By the time Li Yunlan arrived home, Mrs. Liu had already helped the midwife into the yard.
The midwife's surname was Chen. Just as she was about to talk to Li Yunlan, Li Yunlan interrupted her and said, "Quick, go and take a look first."
Mrs. Chen also knew that this matter could not be delayed, so she nodded and was led by Mrs. Liu to the second house.
"Mother...oh...mother~." Baoyu cried and twitched.
"Don't be afraid, Baoyu. Your mother is fine. You follow your brothers and sisters to play in your aunt's house. Grandma will go see your mother. Ming Yue will take her sister to your house to play."
The two children listened to their grandmother's words and took their sister to play in their house.
Li Yunlan hurried to the second room. When she entered the room, she saw Qiu Defu with sweat on his face. Mrs. Chen was lying on the bed and crying. Mrs. Liu was comforting her next to her. Mrs. Chen was checking her, touching her belly for a while, and turned around and said : "The vagina is red and the baby's head has not yet been put into the basin. Have you called a doctor?"
Mrs. Liu rushed to reply: "Please, my man is going to invite you."
While he was talking, Qiu Degui came in carrying an old doctor on his back. The old doctor got down to the ground and stood outside for a while. After the inside was tidied up, he carried the medicine box into the house.
He checked his pulse, glanced at Chen, and then came out.
Li Yunlan: "Doctor, how about you say something?"
Old doctor: "It's about eight months old. She was going to be born prematurely due to the external impact."
Several people craned their necks to wait for his next sentence, but the old doctor stopped talking.
Li Yunlan: This damn old man is trying to scare people to death.
He slowly asked Mrs. Chen some questions, then nodded and said, "It's not time yet, so I'll give her two injections and prescribe oxytocin to see if I can give birth safely."
"Look, no matter how you look at it, what I want is..." Li Yunlan was pulled away by his eldest son before he could finish his words.
"Why are you pulling me? I haven't finished asking yet." Li Yunlan said angrily.
Qiu Degui said helplessly: "How old are you, mother? Human life is at stake. If you offend the old doctor and he leaves, the second brother and sister will really have no hope."
Only then did Li Yunlan realize that she was anxious just now. She had never given birth before. Her aunt's cousin also had difficulty in giving birth at that time. However, modern medical technology is high-level, and there was a near miss in the end. This was ancient times, and she was really going to be hanging around the gates of hell. .
Mrs. Liu had already gone to boil the medicine. Within a quarter of an hour, the medicine was ready. After blowing on it to cool it down, she fed it.
The old doctor began to administer acupuncture, and soon Ms. Chen felt that her stomach ached in waves, her waist was sore and painful, and she kept breathing heavily.
After the first acupuncture, Mrs. Chen went in to check. She came out and shook her head, but she still didn't think it was OK.
After the second dose of oxytocin was finished, the old doctor administered the injection for the second time, and the labor pains became more intense.
Chen was already sweating profusely, gritting his teeth and moaning.
After Mrs. Chen went in for an examination, she came out and said to Li Yunlan: "The cervix is open, so we can wait and see. You can cook something soft and light for her to eat, and give her a few bites, otherwise she won't have the strength to wait until the baby is born."
Li Yunlan was confused after hearing this, and just went to cook and eat.
When I got to the kitchen, I rummaged around and found only whole grains, no white rice or fine noodles. Finally, I saw a dozen eggs in the dustpan on top of the cupboard.
Brown sugar eggs, if you don’t have brown sugar, forget it and boil the poached eggs first.
Fire sickle? How to start a fire!
There was no choice but to call Qiu Degui for help.
"It's expensive! My mother is so scared that her hands are shaking and she can't make a fire. Please help her make a fire."
Qiu Degui had no doubt that he was there, and quickly lit a fire and laid out the firewood.
Li Yunlan beat ten eggs at once and divided them into three bowls: one for the old doctor, one for Mrs. Chen, and one for the second daughter-in-law. It was a little too little, but there was nothing we could do about it.
After carrying it into the house, Ms. Liu took the bowl and divided the eggs into small portions with a spoon, and fed them to Ms. Chen's mouth: "Brother and sister, please take a few bites while it doesn't hurt."
Ms. Chen, who had given birth to a baby before, knew that if she ran out of energy midway, both mothers would be doomed. They endured the pain and ate the eggs fed by their sister-in-law.
Mrs. Chen was sitting next to her and eating with a bowl. Li Yunlan ran to the house and gave Qiu Degui two ounces of money: "If you have to go buy two kilograms of brown sugar, go to the butcher shop and buy two pig trotters and pork bones. You can also buy the meat." Two pounds."
Qiu Degui: "We can't use this money."
