CHAPTER 339: CHAPTER 331: ARGUING ABOUT HOW TO DO POSTPARTUM CONFINEMENT (1)

Old Mrs. Chen retorted, calling him crazy, finding strength even in listening to a baby’s cry.

No matter how much Old Mrs. Chen ridiculed, Old Chen loved listening. His second son couldn’t have children, his third son had no wife, and his eldest son had been married for over ten years. For the first time, there were cries of a baby at home, and to him, these cries were as pleasant as the sound of a flute.

Upon hearing from the laborers that the Li Family’s siblings had arrived, Old Chen was delighted and quickly said, "Where are they? Quickly bring them in."

He chuckled happily.

"Right away." The laborer ran to invite them in.

Li Xing’an parked the carriage, and with Li Yuzhu, followed the laborer into the Chen Family courtyard.

Old Chen waved at them with a smile, "You’ve come at a perfect time. Listen to my granddaughter’s voice, it’s even louder than yesterday, isn’t it?"

Li Xing’an strained his ears to listen, but didn’t notice anything?

It still sounded like a little kitten wailing.

Li Yuzhu guessed Old Chen’s thoughts and smiled, "The child has been born for three days, of course, it’s different from the first two days. In the first month, a newborn changes daily and grows faster than at any other time. The clothes she wears today will be too short in a month."

Old Chen loved hearing praises about his granddaughter the most.

He joyfully said, "Hahaha, Miss Li has such good hearing, she heard it right away."

Li Xing’an twitched his mouth; his third sister was just flattering him, making this Old Chen so happy.

Old Chen chatted casually with Li Yuzhu and then called his adopted granddaughter, Chen Danan, to take Li Yuzhu to see Madam Chen and her daughter.

Li Xing’an, with nothing to do, sat in the cool alley with Old Chen, drinking and chatting.

Li Yuzhu entered the bedroom, washed her hands, and walked over to the bedside.

It was hot, yet the room was sealed tightly.

The entire bedroom was filled with the smell of milk, traditional Chinese medicine, and sweat.

Li Yuzhu was dizzy from the stench.

Approaching the bed curtains to the bedside, Li Yuzhu felt even dizzier.

She was almost frightened.

Because on Madam Chen’s bed, the mosquito net was down.

As tightly sealed as if no wind could pass through.

The mosquito nets of that time were unlike the thin ones of the modern era, they were made of fine cloth.

No shadow of movement was visible inside.

Ancient people valued privacy.

Madam Chen and her daughter, in ancient times with no fans, no air conditioning, and not enough big windows in the room, were they doing a sauna?

"Why is the net still down? Quickly lift it up." Li Yuzhu called to Chen Danan.

Today’s temperature was higher than the previous days.

While having breakfast earlier, she was almost sweating as she ate.

The Chen family’s little baby was still wrapped in a small bundle, not knowing if it would suffocate from the heat.

Li Yuzhu rushed forward to lift the net on the bed.

But Chen Danan stopped her, "Miss Li, my grandmother said, my mom is in her confinement period, she can’t let the wind in, the net must stay down for forty days."

Goodness, forty days of stuffiness?

By the time forty days are over, the summer will be almost over.

Adults might withstand it, but won’t the little baby have heat rash and sores from being covered?

"The windows and doors are closed, and there’s heavy curtains in front of the bed, where’s the wind? Quickly open the net for some air, being hidden inside all the time will make the baby sick. Hear her crying impatiently?" Li Yuzhu found a hook and lifted a side of the net to hang up.

Once the net was opened, she clearly heard Madam Chen on the bed take a long breath in and a long breath out.

Look how suffocated she was!

Chen Danan blinked, was the little baby constantly crying because she was uncomfortable?

She couldn’t tell.

But since Li Yuzhu had already lifted the net, she couldn’t stop her and had to let go.

Madam Chen was very pleased to see Li Yuzhu visiting.

Due to a Caesarean section, she was still lying in bed, struggling to move her body, and waved to her adopted daughter serving at her bedside, "Quickly go and pour some tea for Miss Li."

