Chapter 895 - 896 Know Nothing_1
"Xiaxia, it’s time to feed the baby," she said, having had some soup in the afternoon and then continuing to sleep until now, when she actually woke up with the child.
"How, how am I supposed to feed him?" Yang Chuxia held the child somewhat perplexedly. Then she added, "He hasn’t eaten since he was born? Isn’t he hungry?"
In her previous life, she had never had a child, so how was she to know how to raise and feed one?
"Before you woke up, the child woke up once, and I fed him some plain water. He didn’t spit it up, drank it, and actually went back to sleep. But now he can’t drink water anymore." Ms. Wang came forward and said, "Undo your clothes and let the child latch on by himself."
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia understood a bit more.
Eldest must have really been hungry, as his instinct to search for food kicked in, and Yang Chuxia could feel his vigorous sucking, but after quite a few tries, he started to cry as he couldn’t extract anything.
"Mother, I don’t think I have any milk!"
As the child cried, she also became anxious.
"Try the other one." Hearing this, Yang Chuxia switched to the other side.
However, after several attempts, it was still no good; even when they switched to Second, there was still not a drop of milk.
"Mother, didn’t my little cousin drink rice soup? Let’s try that. Call Granny Meng and Grandma Lin for me later."
Unable to draw any milk, Ms. Wang had to resort to mixing brown sugar with rice soup to feed them. The children were cooperative, consuming whatever was offered. After sipping the brown sugar water and smacking their lips, they continued to sleep.
Sometime later, Grandma Lin and Granny Meng came together, and nanny Li also came up with them.
"Grandma Lin, Granny Meng, I don’t seem to have any milk. Is there any way to deal with this?"
On the side, nanny Li was startled by the words, as the lady wanted to breastfeed the child herself. In wealthy families, didn’t they usually hire wet nurses? But then she remembered that there had never been any talk of hiring a wet nurse in the household.
At this moment, Grandma Lin was thinking the same as nanny Li. Grandma Lin, who was a midwife specifically for the wealthy families, knew that in such households, it was typically the wet nurses who fed the children, to prevent breast sagging. Furthermore, when those ladies and concubines sought her, they were asking how to stop lactation, not to encourage it, and she was momentarily at a loss.
Granny Meng, on the other hand, said, "I’ll write a prescription to encourage lactation for the lady. Combine it with grass carp or pig’s trotters to stew, have a couple of meals to start with, and if that doesn’t work, I will try something else."
"Okay, please trouble Granny Meng to write it." Yang Chuxia nodded and then said, "Also, please Granny Meng and Grandma Lin to stay here for a few more days. Once I’m better, I’ll have someone escort you two back home."
"Naturally, that’s no problem. There’s nothing urgent back in the county town anyway."
The two then went down, and nanny Li followed to see how to prepare it.
Perhaps because she slept a lot during the day, Yang Chuxia couldn’t fall asleep and just stared at the two little babies, who looked exactly the same.
"Mother, which one is Eldest and which is Second?" She couldn’t tell them apart at a glance and was genuinely confused.
"Haven’t I told you before? The one with the red blanket is Eldest, and the one with the blue blanket is Second. You’re being quite odd lately, not only forgetful but also unable to distinguish between your own children," scolded Ms. Wang. "You say you don’t understand anything, luckily there’s nanny and servant girl at home, and I am close to you. What would you do if you had married far away?"
"Heh, none of those problems exist," said Yang Chuxia as she poked the little bun’s face, only to be slapped away by Ms. Wang, "Why are you always poking him? If you wake him up, he’ll start crying."