Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 637 Raising a Child is Too Difficult

Burning wood blocks and firewood will cause the fire to be too strong, which will cause the milk to burn easily and the milk powder to be difficult to make. If you use dry cow and sheep dung, the fire will be moderate, neither too big nor too small, and it will not have the disadvantages of burning wheat straw and firewood, so it is very suitable.

When the milk is very thick, pour it into a bowl, cover it with gauze, and let it cool naturally, it will become a lump of milk powder. Use a rolling pin to carefully grind it into powder, sieve it, and the simple milk powder is ready.

Hualei tried to brew a bowl of milk, and the taste didn't seem as smooth as the milk powder in the previous life. But the milk flavor was very rich, so it should be nutritious, right?

So, I tried to brew a bowl of tea for Jinnian again according to a certain concentration. Jinnian seemed to like it very much, but it was the first time for both adults and children to try it, so they used a spoon.

Not only is the speed very slow, but it is also easy for the baby to choke. A lot of milk leaks into the baby's neck, which is very wasteful.

But if you feed him too slowly, he will run out of food after just one sip, and Jinnian will start to wail dryly. If you feed him too quickly, he will choke again, and Jinnian will start to cry again.

While dancing and protesting, she also knocked over the spoon and the milk powder bowl, and then she could only wash and change clothes. When she came back, the milk she had prepared was cold again, and Jinnian had diarrhea after drinking it.

In short, it was a mess. Feeding with a spoon didn't work. So Hualei dug out a pile of milk bottles that Madam Pei had sent from Shangjing City.

There were also baby bottles in the Dasheng Dynasty. Of course, they looked completely different from the baby bottles in previous lives.

Among the bottles that Old Madam Pei gave me, there were pottery, ox horn, and silver. The shape of the ox horn was better, and the flower buds could still accept it.

But can this ceramic thing be called a milk bottle? It is just a ceramic pot with a small opening on one side. The large opening is for milk, and the small opening is for the baby to suck.

Every time Jinnian sucked on the ceramic bottle, Hualei couldn't bear to look at the bottle that was almost as big as Jinnian's head.

I was particularly worried that if Jinnian waved his little hand, the whole bottle would fall directly on his head, causing a bloody head. So there had to be someone beside him to help hold the bottle, which was really inconvenient.

Moreover, since ceramic bottles do not have valves, it is still very easy for babies to choke.

However, this silver milk bottle seems to be okay. It is similar to a horizontal vase with a round opening on the bottle body for holding milk.

The mouth of the bottle is relatively small, about the thickness of three needles. It is not bad when you put it in your mouth and suck it. Adults can control the tilt well, so there is less choking.

However, it was too troublesome to clean, especially the sucking hole, which there was nothing to put in to clean it. Even if Hualei made the smallest toothbrush, it couldn't be put in.

This is unhygienic. If the bottle is not cleaned properly after the baby drinks the milk, it is easy for bacteria to grow. It is summer now, and if the baby drinks the milk with bacteria, it is easy for the baby to have diarrhea.

Hualei wanted to make a baby bottle with a silicone mouth similar to the one in her previous life. However, there was no silicone material here, so for a moment, Hualei felt helpless.

Hualei sighed over a pile of milk bottles, so the patient and meticulous Rong Jin once again took over Hualei's mess.

Feeding Jinnian every day became Rong Jin's exclusive job. She also supervised the maids and old women. Every day, she took turns cleaning several milk bottles carefully and boiling them with water to disinfect them.

Fortunately, there are maids, old women and wet nurses to serve here. If you spend a little more money, Hua Lei's life will be relatively easy.

In order to have a bite of food, Jinnian had a very strong ability to adapt. It didn't take long for him to get used to various bottle feeding methods, and his belly was full from drinking every day.

In this way, Hualei worked while taking care of Jinnian. Not long after, in order to send gifts to Lord Pei and Madam Pei,

Hualei improved the milk powder by adding walnuts, pine nuts, and brome powder in a certain proportion, and made it into protein powder, which she sent back to the two elderly people.

Brome is the oat in the previous life. In some places, it is also called burnt wheat. It also existed in the Great Sheng Dynasty. It was planted more in the northern desert than in the south.

In the summer, Mrs. Pei caught a cold and coughed because she wanted to stay cool. The protein powder made from flower buds can increase the immunity of the elderly.

Although they didn't know what the effect would be, Lord Pei and Madam Pei were still very happy after receiving it. They would also drink a cup every day according to Hualei's request.

Hualei also sent a few cans of the rest to Pei Jingyang and his wife. Madam Han also thought it tasted good, and after drinking a cup every day, her body's resistance improved a lot without her noticing.

In addition, Hualei also gave Guijijiu a small jar. Guijijiu's paper mill was running smoothly and had already started producing paper. After Hualei visited it several times, she also let it go.

Gui Jijiu has also been planning his own printing house recently. At Hualei's suggestion, Gui Jijiu placed the printing house in Beier Village, which is closest to Luwei Village.

There is a relatively open flat land there and the transportation is relatively convenient. After the paper is produced in the paper mill in Luwei Village, it is also convenient to transport it to Beier Village for printing.

After inspecting the site, Gui Jijiu also adopted Hualei's opinion and signed an agreement with the head of Beier Village on the printing house.

Rong Yu's wife, Qian, has been pregnant for more than three months. However, she has severe morning sickness and often stays at home, rarely goes out, and does not communicate much with Hua Lei.

The two of them would at most meet during festivals and reunion dinners. After Qian suffered several losses in front of Hua Lei, he became much more restrained, and now the two of them were getting along peacefully.

Xiaoyuan and Rongjue were also very busy, but whenever they had time, they would come over and hold the several-month-old Jinnian, playing with him like a toy. Fortunately, Jinnian didn't cry or make a fuss, and sometimes even giggled foolishly.

However, I don’t know if it’s because drinking milk can easily cause getting a sore throat, or because it’s too hot in summer, but Jinnian hasn’t had a bowel movement for a long time.

Normally, he would have one or two banana-shaped stools a day, and the color would be normal. However, Jinnian still hadn't had a bowel movement in the past five or six days, and Hualei was getting anxious.

I originally wanted to ask Yuanpan Li to take a look, but recently, Yuanpan Li went to Xinzhou Prefecture. Huimin Pharmacy was established in Xinzhou Prefecture and the building had been built, so Yuanpan Li went to check it out on the spot.

There was no other way, Hualei could only look through medical books, thinking about treating Jinnian herself. Because the weather was hot, Hualei increased the frequency of feeding Jinnian water.

However, perhaps because the boiled water tasted bland, Jinnian didn't seem to like it. He fed her a mouthful, drank half, and spit out the other half. Not much actually went into his mouth.

So, Hualei followed Qingqi's instructions, removed the leaves and tails of the fresh celery, leaving the middle section, and boiled it in boiling water for a cup of tea.