suspects that the color of this thing can be passed on to future generations. It should not be a genetic mutation caused by environmental changes by chance. Based on the current situation, it can be regarded as a new branch of eels. .
Shanmao also said that even if there is no research value, after they raised these eel fry, they spent a lot of money to buy them back last year. Not only did they not lose money, but they also made a fortune.
This is also his pleasure in hunting around for novelties. He has fun looking for them, looks at them with surprises, and often finds things he missed.
When he left, he asked Chen Ling to raise the Qinling fine salmon well. If he could increase the scale, he would find a buyer by then. "There is no need to rush, Qinling fine-scaled salmon or mullet fish, especially mullet fish. If you wait a few years, the value will be beyond imagination."
Chen Ling picked off two lotus leaves that had been chewed out by insects, got up and caught up with the ox cart and headed out of the village.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, the village was busy for ten and a half days to harvest all the wheat. When we left the village, wherever we looked, the farmland was bare, with only a short layer of wheat stubble sticking to the ground. .
New wheat straw stacks were also put up in the wheat field, and new shacks were built.
When Chen Ling passed by with his ox cart, many villagers were drying wheat. At noon, they spread the wheat flat on the wheat field under the hot sunlight, and then walked barefoot on the wheat. Go and wade the wheat into shallow grooves to make it easier to dry.
Seeing Chen Ling passing by, these people stopped and smiled.
"Fugui is back? Has Susu given birth? When can I drink your baby's full moon wine?"
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Knowing that his family was going to have a child, everyone was very enthusiastic. After Chen Ling met, they all responded very patiently.
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"It's almost time to harvest our wheat and rapeseed."
Arrived outside the farm's orchard, the father-in-law stretched out his hand to pull a few wheat ears, put them in his hands and rubbed them, and the plump uncooked wheat appeared. The grains appeared in the hands, and then the awns and husks on the grains were blown away, and then they were thrown into the mouth and chewed hard.
Chen Ling also rubbed two wheat ears, threw the raw wheat kernels into his mouth and tasted them.
The raw wheat grains are a little rustic, and after a slight chewing, the aroma of wheat fills your mouth. The wheat grains are still soft and juicy.
“Now is the time to eat it alive, but a few more southeasterly winds won’t do it.”
Wang Cunye glanced at him, then walked to the edge of the rapeseed field and pulled out two rapeseed pods. "There are very few greens on the rapeseed pods. If Susu can't give birth in the next few days, let's find some people from the village. Help harvest the rapeseed first. The wheat can wait a little longer. The rapeseed ripens quickly, so we can’t wait any longer. If it rains, it will be left in the ground.”
“Okay, I understand, Dad. "Have you had lunch?"
Chen Ling looked not far behind his father-in-law. The old man was just tending the sheep with his little yellow dog.
"I've eaten. It's easy for me to eat alone. Our family eats so much, are you still worried that I will be hungry?"
Wang Cunye smiled, and then pointed to the small river channel at the foot of the mountain. : "By the way, there are some wild peach trees and wild loquat trees over there. The fruits are very sweet, and the watermelons are also ripe. Go pick two more when you return to the county seat later."
Chen Ling took a look and saw that he had planted it last year. After watering it with spiritual water, the tree was full of fruits this year.
As for the watermelon, there is insufficient light and it ripens a little late, but that does not mean it is not delicious. Wang Cunye tasted one and said it was very sweet and delicious.
"Woof woof woof..."
At this time, Hei Wa and Xiao Jin ran down the mountain. They had not seen each other for many days. They also missed Chen Ling very much and circled in front of him. , shaking his head and tail vigorously, his two big tails were like brooms, which made his pants snap.
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble, let's go pick up eggs."
Weng and his son-in-law took their dogs and sheep and picked eggs everywhere in the orchard.
After picking up the eggs and loading them with what he had saved over the past few days, Chen Ling simply ate something for lunch and returned to the county seat in the afternoon.
After living in the county town, you don’t have to wait for the market to sell eggs. You usually have time to send some to supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores, or sell them in front of the hospital. This way, selling will not be slower than going to the market. How many.
If you are lucky one day, you can drive an ox cart around the county town in the morning and everything will be sold out.
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This day is the first day of June, and there are still three days before the county fair.
Although there is no market, today is one of those lucky ones.
He brought the eggs from home yesterday afternoon. Just as he was about to go out to shout for a round in the morning, several people came to the door. The leader was an old man who had bought his eggs several times in the past. Mrs.
Every time he passes by the door, as long as he opens his mouth and shouts, he will definitely come out to buy eggs.
I didn’t buy much, just enough for the whole family to eat for ten days and a half.
I came here today and brought several women with me. One of them was carrying her little grandson on her back. When she walked to the door, she pointed at him and shouted: "I recognize you. You are a young man who set up a stall here last year to sell vegetables. I also I bought five kilograms of leeks from you, and you won’t give me any discount, not even a penny less.”
Good guy, I’ve met an old customer.
Chen Ling smiled awkwardly, "The eggs will be cheaper for you this time."
The old lady suddenly laughed: "We didn't open the door for most of last year, so why are we selling eggs this year? ”
“Hey, it’s okay. The price of eggs is more expensive this year than in previous years. I will sell whatever price is good.”
"Good guy, you are such a clever youngster."
While talking, the old ladies were busy picking eggs around the oxcart. This time, everyone bought a lot. Seven or eight pounds, nine or ten pounds.
After asking a few more questions, I found out that it was after the Dragon Boat Festival that I went to my daughter’s house to celebrate the festival.
"Oh, yes, after the Dragon Boat Festival and the busy farming season, I have some free time to celebrate the festival, so I have to drag the eggs around more today."
Chen Ling heard With these words, he had an idea. After these old ladies bought the eggs and left, he locked the courtyard door and set off.
After getting on the bullock cart, after walking only a few steps, the little white bull stopped and couldn't walk. It kicked its hooves on the spot and screamed restlessly.
"What's the matter, Xiaobai, are you thirsty?"
Chen Ling thought for a moment and realized that he hadn't drunk the cow yet, so he turned over and got out of the car.
At the same time, I blame myself for being so busy selling eggs that I even forgot to feed the cows water. I have been a little careless in everything recently.
He took out the key and walked back to open the door.
Before he could reach the door, a small figure ran over from a distance, waving his hands and shouting at him.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, my sister is going to give birth."
"Go to the hospital quickly, my sister is going to give birth."
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Avoid the impact Read, the previous single chapter has been deleted, and the group number is in the introduction.
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