Chapter 36 Midwifery

The sky was bright and sunny, with a gentle breeze!

Xu Que opened the system's exchange shop and glanced at the exchange coins; he only had a little over 800.

"It's really hard to accumulate these exchange coins! Looks like I'll have to take Hou with me today and go to the wilderness to dig up some wild vegetables."

"Let's go! We're going to dig for wild vegetables today!" Xu Que shouted, poking the spot.

"Hmm!" Hou got up and neatly placed the stone tablet commemorative album he was busy working on on the stone table. He picked up his animal skin food bag, took Xu Que's hand, and went to collect wild fruits and dig wild vegetables.

As usual, Ha Gang acted as their bodyguard!

She recognized the ground lily and picked it up as she walked, soon filling a large bag.

"Actually, dandelions work too! They're a traditional Chinese medicine, good for clearing heat and detoxifying!" Xu Que said, taking out a boning knife and carefully shoveling down every single dandelion he came across, right next to the ground.

"This plant has a conical, fleshy root. The stem is upright with crisscrossing grooves, and it's either hairless or has white, spiderweb-like hairs. The lotus seeds grow in a rosette shape. This plant is called *Heliotropium indicum*! It's both a Chinese medicine and a wild vegetable!" Xu Que said, taking the freshly dug *Heliotropium indicum* out of his pocket for Hou to see!

"This plant with upright stems and no fine hairs is shepherd's purse. Let's pluck some and take it back to the tribe to make a cold salad!" Xu Que said, then covered his head and plucked a lot more.

Seeing Xu Que's behavior, Hou shook his head in confusion and asked Xu Que, "Are all green grass-colored vegetables wild vegetables?"

"That's not necessarily true! Poisonous plants can also be grassy in color!" Xu Que said seriously.

Before long, the animal skin food bag the two of them had used to gather wild vegetables was already full!

Xu Que and Hou returned to the tribe.

Xu Que poured the dandelion with yellow flowers into a wooden bucket filled with clear water.

He took out a windproof, non-refillable lighter and lit the wood in the stove firebox at the bottom of the large iron pot.

Hou stared blankly at Xu Que's actions!

"It's not the dead of winter, why do we need to boil a pot of water just to wash our hands and vegetables?" Hou asked Xu Que again, quite puzzled.

"No! If you don't boil dandelions in boiling water for thirty minutes after you've dug them up, they're really hard to swallow! Dandelions are really bitter! Try it if you don't believe me!" Xu Que said, handing a clean dandelion that hadn't been scalded in boiling water to Hou's mouth, letting Hou experience what real bitterness was like!

Hou opened his mouth, handed Xu Que the dandelion, gently put it into his mouth, and then chewed it gently!

"It's bitter! It really is bitter!" Hou frowned, looking very unwilling.

"Try this one too, it's freshly scooped out of the boiling water!" Xu Que said, handing her a dandelion that had just been scooped out of the boiling water.

Hou took the thing Xu Que handed him and chewed it a few times: "Sure enough! After this treatment, there's no bitter taste at all!"

Just as the two were discussing wild vegetables or dandelions.

Flower, the leader of the Black Deer tribe, was slightly flustered.

She quickly walked up to Hou, took her hand, and said softly, "Today, if nothing unexpected happens, our Black Deer tribe will be adding ten new members! If I get too busy later, come and help me! Help me deliver babies for the pregnant women in the tribe who are about to give birth!"

"Hmm!" Hou nodded to Hua, the leader of the Black Deer tribe.

After overhearing Hua and Hou's conversation, Xu Que secretly thought to himself, "Now that someone in the tribe is giving birth, if I follow Hou over for a bit and then do nothing, will I also get the extra 1500 exchange coins for the birth?"

Hua stood at the entrance of the cave and waved vigorously at Hou.

When Hou saw the leader waving at him, he knew she was already quite busy! That gesture was a call to action!

"Let's go! To that cave over there!" Hou grabbed Xu Que's hand without saying a word and headed straight for the cave.

Xu Que secretly chuckled to himself, muttering to himself, "This is just like wishing for something to come true!"

He was led by the roar to the tribal cave.

Inside the cave, on straw mats, lay fifteen or sixteen naked pregnant women awaiting delivery.

Flower, the leader of the Black Deer tribe, was running around busily.

The first primordial pregnant woman, Xu Que only heard a cry of "Ah" before the child landed on the grass mat in the cave.

Hua bit off the baby's umbilical cord with her own teeth, and then wrapped a protective ring made of cowhide around the baby's navel!

That completes one delivery!

Hua bit off the child's navel with her own teeth, which greatly surprised Xu Que: "Isn't she afraid of infection from biting like that? The chief's actions truly left Xu Que dumbfounded! What kind of constitution do these people have! The vitality of these primitive people is too tenacious!"

In the Black Deer Tribe cave, pregnant women lay on grass mats awaiting delivery. Within minutes, all of them gave birth, and both mother and child were in good health!

Xu Que was completely stunned: "I've never seen a childbirth this fast in my entire life!"

After giving birth, the pregnant woman rested for about ten minutes before getting off the straw mat and starting her usual labor activities, primarily gathering.

Seeing this scene, Xu Que realized that all his previous worries were unnecessary!

He had planned to exchange for hemostatic forceps in the system shop, but now it seems his worries were completely unnecessary! These primitive people who had just given birth are perfectly fine!

While everyone was distracted, Xu Que used his consciousness to open the exchange shop panel, where the exchange coins had increased from 800 to 2300.

As Xu Que had expected, as long as the host went to a place where someone was delivering babies, he could receive exchange coins as a reward!

"Looks like there's a future in following Hou around delivering babies!"

Moreover, the system will automatically give you 1500 exchange coins, so why not take advantage of it?

Besides, childbirth in primitive times was simple and brutal; for those with good health, it was almost as easy as defecating! It wasn't as complicated as modern childbirth!

The profession of midwifery in primitive tribes may seem fraught with risks, but it's not as scary as you might imagine! Xu Que felt that this profession was perfect for him.

In addition to satisfying your special hobbies, you can also get 1500 exchange coins each time, which is really great!

After delivering the baby for the pregnant woman in the primitive tribe, Hou held Xu Que's hand and led him back to the tribe.

Taking advantage of the lull in the activity, Xu Que took out a multi-functional power drill from the system's inventory and began carving pieces of wood from every nook and cranny of the tribe.

Xu Que knew that under the current circumstances, the Black Deer Tribe was most in need of bowls for serving rice, so he planned to use the scraps of wood to carve several large wooden bowls for serving rice.

The one he carved for Hou was the most special! He carved many of her favorite patterns on it.