Today is Ping'an's "washing ceremony" day. After the family finished breakfast, Mother Zhang, as usual, prepared a new comb, new soap, new towel, navel brush, soup spoon, new wooden tray, thick cloth, pastries, tea, copper tea tray, scallions, ginger slices, mugwort, locust branches, warmer, raw and cooked eggs, mallet, and more as required by the midwife.
She also dyed lychees, raw peanuts, and chestnuts red with red paper as a backup. She had prepared some of these things long before her grandson was born, so she was quite familiar with them and easily got everything ready.
Early in the morning, Grandma Zhou came to the Zhang Family with two old hens and handmade small clothes and shoes. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Mr. Lin, the old in-law, she went to the west wing to see Zhou Jiao.
