During pregnancy, especially the first three months, it's best not to eat grapes because there is a folk tale that says this is the time when the fetus takes shape, and eating grapes might lead to a molar pregnancy.
There are also superstitions such as not placing anything under or near the head of the bed during pregnancy, otherwise the child might be born with birthmarks on their face, and so forth.
Di Mingjue had gathered a whole heap of these and had recorded them. He immediately removed the picture from the head of the bed.
There really were a multitude of these taboos, including that pregnant women shouldn't eat rabbit meat for fear the child might have a cleft lip.
Pregnant women shouldn't eat shrimp for fear the child's fingers might stick together like the large pincers of a shrimp.
The couple returned to the bedroom, listening to Di Mingjue prattling on and on about what was forbidden and what was not allowed.
