The days in postpartum confinement are dull and boring, with the space limited to the area from the bed to the other bed.
If you wipe your body a couple more times, you'll have Saozi, your sister-in-law, and your sisters-in-law nagging at you several times a day. Washing your hair or taking a bath is out of the question.
There are at least four meals a day, and no matter how much Lianshan changes it up, it can't alter the essence of confinement meals—soupy, low oil, and lightly salted.
Due to these restrictions, even with her husband taking meticulous care of her, Shuzhen is eagerly looking forward to the day she can be free from confinement restrictions.
She hopes to be able to shower and wash her hair soon, to get rid of that stale, sour smell.
