Good news. What's going back to her family?

The custom of having children in rural areas varies from place to place. In Axi's hometown of Jiaodong, after giving birth, the daughter-in-law will go to her mother-in-law's house to report the good news, but the pressure of giving birth can reveal the big secret from the egg basket prepared by her house.

Let's listen, Xi. Slowly share the custom of reporting good news in your hometown and countryside, and see what your mother-in-law should prepare.

I. Bamboo baskets

To report good news in the countryside, my mother-in-law must prepare such a basket for eggs, and can't use cartons or other containers instead.

Why? This is exquisite. Basket = hug, clearly expressing grandma's love for her newborn grandson and her desire to protect her daughter. The size and contents of the basket will send a message to the daughter's in-laws.

Second, eggs

In the past, the living conditions in rural areas were worse than now, and eggs were reluctant to eat, so we had to exchange money for daily necessities. Therefore, the number of eggs given by the bride's family is the price of whether the bride's family is strong or not.

When I was a child, A Xi knew that there was a tacit understanding between rural neighbors, such as whose daughter was going to have a baby, and our aunt and grandfather had been saving eggs for a long time at the door, waiting to send them home after birth, and preparing an egg basket for her daughter's family, which contained enough noodles.

I remember this bamboo basket is full of eggs, about 400. My son-in-law has come to report the good news. Mother-in-law should quickly cook the eggs and dye them red. Cook according to the amount that the man needs to divide at home. If it is not enough, he will make some more when he gets home. There are also raw eggs for my daughter to eat in confinement.

Third, a rice bowl

This bowl is prepared by my grandmother for my grandson. I usually want to buy a small bowl of fine white porcelain with a pair of small fish on it. In rural customs, grandma prepares a bowl for her grandson and tells her daughter's family that regardless of boys and girls, her mother's family will always be the patron and her daughter's grandson will always have food.

There is a saying in the countryside that the bowl is white and the child's skin is good. A pair of small fish on it means more than a year, yue longmen, a carp.

Fourth, a bowl of sesame.

"Yuanqu Baipu" has a cloud: "A bowl of donkey-hide gelatin, Yi Deng sesame seeds, candied white rice and red stuffing, pink cheeks like shame, apricot flowers and spring rain smiling, nourishing youth, saving life and harvesting capital." It can be seen that sesame has a good nourishing effect.

Rural people put a bowl of sesame seeds when they put eggs in the basket, and there is another meaning: spreading branches and leaves is good for breeding, and sesame blossoms are high.

Five, a pack of brown sugar

In my hometown and countryside, brown sugar is considered as a necessity for confinement. Drinking hot brown sugar water is helpful to quickly discharge lochia and restore uterine health. Mothers love their daughters, so naturally this thing should be ready to take.

Six, two cakes

These two cakes should be wrapped in red cloth and put in the basket. There is a saying in the countryside that eating a piece of cake from one's mother's family in confinement will prevent all diseases from invading. In fact, A Xi thinks that this is just a little self-care that a rural mother tried to give to her confinement daughter in the past poor days, so that the child can supplement more nutrition and body.

Seven, small quilts and small clothes

The meaning of small quilt is similar to that of basket. "Hug" and "hug" are endless rhythms of love.

In the past, there was a rule in the countryside that the bride's family had to have a big meal to visit her daughter and grandson at her husband's house, and she could only hold this egg basket to express her heartfelt wishes to her mother.

Eight, pay attention to the egg basket.

When the egg basket is finished, cover the basket mouth with a red foreskin. It is the custom in my hometown and countryside that if a boy is born, you can directly cover the red veil of the egg basket, and if a girl is born, the corners of the red veil should be properly folded.

What is this statement? It turns out that this also has a moral: boys should be brave and unconstrained in the future; Girls should be clever and behave naturally.

Nine or twenty Jin of wheat (or flour)

This is also the old rule. Ah Xi's serious suspicion is also because he is poor, and his family is afraid that his daughter will not eat well in confinement. In those rural areas, 20 Jin of wheat is a heavy gift.