"Take it first, and give it to me later." Qiu Degui nodded and left.
While I was locking the box, I heard from the second house, "Harder! Second wife, harder."
Lin Yunlan was so panicked that she couldn't lock it, so she just put it in the box and closed it.
She strode towards the second house. As soon as she entered the door, the smell of blood hit her face. When she looked up, she saw the scene of giving birth. She was so frightened that she leaned back and sat down along the door.
This was the first time she had seen a child give birth. How could it turn out like this? It was so scary that her legs and feet were so weak that she couldn't stand up.
Mrs. Liu saw that she wanted to come over to help, but Li Yunlan waved her hand: "Leave me alone, I'm so worried that I'm a little confused."
She couldn't be said to be frightened, and she was a little dizzy.
"Your Majesty, has the water boiled?"
Li Yunlan crawled out: "I'll burn it."
Mrs. Chen: "Look at how hopeless she is. The older she gets, the more useless she becomes."
Mrs. Chen was exhausted at this time: "Sister-in-law, for the sake of our sister-in-law's love, please pay more attention to Gu Baoyu and treat her as your own daughter."
Mrs. Liu sweated and said, "I can't even look at my three children. You can look at it yourself."
Li Yunlan boiled water and went outside the house. He saw Qiu Defu sitting on the ground holding his head and shouting: "Mother, you must hold on, Baoyu is still young."
what's going on?
"What's wrong, what's wrong with Defu?"
Qiu Defu found that my mother's hand was shaking when she held him, so he burst into tears.
This is?
He quickly went in and said, "What's wrong?"
Mrs. Chen said: "If I can't give birth, the amniotic fluid will drain out."
Li Yunlan bravely entered the back room. Mrs. Liu kept asking Mrs. Chen to exert herself, and Mrs. Chen was also shouting at her to urge her to exert her strength, but Ms. Chen's eyes on the bed were red and she could only breathe.
Is giving birth so scary?
How to do how to do?
"Sister-in-law, you have to think of a way!" Li Yunlan said to Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen was also very anxious: "If she doesn't work hard, there's nothing we can do."
Li Yunlan was anxious and said to Mrs. Chen, "You're useless. If you lose your second son, you can marry someone gentle and gentle. By then, Baoyu will have to make a living in the hands of his stepmother."
After hearing what her mother-in-law said, Ms. Chen was so angry that she burst into tears.
"You have the energy to cry, but you don't have the energy to have children. If you have the ability to give birth to a son, you are fighting against me. Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel. A mother like you doesn't even think about the child. If it is gone, if Baoyu stops Defu from finding a wife, I will Just sold her."
When Mrs. Chen heard that she was gone and her mother-in-law wanted to sell her daughter, she became very angry and gritted her teeth as hard as she could to prevent this damn old woman from succeeding.
Mrs. Liu was about to stop her mother-in-law, thinking it was too much for her mother-in-law to say such things at this time, but suddenly she saw her younger siblings gritting their teeth and starting to work hard again, and began to encourage them again.
Mrs. Chen shouted: "I see my head, I'm working hard, I'm working hard!"
Li Yunlan grabbed Chen's hand: "Second daughter-in-law, look at me, think about Baoyu, and think about this in your belly."
Mrs. Chen was so angry when she saw her mother-in-law that she wanted to bite her to death. After holding back all her strength, she pushed hard and heard Mrs. Chen: "Come out, come out."
Mrs. Chen dragged the child out, cut the umbilical cord, and took out the amniotic fluid from the mouth. The child cried out, but the sound was not loud.
Mrs. Chen wiped the baby, weighed it and said: "Four pounds and three liang, a boy." Then she wrapped it in a quilt.
Mrs. Liu had already gone to fetch water, and then it was time to clean the clothes.
Li Yunlan didn't dare to look, so she smiled and touched Mrs. Chen's face: "It seems that our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a close relationship. Thank you for your hard work."
Mrs. Chen was so tired that her eyes were blurred and she began to fall asleep.
Mrs. Chen and Ms. Liu helped her change and wash her, and then showed the child to Li Yunlan. The whole body was red and slightly purple, like a kitten.
Li Yunlan was a little worried: "Get blessed, get blessed."
Qiu Defu answered outside, and Li Yunlan asked him to come in and hold the child for the old doctor to see. Don't hold it in for too long. There's nothing wrong with it.
Mrs. Chen: "It's because it's been in the mother's belly for a long time. It's not a big deal, it's just a little small. But the baby doesn't have to worry about growing up. It'll be fine once he gets milk."
Li Yunlan was noncommittal, what if he became a fool and paralyzed due to lack of oxygen.
The old doctor looked at it and said it was nothing serious, but Li Yunlan was still a little worried.