The little girl replied crisply, "Got it, mom," and ran out quickly.

Li Yuzhu immediately checked on the whimpering baby, asking, "How many times has she been fed? How’s her bowel movements?"

Madam Chen answered, "She feeds a little every hour, and my sisters-in-law say her appetite is good, her bowel movements too, only she keeps crying and doesn’t sleep well."

She looked at the little baby with concern.

Li Yuzhu sighed, the baby even wore a little hat! Wrapped like a rice dumpling, can she sleep comfortably?

"It’s wrapped too thickly, let’s remove a few layers of clothes." Li Yuzhu opened the small bundle wrapped around the baby and was about to untie the clothes.

Without even unwrapping the ties, she could already count two layers of clothing just from the color and layer of the clothes.

Two layers of clothing, plus long pants, long sleeves, and socks, wrapped in a small bundle, without fans and air conditioning.

Li Yuzhu felt sorry for the little baby.

"Is it really okay to unwrap this?" Madam Chen was a bit worried, "My mother-in-law and sisters-in-law all say that newborns shouldn’t catch cold, they must be wrapped for a month before unwrapping."

"That’s for cool weather, but now it’s the dog days of summer!" Li Yuzhu was untying the baby’s waistband.

Just as she was about to take off the first piece of clothing, someone walked into the bedroom.

The curtain was pulled aside, and Old Mrs. Chen’s sturdy frame stepped in.

She stomped her foot, "Do you want to harm my granddaughter? You can’t take off her clothes, she’ll catch a cold." She rushed to the bedside and pushed Li Yuzhu aside, rearranging the baby’s clothes.

Li Yuzhu said, "It’s so hot today; she’ll get sick from being wrapped up."

"She was just born, today is only the third day, her body is still weak!" Old Mrs. Chen straightened the baby’s clothes and wrapped her back in the small blanket.

After doing so, she saw the net lifted by the curtain hooks and was even more anxious, saying, "Why is the net open? Put it down, put it down. Da Nuan!"

Chen Danan came back with the tea, hurriedly put down the cup, and went to unhook the net.

Li Yuzhu shook her head and said, "Being wrapped up like this, both the adult and child will get sick, they’ll get postpartum illness."

Old Mrs. Chen turned around, looking arrogantly at Li Yuzhu.

"Young girl, I admire your medical skills, it’s something you can learn. But how to do the confinement, that’s not something you can learn, it all comes down to experience. I’ve given birth to three sons, two daughters, and I’ve taken care of several nieces and nephews during confinement, so when it comes to how to do confinement, I’m the most qualified to speak, not you!"

Li Yuzhu didn’t completely refute her words.

Caring for health does rely on experience, but relying solely on experience without knowledge of medicine is also unwise.

"Old Mrs. Chen, not everything you said is entirely correct, everything shouldn’t be inflexible." She said, "The weather is changeable, was the day you were in confinement as hot as today?"

"How not? The days when my third son was born were just as hot!" Old Mrs. Chen retorted unwillingly.

Mentioning Chen the Third, Li Yuzhu had more to say.

"That’s why his mouth is always crooked, it’s due to improper balance of hot and cold." Li Yuzhu made up something, deliberately trying to frighten Old Mrs. Chen.

Old Mrs. Chen was instantly stunned.

Madam Chen panicked, "Mom, Miss Li is a doctor, she hasn’t done the confinement, but she’s seen a lot, listen to her."

Old Mrs. Chen was choked up, angry, and kept silent.

Madam Chen called for Li Yuzhu to look at the baby.

Li Yuzhu walked over again and unwrapped the bundle and little clothes on the baby.

She left her wearing only a top, with a diaper wrapped around her bottom.

The moment the baby’s pants were removed, Li Yuzhu took a deep breath.

"If you keep wrapping, she’ll be well-cooked!" Li Yuzhu said unreservedly.

Madam Chen exclaimed, "How could it be like this? This this..."

Old Mrs. Chen, annoyed by the noise, looked up.

Upon seeing, she was also terrified.