Chapter 1 I was forced to get slapped twice as soon as I came out.
In Lingfeng Town outside the capital of Dongpu Kingdom, the people coming and going on the streets and the vendors on the roadside are all running around for life. The rhubarb in Qingfeng Tower is lazily basking in the early winter sun. Everything is going well. It's so beautiful and peaceful...
"Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan" a panicked female voice came into his ears. Xia Yuan quickly got up and went back to the house to check. The person shouting was Fang Shuyi, Xia Yuan's wife and the daughter of Fang Xiucai from Lingfeng Town. Fang Shuyi was stroking her stomach, which was aching faintly, her facial features were wrinkled together, and she was leaning half of her body on the low couch.
"Shuyi, Shuyi, how are you? Does your stomach hurt? What should I do for my husband?" Xia Yuan was so anxious that he didn't know where to put his hands, touching here and there, even though he had already experienced it twice. , but when it was almost time to give birth, I was still very panicked. Without waiting for his wife's reply, he shouted anxiously: "Aunt Guifang, where is Aunt Guifang?"
Qiuyue hurriedly ran over and leaned over to salute and replied: "Mommy went to invite Mrs. Wen to get the items that Mrs. Wen will use for the check-up in the delivery room. Grandma just sent someone over to inform the slave and ask her to help Mrs. Wen to the delivery room. "
"Okay." He turned to look at Fang Shuyi and said, "Madam, support me, and I will take you to the delivery room." Xia Yuan hurriedly helped Fang Shuyi go to the delivery room next door, Qiuyue supported Fang Shuyi's other arm. The three of them walked slowly to the door of the delivery room, and saw the servants inside taking care of their own affairs in an orderly manner. After all, this was not the first time. With the experience of serving the first two times and the addition of Xia Yuan and Grandma Guifang, By explaining things in advance, everyone knows who is responsible for what. This prevents something from being forgotten in a rush and panic, and it is also easier to hold accountable if an accident occurs.
As soon as Xia Yuan helped his wife to sit on the bed in the delivery room, Po Wen kicked her out, and she waited anxiously back and forth outside. There were hurried footsteps at the door. Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first: "Yuan'er, how are you? How long have you been in there?" The person who came was none other than Xia Yuan's mother, Zhao. I saw Mrs. Zhao being supported by the maid Chunlan beside her and trotting into Jinxiu Garden. When she stopped, she was still panting, probably because she had trotted all the way here.
Xia Yuan hurriedly helped his mother sit down, and then replied: "We just came in, it will probably take a while, mother has a rest first." The two people outside had to wait anxiously, and Mrs. Zhao sat at the table and kept crossing her hands. There are Buddhist beads inside, while Xia Yuan sometimes sits and sometimes paces back and forth.
After a while, a whirring voice came: "Dad, dad, where is mother? Why don't you see mother?"
The pretty child was followed by a young man with a slightly calm face, but the hurried pace of the young man's feet showed his anxiety at the moment. The visitors were none other than Xia Yuan and Fang Shuyi's eldest son Xia Mu and second son Xia Yan. One looked calm and the other looked eccentric; one was born in spring like bathing in the spring breeze, and the other was born in the hot summer. At this time, the two of them had just finished school. The first thing they did every day after school was to go to their mother to see their little sister. The whole family was looking forward to having a baby girl this time. As soon as I got out of school today, I felt that the atmosphere in the house was not right, and the air was a bit tense, so I hurried to my mother's yard.
After the two of them asked, they greeted their grandmother who was sitting on a stool in the yard. Xia Yan looked at his father again and asked anxiously: "Dad, where is my mother?"
Xia Yuan said: "Your mother is giving birth, please be quiet." The two of them calmed down and sat on the stools, clasping hands and waiting.
At this time, Xia Wanzheng, who was still in her stomach, felt like she was wrapped in something and couldn't get out. It was dark and sticky inside. Outside, Fang Lingyi sat squatting due to exhaustion. The most common way for ancient women to give birth was not to lie flat on the bed, but to give birth half-crouched on the ground with the upper body upright! "In ancient times, when a woman gave birth, she would go down to the ground and sit on the grass, and she would die if she followed the law." It can be seen from this passage from medical scientists in the Southern and Northern Dynasties that women left the bed and squatted on the ground to give birth. Haystacks or animal skins are spread on the ground to prevent the baby from being injured when it falls, and to prevent blood and water from staining the house, which would offend the gods. However, childbirth is a life-and-death marathon that exhausts all one's strength. Squatting in a vertical position makes it easy to exert force, but it is difficult to sustain it for more than ten hours. Therefore, several "waist huggers" (also known as "birth attendants") are needed in the delivery room to help. One of these waist huggers stands behind the mother, hugging and supporting her armpits so that the mother can lean on her with peace of mind; the other person is in front of the mother, preparing to welcome the newborn.
Two hours passed, and with the sound of the lady's forbearance, the mouth of the palace was opening. Only then did Xia Wan vaguely see a glimmer of light, but this glimmer of light was not enough for her to go out. She waited anxiously for a moment, and the light became bigger and bigger. Then she rushed towards the glimmer of light with great difficulty. What I didn't expect when I came out was that I got a slap on my butt. The unfamiliar environment and antique buildings made Xia Wan unable to react for a while. Po Wen didn't hear the cry and then slapped her butt again. At this time, as a baby, Xia Wan couldn't help but cry out because of the great pain. She couldn't stop crying for a moment. When she thought about being trapped for so long, unable to see anything, and not knowing what was going on around her, her grievances burst out and she couldn't hold them back, but no one came to comfort her.
Xia Wan could only cry while slowly stopping her voice under Wen Po's methodical cleaning and wrapping, but there were still tears on her face. She looked like she was about to cry or not. Her bright eyes were staring at everything she could see. He kept looking everywhere, like a curious baby. Before Xia Wan could finish looking at all the new things around her, she was carried in front of a woman with sweat all over her body. She saw a gentle and beautiful woman with a pale face and half-closed eyes leaning against a nanny. Xia Wan Then she heard the evil mother-in-law who slapped her twice said happily: "Madam, it's a young lady." Fang Shuyi looked at the infant girl with a pale face, a smile slowly appeared on her lips, and then she fainted.
Qiuyue hurriedly shouted: "Madam, madam!"
Qiuyue's voice attracted many people. Everyone looked over and found that Madam seemed to have fainted. After Wen Po handed Xia Wan to Grandma Guifang, she hurriedly stepped forward to check on Fang Shuyi. After careful and repeated inspections, she determined that Fang Shuyi had fallen asleep due to lack of physical strength, rather than having passed out due to an accident. Relax. After all, if there is an accident during childbirth, even if the child is fine, the adults will be unhappy. Only when both the adults and the child are safe can they get more money, and more people will come to her to deliver babies in the future. She also hopes that every mother and newborn baby who gives birth can be safe and sound.
~·~~Wanwan: Humph! Don't listen, don't listen! Whoever made me wait for so long and then slapped me twice was the evil mother-in-law! Tsundere face
The author here also hopes that all pregnant mothers can have a smooth and safe delivery~
All babies can be healthy and beautiful~
