Cao Yingying was locked up in a brothel for a day and a night without getting enough water or rice.
Even though she was extremely hungry, she ate slowly, taking small bites with a hint of grace in her movements.
"Sister-in-law, your cooking is getting better and better!" Zhao Sidan's mouth was stuffed. "I used the last few pieces of braised pork to feed them."
He took the braised pork on the table and threw it into the yard.
Everyone around the dinner table continued to eat without showing any abnormality or dissatisfaction with this behavior.
Cao Yingying was a little messy and fed meat to the dog. Is this normal?
Although the Cao family is rich, it is difficult for the servants in the yard to get a bite of meat.
Is it because she doesn't know much about the outside world that she is so surprised?
But no matter what, this family should not be as simple as what she saw on the surface. To allow the son of the county magistrate to live in such a shabby place, this Aunt Zhao must be very capable.
After dinner.
Shen was leaning on a chair to eat. When he saw Zhao Dashan preparing to put away the bowls, he hurriedly asked: "Isn't it a turn to wash the dishes? We just finished one round. Is it now our new resident's turn?"
Zhao Dashan continued to work: "Let Miss Cao have a good rest and wait for the next turn."
Cao Yingying started to put away the bowls without saying a word. She stacked all the bowls together awkwardly, picked them up and walked out.
Shen Zheng pulled Zhao Dashan and said, "Let her wash the dishes and see if she can wash them cleanly."
Zhao Ergou said angrily: "When you first came to our house, no one bothered you like this."
"Hmph, it was my first day here and I didn't even take a bite of food. How can she be able to eat so much meat?" Shen Zheng said dissatisfied, "And I have been working on the floor all the time, but she didn't eat anything on the first day she came here." I can sleep on the bed, huh, my aunt is too partial."
In this family, he was not as good as Zhao Dashan and the four brothers, but he was still not as good as a newcomer.
Cheng Wanwan pinched his face: "Xiao Zheng, a man of dignity cannot have this kind of mentality..."
"boom!"
Before he finished speaking, a crisp sound came from the yard.
A group of people rushed out immediately.
I saw Cao Yingying holding more than a dozen bowls in her hands, and there were pieces on the ground.
Zhao Ergou walked over quickly, took the bowl from her hand, frowned and said, "Just take seven or eight at a time. If you stack so many bowls together, they will definitely fall to the ground."
Two bowls were broken on the ground. He felt very distressed and his tone was a little harsh.
Cao Yingying said in a muffled voice: "I'm sorry..."
"Is your hand hurt?" Cheng Wanwan walked over to check it, "As long as it's not hurt, Dashan, please sweep up the broken porcelain pieces here. Don't leave any debris."
She glanced at the helpless Cao Yingying and said in a gentle voice, "You can take some green vegetable leaves and feed the rabbits in the backyard."
Cao Yingying nodded, plucked two green vegetables from the vegetable field, pursed her lips and went to the backyard.
As soon as she passed, she smelled the strong smell of blood.
It was not dark yet. In the temporary grass shed in the backyard, the goat fell to the ground. After a while, he got up with difficulty. His head kept looking at the abdomen behind him, and the hay on the ground was covered with blood.
Cao Yingying was so frightened that she threw away the vegetables and ran to the front yard: "Auntie, the goat is bleeding, a lot of blood!"
Cheng Wanwan's heart skipped a beat. Logically speaking, the goat should be born in seven or eight days. If it started so early, it would be premature.
Premature birth is not a good thing. If it goes wrong, it will easily lead to heavy bleeding. In this era, heavy bleeding is equal to death.
She calmly said: "Sidan, go and invite Grandma Lizheng over. Dashan, boil the water quickly. Huiniang, take the scissors and put it on the fire for a while..."
She ordered in an orderly manner and walked quickly to the backyard.
The female goat was extremely restless, lying down and standing up for a while, bleeding constantly from underneath her body.
Cheng Wanwan had no experience at all and wanted to help but didn’t know where to start.
Fortunately, Li Zheng's wife came soon and stood by the sheepfold to check on the situation.
The more he looked, the more solemn his expression became: "I guess it's difficult to give birth. I have to go in and help, otherwise the baby will die in the belly."
Li Zheng's wife pushed open the door of the sheepfold and went in. The goat began to back away warily, obviously afraid of people.
Cheng Wanwan opened her mouth and called Zhao Dashan over. Zhao Dashan was usually responsible for taking care of this goat, and the goat was not so repulsive.
Zhao Dashan went in and held the ewe down.
Li Zheng's wife squatted down and gently stroked the goat's abdomen to promote uterine contraction and production...
"Come out, come out!"
Li Zheng's wife was very happy. With a little help, a lamb still wrapped in its afterbirth was pulled out and lay wet on the ground.
"There's still one in my belly, take your time, don't rush."
Li Zheng's wife continued to massage her abdomen.
The goat was in more and more pain. It was licking the calf at its feet while trying its best to give birth. The blood flowed more and more, and the second calf never came out.
Zhao Dashan's hand holding the ewe began to tremble.
He knew that giving birth was dangerous, but he didn't know it was so dangerous.
Hui Niang is also pregnant. What should he do if the same happens when giving birth...
"The sheep's butt is out. The fetus is not in the right position and something is going to happen!" Li Zheng's wife said in a panic. "The ewe seems to have lost her strength. Dashan, give it something to eat quickly, otherwise the little lamb will suffocate in its belly."
Zhao Dashan's voice was unsteady: "It refuses to eat."
The female goat was extremely weak, and her limbs were struggling to hold herself up, as if she would collapse at any time.
Li Zheng's wife was sweating: "I can't help anymore, it all depends on itself..."
Cheng Wanwan tried hard to recall the relevant books she had read, and said, "Can you put your hand in or cut the birth canal..."
"If the birth canal is cut, this female goat will be dead." Li Zheng's wife shook her head vigorously, "Besides, human hands can't reach in, and the goat will die from pain..."
Cheng Wanwan turned around and walked to the back room. He bought paraffin oil in the mall, plus needles and thread for surgery. He put these things in a dustpan, took them out and placed them in front of Li Zheng's wife. He said in a deep voice: "This is oil." , can help the hand enter the birth canal, this is needle and thread, cut it open and then sew it up, try it, you can't just watch the ewe and the lamb die like this."
When Li Zheng's wife looked into Cheng Wanwan's clear and firm eyes, she suddenly didn't feel so panicked anymore. Let's give it a try, just in case there is a way to survive.
She quickly greased her hands with oil, and then slowly put her hand in. The goat howled in pain.
She felt it inside and said in a deep voice: "The sheep's head is stuck and must be cut open."
Cheng Wanwan assists...
The sheepfold production was busy from dusk until dusk.
Several boys in the family stood at the door of the backyard and watched from a distance, not daring to express their anger.
It wasn't until the second sheep was born successfully that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Sidan opened his eyes and asked: "Is the ewe okay? Will she die..."
No one can answer this question for the time being.
Among the crowd, Cao Yingying's eyes were red. She lowered her head and let her hair fall, blocking the strange look on her face, and walked out of the yard without saying a word.
Zhao Ergou frowned and followed.
